2015–16 Football League Two

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Football League Two 2015–16
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The 2015–16 Football League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th season of the Football League Two under its current title and the 24th season under its current league division format. The season began on 8 August 2015, and concluded on 7 May 2016.

Twenty four clubs will participate, eighteen of which remain in League Two having been neither promoted nor relegated at the end of the 2014–15 season. These teams will join Notts County, Crawley Town, Leyton Orient and Yeovil Town, whom were relegated from 2014–15 Football League One, and also by Barnet and Bristol Rovers, whom were promoted from the 2014–15 Football Conference.

Changes from last season

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2014–15 season.

To League Two Promoted from Conference Premier Barnet Bristol Rovers Relegated from Football League One Notts County Crawley Town Leyton Orient Yeovil Town

From League Two Relegated to National League Cheltenham Town Tranmere Rovers Promoted to Football League One Burton Albion Shrewsbury Town Bury Southend United

Team overview

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Accrington Stanley	Accrington	Crown Ground	5,057
AFC Wimbledon	London (Norbiton)	Kingsmeadow	4,850
Barnet	London (Canons Park)	The Hive Stadium	5,233
Bristol Rovers	Bristol	Memorial Stadium	11,916
Cambridge United	Cambridge	Abbey Stadium	9,617
Carlisle United	Carlisle	Brunton Park	16,981
Crawley Town	Crawley	Broadfield Stadium	5,996
Dagenham & Redbridge	London (Dagenham)	Victoria Road	6,078
Exeter City	Exeter	St James Park	8,830
Hartlepool United	Hartlepool	Victoria Park	8,240
Leyton Orient	London (Leyton)	Brisbane Road	9,271
Luton Town	Luton	Kenilworth Road	10,356
Mansfield Town	Mansfield	Field Mill	8,200
Morecambe	Morecambe	Globe Arena	6,476
Newport County	Newport	Rodney Parade	7,850
Northampton Town	Northampton	Sixfields Stadium	7,653
Notts County	Nottingham	Meadow Lane	20,211
Oxford United	Oxford	Kassam Stadium	12,500
Plymouth Argyle	Plymouth	Home Park	17,767
Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Fratton Park	20,662
Stevenage	Stevenage	Broadhall Way	6,722
Wycombe Wanderers	High Wycombe	Adams Park	10,284
Yeovil Town	Yeovil	Huish Park	9,565
York City	York	Bootham Crescent	7,872

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Crawley Town	John Gregory	Mutual consent	9 May 2015	Pre-season	Mark Yates	19 May 2015
Leyton Orient	Fabio Liverani		13 May 2015		Ian Hendon	28 May 2015
Plymouth Argyle	John Sheridan		28 May 2015		Derek Adams	11 June 2015
Stevenage	Graham Westley	End of contract	31 May 2015		Teddy Sheringham	21 May 2015
Newport County	Terry Butcher	Sacked	1 October 2015	24th	John Sheridan	2 October 2015
York City	Russ Wilcox		26 October 2015	21st	Jackie McNamara	4 November 2015
Cambridge United	Richard Money		2 November 2015	18th	Shaun Derry	12 November 2015
Yeovil Town	Paul Sturrock		1 December 2015	24th	Darren Way	31 December 2015
Luton Town	John Still		17 December 2015	17th	Nathan Jones	6 January 2016
Dagenham & Redbridge	Wayne Burnett		21 December 2015	24th	John Still	31 December 2015
Notts County	Ricardo Moniz		29 December 2015	15th	Jamie Fullarton	10 January 2016
Newport County	John Sheridan	Signed by Oldham	13 January 2016	20th	Warren Feeney	15 January 2016
Leyton Orient	Ian Hendon	Sacked	18 January 2016	11th	Kevin Nolan	21 January 2016
Stevenage	Teddy Sheringham		1 February 2016	19th	Darren Sarll	1 February 2016
Hartlepool United	Ronnie Moore		10 February 2016	22nd	Craig Hignett	11 February 2016
Notts County	Jamie Fullarton		19 March 2016	19th	Mark Cooper	20 March 2016
Leyton Orient	Kevin Nolan	Demoted from position	12 April 2016	11th	Andy Hessenthaler	12 April 2016
Crawley Town	Mark Yates	Sacked	25 April 2016	18th	Dermot Drummy	27 April 2016
Notts County	Mark Cooper	End of contract	7 May 2016	17th

League table

2015–16 Football League Two table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Northampton Town  (C) (P)	46	29	12	5	82	46	+36	99	Promotion to Football League One
2	Oxford United  (P)	46	24	14	8	84	41	+43	86
3	Bristol Rovers  (P)	46	26	7	13	77	46	+31	85
4	Accrington Stanley  (Q)	46	24	13	9	74	48	+26	85	Qualification to the League Two play-offs
5	Plymouth Argyle  (Q)	46	24	9	13	72	46	+26	81
6	Portsmouth  (Q)	46	21	15	10	75	44	+31	78
7	AFC Wimbledon  (P) (Q)	46	21	12	13	64	50	+14	75
8	Leyton Orient	46	19	12	15	60	61	−1	69
9	Cambridge United	46	18	14	14	66	55	+11	68
10	Carlisle United	46	17	16	13	67	62	+5	67
11	Luton Town	46	19	9	18	63	61	+2	66
12	Mansfield Town	46	17	13	16	61	53	+8	64
13	Wycombe Wanderers	46	17	13	16	45	44	+1	64
14	Exeter City	46	17	13	16	63	65	−2	64
15	Barnet	46	17	11	18	67	68	−1	62
16	Hartlepool United	46	15	6	25	49	72	−23	51
17	Notts County	46	14	9	23	54	83	−29	51
18	Stevenage	46	11	15	20	52	67	−15	48
19	Yeovil Town	46	11	15	20	43	59	−16	48
20	Crawley Town	46	13	8	25	45	78	−33	47
21	Morecambe	46	12	10	24	69	91	−22	46
22	Newport County	46	10	13	23	43	64	−21	43
23	Dagenham & Redbridge  (R)	46	8	10	28	46	81	−35	34	Relegation to the Conference Premier
24	York City  (R)	46	7	13	26	51	87	−36	34

Updated to games played on 7 May 2016
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

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