U18 Premier League
Season2023–24
Matches played34
Goals scored142 (4.18 per match)
Top goalscorerSean Neave, Tom Olyott, Rory Wilson
(5 goals)
Biggest home winManchester City U18 6–0 Blackburn Rovers U18
Biggest away winStoke City U18 1–6 Leeds United U18
Highest scoringDerby County U18 5–3 Newcastle United U18
← 2022–23
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 2 September 2023.

The 2023–24 Professional U18 Development League is the 11th season of the Professional Development League system. There are 26 teams each split according to their region North and South.

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

U18 Premier League

North

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Manchester United U18 11 11 0 0 37 7 +30 33
2 Liverpool U18 12 8 0 4 32 23 +9 24
3 Manchester City U18 10 7 1 2 33 10 +23 22
4 Derby County U18 13 6 2 5 31 27 +4 20
5 Newcastle United U18 11 6 1 4 25 25 0 19
6 Leeds United U18 13 5 2 6 35 31 +4 17
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers U18 12 5 2 5 22 21 +1 17
8 Nottingham Forest U18 11 4 3 4 19 24 5 15
9 Middlesbrough U18 10 3 2 5 13 25 12 11
10 Sunderland U18 10 3 1 6 15 27 12 10
11 Stoke City U18 11 3 0 8 15 28 13 9
12 Blackburn Rovers U18 10 2 1 7 11 29 18 7
13 Everton U18 10 1 1 8 10 21 11 4
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2024. Source: [2]

Results

Home \ Away BLB DER EVE LEE LIV MNC MNU MID NEW NFO STK SUN WOL
Blackburn Rovers U18 2–4 0–3 0–2 2–1 3–0
Derby County U18 5–2 1–6 0–3 4–1 5–3 2–3
Everton U18 1–3 0–3 0–0 0–2 1–2 3–0 2–3
Leeds United U18 4–1 4–1 0–6 2–4 1–1 1–2
Liverpool U18 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–2 4–2 3–1 7–1
Manchester City U18 6–0 5–2 3–0 3–4 3–1 1–3 3–0
Manchester United U18 3–1 5–1 2–1 2–0
Middlesbrough U18 2–2 2–0 0–6 0–4 1–1 0–2
Newcastle United U18 3–0 4–2 1–3 3–2 3–0 3–2
Nottingham Forest U18 0–6 2–2 1–1
Stoke City U18 0–1 1–6 2–4 1–4 4–1
Sunderland U18 1–1 4–3 2–3 1–2 3–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers U18 1–1 3–1 4–1 1–2 3–0
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2024. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Tottenham Hotspur U18 12 9 0 3 38 27 +11 27
2 West Ham United U18 11 8 1 2 34 16 +18 25
3 Chelsea U18 10 7 1 2 36 19 +17 22
4 Arsenal U18 11 6 3 2 28 19 +9 21
5 Fulham U18 11 7 0 4 32 25 +7 21
6 Crystal Palace U18 11 5 3 3 32 24 +8 18
7 Aston Villa U18 12 5 1 6 37 31 +6 16
8 Leicester City U18 11 3 4 4 22 27 5 13
9 Brighton & Hove Albion U18 11 3 3 5 22 30 8 12
10 West Bromwich Albion U18 11 3 1 7 19 34 15 10
11 Southampton U18 11 2 2 7 16 30 14 8
12 Reading U18 10 2 1 7 11 25 14 7
13 Norwich City U18 10 1 0 9 19 39 20 3
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2024. Source: [3]

Results

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 3–1 4–0 7–1
Brighton & Hove Albion U18 0–2 4–2 1–6 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 2–1 5–0 2–1
Fulham U18 7–2 4–3 4–3 2–0 3–2 1–3 2–3
Leicester City U18 3–3 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–4
Norwich City U18 0–7 3–6 1–2 1–4
Reading U18 2–2 3–2 2–1 1–5
Southampton U18 1–4 4–2 2–1 2–2
Tottenham Hotspur U18 3–2 4–2 2–5 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 5–4 3–0 5–0 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2024. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

As of 02 September 2023

Scoring

Top Goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[4]
1 Tom Olyott Fulham U18 5
Sean Neave Newcastle United U18
Rory Wilson Aston Villa U18
4 Jesse Derry Crystal Palace U18 4
Jayden Danns Liverpool U18
Lleyton Brown Leeds United U21

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef.
Lleyton BrownLeeds United U18Stoke City U186–1 (A)12 August 2023[5]
Zach MarshCrystal Palace U18Southampton U185–0 (H)12 August 2023[6]
Rory WilsonAston Villa U18Tottenham U184–0 (H)12 August 2023[7]
Tom Olyott Fulham U18 Leicester City U18 4–3 (H) 26 August 2023 [8]
Ato Ampah Chelsea U18 Aston Villa U18 5–1 (A) 26 August 2023 [9]
Alfie Harrison Manchester City U18 Blackburn Rovers U18 6–0 (H) 26 August 2023 [10]
Note

(H) – Home; (A) – Away

Assists

Rank Player Club Assists[11]
1 Tom Bryant Newcastle United U18 5
2 Zach Marsh Crystal Palace U18 3

See also

References

  1. "WE'RE BACK! OUR ACADEMY REGAINS CATEGORY ONE STATUS". Reading. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  2. "Premier League 2 table". Premier League. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  3. "Premier League 2 table". Premier League. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  4. "U18 Premier League 2023/2024 Scorers".
  5. "U18S REPORT: STOKE CITY 1-6 LEEDS UNITED".
  6. "Report & Highlights: Young Eagles fire five past Saints in season opener". 12 August 2023.
  7. "U18s: Aston Villa 4-0 Tottenham Hotspur".
  8. "Fulham U18s 4-3 Leicester U18s". Fulham FC. 2023-08-28. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  9. "Under-18s PL report: Aston Villa 1 Chelsea 5". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  10. "CITY U18S KICKSTART CAMPAIGN WITH SIX-HIT WIN OVER BLACKBURN ROVERS".
  11. "U18 Premier League 2023/2024 Assisters".
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