Premier League 2

[Mex Martillo]

Premier League 2

Results
Friday 16 August 2024: Brighton 0-2 West Ham
Friday 23 August 2024: West Ham 5-1 Southampton
Friday 30 August 2024: West Ham 1-0 Norwich
Friday 20 September 2024: Newcastle 0-1 West Ham

Fixtures
Friday 27 September 2024: West Ham 20:00 Chelsea, Rush Green, London
Saturday 5 October 2024: Man City 20:00 West Ham, Joie Stadium, Manchester
Friday 25 October 2024: Wolves 20:00 West Ham, Aggborough Stadium, Kidderminster
Friday 1 November 2024: West Ham 20:00 Fulham, Rush Green, London
Friday 29 November 2024: Man Utd 20:00 West Ham, Leigh Sports Village, Manchester
Saturday 14 December 2024: West Ham 16:00 Stoke, London Stadium, London
Sunday 12 January 2025: Liverpool 14:00 West Ham, Liverpool Academy, Liverpool
Friday 17 January 2025: West Ham 20:00 Sunderland, Rush Green, London
Monday 27 January 2025: Leeds 20:00 West Ham, LNER Community Stadium, York
Friday 7 February 2025: West Ham 20:00 Arsenal, Rush Green, London
Friday 14 February 2025: West Ham 20:00 Blackburn, Rush Green, London
Monday 24 February 2025: Reading 20:00 West Ham, Bearwood Park Training Ground, Reading
Friday 28 February 2025: Derby 20:00 West Ham, The Proctor Cars Stadium, Matlock
Friday 14 March 2025: West Ham 20:00 Leicester, Rush Green, London
Friday 4 April 2025: West Ham 20:00 Crystal Palace, Rush Green, London
Friday 11 April 2025: Middlesbrough 20:00 West Ham, Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough

Squad

Lead coach Mark Robson

Goalkeepers
Finlay Herrick gk
Krisztián Hegyi gk (Out on Loan)
Terry Mason gk (Out on Loan)

Defenders
Junior Robinson df
Kaelan Casey df
Luizão df
Regan Clayton df
Ollie Scarles df
Ezra Mayers df
Ryan Battrum df
Sean Tarima df
Luis Brown df
Josh Briggs df
Levi Laing df (Out on Loan)
Michael Forbes df (Out on Loan)

Midfielders
Dan Rigge mf
Tyron Akpata mf
Lewis Orford mf
Patrick Kelly mf (Out on Loan)
George Earthy mf (Out on Loan)
Freddie Potts mf (Out on Loan)

Forwards
Sean Moore fw
Mehmet Halim fw
Kamarai Swyer fw
Favour Fawunmi fw
Brad Dolaghan fw
Gideon Kodua fw (Out on Loan)
Callum Marshall fw (Out on Loan)

What is the format for PL2
There will be only one division made up of clubs with Category One Academies. At present there are 26 such clubs. Teams: Arsenal, Man Utd, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough, Blackburn Rovers, , Newcastle United, Brighton, Norwich, Chelsea, Nott'm Forest, Crystal Palace, Reading, Derby County, Southampton, Everton, Stoke City, Fulham, Sunderland, Leeds United, Spurs, Leicester City, West Brom, Liverpool, West Ham United, Man City, Wolves.Those teams will be divided into five pots based on performances over the past three seasons. Fixtures will be determined by a draw made according to clubs’ positions in the five seeded pots. There will be 20 Match weeks, with each team playing 20 regular-season matches throughout the season. Teams will play each club in their own seeding pot once, as well as three to five teams in all other pots either home or away. Results (three points for a win and one point for a draw) will generate a table ranking the 26 teams. After the regular season of 20 Match weeks has completed, the top 16 teams will qualify for a single elimination playoff. Teams will be drawn against each other based on their league positions, for example the team finishing first facing the team that finished 16th. These will be one-off elimination matches with the higher-seeded team at home. In addition, the teams finishing the regular season in the top 12 will be invited to take part in the next season’s Premier League International Cup competition. 

