2022-23 Under-18 League 2

The 2022-23 Under-18 League 2, or Under-18s Professional Development League 2 as it is sometimes referred to, is 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. Sheffield United are the defending national champions.

Teams

2022-23 Teams
North Team Training Ground Manager Barnsley Oakwell Training Ground Nicky Eaden Birmingham City Trillion Trophy Training Centre Martyn Olorenshaw Burnley Barnfield Tony Philliskirk Coventry City The Alan Higgs Centre Gary Mills Crewe Alexandra Reaseheath Ryan Dicker Hull City Bishop Burton College John Anderson Peterborough United Mick George Training Academy Jamal Campbell-Rice Sheffield United Steelphalt Academy Paul Quinn Sheffield Wednesday Middlewood Road Andy Holdsworth Wigan Athletic Christopher Park Marc Maddocks			South Team Training Ground Manager Bristol City SGS Wise Campus Trevor Challis Cardiff City Leckwith Athletics Stadium Steve Jenkins Charlton Athletic Sparrows Lane Jason Pearce Colchester United Florence Park Elliott Ward Ipswich Town Playford Road Sam Darlow Millwall Calmont Road Larry McAvoy Queens Park Rangers Heston Micah Hyde Reading Bearwood Park Michael Donaldson and Mikele Leigertwood Swansea City Landore Darren Davies Watford UCL Sports Ground Charlie Daniels

League Tables

North

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1 (C)	Barnsley	28	21	4	3	81	34	+47	67
2 (Pl)	Sheffield United	27	18	2	7	57	30	+27	56
3	Peterborough United	26	15	2	9	55	42	+13	47
4	Sheffield Wednesday	28	12	7	9	45	42	+3	43
5	Crewe Alexandra	28	10	8	10	50	45	+5	38
6	Coventry City	27	10	6	11	47	52	-5	36
7	Burnley	27	8	6	13	38	51	-13	30
8	Hull City	28	6	3	19	41	79	-38	21
9	Birmingham City	27	5	5	17	43	70	-27	20
10	Wigan Athletic	27	5	2	20	30	70	-40	17

South

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1 (C)	Charlton Athletic	27	17	3	7	81	43	+38	54
2	Cardiff City	28	16	1	11	63	45	+18	49
3	Millwall	27	14	6	7	64	47	+17	48
4	Bristol City	27	14	3	10	69	48	+21	45
5	Reading	28	13	6	9	55	47	+8	45
6	Swansea City	28	12	6	10	61	66	-5	42
7	Colchester United	27	11	3	13	54	65	-11	36
8	Queens Park Rangers	27	9	2	16	52	67	-15	29
9	Ipswich Town	26	8	3	15	50	71	-21	27
10	Watford	26	7	4	15	40	62	-22	25

(Updated 2nd May)

Fixtures

Saturday 29 April	Bristol City	4-3	Birmingham City
Saturday 29 April	Cardiff City	2-0	Burnley
Saturday 29 April	Colchester United	2-1	Crewe Alexandra
Saturday 29 April	Millwall	1-4	Peterborough United
Saturday 29 April	Queens Park Rangers	1-2	Sheffield United
Saturday 29 April	Reading	2-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 29 April	Swansea City	7-3	Wigan Athletic
Saturday 29 April	Ipswich Town	3-1	Hull City
Saturday 29 April	Charlton Athletic	4-1	Coventry City
Saturday 29 April	Watford	1-3	Barnsley
Tuesday 2 May	Birmingham City	0-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Wednesday 3 May	Sheffield United	vs	Peterborough United

Results

April

Wednesday 26 April	Sheffield Wednesday	3-1	Crewe Alexandra
Tuesday 25 April	Birmingham City	1-4	Sheffield United
Tuesday 25 April	Hull City	2-4	Coventry City
Tuesday 25 April	Swansea City	5-3	Ipswich Town
Saturday 22 April	Burnley	4-1	Ipswich Town
Saturday 22 April	Crewe Alexandra	3-2	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 22 April	Hull City	2-3	Reading
Saturday 22 April	Peterborough United	3-0	Swansea City
Saturday 22 April	Wigan Athletic	0-2	Cardiff City
Saturday 22 April	Birmingham City	0-5	Colchester United
Saturday 22 April	Watford	1-4	Sheffield United
Friday 21 April	Barnsley	3-2	Charlton Athletic
Friday 21 April	Sheffield Wednesday	3-2	Bristol City
Wednesday 19 April	Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Burnley

