Big win for the youths at Coventry takes us to fifth
Our under-18s won for the fourth time in the U18 Professional Development League at Coventry to move us up to fifth in the table.
Three of those wins have come on the road and all three have seen us score big. We won 6-2 at QPR and then 4-0 at Crewe in September and Saturday saw us record a 5-0 victory at Coventry with Vernon Masara scoring twice alongside goals from Zach Johnson, Jack Rogers and Callum West.
Saturday was the day that north group leaders Birmingham were beaten for the first time. They lost at home against Barnsley and that’ taken the Tykes above Sheffield Wednesday into second place. They are still five points behind Birmingham but do have two games in hand.
The one other game saw Hull move up to fourth with a win against Sheffield United who remain third from bottom in the table.
There was a full set of fixtures in the south although there is no result available for one of them. Top of the table there are Bristol City and they won 1-0 at QPR who, prior to this game had conceded goals at an average of more than four per game.
Second place Charlton were surprisingly held by lowly Colchester and that allowed Watford, who beat Bournemouth, to move into second place. The remaining game was the Welsh derby between Cardiff and Swansea. Cardiff won it and in doing so they moved above their rivals in the table.
Burnley are on the road again this coming Saturday at Sheffield Wednesday, the league’s leading goalscorers. There are three other games in the north with even Fleetwood having a game, and a full fixture list in the south group.
The player featured this week is double goalscorer Vernon Masara.
The League Tables and our Fixtures and Results can be found within U21/U18 Stats on the top menu.
Last Week’s Results
North
Saturday 4th November
Birmingham 2 Barnsley 4
Coventry 0 Burnley 5
Hull 4 Sheffield United 2
South
Saturday 4th November
Cardiff 3 Swansea 2
Charlton 3 Colchester 3
Ipswich v Millwall – result not available
QPR 0 Bristol City 1
Watford 4 Bournemouth 2
This Week’s Fixtures
North
Saturday 11th November
Fleetwood v Birmingham
Peterborough v Crewe
Sheffield Wednesday v Burnley
Wigan v Coventry
South
Saturday 11th November
Bournemouth v Ipswich
Bristol City v Charlton
Colchester v Cardiff
QPR v Watford
Swansea v Millwall
Burnley Goalscorers (League)
3: Vernon Masara, Lucas Wane, Callum West
2: Jack Bates, Logan Carlin, Zach Johnson, Jack Rogers
1: Adam Abbas, Adam McCoy
Burnley Goalscorers (Cups)
2: Zach Johnson
1; Vernon Masara, Oliver Pimlott, Lucas Wane
League Tables
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Birmingham | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 24 |
| Barnsley | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 19 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 17 |
| Hull | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 29 | 16 |
| Burnley | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 15 |
| Coventry | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 25 | 15 |
| Crewe | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 24 | 13 |
| Fleetwood | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 |
| Sheffield United | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 7 |
| Peterborough | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 4 |
| Wigan | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 2 |
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Bristol City | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 25 |
| Watford | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 16 |
| Charlton | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 15 |
| Cardiff | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 13 |
| Swansea | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 12 |
| Ipswich | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 11 |
| Millwall | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 |
| Bournemouth | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 9 |
| Colchester | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 32 | 9 |
| QPR | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 34 | 6 |
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