I see Arsenal beat Liverpool u18s today 2-1, Crowley went off near HT with a slight injury and Maitland Niles scored the winner. Perhaps most interesting was Chris Willock started as one might have expected and was apparently mostly impressive. The team: Huddart Siemann-O’Connor-Dallison-Uade Jebb-Kamara Maitland Niles-Crowley-Willock Iwobi subs: Lipman (for Crowley, 43), Dobson (for Kamara, 72), Smith (for Willock, 82). Not used: Iliev, Wright.
The U21 League Format is a lot simpler this time around. The 22 teams in the Division play each other home and away in a Round Robin League and the Top 4 play-off in the Semi-Finals. Man U 2 LFC 4 at U21 Prem League. Jordan Ibe scored against Man U U21s Morgan scoring against Man U U21s Lingard and Cole scored for Man U. I don't have vids of these though. Rossiter at just 16 looks really promising at U21 level. One to watch. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013–14_Professional_Development_League_1
THE U18 PL & PDL2 RESULTS Friday 16 August 2013 U18 PL Arsenal 2 – 1 Liverpool Saturday 17 August 2013 U18 PL Aston Villa 3 – 0 Newcastle United Chelsea 3 – 0 Sunderland Fulham 2 – 0 Stoke City Leicester City 1 – 6 Wolverhampton Wanderers Norwich City 2 – 1 Blackburn Rovers Reading 3 – 1 Bolton Wanderers Southampton 1 – 2 Everton Tottenham Hotspur 4 – 0 Middlesbrough West Bromwich Albion 4 – 4 Manchester City West Ham United 2 – 1 Manchester United U18 PDL2 – North Barnsley 3 – 3 Nottingham Forest Birmingham City 3 – 2 Sheffield Wednesday Derby County 4 – 3 Crewe Alexandra Huddersfield Town 3 – 1 Coventry City Sheffield United 2 – 2 Leeds United U18 PDL2 – South Brentford 1 – 2 Queens Park Rangers Bristol City 0 – 6 Charlton Athletic Cardiff City 2 – 0 Brighton & Hove Albion Crystal Palace 1 – 4 Millwall Ipswich Town 2 – 3 Swansea City
Friday 23 August 2013 U18 PDL2 – South Brighton & Hove Albion 4 – 3 Ipswich Town Queens Park Rangers 2 – 2 Cardiff City Saturday 24 August 2013 U18 PL Arsenal 2 – 4 Fulham Blackburn Rovers 3 – 2 Middlesbrough Chelsea 2 – 1 West Ham United Liverpool 1 – 0 Everton Reading 1 – 0 Leicester City Southampton 0 – 2 Tottenham Hotspur Stoke City 0 – 3 Manchester United Sunderland 0 – 2 Manchester City West Bromwich Albion 0 – 0 Norwich City Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 – 1 Newcastle United U18 PDL2 – North Coventry City 2 – 2 Derby County Crewe Alexandra 5 – 1 Barnsley Leeds United 3 – 1 Birmingham City Nottingham Forest 1 – 2 Huddersfield Town Sheffield Wednesday 0 – 2 Sheffield United U18 PDL2 – South Charlton Athletic 0 – 0 Brentford Swansea City 4 – 5 Crystal Palace
The Arsenal front line-up today in their 2-1 defeat at home against Man U : Kamara-Jebb Iwobi-Zelalem-Crowley Akpom
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...-liverpool-and-tottenham-opt-out-8803731.html Anyone know why Spurs, Man U and Liverpool opted out of participating? Is it just a coincidence that the 3 teams who did the best in last seasons U21 Prem League are not taking part in this U21 cup?
Could just be the sheer volume of games. They might be worried what with the UEFA competition (I think) coming up?
