2014–15 Under-21 Premier League Cup

2014-15 Barclays Under-21 Premier League Cup

Tournament details
Country	England Wales
Teams	46
Final positions
Champions	Southampton (1st Title)
Runners-up	Blackburn Rovers
Tournament statistics
Matches played	46
Goals scored	130 (2.83 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Ryan Seager Southampton (5 goals)
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The 2014-15 Under-21 Premier League Cup (known as the Barclays Under-21 Premier League Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the second edition of the U21 Premier League Cup .

Participants

There were six fewer participants than the previous season. The eight clubs that chose not to re-enter were Arsenal, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Coventry City, Notts County, Bristol Rovers, Exeter City and Torquay United. The two clubs entering the competition for the first time were Charlton Athletic and Ipswich Town.

Category 1 North South Blackburn Rovers Aston Villa Bolton Wanderers Brighton & Hove Albion Derby County Fulham Everton Norwich City Leicester City Reading Manchester City Southampton Middlesbrough West Bromwich Albion Newcastle United West Ham United Stoke City Wolverhampton Wanderers Sunderland

Category 2 North South Barnsley Bristol City Birmingham City Cardiff City Crewe Alexandra Charlton Athletic Huddersfield Town Colchester United Leeds United Ipswich Town Nottingham Forest Millwall Sheffield United Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Swansea City

Category 3 North South Burnley AFC Wimbledon Doncaster Rovers AFC Bournemouth Hull City Gillingham Preston North End Peterborough United Wigan Athletic Plymouth Argyle Watford

Matches

First qualifying round

This round commences the week beginning 15 September 2014. The round was contested by 10 of the 11 clubs with Category 3 rated academies, with another, Doncaster Rovers, receiving a bye to the Second Qualifying Round. ^[1]

Northern Section Date Home team Score Away team Attendance 16 Sep Wigan Athletic 5 – 0 Preston North End 30 Sep Burnley 0 – 2 Hull City

Southern Section Date Home team Score Away team Attendance 23 Sep Watford 1 – 0 Peterborough United 23 Sep Gillingham 1 – 0† Plymouth Argyle 23 Sep AFC Wimbledon 1 – 0 A.F.C. Bournemouth

† – After extra time

Second qualifying round

This round commences the week beginning 6 October 2014. The round was contested by Doncaster Rovers, who received a bye to this round, the five First Qualifying Round winners, and 20 of the 22 clubs with Category 2 rated academies - the other two, Crewe Alexandra and Queens Park Rangers, received a bye to the Round of 32. ^[1]

Northern Section Date Home team Score Away team Attendance 8 Oct Nottingham Forest 1 – 3 Wigan Athletic 20 Oct Sheffield Wednesday 0 – 1 Hull City 198 6 Oct Leeds United 6 – 0 Doncaster Rovers 6 Oct Birmingham City 1 – 3 Sheffield United 96 8 Oct Huddersfield Town 1 – 0 Barnsley 148

Southern Section Date Home team Score Away team Attendance 27 Oct Bristol City 1 – 2† Watford 28 Oct Cardiff City 0 – 1 Gillingham 7 Oct Charlton Athletic 4 – 0 AFC Wimbledon 214 [2] 6 Oct Millwall 1 – 1 Colchester United Millwall advance 6 – 5 on penalties. 6 Oct Ipswich Town 2 – 1 Swansea City

† – After extra time

Round of 32

This round begins the week beginning 24 November 2014. The nineteen Category 1 sides were joined in this round by the twelve teams progressing from the Second Qualifying round. Blackburn Rovers drew a bye to the Round of 16.

Northern Section Date Home team Score Away team Attendance 8 Dec Sheffield United 0 – 0 Stoke City Stoke City advance 5 – 4 on penalties. 9 Dec Leicester City 1 – 2 Leeds United 5 Dec Manchester City 2 – 4 Sunderland 24 Nov Middlesbrough 1 – 0 Hull City 196 12 Dec Bolton Wanderers 4 – 4 Wigan Athletic Bolton Wanderers advance 4 - 1 on penalties 15 Dec Huddersfield Town 2 – 0 Everton 24 Nov Newcastle United 2 – 1† Crewe Alexandra 317

Southern Section Date Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Dec Fulham 2 – 4 Norwich City 123 [3] 25 Nov West Ham United 1 – 1 Millwall West Ham United advance 8 – 7 on penalties. 24 Nov Reading 3 – 0 Queens Park Rangers 25 Nov Watford 3 – 2 Gillingham 22 Dec Charlton Athletic 1 – 0 Brighton & Hove Albion 24 Nov Ipswich Town 0 – 1 Southampton 323 25 Nov Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 – 1 Aston Villa 147 20 Nov West Bromwich Albion 0 – 1 Derby County

† – After extra time.

