2023-24 Under-18 Professional Development League Cup

The 2023-24 Under-18 Professional Development League Cup is the third campaign of the domestic youth team cup competition, which pits Category 2 teams against each other in an initial three-game group stage. All Category 2 academies are scheduled to be involved along with selected invitees from Category 3, with groups drawn geographically. Clubs play each other once, either home or away, with the winners of the seven groups plus the best runners-up advancing to the quarter-finals. The knockout rounds will be one-off matches.

Peterborough United are the defending cup holders.

Teams

Fifteen Category 2 Under-18 teams are invited to feature in this year's competition along the following Category 3 academies:

Accrington Stanley, Blackpool, Bradford City, Harrogate Town, Luton Town, Mansfield Town, Milton Keynes, Oxfod United, Plymouth Argyle, Wimbledon.

Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Accrington Stanley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Blackpool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Fleetwood Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Wigan Athletic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Wigan Athletic v Accrington Stanley

2 September 2023

Wigan Athletic	2-4	Accrington Stanley

Christopher Park

Blackpool v Fleetwood Town

10 October 2023

Blackpool	0-1	Fleetwood Town
		Lane '75

Sir Tom Finney Stadium

Accrington Stanley v Blackpool

21 October 2023

Accrington Stanley	1-5	Blackpool
TBC 45 +1'		Miles 10' (pen) Hassan 16' Amadi-Emina 26' Bondo 55' Scholes 87'

Stanley Sports Hub

Fleetwood Town v Wigan Athletic

23 January 2024

Fleetwood Town	v	Wigan Athletic

Poolfoot Farm

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Group B

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Birmingham City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bradford City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Burnley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Crewe Alexandra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Birmingham City v Crewe Alexandra

2 September 2023

Birmingham City	3-2	Crewe Alexandra
Wodskou '47 Ellis '72 Da Silva '89		TBC

Wast Hills

Burnley v Bradford City

2 September 2023

Burnley	2-0	Bradford City
Johnson Wane (pen)

Barnfield

Bradford City v Birmingham City

12 December 2023

Bradford City	v	Birmingham City

Valley Parade

Crewe Alexandra v Burnley

12 December 2023

Crewe Alexandra	v	Burnley

Reaseheath

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Group C

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Harrogate Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Hull City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Mansfield Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Sheffield United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Harrogate Town v Hull City

2 September 2023

Harrogate Town	0-5	Hull City
		Dawson (2) Ashbee Devine Coyle

York St John University Sports Fields

Mansfield Town v Sheffield United

2 September 2023

Mansfield Town	1-1	Sheffield United
TBC '47		Blaize '36

RH Academy

Sheffield United v Harrogate Town

21 November 2023

Sheffield United	v	Harrogate Town

Shirecliffe

Hull City v Mansfield Town

12 December 2023

Hull City	v	Mansfield Town

Bishop Burton College

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Group D

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Colchester United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ipswich Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Luton Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Millwall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Millwall v Luton Town

2 September 2023

Millwall	6-1	Luton Town
Beaumont '4 Heywood '5, '53 Baker '32 Stephenson '68 Howland '70		Houghton '43

Calmont Road

Ipswich Town v Colchester United

2 September 2023

Ipswich Town	2-1	Colchester United
Davis '16, '37		Sabah '8

Playford Road

Colchester United v Millwall

21 October 2023

Colchester United	1-5	Millwall
TBC '90+6		Heywood '4 Baker '17, '63, '66 Howland '90

Florence Park

Luton Town v Ipswich Town

21 December 2023

Luton Town	v	Ipswich Town

The Brache

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Group E

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bournemouth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Cardiff City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Plymouth Argyle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Swansea City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Swansea City v Cardiff City

2 September 2023

Swansea City	4-2	Cardiff City
Henia-Kemau '2, '30 (pen), '75 Fanning '22		Ola '15 Spiers '60 (pen)

Landore

Plymouth Argyle v Bournemouth

2 September 2023

Plymouth Argyle	4-1	Bournemouth
Bernard '1 Matthews '7 Issaka '71 (pen), '80 (pen)		TBC '89

Millennium Street Pitches

Cardiff City v Plymouth Argyle

21 October 2023

Cardiff City	1-1	Plymouth Argyle
George '6		Roberts '90 (pen)

CDF Sports Campus

Bournemouth v Swansea City

21 October 2023

Bournemouth	0-1	Swansea City
		Woodward '42

Canford Park Arena

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Group F

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Wimbledon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Charlton Athletic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Queens Park Rangers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Watford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Wimbledon v Charlton Athletic

2 September 2023

Wimbledon	3-4	Charlton Athletic
Wilson '50 Jennings '52 Leach '71		Fullah '19, '72, '87 Mbick '67

Cherry Red Records Stadium

Queens Park Rangers v Watford

2 September 2023

Queens Park Rangers	0-8	Watford
		Massiah-Edwards (2) Nabizada (2) Lawson Odiase Riza (2)

Heston

Watford v Wimbledon

21 October 2023

Watford	2-2	Wimbledon

UCL Sports Ground

Charlton Athletic v Queens Park Rangers

21 October 2023

Charlton Athletic	0-2	Queens Park Rangers
		Coomes (2)

Sparrows Lane

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Group G

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bristol City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Coventry City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Milton Keynes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Oxford United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Milton Keynes v Oxford United

2 September 2023

Milton Keynes	0-2	Oxford United

Woughton-on-the-Green

Coventry City v Bristol City

2 September 2023

Coventry City	0-1	Bristol City

The Alan Higgs Centre

Bristol City v Milton Keynes

21 October 2023

Bristol City	4-1	Milton Keynes

Robins High Performance Centre

Oxford United v Coventry City

21 October 2023

Oxford United	0-0	Coventry City

Rovers Sports & Social Club

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Ranking of Best Runner-Up

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Pts

Quarter-Finals

The seven group winners and best runner-up advance to the quarter-finals, where they play a one-legged tie.

Goalscorers

Player

Club

Goals

Previous Campaigns

• 2022-23
• 2021-22