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 Hamza Serrar 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	Sheffield United	7	5	0	2	13	9	+4	15
2	Burnley	6	3	0	3	11	13	-2	9
3	Coventry City	5	2	0	3	9	7	+2	6
4	Wigan Athletic	7	2	0	5	12	13	-1	6
5	Sheffield Wednesday	7	2	0	5	7	19	-12	6
6	Peterborough United	7	1	2	4	10	15	-5	5
7	Birmingham City	4	1	1	2	7	8	-1	4
8	Barnsley	4	1	1	2	6	9	-3	4
9	Hull City	5	1	0	4	10	11	-1	3
10	Crewe Alexandra	4	0	2	2	3	8	-5	2

South

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Millwall	7	7	0	0	25	6	+19	21
2	Bristol City	7	6	1	0	16	4	+12	19
3	Charlton Athletic	7	4	1	2	18	13	+5	13
4	Ipswich Town	6	3	1	2	15	12	+3	10
5	Colchester United	5	3	1	1	9	10	-1	10
6	Reading	6	3	0	3	8	8	0	9
7	Cardiff City	6	3	0	3	11	14	-3	9
8	Queens Park Rangers	5	2	2	1	11	8	+3	8
9	Swansea City	5	1	2	2	9	8	+1	5
10	Watford	4	0	0	4	1	16	-15	0

(Updated 22nd September)

Fixtures

Friday 7 October	Barnsley	1-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Monday 10 October	Crewe Alexandra	0-0	Wigan Athletic
Monday 10 October	Burnley	2-2	Birmingham City
Monday 10 October	Charlton Athletic	1-3	Ipswich Town
Monday 10 October	Reading	1-0	Watford
Monday 10 October	Hull City	vs	Peterborough United
Tuesday 11 October	Cardiff City	vs	Swansea City
Tuesday 11 October	Colchester United	vs	Bristol City
Tuesday 11 October	Coventry City	vs	Sheffield United
Tuesday 11 October	Queens Park Rangers	vs	Millwall

Results

October

Tuesday 4 October	Peterborough United	3-2	Birmingham City
Monday 3 October	Cardiff City	2-1	Reading
Monday 3 October	Wigan Athletic	0-2	Burnley
Monday 3 October	Charlton Athletic	3-3	Queens Park Rangers
Monday 3 October	Millwall	1-1	Bristol City
Monday 3 October	Swansea City	4-1	Colchester United
Monday 3 October	Hull City	3-6	Crewe Alexandra
Monday 3 October	Sheffield Wednesday	0-3	Sheffield United

September

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Friday 30 September	Coventry City	2-0	Barnsley
Friday 30 September	Ipswich Town	1-0	Watford
Tuesday 27 September	Bristol City	2-1	Swansea City
Tuesday 27 September	Barnsley	1-1	Peterborough United
Tuesday 27 September	Watford	0-2	Charlton Athletic
Tuesday 27 September	Sheffield United	1-1	Hull City
Monday 26 September	Sheffield Wednesday	0-2	Wigan Athletic
Monday 26 September	Crewe Alexandra	0-0	Burnley
Monday 26 September	Reading	2-1	Millwall
Monday 26 September	Birmingham City	3-0	Coventry City
Friday 23 September	Hull City	3-1	Birmingham City
Friday 23 September	Queens Park Rangers	2-0	Colchester United

Wednesday 21 September	Wigan Athletic	0-2	Sheffield United
Tuesday 20 September	Coventry City	1-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Tuesday 20 September	Millwall	4-1	Charlton Athletic
Saturday 17 September	Reading	0-1	Bristol City
Friday 16 September	Peterborough United	3-0	Crewe Alexandra
Friday 16 September	Colchester United	2-1	Ipswich Town
Friday 16 September	Cardiff City	3-5	Queens Park Rangers

Tuesday 13 September	Bristol City	5-0	Cardiff City
Tuesday 13 September	Sheffield United	2-1	Peterborough United
Tuesday 13 September	Watford	1-4	Millwall
Monday 12 September	Sheffield Wednesday	1-4	Burnley
Monday 12 September	Crewe Alexandra	0-2	Coventry City
Monday 12 September	Ipswich Town	2-1	Swansea City
Monday 12 September	Birmingham City	1-4	Wigan Athletic
Monday 12 September	Charlton Athletic	2-2	Colchester United

Tuesday 6 September	Coventry City	2-3	Millwall
Tuesday 6 September	Peterborough United	2-2	Swansea City
Tuesday 6 September	Sheffield United	2-0	Watford
Monday 5 September	Burnley	4-3	Ipswich Town
Monday 5 September	Crewe Alexandra	1-1	Queens Park Rangers
Monday 5 September	Sheffield Wednesday	0-1	Bristol City
Monday 5 September	Wigan Athletic	1-2	Cardiff City
Monday 5 September	Hull City	1-2	Reading
Monday 5 September	Birmingham City	5-0	Colchester United
Friday 2 September	Barnsley	2-0	Charlton Athletic

August

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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 6th October)

Player	Club	Goals
Abdul Abdulmalik	Millwall	9
Jim Simms	Hull City	7
Daniel Kanu	Charlton Athletic	6
Louie Marsh	Sheffield United	6
Sinclair Armstrong	Queens Park Rangers	5
Tommy Backwell	Bristol City	5
Sam Bell	Bristol City	5
Josh Thomas	Swansea City	5

Hat-tricks

(Updated 6th October)

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
Sinclair Armstrong	Queens Park Rangers	16th September 2022	Cardiff City 3-5 Queens Park Rangers