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League Two
2019–20
Football League Two
Season information
Winners Swindon Town
Promoted Swindon Town
Crewe Alexandra
Plymouth Argyle
Northampton Town
Relegated Stevenage
Season statistics
Top goalscorer Eoin Doyle (25 goals)
Biggest home win Mansfield 6–1 Oldham
(12 October 2019)
Biggest away win Crawley 0–4 Swindon
(26 October 2019)
Mansfield 0–4 Cambridge
(17 September 2019)
Cambridge 0–4 Stevenage
(18 January 2020)
 ← 2018–19
2020–21 → 

The 2019–20 EFL League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th season of Football League Two under its current title and the 28th season under its current league division format. On 13 March 2020, the EFL, alongside the FA announced the suspension of all domestic football until 3 April due to the rapidly developing COVID-19 pandemic. On 3 April 2020, this suspension was extended indefinitely.

On 15 May 2020, the clubs voted to end the season with immediate effect with the final table being determined on a points-per-game basis. No decision was made as to promotion and relegation. The play-offs would be played as normal. The decision meant Swindon Town would be crowned champions and would be joined by Crewe Alexandra and Plymouth Argyle in League One the following season.

Changes from last season[]

Team changes[]

The following teams have changed division since the 2018–19 season.

To League Two[]

Promoted from National League

Relegated from League One

From League Two[]

Promoted to League One

Relegated to National League

Stadiums[]

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Bradford City Bradford Valley Parade 25,136
Cambridge United Cambridge Abbey Stadium 8,127
Carlisle United Carlisle Brunton Park 18,202
Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Whaddon Road 7,066
Colchester United Colchester Colchester Community Stadium 10,105
Crawley Town Crawley Broadfield Stadium 5,996
Crewe Alexandra Crewe Gresty Road 10,180
Exeter City Exeter St. James Park 8,696
Forest Green Rovers Nailsworth The New Lawn 5,147
Grimsby Town Cleethorpes Blundell Park 9,052
Leyton Orient London (Leyton) Brisbane Road 9,271
Macclesfield Town Macclesfield Moss Rose 6,355
Mansfield Town Mansfield Field Mill 10,000
Morecambe Morecambe Globe Arena 6,476
Newport County Newport Rodney Parade 7,850
Northampton Town Northampton Sixfields Stadium 7,653
Oldham Athletic Oldham Boundary Park 13,512
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Home Park 17,500
Port Vale Burslem Vale Park 19,052
Salford City Salford Moor Lane 5,108
Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe Glanford Park 9,088
Stevenage Stevenage Broadhall Way 6,722
Swindon Town Swindon County Ground 15,728
Walsall Walsall Bescot Stadium 11,300

Personnel and sponsoring[]

