2020-21 Professional Development League 2

The Professional Development League 2 is the eighth campaign of post-EPPP Under-23 football's second tier, designed for those academies with Category 2 status. A total of 18 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. Nottingham Forest and Millwall are the defending regional champions.

Swansea City dropped down to Category Two status in August 2020 and will join the South division this season.

Teams

2020-21 Teams
North Team Training Ground Manager Barnsley Oakwell Martin Devaney Birmingham City Trillion Trophy Training Centre Steve Spooner Coventry City The Alan Higgs Centre John Dempster Crewe Alexandra Gresty Road Alex Morris Hull City Bishop Burton College Andy Dawson Nottingham Forest The Nigel Doughty Academy Jimmy Gilligan Sheffield United ProAct Stadium Paul Heckingbottom Sheffield Wednesday Bracken Moor Neil Thompson Wigan Athletic Christopher Park Nick Chadwick			South Team Training Ground Manager Bristol City SGS Wise Campus Alex Ball Cardiff City Leckwith Athletics Stadium Steve Morison Charlton Athletic Prince's Park Jason Euell Colchester United Jobserve Community Stadium Dave Huzzey Ipswich Town Playford Road Gerard Nash Millwall Calmont Road Kevin Nugent Queens Park Rangers Harlington Paul Hall Swansea City Landore Jon Grey Watford Clarence Park Omer Riza

League Tables

North

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

South

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

(Updated 24th September)

Upcoming Fixtures

Monday 28 September	Wigan Athletic	1-5	Nottingham Forest
Monday 28 September	Charlton Athletic	2-3	Watford
Monday 28 September	Hull City	1-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Tuesday 29 September	Bristol City	3-0	Swansea City
Tuesday 29 September	Queens Park Rangers	1-2	Millwall
Tuesday 29 September	Sheffield United	1-1	Barnsley
Wednesday 30 September	Crewe Alexandra	2-3	Coventry City

Results

Monday 21 September	Millwall	2-2	Watford
Monday 21 September	Colchester United	0-0	Charlton Athletic
Monday 21 September	Sheffield United	2-2	Nottingham Forest
Tuesday 22 September	Sheffield Wednesday	0-1	Barnsley
Tuesday 22 September	Cardiff City	1-2	Bristol City
Tuesday 22 September	Queens Park Rangers	5-0	Ipswich Town
Tuesday 22 September	Birmingham City	4-5	Crewe Alexandra
Wednesday 23 September	Wigan Athletic	0-3	Hull City

Sunday 13 September	Coventry City	1-1	Birmingham City
Monday 14 September	Nottingham Forest	2-1	Barnsley
Monday 14 September	Swansea City	5-1	Cardiff City
Monday 14 September	Watford	0-1	Colchester United
Monday 14 September	Hull City	2-0	Sheffield United
Tuesday 15 September	Ipswich Town	1-1	Millwall
Tuesday 15 September	Sheffield Wednesday	2-3	Wigan Athletic
Tuesday 15 September	Charlton Athletic	3-0	Queens Park Rangers

Top Goalscorers

(Updated 30th September)

Player	Club	Goals
George Alexander	Millwall	3
James Berry	Hull City	3
Louis Britton	Bristol City	3
Will Swan	Nottingham Forest	3
Jake Taylor	Nottingham Forest	3

Hat-tricks

(Updated 30th September)

Player	Club	Date	Fixture
Jake Taylor	Nottingham Forest	28th September 2020	Wigan Athletic 1-5 Nottingham Forest
Louis Britton	Bristol City	29th September 2020	Bristol City 3-0 Swansea City