Tuesday 18 April	Birmingham City	1-1	Watford
Tuesday 18 April	Cardiff City	2-1	Reading
Tuesday 18 April	Hull City	1-1	Crewe Alexandra
Saturday 15 April	Bristol City	5-1	Wigan Athletic
Saturday 15 April	Colchester United	4-0	Burnley
Saturday 15 April	Queens Park Rangers	1-2	Hull City
Saturday 15 April	Swansea City	3-1	Sheffield United
Saturday 15 April	Ipswich Town	0-1	Coventry City
Saturday 15 April	Charlton Athletic	5-1	Birmingham City
Saturday 15 April	Reading	0-0	Peterborough United
Saturday 15 April	Watford	0-3	Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 15 April	Millwall	2-2	Crewe Alexandra
Saturday 15 April	Cardiff City	1-4	Barnsley

Wednesday 12 April	Ipswich Town	2-3	Cardiff City
Wednesday 12 April	Millwall	1-4	Bristol City
Tuesday 11 April	Swansea City	1-0	Queens Park Rangers
Tuesday 11 April	Sheffield United	1-2	Coventry City
Tuesday 11 April	Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Birmingham City
Saturday 8 April	Sheffield Wednesday	1-2	Sheffield United
Saturday 8 April	Reading	0-0	Millwall
Saturday 8 April	Burnley	2-2	Coventry City
Thursday 6 April	Wigan Athletic	1-3	Colchester United
Wednesday 5 April	Sheffield United	3-3	Sheffield Wednesday

Saturday 1 April	Burnley	1-1	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 1 April	Hull City	3-0	Watford
Saturday 1 April	Sheffield United	4-2	Cardiff City
Saturday 1 April	Birmingham City	3-4	Millwall
Saturday 1 April	Coventry City	2-4	Reading
Saturday 1 April	Peterborough United	2-3	Bristol City
Saturday 1 April	Crewe Alexandra	1-1	Swansea City
Tuesday 4 April	Swansea City	3-1	Hull City
Tuesday 4 April	Watford	0-3	Bristol City

March

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Friday 31 March	Barnsley	7-2	Ipswich Town
Friday 31 March	Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Charlton Athletic
Tuesday 28 March	Wigan Athletic	1-5	Sheffield United
Saturday 25 March	Charlton Athletic	5-0	Wigan Athletic
Saturday 25 March	Bristol City	0-2	Sheffield United
Saturday 25 March	Peterborough United	4-0	Burnley
Saturday 25 March	Colchester United	0-3	Barnsley
Saturday 25 March	Queens Park Rangers	1-5	Coventry City
Saturday 25 March	Ipswich Town	3-3	Birmingham City
Saturday 25 March	Reading	4-0	Crewe Alexandra

Tuesday 21 March	Birmingham City	0-2	Peterborough United
Tuesday 21 March	Barnsley	1-1	Crewe Alexandra
Tuesday 21 March	Colchester United	1-2	Charlton Athletic
Saturday 18 March	Millwall	1-5	Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 18 March	Watford	0-1	Burnley
Saturday 18 March	Bristol City	4-1	Coventry City
Saturday 18 March	Charlton Athletic	5-2	Hull City
Saturday 18 March	Colchester United	0-5	Peterborough United
Saturday 18 March	Queens Park Rangers	1-2	Wigan Athletic
Saturday 18 March	Ipswich Town	1-2	Sheffield United
Saturday 18 March	Reading	3-2	Barnsley
Saturday 18 March	Swansea City	2-2	Birmingham City
Saturday 18 March	Cardiff City	1-2	Crewe Alexandra

Tuesday 14 March	Watford	2-4	Reading
Tuesday 14 March	Wigan Athletic	0-1	Barnsley
Saturday 11 March	Bristol City	3-3	Cardiff City
Saturday 11 March	Millwall	2-2	Reading
Saturday 11 March	Queens Park Rangers	5-3	Ipswich Town
Saturday 14 March	Crewe Alexandra	7-1	Wigan Athletic
Saturday 11 March	Watford	3-4	Swansea City

Tuesday 7 March	Cardiff City	5-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Tuesday 7 March	Sheffield United	2-1	Hull City
Tuesday 7 March	Barnsley	4-1	Coventry City
Saturday 4 March	Queens Park Rangers	3-1	Watford
Saturday 4 March	Barnsley	1-1	Burnley
Saturday 4 March	Cardiff City	3-1	Ipswich Town
Saturday 4 March	Charlton Athletic	1-1	Reading
Saturday 4 March	Coventry City	0-4	Sheffield United
Saturday 4 March	Millwall	1-0	Colchester United
Saturday 4 March	Peterborough United	2-1	Wigan Athletic
Saturday 4 March	Swansea City	2-0	Bristol City
Saturday 4 March	Crewe Alexandra	7-2	Hull City

February

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Tuesday 28 February	Hull City	0-3	Sheffield Wednesday
Tuesday 28 February	Birmingham City	2-4	Barnsley
Saturday 25 February	Bristol City	2-1	Reading
Saturday 25 February	Crewe Alexandra	2-1	Burnley
Saturday 25 February	Ipswich Town	0-2	Charlton Athletic
Saturday 25 February	Queens Park Rangers	0-2	Millwall
Saturday 25 February	Sheffield United	0-2	Barnsley
Saturday 25 February	Swansea City	1-4	Cardiff City
Saturday 25 February	Watford	1-6	Colchester United
Saturday 25 February	Hull City	1-2	Peterborough United
Saturday 25 February	Sheffield Wednesday	2-2	Coventry City
Saturday 25 February	Wigan Athletic	1-2	Birmingham City
Wednesday 22 February	Cardiff City	1-3	Charlton Athletic
Tuesday 21 February	Birmingham City	0-1	Crewe Alexandra

Saturday 18 February	Millwall	3-0	Swansea City
Saturday 18 February	Barnsley	5-1	Hull City
Saturday 18 February	Burnley	2-1	Wigan Athletic
Saturday 18 February	Colchester United	1-0	Cardiff City
Saturday 18 February	Coventry City	2-1	Birmingham City
Saturday 18 February	Reading	1-0	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 18 February	Sheffield United	0-1	Crewe Alexandra
Saturday 18 February	Ipswich Town	2-3	Watford
Saturday 18 February	Peterborough United	3-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 18 February	Charlton Athletic	3-4	Bristol City

Tuesday 14 February	Ipswich Town	2-1	Bristol City
Tuesday 14 February	Burnley	1-4	Sheffield United
Saturday 11 February	Watford	4-1	Charlton Athletic
Saturday 11 February	Bristol City	5-1	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 11 February	Burnley	1-2	Peterborough United
Saturday 11 February	Colchester United	3-1	Ipswich Town
Saturday 11 February	Crewe Alexandra	1-1	Coventry City
Saturday 11 February	Sheffield Wednesday	0-2	Barnsley
Saturday 11 February	Swansea City	3-1	Reading
Saturday 11 February	Hull City	1-1	Wigan Athletic
Saturday 11 February	Cardiff City	0-4	Millwall

Tuesday 7 February	Colchester United	2-2	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 4 February	Barnsley	4-0	Wigan Athletic
Saturday 4 February	Crewe Alexandra	4-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 4 February	Swansea City	2-2	Millwall

Wednesday 1 February

Reading

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Cardiff City

January

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Friday 27 January	Barnsley	2-2	Birmingham City
Saturday 28 January	Millwall	0-1	Watford
Saturday 28 January	Bristol City	3-3	Ipswich Town
Saturday 28 January	Hull City	0-3	Sheffield United
Saturday 28 January	Wigan Athletic	1-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 28 January	Coventry City	1-0	Burnley
Saturday 28 January	Peterborough United	2-1	Crewe Alexandra
Saturday 28 January	Reading	4-0	Colchester United
Saturday 28 January	Charlton Athletic	2-1	Cardiff City
Saturday 28 January	Queens Park Rangers	4-5	Swansea City
Tuesday 31 January	Coventry City	0-1	Barnsley

Saturday 21 January

Charlton Athletic

0-2

Millwall

Saturday 14 January	Queens Park Rangers	1-2	Charlton Athletic
Saturday 14 January	Crewe Alexandra	1-4	Barnsley
Saturday 14 January	Hull City	4-1	Birmingham City
Saturday 14 January	Reading	4-5	Ipswich Town
Saturday 14 January	Cardiff City	4-1	Watford
Friday 13 January	Peterborough United	0-1	Coventry City
Friday 13 January	Swansea City	0-4	Colchester United

Saturday 7 January	Barnsley	4-1	Peterborough United
Saturday 7 January	Bristol City	6-0	Colchester United
Saturday 7 January	Charlton Athletic	5-0	Swansea City
Saturday 7 January	Ipswich Town	1-7	Millwall
Saturday 7 January	Coventry City	3-0	Wigan Athletic
Saturday 7 January	Queens Park Rangers	3-2	Cardiff City
Saturday 7 January	Burnley	1-0	Hull City

December

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Saturday 10 December	Bristol City	2-1	Watford
Saturday 10 December	Charlton Athletic	4-2	Colchester United

