2023–24 EFL League Two explained

Competition:	EFL League Two
Season:	2023–24
Dates:	5 August 2023 – 27 April 2024
Winners:	Stockport County 1st League Two title 2nd D4 title
Promoted:	Stockport County Wrexham Mansfield Town Crawley Town
Relegated:	Sutton United Forest Green Rovers
Matches:	552
Total Goals:	1645
League Topscorer:	Macaulay Langstaff (28 goals)
Biggest Home Win:	Stockport County 8–0 Sutton United
Biggest Away Win:	Doncaster Rovers 0–5 Morecambe Grimsby Town 1–6 Walsall
Highest Scoring:	Mansfield Town 9–2 Harrogate Town
Longest Wins:	Stockport County (12 games)
Longest Unbeaten:	Mansfield Town (17 games)
Longest Winless:	Forest Green Rovers (15 games)
Longest Losses:	Newport County (8 games)
Highest Attendance:	21,552 vs ^[1]
Lowest Attendance:	1,071 vs
Attendance:	3,359,055
Average Attendance:	6,220
Prevseason:	2022–23
Nextseason:	2024–25
Updated:	27 April 2024

The 2023–24 EFL League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship purposes) was the 20th season of EFL League Two under its current title and the 32nd season under its current league division format. The season began on 5 August 2023 and ended on 27 April 2024.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division from the previous season:

To League Two

Promoted from National League

• Wrexham
• Notts County

Relegated from League One

• Milton Keynes Dons
• Morecambe
• Accrington Stanley
• Forest Green Rovers

From League Two

Promoted to League One

• Leyton Orient
• Stevenage
• Northampton Town

Relegated to National League

• Rochdale
• Hartlepool United

Stadiums

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Accrington Stanley	Accrington	Crown Ground	5,450
		Plough Lane	9,369
Barrow	Barrow-in-Furness		6,500
Bradford City	Bradford	Valley Parade	24,840
Colchester United	Colchester	Colchester Community Stadium	10,105
Crawley Town	Crawley		5,996
Crewe Alexandra	Crewe	Gresty Road	10,153
			15,231
			5,147
			11,582
Grimsby Town		Blundell Park	9,052
Harrogate Town	Harrogate	Wetherby Road	5,000
Mansfield Town			9,186
Milton Keynes Dons	Milton Keynes	Stadium MK	30,500
Morecambe	Morecambe	Globe Arena	6,476
Newport County	Newport		7,850
	Nottingham	Meadow Lane Stadium	19,841
			5,108
		Edgeley Park	10,852
		Gander Green Lane	5,032
	Swindon	County Ground	15,728
Tranmere Rovers	Birkenhead	Prenton Park	16,789
Walsall	Walsall	Bescot Stadium	11,300
Wrexham	Wrexham	Racecourse Ground	12,600

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
Accrington Stanley	John Doolan	Séamus Conneely	Macron	Wham
	Johnnie Jackson	Jake Reeves	Umbro	Sports Interactive
Barrow	Pete Wild	Niall Canavan	Puma	Terrace
Bradford City		Richie Smallwood	Macron	JCT600
Colchester United	Danny Cowley	Connor Hall	Macron	Workhorse Group
Crawley Town	Scott Lindsey	Ben Gladwin	Adidas	The People's Pension
Crewe Alexandra	Lee Bell	Luke Offord	FBT	Mornflake
Doncaster Rovers	Grant McCann	Richard Wood	Oxen	Eco-Power Group
Forest Green Rovers	Steve Cotterill	Dom Bernard	Umbro	Ecotricity
Gillingham		Shaun Williams	Macron	Bauvill^[2]
Grimsby Town	David Artell	Danny Rose	Macron	myenergi
Harrogate Town	Simon Weaver	Josh Falkingham	New Balance	Strata
Mansfield Town	Nigel Clough	Aden Flint	Castore	One Call Insurance
Milton Keynes Dons	Mike Williamson	Dean Lewington	Castore	Suzuki
Morecambe	Ged Brannan	Donald Love	Joma^[3]	Omnia^[4]
Newport County	Graham Coughlan	Ryan Delaney	VX3 Sportswear	Pure Vans
Notts County	Stuart Maynard	Kyle Cameron	Puma	John Pye Auctions (Home) / Jake Bugg (Away)
Salford City		Elliott Watt	Adidas	Salboy^[5]
	Dave Challinor		Puma	VITA Group
Sutton United		Craig Eastmond	O'Neills	Echo Laser
Swindon Town	Gavin Gunning	Charlie Austin	Puma	MiPermit
Tranmere Rovers	Nigel Adkins	Connor Jennings	Mills	Essar
Walsall	Mat Sadler	Donervon Daniels	Erreà	Poundland
Wrexham	Phil Parkinson	Luke Young	Macron	United Airlines