As I did last season, I'm keeping tabs on all goalscorers in the Cat 1 leagues. Will probably drop some lists in intermittently.
looked at a few highlights of arsnal vs man utd.... Wilson scored a very good goal weaving his way past a few players, I wasn't aware he had that in his game. Crowley play an importan part in arsenals goal, receiving the ball near halfway then playing a sharp 1-2, followed by a burst of pace passed a defender, then playing the ball through to akpom for a pen. Got injured after 30 min though
THE U18 PL & PDL2 RESULTS Tuesday 27 August 2013 U18 PL Norwich City 1 – 1 Chelsea Wednesday 28 August 2013 U18 PL Bolton Wanderers 0 – 4 Blackburn Rovers Fulham 4 – 3 Reading Leicester City 2 – 3 Aston Villa Manchester City 2 – 1 Stoke City Manchester United 6 – 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Newcastle United 3 – 0 Sunderland West Ham United 1 – 1 Southampton Saturday 31 August 2013 U18 PL Blackburn Rovers 3 – 5 Tottenhan Hotspur Bolton Wanderers 2 – 3 Aston Villa Everton 3 – 2 Chelsea Manchester City 1 – 0 Leicester City Manchester United 3 – 2 Norwich City Middlesbrough 1 – 0 Reading Newcastle United 1 – 2 Southampton Stoke City 3 – 0 West Bromwich Albion Sunderland 1 – 1 Arsenal Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 – 1 West Ham United U18 PDL2 – North Barnsley 1 – 1 Sheffield Wednesday Birmingham City 2 – 2 Coventry City Huddersfield Town 1 – 0 Derby County Leeds United 0 – 3 Nottingham Forest Sheffield United 0 – 2 Crewe Alexandra U18 PDL2 – South Brentford 2 – 2 Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City 1 – 1 Swansea City Cardiff City 3 – 4 Millwall Crystal Palace 0 – 4 Ipswich Town Saturday 7 September 2013 U18 PL Arsenal 1 – 2 Manchester United Aston Villa P – P Tottenham Hotspur Sunderland 4 – 4 Fulham
There will be two u21 leagues, so the top eleven will stay up, and the bottom 11 will go down. After that it is two up two down.
Chelsea u21s beat Norwich 2-0 last night. They played a good passing game with an urgency and commitment about them. Feruz was the front man so Brown played a more withdrawn but more involved role and he did pretty well. RLC and Kiwomya only came on as subs.
THE U18 PL & PDL2 RESULTS Saturday 14 September 2013 U18 PL Arsenal 0 – 0 Stoke City Aston Villa 2 – 3 Everton Chelsea 4 – 2 Liverpool Fulham 4 – 3 Manchester City Reading 2 – 1 Newcastle United Southampton 2 – 1 Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur 2 – 1 Bolton Wanderers West Bromwich Albion 0 – 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers West Ham United 3 – 3 Blackburn Rovers U18 PDL2 – North Coventry City 4 – 1 Sheffield United Crewe Alexandra 3 – 3 Leeds United Derby County 0 – 2 Barnsley Nottingham Forest 1 – 3 Birmingham City Sheffield Wednesday 2 – 5 Huddersfield Town U18 PDL2 – South Brighton & Hove Albion 2 – 2 Crystal Palace Ipswich Town 0 – 0 Bristol City Millwall 4 – 2 Brentford Swansea City 1 – 3 Queens Park Rangers
THE U18 PL & PDL2 RESULTS Saturday 21 September 2013 U18 PL Blackburn Rovers 2 – 5 Chelsea Bolton Wanderers 1 – 4 Fulham Everton 1 – 0 Leicester City Liverpool 3 – 3 Norwich City Manchester City 2 – 4 Reading Manchester United 2 – 1Southampton Middlesbrough 3 – 2 Arsenal Newcastle United 1 – 2 West Bromwich Albion Stoke City 0 – 4 Tottenham Hotspur Sunderland 1 – 0 West Ham United U18 PDL Charlton Athletic 3 – 2 Cardiff City Barnsley 0 – 3 Queens Park Rangers Nottingham Forest 3 – 1 Crystal Palace Birmingham City 1 – 2 Brighton & Hove Albion
THE U18 PL & PDL2 RESULTS Saturday 28 September 2013 U18 PL *(list)Tottenham Hotspur 4 – 1 Manchester City Aston Villa 3 – 1 Manchester United Chelsea 5 – 0 Middlesbrough Reading 3 – 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Leicester City 1 – 3 Sunderland West Bromwich Albion 1 – 3 Everton Fulham 0 – 1 Newcastle United Norwich City 2 – 0 Stoke City Southampton 3 – 0 Blackburn Rovers West Ham United 5 – 0 Liverpool Arsenal 1 – 1 Bolton Wanderers Wednesday 2 October 2013 Liverpool 2 – 4 Fulham U18 PDL Birmingham City 2 – 2 Bristol City Crewe Alexandra 2 – 1 Brighton & Hove Albion Derby County 1 – 1 Swansea City Huddersfield Town 2 – 1 Cardiff City Leeds United 1 – 2 Charlton Athletic Sheffield United 4 – 1 Ipswich Town Sheffield Wednesday 1 – 2 Millwall
I'll post them tonight when I'm home. Moussa Dembele is the U18 league leading scorer with 13, and there's a five-way tie at the top of the U21s off my head.
