2019-20 Professional Development League 2

The Professional Development League 2 is the seventh 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. Leeds United are the defending champions.

Wigan Athletic acquired Category Two status in July 2019 and will join the North division this season.

Teams

2019-20 Teams
North Team Main Stadium Manager Barnsley Oakwell Martin Devaney Birmingham City Wast Hills Xavi Calm Bolton Wanderers County Ground, Leyland David Lee Burnley Turf Moor Steve Stone Crewe Alexandra Gresty Road Alex Morris Hull City East Riding FA Jon Beale Leeds United Thorp Arch Carlos Corberan Nottingham Forest Impact Arena Jimmy Gilligan Sheffield United Look Local Stadium Travis Binnion Sheffield Wednesday Look Local Stadium Neil Thompson Wigan Athletic Robin Park Arena Nick Chadwick			South Team Training Ground Manager Bristol City SGS Wise Campus Luke Williams Cardiff City Cardiff City Stadium Jarred Harvey and Andy Legg Charlton Athletic Prince's Park Jason Euell Colchester United Weston Homes Community Stadium Richard Hall Coventry City The Alan Higgs Centre Jason Farndon Crystal Palace Selhurst Park Richard Shaw Ipswich Town Playford Road Gerard Nash Millwall Calmont Road Kevin Nugent Queens Park Rangers Harlington Paul Hall Watford Clarence Park Hayden Mullins

League Tables

North

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Nottingham Forest	6	4	1	1	14	7	+7	13
2	Wigan Athletic	5	4	0	1	14	7	+7	12
3	Hull City	6	4	0	2	9	11	-2	12
4	Leeds United	6	3	2	1	11	4	+7	11
5	Burnley	7	2	5	0	11	8	+3	11
6	Crewe Alexandra	5	3	0	2	10	7	+3	9
7	Barnsley	6	3	0	3	12	12	0	9
8	Sheffield United	7	2	1	4	13	13	0	7
9	Birmingham City	6	1	3	2	6	6	0	6
10	Sheffield Wednesday	6	1	2	3	11	13	-2	5
11	Bolton Wanderers	2	0	0	2	1	6	-5	0

South

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

(Updated 26th September)

Upcoming Fixtures

Friday 27 September	Nottingham Forest	5-1	Barnsley
Monday 30 September	Bristol City	2-3	Colchester United
Monday 30 September	Leeds United	1-2	Crewe Alexandra
Monday 30 September	Sheffield United	0-3	Burnley
Monday 30 September	Wigan Athletic	0-4	Birmingham City
Monday 30 September	Bolton Wanderers	vs	Hull City

Results

September

Thursday 26 September	Watford	1-4	Wigan Athletic
Monday 23 September	Colchester United	3-1	Millwall
Monday 23 September	Crewe Alexandra	3-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Monday 23 September	Queens Park Rangers	3-1	Crystal Palace
Monday 23 September	Birmingham City	1-1	Sheffield United
Monday 23 September	Burnley	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Monday 23 September	Ipswich Town	1-3	Charlton Athletic
Friday 20 September	Hull City	2-1	Leeds United
Friday 20 September	Watford	2-1	Bristol City
Friday 20 September	Barnsley	1-4	Wigan Athletic

Monday 16 September	Burnley	3-1	Ipswich Town
Monday 16 September	Hull City	2-1	Queens Park Rangers
Monday 16 September	Sheffield Wednesday	2-3	Cardiff City
Monday 16 September	Wigan Athletic	2-1	Charlton Athletic
Monday 16 September	Bolton Wanderers	1-5	Crystal Palace
Monday 16 September	Leeds United	6-0	Watford
Monday 16 September	Sheffield United	2-0	Bristol City
Friday 13 September	Birmingham City	0-1	Coventry City
Friday 13 September	Barnsley	3-1	Colchester United

Monday 9th September	Bristol City	1-0	Birmingham City
Monday 9th September	Cardiff City	1-0	Bolton Wanderers
Monday 9th September	Coventry City	2-0	Hull City
Monday 9th September	Crystal Palace	0-0	Leeds United
Monday 9th September	Charlton Athletic	2-3	Burnley
Monday 9th September	Colchester United	1-2	Crewe Alexandra
Monday 9th September	Ipswich Town	1-3	Nottingham Forest
Friday 6th September	Millwall	1-0	Sheffield United
Friday 6th September	Queens Park Rangers	2-2	Sheffield Wednesday

Monday 2nd September	Barnsley	3-0	Crystal Palace
Monday 2nd September	Sheffield United	3-4	Charlton Athletic
Monday 2nd September	Sheffield Wednesday	4-1	Colchester United
Monday 2nd September	Burnley	0-0	Queens Park Rangers
Sunday 1st September	Leeds United	0-0	Bristol City

August

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Friday 30 August	Birmingham City	2-0	Ipswich Town
Friday 30 August	Nottingham Forest	4-1	Cardiff City

Wednesday 28th August	Coventry City	4-3	Crewe Alexandra
Tuesday 27th August	Bristol City	4-1	Barnsley
Tuesday 27th August	Crystal Palace	1-3	Hull City
Monday 26th August	Colchester United	2-2	Burnley
Monday 26th August	Queens Park Rangers	4-3	Sheffield United
Monday 26th August	Millwall	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Friday 23rd August	Ipswich Town	0-1	Leeds United
Friday 23rd August	Watford	3-1	Sheffield Wednesday

Wednesday 21st August	Crewe Alexandra	0-1	Crystal Palace
Tuesday 20th August	Barnsley	3-1	Cardiff City
Tuesday 20th August	Nottingham Forest	3-1	Queens Park Rangers
Monday 19th August	Leeds United	3-2	Millwall
Monday 19th August	Burnley	1-1	Coventry City
Monday 19th August	Wigan Athletic	1-4	Bristol City
Monday 19th August	Sheffield United	1-2	Watford
Friday 16th August	Birmingham City	2-2	Charlton Athletic
Friday 16th August	Hull City	2-1	Ipswich Town

Wednesday 14 August	Bristol City	1-3	Nottingham Forest
Monday 12 August	Cardiff City	1-3	Sheffield United
Monday 12 August	Charlton Athletic	1-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Monday 12 August	Colchester United	0-3	Wigan Athletic
Monday 12 August	Coventry City	2-1	Barnsley
Monday 12 August	Crystal Palace	1-1	Birmingham City
Monday 12 August	Queens Park Rangers	0-2	Crewe Alexandra
Monday 12 August	Watford	5-0	Hull City
Friday 9 August	Millwall	1-1	Burnley

Top Goalscorers

(Updated 26th September)

Player	Club	Goals
Ali Koiki	Burnley	7
Joseph Hungbo	Watford	5
Brennan Johnson	Nottingham Forest	5
Elliot Simoes	Barnsley	5
George Alexander	Millwall	4
Max Biamou	Coventry City	4
Charlie Jolley	Wigan Athletic	4
Reece York	Sheffield United	4

Hat-tricks

(Updated 26th September)

Player	Club	Date	Fixture
Ali Koiki	Burnley	19th September 2019	Burnley 3-1 Ipswich Town
Charlie Jolley	Wigan Athletic	26th September 2019	Watford 1-4 Wigan Athletic