2024-25 Professional Development League 2

The Professional Development League 2 is Under-21 football's second tier, designed for those academies with Category 2 status. The league is split regionally into north and south divisions, with each team facing opponents in their own region twice both home and away and opponents in the other region once. The sides finishing in the top two positions in both regions at the end of the season will progress to a knockout stage to determine the overall league champion. Sheffield United are the defending champions while Brentford return to Category Two football for the 2024-25 season.

Teams

2024-25 Teams
North Team Training Ground Manager Barnsley Oakwell Tom Harban Birmingham City Wast Hills Steve Spooner Burnley Barnfield Andy Farrell Coventry City The Alan Higgs Centre Adam Bridgeford Crewe Alexandra Alexandra Park Michael Jackson Fleetwood Town Poolfoot Farm Nathan Pond Hull City LNER Community Stadium Conor Sellars Peterborough United idverde Training Centre Ryan Semple Sheffield United LNER Community Stadium Michael Collins Sheffield Wednesday Middlewood Road Andy Holdsworth Wigan Athletic Christopher Park Stephen Crainey			South Team Training Ground Manager Bournemouth Canford Park Arena Alan Connell Brentford Wheatsheaf Park Neil MacFarlane Bristol City Robins High Performance Centre Ali Hines Cardiff City Leckwith Athletics Stadium Darren Purse Charlton Athletic Princes Park Chris Lock Colchester United Wallace Binder Ground Liam Bailey Ipswich Town Playford Road John McGreal Millwall Calmont Road Kevin Nugent Queens Park Rangers SkyEx Community Stadium Paul Furlong Swansea City Landore Anthony Wright Watford UCL Sports Ground Charlie Daniels

League Tables

North

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Sheffield United	20	15	3	2	66	21	+45	48
2	Hull City	24	15	0	9	52	44	+8	45
3	Burnley	21	12	2	7	63	29	+34	38
4	Sheffield Wednesday	22	10	4	8	38	37	+1	34
5	Coventry City	21	10	2	9	55	37	+18	32
6	Fleetwood Town	22	9	3	10	37	43	-6	30
7	Peterborough United	22	9	1	12	34	46	-12	28
8	Wigan Athletic	23	6	4	13	35	46	-11	22
9	Barnsley	23	5	7	11	36	51	-15	22
10	Crewe Alexandra	23	4	6	13	28	53	-25	18
11	Birmingham City	20	4	3	13	31	62	-31	15

South

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Brentford	22	15	3	4	53	30	+23	48
2	Charlton Athletic	23	14	5	4	69	33	+36	47
3	Millwall	22	14	3	5	47	26	+21	45
4	Bournemouth	20	10	4	6	43	36	+7	34
5	Cardiff City	22	10	4	8	29	36	-7	34
6	Watford	20	9	2	9	42	41	+1	29
7	Bristol City	20	7	6	7	38	39	-1	27
8	Ipswich Town	22	7	6	9	42	44	-2	27
9	Swansea City	20	6	4	10	32	41	-9	22
10	Queens Park Rangers	21	6	1	14	35	54	-19	19
11	Colchester United	21	2	3	16	19	75	-56	9

(Updated 13th March)

Fixtures

Friday 14 March	Birmingham City	3-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Friday 14 March	Barnsley	1-0	Hull City
Saturday 15 March	Cardiff City	1-1	Colchester United
Monday 17 March	Watford	1-3	Swansea City
Monday 17 March	Brentford	4-3	Bristol City
Tuesday 18 March	Charlton Athletic	1-2	Bournemouth
Tuesday 18 March	Wigan Athletic	1-2	Birmingham City
Tuesday 18 March	Sheffield United	0-0	Barnsley
Tuesday 18 March	Burnley	0-2	Fleetwood Town
Tuesday 18 March	Ipswich Town	3-3	Millwall
Thursday 20 March	Queens Park Rangers	vs	Watford

Results

March

Tuesday 11 March	Bournemouth	4-0	Cardiff City
Tuesday 11 March	Coventry City	2-1	Wigan Athletic
Tuesday 11 March	Fleetwood Town	2-1	Barnsley
Tuesday 11 March	Peterborough United	4-2	Bristol City
Tuesday 11 March	Millwall	4-2	Watford
Tuesday 11 March	Hull City	4-1	Crewe Alexandra
Monday 10 March	Swansea City	0-0	Ipswich Town
Friday 7 March	Charlton Athletic	2-1	Watford
Friday 7 March	Sheffield Wednesday	3-0	Peterborough United
Friday 7 March	Hull City	5-1	Fleetwood Town
Friday 7 March	Queens Park Rangers	1-4	Bournemouth
Friday 7 March	Colchester United	1-2	Brentford

