2015–16 Football League Two
Season | 2015–16 |
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Champions | Northampton Town (4th divisional title) |
Promoted | Northampton Town Oxford United Bristol Rovers AFC Wimbledon |
Relegated | Dagenham & Redbridge York City |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1472 (2.67 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Matty Taylor (27)[1] |
Biggest home win | Cambridge United 7–0 Morecambe[2] |
Biggest away win | Notts County 0–5 Carlisle United[3] |
Highest scoring | Carlisle United 4–4 Cambridge United[4] |
Longest winning run | Northampton Town (10 matches)[5] |
Longest unbeaten run | Northampton Town (24 matches) |
Longest winless run | Yeovil Town (16 matches)[6] |
Longest losing run | Crawley Town (8 matches)[7] |
Highest attendance | Portsmouth 1–2 Northampton Town (18,746)[8] |
Lowest attendance | Morecambe 1–0 Dagenham & Redbridge (1,026)[9] |
← 2014–15
2016–17 →
All statistics correct as of 7 May 2016. |
The 2015–16 Football League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) is the 12th season of the Football League Two under its current title and the 24th season under its current league division format. The season began on 8 August 2015, and will conclude on 7 May 2016.[10]
Twenty-four clubs are participating, eighteen of which remain in League Two having been neither promoted nor relegated at the end of the 2014–15 season. These teams will join Notts County, Crawley Town, Leyton Orient and Yeovil Town, who were relegated from 2014–15 Football League One, and also by Barnet and Bristol Rovers, who were promoted from the 2014–15 Football Conference.
Contents
Changes from last season
Teams
The following teams have changed division since the 2014–15 season.
To League TwoPromoted from Conference Premier Relegated from Football League One |
From League TwoRelegated to National League Promoted to Football League One |
Team overview
Stadia and locations
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Crawley Town | John Gregory | Mutual consent | 9 May 2015[11] | Pre-season | Mark Yates | 19 May 2015[12] |
Leyton Orient | Fabio Liverani | 13 May 2015[13] | Ian Hendon | 28 May 2015[14] | ||
Plymouth Argyle | John Sheridan | 28 May 2015[15] | Derek Adams | 11 June 2015[16] | ||
Stevenage | Graham Westley | End of contract | 31 May 2015[17] | Teddy Sheringham | 21 May 2015[18] | |
Newport County | Terry Butcher | Sacked | 1 October 2015[19] | 24th | John Sheridan | 2 October 2015[20] |
York City | Russ Wilcox | 26 October 2015[21] | 21st | Jackie McNamara | 4 November 2015[22] | |
Cambridge United | Richard Money | 2 November 2015[23] | 18th | Shaun Derry | 12 November 2015[24] | |
Yeovil Town | Paul Sturrock | 1 December 2015[25] | 24th | Darren Way | 31 December 2015[26] | |
Luton Town | John Still | 17 December 2015[27] | 17th | Nathan Jones | 6 January 2016[28] | |
Dagenham & Redbridge | Wayne Burnett | 21 December 2015[29] | 24th | John Still | 31 December 2015[30] | |
Notts County | Ricardo Moniz | 29 December 2015[31] | 15th | Jamie Fullarton | 10 January 2016[32] | |
Newport County | John Sheridan | Signed by Oldham | 13 January 2016[33] | 20th | Warren Feeney | 15 January 2016[34] |
Leyton Orient | Ian Hendon | Sacked | 18 January 2016[35] | 11th | Kevin Nolan | 21 January 2016[36] |
Stevenage | Teddy Sheringham | 1 February 2016[37] | 19th | Darren Sarll | 1 February 2016 | |
Hartlepool United | Ronnie Moore | 10 February 2016[38] | 22nd | Craig Hignett | 11 February 2016[39] | |
Notts County | Jamie Fullarton | 19 March 2016[40] | 19th | Mark Cooper | 20 March 2016[41] | |
Leyton Orient | Kevin Nolan | Demoted from position | 12 April 2016[42] | 11th | Andy Hessenthaler | 12 April 2016 |
Crawley Town | Mark Yates | Sacked | 25 April 2016[43] | 18th | Dermot Drummy | 27 April 2016[44] |
Notts County | Mark Cooper | End of contract | 7 May 2016[45] | 17th |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Northampton Town (C, P) | 46 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 82 | 46 | +36 | 99 | Promotion to Football League One |
2 | Oxford United (P) | 46 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 84 | 41 | +43 | 86 | |
3 | Bristol Rovers (P) | 46 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 77 | 46 | +31 | 85 | |
4 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 74 | 48 | +26 | 85 | Qualification for League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1] |
5 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 72 | 46 | +26 | 81 | |
6 | Portsmouth | 46 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 75 | 44 | +31 | 78 | |
7 | AFC Wimbledon (O, P) | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 64 | 50 | +14 | 75 | |
8 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 60 | 61 | −1 | 69 | |
9 | Cambridge United | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 66 | 55 | +11 | 68 | |
10 | Carlisle United | 46 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 67 | 62 | +5 | 67 | |
11 | Luton Town | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 63 | 61 | +2 | 66 | |
12 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 61 | 53 | +8 | 64 | |
13 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 64 | |
