2019-20 Professional Development League 2

The Professional Development League 2 is the seventh campaign of post-EPPP Under-23 football's second tier, designed for those academies with Category 2 status. A total of 20 teams are 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. Leeds United are the defending champions.

Wigan Athletic acquired Category Two status in July 2019 and will join the North division this season.

Teams

2019-20 Teams
North Team Main Stadium Manager Barnsley Oakwell Martin Devaney Birmingham City Wast Hills Xavi Calm Bolton Wanderers County Ground, Leyland David Lee Burnley Turf Moor Steve Stone Crewe Alexandra Gresty Road Alex Morris Hull City East Riding FA Jon Beale Leeds United Thorp Arch Carlos Corberan Nottingham Forest Impact Arena Jimmy Gilligan Sheffield United Look Local Stadium Andy Hughes Sheffield Wednesday Bracken Moor Neil Thompson Wigan Athletic Christopher Park Nick Chadwick			South Team Training Ground Manager Bristol City SGS Wise Campus Luke Williams Cardiff City Cardiff City Stadium Jarred Harvey and Andy Legg Charlton Athletic Prince's Park Jason Euell Colchester United Jobserve Community Stadium Richard Hall Coventry City The Alan Higgs Centre Luke Tisdale Crystal Palace Selhurst Park Shaun Derry Ipswich Town Playford Road Gerard Nash Millwall Calmont Road Kevin Nugent Queens Park Rangers Harlington Paul Hall Watford Clarence Park Hayden Mullins

League Tables

North

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Nottingham Forest	18	11	5	2	42	19	+23	38
2	Burnley	19	9	8	2	36	21	+15	35
3	Leeds United	17	10	4	3	33	14	+19	34
4	Birmingham City	19	10	3	6	35	22	+13	33
5	Wigan Athletic	18	9	3	6	32	27	+5	30
6	Crewe Alexandra	20	9	2	9	34	32	+2	29
7	Hull City	17	8	2	7	27	33	-6	26
8	Barnsley	19	8	1	10	35	37	-2	25
9	Sheffield Wednesday	18	4	5	9	29	35	-6	17
10	Sheffield United	20	4	4	12	28	40	-12	16
11	Bolton Wanderers	17	1	1	15	14	58	-44	4

South

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Watford	18	11	3	4	41	26	+15	36
2	Millwall	19	9	4	5	31	22	+9	31
3	Coventry City	16	9	3	4	25	21	+4	30
4	Charlton Athletic	18	8	5	5	36	27	+9	29
5	Cardiff City	18	7	4	7	25	29	-4	25
6	Queens Park Rangers	18	5	7	6	33	31	+2	22
7	Ipswich Town	17	9	2	9	26	31	-5	20
8	Bristol City	16	5	3	8	21	32	-11	18
9	Colchester United	17	4	2	11	22	38	-16	14
10	Crystal Palace	16	3	3	10	22	32	-10	12

(Updated: 30th January)

Upcoming Fixtures

Friday 31 January	Birmingham City	1-3	Nottingham Forest
Monday 3 February	Bristol City	1-0	Crystal Palace
Monday 3 February	Colchester United	2-2	Ipswich Town
Monday 3 February	Coventry City	0-2	Queens Park Rangers
Monday 3 February	Sheffield Wednesday	2-2	Leeds United
Monday 3 February	Watford	3-3	Charlton Athletic
Monday 3 February	Millwall	3-0	Cardiff City
Monday 3 February	Bolton Wanderers	0-2	Burnley
Monday 3 February	Sheffield United	1-1	Barnsley

Results

January

Wednesday 29 January	Crystal Palace	2-3	Cardiff City
Monday 27 January	Colchester United	1-4	Watford
Monday 27 January	Coventry City	0-3	Ipswich Town
Monday 27 January	Crewe Alexandra	2-0	Bolton Wanderers
Monday 27 January	Queens Park Rangers	1-1	Millwall
Monday 27 January	Bristol City	0-4	Charlton Athletic
Friday 24 January	Nottingham Forest	1-0	Sheffield United
Friday 24 January	Sheffield Wednesday	2-3	Hull City
Friday 24 January	Birmingham City	3-1	Barnsley

