Stoke and Sunderland wins leave under-23s at the bottom
When Middlesbrough beat our under-23s last Monday in Division 2 of Premier League 2, it left us bottom of the league and hoping for Sunderland or Stoke to be beaten that evening to take us up a place or two.
Stoke, who played Reading, would have needed to lose by four goals but Sunderland would have only needed a couple of goals against them against Fulham to drop back into bottom place. I don’t think we could have expected them to both win but that’s what they did, scoring nine goals between them too.
Sunderland kicked off the earlier of the two and beat Fulham 5-3 before Stoke recorded a 4-1 win against Reading. We have just the three points from a win against Sunderland but Stoke, Fulham and Sunderland are the teams right above us now, all of them with six points and all with better goal differences.
At the other end of the table, Norwich still lead the way but that lead was reduced when they were beaten by Leeds. Aston Villa were in second place but, without a game, have seen both Middlesbrough and Leeds go past them.
It was a difficult week for the top teams in Division 1. Both Chelsea and Brighton were beaten. Chelsea still retain a one point lead at the top but the results have allowed Blackburn to move into second place but they were only able to draw at West Ham, a result which gave the London club their first point of the season.
This week will sees us travel to West Brom which has had a change of day and venue. Originally scheduled to be played at their training ground this Saturday afternoon, it will now be a Monday lunchtime fixture at Birmingham County FA.
The player featured this week is midfielder Anthony Gomez Mancini who is with us on a season long loan from Angers.
The League Tables and our Fixtures and Results can now be found within U23/U18 Stats which can be found on the top menu.
All of last week’s results, this week’s fixtures, the leading goalscorers, our goalscorers and the current league tables are all below.
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
Division 1
Friday 23rd October
Brighton 0 Leicester 4
Derby 3 Southampton 1
Manchester United 2 Everton 1
West Ham 0 Blackburn 0
Saturday 24th October
Liverpool 3 Chelsea 1
Manchester City 4 Arsenal 1
Division 2
Friday 23rd October
Middlesbrough 3 Burnley 0
West Brom 1 Newcastle 0
Sunday 25th October
Leeds 2 Norwich 0
Monday 26th October
Crystal Palace 2 Wolves 1
Stoke 4 Reading 1
Sunderland 5 Fulham 3
THIS WEEK’S FIXTURES
Division 1
Friday 30th October
Arsenal v Liverpool
Monday 2nd November
Derby v West Ham
Division 2
Friday 30th October
Aston Villa v Sunderland
Norwich v Middlesbrough
Reading v Newcastle
Saturday 1st November
Leeds v Crystal Palace
Monday 2nd November
West Brom v Burnley
Leeds v Fulham
LEADING GOALSCORERS
Division 1
4: Connor McBride (Blackburn)
4: Ellis Simms (Everton), Jack Stretton (Derby)
3: Bryan Fiabema (Chelsea), Joe Hugill (Manchester United), James Mcatee (Manchester City),
Division 2
5: Sam Greenwood (Leeds)
4: Gabriel Kyeremateng (Stoke), Owen Windsor (West Brom)
3: Stanley Flaherty (Newcastle), Isaac Fletcher (Middlesbrough)
BURNLEY’S GOALSCORERS
2: Ashley Barnes, Max Thompson
1: Lewis Richardson, own goals
CURRENT LEAGUE TABLES
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Chelsea | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 12 |
| Blackburn | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 11 |
| Tottenham | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| Brighton | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 11 |
| Manchester City | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 10 |
| Derby | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 10 |
| Liverpool | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 |
| Everton | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 |
| Leicester | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 6 |
| Manchester United | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 5 |
| Southampton | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 |
| West Ham | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| Arsenal | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 2 |
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Norwich | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 12 |
| Middlesbrough | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 10 |
| Leeds | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Aston Villa | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 |
| West Brom | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
| Wolves | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 |
| Newcastle | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| Crystal Palace | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| Reading | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 7 |
| Stoke | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| Fulham | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 |
| Sunderland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 6 |
| Burnley | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
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