2013–14 Football League Two

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Football League Two
Season 2013–14
Champions Chesterfield
(4th divisional title)
Promoted Chesterfield
Scunthorpe United
Rochdale
Fleetwood Town
Relegated Bristol Rovers
Torquay United
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1291 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorer 23 – Sam Winnall (Scunthorpe United)
Biggest home win Plymouth Argyle 5–0 Morecambe
Biggest away win Fleetwood Town 0–4 Plymouth Argyle
Rochdale 0–4 Scunthorpe United
Plymouth Argyle 0–4 York City
Scunthorpe United 0-4 Exeter City
Highest scoring 9 goals
Fleetwood Town 5–4 Mansfield Town
Longest winning run 6 games
York City
Longest unbeaten run 28 games
Scunthorpe United
Longest winless run 13 games
Mansfield Town
Longest losing run 6 games
Accrington Stanley
Hartlepool United
Mansfield Town
Highest attendance 18,181 (Portsmouth vs Oxford United, 3 August 2013)
Lowest attendance 1,101 (Accrington Stanley vs Bristol Rovers, 22 October 2013)
Average attendance 4,352

The 2013–14 Football League Two (referred to as Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) is the tenth season of the league under its current title and nineteenth season under its current league division format. The season began on 3 August 2013 and finished on 3 May 2014 with all matches that day kicking off simultaneously.[1]

Of the 24 teams which will participate, eighteen of these remain following the 2012–13 Football League Two. They will be joined by four teams from 2012–13 Football League One, and two teams from the 2012–13 Football Conference.

Changes from last season

Team changes

The following teams changed division at the end of the 2012–13 season.[2]

Team overview

Stadia and locations

Locations of League Two 2013–14 teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Accrington Stanley Accrington Crown Ground 5,057
AFC Wimbledon London (Kingston upon Thames) The Cherry Red Records Stadium 4,850
Bristol Rovers Bristol Memorial Stadium 12,011
Burton Albion Burton upon Trent Pirelli Stadium 6,912
Bury Bury Gigg Lane 11,840
Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Whaddon Road 7,066
Chesterfield Chesterfield Proact Stadium 10,504
Dagenham & Redbridge London (Dagenham) Victoria Road 6,078
Exeter City Exeter St James Park 8,830
Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Highbury Stadium 5,094
Hartlepool United Hartlepool Victoria Park 8,240
Mansfield Town Mansfield One Call Stadium 10,000
Morecambe Morecambe Globe Arena 6,476
Newport County Newport, Wales Rodney Parade 7,850[note 1]
Northampton Town Northampton Sixfields Stadium 7,653
Oxford United Oxford Kassam Stadium 12,500
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Home Park 16,388
Portsmouth Portsmouth Fratton Park 20,224
Rochdale Rochdale Spotland Stadium 10,249
Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe Glanford Park 9,088
Southend United Southend-on-Sea Roots Hall 11,840
Torquay United Torquay Plainmoor 6,104
Wycombe Wanderers High Wycombe Adams Park 10,284
York City York Bootham Crescent 7,872

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Manager Chairman Team captain Kit maker Sponsor
Accrington Stanley England James Beattie England Peter Marsden England Dean Winnard Samurai Sportswear Clever Boxes
AFC Wimbledon England Neal Ardley England Erik Samuelson Republic of Ireland Alan Bennett Tempest Sports Football Manager (H)
Sports Interactive (A)
Bristol Rovers England Darrell Clarke England Nick Higgs England Tom Parkes Erreà Eurocams (H)
Highspec Travel Services (A)
Burton Albion England Gary Rowett England Ben Robinson Scotland Zander Diamond TAG Anvil Hire Ltd (H)
Mr Cropper (A)
Bury England David Flitcroft England Stewart Day Wales Gareth Roberts Surridge Bury Council
Cheltenham Town England Mark Yates England Paul Baker England Russell Penn Erreà Mira Showers
Chesterfield England Paul Cook England Dave Allen England Ian Evatt Puma Napit (H)
Electric Safe (A)
Dagenham & Redbridge England Wayne Burnett England Dave Andrews England Abu Ogogo Sondico West & Coe Funeral Directors
Exeter City England Paul Tisdale England Edward Chorlton England Danny Coles Joma Flybe.com
Fleetwood Town Scotland Graham Alexander England Andy Pilley England Mark Roberts Puma BES Commercial Gas (H)
Commercial Power (A)
Hartlepool United England Colin Cooper England Ken Hodcroft England Antony Sweeney Nike Dove Energy
Mansfield Town England Paul Cox England John Radford England George Pilkington Surridge One Call Insurance
Morecambe England Jim Bentley England Peter McGuigan England Mark Hughes Fila Blacks
Newport County England Justin Edinburgh England Les Scadding Wales David Pipe Macron 32Red
Northampton Town England Chris Wilder England David Cardoza England Kelvin Langmead Erreà University of Northampton
Oxford United England Michael Appleton England Ian Lenagan England Jake Wright Nike Animalates (H)
Isinglass Consulting (A)
Plymouth Argyle Republic of Ireland John Sheridan England James Brent Republic of Ireland Conor Hourihane Puma Bond Timber
Portsmouth England Andy Awford England Iain McInnes Austria Johannes Ertl Sondico Jobsite.co.uk
Rochdale England Keith Hill England Chris Dunphy England Peter Cavanagh Fila Crown Oil
Scunthorpe United England Russ Wilcox England Peter Swann Republic of Ireland Michael Collins Nike Rainham Steel
Southend United England Phil Brown England Ron Martin England John White Nike InsureandGo
Torquay United England Chris Hargreaves England Thea Bristow England Lee Mansell Sondico WTS
Wycombe Wanderers England Gareth Ainsworth England Ivor Beeks MBE England Stuart Lewis Kukri Samsung (H)
FIFA 14 (A)
York City Northern Ireland Nigel Worthington England Jason McGill England Russell Penn[3] Nike benenden health


Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Bury England Kevin Blackwell Sacked 14 October 2013[4] 21st England David Flitcroft 9 December 2013[5]
Scunthorpe United England Brian Laws Sacked 20 November 2013[6] 12th England Russ Wilcox 24 December 2013[7]
Portsmouth England Guy Whittingham Sacked 25 November 2013[8] 18th England Richie Barker 9 December 2013[9]
Northampton Town England Aidy Boothroyd Sacked 21 December 2013[10] 24th England Chris Wilder 27 January 2014[11]
Torquay United Wales Alan Knill Sacked 2 January 2014[12] 23rd England Chris Hargreaves 6 January 2014[13]
Oxford United England Chris Wilder Signed by Northampton Town 25 January 2014[14] 6th Republic of Ireland Gary Waddock 22 March 2014[15]
Portsmouth England Richie Barker Sacked 27 March 2014[16] 22nd England Andy Awford 1 May 2014[17]
Bristol Rovers England John Ward Appointed as Director of Football 28 March 2014[18] 20th England Darrell Clarke 28 March 2014[18]
Oxford United Republic of Ireland Gary Waddock Sacked 4 July 2014[19] 8th England Michael Appleton 4 July 2014[19]

League table

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Play-offs

  Semifinals Final
                     
4  Fleetwood Town 1 0 1  
7  York City 0 0 0  
    4  Fleetwood Town 1
  6  Burton Albion 0
5  Southend United 0 2 2
6  Burton Albion 1 2 3  

Results

Home ╲ Away ACC WIM BRO BRT BRY CHL CHF D&R EXE FLE HAR MAN MOR NPC NOR OXF PLY POR ROC SCU STD TOR WYC YOR
Accrington Stanley 3–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 2–3 2–0 0–0 1–1 5–1 3–3 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1
AFC Wimbledon 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 4–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–3 2–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 4–0 0–3 3–2 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–1
Bristol Rovers 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–3 2–2 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 3–2
Burton Albion 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–4 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1
Bury 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 4–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 4–4 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–1
Cheltenham Town 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–4 2–3 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–2 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–3 2–2 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–2
Chesterfield 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–2 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–2
Dagenham & Redbridge 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 1–2 1–4 3–1 3–3 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–0
Exeter City 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 3–0 0–3 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 2–1
Fleetwood Town 3–1 0–0 3–1 2–3 2–1 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–0 5–4 2–2 4–1 2–0 1–1 0–4 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–2
Hartlepool United 2–1 3–1 4–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–4 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–3 1–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 2–0
Mansfield Town 2–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–4 0–2 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–4 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–3 0–1 2–2 3–0 0–2 2–1 1–3 2–2 0–1
Morecambe 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 4–3 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0
Newport County 4–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–3 1–2 3–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 2–0 3–0
Northampton Town 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–3 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 0–2 0–1 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–4 0–2
Oxford United 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 3–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 2–3 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–0 2–2 0–1
Plymouth Argyle 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 5–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–3 0–4
Portsmouth 1–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 3–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–2 0–0 1–4 3–3 3–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–2 0–1
Rochdale 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 3–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 0–4 0–3 1–0 3–2 0–0
Scunthorpe United 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–4 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 5–1 3–0 2–2 3–1 0–0 2–2
Southend United 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–3 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–3 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1
Torquay United 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 4–2 0–2 0–1 1–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–3 0–3
Wycombe Wanderers 0–0 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–1
York City 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 3–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–2 0–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 2–0

Updated to games played on 3 May 2014.
Source: [1]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 26 April 2014.[20]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 England Sam Winnall Scunthorpe United 23
2 England Scott Hogan Rochdale 17
England Reuben Reid Plymouth Argyle
4 England Byron Harrison Cheltenham Town 13
England Luke James Hartlepool United
Republic of Ireland Rhys Murphy Dagenham & Redbridge
Republic of Ireland John-Joe O'Toole Bristol Rovers
England Antoni Sarcevic Fleetwood Town
9 England Barry Corr Southend United 12
England Billy Kee Burton Albion
England Chris Zebroski Newport County

Scoring

  • First goal of the season: Mark Roberts for Fleetwood Town against Dagenham & Redbridge (3 August 2013)
  • Fastest goal of the season: 17 seconds, Jordan Chapell for Torquay United against Portsmouth (26 October 2013)
  • Largest winning margin: 5 goals
    • Plymouth Argyle 5–0 Morecambe (1 March 2014)
  • Highest scoring game: 9 goals
    • Fleetwood Town 5–4 Mansfield Town (23 November 2013)
  • Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 5 goals
    • Fleetwood Town 5–4 Mansfield Town (23 November 2013)
    • Plymouth Argyle 5–0 Morecambe (1 March 2014)
    • Accrington Stanley 5–1 Morecambe (14 March 2014)
  • Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 4 goals
    • Fleetwood Town 5–4 Mansfield Town (23 November 2013)

Notes

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References

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External links

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