2014–15 Football League Two
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| Season | 2014–15 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Burton Albion (1st divisional title) |
| Promoted | Burton Albion Shrewsbury Town Bury Southend United |
| Relegated | Cheltenham Town Tranmere Rovers |
| Matches played | 552 |
| Goals scored | 1317 (2.39 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Matt Tubbs (21 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Cambridge United 5–0 Carlisle United (30 August 2014) Shrewsbury Town 5–0 Bury (21 October 2014) |
| Biggest away win | Accrington Stanley 1–5 Northampton Town (31 January 2015) Cambridge United 2–6 Portsmouth (21 February 2015) |
| Highest scoring | Northampton Town 4–5 Accrington Stanley (20 September 2014) |
| Longest winning run | 7 games[1] Luton Town Southend United |
| Longest unbeaten run | 13 games[1] Burton Albion |
| Longest winless run | 13 games[1] Tranmere Rovers |
| Longest losing run | 7 games[1] Luton Town |
| Highest attendance | 17,558[2] Portsmouth 0–2 AFC Wimbledon (26 December 2014) |
| Lowest attendance | 919[2] Accrington Stanley 1–0 Burton Albion (24 February 2015) |
| Total attendance | 2,576,942[2] |
| Average attendance | 4,676[2] |
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← 2013–14
2015–16 →
All statistics correct as of 2 May 2015. |
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The 2014–15 Football League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th season of the Football League Two under its current title and the 23rd season under its current league division format. The season began on 9 August 2014.
Twenty four clubs participated, eighteen of which remained in League Two having been neither promoted nor relegated at the end of the 2013–14 season. These clubs were joined by Tranmere Rovers, Carlisle United, Shrewsbury Town and Stevenage who were relegated from 2013–14 Football League One, and by Luton Town and Cambridge United who were both promoted from the 2013–14 Football Conference.
Burton Albion won the League Two title after a 3-2 away to Cambridge United on 2 May.[3][4]
Contents
Changes from last season
Team changes
The following teams changed division at the end of the 2013–14 season.[5]
To League Two
Promoted from Conference Premier
Relegated from Football League One
From League Two
Relegated to Conference Premier
Promoted to Football League One
Team overview
Stadia and locations
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shrewsbury Town | Michael Jackson | Appointed as Assistant Manager | 12 May 2014[6] | Pre-season | Micky Mellon | 12 May 2014[6] |
| Oxford United | Gary Waddock | Sacked | 4 July 2014[7] | Pre-season | Michael Appleton | 4 July 2014[7] |
| Carlisle United | Graham Kavanagh | 1 September 2014[8] | 22nd | Keith Curle | 19 September 2014[9] | |
| Accrington Stanley | James Beattie | Mutual consent | 12 September 2014[10] | 21st | John Coleman | 18 September 2014[11] |
| Hartlepool United | Colin Cooper | Resigned | 4 October 2014[12] | 24th | Paul Murray | 23 October 2014[13] |
| Tranmere Rovers | Robert Edwards | Sacked | 13 October 2014[14] | 24th | Micky Adams | 16 October 2014[15] |
| York City | Nigel Worthington | Resigned | 13 October 2014[16] | 22nd | Russ Wilcox | 15 October 2014[17] |
| Burton Albion | Gary Rowett | Signed by Birmingham City | 27 October 2014[18] | 3rd | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | 13 November 2014[19] |
| Mansfield Town | Paul Cox | Mutual consent | 21 November 2014[20] | 19th | Adam Murray | 5 December 2014[21] |
| Cheltenham Town | Mark Yates | Sacked | 25 November 2014[22] | 18th | Paul Buckle | 26 November 2014[23] |
| Hartlepool United | Paul Murray | 6 December 2014[24] | 24th | Ronnie Moore | 16 December 2014[25] | |
| Newport County | Justin Edinburgh | Signed by Gillingham | 7 February 2015[26] | 6th | Terry Butcher | 30 April 2015[27] |
| Cheltenham Town | Paul Buckle | Mutual consent | 13 February 2015[28] | 22nd | Gary Johnson | 30 March 2015[29] |
| Portsmouth | Andy Awford | 13 April 2015[30] | 14th | Paul Cook | 12 May 2015[31] | |
| Tranmere Rovers | Micky Adams | 19 April 2015[32] | 24th | Gary Brabin | 5 May 2015[33] |
League table
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Play-offs
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| Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
| 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 1 (6) | ||||||||
| 5 | Southend United | 1 (7) | ||||||||
| 5 | Southend United | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| 6 | Stevenage | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Results
| Home ╲ Away | ACC | WIM | BRT | BRY | CAM | CRL | CHL | D&R | EXE | HAR | LUT | MAN | MOR | NPC | NOR | OXF | PLY | POR | SHR | STD | STE | TRA | WYC | YOR |
| Accrington Stanley | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |
| AFC Wimbledon | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
| Burton Albion | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Bury | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |
| Cambridge United | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–6 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | |
| Carlisle United | 1–0 | 4–4 | 3–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | |
| Cheltenham Town | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | |
| Dagenham & Redbridge | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
| Exeter City | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Hartlepool United | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | |
| Luton Town | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | |
| Mansfield Town | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | |
| Morecambe | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | |
| Newport County | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | |
| Northampton Town | 4–5 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | |
| Oxford United | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |
| Plymouth Argyle | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
| Portsmouth | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Shrewsbury Town | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Southend United | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |
| Stevenage | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | |
| Tranmere Rovers | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Wycombe Wanderers | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | |
| York City | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
Updated to games played on 25 April 2015.
Source: BBC Sport
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[34] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Matt Tubbs |
AFC Wimbledon/Portsmouth | 21 |
| 2 | Jamie Cureton |
Dagenham and Redbridge | 19 |
| 3 | Reuben Reid |
Plymouth Argyle | 18 |
| Marc Richards |
Northampton Town | ||
| 5 |  James Collins |
Shrewsbury Town | 15 |
| Tom Nichols |
Exeter City | ||
| 7 | Barry Corr |
Southend United | 14 |
| Danny Hylton |
Oxford United | ||
| Jed Wallace |
Portsmouth | ||
| 10 | Adebayo Akinfenwa |
AFC Wimbledon | 13 |
| Mark Cullen |
Luton Town |
Notes
- ↑ Newport County's current safety certificate allows a maximum attendance of 7,850 for football matches
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