Stoke 1 | 4 Man City
Leaders Manchester City made it seven wins out of eight as they defeated Stoke City 4-1 away from home. Captain James McAtee was a stand-out performer as he netted the side’s first goal of the game, latching onto a fine through ball from Sam Edozie. It was 2-0 not long after when Edozie was again involved, assisting D’Margio Wright-Phillips to give the Citizens a comfortable lead to take into half time. Stoke managed to pull one back through Lewis Macari,
Liverpool 3 | 0 Newcastle
Following closely behind are Liverpool, who stay second after a 3-0 victory at home to Newcastle United, with James Balagizi scoring a brace in the first 25 minutes of the game. The England U17 international tapped in a rebound after Billy Koumetio’s header was saved, then benefitted from some good work by Layton Stewart to score his second. Balagizi then assisted James Norris for Liverpool’s third of the game, sending in a perfect cross for Norris to loop his header over the ‘keeper.
Wolves 0 | 3 Everton
Cross-town rivals Everton put on a great counter-attacking display in a tough game against Wolverhampton Wanderers, beating them 3-0 away from home. Bobby Carroll got the Toffees’ first after some great work down the right from Sebastian
Sunderland 0 | 3 Derby
One goal ahead of Dobbin in the goal-scoring charts is Jack Stretton, who helped his Derby side to a 3-0 win at struggling Sunderland with two goals. His first came just after the hour mark with a pinpoint header into the bottom corner, and not long after he doubled his tally from the penalty spot. Archie Brown, who had played the night before for the Rams’ U23s, got the pick of the bunch though, with a thunderous left-footed strike from the edge of the box that flew into the roof of the net. Sunderland
Man Utd 1 | 1 Middlesbrough
Two points behind Derby in seventh place are Manchester United, who drew 1-1 at home to Middlesbrough. It was not an ideal start to the game for Boro who had Andy Wilson pull out of the
Blackburn 2 | 2 West Brom
West Bromwich Albion twice came from behind away at Blackburn Rovers to earn a 2-2 draw, leaving them in fifth place and level on points with rivals Wolves. Shortly after Rovers had taken the lead in the first half, Alex Gilbert’s
U18 Premier League North
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Manchester City | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 56 | 21 | 35 | 45 |
| 2 |  Liverpool | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 58 | 32 | 26 | 37 |
| 3 |  Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 43 | 26 | 17 | 30 |
| 4 |  Middlesbrough | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 37 | -6 | 29 |
| 5 |  Manchester United | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 32 | -1 | 25 |
| 6 |  Nottingham Forest | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 25 | -2 | 25 |
| 7 |  Derby County | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 41 | -15 | 25 |
| 8 |  Sunderland | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 34 | -6 | 24 |
| 9 |  Leeds United | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 43 | 47 | -4 | 23 |
| 10 |  Everton | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 29 | -6 | 23 |
| 11 |  Burnley | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 33 | -2 | 22 |
| 12 |  Wolverhampton Wanderers | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 27 | -3 | 21 |
| 13 |  Stoke City | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 36 | -14 | 15 |
| 14 |  Newcastle United | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 40 | -19 | 11 |
