2018-19 Professional Development League 2

The Professional Development League 2 is the sixth campaign of post-EPPP Under-23 football's second tier, designed for those academies with Category 2 status. A total of 20 teams are 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. Bolton Wanderers are the defending champions.

Huddersfield Town dropped out of the league at the end of the 2017-18 campaign as part of their academy restructuring process.

Teams

2018-19 Teams
North Team Main Stadium Manager Barnsley Oakwell Martin Devaney Birmingham City Wast Hills Richard Beale Bolton Wanderers County Ground, Leyland David Lee Burnley Turf Moor Michael Duff Crewe Alexandra Gresty Road Alex Morris Hull City EON Visual Media Stadium Jon Beale Leeds United Thorp Arch Carlos Corberan Nottingham Forest Impact Arena Gareth Holmes Sheffield United Look Local Stadium Travis Binnion Sheffield Wednesday Hillsborough Neil Thompson			South Team Training Ground Manager Bristol City SGS Wise Campus Luke Williams Cardiff City Cardiff City Stadium Jarrad Harvey and Andy Legg Charlton Athletic DGS Marine Stadium Jason Euell Colchester United Weston Homes Community Stadium Kevin Horlock (TBC) Coventry City The Alan Higgs Centre Jason Farndon Crystal Palace Selhurst Park Richard Shaw Ipswich Town Playford Road Gerard Nash Millwall Princes Park Kevin Nugent Queens Park Rangers Harlington Paul Hall Watford Grosvenor Vale Hayden Mullins

League Tables

North

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Birmingham City	3	2	1	0	9	5	+4	7
2	Bolton Wanderers	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
3	Leeds United	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6
4	Nottingham Forest	3	1	1	1	8	8	0	4
5	Sheffield United	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
6	Burnley	2	1	0	1	6	5	+1	3
7	Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	0	1	1	5	-4	3
8	Hull City	2	1	0	1	2	8	-6	3
9	Crewe Alexandra	2	0	1	1	1	3	-2	1
10	Barnsley	3	0	1	2	2	8	-6	1

South

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

(Tables updated: 25th August)

Upcoming Fixtures

Friday 31 August	Watford	vs	Crewe Alexandra
Sunday 2 September	Millwall	vs	Bolton Wanderers
Monday 3 September	Colchester United	vs	Sheffield United
Monday 3 September	Coventry City	vs	Sheffield Wednesday
Monday 3 September	Crystal Palace	vs	Barnsley
Monday 3 September	Cardiff City	vs	Leeds United
Monday 3 September	Charlton Athletic	vs	Nottingham Forest
Monday 3 September	Queens Park Rangers	vs	Burnley
Monday 3 September	Ipswich Town	vs	Birmingham City

Results

Tuesday 28 August	Burnley	2-1	Crystal Palace
Tuesday 28 August	Bolton Wanderers	2-1	Coventry City
Monday 27 August	Crewe Alexandra	1-1	Ipswich Town
Monday 27 August	Sheffield Wednesday	1-1	Cardiff City
Monday 27 August	Hull City	1-2	Millwall
Monday 27 August	Leeds United	1-1	Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 25 August	Birmingham City	4-2	Colchester United
Friday 24 August	Sheffield United	1-2	Bristol City
Friday 24 August	Barnsley	0-4	Charlton Athletic
Friday 24 August	Nottingham Forest	2-1	Watford

Monday 20 August	Bristol City	5-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Monday 20 August	Colchester United	0-2	Bolton Wanderers
Monday 20 August	Coventry City	4-2	Burnley
Monday 20 August	Crystal Palace	2-0	Crewe Alexandra
Monday 20 August	Queens Park Rangers	3-3	Nottingham Forest
Monday 20 August	Charlton Athletic	2-2	Birmingham City
Monday 20 August	Millwall	0-1	Leeds United
Monday 20 August	Cardiff City	2-0	Barnsley
Monday 20 August	Ipswich Town	8-0	Hull City
Friday 17 August	Watford	1-1	Sheffield United

Wednesday 15 August	Crewe Alexandra	1-1	Charlton Athletic
Monday 13 August	Sheffield United	3-2	Ipswich Town
Monday 13 August	Bolton Wanderers	3-1	Bristol City
Monday 13 August	Burnley	4-1	Cardiff City
Monday 13 August	Leeds United	2-1	Coventry City
Monday 13 August	Sheffield Wednesday	1-0	Millwall
Sunday 12 August	Hull City	2-0	Colchester United
Saturday 11 August	Birmingham City	3-1	Watford
Friday 10 August	Barnsley	2-2	Queens Park Rangers
Friday 10 August	Nottingham Forest	3-4	Crystal Palace

Top Goalscorers

(Updated 28th August)

Player	Club	Goals
Virgil Gomis	Nottingham Forest	4
Kyle McFarlane	Birmingham City	4
Ben Morris	Ipswich Town	4
Reiss Allassani	Coventry City	3
Sam Dalby	Leeds United	3
Michael Folivi	Watford	3
Luca Navarro	Bolton Wanderers	3
Danny Rowe	Ipswich Town	3

Hat-tricks

(Updated 23rd August)

Player	Club	Date	Fixture
Danny Rowe	Ipswich Town	20th August 2018	Ipswich Town 8-0 Hull City
Kyle McFarlane	Birmingham	25th August 2018	Birmingham City 4-2 Colchester United