Season | 2013–14 |
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Champions | Chesterfield (4th divisional title) |
Promoted | Chesterfield Scunthorpe United Rochdale Fleetwood Town |
Relegated | Bristol Rovers Torquay United |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,291 (2.34 per match) |
Top goalscorer | 23 – Sam Winnall (Scunthorpe United) |
Biggest home win | Plymouth Argyle 5–0 Morecambe |
Biggest away win | Fleetwood Town 0–4 Plymouth Argyle Rochdale 0–4 Scunthorpe United Plymouth Argyle 0–4 York City Scunthorpe United 0-4 Exeter City |
Highest scoring | 9 goals Fleetwood Town 5–4 Mansfield Town |
Longest winning run | 6 games York City |
Longest unbeaten run | 28 games Scunthorpe United |
Longest winless run | 13 games Mansfield Town |
Longest losing run | 6 games Accrington Stanley Hartlepool United Mansfield Town |
Highest attendance | 18,181 (Portsmouth vs Oxford United, 3 August 2013) |
Lowest attendance | 1,101 (Accrington Stanley vs Bristol Rovers, 22 October 2013) |
Average attendance | 4,352 |
← 2012–13 2014–15 → |
The 2013–14 Football League Two (referred to as Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) is the tenth season of the league under its current title and nineteenth season under its current league division format. The season began on 3 August 2013 and finished on 3 May 2014 with all matches that day kicking off simultaneously.[1]
Of the 24 teams which will participate, eighteen of these remain following the 2012–13 Football League Two. They will be joined by four teams from 2012–13 Football League One, and two teams from the 2012–13 Football Conference.
Changes from last season
[edit]Team changes
[edit]The following teams changed division at the end of the 2012–13 season.[2]
To League Two[edit]Promoted from Conference National Relegated from League One |
From League Two[edit]Relegated to Conference National Promoted to League One
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Team overview
[edit]Stadia and locations
[edit]Personnel and sponsoring
[edit]Team | Manager | Chairman | Team captain | Kit maker | Sponsor |
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Samurai Sportswear | Clever Boxes |
AFC Wimbledon | ![]() |
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Tempest Sports | Football Manager (H) Sports Interactive (A) |
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Erreà | Eurocams (H) Highspec Travel Services (A) |
Burton Albion | ![]() |
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TAG | Anvil Hire Ltd (H) Mr Cropper (A) |
Bury | ![]() |
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Surridge | Bury Council |
Cheltenham Town | ![]() |
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Erreà | Mira Showers |
Chesterfield | ![]() |
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Puma | Napit (H) Electric Safe (A) |
Dagenham & Redbridge | ![]() |
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Sondico | West & Coe Funeral Directors |
Exeter City | ![]() |
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Joma | Flybe |
Fleetwood Town | ![]() |
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Puma | BES Commercial Gas (H) Commercial Power (A) |
Hartlepool United | ![]() |
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Nike | Dove Energy |
Mansfield Town | ![]() |
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Surridge | One Call Insurance |
Morecambe | ![]() |
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Fila | Blacks |
Newport County | ![]() |
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Macron | 32Red |
Northampton Town | ![]() |
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Erreà | University of Northampton |
Oxford United | ![]() |
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Nike | Animalates (H) Isinglass Consulting (A) |
Plymouth Argyle | ![]() |
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Puma | Bond Timber |
Portsmouth | ![]() |
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Sondico | Jobsite.co.uk |
Rochdale | ![]() |
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Fila | Crown Oil |
Scunthorpe United | ![]() |
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Nike | Rainham Steel |
Southend United | ![]() |
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Nike | InsureandGo |
Torquay United | ![]() |
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Sondico | WTS |
Wycombe Wanderers | ![]() |
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Kukri | Samsung (H) FIFA 14 (A) |
York City | ![]() |
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Nike | benenden health |
Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Sacked | 14 October 2013[4] | 21st | ![]() |
9 December 2013[5] |
Scunthorpe United | ![]() |
Sacked | 20 November 2013[6] | 12th | ![]() |
24 December 2013[7] |
Portsmouth | ![]() |
Sacked | 25 November 2013[8] | 18th | ![]() |
9 December 2013[9] |
Northampton Town | ![]() |
Sacked | 21 December 2013[10] | 24th | ![]() |
27 January 2014[11] |
Torquay United | ![]() |
Sacked | 2 January 2014[12] | 23rd | ![]() |
6 January 2014[13] |
Oxford United | ![]() |
Signed by Northampton Town | 25 January 2014[14] | 6th | ![]() |
22 March 2014[15] |
Portsmouth | ![]() |
Sacked | 27 March 2014[16] | 22nd | ![]() |
1 May 2014[17] |
Bristol Rovers | ![]() |
Appointed as Director of Football | 28 March 2014[18] | 20th | ![]() |
28 March 2014[18] |
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Sacked | 4 July 2014[19] | 8th | ![]() |
4 July 2014[19] |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Chesterfield (C, P) | 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 for League Two play-offs[a] |
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[b] | |
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 the Conference Premier |
24 | Torquay United (R) | 46 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 42 | 66 | −24 | 45 |
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 Football League One.
