The 2009–10 Premier Academy League Under–18 season is the thirteenth edition since the establishment of The
Premier Academy League
The Premier Academy League (sometimes abbreviated as FAPAL) was the top level of youth football in England before it was to be replaced by a new league proposed by the Elite Player Performance Plan in 2012, which was accepted by the 72 member c ...
, and the sixth under the current make-up.
All teams played the other teams in their group twice and play 10 inter-group fixtures, producing 28 games a season. Eight of the inter-group games were played against teams in their 'paired group' (i.e. A–B and C–D are the paired groups), whilst the remaining two games comprise one game against a team in each of the two remaining groups. Winners of each group qualify for play-offs.
Arsenal U18s defeated
Nottingham Forest U18s 5–3 in the play-off final at the
Emirates Stadium
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and won the title for the second season in a row.
League tables
Academy Group A
Reference - final table at arsenal.com
Academy Group B
Reference - table minus one fixture at official site,
[Premier Academy League 2009-10, Bulletin 35]
/ref> Tottenham results for final fixture
Academy Group C
Reference - table minus one fixture at official site,[ Wolves results for final fixture]
Academy Group D
Reference - official table[
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored]
Pos = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Q = Qualified for playoffs; C = Champions
Play-off semi-finals
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Play-off Final
References
External links
Fixture and Results
on official website
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2009-10 Premier Academy League
Acad
Academy
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