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UP THIS MONTH...
A selection of the best goals in the Academy Leagues during the month of February.
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A | Ethan Dekel
NOTTINGHAM FOREST v Sheffield United -
B | Joe Gelhardt
WIGAN ATHLETIC v Birmingham City -
C | Sean O'Brien
MILLWALL v AFC Bournemouth -
D | Jack Watson
DONCASTER ROVERS v Chesterfield -
E | Joe Dearman
CAMBRIDGE UNITED v Yeovil Town -
F | Tra Lucas
LUTON TOWN v Plymouth Argyle -
G | Olivier Sukiennicki
BRADFORD CITY v Lincoln City -
H | Jaden Charles
DERBY COUNTY v Newcastle United
Voting closed.
VIEW RESULTSLEAGUE TABLE
EFL Youth Alliance North West
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Salford City | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 21 | 44 | 42 |
| 2 |  Preston North End | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 22 | 28 | 37 |
| 3 |  Fleetwood Town | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 8 | 27 | 37 |
| 4 |  Carlisle United | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 34 | 2 | 30 |
| 5 |  Accrington Stanley | 19 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 39 | -7 | 30 |
| 6 |  Blackpool | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 37 | -1 | 29 |
| 7 |  Walsall | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 26 | 11 | 26 |
| 8 |  Oldham Athletic | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 36 | -5 | 25 |
| 9 |  Tranmere Rovers | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 42 | 40 | 2 | 20 |
| 10 |  Rochdale | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 27 | 38 | -11 | 13 |
| 11 |  Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 29 | -11 | 13 |
| 12 |  Morecambe | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 50 | -32 | 13 |
| 13 |  Port Vale | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 61 | -47 | 4 |
EFL Youth Alliance North East
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Doncaster Rovers | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 21 | 21 | 38 |
| 2 |  Rotherham United | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 27 |
| 3 |  Bradford City | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 33 | 29 | 4 | 25 |
| 4 |  Scunthorpe United | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 25 |
| 5 |  Huddersfield Town | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 42 | -12 | 25 |
| 6 |  Mansfield Town | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 25 | -1 | 23 |
| 7 |  Notts County | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 |  Grimsby Town | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 30 | -5 | 21 |
| 9 |  Chesterfield | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 45 | -17 | 21 |
| 10 |  Burton Albion | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 25 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 |  Lincoln City | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 32 | -2 | 18 |
EFL Youth Alliance Merit League 1
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  AFC Wimbledon | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 |  AFC Bournemouth | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 |  Cambridge United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 |  Peterborough United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 |  Oxford United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 |  Swindon Town | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 |  Yeovil Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 |  Southend United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 |  Northampton Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 |  Stevenage | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 3 |
| 11 |  Portsmouth | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 |  Exeter City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 0 |
EFL Youth Alliance Merit League 2
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bristol Rovers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 |  Forest Green Rovers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 |  Luton Town | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 |  Gillingham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 |  Leyton Orient | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 |  Milton Keynes Dons | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 |  Plymouth Argyle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 0 |
| 8 |  Newport County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 9 |  Barnet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 0 |
| 10 |  Cheltenham Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | -10 | 0 |
U18 Premier League North
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Manchester City | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 16 | 40 | 43 |
| 2 |  Liverpool | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 28 | 20 | 31 |
| 3 |  Everton | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 33 | 15 | 31 |
| 4 |  Derby County | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 38 | 25 | 13 | 28 |
| 5 |  Stoke City | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 28 |
| 6 |  Manchester United | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 32 | 2 | 23 |
| 7 |  Wolverhampton Wanderers | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 23 | -1 | 21 |
| 8 |  Middlesbrough | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 38 | -10 | 21 |
| 9 |  West Bromwich Albion | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 42 | -8 | 20 |
