Youth academy

THE ACADEMY

CENTRAL LEAGUE DEVELOPMENT SQUAD FIXTURES 2019/20

DATE OPPOSITION COMP SCORE GOALSCORERS SEPTEMBER Tue 24 Portsmouth H PLC W 1-0 Wright OCTOBER Tue 1 Rotherham United H CLC W 4-2 Trialist, Gomes, Kiwomya, Gibbons Tue 15 Rotherham United A CL W 2-3 Watters, Myring NOVEMBER Tue 5 Huddersfield Town H CLC W 6-2 Bingham, Watters, Blaney, Longbottom, OG, Boocock Mon 11 Aston Villa A PLC W 1-0 Watters Tue 19 Scunthorpe United H CL D 1-1 Boocock Tue 26 Exeter City A PLC L 0-1 - DECEMBER Tue 3 Grimsby Town H CL L 2-3 Gibbons (2) Tue 10 Walsall H CL W 3-2 Wright, Horton, Trialist JANUARY Tue 7 Rochdale A CLC L 0-3 - Tue 14 Shrewsbury Town A CLC W 1-0 Watters Tue 21 Portsmouth A PLC W 4-2 Amos, McLean, Gibbons, Trialist Wed 29 Aston Villa H PLC W 4-0 Watters (2), Trialist B, Trialist C FEBRUARY Tue 4 Rotherham United H CL L 1-5 Watson Mon 24 Exeter City H PLC MARCH Tue 3 Scunthorpe United A CL Tue 10 Grimsby Town A CL Tue 31 Walsall A CL TBA Mansfield Town H CL P-P TBA Mansfield Town A CL P-P

P GD PTS 1 ROTHERHAM 5 2 9 2 GRIMSBY 4 1 7 3 MANSFIELD 2 3 4 4 SCUNTHORPE 2 3 4 5 DONCASTER 5 -5 4 6 WALSALL 4 -4 2

All home fixtures will be played at Cantley Park Training Ground

EFL YOUTH ALLIANCE UNDER 18 NORTH EAST FIXTURES 2019/20

DATE OPPOSITION COMP SCORE GOALSCORERS AUGUST Sat 3 Grimsby Town H YA W 4-1 Smith (2), Bojang, Dimou Sat 10 Notts County A YA W 1-0 Watson Sat 17 Rotherham United H YA D 2-2 McGowan, Watson Sat 31 Burton Albion H YA W 4-1 Watson (4) SEPTEMBER Sat 7 Bradford City A YA L 0-2 - Sat 14 Mansfield Town H YAC L 3-6 Bell, Hasani, McGowan Sat 21 Mansfield Town H YA L 0-1 - Sat 28 Scunthorpe United A YA W 2-1 Smith, Watson OCTOBER Sat 12 Huddersfield Town H YA W 4-0 Smith (3), McGowan Tue 29 Mansfield Town A FAYC L 3-4 Smith (2), McGowan NOVEMBER Sat 2 Lincoln City H YA W 2-0 Smith, Dimou Sat 9 Fleetwood Town A YAC L 0-1 - Sat 16 Chesterfield A YA D 2-2 Smith, McGowan Sat 23 Bradford City H YA W 3-0 Watson, Smith, Conradi Fri 29 Burton Albion A YA L 0-2 - DECEMBER Sat 14 Scunthorpe United H YA L 2-3 Dimou, Smith JANUARY Sat 25 Huddersfield Town A YA W 6-2 Smith (3), McGowan, Watson (2) FEBRUARY Sat 1 Mansfield Town A YA W 2-1 Watson, Smith Sat 8 Chesterfield H YA Sat 22 Lincoln City A YA Sat 29 Grimsby Town A YA MARCH Sat 7 Notts County H YA Sat 14 Rotherham United A YA

P GD PTS 1 DONCASTER 15 16 29 2 SCUNTHORPE 12 3 22 3 MANSFIELD 13 1 20 4 BRADFORD 12 6 19 5 LINCOLN 14 5 18 6 CHESTERFIELD 15 -1 18 7 ROTHERHAM 11 6 17 8 GRIMSBY 13 -4 17 9 NOTTS COUNTY 14 -1 16 10 BURTON 12 -2 16 11 HUDDERSFIELD 13 -16 13

Gary McSheffrey was pleased with his side’s progression to the knockout stages of the Premier League Cup.

Rovers U23s registered an impressive 4-0 win over Category One Academy team Aston Villa at the Keepmoat Stadium to secure their place in the next stage of the competition with one game to spare

“It was a good result and good performance,” McSheffrey said.

“There were one or two things in the first half that we weren’t happy with but we sorted that out at half time and second half we were quite comfortable at times.

“Once we kept our shape and discipline we had the pace and firepower to punish them and that proved the difference.”

Four U18s players featured in the match with Will McGowan and Elliott Walker completing 90 minutes and Lirak Hasani and Junior Smith coming off the bench.

“We blooded quite a few youngsters and I was happy with how they all played and responded to playing at the Keepmoat Stadium for the first time in a long time,” McSheffrey added.

“I was delighted with how they performed. Will McGowan did well in the middle. I thought he controlled the game at times.”