2012–13 Professional U21 Development League

The 2012–13 Professional U21 Development League (League 1 referred to as the Barclays Under 21 Premier League for sponsorship reasons[1] ) was the inaugural season of the Professional Development League's U21 competition.

There were 45 participating teams in the 2012–13 Professional U21 Development Leagues; 22 in League 1 and 23 in League 2 (12 in the North Division, 11 in the South Division).

League 1

Barclays U21 Premier League
Season 2012–13
Champions Manchester United U21
Biggest home win Tottenham U21 6-0 Newcastle U21
Biggest away win Sunderland U21 0-4 Aston Villa U21
Highest scoring Newcastle U21 6-4 Tottenham U21(10 Goals)

First Group Stage

The top three teams in Groups 1, the top two teams in Group 2 and 3, and the best third-placed team from Group 2 and 3 will go forward to the Elite Group Stage.

The remaining third-placed team, and the fourth and fifth-placed teams from all three groups, will go forward to Qualification Group Tier One Stage. The sixth and seventh-placed teams, and the eighth-placed team from Group 1, will go forward to the Qualification Group Tier Two Stage.[2]

Group 1

Table
Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Qualification
1 West Ham United U21s 14 9 1 4 23 14 +9 28 Elite Group Stage
2 Arsenal U21s 14 7 3 4 25 17 +8 24
3 West Bromwich Albion U21s 14 6 3 5 21 21 0 21
4 Everton U21s 14 6 2 6 20 22 −2 20 Qualification Group Tier 1
5 Blackburn Rovers U21s 14 5 4 5 16 17 −1 19
6 Norwich City U21s 14 6 1 7 17 26 −9 19 Qualification Group Tier 2
7 Reading U21s 14 4 6 4 26 20 +6 18
8 Bolton Wanderers U21s 14 1 4 9 11 22 −11 7
Results
Home \ Away[1] ARS BLB BOLEVENORREAWBAWHU
Arsenal U21s 3–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–2
Blackburn Rovers U21s 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–3 2–0 2–0 0–2
Bolton Wanderers U21s 1–2 0–0 1–3 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–1
Everton U21s 1–2 1–2 5–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–5
Norwich City U21s 2–4 3–1 2–1 0–2 0–3 1–0 3–1
Reading U21s 2–2 2–4 0–0 1–1 3–0 6–1 3–0
West Bromwich Albion U21s 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 4–0 3–3 1–1
West Ham United U21s 4–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–0

Source: The Premier League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2

Table
Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Qualification
1 Tottenham Hotspur U21s 12 7 2 3 43 22 +21 23 Elite Group Stage
2 Manchester United U21s 12 5 5 2 20 16 +4 20
3 Southampton U21s 12 5 4 3 24 22 +2 19
4 Aston Villa U21s 12 5 3 4 21 22 −1 18 Qualification Group Tier 1
5 Sunderland U21s 12 4 5 3 20 16 +4 17
6 Newcastle United U21s 12 4 2 6 28 32 −4 14 Qualification Group Tier 2
7 Stoke City U21s 12 1 1 10 11 37 −26 4
Results
Home \ Away[1] AST MNU NEWSOTSTOSUNTOT
Aston Villa U21s 0–2 1–2 2–2 3–0 2–1 0–3
Manchester United U21s 0–1 4–2 3–3 1–1 2–2 2–1
Newcastle United U21s 2–3 1–2 0–1 5–1 2–2 6–4
Southampton U21s 3–3 1–1 5–1 0–1 3–2 2–4
Stoke City U21s 2–3 0–1 1–5 1–3 0–1 1–4
Sunderland U21s 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 4–1 2–1
Tottenham Hotspur U21s 3–3 4–2 6–0 4–0 7–2 2–2

Source: The Premier League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 3

Table
Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Qualification
1 Liverpool U21s 12 9 3 0 31 12 +19 30 Elite Group Stage
2 Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s 12 5 4 3 19 21 −2 19
3 Chelsea U21s 12 5 3 4 28 23 +5 18 Qualification Group Tier 1
4 Middlesbrough U21s 12 4 3 5 17 18 −1 15
5 Fulham U21s 12 3 2 7 10 20 −10 11
6 Manchester City EDS 12 1 7 4 15 16 −1 10 Qualification Group Tier 2
7 Crystal Palace U21s 12 2 4 6 15 25 −10 10
Results
Home \ Away[1] CHE CPA FULLIVMNCMIDWOL
Chelsea U21s 4–1 3–0 1–4 0–0 1–3 5–0
Crystal Palace U21s 2–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–3 1–1
Fulham U21s 3–1 1–4 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–2
Liverpool U21s 3–3 3–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 1–1
Manchester City EDS 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–3 4–0 1–1
Middlesbrough U21s 2–3 4–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–4
Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s 3–2 3–1 1–2 1–5 2–1 0–0

Source: The Premier League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Best-placed third-place team

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Qualification
1 Southampton U21s 12 5 4 3 24 22 +2 19 Elite Group Stage
2 Chelsea U21s 12 5 3 4 28 23 +5 18 Qualification Group Tier 1

Second Phase

Elite Group

Table
Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Qualification
1 Tottenham Hotspur U21s (Q) 14 9 3 2 34 15 +19 30 Knockout Stage Semi-final
2 Manchester United U21s (Q) 14 7 4 3 16 10 +6 25
3 Liverpool U21s (Q) 14 6 4 4 21 19 +2 22
4 Southampton U21s 14 5 5 4 21 18 +3 20
5 Arsenal U21s 14 4 5 5 21 23 −2 17
6 West Ham United U21s 14 4 4 6 19 22 −3 16
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s 14 3 3 8 19 28 −9 12
8 West Bromwich Albion U21s 14 2 4 8 10 26 −16 10

Source: The Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results
Home \ Away[1] ARS MNU LIVSOTTOTWHUWBAWOL
Arsenal U21s 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–1
Manchester United U21s 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0
Liverpool U21s 3–2 0–1 1–0 1–3 3–3 2–0 3–2
Southampton U21s 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 5–2 2–0 2–0
Tottenham Hotspur U21s 4–2 3–1 1–0 2–2 3–2 4–0 5–1
West Ham United U21s 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 3–2
West Bromwich Albion U21s 2–2 0–2 1–2 3–3 0–4 1–0 1–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s 2–3 1–0 1–2 2–2 4–3 2–1 1–1

Source: The Premier League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Qualification Group Tier 1

Table
Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Qualification
1 Everton U21s (Q) 12 6 6 0 17 8 +9 24 Knockout Stage Play-off
2 Aston Villa U21s 12 5 4 3 17 12 +5 19
3 Fulham U21s 12 5 4 3 16 12 +4 19
4 Chelsea U21s 12 5 2 5 11 11 0 17
5 Middlesbrough U21s 12 4 4 4 15 13 +2 16
6 Blackburn Rovers U21s 12 4 0 8 11 20 −9 12
7 Sunderland U21s 12 0 6 6 9 20 −11 6

Updated to games played on 1 May 2013.
Source: The Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results
Home \ Away[1] AST BLB CHEEVEFULMIDSUN
Aston Villa U21s 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–3 3–1
Blackburn Rovers U21s 0–2 2–1 0–3 1–3 0–1 2–1
Chelsea U21s 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–2 1–0
Everton U21s 2–2 3–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0
Fulham U21s 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–2
Middlesbrough U21s 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 2–2 0–0
Sunderland U21s 0–4 0–2 0–1 2–2 2–2 1–1

Updated to games played on 30 April 2013.
Source: The Premier League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Qualification Group Tier 2

Table
Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Qualification
1 Newcastle United U21s (Q) 12 6 4 2 21 13 +8 22 Knockout Stage Play-off
2 Bolton Wanderers U21s 12 6 4 2 18 14 +4 22
3 Reading U21s 12 6 2 4 15 11 +4 20
4 Norwich City U21s 12 5 2 5 18 14 +4 17
5 Manchester City EDS 12 4 4 4 24 22 +2 16
6 Crystal Palace U21s 12 2 5 5 21 29 −8 11
7 Stoke City U21s 12 2 1 9 14 28 −14 7

Updated to games played on 7 May 2013.
Source: The Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results
Home \ Away[1] BOL CPA MNCNEWNORREASTO
Bolton Wanderers U21s 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–2
Crystal Palace U21s 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–5 2–0 1–2
Manchester City EDS 3–3 3–4 1–2 3–1 3–1 4–1
Newcastle United U21s 1–2 4–0 1–1 2–0 0–3 3–0
Norwich City U21s 0–2 1–1 3–2 1–2 0–1 1–0
Reading U21s 1–2 3–2 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–0
Stoke City U21s 2–3 5–5 1–2 1–2 0–5 0–1

Source: The Premier League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout Stage

The teams finishing first in the two Qualification Groups played each other to decide who makes the semi-final against the winner of the Elite Group Stage.

The teams finishing second and third in the Elite Group Stage played in the other semi-final.[3]

 
Play-offSemi-finalFinal
 
          
 
May 7
 
 
Everton U21s3(5)
 
 
 
Newcastle United U21s3(3)
 
Tottenham Hotspur U21s3
 
 
Everton U21s2
 
 
 
 
 
Tottenham Hotspur U21s2
 
 
Manchester United U21s3
 
 
 
 
 
Manchester United U21s3
 
 
Liverpool U21s0
 
 
 
 

Play-off

Semi-final

Tottenham Hotspur U21s 3 – 2 Everton U21s
Pritchard  11'
Obika  46', 88'		 McAleny  45+2'
C.Long  48'
Attendance: 887
Referee: Wayne Porter
Manchester United U21s 3 – 0 Liverpool U21s
Cole  19' (pen.), 26' (pen.), 70'
Attendance: 2,750
Referee: Matthew Walsh

Final

Manchester United U21s 3 – 2 Tottenham Hotspur U21s
Vermijl  59'
Cole  74', 88'		 Obika  29'
Pritchard  42'
Attendance: 5,186
Referee: Robert Madley

League 2

Professional U21 Development League 2
Season 2012–13
Champions Charlton Athletic U21

Group stage

North division

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Qualification
1Leicester City U21s 22145352282447 Knockout Stage
2Huddersfield Town U21s 2212463628840
3Derby County U21s 2211473231137
4Nottingham Forest U21s 2210572425-135
5Birmingham City U21s 229583630632
6Leeds United U21s 228683935430
7Crewe Alexandra U21s 227784036428
8Sheffield United U21s 227692830-227
9Coventry City U21s 2283113037-727
10Wigan Athletic U21s 226793437-325
11Sheffield Wednesday U21s 2265113542-723
12Barnsley U21s 2235142754-2714

[4]

South division

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Qualification
1Charlton Athletic U21s 20133447242342 Knockout Stage
2Cardiff City U21s 20140641291242
3Brentford U21s 1811254132935
4Brighton & Hove Albion U21s 1794432191331
5Queens Park Rangers U21s 199373537-230
6Bristol City U21s 168083029124
7Ipswich Town U21s 177282831-323
8Swansea City U21s 1860122332-918
9Millwall U21s 1842122636-1014
10Barnet U21s 1532102834-611
11Colchester United U21s 1632112956-2711

[5]

Knockout stage

The teams finishing first in each division will play a semi-final against the runners-up of the opposite division, with the winners of each semi-final contesting a final to crown the overall champions of the combined League.[5]

 
Semi-finalFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Leicester City2
 
 
Cardiff City3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Development Squad fixtures confirmed". West Ham United. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Barclays U21 Premier League Handbook Season 2012/13" (PDF). Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  3. ↑ Kay, Oliver (27 July 2012). "Children of the Revolution". The Times. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Development league plans revealed". Birmingham Mail. 2 August 2012.
  5. 1 2 http://www.noodls.com//viewNoodl/15416415/charlton-athletic-plc/academy-manager-eager-for-new-challenges
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