2021–22 Professional U18 Development League

Football League Youth Alliance
Season	2021-22
Champions	North-East Division ; Bradford City U18s; North-West Division ; Preston North End U18s; South-East Division ; AFC Wimbledon U18s; South-West Division ; AFC Bournemouth U18s; Merit League One; Plymouth Argyle U18s; Merit League Two; Luton Town U18s; North-East Division Merit Championship Round; Bradford City U18s; North-East Division Merit Lower Round; Burton Albion U18s
Matches played	562
Goals scored	2,057 (3.66 per match)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

U18 Professional Development League 2
Season	2021–22
Champions	Sheffield United U18s
Matches played	203; (200 RS, 3 PO)
Goals scored	784 (3.86 per match); (770 RS, 14 PO)
Top goalscorer	Will Lankshear (21 goals)
Longest unbeaten run	25 matches Entire Season Sheffield United U18s
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

U18 Premier League
Season	2021–22
Champions	Manchester City U18s (3rd title)
Matches played	365
Goals scored	1,383 (3.79 per match)
Top goalscorer	Oakley Cannonier (28 goals)
Biggest home win	Manchester City U18s 13–0 Newcastle United U18s; (30 April 2022)
Biggest away win	Reading U18s 0–6 West Ham United U18s; (5 March 2022); Sunderland U18s 0–6 Manchester City U18s; (7 May 2022)
Highest scoring	Manchester City U18s 13–0 Newcastle United U18s; (30 April 2022); Liverpool U18s 10–3 Leeds United U18s; (9 April 2022)
Longest winning run	8 matches Manchester City U18s
Longest winless run	15 matches Newcastle United U18s
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

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The 2021–22 Professional U18 Development League was the 10th season of the Professional Development League system. The U18 Premier League is for category one academies in the Elite Player Performance Plan. A total of 28 teams are split regionally into north and south leagues. 26 games would be played, as teams face their regional opponents both home and away before the top two face each other to determine the national champion. Manchester City U18s are the defending champions. Nottingham Forest U18s^[1] and Birmingham City U18s^[2] both gained category one status.

North[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Premier League Under 18 Table

Results[edit]

Home \ Away	BLA	BUR	DER	EVE	LEE	LIV	MNC	MNU	MID	NEW	NOT	STK	SUN	WOL
Blackburn Rovers U18s		1–2	4–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	4–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	3–1	1–3	5–2
Burnley U18s	1–1		1–1	1–2	0–1	0–5	2–3	2–2	2–2	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–0
Derby County U18s	1–6	1–2		1–0	5–1	1–1	1–6	2–2	1–1	0–3	3–2	2–1	1–1	1–2
Everton U18s	1–1	1–1	2–0		1–4	1–3	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–1
Leeds United U18s	0–5	6–1	7–0	2–1		5–2	3–8	0–3	4–1	5–1	4–4	0–2	2–2	2–2
Liverpool U18s	3–1	4–1	1–3	4–0	10–3		0–1	5–5	3–4	3–1	0–1	5–3	3–0	2–1
Manchester City U18s	4–0	2–1	7–1	1–0	3–3	3–1		3–0	2–0	13–0	4–1	5–0	2–1	1–0
Manchester United U18s	2–2	0–1	3–0	4–2	4–1	0–5	1–5		3–3	6–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	2–0
Middlesbrough U18s	2–1	0–1	0–3	4–1	2–2	2–6	1–1	1–1		2–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–0
Newcastle United U18s	1–1	3–8	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–5	2–2	0–5	0–1		0–1	3–0	0–1	2–2
Nottingham Forest U18s	3–2	0–3	0–1	0–1	1–0	3–3	2–1	0–2	3–0	1–0		1–0	1–1	1–1
Stoke City U18s	1–4	1–3	3–0	1–0	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–3	1–2	2–2	0–0		3–0	0–4
Sunderland U18s	0–3	2–0	3–0	0–1	7–5	2–3	0–6	0–1	3–4	3–2	1–0	0–1		0–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers U18s	2–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–5	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	0–3	4–2	2–7

Source: [1]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Premier League Under 18 Table

Results[edit]