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Swindon Town	Steve Mildenhall Gavin Gunning	End of interim spell	8 May 2023	Pre-season	Michael Flynn^[6]	8 May 2023
Doncaster Rovers	Danny Schofield^[7]	Sacked	9 May 2023		Grant McCann^[8]	12 May 2023
Milton Keynes Dons	Mark Jackson^[9]				Graham Alexander^[10]	27 May 2023
Forest Green Rovers	Duncan Ferguson^[11]		4 July 2023		David Horseman^[12]	17 July 2023
Tranmere Rovers	Ian Dawes^[13]		10 September 2023	22nd	Nigel Adkins^[14]	10 September 2023
Bradford City	Mark Hughes^[15]		4 October 2023	18th	Graham Alexander^[16]	6 November 2023
Gillingham	Neil Harris^[17]		5 October 2023	8th		1 November 2023
Milton Keynes Dons	Graham Alexander^[18]		16 October 2023	16th	Mike Williamson^[19]	17 October 2023
Colchester United	Ben Garner^[20]		21 October 2023	22nd	Matthew Etherington^[21]	21 October 2023
Grimsby Town	Paul Hurst^[22]		28 October 2023	21st	David Artell	27 November 2023
Morecambe	Derek Adams^[23]	Release clause met	20 November 2023	9th	Ged Brannan	27 November 2023
Sutton United	Matt Gray	Sacked	19 December 2023	24th	Steve Morison	6 January 2024
Forest Green Rovers	David Horseman	Mutual consent	20 December 2023	23rd	Troy Deeney^[24]	20 December 2023
Salford City	Neil Wood	Sacked	27 December 2023	21st	Karl Robinson^[25]	5 January 2024
Colchester United	Matthew Etherington^[26]		1 January 2024	22nd	Danny Cowley^[27]	4 January 2024
Notts County	Luke Williams^[28]	Signed by Swansea City	5 January 2024	5th	Stuart Maynard^[29]	18 January 2024
Swindon Town	Michael Flynn^[30]	Mutual consent	15 January 2024	15th	Gavin Gunning	15 January 2024
Forest Green Rovers	Troy Deeney^[31]	Sacked	18 January 2024	24th	Steve Cotterill^[32]	25 January 2024
Accrington Stanley	John Coleman^[33]		3 March 2024	16th	John Doolan	4 March 2024
Gillingham	Stephen Clemence^[34]		29 April 2024	12th	Mark Bonner^[35]	7 May 2024
Morecambe	Ged Brannan^[36]	Resigned	30 April 2024	15th

League table

Play-offs

See main article: 2024 English Football League play-offs.

First leg

Second leg

Final

See main article: 2024 EFL League Two play-off final.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Macaulay Langstaff	Notts County	28
2	Paul Mullin	Wrexham	24
	Matt Smith	Salford City
4	Davis Keillor-Dunn	Mansfield Town	22
5	Will Evans	Newport County	21
6	Isaac Olaofe	Stockport County	20
7	Joe Ironside	Doncaster Rovers	18
	Danilo Orsi	Crawley Town
9	Dan Kemp	Swindon Town MK Dons	17
	Paddy Madden	Stockport County

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April. Source: BBC

Hat-tricks

See main article: List of EFL League Two hat-tricks.

