Rotherham United’s U18s made it two wins on the bounce in the Youth Alliance League as they prevailed as 3-2 victors in the South Yorkshire derby with Doncaster Rovers on Saturday.
As they had in their last outing against Lincoln City, Gavin Atherton’s youngsters once again came out on top in a five-goal affair and had Leiwi Abraham, Reece Wilson and substitute Zac Hibbard to thank for their goals at Sheffield Hallam University Sports Park.
Academy | Hamilton, Shepherd (Hibbard 70), Paisley, Roddis, Seisay, Mare, Abraham, Grove, Hatton, Wilson, Giwa (Clark 60).
Unused |Bassett, Gordan, Niewiem.
As it stood Youth Alliance League table:
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 1 | Hartlepool United U18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Harrogate Town U18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Burton Albion U18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Rotherham United U18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 6 |
| 5 | Mansfield Town U18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Bradford City U18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 3 |
| 7 | Huddersfield Town U18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Notts County U18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 9 | Doncaster Rovers U18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Lincoln City U18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Grimsby Town U18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |