2017–18 Professional U18 Development League
U18 Premier League
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Season | 2017–18 |
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Champions | Chelsea U18s (2nd Title) |
Matches played | 265 |
Goals scored | 1,009 (3.81 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Reo Griffiths Tottenham Hotspur U18s (26 goals) |
Biggest home win | Tottenham Hotspur U18s 9–0 Arsenal U18s (24 April 2018) |
Biggest away win | West Bromwich Albion U18s 1–7 Everton U18s (26 August 2017) |
Highest scoring | Derby County U18s 5–5 Wolverhampton Wanderers U18s (18 November 2017) |
Longest winning run | 7 Matches – Chelsea U18s |
Longest unbeaten run | 12 Matches – Chelsea U18s |
Longest winless run | 11 Matches – Blackburn Rovers U18s |
Longest losing run | 11 Matches – Blackburn Rovers U18s |
← 2016–17 2018–19 → |
The 2017-18 Under-18 Premier League is the fifth campaign of the top tier of the Under-18 Development League. A total of 24 teams are split regionally into north and south leagues.The format was changed completely this season. Instead of playing in the merit group stage format, teams face their regional opponents both home and away before the top two face each other to determine the national champion. No teams were added this season. As a result, 22 games were played in both the North and South Divisions. Chelsea U18s are the defending champions.
North
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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1 | Manchester United U18s (C, Q) | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 65 | 33 | +32 | 48 | Qualification for the National Final |
2 | Manchester City U18s | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 58 | 34 | +24 | 42 | |
3 | Liverpool U18s | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 38 | |
4 | Stoke City U18s | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 37 | |
5 | Everton U18s | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 41 | +10 | 37 | |
6 | Derby County U18s | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 33 | |
7 | Sunderland U18s | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 32 | |
8 | West Bromwich Albion U18s | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 26 | |
9 | Middlesbrough U18s | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 25 | |
10 | Newcastle United U18s | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 24 | |
11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers U18s | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 31 | 53 | −22 | 19 | |
12 | Blackburn Rovers U18s | 22 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 28 | 70 | −42 | 10 |
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
South
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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1 | Chelsea U18s (C, Q) | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 64 | 21 | +43 | 54 | Qualification for the National Final |
2 | Arsenal U18s | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 61 | 33 | +28 | 45 | |
3 | Southampton U18s | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 25 | +13 | 42 | |
4 | Tottenham Hotspur U18s | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 58 | 39 | +19 | 34 | |
5 | Leicester City U18s | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 33 | |
6 | Swansea City U18s | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 31 | |
7 | Fulham U18s | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 30 | |
8 | Brighton & Hove Albion U18s | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 24 | |
9 | Aston Villa U18s | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 23 | |
10 | West Ham United U18s | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 27 | 51 | −24 | 21 | |
11 | Reading U18s | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 50 | −26 | 21 | |
12 | Norwich City U18s | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 59 | −37 | 13 |
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
National Final
[edit]Professional Development League 2
[edit]Season | 2017–18 |
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Champions | Charlton Athletic U18s (3rd Title) |
Matches played | 313 (310 RS, 3 PO) |
Goals scored | 1,277 (4.08 per match) (1,269 RS, 8 PO) |
Top goalscorer | Sion Spence Cardiff City U18s (21 goals) |
Biggest home win | Sheffield Wednesday U18s 8–0 Hull City U18s (6 January 2019) Cardiff City U18s 8–0 Sheffield United U18s (28 March 2018) |
Biggest away win | Huddersfield Town U18s 1–10 Sheffield Wednesday U18s (24 April 2018) |
Highest scoring | Huddersfield Town U18s 1–10 Sheffield Wednesday U18s (24 April 2018) |
Longest winning run | 8 Matches – Leeds United U18s (17 March 2018 – 21 April 2018) |
Longest unbeaten run | 11 Matches – Crystal Palace U18s (10 February 2018 – 28 April 2018) |
Longest winless run | 16 Matches – Coventry City U18s (20 December 2017 – 21 April 2018) |
Longest losing run | 10 Matches – Coventry City U18s (19 August 2017 – 4 November 2017) |
← 2016–17 2018–19 → |
The Professional Development League is the sixth campaign of post-EPPP Under-23 football's second tier, designed for those academies with Category 2 status. A total of 21 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 for a total of 30 games each in the North Division, and 29 games in the South division.
