Four without defeat but no climb in table for under-23s
Last Friday, having fallen behind in the second minute of stoppage time, the under-23s rescued a point at Nottingham Forest with an Anthony Glennon equaliser two minutes later but we remain 11th in Premier League 2 Division 2.
We are still recovering from having lost the first three games of the season but two wins and to draws in the last four keeps us ahead of Birmingham and Sunderland along with Southampton who are floundering at the bottom with just one point.
Those two just below us, Birmingham and Sunderland, now have one and two points less respectively following their results last Monday with Birmingham, like us, picking up an away point but Sunderland losing at West Brom.
We have new leaders in the division. Aston Villa kicked off the week ahead of Fulham on goal difference, but Villa could only draw against Wolves which has allowed Fulham to go top with a win at Norwich. Villa have now dropped to third with West Brom, courtesy of that win against Sunderland going ahead of them.
Newcastle were the biggest winners in the division. They beat Middlesbrough 4-1 with Dylan Stephenson scoring their third to go clear as the leading scorer so far this season with seven goals.
There is no change at the top of Division 1. Leaders Manchester City beat Derby 1-0 with an early James Mcatee goal, his tenth of the season and the first player to reach double figures. Brighton and Arsenal were a point behind City but faced each other and it was Arsenal who came out on top with an easy 3-0 win.
The game of the week was that between Crystal Palace and Spurs. Palace were 3-0 up after just 24 minutes and the score remained at that until Spurs pulled one back right on half time. Then, just before the hour, a quick double drew Spurs level, but Palace were soon back in front, this time keeping their lead to win 4-3.
There are no fixtures this week because of the international break but we start again a week today. We are at home to Norwich. Please note this fixture was originally scheduled to kick off at 7 p.m. on the Turf but will now be behind closed doors at Gawthorpe with a 1 p.m. kick off.
The player featured this week is midfielder Mark Helm who was signed from Manchester United ahead of this season.
The League Tables and our Fixtures and Results can be found within U23/U18 Stats on the top menu.
All last week’s results and the next fixtures are below along with, the league’s leading goalscorers, our goalscorers and the current league tables.
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
Division 1
Friday 1st October
Arsenal 3 Brighton 0
Crystal Palace 4 Tottenham 3
Leicester 1 Leeds 0
Saturday 2nd October
Manchester City 1 Derby 0
Manchester United 3 Liverpool 0
West Ham 3 Everton 1
Sunday 3rd October
Chelsea 0 Blackburn 1
Division 2
Friday 1st October
Aston Villa 0 Wolves 0
Newcastle 4 Middlesbrough 1
Norwich 0 Fulham 2
Nottingham Forest 1 Burnley 1
Southampton 1 Stoke 1
Monday 4th October
Reading 1 Birmingham 1
West Brom 1 Sunderland 0
NEXT FIXTURES
Division 1
Friday 15th October
Brighton v Crystal Palace
Manchester United v Blackburn
Saturday 16th October
Chelsea v Derby
Liverpool v Arsenal
Manchester City v Leicester
Monday 18th October
Everton v Leeds
Tottenham v West Ham
Division 2
Friday 15th October
Burnley v Norwich
Fulham v Reading
Saturday 16th October
Birmingham v Aston Villa
Sunday 17th October
Middlesbrough v West Brom
Monday 18th October
Stoke v Nottingham Forest
Sunderland v Newcastle
Wolves v Southampton
LEADING GOALSCORERS
Division 1
10: James Mcatee (Manchester City)
6: Folarin Balogun (Arsenal), Sam Burns (Blackburn), Joe Gelhardt (Leeds), Dilan Markanday (Tottenham), Robert Street (Crystal Palace)
5: Alfie Devine (Tottenham), Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (Crystal Palace)
4: Mika Biereth (Arsenal), Evan Ferguson (Brighton), Harvey Vale (Chelsea)
Division 2
7: Dylan Stephenson (Newcastle)
6: Caleb Chukwuemeka (Aston Villa), Will Harris (Sunderland), Abu Kamara (Norwich)
4: Terry Ablade (Fulham), Josh Coburn (Middlesbrough), Thomas Dickson-Peters (Norwich), Aaron Ramsey (Aston Villa), Will Swan (Nottingham Forest)
BURNLEY’S GOALSCORERS (including cups)
3: Michael Mellon, Sam Unwin
2: Max Thompson, Ne-Jai Tucker
1: Anthony Glennon, Joe McGlynn, Richard Nartey
1: own goals
LEAGUE TABLES
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Manchester City | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 17 |
| Arsenal | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 16 |
| West Ham | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 13 |
| Brighton | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 13 |
| Leeds | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 11 |
| Tottenham | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 11 |
| Manchester United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| Crystal Palace | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 9 |
| Leicester | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 8 |
| Blackburn | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 7 |
| Liverpool | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 5 |
| Chelsea | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 5 |
| Everton | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 |
| Derby | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 |
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Fulham | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 16 |
| West Brom | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 15 |
| Aston Villa | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 14 |
| Nottingham Forest | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 |
| Wolves | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 11 |
| Newcastle | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 10 |
| Norwich | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 10 |
| Stoke | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 10 |
| Reading | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
| Middlesbrough | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 |
| Burnley | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| Birmingham | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 7 |
| Sunderland | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 |
| Southampton | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 2 |
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