2024–25 Professional U18 Development League

The 2024–25 Professional U18 Development League is the 13th season of the Professional Development League system. There are 26 teams competing, divided into North and South divisions according to their region.

U18 Premier League

Season	2024–25
Champions	Aston Villa (1st Title)
Matches played	313 (312 RS, 1 PO)
Goals scored	1,350 (4.31 per match) (1349 RS, 1 PO)
Top goalscorer	Nicholas Oyekunle Southampton (27 goals)
Biggest home win	Manchester United 13–1 Leeds United (5 April 2025)
Biggest away win	Leeds United 0–8 Manchester United (2 November 2024)
Highest scoring	Manchester United 13–1 Leeds United (5 April 2025) Record
Longest winning run	21 matches Manchester City (1 September 2024 – 26 April 2025)
Longest unbeaten run	22 matches Manchester City (1 September 2024 – 10 May 2025)
Longest winless run	13 matches Leeds United (17 August 2024 – 15 February 2025) Wolverhampton Wanderers (2 November 2024 – 15 March 2025)
Longest losing run	6 matches Middlesbrough (31 August 2024 – 26 October 2024) Nottingham Forest (19 October 2024 – 14 December 2024)
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 17 May 2025.

North

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City (R)	24	21	2	1	90	20	+70	65	Qualification for the National Final
2	Manchester United	24	20	3	1	90	24	+66	63
3	Everton	24	14	4	6	55	47	+8	46
4	Derby County	24	14	2	8	73	44	+29	44
5	Newcastle United	24	10	5	9	55	57	−2	35
6	Sunderland	24	10	2	12	57	52	+5	32
7	Blackburn Rovers	24	9	5	10	49	63	−14	32
8	Stoke City	24	7	6	11	47	59	−12	27
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	7	3	14	36	49	−13	24
10	Middlesbrough	24	7	3	14	45	74	−29	24
11	Liverpool	24	5	4	15	42	71	−29	19
12	Nottingham Forest	24	5	3	16	33	65	−32	18
13	Leeds United	24	3	6	15	36	83	−47	15

Source: Premier League Under 18 Table
(R) Regional League Champions

Results

Home \ Away	BLB	DER	EVE	LEE	LIV	MNC	MNU	MID	NEW	NFO	STK	SUN	WOL
Blackburn Rovers	—	0–6	1–3	6–2	5–0	0–2	1–2	0–1	3–1	5–2	3–3	1–5	2–1
Derby County	1–2	—	2–1	1–0	5–1	3–5	2–3	3–1	0–3	3–1	6–2	0–3	5–1
Everton	1–1	3–2	—	3–2	3–2	0–4	4–4	4–4	3–2	2–3	2–1	2–1	2–1
Leeds United	1–1	0–6	2–4	—	2–2	0–0	0–8	0–3	4–5	3–2	1–1	0–2	4–0
Liverpool	0–2	1–4	0–3	1–3	—	0–5	2–2	2–3	2–3	2–2	2–0	4–2	4–2
Manchester City	5–0	4–3	4–1	3–2	3–1	—	0–2	6–0	7–1	6–0	4–1	2–0	2–0
Manchester United	9–0	4–3	3–0	13–1	2–0	0–4	—	3–1	0–0	6–0	4–0	3–1	2–1
Middlesbrough	1–3	2–4	1–3	6–3	2–7	0–7	0–4	—	2–4	4–3	2–3	2–2	2–3
Newcastle United	1–5	3–3	1–2	3–3	3–1	3–3	1–5	0–1	—	3–0	4–1	3–3	0–1
Nottingham Forest	2–2	0–3	0–3	4–1	5–2	0–4	0–3	1–2	0–1	—	1–1	1–3	1–4
Stoke City	2–2	3–3	2–1	5–1	3–3	1–2	0–3	4–3	5–3	0–3	—	4–0	2–0
Sunderland	7–2	0–3	2–3	3–0	6–1	2–5	3–4	3–0	1–3	0–2	4–3	—	2–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5–2	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–3	0–1	2–2	2–4	2–0	2–0	4–2	—