At the end of the season, the teams finishing in the top two positions of both divisions will meet in the knockout stage to determine the overall league champion. Burnley U18s[1] were officially granted Category 2 status in the summer of 2017 and became the league's 21st team. At the end of the season, Huddersfield Town U18s would leave as they would drop from category 2 to category 4 so they could restructure their academy.[2]
Tables
[edit]North Division
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Leeds United U18s | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 72 | 39 | +33 | 60 | Qualification for Knock-out stage |
2 | Bolton Wanderers U18s | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 84 | 53 | +31 | 58 | |
3 | Sheffield Wednesday U18s | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 81 | 42 | +39 | 54 | |
4 | Nottingham Forest U18s | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 75 | 54 | +21 | 51 | |
5 | Burnley U18s | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 66 | 60 | +6 | 49 | |
6 | Birmingham City U18s | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 72 | 63 | +9 | 46 | |
7 | Sheffield United U18s | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 42 | 62 | −20 | 38 | |
8 | Hull City U18s | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 57 | 78 | −21 | 38 | |
9 | Crewe Alexandra U18s | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 62 | 58 | +4 | 37 | |
10 | Huddersfield Town U18s | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 49 | 86 | −37 | 32 | |
11 | Barnsley U18s | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 46 | 63 | −17 | 31 |
South Division
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Crystal Palace U18s | 29 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 63 | 29 | +34 | 59 | Qualification for Knock-out stage |
2 | Charlton Athletic U18s | 29 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 77 | 55 | +22 | 55 | |
3 | Cardiff City U18s | 29 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 65 | 48 | +17 | 48 | |
4 | Watford U18s | 29 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 65 | 48 | +17 | 47 | |
5 | Millwall U18s | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 66 | 57 | +9 | 47 | |
6 | Queens Park Rangers U18s | 29 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 65 | 73 | −8 | 41 | |
7 | Bristol City U18s | 29 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 31 | |
8 | Ipswich Town U18s | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 42 | 72 | −30 | 27 | |
9 | Colchester United U18s | 29 | 7 | 1 | 21 | 47 | 92 | −45 | 22 | |
10 | Coventry City U18s | 29 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 29 | 82 | −53 | 10 |
Knock-out stage
[edit]Semi-finals
Crystal Palace U18s | 3–1 | Bolton Wanderers U18s |
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Professional Development League Two Play-Off Final
League 3
[edit]Season | 2017–18 |
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Champions | North-East Division Mansfield Town U18s North-West Division Rochdale U18s South-East Division Milton Keynes Dons U18s South-West Division Exeter City U18s Merit League One Gillingham U18s Merit League Two Leyton Orient U18s |
Matches played | 701 |
Goals scored | 2,444 (3.49 per match) |
← 2016–17 2018–19 → |
League 3 is run by the Football League under the auspices of the Football League Youth Alliance. 50 teams once again competed this season, however the makeup was different. Burnley U18s would be promoted to Category 2 Academy status before this season to join the U18 Professional Development League 2. Forest Green Rovers U18s would join this season as a category 4 academy in the South-East Division, before promoting to a Category 3 Academy the next season.
