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	Sheffield United	8	7	1	0	28	5	+23	22
2	Hull City	8	5	0	3	14	14	0	15
3	Burnley	9	4	2	3	23	16	+7	14
4	Sheffield Wednesday	7	3	2	2	11	14	-3	11
5	Barnsley	9	3	1	5	14	19	-5	10
6	Peterborough United	5	3	0	2	11	10	+1	9
7	Birmingham City	7	3	0	4	16	18	-2	9
8	Fleetwood Town	7	2	1	4	8	12	-4	7
9	Wigan Athletic	9	1	2	6	13	22	-9	5
10	Crewe Alexandra	9	1	2	6	6	17	-11	5
11	Coventry City	5	1	0	4	9	10	-1	3

South

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Charlton Athletic	9	6	1	2	28	13	+15	19
2	Cardiff City	8	5	1	2	14	9	+5	16
3	Bristol City	8	4	2	2	18	10	+8	14
4	Ipswich Town	8	4	2	2	18	11	+7	14
5	Bournemouth	8	4	1	3	17	21	-4	13
6	Millwall	7	3	2	2	12	11	+1	11
7	Queens Park Rangers	9	3	1	5	10	25	-15	10
8	Watford	8	3	0	5	13	22	-9	9
9	Swansea City	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	7
10	Brentford	6	2	1	3	9	11	-2	7
11	Colchester United	6	1	1	4	5	11	-6	4

(Updated 10th October)

Fixtures

Friday 11 October	Colchester United	vs	Queens Park Rangers
Monday 14 October	Crewe Alexandra	vs	Peterborough United
Monday 14 October	Sheffield United	vs	Sheffield Wednesday
Tuesday 15 October	Charlton Athletic	vs	Ipswich Town
Tuesday 15 October	Fleetwood Town	vs	Wigan Athletic
Tuesday 15 October	Burnley	vs	Barnsley
Tuesday 15 October	Coventry City	vs	Birmingham City

Results

October

Wednesday 9 October	Peterborough United	2-5	Burnley
Tuesday 8 October	Queens Park Rangers	0-1	Bristol City
Tuesday 8 October	Wigan Athletic	2-3	Sheffield United
Tuesday 8 October	Ipswich Town	2-1	Watford
Saturday 5 October	Cardiff City	2-0	Charlton Athletic
Friday 4 October	Barnsley	2-0	Crewe Alexandra
Friday 4 October	Sheffield Wednesday	1-0	Coventry City

Tuesday 1 October	Cardiff City	2-2	Ipswich Town
Tuesday 1 October	Barnsley	3-4	Peterborough United
Tuesday 1 October	Charlton Athletic	1-6	Brentford
Tuesday 1 October	Coventry City	0-4	Hull City
Tuesday 1 October	Millwall	0-0	Queens Park Rangers
Tuesday 1 October	Sheffield United	1-0	Burnley

September

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Monday 30 September	Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Birmingham City
Monday 30 September	Crewe Alexandra	1-1	Wigan Athletic
Monday 30 September	Bristol City	5-0	Bournemouth
Friday 27 September	Fleetwood Town	2-1	Millwall
Friday 27 September	Sheffield United	2-0	Cardiff City

Tuesday 24 September	Wigan Athletic	0-2	Barnsley
Tuesday 24 September	Hull City	2-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Tuesday 24 September	Millwall	3-0	Colchester United
Tuesday 24 September	Burnley	3-1	Crewe Alexandra
Monday 23 September	Birmingham City	3-2	Fleetwood Town
Monday 23 September	Brentford	0-1	Cardiff City
Monday 23 September	Swansea City	2-0	Bristol City
Friday 20 September	Watford	2-3	Charlton Athletic
Friday 20 September	Bournemouth	2-5	Queens Park Rangers

