2016–17 Football League Two

EFL League Two 2016–17
Season information
Winners	Portsmouth
Promoted	Portsmouth Plymouth Argyle Doncaster Rovers Blackpool
Relegated	Leyton Orient Hartlepool United
Season statistics
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,465
Average	(2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Akinde John Marquis (26 goals each)
Biggest home win	Stevenage 6–1 Hartlepool Yeovil 5–0 Crawley Crewe 5–0 Grimsby Accrington 5–0 Leyton Orient Plymouth 6–1 Newport
Biggest away win	Hartlepool 0–5 Cambridge
← 2015–16	2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Football League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) will be the 13th season of the Football League Two under its current title and the 24th season under its current league division format.

Team changes

To League Two Promoted from National League Cheltenham Town Grimsby Town Relegated from League One Doncaster Rovers Blackpool Colchester United Crewe Alexandra

From League Two Promoted to League One Northampton Town Oxford United Bristol Rovers AFC Wimbledon Relegated to National League Dagenham & Redbridge York City

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Accrington Stanley	Accrington	Crown Ground	5,057
Barnet	London (Canons Park)	The Hive Stadium	5,233
Blackpool	Blackpool	Bloomfield Road	16,750
Cambridge United	Cambridge	Abbey Stadium	9,617
Carlisle United	Carlisle	Brunton Park	16,981
Cheltenham Town	Cheltenham	Whaddon Road	7,066
Colchester United	Colchester	Colchester Community Stadium	10,105
Crawley Town	Crawley	Broadfield Stadium	6,134
Crewe Alexandra	Crewe	Gresty Road	10,153
Doncaster Rovers	Doncaster	Keepmoat Stadium	15,231
Exeter City	Exeter	St James Park	8,830
Grimsby Town	Cleethorpes	Blundell Park	9,062
Hartlepool United	Hartlepool	Victoria Park	7,856
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
Notts County	Nottingham	Meadow Lane	19,588
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

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Blackpool	Neil McDonald	Sacked	18 May 2016	Pre-season	Gary Bowyer	1 June 2016
Leyton Orient	Andy Hessenthaler		26 September 2016	14th	Alberto Cavasin	2 October 2016
Newport County	Warren Feeney		28 September 2016	24th	Graham Westley	10 October 2016
Grimsby Town	Paul Hurst	Hired by Shrewsbury Town	24 October 2016	8th	Marcus Bignot	7 November 2016
Mansfield Town	Adam Murray	Resigned	14 November 2016	18th	Steve Evans	16 November 2016
Leyton Orient	Alberto Cavasin	Sacked	23 November 2016	22nd	Andy Edwards	23 November 2016
Barnet	Martin Allen	Hired by Eastleigh	1 December 2016	8th	Kevin Nugent	15 February 2017
Notts County	John Sheridan	Sacked	2 January 2017	22nd	Kevin Nolan	12 January 2017
Crewe Alexandra	Steve Davis		8 January 2017	18th	David Artell	8 January 2017
Hartlepool United	Craig Hignett	Mutual consent	15 January 2017	19th	Dave Jones	18 January 2017
Leyton Orient	Andy Edwards	Hired by the Football Association	29 January 2017	23rd	Danny Webb	29 January 2017
Newport County	Graham Westley	Sacked	9 March 2017	24th	Mike Flynn	9 March 2017
Leyton Orient	Danny Webb	Resigned	30 March 2017	24th	Ömer Rıza	30 March 2017
Grimsby Town	Marcus Bignot	Sacked	10 April 2017	14th	Russell Slade	12 April 2017
Barnet	Kevin Nugent		15 April 2017	16th
Hartlepool United	Dave Jones	Mutual consent	24 April 2017	23rd
Crawley Town	Dermot Drummy	Mutual consent	4 May 2017	21st

