2016–17 EFL League Two

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

EFL League Two
Season2016–17
ChampionsPortsmouth
PromotedPortsmouth
Plymouth Argyle
Doncaster Rovers
Blackpool
RelegatedHartlepool United
Leyton Orient
Matches played557
Goals scored1,490 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorerJohn Akinde
John Marquis
(26 goals each)
Biggest home winStevenage 6–1 Hartlepool
Yeovil 5–0 Crawley
Crewe 5–0 Grimsby
Accrington 5–0 Leyton Orient
Plymouth 6–1 Newport County
Portsmouth 6–1 Cheltenham
Biggest away winHartlepool 0–5 Cambridge
Longest winning run7 matches
(Exeter City)
Longest unbeaten run15 matches
(Accrington Stanley,
Carlisle United)
Longest winless run13 matches
(Notts County)
Longest losing run10 matches
(Notts County)
Highest attendancePortsmouth 1–1 Plymouth Argyle (18,644)
Average attendance4,751
All statistics correct as of 28 May 2017.

Team changes

To League Two

Promoted from National League

Relegated from League One

From League Two

Promoted to League One

Relegated to National League

Teams
Locations of the 2016–17 Football League Two teams
Club Location Stadium Capacity[14]
Accrington StanleyAccringtonCrown Ground5,057
BarnetLondon (Edgware)The Hive Stadium6,418
BlackpoolBlackpoolBloomfield Road16,750
Cambridge UnitedCambridgeAbbey Stadium8,127
Carlisle UnitedCarlisleBrunton Park17,149
Cheltenham TownCheltenhamWhaddon Road7,066
Colchester UnitedColchesterColchester Community Stadium10,105
Crawley TownCrawleyBroadfield Stadium5,996
Crewe AlexandraCreweGresty Road10,180
Doncaster RoversDoncasterKeepmoat Stadium15,231
Exeter CityExeterSt James Park8,830
Grimsby TownCleethorpesBlundell Park9,052
Hartlepool UnitedHartlepoolVictoria Park7,833
Leyton OrientLondon (Leyton)Brisbane Road9,271
Luton TownLutonKenilworth Road10,226
Mansfield TownMansfieldField Mill9,846
MorecambeMorecambeGlobe Arena6,476
Newport CountyNewportRodney Parade7,850
Notts CountyNottinghamMeadow Lane19,588
Plymouth ArgylePlymouthHome Park17,441
PortsmouthPortsmouthFratton Park21,100
StevenageStevenageBroadhall Way6,722
Wycombe WanderersHigh WycombeAdams Park10,300
Yeovil TownYeovilHuish Park9,665

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Blackpool Neil McDonald Sacked 18 May 2016[15] Pre-season Gary Bowyer 1 June 2016[16]
Leyton Orient Andy Hessenthaler 26 September 2016[17] 14th Alberto Cavasin 2 October 2016[18]
Newport County Warren Feeney 28 September 2016[19] 24th Graham Westley 10 October 2016[20]
Grimsby Town Paul Hurst Hired by Shrewsbury Town 24 October 2016[21] 8th Marcus Bignot 7 November 2016[22]
Mansfield Town Adam Murray Resigned 14 November 2016[23] 18th Steve Evans 16 November 2016[24]
Leyton Orient Alberto Cavasin Sacked 23 November 2016[25] 22nd Andy Edwards 23 November 2016[26]
Barnet Martin Allen Hired by Eastleigh 1 December 2016[27] 8th Kevin Nugent 15 February 2017[28]
Notts County John Sheridan Sacked 2 January 2017[29] 22nd Kevin Nolan 12 January 2017[30]
Crewe Alexandra Steve Davis 8 January 2017[31] 18th David Artell 8 January 2017[31]
Hartlepool United Craig Hignett Mutual consent 15 January 2017[32] 19th Dave Jones 18 January 2017[33]
Leyton Orient Andy Edwards Hired by the Football Association 29 January 2017[34] 23rd Danny Webb 29 January 2017[34]
Newport County Graham Westley Sacked 9 March 2017[35] 24th Mike Flynn 9 May 2017[36]
Leyton Orient Danny Webb Resigned 30 March 2017[37] 24th Steve Davis 10 July 2017[38]
Grimsby Town Marcus Bignot Sacked 10 April 2017[39] 14th Russell Slade 12 April 2017[40]
Barnet Kevin Nugent 15 April 2017[41] 16th Rossi Eames 19 May 2017[42]
Hartlepool United Dave Jones 24 April 2017[43] 23rd Craig Harrison 26 May 2017[44]
Crawley Town Dermot Drummy Mutual consent 4 May 2017[45] 21st Harry Kewell 23 May 2017[46]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Portsmouth (C, P) 46 26 9 11 79 40 +39 87 Promotion to EFL League One
2 Plymouth Argyle (P) 46 26 9 11 71 46 +25 87
3 Doncaster Rovers (P) 46 25 10 11 85 55 +30 85
4 Luton Town 46 20 17 9 70 43 +27 77 Qualification for League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5 Exeter City 46 21 8 17 75 56 +19 71
6 Carlisle United 46 18 17 11 69 68 +1 71
7 Blackpool (O, P) 46 18 16 12 69 46 +23 70
8 Colchester United 46 19 12 15 67 57 +10 69
9 Wycombe Wanderers 46 19 12 15 58 53 +5 69
10 Stevenage 46 20 7 19 67 63 +4 67
11 Cambridge United 46 19 9 18 58 50 +8 66
12 Mansfield Town 46 17 15 14 54 50 +4 66
13 Accrington Stanley 46 17 14 15 59 56 +3 65
14 Grimsby Town 46 17 11 18 59 63 −4 62
15 Barnet 46 14 15 17 57 64 −7 57
16 Notts County 46 16 8 22 54 76 −22 56
17 Crewe Alexandra 46 14 13 19 58 67 −9 55
18 Morecambe 46 14 10 22 53 73 −20 52
19 Crawley Town 46 13 12 21 53 71 −18 51
20 Yeovil Town 46 11 17 18 49 64 −15 50
21 Cheltenham Town 46 12 14 20 49 69 −20 50
22 Newport County 46 12 12 22 51 73 −22 48
23 Hartlepool United (R) 46 11 13 22 54 75 −21 46 Relegation to the National League
24 Leyton Orient (R) 46 10 6 30 47 87 −40 36
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2017. 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 EFL League One

