2021-22 Under-18 League 2

The 2021-22 Under-18 League 2, or Under-18s Professional Development League 2 as it is sometimes referred to, is the eighth campaign of post-EPPP 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. Wigan Athletic are the defending national champions.

Teams

2021-22 Teams
North Team Training Ground Manager Barnsley Oakwell Training Ground Tom Harban Coventry City The Alan Higgs Centre John Dempster Crewe Alexandra Reaseheath Lee Bell Hull City Bishop Burton College John Anderson Peterborough United Mick George Training Academy Jamal Campbell-Rice Sheffield United Steelphalt Academy Derek Geary Sheffield Wednesday Middlewood Road Andy Holdsworth Wigan Athletic Christopher Park Kieran O'Driscoll			South Team Training Ground Manager Bristol City SGS Wise Campus Trevor Challis Cardiff City Leckwith Athletics Stadium Matthew Bloxham Charlton Athletic Sparrows Lane Hamza Serrar Colchester United Florence Park Liam Bailey Ipswich Town Playford Road Adem Atay Millwall Calmont Road Chris Perry and Larry McAvoy Queens Park Rangers Heston Micah Hyde Swansea City Landore Darren Davies Watford UCL Sports Ground Tom Hart

League Tables

North

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Barnsley	13	7	3	3	33	19	+14	24
2	Coventry City	14	6	6	2	27	18	+9	24
3	Sheffield Wednesday	10	6	2	2	18	17	+1	20
4	Sheffield United	11	4	7	0	24	13	+11	19
5	Wigan Athletic	12	5	2	5	27	21	+6	17
6	Peterborough United	14	4	3	7	29	28	+1	15
7	Hull City	11	5	0	6	18	30	-12	15
8	Crewe Alexandra	12	4	1	7	22	27	-5	13

South

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Charlton Athletic	13	10	2	1	49	19	+30	32
2	Ipswich Town	14	6	5	3	27	23	+4	23
3	Cardiff City	14	5	5	4	29	21	+8	20
4	Colchester United	13	4	4	5	29	29	0	16
5	Millwall	13	4	3	6	18	26	-8	15
6	Bristol City	16	2	8	6	21	36	-15	14
7	Watford	14	3	4	7	23	34	-10	13
8	Swansea City	13	2	4	7	21	32	-11	10
9	Queens Park Rangers	13	2	3	8	22	41	-19	9

(Updated 1st February)

Fixtures

Saturday 5 February	Cardiff City	vs	Swansea City
Saturday 5 February	Charlton Athletic	vs	Ipswich Town
Saturday 5 February	Peterborough United	vs	Coventry City
Saturday 5 February	Queens Park Rangers	vs	Watford
Saturday 5 February	Sheffield United	vs	Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 5 February	Bristol City	vs	Colchester United
Saturday 5 February	Crewe Alexandra	vs	Barnsley
Saturday 5 February	Wigan Athletic	vs	Hull City

Results

February

Tuesday 1 February

Ipswich Town

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Colchester United

January

Saturday 29 January	Watford	5-2	Colchester United
Saturday 29 January	Cardiff City	1-1	Bristol City
Saturday 29 January	Coventry City	0-5	Barnsley
Saturday 29 January	Ipswich Town	1-1	Millwall
Saturday 29 January	Peterborough United	1-2	Sheffield United
Saturday 29 January	Swansea City	5-0	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 29 January	Wigan Athletic	3-0	Crewe Alexandra

Saturday 22 January	Millwall	0-3	Charlton Athletic
Saturday 22 January	Hull City	1-4	Peterborough United
Saturday 22 January	Queens Park Rangers	2-2	Bristol City
Saturday 22 January	Coventry City	2-0	Wigan Athletic
Saturday 22 January	Watford	0-0	Cardiff City

Tuesday 18 January	Swansea City	1-1	Sheffield United
Saturday 15 January	Charlton Athletic	6-3	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 15 January	Bristol City	2-2	Watford

Saturday 8 January	Watford	0-6	Charlton Athletic
Saturday 8 January	Crewe Alexandra	0-1	Coventry City
Saturday 8 January	Millwall	1-4	Colchester United
Saturday 8 January	Swansea City	1-1	Bristol City
Saturday 8 January	Barnsley	3-0	Wigan Athletic
Saturday 8 January	Peterborough United	1-2	Sheffield Wednesday

December

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Saturday 18 December	Bristol City	1-4	Cardiff City
Saturday 18 December	Ipswich Town	4-4	Charlton Athletic
Saturday 18 December	Hull City	5-1	Wigan Athletic

Saturday 11 December	Barnsley	5-2	Crewe Alexandra
Saturday 11 December	Charlton Athletic	5-1	Millwall
Saturday 11 December	Coventry City	3-2	Peterborough United
Saturday 11 December	Bristol City	1-1	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 11 December	Cardiff City	1-1	Watford

Saturday 4 December	Sheffield United	4-2	Peterborough United
Saturday 4 December	Watford	3-1	Bristol City
Saturday 4 December	Millwall	3-0	Cardiff City
Saturday 4 December	Swansea City	0-4	Ipswich Town

November

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Tuesday 30 November	Coventry City	6-0	Hull City
Tuesday 23 November	Coventry City	4-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 20 November	Barnsley	0-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 20 November	Bristol City	4-3	Swansea City
Saturday 20 November	Sheffield United	2-2	Crewe Alexandra
Saturday 20 November	Peterborough United	5-1	Hull City
Saturday 20 November	Cardiff City	4-0	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 20 November	Wigan Athletic	3-2	Coventry City