Wednesday 22 January	Charlton Athletic	2-1	Crystal Palace
Tuesday 21 January	Wigan Athletic	3-2	Nottingham Foresta
Monday 20 January	Bristol City	2-2	Queens Park Rangers
Monday 20 January	Coventry City	1-1	Cardiff City
Monday 20 January	Bolton Wanderers	1-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Monday 20 January	Sheffield United	2-3	Crewe Alexandra
Friday 17 January	Barnsley	4-1	Burnley

Monday 13 January	Cardiff City	2-1	Colchester United
Monday 13 January	Charlton Athletic	0-2	Millwall
Monday 13 January	Crewe Alexandra	1-2	Leeds United
Monday 13 January	Burnley	2-0	Sheffield United
Friday 10 January	Hull City	4-0	Bolton Wanderers
Friday 10 January	Watford	1-2	Coventry City
Friday 10 January	Birmingham City	0-2	Wigan Athletic
Friday 10 January	Barnsley	0-3	Nottingham Forest

Tuesday 7 January	Nottingham Forest	2-1	Burnley
Tuesday 7 January	Millwall	1-0	Colchester United
Monday 6 January	Bristol City	1-6	Watford
Monday 6 January	Cardiff City	0-1	Coventry City
Monday 6 January	Charlton Athletic	1-3	Ipswich Town
Monday 6 January	Crystal Palace	3-3	Queens Park Rangers
Monday 6 January	Sheffield Wednesday	1-2	Crewe Alexandra
Monday 6 January	Wigan Athletic	4-1	Barnsley
Monday 6 January	Sheffield United	1-2	Birmingham City
Sunday 5 January	Leeds United	5-0	Hull City

December

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Saturday 21 December	Birmingham City	1-3	Burnley
Friday 20 December	Nottingham Forest	1-1	Leeds United
Friday 20 December	Bolton Wanderers	0-1	Millwall

Monday 16 December	Ipswich Town	2-1	Crystal Palace
Monday 16 December	Queens Park Rangers	4-1	Cardiff City
Monday 16 December	Bolton Wanderers	1-5	Leeds United
Monday 16 December	Colchester United	3-2	Charlton Athletic
Monday 16 December	Sheffield United	2-2	Wigan Athletic
Friday 13 December	Sheffield Wednesday	3-3	Nottingham Forest
Friday 13 December	Watford	1-1	Millwall
Friday 13 December	Hull City	1-1	Barnsley

Tuesday 10 December	Barnsley	0-1	Sheffield United
Monday 9 December	Leeds United	1-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Monday 9 December	Charlton Athletic	2-0	Coventry City
Monday 9 December	Crewe Alexandra	1-1	Hull City
Monday 9 December	Millwall	4-1	Ipswich Town
Monday 9 December	Watford	1-1	Cardiff City
Monday 9 December	Burnley	5-0	Bolton Wanderers
Friday 6 December	Nottingham Forest	3-2	Birmingham City
Wednesday 4 December	Crewe Alexandra	0-1	Wigan Athletic
Monday 2 December	Queens Park Rangers	2-0	Colchester United
Monday 2 December	Hull City	0-1	Burnley

November

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Friday 29 November	Bolton Wanderers	0-2	Barnsley
Friday 29 November	Leeds United	2-1	Sheffield United
Friday 29 November	Sheffield Wednesday	0-2	Birmingham City

Tuesday 26 November	Sheffield United	0-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Monday 25 November	Cardiff City	0-0	Charlton Athletic
Monday 25 November	Coventry City	3-1	Colchester United
Monday 25 November	Crystal Palace	4-2	Millwall
Monday 25 November	Queens Park Rangers	1-2	Watford
Monday 25 November	Ipswich Town	0-1	Bristol City
Monday 25 November	Burnley	4-2	Crewe Alexandra
Monday 25 November	Wigan Athletic	0-2	Leeds United
Friday 22 November	Nottingham Forest	6-0	Bolton Wanderers
Friday 22 November	Birmingham City	2-1	Hull City
Thursday 21 November	Ipswich Town	1-1	Colchester United

Monday 18 November	Leeds United	2-0	Barnsley
Monday 18 November	Charlton Athletic	3-0	Watford
Monday 18 November	Crewe Alexandra	0-1	Birmingham City
Monday 18 November	Crystal Palace	1-2	Bristol City
Monday 18 November	Bolton Wanderers	3-3	Sheffield United

