2020–21 EFL League Two

The 2020–21 EFL League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) is the 17th season of Football League Two under its current title and the 29th season under its current league division format.[1][2]

EFL League Two
Season2020–21
Dates12 September 2020 – 8 May 2021
Top goalscorerPaul Mullin (18 goals)
Biggest home winTranmere 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 winMorecambe 0–5 Cambridge United
(19 September 2020) Scunthorpe United 0–5 Cambridge United
(17 October 2020)
Highest scoringBolton Wanderers 3–6 Port Vale
(5 December 2020)
Longest winning run5 matches
Mansfield Town
Newport County
Tranmere Rovers
2021–22 →

Team changes
A socially distanced crowd at Wetherby Road in December 2020.

The following teams have changed divisions since the 2019–20 season.

  1. Stevenage originally finished 24th in the 2019–20 EFL League Two table, but after 17 points were deducted against Macclesfield Town, Macclesfield slipped to 24th, and Stevenage were granted a reprieve from relegation.[lower-alpha 2]
  2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53744939

Stadiums
Locations of the 2020–21 EFL League Two teams
Greater Manchester League Two football clubs


Team Location Stadium Capacity
BarrowBarrow-in-FurnessHolker Street5,045
Bolton WanderersBoltonUniversity of Bolton Stadium28,723
Bradford CityBradfordValley Parade25,136
Cambridge UnitedCambridgeAbbey Stadium8,127
Carlisle UnitedCarlisleBrunton Park18,202
Cheltenham TownCheltenhamWhaddon Road7,066
Colchester UnitedColchesterColchester Community Stadium10,105
Crawley TownCrawleyBroadfield Stadium5,996
Exeter CityExeterSt. James Park8,696
Forest Green RoversNailsworthThe New Lawn5,147
Grimsby TownCleethorpesBlundell Park9,052
Harrogate TownHarrogateWetherby Road[lower-alpha 1]5,000
Leyton Orient London (Leyton)Brisbane Road9,271
Mansfield TownMansfieldField Mill10,000
MorecambeMorecambeGlobe Arena6,476
Newport CountyNewportRodney Parade7,850
Oldham AthleticOldhamBoundary Park13,512
Port ValeStoke-On-TrentVale Park19,052
Salford CitySalfordMoor Lane5,108
Scunthorpe UnitedScunthorpeGlanford Park9,088
Southend UnitedSouthend-on-SeaRoots Hall12,392
StevenageStevenageBroadhall Way7,800
Tranmere RoversBirkenheadPrenton Park16,789
WalsallWalsallBescot Stadium11,300
  1. Harrogate Town will begin the season at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster.[lower-alpha 2]
  2. "Harrogate Town: Doncaster Rovers groundshare for EFL newcomers". BBC Sport. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

Personnel and sponsoring
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Barrow Michael Jolley Lewis Hardcastle Joma JF Hornby & Co.
Bolton Wanderers Ian Evatt Antoni Sarcevic Macron Home Bargains
Bradford City Mark Trueman and [3]
Conor Sellars (caretakers)		 Richard O'Donnell Avec Sport JCT600
Cambridge United Mark Bonner Greg Taylor Hummel Mick George
Carlisle United Chris Beech Nick Anderton Erreà Edinburgh Woollen Mill
Cheltenham Town Michael Duff Ben Tozer Erreà Mira Showers[4]
Colchester United Steve Ball Harry Pell Macron Texo Scaffolding (Home)
JobServe (Away / Third)
Crawley Town John Yems George Francomb[5] Erreà The People's Pension
Exeter City Matt Taylor Jake Taylor Joma Carpetright
Forest Green Rovers Mark Cooper Chris Stokes PlayerLayer[6] Ecotricity
Grimsby Town Paul Hurst James McKeown Erreà Young's Seafood
Harrogate Town Simon Weaver Josh Falkingham New Balance Strata
Leyton Orient Ross Embleton Jobi McAnuff New Balance Multiple charities[note 1]
Mansfield Town Nigel Clough Ollie Clarke Surridge One Call
Morecambe Derek Adams Sam Lavelle Macron Annapurna Recruitment[8]
Newport County Michael Flynn Joss Labadie Hummel Home: Alzheimer's Society Cymru[9]
Away: PureVans[10]
Third: ExilesPicks[11]
Oldham Athletic Harry Kewell Carl Piergianni[12] Hummel Wakelet
Port Vale Danny Pugh (caretakers) Tom Conlon Erreà Synectics Solutions
Salford City Richie Wellens Ashley Eastham Kappa TalkTalk
Scunthorpe United Neil Cox Jordan Clarke Macron Utilita Energy
Southend United Mark Molesley Nathan Ralph Hummel Watchlotto
Stevenage Alex Revell Scott Cuthbert Macron Burger King
Tranmere Rovers Keith Hill Scott Davies Puma Essar
Walsall Darrell Clarke James Clarke Erreà HomeServe
  1. Tottenham Hotspur player Harry Kane, who played for Leyton Orient early in his career, bought the club's shirt sponsorship for the 2020–21 season. Each of the team's shirts will feature a different message or charity chosen by Kane: "Thank You Frontline Workers" (home shirt), Haven House Children's Hospice (away shirt), and Mind (third shirt).[7]

