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 2025-26 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-18s reach the semi-final of the Professional Development League Cup and the fifth round of the FA Youth Cup for the first time in 15 years. Whilst the Under-21s secured a fourth-place finish in the PDL, securing a play-off place.

There have also been senior debuts for academy products Arthur Parker and Thomas Woodward. Internationally, 25 academy players were called up for their respective nations at age-grade levels from under-15s to under-21s.

A pivotal figure on the wing, Josh Pescatore took home the Under-21s’ Player of the Season gong, capping off a remarkable year which has seen the 19-year-old pick up 17 goals and 18 assists.

Billy Clarke, who has featured at under-18s and under-21s level this season, was named the Under-18s’ Player of the Season and Bobby Lewis took the Under-16s’ award, with Ifan Harding being named Under-15s' Player of the Season.

Llewellyn Gregson and Finley Thomas 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, Jaylen Leahy (U12), Leo George (U11), Gruff Hodgson (U10) and George Thomas (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.