2018–19 EFL League Two
# 2018–19 EFL League Two

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.

## Team changes

### To League Two

Promoted from National League

* Macclesfield Town
* Tranmere Rovers

Relegated from League One

* Bury
* Milton Keynes Dons
* Northampton Town
* Oldham Athletic

### From League Two

Promoted to League One

* Accrington Stanley
* Luton Town
* Wycombe Wanderers
* Coventry City

Relegated to National League

* Chesterfield
* Barnet

## Stadiums

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Bury | Bury | Gigg Lane | 11,840 |
| Cambridge United | Cambridge | Abbey Stadium | 8,127 |
| Carlisle United | Carlisle | Brunton Park | 17,949 |
| 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 | 6,087 |
| Forest Green Rovers | Nailsworth | The New Lawn | 5,147 |
| Grimsby Town | Cleethorpes | Blundell Park | 9,052 |
| Lincoln City | Lincoln | Sincil Bank | 10,120 |
| Macclesfield Town | Macclesfield | Moss Rose | 6,355 |
| Mansfield Town | Mansfield | Field Mill | 10,000 |
| Milton Keynes Dons | Milton Keynes | Stadium MK | 30,500 |
| Morecambe | Morecambe | Globe Arena | 6,476 |
| Newport County | Newport | Rodney Parade | 7,850 |
| Northampton Town | Northampton | Sixfields Stadium | 7,653 |
| Notts County | Nottingham | Meadow Lane | 19,588 |
| Oldham Athletic | Oldham | Boundary Park | 13,512 |
| Port Vale | Burslem | Vale Park | 19,052 |
| Stevenage | Stevenage | Broadhall Way | 6,722 |
| Swindon Town | Swindon | County Ground | 15,728 |
| Tranmere Rovers | Birkenhead | Prenton Park | 16,789 |
| Yeovil Town | Yeovil | Huish Park | 9,566 |

* ↑ Capacity temporarily reduced due to redevelopment work.

## Personnel and sponsoring

| Team | $Manager^1$ | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Sponsor |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Bury | Ryan Lowe | Stephen Dawson | Admiral | PaySec |
| Cambridge United | Colin Calderwood | | Puma | Mick George |
| Carlisle United | Steven Pressley | Danny Grainger | Umbro | Edinburgh Woollen Mill |
| Cheltenham Town | Michael Duff | Johnny Mullins | Erreà | Mira Showers |
| Colchester United | John McGreal | Luke Prosser | Macron | JobServe |
| Crawley Town | Gabriele Cioffi | Jimmy Smith | Erreà | The People's Pension |
| Crewe Alexandra | David Artell | George Ray | FBT | Mornflake |
| Exeter City | Matt Taylor | Jake Taylor | Joma | Flybe |
| Forest Green Rovers | Mark Cooper | Lee Collins | PlayerLayer | Ecotricity |
| Grimsby Town | Michael Jolley | John Welsh | Erreà | Young's Seafood |
| Lincoln City | Danny Cowley | Lee Frecklington | Erreà | NSUK |
| Macclesfield Town | Sol Campbell | Jared Hodgkiss | Macron | Arighi Bianchi |
| Mansfield Town | David Flitcroft | Krystian Pearce | Surridge | One Call |
| Milton Keynes Dons | Paul Tisdale | Dean Lewington | Erreà | Suzuki |
| Morecambe | Jim Bentley | Barry Roche | Macron | BizLoans4U |
| Newport County | Michael Flynn | Andrew Crofts | FBT | Interbet |
| Northampton Town | Keith Curle | David Buchanan | Nike | University of Northampton |
| Notts County | Neal Ardley | Richard Duffy | Puma | Bassingfield Wood Yard |
| Oldham Athletic | Pete Wild | Peter Clarke | Sondico | PFE Express |
| Port Vale | John Askey | Tom Pope | BLK | Manorshop.com |
| Stevenage | Dino Maamria | Ronnie Henry | Macron | Astute Electronics |
| Swindon Town | Richie Wellens | Olly Lancashire | Puma | Imagine Cruising |
| Tranmere Rovers | Micky Mellon | Steve McNulty | Puma | B&M Waste Services |
| Yeovil Town | Darren Sarll | James Bailey | TAG | Jones Building Group |

* $^1$ According to current revision of List of current Premier League and English Football League managers.

## Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Carlisle United | Keith Curle | Resigned | 5 May 2018 | Pre-season | John Sheridan | 5 June 2018 |
| Milton Keynes Dons | Keith Millen | End of caretaker spell | 5 May 2018 | Pre-season | Paul Tisdale | 6 June 2018 |
| Exeter City | Paul Tisdale | End of contract | 1 June 2018 | Pre-season | Matt Taylor | 1 June 2018 |
| Macclesfield Town | John Askey | Signed by Shrewsbury Town | 1 June 2018 | Pre-season | Mark Yates | 19 June 2018 |
| Oldham Athletic | Richie Wellens | Sacked | 8 June 2018 | Pre-season | Frankie Bunn | 13 June 2018 |
| Cheltenham Town | Gary Johnson | Sacked | 21 August 2018 | 21st | Michael Duff | 10 September 2018 |
| Notts County | Kevin Nolan | Sacked | 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 | Sacked | 12 November 2018 | 17th | Richie Wellens | 13 November 2018 |
| Notts County | Harry Kewell | Sacked | 13 November 2018 | 22nd | Neal Ardley | 24 November 2018 |
| Cambridge United | Joe Dunne | Sacked | 1 December 2018 | 22nd | Colin Calderwood | 19 December 2018 |
| Oldham Athletic | Frankie Bunn | Sacked | 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 | Resigned | 30 January 2019 | 18th | John Askey | 4 February 2019 |
| Oldham Athletic | Paul Scholes | Resigned | 14 March 2019 | 14th | Pete Wild | 15 March 2019 |
| Yeovil Town | Darren Way | Sacked | 24 March 2019 | 22nd | Darren Sarll | 19 June 2019 |

## League table

| 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 | Promotion to EFL League One |
| 3 | Milton Keynes Dons (P) | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 71 | 49 | +22 | 79 | Promotion to EFL League One |
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 76 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 5 | Forest Green Rovers | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 68 | 47 | +21 | 74 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 6 | Tranmere Rovers (O, P) | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 73 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 7 | Newport County | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 71 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 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 | Relegation to the National League |

* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One.

## Play-offs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 1 | 0 | 1 (3) | | | |
| 7 | Newport County (p) | 1 | 0 | 1 (5) | | | |
| 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 |
| 6 | Tranmere Rovers | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BUR | CAM | CAR | CHL | COL | CRA | CRE | EXE | FGR | GRI | LIN | MAC | MAN | MKD | MOR | NEW | NOR | NOT | OLD | POR | STE | SWI | TRA | YEO |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bury | — | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Cambridge United | 2–2 | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Carlisle United | 3–2 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Cheltenham Town | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Colchester United | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 3–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| Crawley Town | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 6–1 | — | 1–2 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Exeter City | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Forest Green Rovers | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Grimsby Town | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 |
| Lincoln City | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Macclesfield Town | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Mansfield Town | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Milton Keynes Dons | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Morecambe | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 |
| Newport County | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–6 |
| Northampton Town | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Notts County | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–4 |
| Oldham Athletic | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Port Vale | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–6 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | — | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Stevenage | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Swindon Town | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | — | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Tranmere Rovers | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 |
| Yeovil Town | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | — |

## Statistics

### Top scorers

    As of 4 May 2019

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | James Norwood | Tranmere Rovers | 29 |
| 2 | Tyler Walker | Mansfield Town | 21 |
| 2 | Nicky Maynard | Bury | 21 |
| 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 |
| 7 | John Akinde | Lincoln City | 15 |
| 9 | Ollie Palmer | Crawley Town | 14 |
| 9 | Luke Varney | Cheltenham Town | 14 |
| 9 | Padraig Amond | Newport County | 14 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Michael Doughty | Swindon Town | Macclesfield Town | 3–2 (H) | 4 August 2018 |
| Alex Fisher | Yeovil Town | Notts County | 0–4 (A) | 17 August 2018 |
| Matt Crooks | Northampton Town | Macclesfield Town | 0–5 (A) | 23 October 2018 |
| Chris O'Grady | Oldham Athletic | Bury | 4–2 (H) | 15 December 2018 |
| Jayden Stockley | Exeter City | Oldham Athletic | 2–3 (A) | 22 December 2018 |
| George Williams | Forest Green Rovers | Newport County | 1–4 (A) | 26 December 2018 |
