2018–19 Professional U18 Development League

Football League Youth Alliance
Season	2018-19
Champions	North-East Division ; Grimsby Town U18s; North-West Division ; Wigan Athletic U18s; South-East Division ; Northampton Town U18s; South-West Division ; Oxford United U18s; Merit League One; Southend United U18s; Merit League Two; Forest Green Rovers U18s
Matches played	669
Goals scored	2,419 (3.62 per match)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

U18 Professional Development League 2
Season	2018–19
Champions	Sheffield Wednesday U18s (1st title)
Matches played	283; (280 RS, 3 PO)
Goals scored	1,053 (3.72 per match); (1,044 RS, 9 PO)
Top goalscorer	Dan Griffiths Cardiff City U18s (29 goals)
Biggest home win	Barnsley U18s 7–1 Crewe Alexandra U18s; (6 October 2018); Queens Park Rangers U18s 7–1 Colchester United U18s; (3 November 2018); Charlton Athletic U18s 6–0 Coventry City U18s; (5 January 2019); Sheffield Wednesday U18s 6–0 Crewe Alexandra U18s; (16 February 2019); Charlton Athletic U18s 6–0 Colchester United U18s; (16 February 2019); Nottingham Forest U18s 7–1 Coventry City U18s; (6 April 2019); Leeds United U18s 6–0 Colchester United U18s; (6 April 2019)
Biggest away win	Colchester United U18s 0–7 Millwall U18s; (8 December 2018)
Highest scoring	Leeds United U18s 6–5 Crystal Palace U18s; (21 December 2018)
Longest winning run	6 Matches – Ipswich Town U18s (23 February 2019 – 30 March 2019); Leeds United U18s (24 November 2018 – 26 January 2019)
Longest unbeaten run	9 Matches – Sheffield Wednesday U18s (11 August 2018 – 13 October 2018), (4 January 2019 – 6 April 2019)
Longest winless run	23 Matches – Colchester United U18s (11 August 2018 – 9 March 2019)
Longest losing run	7 Matches – Crewe Alexandra U18s (5 January 2019 – 9 March 2019)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

U18 Premier League
Season	2018–19
Champions	Derby County U18s (1st Title)
Matches played	265
Goals scored	1,062 (4.01 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ellis Simms Everton U18s (32 goals)
Biggest home win	Arsenal U18s 8–0 Swansea City U18s; (30 March 2019)
Biggest away win	West Ham United U18s 0–9 Tottenham Hotspur U18s; (22 September 2018)
Highest scoring	Middlesbrough U18s 5–6 Liverpool U18s (1 December 2018)
Longest winning run	12 Matches – Arsenal U18s
Longest unbeaten run	18 Matches – Tottenham Hotspur U18s
Longest winless run	18 Matches – Sunderland U18s
Longest losing run	7 Matches – Norwich City U18s; Swansea City U18s; Wolverhampton Wanderers U18s
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

U18 Premier League

The 2018-19 Under-18 Premier League is the sixth campaign of the top tier of the Under-18 Development League. A total of 24 teams are split regionally into north and south leagues. 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 two-time defending champions.

North

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Derby County U18s	22	16	3	3	63	27	+36	51	Qualification for the National Final
2	Liverpool U18s	22	16	3	3	59	32	+27	51
3	Everton U18s	22	14	2	6	65	34	+31	44
4	Manchester United U18s	22	12	7	3	60	39	+21	43
5	Middlesbrough U18s	22	11	2	9	52	48	+4	35
6	Stoke City U18s	22	10	2	10	42	39	+3	32
7	Blackburn Rovers U18s	22	9	3	10	48	49	−1	30
8	Manchester City U18s	22	7	8	7	46	34	+12	29
9	West Bromwich Albion U18s	22	4	6	12	44	62	−18	18
10	Wolverhampton Wanderers U18s	22	4	2	16	22	47	−25	14
11	Newcastle United U18s	22	3	5	14	17	62	−45	14
12	Sunderland U18s	22	1	7	14	20	65	−45	10

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

South

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal U18s	22	20	0	2	86	23	+63	60	Qualification for the National Final
2	Tottenham Hotspur U18s	22	18	2	2	81	26	+55	56
3	Chelsea U18s	22	13	5	4	42	24	+18	44
4	Southampton U18s	22	11	2	9	48	41	+7	35
5	Brighton & Hove Albion U18s	22	11	1	10	40	37	+3	34
6	Aston Villa U18s	22	9	2	11	44	47	−3	29
7	Leicester City U18s	22	9	2	11	37	46	−9	29
8	West Ham United U18s	22	9	2	11	38	52	−14	29
9	Fulham U18s	22	6	6	10	36	45	−9	24
10	Reading U18s	22	6	1	15	22	53	−31	19
11	Swansea City U18s	22	3	3	16	19	53	−34	12
12	Norwich City U18s	22	3	2	17	24	70	−46	11