Play-offs
See also: 2017 English Football League play-offs
  Semifinals Final
                     
4 Luton Town 2 3 5  
7 Blackpool 3 3 6  
    7 Blackpool 2
  5 Exeter City 1
5 Exeter City 3 3 6
6 Carlisle United 3 2 5  

Results
Home \ Away ACC BAR BLP CAM CRL CHL COL CRA CRE DON EXE GRI HAR LEY LUT MAN MOR NPC NTC PLY POR STE WYC YEO
Accrington Stanley 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 3–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 5–0 1–4 1–1 2–3 1–3 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–1
Barnet 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–3 1–4 3–1 3–2 0–0 0–1 0–2 2–2 0–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 2–2
Blackpool 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 4–2 2–0 1–3 2–1 3–1 0–2 0–1 3–1 4–1 4–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–2
Cambridge United 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–3 1–0 0–1 0–1 3–0 0–3 1–3 1–2 3–2 4–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–0
Carlisle United 1–1 1–1 1–4 0–3 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–2 2–1 3–2 1–3 3–2 2–2 0–0 5–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–0 2–1
Cheltenham Town 3–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–3 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–0
Colchester United 1–2 2–1 3–2 2–0 4–1 2–0 2–3 4–0 1–1 2–3 3–2 2–1 0–3 2–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–4 4–0 1–0 2–0
Crawley Town 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 3–3 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–2 3–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–2 1–3 3–1 1–3 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–0
Crewe Alexandra 0–1 4–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–1 2–0 5–0 3–3 3–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–1
Doncaster Rovers 2–2 3–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 4–1
Exeter City 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–3 3–0 3–0 0–1 4–0 1–3 0–0 1–2 4–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 4–2 3–3
Grimsby Town 2–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–5 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 5–2 1–2 4–2
Hartlepool United 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–5 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 3–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1
Leyton Orient 1–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–3 3–2 0–2 1–4 0–1 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–3 0–2 0–1 3–0 0–2 0–1
Luton Town 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–3 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 0–2 4–1 1–1
Mansfield Town 4–4 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 4–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0
Morecambe 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–3 1–2 1–1 2–3 0–0 1–5 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–3 0–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–3
Newport County 1–0 2–2 1–3 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–4 0–0 3–1 0–4 1–1 2–3 1–1 2–1 1–3 2–3 0–2 0–1 1–0
Notts County 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–3 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–3 1–2 1–3 1–1 0–2 0–0
Plymouth Argyle 0–1 0–2 0–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 0–3 1–1 2–3 0–3 2–0 1–0 6–1 0–1 2–2 4–2 3–3 4–1
Portsmouth 2–0 5–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 6–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 4–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 4–2 3–1
Stevenage 0–3 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–4 2–1 1–2 3–4 0–2 2–0 6–1 4–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 3–0 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–2
Wycombe Wanderers 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–3 0–2 1–2 5–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1
Yeovil Town 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 0–2 4–2 2–1 5–0 3–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–4 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2017. Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Source: BBC Sport
Correct as of 28 May 2017

Rank Player Club Goals
1 John Akinde Barnet 26
John Marquis Doncaster Rovers
3 Danny Hylton Luton Town 22
4 Matt Godden Stevenage 20
James Collins Crawley Town
6 Omar Bogle Grimsby Town 19
David Wheeler Exeter City
8 Luke Berry Cambridge United 17
9 Chris Porter Colchester United 16
10 Ollie Watkins Exeter City 15

Monthly Awards
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
Manager Club Player Club
August Jim Bentley Morecambe James Coppinger Doncaster Rovers [47][48]
September Derek Adams Plymouth Argyle Jon Stead Notts County [49][50]
October Keith Curle Carlisle United Jason Kennedy Carlisle United [51][52]
November Gareth Ainsworth Wycombe Wanderers Omar Bogle Grimsby Town [53][54]
December John McGreal Colchester United Scott Kashket Wycombe Wanderers [55][56]
January Darren Ferguson Doncaster Rovers Ollie Watkins Exeter City [57][58]
February Darren Sarll Stevenage Matt Godden Stevenage [59][60]
March John Coleman Accrington Stanley Shay McCartan Accrington Stanley [61][62]
April Paul Cook Portsmouth Mickey Demetriou Newport County [63][64]

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