2013–14 Football League Two

The 2013–14 Football League Two (referred to as Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) is the tenth season of the league under its current title and nineteenth season under its current league division format. The season began on 3 August 2013 and finished on 3 May 2014 with all matches that day kicking off simultaneously.[1]

Football League Two
Season2013–14
ChampionsChesterfield
(4th divisional title)
PromotedChesterfield
Scunthorpe United
Rochdale
Fleetwood Town
RelegatedBristol Rovers
Torquay United
Matches played552
Goals scored1,291 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorer23 – Sam Winnall (Scunthorpe United)
Biggest home winPlymouth Argyle 5–0 Morecambe
Biggest away winFleetwood Town 0–4 Plymouth Argyle
Rochdale 0–4 Scunthorpe United
Plymouth Argyle 0–4 York City
Scunthorpe United 0-4 Exeter City
Highest scoring9 goals
Fleetwood Town 5–4 Mansfield Town
Longest winning run6 games
York City
Longest unbeaten run28 games
Scunthorpe United
Longest winless run13 games
Mansfield Town
Longest losing run6 games
Accrington Stanley
Hartlepool United
Mansfield Town
Highest attendance18,181 (Portsmouth vs Oxford United, 3 August 2013)
Lowest attendance1,101 (Accrington Stanley vs Bristol Rovers, 22 October 2013)
Average attendance4,352

Of the 24 teams which will participate, eighteen of these remain following the 2012–13 Football League Two. They will be joined by four teams from 2012–13 Football League One, and two teams from the 2012–13 Football Conference.

Changes from last season

Team changes

The following teams changed division at the end of the 2012–13 season.[2]

Team overview

Stadia and locations
Locations of League Two 2013–14 teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Accrington StanleyAccringtonCrown Ground5,057
AFC WimbledonLondon (Kingston upon Thames)The Cherry Red Records Stadium4,850
Bristol RoversBristolMemorial Stadium12,011
Burton AlbionBurton upon TrentPirelli Stadium6,912
BuryBuryGigg Lane11,840
Cheltenham TownCheltenhamWhaddon Road7,066
ChesterfieldChesterfieldProact Stadium10,504
Dagenham & RedbridgeLondon (Dagenham)Victoria Road6,078
Exeter CityExeterSt James Park8,830
Fleetwood TownFleetwoodHighbury Stadium5,094
Hartlepool UnitedHartlepoolVictoria Park8,240
Mansfield TownMansfieldOne Call Stadium10,000
MorecambeMorecambeGlobe Arena6,476
Newport CountyNewportRodney Parade7,850[note 1]
Northampton TownNorthamptonSixfields Stadium7,653
Oxford UnitedOxfordKassam Stadium12,500
Plymouth ArgylePlymouthHome Park16,388
PortsmouthPortsmouthFratton Park20,224
RochdaleRochdaleSpotland Stadium10,249
Scunthorpe UnitedScunthorpeGlanford Park9,088
Southend UnitedSouthend-on-SeaRoots Hall11,840
Torquay UnitedTorquayPlainmoor6,104
Wycombe WanderersHigh WycombeAdams Park10,284
York CityYorkBootham Crescent7,872

Personnel and sponsoring
Team Manager Chairman Team captain Kit maker Sponsor
Accrington Stanley James Beattie Peter Marsden Dean Winnard Samurai Sportswear Clever Boxes
AFC Wimbledon Neal Ardley Erik Samuelson Alan Bennett Tempest Sports Football Manager (H)
Sports Interactive (A)
Bristol Rovers Darrell Clarke Nick Higgs Tom Parkes Erreà Eurocams (H)
Highspec Travel Services (A)
Burton Albion Gary Rowett Ben Robinson Zander Diamond TAG Anvil Hire Ltd (H)
Mr Cropper (A)
Bury David Flitcroft Stewart Day Gareth Roberts Surridge Bury Council
Cheltenham Town Mark Yates Paul Baker Russell Penn Erreà Mira Showers
Chesterfield Paul Cook Dave Allen Ian Evatt Puma Napit (H)
Electric Safe (A)
Dagenham & Redbridge Wayne Burnett Dave Andrews Abu Ogogo Sondico West & Coe Funeral Directors
Exeter City Paul Tisdale Edward Chorlton Danny Coles Joma Flybe.com
Fleetwood Town Graham Alexander Andy Pilley Mark Roberts Puma BES Commercial Gas (H)
Commercial Power (A)
Hartlepool United Colin Cooper Ken Hodcroft Antony Sweeney Nike Dove Energy
Mansfield Town Paul Cox John Radford George Pilkington Surridge One Call Insurance
Morecambe Jim Bentley Peter McGuigan Mark Hughes Fila Blacks
Newport County Justin Edinburgh Les Scadding David Pipe Macron 32Red
Northampton Town Chris Wilder David Cardoza Kelvin Langmead Erreà University of Northampton
Oxford United Michael Appleton Ian Lenagan Jake Wright Nike Animalates (H)
Isinglass Consulting (A)
Plymouth Argyle John Sheridan James Brent Conor Hourihane Puma Bond Timber
Portsmouth Andy Awford Iain McInnes Johannes Ertl Sondico Jobsite.co.uk
Rochdale Keith Hill Chris Dunphy Peter Cavanagh Fila Crown Oil
Scunthorpe United Russ Wilcox Peter Swann Michael Collins Nike Rainham Steel
Southend United Phil Brown Ron Martin John White Nike InsureandGo
Torquay United Chris Hargreaves Thea Bristow Lee Mansell Sondico WTS
Wycombe Wanderers Gareth Ainsworth Ivor Beeks MBE Stuart Lewis Kukri Samsung (H)
FIFA 14 (A)
York City Nigel Worthington Jason McGill Russell Penn[3] Nike benenden health


Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Bury Kevin Blackwell Sacked 14 October 2013[4] 21st David Flitcroft 9 December 2013[5]
Scunthorpe United Brian Laws Sacked 20 November 2013[6] 12th Russ Wilcox 24 December 2013[7]
Portsmouth Guy Whittingham Sacked 25 November 2013[8] 18th Richie Barker 9 December 2013[9]
Northampton Town Aidy Boothroyd Sacked 21 December 2013[10] 24th Chris Wilder 27 January 2014[11]
Torquay United Alan Knill Sacked 2 January 2014[12] 23rd Chris Hargreaves 6 January 2014[13]
Oxford United Chris Wilder Signed by Northampton Town 25 January 2014[14] 6th Gary Waddock 22 March 2014[15]
Portsmouth Richie Barker Sacked 27 March 2014[16] 22nd Andy Awford 1 May 2014[17]
Bristol Rovers John Ward Appointed as Director of Football 28 March 2014[18] 20th Darrell Clarke 28 March 2014[18]
Oxford United Gary Waddock Sacked 4 July 2014[19] 8th Michael Appleton 4 July 2014[19]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Chesterfield (C, P) 46 23 15 8 71 40 +31 84 Promotion to Football League One
2 Scunthorpe United (P) 46 20 21 5 68 44 +24 81
3 Rochdale (P) 46 24 9 13 69 48 +21 81
4 Fleetwood Town (O, P) 46 22 10 14 66 52 +14 76 Qualification for League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5 Southend United 46 19 15 12 56 39 +17 72
6 Burton Albion 46 19 15 12 47 42 +5 72
7 York City 46 18 17 11 52 41 +11 71
8 Oxford United 46 16 14 16 53 50 +3 62
9 Dagenham & Redbridge 46 15 15 16 53 59 −6 60
10 Plymouth Argyle 46 16 12 18 51 58 −7 60
11 Mansfield Town 46 15 15 16 49 58 −9 60
12 Bury 46 13 20 13 59 51 +8 59
13 Portsmouth 46 14 17 15 56 66 −10 59
14 Newport County 46 14 16 16 56 59 −3 58
15 Accrington Stanley 46 14 15 17 54 56 −2 57
16 Exeter City 46 14 13 19 54 57 −3 55
17 Cheltenham Town 46 13 16 17 53 63 −10 55
18 Morecambe 46 13 15 18 52 64 −12 54
19 Hartlepool United 46 14 11 21 50 56 −6 53
20 AFC Wimbledon 46 14 14 18 49 57 −8 53[lower-alpha 2]
21 Northampton Town 46 13 14 19 42 57 −15 53
22 Wycombe Wanderers 46 12 14 20 46 54 −8 50
23 Bristol Rovers (R) 46 12 14 20 43 54 −11 50 Relegation to the Conference Premier
24 Torquay United (R) 46 12 9 25 42 66 −24 45
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2014. 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 Football League One.
  2. On 28 April AFC Wimbledon have been deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.[20]

Play-offs
  Semifinals Final
                     
4 Fleetwood Town 1 0 1  
7 York City 0 0 0  
    4 Fleetwood Town 1
  6 Burton Albion 0
5 Southend United 0 2 2
6 Burton Albion 1 2 3  

