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U23 2018-19 season
U23 2018-19
          Fulham    Premier League 2 Division 2Premier League CupEFL Trophy
Academy information
Academy Director Flag of Wales Huw Jennings
Head Coach Flag of Wales Mark Pembridge
Captain Flag of Wales Aron Davies (until 31 Jan 2019)
Flag of England Jerome Opoku (from 1 Feb 2019)
Ground Motspur Park
League season information
League Premier League 2 Division 2
Position 10th/12
Matches played 22 (W5 D7 L10)
Other competitions
EFL Trophy Group Stage (4th/4)
Premier League Cup Round of 16
Season statistics
Top goalscorer (League) Flag of England Jayden Harris (6)
Top goalscorer (All) Flag of England Matt O'Riley (7)
Most appearances (League) Flag of England Jayden Harris (22)
Most appearances (All) Flag of England Jayden Harris (32)
Biggest home win 5-0 v Colchester U23 (10 Nov 2018)
Biggest away win 5-0 v Colchester U23 (11 Feb 2019)
Biggest home defeat 0-3 v West Brom U23 (19 Oct 2018)
0-3 v Reading U23 (5 Apr 2019)
Biggest away defeat 2-5 v Newcastle U23 (1 Oct 2018)
Biggest home attendance 270 v Wolves U23 (14 Sept 2018)
Biggest away attendance 1,116 v Oxford Utd (4 Sept 2018)
Lowest home attendance 97 v Stoke U23 (8 Dec 2018)
Lowest away attendance 82 v M'boro U23 (17 Aug 2018)
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Overview[]

The U23's 2018-19 season was the first under new head coach Mark Pembridge, following his promotion to take charge of the U23 squad after Peter Grant had left the club shortly after the beginning of the season. The intake of new players from the U18 squad included Luca Ashby-Hammond, Cody Drameh, Tyrese Francois, Cameron Thompson and Nico Santos.

Results were disappointing in the League, with the team managing only 10th place out of a possible 12. Results were slightly better in the Premier League Cup, as they progressed from the group stage, finishing 2nd. They were then knocked out on penalties in the following round against Leeds United. They struggled in the EFL Trophy, losing all three of their group matches, albeit to Football League opposition.

League Table[]

Premier League 2 Division 2[]

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1 Wolverhampton Wanderers U23 22 13 4 5 45 22 +23 43 Promoted
2 Southampton U23 22 13 4 5 37 21 +16 43 Promoted via play-offs
3 Reading U23 22 12 4 6 45 33 +12 40
4 Newcastle U23 22 13 1 8 46 37 +9 40
5 Aston Villa U23 22 11 4 7 35 30 +5 37
6 Manchester United U23 22 8 6 8 33 31 +2 30
7 Stoke City U23 22 7 7 8 42 37 +5 28
8 Middlesbrough U23 22 6 8 8 32 36 -4 26
9 West Bromwich Albion U23 22 5 9 8 33 38 -5 24
10 Fulham U23 22 5 7 10 26 34 -8 22
11 Norwich City U23 22 5 4 13 30 52 -22 19
12 Sunderland U23 22 2 6 14 14 47 -33 12

Squad[]

Pos. Name Age Prev U23 Apps Prev U23 Goals Date signed
Goalkeepers
GK Flag of England Luca Ashby-Hammond 17 11 0 2009
GK Flag of England Taye Ashby-Hammond 19 3 0 2009
GK Flag of England George Wickens 16 0 0 ?
Defenders
CB Flag of England Rob Atkinson 20 20 2 2017
CB Flag of Wales Aron Davies (c) 20 47 0 2015
RB/RM Flag of England Cody Drameh 16 0 0 ?
RB Flag of United States Marlon Fossey 19 28 0 2011
CB Flag of Spain José Garrido 18 0 0 2015
CB Flag of Germany Moritz Jenz 19 33 0 2015
C/LB Flag of England Jaydn Mundle-Smith 18 5 0 ?
CB Flag of England Jerome Opoku 19 11 0 2013
R/CB Flag of England Steven Sessegnon 18 13 0 2008
Midfielders
AM/W Flag of United States Luca de la Torre 20 28 3 2013
CM Flag of Australia Tyrese Francois 18 8 1 2016
CM Flag of England Jayden Harris 18 23 1 2009
AM Flag of England Sonny Hilton 17 1 0 2016
CM Flag of Estonia Mattias Käit 19 34 4 2014
CM Flag of England Matt O'Riley 17 20 1 2009
Forwards
CF Flag of England Timmy Abraham 17 0 0 2017
LW Flag of Jamaica Chris Kelly 18 0 0 ?
LW/CF Flag of Spain Nico Santos 18 4 0 2016
CF Flag of England Cameron Thompson 18 6 2 2011
CF/W Flag of England Cauley Woodrow 23 6 2 2011
Out on loan
GK Flag of England Magnus Norman 21 20 0 2006
GK Flag of Slovakia Marek Rodák 21 10 0 2013
CB Flag of Spain Marcelo Djaló 24 3 0 2017
CF Flag of England Elijah Adebayo 20 36 13 2006
AM Flag of Iceland Atli Andrason 19 1 0 2016
CM Flag of England Tayo Edun 20 34 5 2012
CF/W Flag of England Stephen Humphrys 20 22 16 2013
AM/LW Flag of Iceland Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson 19 46 12 2015

