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The 2020–21 EFL League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 17th season of Football League Two under its current title and the 29th season under its current league division format.[1][2]
Season | 2020–21 |
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Dates | 12 September 2020 – 8 May 2021 |
Champions | Cheltenham Town |
Promoted | Cheltenham Town Cambridge United Bolton Wanderers Morecambe |
Relegated | Southend United Grimsby Town |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,303 (2.36 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Paul Mullin (32 goals) |
Biggest home win | Tranmere Rovers 5–0 Grimsby Town (21 November 2020) Exeter City 6–1 Colchester United (24 November 2020) Exeter City 5–0 Tranmere Rovers (12 December 2020) |
Biggest away win | Morecambe 0–5 Cambridge United (19 September 2020) Scunthorpe United 0–5 Cambridge United (17 October 2020) |
Highest scoring | Bolton Wanderers 3–6 Port Vale (5 December 2020) Harrogate Town 5–4 Cambridge United (30 April 2021) |
Longest winning run | Bolton Wanderers Port Vale (6 games) |
Longest unbeaten run | Bolton Wanderers (14 games) |
Longest winless run | Colchester United Walsall (14 games) |
Longest losing run | Southend United (6 games) |
← 2019–20 2021–22 → |
The following teams have changed divisions since the 2019–20 season.
Promoted from National League
Relegated from League One
Promoted to League One
Relegated to National League
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Bolton Wanderers | ![]() |
End of contract | 12 June 2020 | Pre-season | ![]() |
1 July 2020 |
Southend United | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 30 June 2020 | ![]() |
13 August 2020 | |
Barrow | ![]() |
Signed by Bolton Wanderers | 1 July 2020 | ![]() |
9 July 2020 | |
Tranmere Rovers | ![]() |
Signed by Dundee United | 6 July 2020 | ![]() |
18 July 2020 | |
Colchester United | ![]() |
Sacked | 14 July 2020 | ![]() |
28 July 2020 | |
Oldham Athletic | ![]() |
31 July 2020 | ![]() |
1 August 2020 | ||
Scunthorpe United | ![]() |
End of caretaker spell | 7 August 2020 | ![]() |
7 August 2020 | |
Salford City | ![]() |
Sacked | 12 October 2020 | 5th | ![]() |
4 November 2020 |
Mansfield Town | ![]() |
27 October 2020 | 22nd | ![]() |
6 November 2020 | |
Tranmere Rovers | ![]() |
31 October 2020 | 18th | ![]() |
21 November 2020 | |
Bradford City | ![]() |
13 December 2020 | 22nd | ![]() ![]() |
22 February 2021 | |
Barrow | ![]() |
21st | ![]() |
23 December 2020 | ||
Grimsby Town | ![]() |
Resigned | 23 December 2020 | 20th | ![]() |
30 December 2020 |
Port Vale | ![]() |
Sacked | 4 January 2021 | 17th | ![]() |
15 February 2021 |
Walsall | ![]() |
Signed by Port Vale[39] | 15 February 2021 | 11th | ![]() |
15 February 2021 |
Barrow | ![]() |
Sacked | 21 February 2021 | 23rd | ![]() |
21 February 2021 |
Colchester United | ![]() |
24 February 2021 | 21st | ![]() |
24 February 2021 | |
Leyton Orient | ![]() |
27 February 2021 | 14th | ![]() |
28 February 2021 | |
Oldham Athletic | ![]() |
7 March 2021 | 16th | ![]() |
8 March 2021 | |
Salford City | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 22 March 2021 | 9th | ![]() |
23 March 2021 |
Colchester United | ![]() |
End of caretaker spell | 31 March 2021 | 21st | ![]() |
31 March 2021 |
Southend United | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 9 April 2021 | 23rd | ![]() |
9 April 2021 |
Forest Green Rovers | ![]() |
Sacked | 11 April 2021 | 6th | ![]() |
11 April 2021 |
Tranmere Rovers | ![]() |
Sacked | 11 May 2021 | 7th | ![]() |
11 May 2021 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Cheltenham Town (C, P) | 46 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 61 | 39 | +22 | 82 | Promotion to the EFL League One |
2 | Cambridge United (P) | 46 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 73 | 49 | +24 | 80 | |
3 | Bolton Wanderers (P) | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 59 | 50 | +9 | 79 | |
4 | Morecambe (O, P) | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 69 | 58 | +11 | 78 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
5 | Newport County | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 73 | |
6 | Forest Green Rovers | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 59 | 51 | +8 | 73 | |
7 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 73 | |
8 | Salford City | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 71 | |
9 | Exeter City | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 71 | 50 | +21 | 70 | |
10 | Carlisle United | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 66 | |
11 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 53 | 55 | −2 | 61 | |
12 | Crawley Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 56 | 62 | −6 | 61 | |
13 | Port Vale | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 60 | |
14 | Stevenage | 46 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 60 | |
15 | Bradford City | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 59 | |
16 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 57 | 55 | +2 | 58 | |
17 | Harrogate Town | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 52 | 61 | −9 | 57 | |
18 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 72 | 81 | −9 | 54 | |
19 | Walsall | 46 | 11 | 20 | 15 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 53 | |
20 | Colchester United | 46 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 44 | 61 | −17 | 51 | |
21 | Barrow | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 53 | 59 | −6 | 50 | |
22 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 41 | 64 | −23 | 48 | |
