2013–14 in English football

Football in England
Season 2013–14
Premier League Manchester City
Championship Leicester City
League One Wolverhampton Wanderers
League Two Chesterfield
Conference Premier Luton Town
FA Cup Arsenal
League Cup Manchester City
Community Shield Manchester United
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The 2013–14 season was the 134th season of competitive football in England.

Promotion and relegation

Preseason

League Promoted to... Relegated from...
Premier League
Championship
League One
League Two

Postseason

League Promoted to... Relegated from...
Premier League
Championship
League One
League Two

England national football team

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

International friendlies

Premier League

In a season marked with constant changes at the top of the table, Manchester City won their second Premier League title in Chilean Manuel Pellegrini's first season in charge. Despite being overwhelming favourites at the start of the season, they left it until the penultimate game to take top spot. They also won the League Cup, marking their first domestic double in a season where they dropped points at home just twice. Liverpool took second place, but didn't always look like they were going to finish in the top 4; an 11-match winning run from February to April left them in a good position to end their 24-year wait for a league title, but a home defeat to Chelsea with only 3 games remaining, followed by a 3–3 draw at Crystal Palace where they threw away a 3–0 lead in 10 minutes, ultimately proved fatal to their title challenge; the season was nonetheless a massive improvement, as they qualified for the Champions League for the first time in five years and striker Luis Suárez was the league's top marksman with 31 goals despite not even playing for the first 5 games. This was also the first Premier League season where both of the top two sides broke the 100-goal mark.

After 6 years managing in both Italy and Spain, Jose Mourinho returned to Chelsea. But unlike his first season back in 2004, their campaign ended in disappointment, despite the Blues managing a serious title challenge for the first time since 2010; whilst they pulled off big wins against the top teams, dropped points to relegation battlers proved to be their undoing. Arsenal took the final Champions League spot, having led the league for a large part of the season before injuries to key players and a terrible run of form in the spring starting with a 5–1 loss at Liverpool, as well as heavy away losses at Chelsea (6–0) and Everton (3–0), ultimately consigned them to their 6th fourth-place finish in 9 years, though they at least ended their nine-year trophy drought by winning the FA Cup.

Roberto Martinez's first season in charge of Everton saw the blue half of Merseyside take fifth place, making a serious challenge for the final Champions League spot, but ultimately falling short. Tottenham Hotspur, despite a somewhat turbulent season that saw the departure of Gareth Bale, as well as the sacking of Andre Villas-Boas a few days before Christmas and then replacement manager Tim Sherwood days after the season ended, took sixth place and the final Europa League spot.

Arguably, the biggest shock of the season was defending champions Manchester United's woeful relinquishment of their Premier League trophy. The retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson, an aging squad and terrible form at home (including losses to West Brom, Newcastle, Sunderland and Everton, who had never won at United under former boss and current United manager David Moyes ) meant they surrendered their crown as early as December. A seventh-place finish, the lowest in the club's history since the inception of the Premier League in 1992, saw Moyes dismissed as manager after less than a year, and a late improvement under the caretaker management of United veteran Ryan Giggs ultimately wasn't enough to take sixth place. This meant that United had failed to qualify for Europe for the first time since English clubs were re-admitted to Europe in 1990.

In a surprising turn of events, Crystal Palace fared the best of the three promoted clubs, finishing 11th. Few had given them any hope of surviving after they lost 9 of their first 10 games under Ian Holloway, but a huge improvement after Tony Pulis took over as manager meant that the Eagles would be playing a second consecutive season in the Premier League for the first time ever. Hull City also performed reasonably well, never being seriously threatened with relegation and managing a highest-ever finish of 16th place, along with reaching the FA Cup Final.

Sunderland became only the second club to beat the "Curse of Christmas," as they were bottom on Christmas Day (and in fact for much of the campaign), but a late rally of 13 points from their final 6 games saw them earn survival. There was some controversy over their season, as they fielded an ineligible player in four early games, yet were not deducted points as would happen in the Football League and Conference; ultimately though, Sunderland would have lost just one point from such a deduction, not enough to result in their relegation.

