2022-23 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. Coventry City are the defending champions.

Teams

2022-23 Teams
North Team Training Ground Manager Barnsley Oakwell Martin Devaney 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 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 Bristol City SGS Wise Campus Alex Ball Cardiff City Leckwith Athletics Stadium Darren Purse Charlton Athletic Prince's Park Danny Senda Colchester United Wallace Binder Ground Dave Huzzey Ipswich Town Playford Road John McGreal Millwall Calmont Road Kevin Nugent Queens Park Rangers Harlington Paul Hall Reading Bearwood Park Noel Hunt Swansea City Landore Anthony Wright and Jon Grey Watford Clarence Park Omer Riza

League Tables

North

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Sheffield United	16	9	4	3	30	19	+11	31
2	Wigan Athletic	17	7	3	7	32	28	+4	24
3	Burnley	15	7	2	6	27	29	-2	23
4	Hull City	14	6	2	6	32	24	+8	20
5	Birmingham City	15	5	4	6	23	27	-4	19
6	Coventry City	14	5	2	7	21	24	-3	17
7	Peterborough United	14	4	4	6	26	29	-3	16
8	Crewe Alexandra	12	3	4	5	14	20	-6	13
9	Barnsley	14	3	3	8	21	26	-5	12
10	Sheffield Wednesday	17	4	0	13	14	39	-25	12

South

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bristol City	15	11	2	2	32	12	+20	35
2	Millwall	14	10	2	2	41	16	+25	32
3	Cardiff City	14	9	0	5	26	26	0	27
4	Swansea City	15	7	3	5	36	21	+15	24
5	Reading	13	7	1	5	23	19	+4	22
6	Ipswich Town	12	6	3	3	31	29	+2	21
7	Charlton Athletic	15	6	3	6	30	28	+2	21
8	Colchester United	12	4	2	6	20	27	-7	14
9	Queens Park Rangers	12	3	4	5	25	28	-3	13
10	Watford	12	1	0	11	5	38	-33	3

(Updated 19th January)

Fixtures

Friday 27 January	Sheffield Wednesday	3-2	Crewe Alexandra
Friday 27 January	Ipswich Town	4-2	Colchester United
Friday 27 January	Birmingham City	2-2	Hull City
Monday 30 January	Charlton Athletic	3-3	Millwall
Tuesday 31 January	Bristol City	0-1	Reading
Tuesday 31 January	Barnsley	1-0	Wigan Athletic
Tuesday 31 January	Sheffield United	2-1	Birmingham City
Tuesday 31 January	Queens Park Rangers	3-1	Cardiff City
Thursday 2 February	Coventry City	1-2	Hull City

Results

January

Tuesday 24 January	Cardiff City	0-3	Watford
Tuesday 24 January	Burnley	3-4	Crewe Alexandra
Tuesday 24 January	Sheffield United	2-0	Coventry City
Monday 23 January	Reading	3-0	Charlton Athletic

Tuesday 17 January	Wigan Athletic	5-0	Birmingham City
Monday 16 January	Sheffield Wednesday	0-1	Coventry City
Monday 16 January	Hull City	1-1	Sheffield United

Tuesday 10 January	Cardiff City	1-0	Bristol City
Tuesday 10 January	Sheffield United	3-3	Wigan Athletic
Monday 9 January	Charlton Athletic	1-1	Swansea City
Monday 9 January	Burnley	3-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Friday 6 January	Barnsley	1-2	Birmingham City

December

Monday 5 December	Crewe Alexandra	3-1	Barnsley
Monday 5 December	Millwall	3-3	Ipswich Town

November

Friday 25 November	Sheffield United	3-0	Crewe Alexandra
Tuesday 22 November	Wigan Athletic	2-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Monday 14 November	Birmingham City	0-2	Cardiff City
Monday 14 November	Burnley	3-0	Barnsley
Friday 11 November	Swansea City	2-3	Coventry City
Thursday 10 November	Charlton Athletic	2-1	Cardiff City

Tuesday 8 November	Bristol City	5-0	Watford
Tuesday 8 November	Crewe Alexandra	0-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Tuesday 8 November	Swansea City	4-0	Queens Park Rangers
Tuesday 8 November	Millwall	4-1	Colchester United
Tuesday 8 November	Peterborough United	4-1	Burnley
Monday 7 November	Wigan Athletic	1-6	Barnsley
Monday 7 November	Hull City	1-0	Coventry City
Friday 4 November	Birmingham City	0-0	Sheffield United
Friday 4 November	Ipswich Town	2-7	Reading

