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EFL League Two
2017–18
Football League Two
Season information
Winners Accrington Stanley
Promoted Accrington Stanley
Luton Town
Wycombe Wanderers
Coventry City
Relegated Chesterfield
Barnet
Season statistics
Matches played 552
Goals scored 653
Top goalscorer Billy Kee
(25 goals)
Biggest home win Luton 7–0 Cambridge
Biggest away win Cheltenham 1–6 Coventry
Crewe 0–5 Carlisle
Swindon 0–5 Luton
Highest scoring Luton 8–2 Yeovil
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The 2017–18 EFL League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) will be the 2nd season of the EFL League Two under its current title and the 25th season under its current league division format.

Changes from last season[]

Team changes[]

The following teams have changed division since the 2015–16 season.

To League Two[]

Promoted from National League

Relegated from League One

From League Two[]

Promoted to League One

Relegated to National League

Stadia[]

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Accrington Stanley Accrington Crown Ground 5,057
Barnet London The Hive Stadium 6,418
Cambridge United Cambridge Abbey Stadium 8,127
Carlisle United Carlisle Brunton Park 17,949
Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Whaddon Road 7,066
Chesterfield Chesterfield Proact Stadium 10,504
Colchester United Colchester Colchester Community Stadium 10,105
Coventry City Coventry Ricoh Arena 32,609
Crawley Town Crawley Broadfield Stadium 6,134
Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Stadium 10,153
Exeter City Exeter St James Park 8,541
Forest Green Rovers Nailsworth The New Lawn 5,141
Grimsby Town Grimsby Blundell Park 9,052
Lincoln City Lincoln Sincil Bank 10,120
Luton Town Luton Kenilworth Road 10,356
Mansfield Town Mansfield Field Mill 10,000
Morecambe Morecambe Globe Arena 6,476
Newport County Newport Rodney Parade 7,850
Notts County Nottingham Meadow Lane 19,588
Port Vale Burslem Vale Park 19,052
Stevenage Stevenage Lamex Stadium 6,722
Swindon Town Swindon County Ground 15,728
Wycombe Wanderers High Wycombe Adams Park 9,617
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
Swindon Town Flag of England Luke Williams Mutual consent 5 May 2017 Pre-season Flag of England David Flitcroft 5 June 2017
Port Vale Flag of England Michael Brown Sacked 16 September 2017 24th Flag of England Neil Aspin 4 October 2017
Chesterfield Flag of Scotland Gary Caldwell 16 September 2017 23rd Flag of England Jack Lester 29 September 2017
Barnet Flag of England Rossi Eames Appointed as Head of Development 13 November 2017 Flag of Scotland Mark McGhee 14 November 2017
Flag of Scotland Mark McGhee Appointed as Head of Technical 15 January 2018 24th Flag of England Graham Westley 15 January 2018
Cambridge United Flag of England Shaun Derry Mutual consent 9 February 2018 14th Flag of Republic of Ireland Joe Dunne 2 May 2018
Grimsby Town Flag of England Russell Slade Sacked 11 February 2018 17th Flag of England Michael Jolley 2 March 2018
Mansfield Town Flag of Scotland Steve Evans Signed by Peterborough United 27 February 2018 5th Flag of England David Flitcroft 1 March 2018
Swindon Town Flag of England David Flitcroft Signed by Mansfield Town 1 March 2018 7th Flag of England Phil Brown 12 March 2018
Stevenage Flag of England Darren Sarll Sacked 18 March 2018 16th Flag of Tunisia Dino Maamria 20 March 2018
Barnet Flag of England Graham Westley 19 March 2018 24th Flag of England Martin Allen 19 March 2018
Chesterfield Flag of England Jack Lester Mutual consent 24 April 2018 24th Flag of England Martin Allen 15 May 2018

League table[]

Pos
Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Accrington Stanley  (C) (P) 46 29 6 11 76 46 +30 93 Promotion to
League One
2 Luton Town  (P) 46 25 13 8 94 46 +48 88
3 Wycombe Wanderers  (P) 46 24 12 10 79 60 +19 84
4 Exeter City 46 24 8 14 64 54 +10 80 Qualification to the
League Two play-offs
5 Notts County 46 21 14 11 71 48 +23 77
6 Coventry City  (P) 46 22 9 15 64 47 +17 75
7 Lincoln City 46 20 15 11 64 48 +16 75
8 Mansfield Town 46 18 18 10 67 52 +15 72
9 Swindon Town 46 20 8 18 67 65 +2 68
10 Carlisle United 46 17 16 13 62 54 +8 67
11 Newport County 46 16 16 14 56 58 −2 64
12 Cambridge United 46 17 13 16 56 60 −4 64
13 Colchester United 46 16 14 16 53 52 +1 62
14 Crawley Town 46 16 11 19 58 66 −8 59
15 Crewe Alexandra 46 17 5 24 62 75 −13 56
16 Stevenage 46 14 13 19 60 65 −5 55
17 Cheltenham Town 46 13 12 21 67 73 −6 51
18 Grimsby Town 46 13 12 21 42 66 −24 51
19 Yeovil Town 46 12 12 22 59 75 −16 48
20 Port Vale 46 11 14 21 49 67 −18 47
21 Forest Green Rovers 46 13 8 25 54 77 −23 47
22 Morecambe 46 9 19 18 41 56 −15 46
23 Barnet  (R) 46 12 10 24 46 65 −19 46 Relegation to the
National League
24 Chesterfield  (R) 46 10 8 28 47 83 −36 38
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

