2025-26 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, previously split regionally into north and south divisions, is now a single table with teams playing a geographically-aligned fixture schedule. The sides finishing in the top eight positions in both regions at the end of the season will progress to a playoff stage against Premier League 2 opposition. Brentford are the defending champions while Huddersfield Town return to Category Two football for the 2025-26 season.

Teams

2025-26 Teams
North Team Training Ground Manager Barnsley Oakwell Tom Harban Coventry City The Alan Higgs Centre Mark Delaney Crewe Alexandra Alexandra Park Michael Jackson Fleetwood Town Poolfoot Farm Mark Yeates Huddersfield Town Canalside Michael Tonge Hull City LNER Community Stadium Conor Sellars Peterborough United idverde Training Centre Sam Gaughran Sheffield United LNER Community Stadium Michael Collins Sheffield Wednesday Middlewood Road Andy Sharp Wigan Athletic Christopher Park Chris Brown			South Team Training Ground Manager Bournemouth Canford Park Arena Alan Connell Brentford Wheatsheaf Park Sam Saunders Bristol City Robins High Performance Centre Dennis Baraznowski Cardiff City Leckwith Athletics Stadium Darren Purse Charlton Athletic Princes Park Chris Lock Colchester United Wallace Binder Ground Elliott Ward Millwall Calmont Road Kevin Nugent Queens Park Rangers SkyEx Community Stadium Paul Furlong Swansea City Landore Anthony Wright Watford UCL Sports Ground Charlie Daniels

League Table

Pos

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GA

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Pts

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sheffield United	6	5	1	0	17	4	+13	16
2	Peterborough United	6	4	1	1	12	8	+4	13
3	Bournemouth	6	4	0	2	14	6	+8	12
4	Coventry City	6	4	0	2	15	9	+6	12
5	Swansea City	6	4	0	2	17	12	+5	12
6	Charlton Athletic	6	3	2	1	16	9	+7	11
7	Cardiff City	6	3	2	1	13	6	+7	11
8	Brentford	5	3	1	1	11	5	+6	10
9	Colchester United	7	3	1	3	11	13	-2	10
10	Watford	7	2	3	2	12	15	-3	9
11	Fleetwood Town	6	1	4	1	8	7	+1	7
12	Hull City	6	1	4	1	8	9	-1	7
13	Queens Park Rangers	5	1	3	1	11	11	0	6
14	Barnsley	6	1	3	2	11	11	0	6
15	Millwall	6	2	0	4	8	10	-2	6
16	Wigan Athletic	6	2	0	4	9	17	-8	6
17	Sheffield Wednesday	6	1	2	3	9	15	-6	5
18	Bristol City	6	1	1	4	6	14	-8	4
19	Crewe Alexandra	7	1	1	5	10	21	-11	4
20	Huddersfield Town	7	0	1	6	4	20	-16	1

(Updated 24th September)

Fixtures

Friday 19 September	Watford	0-2	Cardiff City
Saturday 20 September	Swansea City	4-1	Bristol City
Monday 22 September	Crewe Alexandra	0-4	Coventry City
Monday 22 September	Sheffield United	3-1	Huddersfield Town
Tuesday 23 September	Barnsley	2-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Tuesday 23 September	Bournemouth	4-1	Swansea City
Tuesday 23 September	Fleetwood Town	1-1	Hull City
Tuesday 23 September	Millwall	4-0	Colchester United
Wednesday 24 September	Peterborough United	4-0	Wigan Athletic

Results

September

Tuesday 16 September	Barnsley	0-3	Watford
Tuesday 16 September	Fleetwood Town	3-0	Bristol City
Tuesday 16 September	Huddersfield Town	2-2	Cardiff City
Tuesday 16 September	Hull City	2-4	Charlton Athletic
Tuesday 16 September	Peterborough United	2-1	Colchester United
Tuesday 16 September	Wigan Athletic	5-2	Swansea City
Tuesday 16 September	Sheffield United	2-0	Millwall
Monday 15 September	Crewe Alexandra	0-3	Brentford
Monday 15 September	Coventry City	3-2	Bournemouth

Tuesday 9 September	Brentford	4-0	Wigan Athletic
Tuesday 9 September	Charlton Athletic	3-3	Crewe Alexandra
Tuesday 9 September	Colchester United	1-1	Fleetwood Town
Tuesday 9 September	Millwall	2-0	Huddersfield Town
Tuesday 9 September	Bristol City	2-2	Barnsley
Friday 5 September	Bournemouth	3-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Friday 5 September	Queens Park Rangers	1-1	Hull City
Friday 5 September	Watford	0-5	Sheffield United

Tuesday 2 September	Barnsley	2-3	Queens Park Rangers
Tuesday 2 September	Huddersfield Town	1-2	Brentford
Tuesday 2 September	Peterborough United	1-4	Cardiff City
Monday 1 September	Crewe Alexandra	2-3	Watford
Monday 1 September	Sheffield Wednesday	3-0	Colchester United

August

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Friday 29 August	Coventry City	0-1	Swansea City
Friday 29 August	Sheffield United	3-1	Charlton Athletic
Tuesday 26 August	Bristol City	2-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Tuesday 26 August	Cardiff City	1-2	Wigan Athletic
Tuesday 26 August	Charlton Athletic	1-1	Barnsley
Tuesday 26 August	Colchester United	3-2	Coventry City
Tuesday 26 August	Millwall	2-3	Crewe Alexandra
Tuesday 26 August	Queens Park Rangers	2-2	Fleetwood Town\
Monday 25 August	Bournemouth	0-1	Peterborough United
Sunday 24 August	Brentford	1-3	Sheffield United
Sunday 24 August	Swansea City	6-0	Huddersfield Town
Friday 22 August	Watford	2-2	Hull City

Wednesday 20 August	Peterborough United	2-2	Queens Park Rangers
Tuesday 19 August	Fleetwood Town	0-2	Charlton Athletic
Tuesday 19 August	Coventry City	2-0	Bristol City
Tuesday 19 August	Huddersfield Town	0-2	Colchester United
Tuesday 19 August	Hull City	1-0	Millwall
Tuesday 19 August	Wigan Athletic	1-2	Bournemouth
Monday 18 August	Crewe Alexandra	0-3	Cardiff City
Monday 18 August	Sheffield Wednesday	3-3	Watford

Wednesday 13 August	Brentford	1-1	Hull City
Tuesday 12 August	Charlton Athletic	5-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Tuesday 12 August	Bristol City	1-2	Peterborough United
Tuesday 12 August	Cardiff City	1-1	Sheffield United
Tuesday 12 August	Millwall	0-4	Barnsley
Tuesday 12 August	Queens Park Rangers	3-4	Coventry City
Tuesday 12 August	Colchester United	4-1	Wigan Athletic
Monday 11 August	Bournemouth	3-0	Huddersfield Town
Monday 11 August	Watford	1-1	Fleetwood Town
Friday 8 August	Swansea City	3-2	Crewe Alexandra

Top Goalscorers

(Updated 18th September)

Player	Club	Goals
Jevan Beattie	Sheffield United	7
Jonny Day	Bournemouth	5
Morgan Bates	Swansea City	4
Adam Moseley	Wigan Athletic	4

Hat-tricks

(Updated 18th September)

Player	Club	Date	Fixture
Jevan Beattie	Sheffield United	5th September 2025	Watford 0-5 Sheffield United
Adam Moseley (4)	Wigan Athletic	16th September 2025	Wigan Athletic 5-2 Swansea City