League stage
[edit]North-East Division
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Mansfield Town U18s (C) | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 55 | 16 | +39 | 55 |
2 | Chesterfield U18s | 24 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 41 |
3 | Rotherham United U18s | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 41 |
4 | Notts County U18s | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 53 | 34 | +19 | 40 |
5 | Grimsby Town U18s | 24 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 46 | 29 | +17 | 40 |
6 | Doncaster Rovers U18s | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 39 |
7 | Oldham Athletic U18s | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 39 |
8 | Burton Albion U18s | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 30 |
9 | Lincoln City U18s | 24 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 29 |
10 | Bradford City U18s | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 27 |
11 | Scunthorpe United U18s | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 25 |
12 | York City U18s | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 49 | −24 | 22 |
13 | Hartlepool United U18s | 24 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 51 | −23 | 12 |
North-West Division
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Rochdale U18s (C) | 26 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 64 | 19 | +45 | 66 |
2 | Wigan Athletic U18s | 26 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 70 | 21 | +49 | 65 |
3 | Bury U18s | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 49 | 45 | +4 | 41 |
4 | Tranmere Rovers U18s | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 40 |
5 | Blackpool U18s | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 62 | 54 | +8 | 36 |
6 | Shrewsbury Town U18s | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 36 |
7 | Walsall U18s | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 35 |
8 | Preston North End U18s | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 35 |
9 | Carlisle United U18s | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 31 |
10 | Fleetwood Town U18s | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 30 |
11 | Port Vale U18s | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 41 | 62 | −21 | 28 |
12 | Wrexham U18s | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 27 |
13 | Accrington Stanley U18s | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 59 | −29 | 25 |
14 | Morecambe U18s | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 30 | 66 | −36 | 18 |
South-East Division
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Milton Keynes Dons U18s (C) | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 40 | 27 | +13 | 44 | Merit League One |
2 | Southend United U18s | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 40 | |
3 | Cambridge United U18s | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 38 | |
4 | Gillingham U18s | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 34 | |
5 | Stevenage U18s | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 30 | |
6 | Luton Town U18s | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 30 | |
7 | AFC Wimbledon U18s | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 30 | Merit League Two |
8 | Dagenham & Redbridge U18s | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 30 | |
9 | Northampton Town U18s | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 29 | |
10 | Leyton Orient U18s | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 25 | |
11 | Barnet U18s | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 25 | |
12 | Peterborough United U18s | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 24 |
South-West Division
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Exeter City U18s (C) | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 69 | 19 | +50 | 48 | Merit League One |
2 | AFC Bournemouth U18s | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 21 | +29 | 41 | |
3 | Swindon Town U18s | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 36 | |
4 | Portsmouth U18s | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 34 | |
5 | Oxford United U18s | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 34 | |
6 | Bristol Rovers U18s | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 29 | |
7 | Plymouth Argyle U18s | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 26 | Merit League Two |
8 | Yeovil Town U18s | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 24 | |
9 | Newport County U18s | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 50 | −21 | 17 | |
10 | Forest Green Rovers U18s | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 62 | −42 | 12 | |
11 | Cheltenham Town U18s | 20 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 71 | −39 | 10 |
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 |
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1 | Gillingham U18s (C) | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 24 |
2 | Exeter City U18s | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 10 | +24 | 23 |
3 | Luton Town U18s | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 19 |
4 | AFC Bournemouth U18s | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 19 |
5 | Southend United U18s | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 18 |
6 | Swindon Town U18s | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 17 |
7 | Milton Keynes Dons U18s | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 16 |
8 | Stevenage U18s | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 12 |
9 | Portsmouth U18s | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 12 |
10 | Bristol Rovers U18s | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 10 |
11 | Cambridge United U18s | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 9 |
12 | Oxford United U18s | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 25 | −15 | 6 |
Merit League Two
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Leyton Orient U18s (C) | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 21 |
2 | Dagenham & Redbridge U18s | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 20 |
3 | Northampton Town U18s | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 20 |
4 | Plymouth Argyle U18s | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 16 |
5 | Yeovil Town U18s | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 15 |
6 | Peterborough United U18s | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 15 |
7 | AFC Wimbledon U18s | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 14 |
8 | Cheltenham Town U18s | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 13 |
9 | Barnet U18s | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 11 |
10 | Newport County U18s | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 27 | −13 | 6 |
11 | Forest Green Rovers U18s | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 31 | −20 | 6 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Burnley's Academy upgraded to Category two status". Lancashire Telegraph. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "Huddersfield downgrade their academy status". Jersey Evening Post. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2024.