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BHA	BIR	CHE	CRY	FUL	LEI	NOR	REA	SOU	TOT	WBA	WHU
Arsenal U18s		5–3	2–2	1–0	4–0	2–3	2–1	1–1	2–0	4–2	4–2	3–2	1–2	2–2
Aston Villa U18s	2–3		5–3	1–1	1–4	2–2	0–1	1–1	10–0	1–2	0–5	3–2	1–0	0–0
Brighton & Hove Albion U18s	1–3	2–0		3–1	1–6	1–0	2–3	0–1	3–1	3–1	3–4	3–3	7–1	0–4
Birmingham City U18s	1–1	2–2	2–3		2–4	0–4	0–3	1–1	5–1	1–3	1–4	3–2	0–3	1–3
Chelsea U18s	4–1	3–1	1–1	3–0		2–2	0–2	0–2	3–2	3–0	0–3	3–2	5–2	1–2
Crystal Palace U18s	5–0	6–1	2–1	1–2	3–4		1–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	3–2	2–1
Fulham U18s	1–1	4–1	5–1	5–0	4–4	1–1		1–2	4–0	5–0	2–3	4–2	2–1	1–3
Leicester City U18s	2–1	2–1	1–3	2–1	1–0	1–3	0–1		7–0	2–1	0–1	4–1	1–5	0–1
Norwich City U18s	0–3	2–3	3–2	3–1	1–3	0–1	1–2	0–3		1–4	0–2	3–2	0–1	0–2
Reading U18s	0–1	5–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	3–3	0–1	1–1	2–0		1–5	1–2	2–0	0–6
Southampton U18s	3–3	6–3	3–2	7–2	5–2	3–2	2–0	0–3	5–0	3–0		1–2	2–1	0–0
Tottenham Hotspur U18s	0–5	0–2	2–1	7–0	2–7	2–4	0–1	0–3	2–1	3–2	0–3		2–1	3–0
West Bromwich Albion U18s	1–3	2–0	1–5	1–1	0–2	0–3	2–0	3–3	2–1	4–0	1–5	4–3		2–5
West Ham United U18s	3–0	5–0	3–2	5–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	4–0	3–1	1–3	3–5	6–0

Source: [2]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

National Final[edit]

19 May 2022

14:00

Southampton U18s	1–2	Manchester City U18s
Doyle 16'	Report	Sodje 23' Mebude 34'

St. Mary's Stadium, Southampton

Attendance: 13,035

Referee: Lewis Sandoe

Professional Development League 2[edit]

The 2021-22 Under-18 League 2, or Under-18s Professional Development League 2 as it is sometimes referred to, is the eighth campaign of post-EPPP Under-18 football's second tier, designed for those academies with Category 2 status. The league is 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 home or away resulting in the North Division playing 23 games, while the South Division played 24 games. 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. 18 teams competed this season. Wigan Athletic U18s are the defending national champions. Birmingham City U18s^[3] graduated to Category One alongside Nottingham Forest U18s^[4] . Peterborough United U18s joined as a Category 2 Academy^[5] joining the North Division.

Tables[edit]

North Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sheffield United U18s	23	15	8	0	62	21	+41	53	Qualification for Knock-out stage
2	Barnsley U18s	23	13	4	6	54	35	+19	43	Qualification for Knock-out stage
3	Coventry City U18s	23	10	8	5	40	31	+9	38
4	Sheffield Wednesday U18s	23	11	5	7	39	36	+3	38
5	Wigan Athletic U18s	23	7	5	11	34	42	−8	26
6	Crewe Alexandra U18s	23	7	3	13	42	57	−15	24
7	Peterborough United U18s	23	5	4	14	40	47	−7	19
8	Hull City U18s	23	6	1	16	29	61	−32	19

Source: [3]

South Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Charlton Athletic U18s	24	17	3	4	77	37	+40	54	Qualification for Knock-out stage
2	Colchester United U18s	24	12	5	7	63	47	+16	41	Qualification for Knock-out stage
3	Millwall U18s	24	11	3	10	41	45	−4	36
4	Ipswich Town U18s	24	9	7	8	47	49	−2	34
5	Watford U18s	24	9	6	9	43	46	−3	33
6	Swansea City U18s	24	9	4	11	45	52	−7	31
7	Cardiff City U18s	24	8	5	11	46	45	+1	29
8	Bristol City U18s	24	5	8	11	30	50	−20	23
9	Queens Park Rangers U18s	24	4	5	15	38	69	−31	17

Source: [4]

Knock-out stage[edit]

Semi-finals

14 May 2022

Charlton Athletic U18s	3–2	Barnsley U18s
Kanu 76' Huke 89' Asiimwe 90+5'	Report	Jalo 47', 58'

The Valley, London

15 May 2022

Sheffield United U18s	5–1	Colchester United U18s
Smith 60', 72' Peck 62' Potter 77' Williams 80'	Report	Ihionvien 43'