League table

2016–17 Football League Two table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Portsmouth  (C) (P)	46	26	9	11	79	40	+39	87	Promotion to Football League One
2	Plymouth Argyle  (P)	46	26	9	11	71	46	+25	87
3	Doncaster Rovers  (P)	46	25	10	11	85	55	+30	85
4	Luton Town	46	20	17	9	70	43	+27	77	Qualification to the League Two play-offs
5	Exeter City	46	21	8	17	75	56	+19	71
6	Carlisle United	46	18	17	11	69	68	+1	71
7	Blackpool  (P)	46	18	16	12	69	46	+23	70
8	Colchester United	46	19	12	15	67	57	+10	69
9	Wycombe Wanderers	46	19	12	15	58	53	+5	69
10	Stevenage	46	20	7	19	67	33	+34	67
11	Cambridge United	46	19	9	18	58	50	+8	66
12	Mansfield Town	46	17	15	14	54	50	+4	66
13	Accrington Stanley	46	17	14	15	59	56	+3	65
14	Grimsby Town	46	17	11	18	59	63	−4	62
15	Barnet	46	14	15	17	57	64	−7	57
16	Notts County	46	16	8	22	54	76	−22	56
17	Crewe Alexandra	46	14	13	19	58	67	−9	55
18	Morecambe	46	14	10	22	53	73	−20	52
19	Crawley Town	46	13	12	21	53	71	−18	51
20	Yeovil Town	46	11	17	18	49	64	−15	50
21	Cheltenham Town	46	12	14	20	49	69	−20	50
22	Newport County	46	12	12	22	51	73	−22	48
23	Hartlepool United  (R)	46	11	13	22	54	75	−21	46	Relegation to the National League
24	Leyton Orient  (R)	46	10	6	30	47	87	−40	36