Source: Premier League Under 18 Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Aston Villa (R, C)	24	15	2	7	47	37	+10	47	Qualification for the National Final
2	Southampton	24	13	6	5	68	41	+27	45
3	Arsenal	24	13	5	6	68	53	+15	44
4	Chelsea	24	13	3	8	58	46	+12	42
5	Fulham	24	12	3	9	44	37	+7	39
6	Crystal Palace	24	10	8	6	48	39	+9	38
7	Tottenham Hotspur	24	10	7	7	64	48	+16	37
8	Reading	24	9	5	10	30	42	−12	32
9	West Ham United	24	6	7	11	40	53	−13	25
10	Brighton & Hove Albion	24	6	6	12	45	54	−9	24
11	Norwich City	24	6	5	13	44	60	−16	23
12	Leicester City	24	6	5	13	51	70	−19	23
13	West Bromwich Albion	24	3	6	15	34	61	−27	15

Source: Premier League Under 18 Table
(C) Champions; (R) Regional League Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AVL	BHA	CHE	CRY	FUL	LEI	NOR	REA	SOU	TOT	WBA	WHU
Arsenal	—	2–4	2–3	1–0	1–1	2–1	4–3	3–1	4–0	3–3	4–4	3–2	3–1
Aston Villa	0–3	—	1–0	1–2	3–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	4–0	2–4	2–0	2–1	1–3
Brighton & Hove Albion	3–3	1–2	—	3–4	0–2	0–2	3–4	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–5	5–1	1–1
Chelsea	2–3	6–2	2–5	—	1–0	2–1	2–5	5–1	1–2	4–3	3–3	4–1	2–2
Crystal Palace	1–2	4–1	3–3	4–2	—	0–6	1–1	4–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1
Fulham	4–3	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–2	—	2–2	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–5	2–1	0–1
Leicester City	3–5	1–4	0–4	1–3	1–2	1–2	—	4–3	2–2	1–2	0–7	4–2	1–1
Norwich City	3–2	2–3	4–1	1–3	4–1	1–5	2–2	—	2–5	2–2	0–4	1–0	3–0
Reading	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–2	0–3	1–0	4–2	0–5	—	0–3	2–0	1–0	1–4
Southampton	2–5	2–3	5–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	6–1	5–0	2–1	—	3–3	5–1	4–2
Tottenham Hotspur	6–4	2–1	2–2	0–0	6–4	2–3	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–4	—	2–3	1–1
West Bromwich Albion	3–3	1–1	3–0	2–4	0–2	0–2	2–5	3–3	1–1	0–3	1–0	—	2–2
West Ham United	2–3	0–1	0–2	2–3	0–5	2–2	3–6	1–0	1–3	2–2	4–2	4–2	—

Source: Premier League Under 18 Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

National Final

Aston Villa U18s	1–0	Manchester City U18s
Routh 75'	Report 1 Report 2

17 May 2025

13:00 BST

Villa Park, Aston

Attendance: 5,739 or 10,000

Referee: Harrison Blair

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 17 May 2025

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[1]
1	Nicholas Okelunye	Southampton	27
2	Luca Williams-Barnett	Tottenham Hotspur	19
3	Dan Casey	Arsenal	18
	Reigan Heskey	Manchester City
4	Divine Mukasa	Manchester City	16
	Victor Musa	Manchester United
	Marcus Neill	Sunderland
5	Max Dowman	Arsenal	15
	Charles Ebuka Agbawodikeizu	Derby County
	Matthew Warhurst	Manchester City
6	Justin Oguntolu	Derby County	14
	James Scanlon	Manchester United
	Elisha Sowunmi	West Ham United
7	Ellis Lehane	Tottenham Hotspur	13
8	Frankie Coulson	Middlesbrough	12
	Lorenz Hutchinson	Leicester City
9	Joe Bradshaw	Liverpool	11
	Cole Brannigan	Aston Villa
	Benjamin Casey	Crystal Palace
	Finlay Corke	Norwich City
	Chizaram Ezenwata	Chelsea
	Harry Gathercole	Southampton
	Ryan McAidoo	Manchester City
	Divine Onyemachi	West Bromwich Albion
	Tom Wingate	Fulham