Monday 11 November	Bristol City	2-2	Cardiff City
Monday 11 November	Crewe Alexandra	0-2	Millwall
Saturday 16 November	Sheffield Wednesday	1-1	Wigan Athletic
Friday 15 November	Queens Park Rangers	1-2	Coventry City

Tuesday 5 November	Barnsley	4-1	Crewe Alexandra
Monday 4 November	Cardiff City	0-1	Birmingham City
Monday 4 November	Colchester United	3-1	Queens Park Rangers
Monday 4 November	Watford	3-0	Ipswich Town
Monday 4 November	Millwall	2-2	Charlton Athletic
Monday 4 November	Burnley	1-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Monday 4 November	Wigan Athletic	2-3	Hull City
Friday 1 November	Birmingham City	6-0	Bolton Wanderers

October

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Monday 28 October	Sheffield Wednesday	0-3	Barnsley
Monday 28 October	Crewe Alexandra	0-0	Nottingham Forest
Monday 28 October	Charlton Athletic	2-0	Bristol City
Monday 28 October	Bolton Wanderers	0-2	Wigan Athletic
Monday 28 October	Cardiff City	3-0	Crystal Palace
Monday 28 October	Ipswich Town	2-1	Coventry City
Monday 28 October	Leeds United	1-1	Burnley
Saturday 26 October	Hull City	2-3	Sheffield United
Friday 25 October	Watford	3-1	Colchester United
Wednesday 23 October	Crewe Alexandra	5-1	Sheffield United

Monday 21 October	Colchester United	0-2	Cardiff City
Monday 21 October	Coventry City	1-1	Watford
Monday 21 October	Crystal Palace	1-2	Charlton Athletic
Monday 21 October	Millwall	3-0	Bristol City
Monday 21 October	Queens Park Rangers	1-1	Ipswich Town
Monday 21 October	Sheffield Wednesday	2-4	Bolton Wanderers
Monday 21 October	Burnley	2-1	Barnsley
Monday 21 October	Nottingham Forest	1-0	Wigan Athletic
Friday 18 October	Birmingham City	3-0	Leeds United
Thursday 17 October	Wigan Athletic	0-3	Coventry City

Monday 14 October	Crystal Palace	0-2	Watford
Monday 14 October	Ipswich Town	3-1	Cardiff City
Monday 14 October	Bolton Wanderers	1-4	Crewe Alexandra
Monday 14 October	Sheffield United	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Monday 14 October	Wigan Athletic	1-1	Burnley
Sunday 13 October	Hull City	1-5	Sheffield Wednesday
Friday 11 October	Barnsley	5-2	Birmingham City
Friday 11 October	Queens Park Rangers	3-3	Charlton Athletic
Thursday 10 October	Millwall	4-1	Coventry City
Wednesday 9 October	Crewe Alexandra	1-4	Watford
Wednesday 9 October	Ipswich Town	6-3	Bolton Wanderers
Monday 7 October	Cardiff City	2-1	Millwall

September

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Monday 30 September	Bristol City	2-3	Colchester United
Monday 30 September	Leeds United	1-2	Crewe Alexandra
Monday 30 September	Sheffield United	0-3	Burnley
Monday 30 September	Wigan Athletic	0-4	Birmingham City
Monday 30 September	Bolton Wanderers	0-2	Hull City
Friday 27 September	Nottingham Forest	5-1	Barnsley
Thursday 26 September	Watford	1-4	Wigan Athletic

Monday 23 September	Colchester United	3-1	Millwall
Monday 23 September	Crewe Alexandra	3-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Monday 23 September	Queens Park Rangers	3-1	Crystal Palace
Monday 23 September	Birmingham City	1-1	Sheffield United
Monday 23 September	Burnley	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Monday 23 September	Ipswich Town	1-3	Charlton Athletic
Friday 20 September	Hull City	2-1	Leeds United
Friday 20 September	Watford	2-1	Bristol City
Friday 20 September	Barnsley	1-4	Wigan Athletic