[Massive Attack]

Friday 29 November 2024:
Man Utd 20:00 West Ham,
Leigh Sports Village, Manchester


Apparently no streams as it clashes with Brighton v Southampton and any streaming would obviously leave the Premier league out of pocket as the masses tuned in to our U21 fixture. Incredible insecurity from Premier league cunts.

[Mex Martillo]

Friday 29 November 2024:
Man Utd 20:00 West Ham,
Leigh Sports Village, Manchester

Return of the U21s this evening and hopefully a return to winning ways to dispel conspiracy theories and a jinxed tread! Please be sure not to tread on the cracks in the pavement.

Apparently no streams as it clashes with Brighton v Southampton and any streaming would obviously leave the Premier league out of pocket as the masses tuned in to our U21 fixture. Incredible insecurity from Premier league cunts.

[Mex Martillo]

West Ham United U21s 0-3 Fulham U21s

West Ham United U21s: Herrick, Briggs, Luizão, Brown, Battrum, Orford © (Scarles 69), Akpata (Tarima 69), Adiele, Fawunmi (Robinson 81), Rigge, Dolaghan (Swyer 69)

Sub not used: Terry (GK)
Booked: Moore
Sent off: Brown

https://www.whufc.com/news/report-react ... ome-defeat

[Mex Martillo]

Fuck, don't say that Iron Duke. It's gone a bit tits up since City.

[Iron Duke]

0-3. You’ve jinxed us with this thread

[Tomshardware]

Been in control for most of that first half.

[Takashi Miike]

Dogshit defending 0-1

[Takashi Miike]

Stream Starts @ 18.50.......

[Mex Martillo]

Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s 1-0 West Ham United U21s

Disappointing, I fancied us to beat a midtable Wolves. We have slipped to fifth, now 3 points behind leaders Man City. However, just 1 point off 2nd placed Brighton. Very tight.

West Ham United U21s: Herrick, Tarima, Luizão, Mayers, Robinson (Robinson HT), Orford ©, Akpata, Scarles, Moore (Fawunmi HT), Swyer, Ajala (Rigge 85)
Subs not used: Terry (GK), Briggs, BattrumBooked: Tarima, Mayers


https://www.whufc.com/news/highlights-r ... ute-winner

[Mex Martillo]

Premier leagus 2 kicks off again today.
Friday 25 October 2024:
Wolves 20:00 West Ham,

[Mex Martillo]

Man City 4-1 West Ham,
Bit sad to report this, but maybe to be expected. Apparently played well despite the score. It was 1-1 for a large part of the game with City getting 3 goals in the last 20 mins. 

Team was:
West Ham United U21s: Herrick, Casey ©, Luizão, Mayers, Battrum (Robinson HT), Orford, Akpata, Adiele, Moore (Ajala 80), Scarles, Swyer
Subs not used: Hooper (GK), Rigge, Dolaghan
Goals: Scarles (45)
Booked: Robinsonh

https://www.whufc.com/news/report-react ... ainst-city

[Mex Martillo]

Saturday 5 October 2024:
Man City 20:00 West Ham,
Joie Stadium, Manchester

Could this be the bigger game of the day? Top of the table clash, West Ham U21 unbeaten in 1st spot. Man City U21 second, having lost one game to Liverpool 1-3.
COYI

https://www.whufc.com/news/preview-u21s ... ainst-city

[Mex Martillo]

Thanks Miike, I must try and learn how you put the video actually in the tread!
Thanks Manuel

[Takashi Miike]

[Manuel]

Good thread this Mex, I like to keep and eye on the U21's and if I was in the UK I would pop along sometimes to watch, cheap to get in have a pint and a bit of banter. As with Moyes though it doesn't like Lop has any interest in the kids. Wonder why Orford wasn't loaned out?

[Mex Martillo]

Do you have a link Miike?