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

Results

Home \ Away

ACC

BRN

BPL

CAM

CLU

CHL

COL

CRA

CRW

DON

EXE

GRI

HPL

LEY

LUT

MFT

MOR

NEW

NTC

PLY

POR

STV

WYC

YEO

Accrington Stanley

1–0

2–1

2–0

1–1

1–1

2–1

1–0

3–2

3–2

1–2

1–1

2–2

5–0

1–4

1–1

2–3

1–3

2–0

0–1

1–0

0–1

2–2

1–1

Barnet

2–0

1–1

0–1

0–1

3–1

1–1

2–2

0–0

1–3

1–4

3–1

3–2

0–0

0–1

0–2

2–2

0–0

3–2

1–0

1–1

1–2

0–2

2–2

Blackpool

0–0

2–2

1–1

2–2

3–0

1–1

0–0

2–2

4–2

2–0

1–3

2–1

3–1

0–2

0–1

3–1

4–1

4–0

0–1

3–1

1–0

0–0

2–2

Cambridge United

2–1

1–1

0–0

2–2

3–1

1–1

2–0

2–1

2–3

1–0

0–1

0–1

3–0

0–3

1–3

1–2

3–2

4–0

0–1

0–1

0–0

1–2

1–0

Carlisle United

1–1

1–1

1–4

0–3

1–1

2–0

3–1

0–2

2–1

3–2

1–3

3–2

2–2

0–0

5–2

1–1

2–1

1–2

1–0

0–3

1–1

1–0

2–1

Cheltenham Town

3–0

1–2

2–2

0–1

1–0

0–3

2–1

2–0

0–1

1–3

2–1

1–0

1–1

1–1

0–0

3–1

1–1

2–3

1–2

1–1

0–0

0–1

2–0

Colchester United

1–2

2–1

3–2

2–0

4–1

2–0

2–3

4–0

1–1

2–3

3–2

2–1

0–3

2–1

2–0

2–2

0–0

2–1

0–0

0–4

4–0

1–0

2–0

Crawley Town

0–0

1–1

1–0

1–3

3–3

0–0

1–1

0–3

0–0

1–2

3–2

1–0

3–0

2–0

2–2

1–3

3–1

1–3

1–2

0–2

1–2

1–0

2–0

Crewe Alexandra

0–1

4–1

1–1

1–2

1–1

0–0

2–0

0–2

2–1

2–0

5–0

3–3

3–0

1–2

1–1

2–1

1–2

2–2

1–2

0–0

1–2

2–1

0–1

Doncaster Rovers

2–2

3–2

0–1

1–0

2–2

2–0

1–0

1–1

3–1

1–3

1–0

2–1

3–1

1–1

1–0

1–1

2–0

3–1

0–1

3–1

1–0

2–2

4–1

Exeter City

0–2

2–1

2–2

1–2

2–3

3–0

3–0

0–1

4–0

1–3

0–0

1–2

4–0

0–0

2–0

3–1

0–1

0–2

0–2

0–1

1–1

4–2

3–3

Grimsby Town

2–0

2–2

0–0

2–1

2–2

0–1

1–0

1–1

0–2

1–5

0–3

0–3

1–2

1–1

3–0

2–0

1–0

2–0

1–1

0–1

5–2

1–2

4–2

Hartlepool United

2–0

0–2

0–1

0–5

1–1

2–0

1–1

1–1

4–0

2–1

3–1

0–1

1–3

1–1

0–0

3–2

2–2

1–2

1–1

0–2

2–0

0–2

1–1

Leyton Orient

1–0

1–3

1–2

1–1

1–2

0–1

1–3

3–2

0–2

1–4

0–1

0–3

2–1

1–2

1–2

0–1

0–1

2–3

0–2

0–1

3–0

0–2

0–1

Luton Town

1–0

3–1

1–0

2–0

1–1

2–3

0–1

2–1

1–1

3–1

1–1

1–2

3–0

2–2

1–1

3–1

2–1

2–1

1–1

1–3

0–2

4–1

1–1

Mansfield Town

4–4

0–1

1–0

0–0

2–0

1–1

0–0

3–1

3–0

1–1

1–2

0–1

4–0

2–0

1–1

0–1

2–1

3–1

0–2

0–1

1–2

1–1

1–0

Morecambe

1–2

0–1

2–1

2–0

0–3

1–2

1–1

2–3

0–0

1–5

0–3

1–0

1–1

1–2

0–2

1–3

0–1

4–1

2–1

2–0

0–2

1–1

1–3

Newport County

1–0

2–2

1–3

1–2

2–0

2–2

1–1

1–0

1–1

0–0

1–4

0–0

3–1

0–4

1–1

2–3

1–1

2–1

1–3

2–3

0–2

0–1

1–0

Notts County

0–2

1–0

1–0

0–1

2–3

2–1

3–1

2–1

1–1

0–1

2–2

2–2

2–1

3–1

0–0

0–0

1–2

0–3

1–2

1–3

1–1

0–2

0–0

Plymouth Argyle

0–1

0–2

0–3

2–1

2–0

1–0

2–1

2–0

2–1

2–0

3–0

0–3

1–1

2–3

0–3

2–0

1–0

6–1

0–1

2–2

4–2

3–3

4–1

Portsmouth

2–0

5–1

2–0

2–1

1–1

6–1

2–0

3–0

0–1

1–2

0–1

4–0

0–0

2–1

1–0

4–0

1–1

2–1

1–2

1–1

1–2

4–2

3–1

Stevenage

0–3

1–0

0–2

1–2

1–2

2–1

2–4

2–1

1–2

3–4

0–2

2–0

6–1

4–1

2–1

0–1

0–1

3–1

3–0

1–2

3–0

3–0

2–2

Wycombe Wanderers

1–1

0–2

0–0

1–0

1–2

3–3

0–2

1–2

5–1

2–1

1–0

2–1

2–0

1–0

1–1

0–1

2–0

2–1

0–1

1–1

1–0

1–0

1–1

Yeovil Town

1–1

0–1

0–3

1–1

0–2

4–2

2–1

5–0

3–0

0–3

0–0

0–0

1–2

1–1

0–4

0–0

0–1

1–0

2–0

2–1

0–0

1–1

1–0

Updated to games played on 6 May 2017
Source: BBC Sport
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

See also: 2017 Football League play-offs

		Semifinals				Final
	4	Luton Town	2 ()
	7	Blackpool	3 ()
	5	Exeter City	3 ()
	6	Carlisle United	3 ()

Top goalscorers

Source: BBC Sport
Correct as of 29 April 2017

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	John Akinde	Barnet	26
	John Marquis	Doncaster Rovers
3	Danny Hylton	Luton Town	21
4	Matty Godden	Stevenage	20
	James Collins	Crawley Town
6	Omar Bogle	Grimsby Town	19
7	Luke Berry	Cambridge United	17
	David Wheeler	Exeter City
9	Chris Porter	Colchester United	15
10	Padraig Amond	Hartlepool United	14
	Graham Carey	Plymouth Argyle
	Jon Stead	Notts County
	Charlie Wyke	Carlisle United

Monthly Awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Jim Bentley	Morecambe	James Coppinger	Doncaster Rovers
September	Derek Adams	Plymouth Argyle	Jon Stead	Notts County
October	Keith Curle	Carlisle United	Jason Kennedy	Carlisle United
November	Gareth Ainsworth	Wycombe Wanderers	Omar Bogle	Grimsby Town
December	John McGreal	Colchester United	Scott Kashket	Wycombe Wanderers
January	Darren Ferguson	Doncaster Rovers	Ollie Watkins	Exeter City
February	Darren Sarll	Stevenage	Matty Godden	Stevenage
March	John Coleman	Accrington Stanley	Shay McCartan	Accrington Stanley

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