14 | Exeter City | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 63 | 65 | −2 | 64 | |
15 | Barnet | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 67 | 68 | −1 | 62 | |
16 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 49 | 72 | −23 | 51 | |
17 | Notts County | 46 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 54 | 83 | −29 | 51 | |
18 | Stevenage | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 52 | 67 | −15 | 48 | |
19 | Yeovil Town | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 48 | |
20 | Crawley Town | 46 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 45 | 78 | −33 | 47 | |
21 | Morecambe | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 69 | 91 | −22 | 46 | |
22 | Newport County | 46 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 43 | 64 | −21 | 43 | |
23 | Dagenham & Redbridge (R) | 46 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 46 | 81 | −35 | 34 | Relegation to the National League |
24 | York City (R) | 46 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 51 | 87 | −36 | 34 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
- ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.
Play-offs
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Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
4 | Accrington Stanley | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
7 | AFC Wimbledon | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
7 | AFC Wimbledon | 2 | ||||||||
5 | Plymouth Argyle | 0 | ||||||||
5 | Plymouth Argyle | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
6 | Portsmouth | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Results
Home ╲ Away | ACC | WIM | BAR | BRO | CAM | CRL | CRA | D&R | EXE | HAR | LEY | LUT | MAN | MOR | NPC | NOR | NTC | OXF | PLY | POR | STE | WYC | YEO | YOR |
Accrington Stanley | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
AFC Wimbledon | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | |
Barnet | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 3–1 | |
Bristol Rovers | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
Cambridge United | 2–3 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | |
Carlisle United | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 4–4 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | |
Crawley Town | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
Dagenham & Redbridge | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
Exeter City | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | |
Hartlepool United | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
Leyton Orient | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |
Luton Town | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
Mansfield Town | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
Morecambe | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
Newport County | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | |
Northampton Town | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
Notts County | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
Oxford United | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
Plymouth Argyle | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
Portsmouth | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 6–0 | |
Stevenage | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |
Wycombe Wanderers | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
Yeovil Town | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
York City | 1–5 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
Updated to games played on 7 May 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
Source: BBC Sport
Correct as of 7 May 2016
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Matty Taylor | Bristol Rovers | 27 |
2 | Jay Simpson | Leyton Orient | 25 |
3 | John Akinde | Barnet | 23 |
4 | Lyle Taylor | AFC Wimbledon | 20 |
5 | Kemar Roofe | Oxford United | 18 |
6 | Billy Kee | Accrington Stanley | 17 |
7 | Matt Green | Mansfield Town | 16 |
8 | Jabo Ibehre | Carlisle United | 15 |
Shaun Miller | Morecambe | ||
Marc Richards | Northampton Town | ||
Josh Windass | Accrington Stanley |
Monthly Awards
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Reference | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
August | Ian Hendon | Leyton Orient | Dean Cox | Leyton Orient | [46][47] |
September | John Coleman | Accrington Stanley | Michael Gash | Barnet | [48][49] |
October | Derek Adams | Plymouth Argyle | Shaun Miller | Morecambe | [50][51] |
November | Chris Wilder | Northampton Town | Jay Simpson | Leyton Orient | [52][53] |
December | Shaun Derry | Cambridge United | Gareth Evans | Portsmouth | [54][55] |
January | Chris Wilder | Northampton Town | Ricky Holmes | Northampton Town | [56][57] |
February | Chris Wilder | Northampton Town | Bradley Fewster | York City | [58][59] |
March | Darrell Clarke | Bristol Rovers | Matty Taylor | Bristol Rovers | [60][61] |
April | Neal Ardley | AFC Wimbledon | Tarique Fosu | Accrington Stanley | [62][63] |
Notes
- ↑ Newport County's current safety certificate allows a maximum attendance of 7,850 for football matches
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