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Countries	England
Founded	1999
Divisions	2
Number of teams	20
Relegation to	Central League (North); Football Combination (South)
Level on pyramid	Level 1
Current champions	Aston Villa Reserves (2008–09)
	2009–10 season

The Premier Reserve League (officially known as The Barclays Premier Reserve League for sponsorship reasons), is the top reserve team league for the top English football teams in the Premier League. The league is split into a northern and a southern division.

The league in its current form started out in 1999, replacing The Central League in the north and The Football Combination in the south as the top level of reserve-team football, although these competitions still continue for lower-level teams.

Teams are not relegated from the Premier Reserve League based on their final league position, but on the league position of their respective clubs' senior teams. If a senior team is relegated from the Premier League, then the reserve team is relegated from the Premier Reserve League and replaced by the reserve team of the promoted team from the Championship.

[edit] Past winners

Season	Northern Champions	Southern Champions	Play-off Final Winners
1999–00	Liverpool Reserves	Derby County Reserves	–
2000–01	Everton Reserves	Derby County Reserves	–
2001–02	Manchester United Reserves	Ipswich Town Reserves	–
2002–03	Sunderland Reserves	Watford Reserves	–
2003–04	Aston Villa Reserves	Charlton Athletic Reserves	–
2004–05	Manchester United Reserves	Charlton Athletic Reserves	Manchester United Reserves
2005–06	Manchester United Reserves	Tottenham Hotspur Reserves	Manchester United Reserves
2006–07	Bolton Wanderers Reserves	Reading Reserves	Reading Reserves
2007–08	Liverpool Reserves	Aston Villa Reserves	Liverpool Reserves
2008–09	Sunderland Reserves	Aston Villa Reserves	Aston Villa Reserves

From 2004–05 onwards, the League held its first play-off between the champions of the two sections. Northern Champions Manchester United Reserves beat Southern Champions Charlton Athletic Reserves 4–2 at The Valley. In the 2005–06 Play-off, held at Old Trafford, Manchester United Reserves beat Tottenham Hotspur Reserves 2–0. The 2007 final, held at the Madejski Stadium, Reading beat Bolton 2–0. Liverpool Reserves beat Aston Villa Reserves 3–0 in the 2008 final at Anfield. Aston Villa reached the final again next season and beat Sunderland 3–1 at Villa Park.

[edit] Winners table

Team	Northern titles	Southern titles	Northern & Southern	National titles
Manchester United Reserves	3	–	3	2
Aston Villa Reserves	1	2	3	1
Liverpool Reserves	2	–	2	1
Reading Reserves	–	1	1	1
Sunderland Reserves	2	–	2	0
Derby County Reserves	–	2	2	–
Charlton Athletic Reserves	–	2	2	0
Tottenham Hotspur Reserves	–	1	1	0
Bolton Wanderers Reserves	1	–	1	0
Everton Reserves	1	–	1	–
Ipswich Town Reserves	–	1	1	–
Watford Reserves	–	1	1	–

[edit] Current participants

The Premier Reserve League was restructured for the 2006–07 season, with only reserve teams of members of the Premier League taking part in the competition. The nineteen members of the Premier Reserve League for the 2009–10 season are:

Premier Reserve League North	Premier Reserve League South
Blackburn Rovers Reserves	Arsenal Reserves
Bolton Wanderers Reserves	Aston Villa Reserves
Burnley Reserves	Birmingham City Reserves
Everton Reserves	Chelsea Reserves
Hull City Reserves	Fulham Reserves
Liverpool Reserves	Portsmouth Reserves
Manchester City Reserves	Stoke City Reserves
Manchester United Reserves
Sunderland Reserves	West Ham United Reserves
Wigan Athletic Reserves	Wolverhampton Wanderers Reserves

NB Tottenham Hotspur Reserves are not entering the competition in 2009/10 ^[1]

See FIXTURES – SEASON 2009/10 for The Premier Reserve League 2009–10 fixtures.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

Current league table (North) (South)
Fixtures and results (North) (South)
Bulletins

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