2013–14 Football League Two

Football League Two
Season 2013–14
Champions Chesterfield
(4th divisional title)
Promoted Chesterfield
Scunthorpe United
Rochdale
Fleetwood Town
Relegated Bristol Rovers
Torquay United
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1291 (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

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

Team changes

The following teams changed division at the end of the 2012–13 season.[2]

Team overview

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Accrington Stanley Accrington Crown Ground 5,057
AFC Wimbledon London (Kingston upon Thames) The Cherry Red Records Stadium 4,850
Bristol Rovers Bristol Memorial Stadium 12,011
Burton Albion Burton upon Trent Pirelli Stadium 6,912
Bury Bury Gigg Lane 11,840
Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Whaddon Road 7,066
Chesterfield Chesterfield Proact Stadium 10,504
Dagenham & Redbridge London (Dagenham) Victoria Road 6,078
Exeter City Exeter St James Park 8,830
Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Highbury Stadium 5,094
Hartlepool United Hartlepool Victoria Park 8,240
Mansfield Town Mansfield One Call Stadium 10,000
Morecambe Morecambe Globe Arena 6,476
Newport County Newport, Wales 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
Rochdale Rochdale Spotland Stadium 10,249
Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe Glanford Park 9,088
Southend United Southend-on-Sea Roots Hall 11,840
Torquay United Torquay Plainmoor 6,104
Wycombe Wanderers High Wycombe Adams Park 10,284
York City York Bootham Crescent 7,872

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Manager Chairman Team captain Kit maker Sponsor
Accrington Stanley England James Beattie England Peter Marsden England Dean Winnard Samurai Sportswear Clever Boxes
AFC Wimbledon England Neal Ardley England Erik Samuelson Republic of Ireland Alan Bennett Tempest Sports Football Manager (H)
Sports Interactive (A)
Bristol Rovers England Darrell Clarke England Nick Higgs England Tom Parkes Erreà Eurocams (H)
Highspec Travel Services (A)
Burton Albion England Gary Rowett England Ben Robinson Scotland Zander Diamond TAG Anvil Hire Ltd (H)
Mr Cropper (A)
Bury England David Flitcroft England Stewart Day Wales Gareth Roberts Surridge Bury Council
Cheltenham Town England Mark Yates England Paul Baker England Russell Penn Erreà Mira Showers
Chesterfield England Paul Cook England Dave Allen England Ian Evatt Puma Napit (H)
Electric Safe (A)
Dagenham & Redbridge England Wayne Burnett England Dave Andrews England Abu Ogogo Sondico West & Coe Funeral Directors
Exeter City England Paul Tisdale England Edward Chorlton England Danny Coles Joma Flybe.com
Fleetwood Town Scotland Graham Alexander England Andy Pilley England Mark Roberts Puma BES Commercial Gas (H)
Commercial Power (A)
Hartlepool United England Colin Cooper England Ken Hodcroft England Antony Sweeney Nike Dove Energy
Mansfield Town England Paul Cox England John Radford England George Pilkington Surridge One Call Insurance
Morecambe England Jim Bentley England Peter McGuigan England Mark Hughes Fila Blacks
Newport County England Justin Edinburgh England Les Scadding Wales David Pipe Macron 32Red
Northampton Town England Chris Wilder England David Cardoza England Kelvin Langmead Erreà University of Northampton
Oxford United England Michael Appleton England Ian Lenagan England Jake Wright Nike Animalates (H)
Isinglass Consulting (A)
Plymouth Argyle Republic of Ireland John Sheridan England James Brent Republic of Ireland Conor Hourihane Puma Bond Timber
Portsmouth England Andy Awford England Iain McInnes Austria Johannes Ertl Sondico Jobsite.co.uk
Rochdale England Keith Hill England Chris Dunphy England Peter Cavanagh Fila Crown Oil
Scunthorpe United England Russ Wilcox England Peter Swann Republic of Ireland Michael Collins Nike Rainham Steel
Southend United England Phil Brown England Ron Martin England John White Nike InsureandGo
Torquay United England Chris Hargreaves England Thea Bristow England Lee Mansell Sondico WTS
Wycombe Wanderers England Gareth Ainsworth England Ivor Beeks MBE England Stuart Lewis Kukri Samsung (H)
FIFA 14 (A)
York City Northern Ireland Nigel Worthington England Jason McGill England Russell Penn[3] Nike benenden health