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Bolton Wanderers Keith Hill[13] End of contract 12 June 2020 Pre-season Ian Evatt[14] 1 July 2020
Southend United Sol Campbell[15] Mutual consent 30 June 2020 Mark Molesley[16] 13 August 2020
Barrow Ian Evatt[14] Signed by Bolton Wanderers 1 July 2020 David Dunn[17] 9 July 2020
Tranmere Rovers Micky Mellon[18] Signed by Dundee United 6 July 2020 Mike Jackson[19] 18 July 2020
Colchester United John McGreal[20] Sacked 14 July 2020 Steve Ball[21] 28 July 2020
Oldham Athletic Dino Maamria[22] 31 July 2020 Harry Kewell[23] 1 August 2020
Scunthorpe United Russ Wilcox[24] End of caretaker spell 7 August 2020 Neil Cox[25] 7 August 2020
Salford City Graham Alexander[26] Sacked 12 October 2020 5th Richie Wellens[27] 4 November 2020
Mansfield Town Graham Coughlan[28] 27 October 2020 22nd Nigel Clough[29] 6 November 2020
Tranmere Rovers Mike Jackson[30] 31 October 2020 18th Keith Hill[31] 21 November 2020
Bradford City Stuart McCall[32] 13 December 2020 22nd Mark Trueman
Conor Sellars[33]		 28 December 2020
Barrow David Dunn[34] 21st Michael Jolley[35] 23 December 2020
Grimsby Town Ian Holloway[36] Resigned 23 December 2020 20th Paul Hurst[37] 30 December 2020
Port Vale John Askey[38] Sacked 4 January 2021 17th Danny Pugh 4 January 2021

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Cambridge United 26 13 6 7 41 24 +17 45 Promotion to the EFL League One
2 Forest Green Rovers 26 12 9 5 33 23 +10 45
3 Carlisle United 23 13 3 7 34 22 +12 42
4 Cheltenham Town 25 11 8 6 34 23 +11 41 Qualification for League Two play-offs
5 Tranmere Rovers 25 12 5 8 32 30 +2 41
6 Morecambe 25 12 5 8 33 34 −1 41
7 Newport County 24 11 7 6 35 27 +8 40
8 Exeter City 25 10 9 6 45 31 +14 39
9 Salford City 25 10 8 7 32 21 +11 38
10 Leyton Orient 26 11 4 11 34 29 +5 37
11 Crawley Town 24 9 8 7 35 31 +4 35
12 Walsall 25 8 11 6 32 33 −1 35
13 Oldham Athletic 26 10 4 12 41 46 −5 34
14 Mansfield Town 24 7 11 6 32 30 +2 32
15 Port Vale 27 9 5 13 39 40 −1 32
16 Scunthorpe United 26 10 2 14 28 34 −6 32
17 Bradford City 24 8 7 9 25 27 −2 31
18 Colchester United 25 7 10 8 28 34 −6 31
19 Bolton Wanderers 25 8 7 10 30 37 −7 31
20 Harrogate Town 25 8 6 11 28 32 −4 30
21 Stevenage 25 5 10 10 19 27 −8 25
22 Barrow 24 5 8 11 31 34 −3 23
23 Grimsby Town 26 5 6 15 20 45 −25 21 Relegation to National League
24 Southend United 26 5 5 16 17 44 −27 20
Updated to match(es) played on 2 February 2021. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[39]

