2014–15 Professional U18 Development League

The 2014–15 Professional U18 Development League season was the third season of the Professional Development League system.

League 1

Barclays U18 Premier League

Season	2014–15
Champions	Middlesbrough U18s
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The league was split into two regional divisions - north and south. After playing each team in their own division twice, the league was split into a second league stage consisting of three further divisions. The winning team of Group A in the second league stage was the overall champion and qualified for the UEFA Youth League in the 2015–16 season.^[1]^[2]

First League Stage

North Division

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Middlesbrough U18s !Middlesbrough U18s	22	16	2	4	59	30	+29	50	Group A
2	Everton U18s !Everton U18s	22	13	2	7	49	30	+19	41
3	Manchester City U18s !Manchester City U18s	22	12	4	6	45	29	+16	40
4	Manchester United U18s !Manchester United U18s	22	12	2	8	29	24	+5	38
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers U18s !Wolverhampton Wanderers U18s	22	11	4	7	38	36	+2	37	Group B
6	Derby County U18s !Derby County U18s	22	8	9	5	47	36	+11	33
7	Liverpool U18s !Liverpool U18s	22	8	5	9	51	51	0	29
8	Sunderland U18s !Sunderland U18s	22	8	5	9	33	35	−2	29
9	Newcastle United U18s !Newcastle United U18s	22	6	3	13	36	50	−14	21	Group C
10	Blackburn Rovers U18s !Blackburn Rovers U18s	22	5	5	12	31	50	−19	20
11	Stoke City U18s !Stoke City U18s	22	5	4	13	23	39	−16	19
12	Bolton Wanderers U18s !Bolton Wanderers U18s	22	3	5	14	22	53	−31	14

South Division

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chelsea U18s !Chelsea U18s	22	15	3	4	69	35	+34	48	Group A
2	Tottenham Hotspur U18s !Tottenham Hotspur U18s	22	11	5	6	49	38	+11	38
3	Aston Villa U18s !Aston Villa U18s	22	11	5	6	48	48	0	38
4	West Bromwich Albion U18s !West Bromwich Albion U18s	22	10	4	8	36	39	−3	34
5	Reading U18s !Reading U18s	22	10	3	9	39	37	+2	33	Group B
6	West Ham United U18s !West Ham United U18s	22	9	5	8	45	35	+10	32
7	Leicester City U18s !Leicester City U18s	22	10	2	10	36	29	+7	32
8	Brighton & Hove Albion U18s !Brighton & Hove Albion U18s	22	8	3	11	37	40	−3	27
9	Fulham U18s !Fulham U18s	22	8	3	11	34	45	−11	27	Group C
10	Southampton U18s !Southampton U18s	22	6	5	11	28	34	−6	23
11	Arsenal U18s !Arsenal U18s	22	6	5	11	33	42	−9	23
12	Norwich City U18s !Norwich City U18s	22	5	3	14	19	51	−32	18

Second league stage

Group A

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Middlesbrough U18s !Middlesbrough U18s (C)	7	5	1	1	17	10	+7	16	Qualification for 2015–16 UEFA Youth League
2	Everton U18s !Everton U18s	7	4	2	1	17	7	+10	14
3	Chelsea U18s !Chelsea U18s	7	4	1	2	18	14	+4	13
4	Manchester United U18s !Manchester United U18s	7	3	2	2	9	8	+1	11
5	West Bromwich Albion U18s !West Bromwich Albion U18s	7	3	0	4	17	15	+2	9
6	Aston Villa U18s !Aston Villa U18s	7	2	2	3	10	17	−7	8
7	Manchester City U18s !Manchester City U18s	7	1	1	5	9	17	−8	4
8	Tottenham Hotspur U18s !Tottenham Hotspur U18s	7	1	1	5	12	21	−9	4

Group B

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Sunderland U18s !Sunderland U18s	7	4	2	1	9	5	+4	14
10	Reading U18s !Reading U18s	7	4	1	2	10	6	+4	13
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers U18s !Wolverhampton Wanderers U18s	7	3	3	1	16	5	+11	12
12	Derby County U18s !Derby County U18s	7	4	0	3	10	10	0	12
13	Leicester City U18s !Leicester City U18s	7	3	0	4	14	13	+1	9
14	West Ham United U18s !West Ham United U18s	7	2	1	4	6	10	−4	7
15	Liverpool U18s !Liverpool U18s	7	2	1	4	12	17	−5	7
16	Brighton & Hove Albion U18s !Brighton & Hove Albion U18s	7	1	2	4	9	20	−11	5

Group C

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
17	Stoke City U18s !Stoke City U18s	7	4	2	1	18	11	+7	14
18	Blackburn Rovers U18s !Blackburn Rovers U18s	7	4	2	1	13	8	+5	14
19	Newcastle United U18s !Newcastle United U18s	7	3	1	3	14	9	+5	10
20	Southampton U18s !Southampton U18s	7	3	1	3	10	12	−2	10
21	Fulham U18s !Fulham U18s	7	2	3	2	13	11	+2	9
22	Bolton Wanderers U18s !Bolton Wanderers U18s	7	2	3	2	9	10	−1	9
23	Norwich City U18s !Norwich City U18s	7	2	1	4	11	15	−4	7
24	Arsenal U18s !Arsenal U18s	7	1	1	5	10	22	−12	4

League 2

Professional Development U18 League

Season	2014-15
Champions	Charlton Athletic U18s
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

League 2, referred to as the Professional Development U18 League, is split into two regional divisions.

