2021-22 Under-18 Premier League

The 2020-21 Under-18 Premier League is the ninth campaign of the top tier of the Under-18 Development League. A total of 28 teams are split regionally into north and south leagues. Teams face their regional opponents both home and away before the top two face each other to determine the national champion. Manchester City are the defending champions. Birmingham City and Nottingham Forest earned Category One status in the summer of 2021 and join for this season.

Teams

2020-21 Teams
North Team Training Ground Manager Blackburn Rovers Brockhall Village Mike Sheron Burnley Barnfield Tony Philliskirk Derby County Moor Farm Adam Robinson Everton USM Finch Farm Paul Tait Leeds United Thorp Arch Scott Gardner Liverpool Kirkby Academy Marc Bridge-Wilkinson Manchester City City Football Academy Ben Wilkinson Manchester United AON Training Complex Travis Binnion Middlesbrough Rockliffe Park Mark Tinkler Newcastle United Little Benton Neil Winskill Nottingham Forest The Nigel Doughty Academy Warren Joyce Stoke City Clayton Wood Richard Walker Sunderland The Academy of Light John Hewitson Wolverhampton Wanderers Sir Jack Hayward Training Fround Steve Davis			South Team Training Ground Manager Arsenal London Colney Dan Micciche Aston Villa Bodymoor Heath Sean Verity Birmingham City Trillion Trophy Training Centre Paul Harsley Brighton & Hove Albion AMEX Elite Performance Centre Mark Beard Chelsea Cobham Ed Brand Crystal Palace Copers Cope Road Rob Quinn Fulham Motspur Park Steve Wigley Leicester City Leicester Training Ground Adam Barradell Norwich City Lotus Training Centre Steve Weaver Reading Bearwood Park Michael Donaldson and Mikele Leigertwood Southampton Staplewood Carl Martin Tottenham Hotspur Way Stuart Lewis West Brom WBA Training Ground Peter Gilbert West Ham Little Heath Kevin Keen

North

League Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Blackburn Rovers	3	3	0	0	14	4	+10	9
2	Liverpool	2	2	0	0	10	3	+7	6
3	Burnley	3	1	1	1	10	7	+3	4
4	Manchester City	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	4
5	Middlesbrough	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
6	Newcastle United	3	1	1	1	8	10	-2	4
7	Wolves	3	1	1	1	5	7	-2	4
8	Nottingham Forest	2	1	0	1	2	3	-1	3
9	Stoke City	3	1	0	2	6	8	-2	3
10	Derby County	2	1	0	1	4	6	-2	3
11	Sunderland	3	1	0	2	2	4	-2	3
12	Leeds United	3	1	0	2	2	5	-3	3
13	Manchester United	3	1	0	2	3	8	-5	3
14	Everton	3	0	1	2	3	7	-4	1

Updated 31st August

Fixtures

Saturday 11 September	Stoke City	vs	Blackburn Rovers
Saturday 11 September	Everton	vs	Sunderland
Saturday 11 September	Nottingham Forest	vs	Liverpool
Saturday 11 September	Wolverhampton Wanderers	vs	Manchester City
Saturday 11 September	Burnley	vs	Leeds United
Saturday 11 September	Newcastle United	vs	Newcastle United

Results

August

Tuesday 31 August	Blackburn Rovers	3-1	Nottingham Forest
Saturday 28 August	Newcastle United	3-0	Stoke City
Saturday 28 August	Blackburn Rovers	5-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Saturday 28 August	Leeds United	0-3	Manchester United
Saturday 28 August	Middlesbrough	4-1	Everton
Saturday 28 August	Sunderland	2-0	Burnley

Saturday 21 August	Everton	1-1	Manchester City
Saturday 21 August	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-2	Newcastle United
Saturday 21 August	Manchester United	0-5	Liverpool
Saturday 21 August	Burnley	2-2	Middlesbrough
Saturday 21 August	Nottingham Forest	1-0	Leeds United
Saturday 21 August	Derby County	1-6	Blackburn Rovers
Saturday 21 August	Stoke City	3-0	Sunderland

