Swansea City Academy starlets recognised at awards evening

Swansea City academy celebrated the best and brightest of the club’s pathway system as it held its 2024-25 end-of-season awards at the Swansea.com Stadium on Tuesday evening.

The event recognised the player of the season for each age-group team, the pre-academy and Foundation Phase goal of the season, the Youth Development Phase (YDP) and Professional Development Phase (PDP) goal of the season, and the YDP and PDP save of the season.

The occasion gave youth players, their coaches and their families the opportunity to celebrate another successful campaign, which has seen the under-17s reach the final of the Professional Development League Cup.

There have also been senior debuts for academy products Josh Thomas and Ben Lloyd, while Arthur Parker, Dan Watts and Kit Margetson and several others have trained and travelled with the first-team squad.

Internationally, 25 academy players were called up for their respective nations at age-grade levels from under-15s to under-21s, and there were a record number of academy graduates in the senior Wales squad this March international break.

A pivotal figure in defence, Arthur Parker took home the Under-21s’ Player of the Season gong, capping off a remarkable year which has seen the 18-year-old be named in the senior matchday squad for the first time.

Harlan Perry, who has featured at under-17s, under-18s, and under-21s level this season, was named the Under-18s’ Player of the Season and Carter Heywood took the Under-16s’ award, with Alex Godfrey being named Under-15s Player of the Season.

Iago Evans and Damian Dabrowski were awarded the Under-14s’ and Under-13s’ awards respectively, with both demonstrating an incredible work ethic and dedication to improve and develop.

For the younger age groups, Georgie James (U12), Cayden Jones (U11), Max Edwards (U10) and Jac Griffiths (U9) were all recognised as the outstanding player in their respective age categories, with coaches praising the way they demonstrated the club’s values on and off the pitch.