Tuesday 4 March	Charlton Athletic	1-1	Bristol City
Tuesday 4 March	Ipswich Town	3-2	Queens Park Rangers
Tuesday 4 March	Wigan Athletic	2-0	Hull City
Tuesday 4 March	Barnsley	2-4	Coventry City
Tuesday 4 March	Cardiff City	1-2	Millwall
Tuesday 4 March	Sheffield United	5-2	Birmingham City
Tuesday 4 March	Burnley	0-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Monday 3 March	Brentford	3-0	Swansea City
Monday 3 March	Crewe Alexandra	3-3	Fleetwood Town
Monday 3 March	Watford	1-1	Bournemouth

February

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Friday 28 February	Brentford	2-0	Birmingham City
Friday 28 February	Cardiff City	1-1	Coventry City
Tuesday 25 February	Fleetwood Town	5-0	Peterborough United
Tuesday 25 February	Bristol City	1-1	Cardiff City
Tuesday 25 February	Hull City	0-3	Sheffield United
Tuesday 25 February	Millwall	3-0	Brentford
Tuesday 25 February	Queens Park Rangers	1-3	Swansea City
Monday 24 February	Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Wigan Athletic
Friday 21 February	Birmingham City	2-3	Barnsley
Friday 21 February	Charlton Athletic	8-1	Colchester United
Thursday 20 February	Sheffield United	5-1	Fleetwood Town

Tuesday 18 February	Charlton Athletic	1-0	Millwall
Tuesday 18 February	Peterborough United	3-1	Hull City
Tuesday 18 February	Burnley	1-3	Wigan Athletic
Monday 17 February	Fleetwood Town	1-2	Coventry City
Monday 17 February	Birmingham City	0-0	Crewe Alexandra
Monday 17 February	Brentford	5-2	Ipswich Town
Monday 17 February	Bristol City	3-0	Colchester United
Monday 17 February	Swansea City	0-5	Queens Park Rangers

Wednesday 12 February	Brentford	2-2	Watford
Tuesday 11 February	Coventry City	2-6	Burnley
Tuesday 11 February	Ipswich Town	3-4	Bristol City
Tuesday 11 February	Wigan Athletic	2-2	Peterborough United
Tuesday 11 February	Cardiff City	2-1	Swansea City
Tuesday 11 February	Sheffield Wednesday	3-4	Hull City
Monday 10 February	Crewe Alexandra	1-2	Sheffield United
Friday 7 February	Hull City	5-0	Birmingham City
Friday 7 February	Peterborough United	0-1	Barnsley
Friday 7 February	Millwall	2-0	Cardiff City
Friday 7 February	Sheffield Wednesday	0-1	Fleetwood Town
Friday 7 February	Colchester United	0-3	Watford

Wednesday 5 February	Wigan Athletic	4-1	Crewe Alexandra
Tuesday 4 February	Millwall	2-0	Bournemouth
Monday 3 February	Sheffield Wednesday	1-1	Crewe Alexandra

January

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Wednesday 29 January	Peterborough United	0-1	Crewe Alexandra
Tuesday 28 January	Ipswich Town	1-5	Charlton Athletic
Tuesday 28 January	Queens Park Rangers	7-0	Colchester United
Tuesday 28 January	Wigan Athletic	2-0	Fleetwood Town
Tuesday 28 January	Barnsley	0-4	Burnley
Friday 24 January	Birmingham City	2-0	Coventry City
Friday 24 January	Charlton Athletic	6-1	Cardiff City
Friday 24 January	Millwall	5-0	Swansea City

Tuesday 21 January	Burnley	5-0	Peterborough United
Tuesday 21 January	Coventry City	14-0	Colchester United
Tuesday 21 January	Fleetwood Town	1-3	Hull City
Monday 20 January	Crewe Alexandra	2-2	Barnsley
Monday 20 January	Swansea City	3-4	Millwall
Monday 20 January	Watford	2-0	Ipswich Town
Monday 20 January	Bristol City	2-1	Queens Park Rangers
Friday 17 January	Peterborough United	1-2	Swansea City
Friday 17 January	Colchester United	0-4	Bournemouth

Wednesday 15 January	Barnsley	2-2	Wigan Athletic
Tuesday 14 January	Coventry City	3-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Tuesday 14 January	Cardiff City	0-3	Brentford

