Leeds United U23s have been relegated from Premier League 2. Having played all of their matches, the young Whites could only watch and hope Chelsea U23s were unable to beat Tottenham.
It looked for 80 minutes as though Tottenham would do enough to help Leeds stay in the top flight and their opener on the hour mark would’ve given hope to those watching at Thorp Arch. But a dramatic late comeback at Cobham means that Leeds’ youth side will drop back into the division they won last season. Goals from Dion Rankine in the 82nd minute and Lewis Hall in the 88th completed the comeback for Chelsea as they made sure they would be competing at the top level of youth football again next season.
It has been an unfortunate campaign for Andy Taylor’s side, previously under the helm of Mark Jackson before he was promoted to the first team. The unrelenting injuries to first-team players has meant that the key players from the U23s squad have had to step up into the first-team squad in almost every Premier League game.