Saturday 3 December	Crewe Alexandra	2-2	Charlton Athletic
Saturday 3 December	Millwall	3-1	Burnley
Saturday 3 December	Hull City	1-4	Colchester United

November

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Saturday 26 November	Cardiff City	2-0	Bristol City
Saturday 26 November	Colchester United	5-5	Swansea City
Saturday 26 November	Coventry City	2-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 26 November	Millwall	2-3	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 26 November	Reading	2-3	Charlton Athletic
Saturday 26 November	Peterborough United	1-2	Hull City
Saturday 26 November	Sheffield United	1-0	Burnley
Saturday 26 November	Birmingham City	2-1	Wigan Athletic

Saturday 19 November	Burnley	3-4	Barnsley
Saturday 19 November	Coventry City	3-3	Peterborough United
Saturday 19 November	Ipswich Town	3-1	Reading
Saturday 19 November	Queens Park Rangers	6-1	Colchester United
Saturday 19 November	Wigan Athletic	1-4	Hull City
Saturday 19 November	Millwall	1-4	Cardiff City
Saturday 19 November	Swansea City	1-1	Watford

Saturday 12 November	Watford	1-3	Peterborough United
Saturday 12 November	Coventry City	2-3	Cardiff City
Saturday 12 November	Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Queens Park Rangers
Friday 11 November	Crewe Alexandra	1-2	Birmingham City

October

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Saturday 29 October	Birmingham City	3-2	Coventry City
Saturday 29 October	Peterborough United	0-2	Sheffield United
Saturday 29 October	Wigan Athletic	4-2	Crewe Alexandra
Saturday 29 October	Charlton Athletic	6-0	Ipswich Town
Saturday 29 October	Watford	5-5	Millwall
Saturday 29 October	Reading	0-2	Swansea City
Saturday 29 October	Hull City	3-4	Burnley
Saturday 29 October	Cardiff City	3-0	Colchester United
Saturday 29 October	Queens Park Rangers	3-1	Bristol City
Friday 28 October	Barnsley	0-0	Sheffield Wednesday

Saturday 22 October	Millwall	4-4	Charlton Athletic
Saturday 22 October	Watford	5-2	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 22 October	Bristol City	0-4	Swansea City
Saturday 22 October	Burnley	1-1	Crewe Alexandra
Saturday 22 October	Peterborough United	4-3	Barnsley
Saturday 22 October	Colchester United	2-3	Reading
Saturday 22 October	Coventry City	1-2	Hull City
Saturday 22 October	Sheffield Wednesday	1-0	Wigan Athletic
Saturday 22 October	Sheffield United	5-1	Birmingham City

Saturday 15 October	Barnsley	2-1	Sheffield United
Saturday 15 October	Charlton Athletic	0-2	Watford
Saturday 15 October	Colchester United	2-7	Millwall
Saturday 15 October	Crewe Alexandra	1-3	Peterborough United
Saturday 15 October	Reading	2-2	Bristol City
Saturday 15 October	Sheffield Wednesday	2-2	Hull City
Saturday 15 October	Ipswich Town	5-0	Swansea City
Saturday 15 October	Cardiff City	1-2	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 15 October	Wigan Athletic	1-1	Coventry City
Saturday 15 October	Birmingham City	3-3	Burnley

Saturday 1 October	Bristol City	1-2	Millwall
Saturday 1 October	Coventry City	1-2	Crewe Alexandra
Saturday 1 October	Hull City	1-5	Barnsley
Saturday 1 October	Queens Park Rangers	1-2	Reading
Saturday 1 October	Ipswich Town	3-1	Colchester United
Saturday 1 October	Peterborough United	4-3	Birmingham City
Saturday 1 October	Sheffield United	1-3	Wigan Athletic
Saturday 1 October	Watford	2-1	Cardiff City
Saturday 1 October	Swansea City	3-5	Charlton Athletic

September

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Friday 30 September	Burnley	1-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 24 September	Cardiff City	2-0	Swansea City
Saturday 24 September	Charlton Athletic	7-1	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 24 September	Colchester United	2-1	Bristol City
Saturday 24 September	Crewe Alexandra	0-1	Sheffield United
Saturday 24 September	Millwall	2-1	Ipswich Town
Saturday 24 September	Reading	2-0	Watford
Saturday 24 September	Birmingham City	3-0	Hull City
Friday 23 September	Wigan Athletic	1-2	Burnley
Friday 23 September	Sheffield Wednesday	0-1	Peterborough United

