2016–17 Football League One

Football League One
Season 2016–17
Matches played 225
Goals scored 601 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer Joshua Morris (Scunthorpe) 14
Biggest home win Scunthorpe United 5–0 Gillingham
Biggest away win Bristol Rovers 1–5 Charlton Athletic
Longest winning run Rochdale
(6 matches)
Longest unbeaten run Sheffield United
(14 matches)
Longest winless run Shrewsbury Town
(10 matches)
Longest losing run Bury
(9 matches)
Highest attendance 20,972
(Bradford City 3–3 Sheffield United)
Lowest attendance 1,907
(Rochdale 4–0 Walsall)
Average attendance 7,576
2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Football League One (referred to as the Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) will be the 13th season of the Football League One under its current title and the 24th season under its current league division format. The fixtures were announced on 22 June 2016.[1]

Team changes

Bolton and Oxford will compete in the third tier for the first time under the League One name. AFC Wimbledon makes their debut in the third tier as a club.

Teams

Greater London League One football clubs
Greater Manchester League One football clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity[2]
AFC Wimbledon London (Kingston upon Thames) Kingsmeadow 4,850 (2,265 seated)
Bolton Wanderers Bolton Macron Stadium 28,723
Bradford City Bradford Valley Parade 25,136
Bristol Rovers Bristol Memorial Stadium 12,011
Bury Bury Gigg Lane 11,640
Charlton Athletic London (Charlton) The Valley 27,111
Chesterfield Chesterfield Proact Stadium 10,400
Coventry City Coventry Ricoh Arena 32,500
Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Highbury Stadium 5,311 (2,701 seated)
Gillingham Gillingham Priestfield Stadium 11,582
Milton Keynes Dons Milton Keynes Stadium:mk 30,500
Millwall London (South Bermondsey) The Den 20,146
Northampton Town Northampton Sixfields Stadium 7,798
Oldham Athletic Oldham Boundary Park 13,500
Oxford United Oxford Kassam Stadium 12,500
Peterborough United Peterborough Abax Stadium 14,319
Port Vale Stoke-on-Trent Vale Park 18,947
Rochdale Rochdale Spotland Stadium 10,249
Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe Glanford Park 9,088
Sheffield United Sheffield Bramall Lane 32,702
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury New Meadow 9,875
Southend United Southend-on-Sea Roots Hall 12,392
Swindon Town Swindon County Ground 15,728
Walsall Walsall Bescot Stadium 11,300

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Bolton Wanderers Northern Ireland Neil Lennon Mutual consent 15 March 2016[3] Pre-season England Phil Parkinson 10 June 2016[4]
Charlton Athletic Belgium Jose Riga Resigned 7 May 2016[5] England Russell Slade 6 June 2016
Sheffield United England Nigel Adkins Sacked 12 May 2016[6] England Chris Wilder 12 May 2016[6]
Northampton Town England Chris Wilder Signed by Sheffield United 12 May 2016[6] Wales Rob Page 19 May 2016[7]
Port Vale Wales Rob Page Signed by Northampton Town 19 May 2016[7] Portugal Bruno Ribeiro 20 June 2016[8]
Oldham Athletic Republic of Ireland John Sheridan Signed by Notts County 27 May 2016[9] Northern Ireland Steve Robinson 9 July 2016
Bradford City England Phil Parkinson Signed by Bolton Wanderers 10 June 2016[4] Scotland Stuart McCall 20 June 2016[10]
Coventry City England Tony Mowbray Resigned 29 September 2016[11] 24th
Shrewsbury Town Scotland Micky Mellon Signed by Tranmere Rovers 6 October 2016[12] 21st England Paul Hurst 24 October 2016[13]
Milton Keynes Dons England Karl Robinson Mutual consent 23 October 2016[14] 19th Scotland Robbie Neilson 3 December 2016[15]
Charlton Athletic England Russell Slade Sacked 14 November 2016[16] 15th England Karl Robinson 24 November 2016[17]
Bury England David Flitcroft Mutual consent 16 November 2016[18] 16th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Scunthorpe United 20 13 5 2 41 17 +24 44 Promotion to the Football League Championship
2 Bolton Wanderers 20 12 4 4 24 12 +12 40
3 Sheffield United 20 11 5 4 34 22 +12 38 Qualification for League One play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
4 Bradford City 20 9 8 3 27 18 +9 35
5 Rochdale 20 9 3 8 27 25 +2 30
6 Peterborough United 19 8 5 6 28 21 +7 29
7 AFC Wimbledon 20 7 8 5 30 24 +6 29
8 Fleetwood Town 20 8 5 7 31 26 +5 29
9 Millwall 19 8 4 7 32 31 +1 28
10 Southend United 20 7 7 6 26 27 −1 28
11 Charlton Athletic 19 6 9 4 26 19 +7 27
12 Port Vale 20 7 6 7 24 29 −5 27
13 Bristol Rovers 20 7 6 7 29 35 −6 27
14 Oxford United 20 7 5 8 24 24 0 26
15 Gillingham 20 7 5 8 29 32 −3 26
16 Walsall 20 6 8 6 23 28 −5 26
17 Northampton Town 20 6 6 8 28 28 0 24
18 Swindon Town 20 6 5 9 21 28 −7 23
19 Milton Keynes Dons 20 5 6 9 25 30 −5 21
20 Bury 20 6 2 12 28 38 −10 20
21 Coventry City 20 4 7 9 17 25 −8 19 Relegation to Football League Two
22 Chesterfield 20 5 3 12 24 34 −10 18
23 Oldham Athletic 19 3 8 8 11 21 −10 17
24 Shrewsbury Town 20 3 6 11 19 34 −15 15
Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Football League Championship.

