2019–20 EFL League Two

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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]

Season2019–20
ChampionsSwindon Town
PromotedSwindon Town
Crewe Alexandra
Plymouth Argyle
Northampton Town
RelegatedMacclesfield Town
Quick facts Season, Champions ...
EFL League Two
Season2019–20
ChampionsSwindon Town
PromotedSwindon Town
Crewe Alexandra
Plymouth Argyle
Northampton Town
RelegatedMacclesfield Town
Matches440
Goals1,108 (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)
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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

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

Locations of the 2019–20 EFL League Two teams
More information Team, Location ...
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Bradford CityBradfordValley Parade25,136
Cambridge UnitedCambridgeAbbey Stadium8,127
Carlisle UnitedCarlisleBrunton Park18,202
Cheltenham TownCheltenhamWhaddon Road7,066
Colchester UnitedColchesterColchester Community Stadium10,105
Crawley TownCrawleyBroadfield Stadium5,996
Crewe AlexandraCreweGresty Road10,180
Exeter CityExeterSt. James Park8,696
Forest Green RoversNailsworthThe New Lawn5,147
Grimsby TownCleethorpesBlundell Park9,052
Leyton Orient London (Leyton)Brisbane Road9,271
Macclesfield TownMacclesfieldMoss Rose6,355
Mansfield TownMansfieldField Mill10,000
MorecambeMorecambeGlobe Arena6,476
Newport CountyNewportRodney Parade7,850
Northampton TownNorthamptonSixfields Stadium7,653
Oldham AthleticOldhamBoundary Park13,512
Plymouth ArgylePlymouthHome Park17,300
Port ValeBurslemVale Park19,052
Salford CitySalfordMoor Lane5,108
Scunthorpe UnitedScunthorpeGlanford Park9,088
StevenageStevenageBroadhall Way6,722
Swindon TownSwindonCounty Ground15,728
WalsallWalsallBescot Stadium11,300
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Personnel and sponsoring

More information Team, Manager ...
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
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  1. [1]
    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

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
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
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League table

More information Pos, Pld ...
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 36 3 13 20 24 50 −26 22 0.61 Reprieved from relegation[b]
24 Macclesfield Town (R) 37 7 15 15 32 47 −15 19[c] 0.51[c] Relegation to the National League
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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[57]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One.
  2. [b]
    As a result of Bury's expulsion from League One, only one team is relegated to maintain League Two at 24 teams.[45]
  3. [c]
    Macclesfield Town were deducted a total of 17 points for various infractions. They were deducted six points for failing to both pay their players' wages and to fulfil a fixture, reduced to four points after appeal.[46][47] A further seven-point deduction was given for failing to play December's match against Plymouth Argyle.[48] A further two-point deduction was given for breaches of regulations over non-payment of wages.[49] On 3 July the EFL appealed against the independent disciplinary panel's sanctions,[50] and a further four points were deducted on 11 August 2020, resulting in Macclesfield Town being relegated.[51]

Play-offs

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

More information Home \ Away, BRA ...
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 —
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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

Top scorers

As of 7 March 2020[58]
More information Rank, Player ...
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
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Hat-tricks

Main article: List of EFL League Two hat-tricks
More information Player, For ...
Player For Against Result Date Ref
England Nicky Maynard Mansfield Town Oldham Athletic 6–1 (H) 12 October 2019 [59]
Republic of Ireland Eoin Doyle Swindon Town Crawley Town 4–0 (A) 26 October 2019 [60]
England Keshi Anderson Swindon Town Cambridge United 4–0 (H) 26 December 2019 [61]
England Nicky Maynard Mansfield Town Cambridge United 3–2 (A) 1 January 2020 [62]
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Notes

References

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