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 edit

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)
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

First Group Stage edit

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 edit

Table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	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	Qualification Group Tier 1
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results edit

Home \ Away	ARS	BLB	BOL	EVE	NOR	REA	WBA	WHU
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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: The Premier League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2 edit

Table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	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	Qualification Group Tier 1
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	Qualification Group Tier 2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results edit

Home \ Away	AST	MNU	NEW	SOT	STO	SUN	TOT
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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: The Premier League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 3 edit

Table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	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	Elite Group Stage
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	Qualification Group Tier 2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results edit

Home \ Away	CHE	CPA	FUL	LIV	MNC	MID	WOL
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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: The Premier League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Best-placed third-place team edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Second phase edit

Elite Group edit

Table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	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.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results edit

Home \ Away	ARS	MNU	LIV	SOT	TOT	WHU	WBA	WOL
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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: The Premier League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Qualification Group Tier 1 edit

Table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	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 match(es) played on 1 May 2013. Source: The Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results edit

Home \ Away	AST	BLB	CHE	EVE	FUL	MID	SUN
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 match(es) played on 30 April 2013. Source: The Premier League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Qualification Group Tier 2 edit

Table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	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 match(es) played on 7 May 2013. Source: The Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results edit

Home \ Away	BOL	CPA	MNC	NEW	NOR	REA	STO
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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: The Premier League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout stage edit

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-off		Semi-final		Final

May 7

Everton U21s	3 (5)

Newcastle United U21s	3 (3)
		Tottenham Hotspur U21s	3

		Everton U21s	2



				Tottenham Hotspur U21s	2

				Manchester United U21s	3



		Manchester United U21s	3

		Liverpool U21s	0

Play-off edit

7 May 2013

17:00 BST

Everton U21s	3 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Newcastle United U21s
McAleny 69' Naismith 77' Lundstram 115'		Ameobi 66' Inman 83' Richardson 98'
Penalties
Stones Duffus Barkley Garbutt Oviedo	5–3	Bigirimana Tavernier Ameobi Inman

Goodison Park, Liverpool

Referee: Michael Salisbury

Semi-final edit

13 May 2013

17:00 BST

Tottenham Hotspur U21s	3 – 2	Everton U21s
Pritchard 11' Obika 46', 88'		McAleny 45+2' C.Long 48'

White Hart Lane, Tottenham

Attendance: 887

Referee: Wayne Porter

14 May 2013

17:00 BST

Manchester United U21s	3 – 0	Liverpool U21s
Cole 19' (pen.), 26' (pen.), 70'

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 2,750

Referee: Matthew Walsh

Final edit

20 May 2013

17:00 BST

Manchester United U21s	3 – 2	Tottenham Hotspur U21s
Vermijl 59' Cole 74', 88'		Obika 29' Pritchard 42'

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 5,186

Referee: Robert Madley

League 2 edit

Professional U21 Development League 2
Season	2012–13
Champions	Charlton Athletic U21
2013–14 →

Group stage edit

North division edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Leicester City U21s	22	14	5	3	52	28	+24	47	Knockout stage
2	Huddersfield Town U21s	22	12	4	6	36	28	+8	40	Knockout stage
3	Derby County U21s	22	11	4	7	32	31	+1	37
4	Nottingham Forest U21s	22	10	5	7	24	25	−1	35
5	Birmingham City U21s	22	9	5	8	36	30	+6	32
6	Leeds United U21s	22	8	6	8	39	35	+4	30
7	Crewe Alexandra U21s	22	7	7	8	40	36	+4	28
8	Sheffield United U21s	22	7	6	9	28	30	−2	27
9	Coventry City U21s	22	8	3	11	30	37	−7	27
10	Wigan Athletic U21s	22	6	7	9	34	37	−3	25
11	Sheffield Wednesday U21s	22	6	5	11	35	42	−7	23
12	Barnsley U21s	22	3	5	14	27	54	−27	14

Source: ^[4]^[5]

South division edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Charlton Athletic U21s	20	13	3	4	47	24	+23	42	Knockout stage
2	Cardiff City U21s	20	14	0	6	41	29	+12	42	Knockout stage
3	Brentford U21s	18	11	2	5	41	32	+9	35
4	Brighton & Hove Albion U21s	17	9	4	4	32	19	+13	31
5	Queens Park Rangers U21s	19	9	3	7	35	37	−2	30
6	Bristol City U21s	16	8	0	8	30	29	+1	24
7	Ipswich Town U21s	17	7	2	8	28	31	−3	23
8	Swansea City U21s	18	6	0	12	23	32	−9	18
9	Millwall U21s	18	4	2	12	26	36	−10	14
10	Barnet U21s	15	3	2	10	28	34	−6	11
11	Colchester United U21s	16	3	2	11	29	56	−27	11

Source: ^[6]

Knockout stage edit

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.^[6]

Semi-final		Final



Leicester City	2

Cardiff City	3

Semifinals edit

7 May 2013

18:00 GMT

Charlton Athletic U21s	6–1	Huddersfield Town U21s

Sparrows Lane Training Ground, London

7 May 2013

Leicester City U21s	2–3	Cardiff City U21s

King Power Stadium, Leicester

Final edit

11 May 2013

Cardiff City U21s	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Charlton Athletic U21s
Kiss 14'	Report	Smith 1' Pigott 115' Azeez 116'

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 2,312

References edit

^ "Development Squad fixtures confirmed". West Ham United. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
^ "Barclays U21 Premier League Handbook Season 2012/13" (PDF). Retrieved 14 December 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Kay, Oliver (27 July 2012). "Children of the Revolution". The Times. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
^ "Development league plans revealed". Birmingham Mail. 2 August 2012.
^ "U21 Professional Development League 2 Bulletin 39" (PDF). The Premier League. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Noodls".

[whufc-2012-07-31-1] "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.^{[permanent dead link]}

[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] "U21 Professional Development League 2 Bulletin 39" (PDF). The Premier League. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2013.

[noodles-6] "Noodls".

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League 1 edit

First Group Stage edit

Group 1 edit

Table edit

Results edit

Group 2 edit

Table edit

Results edit

Group 3 edit

Table edit

Results edit

Best-placed third-place team edit

Second phase edit

Elite Group edit

Table edit

Results edit

Qualification Group Tier 1 edit

Table edit

Results edit

Qualification Group Tier 2 edit

Table edit

Results edit

Knockout stage edit

Play-off edit

Semi-final edit

Final edit

League 2 edit

Group stage edit

North division edit

South division edit

Knockout stage edit

Semifinals edit

Final edit

See also edit

References edit

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