Resilient Hammers edge Chelsea to claim top spot in PL29 hours agoWest Ham United U21s 3-2 Chelsea U21s

Premier League 2, Rush Green Stadium, Friday 27 September 2024, 7pm BST West Ham United U21s secured a hard-fought 3-2 victory over Chelsea at Rush Green Stadium, moving to the top of the Premier League 2 table. The win sees the Hammers leapfrog Arsenal, having been tied on points before kick-off.Despite Chelsea controlling most of the possession, West Ham's clinical counter-attacking with a brace from Emeka Adiele and a second-half strike from Sean Moore proved decisive.The match kicked off at a brisk pace, with Chelsea almost immediately taking the lead when Tyrique George beat the offside trap and found himself one-on-one against Fin Herrick, but his effort sailed well over the bar.Moments later, West Ham made the Blues pay for that miss. Adiele capitalised on Chelsea's high defensive line, racing onto a perfectly weighted ball over the top from Ezra Mayers. After outpacing his marker, Adiele confidently finished past oncoming goalkeeper Max Merrick to give West Ham the lead in the fifth minute.Chelsea responded with pressure of their own but struggled to break down a resolute West Ham defence. Despite controlling possession, the Blues were unable to convert their chances in the opening exchanges.Midway through the first half, West Ham doubled their lead. Once again, Adiele exposed the space behind Chelsea's left flank. Tyron Akpata played a well-timed ball to release the wing-back, and Adiele repeated his earlier feat, lifting the ball over Merrick for his second goal of the game.The Hammers could have put the match beyond reach before the break, but Kamarai Swyer one-on-one effort was denied by Chelsea goalkeeper Max Merrick. On the stroke of half-time, Chelsea took advantage of that let-off as Donnel McNeilly headed in from a Harvey Vale corner to give the visitors a lifeline going into the break.West Ham came out strongly in the second half and quickly restored their two-goal cushion. Sean Moore was sent through on goal by Lewis Orford, and the winger made no mistake, cutting inside onto his favoured left foot before slotting it past Merrick to make it 3-1.The Hammers had further chances to extend their lead, with Ollie Scarles and Orford both going close. Chelsea, however, continued to probe and found a late goal through captain Vale in the 87th minute. With Scarles down injured, Chelsea exploited their temporary numerical advantage, and Vale coolly found the far corner from inside the box to set up a nervy finale.Despite sustained pressure and ten minutes of stoppage time, West Ham held firm, seeing out the game to secure their fifth straight Premier League 2 win continuing their 100 per cent record. 

West Ham United U21s: Herrick, Casey © (Tarima 45), Luizão, Mayers, Battrum, Akpata, Orford, Adiele, Moore (Ajala 64), Scarles (Rigge 90), SwyerGoals: Adiele (5, 34), Moore (48)Booked: Ajala, Battrum

https://www.whufc.com/news/report-react ... p-spot-pl2

[Takashi Miike]

Mex, the chelsea game is also on youtube

[Mex Martillo]

Absolutely flying, top of the league!

[Fauxstralian]

West Ham 3 Chelsea 2
Played 5 Won 5 
Top of the league
Orford & Scarles played so won’t be involved tomorrow 
No Guillherme though believe he played an hour against Benfica earlier in the week

[Mex Martillo]

Friday 27 September 2024: West Ham 20:00 Chelsea,
Rush Green, London

Let's see if the U21s can do better than the seniors against Chelsea and bounce back from the 2-2 draw with Benfica in the PL International cup.

Miike put up a video here
viewtopic.php?t=5316

and the team was:

West Ham United U21s: Terry, Tarima, Briggs (Luizão 66), Casey © (Golambeckis 62), Brown, Rigge, Akpata, Fearon (Orford 62) , Dolaghan, Guilherme (Fawunmi 62), Scarles (Adiele 66)
Subs not used: Hooper (GK), AjalaGoals: Guilherme (57), Dolaghan (82)

[Mex Martillo]

Match report on Alans news
viewtopic.php?p=408453#p408453

[Mex Martillo]

https://www.premierleague.com/tables?team=U21

[Mex Martillo]

Doing the women's league thing I figured we should have a Premier League 2 thread. We are flying in the league! A lot of you know a lot about our academy and I hope you help me out.