Draft:2012–13 Professional U18 Development League

The 2012–13 Professional U18 Development League (League 1 referred to as the Barclays Under 18 Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the first season of the Professional Development League system.

League 1

Barclays U18 Premier League

Season	2012–13
Champions	Fulham U18s
Matches played	284 (280 RS, 4 PO)
Goals scored	1,045 (3.68 per match) (1029 RS, 16 PO)
Biggest home win	Fulham U18s 7–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers U18s (25 August 2012) Fulham U18s 6–0 Middlesbrough U18s (17 November 2012)
Biggest away win	Norwich City U18s 0–7 Middlesbrough U18s (13 April 2013)
Highest scoring	Sunderland U18s 3–6 Tottenham Hotspur U18s (26 April 2013) Newcastle United U18s 4–5 Arsenal U18s (4 May 2013)
2013–14 →

This is the Inaugural season of the Barclays U18 Premier League under the EPPP. This league was created as the new top tier of the Under-18 Development League for Category One Academies under the new Elite Player Performance Plan. The defending champions were Fulham from the previous season that was originally under the Premier Academy League. This season had 22 Category One Academies from the Premier League, and the Football League Championship. The league had two stages in the season, the first format had the regular season involved three groups. Group 1 played 14 games, while Groups 2 and 3 played 12 games. After all the gtames were played in the first group stage, The top three teams in Groups 1, the top two teams in Group 2 and 3, and the best third-placed team from Group 2 and 3 will go forward to the Elite Group Stage. Eight Clubs would participate in this Elite Group while Qualification Group Tier One and Two would have 7 teams each. The Elite Group would play 14 games while Qualification Group Tier One and Two would play 12 games each. The Top 3 teams in the Elite Group and the winners of Qualification Group Tier One and Two would then move on to a playoff format. One Quarterfinal match would be played between the winners of Qualification Group 2 and 3 before moving onto the semifinals between the top three of the Elite Group. The playoffs would go on as a normal knockout format style with one game in the Semifinals and Final.

First Group Stage

The top three teams in Groups 1, the top two teams in Group 2 and 3, and the best third-placed team from Group 2 and 3 will go forward to the Elite Group Stage.

The remaining third-placed team, and the fourth and fifth-placed teams from all three groups, will go forward to Qualification Group Tier One Stage. The sixth and seventh-placed teams, and the eighth-placed team from Group 1, will go forward to the Qualification Group Tier Two Stage.

Group 1

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Reading U18s	14	11	2	1	40	13	+27	35	Elite Group Stage
2	Bolton Wanderers U18s	14	10	3	1	38	17	+21	33
3	Everton U18s	14	5	4	5	24	20	+4	19
4	West Ham United U18s	14	5	2	7	20	27	−7	17	Qualification Group Tier 1
5	West Bromwich Albion U18s	14	5	2	7	20	27	−7	17
6	Blackburn Rovers U18s	14	5	1	8	20	33	−13	16	Qualification Group Tier 2
7	Arsenal U18s	14	4	3	7	23	32	−9	15
8	Norwich City U18s	14	2	1	11	21	37	−16	7

Source: [1]

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	BLB	BOL	EVE	NOR	REA	WBA	WHU
Arsenal U18s		5–0	2–2	3–0	0–4	3–5	0–0	3–0
Blackburn Rovers U18s	1–1		2–4	2–3	1–0	1–3	1–0	4–1
Bolton Wanderers U18s	5–1	3–0		4–2	4–2	0–2	2–0	3–1
Everton U18s	3–1	3–1	1–1		4–2	0–0	2–1	1–1
Norwich City U18s	2–4	1–3	2–2	0–3		0–2	3–4	2–3
Reading U18s	3–0	6–1	2–3	1–0	4–1		4–0	2–2
West Bromwich Albion U18s	6–2	3–2	0–1	2–2	4–0	1–3		2–0
West Ham United U21s	2–0	0–1	0–4	2–1	3–2	1–2	4–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Southampton U18s	12	9	1	2	33	22	+11	28	Elite Group Stage
2	Manchester United U18s	12	9	0	3	32	13	+19	27
3	Tottenham Hotspur U18s	12	5	1	6	31	26	+5	16	Qualification Group Tier 1
4	Sunderland U18s	12	5	0	7	25	30	−5	15
5	Stoke City U18s	12	5	0	7	16	21	−5	15
6	Aston Villa U18s	12	4	1	7	20	22	−2	13	Qualification Group Tier 2
7	Newcastle United U18s	12	3	1	8	14	37	−23	10

Source: [3]

Results

Home \ Away	AST	MNU	NEW	SOT	STO	SUN	TOT
Aston Villa U18s		0–2	1–1	2–3	3–0	2–3	4–2
Manchester United U18s	0–2		3–0	4–2	1–2	2–0	3–1
Newcastle United U18s	2–1	1–7		1–3	1–0	1–6	0–4
Southampton U18s	3–1	2–1	2–1		2–0	5–2	4–3
Stoke City U18s	2–1	0–1	2–3	2–1		1–0	2–1
Sunderland U18s	3–1	0–4	4–2	3–4	3–2		1–2
Tottenham Hotspur U18s	1–2	3–4	4–1	2–2	4–3	4–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 3