Cardiff City's first Premier League season resulted in a bottom-place finish and immediate relegation, despite breaking the 30-point mark. Their season had begun reasonably well, but quickly imploded after promotion-winning manager Malky Mackay was controversially sacked after a fall-out with club owner Vincent Tan. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was drafted in, but was unable to save the Welsh side from the drop despite some positive results. Fulham's 13-year stay in the Premier League came to a disastrous end after a season in which they employed three different managers (Martin Jol, Rene Meulensteen, and Felix Magath) and conceded 85 goals, the most out of the bottom 3 and the second-most conceded by a team in the Premier League under the 38-game format. Norwich City occupied the third relegation spot, as an inability to score (they were outscored by Suarez), atrocious away form and a disastrous end to the season that saw them pick up just 1 point from a possible 21, as well as the sacking of Chris Hughton and appointment of youth team coach Neil Adams all cost them dearly, and resulted in them returning to the Championship after three years.

League table

Pos
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester City (C) 38 27 5 6 102 37+65 86 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage
2 Liverpool 38 26 6 6 101 50+51 84
3 Chelsea 38 25 7 6 71 27+44 82
4 Arsenal 38 24 7 7 68 41+27 79 2014–15 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
5 Everton 38 21 9 8 61 39+22 72 2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage 1
6 Tottenham Hotspur 38 21 6 11 55 51+4 69 2014–15 UEFA Europa League play-off round 1
7 Manchester United 38 19 7 12 64 43+21 64
8 Southampton 38 15 11 12 54 46+8 56
9 Stoke City 38 13 11 14 45 52−7 50
10 Newcastle United 38 15 4 19 43 59−16 49
11 Crystal Palace 38 13 6 19 33 48−15 45
12 Swansea City 38 11 9 18 54 540 42
13 West Ham United 38 11 7 20 40 51−11 40
14 Sunderland 38 10 8 20 41 60−19 38
15 Aston Villa 38 10 8 20 39 61−22 38
16 Hull City 38 10 7 21 38 53−15 37 2014–15 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round 2
17 West Bromwich Albion 38 7 15 16 43 59−16 36
18 Norwich City (R) 38 8 9 21 28 62−34 33 Relegation to 2014–15 Football League Championship
19 Fulham (R) 38 9 5 24 40 85−45 32
20 Cardiff City (R) 38 7 9 22 32 74−42 30

Source: Barclays Premier League Official League Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Since the winners of 2013–14 FA Cup and 2013–14 Football League Cup (Arsenal and Manchester City) qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, the 5th and 6th placed teams qualified for the group stage and the play-off round of 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.
2 Hull City qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round as runners-up of the 2013–14 FA Cup since winners Arsenal qualified for 2014–15 UEFA Champions League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Championship

After last season's play-off heartbreak, Leicester City ended their decade-long exile from the Premier League by gaining promotion as champions, topping the division on Boxing Day and never surrendering their lead. Joining them were Burnley, who many had tipped for relegation, but ultimately achieved automatic promotion in Sean Dyche's first full season in charge of the Lancashire club. The 41-goal strike partnership of exciting duo Danny Ings and Sam Vokes was enough to return the Clarets to the top-flight after four years. Queens Park Rangers had to settle for the play-offs after topping the table for much of the first half of the season, scraping past Derby County in the final at Wembley to make an instant return to the Premier League.

Yeovil Town finished bottom, struggling all season long and failing to make a serious impression in their first-ever campaign at this level. Barnsley were unable to repeat the escape from relegation they managed the previous year and went down in second-bottom place, with not even the return of the club's most successful manager, Danny Wilson, saving them. Doncaster Rovers were relegated on the final day in dramatic fashion. Going into the last game of the season a point above the relegation zone, they knew they only had to match the result of relegation rivals Birmingham City. As it transpired, they lost to Leicester, whilst Birmingham staged a miraculous comeback to draw at Bolton (having been two goals down with 14 minutes remaining), equalising in the final few seconds of the game to send Doncaster back to League One after just a year.

