2018–19 EFL League Two
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Season | 2018–19 |
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Champions | Lincoln City (2nd title) |
Promoted | Lincoln City Bury Milton Keynes Dons Tranmere Rovers |
Relegated | Notts County Yeovil Town |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1409 (2.55 per match) |
Top goalscorer | James Norwood (29 goals) |
Biggest home win | Crewe Alexandra 6–0 Morecambe (4 August 2018) Colchester United 6–0 Crewe Alexandra (21 August 2018) Carlisle United 6–0 Oldham Athletic (26 December 2018) Milton Keynes Dons 6–0 Cambridge United (1 January 2019) |
Biggest away win | Newport County 0–6 Yeovil Town (15 September 2018) |
Highest scoring | Port Vale 2–6 Lincoln City (13 October 2018) |
Longest winning run | 7 matches[1] Tranmere Rovers |
Longest unbeaten run | 19 matches[1] Lincoln City |
Longest winless run | 13 matches[1] Macclesfield Town |
Longest losing run | 6 matches[1] Grimsby Town Notts County Yeovil Town |
Highest attendance | 20,718[1] Milton Keynes Dons 1–0 Mansfield Town (4 May 2019) |
Lowest attendance | 1,355[1] Morecambe 0–1 Mansfield Town (23 October 2018) |
Total attendance | 2,461,975[1] |
Average attendance | 4,468[1] |
← 2017–18
2019–20 →
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The 2018–19 EFL League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th season of Football League Two under its current title and the 26th season under its current league division format.
Contents
Team changes
To League Two
Promoted from National League
Relegated from League One
From League Two
Promoted to League One
Relegated to National League
Stadiums
- ↑ Capacity temporarily reduced due to redevelopment work.
Personnel and sponsoring
- 1 According to current revision of List of current Premier League and English Football League managers.
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Carlisle United | ![]() |
Resigned | 5 May 2018 | Pre-season | ![]() |
5 June 2018 |
Milton Keynes Dons | ![]() |
End of caretaker spell | ![]() |
6 June 2018 | ||
Exeter City | ![]() |
End of contract | 1 June 2018 | ![]() |
1 June 2018 | |
Macclesfield Town | ![]() |
Signed by Shrewsbury Town | ![]() |
19 June 2018 | ||
Oldham Athletic | ![]() |
Sacked | 8 June 2018 | ![]() |
13 June 2018 | |
Cheltenham Town | ![]() |
21 August 2018 | 21st | ![]() |
10 September 2018 | |
Notts County | ![]() |
26 August 2018 | 24th | ![]() |
31 August 2018 | |
Crawley Town | ![]() |
Signed by Notts County | 31 August 2018 | 14th | ![]() |
7 September 2018 |
Northampton Town | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 1 October 2018 | 21st | ![]() |
1 October 2018 |
Macclesfield Town | ![]() |
Sacked | 8 October 2018 | 24th | ![]() |
27 November 2018 |
Swindon Town | ![]() |
12 November 2018 | 17th | ![]() |
13 November 2018 | |
Notts County | ![]() |
13 November 2018 | 22nd | ![]() |
24 November 2018 | |
Cambridge United | ![]() |
1 December 2018 | ![]() |
19 December 2018 | ||
Oldham Athletic | ![]() |
27 December 2018 | 12th | ![]() |
10 February 2019 | |
Carlisle United | ![]() |
Resigned | 4 January 2019 | 7th | ![]() |
16 January 2019 |
Port Vale | ![]() |
30 January 2019 | 18th | ![]() |
4 February 2019 | |
Oldham Athletic | ![]() |
14 March 2019 | 14th | ![]() |
15 March 2019 | |
Yeovil Town | ![]() |
Sacked | 24 March 2019 | 22nd | ![]() |
19 June 2019 |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Lincoln City (C, P) | 46 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 73 | 43 | +30 | 85 | Promotion to EFL League One |
2 | Bury (P) | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 82 | 56 | +26 | 79 | |
3 | Milton Keynes Dons (P) | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 71 | 49 | +22 | 79 | |
4 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 76 | Qualification for League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1] |
5 | Forest Green Rovers | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 68 | 47 | +21 | 74 | |
6 | Tranmere Rovers (O, P) | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 73 | |
7 | Newport County | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 71 | |
8 | Colchester United | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 65 | 53 | +12 | 70 | |
9 | Exeter City | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 60 | 49 | +11 | 70 | |
10 | Stevenage | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 59 | 55 | +4 | 70 | |
11 | Carlisle United | 46 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 67 | 62 | +5 | 68 | |
12 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 60 | 59 | +1 | 65 | |
13 | Swindon Town | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 64 | |
14 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 67 | 60 | +7 | 62 | |
15 | Northampton Town | 46 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 64 | 63 | +1 | 61 | |
16 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 57 | 68 | −11 | 57 | |
17 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 56 | |
18 | Morecambe | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 54 | 70 | −16 | 54 | |
19 | Crawley Town | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 51 | 68 | −17 | 53 | |
20 | Port Vale | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 49 | |
21 | Cambridge United | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 40 | 66 | −26 | 47 | |
22 | Macclesfield Town | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 48 | 74 | −26 | 44 | |
23 | Notts County (R) | 46 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 48 | 84 | −36 | 41 | Relegation to the National League |
24 | Yeovil Town (R) | 46 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 41 | 66 | −25 | 40 |
Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results [7]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results [7]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
- ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One.
