2019-20 Professional Development League 2

The Professional Development League 2 is the seventh campaign of post-EPPP Under-23 football's second tier, designed for those academies with Category 2 status. A total of 20 teams are 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. 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. Leeds United are the defending champions.

Wigan Athletic acquired Category Two status in July 2019 and will join the North division this season.

Teams

2019-20 Teams
North Team Main Stadium Manager Barnsley Oakwell Martin Devaney Birmingham City Wast Hills Xavi Calm Bolton Wanderers County Ground, Leyland David Lee Burnley Turf Moor Steve Stone Crewe Alexandra Gresty Road Alex Morris Hull City East Riding FA Jon Beale Leeds United Thorp Arch Carlos Corberan Nottingham Forest Impact Arena Jimmy Gilligan Sheffield United Look Local Stadium Andy Hughes Sheffield Wednesday Look Local Stadium Neil Thompson Wigan Athletic Robin Park Arena Nick Chadwick			South Team Training Ground Manager Bristol City SGS Wise Campus Luke Williams Cardiff City Cardiff City Stadium Jarred Harvey and Andy Legg Charlton Athletic Prince's Park Jason Euell Colchester United Weston Homes Community Stadium Richard Hall Coventry City The Alan Higgs Centre Luke Tisdale Crystal Palace Selhurst Park Richard Shaw Ipswich Town Playford Road Gerard Nash Millwall Calmont Road Kevin Nugent Queens Park Rangers Harlington Paul Hall Watford Clarence Park Hayden Mullins

League Tables

North

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Nottingham Forest	7	5	1	1	19	8	+11	16
2	Hull City	7	5	0	2	11	11	0	15
3	Burnley	8	3	5	0	14	8	+6	14
4	Crewe Alexandra	6	4	0	2	12	8	+4	12
5	Wigan Athletic	6	4	0	2	14	11	+3	12
6	Leeds United	7	3	2	2	12	6	+6	11
7	Birmingham City	7	2	3	2	10	6	+4	9
8	Barnsley	7	3	0	4	13	17	-4	9
9	Sheffield United	8	2	1	5	13	16	-3	7
10	Sheffield Wednesday	6	1	2	3	11	13	-2	5
11	Bolton Wanderers	3	0	0	3	1	8	-7	0

South

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Coventry City	5	4	1	0	10	5	+5	13
2	Watford	6	4	0	2	13	13	0	12
3	Bristol City	8	3	1	4	13	12	+1	10
4	Charlton Athletic	6	2	2	2	13	12	+1	8
5	Queens Park Rangers	7	2	2	3	11	13	-2	8
6	Crystal Palace	7	2	2	3	9	11	-2	8
7	Millwall	5	2	1	2	7	7	0	7
8	Colchester United	7	2	1	4	11	17	-6	7
9	Cardiff City	5	2	0	3	7	12	-5	6
10	Ipswich Town	6	0	0	6	4	14	-10	0

(Updated: 6th October)

Upcoming Fixtures

Thursday 17 October	Wigan Athletic	0-3	Coventry City
Friday 18 October	Birmingham City	3-0	Leeds United
Monday 21 October	Colchester United	vs	Cardiff City
Monday 21 October	Coventry City	vs	Watford
Monday 21 October	Crystal Palace	vs	Charlton Athletic
Monday 21 October	Millwall	vs	Bristol City
Monday 21 October	Queens Park Rangers	vs	Ipswich Town
Monday 21 October	Sheffield Wednesday	vs	Bolton Wanderers
Monday 21 October	Burnley	vs	Barnsley
Monday 21 October	Nottingham Forest	vs	Wigan Athletic

Results

October

Monday 14 October	Crystal Palace	0-2	Watford
Monday 14 October	Ipswich Town	3-1	Cardiff City
Monday 14 October	Bolton Wanderers	1-4	Crewe Alexandra
Monday 14 October	Sheffield United	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Monday 14 October	Wigan Athletic	1-1	Burnley
Sunday 13 October	Hull City	1-5	Sheffield Wednesday
Friday 11 October	Barnsley	5-2	Birmingham City
Friday 11 October	Queens Park Rangers	3-3	Charlton Athletic
Thursday 10 October	Millwall	4-1	Coventry City

Wednesday 9 October	Crewe Alexandra	1-4	Watford
Wednesday 9 October	Ipswich Town	6-3	Bolton Wanderers
Monday 7 October	Cardiff City	2-1	Millwall

September

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Monday 30 September	Bristol City	2-3	Colchester United
Monday 30 September	Leeds United	1-2	Crewe Alexandra
Monday 30 September	Sheffield United	0-3	Burnley
Monday 30 September	Wigan Athletic	0-4	Birmingham City
Monday 30 September	Bolton Wanderers	0-2	Hull City
Friday 27 September	Nottingham Forest	5-1	Barnsley
Thursday 26 September	Watford	1-4	Wigan Athletic

