Under 21s (Match updates and news)

fenaddick

Looks like the academy kit is sponsored by UoG rather than RSK 

Henry Irving

Out played and out muscled.

RugbyAddick

hermann said:

shirty5 said:

Couple of Charlton legends in that Oxford team 

Looking at those from last years u21s that aren’t in this squad, these are the lads likely to have been released: 

Seydil Toure (was very injury prone)
Mason Hunter
Harvey Kedwell (confirmed it himself) 
Ryan Huke
Patrick Casey (has cleared his instagram)

Pretty sure these lads were 2nd year scholars and aren’t in that squad :
Jude Sadler
Ethan Cann
Manu Wales

Purely speculation and I’m surprised the club haven’t announced the released/retained list yet. 

Scoham

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMS7uQJq-en

Chetam Ezentawa who was on the bench is only 15.

wolfgang

RugbyAddick said:

hermann said:

shirty5 said:

Couple of Charlton legends in that Oxford team 

Looking at those from last years u21s that aren’t in this squad, these are the lads likely to have been released: 

Seydil Toure (was very injury prone)
Mason Hunter
Harvey Kedwell (confirmed it himself) 
Ryan Huke
Patrick Casey (has cleared his instagram)

Pretty sure these lads were 2nd year scholars and aren’t in that squad :
Jude Sadler
Ethan Cann
Manu Wales

Purely speculation and I’m surprised the club haven’t announced the released/retained list yet. 

Posters here (especially the Irish contingent) were drooling over Casey coming of age for a year or more. Long before Mbick was a twinkle in Nathan's eye. Casey was a prolific goal scorer. 

I know he suffered an injury. Was it that which has put him out of the running, or did he think he would do better elsewhere without competition from Mbick?

I am surprised if Huke and Wales have left because we are short of creative midfielders.

But then we were told Toby Bower had gone but he popped up against Oxford City. 

Why have they not posted a released list?

Scoham

RugbyAddick said:

hermann said:

shirty5 said:

Couple of Charlton legends in that Oxford team 

Looking at those from last years u21s that aren’t in this squad, these are the lads likely to have been released: 

Seydil Toure (was very injury prone)
Mason Hunter
Harvey Kedwell (confirmed it himself) 
Ryan Huke
Patrick Casey (has cleared his instagram)

Pretty sure these lads were 2nd year scholars and aren’t in that squad :
Jude Sadler
Ethan Cann
Manu Wales

Purely speculation and I’m surprised the club haven’t announced the released/retained list yet. 

I can't find it but someone posted a document which I think comes out every year on the FA website which shows the players under contract at each club, and who's been offered a new deal (or not). Can anyone find it?

I think Bower and Hobden had been offered contracts, so from them playing today I think we can assume they've signed new deals. Pretty sure it showed Toure and Huke as well as Kedwell had been released. Hunter I believe was still under contract according to that list.

Casey signed a 3 year deal in 2023 so has another year to go, so I don't think he's gone. I think he was injured late on last season, so may still be out?

You're right on Sadler, Cann and Wales being 2nd year scholars. Someone might have said (or speculated) that Sadler had been released, probably further back in this thread. I'd be surprised if Wales didn't get offered a pro deal as he was regularly involved in the u21s in the second half of last season, even if he was only getting cameos off the bench most of the time.

RugbyAddick

Scoham said:

RugbyAddick said:

hermann said:

shirty5 said:

Couple of Charlton legends in that Oxford team 

Looking at those from last years u21s that aren’t in this squad, these are the lads likely to have been released: 

Seydil Toure (was very injury prone)
Mason Hunter
Harvey Kedwell (confirmed it himself) 
Ryan Huke
Patrick Casey (has cleared his instagram)

Pretty sure these lads were 2nd year scholars and aren’t in that squad :
Jude Sadler
Ethan Cann
Manu Wales

Purely speculation and I’m surprised the club haven’t announced the released/retained list yet. 

I can't find it but someone posted a document which I think comes out every year on the FA website which shows the players under contract at each club, and who's been offered a new deal (or not). Can anyone find it?

I think Bower and Hobden had been offered contracts, so from them playing today I think we can assume they've signed new deals. Pretty sure it showed Toure and Huke as well as Kedwell had been released. Hunter I believe was still under contract according to that list.

Casey signed a 3 year deal in 2023 so has another year to go, so I don't think he's gone. I think he was injured late on last season, so may still be out?

You're right on Sadler, Cann and Wales being 2nd year scholars. Someone might have said (or speculated) that Sadler had been released, probably further back in this thread. I'd be surprised if Wales didn't get offered a pro deal as he was regularly involved in the u21s in the second half of last season, even if he was only getting cameos off the bench most of the time.

