# 2018–19 Professional U23 Development League

The 2018–19 Professional U23 Development League was the seventh season of the Professional Development League system.

## Premier League 2
### Division 1
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Everton U23s (C) | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 14 | +17 | 41 |
| 2 | Arsenal U23s | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 48 | 36 | +12 | 37 |
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion U23s | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 35 |
| 4 | Liverpool U23s | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 34 |
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers U23s | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 31 |
| 6 | Chelsea U23s | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 31 |
| 7 | Derby County U23s | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 30 |
| 8 | Manchester City U23s | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 30 |
| 9 | Tottenham Hotspur U23s | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 38 | −12 | 28 |
| 10 | Leicester City U23s | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 33 | −9 | 27 |
| 11 | West Ham United U23s (R) | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 26 |
| 12 | Swansea City U23s (R) | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 42 | −14 | 16 |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ARS | BLA | B&H | CHE | DER | EVE | LEI | LIV | MNC | SWA | TOT | WHU |
| Arsenal U23s | | 0–4 | 1–1 | 4–5 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Blackburn Rovers U23s | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion U23s | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Chelsea U23s | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Derby County U23s | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Everton U23s | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 |
| Leicester City U23s | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–6 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Liverpool U23s | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Manchester City U23s | 6–5 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 |
| Swansea City U23s | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| Tottenham Hotspur U23s | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | | 1–3 |
| West Ham United U23s | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–6 | 5–3 | 1–1 | |

### Division 2
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers U23s (P) | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 22 | +23 | 43 |
| 2 | Southampton U23s (P) | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 21 | +16 | 43 |
| 3 | Reading U23s | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 40 |
| 4 | Newcastle United U23s | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 40 |
| 5 | Aston Villa U23s | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 37 |
| 6 | Manchester United U23s | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 30 |
| 7 | Stoke City U23s | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 28 |
| 8 | Middlesbrough U23s | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 26 |
| 9 | West Bromwich Albion U23s | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 24 |
| 10 | Fulham U23s | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 22 |
| 11 | Norwich City U23s | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 19 |
| 12 | Sunderland U23s | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 47 | −33 | 12 |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | AST | FUL | MNU | MID | NEW | NOR | REA | SOT | STK | SUN | WBA | WOL |
| Aston Villa U23s | | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 4–5 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Fulham U23s | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Manchester United U23s | 3–1 | 1–3 | | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Middlesbrough U23s | 1–2 | 4–3 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Newcastle United U23s | 0–3 | 5–2 | 0–5 | 1–3 | | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 |
| Norwich City U23s | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–6 | 1–3 |
| Reading U23s | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–3 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Southampton U23s | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Stoke City U23s | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 7–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 |
| Sunderland U23s | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| West Bromwich Albion U23s | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | | 2–4 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers U23s | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 4–1 | |

##### Play-offs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 2 | Southampton U23s | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Aston Villa U23s | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Aston Villa U23s | 0 | 2 | Southampton U23s | 2 |
| | | | 4 | Newcastle United U23s | 1 |
| 3 | Reading U23s | 2 (2) | 4 | Newcastle United U23s | 1 |
| 4 | Newcastle United U23s | 2 (3) | | | |

#### Final
## Professional Development League

The Professional Development League season is the seventh campaign of post-EPPP Under-23 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. Bolton Wanderers U23s are the defending champions. 20 Teams competed in the league this season, 1 fewer than last season. Huddersfield Town U23s dropped out of the league at the end of the 2017-18 campaign after 6 seasons as part of their academy restructuring process.

### Tables
#### North Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Leeds United U23s | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 57 | Qualification for Knock-out stage |
| 2 | Birmingham City U23s | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 47 | 25 | +22 | 48 | Qualification for Knock-out stage |
| 3 | Crewe Alexandra U23s | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 47 | |
| 4 | Burnley U23s | 28 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 61 | 48 | +13 | 45 | |
| 5 | Nottingham Forest U23s | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 53 | 42 | +11 | 43 | |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers U23s | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 43 | |
| 7 | Barnsley U23s | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 39 | |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday U23s | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 38 | |
| 9 | Sheffield United U23s | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 36 | |
| 10 | Hull City U23s | 28 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 30 | 57 | −27 | 21 | |

#### South Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ipswich Town U23s | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 67 | 38 | +29 | 52 | Qualification for Knock-out stage |
| 2 | Coventry City U23s | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 45 | Qualification for Knock-out stage |
| 3 | Crystal Palace U23s | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 55 | 49 | +6 | 42 | |
| 4 | Charlton Athletic U23s | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 40 | |
| 5 | Bristol City U23s | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 38 | |
| 6 | Millwall U23s | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 37 | |
| 7 | Cardiff City U23s | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 32 | |
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers U23s | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 54 | 61 | −7 | 31 | |
| 9 | Watford U23s | 28 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 24 | |
| 10 | Colchester United U23s | 28 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 30 | 77 | −47 | 20 | |

### Knock-out stage

Semi-finals
Final