Hat-tricks

As of 3 May 2025

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Sean Neave	Newcastle United	Derby County	3–3 (H)	24 August 2024	[2]
Charles Ebuka Agbawodikeizu	Derby County	Stoke City	6–2 (H)	31 August 2024	[3]
Dan Casey	Arsenal	West Bromwich Albion	3–3 (A)	31 August 2024	[4]
James Scanlon4	Manchester United	Blackburn Rovers	9–0 (H)	28 September 2024	[5]
Isaac Davies	Nottingham Forest	Leeds United	4–1 (H)	28 September 2024	[6]
Andre Annous	Arsenal	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–3 (A)	28 September 2024	[7]
Charles Ebuka Agbawodikeizu4	Derby County	Leeds United	0–6 (A)	19 October 2024	[8]
Bradley Burrowes	Aston Villa	Arsenal	2–4 (A)	19 October 2024	[9]
Sean Neave	Newcastle United	Leeds United	4–5 (A)	26 October 2024	[10]
Chido Obi	Manchester United	Nottingham Forest	6–0 (H)	26 October 2024	[11]
Elisha Sowunmi	West Ham United	Reading	1–4 (A)	26 October 2024	[12]
James Scanlon	Manchester United	Leeds United	0–8 (A)	2 November 2024	[13]
Amir Ibragimov	Manchester United	Leeds United	0–8 (A)	2 November 2024	[14]
Joe Boggan	Blackburn Rovers	Nottingham Forest	5–2 (H)	9 November 2024	[15]
Elisha Sowunmi	West Ham United	Aston Villa	1–3 (A)	9 November 2024	[16]
Divine Mukasa	Manchester City	Newcastle United	7–1 (H)	30 November 2024	[17]
Luca Williams-Barnett	Tottenham Hotspur	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–5 (A)	8 February 2025	[18]
Dan Casey	Arsenal	Southampton	2–5 (A)	15 February 2025	[19]
Lorenz Hutchinson	Leicester City	West Ham United	3–6 (A)	15 February 2025	[20]
Finlay Corke	Norwich City	Crystal Palace	4–1 (H)	15 February 2025	[21]
Nicholas Oyekunle4	Southampton	Norwich City	5–0 (H)	21 February 2025	[22]
Charles Ebuka Agbawodikeizu	Derby County	Middlesbrough	2–4 (A)	22 February 2025	[23]
Daniel Casey	Arsenal	Tottenham Hotspur	6–4 (H)	8 March 2025	[24]
Nicholas Oyekunle	Southampton	Brighton & Hove Albion	5–1 (H)	8 March 2025	[25]
Max Dowman	Arsenal	Leicester City	3–5 (A)	5 April 2025	[26]
Victor Musa6	Manchester United	Leeds United	13–1 (H)	5 April 2025	[27]
Jim Thwaites	Manchester United	Leeds United	13–1 (H)	5 April 2025	[27]
Justin Clarke4	Everton	Leeds United	2–4 (A)	8 April 2025	[28]
Marcus Neill	Sunderland	Liverpool	6–1 (H)	12 April 2025	[29]
Harry Gathercole	Southampton	Chelsea	4–3 (A)	12 April 2025	[30]
Marcus Neill4	Sunderland	Blackburn Rovers	7–2 (H)	23 April 2025	[31]
Ellis Lehane	Tottenham Hotspur	Leicester City	0–7 (A)	26 April 2025	[32]
Oliver Boast	Leeds United	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–0 (H)	26 April 2025	[33]
Max Dowman4	Arsenal	Reading	4–0 (H)	26 April 2025	[34]
Kacey Wooster	Newcastle United	Leeds United	3–3 (H)	30 April 2025	[35]
Frankie Coulson	Middlesbrough	Leeds United	6–3 (H)	3 May 2025	[36]

Note

(H) – Home; (A) – Away
⁴ – player scored 4 goals ⁶ - player scored 6 goals

Professional Development League

U18 Professional Development League

Season	2024–25
Champions	Bristol City (1st Title)
Matches played	344 (341 RS, 3 PO)
Goals scored	1,384 (4.02 per match) (1376 RS, 8 PO)
Top goalscorer	Caelan-Kole Cadamarteri Sheffield Wednesday (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Millwall 9–0 Bristol City (8 March 2025)
Biggest away win	Queens Park Rangers 0–8 Burnley (3 September 2024)
Highest scoring	Ipswich Town 7–4 Colchester United (18 January 2025), Peterborough United 3–8 Fleetwood Town (19 April 2025)
Longest winning run	10 matches Burnley (14 December 2024 – 22 March 2025)
Longest unbeaten run	17 matches Bristol City (14 September 2024 – 4 March 2025)
Longest winless run	9 matches Colchester United (24 August 2024 – 2 November 2024) Fleetwood Town (31 August 2024 – 4 January 2025) Peterborough United (25 March 2025 – 3 May 2025)
Longest losing run	9 matches Colchester United (24 August 2024 – 2 November 2024)
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 16 May 2025.