League table

Pos
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Leicester City (C) (P) 46 31 9 6 83 43+40 102 Promotion to 2014–15 Premier League
2 Burnley (P) 46 26 15 5 72 37+35 93
3 Derby County 46 25 10 11 84 52+32 85 Qualification to Championship Play-offs
4 Queens Park Rangers (O) (P) 46 23 11 12 60 44+16 80
5 Wigan Athletic 46 21 10 15 61 48+13 73
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 19 15 12 55 40+15 72
7 Reading 46 19 14 13 70 56+14 71
8 Blackburn Rovers 46 18 16 12 70 62+8 70
9 Ipswich Town 46 18 14 14 60 54+6 68
10 AFC Bournemouth 46 18 12 16 67 66+1 66
11 Nottingham Forest 46 16 17 13 67 64+3 65
12 Middlesbrough 46 16 16 14 62 50+12 64
13 Watford 46 15 15 16 74 64+10 60
14 Bolton Wanderers 46 14 17 15 59 60−1 59
15 Leeds United 46 16 9 21 59 67−8 57
16 Sheffield Wednesday 46 13 14 19 63 65−2 53
17 Huddersfield Town 46 14 11 21 58 65−7 53
18 Charlton Athletic 46 13 12 21 41 61−20 51
19 Millwall 46 11 15 20 46 74−28 48
20 Blackpool 46 11 13 22 38 66−28 46
21 Birmingham City 46 11 11 24 58 74−16 44
22 Doncaster Rovers (R) 46 11 11 24 39 70−31 44 Relegation to 2014–15 Football League One
23 Barnsley (R) 46 9 12 25 44 77−33 39
24 Yeovil Town (R) 46 8 13 25 44 75−31 37

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

League One

After two successive relegations, Wolverhampton Wanderers turned their fortunes around under Kenny Jackett and made an immediate return to the Championship, while also setting a new record of 103 points for the third tier. Brentford shrugged off the loss of Wigan-bound Uwe Rosler and took the runners-up spot as replacement boss Mark Warburton enjoyed a highly successful first season as manager, taking the Bees to the second tier for the first time in 21 years. Rotherham United were victorious in the play-offs, repeating their early 2000s feat of earning consecutive promotions from the fourth and third tiers. But one of the biggest shock of the season was Leyton Orient, who won their first 8 games of the season and seemed unstoppable, cementing themselves firmly in the automatic promotion spots before several bursts of indifferent form pushed them down to 3rd; they would reach Wembley for the play-off final before losing to Rotherham.

But arguably, perhaps the biggest surprise of the whole English season was Sheffield United; in the relegation zone by September, they sacked manager David Weir and replaced him with Nigel Clough. At first, it appeared the appointment was in vain as they stood in the relegation zone by the end of the year; however, starting with a staggering FA Cup win over Premier League side Aston Villa in the third round, they went on a major unbeaten run in both league and cup as Nigel employed the managerial tactics of his father Brian to help the club fight their way to the top of the table. In the FA Cup, they stunned their way through each round to book their place in the semi-finals at Wembley against Hull. Whilst they lost 5–3, Clough was praised for his work in both of the club's remaining competitions. The Blades finished in 7th place, just missing out on the playoffs, but a far cry from the relegation zone they were in at the end of the year.

Stevenage, whose fortunes had rapidly declined since their play-off appearance two years prior, were relegated in bottom place. Shrewsbury finished second-bottom, only staying ahead of Stevenage on goal difference. Carlisle United finished in third-bottom place, staying clear of the relegation zone for much of the season, but ultimately going down after a terrible end to the season saw them win just 1 of their last 15 matches. Tranmere Rovers, whose season rapidly fell apart after manager Ronnie Moore was suspended (and later sacked) for betting-related offences in February, occupied the final relegation spot and fell into the fourth tier for the first time since 1989. Crewe were in the relegation zone for nearly the whole season, before a good late run of form pushed them up to 19th, albeit with the most goals conceded in the league.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Wolverhampton Wanderers (C, P) 46 31 10 5 89 31 +58 103 Promotion to Football League Championship
2 Brentford (P) 46 28 10 8 72 43 +29 94
3 Leyton Orient 46 25 11 10 85 45 +40 86 Qualification to League One play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
4 Rotherham United (O, P) 46 24 14 8 86 58 +28 86
5 Preston North End 46 23 16 7 72 46 +26 85
6 Peterborough United 46 23 5 18 72 58 +14 74
7 Sheffield United 46 18 13 15 48 46 +2 67
8 Swindon Town 46 19 9 18 63 59 +4 66
9 Port Vale 46 18 7 21 59 73 −14 61
10 Milton Keynes Dons 46 17 9 20 63 65 −2 60
11 Bradford City 46 14 17 15 57 54 +3 59
12 Bristol City 46 13 19 14 70 67 +3 58
13 Walsall 46 14 16 16 49 49 0 58
14 Crawley Town 46 14 15 17 48 54 −6 57
15 Oldham Athletic 46 14 14 18 50 59 −9 56
16 Colchester United 46 13 14 19 53 61 −8 53
17 Gillingham 46 15 8 23 60 79 −19 53
18 Coventry City 46 16 13 17 74 77 −3 51[lower-alpha 2]
19 Crewe Alexandra 46 13 12 21 54 80 −26 51
20 Notts County 46 15 5 26 64 77 −13 50
21 Tranmere Rovers (R) 46 12 11 23 52 79 −27 47 Relegation to Football League Two
22 Carlisle United (R) 46 11 12 23 43 76 −33 45
23 Shrewsbury Town (R) 46 9 15 22 44 65 −21 42
24 Stevenage (R) 46 11 9 26 46 72 −26 42
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2014. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Championship.
  2. ↑ On 2 August Coventry City were deducted 10 points for exiting administration without a CVA.[1]

