Two first half goals were enough to see Newcastle U21s exit from the inaugural Professional Development League play-offs at the first time of asking on Monday evening.

Playing at the swansea.com Stadium, City went ahead through Thomas Woodward in the 19th minute, the Welsh youth international midfielder shooting past Aidan Harris in the Newcastle goal.

Harris then denied Woodward nine minutes later, but was unable to prevent Blair McKenzie from heading home the rebound to double Swansea's lead.

Into the second half and United's top scorer Sean Neave shot against the City goal frame nine minutes after the restart, but Robbie Stockdale's side were unable to claw back that two goal deficit to force extra time.

Teams finishing 17th to 24th in PL2 (Category One Academies) plus the top eight finishers in the PDL (Category Two Academies) contested the play-offs, although there's no promotion or relegation at stake and the competition was devised to extend the season for those PL2 sides failing to qualify for the PL2 playoffs. Newcastle had finished 21st in PL2, Swansea fourth in the PDL.