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Callum Hendry			3–4 (A)	19 August 2023	^[37]
Jake Young^4		Crawley Town	6–0 (H)	26 August 2023	^[38]
Andy Cook		Newport County	4–1 (A)	23 September 2023	^[39]
Troy Deeney		Notts County	3–4 (A)	23 September 2023	^[40]
Isaac Olaofe		Wrexham	5–0 (H)	23 September 2023	^[41]
Ali Al-Hamadi	AFC Wimbledon	Tranmere Rovers	4–1 (H)		^[42]
	Morecambe	Colchester United	1–3 (A)		^[43]
Isaac Hutchinson	Walsall	Gillingham	4–1 (H)	14 October 2023	^[44]
Freddie Draper	Walsall	Newport County	3–3 (A)	20 October 2023	^[45]
	Salford City	Doncaster Rovers	0–3 (A)		^[46]
Paul Mullin	Wrexham	Morecambe	6–0 (H)	25 November 2023	^[47]
	Stockport County	Sutton United	8–0 (H)		^[48]
	Notts County	Morecambe	5–0 (H)		^[49]
	Wrexham	Barrow	4–1 (H)	1 January 2024	^[50]
	Salford City	Crewe Alexandra	2–3 (A)	27 January 2024	^[51]
	Mansfield Town	Harrogate Town	9–2 (H)	13 February 2024
Paul Mullin	Wrexham	Accrington Stanley	4–0 (H)	2 March 2024	^[52]
	Stockport County	Sutton United	1–3 (A)	6 April 2024	^[53]
	Stockport County	Notts County	2–5 (A)	16 April 2024	^[54]
	AFC Wimbledon	Walsall	5–1 (H)	27 April 2024	^[55]
	Crawley Town	MK Dons	5–1 (A)	11 May 2024	^[56]

Awards

Monthly

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Reference
August	Graham Alexander	Milton Keynes Dons	Jake Young	Swindon Town	^[57]
September	Dave Challinor	Stockport County	Louie Barry	Stockport County	^[58]
October			Matt Smith	Salford City	^[59]
November	Pete Wild	Barrow	Jake Young	Swindon Town	^[60]
December	Mike Williamson	Milton Keynes Dons	Dean Lewington	Milton Keynes Dons	^[61]
January	Simon Weaver	Harrogate Town	Jodi Jones	Notts County	^[62]
February	Nigel Clough	Mansfield Town	Hakeeb Adelakun	Doncaster Rovers	^[63]
March	Pete Wild	Barrow	Paul Mullin	Wrexham	^[64]
April	Grant McCann	Doncaster Rovers	Paddy Madden	Stockport County	^[65]

Annual

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Jodi Jones^[66]	Notts County
Young Player of the Season	Rob Apter	Tranmere Rovers
Manager of the Season	Nigel Clough^[67]	Mansfield Town

