2018–19 Professional U18 Development League

U18 Professional Development League 2
Season	2018–19
Champions	Sheffield Wednesday U18s (1st title)
Matches played	283; (280 RS, 3 PO)
Goals scored	1,053 (3.72 per match); (1,044 RS, 9 PO)
Top goalscorer	Dan Griffiths (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Barnsley U18s 7–1 Crewe Alexandra U18s; (6 October 2018); Queens Park Rangers U18s 7–1 Colchester United U18s; (3 November 2018); Charlton Athletic U18s 6–0 Coventry City U18s; (5 January 2019); Sheffield Wednesday U18s 6–0 Crewe Alexandra U18s; (16 February 2019); Charlton Athletic U18s 6–0 Colchester United U18s; (16 February 2019); Nottingham Forest U18s 7–1 Coventry City U18s; (6 April 2019); Leeds United U18s 6–0 Colchester United U18s; (6 April 2019)
Biggest away win	Colchester United U18s 0–7 Millwall U18s; (8 December 2018)
Highest scoring	Leeds United U18s 6–5 Crystal Palace U18s; (21 December 2018)
Longest winning run	6 matches Leeds United U18s
Longest unbeaten run	9 Sheffield Wednesday U18s (11 August 2018-13 October 2018), (4 January 2019–6 April 2019)
Longest losing run	23 matches Colchester United U18s
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

U18 Premier League
Season	2018–19
Champions	Derby County U18s (1st Title)
Matches played	265
Goals scored	1,062 (4.01 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ellis Simms (32 goals)
Biggest home win	Arsenal U18s 8–0 Swansea City U18s; (30 March 2019)
Biggest away win	West Ham United U18s 0–9 Tottenham Hotspur U18s; (22 September 2018)
Highest scoring	Middlesbrough U18s 5–6 Liverpool U18s (1 December 2018)
Longest winning run	12 matches Arsenal U18s
Longest unbeaten run	18 matches Tottenham Hotspur U18s
Longest winless run	18 matches Sunderland U18s
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

U18 Premier League

The 2018-19 Under-18 Premier League is the sixth campaign of the top tier of the Under-18 Development League. A total of 24 teams are split regionally into north and south leagues. Teams face their regional opponents both home and away before the top two face each other to determine the national champion. No teams were added this season. As a result 22 games were played in both the North and South Divisions. Chelsea U18s are the defending champions.

North

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Derby County U18s	22	16	3	3	63	27	+36	51	Qualification for the National Final
2	Liverpool U18s	22	16	3	3	59	32	+27	51
3	Everton U18s	22	14	2	6	65	34	+31	44
4	Manchester United U18s	22	12	7	3	60	39	+21	43
5	Middlesbrough U18s	22	11	2	9	52	48	+4	35
6	Stoke City U18s	22	10	2	10	42	39	+3	32
7	Blackburn Rovers U18s	22	9	3	10	48	49	−1	30
8	Manchester City U18s	22	7	8	7	46	34	+12	29
9	West Bromwich Albion U18s	22	4	6	12	44	62	−18	18
10	Wolverhampton Wanderers U18s	22	4	2	16	22	47	−25	14
11	Newcastle United U18s	22	3	5	14	17	62	−45	14
12	Sunderland U18s	22	1	7	14	20	65	−45	10

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Premier League Under 18 Table

South

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal U18s	22	20	0	2	86	23	+63	60	Qualification for the National Final
2	Tottenham Hotspur U18s	22	18	2	2	81	26	+55	56
3	Chelsea U18s	22	13	5	4	42	24	+18	44
4	Southampton U18s	22	11	2	9	48	41	+7	35
5	Brighton & Hove Albion U18s	22	11	1	10	40	37	+3	34
6	Aston Villa U18s	22	9	2	11	44	47	−3	29
7	Leicester City U18s	22	9	2	11	37	46	−9	29
8	West Ham United U18s	22	9	2	11	38	52	−14	29
9	Fulham U18s	22	6	6	10	36	45	−9	24
10	Reading U18s	22	6	1	15	22	53	−31	19
11	Swansea City U18s	22	3	3	16	19	53	−34	12
12	Norwich City U18s	22	3	2	17	24	70	−46	11

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Premier League Under 18 Table

National Final

7 May 2019

14:00

Derby County U18s	5–2	Arsenal U18s
Brown 14', 33', 66' Whittaker 24', 90+2'	Report	Saka 5', 82'

Pride Park, Derby

Referee: Scott Tallis

Professional Development League 2

The U18 Professional Development League 2 season is the seventh campaign of post-EPPP Under-18 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. Charlton Athletic U18s are the defending champions. Huddersfield Town U18s^[1] dropped out of the league at the end of the 2017-18 campaign as part of their academy restructuring process.

Tables

North Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sheffield Wednesday U18s	28	17	8	3	69	22	+47	59	Qualification for Knock-out stage
2	Leeds United U18s	28	19	2	7	66	37	+29	59	Qualification for Knock-out stage
3	Nottingham Forest U18s	28	15	5	8	59	33	+26	50
4	Sheffield United U18s	28	14	8	6	48	38	+10	50
5	Burnley U18s	28	15	4	9	64	54	+10	49
6	Barnsley U18s	28	12	5	11	47	45	+2	41
7	Birmingham City U18s	28	12	3	13	55	57	−2	39
8	Hull City U18s	26	8	5	13	44	51	−7	29
9	Bolton Wanderers U18s	28	7	5	16	49	72	−23	26
10	Crewe Alexandra U18s	28	7	5	16	43	77	−34	26

Source: [1]

South Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cardiff City U18s	28	17	3	8	61	31	+30	54	Qualification for Knock-out stage
2	Ipswich Town U18s	28	17	2	9	68	52	+16	53	Qualification for Knock-out stage
3	Millwall U18s	28	13	6	9	62	40	+22	45
4	Queens Park Rangers U18s	28	13	3	12	53	51	+2	42
5	Crystal Palace U18s	28	11	5	12	51	54	−3	38
6	Charlton Athletic U18s	28	10	5	13	46	46	0	35
7	Bristol City U18s	28	11	2	15	42	50	−8	35
8	Watford U18s	28	8	7	13	50	63	−13	31
9	Coventry City U18s	28	6	6	16	33	69	−36	24
10	Colchester United U18s	28	1	5	22	34	102	−68	8

Source: [2]

Knock-out stage

Semi-finals

27 April 2019

Sheffield Wednesday U18s	1–0	Ipswich Town U18s
Grant 34' (pen.)

Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield

27 April 2019

Cardiff City U18s	2–1	Leeds United U18s
Patten 22' Griffiths 40'		Haugland 70'

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Professional Development League Two Play-Off Final

3 May 2019

Sheffield Wednesday U18s	3–2	Cardiff City U18s
Hagan 27' Reaney 42' Vasalo 80'		Griffiths 79' Margetson 82'