The Professional Development League 2 is an Under-18 football's second tier, designed for those academies with Category 2 status. The league is split regionally into north and south divisions, with each team facing opponents in their own region twice both home and away and opponents in the other region once resulting in 31 games played. The sides finishing in the top two positions in both regions at the end of the season will progress to a knockout stage to determine the overall league champion. Birmingham City are the defending champions. Brentford make their return to this level after 9 years.^[37]

Tables

North Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Burnley (R)	31	22	3	6	88	26	+62	69	Qualification for Knock-out stage
2	Sheffield Wednesday	31	20	5	6	86	45	+41	65
3	Coventry City	31	17	4	10	59	50	+9	55
4	Sheffield United	31	15	5	11	65	61	+4	50
5	Wigan Athletic	31	15	3	13	69	46	+23	48
6	Barnsley	31	14	5	12	54	48	+6	47
7	Crewe Alexandra	31	13	5	13	58	54	+4	44
8	Hull City	31	12	5	14	46	60	−14	41
9	Birmingham City	31	11	3	17	47	65	−18	36
10	Peterborough United	31	8	3	20	49	77	−28	27
11	Fleetwood Town	31	7	3	21	42	91	−49	24

Source: Under 18 Professional Development League table
(R) Regional League Champions

South Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bristol City (R, C)	31	20	6	5	73	45	+28	66	Qualification for Knock-out stage
2	Watford	31	19	3	9	67	45	+22	60
3	Cardiff City	31	16	4	11	75	59	+16	52
4	Millwall	31	14	5	12	72	48	+24	47
5	AFC Bournemouth	31	14	2	15	75	64	+11	44
6	Brentford	31	13	5	13	67	67	0	44
7	Swansea City	31	13	4	14	64	63	+1	43
8	Charlton Athletic	31	10	4	17	62	69	−7	34
9	Ipswich Town	31	8	5	18	58	91	−33	29
10	Queens Park Rangers	31	7	6	18	50	106	−56	27
11	Colchester United	31	7	4	20	50	96	−46	25

Source: Under 18 Professional Development League table
(C) Champions; (R) Regional League Champions

