2024-25 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. Sheffield United are the defending champions while Brentford return to Category Two football for the 2024-25 season.

Teams

2024-25 Teams
North Team Training Ground Manager Barnsley Oakwell Tom Harban Birmingham City Wast Hills Steve Spooner Burnley Barnfield Andy Farrell Coventry City The Alan Higgs Centre John Dempster Crewe Alexandra Alexandra Park Michael Jackson Fleetwood Town Poolfoot Farm Nathan Pond Hull City LNER Community Stadium Conor Sellars Peterborough United idverde Training Centre Ryan Semple Sheffield United LNER Community Stadium Michael Collins Sheffield Wednesday Middlewood Road Andy Holdsworth Wigan Athletic Christopher Park Stephen Crainey			South Team Training Ground Manager Bournemouth Canford Park Arena Alan Connell Brentford Wheatsheaf Park Neil MacFarlane Bristol City Robins High Performance Centre Ali Hines Cardiff City Leckwith Athletics Stadium Darren Purse Charlton Athletic Princes Park Chris Lock Colchester United Wallace Binder Ground Liam Bailey Ipswich Town Playford Road John McGreal Millwall Calmont Road Kevin Nugent Queens Park Rangers SkyEx Community Stadium Paul Furlong Swansea City Landore Anthony Wright Watford UCL Sports Ground Charlie Daniels

League Tables

North

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Coventry City	1	1	0	0	6	0	6	3
2	Barnsley	1	1	0	0	3	1	2	3
3	Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	3
4	Burnley	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
5	Sheffield United	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
6	Hull City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Peterborough United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Fleetwood Town	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0
9	Wigan Athletic	1	0	0	1	2	4	-2	0
10	Crewe Alexandra	1	0	0	1	0	4	-4	0
11	Birmingham City	1	0	0	1	1	6	-5	0

South

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Ipswich Town	1	1	0	0	6	1	5	3
2	Swansea City	1	1	0	0	4	0	4	3
3	Charlton Athletic	1	1	0	0	4	2	2	3
4	Watford	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	3
5	Bristol City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
6	Millwall	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
7	Bournemouth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Brentford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Cardiff City	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0
10	Colchester United	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0
11	Queens Park Rangers	1	0	0	1	0	6	-6	0

(Updated 15th August)

Fixtures

Friday 16 August	Bournemouth	vs	Hull City
Sunday 18 August	Burnley	vs	Ipswich Town
Monday 19 August	Birmingham City	vs	Colchester United
Monday 19 August	Crewe Alexandra	vs	Queens Park Rangers
Tuesday 20 August	Wigan Athletic	vs	Cardiff City
Tuesday 20 August	Coventry City	vs	Millwall
Tuesday 20 August	Peterborough United	vs	Bournemouth
Tuesday 20 August	Barnsley	vs	Charlton Athletic
Tuesday 20 August	Fleetwood Town	vs	Swansea City
Tuesday 20 August	Sheffield United	vs	Brentford
Tuesday 20 August	Sheffield Wednesday	vs	Bristol City
Tuesday 20 August	Hull City	vs	Watford

Results

August

Wednesday 14 August	Cardiff City	0-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Tuesday 13 August	Charlton Athletic	4-2	Wigan Athletic
Tuesday 13 August	Ipswich Town	6-1	Birmingham City
Tuesday 13 August	Queens Park Rangers	0-6	Coventry City
Tuesday 13 August	Millwall	1-1	Burnley
Monday 12 August	Bristol City	1-1	Sheffield United
Monday 12 August	Swansea City	4-0	Crewe Alexandra
Monday 12 August	Watford	1-0	Fleetwood Town
Friday 9 August	Colchester United	1-3	Barnsley

Top Goalscorers

(Updated 15th August)

Player	Club	Goals
Glory Nzingo	Swansea City	3
Aidan Dausch	Coventry City	2
Mathaeus Roberts	Ipswich Town	2
Tom Taylor	Ipswich Town	2
Kai Yearn	Coventry City	2

Hat-tricks

(Updated 15th August)

Player	Club	Date	Fixture
Glory Nzingo	Swansea City	12th August 2024	Swansea City 4-0 Crewe Alexandra