Coaching staff[]

Position Staff
Head of Academy Coaching Flag of England Steve Wigley
U23 Head Coach Flag of Scotland Peter Grant (until 23 Aug 2018)
U23 Head Coach Flag of Wales Mark Pembridge (from 23 Aug 2018)
U23 Goalkeeping Coach Flag of England Geoff Warne
U23 Match Analyst Flag of England Besim Ali

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

N/A

Trialists[]

Date Position Name From End date
26 Apr 2019 CB Flag of England Mason Barrett Flag of England West Ham United 30 Jun 2020

Transfers out[]

Date Position Name To Fee
1 Jul 2018 CF Flag of England Michael Elstone Released Free
1 Jul 2018 RW/CF Flag of England Isaac Pearce Flag of England Forest Green Rovers Free
1 Jul 2018 LW/CF Flag of Wales George Williams Flag of England Forest Green Rovers Free
3 Jan 2019 CF Flag of England Cauley Woodrow Flag of England Barnsley Free
19 Jan 2019 CF Flag of England Stephen Humphrys Flag of England Southend United £500,000
22 Feb 2019 AM Flag of Iceland Atli Andrason Flag of Iceland Vikingur Free
Total £500,000

Loans out[]

Start date Position Name To End date
16 Mar 2018 AM Flag of Iceland Atli Andrason Flag of Iceland Víkingur 11 Jan 2019
6 Jul 2018 CF/W Flag of England Stephen Humphrys Flag of England Scunthorpe United 3 Jan 2019
7 Jul 2018 CF Flag of England Elijah Adebayo Flag of England Swindon Town 9 Jan 2019
25 Jul 2018 GK Flag of Slovakia Marek Rodák Flag of England Rotherham United 30 Jun 2019
3 Aug 2018 CM Flag of England Tayo Edun Flag of England Ipswich Town 31 Dec 2018
15 Aug 2018 GK Flag of England Magnus Norman Flag of England Rochdale 1 Jan 2019
24 Aug 2018 CF Flag of England Cauley Woodrow Flag of England Barnsley 3 Jan 2019
31 Aug 2018 LW Flag of Iceland Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson Flag of Denmark Vendsyssel 30 Jun 2019
7 Jan 2019 GK Flag of England Taye Ashby-Hammond Flag of England Chipstead 30 Jun 2019
31 Jan 2019 FW Flag of England Elijah Adebayo Flag of England Stevenage 30 Jun 2019

Matches[]

Pre-season[]

# Date Opposition Venue Result Score Additional Information
1 Sat 7 Jul 2018 Southend United U23 Away Lost 1-2
2 Sat 14 Jul 2018 Barnet Away Lost 0-1
3 Sat 21 Jul 2018 Porto U19 Away Drew 1-1
4 Wed 1 Aug 2018 Brighton & Hove Albion U23 Home Won 2-1

Premier League 2 Division 2[]

