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2019–20 EFL League Two

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EFL League Two
Season2019–20
ChampionsSwindon Town
PromotedSwindon Town
Crewe Alexandra
Plymouth Argyle
Northampton Town
RelegatedStevenage
Matches played440
Goals scored1,108 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorerEoin Doyle (25 goals)
Biggest home winMansfield Town 6–1 Oldham Athletic
(12 October 2019)
Biggest away winCrawley Town 0–4 Swindon Town
(26 October 2019)
Mansfield Town 0–4 Cambridge United
(17 September 2019)
Cambridge United 0–4 Stevenage
(18 January 2020)
Longest unbeaten run15 matches
Colchester United
Longest winless run10 matches
Stevenage
Highest attendance17,668
Bradford City 1–1 Grimsby Town
(8 February 2020)

The 2019–20 EFL League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th season of Football League Two under its current title and the 28th season under its current league division format. On 13 March 2020, the EFL, alongside the FA announced the suspension of all domestic football until 3 April due to the rapidly developing COVID-19 pandemic.[1] On 3 April 2020, this suspension was extended indefinitely.[2]

On 15 May 2020, the clubs voted to end the season with immediate effect with the final table being determined on a points-per-game basis. No decision was made as to promotion and relegation. The play-offs would be played as normal. The decision meant Swindon Town would be crowned champions and would be joined by Crewe Alexandra and Plymouth Argyle in League One the following season.[3]

Team changes

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The following teams have changed division since the 2018–19 season.

To League Two

Promoted from National League

Relegated from League One

From League Two

Promoted to League One

Relegated to National League

Stadiums

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Locations of the 2019–20 EFL League Two teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Bradford City Bradford Valley Parade 25,136
Cambridge United Cambridge Abbey Stadium 8,127
Carlisle United Carlisle Brunton Park 18,202
Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Whaddon Road 7,066
Colchester United Colchester Colchester Community Stadium 10,105
Crawley Town Crawley Broadfield Stadium 5,996
Crewe Alexandra Crewe Gresty Road 10,180
Exeter City Exeter St. James Park 8,696
Forest Green Rovers Nailsworth The New Lawn 5,147
Grimsby Town Cleethorpes Blundell Park 9,052
Leyton Orient London (Leyton) Brisbane Road 9,271
Macclesfield Town Macclesfield Moss Rose 6,355
Mansfield Town Mansfield Field Mill 10,000
Morecambe Morecambe Globe Arena 6,476
Newport County Newport Rodney Parade 7,850
Northampton Town Northampton Sixfields Stadium 7,653
Oldham Athletic Oldham Boundary Park 13,512
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Home Park 18,600
Port Vale Burslem Vale Park 19,052
Salford City Salford Moor Lane 5,108
Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe Glanford Park 9,088
Stevenage Stevenage Broadhall Way 6,722
Swindon Town Swindon County Ground 15,728
Walsall Walsall Bescot Stadium 11,300

