2024-25 Under-18 League 2

The 2024-25 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. Birmingham City are the defending national champions while Brentford return to the division from the 2024-25 season.

Teams

2024-25 Teams
North Team Training Ground Manager Barnsley Oakwell Training Ground TBC Birmingham City Wast Hills Martyn Olorenshaw Burnley Barnfield Tony Philliskirk Coventry City The Alan Higgs Centre Matt Whitehouse Crewe Alexandra Reaseheath David Vaughan Fleetwood Town Poolfoot Farm Mark Yeates Hull City Bishop Burton College David Meyler Peterborough United idverde Training Centre Jimmy Unwin Sheffield United Sheffield United Academy Jim O'Brien Sheffield Wednesday Middlewood Road Andy Sharp Wigan Athletic Christopher Park Marc Maddocks			South Team Training Ground Manager Bournemouth Canford Arena James Lowy Brentford Wheatsheaf Park Lydia Bedford Bristol City Robins High Performance Centre Trevor Challis Cardiff City Leckwith Athletics Stadium Tom Hutton Charlton Athletic Sparrows Lane Jason Pearce Colchester United Florence Park Elliott Ward Ipswich Town Playford Road Olly Lee Millwall Calmont Road Larry McAvoy Queens Park Rangers Heston Tom Charles Swansea City Landore Jarred Harvey Watford UCL Sports Ground Matt Bevans

League Tables

North

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	7	6	0	1	26	6	+20	18
2	Sheffield United	7	5	2	0	22	11	+11	17
3	Birmingham City	8	4	1	3	18	15	+3	14
4	Sheffield Wednesday	8	4	2	2	18	15	+3	14
5	Hull City	7	4	1	2	13	11	+2	13
6	Wigan Athletic	7	4	0	3	18	13	+5	12
7	Peterborough United	7	3	1	3	17	17	0	10
8	Crewe Alexandra	8	3	0	5	21	20	+1	9
9	Barnsley	8	2	2	4	11	16	-5	9
10	Coventry City	8	2	1	5	13	22	-9	7
11	Fleetwood Town	6	1	0	5	5	18	-13	3

South

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Cardiff City	7	5	1	1	18	12	+6	16
2	Bournemouth	8	4	1	3	17	13	+4	13
3	Bristol City	7	4	1	2	18	15	+3	13
4	Millwall	7	3	3	1	20	9	+11	12
5	Charlton Athletic	7	3	1	3	21	18	+3	10
6	Swansea City	7	3	1	3	13	11	+2	10
7	Brentford	8	3	1	4	14	19	-5	10
8	Watford	6	3	0	3	7	9	-2	9
9	Ipswich Town	6	1	1	4	12	16	-4	4
10	Colchester United	7	1	0	6	10	24	-14	3
11	Queens Park Rangers	7	0	2	5	6	28	-22	2

(Updated 25th September)

Fixtures

Saturday 28 September	Bristol City	3-1	Swansea City
Saturday 28 September	Charlton Athletic	1-3	Millwall
Saturday 28 September	Colchester United	2-3	Ipswich Town
Saturday 28 September	Birmingham City	1-0	Wigan Athletic
Saturday 28 September	Brentford	2-3	Watford
Saturday 28 September	Burnley	1-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 28 September	Cardiff City	3-4	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 28 September	Crewe Alexandra	0-0	Peterborough United

Results

September

Tuesday 24 September	Barnsley	0-4	Birmingham City
Tuesday 24 September	Bournemouth	2-3	Brentford
Tuesday 24 September	Wigan Athletic	0-3	Burnley
Tuesday 24 September	Sheffield United	6-3	Crewe Alexandra
Tuesday 24 September	Sheffield Wednesday	3-1	Coventry City
Tuesday 24 September	Swansea City	2-3	Cardiff City
Saturday 21 September	Barnsley	3-3	Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 21 September	Birmingham City	2-3	Sheffield United
Saturday 21 September	Burnley	2-0	Peterborough United
Saturday 21 September	Cardiff City	4-3	Ipswich Town
Saturday 21 September	Charlton Athletic	3-1	Colchester United
Saturday 21 September	Crewe Alexandra	2-0	Fleetwood Town
Saturday 21 September	Bournemouth	0-1	Swansea City
Saturday 21 September	Brentford	2-2	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 21 September	Bristol City	2-2	Millwall
Saturday 21 September	Coventry City	2-1	Hull City

Saturday 14 September	Queens Park Rangers	1-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 14 September	Bristol City	4-1	Coventry City
Saturday 14 September	Charlton Athletic	3-1	Fleetwood Town
Saturday 14 September	Colchester United	1-2	Hull City
Saturday 14 September	Ipswich Town	1-3	Peterborough United
Saturday 14 September	Millwall	2-2	Sheffield United
Saturday 14 September	Swansea City	1-2	Wigan Athletic
Saturday 14 September	Bournemouth	2-2	Birmingham City
Saturday 14 September	Brentford	0-5	Burnley
Saturday 14 September	Cardiff City	2-1	Crewe Alexandra
Saturday 14 September	Watford	1-0	Barnsley

