Blades go second as we drop into bottom half
Sheffield United’s 2-0 win against us two days ago in the U18 Professional Development League has taken them into second place in the northern group while the loss has seen us drop into the bottom half.
Hull have gone above us courtesy of their win at Leeds which means we are now sixth and it could have been even worse had Sheffield Wednesday, winners against us a week earlier, avoided defeat at bottom team Bolton. It wasn’t to be with Bolton recording their first victory of the season.
Nothing much has changed in the league although Nottingham Forest might have hoped to have closed the gap further on leaders Wigan when they played their game in hand against Crewe only to have to settle for a draw.
Charlton had the biggest win of the week and it has taken them to the top of the southern group. Previous leaders Watford were without a game and Charlton took advantage with a 6-0 win at Coventry to move ahead of them on goal difference.
Having lost our last two games, we’ll be hoping to get back to winning ways this weekend when we face third place Nottingham Forest at home. We do have games in hand on all the teams in the league and any result would see us move back into fifth place with Hull having no game this weekend.
The player featured this week is goalkeeper Lewis Thomas who joined the club from Manchester City last summer.
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
Friday 15th November
Colchester v Millwall – match postponed
Saturday 16th November
Bolton 3 Sheffield Wednesday 1
Leeds 2 Hull 3
Nottingham Forest 1 Crewe 1
Sheffield United 2 Burnley 0
Bristol City 2 Crystal Palace 1
Coventry 0 Charlton 6
QPR v Ipswich – match postponed
THIS WEEK’S FIXTURES
Friday 22nd November
Charlton v Colchester
Saturday 23rd November
Barnsley v Wigan
Birmingham v Sheffield Wednesday
Burnley v Nottingham Forest
Bolton v Sheffield United
Leeds v Crewe
Cardiff v Coventry
Crystal Palace v Watford
Millwall v QPR
BURNLEY’S GOALSCORERS (League & Cups)
8: Mitch George
6: Cricky Conn-Clarke
2: Dylan Moonan, Ben Woods
1: Rhys Fenlon, Jayden Major, Joe McGlynn, Michael Mellon
CURRENT LEAGUE TABLES
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Wigan | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 21 | 29 |
| Sheffield United | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 23 |
| Nottingham Forest | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 23 |
| Barnsley | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 20 |
| Hull City | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 17 |
| Burnley | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 16 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 15 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 14 |
| Leeds | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 10 |
| Birmingham City | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 10 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 42 | 9 |
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Charlton Athletic | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 12 | 26 |
| Watford | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 26 |
| Millwall | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 25 |
| Bristol City | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 24 |
| Ipswich Town | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 22 |
| Crystal Palace | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 16 |
| Cardiff City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 13 |
| Colchester United | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 41 | 12 |
| Coventry City | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 12 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 7 |
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