I remember watching Bower against Chatham in pre season a few years ago and thought he was solid. Small but was Solly-esque in the way he played. Got a shot on the bench in the FA Cup 2 seasons ago too vs Cray Valley PM. 

I know Casey was injured. Knew he signed a longer contract but didn’t realise he had another year left on it. Weird that he’s cleared his Instagram page. Was very involved in it showing off his cars and bling. 

Wales looked decent last year - if not a bit lightweight (I mean, kids bulk up at different stages). 

The players mentioned above could just be at different stages of pre season a bit like the men’s team last week. Just a shame that we are having to speculate as opposed to it being announced by the club. 

wolfgang

Thanks for the info, Scoham.

clive

Scoham said:

RugbyAddick said:

hermann said:

shirty5 said:

Couple of Charlton legends in that Oxford team 

Looking at those from last years u21s that aren’t in this squad, these are the lads likely to have been released: 

Seydil Toure (was very injury prone)
Mason Hunter
Harvey Kedwell (confirmed it himself) 
Ryan Huke
Patrick Casey (has cleared his instagram)

Pretty sure these lads were 2nd year scholars and aren’t in that squad :
Jude Sadler
Ethan Cann
Manu Wales

Purely speculation and I’m surprised the club haven’t announced the released/retained list yet. 

I can't find it but someone posted a document which I think comes out every year on the FA website which shows the players under contract at each club, and who's been offered a new deal (or not). Can anyone find it?

I think Bower and Hobden had been offered contracts, so from them playing today I think we can assume they've signed new deals. Pretty sure it showed Toure and Huke as well as Kedwell had been released. Hunter I believe was still under contract according to that list.

Casey signed a 3 year deal in 2023 so has another year to go, so I don't think he's gone. I think he was injured late on last season, so may still be out?

You're right on Sadler, Cann and Wales being 2nd year scholars. Someone might have said (or speculated) that Sadler had been released, probably further back in this thread. I'd be surprised if Wales didn't get offered a pro deal as he was regularly involved in the u21s in the second half of last season, even if he was only getting cameos off the bench most of the time.

https://www.efl.com/news/2025/june/13/efl-professional-retain-list-2024-25

The list of Charlton players, including Academy players, is on page 57 of the link below.
https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gc-media-assets.gc.eflservices.co.uk/04fb4a30-48a0-11f0-ae65-e36a68f94bdb.pdf

https://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/100105/charlton-retained-released-list-2025/p7

superclive

surprised bower hasn't had game time in thr pizza cup. he looks very assured and his technically excellent 

Crusty54

I spoke to Patrick Casey senior at Sparrows Lane at the end of the season.

He was expecting that his son would go out on loan for the coming season.

He had been out out with a long term injury but looked very sharp as we watched the game.

Scoham

clive said:

Scoham said:

RugbyAddick said:

hermann said:

shirty5 said:

Couple of Charlton legends in that Oxford team 

Looking at those from last years u21s that aren’t in this squad, these are the lads likely to have been released: 

Seydil Toure (was very injury prone)
Mason Hunter
Harvey Kedwell (confirmed it himself) 
Ryan Huke
Patrick Casey (has cleared his instagram)

Pretty sure these lads were 2nd year scholars and aren’t in that squad :
Jude Sadler
Ethan Cann
Manu Wales

Purely speculation and I’m surprised the club haven’t announced the released/retained list yet. 

I can't find it but someone posted a document which I think comes out every year on the FA website which shows the players under contract at each club, and who's been offered a new deal (or not). Can anyone find it?

I think Bower and Hobden had been offered contracts, so from them playing today I think we can assume they've signed new deals. Pretty sure it showed Toure and Huke as well as Kedwell had been released. Hunter I believe was still under contract according to that list.

Casey signed a 3 year deal in 2023 so has another year to go, so I don't think he's gone. I think he was injured late on last season, so may still be out?

You're right on Sadler, Cann and Wales being 2nd year scholars. Someone might have said (or speculated) that Sadler had been released, probably further back in this thread. I'd be surprised if Wales didn't get offered a pro deal as he was regularly involved in the u21s in the second half of last season, even if he was only getting cameos off the bench most of the time.

https://www.efl.com/news/2025/june/13/efl-professional-retain-list-2024-25

The list of Charlton players, including Academy players, is on page 57 of the link below.
https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gc-media-assets.gc.eflservices.co.uk/04fb4a30-48a0-11f0-ae65-e36a68f94bdb.pdf

https://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/100105/charlton-retained-released-list-2025/p7

Thanks clive.