Tuesday 17 September	Birmingham City	4-1	Millwall
Tuesday 17 September	Burnley	6-0	Queens Park Rangers
Tuesday 17 September	Barnsley	1-2	Ipswich Town
Tuesday 17 September	Wigan Athletic	4-1	Colchester United
Tuesday 17 September	Hull City	2-1	Brentford
Monday 16 September	Crewe Alexandra	3-0	Watford
Monday 16 September	Sheffield Wednesday	0-5	Charlton Athletic

Tuesday 10 September	Bristol City	1-3	Burnley
Tuesday 10 September	Charlton Athletic	1-1	Crewe Alexandra
Tuesday 10 September	Ipswich Town	0-2	Hull City
Tuesday 10 September	Queens Park Rangers	0-6	Sheffield United
Tuesday 10 September	Fleetwood Town	1-4	Bournemouth
Tuesday 10 September	Millwall	2-1	Peterborough United
Monday 9 September	Watford	4-1	Wigan Athletic
Friday 6 September	Bournemouth	4-3	Barnsley
Friday 6 September	Colchester United	0-0	Fleetwood Town

Tuesday 3 September	Wigan Athletic	1-1	Brentford
Tuesday 3 September	Barnsley	0-4	Bristol City
Tuesday 3 September	Hull City	3-1	Queens Park Rangers
Monday 2 September	Crewe Alexandra	0-3	Ipswich Town
Monday 2 September	Sheffield United	8-2	Watford
Sunday 1 September	Burnley	0-4	Charlton Athletic

August

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Friday 30 August	Birmingham City	3-4	Cardiff City
Friday 30 August	Sheffield Wednesday	2-2	Bournemouth
Tuesday 27 August	Bournemouth	3-2	Burnley
Tuesday 27 August	Ipswich Town	0-1	Sheffield United
Tuesday 27 August	Charlton Athletic	6-0	Hull City
Tuesday 27 August	Queens Park Rangers	3-1	Wigan Athletic
Monday 26 August	Brentford	1-0	Coventry City
Monday 26 August	Swansea City	0-0	Barnsley
Monday 26 August	Bristol City	2-0	Crewe Alexandra
Monday 26 August	Cardiff City	2-0	Fleetwood Town
Monday 26 August	Watford	0-4	Birmingham City
Friday 23 August	Colchester United	0-1	Peterborough United

Tuesday 20 August	Wigan Athletic	1-3	Cardiff City
Tuesday 20 August	Coventry City	3-4	Millwall
Tuesday 20 August	Peterborough United	3-0	Bournemouth
Tuesday 20 August	Barnsley	0-4	Charlton Athletic
Tuesday 20 August	Fleetwood Town	3-1	Swansea City
Tuesday 20 August	Sheffield United	6-0	Brentford
Tuesday 20 August	Sheffield Wednesday	4-4	Bristol City
Tuesday 20 August	Hull City	1-3	Watford
Monday 19 August	Birmingham City	0-3	Colchester United
Monday 19 August	Crewe Alexandra	0-1	Queens Park Rangers
Sunday 18 August	Burnley	3-3	Ipswich Town
Friday 16 August	Bournemouth	2-0	Hull City

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 10th October)

Player	Club	Goals
Henry Hearn	Millwall	6
Billy Phillips	Bristol City	6
Kamarni Ryan	Burnley	6
Ben Wodskou	Birmingham City	6
Ryan Huke	Charlton Athletic	6
Jonny Stuttle	Bournemouth	6
Tom Taylor	Ipswich Town	6
Ashley Clarke	Bournemouth	5

Hat-tricks

(Updated 10th October)

Player	Club	Date	Fixture
Glory Nzingo	Swansea City	12th August 2024	Swansea City 4-0 Crewe Alexandra
Fabio Tavares	Coventry City	20th August 2024	Coventry City 3-4 Millwall
Ben Wodskou	Birmingham City	30th August 2024	Birmingham City 3-4 Cardiff City
Tyrese Campbell	Sheffield United	2nd September 2024	Sheffield United 8-2 Watford
Ashley Hay	Brentford	1st October 2024	Charlton Athletic 1-6 Brentford