Vertu Trophy: Group stage draw for 2025/26 match | Soccer Information
Sky Wager League One and League Two groups have been positioned into teams for the 2025/26 Vertu Trophy.
The competitors is regionalised on the opening stage of the competitors – and up till the quarter-finals – with eight teams within the northern part and eight within the southern part.
Every group presently comprises three groups, with 16 Premier League groups to be discover out their opponents at 2.30pm on Thursday, when the draw is made dwell on Sky Sports activities.
The Premier League U21 groups within the northern part are Everton, Leeds, Liverpool, Man Metropolis, Man Utd, Newcastle, Nottingham Forest and Wolves.
The Premier League U21 groups within the southern part are Arsenal, Aston Villa, Brighton, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Tottenham and West Ham.
The primary spherical of fixtures will happen in the course of the first week of September. The ultimate will happen at Wembley on Sunday April 12.
Each Vertu Trophy match in the course of the 2025/26 season will probably be accessible to look at dwell on Sky Sports activities.
Aston Villa superior to the spherical of 16 in 2024/25 – the furthest of any Premier League U21 staff
Full draw for 2025/26 Vertu Trophy group stage
Northern part
Group A: Salford Metropolis, Stockport County, Wigan Athletic
Group B: Barrow, Blackpool, Tranmere Rovers
Group C: Bradford Metropolis, Doncaster Rovers, Grimsby City
Group D: Barnsley, Lincoln Metropolis, Notts County
Group E: Bolton Wanderers, Oldham Athletic, Rotherham United
Group F: Harrogate City, Huddersfield City, Mansfield City
Group G: Accrington Stanley, Fleetwood City, Port Vale
Group H: Burton Albion, Chesterfield, Crewe Alexandra
Southern part
Group A: Cardiff Metropolis, Exeter Metropolis, Newport County
Group B: Bristol Rovers, Cheltenham City, Plymouth Argyle
Group C: Northampton City, Shrewsbury City, Walsall
Group D: Milton Keynes Dons, Studying, Swindon City
Group E: AFC Wimbledon, Bromley, Stevenage
Group F: Crawley City, Leyton Orient, Peterborough United
Group G: Colchester United, Gillingham, Wycombe Wanderers
Group H: Barnet, Cambridge United, Luton City
Vertu Trophy 2025/26 prize cash breakdown
EFL golf equipment’ participation: £20,000 per membership
Group phases: £10,000 per win, £5,000 per draw
Spherical of 32: £20,000 per win
Spherical of 16: £40,000 per win
Quarter-finals: £50,000 per win
Runners-up: £50,000
Winners: £100,000
Who received the Vertu Trophy in 2024/25?
Birmingham had been denied a historic league and cup double as Peterborough upset the chances to raise the Vertu Trophy after a 2-0 win at Wembley.
Harley Mills, 19, who began the season on mortgage at Enfield City within the Nationwide League South, hit an unstoppable free-kick from 30 yards that went in through the underside of the crossbar.
And, on the stroke of half-time, Mills hand a giant hand within the second, as his cross from the left was helped on by Ricky-Jade Jones to captain Hector Kyprianou, who slammed residence to double the lead, proper in entrance of the opposition followers.