Teams will play each team in their own division twice, and each team in the other division once, for a total of 26 games for North division teams, and 27 games each for South division teams.

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.

League stage

North Division


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Huddersfield Town U18s !Huddersfield Town U18s	26	16	4	6	50	31	+19	52	Qualification for Knock-out stage
2	Nottingham Forest U18s !Nottingham Forest U18s	26	15	5	6	52	25	+27	50	Qualification for Knock-out stage
3	Birmingham City U18s !Birmingham City U18s	26	12	5	9	49	33	+16	41
4	Coventry City U18s !Coventry City U18s	26	10	8	8	52	40	+12	38
5	Sheffield Wednesday U18s !Sheffield Wednesday U18s	26	10	7	9	38	38	0	37
6	Leeds United U18s !Leeds United U18s	26	9	4	13	39	40	−1	31
7	Crewe Alexandra U18s !Crewe Alexandra U18s	26	9	4	13	40	50	−10	31
8	Barnsley U18s !Barnsley U18s	26	8	7	11	26	38	−12	31
9	Sheffield United U18s !Sheffield United U18s	26	8	3	15	37	59	−22	27

South Division


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Charlton Athletic U18s !Charlton Athletic U18s	27	18	2	7	61	37	+24	56	Qualification for Knock-out stage
2	Brentford U18s !Brentford U18s	27	16	6	5	55	36	+19	54	Qualification for Knock-out stage
3	Ipswich Town U18s !Ipswich Town U18s	27	14	3	10	49	44	+5	45
4	Cardiff City U18s !Cardiff City U18s	27	11	6	10	52	51	+1	39
5	Crystal Palace U18s !Crystal Palace U18s	27	11	5	11	53	41	+12	38
6	Swansea City U18s !Swansea City U18s	27	10	6	11	54	43	+11	36
7	Queens Park Rangers U18s !Queens Park Rangers U18s	27	10	1	16	45	78	−33	31
8	Bristol City U18s !Bristol City U18s	27	8	4	15	36	56	−20	28
9	Millwall U18s !Millwall U18s	27	8	3	16	41	54	−13	27
10	Colchester United U18s !Colchester United U18s	27	7	2	18	37	70	−33	23

Knock-out stage

Semifinals

Huddersfield Town U18s v Brentford U18s

April 27
14:00

Huddersfield Town U18s	1 – 2	Brentford U18s
Pyke		Owens Clayton

John Smith's Stadium

April 26
11:00

Charlton Athletic U18s	3 – 0	Nottingham Forest U18s
Umerah 56' Hanlan 90' Lapslie 90'

The Valley, London

Final

Brentford U18s v Charlton Athletic U18s

May 12
19:00

Brentford U18s	0 – 1	Charlton Athletic U18s
		Umerah 6'

Griffin Park, London
Attendance: 656

League 3

Football League Youth Alliance

Season	2014–15
Champions	North-East Division Bradford City U18 North-West Division Bury U18 South-East Division Barnet U18 South-West Division AFC Bournemouth U18
← 2013-14 2015-16 →

League 3 is run by the Football League under the auspices of the Football League Youth Alliance. 52 teams entered the competition this season.^[3]

League Stage

Update 27.04.2015

North-West Division

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bury U18s	30	20	5	5	67	32	+35	65
2	Wigan Athletic U18s	30	19	7	4	70	27	+43	64
3	Rochdale U18s	30	20	3	7	70	41	+29	63
4	Tranmere Rovers U18s	30	14	8	8	50	46	+4	50
5	Walsall U18s	30	14	6	10	41	31	+10	48
6	Preston North End U18s	30	19	8	9	54	31	+23	47
7	Oldham Athletic U18s	30	14	3	13	60	48	+12	45
8	Blackpool U18s	30	13	6	11	47	43	+4	45
9	Burnley U18s	30	12	8	10	62	56	+6	44
10	Port Vale U18s	29	13	4	12	52	45	+7	43
11	Wrexham U18s	30	12	5	13	54	56	-2	41
12	Shrewsbury Town U18s	30	8	8	14	56	60	-4	32
13	Carlisle United U18s	30	6	10	14	36	64	-28	28
14	Accrington Stanley U18s	29	7	4	18	31	65	-34	25
15	Fleetwood Town U18s	30	8	0	22	24	57	-33	24
16	Morecambe U18s	30	3	1	26	24	98	-74	10