Brammall Lane, Sheffield

Professional Development League Two Play-Off Final

22 May 2022

Sheffield United U18s	2–1	Charlton Athletic U18s
Lankshear 59' Williams 74'	Report	Kanu 6'

Shirecliffe Ground, Sheffield

EFL Youth Alliance[edit]

The EFL Youth Alliance also known as League 3 is run by the Football League under the auspices of the Football League Youth Alliance. 44 teams competed this season, one fewer than the previous season. Notts County U18s and Yeovil Town U18s did not return as they lost their EPPP License. For clubs that get relegated to the National League, they have two years to gain promotion back to the EFL. Otherwise, they lose their license with the League. Peterborough United U18s left the league during the summer after last season because they promoted their academy to Category 2 to play in the U18 Professional Development League 2^[6]. Harrogate Town U18s, and Sutton United U18s joined the league as their first teams were promoted to the Football League. Alongside Merit Leagues one and two the Northeast Division played their season with a merit phase as well although the games were the same as the regular season with the top 5 going into the Championship Round while the bottom 5 do the lower round with 4 extra games added to the end of the regular season phase of the season.

League stage[edit]

As of match played 10 May 2022^[7]

North-East Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bradford City U18s (C)	18	14	1	3	55	21	+34	43	Northeast Division Championship Round
2	Grimsby Town U18s	18	11	5	2	42	15	+27	38
3	Lincoln City U18s	18	11	0	7	39	32	+7	33
4	Rotherham United U18s	18	10	1	7	37	29	+8	31
5	Doncaster Rovers U18s	18	9	1	8	30	32	−2	28
6	Scunthorpe United U18s	18	7	3	8	38	40	−2	24	Northeast Division Lower Round
7	Burton Albion U18s	18	7	3	8	30	32	−2	24
8	Mansfield Town U18s	18	6	2	10	27	35	−8	20
9	Harrogate Town U18s	18	3	1	14	24	50	−26	10
10	Huddersfield Town U18s	18	3	1	14	21	57	−36	10

Source: soccerway.com
(C) Champion.

North-West Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Preston North End U18s (C)	26	20	3	3	83	25	+58	63
2	Carlisle United U18s	26	17	5	4	61	18	+43	56
3	Blackpool U18s	26	14	6	6	57	29	+28	48
4	Accrington Stanley U18s	26	13	3	10	63	63	0	42
5	Bolton Wanderers U18s	26	11	6	9	54	46	+8	39
6	Shrewsbury Town U18s	26	12	2	12	43	36	+7	38
7	Salford City U18s	26	11	4	11	51	40	+11	37
8	Rochdale U18s	26	9	10	7	46	37	+9	37
9	Oldham Athletic U18s	26	10	5	11	45	57	−12	35
10	Fleetwood Town U18s	26	10	4	12	40	43	−3	34
11	Morecambe U18s	26	8	1	17	34	62	−28	25
12	Tranmere Rovers U18s	26	7	3	16	38	64	−26	24
13	Port Vale U18s	26	6	3	17	30	84	−54	21
14	Walsall U18s	26	4	5	17	24	65	−41	17

Source: soccerway.com
(C) Champion.

South-East Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	AFC Wimbledon U18s (C)	18	12	2	4	54	31	+23	38	Merit League One
2	Southend United U18s	18	10	1	7	36	32	+4	31
3	Cambridge United U18s	18	8	5	5	47	36	+11	29
4	Stevenage U18s	18	8	4	6	44	37	+7	28
5	Gillingham U18s	18	9	1	8	32	32	0	28
6	Sutton United U18s	18	8	2	8	36	25	+11	26	Merit League Two
7	Northampton Town U18s	18	7	3	8	29	33	−4	24
8	Luton Town U18s	18	6	5	7	34	35	−1	23
9	Leyton Orient U18s	18	5	3	10	24	42	−18	18
10	Milton Keynes Dons U18s	18	3	2	13	21	54	−33	11

Source: soccerway.com
(C) Champion.

South-West Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	AFC Bournemouth U18s (C)	18	10	5	3	39	23	+16	35	Merit League One
2	Plymouth Argyle U18s	18	10	5	3	40	27	+13	35
3	Exeter City U18s	18	10	2	6	37	28	+9	32
4	Oxford United U18s	18	8	6	4	34	21	+13	30
5	Portsmouth U18s	18	9	2	7	36	31	+5	29
6	Swindon Town U18s	18	7	4	7	29	29	0	25	Merit League Two
7	Newport County U18s	18	5	4	9	21	27	−6	19
8	Cheltenham Town U18s	18	5	4	9	23	32	−9	19
9	Forest Green Rovers U18s	18	4	2	12	22	42	−20	14
10	Bristol Rovers U18s	18	3	4	11	16	37	−21	13

Source: soccerway.com
(C) Champion.

