2023-24 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. Millwall are the defending champions while Bournemouth and Fleetwood Town join Category Two for the 2023-24 season.

Teams

2023-24 Teams
North Team Training Ground Manager Barnsley Oakwell Tom Harban Birmingham City St Andrew's Steve Spooner Burnley Barnfield Andy Farrell Coventry City The Alan Higgs Centre John Dempster Crewe Alexandra Gresty Road Michael Jackson Fleetwood Town Poolfoot Farm Matthew Lawlor Hull City Bishop Burton College Conor Sellars Peterborough United Mick George Training Academy Ryan Semple Sheffield United ProAct Stadium Michael Collins Sheffield Wednesday Bracken Moor Neil Thompson Wigan Athletic Christopher Park Stephen Crainey			South Team Training Ground Manager Bournemouth Canford Arena Alan Connell Bristol City SGS Wise Campus Ali Hines Cardiff City Leckwith Athletics Stadium Darren Purse Charlton Athletic Prince's Park Chris Lock Colchester United Wallace Binder Ground Dave Huzzey Ipswich Town Playford Road John McGreal Millwall Calmont Road Kevin Nugent Queens Park Rangers Harlington Paul Hall Swansea City Landore Anthony Wright and Jon Grey Watford Clarence Park Charlie Daniels

League Tables

North

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Birmingham City	16	9	5	2	33	20	+13	32
2	Sheffield United	14	8	4	2	44	17	+27	28
3	Sheffield Wednesday	14	6	5	3	32	19	+13	23
4	Barnsley	14	7	1	6	27	25	+2	22
5	Fleetwood Town	13	7	1	5	26	26	0	22
6	Burnley	10	4	3	3	16	16	0	15
7	Wigan Athletic	11	4	2	5	24	18	+6	14
8	Peterborough United	16	4	2	10	26	39	-13	14
9	Hull City	12	4	1	7	17	28	-11	13
10	Coventry City	13	3	1	9	23	35	-12	10
11	Crewe Alexandra	13	2	2	9	16	31	-15	8

South

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Queens Park Rangers	14	8	4	2	37	21	+16	28
2	Millwall	14	8	4	2	35	24	+11	28
3	Bournemouth	13	8	2	3	21	18	+3	26
4	Swansea City	14	7	2	5	39	26	+13	23
5	Ipswich Town	14	6	2	6	23	27	-4	20
6	Bristol City	14	5	2	7	19	33	-14	17
7	Charlton Athletic	12	4	3	5	30	28	+2	15
8	Cardiff City	13	3	4	6	28	37	-9	13
9	Watford	13	3	4	6	22	32	-10	13
10	Colchester United	11	2	0	9	14	32	-18	6

(Updated: 5th January)

Fixtures

Monday 8 January	Birmingham City	vs	Peterborough United
Monday 8 January	Cardiff City	vs	Watford
Monday 8 January	Swansea City	vs	Millwall
Tuesday 9 January	Bristol City	vs	Bournemouth
Tuesday 9 January	Burnley	vs	Wigan Athletic
Tuesday 9 January	Coventry City	vs	Hull City
Tuesday 9 January	Fleetwood Town	vs	Barnsley
Tuesday 9 January	Ipswich Town	vs	Queens Park Rangers

Results

January

Thursday 4 January

Millwall

1-6

Charlton Athletic

December

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Friday 22 December	Barnsley	3-0	Crewe Alexandra
Tuesday 19 December	Sheffield Wednesday	2-2	Birmingham City
Tuesday 19 December	Hull City	1-1	Sheffield United
Monday 18 December	Swansea City	0-0	Queens Park Rangers
Monday 18 December	Crewe Alexandra	1-2	Barnsley
Monday 18 December	Wigan Athletic	5-1	Peterborough United
Monday 18 December	Millwall	5-1	Cardiff City
Friday 15 December	Birmingham City	2-1	Coventry City
Friday 15 December	Peterborough United	1-0	Sheffield Wednesday

Monday 11 December	Watford	1-3	Millwall
Tuesday 5 December	Barnsley	1-2	Birmingham City
Tuesday 5 December	Bristol City	4-2	Colchester United
Tuesday 5 December	Fleetwood Town	3-2	Peterborough United
Tuesday 5 December	Cardiff City	3-0	Swansea City
Tuesday 5 December	Bournemouth	1-3	Ipswich Town
Friday 1 December	Coventry City	1-3	Peterborough United
Friday 1 December	Swansea City	4-1	Colchester United