Round of 16

Date Home team Score Away team Attendance 12 Jan Blackburn Rovers 3 – 2 Aston Villa 240 22 Dec Bolton Wanderers 1 – 3† Reading 8 Jan Derby County 0 – 0 Sunderland Derby County advance 4 – 3 on penalties. 6 Jan Huddersfield Town 0 – 0 Charlton Athletic Huddersfield Town advance 6 – 5 on penalties.

Date Home team Score Away team Attendance 5 Jan Middlesbrough 1 – 4 Stoke City 22 Dec Newcastle United 4 – 1 West Ham United 468 15 Jan Southampton 2 – 0 Norwich City 323 6 Jan Watford 6 – 1 Leeds United

† – After extra time.

Quarter-finals

Date Home team Score Away team Attendance 2 Feb Derby County 1 – 0 Stoke City 3 Feb Huddersfield Town 0 – 1 Reading

Date Home team Score Away team Attendance 20 Jan Newcastle United 0 – 1 Blackburn Rovers 509 12 Feb Southampton 3 – 2 Watford

† – After extra time.

Semi-finals

Date Home team Score Away team Attendance 5 Mar Southampton 4 – 2 Derby County

Date Home team Score Away team Attendance 26 Feb Blackburn Rovers 2 – 1† Reading 196

† – After extra time.

Final

First leg

13 Apr 2015

19:00 BST

Blackburn Rovers	0 – 0	Southampton
	Report

Ewood Park

Attendance: 995

Referee: Joseph Johnson

Blackburn Rovers

Southampton

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Blackburn Rovers No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ESP David Raya 2 DF   ENG Ryan Nyambe 3 DF   ENG Jack Doyle 4 DF   ENG Connor Thompson 5 DF   ENG Sam Lavelle 6 DF   WAL Sam Jones 7 FW   ENG Devarn Green 39' 8 DF   ENG Bradley Bauress 9 FW   ENG Dean Rittenburg 90' 10 MF   ENG David Carson 11 MF   ENG Connor Mahoney Sub DF   ENG Kellen Daly Sub GK   SCO Ryan Crump Sub MF   AUS Hyuga Tanner Sub MF   ENG Lewis Mansell  39' Sub MF   ENG Sam Joel 90'

Southampton No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ARG Paulo Gazzaniga 2 DF   ENG Bevis Mugabi 3 DF   ENG Matt Targett 4 MF   ENG Dominic Gape 5 DF   ENG Jason McCarthy 6 DF   ENG Will Wood 7 FW   ENG Sam Gallagher  81' 8 MF   ENG Harrison Reed 9 FW   ENG Ryan Seager 10 MF   ENG Jake Hesketh 11 MF   ENG Sam McQueen  81' Sub MF   ENG Josh Sims  81' Sub GK   GIB Will Britt Sub FW   ENG Jake Sinclair  81' Sub MF   ENG Callum Slattery Sub DF   ENG Josh Debayo

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Second leg

20 Apr 2015

19:00 BST

Southampton	2 – 1 (AET)	Blackburn Rovers
Seager 52' Gallagher 94'	Report	Targett 69'(OG)

St. Mary's Stadium

Attendance: 12,356

Referee: Antony Coggins

Southampton

Blackburn Rovers

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Southampton No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ARG Paulo Gazzaniga 2 DF   ENG Bevis Mugabi 3 DF   ENG Matt Targett 4 MF   ENG Dominic Gape 5 DF   ENG Jason McCarthy 6 DF   ENG Will Wood 7 FW   ENG Sam Gallagher 8 MF   ENG Harrison Reed  88' 9 FW   ENG Ryan Seager  90' 10 MF   ENG Jake Hesketh 11 MF   ENG Sam McQueen  77' Sub MF   ENG Josh Sims  90' Sub GK   GIB Will Britt Sub FW   ENG Jake Sinclair  77' Sub MF   ENG Callum Slattery Sub DF   ENG Josh Debayo

Blackburn Rovers No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ESP David Raya 2 DF   ENG Ryan Nyambe 3 DF   ENG Jack Doyle 4 DF   ENG Connor Thompson 91' 5 DF   ENG Sam Lavelle 6 DF   WAL Sam Jones 7 FW   ENG Dean Rittenburg 74' 8 DF   ENG Bradley Bauress 9 MF   ENG Lewis Mansell 10 MF   ENG David Carson 57' 11 MF   ENG Connor Mahoney Sub DF   ENG Kellen Daly Sub GK   SCO Ryan Crump Sub MF   AUS Hyuga Tanner 74' Sub MF   ENG Lewis Hardcastle 57' Sub MF   ENG Sam Joel 91'

References

1. "Under-21 Premier League Cup qualifying draw announced". www.premierleague.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014.
2. "2014-15 U21 fixtures". Charlton Athletic.
3. "Fulham slipped to defeat by Norwich in the U21 Premier League Cup on Monday". Fulham FC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015.

See also

• 2014–15 Professional U21 Development League
• 2014–15 FA Cup
• 2014–15 FA Youth Cup
• 2014–15 in English football