2024-25 Under-18 Professional Development League Cup

The 2024-25 Under-18 Professional Development League Cup is the fourth campaign of the domestic youth team cup competition, which pits Category 2 and 3 teams against each other in an initial three-game group stage. All Category 2 academies are invited along with selected teams from Category 3, with groups drawn geographically. Clubs play each other once, either home or away, with the winners of the eight groups advancing to the quarter-finals. The knockout rounds will be one-off matches.

Millwall are the defending cup holders.

Teams

Nineteen Category 2 Under-18 teams are invited to feature in this year's competition along the following Category 3 academies:

Bolton Wanderers, Bradford City, Cheltenham Town, Doncaster Rovers, Luton Town, Mansfield Town, Plymouth Argyle, Portsmouth, Preston North End, Stevenage, Swindon Town, Wimbledon, Wrexham

Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bournemouth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Cardiff City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Portsmouth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Swindon Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Portsmouth v Bournemouth

27 August 2024

Portsmouth	1-2	Bournemouth
May		Kasukumya (2)

Roko Health Club

Cardiff City v Swindon Town

27 August 2024

Cardiff City	1-5	Swindon Town
TBC '45 (pen)		Obodo '18 Alston '23, '39, '68 Ameen '63

Cardiff International Sports Stadium

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Group B

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bolton Wanderers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Crewe Alexandra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Fleetwood Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Wrexham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Wrexham v Bolton Wanderers

27 August 2024

Wrexham	3-4	Bolton Wanderers

Colliers Park

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Group C

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Barnsley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bradford City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Doncaster Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Hull City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bradford City v Hull City

27 August 2024

Bradford City	2-1	Hull City
Murray '35 Mahmoud '51		Carter '73

JC Sports Centre

Doncaster Rovers v Barnsley

27 August 2024

Doncaster Rovers	0-5	Barnsley

Cantley Park

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Group D

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Preston North End	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Sheffield United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Wigan Athletic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Wigan Athletic v Preston North End

27 August 2024

Wigan Athletic	2-3	Preston North End
Greenhalgh '36 Cavanagh '74		Rodrigues-Gentile '8 Wilson 45+2 (pen), '68

Christopher Park

Burnley v Sheffield United

27 August 2024

Burnley	0-1	Sheffield United
		Eyob-Abraha

Barnfield

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Group E

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Charlton Athletic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Colchester United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Queens Park Rangers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Stevenage	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Queens Park Rangers v Charlton Athletic

27 August 2024

Queens Park Rangers	1-1	Charlton Athletic

TSG Training Centre

Stevenage v Colchester United

27 August 2024

Stevenage	v	Colchester United

Shephalbury Sports Academy

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Group F

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Wimbledon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Brentford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Coventry City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Watford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Watford v Brentford

27 August 2024

Watford	0-3	Brentford
		Bobb-Semple '5 McSorley '16 Giscombe '58

UCL Sports Ground

Coventry City v Wimbledon

27 August 2024

Coventry City	2-3	Wimbledon

Alan Higgs Centre

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Group G

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bristol City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Cheltenham Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Plymouth Argyle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Swansea City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Swansea City v Bristol City

27 August 2024

Swansea City	4-4	Bristol City
Woodward '6, '66, '74 Trialist '20		TBC '54 Filer '60 pWalker-Brown '69, '85

Landore

Cheltenham Town v Plymouth Argyle

27 August 2024

Cheltenham Town	6-1	Plymouth Argyle

CTFC Training Ground

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Group H

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Ipswich Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Luton Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Mansfield Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Peterborough United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Luton Town v Ipswich Town

27 August 2024

Luton Town	6-4	Ipswich Town
Takawira '2 Emery '4 Trustram '27, '62 (pen) Hincapie-Alfonso '45 Stitt '67		TBC

The Brache

Mansfield Town v Peterborough United

27 August 2024

Mansfield Town	0-0	Peterborough United

RH Academy

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Quarter-Finals

The eight group winners advance to the quarter-finals, where they play a one-legged tie.

Goalscorers

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Goals

Previous Campaigns

• 2023-24
• 2022-23
• 2021-22