- ^ On 28 April AFC Wimbledon have been deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.[20]
Play-offs
[edit]Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||
4 | Fleetwood Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
7 | York City | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
4 | Fleetwood Town | 1 | |||||||||
6 | Burton Albion | 0 | |||||||||
5 | Southend United | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
6 | Burton Albion | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Results
[edit]Season statistics
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]- As of 26 April 2014.[21]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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Scunthorpe United | 23 |
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Rochdale | 17 |
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Cheltenham Town | 13 |
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Southend United | 12 |
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Newport County |
Scoring
[edit]- First goal of the season: Mark Roberts for Fleetwood Town against Dagenham & Redbridge (3 August 2013)
- Fastest goal of the season: 17 seconds, Jordan Chapell for Torquay United against Portsmouth (26 October 2013)
- Largest winning margin: 5 goals
- Plymouth Argyle 5–0 Morecambe (1 March 2014)
- Highest scoring game: 9 goals
- Fleetwood Town 5–4 Mansfield Town (23 November 2013)
- Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 5 goals
- Fleetwood Town 5–4 Mansfield Town (23 November 2013)
- Plymouth Argyle 5–0 Morecambe (1 March 2014)
- Accrington Stanley 5–1 Morecambe (14 March 2014)
- Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 4 goals
- Fleetwood Town 5–4 Mansfield Town (23 November 2013)
Notes
[edit]- ^ Newport County's current safety certificate allows a maximum attendance of 7,850 for football matches
References
[edit]- ^ "League confirms 2013/14 start date". Football League. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ "Premier League and Football League: Ups and downs". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ Flett, Dave (25 February 2014). "Midfielder Russell Penn to keep York City captain's armband". The Press. York. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ "Kevin Blackwell: Bury manager sacked by League Two strugglers". BBC Sport. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ^ "Bury appoint Flitcroft as manager". BBC Sport. 10 December 2013.
- ^ "Scunthorpe United sack manager Laws". BBC Sport. 20 November 2013.
- ^ "Wilcox appointed Scunthorpe manager". BBC Sport. 24 December 2013.
- ^ "Portsmouth sack manager Whittingham". BBC Sport. 25 November 2013.
- ^ "Barker & Coppell appointed by Pompey". BBC Sport. 9 December 2013.
- ^ "Northampton sack manager Boothroyd". BBC Sport. 21 December 2013.
- ^ "Chris Wilder named Northampton Town boss". BBC Sport. 25 January 2014.
- ^ "Torquay United sack manager Knill". BBC Sport. 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Torquay appoint Hargreaves as boss". BBC Sport. 6 January 2014.
- ^ "Chris Wilder quits Oxford United amid Northampton Town interest". BBC Sport. 25 January 2014.
- ^ "Gary Waddock named Oxford United head coach". BBC Sport. 22 March 2014.
- ^ "Richie Barker sacked as Portsmouth manager". BBC Sport. 27 March 2014.
- ^ "Portsmouth appoint Andy Awford as full-time manager". BBC Sport. 1 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Bristol Rovers: John Ward replaced by Darrell Clarke". BBC Sport. 28 March 2014.
- ^ a b "Oxford United: Michael Appleton named head coach in shake-up". BBC Sport. 4 July 2014.
- ^ "AFC Wimbledon docked three points for ineligible Jake Nicholson". BBC Sport. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Top Scorers - League Two - Football". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 April 2018.