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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 | Keith Hill[12] | End of contract | 12 June 2020 | Pre-season | Ian Evatt[13] | 1 July 2020 |
Southend United | Sol Campbell[14] | Mutual consent | 30 June 2020 | Mark Molesley[15] | 13 August 2020 | |
Barrow | Ian Evatt[13] | Signed by Bolton Wanderers | 1 July 2020 | David Dunn[16] | 9 July 2020 | |
Tranmere Rovers | Micky Mellon[17] | Signed by Dundee United | 6 July 2020 | Mike Jackson[18] | 18 July 2020 | |
Colchester United | John McGreal[19] | Sacked | 14 July 2020 | Steve Ball[20] | 28 July 2020 | |
Oldham Athletic | Dino Maamria[21] | 31 July 2020 | Harry Kewell[22] | 1 August 2020 | ||
Scunthorpe United | Russ Wilcox[23] | End of caretaker spell | 7 August 2020 | Neil Cox[24] | 7 August 2020 | |
Salford City | Graham Alexander[25] | Sacked | 12 October 2020 | 5th | Richie Wellens[26] | 4 November 2020 |
Mansfield Town | Graham Coughlan[27] | 27 October 2020 | 22nd | Nigel Clough[28] | 6 November 2020 | |
Tranmere Rovers | Mike Jackson[29] | 31 October 2020 | 18th | Keith Hill[30] | 21 November 2020 | |
Bradford City | Stuart McCall[31] | 13 December 2020 | 22nd | Mark Trueman Conor Sellars[32] |
22 February 2021 | |
Barrow | David Dunn[33] | 21st | Michael Jolley[34] | 23 December 2020 | ||
Grimsby Town | Ian Holloway[35] | Resigned | 23 December 2020 | 20th | Paul Hurst[36] | 30 December 2020 |
Port Vale | John Askey[37] | Sacked | 4 January 2021 | 17th | Darrell Clarke[38] | 15 February 2021 |
Walsall | Darrell Clarke | Signed by Port Vale[39] | 15 February 2021 | 11th | Brian Dutton[39] | 15 February 2021 |
Barrow | Michael Jolley | Sacked | 21 February 2021 | 23rd | Rob Kelly (Caretaker)[40] | 21 February 2021 |
Colchester United | Steve Ball | 24 February 2021 | 21st | Wayne Brown (Caretaker)[41] | 24 February 2021 | |
Leyton Orient | Ross Embleton[42] | 27 February 2021 | 14th | Jobi McAnuff (Caretaker)[43] | 28 February 2021 | |
Oldham Athletic | Harry Kewell[44] | 7 March 2021 | 16th | Keith Curle[45] | 8 March 2021 | |
Salford City | Richie Wellens[46] | Mutual consent | 22 March 2021 | 9th | Gary Bowyer[47] | 23 March 2021 |
Colchester United | Wayne Brown (Caretaker)[41] | End of caretaker spell | 31 March 2021 | 21st | Hayden Mullins (Caretaker)[48] | 31 March 2021 |
Southend United | Mark Molesley[49] | Mutual consent | 9 April 2021 | 23rd | Phil Brown[50] | 9 April 2021 |
Forest Green Rovers | Mark Cooper[51] | Sacked | 11 April 2021 | 6th | Jimmy Ball (interim)[51] | 11 April 2021 |
Tranmere Rovers | Keith Hill[52] | Sacked | 11 May 2021 | 7th | Ian Dawes[52] (caretaker) | 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 9' | Report | Vaughan 53' |
Forest Green Rovers | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | Newport County |
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Adams 7' Aaron Collins 8' Cadden 53' Matt 87' |
Report | Ellison 70' Labadie 77' Maynard 119' |
Final
Morecambe | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Newport County |
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Mendes Gomes 107' (pen.) | 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 | Paul Mullin | Cambridge United | 32 |
2 | Eoin Doyle | Bolton Wanderers | 19 |
3 | Matt Jay | Exeter City | 18 |
James Vaughan | Tranmere Rovers | ||
5 | Ian Henderson | Salford City | 17 |
Danny Johnson | Leyton Orient | ||
Conor McAleny | Oldham Athletic | ||
8 | Jamille Matt | Forest Green Rovers | 16 |
9 | Carlos Mendes Gomes | Morecambe | 15 |
Jack Muldoon | Harrogate Town | ||
Scott Quigley | 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 | Paul Mullin[67] | Cambridge United |
EFL League Two Team of the season
Pos. | Player | Club | Ref. |
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GK | Václav Hladký | Salford City | [67][68] |
DF | Kyle Knoyle | Cambridge United | |
DF | Will Boyle | Cheltenham Town | |
DF | Jordan Tunnicliffe | Crawley Town | |
DF | Ibou Touray | Salford City | |
MF | David Worrall | Port Vale | |
MF | Antoni Sarcevic | Bolton Wanderers | |
MF | Wes Hoolahan | Cambridge United | |
MF | Chris Hussey | Cheltenham Town | |
FW | Matt Jay | Exeter City | |
FW | Paul Mullin | Cambridge United | |
Manager | Michael Duff | Cheltenham Town |
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