Monday 23 September	Colchester United	3-1	Millwall
Monday 23 September	Crewe Alexandra	3-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Monday 23 September	Queens Park Rangers	3-1	Crystal Palace
Monday 23 September	Birmingham City	1-1	Sheffield United
Monday 23 September	Burnley	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Monday 23 September	Ipswich Town	1-3	Charlton Athletic
Friday 20 September	Hull City	2-1	Leeds United
Friday 20 September	Watford	2-1	Bristol City
Friday 20 September	Barnsley	1-4	Wigan Athletic

Monday 16 September	Burnley	3-1	Ipswich Town
Monday 16 September	Hull City	2-1	Queens Park Rangers
Monday 16 September	Sheffield Wednesday	2-3	Cardiff City
Monday 16 September	Wigan Athletic	2-1	Charlton Athletic
Monday 16 September	Bolton Wanderers	1-5	Crystal Palace
Monday 16 September	Leeds United	6-0	Watford
Monday 16 September	Sheffield United	2-0	Bristol City
Friday 13 September	Birmingham City	0-1	Coventry City
Friday 13 September	Barnsley	3-1	Colchester United

Monday 9 September	Bristol City	1-0	Birmingham City
Monday 9 September	Cardiff City	1-0	Bolton Wanderers
Monday 9 September	Coventry City	2-0	Hull City
Monday 9 September	Crystal Palace	0-0	Leeds United
Monday 9 September	Charlton Athletic	2-3	Burnley
Monday 9 September	Colchester United	1-2	Crewe Alexandra
Monday 9 September	Ipswich Town	1-3	Nottingham Forest
Friday 6 September	Millwall	1-0	Sheffield United
Friday 6 September	Queens Park Rangers	2-2	Sheffield Wednesday

Monday 2 September	Barnsley	3-0	Crystal Palace
Monday 2 September	Sheffield United	3-4	Charlton Athletic
Monday 2 September	Sheffield Wednesday	4-1	Colchester United
Monday 2 September	Burnley	0-0	Queens Park Rangers
Sunday 1 September	Leeds United	0-0	Bristol City

August

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Friday 30 August	Birmingham City	2-0	Ipswich Town
Friday 30 August	Nottingham Forest	4-1	Cardiff City
Wednesday 28 August	Coventry City	4-3	Crewe Alexandra
Tuesday 27 August	Bristol City	4-1	Barnsley
Tuesday 27 August	Crystal Palace	1-3	Hull City

Monday 26 August	Colchester United	2-2	Burnley
Monday 26 August	Queens Park Rangers	4-3	Sheffield United
Monday 26 August	Millwall	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Friday 23 August	Ipswich Town	0-1	Leeds United
Friday 23 August	Watford	3-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Wednesday 21 August	Crewe Alexandra	0-1	Crystal Palace
Tuesday 20 August	Barnsley	3-1	Cardiff City
Tuesday 20 August	Nottingham Forest	3-1	Queens Park Rangers

Monday 19 August	Leeds United	3-2	Millwall
Monday 19 August	Burnley	1-1	Coventry City
Monday 19 August	Wigan Athletic	1-4	Bristol City
Monday 19 August	Sheffield United	1-2	Watford
Friday 16 August	Birmingham City	2-2	Charlton Athletic
Friday 16 August	Hull City	2-1	Ipswich Town
Wednesday 14 August	Bristol City	1-3	Nottingham Forest

Monday 12 August	Cardiff City	1-3	Sheffield United
Monday 12 August	Charlton Athletic	1-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Monday 12 August	Colchester United	0-3	Wigan Athletic
Monday 12 August	Coventry City	2-1	Barnsley
Monday 12 August	Crystal Palace	1-1	Birmingham City
Monday 12 August	Queens Park Rangers	0-2	Crewe Alexandra
Monday 12 August	Watford	5-0	Hull City
Friday 9 August	Millwall	1-1	Burnley

Top Goalscorers

(Updated: 16th October)

Player	Club	Goals
Elliot Simoes	Barnsley	8
Joseph Hungbo	Watford	7
Ali Koiki	Burnley	7
George Alexander	Millwall	6
Sam Dalby	Watford	5
Brennan Johnson	Nottingham Forest	5
Reece York	Sheffield United	5

Hat-tricks

(Updated 16th October)

Player	Club	Date	Fixture
Ali Koiki	Burnley	19th September 2019	Burnley 3-1 Ipswich Town
Charlie Jolley	Wigan Athletic	26th September 2019	Watford 1-4 Wigan Athletic