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chelsea U18s	12	9	2	1	30	14	+16	29	Elite Group Stage
2	Fulham U18s	12	8	1	3	38	19	+19	25
3	Crystal Palace U18s	12	5	3	4	32	26	+6	18
4	Liverpool U18s	12	4	2	6	25	25	0	14	Qualification Group Tier 1
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers U18s	12	3	4	5	21	27	−6	13
6	Manchester City U18s	12	4	1	7	13	26	−13	13	Qualification Group Tier 2
7	Middlesbrough U18s	12	1	3	8	10	32	−22	6

Source: [5]

Results

Home \ Away	CHE	CPA	FUL	LIV	MNC	MID	WOL
Chelsea U18s		3–1	2–1	2–1	6–1	4–2	2–0
Crystal Palace U18s	3–3		3–4	5–3	5–2	1–1	2–3
Fulham U18s	2–1	1–2		1–3	3–2	6–0	7–1
Liverpool U18s	1–2	3–3	1–2		2–0	3–0	4–2
Manchester City U18s	0–2	2–0	1–4	2–0		1–1	1–0
Middlesbrough U18s	0–1	0–5	1–5	3–1	0–1		1–3
Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s	2–2	1–2	2–2	3–3	3–0	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Best-placed third-place team

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Crystal Palace U18s	12	5	3	4	32	26	+6	18	Elite Group Stage
2	Tottenham Hotspur U18s	12	5	1	6	31	26	+5	16	Qualification Group Tier 1

Source:

Second phase

Elite Group

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fulham U18s	14	10	1	3	36	17	+19	31	Knockout Stage Semi-final
2	Reading U18s	14	10	1	3	30	15	+15	31
3	Everton U18s	14	7	3	4	28	21	+7	24
4	Manchester United U18s	14	7	3	4	20	17	+3	24
5	Southampton U18s	14	6	3	5	28	25	+3	21
6	Chelsea U18s	14	4	2	8	15	25	−10	14
7	Bolton Wanderers U18s	14	3	1	10	15	31	−16	10
8	Crystal Palace U18s	14	1	2	11	21	42	−21	5

Source: [7]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	BOL	CHE	CPA	EVE	FUL	MNU	REA	SOT
Bolton Wanderers U18s		0–1	3–3	1–2	1–4	2–3	0–2	1–0
Chelsea U18s	2–3		3–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–3	1–3
Crystal Palace U18s	1–2	1–5		2–2	2–3	1–2	1–3	1–5
Everton U18s	2–0	3–1	5–1		1–2	1–1	3–2	0–3
Fulham U18s	4–1	5–0	2–1	2–0		0–0	3–1	5–1
Manchester United U18s	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–3	3–1		1–0	3–0
Reading U18s	3–0	3–0	2–1	4–3	3–1	1–0		2–1
Southampton U18s	2–0	0–0	4–3	2–2	2–4	4–2	1–1

Source: [8]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Qualification Group Tier 1

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sunderland U18s	12	7	2	3	27	23	+4	23	Knockout Stage Play-off
2	Tottenham Hotspur U18s	12	6	3	3	28	14	+14	21
3	West Ham United U18s	12	5	2	5	16	16	0	17
4	Stoke City U18s	12	4	3	5	17	16	+1	15
5	Liverpool U18s	12	4	3	5	17	19	−2	15
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers U18s	12	4	2	6	16	25	−9	14
7	West Bromwich Albion U18s	12	3	3	6	11	19	−8	12

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2013. Source: [9]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	LIV	STO	SUN	TOT	WBA	WHU	WOL
Liverpool U18s		1–4	4–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	4–0
Stoke City U18s	4–0		0–2	3–2	0–1	0–2	0–0
Sunderland U18s	2–0	2–2		3–6	1–1	2–1	5–3
Tottenham Hotspur U18s	0–0	3–1	5–1		4–0	3–0	1–1
West Bromwich Albion U18s	2–3	1–0	0–2	1–0		1–3	1–2
West Ham United U18s	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1		3–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s	1–0	1–2	1–4	1–2	2–1	3–2

Source: [10]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Qualification Group Tier 2

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Aston Villa U18s	12	6	2	4	37	22	+15	20	Knockout Stage Play-off
2	Newcastle United U18s	12	6	1	5	25	23	+2	19
3	Manchester City U18s	12	5	3	4	26	24	+2	18
4	Arsenal U18s	12	5	3	4	16	21	−5	18
5	Blackburn Rovers U18s	12	5	2	5	19	21	−2	17
6	Middlesbrough U18s	12	3	4	5	23	16	+7	13
7	Norwich City U18s	12	3	3	6	12	31	−19	12

Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2013. Source: [11]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BLB	MNC	MID	NEW	NOR
Arsenal U18s		1–6	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–0
Aston Villa U18s	2–5		5–2	6–2	0–0	1–2	0–1
Blackburn Rovers U18s	0–1	2–2		2–0	1–1	4–1	2–1
Manchester City U18s	4–1	2–5	2–1		2–2	1–1	1–1
Middlesbrough U18s	0–1	0–1	4–1	1–4		0–1	3–4
Newcastle United U18s	4–5	4–3	3–0	3–2	0–4		0–2
Norwich City U18s	0–0	1–6	1–2	1–4	0–7	0–6

Source: [12]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout stage

The teams finishing first in the two Qualification Groups played each other to decide who makes the semi-final against the winner of the Elite Group Stage.