Merit League Stage[edit]

The teams in the Southeast and Southwest Divisions played another ten games to determine the champions of Merit League One and Merit League Two.

Merit League One[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Plymouth Argyle U18s (C)	9	7	1	1	16	3	+13	22
2	Gillingham U18s	9	6	3	0	15	6	+9	21
3	Southend United U18s	9	6	0	3	24	15	+9	18
4	Portsmouth U18s	9	5	1	3	15	13	+2	16
5	Oxford United U18s	9	4	1	4	8	14	−6	13
6	AFC Bournemouth U18s	9	3	1	5	16	17	−1	10
7	Cambridge United U18s	9	3	1	5	9	13	−4	10
8	AFC Wimbledon U18s	9	3	0	6	15	17	−2	9
9	Exeter City U18s	9	1	3	5	9	19	−10	6
10	Stevenage U18s	9	1	1	7	10	20	−10	4

Source: soccerway.com
(C) Champion.

Merit League Two[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Luton Town U18s	9	8	0	1	31	9	+22	24
2	Leyton Orient U18s	9	6	1	2	19	6	+13	19
3	Newport County U18s	9	4	2	3	18	17	+1	14
4	Northampton Town U18s	9	4	2	3	9	10	−1	14
5	Sutton United U18s	9	4	1	4	18	20	−2	13
6	Cheltenham Town U18s	9	3	2	4	20	24	−4	11
7	Bristol Rovers U18s	9	3	1	5	17	19	−2	10
8	Forest Green Rovers U18s	9	2	3	4	12	18	−6	9
9	Swindon Town U18s	9	2	3	4	14	26	−12	9
10	Milton Keynes Dons U18s	9	1	1	7	9	18	−9	4

Source: soccerway.com

Northeast Division 2nd Phase[edit]

Only 4 games were played but they were added in the regular season averages.

North-East Merit Championship Round[edit]

These games include the regular season matches.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bradford City U18s (C)	22	17	2	3	71	24	+47	53
2	Grimsby Town U18s	22	14	5	3	49	17	+32	47
3	Rotherham United U18s	22	11	2	9	44	43	+1	35
4	Lincoln City U18s	22	11	1	10	46	47	−1	34
5	Doncaster Rovers U18s	22	10	2	10	38	43	−5	32

Source: soccerway.com
(C) Champion.

North-East Merit Lower Round[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Burton Albion U18s (C)	22	9	5	8	40	35	+5	32
2	Scunthorpe United U18s	22	9	4	9	48	52	−4	31
3	Mansfield Town U18s	22	7	4	11	37	42	−5	25
4	Harrogate Town U18s	22	4	2	16	30	59	−29	14
5	Huddersfield Town U18s	22	4	1	17	27	68	−41	13

Source: soccerway.com
(C) Champion.

References[edit]

↑ "FOREST ACADEMY SECURES CATEGORY 1 STATUS FOR 2021-22 SEASON". Nottingham Forest FC. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
↑ "Birmingham City's academy receives huge boost - what it means for Blues' future". Birmingham Mail. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
↑ "Birmingham City's academy receives huge boost - what it means for Blues' future". Birmingham Mail. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
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↑ "Club Attain Category Two Status". The Posh. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
↑ "Football League Youth Alliance". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 October 2024.

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[2] "Birmingham City's academy receives huge boost - what it means for Blues' future". Birmingham Mail. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2024.

[3] "Birmingham City's academy receives huge boost - what it means for Blues' future". Birmingham Mail. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2024.

[4] "FOREST ACADEMY SECURES CATEGORY 1 STATUS FOR 2021-22 SEASON". Nottingham Forest FC. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2024.

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2021–22 Professional U18 Development League

Contents

North[edit]

Results[edit]

South[edit]

Results[edit]

National Final[edit]

Professional Development League 2[edit]

Tables[edit]

North Division[edit]

South Division[edit]

Knock-out stage[edit]

EFL Youth Alliance[edit]

League stage[edit]

North-East Division[edit]

North-West Division[edit]

South-East Division[edit]

South-West Division[edit]

Merit League Stage[edit]

Merit League One[edit]

Merit League Two[edit]

Northeast Division 2nd Phase[edit]

North-East Merit Championship Round[edit]

North-East Merit Lower Round[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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