Tuesday 1 November	Barnsley	3-0	Sheffield United
Tuesday 1 November	Bristol City	2-0	Charlton Athletic
Tuesday 1 November	Coventry City	2-2	Wigan Athletic
Tuesday 1 November	Watford	0-6	Colchester United

October

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Monday 31 October	Sheffield Wednesday	1-3	Peterborough United
Monday 31 October	Crewe Alexandra	0-2	Birmingham City
Monday 31 October	Burnley	0-6	Hull City
Monday 31 October	Millwall	5-0	Cardiff City
Monday 31 October	Reading	0-3	Swansea City
Friday 28 October	Queens Park Rangers	4-4	Ipswich Town
Friday 28 October	Swansea City	4-0	Watford

Tuesday 25 October	Peterborough United	3-3	Coventry City
Tuesday 25 October	Cardiff City	4-1	Colchester United
Monday 24 October	Birmingham City	3-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Monday 24 October	Burnley	2-3	Sheffield United
Monday 24 October	Swansea City	2-0	Millwall
Monday 24 October	Charlton Athletic	1-2	Reading
Monday 24 October	Hull City	1-3	Wigan Athletic
Monday 24 October	Queens Park Rangers	2-4	Watford
Friday 21 October	Barnsley	1-2	Crewe Alexandra
Friday 21 October	Ipswich Town	3-2	Bristol City

Tuesday 18 October	Bristol City	3-2	Queens Park Rangers
Tuesday 18 October	Coventry City	1-3	Burnley
Tuesday 18 October	Watford	0-1	Cardiff City
Tuesday 18 October	Colchester United	2-2	Reading
Monday 17 October	Birmingham City	1-1	Barnsley
Monday 17 October	Swansea City	3-2	Charlton Athletic
Monday 17 October	Wigan Athletic	2-1	Peterborough United
Friday 14 October	Sheffield Wednesday	0-2	Hull City

Tuesday 11 October	Cardiff City	4-3	Swansea City
Tuesday 11 October	Colchester United	0-1	Bristol City
Tuesday 11 October	Coventry City	0-3	Sheffield United
Tuesday 11 October	Queens Park Rangers	1-2	Millwall
Monday 10 October	Crewe Alexandra	0-0	Wigan Athletic
Monday 10 October	Burnley	2-2	Birmingham City
Monday 10 October	Charlton Athletic	1-3	Ipswich Town
Monday 10 October	Reading	1-0	Watford
Monday 10 October	Hull City	4-1	Peterborough United
Friday 7 October	Barnsley	1-2	Sheffield Wednesday

Tuesday 4 October	Peterborough United	3-2	Birmingham City
Monday 3 October	Cardiff City	2-1	Reading
Monday 3 October	Wigan Athletic	0-2	Burnley
Monday 3 October	Charlton Athletic	3-3	Queens Park Rangers
Monday 3 October	Millwall	1-1	Bristol City
Monday 3 October	Swansea City	4-1	Colchester United
Monday 3 October	Hull City	3-6	Crewe Alexandra
Monday 3 October	Sheffield Wednesday	0-3	Sheffield United

September

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Friday 30 September	Coventry City	2-0	Barnsley
Friday 30 September	Ipswich Town	1-0	Watford
Tuesday 27 September	Bristol City	2-1	Swansea City
Tuesday 27 September	Barnsley	1-1	Peterborough United
Tuesday 27 September	Watford	0-2	Charlton Athletic
Tuesday 27 September	Sheffield United	1-1	Hull City
Monday 26 September	Sheffield Wednesday	0-2	Wigan Athletic
Monday 26 September	Crewe Alexandra	0-0	Burnley
Monday 26 September	Reading	2-1	Millwall
Monday 26 September	Birmingham City	3-0	Coventry City
Friday 23 September	Hull City	3-1	Birmingham City
Friday 23 September	Queens Park Rangers	2-0	Colchester United

Wednesday 21 September	Wigan Athletic	0-2	Sheffield United
Tuesday 20 September	Coventry City	1-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Tuesday 20 September	Millwall	4-1	Charlton Athletic
Saturday 17 September	Reading	0-1	Bristol City
Friday 16 September	Peterborough United	3-0	Crewe Alexandra
Friday 16 September	Colchester United	2-1	Ipswich Town
Friday 16 September	Cardiff City	3-5	Queens Park Rangers

