2023-24 Under-18 League 2

The 2022-23 Under-18 League 2, or Under-18s Professional Development League 2 as it is sometimes referred to, is Under-18 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 home OR away. 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. Barnsley are the defending national champions while Bournemouth and Fleetwood Town join the division from the 2023-24 season.

Teams

2023-24 Teams
North Team Training Ground Manager Barnsley Oakwell Training Ground Nicky Eaden Birmingham City Wast Hills Martyn Olorenshaw Burnley Barnfield Tony Philliskirk Coventry City The Alan Higgs Centre Gary Mills Crewe Alexandra Reaseheath Ryan Dicker Fleetwood Town Poolfoot Farm Mark Yeates Hull City Bishop Burton College Chad Gribble Peterborough United Mick George Training Academy Jamal Campbell-Rice Sheffield United Steelphalt Academy Matt Thorpe Sheffield Wednesday Middlewood Road Andy Holdsworth Wigan Athletic Christopher Park Marc Maddocks			South Team Training Ground Manager Bournemouth Canford Arena James Lowy Bristol City SGS Wise Campus Trevor Challis Cardiff City Leckwith Athletics Stadium Steve Jenkins Charlton Athletic Sparrows Lane Jason Pearce Colchester United Florence Park Elliott Ward Ipswich Town Playford Road Callum Tongue Millwall Calmont Road Larry McAvoy Queens Park Rangers Heston Micah Hyde Swansea City Landore Ricky King Watford UCL Sports Ground Tom Cleverley

League Tables

North

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Birmingham City	12	8	3	1	27	16	+11	27
2	Barnsley	10	6	1	3	28	18	+10	19
3	Sheffield Wednesday	10	5	3	2	20	13	+7	18
4	Burnley	12	4	4	4	20	17	+3	16
5	Crewe Alexandra	10	5	1	4	22	27	-5	16
6	Hull City	11	5	1	5	22	29	-7	16
7	Coventry City	12	4	3	5	26	28	-2	15
8	Sheffield United	10	2	4	4	15	18	-3	10
9	Fleetwood Town	7	3	0	4	17	14	+3	9
10	Wigan Athletic	10	1	2	7	10	25	-15	5
11	Peterborough United	10	1	1	8	14	31	-17	4

South

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bristol City	11	9	1	1	29	10	+19	28
2	Watford	10	6	1	3	28	15	+13	19
3	Cardiff City	9	5	1	3	24	17	+7	16
4	Charlton Athletic	8	4	3	1	23	14	+9	15
5	Millwall	7	4	0	3	21	15	+6	12
6	Bournemouth	9	4	0	5	19	21	-2	12
7	Swansea City	10	4	0	6	18	23	-5	12
8	Ipswich Town	9	3	2	4	25	20	+5	11
9	Colchester United	11	2	3	6	22	38	-16	9
10	Queens Park Rangers	10	2	0	8	15	37	-22	6

(Updated: 15th November)

Fixtures

Saturday 11 November	Queens Park Rangers	1-3	Watford
Saturday 11 November	Bournemouth	1-0	Ipswich Town
Saturday 11 November	Bristol City	3-2	Charlton Athletic
Saturday 11 November	Colchester United	1-6	Cardiff City
Saturday 11 November	Sheffield Wednesday	1-1	Burnley
Saturday 11 November	Wigan Athletic	3-0	Coventry City
Saturday 11 November	Fleetwood Town	1-2	Birmingham City
Saturday 11 November	Peterborough United	3-5	Crewe Alexandra
Saturday 11 November	Swansea City	2-4	Millwall
Monday 13 November	Sheffield United	3-0	Barnsley

Results

November

Saturday 4 November	Cardiff City	3-2	Swansea City
Saturday 4 November	Charlton Athletic	3-3	Colchester United
Saturday 4 November	Hull City	4-2	Sheffield United
Saturday 4 November	Birmingham City	2-4	Barnsley
Saturday 4 November	Queens Park Rangers	0-1	Bristol City
Saturday 4 November	Watford	4-2	Bournemouth
Saturday 4 November	Coventry City	0-5	Burnley

October

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Saturday 28 October	Millwall	0-3	Watford
Saturday 28 October	Swansea City	4-1	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 28 October	Barnsley	4-1	Crewe Alexandra
Saturday 28 October	Bristol City	2-3	Cardiff City
Saturday 28 October	Hull City	0-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 28 October	Sheffield United	2-2	Coventry City
Saturday 28 October	Ipswich Town	6-4	Colchester United
Saturday 28 October	Wigan Athletic	2-2	Birmingham City
Saturday 28 October	Burnley	1-0	Peterborough United

Saturday 14 October	Peterborough United	3-2	Barnsley
Saturday 14 October	Sheffield Wednesday	3-3	Crewe Alexandra
Saturday 14 October	Coventry City	8-1	Hull City
Saturday 14 October	Birmingham City	3-0	Burnley

Tuesday 10 October	Birmingham City	1-1	Colchester United
Saturday 7 October	Coventry City	2-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 7 October	Barnsley	4-0	Fleetwood Town
Saturday 7 October	Burnley	0-0	Wigan Athletic
Saturday 7 October	Cardiff City	2-1	Ipswich Town
Saturday 7 October	Charlton Athletic	2-1	Millwall
Saturday 7 October	Colchester United	2-7	Bristol City
Saturday 7 October	Sheffield United	2-2	Peterborough United
Saturday 7 October	Queens Park Rangers	2-4	Bournemouth
Saturday 7 October	Hull City	2-2	Birmingham City
Saturday 7 October	Watford	1-2	Swansea City

