2017–18 EFL League One explained

Competition:	EFL League One
Season:	2017–18
Winners:	Wigan Athletic (3rd divisional title)
Promoted:	Wigan Athletic Blackburn Rovers Rotherham United
Relegated:	Bury Milton Keynes Dons Northampton Town Oldham Athletic
Matches:	552
Total Goals:	1401
League Topscorer:	Jack Marriott (Peterborough United) (27 goals)
Longest Wins:	Rotherham United (7 matches)
Longest Unbeaten:	Blackburn Rovers (18 matches)
Longest Winless:	Plymouth Argyle (12 matches)
Longest Losses:	Bury (7 matches)
Highest Attendance:	(Regular season) = 27,600^[1] (Blackburn Rovers 2–1 Oxford United, 5 May 2018)
Lowest Attendance:	(Regular season) = 2,088 (Fleetwood Town 0–2 Gillingham, 22 December 2017)
Average Attendance:	(Regular season) = 7,788
Attendance:	4,291,654
Prevseason:	2016–17
Nextseason:	2018–19

The 2017–18 EFL League One (referred to as the Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 14th season of the Football League One under its current title, and the 25th season under its current league division format.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2016–17 season.

To League One

Promoted from League Two

• Portsmouth
• Plymouth Argyle
• Doncaster Rovers
• Blackpool

Relegated from Championship

• Blackburn Rovers
• Wigan Athletic
• Rotherham United

From League One

Promoted to Championship

• Sheffield United
• Bolton Wanderers
• Millwall

Relegated to League Two

• Port Vale
• Swindon Town
• Coventry City
• Chesterfield

Teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity^[2]
	London (Kingston upon Thames)		4,850
			31,367
			17,338
			25,136
			12,300
			11,840
	London (Charlton)		27,111
			15,231
			5,311
			11,582
			30,500
			7,653
			13,512
			12,500
			14,084
Plymouth Argyle			19,500
Portsmouth			21,100
			10,500
			12,021
			9,088
			9,875
			12,392
			11,300
			25,133

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Wigan Athletic		Mutual consent	30 May 2017^[3]	Pre-season	Paul Cook	31 May 2017^[4]
Portsmouth	Paul Cook	Signed by Wigan Athletic	31 May 2017^[5]		Kenny Jackett	2 June 2017^[6]
Oxford United		Signed by Leicester City as assistant manager	20 June 2017^[7]			1 July 2017^[8]
Northampton Town		Sacked	31 August 2017^[9]	24th		4 September 2017^[10]
Oldham Athletic		Mutual consent	25 September 2017^[11]			18 October 2017^[12]
Gillingham			25 September 2017^[13]	22nd		16 November 2017^[14]
Bury	Lee Clark	Sacked	30 October 2017^[15]	23rd		22 November 2017^[16]
			15 January 2018^[17]	24th		15 January 2018
Southend United		Resigned	17 January 2018^[18]	18th		23 January 2018^[19]
Milton Keynes Dons		Sacked	20 January 2018^[20]	21st		23 January 2018^[21]
Oxford United		Sacked	22 January 2018^[22]	10th		22 March 2018^[23]
Bradford City			5 February 2018^[24]	6th		11 February 2018^[25]
Fleetwood Town			16 February 2018^[26]	20th		22 February 2018^[27]
Peterborough United			25 February 2018^[28]	10th		28 February 2018^[29]
Walsall			12 March 2018^[30]	14th		16 March 2018^[31]
Charlton Athletic		Signed by Oxford United	22 March 2018^[32]	9th		22 March 2018
Scunthorpe United		Sacked	24 March 2018^[33]	5th		11 April 2018^[34]
Northampton Town			2 April 2018^[35]	23rd		2 April 2018
Milton Keynes Dons			22 April 2018^[36]			6 June 2018^[37]

League table

Play-offs

See also: 2018 English Football League play-offs.

Top scorers

^[38]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jack Marriott	Peterborough United	27
2	Brett Pitman	Portsmouth	24
3	Will Grigg	Wigan Athletic	19
4	Bradley Dack	Blackburn Rovers	18
5	Tom Eaves	Gillingham	17
6	Charlie Wyke	Bradford City	15
	Erhun Oztumer	Walsall
	Nick Powell	Wigan Athletic
9	Graham Carey	Plymouth Argyle	14
	Danny Graham	Blackburn Rovers
	Eoin Doyle	Oldham Athletic
	Lyle Taylor	AFC Wimbledon
	Charlie Mulgrew	Blackburn Rovers
	John Marquis	Doncaster Rovers

