Football League Youth Alliance

Football League Youth Alliance

Country	England and Wales
Founded	1997
Divisions	4
League cup(s)	Football League Youth Alliance Cup
Current champions	Blackpool (North West) Bradford City (North East) Exeter City (South West) Colchester United (South East)
2015/16

The Football League Youth Alliance is a youth football competition in England, consisting of four regional divisions. It acts as League 3 of the U18 Professional Development League system.

Current Structure

North West Conference Accrington Stanley Blackpool Burnley Bury Carlisle United Fleetwood Town Morecambe Oldham Athletic Port Vale Preston North End Rochdale Shrewsbury Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wigan Athletic Wrexham

North East Conference Bradford City Burton Albion Chesterfield Doncaster Rovers Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Lincoln City Mansfield Town Notts County Rotherham United Scunthorpe United York City

South West Conference AFC Bournemouth Bristol Rovers Cheltenham Town Exeter City Newport County Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Swindon Town Yeovil Town

South East Conference Barnet Cambridge United Dagenham & Redbridge Gillingham Leyton Orient Luton Town MK Dons Northampton Town Peterborough United Southend United Stevenage Watford AFC Wimbledon

Recent champions

Season	North West Conference	North East Conference	South West Conference	South East Conference
2007/08[1]	Walsall	Hull City	Plymouth Argyle	Queens Park Rangers
2008/09[2]	Wrexham	Chesterfield	Swindon Town	Southend United
2009/10[3]	Preston North End	Hull City	Swindon Town	Millwall
2010/11[4]	Rochdale	Chesterfield	Swindon Town	Queens Park Rangers
2011/12[5]	Preston North End	Hull City	Plymouth Argyle	Queens Park Rangers
2012/13[6]	Wrexham	Hull City	Bristol Rovers	Portsmouth
2013/14	Blackpool	Bradford City	Exeter City	Colchester United
2014/15	Bury	Bradford City	AFC Bournemouth	Barnet

Youth Alliance Cup

The Youth Alliance also operates a cup competition known as the Football League Youth Alliance Cup.^[7]

Winners

Season	Winners	Runners-up	Final result
2006/07	Stockport County	Colchester United	5-2
2007/08	Hull City	Colchester United	3-0
2008/09[8]	Grimsby Town	Queens Park Rangers	2-1
2009/10[9]	Queens Park Rangers	Stockport County	4-3
2010/11[10]	Wycombe Wanderers	Darlington	0-0 Wycombe win 4-2 on penalties
2011/12[11]	Doncaster Rovers	Exeter City	4-0
2012/13[12]	Bristol Rovers	Carlisle United	3-1

See also

• Premier Academy League
• FA Youth Cup
• The Central League
• The Football Combination
• The Football League
• The Football Conference Youth Alliance

References

1. "Puma Youth Alliance Honours" (PDF).
2. "Puma Youth Alliance Honours 2008-09 Season" (PDF).
3. "Puma Youth Alliance Honours 2009-10 Season" (PDF).
4. "Puma Youth Alliance Honours 2010-11 Season" (PDF).
5. "Puma Youth Alliance Honours 2011-12 Season" (PDF).
6. "Football League Youth Alliance newsletter 35 2012-13" (PDF).
7. http://www.football-league.co.uk/youthdevelopment/20120503/rovers-win-football-league-youth-alliance-cup_2293643_2759567
8. http://www.grimsby-townfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10417~1635149,00.html
9. http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/YouthAllianceArticle/0,,10794~2046152,00.html
10. http://www.wycombewanderers.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10430~2352843,00.html
11. http://www.football-league.co.uk/youthdevelopment/20120503/rovers-win-football-league-youth-alliance-cup_2293643_2759567
12. http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/YouthAllianceArticle/0,,10794~3148522,00.html

External links

• Official page on the Football League website