THE U18 PL & PDL2 RESULTS Saturday 5 October 2013 U18 PL Aston Villa 2 – 1 Arsenal Blackburn Rovers 2 – 3 Everton Chelsea 3 – 1 Southampton Manchester City 1 – 1 Manchester United Stoke City 4 – 1 Newcastle United Leicester City 0 – 1 Fulham Norwich City 2 – 4 Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion 1 – 2 West Ham United Bolton Wanderers 0 – 5 Middlesbrough Sunderland 0 – 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers U18 PDL Birmingham City 2 – 1 Derby County Huddersfield Town 3 – 0 Crewe Alexandra Leeds United 1 – 0 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield United 2 – 3 Nottingham Forest Brentford 1 – 0 Ipswich Town Bristol City 1 – 2 Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff City 3 – 1 Swansea City Charlton Athletic 2 – 1 Crystal Palace Millwall 1 – 2 Queens Park Rangers Barnsley 4 – 0 Coventry City Saturday 12 October 2013 U18 PL Manchester United 4 – 2 West Bromwich Albion Tottenham Hotspur 2 – 3 West Ham United U18 PDL Brentford 1 – 2 Sheffield Wednesday Bristol City 3 – 1 Sheffield United Cardiff City 1 – 2 Coventry City Charlton Athletic 3 – 3 Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace 6 – 2 Derby County Ipswich Town 2 – 2 Huddersfield Town Millwall 2 – 1 Leeds United Queens Park Rangers 0 – 1 Nottingham Forest Swansea City 1 – 2 Birmingham City
Belated, but leading U18 and U21 Category One goalscorers Under-18 (5 goals or more) 13 - Moussa Dembele, Fulham 9 - Kieran Bywater, West Ham United 9 - Ashley Fletcher, Manchester United 9 - Jordan Preston, Blackburn Rovers 8 - Ibrahim Keita, Wolverhampton Wanderers 8 - Nathan Oduwa, Tottenham Hotspur 7 - Dean Rittenberg, Blackburn Rovers 7 - Dominic Solanke, Chelsea 6 - Ambrose Gnahore, Chelsea 6 - George Williams, Fulham 5 - Marcus Barnes, Southampton 5 - George Green, Everton 5- Kasey Palmer, Chelsea 5 - Thomas Strain, Aston Villa 5 - James Wilson, Manchester United Under-21 (4 goals or more) 5 - Adam Armstrong, Newcastle United 5 - Harry Kane, Tottenham Hotspur 5 - Elliott Lee, West Ham United 5 - Omar Rowe, Southampton 5 - Gozie Ugwu, Reading 5 - George Waring, Stoke City 4 - Isaiah Brown, Chelsea 4 - Hallam Hope, Everton 4 - Mickael Mandron, Sunderland 4 - Jonathyn Quinn, Newcastle United
Nice. Cheers for that. Moussa Dembele part 2 looks a talent as well. Didn't remember him being a striker though from what i had seen of him previously.