November

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Thursday 30 November	Bournemouth	2-1	Watford
Wednesday 29 November	Wigan Athletic	1-2	Fleetwood Town
Tuesday 28 November	Swansea City	4-0	Ipswich Town
Tuesday 28 November	Hull City	2-5	Sheffield Wednesday
Monday 27 November	Crewe Alexandra	1-6	Coventry City
Monday 27 November	Millwall	5-1	Bristol City
Monday 27 November	Birmingham City	3-1	Sheffield United
Monday 27 November	Charlton Athletic	5-5	Cardiff City
Monday 27 November	Colchester United	3-6	Queens Park Rangers

Tuesday 21 November	Bristol City	0-3	Swansea City
Tuesday 21 November	Ipswich Town	1-1	Millwall
Tuesday 21 November	Peterborough United	1-1	Wigan Athletic
Monday 20 November	Birmingham City	2-2	Burnley
Monday 20 November	Queens Park Rangers	2-2	Bournemouth
Friday 17 November	Sheffield United	4-4	Coventry City
Tuesday 14 November	Sheffield Wednesday	1-2	Fleetwood Town

Tuesday 7 November	Bournemouth	4-3	Swansea City
Tuesday 7 November	Coventry City	0-2	Barnsley
Tuesday 7 November	Watford	1-4	Queens Park Rangers
Tuesday 7 November	Cardiff City	3-0	Bristol City
Tuesday 7 November	Sheffield United	5-1	Wigan Athletic
Tuesday 7 November	Hull City	0-6	Peterborough United
Monday 6 November	Charlton Athletic	5-0	Ipswich Town
Monday 6 November	Crewe Alexandra	0-3	Birmingham City
Saturday 4 November	Burnley	1-0	Sheffield United

October

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Tuesday 31 October	Bristol City	2-2	Watford
Tuesday 31 October	Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Crewe Alexandra
Tuesday 31 October	Coventry City	0-4	Fleetwood Town
Tuesday 31 October	Peterborough United	1-2	Sheffield United
Tuesday 31 October	Ipswich Town	2-0	Colchester United
Monday 30 October	Queens Park Rangers	3-2	Cardiff City
Monday 30 October	Wigan Athletic	5-0	Barnsley
Monday 30 October	Millwall	1-2	Bournemouth
Monday 30 October	Swansea City	5-0	Charlton Athletic

Tuesday 24 October	Barnsley	3-2	Fleetwood Town
Tuesday 24 October	Bournemouth	4-0	Bristol City
Tuesday 24 October	Coventry City	0-4	Sheffield Wednesday
Tuesday 24 October	Watford	2-2	Cardiff City
Monday 23 October	Crewe Alexandra	1-1	Peterborough United
Monday 23 October	Queens Park Rangers	1-1	Ipswich Town
Monday 23 October	Birmingham City	3-0	Hull City

Tuesday 17 October	Bristol City	1-0	Queens Park Rangers
Tuesday 17 October	Peterborough United	3-1	Burnley
Tuesday 17 October	Hull City	3-1	Barnsley
Tuesday 17 October	Ipswich Town	4-1	Watford
Monday 16 October	Charlton Athletic	2-3	Millwall
Monday 16 October	Fleetwood Town	0-2	Birmingham City
Friday 13 October	Sheffield Wednesday	2-2	Sheffield United

Tuesday 3 October	Barnsley	4-2	Peterborough United
Tuesday 3 October	Ipswich Town	5-2	Cardiff City
Tuesday 3 October	Birmingham City	0-3	Sheffield Wednesday
Tuesday 3 October	Millwall	2-2	Queens Park Rangers
Monday 2 October	Charlton Athletic	4-2	Bristol City
Monday 2 October	Swansea City	4-4	Watford
Monday 2 October	Sheffield United	3-0	Hull City

September

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Saturday 30 September	Burnley	1-1	Fleetwood Town
Friday 29 September	Colchester United	0-1	Bournemouth

Wednesday 27 September	Barnsley	0-0	Sheffield United
Tuesday 26 September	Bournemouth	1-0	Charlton Athletic
Tuesday 26 September	Fleetwood Town	4-6	Crewe Alexandra
Tuesday 26 September	Watford	2-1	Colchester United
Tuesday 26 September	Cardiff City	0-1	Millwall
Monday 25 September	Bristol City	2-0	Ipswich Town
Monday 25 September	Wigan Athletic	0-1	Burnley
Monday 25 September	Hull City	1-2	Coventry City
Monday 25 September	Queens Park Rangers	3-1	Swansea City
Friday 22 September	Peterborough United	0-2	Birmingham City

Tuesday 19 September	Burnley	0-4	Sheffield Wednesday
Tuesday 19 September	Sheffield United	6-0	Fleetwood Town
Monday 18 September	Crewe Alexandra	0-2	Hull City
Friday 15 September	Birmingham City	1-3	Wigan Athletic