# Date Opposition Venue Result Score Additional Information
1 Fri 10 Aug 2018 Manchester United U23 Home Drew 2-2
2 Fri 17 Aug 2018 Middlesbrough U23 Away Lost 3-4
3 Mon 27 Aug 2018 Aston Villa U23 Away Lost 1-2
4 Sat 1 Sept 2018 Southampton U23 Home Drew 1-1
5 Fri 14 Sept 2018 Wolverhampton Wanderers U23 Home Won 1-0
6 Mon 24 Sept 2018 Stoke City U23 Away Drew 1-1
7 Mon 1 Oct 2018 Newcastle United U23 Away Lost 2-5
8 Fri 19 Oct 2018 West Bromwich Albion U23 Home Lost 0-3
9 Mon 29 Oct 2018 Norwich City U23 Away Won 4-0
10 Fri 2 Nov 2018 Sunderland U23 Home Won 2-0
11 Fri 23 Nov 2018 Reading U23 Away Lost 0-3
12 Sat 8 Dec 2018 Stoke City U23 Home Drew 1-1
13 Fri 4 Jan 2019 Middlesbrough U23 Home Drew 2-2
14 Fri 11 Jan 2019 Manchester United U23 Away Won 3-1
15 Fri 25 Jan 2019 Wolverhampton Wanderers U23 Away Lost 0-1
16 Mon 4 Feb 2019 Aston Villa U23 Home Lost 0-1
17 Fri 15 Feb 2019 Southampton U23 Away Lost 1-2
18 Fri 1 Mar 2019 Newcastle United U23 Home Lost 0-1
19 Mon 11 Mar 2019 West Bromwich Albion U23 Away Drew 0-0
20 Fri 5 Apr 2019 Reading U23 Home Lost 0-3
21 Mon 15 Apr 2019 Sunderland U23 Away Drew 1-1
22 Fri 26 Apr 2019 Norwich City U23 Home Won 1-0

EFL Trophy[]

# Date Opposition Venue Result Score Additional Information
Group F Tue 4 Sept 2018 Oxford United Away Lost 0-3
Group F Tue 18 Sept 2018 Wycombe Wanderers Away Lost 1-2
Group F Tue 6 Nov 2018 Northampton Town Away Lost 0-2

Premier League Cup[]

# Date Opposition Venue Result Score Additional Information
Group G Sat 6 Oct 2018 Birmingham City U23 Away Won 2-1
Group G Sat 10 Nov 2018 Colchester United U23 Home Won 5-0
Group G Mon 3 Dec 2018 Reading U23 Away Lost 1-2
Group G Fri 18 Jan 2019 Birmingham City U23 Home Lost 1-2
Group G Mon 11 Feb 2019 Colchester United U23 Away Won 5-0
Group G Fri 22 Feb 2019 Reading U23 Home Won 2-0
Round of 16 Thu 14 Mar 2019 Leeds United U23 Away Lost 2-2 Leeds won 5-4 on penalties

Statistics[]

Appearances & goals[]

No. Nat Pos Player Total Premier League 2 Premier League Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Flag of England GK Luca Ashby-Hammond 13 0 10 0 2 0 1 0
Flag of England GK Taye Ashby-Hammond 7 0 4 0 2 0 1 0
Flag of England GK Magnus Norman 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Germany GK Toni Stahl 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Flag of England GK George Wickens 11 0 6+1 0 3 0 0+1 0
Flag of England DF Zico Asare 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
Flag of England DF Rob Atkinson 15 1 7+2 1 3 0 2+1 0
Flag of England DF Mason Barrett 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of England DF Tristan Cover 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Wales DF Aron Davies 20 3 13 3 4 0 3 0
Flag of England DF Cody Drameh 24 2 14+3 1 5 1 2 0
Flag of United States DF Marlon Fossey 3 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Germany DF Moritz Jenz 27 2 18+1 2 5 0 3 0
Flag of England DF Alfie Mawson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Scotland DF Connor McAvoy 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of England DF Jaydn Mundle-Smith 19 0 12+2 0 2 0 2+1 0
Flag of England DF Jerome Opoku 22 2 14 2 5+1 0 2 0
Flag of England DF Steven Sessegnon 14 0 9 0 4 0 1 0
Flag of England MF Fabio Carvalho 12 0 3+7 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
Flag of Guinea MF Ibrahima Cissé 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0
Flag of England MF Ryan De Havilland 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
Flag of United States MF Luca de la Torre 12 2 8+1 1 2 1 1 0
Flag of England MF Tayo Edun 5 0 3 0 1+1 0 0 0
Flag of Australia MF Tyrese Francois 31 0 21 0 7 0 3 0
Flag of Switzerland MF Elias Frei 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
Flag of England MF Jayden Harris 32 6 21+1 6 6+1 0 3 0
Flag of England MF Sonny Hilton 6 0 2+3 0 0+1 0 0 0
Flag of Estonia MF Mattias Käit 14 2 10 1 4 1 0 0
Flag of England MF Matt O'Riley 26 7 18 2 7 5 1 0
Flag of England FW Timmy Abraham 12 1 1+6 0 0+2 1 2+1 0
Flag of England FW Elijah Adebayo 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0
Flag of England FW Harvey Elliott 9 2 4+1 0 3 2 0+1 0
Flag of Democratic Republic of the Congo FW Neeskens Kebano 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Jamaica FW Chris Kelly 11 0 2+5 0 2+1 0 0+1 0
Flag of Spain FW Nico Santos 23 6 9+7 1 6 5 1 0
Flag of England FW Cameron Thompson 22 5 14+1 3 3+1 1 3 1
Flag of Iceland FW Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during 2018-19:
Flag of Iceland MF Atli Andrason 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of England FW Stephen Humphrys 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
Flag of England FW Cauley Woodrow 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers[]

