Win at Wigan moves under-18s into third place
Those three second half goals that gave us a 3-0 win at Wigan on Saturday morning have helped move our under-18s into third place in the U18 Professional Development League.
We started the day in fifth place and two points behind Wigan but the victory took us a point ahead of them and we also moved ahead of Crewe. They’d been above us on goal difference but were beaten by Sheffield Wednesday who remain at the top of the league with Nottingham Forest now in second place with one point less after their 4-1 home win against Leeds.
Barnsley and Sheffield United were the other winners in the first of the north v north group games with our victory the only one by a team not playing at home. Birmingham also won at home in an outstanding north v south game against QPR.
Cardiff won at Crystal Palace in the first of the all south games which has enabled the Welsh clubs to move away from the bottom teams. With none of the higher placed teams in action it means Watford remain top of the league with a one point advantage over Charlton.
This week sees two games tomorrow, both outstanding north v south games, before we get the first full fixture list of the season in both the north and south groups when the game of the day in the south is going to be Charlton taking on 3rd place Millwall. The only game between two of the current top half in the north is our home game against Barnsley who beat Bolton two days ago.
The player featured this week is midfielder Ben Woods who joined us from Manchester United this summer and scored our third and final goal at Wigan.
The League Tables are updated as results are confirmed and can be found with our Fixtures and Results within U23/U18 Stats on the top menu.
Last week’s results, this week’s fixtures, our goal scorers and the current tables are all below.
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
Saturday 21st September
Barnsley 2 Bolton 1
Nottingham Forest 4 Leeds 1
Sheffield United 2 Hull 0
Sheffield Wednesday 1 Crewe 0
Wigan 0 Burnley 3
Birmingham 3 QPR 2
Crystal Palace 2 Cardiff 3
THIS WEEK’S FIXTURES
Tuesday 24th September
Nottingham Forest v Colchester
Wigan v Ipswich
Saturday 28th September
Bolton v Birmingham
Burnley v Barnsley
Crewe v Wigan
Hull v Sheffield Wednesday
Leeds v Sheffield United
Charlton v Millwall
Colchester v Bristol City
Coventry v Crystal Palace
Ipswich v Cardiff
QPR v Watford
BURNLEY’S GOALSCORERS
3: Mitch George
1: Cricky Conn-Clarke, Jayden Major, Joe McGlynn, Michael Mellon, Ben Woods
CURRENT LEAGUE TABLES
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 11 |
| Nottingham Forest | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 |
| Burnley | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
| Barnsley | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| Wigan | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 8 |
| Sheffield United | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 |
| Birmingham City | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 6 |
| Leeds | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 |
| Hull City | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 5 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 3 |
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Watford | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 15 |
| Charlton Athletic | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 14 |
| Millwall | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 12 |
| Bristol City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 |
| Ipswich Town | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 11 |
| Cardiff City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 |
| Crystal Palace | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 |
| Coventry City | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 6 |
| Colchester United | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 5 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 4 |
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