Saturday 13 November	Ipswich Town	0-0	Watford
Friday 12 November	Barnsley	0-0	Coventry City

Friday 5 November	Barnsley	3-0	Hull City
Saturday 6 November	Watford	2-4	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 6 November	Crewe Alexandra	3-2	Peterborough United
Saturday 6 November	Colchester United	2-2	Bristol City
Saturday 6 November	Millwall	0-1	Ipswich Town
Saturday 6 November	Swansea City	0-2	Cardiff City
Saturday 6 November	Wigan Athletic	1-1	Sheffield United

October

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Saturday 30 October	Cardiff City	6-1	Ipswich Town
Saturday 30 October	Charlton Athletic	3-2	Colchester United
Saturday 30 October	Watford	4-2	Swansea City

Saturday 23 October	Millwall	4-3	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 23 October	Colchester United	3-1	Swansea City
Saturday 23 October	Coventry City	2-2	Sheffield United
Saturday 23 October	Peterborough United	0-0	Barnsley
Saturday 23 October	Charlton Athletic	6-0	Bristol City
Saturday 23 October	Hull City	2-1	Crewe Alexandra
Saturday 23 October	Sheffield Wednesday	2-2	Wigan Athletic

Saturday 2 October	Bristol City	1-1	Ipswich Town
Saturday 2 October	Colchester United	2-2	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 2 October	Swansea City	1-4	Millwall
Saturday 2 October	Wigan Athletic	1-2	Peterborough United
Saturday 2 October	Crewe Alexandra	5-6	Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 2 October	Cardiff City	3-4	Charlton Athletic
Friday 1 October	Barnsley	1-1	Sheffield United

September

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Saturday 25 September	Millwall	2-1	Watford
Saturday 25 September	Ipswich Town	4-1	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 25 September	Charlton Athletic	3-0	Swansea City
Saturday 25 September	Colchester United	3-3	Cardiff City
Friday 24 September	Bristol City	2-2	Coventry City

Monday 13 September	Sheffield Wednesday	3-1	Bristol City
Saturday 11 September	Hull City	2-0	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 11 September	Wigan Athletic	7-1	Cardiff City
Saturday 11 September	Coventry City	1-1	Ipswich Town
Saturday 11 September	Barnsley	4-3	Colchester United
Saturday 11 September	Crewe Alexandra	4-2	Millwall
Saturday 11 September	Sheffield United	4-0	Watford
Saturday 11 September	Peterborough United	3-3	Swansea City

Saturday 4 September	Millwall	0-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 4 September	Charlton Athletic	5-1	Hull City
Saturday 4 September	Colchester United	2-2	Peterborough United
Saturday 4 September	Ipswich Town	3-2	Crewe Alexandra
Saturday 4 September	Queens Park Rangers	0-4	Wigan Athletic
Saturday 4 September	Watford	2-4	Barnsley

August

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Friday 27 August	Barnsley	3-0	Bristol City
Saturday 28 August	Crewe Alexandra	0-1	Charlton Athletic
Saturday 28 August	Peterborough United	3-4	Ipswich Town
Saturday 28 August	Sheffield Wednesday	2-0	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 28 August	Coventry City	0-0	Cardiff City
Saturday 28 August	Sheffield United	0-0	Millwall
Saturday 28 August	Hull City	3-1	Colchester United

Saturday 21 August	Bristol City	2-0	Hull City
Saturday 21 August	Charlton Athletic	3-3	Sheffield United
Saturday 21 August	Colchester United	4-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 21 August	Ipswich Town	3-2	Wigan Athletic
Saturday 21 August	Watford	1-2	Crewe Alexandra
Saturday 21 August	Cardiff City	2-0	Peterborough United
Saturday 21 August	Queens Park Rangers	6-3	Barnsley
Saturday 21 August	Swansea City	1-1	Coventry City

Friday 13 August	Sheffield Wednesday	1-0	Ipswich Town
Saturday 14 August	Barnsley	2-3	Swansea City
Saturday 14 August	Coventry City	3-2	Watford
Saturday 14 August	Wigan Athletic	3-0	Millwall
Saturday 14 August	Peterborough United	2-0	Charlton Athletic
Saturday 14 August	Crewe Alexandra	2-0	Bristol City
Saturday 14 August	Hull City	3-2	Cardiff City
Saturday 14 August	Sheffield United	4-0	Colchester United

Top Goalscorers

(Updated 2nd February)

Player	Club	Goals
Daniel Kanu	Charlton Athletic	15
Kaan Bennett	Colchester United	10
Bailey Cadamarteri	Sheffield Wednesday	9
Seb Palmer-Houlden	Bristol City	9*
Chris Sze	Wigan Athletic	9
James Crole	Cardiff City	8
Lewis Darlington	Peterborough United	7
Mack Reilly	Charlton Athletic	7

* - may be incomplete

Hat-tricks

(Updated 2nd February)

Player	Club	Date	Fixture
Will Lankshear	Sheffield United	14th August 2021	Sheffield United 4-0 Colchester United
Chris Sze	Wigan Athletic	14th August 2021	Wigan Athletic 3-0 Millwall
Bailey Cadamarteri (4)	Sheffield Wednesday	2nd October 2021	Crewe Alexandra 5-6 Sheffield Wednesday
Omar Eisa	Queens Park Rangers	6th November 2021	Watford 2-4 Queens Park Rangers
Daniel Kanu (4)	Charlton Athletic	15th January 2022	Charlton Athletic 6-3 Queens Park Rangers
Kyreece Lisbie	Watford	29th January 2022	Watford 5-2 Colchester United