2025-26 Under-18 Premier League

The 2024-25 Under-18 Premier League is the thirteenth campaign of the top tier of the Under-18 Development League. A total of 28 teams are split regionally into north and south leagues. Teams face their regional opponents both home and away before the top two face each other to determine the national champion. Aston Villa are the defending champions. while Birmingham City, Burnley and Ipswich Town return to Category One football this season.

Teams

2025-26 Teams
North
Team Training Ground Manager
Blackburn Rovers Brockhall Village Ryan Kidd
Burnley Barnfield [[wikipedia:Tony Philliskirk|
Derby County Moor Farm Bradley Johnson
Everton USM Finch Farm Keith Southern
Leeds United Thorp Arch Rob Etherington
Liverpool Kirkby Academy Simon Wiles
Manchester City City Football Academy Oliver Reiss
Manchester United AON Training Complex Darren Fletcher
Middlesbrough Rockliffe Park Rob Jones
Newcastle United Little Benton Chris Moore
Nottingham Forest The Nigel Doughty Academy Tom Mallinson
Stoke City Clayton Wood Dean Marney
Sunderland The Academy of Light Finnbar Lynch and Jordan Moore
Wolverhampton Wanderers Sir Jack Hayward Training Fround Richard Walker
South
Team Training Ground Manager
Arsenal London Colney Adam Birchall
Aston Villa Bodymoor Heath Richard Beale
Birmingham City Knighthead Park Training Centre Martyn Olorenshaw
Brighton & Hove Albion AMEX Elite Performance Centre Bjorn Hamberg
Chelsea Cobham Hassan Sulaiman
Crystal Palace Copers Cope Road Javier Alonso
Fulham Motspur Park Ali Melloul
Ipswich Town Playford Road David Wright
Leicester City Leicester Training Ground Adam Barradell
Norwich City Lotus Training Centre Greg Crane
Reading Bearwood Park Harrison Gilkes
Southampton Staplewood Andrew Surman
Tottenham Hotspur Way Stuart Lewis
West Brom WBA Training Ground Leigh Downing
West Ham Little Heath Lauris Coggin


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North

League Table

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Manchester City 4 4 0 0 19 5 +14 12
2 Manchester United 4 4 0 0 11 0 +11 12
3 Newcastle United 4 3 1 0 12 6 +6 10
4 Leeds United 4 2 1 1 12 11 +1 7
5 Middlesbrough 4 2 1 1 6 8 -2 7
6 Liverpool 3 2 0 1 14 6 +8 6
7 Nottingham Forest 4 2 0 2 7 5 +2 6
8 Sunderland 4 1 1 2 5 5 0 4
9 Burnley 4 1 1 2 5 9 -4 4
10 Blackburn Rovers 4 1 1 2 8 14 -6 4
11 Everton 3 1 0 2 6 8 -2 3
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4 1 0 3 5 11 -6 3
13 Stoke City 4 0 0 4 4 13 -9 0
14 Derby County 4 0 0 4 0 13 -13 0

(Updated 15th September)

Fixtures

Saturday 20 September Liverpool 3-8 Blackburn Rovers
Saturday 20 September Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-4 Manchester United
Saturday 20 September Burnley 1-2 Derby County
Saturday 20 September Stoke City 2-1 Leeds United
Saturday 20 September Middlesbrough 0-0 Everton


Results

September

Saturday 13 September Blackburn Rovers 3-2 Stoke City
Saturday 13 September Manchester United 1-0 Burnley
Saturday 13 September Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-5 Manchester City
Saturday 13 September Leeds United 5-3 Everton
Saturday 13 September Liverpool 3-4 Newcastle United
Saturday 13 September Middlesbrough 2-1 Nottingham Forest
Saturday 13 September Sunderland 3-0 Derby County


August

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Saturday 30 August Burnley 1-6 Liverpool
Saturday 30 August Manchester City 7-3 Blackburn Rovers
Saturday 30 August Middlesbrough 1-1 Sunderland
Saturday 30 August Stoke City 1-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Saturday 30 August Derby County 0-4 Manchester United
Saturday 30 August Everton 3-2 Nottingham Forest
Saturday 30 August Leeds United 3-3 Newcastle United


Saturday 23 August Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Burnley
Saturday 23 August Stoke City 0-2 Nottingham Forest
Saturday 23 August Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-2 Newcastle United
Saturday 23 August Leeds United 4-0 Derby County
Saturday 23 August Manchester United 5-0 Middlesbrough
Friday 22 August Sunderland 1-2 Manchester City