Tuesday 12 September	Barnsley	1-3	Ipswich Town
Tuesday 12 September	Sheffield United	6-2	Cardiff City
Tuesday 12 September	Coventry City	2-3	Swansea City
Tuesday 12 September	Peterborough United	1-4	Bristol City
Tuesday 12 September	Wigan Athletic	3-0	Colchester United
Monday 11 September	Birmingham City	3-3	Millwall
Monday 11 September	Crewe Alexandra	0-1	Watford
Saturday 9 September	Hull City	4-0	Bournemouth
Friday 8 September	Burnley	3-0	Queens Park Rangers
Friday 8 September	Sheffield Wednesday	0-2	Charlton Athletic

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

August

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Wednesday 30 August	Hull City	2-3	Millwall
Tuesday 29 August	Barnsley	3-0	Bournemouth
Tuesday 29 August	Coventry City	5-2	Charlton Athletic
Tuesday 29 August	Fleetwood Town	1-0	Ipswich Town
Tuesday 29 August	Peterborough United	1-7	Queens Park Rangers
Tuesday 29 August	Sheffield United	4-2	Swansea City
Monday 28 August	Crewe Alexandra	4-0	Colchester United
Monday 28 August	Birmingham City	3-0	Bristol City
Saturday 26 August	Burnley	2-2	Cardiff City
Friday 25 August	Sheffield Wednesday	3-1	Watford

Tuesday 22 August	Cardiff City	3-3	Sheffield Wednesday
Tuesday 22 August	Bournemouth	1-0	Peterborough United
Tuesday 22 August	Bristol City	0-4	Sheffield United
Tuesday 22 August	Ipswich Town	1-2	Birmingham City
Monday 21 August	Swansea City	4-1	Crewe Alexandra
Monday 21 August	Charlton Athletic	2-2	Wigan Athletic
Monday 21 August	Colchester United	3-2	Barnsley
Monday 21 August	Millwall	3-1	Burnley
Monday 21 August	Queens Park Rangers	4-2	Coventry City
Friday 18 August	Watford	1-3	Fleetwood Town

Wednesday 16 August	Wigan Athletic	2-3	Queens Park Rangers
Tuesday 15 August	Barnsley	4-2	Swansea City
Tuesday 15 August	Fleetwood Town	4-1	Cardiff City
Tuesday 15 August	Coventry City	0-2	Bournemouth
Tuesday 15 August	Hull City	2-0	Charlton Athletic
Tuesday 15 August	Peterborough United	0-3	Colchester United
Tuesday 15 August	Sheffield United	6-0	Ipswich Town
Tuesday 15 August	Sheffield Wednesday	2-2	Millwall
Monday 14 August	Crewe Alexandra	1-1	Bristol City
Monday 14 August	Birmingham City	1-1	Watford

Top Goalscorers

(Updated 22nd December)

Player	Club	Goals
Bailey Cadamarteri	Sheffield Wednesday	11
Daniel Adu-Adjei	Bournemouth	10
Junior Dixon	Birmingham City	10
Aiden Marsh	Barnsley	10
Kyrell Wilson	Swansea City	10
Patrick Casey	Charlton Athletic	9
Kristian Fletcher	Swansea City	8
Antwoine Hackford	Sheffield United	8
Joel Colwill	Cardiff City	7
Fabio Jalo	Barnsley	7
Joe Westley	Burnley	7

Hat-tricks

(Updated 21st December)

Player	Club	Date	Fixture
Aiden Marsh	Barnsley	15th August 2023	Barnsley 4-2 Swansea City
Louie Marsh	Sheffield United	15th August 2023	Sheffield United 6-0 Ipswich Town
Steven Bala	Queens Park Rangers	21st August 2023	Queens Park Rangers 4-2 Coventry City
Louie Marsh	Sheffield United	22nd August 2023	Bristol City 0-4 Sheffield United
Joe Westley	Burnley	8th September 2023	Burnley 3-0 Queens Park Rangers
Kyrell Wilson	Swansea City	2nd October 2023	Swansea City 4-4 Watford
Daniel Kanu	Charlton Athletic	2nd October 2023	Charlton Athletic 4-2 Bristol City
Daniel Adu-Adjei	Bournemouth	9th November 2023	Bournemouth 4-3 Swansea City
Patrick Casey (5)	Charlton Athletic	27th November 2023	Charlton Athletic 5-5 Cardiff City
Frankie Baker	Millwall	27th November 2023	Millwall 5-1 Bristol City
Kristian Fletcher	Swansea City	27 November 2023	Swansea City 4-0 Ipswich Town
Kristian Fletcher	Swansea City	1 December 2023	Swansea City 4-1 Colchester United
Aidomo Emakhu	Millwall	18th December 2023	Millwall 5-1 Cardiff City