Tuesday 7 January	Brentford	3-2	Charlton Athletic
Tuesday 7 January	Ipswich Town	5-1	Cardiff City
Tuesday 7 January	Hull City	0-2	Coventry City
Tuesday 7 January	Burnley	0-1	Sheffield United
Tuesday 7 January	Queens Park Rangers	0-2	Millwall
Monday 6 January	Swansea City	4-1	Colchester United

December

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Monday 23 December	Colchester United	4-2	Bristol City
Friday 20 December	Charlton Athletic	3-1	Swansea City
Wednesday 18 December	Brentford	3-0	Bournemouth
Tuesday 17 December	Ipswich Town	1-1	Colchester United
Tuesday 17 December	Barnsley	1-3	Sheffield Wednesday
Tuesday 17 December	Burnley	4-0	Hull City
Monday 16 December	Watford	5-2	Bristol City
Monday 16 December	Cardiff City	2-1	Queens Park Rangers

Tuesday 10 December	Bournemouth	2-3	Charlton Athletic
Tuesday 10 December	Coventry City	0-2	Peterborough United
Tuesday 10 December	Millwall	3-0	Ipswich Town
Tuesday 10 December	Hull City	2-1	Barnsley
Monday 9 December	Birmingham City	1-3	Wigan Athletic
Monday 9 December	Bristol City	0-4	Brentford
Monday 9 December	Swansea City	1-3	Watford
Friday 6 December	Colchester United	0-1	Cardiff City

Wednesday 4 December	Peterborough United	1-3	Sheffield Wednesday
Tuesday 3 December	Charlton Athletic	6-3	Queens Park Rangers
Tuesday 3 December	Barnsley	3-3	Fleetwood Town
Tuesday 3 December	Cardiff City	0-0	Bournemouth
Tuesday 3 December	Sheffield United	3-4	Coventry City
Tuesday 3 December	Burnley	8-1	Birmingham City
Monday 2 December	Brentford	3-2	Colchester United
Monday 2 December	Crewe Alexandra	3-4	Hull City
Monday 2 December	Ipswich Town	3-2	Swansea City
Monday 2 December	Watford	1-3	Millwall

November

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Wednesday 27 November	Swansea City	3-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Tuesday 26 November	Brentford	2-1	Peterborough United

Tuesday 19 November	Bournemouth	4-1	Watford
Tuesday 19 November	Coventry City	2-2	Barnsley
Tuesday 19 November	Fleetwood Town	3-2	Crewe Alexandra
Tuesday 19 November	Peterborough United	2-1	Sheffield United
Tuesday 19 November	Hull City	3-1	Wigan Athletic
Monday 18 November	Sheffield Wednesday	3-2	Burnley
Monday 18 November	Bristol City	0-0	Charlton Athletic
Monday 18 November	Swansea City	3-3	Brentford
Friday 15 November	Birmingham City	2-2	Sheffield United
Thursday 14 November	Millwall	1-1	Sheffield Wednesday

Tuesday 5 November	Wigan Athletic	1-3	Sheffield Wednesday
Tuesday 5 November	Peterborough United	3-2	Fleetwood Town
Tuesday 5 November	Barnsley	2-2	Birmingham City
Tuesday 5 November	Sheffield United	3-1	Hull City
Monday 4 November	Brentford	3-1	Millwall
Monday 4 November	Crewe Alexandra	0-1	Coventry City
Monday 4 November	Watford	1-0	Queens Park Rangers
Monday 4 November	Cardiff City	4-1	Bristol City
Monday 4 November	Ipswich Town	1-2	Bournemouth
Friday 1 November	Colchester United	2-2	Charlton Athletic

October

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Tuesday 29 October	Bournemouth	3-1	Millwall
Tuesday 29 October	Peterborough United	3-0	Wigan Athletic
Tuesday 29 October	Sheffield United	10-1	Crewe Alexandra
Tuesday 29 October	Burnley	5-0	Coventry City
Monday 28 October	Fleetwood Town	2-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Monday 28 October	Watford	7-0	Colchester United
Monday 28 October	Bristol City	2-2	Ipswich Town
Monday 28 October	Brentford	4-1	Queens Park Rangers
Monday 28 October	Swansea City	0-1	Cardiff City
Friday 25 October	Barnsley	1-1	Sheffield United
Friday 25 October	Birmingham City	1-2	Hull City
Thursday 24 October	Ipswich Town	1-2	Brentford
Thursday 24 October	Swansea City	2-2	Bournemouth