Thought I'd check for the three named on the Oxford City team sheet that appear to be new u21 signings.

Ty Ewans-Findlay (assuming he's the same person as Ty Findley on the team sheet) is listed as a scholar at Cambrige, so perhaps we offered him a pro deal and he's taken that over staying at Cambridge Utd.

He was in their match day squad as a 16 year old just over year ago and is a CB. With Toure gone we need a replacement in the u21s if we haven't offered Ethan Cann a pro deal.

It's an EFL list, but checking Arsenal's retained list, Max Kuczynski was released, so we'd have been able to pick him up as a free agent. He's a left footed CB who can also play LB/LWB. This perhaps covers the gap left by Enslin being more involved with the first team or if he goes out on loan.

https://www.arsenal.com/news/contract-updates-20-players-depart-summer

Paris Lock was released by Wimbledon. He's a 20 year old winger/striker and the son of our u21 manager Chris Lock. He made the odd appearances in our u21s last season despite being contracted to Wimbledon. I guess as a minimum, it gives us depth so players like Casey or Rylah could potentially go on loan, and Mbick and Dixon to either do the same or be part of the first team squad.

https://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/2025/may/29/retained-list-for-2024-2025

wolfgang

Scoham said:

Ty Ewans-Findlay is listed as a scholar at Cambridge, 

Odd picture. Looks like a radio-controlled robot

Scoham

https://www.oxfordcityfc.co.uk/gallery-pre-season-oxford-city-5-2-charlton-athletic-xi

Over 150 photos from the Oxford City game - who wants to play identify the trialist family members?

Scoham

Fullah picked out by this X account.

fenaddick

Kaheim Dixon has shared some very zoomed out clips of a game against Man Utd U21s on his Instagram stories, looks like it was at Carrington (if that's where the academy train too)

Henry Irving

fenaddick said:

Kaheim Dixon has shared some very zoomed out clips of a game against Man Utd U21s on his Instagram stories, looks like it was at Carrington (if that's where the academy train too)

Came waa on Thursday and behind closed doors.

Canadian

Anyone know the final score? Looks like Charlton scored a few at least so likely won.  

Henry Irving

Canadian said:

Anyone know the final score? Looks like Charlton scored a few at least so likely won.  

Two 60 minute games

Won 1st 3 - 0, lost 2nd 0 - 2 but weaker side.

nagAddick

Judging by the clips it looks like Dixon got a hat trick.

Henry Irving

nagAddick said:

Judging by the clips it looks like Dixon got a hat trick.

Seems so

£50m bid incoming from Utd

IdleHans

Henry Irving said:

nagAddick said:

Judging by the clips it looks like Dixon got a hat trick.

Seems so

£50m bid incoming from Wrexham

sam3110

nagAddick said:

Judging by the clips it looks like Dixon got a hat trick.

He's really going to be interesting to watch over the next 12 months. Every time he plays u21 football he shines, and he doesn't look out of place in International football with Jamaica either, but us getting promoted was a hindrance to him I suspect, as the step up in physicality with mens football from unders is now met with a step up in quality too

Gisappointed

He just needs passes over the top or down the line. He will no doubt get hacked relentlessly, even get injured, but we dont seem to have a set-piece specialist to take advantage.

RugbyAddick

sam3110 said:

nagAddick said:

Judging by the clips it looks like Dixon got a hat trick.

He's really going to be interesting to watch over the next 12 months. Every time he plays u21 football he shines, and he doesn't look out of place in International football with Jamaica either, but us getting promoted was a hindrance to him I suspect, as the step up in physicality with mens football from unders is now met with a step up in quality too

It’ll be interesting, because L1 is definitely a more physical league than the Championship. But naturally the Champ is technically better.

Last year, teams would play to prevent us from scoring. Sitting deep and defending, especially if they took the lead against us. Champ teams won’t give us that respect and I feel the games will be more open which will help our wingers. 

Dixon struggled with the physicality of playing L1 teams (as well as the fitness), but in the 12 months that we’ve had him, he’s really bulked up. 

Will definitely be interesting to watch. 

Chris_from_Sidcup

Scoham said:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMS7uQJq-en

Chetam Ezentawa who was on the bench is only 15.

I assume he's related to Chizzy Ezenwata who was with us before Chelsea poached him?

If so i won't get my hopes up of him making it with us, because if he is that good Chelsea will probably come for him as well.

Scoham

Scoham

Names of the trialists in the u21s here.

Hex

.

sam3110

Only Overy and Kenyon I can find are a right back and a keeper respectively, Overy at Man United and Kenyon at Leeds, so I doubt it's them. Can't find an "Africa" at all and Williams is too vague.