2014–15 Football League Two

Football League Two
Season 2014–15
Champions Burton Albion
(1st divisional title)
Promoted Burton Albion
Shrewsbury Town
Bury
Southend United
Relegated Cheltenham Town
Tranmere Rovers
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1317 (2.39 per match)
Top goalscorer

[[Matt Stubbs

]] (21 goals)
Biggest home win Cambridge United 5–0 Carlisle United
(30 August 2014)
Shrewsbury Town 5–0 Bury
(21 October 2014)
Biggest away win Accrington Stanley 1–5 Northampton Town
(31 January 2015)
Cambridge United 2–6 Portsmouth
(21 February 2015)
Highest scoring Northampton Town 4–5 Accrington Stanley
(20 September 2014)
Longest winning run 7 games[1]
Luton Town
Southend United
Longest unbeaten run 13 games[1]
Burton Albion
Longest winless run 13 games[1]
Tranmere Rovers
Longest losing run 7 games[1]
Luton Town
Highest attendance 17,558[2]
Portsmouth 0–2 AFC Wimbledon
(26 December 2014)
Lowest attendance 919[2]
Accrington Stanley 1–0 Burton Albion
(24 February 2015)
Total attendance 2,576,942[2]
Average attendance 4,676[2]

All statistics correct as of 2 May 2015.

The 2014–15 Football League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th season of the Football League Two under its current title and the 23rd season under its current league division format. The season began on 9 August 2014.

Twenty four clubs participated, eighteen of which remained in League Two having been neither promoted nor relegated at the end of the 2013–14 season. These clubs were joined by Tranmere Rovers, Carlisle United, Shrewsbury Town and Stevenage who were relegated from 2013–14 Football League One, and by Luton Town and Cambridge United who were both promoted from the 2013–14 Football Conference.

Burton Albion won the League Two title after a 3-2 away to Cambridge United on 2 May.[3][4]

Changes from last season

Team changes

The following teams changed division at the end of the 2013–14 season.[5]

To League Two

Promoted from Conference Premier

Relegated from Football League One

From League Two

Relegated to Conference Premier

Promoted to Football League One

Team overview

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Accrington Stanley Accrington Crown Ground 5,057
AFC Wimbledon London (Norbiton) Kingsmeadow 4,850
Burton Albion Burton Pirelli Stadium 6,912
Bury Bury Gigg Lane 11,840
Cambridge United Cambridge Abbey Stadium 9,617
Carlisle United Carlisle Brunton Park 16,981
Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Whaddon Road 7,066
Dagenham & Redbridge London (Dagenham) Victoria Road 6,078
Exeter City Exeter St James Park 8,830
Hartlepool United Hartlepool Victoria Park 8,240
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[note 1]
Northampton Town Northampton Sixfields Stadium 7,653
Oxford United Oxford Kassam Stadium 12,500
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Home Park 16,388
Portsmouth Portsmouth Fratton Park 20,224
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury New Meadow 9,875
Southend United Southend-on-Sea Roots Hall 11,840
Stevenage Stevenage Broadhall Way 6,722
Tranmere Rovers Birkenhead Prenton Park 16,789
Wycombe Wanderers High Wycombe Adams Park 10,284
York City York Bootham Crescent 7,872

