Season | 2018–19 |
---|---|
Champions | Lincoln City (2nd title) |
Promoted | Lincoln City Bury Milton Keynes Dons Tranmere Rovers |
Relegated | Notts County Yeovil Town |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,409 (2.55 per match) |
Top goalscorer | James Norwood (29 goals) |
Biggest home win | Crewe Alexandra 6–0 Morecambe (4 August 2018) Colchester United 6–0 Crewe Alexandra (21 August 2018) Carlisle United 6–0 Oldham Athletic (26 December 2018) Milton Keynes Dons 6–0 Cambridge United (1 January 2019) |
Biggest away win | Newport County 0–6 Yeovil Town (15 September 2018) |
Highest scoring | Port Vale 2–6 Lincoln City (13 October 2018) |
Longest winning run | 7 matches [1] Tranmere Rovers |
Longest unbeaten run | 19 matches [1] Lincoln City |
Longest winless run | 13 matches [1] Macclesfield Town |
Longest losing run | 6 matches [1] Grimsby Town Notts County Yeovil Town |
Highest attendance | 20,718 [1] Milton Keynes Dons 1–0 Mansfield Town (4 May 2019) |
Lowest attendance | 1,355 [1] Morecambe 0–1 Mansfield Town (23 October 2018) |
Total attendance | 2,461,975 [1] |
Average attendance | 4,468 [1] |
← 2017–18 2019–20 → |
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.
Promoted from National League
Relegated from League One
Promoted to League One
Relegated to National League
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Carlisle United | Keith 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 | Keith Curle | 1 October 2018 |
Macclesfield Town | Mark Yates | Sacked | 8 October 2018 | 24th | Sol 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 | Darren Sarll | 19 June 2019 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lincoln City (C, P) | 46 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 73 | 43 | +30 | 85 | Promotion to EFL 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 for League Two play-offs [lower-alpha 1] |
5 | Forest Green Rovers | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 68 | 47 | +21 | 74 | |
6 | Tranmere Rovers (O, 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 | 54 | 70 | −16 | 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 | |
23 | Notts County (R) | 46 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 48 | 84 | −36 | 41 | Relegation to the National League |
24 | Yeovil Town (R) | 46 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 41 | 66 | −25 | 40 |
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
4 | Mansfield Town | 1 | 0 | 1 (3) | |||||||
7 | Newport County (p) | 1 | 0 | 1 (5) | |||||||
7 | Newport County | 0 | |||||||||
6 | Tranmere Rovers | 1 | |||||||||
5 | Forest Green Rovers | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
6 | Tranmere Rovers | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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 | ||
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Doughty | Swindon Town | Macclesfield Town | 3–2 (H) | 4 August 2018 | [9] |
Alex Fisher | Yeovil Town | Notts County | 0–4 (A) | 17 August 2018 | [10] |
Matt Crooks | Northampton Town | Macclesfield Town | 0–5 (A) | 23 October 2018 | [11] |
Chris O'Grady | Oldham Athletic | Bury | 4–2 (H) | 15 December 2018 | [12] |
Jayden Stockley | Exeter City | Oldham Athletic | 2–3 (A) | 22 December 2018 | [13] |
George Williams | Forest Green Rovers | Newport County | 1–4 (A) | 26 December 2018 | [14] |
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