2017-18 Under-18 League 2
The 2017-18 Under-18 League 2, or Professional Development League 2 as it is sometimes referred to, is the sixth campaign of post-EPPP 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.
Burnley were officially granted Category 2 status in the summer of 2017 and became the league's 21st team.
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Teams
A total of 21 teams take part in the Under-18 League 2, split regionally between north and south.
North: Barnsley, Birmingham City, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Crewe Alexandra, Huddersfield Town, Hull City, Leeds United, Nottingham Forest, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday
South: Bristol City, Cardiff City, Charlton Athletic, Colchester United, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Ipswich Town, Millwall, Queens Park Rangers, Watford
League Tables
North
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Huddersfield Town | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 27 |
| 2 | Burnley | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 29 | -2 | 26 |
| 3 | Leeds United | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 24 |
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 24 |
| 5 | Hull City | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 22 |
| 6 | Sheffield United | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 23 | -2 | 22 |
| 7 | Nottingham Forest | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 21 |
| 8 | Birmingham City | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 20 |
| 9 | Sheffield Wednesday | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 19 |
| 10 | Barnsley | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 31 | -6 | 19 |
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 17 |
South
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Crystal Palace | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 14 | +22 | 33 |
| 2 | Watford | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 26 |
| 3 | Millwall | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 26 |
| 4 | Charlton Athletic | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 28 | -3 | 20 |
| 5 | Bristol City | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 19 |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 30 | 41 | -11 | 18 |
| 7 | Cardiff City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 15 |
| 8 | Ipswich Town | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 42 | -23 | 12 |
| 9 | Colchester United | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 45 | -26 | 10 |
| 10 | Coventry City | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 31 | -19 | 9 |
(Tables updated: 2nd December)
Upcoming Fixtures
Results
December
Saturday 2 December: Crystal Palace 0-2 Watford
Saturday 2 December: Hull City P-P Burnley
Saturday 2 December: Ipswich Town 0-2 Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 2 December: Leeds United 4-4 Bolton Wanderers
Saturday 2 December: Sheffield United 0-4 Barnsley
Saturday 2 December: Colchester United 1-2 Coventry City
Saturday 2 December: Huddersfield Town 3-2 Crewe Alexandra
Saturday 2 December: Cardiff City 0-1 Charlton Athletic
Saturday 2 December: Millwall 2-1 Bristol City
Saturday 2 December: Birmingham City P-P Nottingham Forest
November
Saturday 25 November: Burnley 2-1 Leeds United
Saturday 25 November: Charlton Athletic 4-1 Colchester United
Saturday 25 November: Ipswich Town 1-2 Watford
Saturday 25 November: Sheffield Wednesday 4-0 Barnsley
Saturday 25 November: Birmingham City 2-4 Sheffield United
Saturday 25 November: Coventry City 4-1 Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 25 November: Bristol City 1-2 Crystal Palace
Saturday 25 November: Crewe Alexandra 1-2 Hull City
Saturday 25 November: Millwall 4-3 Cardiff City