Personnel and sponsoring

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Bradford City Scotland Stuart McCall England James Vaughan Avec Sport JCT600
Cambridge United England Mark Bonner England Greg Taylor Hummel Mick George
Carlisle United England Chris Beech England Adam Collin Erreà Edinburgh Woollen Mill
Cheltenham Town Northern Ireland Michael Duff England Ben Tozer Erreà Mira Showers[4]
Colchester United England John McGreal England Luke Prosser Macron Texo Scaffolding (Home)
JobServe (Away / Third)
Crawley Town England John Yems England Jimmy Smith Erreà The People's Pension
Crewe Alexandra Gibraltar David Artell England Perry Ng FBT Mornflake
Exeter City England Matt Taylor Wales Jake Taylor Joma Flybe
Forest Green Rovers England Mark Cooper England Joseph Mills PlayerLayer[5] Ecotricity
Grimsby Town England Ian Holloway Republic of Ireland James McKeown Erreà Young's Seafood
Leyton Orient England Ross Embleton England Josh Coulson New Balance The Sun Dream Team
Macclesfield Town Republic of Ireland Mark Kennedy Republic of Ireland Fiacre Kelleher Nike Paddy Power (unbranded)[note 1]
Mansfield Town Republic of Ireland Graham Coughlan Barbados Krystian Pearce Surridge One Call
Morecambe Scotland Derek Adams England Barry Roche Macron Annapurna Recruitment[6]
Newport County Wales Michael Flynn England Joss Labadie FBT Paddy Power (unbranded)[note 1]
Northampton Town England Keith Curle England Charlie Goode Nike University of Northampton
Oldham Athletic Tunisia Dino Maamria France Mohamed Maouche Hummel Wakelet
Plymouth Argyle England Ryan Lowe England Gary Sawyer Puma Ginsters
Port Vale England John Askey England Leon Legge Erreà Synectics Solutions
Salford City Scotland Graham Alexander England Liam Hogan Kappa Soccer Saturday Super 6
Scunthorpe United England Russ Wilcox England Andy Butler FBT Utilita Energy
Stevenage England Alex Revell Scotland Scott Cuthbert Macron Burger King
Swindon Town England Richie Wellens England Dion Conroy Puma Imagine Cruising ( home / away)
Darby Rimmer MND Foundation (Third)
Walsall England Darrell Clarke England James Clarke Erreà HomeServe
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b The shirts of Macclesfield Town and Newport County do not display Paddy Power's logo as part of the bookmakers "Save Our Shirt" campaign.

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Walsall Cayman Islands Martin O'Connor[7] End of caretaker spell 4 May 2019 Pre-season England Darrell Clarke[8] 10 May 2019
Scunthorpe United England Andy Dawson[9] England Paul Hurst[10] 13 May 2019
Plymouth Argyle England Kevin Nancekivell[9] England Ryan Lowe[11] 5 June 2019
Oldham Athletic England Pete Wild[12] Resigned France Laurent Banide[13] 11 June 2019
Mansfield Town England David Flitcroft[14] Sacked 14 May 2019 Scotland John Dempster[14] 14 May 2019
Leyton Orient England Justin Edinburgh[15] Deceased 8 June 2019 Wales Carl Fletcher[16] 16 October 2019
Macclesfield Town England Sol Campbell[17] Mutual consent 15 August 2019 8th Republic of Ireland Daryl McMahon[18] 19 August 2019
Stevenage Tunisia Dino Maamria[19] Sacked 9 September 2019 23rd England Graham Westley[20] 15 December 2019
Oldham Athletic France Laurent Banide[21] 19 September 2019 21st Tunisia Dino Maamria[22] 19 September 2019
Morecambe England Jim Bentley[23] Signed by AFC Fylde 28 October 2019 24th Scotland Derek Adams[24] 7 November 2019
Carlisle United Scotland Steven Pressley[25] Sacked 13 November 2019 19th England Chris Beech[26] 26 November 2019
Leyton Orient Wales Carl Fletcher[27] 14 November 2019 16th England Ross Embleton[28] 7 January 2020
Grimsby Town England Michael Jolley[29] Mutual consent 15 November 2019 18th England Ian Holloway[30] 31 December 2019
Crawley Town Italy Gabriele Cioffi[31] Sacked 2 December 2019 17th England John Yems[32] 5 December 2019
Mansfield Town Scotland John Dempster[33] 14 December 2019 18th Republic of Ireland Graham Coughlan[34] 17 December 2019
Macclesfield Town Republic of Ireland Daryl McMahon[35] Resigned 2 January 2020 22nd Republic of Ireland Mark Kennedy[36] 16 January 2020
Cambridge United Scotland Colin Calderwood[37] Sacked 29 January 2020 16th England Mark Bonner[38] 9 March 2020
Scunthorpe United England Paul Hurst[39] 29 January 2020 19th England Russ Wilcox[40] 12 February 2020
Bradford City England Gary Bowyer[41] 3 February 2020 8th Scotland Stuart McCall[42] 4 February 2020
Stevenage England Graham Westley[43] 16 February 2020 24th England Alex Revell[44] 16 February 2020

