2022-23 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 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. 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. Coventry City are the defending champions.

Teams

2022-23 Teams
North Team Training Ground Manager Barnsley Oakwell Martin Devaney Birmingham City St Andrew's Steve Spooner Burnley Barnfield Andy Farrell Coventry City The Alan Higgs Centre John Dempster Crewe Alexandra Gresty Road Michael Jackson Hull City Bishop Burton College Conor Sellars Peterborough United Mick George Training Academy Matthew Etherington Sheffield United ProAct Stadium Michael Collins Sheffield Wednesday Bracken Moor Neil Thompson Wigan Athletic Christopher Park Peter Murphy			South Team Training Ground Manager Bristol City SGS Wise Campus Alex Ball Cardiff City Leckwith Athletics Stadium Darren Purse Charlton Athletic Prince's Park Danny Senda Colchester United Wallace Binder Ground Richard Lee Ipswich Town Playford Road John McGreal Millwall Calmont Road Kevin Nugent Queens Park Rangers Harlington Andy Impey Reading Bearwood Park Noel Hunt Swansea City Landore Kris O'Leary Watford Clarence Park Omer Riza

League Tables

North

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Coventry City	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3
2	Hull City	3	1	0	2	7	5	+2	3
3	Wigan Athletic	3	1	0	2	7	5	+2	3
4	Sheffield United	3	1	0	2	5	8	-3	3
5	Sheffield Wednesday	3	1	0	2	3	9	-6	3
6	Crewe Alexandra	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
7	Peterborough United	3	0	1	2	3	6	-3	1
8	Barnsley	3	0	1	2	4	9	-5	1
9	Birmingham City	1	0	0	1	1	4	-3	0
10	Burnley	3	0	0	3	1	8	-7	0

South

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

(Updated: 25th August)

Fixtures

Friday 2 September	Barnsley	vs	Charlton Athletic
Monday 5 September	Burnley	vs	Ipswich Town
Monday 5 September	Crewe Alexandra	vs	Queens Park Rangers
Monday 5 September	Sheffield Wednesday	vs	Bristol City
Monday 5 September	Wigan Athletic	vs	Cardiff City
Monday 5 September	Hull City	vs	Reading
Monday 5 September	Birmingham City	vs	Colchester United
Tuesday 6 September	Coventry City	vs	Millwall
Tuesday 6 September	Peterborough United	vs	Swansea City
Tuesday 6 September	Sheffield United	vs	Watford

Results

August

Wednesday 31 August	Millwall	5-1	Peterborough United
Tuesday 30 August	Bristol City	0-0	Birmingham City
Tuesday 30 August	Cardiff City	1-2	Burnley
Tuesday 30 August	Queens Park Rangers	0-2	Sheffield United
Tuesday 30 August	Charlton Athletic	2-1	Coventry City
Tuesday 30 August	Reading	4-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Monday 29 August	Swansea City	3-0	Wigan Athletic
Friday 26 August	Ipswich Town	4-2	Hull City

Wednesday 24 August	Wigan Athletic	1-2	Colchester United
Tuesday 23 August	Sheffield United	0-3	Cardiff City
Tuesday 23 August	Coventry City	3-0	Reading
Tuesday 23 August	Barnsley	2-2	Ipswich Town
Tuesday 23 August	Peterborough United	0-2	Bristol City
Monday 22 August	Burnley	0-3	Queens Park Rangers
Monday 22 August	Birmingham City	1-4	Millwall
Monday 22 August	Crewe Alexandra	2-2	Swansea City
Monday 22 August	Hull City	5-0	Watford
Friday 19 August	Sheffield Wednesday	0-5	Charlton Athletic

Monday 15 August	Charlton Athletic	5-3	Sheffield United
Monday 15 August	Reading	2-0	Burnley
Tuesday 16 August	Colchester United	3-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Tuesday 16 August	Cardiff City	2-1	Peterborough United
Tuesday 16 August	Bristol City	4-2	Hull City
Tuesday 16 August	Ipswich Town	3-1	Wigan Athletic
Tuesday 16 August	Millwall	4-0	Barnsley

Wednesday 10 August	Wigan Athletic	5-0	Watford
Tuesday 9 August	Barnsley	2-3	Bristol City
Tuesday 9 August	Sheffield United	2-0	Reading
Monday 8 August	Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Swansea City
Monday 8 August	Burnley	1-3	Charlton Athletic
Monday 8 August	Peterborough United	2-2	Queens Park Rangers
Monday 8 August	Hull City	0-1	Millwall

Top Goalscorers

(Updated 1st September)

Player	Club	Goals
Abdul Abdulmalik	Millwall	4
Daniel Kanu	Charlton Athletic	4
Tommy Backwell	Bristol City	3
Dan Cashman	Coventry City	3
Alfie Lloyd	Queens Park Rangers	3
Seb Palmer-Houlden	Bristol City	3
Jim Simms	Hull City	3
Donell Thomas	Colchester United	3
Gavin Whyte	Cardiff City	3

Hat-tricks

(Updated 1st September)

Player	Club	Date	Fixture
Jim Simms	Hull City	22nd August 2022	Hull City 5-0 Watford
Gavin Whyte	Cardiff City	23rd August 2022	Sheffield United 0-3 Cardiff City