Saturday 16 August Derby County 0-2 Nottingham Forest
Saturday 16 August Everton 0-1 Manchester United
Saturday 16 August Middlesbrough 3-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Saturday 16 August Stoke City 1-5 Liverpool
Saturday 16 August Manchester City 5-0 Leeds United
Saturday 16 August Burnley 2-0 Sunderland
Saturday 16 August Newcastle United 3-0 Blackburn Rovers


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South

League Table

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Arsenal 4 3 1 0 8 4 +4 10
2 Crystal Palace 4 3 0 1 21 6 +15 9
3 Leicester City 4 3 0 1 11 4 +7 9
4 Chelsea 3 2 1 0 11 4 +7 7
5 Tottenham Hotspur 4 2 1 1 11 5 +6 7
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 4 2 1 1 9 4 +5 7
7 Southampton 4 2 1 1 11 7 +4 7
8 Fulham 3 2 0 1 9 5 +4 6
9 West Bromwich Albion 3 1 1 1 8 6 +2 4
10 Birmingham City 4 1 1 2 5 14 -9 4
11 Aston Villa 3 1 0 2 3 10 -7 3
12 Reading 4 0 2 2 4 10 -6 2
13 Norwich City 4 0 1 3 4 10 -6 1
14 West Ham United 4 0 1 3 2 11 -9 1
15 Ipswich Town 4 0 1 3 1 18 -17 1

(Updated 15th September)

Fixtures

Saturday 20 September Birmingham City 2-8 West Bromwich Albion
Saturday 20 September Chelsea 4-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Saturday 20 September Crystal Palace 2-0 Reading
Saturday 20 September West Ham United 2-1 Fulham
Saturday 20 September Arsenal 4-2 Ipswich Town
Saturday 20 September Southampton 4-2 Tottenham Hotspur
Saturday 20 September Norwich City 2-3 Aston Villa

Results

September

Saturday 13 September Arsenal 1-1 Chelsea
Saturday 13 September Aston Villa 0-4 Leicester City
Saturday 13 September Norwich City 1-1 Southampton
Saturday 13 September West Ham United 0-5 Tottenham Hotspur
Saturday 13 September Reading 0-4 Brighton and Hove Albion
Saturday 13 September Crystal Palace 8-0 Ipswich Town
Saturday 13 September Fulham 3-4 Birmingham City


August

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Saturday 30 August Brighton and Hove Albion 5-2 Norwich City
Saturday 30 August Ipswich Town 1-1 Reading
Saturday 30 August Tottenham Hotspur 2-3 Crystal Palace
Saturday 30 August Birmingham City 0-2 Arsenal
Saturday 30 August Chelsea 6-1 Aston Villa
Saturday 30 August Leicester City 3-1 West Ham United
Saturday 30 August Southampton 6-3 West Bromwich Albion


Saturday 23 August Crystal Palace 2-4 Chelsea
Saturday 23 August West Bromwich Albion 0-0 Brighton and Hove Albion
Saturday 23 August Arsenal 3-2 Southampton
Saturday 23 August Fulham 4-0 Ipswich Town
Saturday 23 August Norwich City 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur
Saturday 23 August Reading 1-3 Leicester City
Saturday 23 August West Ham United 1-1 Birmingham City


Saturday 16 August Birmingham City 0-8 Crystal Palace
Saturday 16 August Brighton & Hove Albion 0-2 Aston Villa
Saturday 16 August Ipswich Town 0-5 West Bromwich Albion
Saturday 16 August Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 Reading
Saturday 16 August Southampton 2-0 West Ham United
Saturday 16 August Leicester City 1-2 Fulham
Saturday 16 August Norwich City 1-2 Arsenal


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Top Goalscorers

(Updated 15th September)

Player Club Goals
Ben Casey Crystal Palace 9
JJ Gabriel Manchester United 5
Lorenz Hutchinson Leicester City 5
Harry Gathercole Southampton 5


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Hat-tricks

(Updated 15th September)

Player Club Date Fixture
Ben Casey Crystal Palace 30th August 2025 Tottenham Hotspur 2-3 Crystal Palace
JJ Gabriel Manchester United 30th August 2025 Derby County 0-4 Manchester United
Harry Gathercole Southampton 30th August 2025 Southampton 6-3 West Bromwich Albion
Ben Casey Crystal Palace 13th September 2025 Crystal Palace 8-0 Ipswich Town
Lorenz Hutchinson Leicester City 13th September 2025 Aston Villa 0-4 Leicester City

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