2018–19 EFL League One

The 2018–19 EFL League One (referred to as the Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th season of the Football League One under its current title and the 26th season under its current league division format. Fixtures were released on 21 June 2018 and the opening round of matches was played on 4 August 2018.[2][3] The league season ended on 4 May 2019.[4][5]

EFL League One
Season2018–19
Dates4 August 2018 – 4 May 2019
ChampionsLuton Town (2nd divisional title).
PromotedLuton Town
Barnsley
Charlton Athletic
RelegatedPlymouth Argyle
Walsall
Scunthorpe United
Bradford City
Matches played552
Goals scored1,462 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorerJames Collins
(25 goals)
Biggest home winDoncaster Rovers 5–0 Rochdale
(1 January 2019)
Biggest away winScunthorpe United 0–5 Fleetwood Town
(22 August 2018)
Highest scoringSunderland 4–5 Coventry City
(13 April 2019)
Longest winning run7 matches[1]
Luton
Portsmouth
Longest unbeaten run28 matches[1]
Luton
Longest winless run15 matches[1]
Southend United
Longest losing run8 matches[1]
AFC Wimbledon
Highest attendance46,039
Sunderland 1–0 Bradford City
(26 December 2018)[1]
Lowest attendance1,732
Accrington Stanley 2–1 AFC Wimbledon
(22 September 2018)[1]
Total attendance4,812,867[1]
Average attendance8,184[1]

The summer transfer window closed five days after the start of the season, on 9 August 2018, following a vote by all 72 clubs in the Football League. However, clubs were able to make loan signings until 31 August.[6]

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2017–18 season:

To League One

Promoted from League Two

Relegated from Championship

From League One

Promoted to Championship

Relegated to League Two

Teams
Locations of the 2018–19 Football League One teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity[7]
Accrington StanleyAccringtonCrown Ground5,057
AFC WimbledonLondon (Kingston upon Thames)Kingsmeadow4,850
BarnsleyBarnsleyOakwell23,009
BlackpoolBlackpoolBloomfield Road17,338
Bradford CityBradfordValley Parade25,136
Bristol RoversBristolMemorial Stadium12,300
Burton AlbionBurton upon TrentPirelli Stadium6,912
Charlton AthleticLondon (Charlton)The Valley27,111
Coventry CityCoventryRicoh Arena32,609
Doncaster RoversDoncasterKeepmoat Stadium15,231
Fleetwood TownFleetwoodHighbury Stadium5,311
GillinghamGillinghamPriestfield Stadium11,582
Luton TownLutonKenilworth Road10,336
Oxford UnitedOxfordKassam Stadium12,500
Peterborough UnitedPeterboroughABAX Stadium15,314
Plymouth ArgylePlymouthHome Park12,500*
PortsmouthPortsmouthFratton Park21,100
RochdaleRochdaleSpotland Stadium10,500
Scunthorpe UnitedScunthorpeGlanford Park9,088
Shrewsbury TownShrewsburyNew Meadow9,875
Southend UnitedSouthend-on-SeaRoots Hall12,392
SunderlandSunderlandStadium of Light48,707
WalsallWalsallBescot Stadium11,300
Wycombe WanderersHigh WycombeAdams Park10,137

*reduced for that season as club work on ground

Personnel and sponsoring
Team Manager1 Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Accrington Stanley John Coleman Seamus Conneely Adidas Wham
AFC Wimbledon Wally Downes Deji Oshilaja Puma Sports Interactive
Barnsley Daniel Stendel Adam Davies[8] Puma C.K. Beckett[9]
Blackpool Terry McPhillips Andy Taylor Erreà BetSid
Bradford City Gary Bowyer Josh Wright Avec Sport JCT600
Bristol Rovers Graham Coughlan Tom Lockyer Macron Football INDEX[10]
Burton Albion Nigel Clough Jake Buxton TAG Prestec UK Ltd[11]
Charlton Athletic Lee Bowyer Chris Solly Hummel BETDAQ
Coventry City Mark Robins Michael Doyle Nike Midrepro
Doncaster Rovers Grant McCann James Coppinger FBT LNER
Fleetwood Town Joey Barton Nathan Pond Hummel BES Utilities
Gillingham Mark Patterson Gabriel Zakuani GFC Leisure Medway Council[12]
Luton Town Mick Harford Alan Sheehan Puma Indigo Residential (Home), Star Platforms (Away), Northern Gas & Power (3rd)
Oxford United Karl Robinson Curtis Nelson Puma Singha Beer
Peterborough United Darren Ferguson Alex Woodyard Nike Mick George
Plymouth Argyle Kevin Nancekivell Gary Sawyer Puma Ginsters
Portsmouth Kenny Jackett Brett Pitman Nike University of Portsmouth
Rochdale Brian Barry-Murphy Callum Camps Erreà Crown Oil Ltd
Scunthorpe United Andy Dawson Rory McArdle FBT British Steel
Shrewsbury Town Sam Ricketts Mat Sadler Erreà The Energy Check (Home), Shropshire Homes (Away & 3rd)
Southend United Kevin Bond Mark Oxley Nike Prostate Cancer UK
Sunderland Jack Ross George Honeyman Adidas BETDAQ
Walsall Martin O'Connor Adam Chambers Erreà HomeServe
Wycombe Wanderers Gareth Ainsworth Adam El-Abd O'Neills Cherry Red Records (Home),[13] Utilita (Away)