Tuesday 22 October	Wigan Athletic	0-2	Burnley
Tuesday 22 October	Hull City	4-1	Peterborough United
Tuesday 22 October	Millwall	2-0	Charlton Athletic
Monday 21 October	Coventry City	1-2	Fleetwood Town
Monday 21 October	Crewe Alexandra	4-2	Birmingham City

Tuesday 15 October	Charlton Athletic	2-2	Ipswich Town
Tuesday 15 October	Fleetwood Town	2-0	Wigan Athletic
Tuesday 15 October	Burnley	3-1	Barnsley
Tuesday 15 October	Coventry City	8-0	Birmingham City
Monday 14 October	Crewe Alexandra	2-0	Peterborough United
Monday 14 October	Sheffield United	2-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Friday 11 October	Colchester United	2-3	Queens Park Rangers

Wednesday 9 October	Peterborough United	2-5	Burnley
Tuesday 8 October	Queens Park Rangers	0-1	Bristol City
Tuesday 8 October	Wigan Athletic	2-3	Sheffield United
Tuesday 8 October	Ipswich Town	2-1	Watford
Saturday 5 October	Cardiff City	2-0	Charlton Athletic
Friday 4 October	Barnsley	2-0	Crewe Alexandra
Friday 4 October	Sheffield Wednesday	1-0	Coventry City

Tuesday 1 October	Cardiff City	2-2	Ipswich Town
Tuesday 1 October	Barnsley	3-4	Peterborough United
Tuesday 1 October	Charlton Athletic	1-6	Brentford
Tuesday 1 October	Coventry City	0-4	Hull City
Tuesday 1 October	Millwall	0-0	Queens Park Rangers
Tuesday 1 October	Sheffield United	1-0	Burnley

September

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Monday 30 September	Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Birmingham City
Monday 30 September	Crewe Alexandra	1-1	Wigan Athletic
Monday 30 September	Bristol City	5-0	Bournemouth
Friday 27 September	Fleetwood Town	2-1	Millwall
Friday 27 September	Sheffield United	2-0	Cardiff City

Tuesday 24 September	Wigan Athletic	0-2	Barnsley
Tuesday 24 September	Hull City	2-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Tuesday 24 September	Millwall	3-0	Colchester United
Tuesday 24 September	Burnley	3-1	Crewe Alexandra
Monday 23 September	Birmingham City	3-2	Fleetwood Town
Monday 23 September	Brentford	0-1	Cardiff City
Monday 23 September	Swansea City	2-0	Bristol City
Friday 20 September	Watford	2-3	Charlton Athletic
Friday 20 September	Bournemouth	2-5	Queens Park Rangers

Tuesday 17 September	Birmingham City	4-1	Millwall
Tuesday 17 September	Burnley	6-0	Queens Park Rangers
Tuesday 17 September	Barnsley	1-2	Ipswich Town
Tuesday 17 September	Wigan Athletic	4-1	Colchester United
Tuesday 17 September	Hull City	2-1	Brentford
Monday 16 September	Crewe Alexandra	3-0	Watford
Monday 16 September	Sheffield Wednesday	0-5	Charlton Athletic

Tuesday 10 September	Bristol City	1-3	Burnley
Tuesday 10 September	Charlton Athletic	1-1	Crewe Alexandra
Tuesday 10 September	Ipswich Town	0-2	Hull City
Tuesday 10 September	Queens Park Rangers	0-6	Sheffield United
Tuesday 10 September	Fleetwood Town	1-4	Bournemouth
Tuesday 10 September	Millwall	2-1	Peterborough United
Monday 9 September	Watford	4-1	Wigan Athletic
Friday 6 September	Bournemouth	4-3	Barnsley
Friday 6 September	Colchester United	0-0	Fleetwood Town

Tuesday 3 September	Wigan Athletic	1-1	Brentford
Tuesday 3 September	Barnsley	0-4	Bristol City
Tuesday 3 September	Hull City	3-1	Queens Park Rangers
Monday 2 September	Crewe Alexandra	0-3	Ipswich Town
Monday 2 September	Sheffield United	8-2	Watford
Sunday 1 September	Burnley	0-4	Charlton Athletic

August

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Friday 30 August	Birmingham City	3-4	Cardiff City
Friday 30 August	Sheffield Wednesday	2-2	Bournemouth
Tuesday 27 August	Bournemouth	3-2	Burnley
Tuesday 27 August	Ipswich Town	0-1	Sheffield United
Tuesday 27 August	Charlton Athletic	6-0	Hull City
Tuesday 27 August	Queens Park Rangers	3-1	Wigan Athletic
Monday 26 August	Brentford	1-0	Coventry City
Monday 26 August	Swansea City	0-0	Barnsley
Monday 26 August	Bristol City	2-0	Crewe Alexandra
Monday 26 August	Cardiff City	2-0	Fleetwood Town
Monday 26 August	Watford	0-4	Birmingham City
Friday 23 August	Colchester United	0-1	Peterborough United