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

National Final

7 May 2019

14:00

Derby County U18s	5–2	Arsenal U18s
Brown 14', 33', 66' Whittaker 24', 90+2'	Report	Saka 5', 82'

Pride Park, Derby

Referee: Scott Tallis

Professional Development League 2

The U18 Professional Development League 2 season is the seventh campaign of post-EPPP Under-18 football's second tier, designed for those academies with Category 2 status. A total of 20 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 28 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. Charlton Athletic U18s are the defending champions. Huddersfield Town U18s^[1] dropped out of the league at the end of the 2017-18 campaign as part of their academy restructuring process.

Tables

North Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sheffield Wednesday U18s	28	17	8	3	69	22	+47	59	Qualification for Knock-out stage
2	Leeds United U18s	28	19	2	7	66	37	+29	59	Qualification for Knock-out stage
3	Nottingham Forest U18s	28	15	5	8	59	33	+26	50
4	Sheffield United U18s	28	14	8	6	48	38	+10	50
5	Burnley U18s	28	15	4	9	64	54	+10	49
6	Barnsley U18s	28	12	5	11	47	45	+2	41
7	Birmingham City U18s	28	12	3	13	55	57	−2	39
8	Hull City U18s	26	8	5	13	44	51	−7	29
9	Bolton Wanderers U18s	28	7	5	16	49	72	−23	26
10	Crewe Alexandra U18s	28	7	5	16	43	77	−34	26

Source: [1]

South Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cardiff City U18s	28	17	3	8	61	31	+30	54	Qualification for Knock-out stage
2	Ipswich Town U18s	28	17	2	9	68	52	+16	53	Qualification for Knock-out stage
3	Millwall U18s	28	13	6	9	62	40	+22	45
4	Queens Park Rangers U18s	28	13	3	12	53	51	+2	42
5	Crystal Palace U18s	28	11	5	12	51	54	−3	38
6	Charlton Athletic U18s	28	10	5	13	46	46	0	35
7	Bristol City U18s	28	11	2	15	42	50	−8	35
8	Watford U18s	28	8	7	13	50	63	−13	31
9	Coventry City U18s	28	6	6	16	33	69	−36	24
10	Colchester United U18s	28	1	5	22	34	102	−68	8

Source: [2]

Knock-out stage

Semi-finals

27 April 2019

Sheffield Wednesday U18s	1–0	Ipswich Town U18s
Grant 34' (pen.)

Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield

27 April 2019

Cardiff City U18s	2–1	Leeds United U18s
Patten 22' Griffiths 40'		Haugland 70'

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Professional Development League Two Play-Off Final

3 May 2019

Sheffield Wednesday U18s	3–2	Cardiff City U18s
Hagan 27' Reaney 42' Vasalo 80'		Griffiths 79' Margetson 82'

Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield

Referee: Mark Reeves

League 3

League 3 is run by the Football League under the auspices of the Football League Youth Alliance. 49 teams competed this season. Dagenham & Redbridge U18s and York City U18s would not return for this season. However, Huddersfield Town U18s would join the league as a Category 4 academy due to the restructuring of their academy.

League stage

As of match played 27 April 2019^[2]

North-East Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Grimsby Town U18s (C)	24	13	7	4	43	23	+20	46
2	Doncaster Rovers U18s	24	13	5	6	54	33	+21	44
3	Bradford City U18s	24	12	7	5	39	29	+10	43
4	Mansfield Town U18s	24	12	4	8	58	36	+22	40
5	Hartlepool United U18s	24	12	4	8	40	32	+8	40
6	Burton Albion U18s	24	11	4	9	42	34	+8	37
7	Lincoln City U18s	24	9	6	9	36	41	−5	33
8	Oldham Athletic U18s	24	9	4	11	47	46	+1	31
9	Notts County U18s	24	8	6	10	36	37	−1	30
10	Chesterfield U18s	24	9	3	12	39	44	−5	30
11	Rotherham United U18s	24	8	4	12	42	55	−13	28
12	Scunthorpe United U18s	24	7	2	15	29	55	−26	23
13	Huddersfield Town U18s	24	4	2	18	26	66	−40	14

