2021-22 Professional Development League 2

The Professional Development League 2 is the tenth campaign of post-EPPP Under-23 football's second tier, designed for those academies with Category 2 status. A total of 16 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. Birmingham City are the defending national champions but have since graduated to Category One.

Teams

2021-22 Teams
North Team Training Ground Manager Barnsley Oakwell Martin Devaney Coventry City The Alan Higgs Centre Luke Tisdale Crewe Alexandra Gresty Road Alex Morris Hull City Bishop Burton College Andy Dawson Peterborough United Mick George Training Academy Matthew Etherington Sheffield United ProAct Stadium Paul Heckingbottom Sheffield Wednesday Bracken Moor Lee Bullen Wigan Athletic Christopher Park Peter Murphy			South Team Training Ground Manager Bristol City SGS Wise Campus Alex Ball Cardiff City Leckwith Athletics Stadium Steve Morison Charlton Athletic Prince's Park Anthony Hayes Colchester United Wallace Binder Ground Dave Huzzey Ipswich Town Playford Road Kieron Dyer Millwall Calmont Road Kevin Nugent Queens Park Rangers Harlington Andy Impey Swansea City Landore Kris O'Leary Watford Clarence Park Omer Riza

League Tables

North

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Coventry City	6	4	1	1	13	5	+8	13
2	Sheffield United	6	4	0	2	14	8	+6	12
3	Peterborough United	6	3	2	1	15	6	+9	11
4	Hull City	7	3	1	3	15	15	0	10
5	Barnsley	7	2	1	4	6	20	-14	7
6	Wigan Athletic	5	2	0	3	3	8	-5	6
7	Crewe Alexandra	6	1	0	5	7	17	-10	3
8	Sheffield Wednesday	7	0	2	5	2	13	-11	2

South

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Cardiff City	5	5	0	0	11	1	+10	15
2	Bristol City	6	5	0	1	18	9	+9	15
3	Ipswich Town	7	3	2	2	13	6	+7	11
4	Watford	6	3	1	2	10	10	0	10
5	Millwall	6	3	0	3	10	10	0	9
6	Colchester United	6	2	2	2	10	8	+2	8
7	Charlton Athletic	5	2	1	2	12	7	+5	7
8	Swansea City	5	1	1	3	6	10	-4	3
9	Queens Park Rangers	7	1	1	5	7	18	-11	4

(Updated 13th October)

Fixtures

Friday 15 October	Sheffield Wednesday	5-1	Peterborough United
Monday 18 October	Coventry City	5-3	Wigan Athletic
Monday 18 October	Watford	2-4	Bristol City
Monday 18 October	Hull City	0-2	Sheffield United
Tuesday 19 October	Cardiff City	4-1	Charlton Athletic
Tuesday 19 October	Queens Park Rangers	0-2	Colchester United
Tuesday 19 October	Millwall	3-1	Swansea City
Wednesday 20 October	Crewe Alexandra	2-1	Barnsley

Results

October

Tuesday 12 October	Barnsley	1-1	Ipswich Town
Tuesday 12 October	Colchester United	0-1	Wigan Athletic
Monday 11 October	Hull City	4-0	Crewe Alexandra

Friday 1 October	Millwall	3-1	Queens Park Rangers
Monday 4 October	Swansea City	0-3	Ipswich Town
Monday 4 October	Sheffield Wednesday	0-1	Barnsley
Monday 4 October	Charlton Athletic	2-2	Colchester United
Tuesday 5 October	Sheffield United	2-1	Coventry City

September

Wednesday 29 September	Crewe Alexandra	1-3	Wigan Athletic
Tuesday 28 September	Barnsley	1-3	Sheffield United
Tuesday 28 September	Colchester United	3-1	Swansea City
Tuesday 28 September	Queens Park Rangers	0-0	Watford
Tuesday 28 September	Peterborough United	1-1	Hull City
Monday 27 September	Cardiff City	2-0	Millwall
Monday 27 September	Coventry City	1-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Monday 27 September	Ipswich Town	1-2	Bristol City
Friday 24 September	Swansea City	1-1	Peterborough United

Tuesday 21 September	Bristol City	1-4	Peterborough United
Tuesday 21 September	Cardiff City	2-0	Sheffield United
Tuesday 21 September	Queens Park Rangers	0-3	Coventry City
Tuesday 21 September	Millwall	4-0	Barnsley
Monday 20 September	Swansea City	4-2	Crewe Alexandra
Friday 17 September	Charlton Athletic	2-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Friday 17 September	Watford	3-1	Hull City

Monday 13 September	Coventry City	4-1	Millwall
Monday 13 September	Crewe Alexandra	3-1	Queens Park Rangers
Monday 13 September	Hull City	1-0	Swansea City
Monday 13 September	Wigan Athletic	2-1	Charlton Athletic
Friday 10 September	Sheffield Wednesday	0-3	Cardiff City
Friday 10 September	Sheffield United	2-4	Bristol City

Wednesday 8 September	Peterborough United	4-0	Watford
Friday 3 September	Ipswich Town	3-0	Wigan Athletic
Wednesday 1 September	Bristol City	6-2	Hull City

August

Tuesday 31 August	Queens Park Rangers	1-2	Barnsley
Tuesday 31 August	Charlton Athletic	0-3	Sheffield United
Tuesday 31 August	Colchester United	1-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Monday 30 August	Swansea City	P-P	Coventry City
Sunday 29 August	Cardiff City	3-1	Peterborough United
Friday 27 August	Watford	4-1	Crewe Alexandra

Tuesday 24 August	Coventry City	2-0	Colchester United
Tuesday 24 August	Barnsley	0-7	Charlton Athletic
Tuesday 24 August	Peterborough United	4-0	Queens Park Rangers
Tuesday 24 August	Sheffield United	P-P	Swansea City
Monday 23 August	Crewe Alexandra	1-3	Ipswich Town
Monday 23 August	Wigan Athletic	0-3	Bristol City
Monday 23 August	Hull City	3-1	Millwall
Friday 20 August	Sheffield Wednesday	0-3	Watford

Tuesday 17 August	Colchester United	4-1	Barnsley
Tuesday 17 August	Millwall	1-0	Crewe Alexandra
Tuesday 17 August	Queens Park Rangers	4-3	Hull City
Tuesday 17 August	Watford	0-4	Sheffield United
Tuesday 17 August	Bristol City	2-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Monday 16 August	Cardiff City	1-0	Wigan Athletic
Monday 16 August	Ipswich Town	1-2	Coventry City
Monday 16 August	Swansea City	P-P	Peterborough United

Top Goalscorers

(Updated 13th October)

Player	Club	Goals
Fabio Tavares	Coventry City	6
Sam Bell	Bristol City	5
McCauley Snelgrove	Hull City	5
Chanka Zimba	Cardiff City	5
Louis Britton	Bristol City	4
Tawanda Chirewa	Ipswich Town	4
Kieron Evans	Cardiff City	4
Nahki Wells	Bristol City	4

Hat-tricks

(Updated 13th October)

Player	Club	Date	Fixture
Nahki Wells (4)	Bristol City	1st September 2021	Bristol City 6-2 Hull City