September

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Saturday 30 September	Birmingham City	3-2	Sheffield United
Saturday 30 September	Bristol City	2-1	Watford
Saturday 30 September	Crewe Alexandra	0-4	Burnley
Saturday 30 September	Millwall	5-1	Colchester United
Saturday 30 September	Ipswich Town	7-0	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 30 September	Fleetwood Town	2-4	Hull City
Saturday 30 September	Wigan Athletic	2-3	Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 30 September	Bournemouth	1-5	Cardiff City
Saturday 30 September	Swansea City	3-6	Charlton Athletic
Friday 29 September	Coventry City	1-4	Barnsley

Saturday 23 September	Barnsley	3-1	Wigan Athletic
Saturday 23 September	Burnley	1-2	Fleetwood Town
Saturday 23 September	Hull City	3-2	Peterborough United
Saturday 23 September	Sheffield Wednesday	0-1	Birmingham City
Saturday 23 September	Sheffield United	0-1	Crewe Alexandra
Friday 22 September	Coventry City	2-3	Bristol City

Saturday 16 September	Queens Park Rangers	2-6	Burnley
Saturday 16 September	Bournemouth	1-2	Hull City
Saturday 16 September	Bristol City	2-0	Peterborough United
Saturday 16 September	Cardiff City	1-2	Sheffield United
Saturday 16 September	Charlton Athletic	2-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 16 September	Colchester United	4-1	Wigan Athletic
Saturday 16 September	Swansea City	1-0	Coventry City
Saturday 16 September	Watford	5-2	Crewe Alexandra
Friday 15 September	Ipswich Town	1-1	Barnsley

Saturday 9 September	Fleetwood Town	9-0	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 9 September	Hull City	2-1	Swansea City
Saturday 9 September	Peterborough United	0-6	Watford
Saturday 9 September	Sheffield Wednesday	4-0	Bournemouth
Saturday 9 September	Wigan Athletic	0-1	Bristol City
Saturday 9 September	Coventry City	2-2	Ipswich Town
Saturday 9 September	Burnley	0-0	Colchester United
Saturday 9 September	Crewe Alexandra	5-3	Millwall

August

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Saturday 26 August	Queens Park Rangers	3-0	Sheffield United
Saturday 26 August	Bournemouth	1-2	Birmingham City
Saturday 26 August	Bristol City	4-0	Burnley
Saturday 26 August	Colchester United	3-0	Fleetwood Town
Saturday 26 August	Millwall	4-1	Peterborough United
Saturday 26 August	Swansea City	1-3	Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 26 August	Watford	3-1	Wigan Athletic
Saturday 26 August	Cardiff City	3-3	Coventry City
Saturday 26 August	Ipswich Town	4-3	Hull City
Saturday 26 August	Charlton Athletic	3-1	Crewe Alexandra
Tuesday 22 August	Birmingham City	2-1	Hull City

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

Saturday 12 August	Queens Park Rangers	4-0	Hull City
Saturday 12 August	Bournemouth	5-0	Wigan Athletic
Saturday 12 August	Charlton Athletic	1-1	Burnley
Saturday 12 August	Swansea City	2-1	Peterborough United
Saturday 12 August	Colchester United	1-3	Coventry City
Saturday 12 August	Ipswich Town	2-3	Crewe Alexandra
Saturday 12 August	Cardiff City	0-3	Birmingham City
Saturday 12 August	Watford	2-2	Sheffield United
Friday 11 August	Bristol City	4-0	Barnsley

Top Goalscorers

(Updated 15th November)

Player	Club	Goals
Emmaisa Nzondo	Barnsley	14
Lucas Dawson	Hull City	9
Devlan Moses	Sheffield Wednesday	8
Frank Tattum	Birmingham City	7
Tyler Winters	Peterborough United	7
Tom Woodward	Swansea City	7
Jonny Day	Bournemouth	6
Oli Davis	Ipswich Town	6
Trey George	Cardiff City	6
Kavalli Heywood	Millwall	6
Ronnie Kelly	Hull City	6
Micah Mbick	Charlton Athletic	6
Ben Wodskou	Birmingham City	6

Hat-tricks

(Updated 15th November)

Player	Club	Date	Fixture
Jonny Day	Bournemouth	12th August 2023	Bournemouth 5-0 Wigan Athletic
Emmaisa Nzondo	Barnsley	18th August 2023	Barnsley 6-2 Colchester United
Frank Tattum	Birmingham City	19th August 2023	Birmingham City 4-2 Ipswich Town
Amin Nabizada	Watford	9th September 2023	Peterborough United 0-6 Watford
Mikey Lane	Fleetwood Town	9th September 2023	Fleetwood Town 9-0 Queens Park Rangers
Jonathan Lawson	Watford	16th September 2023	Watford 5-2 Crewe Alexandra
Oli Davis	Ipswich Town	30th September 2023	Ipswich Town 7-0 Queens Park Rangers
Patrick Casey (4)	Charlton Athletic	30th September 2023	Swansea City 3-6 Charlton Athletic
Aidan Dausch (4)	Coventry City	14th October 2023	Coventry City 8-1 Hull City
Emmaisa Nzondo	Barnsley	28th October 2023	Barnsley 4-1 Crewe Alexandra
Trey George	Cardiff City	4th November 2023	Cardiff City 3-2 Swansea City