League Two

Chesterfield won the League Two title for the second time in three years. Scunthorpe earned an immediate promotion as runners-up; after an uninspiring start under previous manager Brian Laws, the appointment of long-serving coach Russ Wilcox as manager saw them only lose one more match (by which time they had already been promoted) for the rest of the season. Rochdale took the final automatic promotion spot, as Keith Hill quickly brought success in his second spell as manager, earning his second promotion with the club, and only the club's third-ever promotion overall. Fleetwood Town lost out in the race for automatic promotion, but made up for this by winning the play-offs, entering League One for the first time ever.

Portsmouth's 13th-placed finish in the fourth tier was the lowest in their history, but it could've been a lot worse as they spent most of the season fighting relegation. An end-of-season run of five wins out of seven boosted them up the table, following the resignation of Richie Barker and appointment of Andy Awford.

Torquay United suffered their second relegation from the Football League, with not even a late revival in form sparing them from another bottom-place finish. Bristol Rovers, who had been continuous members of the Football League since 1920 (and ironically, the last side to finish second-bottom of the League without being relegated) went down on the last day; they had never once been in the relegation zone prior to that day looked the safest of the three sides in danger, but wins for rivals Northampton Town and Wycombe Wanderers condemned Rovers to the Football Conference for the first time ever.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Chesterfield (C, R) 46 23 15 8 71 40 +31 84 Promotion to Football League One
2 Scunthorpe United (P) 46 20 21 5 68 44 +24 81
3 Rochdale (P) 46 24 9 13 69 48 +21 81
4 Fleetwood Town (O, P) 46 22 10 14 66 52 +14 76 Qualification to League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5 Southend United 46 19 15 12 56 39 +17 72
6 Burton Albion 46 19 15 12 47 42 +5 72
7 York City 46 18 17 11 52 41 +11 71
8 Oxford United 46 16 14 16 53 50 +3 62
9 Dagenham & Redbridge 46 15 15 16 53 59 −6 60
10 Plymouth Argyle 46 16 12 18 51 58 −7 60
11 Mansfield Town 46 15 15 16 49 58 −9 60
12 Bury 46 13 20 13 59 51 +8 59
13 Portsmouth 46 14 17 15 56 66 −10 59
14 Newport County 46 14 16 16 56 59 −3 58
15 Accrington Stanley 46 14 15 17 54 56 −2 57
16 Exeter City 46 14 13 19 54 57 −3 55
17 Cheltenham Town 46 13 16 17 53 63 −10 55
18 Morecambe 46 13 15 18 52 64 −12 54
19 Hartlepool United 46 14 11 21 50 56 −6 53
20 AFC Wimbledon 46 14 14 18 49 57 −8 53[lower-alpha 2]
21 Northampton Town 46 13 14 19 42 57 −15 53
22 Wycombe Wanderers 46 12 14 20 46 54 −8 50
23 Bristol Rovers (R) 46 12 14 20 43 54 −11 50 Relegation to Conference Premier
24 Torquay United (R) 46 12 9 25 42 66 −24 45
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2014. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.
  2. ↑ On 28 April AFC Wimbledon have been deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.[2]

League Cup

FA Cup

Main article: 2013–14 FA Cup

Football Conference

Luton Town comfortably won the Conference National's automatic promotion spot, ending their five-year exile from the Football League. Cambridge United fell short after battling with Luton for the title during the majority of the season, but ultimately won promotion through the play-offs, returning to the League after nine years in the Conference.