Source: soccerway.com
(C) Champions

North-West Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Wigan Athletic U18s (C)	26	19	5	2	79	20	+59	62
2	Rochdale U18s	26	16	3	7	71	44	+27	51
3	Preston North End U18s	26	13	6	7	53	42	+11	45
4	Bury U18s	26	13	4	9	52	43	+9	43
5	Blackpool U18s	26	11	7	8	60	56	+4	40
6	Fleetwood Town U18s	26	10	7	9	39	31	+8	37
7	Tranmere Rovers U18s	26	9	8	9	33	34	−1	35
8	Wrexham U18s	26	8	9	9	35	43	−8	33
9	Shrewsbury Town U18s	26	8	8	10	45	54	−9	32
10	Morecambe U18s	26	7	6	13	31	50	−19	27
11	Carlisle United U18s	26	7	5	14	35	51	−16	26
12	Walsall U18s	26	6	7	13	27	41	−14	25
13	Accrington Stanley U18s	26	7	4	15	40	56	−16	25
14	Port Vale U18s	26	8	1	17	40	75	−35	25

Source: soccerway.com
(C) Champions

South-East Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Northampton Town U18s (C)	20	16	2	2	46	19	+27	50	Merit League One
2	Peterborough United U18s	20	11	4	5	46	30	+16	37
3	Southend United U18s	20	10	4	6	65	39	+26	34
4	Stevenage U18s	20	9	6	5	35	31	+4	33
5	Luton Town U18s	20	9	4	7	35	35	0	31
6	AFC Wimbledon U18s	20	8	4	8	36	40	−4	28
7	Cambridge United U18s	20	7	3	10	31	32	−1	24	Merit League Two
8	Gillingham U18s	20	6	5	9	36	37	−1	23
9	Barnet U18s	20	7	2	11	40	51	−11	23
10	Milton Keynes Dons U18s	20	5	3	12	30	47	−17	18
11	Leyton Orient U18s	20	2	3	15	22	61	−39	9

Source: soccerway.com
(C) Champions

South-West Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Oxford United U18s (C)	20	14	5	1	55	23	+32	47	Merit League One
2	AFC Bournemouth U18s	20	11	7	2	52	28	+24	40
3	Exeter City U18s	20	11	1	8	39	31	+8	34
4	Yeovil Town U18s	20	9	3	8	35	28	+7	30
5	Swindon Town U18s	20	9	3	8	42	45	−3	30
6	Portsmouth U18s	20	8	5	7	46	44	+2	29
7	Cheltenham Town U18s	20	9	2	9	36	43	−7	29	Merit League Two
8	Bristol Rovers U18s	20	7	4	9	40	42	−2	25
9	Forest Green Rovers U18s	20	6	5	9	35	44	−9	23
10	Plymouth Argyle U18s	20	3	4	13	21	40	−19	13
11	Newport County U18s	20	2	3	15	29	62	−33	9

Source: soccerway.com
(C) Champions

Merit League Stage

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Southend United U18s (C)	11	7	2	2	24	17	+7	23
2	AFC Wimbledon U18s	11	5	5	1	25	16	+9	20
3	Swindon Town U18s	11	6	2	3	23	18	+5	20
4	Oxford United U18s	11	6	2	3	21	16	+5	20
5	Peterborough United U18s	11	4	3	4	23	26	−3	15
6	Northampton Town U18s	11	4	2	5	23	26	−3	14
7	Portsmouth U18s	11	3	4	4	18	17	+1	13
8	Yeovil Town U18s	11	3	4	4	13	15	−2	13
9	AFC Bournemouth U18s	11	2	5	4	17	22	−5	11
10	Stevenage U18s	11	2	4	5	15	18	−3	10
11	Exeter City U18s	11	2	4	5	18	22	−4	10
12	Luton Town U18s	11	1	5	5	15	22	−7	8

Source: soccerway.com
(C) Champions

Merit League Two

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Forest Green Rovers U18s (C)	9	6	2	1	24	10	+14	20
2	Plymouth Argyle U18s	9	6	2	1	24	10	+14	20
3	Bristol Rovers U18s	9	5	2	2	15	11	+4	17
4	Milton Keynes Dons U18s	9	5	1	3	23	13	+10	16
5	Cheltenham Town U18s	9	4	1	4	14	16	−2	13
6	Barnet U18s	9	3	2	4	12	18	−6	11
7	Cambridge United U18s	9	2	3	4	18	15	+3	9
8	Gillingham U18s	9	2	3	4	9	16	−7	9
9	Newport County U18s	9	2	2	5	11	23	−12	8
10	Leyton Orient U18s	9	1	0	8	11	29	−18	3