| 10 |  Newcastle United | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 38 | -15 | 15 |
| 11 |  Blackburn Rovers | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 35 | -11 | 14 |
| 12 |  Sunderland | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 67 | -56 | 0 |
U18 Premier League South
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Fulham | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 24 | 29 | 40 |
| 2 |  West Ham United | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 51 | 28 | 23 | 37 |
| 3 |  Chelsea | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 21 | 23 | 36 |
| 4 |  Leicester City | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 35 | 9 | 27 |
| 5 |  Tottenham Hotspur | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 43 | 33 | 10 | 26 |
| 6 |  Brighton & Hove Albion | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 33 | -3 | 24 |
| 7 |  Aston Villa | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 37 | -4 | 22 |
| 8 |  Southampton | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 40 | -13 | 19 |
| 9 |  Arsenal | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 34 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 |  Reading | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 34 | -9 | 15 |
| 11 |  Norwich City | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 48 | -16 | 11 |
| 12 |  Swansea City | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 63 | -43 | 5 |
U18 Professional Development League North
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Wigan Athletic | 24 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 65 | 29 | 36 | 57 |
| 2 |  Sheffield United | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 27 | 23 | 42 |
| 3 |  Barnsley | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 36 |
| 4 |  Burnley | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 39 | -3 | 34 |
| 5 |  Nottingham Forest | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 36 | -6 | 29 |
| 6 |  Crewe Alexandra | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 45 | -7 | 25 |
| 7 |  Hull City | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 38 | 51 | -13 | 25 |
| 8 |  Sheffield Wednesday | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 28 | -1 | 23 |
| 9 |  Bolton Wanderers | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 37 | 62 | -25 | 22 |
| 10 |  Leeds United | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 44 | -8 | 21 |
| 11 |  Birmingham City | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 46 | -16 | 21 |
U18 Professional Development League South
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Millwall | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 61 | 23 | 38 | 43 |
| 2 |  Bristol City | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 53 | 41 | 12 | 40 |
| 3 |  Charlton Athletic | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 21 | 21 | 39 |
| 4 |  Watford | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 47 | 37 | 10 | 37 |
| 5 |  Crystal Palace | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 25 | 20 | 34 |
| 6 |  Ipswich Town | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 39 | 3 | 28 |
| 7 |  Cardiff City | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 45 | -2 | 22 |
| 8 |  Coventry City | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 29 | 64 | -35 | 17 |
| 9 |  Colchester United | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 55 | -22 | 16 |
| 10 |  Queens Park Rangers | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 31 | 60 | -29 | 15 |
EFL Youth Alliance South East
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peterborough United | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 55 | 24 | 31 | 48 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 74 | 34 | 40 | 44 |
| 3 | AFC Wimbledon | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 58 | 22 | 36 | 37 |
| 4 | Cambridge United | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 33 | 7 | 35 |
| 5 | Southend United | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 46 | 43 | 3 | 30 |
| 6 | Stevenage | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | Luton Town | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 51 | 47 | 4 | 26 |
| 8 | Gillingham | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 48 | -10 | 22 |
| 9 | Leyton Orient | 20 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 37 | 65 | -28 | 22 |
| 10 | Barnet | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 36 | 58 | -22 | 20 |
| 11 | Milton Keynes Dons | 20 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 22 | 83 | -61 | 4 |
EFL Youth Alliance South West
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 71 | 22 | 49 | 46 |
| 2 | Oxford United | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 58 | 26 | 32 | 42 |
| 3 | Portsmouth | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 59 | 42 | 17 | 41 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 52 | 36 | 16 | 36 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 49 | 35 | 14 | 33 |
| 6 | Yeovil Town | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 43 | 45 | -2 | 32 |
| 7 | Forest Green Rovers | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 33 | 48 | -15 | 21 |
| 8 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 32 | 49 | -17 | 21 |
| 9 | Cheltenham Town | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 30 | 55 | -25 | 17 |
| 10 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 33 | 61 | -28 | 15 |
| 11 | Newport County | 20 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 23 | 64 | -41 | 13 |
FIXTURES
RESULTS