Results
Home \ Away ACC WIM BRR BRT BRY CHL CHF D&R EXE FLE HAR MAN MOR NPC NOR OXF PLY POR ROC SCU STD TOR WYC YOR
Accrington Stanley 3–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 2–3 2–0 0–0 1–1 5–1 3–3 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1
AFC Wimbledon 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 4–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–3 2–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 4–0 0–3 3–2 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–1
Bristol Rovers 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–3 2–2 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 3–2
Burton Albion 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–4 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1
Bury 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 4–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 4–4 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–1
Cheltenham Town 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–4 2–3 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–2 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–3 2–2 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–2
Chesterfield 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–2 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–2
Dagenham & Redbridge 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 1–2 1–4 3–1 3–3 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–0
Exeter City 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 3–0 0–3 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 2–1
Fleetwood Town 3–1 0–0 3–1 2–3 2–1 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–0 5–4 2–2 4–1 2–0 1–1 0–4 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–2
Hartlepool United 2–1 3–1 4–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–4 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–3 1–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 2–0
Mansfield Town 2–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–4 0–2 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–4 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–3 0–1 2–2 3–0 0–2 2–1 1–3 2–2 0–1
Morecambe 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 4–3 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0
Newport County 4–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–3 1–2 3–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 2–0 3–0
Northampton Town 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–3 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 0–2 0–1 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–4 0–2
Oxford United 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 3–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 2–3 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–0 2–2 0–1
Plymouth Argyle 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 5–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–3 0–4
Portsmouth 1–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 3–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–2 0–0 1–4 3–3 3–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–2 0–1
Rochdale 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 3–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 0–4 0–3 1–0 3–2 0–0
Scunthorpe United 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–4 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 5–1 3–0 2–2 3–1 0–0 2–2
Southend United 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–3 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–3 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1
Torquay United 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 4–2 0–2 0–1 1–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–3 0–3
Wycombe Wanderers 0–0 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–1
York City 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 3–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–2 0–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2014. Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers
As of 26 April 2014.[21]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Sam Winnall Scunthorpe United 23
2 Scott Hogan Rochdale 17
Reuben Reid Plymouth Argyle
4 Byron Harrison Cheltenham Town 13
Luke James Hartlepool United
Rhys Murphy Dagenham & Redbridge
John-Joe O'Toole Bristol Rovers
Antoni Sarcevic Fleetwood Town
9 Barry Corr Southend United 12
Billy Kee Burton Albion
Chris Zebroski Newport County

Scoring
  • First goal of the season: Mark Roberts for Fleetwood Town against Dagenham & Redbridge (3 August 2013)
  • Fastest goal of the season: 17 seconds, Jordan Chapell for Torquay United against Portsmouth (26 October 2013)
  • Largest winning margin: 5 goals
    • Plymouth Argyle 5–0 Morecambe (1 March 2014)
  • Highest scoring game: 9 goals
    • Fleetwood Town 5–4 Mansfield Town (23 November 2013)
  • Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 5 goals
    • Fleetwood Town 5–4 Mansfield Town (23 November 2013)
    • Plymouth Argyle 5–0 Morecambe (1 March 2014)
    • Accrington Stanley 5–1 Morecambe (14 March 2014)
  • Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 4 goals
    • Fleetwood Town 5–4 Mansfield Town (23 November 2013)

Notes
  1. Newport County's current safety certificate allows a maximum attendance of 7,850 for football matches

References
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  2. "Premier League and Football League: Ups and downs". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  3. Flett, Dave (25 February 2014). "Midfielder Russell Penn to keep York City captain's armband". The Press. York. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  4. "Kevin Blackwell: Bury manager sacked by League Two strugglers". BBC Sport. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  5. "Bury appoint Flitcroft as manager". BBC Sport. 10 December 2013.
  6. "Scunthorpe United sack manager Laws". BBC Sport. 20 November 2013.
  7. "Wilcox appointed Scunthorpe manager". BBC Sport. 24 December 2013.
  8. "Portsmouth sack manager Whittingham". BBC Sport. 25 November 2013.
  9. "Barker & Coppell appointed by Pompey". BBC Sport. 9 December 2013.
  10. "Northampton sack manager Boothroyd". BBC Sport. 21 December 2013.
  11. "Chris Wilder named Northampton Town boss". BBC Sport. 25 January 2014.
  12. "Torquay United sack manager Knill". BBC Sport. 2 January 2014.
  13. "Torquay appoint Hargreaves as boss". BBC Sport. 6 January 2014.
  14. "Chris Wilder quits Oxford United amid Northampton Town interest". BBC Sport. 25 January 2014.
  15. "Gary Waddock named Oxford United head coach". BBC Sport. 22 March 2014.
  16. "Richie Barker sacked as Portsmouth manager". BBC Sport. 27 March 2014.
  17. "Portsmouth appoint Andy Awford as full-time manager". BBC Sport. 1 May 2014.
  18. "Bristol Rovers: John Ward replaced by Darrell Clarke". BBC Sport. 28 March 2014.
  19. "Oxford United: Michael Appleton named head coach in shake-up". BBC Sport. 4 July 2014.
  20. "AFC Wimbledon docked three points for ineligible Jake Nicholson". BBC Sport. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  21. "Top Scorers - League Two - Football". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
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