2013–14 Football League Two Explained

Competition:Football League Two
Season:2013–14
Winners:Chesterfield
(4th divisional title)
Promoted:Chesterfield
Scunthorpe United
Rochdale
Fleetwood Town
Relegated:Bristol Rovers
Torquay United
Matches:552
Total Goals:1291
League Topscorer:23 – Sam Winnall (Scunthorpe United)
Biggest Home Win:Plymouth Argyle 5–0 Morecambe
Biggest Away Win:Fleetwood Town 0–4 Plymouth Argyle
Rochdale 0–4 Scunthorpe United
Plymouth Argyle 0–4 York City
Scunthorpe United 0-4 Exeter City
Highest Scoring:9 goals
Fleetwood Town 5–4 Mansfield Town
Longest Wins:6 games
York City
Longest Unbeaten:28 games
Scunthorpe United
Longest Winless:13 games
Mansfield Town
Longest Losses:6 games
Accrington Stanley
Hartlepool United
Mansfield Town
Highest Attendance:18,181 (Portsmouth vs Oxford United, 3 August 2013)
Lowest Attendance:1,101 (Accrington Stanley vs Bristol Rovers, 22 October 2013)
Average Attendance:4,352
Prevseason:2012–13
Nextseason:2014–15

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]

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]

To League Two

Promoted from Conference National

Relegated from League One

From League Two

Relegated to Conference National

Promoted to League One

Team overview

Stadia and locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
5,057
London (Kingston upon Thames) 4,850
12,011
6,912
11,840
7,066
10,504
London (Dagenham) 6,078
8,830
5,094
8,240
10,000
6,476
7,850[3]
7,653
12,500
16,388
20,224
10,249
9,088
11,840
6,104
10,284
7,872

Personnel and sponsoring

TeamManagerChairmanTeam captainKit makerSponsor
Accrington Stanley James Beattie Peter Marsden Dean WinnardSamurai SportswearClever Boxes
AFC Wimbledon Neal Ardley Erik Samuelson Alan BennettTempest SportsFootball Manager (H)
Sports Interactive (A)
Bristol Rovers Darrell Clarke Nick Higgs Tom ParkesErreàEurocams (H)
Highspec Travel Services (A)
Burton Albion Gary Rowett Ben Robinson Zander DiamondTAGAnvil Hire Ltd (H)
Mr Cropper (A)
Bury Stewart Day Gareth RobertsSurridgeBury Council
Cheltenham Town Mark Yates Paul Baker Russell PennErreàMira Showers
Chesterfield Paul Cook Dave Allen Ian EvattPumaNapit (H)
Electric Safe (A)
Dagenham & Redbridge Wayne Burnett Dave Andrews Abu OgogoSondicoWest & Coe Funeral Directors
Exeter City Paul Tisdale Edward Chorlton Danny ColesJomaFlybe
Fleetwood Town Graham Alexander Andy Pilley Mark RobertsPumaBES Commercial Gas (H)
Commercial Power (A)
Hartlepool United Colin Cooper Ken Hodcroft Antony SweeneyNikeDove Energy
Mansfield Town Paul Cox John Radford George PilkingtonSurridgeOne Call Insurance
Morecambe Jim Bentley Peter McGuigan Mark HughesFilaBlacks
Newport County Justin Edinburgh Les Scadding David PipeMacron32Red
Northampton Town Chris Wilder David Cardoza Kelvin LangmeadErreàUniversity of Northampton
Oxford United Michael Appleton Ian Lenagan Jake WrightNikeAnimalates (H)
Isinglass Consulting (A)
Plymouth Argyle James Brent Conor HourihanePumaBond Timber
Portsmouth Iain McInnes Johannes ErtlSondicoJobsite.co.uk
Rochdale Keith Hill Chris Dunphy Peter CavanaghFilaCrown Oil
Scunthorpe United Russ Wilcox Peter Swann Michael CollinsNikeRainham Steel
Southend United Phil Brown Ron Martin John WhiteNikeInsureandGo
Torquay United Thea Bristow Lee MansellSondicoWTS
Wycombe Wanderers Gareth Ainsworth Ivor Beeks MBEKukriSamsung (H)
FIFA 14 (A)
York City Nigel Worthington Jason McGill Russell Penn[4] Nikebenenden health