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Bradford City Flag of England Gary Bowyer Flag of England James Vaughan Avec Sport JCT600
Cambridge United Flag of Scotland Calderwood, ColinColin Calderwood Flag of England Greg Taylor Hummel Mick George
Carlisle United Flag of England Chris Beech Flag of England Adam Collin Erreà Edinburgh Woollen Mill
Cheltenham Town Flag of Northern Ireland Michael Duff Flag of England Ben Tozer Erreà Mira Showers
Colchester United Flag of England McGreal, JohnJohn McGreal Flag of England Prosser, LukeLuke Prosser Macron Texo Scaffolding (Home)
JobServe (Away / Third)
Crawley Town Flag of England John Yems Flag of England Smith, JimmyJimmy Smith Erreà The People's Pension
Crewe Alexandra Flag of Gibraltar Artell, DavidDavid Artell Flag of England Perry Ng FBT Mornflake
Exeter City Flag of England Taylor, MattMatt Taylor Flag of Wales Taylor, JakeJake Taylor Joma Flybe
Forest Green Rovers Flag of England Cooper, MarkMark Cooper Flag of England Mills, JosephJoseph Mills PlayerLayer Ecotricity
Grimsby Town Flag of Australia Anthony Limbrick (interim) Flag of Republic Ireland James McKeown Erreà Young's Seafood
Leyton Orient Flag of England Ross Embleton (interim) Flag of England Josh Coulson New Balance The Sun Dream Team
Macclesfield Town Flag of Republic of Ireland McMahon, DarylDaryl McMahon Flag of Republic Ireland Kelleher, FiacreFiacre Kelleher Nike Paddy Power
Mansfield Town Flag of Republic of Ireland Graham Coughlan Flag of Barbados Krystian Pearce Surridge One Call
Morecambe Flag of Scotland Derek Adams Flag of England Roche, BarryBarry Roche Macron Annapurna Recruitment
Newport County Flag of Wales Flynn, MichaelMichael Flynn Flag of England Labadie, JossJoss Labadie FBT Paddy Power (unbranded)
Northampton Town Flag of England Curle, KeithKeith Curle Flag of England Goode, CharlieCharlie Goode Nike University of Northampton
Oldham Athletic Flag of Tunisia Dino Maamria Flag of France Mohamed Maouche Hummel Wakelet
Plymouth Argyle Flag of England Lowe, RyanRyan Lowe Flag of England Gary Sawyer Puma] Ginsters
Port Vale Flag of England John Askey Flag of England Pope, TomTom Pope Erreà Synectics Solutions
Salford City Flag of Scotland Graham Alexander Flag of England Liam Hogan Kappa Soccer Saturday Super 6
Scunthorpe United Flag of England Paul Hurst Flag of England Andy Butler FBT Utilita Energy
Stevenage Flag of England Graham Westley Flag of Scotland Cuthbert, ScottScott Cuthbert Macron Burger King
Swindon Town Flag of England Wellens, RichieRichie Wellens Flag of England Conroy, DionDion Conroy Puma Imagine Cruising
Walsall Flag of England Darrell Clarke Flag of England James Clarke Erreà HomeServe]

Managerial changes[]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Walsall Flag of Cayman Islands Martin O'Connor End of caretaker spell 4 May 2019 Pre-season Flag of England Darrell Clarke 10 May 2019
Scunthorpe United Flag of England Andy Dawson Flag of England Paul Hurst 13 May 2019
Plymouth Argyle Flag of England Kevin Nancekivell Flag of England Ryan Lowe 5 June 2019
Oldham Athletic Flag of England Pete Wild Resigned Flag of France Laurent Banide 11 June 2019
Mansfield Town Flag of England David Flitcroft Sacked 14 May 2019 Flag of Scotland John Dempster 14 May 2019
Leyton Orient Flag of England Justin Edinburgh Deceased 8 June 2019 Flag of England Ross Embleton 19 June 2019
Macclesfield Town Flag of England Sol Campbell Mutual consent 15 August 2019 8th Flag of Republic of Ireland Daryl McMahon 19 August 2019
Stevenage Flag of Tunisia Dino Maamria Sacked 9 September 2019 23rd Flag of Wales Mark Sampson 9 September 2019
Oldham Athletic Flag of France Laurent Banide 19 September 2019 21st Flag of Tunisia Dino Maamria 19 September 2019
Leyton Orient Flag of England Ross Embleton End of caretaker spell 16 October 2019 17th Flag of Wales Carl Fletcher 16 October 2019
Morecambe Flag of England Jim Bentley Signed by A.F.C. Fylde 28 October 2019 24th Flag of Scotland Derek Adams 7 November 2019
Carlisle United Flag of Scotland Steven Pressley Sacked 13 November 2019 19th Flag of England Chris Beech 26 November 2019
Leyton Orient Flag of Wales Carl Fletcher 14 November 2019 16th Flag of England Ross Embleton 14 November 2019
Grimsby Town Flag of England Michael Jolley 15 November 2019 18th Flag of Australia Anthony Limbrick 15 November 2019
Crawley Town Flag of Italy Gabriele Cioffi 2 December 2019 17th Flag of England John Yems 5 December 2019
Mansfield Town Flag of Scotland John Dempster Sacked 14 December 2019 18th Flag of Republic Ireland Graham Coughlan 17 December 2019
Stevenage Flag of Wales Mark Sampson End of caretaker spell 15 December 2019 23rd Flag of England Graham Westley 15 December 2019

