2023-24 Under-18 Premier League

The 2023-24 Under-18 Premier League is the eleventh campaign of the top tier of the Under-18 Development League. A total of 26 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. Reading regained Category One status in the summer of 2023 and returned to this competition.

Teams

2023-24 Teams
North Team Training Ground Manager Blackburn Rovers Brockhall Village Ryan Kidd Derby County Moor Farm Jake Buxton Everton USM Finch Farm Leighton Baines Leeds United Thorp Arch Scott Gardner Liverpool Kirkby Academy Marc Bridge-Wilkinson Manchester City City Football Academy Ben Wilkinson Manchester United AON Training Complex Adam Lawrence Middlesbrough Rockliffe Park James Marwood Newcastle United Little Benton Graeme Carrick Nottingham Forest The Nigel Doughty Academy Tom Mallinson Stoke City Clayton Wood Dave Hibbert Sunderland The Academy of Light Adam Asghar Wolverhampton Wanderers Sir Jack Hayward Training Fround Richard Walker			South Team Training Ground Manager Arsenal London Colney Jack Wilshere Aston Villa Bodymoor Heath Gerard Nash Brighton & Hove Albion AMEX Elite Performance Centre Inigo Calderon Chelsea Cobham Hassan Sulaiman Crystal Palace Copers Cope Road Rob Quinn Fulham Motspur Park Ali Melloul Leicester City Leicester Training Ground Adam Barradell Norwich City Lotus Training Centre Greg Crane Reading Bearwood Park Michael Donaldson and Mikele Leigertwood Southampton Staplewood Jeremy Newton Tottenham Hotspur Way Stuart Lewis West Brom WBA Training Ground Leigh Downing West Ham Little Heath Kevin Keen

North

League Table

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

(Updated: 16th August)

Results

August

Saturday 12 August	Stoke City	1-6	Leeds United
Saturday 12 August	Liverpool	4-2	Nottingham Forest
Saturday 12 August	Middlesbrough	0-4	Manchester United
Saturday 12 August	Newcastle United	4-2	Everton
Saturday 12 August	Wolves	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
Saturday 12 August	Sunderland	1-1	Derby County

South

League Table

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

Fixtures

Saturday 12 August	Arsenal	2-0	West Ham
Saturday 12 August	Fulham	2-0	Reading
Saturday 12 August	Norwich City	1-2	Leicester City
Saturday 12 August	Brighton	4-3	West Bromwich Albion
Saturday 12 August	Aston Villa	4-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Saturday 12 August	Crystal Palace	5-0	Southampton

Top Goalscorers

(Updated 13th August)

Player	Club	Goals
Lleyton Brown	Leeds United	3
Zach Marsh	Crystal Palace	3
Rory Wilson	Aston Villa	3

Hat-tricks

(Updated 13th August)

Player	Club	Date	Fixture
Lleyton Brown	Leeds United	12th August 2023	Stoke City 1-6 Leeds United
Zach Marsh	Crystal Palace	12th August 2023	Crystal Palace 5-0 Southampton
Rory Wilson	Aston Villa	12th August 2023	Aston Villa 4-0 Tottenham Hotspur