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Bury England Kevin Blackwell Sacked 14 October 2013[4] 21st England David Flitcroft 9 December 2013[5]
Scunthorpe United England Brian Laws Sacked 20 November 2013[6] 12th England Russ Wilcox 24 December 2013[7]
Portsmouth England Guy Whittingham Sacked 25 November 2013[8] 18th England Richie Barker 9 December 2013[9]
Northampton Town England Aidy Boothroyd Sacked 21 December 2013[10] 24th England Chris Wilder 27 January 2014[11]
Torquay United Wales Alan Knill Sacked 2 January 2014[12] 23rd England Chris Hargreaves 6 January 2014[13]
Oxford United England Chris Wilder Signed by Northampton Town 25 January 2014[14] 6th Republic of Ireland Gary Waddock 22 March 2014[15]
Portsmouth England Richie Barker Sacked 27 March 2014[16] 22nd England Andy Awford 1 May 2014[17]
Bristol Rovers England John Ward Appointed as Director of Football 28 March 2014[18] 20th England Darrell Clarke 28 March 2014[18]
Oxford United Republic of Ireland Gary Waddock Sacked 4 July 2014[19] 8th England Michael Appleton 4 July 2014[19]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
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[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2]
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
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2014. 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.
  2. On 28 April AFC Wimbledon have been deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.[20]

Play-offs

  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

Home ╲ Away ACC WIM BROBRTBRYCHLCHFD&REXEFLEHARMANMORNPCNOROXFPLYPORROCSCUSTDTORWYCYOR
Accrington Stanley 32 21 01 00 01 31 12 23 20 00 11 51 33 01 00 11 22 12 23 11 21 11 11
AFC Wimbledon 11 00 31 01 43 11 11 21 20 21 00 03 22 02 02 11 40 03 32 01 02 10 01
Bristol Rovers 01 30 20 11 10 00 12 21 13 22 01 10 31 10 11 21 20 12 00 00 12 01 32
Burton Albion 21 11 10 22 21 02 11 11 24 30 10 01 10 10 02 10 12 10 22 01 20 10 11
Bury 30 11 21 00 41 02 11 20 22 10 00 02 00 11 11 40 44 00 22 11 13 10 21
Cheltenham Town 12 10 00 22 21 14 23 10 12 22 12 30 00 11 22 13 22 12 02 12 10 11 22
Chesterfield 10 20 31 02 40 20 11 11 21 11 01 10 11 00 30 20 00 22 11 21 31 20 22
Dagenham & Redbridge 00 10 20 20 21 12 01 11 01 02 00 11 11 03 10 12 14 31 33 11 01 20 20
Exeter City 01 20 21 01 22 11 02 12 30 03 01 11 02 01 00 31 11 01 20 02 12 01 21
Fleetwood Town 31 00 31 23 21 02 11 31 12 20 54 22 41 20 11 04 31 00 01 11 41 10 12
Hartlepool United 21 31 40 11 03 01 12 21 02 01 24 21 30 20 13 10 00 03 00 01 30 12 20
Mansfield Town 23 10 11 00 14 02 00 30 00 10 14 12 21 30 13 01 22 30 02 21 13 22 01
Morecambe 12 11 21 01 00 01 43 22 20 10 12 01 41 11 11 21 22 12 11 21 11 11 00
Newport County 41 12 10 11 00 01 32 12 11 00 20 11 23 12 32 12 12 21 22 31 21 20 30
Northampton Town 10 22 00 10 03 11 13 22 12 10 20 11 00 31 31 02 01 03 11 21 12 14 02
Oxford United 12 21 01 12 21 11 01 21 00 02 10 30 30 00 20 23 00 11 02 02 10 22 01
Plymouth Argyle 00 12 10 01 21 11 21 21 12 02 11 11 50 00 10 02 11 10 02 11 20 03 04
Portsmouth 10 10 32 00 10 00 02 10 32 01 10 11 30 02 00 14 33 30 12 12 01 22 01
Rochdale 21 12 20 11 10 20 22 01 31 12 30 30 21 30 32 30 30 30 04 03 10 32 00
Scunthorpe United 02 00 11 10 22 20 11 11 04 00 10 20 20 11 11 10 10 51 30 22 31 00 22
Southend United 10 01 11 10 00 11 30 01 23 20 11 30 13 00 20 30 10 21 11 01 10 11 21
Torquay United 01 11 11 11 21 42 02 01 13 01 00 00 11 01 12 13 11 11 21 01 10 03 03
Wycombe Wanderers 00 03 12 12 12 12 10 20 11 11 21 01 10 01 11 01 01 01 02 11 21 32 11
York City 11 02 00 00 10 00 02 31 21 02 00 12 10 10 10 00 11 42 00 41 00 10 20

