2018–19 EFL League Two

League Two 2018–19
Season information
Winners	Lincoln City (2nd title)
Promoted	Lincoln City Bury Milton Keynes Dons Tranmere Rovers
Relegated	Yeovil Town Notts County
Season statistics
Matches played	203
Goals scored	512
Average	(2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	James Norwood (27 goals)
Biggest home win	Crewe 6–0 Morecambe (4 August 2018) Colchester 6–0 Crewe (21 August 2018) Carlisle 6–0 Oldham (26 December 2018) Milton Keynes 6–0 Cambridge (1 January 2019)
Biggest away win	Newport 0–6 Yeovil (15 September 2018)
Highest scoring	Port Vale 2–6 Lincoln City (13 October 2018)
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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.

Changes from last season

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2017–18 season.

To League Two Promoted from National League Macclesfield Town Tranmere Rovers Relegated from League One Bury Milton Keynes Dons Northampton Town Oldham Athletic

From League Two Promoted to League One Accrington Stanley Luton Town Wycombe Wanderers Coventry City Relegated to National League Chesterfield Barnet

Stadia

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Bury	Bury	Gigg Lane	12,500
Cambridge United	Cambridge	Abbey Stadium	8,127
Carlisle United	Carlisle	Brunton Park	17,949
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	Alexandra Stadium	10,153
Exeter City	Exeter	St James Park	8,541
Forest Green Rovers	Nailsworth	The New Lawn	5,141
Grimsby Town	Cleethorpes	Blundell Park	9,052
Lincoln City	Lincoln	Sincil Bank	10,120
Macclesfield Town	Macclesfield	Moss Rose	6,355
Mansfield Town	Mansfield	Field Mill	10,000
Milton Keynes Dons	Milton Keynes	Stadium mk	30,500
Morecambe	Morecambe	Globe Arena	6,476
Newport County	Newport	Rodney Parade	7,850
Northampton Town	Northampton	Sixfields Stadium	7,798
Oldham Athletic	Oldham	Boundary Park	13,512
Port Vale	Burslem	Vale Park	19,052
Stevenage	Stevenage	Lamex Stadium	6,722
Swindon Town	Swindon	County Ground	15,728
Tranmere Rovers	Birkenhead	Prenton Park	16,587
Yeovil Town	Yeovil	Huish Park	9,565

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager1	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
Bury	Lowe, RyanRyan Lowe	Dawson, StephenStephen Dawson	Kappa	PaySec
Cambridge United	Joe Dunne	Legge, LeonLeon Legge	Puma	Mick George
Carlisle United	John Sheridan	Grainger, DannyDanny Grainger	Umbro	Edinburgh Woollen Mill
Cheltenham Town	Johnson, GaryGary Johnson	Downes, AaronAaron Downes	Erreà	Mira Showers
Colchester United	McGreal, JohnJohn McGreal	Prosser, LukeLuke Prosser	Macron	Weston Homes
Crawley Town	Kewell, HarryHarry Kewell	Smith, JimmyJimmy Smith	Erreà	Checkatrade
Crewe Alexandra	Artell, DavidDavid Artell	Ray, GeorgeGeorge Ray	FBT	Mornflake
Exeter City	Matt Taylor	Moore-Taylor, JordanJordan Moore-Taylor	Joma	Flybe
Forest Green Rovers	Cooper, MarkMark Cooper	Collins, LeeLee Collins	Puma	Ecotricity
Grimsby Town	Jolley, MichaelMichael Jolley	John Welsh	Erreà	Young's Seafood
Lincoln City	Cowley, DannyDanny Cowley	Waterfall, LukeLuke Waterfall	Erreà	Bishop Grosseteste University
Macclesfield Town	Vacant	Hodgkiss, JaredJared Hodgkiss	Macron	Arighi Bianchi
Mansfield Town	David Flitcroft	Zander Diamond	Surridge	One Call
Milton Keynes Dons	Paul Tisdale	Dean Lewington	Erreà	Suzuki
Morecambe	Jim Bentley	Michael Rose	Macron	Purple Property Group
Newport County	Flynn, MichaelMichael Flynn	Pipe, DavidDavid Pipe	FBT	Mr. Tom
Northampton Town	Austin, DeanDean Austin	David Buchanan	Nike	University of Northampton
Notts County	Kevin Nolan	Richard Duffy	Puma	Bassingfield Wood Yard
Oldham Athletic	Frankie Bunn	Peter Clarke	Sondico	PFE Express
Port Vale	Aspin, NeilNeil Aspin	Pope, TomTom Pope	BLK	Manorshop.com
Stevenage	Maamria, DinoDino Maamria	Henry, RonnieRonnie Henry	Macron	Astute Electronics
Swindon Town	Brown, PhilPhil Brown	Lancashire, OllyOlly Lancashire	Puma	Imagine Cruising
Tranmere Rovers	Micky Mellon	Steve McNulty	Puma	B&M Waste Services
Yeovil Town	Way, DarrenDarren Way	Bailey, JamesJames Bailey	Sondico	Jones Building Group

