Football League Youth Alliance

Football League Youth Alliance

Founded	1997
Country	England
Other club from	Wales
Divisions	4
Promotion to	Professional Development League
Relegation to	The Football Conference Youth Alliance
League cup	Football League Youth Alliance Cup FA Youth Cup
Current champions	Bradford City (North East) Preston North End (North West) Plymouth Argyle (South) (2021–22)

The Football League Youth Alliance is a youth football competition in England, consisting of two regional divisions. It acts as League 2 of the U18 Professional Development League system.

Current structure

North Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bradford City Burton Albion Carlisle United Chesterfield Doncaster Rovers Grimsby Town Lincoln City Mansfield Town Morecambe Notts County Oldham Athletic Port Vale Preston North End Rotherham United Salford City Shrewsbury Town Stockport County Walsall Wrexham

South AFC Wimbledon Barnet Bristol Rovers Bromley Cambridge United Cheltenham Town Exeter City Forest Green Rovers Gillingham Leyton Orient Luton Town MK Dons Newport County Northampton Town Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Stevenage Sutton United Swindon Town Wycombe Wanderers

Recent champions

Season	Merit League	North West Conference	North East Conference	South West Conference	South East Conference
2007–08 [1]	Not contested	Walsall	Hull City	Plymouth Argyle	Queens Park Rangers
2008–09 [2]	Not contested	Wrexham	Chesterfield	Swindon Town	Southend United
2009–10 [3]	Not contested	Preston North End	Hull City	Swindon Town	Millwall
2010–11 [4]	Not contested	Rochdale	Chesterfield	Swindon Town	Queens Park Rangers
2011–12 [5]	Not contested	Preston North End	Hull City	Plymouth Argyle	Queens Park Rangers
2012–13 [6]	Not contested	Wrexham	Hull City	Bristol Rovers	Portsmouth
2013–14	Not contested	Blackpool	Bradford City	Exeter City	Colchester United
2014–15	Not contested	Bury	Bradford City	AFC Bournemouth	Barnet
2015–16	Leyton Orient	Wigan Athletic	Mansfield Town	Plymouth Argyle	Luton Town
2016–17	Newport County	Blackpool	Mansfield Town	Exeter City	Leyton Orient
2017–18	Gillingham	Rochdale	Mansfield Town	Exeter City	Milton Keynes Dons
2018–19	Southend United	Wigan Athletic	Grimsby Town	Oxford United	Northampton Town
2019–20	(not completed)	Preston North End	Doncaster Rovers	AFC Bournemouth	Peterborough United

Season	Merit League One	Merit League Two	Merit League Three	North West Conference	North East Conference	South West Conference	South East Conference
2020–21	Plymouth Argyle	Southend United	AFC Bournemouth	Fleetwood Town	Notts County	Oxford United	Peterborough United

Season	Merit League	North West Conference	North East Conference	South West Conference	South East Conference
2021–22	Plymouth Argyle	Preston North End	Bradford City	AFC Bournemouth	AFC Wimbledon

Season	Merit League One	Merit League Two	North West Conference	North East Conference	North East Conference Second Stage Top Half	North East Conference Second Stage Bottom Half	South West Conference	South East Conference
2022–23	Luton Town	Northampton Town	Blackpool	Harrogate Town	Bradford City	Mansfield Town	AFC Bournemouth	Luton Town
2023–24	Plymouth Argyle	Brentford	Preston North End	Mansfield Town	Mansfield Town	Grimsby Town	Plymouth Argyle	Luton Town

Season	North	South	Play off Final
2024–25	Bolton Wanderers	Luton Town	Bolton Wanderers

Youth Alliance Cup

The Youth Alliance also operates a cup competition known as the Football League Youth Alliance Cup. ^[7]

Winners

Season	Winners	Runners-up	Final result
2006–07	Stockport County	Colchester United	5–2
2007–08	Hull City	Colchester United	3–0
2008–09 [8]	Grimsby Town	Queens Park Rangers	2–1
2009–10 [9]	Queens Park Rangers	Stockport County	4–3
2010–11 [10]	Wycombe Wanderers	Darlington	0–0 Wycombe win 4–2 on penalties
2011–12 [7]	Doncaster Rovers	Exeter City	4–0
2012–13 [11]	Bristol Rovers	Carlisle United	3–1
2013–14	Colchester United	Bradford City	4–2
2014–15	Oldham Athletic	Milton Keynes Dons	4–0
2015–16	Luton Town	Shrewsbury Town	2–1
2016–17	AFC Bournemouth	Wigan Athletic	4–2
2017–18	Luton Town	Wigan Athletic	1–0
2018–19	Wigan Athletic	Exeter City	2–0
2019–20	AFC Wimbledon	Rotherham United	1–0
2020–21	Rochdale	Gillingham	3–0
2021–22	Preston North End	Luton Town	4–1
2022–23	Milton Keynes Dons	Rotherham United	2–0
2023–24	Preston North End	Portsmouth	3–1
2024–25	Burton Albion	Bromley	1–0

See also

• Premier Academy League
• FA Youth Cup
• The Central League
• The Football Combination
• The Football League
• The Football Conference Youth Alliance

References

1. "Puma Youth Alliance Honours" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2012.
2. "Puma Youth Alliance Honours 2008–09 Season" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012.
3. "Puma Youth Alliance Honours 2009–10 Season" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2012.
4. "Puma Youth Alliance Honours 2010–11 Season" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2012.
5. "Puma Youth Alliance Honours 2011–12 Season" (PDF).^{[ dead link ]}
6. "Football League Youth Alliance newsletter 35 2012–13" (PDF).^{[ dead link ]}
7. "The Football League | FL Trust | Youth Development | Rovers win Footb…". archive.is. 3 May 2012. Archived from the original on 22 April 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
8. "Grimsby Town | News | Latest News | Latest News | Town Fight Back To Lift Trophy". world.grimsby-townfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
9. "The Football League | Youth Alliance | Youth Alliance Latest News | Youth Alliance News Detail | QPR triumph in Youth Cup". 29 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
10. "Wycombe Wanderers | News | Latest News | Latest News". world.wycombewanderers.co.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2018.^{[ dead link ]}
11. "The Football League | Youth Alliance | Youth Alliance Latest News | Youth Alliance News Detail | Rovers win Youth Alliance Cup". 21 October 2013. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2018.

External links

• Official page on the EFL website