Results
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
Barrow — 3–3 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–4 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2
Bolton Wanderers — 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 3–6 2–0 3–0 0–3
Bradford City 2–1 — 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–3 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–1
Cambridge United 1–1 1–1 0–0 — 3–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–0
Carlisle United 1–0 3–3 — 1–2 3–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 4–0
Cheltenham Town 0–1 1–1 — 2–0 5–3 2–1 1–3 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–0
Colchester United 2–0 1–1 0–0 — 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–3 0–1 a 3–1
Crawley Town 4–2 1–1 2–1 0–3 — 1–2 0–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 4–0
Exeter City 1–1 2–0 1–0 a 6–1 2–1 — 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 0–2 3–1 3–1 5–0
Forest Green Rovers 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 a — 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1
Grimsby Town 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–4 — 1–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–4 1–0 0–0 1–2
Harrogate Town 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 — 2–1 0–1 2–5 0–0 0–1 2–2
Leyton Orient 4–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–3 3–0 — 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–0
Mansfield Town 2–4 1–3 1–1 3–3 1–2 0–1 — 4–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1
Morecambe 1–0 0–5 3–0 2–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 — 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1
Newport County 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 — 2–4 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1
Oldham Athletic 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 1–2 0–1 2–3 2–3 3–2 — 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–3
Port Vale 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–3 — 1–0 0–1 5–1 3–4 1–3
Salford City 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 — 3–0 2–2 2–0
Scunthorpe United 2–1 0–1 0–5 1–0 0–1 1–4 3–0 2–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 —
Southend United 1–0 1–3 1–2 0–2 2–0 2–2 0–1 3–1 0–4 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–2 1–0 —
Stevenage 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 3–0 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 — 0–0
Tranmere Rovers 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–3 3–2 5–0 3–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 — 1–3
Walsall 2–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 4–3 1–2 0–1 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 2 February 2021. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Top scorers
As of 30 January 2021[40]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Paul Mullin Cambridge United 18
2 Danny Johnson Leyton Orient 14
James Vaughan Tranmere Rovers
4 Max Watters Crawley Town 13
5 Jack Muldoon Harrogate Town 11
6 Elijah Adebayo Walsall 10
Ryan Bowman Exeter City
Eoin Doyle Bolton Wanderers
Joe Ironside Cambridge United
Matt Jay Exeter City
Conor McAleny Oldham Athletic

Hat-tricks
Main article: List of EFL League Two hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Ref
Ian Henderson Salford City Grimsby Town 4–0 19 September 2020 [41]
Jamille Matt Forest Green Rovers Scunthorpe United 4–1 10 October 2020 [42]
Paul Mullin Cambridge United Port Vale 3–1 20 October 2020 [43]
Jevani Brown Colchester United Stevenage 3–1 3 November 2020 [44]
Danny Johnson Leyton Orient Harrogate Town 3–0 21 November 2020 [45]
Ryan Bowman Exeter City Colchester United 6–1 24 November 2020 [46]
Ryan Bowman Exeter City Tranmere Rovers 5–0 12 December 2020 [47]
Max Watters Crawley Town Barrow 4–2 12 December 2020 [48]
Jordan Bowery Mansfield Town Port Vale 4–0 2 January 2021 [49]

Most assists
Rank Player Club Assists[50]
1 David Worrall Port Vale 9
2 Dylan Bahamboula Oldham Athletic 7
Callum Guy Carlisle United
Scott Twine Newport County
5 Nicky Cadden Forest Green Rovers 6
Adam Phillips Morecambe
7 Harry Charsley Mansfield Town 5
Callum Harriott Colchester United
Wes Hoolahan Cambridge United
Matt Jay Exeter City
Kyle Knoyle Cambridge United
Aaron Martin Harrogate Town
Jobi McAnuff Leyton Orient

Notes

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