At the bottom of the table, Hyde were relegated after a truly awful season in which they won just one game and recorded the Conference National's lowest-ever points total. Tamworth were relegated back to the Conference North after five years. Initially, Dartford and Chester were relegated after two seasons and one season respectively in the Conference Premier. However, both clubs were reprieved from relegation as a result of Hereford United and Salisbury City being expelled from the Football Conference due to financial problems. This would be the final season completed by both clubs, as Salisbury went into liquidation before they were accepted into another league, while Hereford also went into liquidation halfway through the following season in the Southern League.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Luton Town (C) (P) 46 30 11 5 102 35+67 101 Promotion to 2014–15 League Two
2 Cambridge United (P) 46 23 13 10 72 35+37 82 Qualification to Conference Premier Playoffs
3 Gateshead 46 22 13 11 72 50+22 79
4 Grimsby Town 46 22 12 12 65 46+19 78
5 F.C. Halifax Town 46 22 11 13 85 58+27 77
6 Braintree Town 46 21 11 14 57 39+18 74
7 Kidderminster Harriers 46 20 12 14 66 59+7 72
8 Barnet 46 19 13 14 58 53+5 70
9 Woking 46 20 8 18 66 69−3 68
10 Forest Green Rovers 46 19 10 17 80 66+14 67
11 Alfreton Town 46 21 7 18 69 74−5 067‡
12 Salisbury City 46 19 10 17 58 63−5 67 Club folded
13 Nuneaton Town 46 18 12 16 54 60−6 66
14 Lincoln City 46 17 14 15 60 59+1 65
15 Macclesfield Town 46 18 7 21 62 63−1 61
16 Welling United 46 16 12 18 59 61−2 60
17 Wrexham 46 16 11 19 61 610 59
18 Southport 46 14 11 21 53 71−18 53
19 Aldershot Town 46 16 13 17 69 62+7 051†
20 Hereford United (R) 46 13 12 21 44 63−19 51 Relegation to 2014–15 Southern League
21 Chester 46 12 15 19 49 70−21 51
22 Dartford 46 12 8 26 49 74−25 44
23 Tamworth (R) 46 10 9 27 43 81−38 39 Relegation to 2014–15 Conference North/South
24 Hyde (R) 46 1 7 38 38 119−81 10

Updated to games played on 26 April 2014.
Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
† Aldershot Town deducted ten points for entering administration
‡ Alfreton Town deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Women's football

Women's Super League

Main article: 2013 FA WSL
Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Liverpool 14 12 0 2 46 19 +27 36 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League
2 Bristol Academy 14 10 1 3 30 20 +10 31
3 Arsenal 14 10 3 1 31 11 +20 030†
4 Birmingham City 14 5 3 6 16 21 −5 18
5 Everton 14 4 3 7 23 30 −7 15
6 Lincoln Ladies 14 2 4 8 10 15 −5 10
7 Chelsea 14 3 1 10 20 27 −7 10
8 Doncaster Rovers Belles (R) 14 1 3 10 9 42 −33 06††

Updated to games played on 29 September 2013.
Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
†: Arsenal were deducted 3 points for fielding an unregistered player[3]
††: Doncaster Rovers Belles relegated to the Super League Second Division on financial grounds.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Women's Premier League

Northern Division

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Sheffield FC 20 17 2 1 74 15 +59 53
2 Preston North end 20 12 1 7 49 39 +10 37
3 Bradford City 20 11 2 7 36 37 −1 35
4 Nottingham Forest 20 10 3 7 44 24 +20 33
5 Stoke City 20 10 3 7 51 45 +6 33
6 Sporting Club Albion 20 8 4 8 36 34 +2 28
7 Derby County 20 7 4 9 45 51 −6 25
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 20 6 2 12 28 48 −20 20
9 Blackburn Rovers 20 5 3 12 29 51 −22 18
10 Newcastle United 20 5 2 13 33 66 −33 17
11 Leeds United (R) 20 4 4 12 37 59 −22 16

Southern Division

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Coventry City 20 17 2 1 74 15 +59 53
2 Gillingham Town 20 12 1 7 49 39 +10 37
3 Cardiff City 20 11 2 7 36 37 −1 35
4 Portsmouth 20 10 3 7 44 24 +20 33
5 Charlton Athletic 20 10 3 7 51 45 +6 33
6 Lewes 20 8 4 8 36 34 +2 28
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 20 7 4 9 45 51 −6 25
9 Tottenham Hotspur 20 6 2 12 28 48 −20 20
9 Keynsham Town 20 5 3 12 29 51 −22 18
10 West Ham United 20 5 2 13 33 66 −33 17
11 Chesham United (R) 20 4 4 12 37 59 −22 16