Play-offs[]

Semi-finals Final
                           
  4  Exeter City    
7  Lincoln City    
  4  Exeter City 1
  6  Coventry City 3
5  Notts County  
  6  Coventry City    

Results table[]

Home \ Away[1] ACC BAR CAM CRL CHL CHF COL COV CRA CRE EXE FGR GRI LIN LUT MAN MOR NPC NTC PTV STE SWI WYC YEO
Accrington Stanley 4–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 4–0 3–1 1–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–0
Barnet 1–1 3–1 1–3 0–2 3–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–1
Cambridge United 0–0 1–0 1–2 4–3 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 2–3 3–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 5–0 1–0 1–3 1–3 2–1
Carlisle United 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 3–3 4–0
Cheltenham Town 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–6 1–0 1–0 3–4 0–1 2–3 1–0 2–2 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 5–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–2
Chesterfield 1–2 2–1 2–3 2–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–0 3–2 1–3 1–3 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–3
Colchester United 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–4 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 5–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–1
Coventry City 0–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 4–0 2–4 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 3–2 2–6
Crawley Town 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 3–5 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–2 3–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 2–3 2–0
Crewe Alexandra 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–5 2–1 5–1 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–4 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–3 2–3 0–0
Exeter City 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–4 0–1 4–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0
Forest Green Rovers 0–1 2–2 5–2 0–1 1–1 4–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–2 1–3 0–3 0–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–4 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–2 1–2 4–3
Grimsby Town 0–3 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 2–3 2–1
Lincoln City 2–0 2–1 0–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–4 3–2 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 3–1 3–0 2–2 0–0 1–1
Luton Town 1–2 2–0 7–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 0–3 4–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 4–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 7–1 0–3 2–3 8–2
Mansfield Town 0–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–4 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 5–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–0
Morecambe 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–4 0–3 1–1 0–1 2–1 4–3
Newport County 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–3 1–0 4–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–3 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–0
Notts County 2–2 2–1 3–3 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 4–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 4–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 4–1
Port Vale 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 4–0 0–4 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 0–3 2–3 1–1
Stevenage 3–2 4–1 0–2 0–0 4–1 5–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–3 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 4–1
Swindon Town 3–0 1–4 2–0 0–0 0–3 2–2 2–3 1–2 0–3 4–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–5 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–2 3–2 1–0 2–2
Wycombe Wanderers 0–4 3–1 1–1 4–3 3–3 1–0 3–1 0–1 4–0 3–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–4 2–0 2–4 0–0 1–0 3–2 2–1
Yeovil Town 3–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 3–1 0–0 3–0 0–2 0–3 2–3 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 0–1
Updated to games played on 5 May 2018
Source: BBC Sport
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers[]

As of 5 May 2018
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Flag of Northern Ireland Billy Kee Accrington Stanley 25
2 Flag of Sudan Mohamed Eisa Cheltenham Town 23
Flag of Scotland Marc McNulty Coventry City
4 Flag of England Danny Hylton Luton Town 21
5 Flag of Wales Christian Doidge Forest Green Rovers 20
6 Flag of Republic of Ireland James Collins Luton Town 19
Flag of England Jayden Stockley Exeter City
Flag of England Kristian Dennis Chesterfield
9 Flag of England Adebayo Akinfenwa Wycombe Wanderers 17
Flag of England Tom Pope Port Vale

Monthly awards[]

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
August Flag of England Paul Tisdale Exeter City Flag of England Frank Nouble Newport County
September Flag of England Kevin Nolan Notts County Flag of England Shaquile Coulthirst Barnet
October Flag of Wales Nathan Jones Luton Town Flag of England Tom Pope Port Vale
November Flag of Wales Christian Doidge Forest Green Rovers
December Flag of England Danny Cowley Lincoln City Flag of England Sammie Szmodics Colchester United
January Flag of England Gareth Ainsworth Wycombe Wanderers Flag of Scotland Marc McNulty Coventry City
February Flag of England John Coleman Accrington Stanley Flag of England Marc Richards Swindon Town

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