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BIR	BUR	COV	CRE	FLE	HUL	PET	SHU	SHW	WIG	BOU	BRE	BRI	CAR	CHA	COL	IPS	MIL	QPR	SWA	WAT
Barnsley	—	0–4	0–2	0–2	2–0	4–1	0–1	6–4	4–3	3–3	2–0	2–0	3–1		1–1		4–2		1–0		0–1
Birmingham City	0–2	—	2–2	1–3	1–0	2–2	1–3	1–2	2–3	1–5	1–0		2–1	6–1		0–2		4–3		4–0		2–1
Burnley	1–0	3–0	—	6–0	3–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	5–2	1–1	1–0	1–2		3–1	1–2		2–0		0–1		5–2
Coventry City	3–2	2–0	0–2	—	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	5–2	0–1		1–2		3–2	3–3		4–2		7–1		2–1
Crewe Alexandra	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	—	2–0	3–0	0–0	3–2	1–2	1–4	6–0		2–3		1–4	8–1		3–1		0–1
Fleetwood Town	1–2	0–1	1–6	1–3	0–3	—	4–1	1–4	1–3	0–5	0–4		1–5		1–3		3–2	1–0		2–2		1–4
Hull City	1–3	0–4	1–0	0–2	1–1	3–6	—	4–2	2–2	6–1	1–5	3–2		0–1		4–3		0–2	2–2		0–2
Peterborough United	2–0	4–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	3–8	0–1	—	1–3	1–2	3–2		1–3		0–4		3–1		1–6	6–0		0–2
Sheffield United	0–3	1–2	1–0	0–1	6–3	0–2	2–1	4–1	—	1–1	0–1	2–5		2–1		2–0		3–1		4–1	4–2
Sheffield Wednesday	3–2	3–0	4–2	3–1	6–1	4–0	4–0	2–1	1–0	—	0–2		3–1		4–1		6–0		2–0		2–1	0–3
Wigan Athletic	1–1	4–2	0–3	1–2	1–2	6–0	1–1	6–0	4–5	2–1	—	1–2		2–4		0–2		1–0		5–1		4–0
AFC Bournemouth		2–2		1–1		5–0		3–1		4–3		—	2–3	1–2	5–2	0–2	1–3	6–0	4–2	4–5	0–1	0–1
Brentford			0–5		1–1		0–2		7–1		5–2	3–2	—	1–3	4–2	3–2	5–3	1–2	1–3	2–2	1–0	2–3
Bristol City	3–0			4–1		3–0		4–1		1–1		2–0	1–1	—	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	3–1
Cardiff City		2–0			2–1		0–3		2–2		3–3	0–2	3–1	1–3	—	0–0	3–1	4–3	2–4	3–4	5–0	4–1
Charlton Athletic	0–1		3–4			3–1		2–2		2–4		2–4	2–2	1–2	3–4	—	3–1	5–2	1–3	6–3	1–5	0–2
Colchester United		2–0		3–1			1–2		1–1		1–4	2–1	3–3	2–2	1–2	1–3	—	2–3	3–1	3–2	1–1	0–4
Ipswich Town	3–3		0–7		2–3			1–3		1–7		2–3	2–0	0–5	1–5	2–3	7–4	—	1–3	3–1	4–1	1–1
Millwall		5–0		1–2		3–0			2–2		1–0	3–2	3–0	9–0	1–2	2–1	2–3	2–2	—	1–2	1–1	3–4
Queens Park Rangers	2–2		0–8		3–1		1–2			1–1		2–6	2–5	0–7	0–7	4–0	5–1	0–2	0–3	—	2–2	1–2
Swansea City		5–1		4–1		2–3		3–3			1–2	4–3	1–2	2–3	2–3	3–1	6–2	5–2	2–1	0–1	—	0–5
Watford	1–0		1–5		2–1		0–0		0–2			1–3	4–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	5–0	3–3	2–1	6–1	1–3	—

Source: Under 18 Professional Development League Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knock-out stage

Semi-finals

Burnley U18s	1–2	Watford U18s
Masara 8'	Report	Shevchenko 40' Nabizada 87'

9 May 2025

19:00 BST

Turf Moor, Burnley

Bristol City U18s	2–0	Sheffield Wednesday U18s
Sheppard 22' Derrick 40'	Report

10 May 2025

14:00 BST

Ashton Gate, Bristol

Professional Development League National Final

Bristol City U18s	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Watford U18s
Pecover 54' Jackson 103'	Report	Smith-Daley 90+4'

16 May 2025

13:00 BST

Ashton Gate, Bristol

EFL Youth Alliance

Football League Youth Alliance

Season	2024-25
Champions	Bolton Wanderers
Matches played	515
Goals scored	2,041 (3.96 per match)
Biggest home win	Oxford United 9–0 Cheltenham Town (8 February 2025)
Biggest away win	Chesterfield 0–7 Rotherham United (17 August 2024) Newport County 1–8 Luton Town (15 April 2025)
Highest scoring	Gillingham 6–5 Leyton Orient (8 February 2025)
Longest winning run	15 matches – Oxford United (12 November 2024 – 12 April 2025)
Longest unbeaten run	21 matches – Bolton Wanderers (10 August 2024 – 19 April 2025)
Longest winless run	11 matches – Huddersfield Town (10 August 2024 – 30 November 2024) Exeter City (19 October 2024 – 1 March 2025)
Longest losing run	11 matches – Exeter City (19 October 2024 – 1 March 2025)
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 26 April 2025 (11 out of 20 games recorded).