Tuesday 20 August	Wigan Athletic	1-3	Cardiff City
Tuesday 20 August	Coventry City	3-4	Millwall
Tuesday 20 August	Peterborough United	3-0	Bournemouth
Tuesday 20 August	Barnsley	0-4	Charlton Athletic
Tuesday 20 August	Fleetwood Town	3-1	Swansea City
Tuesday 20 August	Sheffield United	6-0	Brentford
Tuesday 20 August	Sheffield Wednesday	4-4	Bristol City
Tuesday 20 August	Hull City	1-3	Watford
Monday 19 August	Birmingham City	0-3	Colchester United
Monday 19 August	Crewe Alexandra	0-1	Queens Park Rangers
Sunday 18 August	Burnley	3-3	Ipswich Town
Friday 16 August	Bournemouth	2-0	Hull City

Wednesday 14 August	Cardiff City	0-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Tuesday 13 August	Charlton Athletic	4-2	Wigan Athletic
Tuesday 13 August	Ipswich Town	6-1	Birmingham City
Tuesday 13 August	Queens Park Rangers	0-6	Coventry City
Tuesday 13 August	Millwall	1-1	Burnley
Monday 12 August	Bristol City	1-1	Sheffield United
Monday 12 August	Swansea City	4-0	Crewe Alexandra
Monday 12 August	Watford	1-0	Fleetwood Town
Friday 9 August	Colchester United	1-3	Barnsley

Top Goalscorers

(Updated 13th March)

Player	Club	Goals
Tyrell Sellars-Fleming	Hull City	12
Jevan Beattie	Sheffield United	11
Ashley Hay	Brentford	11
Iwan Morgan	Brentford	11
Kaheim Dixon	Charlton Athletic	10
Kamarni Ryan	Burnley	10
Joe Westley	Burnley	10
Ashley Clarke	Bournemouth	9
Patrick Casey	Charlton Athletic	9
Ryan Huke	Charlton Athletic	9
Devlan Moses	Sheffield Wednesday	9

Hat-tricks

(Updated 13th March)

Player	Club	Date	Fixture
Glory Nzingo	Swansea City	12th August 2024	Swansea City 4-0 Crewe Alexandra
Fabio Tavares	Coventry City	20th August 2024	Coventry City 3-4 Millwall
Ben Wodskou	Birmingham City	30th August 2024	Birmingham City 3-4 Cardiff City
Tyrese Campbell	Sheffield United	2nd September 2024	Sheffield United 8-2 Watford
Ashley Hay	Brentford	1st October 2024	Charlton Athletic 1-6 Brentford
Norman Bassette (4)	Coventry City	15th October 2024	Coventry City 8-0 Birmingham City
Jordan Hodkin	Crewe Alexandra	21st October 2024	Crewe Alexandra 4-2 Birmingham City
Ashley Hay	Brentford	28th October 2024	Brentford 4-1 Queens Park Rangers
Ryan Oné	Sheffield United	29th October 2024	Sheffield United 10-1 Crewe Alexandra
Kai Enslin	Charlton Athletic	3rd December 2024	Charlton Athletic 6-3 Queens Park Rangers
Joe Westley (4)	Burnley	3rd December 2024	Burnley 8-1 Birmingham City
Ashley Clarke	Bournemouth	17th January 2025	Colchester United 0-4 Bournemouth
Charlie Finney	Coventry City	21st January 2025	Coventry City 14-0 Colchester United
Aidan Dausch (5)	Coventry City	21st January 2025	Coventry City 14-0 Colchester United
Tyrell Sellars-Fleming	Hull City	7th February 2025	Hull City 5-0 Birmingham City
Connor Wickham	Watford	7th February 2025	Colchester United 0-3 Watford
Iwan Morgan	Brentford	17th February 2025	Brentford 5-2 Ipswich Town
Kieran Petrie	Queens Park Rangers	17th February 2025	Swansea City 0-5 Queens Park Rangers
Emmanuel Fernandez	Peterborough United	18th February 2025	Peterborough United 3-1 Hull City
Jevan Beattie	Sheffield United	4th March 2025	Sheffield United 5-2 Birmingham City