Saturday 7 September	Hull City	2-2	Millwall
Saturday 7 September	Wigan Athletic	1-2	Bournemouth
Saturday 7 September	Peterborough United	6-0	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 7 September	Crewe Alexandra	8-1	Colchester United
Saturday 7 September	Coventry City	3-3	Charlton Athletic
Friday 6 September	Barnsley	3-1	Brentford
Friday 6 September	Sheffield Wednesday	0-3	Watford

Tuesday 3 September	Birmingham City	6-1	Bristol City
Tuesday 3 September	Queens Park Rangers	0-8	Burnley
Monday 2 September	Ipswich Town	3-3	Barnsley

August

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Saturday 31 August	Bournemouth	5-0	Fleetwood Town
Saturday 31 August	Bristol City	4-1	Peterborough United
Saturday 31 August	Cardiff City	2-2	Sheffield United
Saturday 31 August	Charlton Athletic	2-4	Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 31 August	Colchester United	1-4	Wigan Athletic
Saturday 31 August	Brentford	0-2	Hull City
Saturday 31 August	Millwall	5-0	Birmingham City
Saturday 31 August	Swansea City	4-1	Coventry City
Saturday 31 August	Watford	2-1	Crewe Alexandra

Saturday 24 August	Sheffield United	4-1	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 24 August	Burnley	3-1	Bristol City
Saturday 24 August	Crewe Alexandra	1-4	Charlton Athletic
Saturday 24 August	Hull City	0-2	Ipswich Town
Saturday 24 August	Wigan Athletic	4-0	Watford
Saturday 24 August	Coventry City	3-2	Cardiff City
Saturday 24 August	Birmingham City	2-1	Brentford
Saturday 24 August	Fleetwood Town	3-2	Colchester United
Saturday 24 August	Peterborough United	1-6	Millwall
Friday 23 August	Barnsley	2-0	Bournemouth
Friday 23 August	Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Swansea City

Saturday 17 August	Millwall	3-0	Fleetwood Town
Saturday 17 August	Queens Park Rangers	1-2	Hull City
Saturday 17 August	Bournemouth	4-3	Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 17 August	Charlton Athletic	3-4	Burnley
Saturday 17 August	Colchester United	3-1	Coventry City
Saturday 17 August	Brentford	5-2	Wigan Athletic
Saturday 17 August	Cardiff City	2-0	Birmingham City
Saturday 17 August	Ipswich Town	2-3	Crewe Alexandra
Saturday 17 August	Bristol City	3-0	Barnsley
Saturday 17 August	Watford	0-2	Sheffield United
Friday 16 August	Swansea City	3-3	Peterborough United

Saturday 10 August	Wigan Athletic	5-1	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 10 August	Barnsley	0-1	Swansea City
Saturday 10 August	Birmingham City	2-1	Watford
Saturday 10 August	Burnley	1-2	Bournemouth
Saturday 10 August	Crewe Alexandra	2-3	Bristol City
Saturday 10 August	Fleetwood Town	1-3	Cardiff City
Saturday 10 August	Hull City	4-3	Charlton Athletic
Saturday 10 August	Peterborough United	3-1	Colchester United
Saturday 10 August	Sheffield United	3-1	Ipswich Town
Saturday 10 August	Coventry City	1-2	Brentford
Saturday 10 August	Sheffield Wednesday	2-0	Millwall

Top Goalscorers

(Updated 2nd October)

Player	Club	Goals
Jevan Beattie	Sheffield United	10
Zach Johnson	Burnley	9
Luke Skinner	Bristol City	7
Ben Wetshi	Burnley	7
Harrison Bettoni	Wigan Athletic	6
Zac Jagielka	Hull City	6
Elidon O'Boyle	Millwall	6
Cole Simms	Wigan Athletic	6
Bolu Shofowoke	Peterborough United	6
Caelan-Kole Cadamarteri	Sheffield Wednesday	5
Will Grainger	Sheffield Wednesday	5
Leeyon Phelan	Cardiff City	5
Emmanuel Sol-Loza	Charlton Athletic	5

Hat-tricks

(Updated 2nd October)

Player	Club	Date	Fixture
Cole Simms	Wigan Athletic	10th August 2024	Wigan Athletic 5-1 Queens Park Rangers
Zach Johnson	Burnley	3rd September 2024	Queens Park Rangers 0-8 Burnley
Ben Wetshi	Burnley	3rd September 2024	Queens Park Rangers 0-8 Burnley
Jevan Beattie	Sheffield United	24th September 2024	Sheffield United 6-3 Crewe Alexandra
Ben Wetshi	Burnley	24th September 2024	Wigan Athletic 0-3 Burnley