Saturday 14 August	Liverpool	5-3	Stoke City
Saturday 14 August	Leeds United	2-1	Everton
Saturday 14 August	Manchester City	3-0	Manchester United
Saturday 14 August	Middlesbrough	0-3	Derby County
Saturday 14 August	Blackburn Rovers	A-A	Nottingham Forest
Saturday 14 August	Newcastle United	3-8	Burnley
Saturday 14 August	Sunderland	0-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers

South

League Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Chelsea	3	3	0	0	15	5	+10	9
2	Southampton	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9	9
3	Fulham	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6	9
4	Crystal Palace	3	3	0	0	8	4	+4	9
5	Arsenal	3	2	1	0	10	6	+4	7
6	Leicester City	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
7	Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
8	Aston Villa	3	1	0	2	14	9	+5	3
9	West Ham	3	1	0	2	5	6	-1	3
10	Birmingham City	3	1	0	2	7	12	-5	3
11	Reading	3	0	0	3	2	6	-4	0
12	West Brom	3	0	0	3	5	11	-6	0
13	Tottenham Hotspur	3	0	0	3	6	14	-8	0
14	Norwich City	3	0	0	3	1	15	-14	0

Updated 28th August

Fixtures

Saturday 11 September	Aston Villa	2-2	Crystal Palace
Saturday 11 September	Brighton & Hove Albion	3-1	Norwich City
Saturday 11 September	Southampton	3-3	Arsenal
Saturday 11 September	Tottenham Hotspur	3-2	Reading
Saturday 11 September	Chelsea	3-0	Birmingham City
Saturday 11 September	West Ham United	3-1	Leicester City
Saturday 11 September	West Bromwich Albion	2-0	Fulham

Results

August

Saturday 28 August	Crystal Palace	3-2	West Bromwich Albion
Saturday 28 August	West Ham United	1-3	Southampton
Saturday 28 August	Arsenal	2-2	Brighton & Hove Albion
Saturday 28 August	Birmingham City	3-2	Tottenham Hotspur
Saturday 28 August	Fulham	4-1	Aston Villa
Saturday 28 August	Leicester City	2-1	Reading
Saturday 28 August	Norwich City	1-3	Chelsea

Saturday 21 August	Aston Villa	10-0	Norwich City
Saturday 21 August	Brighton & Hove Albion	0-1	Leicester City
Saturday 21 August	Crystal Palace	2-1	West Ham United
Saturday 21 August	Reading	0-1	Fulham
Saturday 21 August	Tottenham Hotspur	2-7	Chelsea
Saturday 21 August	Southampton	7-2	Birmingham City
Saturday 21 August	West Bromwich Albion	1-3	Arsenal

Saturday 14 August	Fulham	4-2	Tottenham Hotspur
Saturday 14 August	Leicester City	1-3	Crystal Palace
Saturday 14 August	Norwich City	0-2	Southampton
Saturday 14 August	West Ham United	3-1	Reading
Saturday 14 August	Arsenal	5-3	Aston Villa
Saturday 14 August	Chelsea	5-2	West Bromwich Albion
Saturday 14 August	Birmingham City	2-3	Brighton & Hove Albion

Top Goalscorers

(Updated 30th August)

Player	Club	Goals
Victor Akinwale	Crystal Palace	5
Oakley Cannonier	Liverpool	5
Kamari Doyle	Southampton	5
Ronnie Stutter	Chelsea	5
Emre Tezgel	Stoke City	5
Khayon Edwards	Arsenal	4
Marcelo Flores	Arsenal	4
Michael Ndiweni	Newcastle United	4

Hat-tricks

(Updated 30th August)

Player	Club	Date	Fixture
Zac Emmerson	Brighton	14th August 2021	Birmingham City 2-3 Brighton & Hove Albion
Marcelo Flores	Arsenal	14th August 2021	Arsenal 5-3 Aston Villa
Sonny Perkins	West Ham United	14th August 2021	West Ham United 3-1 Reading
Emre Tezgel	Stoke City	14th August 2021	Liverpool 5-3 Stoke City
Oakley Cannonier	Liverpool	21st August 2021	Manchester United 0-5 Liverpool
Dewain Sewell	Aston Villa	21st August 2021	Aston Villa 10-0 Norwich City
Ajani Burchall	Aston Villa	21st August 2021	Aston Villa 10-0 Norwich City
Kamari Doyle (5)	Southampton	21st August 2021	Southampton 7-2 Birmingham