Saturday 17 September	Barnsley	5-2	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 17 September	Burnley	3-3	Swansea City
Saturday 17 September	Coventry City	2-1	Watford
Saturday 17 September	Hull City	2-3	Cardiff City
Saturday 17 September	Sheffield Wednesday	1-1	Ipswich Town
Saturday 17 September	Wigan Athletic	0-2	Millwall
Saturday 17 September	Birmingham City	2-3	Reading
Saturday 17 September	Peterborough United	1-3	Charlton Athletic
Saturday 17 September	Crewe Alexandra	1-2	Bristol City
Saturday 17 September	Sheffield United	0-0	Colchester United

August

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

Saturday 20 August	Bristol City	9-0	Hull City
Saturday 20 August	Cardiff City	6-2	Peterborough United
Saturday 20 August	Charlton Athletic	3-0	Sheffield United
Saturday 20 August	Colchester United	1-3	Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 20 August	Reading	2-1	Burnley
Saturday 20 August	Ipswich Town	2-1	Wigan Athletic
Saturday 20 August	Queens Park Rangers	2-1	Birmingham City
Saturday 20 August	Swansea City	1-2	Coventry City
Saturday 20 August	Watford	1-1	Crewe Alexandra
Saturday 20 August	Millwall	3-1	Barnsley

Saturday 13 August	Barnsley	2-1	Swansea City
Saturday 13 August	Burnley	1-2	Bristol City
Saturday 13 August	Peterborough United	0-2	Ipswich Town
Saturday 13 August	Wigan Athletic	3-1	Reading
Saturday 13 August	Sheffield United	1-0	Millwall

Top Goalscorers

(Updated 2nd May)

Player	Club	Goals
Patrick Casey	Charlton Athletic	28
Iwan Morgan	Swansea City	24
Henry Hearn	Millwall	23
Tan Nyakuhwa	Cardiff City	18
Kurtis Havenhand	Sheffield United	16
Reuben Marshall	Peterborough United	16
Josiah Dyer	Barnsley	13
Ryan Huke	Charlton Athletic	13
Geoffroy Bony	Swansea City	12
Joe Westley	Burnley	11

Hat-tricks

(Updated 25th April)

Player	Club	Date	Fixture
Patrick Casey	Charlton Athletic	20th August 2022	Charlton Athletic 3-0 Sheffield United
Kai Enslin	Charlton Athletic	1st October 2022	Swansea City 3-5 Charlton Athletic
Henry Hearn (4)	Millwall	15th October 2022	Colchester United 2-7 Millwall
Rio Oudnie-Morgan	Ipswich Town	15th October 2022	Ipswich Town 5-0 Swansea City
Henry Hearn	Millwall	22nd October 2022	Millwall 4-4 Charlton Athletic
Trialist	Watford	22nd October 2022	Watford 5-2 Queens Park Rangers
Michael Adu-Poku	Watford	29th October 2022	Watford 5-5 Millwall
Ryan Huke	Charlton Athletic	29th October 2022	Charlton Athletic 6-0 Ipswich Town
Jaedyn Chibanga	Hull City	29th October 2022	Hull City 3-4 Burnley
Joe Westley	Burnley	29th October 2022	Hull City 3-4 Burnley
Iwan Morgan (4)	Swansea City	26th November 2022	Colchester United 5-5 Swansea City
Alex Anaman	Barnsley	7th January 2023	Barnsley 4-1 Peterborough United
Iwan Morgan	Swansea City	28th January 2023	Queens Park Rangers 4-5 Swansea City
Henry Hearn (4)	Millwall	11th February 2023	Cardiff City 0-4 Millwall
Tan Nyakuhwa	Cardiff City	25th February 2023	Swansea City 1-4 Cardiff City
Calum Agius	Crewe Alexandra	4th March 2023	Crewe Alexandra 7-2 Hull City
Trey George	Cardiff City	7th March 2023	Cardiff City 5-0 Sheffield Wednesday
Geoffroy Bony	Swansea City	11th March 2023	Watford 3-4 Swansea City
Calum Agius	Crewe Alexandra	11th March 2023	Crewe Alexandra 7-1 Wigan Athletic
Patrick Casey (4)	Charlton Athletic	18th March 2023	Charlton Athletic 5-2 Hull City
Josiah Dyer	Barnsley	25th March 2023	Colchester United 0-3 Barnsley
Stafford Clarke	Sheffield United	22nd April 2023	Watford 1-4 Sheffield United
Iwan Morgan	Swansea City	25th April 2023	Swansea City 5-3 Ipswich Town