2025-26 Under-18 Professional Development League Cup

The 2025-26 Under-18 Professional Development League Cup is the fifth campaign of the domestic youth team cup competition, which pits Category 2 teams against each other in an initial three-game group stage. All Category 2 academies are scheduled to be involved along with selected invitees from Category 3, with groups drawn geographically. Clubs play each other once, either home or away, with the winners of the groups advancing to the quarter-finals. The knockout rounds will be one-off matches.

Peterborough United are the defending cup holders.

Teams

Bournemouth, Barnsley, Blackpool, Bolton Wanderers, Brentford, Cardiff City, Charlton Athletic, Cheltenham Town, Colchester United, Coventry City, Crewe Alexandra, Doncaster Rovers, Fleetwood Town, Gillingham, Grimsby Town, Hull City, Luton Town, Mansfield Town, Millwall, Oxford United, Plymouth Argyle, Port Vale, Portsmouth, Preston North End, Queens Park Rangers, Stockport County, Swansea City, Swindon Town, Watford, Wigan Athletic, 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	Cheltenham Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Plymouth Argyle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Portsmouth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bournemouth v Cheltenham Town

26 August 2025

Bournemouth	1-3	Cheltenham Town
Chubinidze		Obieri (2) Croose

AFC Bournemouth Performance Centre

Portsmouth v Plymouth Argyle

26 August 2025

Portsmouth	2-1	Plymouth Argyle
TBC '39 TBC '47		Tolcher '37

Copnor Road

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Group B

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

Wrexham v Cardiff City

26 August 2025

Wrexham	1-1	Cardiff City
TBC		Prickett

Globe Way

Swindon Town v Swansea City

26 August 2025

Swindon Town	4-1	Swansea City
Millard '33 Owiti '34, '72 Reed '35		Own Goal '65

The Imagine Cruising Stadium

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Group C

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Wimbledon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Charlton Athletic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Gillingham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Millwall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Wimbledon v Charlton Athletic

26 August 2025

Wimbledon	1-1	Charlton Athletic

King's College London New Malden Sports Ground

Gillingham v Millwall

27 August 2025

Gillingham	v	Millwall

Beechings Cross Training Ground

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Group D

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Colchester United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Luton Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Oxford United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Watford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Luton Town v Oxford United

16 August 2025

Luton Town	3-0	Oxford United
Frimpong-Kwakye Hincapie-Alonso Gawel

The Brache

Watford v Colchester United

26 August

Watford	3-3	Colchester United
Trialist Smith-Daley To.Akinyimika		TBC

University College London

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Group E

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Blackpool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Fleetwood Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Stockport County	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Wigan Athletic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Wigan Athletic v Blackpool

26 August 2025

Wigan Athletic	1-4	Blackpool
TBC '45+3 (pen)		Mannix '18 Butterworth '42, '62, '81

Christopher Park

Stockport County v Fleetwood Town

26 August 2025

Stockport County	7-1	Fleetwood Town

Stockport County Training Centre

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Group F

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Barnsley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Grimsby Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Hull City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Preston North End	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Hull City v Barnsley

26 August 2025

Hull City	2-0	Barnsley
Topley Jagielka

Bishop Burton College

Preston North End v Grimsby Town

26 August 2025

Preston North End	0-1	Grimsby Town
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Springfields

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Group G

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bolton Wanderers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Coventry City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Crewe Alexandra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Port Vale	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Coventry City v Bolton Wanderers

26 August 2025

Coventry City	1-3	Bolton Wanderers
TBC		Taylor Kirkpatrick Quirk

The Alan Higgs Centre

Port Vale v Crewe Alexandra

27 August 2025

Port Vale	v	Crewe Alexandra

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Group H

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Brentford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Doncaster Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Mansfield Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Queens Park Rangers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Doncaster Rovers v Queens Park Rangers

26 August 2025

Doncaster Rovers	2-2	Queens Park Rangers
Murray Middleton		Brunson Oluwabusola

Cantley Park

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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

• 2024-25
• 2023-24
• 2022-23
• 2021-22