The EFL Youth Alliance also known at times as League 3 is run by the Football League under the auspices of the Football League Youth Alliance. This is for academies that are Category Three and Four in the EPPP. The competition consists of the Under-18 sides from the Category Three and Category Four Academy Clubs of the EFL and Premier League, along with selected National League Clubs. 44 teams competed this season, one fewer than the previous season. Brentford made their return to Category Two status after nine years and left the league before the season.^[37] Chesterfield returned after a five-year absence after their first team was promoted. Bromley joined the league as a Category Four Academy after their first team was promoted to the Football League for the first time.^[38] However, Oldham Athletic did not return after their parent club lost their EPPP license. For clubs that get relegated to the National League, they have two years to gain promotion back to the EFL. Otherwise, they lose their license with the League. This season there is no more split divisions or Merit Leagues the divisions are combined. All the teams are placed within two Divisions North and South. Afterwards, the regional champions will play in a playoff final to decide the winner.

League stage

As of match played 10 May 2025^[39]

North Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bolton Wanderers (R, C)	24	19	3	2	83	25	+58	60
2	Wrexham	24	18	4	2	74	27	+47	58
3	Rotherham United	24	13	5	6	52	39	+13	44
4	Preston North End	24	14	2	8	65	53	+12	44
5	Lincoln City	24	12	5	7	46	36	+10	41
6	Blackpool	24	11	7	6	52	41	+11	40
7	Burton Albion	24	11	6	7	51	37	+14	39
8	Chesterfield	24	12	3	9	41	38	+3	39
9	Port Vale	24	10	5	9	47	42	+5	35
10	Stockport County	24	10	4	10	45	40	+5	34
11	Bradford City	24	9	7	8	45	42	+3	34
12	Grimsby Town	24	9	7	8	42	41	+1	34
13	Mansfield Town	24	11	1	12	36	40	−4	34
14	Accrington Stanley	24	9	5	10	52	60	−8	32
15	Doncaster Rovers	24	9	5	10	32	40	−8	32
16	Rochdale	24	8	6	10	53	55	−2	30
17	Morecambe	24	8	6	10	44	47	−3	30
18	Harrogate Town	24	8	6	10	49	54	−5	30
19	Shrewsbury Town	24	6	8	10	37	46	−9	26
20	Walsall	24	7	5	12	35	47	−12	26
21	Salford City	24	7	4	13	51	69	−18	25
22	Carlisle United	24	6	6	12	28	39	−11	24
23	Hartlepool United	24	4	6	14	38	59	−21	18
24	Notts County	24	4	5	15	29	70	−41	17
25	Huddersfield Town	24	4	1	19	31	71	−40	13

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2025. Source: soccerway.com
(C) Champions; (R) Regional League Champions

South Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Luton Town (R)	27	22	2	3	85	36	+49	68
2	Oxford United	26	20	2	4	72	32	+40	62
3	AFC Wimbledon	27	18	3	6	75	43	+32	57
4	Gillingham	27	17	3	7	73	47	+26	54
5	Plymouth Argyle	26	14	4	8	59	36	+23	46
6	Leyton Orient	27	14	4	9	59	39	+20	46
7	Swindon Town	26	12	3	11	56	50	+6	39
8	Stevenage	27	11	6	10	43	43	0	39
9	Sutton United	27	11	6	10	41	51	−10	39
10	Portsmouth	26	12	1	13	45	54	−9	37
11	Bromley	27	10	7	10	50	51	−1	37
12	Cheltenham Town	26	10	4	12	49	60	−11	34
13	Forest Green Rovers	26	10	1	15	50	58	−8	31
14	Milton Keynes Dons	27	9	4	14	47	54	−7	31
15	Cambridge United	27	7	6	14	50	65	−15	27
16	Bristol Rovers	26	6	3	17	42	72	−30	21
17	Newport County	26	6	2	18	49	75	−26	20
18	Northampton Town	27	6	2	19	39	81	−42	20
19	Exeter City	26	5	1	20	38	75	−37	16

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2025. Source: soccerway.com
(R) Regional Champions

EFL Youth Alliance National Final

Bolton Wanderers U18s	7–2	Luton Town U18s
Smith 4' Lewis 21' Grayson 25' Leigh 31' Lawrence 56', 90' Chigozie 69' (o.g.)	Report	Takawira 85', 88'

9 May 2025

14:00 BST

Toughsheet Community Stadium, Horwich

See also

• 2024–25 in English football