Notes and References

1. Web site: English League One Statistics. ESPN. 27 October 2017.
2. Web site: Football Ground Guide. Football Ground Guide . 30 November 2016.
3. Web site: Club Statement on Graham Barrow. 2017-05-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20170529233028/http://www.wiganlatics.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/graham-barrow-leaves-wigan-athletic-3726421.aspx. 2017-05-29. dead.
4. Web site: Paul Cook Appointed Wigan Athletic Manager. 2017-05-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20170531185811/http://www.wiganlatics.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/paul-cook-appointed-wigan-athletic-manager.-3727045.aspx. 2017-05-31. dead.
5. Web site: Cook Leaves Pompey.
6. Web site: Jackett Appointed Pompey Manager.
7. Web site: Leicester City: Michael Appleton leaves Oxford United to become Foxes assistant . BBC Sport . 20 June 2017 . 20 June 2017.
8. Web site: Pep Clotet becomes Oxford United Manager . 1 July 2017 . 30 June 2017 .
9. Web site: Justin Edinburgh: Northampton Town part company with manager . BBC Sport . 31 August 2017 . 31 August 2017.
10. Web site: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink: Northampton Town appoint new manager to succeed Justin Edinburg. BBC Sport . 4 September 2017 . 4 September 2017.
11. Web site: John Sheridan: Oldham Athletic manager leaves by mutual consent . BBC Sport . 25 September 2017 . 25 September 2017 .
12. Web site: Richie Wellens: Oldham Athletic appoint caretaker boss as full-time manager. BBC Sport . 18 October 2017 . 18 October 2017.
13. Web site: Ady Pennock: Gillingham head coach leaves League One club by mutual consent . BBC Sport . 25 September 2017 . 25 September 2017.
14. Web site: Steve Lovell: Gillingham appoint caretaker manager until end of season . BBC Sport . 16 November 2017 . 16 November 2017.
15. Web site: Lee Clark: Bury sack manager after eight months in charge . BBC Sport . 30 October 2017 . 30 October 2017 .
16. Web site: Chris Lucketti: Bury appoint Scunthorpe United assistant as new manager . BBC Sport . 22 November 2017 . 22 November 2017.
17. Web site: Chris Lucketti: Bury manager sacked after two months in charge . BBC Sport . 15 January 2018 . 15 January 2018.
18. Web site: Club Statement Regarding Phil Brown and Management Team . Southend United . 17 January 2018 . 21 January 2018.
19. News: Chris Powell: Southend United appoint former Charlton boss as manager. 23 January 2018. BBC. 23 January 2018.
20. Web site: Robbie Neilson: Milton Keynes Dons manager leaves club by 'mutual consent' . BBC Sport . 20 January 2018 . 20 January 2018 .
21. News: Dan Micciche: MK Dons appoint ex-England youth coach as new manager . BBC Sport . 23 January 2018 . 23 January 2018 .
22. Web site: Pep Clotet: Oxford United sack manager . BBC Sport . 22 January 2018 . 22 January 2018.
23. Web site: Oxford United: Karl Robinson named new head coach after. BBC Sport . 22 March 2018. 22 March 2018.
24. Web site: Stuart McCall: Bradford City sack manager after six straight defeats. BBC Sport . 5 February 2018 . 5 February 2018.
25. Web site: Simon Grayson appointed new Bradford City boss. BBC Sport . 11 February 2018 . 11 February 2018.
26. Web site: Uwe Rosler: German sacked as Fleetwood Town head coach. BBC Sport . 17 February 2018 . 17 February 2018.
27. Web site: John Sheridan: Fleetwood Town name ex-Oldham and Notts County boss as head coach. BBC Sport . 17 February 2018 . 17 February 2018.
28. Web site: Grant McCann: Peterborough sack manager after no wins in seven matches . BBC Sport . 25 February 2018 . 25 February 2018.
29. Web site: Steve Evans: Peterborough United name ex-Mansfield Town boss as manager . BBC Sport . 28 February 2018 . 28 February 2018.
30. Web site: Walsall sack Jon Whitney as manager of League One club . BBC Sport . 12 March 2018. 12 March 2018.
31. Web site: Dean Keates: Walsall appoint Wrexham boss as new manager. BBC Sport . 16 March 2018. 16 March 2018.
32. Web site: Karl Robinson: Charlton Athletic manager parts company with League One club. BBC Sport . 22 March 2018. 22 March 2018.
33. Web site: Scunthorpe United: League One play-off hopefuls sack Graham Alexander. BBC Sport . 24 March 2018 . 24 March 2018.
34. Web site: Scunthorpe United: Chairman Peter Swann says players let Graham Alexander down. BBC Sport . 26 March 2018 . 11 April 2018.
35. Web site: Northampton Town part company with Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink . Northampton Town Football Club . 2 April 2018 . 2 April 2018.
36. Web site: Dan Micciche: MK Dons part company with manager . BBC Sport . 22 April 2018 . 22 April 2018 .
37. Web site: Paul Tisdale: MK Dons appoint former Exeter City boss as new manager . BBC Sport . 6 June 2018 . 6 June 2018.
38. Web site: League One Top Scorers . 28 February 2016.