23 | Southend United (R) | 46 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 29 | 58 | −29 | 45 | Relegation to National League |
24 | Grimsby Town (R) | 46 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 37 | 69 | −32 | 43 |
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
4 | Morecambe | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
7 | Tranmere Rovers | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
4 | Morecambe | 1 | |||||||||
5 | Newport County | 0 | |||||||||
5 | Newport County | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||
6 | Forest Green Rovers | 0 | 4 | 4 |
First leg
Tranmere Rovers | 1–2 | Morecambe |
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Report |
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Second leg
Morecambe | 1–1 | Tranmere Rovers |
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Wildig ![]() |
Report | Vaughan ![]() |
Forest Green Rovers | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | Newport County |
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Adams ![]() Aaron Collins ![]() Cadden ![]() Matt ![]() |
Report | Ellison ![]() Labadie ![]() Maynard ![]() |
Final
Morecambe | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Newport County |
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Mendes Gomes ![]() |
Report |
Home \ Away | BRW | BOL | BRA | CAM | CAR | CHE | COL | CRA | EXE | FOR | GRI | HAR | LEY | MAN | MOR | NEW | OLD | POR | SAL | SCU | SOU | STE | TRA | WAL |
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Barrow | — | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
Bolton Wanderers | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–6 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
Bradford City | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
Cambridge United | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
Carlisle United | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
Cheltenham Town | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 |
Colchester United | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
Crawley Town | 4–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
Exeter City | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 |
Forest Green Rovers | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
Grimsby Town | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
Harrogate Town | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
Leyton Orient | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
Mansfield Town | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
Morecambe | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–3 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
Newport County | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
Oldham Athletic | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–2 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
Port Vale | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 1–3 |
Salford City | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
Scunthorpe United | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
Southend United | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
Stevenage | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 |
Tranmere Rovers | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–3 |
Walsall | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Cambridge United | 32 |
2 | ![]() |
Bolton Wanderers | 19 |
3 | ![]() |
Exeter City | 18 |
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Tranmere Rovers | ||
5 | ![]() |
Salford City | 17 |
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Leyton Orient | ||
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Oldham Athletic | ||
8 | ![]() |
Forest Green Rovers | 16 |
9 | ![]() |
Morecambe | 15 |
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Harrogate Town | ||
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Barrow | ||
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
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Paul Mullin | Cambridge United | Morecambe | 5–0 | 19 September 2020 | [55] |
Ian Henderson | Salford City | Grimsby Town | 4–0 | 19 September 2020 | [56] |
Jamille Matt | Forest Green Rovers | Scunthorpe United | 4–1 | 10 October 2020 | [57] |
Paul Mullin | Cambridge United | Port Vale | 3–1 | 20 October 2020 | [58] |
Jevani Brown | Colchester United | Stevenage | 3–1 | 3 November 2020 | [59] |
Danny Johnson | Leyton Orient | Harrogate Town | 3–0 | 21 November 2020 | [60] |
Ryan Bowman | Exeter City | Colchester United | 6–1 | 24 November 2020 | [61] |
Ryan Bowman | Exeter City | Tranmere Rovers | 5–0 | 12 December 2020 | [62] |
Max Watters | Crawley Town | Barrow | 4–2 | 12 December 2020 | [63] |
Jordan Bowery | Mansfield Town | Port Vale | 4–0 | 2 January 2021 | [64] |
Matt Jay | Exeter City | Leyton Orient | 4–0 | 6 March 2021 | [65] |
Brendan Kiernan | Harrogate Town | Cambridge United | 5–4 | 30 April 2021 | [66] |
Award | Winner | Club |
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Player of the Season | ![]() |
Cambridge United |
EFL League Two Team of the season
Pos. | Player | Club | Ref. |
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GK | ![]() |
Salford City | [67][68] |
DF | ![]() |
Cambridge United | |
DF | ![]() |
Cheltenham Town | |
DF | ![]() |
Crawley Town | |
DF | ![]() |
Salford City | |
MF | ![]() |
Port Vale | |
MF | ![]() |
Bolton Wanderers | |
MF | ![]() |
Cambridge United | |
MF | ![]() |
Cheltenham Town | |
FW | ![]() |
Exeter City | |
FW | ![]() |
Cambridge United | |
Manager | ![]() |
Cheltenham Town |
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