League table[]

Pos
Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Swindon Town  (C) (P) 36 21 6 9 62 39 +23 69 Promotion to
League One
2 Crewe Alexandra  (P) 37 20 9 8 67 43 +24 69
3 Plymouth Argyle  (P) 37 20 8 9 61 39 +22 68
4 Cheltenham Town 36 17 13 6 52 27 +25 64 Qualification to the
League Two play-offs
5 Exeter City 37 18 11 8 53 43 +10 65
6 Colchester United 37 15 13 9 52 37 +15 58
7 Northampton Town  (P) 37 17 7 13 54 40 +14 58
8 Port Vale 37 14 15 8 50 44 +6 57
9 Bradford City 37 14 12 11 44 40 +4 54
10 Forest Green Rovers 36 13 10 13 43 40 +3 49
11 Salford City 37 13 11 13 49 46 +3 50
12 Walsall 36 13 8 15 40 49 −9 47
13 Crawley Town 37 11 15 11 51 47 +4 48
14 Newport County 36 12 10 14 32 39 −7 46
15 Grimsby Town 37 12 11 14 45 51 −6 47
16 Cambridge United 37 12 9 16 40 48 −8 45
17 Leyton Orient 36 10 12 14 47 55 −8 42
18 Carlisle United 37 10 12 15 39 56 −17 42
19 Oldham Athletic 37 9 14 14 44 57 −13 41
20 Scunthorpe United 37 10 10 17 44 56 −12 40
21 Mansfield Town 36 9 11 16 48 55 −7 38
22 Morecambe 37 7 11 19 35 60 −25 32
23 Macclesfield Town 37 7 15 15 32 47 −15 36 Reprieved from relegation
24 Stevenage  (R) 36 3 13 20 24 50 −26 22 Relegation to the
National League
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  Cheltenham Town 2 0 (2)  
7  Northampton Town 0 3 (3)  
  7  Northampton Town 4
  5  Exeter City 0
5  Exeter City 0 3 (3)
  6  Colchester United 1 1 (2)  

Season statistics[]

Top scorers[]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Flag of Republic Ireland Eoin Doyle Swindon Town 25
2 Flag of England Nicky Maynard Mansfield Town 14
3 Flag of England Ryan Bowman Exeter City 13
Flag of England Ollie Palmer Crawley Town
Flag of England Jerry Yates Swindon Town
6 Flag of DR Congo Bez Lubala Crawley Town 12
Flag of England Chris Porter Crewe Alexandra
8 Flag of Jamaica Theo Robinson Colchester United 11
Flag of England Danny Rose Mansfield Town
Flag of England James Vaughan Bradford City
11 Flag of England Antoni Sarcevic Plymouth Argyle 10
Flag of Netherlands Kevin van Veen Scunthorpe United

Hat-tricks[]

Player For Against Result Date
Flag of England Nicky Maynard Mansfield Town Oldham Athletic 6–1 (H) 12 October 2019
Flag of Republic of Ireland Eoin Doyle Swindon Town Crawley Town 4–0 (A) 26 October 2019
Flag of England Keshi Anderson Swindon Town Cambridge United 4–0 (H) 26 December 2019
Flag of England Nicky Maynard Mansfield Town Cambridge United 3–2 (A) 1 January 2020
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National League North

AFC Telford United · Alfreton Town · Altrincham · Blyth Spartans · Boston United · Brackley Town · Bradford Park Avenue · Chester · Curzon Ashton · Darlington · Farsley Celtic · Gateshead · Gloucester City · Guiseley · Hereford · Kettering Town · Kidderminster Harriers · King's Lynn Town · Leamington · Southport · Spennymoor Town · York City

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