2014–15 Professional U21 Development League

The 2014–15 Professional U21 Development League was the third season of the Professional Development League system.

League 1

Football league season

Barclays U21 Premier League
Season	2015–2016
Champions	Manchester United
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

League 1, referred to as the Barclays Under 21 Premier League for sponsorship reasons, was split into two divisions, with teams allocated places in Division 1 or 2 based on their performance in the 2013–14 season.

At the end of the season, the team which finished top of Division 1 was crowned as overall League 1 champions, with the previously used knock-out system being abandoned. The top 8 teams qualified for the 2015–16 edition of the Premier League International Cup and the bottom two teams in Division 1 were relegated to Division 2 for the 2015–16 season, with the top teams in Division 2 moved in the opposite direction.^[1]

Division 1

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United U21s (C)	22	11	7	4	39	23	+16	40
2	Liverpool U21s	22	11	3	8	45	35	+10	36
3	Chelsea U21s	22	10	5	7	39	27	+12	35
4	Sunderland U21s	22	10	5	7	26	24	+2	35
5	Manchester City EDS	22	10	3	9	44	40	+4	33
6	Leicester City U21s	22	9	5	8	39	37	+2	32
7	Norwich City U21s	22	8	8	6	34	32	+2	32
8	Southampton U21s	22	9	4	9	32	34	−2	31
9	Tottenham Hotspur U21s	22	8	5	9	30	30	0	29
10	Everton U21s	22	8	3	11	32	37	−5	27
11	Fulham U21s (R)	22	6	4	12	27	45	−18	22	Relegation to 2015–16 U21 Premier League Division 2
12	West Ham United U21s (R)	22	5	2	15	20	43	−23	17	Relegation to 2015–16 U21 Premier League Division 2

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	CHE	EVE	FUL	LEI	LIV	MNC	MNU	NOR	SOT	SUN	TOT	WHU
Chelsea U21s		3–0	2–2	0–1	4–3	2–1	1–1	3–1	5–3	3–0	0–0	0–1
Everton U21s	0–2		3–3	3–2	1–3	1–2	1–2	3–0	3–1	3–2	3–1	2–0
Fulham U21s	1–3	2–1		1–3	3–2	0–2	1–4	2–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	1–1
Leicester City U21s	1–1	1–0	0–2		3–1	6–2	1–1	2–2	3–3	4–2	3–1	3–1
Liverpool U21s	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–1		3–4	1–1	4–4	1–3	1–0	2–1	5–0
Manchester City EDS	3–2	3–1	3–1	4–2	1–2		3–1	4–1	0–2	1–1	3–3	1–1
Manchester United U21s	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–3	2–1	4–0		3–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	3–2
Norwich City U21s	2–2	1–1	3–1	5–0	1–1	2–1	1–1		2–0	0–0	3–1	1–0
Southampton U21s	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–4	1–0	2–0		1–1	0–0	2–0
Sunderland U21s	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–2		2–1	3–0
Tottenham Hotspur U21s	2–1	4–0	2–0	0–0	1–3	2–1	1–2	0–2	3–2	0–1		2–1
West Ham United U21s	1–3	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–4	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–3

Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2015. Source: U21 Premier League results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division 2

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Middlesbrough U21s (P)	22	16	2	4	39	23	+16	50	Promotion to 2015–16 U21 Premier League Division 1
2	Reading U21s (P)	22	13	2	7	38	30	+8	41	Promotion to 2015–16 U21 Premier League Division 1
3	Derby County U21s	22	12	4	6	39	20	+19	40
4	Arsenal U21s	22	11	4	7	38	25	+13	37
5	West Bromwich Albion U21s	22	10	7	5	37	27	+10	37
6	Newcastle United U21s	22	9	5	8	43	39	+4	32
7	Aston Villa U21s	22	8	3	11	25	36	−11	27
8	Brighton & Hove Albion U21s	22	6	5	11	19	23	−4	23
9	Bolton Wanderers U21s	22	5	8	9	26	33	−7	23
10	Blackburn Rovers U21s	22	5	6	11	23	31	−8	21
11	Stoke City U21s	22	4	6	12	23	50	−27	18
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s	22	3	8	11	24	37	−13	17

