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
Runner-up	Blackburn Rovers
Tournament statistics
Matches played	46
Goals scored	130 (2.83 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Ryan Seager (5 goals)

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.

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.

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
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
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
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. 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. 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'

See also

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