Updated to games played on 3 May 2014.
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 26 April 2014.[21]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 England Sam Winnall Scunthorpe United 23
2 England Scott Hogan Rochdale 17
England Reuben Reid Plymouth Argyle
4 England Byron Harrison Cheltenham Town 13
England Luke James Hartlepool United
Republic of Ireland Rhys Murphy Dagenham & Redbridge
Republic of Ireland John-Joe O'Toole Bristol Rovers
England Antoni Sarcevic Fleetwood Town
9 England Barry Corr Southend United 12
England Billy Kee Burton Albion
England Chris Zebroski Newport County

Scoring

Notes

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

References

  1. "League confirms 2013/14 start date". Football League. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  2. "Premier League and Football League: Ups and downs". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  3. Flett, Dave (25 February 2014). "Midfielder Russell Penn to keep York City captain's armband". The Press. York. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  4. "Kevin Blackwell: Bury manager sacked by League Two strugglers". BBC Sport. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  5. "Bury appoint Flitcroft as manager". BBC Sport. 10 December 2013.
  6. "Scunthorpe United sack manager Laws". BBC Sport. 20 November 2013.
  7. "Wilcox appointed Scunthorpe manager". BBC Sport. 24 December 2013.
  8. "Portsmouth sack manager Whittingham". BBC Sport. 25 November 2013.
  9. "Barker & Coppell appointed by Pompey". BBC Sport. 9 December 2013.
  10. "Northampton sack manager Boothroyd". BBC Sport. 21 December 2013.
  11. "Chris Wilder named Northampton Town boss". BBC Sport. 25 January 2014.
  12. "Torquay United sack manager Knill". BBC Sport. 2 January 2014.
  13. "Torquay appoint Hargreaves as boss". BBC Sport. 6 January 2014.
  14. "Chris Wilder quits Oxford United amid Northampton Town interest". BBC Sport. 25 January 2014.
  15. "Gary Waddock named Oxford United head coach". BBC Sport. 22 March 2014.
  16. "Richie Barker sacked as Portsmouth manager". BBC Sport. 27 March 2014.
  17. "Portsmouth appoint Andy Awford as full-time manager". BBC Sport. 1 May 2014.
  18. 1 2 "Bristol Rovers: John Ward replaced by Darrell Clarke". BBC Sport. 28 March 2014.
  19. 1 2 "Oxford United: Michael Appleton named head coach in shake-up". BBC Sport. 4 July 2014.
  20. "AFC Wimbledon docked three points for ineligible Jake Nicholson". BBC Sport. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  21. http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/league-two/top-scorers

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