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BLB	BOL	B&HA	DER	MID	NEW	REA	STO	WBA	WOL
Arsenal U21s		1–3	0–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	4–1	4–2	4–0
Aston Villa U21s	0–2		1–0	3–0	1–0	0–3	0–0	1–2	1–5	1–1	3–0	2–1
Blackburn Rovers U21s	0–0	1–1		0–1	0–0	3–4	0–1	1–3	0–1	5–2	2–2	1–0
Bolton Wanderers U21s	1–3	0–2	3–0		0–0	1–0	1–2	3–3	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–1
Brighton & Hove Albion U21s	0–4	2–0	0–2	1–0		1–0	3–0	3–0	0–2	3–0	0–0	1–1
Derby County U21s	1–0	3–2	0–1	1–1	2–1		2–1	4–0	0–1	7–1	1–1	2–0
Middlesbrough U21s	3–2	3–2	3–1	3–0	2–1	1–0		2–1	0–3	2–0	2–0	1–0
Newcastle United U21s	1–2	5–0	4–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–1		5–2	1–1	1–1	2–1
Reading U21s	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–3	1–0	1–2	3–3	4–3		3–0	0–1	3–1
Stoke City U21s	0–3	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–3	1–2	1–2		1–1	2–4
West Bromwich Albion U21s	3–0	4–1	0–1	3–2	2–1	0–0	1–3	3–2	5–0	3–1		2–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s	2–2	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–2	2–2	2–1	4–2	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2015. Source: U21 Premier League results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Awards

Player of the season: Duncan Watmore (Sunderland)^[2]

Player of the month

Month	Player	Club	Ref
February	Ryan Seager	Southampton F.C.	^[3]
March	Harrison Panayiotou	Leicester City	^[4]
April	Duncan Watmore	Sunderland	^[5]

League 2

Football league season

Professional Development U21 League

Season	2014–15
Champions	Swansea City U21s
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

League 2, referred to as the Professional Development U21 League, is split into two regional divisions.

Teams will play each team in their own division twice, and each team in the other division once, for a total of 26 games for North division teams, and 27 games each for South division teams.

At the end of the season, the teams finishing in the top two positions of both divisions will meet in the knockout stage to determine the overall league champion.

League stage

North Division table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nottingham Forest U21s	26	17	4	5	56	30	+26	55	Qualification for Knock-out stage
2	Huddersfield Town U21s	26	15	3	8	47	40	+7	48	Qualification for Knock-out stage
3	Leeds United U21s	26	12	7	7	48	36	+12	43
4	Sheffield United U21s	26	12	5	9	39	30	+9	41
5	Sheffield Wednesday U21s	26	10	8	8	38	30	+8	38
6	Birmingham City U21s	26	10	5	11	33	37	−4	35
7	Coventry City U21s	26	8	7	11	28	42	−14	31
8	Crewe Alexandra U21s	26	7	5	14	41	55	−14	26
9	Barnsley U21s	26	3	5	18	29	62	−33	14

Source:^{[citation needed]}

South Division table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Crystal Palace U21s	27	17	2	8	58	34	+24	53	Qualification for Knock-out stage
2	Swansea City U21s	27	13	8	6	50	38	+12	47	Qualification for Knock-out stage
3	Cardiff City U21s	27	12	5	10	35	34	+1	41
4	Queens Park Rangers U21s	27	11	7	9	44	49	−5	40
5	Ipswich Town U21s	27	10	7	10	38	38	0	37
6	Millwall U21s	27	9	9	9	43	40	+3	36
7	Charlton Athletic U21s	27	10	6	11	42	42	0	36
8	Brentford U21s	27	9	6	12	54	55	−1	33
9	Colchester United U21s	27	8	6	13	38	47	−9	30
10	Bristol City U21s	27	8	1	18	34	62	−28	25

