Youth Academy
The club has a distinguished history of producing young players, with Chris Dickson, joining Charlton Athletic, George Elokobi now playing in the Premier League for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Albert Jarrett, who until last season was at Watford and Simeon Jackson of Norwich City all coming through the ranks. Other players to come through Dulwich Hamlet in times gone past are Marlon King of Coventry, Leon Cort of Burnley, and before that former pros Carl Asaba, George Ndah and Alan Pardew.
Last season, the Under 18's managed by first team manager Gavin Rose reached the First Round Proper in the FA Youth Cup, eventually beaten on penalties by Norwich City after drawing 1–1 in normal time. This season, the side went even better, reaching the Third Round, going down 5–2 to Newcastle United
Under first team manager Gavin Rose, a large number of players have recently attracted the attention of professional clubs. In the 2010-11 season, Paul McCallum joined West Ham United and Quade Taylor joining Crystal Palace. In 2011-12, centre-half Michael Chambers attracted attention the attention of numerous clubs, including Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea, before eventually joining Crystal Palace for a reported 5 figure fee.
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