Tuesday 13 September	Bristol City	5-0	Cardiff City
Tuesday 13 September	Sheffield United	2-1	Peterborough United
Tuesday 13 September	Watford	1-4	Millwall
Monday 12 September	Sheffield Wednesday	1-4	Burnley
Monday 12 September	Crewe Alexandra	0-2	Coventry City
Monday 12 September	Ipswich Town	2-1	Swansea City
Monday 12 September	Birmingham City	1-4	Wigan Athletic
Monday 12 September	Charlton Athletic	2-2	Colchester United

Tuesday 6 September	Coventry City	2-3	Millwall
Tuesday 6 September	Peterborough United	2-2	Swansea City
Tuesday 6 September	Sheffield United	2-0	Watford
Monday 5 September	Burnley	4-3	Ipswich Town
Monday 5 September	Crewe Alexandra	1-1	Queens Park Rangers
Monday 5 September	Sheffield Wednesday	0-1	Bristol City
Monday 5 September	Wigan Athletic	1-2	Cardiff City
Monday 5 September	Hull City	1-2	Reading
Monday 5 September	Birmingham City	5-0	Colchester United
Friday 2 September	Barnsley	2-0	Charlton Athletic

August

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Wednesday 31 August	Millwall	5-1	Peterborough United
Tuesday 30 August	Bristol City	0-0	Birmingham City
Tuesday 30 August	Cardiff City	1-2	Burnley
Tuesday 30 August	Queens Park Rangers	0-2	Sheffield United
Tuesday 30 August	Charlton Athletic	2-1	Coventry City
Tuesday 30 August	Reading	4-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Monday 29 August	Swansea City	3-0	Wigan Athletic
Friday 26 August	Ipswich Town	4-2	Hull City

Wednesday 24 August	Wigan Athletic	1-2	Colchester United
Tuesday 23 August	Sheffield United	0-3	Cardiff City
Tuesday 23 August	Coventry City	3-0	Reading
Tuesday 23 August	Barnsley	2-2	Ipswich Town
Tuesday 23 August	Peterborough United	0-2	Bristol City
Monday 22 August	Burnley	0-3	Queens Park Rangers
Monday 22 August	Birmingham City	1-4	Millwall
Monday 22 August	Crewe Alexandra	2-2	Swansea City
Monday 22 August	Hull City	5-0	Watford
Friday 19 August	Sheffield Wednesday	0-5	Charlton Athletic

Monday 15 August	Charlton Athletic	5-3	Sheffield United
Monday 15 August	Reading	2-0	Burnley
Tuesday 16 August	Colchester United	3-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Tuesday 16 August	Cardiff City	2-1	Peterborough United
Tuesday 16 August	Bristol City	4-2	Hull City
Tuesday 16 August	Ipswich Town	3-1	Wigan Athletic
Tuesday 16 August	Millwall	4-0	Barnsley

Wednesday 10 August	Wigan Athletic	5-0	Watford
Tuesday 9 August	Barnsley	2-3	Bristol City
Tuesday 9 August	Sheffield United	2-0	Reading
Monday 8 August	Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Swansea City
Monday 8 August	Burnley	1-3	Charlton Athletic
Monday 8 August	Peterborough United	2-2	Queens Park Rangers
Monday 8 August	Hull City	0-1	Millwall

Top Goalscorers

(Updated 26th January)

Player	Club	Goals
Abdul Abdulmalik	Millwall	14
Louie Marsh	Sheffield United	12
Jim Simms	Hull City	9
Tarrelle Whittaker	Swansea City	9
Daniel Kanu	Charlton Athletic	8
Chris Sze	Wigan Athletic	8
Sam Bell	Bristol City	7
Dara Costelloe	Burnley	7
Connor Evans	Crewe Alexandra	7
Joe Taylor	Peterborough United	7

Hat-tricks

(Updated 26th January)

Player	Club	Date	Fixture
Jim Simms	Hull City	22nd August 2022	Hull City 5-0 Watford
Gavin Whyte	Cardiff City	23rd August 2022	Sheffield United 0-3 Cardiff City
Sinclair Armstrong	Queens Park Rangers	16th September 2022	Cardiff City 3-5 Queens Park Rangers
Dara Costelloe	Burnley	18th October 2022	Coventry City 1-3 Burnley
Femi Azeez	Reading	4th November 2022	Ipswich Town 2-7 Reading
Chris Sze	Wigan Athletic	16th January 2023	Wigan Athletic 5-0 Birmingham City
Connor Evans	Crewe Alexandra	24th January 2023	Burnley 3-4 Crewe Alexandra