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Barnsley José Morais Sacked 6 May 2018 Pre-season Daniel Stendel 6 June 2018
Bradford City Simon Grayson End of contract 8 May 2018 Michael Collins 18 June 2018
Fleetwood Town John Sheridan 2 June 2018 Joey Barton 2 June 2018
Sunderland Robbie Stockdale End of caretaker spell 25 May 2018 Jack Ross 25 May 2018
Shrewsbury Town Paul Hurst Signed by Ipswich Town 30 May 2018 John Askey 1 June 2018
Doncaster Rovers Darren Ferguson Resigned 4 June 2018 Grant McCann 27 June 2018
Blackpool Gary Bowyer 6 August 2018 12th Terry McPhillips 6 August 2018
Scunthorpe United Nick Daws Sacked 24 August 2018 18th Stuart McCall 27 August 2018
Bradford City Michael Collins 3 September 2018 17th David Hopkin 4 September 2018
AFC Wimbledon Neal Ardley Mutual consent 12 November 2018 23rd Wally Downes 4 December 2018
Shrewsbury Town John Askey Sacked 18th Sam Ricketts 3 December 2018
Bristol Rovers Darrell Clarke Mutual consent 13 December 2018 21st Graham Coughlan 6 January 2019
Luton Town Nathan Jones Signed by Stoke City 9 January 2019 2nd Mick Harford 10 January 2019
Peterborough United Steve Evans Sacked 26 January 2019 6th Darren Ferguson 26 January 2019
Bradford City David Hopkin Resigned 25 February 2019 23rd Gary Bowyer 4 March 2019
Rochdale Keith Hill Sacked 4 March 2019 22nd Brian Barry-Murphy 4 March 2019
Scunthorpe United Stuart McCall 24 March 2019 18th Andy Dawson 24 March 2019
Southend United Chris Powell 26 March 2019 20th Kevin Bond 2 April 2019
Walsall Dean Keates 6 April 2019 22nd Martin O'Connor 8 April 2019
Gillingham Steve Lovell 26 April 2019 13th Mark Patterson 26 April 2019
Plymouth Argyle Derek Adams 28 April 2019 21st Kevin Nancekivell 28 April 2019

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Luton Town (C, P) 46 27 13 6 90 42 +48 94 Promotion to the EFL Championship
2 Barnsley (P) 46 26 13 7 80 39 +41 91
3 Charlton Athletic (O, P) 46 26 10 10 73 40 +33 88 Qualification for League One play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
4 Portsmouth 46 25 13 8 83 51 +32 88
5 Sunderland 46 22 19 5 80 47 +33 85
6 Doncaster Rovers 46 20 13 13 76 58 +18 73
7 Peterborough United 46 20 12 14 71 62 +9 72
8 Coventry City 46 18 11 17 54 54 0 65
9 Burton Albion 46 17 12 17 66 57 +9 63
10 Blackpool 46 15 17 14 50 52 −2 62
11 Fleetwood Town 46 16 13 17 58 52 +6 61
12 Oxford United 46 15 15 16 58 64 −6 60
13 Gillingham 46 15 10 21 61 72 −11 55
14 Accrington Stanley 46 14 13 19 51 67 −16 55
15 Bristol Rovers 46 13 15 18 47 50 −3 54
16 Rochdale 46 15 9 22 54 87 −33 54
17 Wycombe Wanderers 46 14 11 21 55 67 −12 53
18 Shrewsbury Town 46 12 16 18 51 59 −8 52
19 Southend United 46 14 8 24 55 68 −13 50
20 AFC Wimbledon 46 13 11 22 42 63 −21 50
21 Plymouth Argyle (R) 46 13 11 22 56 80 −24 50 Relegation to EFL League Two
22 Walsall (R) 46 12 11 23 49 71 −22 47
23 Scunthorpe United (R) 46 12 10 24 53 83 −30 46
24 Bradford City (R) 46 11 8 27 49 77 −28 41
Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results [14]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the EFL Championship.