Saturday 18 November: Queens Park Rangers 5-0 Millwall
Saturday 18 November: Watford 1-1 Bristol City
Saturday 18 November: Hull City 0-1 Huddersfield Town
Saturday 18 November: Leeds United 2-1 Crewe Alexandra
Saturday 18 November: Sheffield United 0-2 Bolton Wanderers
Saturday 18 November: Crystal Palace 4-1 Barnsley
Saturday 18 November: Nottingham Forest 2-3 Burnley
Friday 17 November: Colchester United 1-3 Ipswich Town
Thursday 16 November: Cardiff City 0-2 Coventry City
Thursday 16 November: Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Birmingham City
Saturday 11 November: Watford 3-1 Millwall
Saturday 11 November: Bolton Wanderers 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 11 November: Burnley 1-0 Sheffield United
Saturday 11 November: Colchester United 0-2 Crystal Palace
Saturday 11 November: Crewe Alexandra 2-3 Nottingham Forest
Saturday 11 November: Huddersfield Town 2-2 Leeds United
Saturday 11 November: Birmingham City 1-1 Barnsley
Saturday 11 November: Bristol City 4-2 Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 4 November: Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Charlton Athletic
Saturday 4 November: Crystal Palace 3-0 Ipswich Town
Saturday 4 November: Coventry City 1-4 Watford
Saturday 4 November: Crewe Alexandra 5-1 Burnley
Saturday 4 November: Huddersfield Town 4-5 Bolton Wanderers
Saturday 4 November: Leeds United 5-2 Barnsley
Saturday 4 November: Millwall 4-0 Colchester United
Saturday 4 November: Nottingham Forest 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 4 November: Hull City 0-1 Birmingham City
October
Tuesday 31 October: Sheffield Wednesday 0-3 Sheffield United
Saturday 28 October: Watford 1-2 Charlton Athletic
Saturday 28 October: Barnsley 1-1 Nottingham Forest
Saturday 28 October: Burnley 0-4 Huddersfield Town
Saturday 28 October: Colchester United 4-5 Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 28 October: Ipswich Town 1-1 Millwall
Saturday 28 October: Bristol City 2-0 Coventry City
Saturday 28 October: Bolton Wanderers 2-4 Hull City
Saturday 28 October: Birmingham City 3-1 Leeds United
Thursday 26 October: Crystal Palace 3-1 Cardiff City
Saturday 21 October: Millwall 3-2 Crystal Palace
Saturday 21 October: Queens Park Rangers 0-4 Watford
Saturday 21 October: Barnsley 2-1 Crewe Alexandra
Saturday 21 October: Cardiff City 3-0 Colchester United
Saturday 21 October: Sheffield United 2-0 Hull City
Saturday 21 October: Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Huddersfield Town
Saturday 21 October: Birmingham City 3-2 Burnley
Saturday 21 October: Nottingham Forest 2-2 Leeds United
Saturday 21 October: Charlton Athletic 0-2 Bristol City
Saturday 21 October: Coventry City 0-1 Ipswich Town
Saturday 14 October: Burnley 0-1 Bolton Wanderers
Saturday 14 October: Huddersfield Town 2-3 Barnsley
Saturday 14 October: Hull City 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 14 October: Ipswich Town 0-3 Cardiff City
Saturday 14 October: Leeds United 3-0 Shefffield United
Saturday 14 October: Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Birmingham City
Saturday 7 October: Queens Park Rangers 1-2 Crystal Palace
Saturday 7 October: Barnsley 2-2 Hull City
Saturday 7 October: Bolton Wanderers 3-3 Crewe Alexandra
Saturday 7 October: Charlton Athletic 2-2 Ipswich Town
Saturday 7 October: Leeds United 5-2 Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 7 October: Sheffield United 2-0 Nottingham Forest
Saturday 7 October: Birmingham City 2-3 Huddersfield Town
Saturday 7 October: Bristol City 0-1 Colchester United
September
Saturday 30 September: Millwall 2-3 Charlton Athletic
Saturday 30 September: Burnley 1-1 Barnsley
Saturday 30 September: Colchester United 4-1 Watford
Saturday 30 September: Huddersfield Town 3-3 Sheffield United
