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.

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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


26 August 2025
Bournemouth 1-3 Cheltenham Town
Chubinidze Obieri (2)
Croose
AFC Bournemouth Performance Centre


26 August 2025
Portsmouth 2-1 Plymouth Argyle
Korsah '39
Osifo '47 		Tolcher '37
Copnor Road


4 October 2025
Cheltenham Town v Portsmouth


4 October 2025
Plymouth Argyle v Bournemouth



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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


26 August 2025
Wrexham 1-1 Cardiff City
TBC Prickett
Globe Way


26 August 2025
Swindon Town 4-1 Swansea City
Millard '33
Owiti '34, '72
Reed '35 		Own Goal '65
The Imagine Cruising Stadium


4 October 2025
Cardiff City v Swindon Town
Cardiff International Sports Arena


4 October 2025
Swansea City v Wrexham
Landore



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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


26 August 2025
Wimbledon 1-1 Charlton Athletic
King's College London New Malden Sports Ground


27 August 2025
Gillingham 6-1 Millwall
Sargent '27, '35, '38
Beszant '30
Booth '41
Carruthers '84 		TBC '33
Beechings Cross Training Ground


4 October 2025
Millwall v Wimbledon


4 October 2025
Charlton Athletic v Gillingham



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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


16 August 2025
Luton Town 3-0 Oxford United
Frimpong-Kwakye
Hincapie-Alonso
Gawel
The Brache


26 August
Watford 3-3 Colchester United
Trialist
Smith-Daley
To.Akinyimika 		Makatta
Campino do Vale
Nkrumah
University College London


4 October 2025
Colchester United v Luton Town
Florence Park


4 October 2025
Oxford United v Watford



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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


26 August 2025
Wigan Athletic 1-4 Blackpool
TBC '45+3 (pen) Mannix '18
Butterworth '42, '62, '81
Christopher Park


26 August 2025
Stockport County 7-1 Fleetwood Town
Stockport County Training Centre


4 October 2025
Blackpool v Stockport County


4 October 2025
Fleetwood Town v Wigan Athletic
Poolfoot Farm



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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


26 August 2025
Hull City 2-0 Barnsley
Topley
Jagielka
Bishop Burton College


26 August 2025
Preston North End 0-1 Grimsby Town
Foster '10
Springfields


4 October 2025
Grimsby Town v Hull City


4 October 2025
Barnsley v Preston North End
Oakwell Training Ground



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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


26 August 2025
Coventry City 1-3 Bolton Wanderers
TBC Taylor
Kirkpatrick
Quirk
The Alan Higgs Centre


27 August 2025
Port Vale 0-1 Crewe Alexandra
TBC '89
Keele University


4 October 2025
Bolton Wanderers v Port Vale


4 October 2025
Crewe Alexandra v Coventry City



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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


26 August 2025
Doncaster Rovers 2-2 Queens Park Rangers
Murray
Middleton 		Brunson
Oluwabusola
Cantley Park


26 August 2025
Mansfield Town 1-3 Brentford
Walters '28 (pen) Outtara '50
Kasujja '62
Giscombe '82
Radford & Hymas Academy


4 October 2025
Queens Park Rangers v Mansfield Town
Heston


4 October 2025
Brentford v Doncaster Rovers
Robert Rowan Performance Centre



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Quarter-Finals

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

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Semi-Finals


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Final


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Goalscorers

Player Club Goals


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Previous Campaigns


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