2017–18 EFL League Two
Season | 2017–18 |
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Champions | Accrington Stanley |
Promoted | Accrington Stanley Luton Town Wycombe Wanderers Coventry City |
Relegated | Chesterfield Barnet |
Matches played | 552. 1,411 goals (2.55 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Billy Kee (25 goals)[1] |
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 |
Longest winning run | 7 matches (Accrington Stanley |
Longest unbeaten run | 15 matches (Accrington Stanley |
Longest winless run | 20 matches (Grimsby Town) |
Longest losing run | 6 matches (Chesterfield, Port Vale) |
← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 9 December 2017. |
The 2017–18 EFL League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) is the 14th season of the Football League Two under its current title and the 25th season under its current league division format.
Team changes
The following teams changed division after the 2016–17 season.
To League TwoPromoted from National League Relegated from League One |
From League TwoPromoted to League One Relegated to National League
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Teams
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swindon Town | Luke Williams | Mutual consent | 5 May 2017[3] | Pre-season | David Flitcroft | 5 June 2017[4] |
Port Vale | Michael Brown | Sacked | 16 September 2017[5] | 24th | Neil Aspin | 4 October 2017[6] |
Chesterfield | Gary Caldwell | 16 September 2017[7] | 23rd | Jack Lester | 29 September 2017[8] | |
Barnet | Rossi Eames | Appointed as Head of Development | 13 November 2017[9] | Mark McGhee | 14 November 2017[9] | |
Mark McGhee | Appointed as Head of Technical | 15 January 2018[10] | 24th | Graham Westley | 15 January 2018[10] | |
Cambridge United | Shaun Derry | Mutual consent | 9 February 2018[11] | 14th | Joe Dunne | 2 May 2018[12] |
Grimsby Town | Russell Slade | Sacked | 11 February 2018[13] | 17th | Michael Jolley | 2 March 2018[14] |
Mansfield Town | Steve Evans | Signed by Peterborough United | 27 February 2018[15] | 5th | David Flitcroft | 1 March 2018[16] |
Swindon Town | David Flitcroft | Signed by Mansfield Town | 1 March 2018[16] | 7th | Phil Brown | 12 March 2018[17] |
Stevenage | Darren Sarll | Sacked | 18 March 2018[18] | 16th | Dino Maamria | 20 March 2018[19] |
Barnet | Graham Westley | 19 March 2018[20] | 24th | Martin Allen | 19 March 2018[20] | |
Chesterfield | Jack Lester | Mutual consent | 24 April 2018[21] | 24th | Martin Allen | 15 May 2018 |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Accrington Stanley (C, P) | 46 | 29 | 6 | 11 | 76 | 46 | +30 | 93 | Promotion to EFL 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 for League Two play-offs[a] |
5 | Notts County | 46 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 71 | 48 | +23 | 77 | |
6 | Coventry City (O, 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: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One.
Play-offs
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
4 | Exeter City | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
7 | Lincoln City | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
4 | Exeter City | 1 | |||||||||
6 | Coventry City | 3 | |||||||||
5 | Notts County | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
6 | Coventry City | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Results
Top scorers
- As of 5 May 2018[1]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Billy Kee | Accrington Stanley | 25 |
2 | Mohamed Eisa | Cheltenham Town | 23 |
Marc McNulty | Coventry City | ||
4 | Danny Hylton | Luton Town | 21 |
5 | Christian Doidge | Forest Green Rovers | 20 |
6 | James Collins | Luton Town | 19 |
Jayden Stockley | Exeter City | ||
Kristian Dennis | Chesterfield | ||
9 | Adebayo Akinfenwa | Wycombe Wanderers | 17 |
Tom Pope | Port Vale |
References
- ^ a b "Top Scorers – League Two". Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ^ "Football Ground Guide". Football Ground Guide. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ^ "Luke Williams: Swindon Town head coach's departure confirmed by relegated club". BBC Sport. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ^ "BREAKING: Flitcroft Named New Town Manager". Swindon Town FC. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "Michael Brown: Port Vale manager leaves with club bottom of League Two". BBC Sport. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ^ "Port Vale: Gateshead manager Neil Aspin returns to former club as manager". BBC Sport. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ "Gary Caldwell: Chesterfield sack manager after eight months in charge". BBC Sport. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ^ "Jack Lester: Chesterfield appoint former striker as new manager". BBC Sport. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Barnet appoint Mark McGhee as their new manager". BBC Sport. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Graham Westley: Barnet appoint new head coach". BBC Sport. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ "Shaun Derry: Cambridge United head coach leaves by mutual consent". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ "Joe Dunne: Cambridge United appoint caretaker boss as head coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "Russell Slade: Grimsby Town part company with manager". BBC Sport. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Statement : GTFC Appoint Michael Jolley – Message from The Board". Grimsby Town FC. 2 March 2018. Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Club Statement". Mansfield Town FC. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ a b "David Flitcroft: Mansfield Town appoint former Swindon manager as boss". BBC Sport. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "Phil Brown: Swindon appoint former Derby, Hull, Preston & Southend boss as manager". BBC Sport. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ "Darren Sarll: Stevenage sack manager after two years in charge". BBC Sport. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "Dino Maamria: Stevenage appoint Nuneaton Town boss as manager". BBC Sport. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Martin Allen named Barnet manager as Graham Westley is sacked". BBC Sport. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ "Jack Lester: Chesterfield manager leaves with club on brink of relegation from EFL". BBC Sport. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.