The teams finishing second and third in the Elite Group Stage played in the other semi-final.

	Play-off				Semi-final				Final
	Sunderland U18s	1 (3)
	Aston Villa U18s	1 (2)
					Fulham U18s	4
					Sunderland U18s	3
									Fulham U18s	3
									Reading U18s	0
					Reading U18s	4
					Everton U18s	0

Quarterfinal

12 May 2013

Sunderland U18s	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Aston Villa U18s
Agnew 30'	Report	Sellars 2'
Penalties
Agnew Lawson Honeyman Robson Smith	4–2	Sellars Bateman

Academy of Light, Cleadon

Semifinals

15 May 2013

19:00

Fulham U18s	4–3	Sunderland U18s
Dembélé 8' Woodrow 22' Roberts 49' Arthurworrey 67'	Report	Honeyman 77' Zapata-Caicedo 84' Lawson 90'

Motspur Park, London

Referee: Matt Foley

---

15 May 2013

Reading U18s	4–0	Everton U18s
Stacey Hyam Tanner	Report

Hogwood Park, Finchampstead

Final

19 May 2013

13:00

Fulham U18s	3–0	Reading U18s
Dembélé 8', 32', 89'	Report

Craven Cottage, Fulham

League 2

Professional U18 Development League

Season	2012–13
Champions	Queens Park Rangers U18s
Matches played	245 (242 RS, 3 PO)
Goals scored	857 (3.5 per match) (851 RS, 6 PO)
Longest winning run	12 matches Queens Park Rangers U18s
2013–14 →

This would be for the Category 2 Academies under EPPP. 23 teams would compete in the Inaugural season.

Group stage

North division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Leeds United U18s	22	15	2	5	52	28	+24	47	Knockout stage
2	Huddersfield Town U18s	22	11	5	6	46	34	+12	38
3	Sheffield Wednesday U18s	22	11	5	6	41	37	+4	38
4	Nottingham Forest U18s	22	10	7	5	44	35	+9	37
5	Crewe Alexandra U18s	22	10	3	9	42	39	+3	33
6	Barnsley U18s	22	9	4	9	38	39	−1	31
7	Birmingham City U18s	22	7	7	8	31	36	−5	28
8	Leicester City U18s	22	7	5	10	43	48	−5	26
9	Derby County U18s	22	7	4	11	32	42	−10	25
10	Wigan Athletic U18s	22	7	3	12	32	44	−12	24
11	Coventry City U18s	22	7	1	14	34	50	−16	22
12	Sheffield United U18s	22	5	6	11	40	43	−3	21

Source:

South division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Charlton Athletic U18s	20	16	1	3	58	18	+40	49	Knockout stage
2	Queens Park Rangers U18s	20	16	0	4	45	15	+30	48
3	Colchester United U18s	20	13	3	4	48	29	+19	42
4	Bristol City U18s	20	9	4	7	38	35	+3	31
5	Ipswich Town U18s	20	9	3	8	46	38	+8	30
6	Millwall U18s	20	6	6	8	26	30	−4	24
7	Brighton & Hove Albion U18s	20	6	4	10	23	32	−9	22
8	Barnet U18s	20	6	3	11	28	45	−17	21
9	Cardiff City U18s	20	5	4	11	33	34	−1	19
10	Swansea City U18s	20	4	3	13	28	62	−34	15
11	Brentford U18s	20	3	3	14	23	58	−35	12

Source:

Knockout stage

The teams finishing first in each division will play a semi-final against the runners-up of the opposite division, with the winners of each semi-final contesting a final to crown the overall champions of the combined League.

	Semi-finals					Final
	Leeds United U18s		0
	Queens Park Rangers U18s		1
						Queens Park Rangers U18s		1
						Huddersfield Town U18s		0
	Charlton Athletic U18s		2 (3)
	Huddersfield Town U18s		2 (4)

Semifinals

4 May 2013

11:00

Leeds United U18s	0–1	Queens Park Rangers U18s
	Report	Skapetis 90+1'

Thorp Arch, Thorp Arch

---

4 May 2013

12:00

Charlton Athletic U18s	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Huddersfield Town U18s
		Mullin pen.'
Penalties
	4–5

Sparrows Lane, New Eltham

Final

15 May 2013

19:00

Queens Park Rangers U18s	1–0	Huddersfield Town U18s
Skapetis 45' (pen.)	Report

Loftus Road, Shepherd's Bush

Referee: Mr C Hatzidakis

See also

• 2012–13 Professional U21 Development League
• 2012–13 FA Cup
• 2012–13 FA Youth Cup
• 2012–13 in English football

References

Category:2012–13 in English football leagues 2012-13