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of departure Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Doncaster Rovers Wales Flynn, BrianBrian Flynn End of contract 3 May 2013[4] Pre-season Scotland Dickov, PaulPaul Dickov 20 May 2013[5]
Millwall Wales Jackett, KennyKenny Jackett Resigned 7 May 2013[6] Northern Ireland Lomas, SteveSteve Lomas 6 June 2013[7]
Stoke City Wales Pulis, TonyTony Pulis Mutual Consent 21 May 2013[8] Wales Hughes, MarkMark Hughes 30 May 2013[9]
Chelsea Spain Benítez, RafaelRafael Benítez End of interim contract 27 May 2013[10] Portugal Mourinho, JoséJosé Mourinho 3 June 2013[11]
Wigan Athletic Spain Martínez, RobertoRoberto Martínez Resigned 28 May 2013[12] Scotland Coyle, OwenOwen Coyle 14 June 2013[13]
Sheffield United England Morgan, ChrisChris Morgan End of caretaker tenure 10 June 2013 Scotland Weir, DavidDavid Weir 10 June 2013[14]
Brighton & Hove Albion Uruguay Poyet, GusGus Poyet Sacked 23 June 2013[15] Spain García Junyent, ÓscarÓscar García Junyent 26 June 2013[16]
Everton Scotland Moyes, DavidDavid Moyes End of contract 1 July 2013[17] Spain Martínez, RobertoRoberto Martínez 5 June 2013[18]
Manchester United Scotland Ferguson, Sir AlexSir Alex Ferguson Retired 1 July 2013[19] Scotland Moyes, DavidDavid Moyes 1 July 2013[17]
Swindon Town Scotland MacDonald, KevinKevin MacDonald Mutual consent 13 July 2013[20] England Cooper, MarkMark Cooper 20 August 2013[21]
Gateshead England Smith, AnthAnth Smith Resigned 18 August 2013[22] 21st England Mills, GaryGary Mills 3 September 2013[23]
Carlisle United England Abbott, GregGreg Abbott Sacked 9 September 2013[24] 22nd Republic of Ireland Kavanagh, GrahamGraham Kavanagh 30 September 2013[25]
Sunderland Italy Di Canio, PaoloPaolo Di Canio Sacked 22 September 2013[26] 20th Uruguay Poyet, GusGus Poyet 8 October 2013[27]
Derby County England Clough, NigelNigel Clough Sacked 28 September 2013[28] 14th England McClaren, SteveSteve McClaren 30 September 2013[29]
Sheffield United Scotland Weir, DavidDavid Weir Sacked 11 October 2013[30] 22nd England Clough, NigelNigel Clough 23 October 2013[31]
Gillingham England Allen, MartinMartin Allen Sacked 13 October 2013[32] 17th England Taylor, PeterPeter Taylor 14 October 2013[33]
Bury England Blackwell, KevinKevin Blackwell Sacked 14 October 2013[34] 21st England Jepson, RonnieRonnie Jepson 25 October 2013[35]
Middlesbrough England Mowbray, TonyTony Mowbray Mutual consent 21 October 2013[36] 16th Spain Karanka, AitorAitor Karanka 13 November 2013[37]
Crystal Palace England Holloway, IanIan Holloway Mutual consent 23 October 2013[38] 19th Wales Pulis, TonyTony Pulis 23 November 2013[39]
Notts County England Kiwomya, ChrisChris Kiwomya Mutual consent 27 October 2013[40] 24th England Derry, ShaunShaun Derry 6 November 2013[41]
Portsmouth England Whittingham, GuyGuy Whittingham Sacked 25 November 2013[42] 17th England Richie Barker 9 December 2013[43]
Crawley Town England Richie Barker Sacked 27 November 2013[44] 12th England John Gregory 3 December 2013[45]
Bristol City Republic of Ireland Sean O'Driscoll Sacked 28 November 2013[46] 22nd England Cotterill, SteveSteve Cotterill 3 December 2013[47]
Barnsley England Flitcroft, DavidDavid Flitcroft Sacked 30 November 2013[48] 24th Northern Ireland Wilson, DannyDanny Wilson 17 December 2013[49]
Sheffield Wednesday England Jones, DaveDave Jones Sacked 1 December 2013[50] 23rd England Gray, StuartStuart Gray 25 January 2014