Monday 16 September	Burnley	3-1	Ipswich Town
Monday 16 September	Hull City	2-1	Queens Park Rangers
Monday 16 September	Sheffield Wednesday	2-3	Cardiff City
Monday 16 September	Wigan Athletic	2-1	Charlton Athletic
Monday 16 September	Bolton Wanderers	1-5	Crystal Palace
Monday 16 September	Leeds United	6-0	Watford
Monday 16 September	Sheffield United	2-0	Bristol City
Friday 13 September	Birmingham City	0-1	Coventry City
Friday 13 September	Barnsley	3-1	Colchester United

Monday 9 September	Bristol City	1-0	Birmingham City
Monday 9 September	Cardiff City	1-0	Bolton Wanderers
Monday 9 September	Coventry City	2-0	Hull City
Monday 9 September	Crystal Palace	0-0	Leeds United
Monday 9 September	Charlton Athletic	2-3	Burnley
Monday 9 September	Colchester United	1-2	Crewe Alexandra
Monday 9 September	Ipswich Town	1-3	Nottingham Forest
Friday 6 September	Millwall	1-0	Sheffield United
Friday 6 September	Queens Park Rangers	2-2	Sheffield Wednesday

Monday 2 September	Barnsley	3-0	Crystal Palace
Monday 2 September	Sheffield United	3-4	Charlton Athletic
Monday 2 September	Sheffield Wednesday	4-1	Colchester United
Monday 2 September	Burnley	0-0	Queens Park Rangers
Sunday 1 September	Leeds United	0-0	Bristol City

August

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Friday 30 August	Birmingham City	2-0	Ipswich Town
Friday 30 August	Nottingham Forest	4-1	Cardiff City
Wednesday 28 August	Coventry City	4-3	Crewe Alexandra
Tuesday 27 August	Bristol City	4-1	Barnsley
Tuesday 27 August	Crystal Palace	1-3	Hull City

Monday 26 August	Colchester United	2-2	Burnley
Monday 26 August	Queens Park Rangers	4-3	Sheffield United
Monday 26 August	Millwall	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Friday 23 August	Ipswich Town	0-1	Leeds United
Friday 23 August	Watford	3-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Wednesday 21 August	Crewe Alexandra	0-1	Crystal Palace
Tuesday 20 August	Barnsley	3-1	Cardiff City
Tuesday 20 August	Nottingham Forest	3-1	Queens Park Rangers

Monday 19 August	Leeds United	3-2	Millwall
Monday 19 August	Burnley	1-1	Coventry City
Monday 19 August	Wigan Athletic	1-4	Bristol City
Monday 19 August	Sheffield United	1-2	Watford
Friday 16 August	Birmingham City	2-2	Charlton Athletic
Friday 16 August	Hull City	2-1	Ipswich Town
Wednesday 14 August	Bristol City	1-3	Nottingham Forest

Monday 12 August	Cardiff City	1-3	Sheffield United
Monday 12 August	Charlton Athletic	1-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Monday 12 August	Colchester United	0-3	Wigan Athletic
Monday 12 August	Coventry City	2-1	Barnsley
Monday 12 August	Crystal Palace	1-1	Birmingham City
Monday 12 August	Queens Park Rangers	0-2	Crewe Alexandra
Monday 12 August	Watford	5-0	Hull City
Friday 9 August	Millwall	1-1	Burnley

Top Goalscorers

(Updated 6th February)

Player	Club	Goals
George Alexander	Millwall	14
Sam Dalby	Watford	13
Joseph Hungbo	Watford	11
Brennan Johnson	Nottingham Forest	9
Max Biamou	Coventry City	8
Ryan Edmondson	Leeds United	8
Ali Koiki	Burnley	8
Elliot Simoes	Barnsley	8
Reece York	Sheffield United	8
Josh Davison	Charlton Athletic	7
Miguel Fernandez	Birmingham City	7
Jake Young	Sheffield United	7

Hat-tricks

(Updated: 30th January)

Player	Club	Date	Fixture
Ali Koiki	Burnley	19th September 2019	Burnley 3-1 Ipswich Town
Charlie Jolley	Wigan Athletic	26th September 2019	Watford 1-4 Wigan Athletic
Chuma Anene	Crewe Alexandra	23rd October 2019	Crewe Alexandra 5-1 Sheffield United
Brandon Pierrick	Crystal Palace	25th November 2019	Crystal Palace 4-2 Millwall
Sam Dalby	Watford	6th January 2020	Bristol City 1-6 Watford