Saturday 30 September: Ipswich Town 1-5 Bristol City
Saturday 30 September: Bolton Wanderers 4-4 Birmingham City
Saturday 30 September: Crewe Alexandra 4-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 30 September: Crystal Palace 3-0 Coventry City
Saturday 30 September: Hull City 6-3 Nottingham Forest
Saturday 30 September: Cardiff City 6-2 Queens Park Rangers
Tuesday 26 September: Crystal Palace 4-1 Charlton Athletic
Saturday 23 September: Barnsley 1-3 Bolton Wanderers
Saturday 23 September: Burnley 3-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 23 September: Leeds United 0-1 Hull City
Saturday 23 September: Nottingham Forest 1-4 Huddersfield Town
Saturday 23 September: Sheffield United 2-1 Crewe Alexandra
Thursday 21 September: Birmingham City 2-2 Cardiff City
Saturday 16 September: Queens Park Rangers 0-2 Burnley
Saturday 16 September: Watford 0-2 Crewe Alexandra
Saturday 16 September: Bristol City 7-2 Hull City
Saturday 16 September: Cardiff City 0-1 Leeds United
Saturday 16 September: Colchester United 1-2 Sheffield United
Saturday 16 September: Coventry City 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 16 September: Ipswich Town 4-3 Birmingham City
Saturday 16 September: Millwall 3-3 Bolton Wanderers
Saturday 16 September: Charlton Athletic 0-2 Nottingham Forest
Saturday 9 September: Barnsley 2-1 Bristol City
Saturday 9 September: Bolton Wanderers 3-1 Charlton Athletic
Saturday 9 September: Burnley 4-2 Colchester United
Saturday 9 September: Huddersfield Town 0-4 Crystal Palace
Saturday 9 September: Hull City 4-0 Ipswich Town
Saturday 9 September: Leeds United 6-0 Millwall
Saturday 9 September: Crewe Alexandra 6-0 Coventry City
Saturday 9 September: Nottingham Forest 5-1 Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 9 September: Sheffield United 2-1 Watford
Tuesday 5 September: Bolton Wanderers 1-4 Queens Park Rangers
Tuesday 5 September: Nottingham Forest 6-0 Colchester United
Saturday 2 September: Queens Park Rangers 1-2 Huddersfield Town
Saturday 2 September: Watford 2-2 Hull City
Saturday 2 September: Crystal Palace 0-0 Bolton Wanderers
Saturday 2 September: Charlton Athletic 5-5 Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 2 September: Colchester United 3-2 Barnsley
Saturday 2 September: Coventry City 1-3 Birmingham City
Saturday 2 September: Ipswich Town 4-4 Burnley
Saturday 2 September: Bristol City 0-4 Nottingham Forest
August
Saturday 26 August: Barnsley 2-0 Coventry City
Saturday 26 August: Bolton Wanderers 6-1 Ipswich Town
Saturday 26 August: Burnley 1-0 Millwall
Saturday 26 August: Crewe Alexandra 2-3 Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 26 August: Huddersfield Town 1-5 Watford
Saturday 26 August: Sheffield United 0-2 Charlton Athletic
Saturday 26 August: Sheffield Wednesday 6-0 Colchester United
Saturday 26 August: Birmingham City 2-2 Crystal Palace
Saturday 26 August: Nottingham Forest 3-3 Cardiff City
Saturday 26 August: Leeds United 2-1 Bristol City
Saturday 19 August: Queens Park Rangers 1-4 Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 19 August: Watford 3-1 Barnsley
Saturday 19 August: Bristol City 2-0 Bolton Wanderers
Saturday 19 August: Cardiff City 1-2 Burnley
Saturday 19 August: Colchester United 1-1 Huddersfield Town
Saturday 19 August: Crystal Palace 4-1 Leeds United
Saturday 19 August: Millwall 3-1 Sheffield United
Saturday 19 August: Coventry City 1-2 Hull City
Saturday 19 August: Ipswich Town 1-6 Nottingham Forest
Saturday 19 August: Charlton Athletic 0-2 Crewe Alexandra
Tuesday 15 August: Huddersfield Town 3-2 Bristol City
Saturday 12 August: Birmingham City 1-3 Millwall
Saturday 12 August: Burnley 1-4 Watford
Saturday 12 August: Hull City 2-2 Cardiff City
Saturday 12 August: Leeds United 2-3 Charlton Athletic
Top Goalscorers
(Updated 30th November)
Hat-tricks
(Updated 30th November)