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Carlisle United	Curle, KeithKeith Curle	Resigned	5 May 2018	Pre-season	John Sheridan	5 June 2018
Milton Keynes Dons	Keith Millen	End of caretaker spell			Paul Tisdale	6 June 2018
Exeter City	Paul Tisdale	End of contract	1 June 2018		Matt Taylor	1 June 2018
Macclesfield Town	John Askey	Signed by Shrewsbury Town			Mark Yates	19 June 2018
Oldham Athletic	Richie Wellens	Sacked	8 June 2018		Frankie Bunn	13 June 2018
Cheltenham Town	Gary Johnson		21 August 2018	21st	Michael Duff	10 September 2018
Notts County	Kevin Nolan		26 August 2018	24th	Harry Kewell	31 August 2018
Crawley Town	Harry Kewell	Signed by Notts County	31 August 2018	14th	Gabriele Cioffi	7 September 2018
Northampton Town	Dean Austin	Mutual consent	1 October 2018	21st	Curle, KeithKeith Curle	1 October 2018
Macclesfield Town	Mark Yates	Sacked	8 October 2018	24th	Campbell, SolSol Campbell	27 November 2018
Swindon Town	Phil Brown		12 November 2018	17th	Richie Wellens	13 November 2018
Notts County	Harry Kewell		13 November 2018	22nd	Neal Ardley	24 November 2018
Cambridge United	Joe Dunne		1 December 2018		Colin Calderwood	19 December 2018
Oldham Athletic	Frankie Bunn		27 December 2018	12th	Paul Scholes	10 February 2019
Carlisle United	John Sheridan	Resigned	4 January 2019	7th	Steven Pressley	16 January 2019
Port Vale	Neil Aspin		30 January 2019	18th	John Askey	4 February 2019
Oldham Athletic	Paul Scholes		14 March 2019	14th	Pete Wild	15 March 2019
Yeovil Town	Darren Way	Sacked	24 March 2019	22nd

League table

2018–19 Football League Two table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lincoln City  (C) (P)	46	23	16	7	73	43	+30	85	Promotion to 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 to the League Two play-offs
5	Forest Green Rovers	46	20	14	12	68	47	+21	74
6	Tranmere Rovers  (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	44	70	−26	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
24	Notts County  (R)	46	9	14	23	48	84	−36	41	Relegation to the National League
23	Yeovil Town  (R)	46	9	13	24	41	66	−25	40

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

See also: 2019 English Football League play-offs

		Semi-finals				Final
	4	Mansfield Town	1 0 1 (3)
	7	Newport County	1 0 1 P
						7	Newport County	0
						6	Tranmere Rovers	1
	5	Forest Green Rovers	0 1 1
	6	Tranmere Rovers	1 1 2

First leg

9 May 2019 19:45 BST	Newport County	1–1	Mansfield Town	Rodney Parade, Newport Attendance: 6,035 Referee: Charles Breakspear
	Amond  83'	Report	Hamilton  12'

10 May 2019 19:45 BST	Tranmere Rovers	1–0	Forest Green Rovers	Prenton Park, Birkenhead Attendance: 9,579 Referee: John Busby
	Banks  26'	Report	Gunning  15'

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Second leg

12 May 2019 18:00 BST	Mansfield Town	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Newport County	Field Mill, Mansfield Attendance: 7,361 Referee: Michael Salisbury
		Report
		Penalties
	Ajose Hamilton Walker Benning	3–5	Butler Amond Demetriou Poole Dolan

Mansfield Town 1–1 Newport County on aggregate. Newport County won 5–3 on penalties.

13 May 2019 19:45 BST	Forest Green Rovers	1–1	Tranmere Rovers	The New Lawn, Nailsworth Attendance: 4,492 Referee: Eddie Ilderton
	Mills  12' Winchester  67'	Report	Norwood  27'

Tranmere Rovers 2–1 Forest Green Rovers on aggregate.

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League Two Final

Main article: 2019 EFL League Two play-off Final

25 May 2019 15:00 BST	Newport County	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Tranmere Rovers	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 25,217 Referee: Ross Joyce
	O’Brien  67', 89'	Report	Jennings  119'

Top scorers

As of 4 May 2019

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	James Norwood	Tranmere Rovers	29
2	Tyler Walker	Mansfield Town	21
	Nicky Maynard	Bury
4	Kieran Agard	Milton Keynes Dons	20
5	Chuks Aneke	Milton Keynes Dons	17
6	Jayden Stockley	Exeter City	16
7	Jay O'Shea	Bury	15
	John Akinde	Lincoln City
9	Ollie Palmer	Crawley Town	14
	Luke Varney	Cheltenham Town
	Padraig Amond	Newport County