North-East Division

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bradford City U18s	24	17	4	3	61	27	+34	55
2	Doncaster Rovers U18s	24	14	7	3	57	21	+36	49
3	Chesterfield U18s	23	13	3	7	45	28	+17	42
4	Notts County U18s	24	11	4	9	44	38	+6	37
5	Grimsby Town U18s	24	11	4	9	41	38	+3	37
6	Hull City U18s	23	10	6	7	44	37	+7	36
7	Lincoln City U18s	21	9	5	7	37	36	+1	32
8	Mansfield Town U18s	24	9	5	10	44	46	-2	32
9	Scunthorpe United U18s	24	7	6	11	33	45	-12	27
10	Rotherham United U18s	22	6	5	11	29	34	-5	23
11	Burton Albion U18s	24	5	6	13	39	64	-25	21
12	Hartlepool United U18s	22	5	2	15	40	59	-19	17
13	York City U18s	22	3	3	16	21	64	-43	12

South-West Division

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AFC Bournemouth U18s	18	13	3	2	36	19	+17	42
2	Plymouth Argyle U18s	18	10	4	4	43	27	+16	34
3	Swindon Town U18s	18	9	3	6	43	34	+9	30
4	Portsmouth U18s	18	8	4	6	42	32	+10	28
5	Exeter City U18s	18	8	2	8	30	29	+1	26
6	Bristol Rovers U18s	18	6	6	6	29	25	+4	24
7	Oxford United U18s	18	7	1	10	27	32	-5	22
8	Cheltenham Town U18s	18	7	1	10	30	42	-12	22
9	Torquay United U18s	18	3	4	11	25	43	-18	13
10	Newport County U18s	18	3	4	11	27	49	-22	13

South-East Division

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Barnet U18s	24	17	3	4	82	51	+31	54
2	Milton Keynes Dons U18s	24	15	3	6	78	52	+26	48
3	Peterborough United U18s	24	13	5	6	61	40	+21	44
4	Luton Town U18s	24	12	8	4	51	30	+21	44
5	Watford U18s	24	11	6	7	70	50	+20	39
6	Southend United U18s	24	10	7	7	49	45	+4	37
7	Stevenage U18s	24	9	5	10	46	47	-1	32
8	Leyton Orient U18s	24	8	6	10	35	42	-7	30
9	AFC Wimbledon U18s	24	7	6	11	41	47	-6	27
10	Northampton Town U18s	24	6	9	9	41	51	-10	27
11	Cambridge United U18s	24	5	4	15	35	58	-23	19
12	Gillingham U18s	24	4	4	16	35	64	-29	16
13	Dagenham & Redbridge U18s	24	4	4	16	29	76	-47	16

Notes

References

2014–15 in English football

« 2013–14

2015–16 »

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League

Levels 2–4	Football League (Championship, League One, League Two, play-offs)

Levels 5–6	Football Conference (Premier, North, South)

Levels 7–8	Isthmian League (Premier, North, South) Northern Premier League (Premier, North, South) Southern Football League (Premier, Central, South & West)

Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League (Premier, First) East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League (Premier, First) Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League (Premier, East, West) Kent Invicta League (level 10 only) Midland League (Premier, First) Northern Counties East League (Premier, First) Northern League (First, Second) North West Counties League (Premier, First) Southern Counties East League (level 9 only) South West Peninsula League Premier Division (level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, First) Sussex County League (First, Second) United Counties League (Premier, First) Wessex League (Premier, First) Western League (Premier, First) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)

Football League cups	Football League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)

Youth competitions

Women's competitions

Super League ('14, '15)
FA Women's Cup (Final)

National teams

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Burnley Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Hull City Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Queens Park Rangers Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United

Championship	Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Nottingham Forest Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Watford Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One	Barnsley Bradford City Bristol City Chesterfield Colchester United Coventry City Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Fleetwood Town Gillingham Leyton Orient Milton Keynes Dons Notts County Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Port Vale Preston North End Rochdale Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Swindon Town Walsall Yeovil Town

League Two	Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Burton Albion Bury Cambridge United Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Dagenham & Redbridge Exeter City Hartlepool United Luton Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Northampton Town Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Shrewsbury Town Southend United Stevenage Tranmere Rovers Wycombe Wanderers York City

Non-League	Aldershot Town Bristol Rovers Chester Dover Athletic FC Halifax Town Gateshead Grimsby Town Lincoln City Torquay United

Professional Development League

Category 1

U21/U23	2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

U18	2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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2014–15 Professional U18 Development League

League 1

First League Stage

North Division

South Division

Second league stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

League 2

League stage

North Division

South Division

Knock-out stage

Semifinals

Final

League 3

League Stage

North-West Division

North-East Division

South-West Division

South-East Division

Notes

See also

References