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Swindon Town (C, P) 36 21 6 9 62 39 +23 69 1.92 Promotion to EFL League One
2 Crewe Alexandra (P) 37 20 9 8 67 43 +24 69 1.86
3 Plymouth Argyle (P) 37 20 8 9 61 39 +22 68 1.84
4 Cheltenham Town 36 17 13 6 52 27 +25 64 1.78 Qualification for League Two play-offs[a]
5 Exeter City 37 18 11 8 53 43 +10 65 1.76
6 Colchester United 37 15 13 9 52 37 +15 58 1.57
7 Northampton Town (O, P) 37 17 7 13 54 40 +14 58 1.57
8 Port Vale 37 14 15 8 50 44 +6 57 1.54
9 Bradford City 37 14 12 11 44 40 +4 54 1.46
10 Forest Green Rovers 36 13 10 13 43 40 +3 49 1.36
11 Salford City 37 13 11 13 49 46 +3 50 1.35
12 Walsall 36 13 8 15 40 49 −9 47 1.31
13 Crawley Town 37 11 15 11 51 47 +4 48 1.30
14 Newport County 36 12 10 14 32 39 −7 46 1.28
15 Grimsby Town 37 12 11 14 45 51 −6 47 1.27
16 Cambridge United 37 12 9 16 40 48 −8 45 1.22
17 Leyton Orient 36 10 12 14 47 55 −8 42 1.17
18 Carlisle United 37 10 12 15 39 56 −17 42 1.14
19 Oldham Athletic 37 9 14 14 44 57 −13 41 1.11
20 Scunthorpe United 37 10 10 17 44 56 −12 40 1.08
21 Mansfield Town 36 9 11 16 48 55 −7 38 1.06
22 Morecambe 37 7 11 19 35 60 −25 32 0.86
23 Stevenage (R) 36 3 13 20 24 50 −26 22 0.61 Relegation to the National League
Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[45]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One.

Play-offs

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See also: 2020 English Football League play-offs
Semi-finals Final
        
4 Cheltenham Town 2 0 2
7 Northampton Town 0 3 3
7 Northampton Town 4
5 Exeter City 0
5 Exeter City 0 3 3
6 Colchester United 1 1 2

Results

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Home \ Away BRA CAM CAR CHE COL CRA CRE EXE FGR GRI LEY MAC MAN MOR NEW NOR OLD PLY POR SAL SCU STE SWI WAL
Bradford City — 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–1
Cambridge United 2–1 — 1–2 2–1 2–1 4–0 0–1 0–0 2–3 2–2 2–3 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–4 3–2 0–4 0–1
Carlisle United 0–0 0–0 — 0–1 0–3 2–1 2–4 1–3 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 2–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–3 2–2 1–1 2–1
Cheltenham Town 3–2 1–1 2–0 — 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 4–1 4–2 2–2 3–1
Colchester United 0–0 1–2 3–0 0–2 — 1–1 2–2 2–3 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 0–0
Crawley Town 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 — 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 4–0 3–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–4 2–3
Crewe Alexandra 2–1 2–3 4–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 — 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 5–0 2–1 0–3 0–1 4–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 1–0
Exeter City 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 — 1–0 1–3 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 5–1 4–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–3
Forest Green Rovers 1–4 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 — 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–3 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–2 1–2
Grimsby Town 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 — 0–4 1–0 0–1 2–1 4–2 0–3 5–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–3
Leyton Orient 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–3 1–2 2–4 1–1 — 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 3–3 0–2 0–0 1–3 3–1
Macclesfield Town 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 3–0 — 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–0
Mansfield Town 3–0 0–4 2–2 0–3 2–3 3–4 0–1 2–3 — 2–2 1–0 1–1 6–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 0–0
Morecambe 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–2 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 — 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 0–1
Newport County 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 — 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–0
Northampton Town 2–0 1–1 2–2 4–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 4–1 2–0 — 3–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 0–1
Oldham Athletic 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 3–1 3–1 5–0 2–2 — 1–4 0–2 2–0
Plymouth Argyle 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 4–0 3–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 — 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–2 3–0
Port Vale 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 — 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–1
Salford City 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 3–1 0–1 0–4 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–1 — 1–1 2–0 2–3 1–2
Scunthorpe United 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–2 3–1 1–0 0–2 3–0 1–2 3–0 2–2 1–3 2–1 — 0–0 0–2 0–2
Stevenage 0–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 0–0 1–5 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–3 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 —
Swindon Town 1–1 4–0 3–2 0–3 3–1 2–1 0–2 3–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 — 2–1
Walsall 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 3–2 2–2 0–3 1–0 0–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2020. Source: EFL Official Website
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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As of 7 March 2020[46]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Republic of Ireland Eoin Doyle Swindon Town 25
2 England Nicky Maynard Mansfield Town 14
3 England Ryan Bowman Exeter City 13
England Ollie Palmer Crawley Town
England Jerry Yates Swindon Town
6 Democratic Republic of the Congo Bez Lubala Crawley Town 12
England Chris Porter Crewe Alexandra
8 Jamaica Theo Robinson Colchester United 11
England Danny Rose Mansfield Town
England James Vaughan Bradford City
11 England Antoni Sarcevic Plymouth Argyle 10
Netherlands Kevin van Veen Scunthorpe United

