2022-23 Under-18 Professional Development League Cup
The 2022-23 Under-18 Professional Development League Cup is the second campaign of the domestic youth team cup competition, which pits Category 2 teams against each other in an initial three-game group stage. All Category 2 academies scheduled to be involved apart from Ipswich Town, Charlton Athletic and Sheffield United along with selected invitees from Category 3, with groups drawn geographically. Clubs play each other once, either home or away, with the winners of the seven groups plus the best runners-up advancing to the quarter-finals. The knockout rounds will be one-off matches.
Ipswich Town are the defending cup holders.
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Teams
Fifteen Category 2 Under-18 teams are invited to feature in this year's competition along the following Category 3 academies:
Blackpool, Bournemouth, Bradford City, Doncaster Rovers, Exeter City, Forest Green Rovers, Huddersfield Town, Lincoln City, Luton Town, Oxford United, Plymouth Argyle, Preston North End, Shrewsbury Town.
Group Stage
Group A
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
1 (Q) | Blackpool | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 9 |
2 | Preston North End | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
3 | Burnley | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
4 | Wigan Athletic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 0 |
3 September 2022
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Preston North End | 2-3 | Blackpool |
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Nelson Mawene |
Francis Byron Bowen |
Springfields
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Group B
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
1 (Q) | Peterborough United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 7 |
2 | Crewe Alexandra | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 |
3 | Huddersfield Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 3 |
4 | Bradford City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 3 |
8 October 2022
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Bradford City | 2-5 | Huddersfield Town |
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TBC | Bakre (2) Weston Fletcher Sanusi |
Woodhouse Grove School
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5 November 2022
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Peterborough United | 5-2 | Huddersfield Town |
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Winters (2) Arthur Marshall Kelmendi |
TBC |
idverde Training Centre
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Group C
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
1 (Q) | Doncaster Rovers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 |
2 | Lincoln City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 5 |
3 | Barnsley | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 4 |
4 | Hull City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | -14 | 0 |
3 September 2022
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Barnsley | 3-3 | Lincoln City |
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Anaman Chapman Dyer |
Berko (2) Donnery (pen) |
Oakwell Training Ground
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3 September 2022
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Doncaster Rovers | 5-0 | Hull City |
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Adamson '24 Green '35 Khan '56 Goodman '70, '77 |
Cantley Park
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8 October 2022
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Hull City | 2-5 | Barnsley |
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Johnson '8 Sani '60 |
Nzondo '41, '69 Yoganathan '61 Farrell '74 Ogbu '90 |
Bishop Burton College
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8 October 2022
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Lincoln City | 0-0 | Doncaster Rovers |
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Elite Performance Centre
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5 November 2022
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Lincoln City | 6-0 | Hull City |
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Boffah Oliver Tucker (2) Donnery (2) |
Elite Performance Centre
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Group D
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
1 (Q) | Colchester United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 5 |
2 | Luton Town | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 |
3 | Oxford United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 3 |
4 | Watford | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 2 |
8 October 2022
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Oxford United | 1-2 | Luton Town |
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Tiamuna | TBC |
Oxford United Sports Park
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8 November 2022
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Colchester United | 5-0 | Oxford United |
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Uwandu '14 Brown '27 Marcel-Dilaver '40 Arnold '70 Gordon-Clement '88 |
Florence Park
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Group E
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
1 (Q) | Bristol City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 7 |
2 | Swansea City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 |
3 | Plymouth Argyle | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
4 | Exeter City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 3 |
3 September 2022
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Bristol City | 2-2 | Swansea City |
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Campbell-Slowey TBC |
Morgan (2) |
Robins High Performance Centre
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3 September 2022
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Exeter City | 2-1 | Plymouth Argyle |
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Cliff Hill
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8 October 2022
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Bristol City | 3-2 | Plymouth Argyle |
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Brown '6 TBC '45+2, '72 |
Roberts '9 (pen) Halls '85 |
Robins High Performance Centre
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Group F
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
1 | Coventry City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 7 |
2 | Shrewsbury Town | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
3 | Forest Green Rovers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 1 |
4 | Cardiff City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 1 |
3 September 2022
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Coventry City | 5-1 | Cardiff City |
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Stretton (2) Dausch (2) Eghosa |
TBC |
The Alan Higgs Centre
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3 September 2022
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Forest Green Rovers | 0-2 | Shrewsbury Town |
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Harvey Knight |
Hartpury College
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8 October 2022
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Shrewsbury Town | 2-2 | Coventry City |
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Owusu '54 Bartozzi '89 |
B.Stretton '35 (pen) Manners '47 |
Sundorne Sports Village
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Group G
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
1 (Q) | Birmingham City | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 7 |
2 | Reading | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 |
3 | Bournemouth | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
4 | Millwall | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 0 |
3 September 2022
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Reading | 4-1 | Bournemouth |
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Vickers '31, 50 Greaver '34 Kanu '41 |
Stuttle '7 |
Bearwood Park
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3 September 2022
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Millwall | 3-4 | Birmingham City |
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Coleman '48 Hearn '77 (pen), '78 |
Williams '9, '75, Dodd '83 Dance '90+1 |
Calmont Road
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8 October 2022
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Birmingham City | 4-3 | Reading |
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Home Rushton Ogor Dance (pen) |
TBC |
Trillion Trophy Training Centre
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5 November 2022
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Bournemouth | 2-2 | Birmingham City |
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Dacosta Gonzalez '58, '66 | Ruiz Rente '12 Tattum '32 |
Canford Arena
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Ranking of Best Runner-Up
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
2 (Q) | Shrewsbury Town | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
2 | Preston North End | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
2 | Reading | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 |
2 | Lincoln City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 5 |
2 | Luton Town | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 |
2 | Crewe Alexandra | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 |
2 | Swansea City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 |
Quarter-Finals
The seven group winners and best runner-up advance to the quarter-finals, where they play a one-legged tie.
4 February 2023 | Doncaster Rovers | 1-2 | Peterborough United | Catley Park |
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Wood '81 | Titchmarsh '8 Ntege '90+2 |
4 February 2023 | Birmingham City | 2-2 (5-3 pens) |
Shrewsbury Town | Trillion Trophy Training Centre |
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Dance '103 Beresford '112 |
Kirby-Moore '99 Morris '116 |
4 February 2023 | Bristol City | 2-1 | Coventry City | Robins Elite Performance Centre |
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4 February 2023 | Colchester United | 1-0 | Blackpool | Wallace Binder Ground |
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Uwandu '60 |
Semi-Finals
14 March 2023 | Peterborough United | 1-0 | Colchester United | idverde Training Centre |
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Bodnar '90 |
14 March 2023 | Birmingham City | 2-1 | Bristol City | Wast Hills |
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Final
9 May 2023 | Peterborough United | 3-1 | Birmingham City | Weston Homes Stadium |
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Winters '7 Dornelly '49 Ntege '81 |
Ellis '86 |
Goalscorers
Player | Club | Goals |