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BIR	BRE	BRI	CAR	CHA	COL	COV	CRE	CPA	HUD	IPS	LEE	MIL	NOT	QPR	SHE	SHW	SWA
Barnsley U21s		0–2		0–2		0–3		0–2	2–2	0–2	0–1		2–2	0–2	2–3		1–2	2–2	1–1
Birmingham City U21s	2–1		1–1		1–2		3–1	2–1	4–3		2–3	2–0	1–1		0–1	1–1	0–2	0–3
Brentford U21s	7–2			5–1	4–1	2–3	2–2	2–1		3–0	1–2	1–0		1–1	0–3	2–1		1–1	2–4
Bristol City U21s		4–1	5–2		0–1	2–3	2–1		2–0	0–2		0–3	1–2	1–3		1–3	2–0		0–2
Cardiff City U21s	3–2		0–1	3–0		0–1	0–2	4–2		1–0	1–3	0–0		0–0	5–1	0–0		0–1	0–1
Charlton Athletic U21s		1–1	1–1	0–2	2–3		0–0		5–1	2–2		0–1	0–1	1–2		2–0	2–0		0–2
Colchester United U21s	2–0		3–2	0–1	0–1	0–3		2–2		4–2	1–2	2–3		2–0	1–3	0–2		0–5	5–2
Coventry City U21s	1–2	0–1		2–0		2–2			1–2	0–2	2–2		0–1	1–2	0–2		2–2	0–0	0–0
Crewe Alexandra U21s	3–3	3–1	4–2		3–1		1–3	0–3			3–1	2–2	1–2		0–0	2–3	1–2	1–1
Crystal Palace U21s		0–1	3–1	4–2	4–0	5–2	1–0		1–2			1–0	4–2	3–0		7–2	1–0		2–3
Huddersfield Town U21s	0–3	0–0		4–1		0–1		1–0	2–1	2–3			0–5	2–0	2–1		1–2	0–2	3–1
Ipswich Town U21s	6–3		3–2	2–3	1–1	5–1	2–0	0–1		0–1	1–4			2–1	0–3	0–3		1–1	1–0
Leeds United U21s	3–1	0–3	2–1		2–2		1–2	1–1	2–0		4–1	2–3			1–1	1–2	4–1	0–0
Millwall U21s		3–0	2–2	7–3	1–2	2–1	2–2		2–1	0–1		1–1	1–2			3–3	0–0		3–3
Nottingham Forest U21s	4–0	2–0		3–0		1–2		2–1	3–1	2–0	1–1		3–3	4–3			2–0	2–1	2–5
Queens Park Rangers U21s	2–0		1–4	3–1	0–2	3–3	3–3	0–2		0–3	1–4	1–1		2–1	2–1			2–1	2–2
Sheffield United U21s	3–0	1–0	4–1		1–0		0–0	7–0	0–3		2–3	2–0	2–1		0–2	0–1		1–1
Sheffield Wednesday U21s	0–2	0–2		3–1		2–0		3–1	5–0	2–1	1–3		1–2	0–0	0–4		0–3		2–1
Swansea City U21s		3–2	4–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–0		2–1	3–3		0–0	2–1	0–1		2–1	2–2

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2015. Source: Futbol24 U21 PDL results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knock-out stage

Semifinals

May 5

14:00

Crystal Palace U21s	3–5 (a.e.t.)	Huddersfield Town U21s
De Silva 39' 70' Kaikai 90'	Report	Boyle 7' Tronstad 55' Holmes 85' Charles 104' 120'

Selhurst Park, Selhurst

Referee: Ben Cooke

May 6

19:00

Nottingham Forest U21s	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Swansea City U21s
Grant 9' Thorne 23' Iacovitti 116'		Jones 85' Samuel 90' 105'
Penalties
	4–5

City Ground, West Bridgford

Attendance: 572

Referee: Paul Yates

Final

May 13

19:30

Swansea City U21s	3–2	Huddersfield Town U21s
Samuel 39' Gorre 64' 84'		Bojaj 32' 87'

Liberty Stadium, Swansea

Attendance: 2,156

References

^ "Barclays U21: New format for next season". Premier League official website. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
^ "Watmore claims Barclays U21 Player of the Season award". Premier League. Archived from the original on 8 June 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
^ "Seager wins inaugural Barclays U21 Player of the Month award". 13 March 2015. Archived from the original on 8 June 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
^ "'Speechless' Panayiotou wins Barclays Under-21 award for March". Premier League. 10 April 2015. Archived from the original on 4 June 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
^ "Watmore wins April's Barclays U21 Player of the Month". Premier League. 8 May 2015. Archived from the original on 8 June 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.

2014–15 in English football

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National teams

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	Football League (Championship, League One, League Two, play-offs)
Levels 5–6	Football Conference (Premier, North, South)
Levels 7–8	Isthmian League (Premier, North, South) Northern Premier League (Premier, North, South) Southern Football League (Premier, Central, South & West)
Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League (Premier, One) East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One) Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One East, One West) Kent Invicta League (level 10 only) Midland League (Premier, One) North West Counties League (Premier, One) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) South West Peninsula League Premier Division (level 10 only) Southern Counties East League (level 9 only) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (Premier, One) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only) Western League (Premier, One)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)
Football League cups	Football League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)

Youth competitions

Under 21	Professional U21 Development League (League 1, League 2) U21 Premier League Cup Premier League International Cup
Under 18	Professional U18 Development League (League 1, League 2, League 3) FA Youth Cup

Women's competitions

Super League ('14, '15)
FA Women's Cup (Final)

Club seasons
Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Burnley Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Hull City Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Queens Park Rangers Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United
Championship	Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Nottingham Forest Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Watford Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers
League One	Barnsley Bradford City Bristol City Chesterfield Colchester United Coventry City Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Fleetwood Town Gillingham Leyton Orient Milton Keynes Dons Notts County Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Port Vale Preston North End Rochdale Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Swindon Town Walsall Yeovil Town
League Two	Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Burton Albion Bury Cambridge United Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Dagenham & Redbridge Exeter City Hartlepool United Luton Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Northampton Town Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Shrewsbury Town Southend United Stevenage Tranmere Rovers Wycombe Wanderers York City

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