EFL Youth Alliance North West Results
| Date | Home | Time / Results | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
Fleetwood Town  | 3 - 0 |  Carlisle United | |
Accrington Stanley  | 2 - 1 | Fleetwood Town | |
| Carlisle United | 1 - 2 |  Rochdale | |
Salford City  | 7 - 1 |  Morecambe | |
Shrewsbury Town  | 0 - 2 |  Preston North End | |
Tranmere Rovers  | 3 - 0 |  Blackpool | |
Port Vale  | 0 - 2 |  Walsall | |
| Morecambe | 4 - 3 | Walsall | |
| Blackpool | 6 - 0 | Accrington Stanley | |
| Preston North End | 4 - 0 |  Oldham Athletic |
EFL Youth Alliance North East Results
| Date | Home | Time / Results | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
Burton Albion  | 1 - 2 |  Huddersfield Town | |
Chesterfield  | 2 - 4 |  Notts County | |
Bradford City  | 1 - 2 |  Grimsby Town | |
Doncaster Rovers  | 3 - 2 | Notts County | |
Mansfield Town  | 0 - 4 |  Rotherham United | |
Scunthorpe United  | 0 - 2 | Chesterfield | |
Lincoln City  | 0 - 2 | Burton Albion | |
| Huddersfield Town | 4 - 2 | Bradford City | |
| Burton Albion | 0 - 1 | Bradford City | |
| Lincoln City | 1 - 2 | Doncaster Rovers |
EFL Youth Alliance Merit League 1 Results
| Date | Home | Time / Results | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
Peterborough United  | 2 - 0 |  Southend United | |
Exeter City  | 0 - 3 |  AFC Wimbledon | |
Northampton Town  | 1 - 3 |  Yeovil Town | |
| Peterborough United | 2 - 0 |  Portsmouth | |
AFC Bournemouth  | 2 - 0 |  Oxford United | |
Stevenage  | 0 - 3 | Southend United | |
Cambridge United  | 3 - 3 |  Swindon Town | |
| Northampton Town | 1 - 2 | Cambridge United | |
| Portsmouth | 0 - 1 | Oxford United | |
| Swindon Town | 0 - 1 | Stevenage |
EFL Youth Alliance Merit League 2 Results
| Date | Home | Time / Results | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
Forest Green Rovers  | 4 - 0 |  Cheltenham Town | |
Barnet  | 0 - 3 |  Milton Keynes Dons | |
| Milton Keynes Dons | 1 - 2 |  Leyton Orient | |
Plymouth Argyle  | 0 - 1 |  Bristol Rovers | |
Luton Town  | 4 - 3 | Barnet | |
| Forest Green Rovers | 3 - 1 | Milton Keynes Dons | |
| Bristol Rovers | 6 - 0 | Cheltenham Town | |
Newport County  | 0 - 2 |  Gillingham | |
| Plymouth Argyle | 3 - 4 | Luton Town |
U18 Premier League North Results
| Date | Home | Time / Results | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
Everton  | 2 - 3 |  Manchester United | |
Sunderland  | 0 - 4 | Manchester United | |
Wolverhampton Wanderers  | 1 - 1 |  Derby County | |
Manchester City  | 2 - 1 |  Blackburn Rovers | |
Middlesbrough  | 3 - 0 |  Liverpool | |
Newcastle United  | 3 - 1 | Sunderland | |
| Sunderland | 2 - 7 | Everton | |
| Manchester United | 1 - 2 | Derby County | |
Stoke City  | 2 - 1 |  West Bromwich Albion | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 5 - 0 | Middlesbrough |
U18 Premier League South Results
| Date | Home | Time / Results | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
West Ham United  | 3 - 2 |  Leicester City | |
Fulham  | 2 - 0 |  Brighton & Hove Albion | |
Southampton  | 1 - 0 |  Reading | |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2 - 3 |  Arsenal | |
| Fulham | 2 - 2 |  Aston Villa | |
Tottenham Hotspur  | 6 - 1 | Southampton | |
| Leicester City | 5 - 1 |  Swansea City | |
| Aston Villa | 3 - 3 |  Norwich City | |
| Arsenal | 2 - 5 | Leicester City | |
| Southampton | 1 - 3 | Fulham |
U18 Professional Development League North Results
| Date | Home | Time / Results | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
Burnley  | 1 - 0 |  Barnsley | |
Wigan Athletic  | 3 - 0 |  Birmingham City | |
| Barnsley | 3 - 2 | Birmingham City | |
Nottingham Forest  | 3 - 0 |  Hull City | |
Sheffield United  | 3 - 0 |  Crewe Alexandra | |
Sheffield Wednesday  | 4 - 0 | Burnley | |
| Wigan Athletic | 3 - 1 |  Bolton Wanderers | |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 0 - 1 | Barnsley | |
| Crewe Alexandra | 3 - 4 |  Leeds United | |
| Nottingham Forest | 1 - 1 | Burnley |
U18 Professional Development League South Results
| Date | Home | Time / Results | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
Watford  | 2 - 3 |  Crystal Palace | |
Queens Park Rangers  | 1 - 2 |  Bristol City | |
Charlton Athletic  | 4 - 1 | Watford | |
| Bristol City | 2 - 1 |  Ipswich Town | |
| Charlton Athletic | 2 - 0 |  Colchester United | |
Coventry City  | 2 - 2 |  Cardiff City | |
Millwall  | 4 - 2 | Queens Park Rangers | |
| Cardiff City | 2 - 2 | Watford | |
| Ipswich Town | 2 - 3 | Queens Park Rangers | |
| Charlton Athletic | 0 - 2 | Crystal Palace |
EFL Youth Alliance South East Results
| Date | Home | Time / Results | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stevenage | 1 - 2 | AFC Wimbledon | |
| Peterborough United | 3 - 0 | Stevenage | |
| Barnet | 4 - 4 | Gillingham | |
| Southend United | 2 - 1 | Luton Town | |
| Gillingham | 2 - 3 | Stevenage | |
| Cambridge United | 2 - 1 | Barnet | |
| AFC Wimbledon | 1 - 1 | Northampton Town | |
| Barnet | 1 - 4 | Peterborough United | |
| Cambridge United | 2 - 1 | Stevenage | |
| Leyton Orient | 2 - 3 | Gillingham |
EFL Youth Alliance South West Results
| Date | Home | Time / Results | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol Rovers | 1 - 3 | Exeter City | |
| Oxford United | 7 - 1 | Plymouth Argyle | |
| Forest Green Rovers | 1 - 1 | AFC Bournemouth | |
| Newport County | 0 - 3 | Portsmouth | |
| Exeter City | 3 - 1 | Plymouth Argyle | |
| Bristol Rovers | 1 - 1 | AFC Bournemouth | |
| Portsmouth | 3 - 2 | Bristol Rovers | |
| Plymouth Argyle | 2 - 3 | Forest Green Rovers | |
| Swindon Town | 3 - 0 | Newport County | |
| Yeovil Town | 2 - 0 | Exeter City |