Play-offs
See also: 2019 English Football League play-offs
  Semi-finals Final
                     
3 Charlton Athletic (p) 2 2 4 (4)  
6 Doncaster Rovers 1 3 4 (3)  
    3 Charlton Athletic 2
  5 Sunderland 1
4 Portsmouth 0 0 0
5 Sunderland 1 0 1  

Results
Home \ Away ACC WIM BAR BLP BRA BRR BRT CHA COV DON FLE GIL LUT OXF PET PLY POR ROC SCU SHR STD SUN WAL WYC
Accrington Stanley — 2–1 0–2 1–2 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–3 4–2 0–4 5–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 2–1 1–2
AFC Wimbledon 1–1 — 1–4 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–3 2–4 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–3 2–1
Barnsley 2–0 0–0 — 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 4–2 2–1 3–2 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1
Blackpool 1–1 2–0 0–1 — 3–2 0–3 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–0 2–2
Bradford City 3–0 0–0 0–2 1–4 — 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–4 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 4–3 0–4 1–2 4–0 1–2
Bristol Rovers 1–2 2–0 2–1 4–0 3–2 — 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–4 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1
Burton Albion 5–2 3–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 — 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–3 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 3–1
Charlton Athletic 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 — 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 4–0 4–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–2
Coventry City 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 — 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0
Doncaster Rovers 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 4–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 — 0–4 3–3 2–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 0–0 5–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 3–1 3–0
Fleetwood Town 1–1 0–1 1–3 3–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 — 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–5 2–2 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–1
Gillingham 0–0 0–1 1–4 0–1 4–0 0–1 3–1 0–2 1–1 1–3 3–0 — 1–3 1–0 2–4 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 1–4 0–3 2–2
Luton Town 4–1 2–2 0–0 2–2 4–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 4–0 2–0 2–2 — 3–1 4–0 5–1 3–2 2–0 3–2 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–0
Oxford United 2–3 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–2 3–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 — 0–1 2–0 2–1 4–2 2–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–1
Peterborough United 0–1 1–0 0–4 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–2 — 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–2
Plymouth Argyle 0–3 1–0 0–3 0–1 3–3 2–2 2–3 0–2 2–1 2–3 2–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–5 — 1–1 5–1 3–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–1
Portsmouth 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 5–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 4–1 2–3 3–0 — 4–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–2
Rochdale 1–0 3–4 0–4 2–1 0–4 0–0 0–4 1–0 0–1 2–3 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–4 1–2 1–3 — 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–0
Scunthorpe United 2–0 1–2 2–2 0–0 2–3 0–1 0–3 5–3 2–1 1–1 0–5 0–2 0–2 3–3 0–2 1–4 1–2 3–3 — 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–0
Shrewsbury Town 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–3 2–3 2–2 2–0 0–2 3–2 1–1 — 2–0 0–2 0–0 2–1
Southend United 3–0 0–1 0–3 1–2 2–0 1–2 3–2 1–2 1–2 2–3 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–3 2–3 3–3 1–2 2–0 0–2 — 2–1 3–0 0–2
Sunderland 2–2 1–0 4–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–5 2–0 1–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 4–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 — 2–1 1–1
Walsall 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 3–2 1–3 1–3 0–2 2–1 1–4 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–3 3–0 2–1 2–3 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–2 — 3–2
Wycombe Wanderers 1–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–2 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–3 3–0 3–2 3–2 2–3 1–1 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2019. Source: EFL Official Website
Colours: 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.

Top scorers
As of 4 May 2019[15]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 James Collins Luton Town 25
2 John Marquis Doncaster Rovers 21
Lyle Taylor Charlton Athletic
Tom Eaves Gillingham
5 Ian Henderson Rochdale 20
6 Freddie Ladapo Plymouth Argyle 18
7 Ched Evans Fleetwood Town 17
Kieffer Moore Barnsley
9 Jonson Clarke-Harris Coventry City/Bristol Rovers 16
Cauley Woodrow Barnsley
Jamal Lowe Portsmouth

Hat-tricks
Main article: List of EFL League One hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Ref
Kieffer Moore Barnsley Rochdale 0–4 (A) 21 August 2018 [16]
Ian Henderson Rochdale Gillingham 3–0 (H) 15 September 2018 [17]
Danny Hylton Luton Town Accrington Stanley 4–1 (H) 23 October 2018 [18]
James Collins Luton Town Plymouth Argyle 5–1 (H) 17 November 2018 [19]
Ivan Toney Peterborough United Accrington Stanley 0–4 (A) 29 December 2018 [20]
Marcus Harness Burton Albion Rochdale 0–4 (A) 5 January 2019 [21]
Andy Cook Walsall Gillingham 0–3 (A) 19 January 2019 [22]
James Collins Luton Town Peterborough United 4–0 (H) 19 January 2019 [23]
Fejiri Okenabirhie Shrewsbury Town Bradford City 4–3 (A) 29 January 2019 [24]
Simon Cox Southend United Portsmouth 3–3 (H) 16 February 2019 [25]
Joe Pigott AFC Wimbledon Rochdale 3–4 (A) 19 February 2019 [26]
Jonson Clarke-Harris Bristol Rovers Blackpool 4–0 (H) 2 March 2019 [27]
Gavin Whyte Oxford United Shrewsbury Town 2–3 (A) 22 April 2019 [28]
Sean McConville Accrington Stanley Plymouth Argyle 5–1 (H) 27 April 2019 [29]

Note

(H) = Home; (A) = Away

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