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 Tue 11 Mansfield Town H CL 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 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 W 3-0 Hasani, Dimou, Watson 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 16 19 32 2 SCUNTHORPE 12 3 22 3 MANSFIELD 13 1 20 4 BRADFORD 12 6 19 5 LINCOLN 14 5 18 6 CHESTERFIELD 16 -4 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

Alex Baptiste says it was a relief to be back in action after making his return from an achilles injury last Tuesday.

The experienced defender played 45 minutes for Rovers’ Development side against Rotherham United at Cantley Park – his first appearance at any level since August.

He said: “It felt good to be back out on the field, I’ve still got a lot of work to do to get that sharpness back but I enjoyed it.

“There were a few nerves before the game especially given the time I’ve had out, it was my first game for six months so I had to work on a few things.

“The timing and positioning will come with games, I’m looking forward to kicking on now and building myself up.”

After speeding up the recovery process and returning much quicker than initially expected, Baptiste is just happy to be back fit after thinking at one point that his career may have been over.

He added: “I thought I would have to retire, I know how bad the injury is because I follow a lot of Basketball and I’ve seen it keep players out for a year in that sport.

“I had the experience of a long term injury before, it’s a grind and you’re doing the same things every day and those little steps all add up.