Results

Home ╲ Away WIM BOL BRABROBRYCHACHFCOVFLEGILMILMKDNOROLDOXFPETPTVROCSCUSHUSHRSTDSWIWAL
AFC Wimbledon 1–2 2–3 5–1 a 2–1 2–2 2–0 a a 1–2 2–3 1–1 0–0
Bolton Wanderers 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 3–1 1–0 1–1
Bradford City 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 3–3 2–0 1–1
Bristol Rovers 1–2 1–5 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 a 1–1
Bury 1–2 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–3 0–1 4–1 1–2 2–1 1–4
Charlton Athletic 1–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 a 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 3–0
Chesterfield 0–1 3–2 0–1 3–3 1–3 3–1 0–3 1–4 3–1 2–0
Coventry City 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–0
Fleetwood Town 2–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–4 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–0
Gillingham 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 1–1 1–1
Millwall 0–0 0–2 1–1 4–0 a 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–3 2–1
Milton Keynes Dons a 1–2 3–3 1–3 2–3 2–2 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–3 1–1
Northampton Town 0–0 0–1 2–3 3–2 1–1 1–3 3–2 0–1 4–0 2–0
Oldham Athletic 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 2–3 0–2 0–0
Oxford United 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–0
Peterborough United 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 5–1 3–0 2–2 0–2 2–2 1–1
Port Vale 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 2–2 1–0 3–1 2–0
Rochdale 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–3 3–0 4–0 4–0
Scunthorpe United 3–1 0–0 5–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 4–0 4–1
Sheffield United 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 0–1
Shrewsbury Town 2–1 2–3 0–1 2–4 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–3 1–1
Southend United 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–3 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1
Swindon Town 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 3–0 0–2
Walsall 3–1 1–0 3–3 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–4 3–2 0–0

Updated to games played on 29 November 2016.
Source: BBC Sport
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of 27 November 2016[19]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Josh Morris Scunthorpe United 14
2 Billy Sharp Sheffield United 12
Matty Taylor Bristol Rovers
4 James Vaughan Bury 9
Alex Jones Port Vale
6 David Ball Fleetwood Town 8
Erhun Oztumer Walsall
8 Chris Maguire Oxford United 7
Lee Gregory Millwall
Kevin Van Veen Scunthorpe United
Jay Emmanuel-Thomas Gillingham
Aiden O'Brien Millwall
Zach Clough Bolton Wanderers

References

  1. ↑ "#FIXTURERELEASEDAY: EFL SEASON 2016/17 FIXTURES ANNOUNCED!". www.efl.com. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Football Ground Guide". Football Ground Guide. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Neil Lennon: Bolton Wanderers manager leaves by mutual consent".
  4. 1 2 "Phil Parkinson: Bolton Wanderers appoint Bradford City boss as new manager".
  5. ↑ "Jose Riga: Charlton Athletic head coach resigns following Burnley defeat". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 "Chris Wilder: Sheffield United appoint Northampton boss to replace Nigel Adkins". BBC Sport.
  7. 1 2 "Rob Page: Northampton Town appoint Port Vale manager to replace Chris Wilder".
  8. ↑ "Port Vale: Bruno Ribeiro appointed as new manager at League One club".
  9. ↑ "John Sheridan: Oldham Athletic boss joins Notts County on three-year deal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  10. ↑ "Stuart McCall: Bradford City appoint Scotland coach as manager for second time". BBC Sport.
  11. ↑ "Tony Mowbray: Coventry City manager resigns after 18 months in charge". BBC Sport.
  12. ↑ "Micky Mellon named Tranmere Rovers manager after Shrewsbury Town departure". BBC Sport.
  13. ↑ "Paul Hurst: Shrewsbury Town name Grimsby Town boss as new manager". BBC Sport.
  14. ↑ "Karl Robinson: MK Dons boss leaves 'by mutual consent' after six years in charge". BBC Sport.
  15. ↑ "Robbie Nielson: Neilson leaves Hearts for MK". MK Dons.
  16. ↑ "Russell Slade: Charlton Athletic part company with manager". BBC Sport.
  17. ↑ "Karl Robinson: Charlton Athletic name ex-MK Dons boss as new manager". BBC Sport.
  18. ↑ "David Flitcroft: Bury part company with manager after 11-game winless run". BBC Sport.
  19. ↑ "League One Top Scorers". Retrieved 28 February 2016.
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