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Shrewsbury Town Jackson, MichaelMichael Jackson Appointed as Assistant Manager 12 May 2014[6] Pre-season Mellon, MickyMicky Mellon 12 May 2014[6]
Oxford United Waddock, GaryGary Waddock Sacked 4 July 2014[7] Pre-season Appleton, MichaelMichael Appleton 4 July 2014[7]
Carlisle United Kavanagh, GrahamGraham Kavanagh 1 September 2014[8] 22nd Curle, KeithKeith Curle 19 September 2014[9]
Accrington Stanley Beattie, JamesJames Beattie Mutual consent 12 September 2014[10] 21st Coleman, JohnJohn Coleman 18 September 2014[11]
Hartlepool United Cooper, ColinColin Cooper Resigned 4 October 2014[12] 24th Murray, PaulPaul Murray 23 October 2014[13]
Tranmere Rovers Edwards, RobertRobert Edwards Sacked 13 October 2014[14] 24th Adams, MickyMicky Adams 16 October 2014[15]
York City Worthington, NigelNigel Worthington Resigned 13 October 2014[16] 22nd Wilcox, RussRuss Wilcox 15 October 2014[17]
Burton Albion Rowett, GaryGary Rowett Signed by Birmingham City 27 October 2014[18] 3rd Hasselbaink, Jimmy FloydJimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 13 November 2014[19]
Mansfield Town Cox, PaulPaul Cox Mutual consent 21 November 2014[20] 19th Murray, AdamAdam Murray 5 December 2014[21]
Cheltenham Town Yates, MarkMark Yates Sacked 25 November 2014[22] 18th Buckle, PaulPaul Buckle 26 November 2014[23]
Hartlepool United Murray, PaulPaul Murray 6 December 2014[24] 24th Moore, RonnieRonnie Moore 16 December 2014[25]
Newport County Edinburgh, JustinJustin Edinburgh Signed by Gillingham 7 February 2015[26] 6th Butcher, TerryTerry Butcher 30 April 2015[27]
Cheltenham Town Buckle, PaulPaul Buckle Mutual consent 13 February 2015[28] 22nd Johnson, GaryGary Johnson 30 March 2015[29]
Portsmouth Awford, AndyAndy Awford 13 April 2015[30] 14th Cook, PaulPaul Cook 12 May 2015[31]
Tranmere Rovers Adams, MickyMicky Adams 19 April 2015[32] 24th Brabin, GaryGary Brabin 5 May 2015[33]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Burton Albion (C, P) 46 28 10 8 69 39 +30 94 Promotion to Football League One
2 Shrewsbury Town (P) 46 27 8 11 67 31 +36 89
3 Bury (P) 46 26 7 13 60 40 +20 85
4 Wycombe Wanderers 46 23 15 8 67 45 +22 84 Qualification for League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5 Southend United (O, P) 46 24 12 10 54 38 +16 84
6 Stevenage 46 20 12 14 62 54 +8 72
7 Plymouth Argyle 46 20 11 15 55 37 +18 71
8 Luton Town 46 19 11 16 54 44 +10 68
9 Newport County 46 18 11 17 51 54 3 65
10 Exeter City 46 17 13 16 61 65 4 64
11 Morecambe 46 17 12 17 53 52 +1 63
12 Northampton Town 46 18 7 21 67 62 +5 61
13 Oxford United 46 15 16 15 50 49 +1 61
14 Dagenham & Redbridge 46 17 8 21 58 59 1 59
15 AFC Wimbledon 46 14 16 16 54 60 6 58
16 Portsmouth 46 14 15 17 52 54 2 57
17 Accrington Stanley 46 15 11 20 58 77 19 56
18 York City 46 11 19 16 46 51 5 52
19 Cambridge United 46 13 12 21 61 66 5 51
20 Carlisle United 46 14 8 24 56 74 18 50
21 Mansfield Town 46 13 9 24 38 62 24 48
22 Hartlepool United 46 12 9 25 39 70 31 45
23 Cheltenham Town (R) 46 9 14 23 40 67 27 41 Relegation to the National League
24 Tranmere Rovers (R) 46 9 12 25 45 67 22 39
Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2015. 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.

Play-offs

  Semifinals Final
                     
4  Wycombe Wanderers 3 2 5  
7  Plymouth Argyle 2 1 3  
    4  Wycombe Wanderers 1 (6)
  5  Southend United 1 (7)
5  Southend United 1 3 4
6  Stevenage 1 1 2  

Results

Home ╲ Away ACC WIM BRTBRYCAMCRLCHLD&REXEHARLUTMANMORNPCNOROXFPLYPORSHRSTDSTETRAWYCYOR
Accrington Stanley 10 10 01 21 31 11 12 23 31 22 21 21 02 15 10 10 11 12 01 22 32 11 22
AFC Wimbledon 21 30 32 12 13 11 10 41 12 32 01 10 20 22 00 00 10 22 00 23 22 00 21
Burton Albion 30 00 10 13 11 10 21 10 40 10 21 02 01 31 20 11 20 10 21 11 20 10 20
Bury 21 20 31 20 21 01 02 11 10 10 20 12 13 21 01 21 30 10 01 21 20 11 22
Cambridge United 22 00 23 02 50 12 11 12 21 01 31 12 40 21 51 10 26 00 01 11 12 01 03
Carlisle United 10 44 34 03 01 10 10 13 33 01 21 11 23 21 21 20 22 12 11 30 10 23 03
Cheltenham Town 21 11 13 12 31 00 11 12 10 11 11 11 01 32 11 03 11 01 01 01 20 14 01
Dagenham & Redbridge 40 40 13 10 23 42 31 12 20 00 20 03 01 02 00 20 00 12 13 02 01 01 20
Exeter City 12 32 11 21 22 20 10 21 12 11 12 11 20 02 11 13 11 32 01 00 12 21 11
Hartlepool United 11 10 01 02 21 03 20 02 21 12 10 02 22 10 11 32 00 20 01 13 00 13 13
Luton Town 20 01 01 11 32 10 10 31 23 30 30 23 30 10 20 01 11 00 20 20 10 23 22
Mansfield Town 01 21 12 01 00 32 11 21 23 11 10 10 10 11 21 10 12 01 12 10 10 00 14
Morecambe 11 11 12 10 02 01 00 23 02 01 30 21 32 01 10 21 31 14 31 00 00 13 11
Newport County 11 41 11 02 11 21 11 23 22 22 10 01 01 32 01 20 10 01 10 20 11 02 31
Northampton Town 45 20 12 23 01 02 20 10 10 51 21 10 21 30 13 23 10 11 11 10 10 23 30
Oxford United 31 00 01 21 20 21 12 33 22 02 11 30 11 10 11 00 01 02 23 00 20 12 00
Plymouth Argyle 10 11 11 02 20 10 30 30 30 20 01 21 11 00 20 12 30 10 20 11 32 01 11
Portsmouth 23 02 11 01 21 30 22 30 10 10 20 11 30 01 20 00 21 02 12 32 32 11 11
Shrewsbury Town 40 20 10 50 11 10 31 20 40 30 20 20 10 00 12 20 02 21 11 32 21 00 10
Southend United 12 01 00 11 00 20 20 00 11 10 10 20 01 20 20 11 00 20 10 20 10 22 10
Stevenage 21 21 10 00 32 10 51 01 10 10 12 30 11 21 21 02 10 10 10 42 22 13 23
Tranmere Rovers 30 11 14 01 11 02 23 23 12 11 01 00 21 00 21 03 01 31 21 12 22 12 11
Wycombe Wanderers 22 20 13 00 10 31 21 11 21 10 11 21 01 12 11 23 02 00 10 41 22 02 10
York City 10 23 11 01 22 00 10 02 00 10 00 11 21 02 11 01 00 00 01 23 02 20 00

