New leaders in the under-21 league
Just a couple of weeks ago we were reporting what such good form our under-21s were enjoying with eight wins in nine games, but that’s all changed since. In last week’s review we reported two defeats and this week it’s a draw followed by another loss.
The draw came last Friday in the toughest of games possible, away against Sheffield United. We led 1-0 through a Tommy McDermott goal but were so unfortunate to fall behind in the second half with Sheffield United equalising via a cruel deflection and then scoring from the spot after a very soft penalty award. We did at least get a draw with a late goal from substitute Vernon Masara.
Tuesday proved too much at Ipswich for an incredibly young team that was beaten 4-1 with our goal coming from Tom Tweedy (pictured).
We are still sixth but all those games in hand, that looked likely to elevate us into the top four, are all but gone. We have one game in hand on Fleetwood and Barnsley who sit fourth and fifth but they have four and three point advantages on us respectively.
Everyone has been keeping an eye on the top with Sheffield United’s games in hand expected to take them back above Birmingham. They are now six points behind with four games in hand but Sheffield Wednesday have just won five games on the trot and have moved into first place, ahead of Birmingham on goal difference. They too, have played four games more than Sheffield United who remain favourites to win the league.
Millwall are favourites in the south. They are eight points ahead of QPR and a further point clear of Bournemouth with just one more game played. The top two both had good days on Tuesday; Millwall beat Coventry 6-0 and QPR went one better with a 7-0 victory against Crewe.
With so many teams fielding trialists as they look to next season, we confirmed last week that Callum West had played for Hull. Although he didn’t find the net in their big win, our under-18 striker Rohan Vaughan, one of the players we noted had been missing recently, was in the QPR team against Crewe.
This week kicks off with two outstanding north group games tomorrow with the north v south games getting underway on Sunday when we entertain Charlton with the game kicking off at 1 p.m. on the Turf. A win would bring us level on points with Barnsley.
The League Tables and our Fixtures and Results can be found within U21/U18 Stats on the top menu.
The recent results and this week’s fixtures are below along with our goalscorers, the league’s leading goalscorers and the current league tables.
Last Week’s Results
North
Friday 5th April
Sheffield United 2 Burnley 2
North/South
Monday 8th April
Colchester 1 Birmingham 1
Swansea 4 Fleetwood 0
Watford 0 Hull 1
Tuesday 9th April
Bristol City 0 Sheffield Wednesday 2
Cardiff 1 Wigan 1
Ipswich 4 Burnley 1
Millwall 6 Coventry 0
QPR 7 Crewe 0
Wednesday 10th April
Charlton 0 Barnsley 4
This Week’s Fixtures
North
Friday 12th April
Peterborough v Fleetwood
Wigan v Hull
North/South
Sunday 14th April
Burnley v Charlton
Monday 15th April
Birmingham v Cardiff
Crewe v Ipswich
Sheffield United v Watford
Wigan v Bournemouth
Tuesday 16th April
Barnsley v Bristol City
Coventry v Colchester
Hull v QPR
Peterborough v Swansea
Burnley Goalscorers (League)
8: Vernon Masara, Joe Westley
5: Tom Tweedy
3: Joe Bevan, Tommy McDermott
2: Will Hugill, Mikey O’Neill, Logan Pye, Lewis Richardson, Renaldo Torraj, own goals
1: Joe Ashton, Darko Churlinov, Alex Healy-Byrne, Lucas Wane
Burnley Goalscorers (Cups)
7: Lewis Richardson
4: Joe Westley
3: Will Hugill, Han-Noah Massengo, Tommy McDermott, Mikey O’Neill
1: Joe Bevan, Darko Churlinov, Jez Davies, Kian Le Fondre, Ackeme Francis-Burrell, Vernon Masara, Basilio Rieno Socoliche, Renaldo Torraj, Tom Tweedy
Leading Goalscorers
14: Patrick Casey (Charlton), Aiden Marsh (Barnsley)
13: Daniel Adu-Adjei (Bournemouth)
12: Junior Dixon (Birmingham)
11: Abdul Abdulmalik (Millwall), Bailey Cadamarteri (Sheffield Wednesday), Kyrell WIlson (Swansea)
10: Fábio Jaló (Barnsley)
9: Leon Ayinde (Ipswich), Tom Leahy (Millwall), Louie Marsh (Sheffield United), Tyrell Sellers-Fleming (Hull)
League Tables
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 53 | 30 | 48 |
| Birmingham | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 31 | 48 |
| Sheffield United | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 59 | 26 | 42 |
| Fleetwood | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 41 | 42 | 39 |
| Barnsley | 24 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 48 | 40 | 38 |
| Burnley | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 43 | 42 | 35 |
| Hull | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 42 | 46 | 30 |
| Wigan | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 38 | 50 | 23 |
| Coventry | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 33 | 54 | 22 |
| Peterborough | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 57 | 19 |
| Crewe | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 31 | 61 | 15 |
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Millwall | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 67 | 38 | 51 |
| QPR | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 58 | 35 | 43 |
| Bournemouth | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 39 | 42 |
| Swansea | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 63 | 45 | 39 |
| Ipswich | 25 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 55 | 56 | 39 |
| Watford | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 56 | 30 |
| Charlton | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 50 | 44 | 27 |
| Cardiff | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 39 | 55 | 23 |
| Bristol City | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 50 | 23 |
| Colchester | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 35 | 57 | 19 |
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