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Bury Kevin BlackwellSacked14 October 2013[5] 21st David Flitcroft9 December 2013[6]
Scunthorpe United Brian LawsSacked20 November 2013[7] 12th Russ Wilcox24 December 2013[8]
Portsmouth Guy WhittinghamSacked25 November 2013[9] 18th9 December 2013[10]
Northampton Town Aidy BoothroydSacked21 December 2013[11] 24th Chris Wilder27 January 2014[12]
Torquay United Alan KnillSacked2 January 2014[13] 23rd Chris Hargreaves6 January 2014[14]
Oxford United Chris Wilder25 January 2014[15] 6th Gary Waddock22 March 2014[16]
Portsmouth Richie BarkerSacked27 March 2014[17] 22nd Andy Awford1 May 2014[18]
Bristol Rovers John WardAppointed as Director of Football28 March 2014[19] 20th Darrell Clarke28 March 2014
Oxford United Gary WaddockSacked 4 July 2014[20] 8th Michael Appleton4 July 2014

League table

Season statistics

Top scorers

[21]

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Sam WinnallScunthorpe United23
2 Scott HoganRochdale17
Reuben ReidPlymouth Argyle
4 Byron HarrisonCheltenham Town13
Luke JamesHartlepool United
Rhys MurphyDagenham & Redbridge
John-Joe O'TooleBristol Rovers
Antoni SarcevicFleetwood Town
9 Barry CorrSouthend United12
Billy KeeBurton Albion
Chris ZebroskiNewport County

Scoring

Notes and References

  1. Web site: League confirms 2013/14 start date . Football League . 16 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131020183636/http://www.football-league.co.uk/footballleaguenews/20121221/league-confirms-201314-start-date_2293334_3016478 . 20 October 2013 .
  2. Web site: Premier League and Football League: Ups and downs. BBC Sport. 28 April 2013.
  3. Newport County's current safety certificate allows a maximum attendance of 7,850 for football matches
  4. News: Dave. Flett. Midfielder Russell Penn to keep York City captain's armband. The Press. York. 25 February 2014. 6 April 2014.
  5. Web site: Kevin Blackwell: Bury manager sacked by League Two strugglers . BBC Sport . 14 October 2013 . 14 October 2013 .
  6. Web site: Bury appoint Flitcroft as manager . BBC Sport . 10 December 2013.
  7. Web site: Scunthorpe United sack manager Laws . BBC Sport . 20 November 2013.
  8. Web site: Wilcox appointed Scunthorpe manager . BBC Sport . 24 December 2013.
  9. Web site: Portsmouth sack manager Whittingham . BBC Sport . 25 November 2013.
  10. Web site: Barker & Coppell appointed by Pompey . BBC Sport . 9 December 2013.
  11. Web site: Northampton sack manager Boothroyd . BBC Sport . 21 December 2013.
  12. Web site: Chris Wilder named Northampton Town boss. 25 January 2014. BBC Sport.
  13. Web site: Torquay United sack manager Knill . BBC Sport . 2 January 2014.
  14. Web site: Torquay appoint Hargreaves as boss . BBC Sport . 6 January 2014.
  15. Web site: Chris Wilder quits Oxford United amid Northampton Town interest. 25 January 2014. BBC Sport.
  16. Web site: Gary Waddock named Oxford United head coach. 22 March 2014. BBC Sport.
  17. Web site: Richie Barker sacked as Portsmouth manager. 27 March 2014 . BBC Sport.
  18. Web site: Portsmouth appoint Andy Awford as full-time manager. 1 May 2014 . BBC Sport.
  19. Web site: Bristol Rovers: John Ward replaced by Darrell Clarke. 28 March 2014 . BBC Sport.
  20. Web site: Oxford United: Michael Appleton named head coach in shake-up. 4 July 2014 . BBC Sport.
  21. Web site: Top Scorers - League Two - Football. BBC Sport. 12 April 2018.

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