When total goals are equal, the list is sorted by player who achieved that number first

# Pos. Name League Premier League Cup EFL Trophy Total
1 MF Flag of England Matt O'Riley 2 5 0 7
2 MF Flag of England Jayden Harris 6 0 0 6
FW Flag of Spain Nico Santos 1 5 0 6
4 FW Flag of England Cameron Thompson 3 1 1 5
5 DF Flag of Wales Aron Davies 3 0 0 3
6 DF Flag of Germany Moritz Jenz 2 0 0 2
FW Flag of England Stephen Humphrys 2 0 0 2
FW Flag of England Elijah Adebayo 1 1 0 2
DF Flag of England Cody Drameh 1 1 0 2
MF Flag of Estonia Mattias Käit 1 1 0 2
FW Flag of England Harvey Elliott 0 2 0 2
DF Flag of England Jerome Opoku 2 0 0 2
MF Flag of United States Luca de la Torre 1 1 0 2
14 DF Flag of England Rob Atkinson 1 0 0 1
FW Flag of England Timmy Abraham 0 1 0 1
/ / Own Goals 0 0 0 0
/ / Total 27 17 1 45

Assists[]

When total assists are equal, the list is sorted by player who achieved that number first

# Pos. Name League Premier League Cup EFL Trophy Total
1 MF Flag of England Matt O'Riley 5 3 0 8
2 FW Flag of England Cameron Thompson 3 1 0 4
3 DF Flag of England Jerome Opoku 1 0 1 2
FW Flag of Jamaica Chris Kelly 1 1 0 2
DF Flag of England Rob Atkinson 0 2 0 2
MF Flag of Estonia Mattias Käit 0 2 0 2
DF Flag of England Cody Drameh 2 0 0 2
FW Flag of England Harvey Elliott 1 1 0 2
MF Flag of Australia Tyrese Francois 1 1 0 2
10 FW Flag of England Cauley Woodrow 1 0 0 1
MF Flag of England Jayden Harris 1 0 0 1
DF Flag of England Steven Sessegnon 1 0 0 1
DF Flag of England Jaydn Mundle-Smith 0 1 0 1
/ / Total 17 12 1 30

Disciplinary record[]

Cards[]

# Pos. Name League Premier League Cup EFL Trophy Total
Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card
1 DF Flag of England Jerome Opoku 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 0
2 DF Flag of Germany Moritz Jenz 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0
3 MF Flag of England Jayden Harris 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
4 MF Flag of Australia Tyrese Francois 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
5 GK Flag of Germany Toni Stahl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
DF Flag of England Jaydn Mundle-Smith 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
GK Flag of England Magnus Norman 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MF Flag of England Tayo Edun 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
FW Flag of Spain Nico Santos 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
10 FW Flag of Iceland Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
DF Flag of Wales Aron Davies 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
FW Flag of England Harvey Elliott 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
DF Flag of England Rob Atkinson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
GK Flag of England Taye Ashby-Hammond 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
FW Flag of England Stephen Humphrys 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
GK Flag of England George Wickens 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
FW Flag of England Timmy Abraham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 26 0 1 8 0 0 2 0 1 36 0 2

Suspensions[]

Player Date Received Offence Length of suspension
Flag of Germany Toni Stahl 4 Sept 2018 Red card 1 match (v Wycombe (a))
Flag of England Magnus Norman 15 Apr 2019 Red card 1 match (v Norwich U23 (h))
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