Updated to games played on 25 April 2015.
Source: BBC Sport
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[34]
1 England Matt Tubbs AFC Wimbledon/Portsmouth 21
2 England Jamie Cureton Dagenham and Redbridge 19
3 England Reuben Reid Plymouth Argyle 18
England Marc Richards Northampton Town
5 Republic of Ireland James Collins Shrewsbury Town 15
England Tom Nichols Exeter City
7 Republic of Ireland Barry Corr Southend United 14
England Danny Hylton Oxford United
England Jed Wallace Portsmouth
10 England Adebayo Akinfenwa AFC Wimbledon 13
England Mark Cullen Luton Town

Notes

  1. Newport County's current safety certificate allows a maximum attendance of 7,850 for football matches

References

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  5. "Ups and Downs". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
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  8. "Carlisle United dismiss manager Graham Kavanagh". BBC Sport. 1 September 2014.
  9. "Keith Curle: Carlisle name ex-England defender as manager". BBC Sport. 19 September 2014.
  10. "James Beattie: Accrington Stanley part company with boss". BBC Sport. 12 September 2014.
  11. "Accrington Stanley: John Coleman returns as manager". BBC Sport. 18 September 2014.
  12. "Hartlepool United: Colin Cooper resigns as manager". BBC Sport. 4 October 2014.
  13. "Paul Murray: Hartlepool United appoint ex-player as manager". BBC Sport. 23 October 2014.
  14. "Rob Edwards: Tranmere Rovers sack manager after five months". BBC Sport. 13 October 2014.
  15. "Micky Adams: Tranmere Rovers appoint ex-Port Vale manager". BBC Sport. 16 October 2014.
  16. "Nigel Worthington resigns as York City manager". BBC Sport. 13 October 2014.
  17. "Russ Wilcox: York City name ex-Scunthorpe boss as manager". BBC Sport. 15 October 2014.
  18. "Gary Rowett: Birmingham City appoint Burton boss as manager". BBC Sport. 27 October 2014.
  19. "Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink named as Burton Albion manager". BBC Sport. 13 November 2014.
  20. "Paul Cox targets new challenge after parting with Mansfield". BBC Sport. 21 November 2014.
  21. "Adam Murray: Mansfield Town name midfielder player-manager". BBC Sport. 5 December 2014.
  22. "Mark Yates: Cheltenham Town sack manager". BBC Sport. 25 November 2014.
  23. "Paul Buckle: Cheltenham appoint ex-Bristol Rovers and Luton boss". BBC Sport. 26 November 2014.
  24. "Paul Murray: Hartlepool sack manager after FA Cup defeat". BBC Sport. 6 December 2014.
  25. "Ronnie Moore: Hartlepool United appoint ex-Rotherham manager". BBC Sport. 16 December 2014.
  26. "Justin Edinburgh: Gillingham appoint Newport boss as manager". BBC Sport. 7 February 2015.
  27. "Terry Butcher appointed new manager of Newport County". BBC Sport. 30 April 2015.
  28. "Paul Buckle: Cheltenham Town boss leaves after 79 days at helm". BBC Sport. 13 February 2015.
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  31. "Paul Cook: Portsmouth appoint Chesterfield boss as manager". BBC Sport. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  32. "Micky Adams: Tranmere Rovers part company with manager". BBC Sport. 19 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  33. "Gary Brabin: Tranmere Rovers appoint new manager". BBC Sport. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  34. "League Two Top Scorers". 27 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
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