Play-offs
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Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
4 | Mansfield Town | ||||||||
7 | Newport County (p) | ||||||||
7 | Newport County | 0 | |||||||
6 | Tranmere Rovers | 1 | |||||||
5 | Forest Green Rovers | ||||||||
6 | Tranmere Rovers | ||||||||
Results
Home \ Away | BUR | CAM | CAR | CHL | COL | CRA | CRE | EXE | FGR | GRI | LIN | MAC | MAN | MKD | MOR | NEW | NOR | NOT | OLD | POR | STE | SWI | TRA | YEO |
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Bury | — | 0-3 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3-3 | 3-0 | 2–2 | 4-3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3-1 | 4–0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 4–0 | 1-3 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
Cambridge United | 2–2 | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0-1 | 2–1 | 0-0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 3-2 | 3–2 | 1-1 | 1–0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0–0 |
Carlisle United | 3-2 | 2-2 | — | 2-0 | 4–0 | 4-2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1-0 | 2–1 | 3-2 | 2-3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1-3 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2-1 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
Cheltenham Town | 1–1 | 2-0 | 0–1 | — | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1-1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3-2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0–2 | 3-2 | 1-3 | 1-0 |
Colchester United | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1-1 | 3–0 | — | 3–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 0-3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2-3 | 2-0 | 0–0 | 3-0 | 1–2 | 3-3 | 0-2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0-2 | 3–1 |
Crawley Town | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1-0 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1-1 | 0–3 | 0-1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3-1 | 3–1 |
Crewe Alexandra | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 6-1 | — | 1-2 | 4-3 | 2-0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 3-0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2-0 |
Exeter City | 0-1 | 1-0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3-0 | 1-3 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1-4 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0-1 | 2–1 |
Forest Green Rovers | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0-0 | — | 3-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3-0 |
Grimsby Town | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2-0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | — | 1–1 | 0-2 | 0–1 | 1-0 | 1–2 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0-2 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 |
Lincoln City | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1-1 | 2–1 | 1-0 | — | 1-1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2-0 | 1–1 | 2-2 | 4–1 | 0-0 | 1-0 |
Macclesfield Town | 1–4 | 1-1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1-1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 3—2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 2-1 | 0–0 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
Mansfield Town | 2–1 | 1-0 | 1–0 | 4-2 | 1–1 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 1–2 | 1-0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3-1 | — | 1–1 | 4-0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1-2 | 0–0 | 3-0 | 0-1 |
Milton Keynes Dons | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1-0 | — | 2–0 | 2-0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2-0 |
Morecambe | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4-0 | 0–1 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 0–2 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4-2 | — | 1-1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1-2 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 |
Newport County | 3-1 | 4–2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1-0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1-0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0-1 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2–1 | 0—0 | 0-0 | 0–6 |
Northampton Town | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3-0 | 1–3 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2–0 | 2-1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 2–2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1-2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2-2 |
Notts County | 0–0 | 0-1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0-1 | 1–3 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1–2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 2-2 | — | 0–0 | 0-0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–4 |
Oldham Athletic | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1-1 | 2–3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3-2 | 1–2 | 1-2 | 0–1 | 2-5 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 4-1 |
Port Vale | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0-1 | 2–2 | 0-3 | 1–0 | 1-0 | 1–1 | 0-2 | 0–1 | 2–6 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0–2 | 0-1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | — | 1-4 | 0–1 | 1-2 | 3-0 |
Stevenage | 0-1 | 0–1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 3–1 | 2-1 | 0–1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | 2-0 | 2–2 | 1-0 |
Swindon Town | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0–2 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4-0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3-1 | 0–0 | 0-0 | 3–2 | — | 3–2 | 1-1 |
Tranmere Rovers | 1-1 | 1–0 | 3-0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1-0 | 2–0 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2-1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1-2 | — | 0–0 |
Yeovil Town | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1–4 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3-2 | 1-3 | 1–1 | 2-0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | — |
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2019. Source: EFL Official Website
Statistics
Top scorers
- As of 4 May 2019[8]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Tranmere Rovers | 29 |
2 | ![]() |
Mansfield Town | 21 |
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Bury | ||
4 | ![]() |
Milton Keynes Dons | 20 |
5 | ![]() |
Milton Keynes Dons | 17 |
6 | ![]() |
Exeter City | 16 |
7 | ![]() |
Bury | 15 |
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Lincoln City | ||
9 | ![]() |
Crawley Town | 14 |
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Cheltenham Town | ||
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Newport County |
Hat-tricks
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Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
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Swindon Town | Macclesfield Town | 3–2 (H) | 4 August 2018 | [9] |
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Yeovil Town | Notts County | 0–4 (A) | 17 August 2018 | [10] |
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Northampton Town | Macclesfield Town | 0–5 (A) | 23 October 2018 | [11] |
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Oldham Athletic | Bury | 4–2 (H) | 15 December 2018 | [12] |
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Exeter City | Oldham Athletic | 2–3 (A) | 22 December 2018 | [13] |
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Forest Green Rovers | Newport County | 1–4 (A) | 26 December 2018 | [14] |
References
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