Hat-tricks

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Main article: List of EFL League Two hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Ref
England Nicky Maynard Mansfield Town Oldham Athletic 6–1 (H) 12 October 2019 [47]
Republic of Ireland Eoin Doyle Swindon Town Crawley Town 4–0 (A) 26 October 2019 [48]
England Keshi Anderson Swindon Town Cambridge United 4–0 (H) 26 December 2019 [49]
England Nicky Maynard Mansfield Town Cambridge United 3–2 (A) 1 January 2020 [50]

Notes

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References

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  13. ^ BBC “Laurent Banide: Oldham Athletic appoint former Monaco boss as new head coach”, “BBC”, 11 June 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b "Club statement". www.mansfieldtown.net. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  15. ^ "STATEMENT: Justin Edinburgh". Leyton Orient F.C. 8 June 2019.
  16. ^ "Carl Fletcher: Leyton Orient appoint ex-Plymouth boss as head coach". BBC Sport. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  17. ^ "Sol Campbell: Macclesfield Town manager leaves by mutual agreement". BBC Sport. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  18. ^ "Daryl McMahon: Macclesfield Town appoint successor to Sol Campbel". BBC Sport. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
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  22. ^ "Dino Maamria: Oldham Athletic appoint ex-Stevenage boss after sacking Laurent Banide". BBC Sport. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  23. ^ "Jim Bentley: Morecambe manager resigns and becomes AFC Fylde boss". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  24. ^ "Derek Adams named as new Shrimps manager=". morecambefc.com. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  25. ^ "Steven Pressley: Carlisle United sack manager after 10 months in charge". BBC Sport. 13 November 2019.
  26. ^ "Chris Beech: Carlisle United appoint former Rochdale coach as boss". BBC. 26 November 2019.
  27. ^ "Carl Fletcher: Leyton Orient manager sacked after 29 days in charge of League Two club". Leyton Orient F.C. 14 November 2019.
  28. ^ "Ross Embleton: Leyton Orient appoint interim boss as head coach". BBC. 7 January 2020.
  29. ^ "Michael Jolley: Grimsby Town part company with manager". BBC. 15 November 2019.
  30. ^ "Ian Holloway: Grimsby Town appoint ex-QPR and Crystal Palace boss as new manager". BBC. 31 December 2019.
  31. ^ "Gabriele Cioffi: Crawley Town part company with head coach after 14 months". BBC. 3 December 2019.
  32. ^ "John Yems: Crawley Town reappoint former manager until end of seasonmanager". BBC. 5 December 2019.
  33. ^ "John Dempster: Mansfield Town sack manager after seven months in charge". BBC. 14 December 2019.
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  48. ^ "Crawley Town 0–4 Swindon Town". BBC Sport. 26 October 2019.
  49. ^ "Swindon Town 4–0 Cambridge United". BBC Sport. 26 December 2019.
  50. ^ "Cambridge United 2–3 Mansfield Town". BBC Sport. 1 January 2020.
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