Fulham Netherlands Jol, MartinMartin Jol Sacked 1 December 2013[51] 18th Netherlands Meulensteen, RenéRené Meulensteen 1 December 2013[51]
Wigan Athletic Republic of Ireland Coyle, OwenOwen Coyle Sacked 2 December 2013[52] 14th Germany Rösler, UweUwe Rösler 7 December 2013[53]
Brentford Germany Rösler, UweUwe Rösler Signed by Wigan Athletic 7 December 2013[53] 4th England Mark Warburton 10 December 2013[54]
Bury England Jepson, RonnieRonnie Jepson End of contract 9 December 2013[55] 20th England Flitcroft, DavidDavid Flitcroft 9 December 2013[56]
West Bromwich Albion Scotland Clarke, SteveSteve Clarke Sacked 14 December 2013[57] 16th Spain Mel, PepePepe Mel 9 January 2014[58]
Tottenham Hotspur Portugal Villas-Boas, AndréAndré Villas-Boas Sacked 16 December 2013[59] 7th England Sherwood, TimTim Sherwood 23 December 2013[60]
Watford Italy Zola, GianfrancoGianfranco Zola Resigned 16 December 2013[61] 13th Italy Sannino, GiuseppeGiuseppe Sannino 18 December 2013[62]
Northampton Town England Boothroyd, AidyAidy Boothroyd Sacked 21 December 2013[63] 24th England Wilder, ChrisChris Wilder 27 January 2014[64]
Millwall Northern Ireland Lomas, SteveSteve Lomas Sacked 26 December 2013[65] 20th England Holloway, IanIan Holloway[66] 9 January 2014
Cardiff City Scotland Mackay, MalkyMalky Mackay Sacked 27 December 2013[67] 16th Norway Solskjær, Ole GunnarOle Gunnar Solskjær[68] 2 January 2014
Torquay United Wales Knill, AlanAlan Knill Sacked 2 January 2014[69] 23rd England Hargreaves, ChrisChris Hargreaves 6 January 2014[70]
Blackpool England Ince, PaulPaul Ince Sacked 21 January 2014[71] 14th Belgium Riga, JoséJosé Riga 11 June 2014[72]
Shrewsbury Town England Turner, GrahamGraham Turner Resigned 21 January 2014[73] 21st England Jackson, MichaelMichael Jackson 22 January 2014
Oxford United England Wilder, ChrisChris Wilder Signed by Northampton Town 27 January 2014[64] 6th England Waddock, GaryGary Waddock 22 March 2014[74]
Swansea City Denmark Laudrup, MichaelMichael Laudrup Sacked 4 February 2014[75] 12th England Monk, GarryGarry Monk 7 May 2014[76]
Fulham Netherlands Meulensteen, RenéRené Meulensteen Sacked 14 February 2014[77] 20th Germany Magath, FelixFelix Magath 14 February 2014
Charlton Athletic England Powell, ChrisChris Powell Sacked 11 March 2014[78] 24th Belgium Riga, JoséJosé Riga 11 March 2014
Nottingham Forest Scotland Davies, BillyBilly Davies Sacked 24 March 2014[79] 7th England Pearce, StuartStuart Pearce[80] 1 July 2014
Portsmouth England Barker, RichieRichie Barker Sacked 27 March 2014[81] 22nd England Awford, AndyAndy Awford 1 May 2014[82]
Bristol Rovers England Ward, JohnJohn Ward Became Director of Football 28 March 2014[83] 20th England Clarke, DarrellDarrell Clarke 28 March 2014
Norwich City Republic of Ireland Hughton, ChrisChris Hughton Sacked 6 April 2014[84] 17th England Adams, NeilNeil Adams 6 April 2014
Tranmere Rovers England Moore, RonnieRonnie Moore Sacked 9 April 2014[85][86] 19th Wales Edwards, RobRob Edwards 27 May 2014[87]
Manchester United Scotland Moyes, DavidDavid Moyes Sacked 22 April 2014[88] 7th Netherlands Gaal, Louis vanLouis van Gaal 19 May 2014[89]

Transfers

List of English football transfers summer 2013

Diary of the season

Brentford become the second Football League club to confirm a promotion after a win over divisional rivals Preston, coupled with defeats for Leyton Orient and Rotherham sees them promoted to the Championship.[119]

Deaths

Retirements

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