2023–24 Professional U18 Development League

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U18 Premier League
Season2023–24
Matches played300
Goals scored1,305 (4.35 per match)
Top goalscorerChido Obi-Martin (29 goals)
Biggest home winChelsea 9–1 West Bromwich Albion
Biggest away winReading 0–9 Southampton
Norwich City 0–9 Arsenal
Highest scoringArsenal 8–3 Crystal Palace
Longest unbeaten runManchester United U18 (17 games)
All statistics correct as of 7 May 2024.

The 2023–24 Professional U18 Development League is the 12th season of the Professional Development League system. There are 26 teams competing, divided into North and South divisions according to their region.

Reading regained Category One status in the summer.[1]

North[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Manchester United U18 (C, Q) 24 20 2 2 78 28 +50 62 Qualification for the National Final
2 Manchester City U18 23 17 2 4 68 25 +43 53
3 Wolverhampton Wanderers U18 24 12 5 7 43 34 +9 41
4 Derby County U18 23 10 4 9 50 50 0 34
5 Leeds United U18 24 10 3 11 54 51 +3 33
6 Liverpool U18 23 10 2 11 55 57 −2 32
7 Newcastle United U18 23 10 2 11 49 53 −4 32
8 Nottingham Forest U18 23 7 8 8 34 45 −11 29
9 Middlesbrough U18 24 7 6 11 33 47 −14 27
10 Blackburn Rovers U18 23 8 3 12 37 57 −20 27
11 Everton U18 22 6 4 12 29 36 −7 22
12 Stoke City U18 23 6 2 15 39 59 −20 20
13 Sunderland U18 23 5 3 15 30 57 −27 18
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2024. Source: [2]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results[edit]

Home \ Away BLB DER EVE LEE LIV MNC MNU MID NEW NFO STK SUN WOL
Blackburn Rovers U18 — 2–4 0–3 1–1 0–2 2–1 3–0 1–1
Derby County U18 5–2 — 1–6 0–3 2–2 4–1 5–3 2–3
Everton U18 1–3 — 0–3 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 3–0 2–3
Leeds United U18 4–1 — 4–1 0–6 2–4 1–1 1–2
Liverpool U18 5–1 2–0 2–1 — 1–2 3–1 1–2 4–2 3–1 7–1
Manchester City U18 6–0 5–2 3–0 — 4–2 3–4 3–1 1–3 3–0
Manchester United U18 3–1 4–3 1–0 — 5–1 2–1 2–0
Middlesbrough U18 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–6 0–4 — 1–1 0–2
Newcastle United U18 3–0 1–2 4–2 1–2 1–3 — 3–2 3–0 3–2
Nottingham Forest U18 0–6 2–2 2–2 — 1–1
Stoke City U18 0–1 1–6 2–4 1–4 4–1 —
Sunderland U18 1–1 0–2 4–3 2–3 1–2 — 3–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers U18 1–1 3–1 4–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 21 February 2024. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Chelsea U18 (C, Q) 23 17 3 3 70 36 +34 54 Qualification for the National Final
2 West Ham United U18 23 16 1 6 70 45 +25 49
3 Arsenal U18 23 13 5 5 78 41 +37 44
4 Fulham U18 24 14 2 8 66 49 +17 44
5 Tottenham Hotspur U18 23 13 3 7 70 55 +15 42
6 Crystal Palace U18 23 11 5 7 57 48 +9 38
7 Brighton & Hove Albion U18 23 10 4 9 54 53 +1 34
8 Leicester City U18 23 6 7 10 40 53 −13 25
9 West Bromwich Albion U18 23 7 4 12 42 62 −20 25
10 Southampton U18 23 5 5 13 44 55 −11 20
11 Norwich City U18 23 6 1 16 39 75 −36 19
12 Aston Villa U18 23 5 2 16 48 66 −18 17
13 Reading U18 23 5 2 16 28 68 −40 17
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2024. Source: [2]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results[edit]

Home \ Away ARS AVL BHA CHE CRY FUL LEI NOR REA SOU TOT WBA WHU
Arsenal U18 — 2–1 4–3 3–0 4–0 2–2 2–0
Aston Villa U18 2–3 — 5–0 0–2 1–4 3–1 4–0 7–1
Brighton & Hove Albion U18 — 0–2 4–2 4–2 1–6 2–2 2–2 4–3 1–3
Chelsea U18 3–2 — 2–1 1–3 3–2 3–4 9–1
Crystal Palace U18 3–3 3–2 3–3 — 4–2 1–1 2–1 5–0 2–1
Fulham U18 7–2 4–3 — 4–3 2–0 3–2 1–3 2–3 3–4
Leicester City U18 0–4 3–3 2–2 2–2 1–1 — 1–2 2–1 1–4
Norwich City U18 0–7 3–6 1–2 — 2–3 1–4
Reading U18 2–2 3–2 2–1 — 0–1 1–5
Southampton U18 2–2 0–2 1–4 4–2 2–1 — 3–6 2–2
Tottenham Hotspur U18 3–2 4–2 1–4 2–5 3–4 7–2 3–0 — 2–4
West Bromwich Albion U18 1–1 0–1 2–5 1–2 — 2–0
West Ham United U18 5–2 2–3 5–4 3–0 5–0 2–0 3–0 2–5 —
Updated to match(es) played on 17 February 2024. Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics[edit]

As of 2 September 2023

Top goalscorers[edit]

Rank Player Club Goals[3]
1 Tom Olyott Fulham 5
Sean Neave Newcastle United
Rory Wilson Aston Villa
4 Jesse Derry Crystal Palace 4
Jayden Danns Liverpool
Lleyton Brown Leeds United

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player For Against Result Date Ref.
Lleyton Brown Leeds United Stoke City 6–1 (A) 12 August 2023 [4]
Zach Marsh Crystal Palace Southampton 5–0 (H) 12 August 2023 [5]
Rory Wilson Aston Villa Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 (H) 12 August 2023 [6]
Tom Olyott Fulham Leicester City 4–3 (H) 26 August 2023 [7]
Ato Ampah Chelsea Aston Villa 5–1 (A) 26 August 2023 [8]
Alfie Harrison Manchester City Blackburn Rovers 6–0 (H) 26 August 2023 [9]
Note

(H) – Home; (A) – Away

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "We're back! Our Academy regains Category One status". Reading F.C. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Premier League U18 table". Premier League. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Players – U18 Premier League – England – Results, fixtures, tables and news". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  4. ^ "U18s Report: Stoke City 1–6 Leeds United". Leeds United F.C. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Report & Highlights: Young Eagles fire five past Saints in season opener". Crystal Palace F.C. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  6. ^ "U18s: Aston Villa 4–0 Tottenham Hotspur". Aston Villa F.C. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Fulham U18s 4–3 Leicester U18s". Fulham F.C. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Under-18s PL report: Aston Villa 1 Chelsea 5". Chelsea F.C. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  9. ^ "City U18s kickstart campaign with six-hit win over Blackburn Rovers". Manchester City F.C. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
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