Notes and References

1. Web site: English League Two Performance Stats – 2023–24 . ESPN . 2 January 2024.
2. Bauvill become new front shirt sponsors kit deal announced. Gillingham Football Club. Gillingham. 10 June 2023.
3. Record kit deal announced. Morecambe Football Club. Morecambe. 14 June 2021.
4. Omnia become new front of shirt sponsor. Morecambe Football Club. Morecambe. 8 July 2023.
5. Web site: Salboy to sponsor brand new 2023-24 adidas home kit . 19 July 2023 . 13 April 2024 . Salford City F.C..
6. Web site: CLUB STATEMENT: A message from Clem Morfuni on Town's next manager. www.swindontownfc.co.uk. 8 May 2023. 8 May 2023.
7. Web site: STATEMENT Danny Schofield dismissed as head coach. www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk. 9 May 2023. 9 May 2023.
8. Web site: HE'S BACK Rovers appoint Grant McCann as manager. Doncaster Rovers. 12 May 2023. 12 May 2023.
9. Web site: Statement: Mark Jackson. www.mkdons.com. 9 May 2023. 9 May 2023.
10. Web site: MK Dons appoint Graham Alexander as Head Coach. www.mkdons.com. 27 May 2023. 27 May 2023.
11. Web site: Ferguson departs FGR. www.fgr.co.uk. 4 July 2023. 4 July 2023.
12. Web site: Southampton figure poised to take EFL job. www.footballleagueworld.co.uk. 17 July 2023. 17 July 2023.
13. Web site: Club Statement. www.tranmererovers.co.uk. 10 September 2023. 10 September 2023.
14. Web site: Nigel Adkins appointed permanent Tranmere Rovers manager. www.tranmererovers.co.uk. 2 November 2023. 2 November 2023.
15. https://www.bradfordcityafc.com/news/2023/october/bantams-part-company-with-hughes/ BANTAMS PART COMPANY WITH HUGHES
16. Web site: ALEXANDER APPOINTED CITY MANAGER. www.bradfordcityafc.com. 6 November 2023. 6 November 2023.
17. Web site: Club Statement. www.gillinghamfootballclub.com. 5 October 2023. 5 October 2023.
18. Web site: Club statement: Graham Alexander. www.mkdons.com. 16 October 2023. 16 October 2023.
19. Web site: Mike Williamson appointed MK Dons Head Coach. www.mkdons.com. 17 October 2023. 17 October 2023.
20. Web site: Ben Garner: Colchester United sack boss after four successive defeats. www.bbc.com. 21 October 2023. 21 October 2023.
21. Web site: U's Appoint Etherington. www.cu-fc.com. 16 November 2023. 16 November 2023.
22. Web site: Club Statement: Paul Hurst & Chris Doig - Grimsby Town Football Club . gtfc.co.uk . 28 October 2023.
23. Web site: Club Statement Derek Adams. www.morecambefc.com. 20 November 2023. 20 November 2023.
24. Web site: Rovers Part Company with Horseman and Carey. www.fgr.co.uk. 20 December 2023. 20 December 2023.
25. Web site: Karl Robinson appointed new Head Coach. www.salfordcityfc.co.uk. 5 January 2024. 5 January 2024.
26. Web site: Club Statement. www.cu-fc.com. 1 January 2024. 1 January 2024.
27. Web site: Col U Bring In Cowley. www.cu-fc.com. 4 January 2024. 4 January 2024.
28. Web site: Statement: Luke Williams. www.nottscountyfc.co.uk. 5 January 2024. 5 January 2024.
29. Web site: Head coach: Stuart Maynard. www.nottscountyfc.co.uk. 18 January 2024. 18 January 2024.
30. Web site: Swindon Town part company with Michael Flynn and Wayne Hatswell. www.swindontownfc.co.uk. 15 January 2024. 15 January 2024.
31. News: Troy Deeney: Forest Green Rovers sack manager after six games . 24 January 2024 . BBC Sport . 18 January 2024.
32. Web site: Steve Cotterill appointed FGR Manager. www.fgr.co.uk. 25 January 2024. 25 January 2024.
33. Web site: STATEMENT: John Coleman and Jimmy Bell . 2024-03-03 . www.accringtonstanley.co.uk . en-gb.
34. News: League Two Gillingham sack head coach Clemence . 1 May 2024 . BBC Sport . 29 April 2024.
35. News: League Two Gillingham appoint Bonner as manager . 7 May 2024 . BBC Sport . 7 May 2024.
36. News: Morecambe boss Brannan leaves for Accrington role . 1 May 2024 . BBC Sport . 30 April 2024.
37. Web site: Tranmere Rovers 3–4 Salford City. BBC Sport. 19 August 2023. 29 August 2023.
38. Web site: Swindon Town 6–0 Crawley Town. BBC Sport. 26 August 2023. 29 August 2023.
39. Web site: Newport County 1–4 Bradford City. BBC Sport. 23 September 2023. 23 September 2023.
40. Web site: Notts County 4–3 Forest Green Rovers. BBC Sport. 23 September 2023. 23 September 2023.
41. Web site: Stockport County 5–0 Wrexham. BBC Sport. 23 September 2023. 23 September 2023.
42. News: AFC Wimbledon 4-1 Tranmere Rovers . en-GB . BBC Sport . 2024-01-01.
43. News: Colchester United 1-3 Morecambe . en-GB . BBC Sport . 2024-01-01.
44. News: Walsall 4-1 Gillingham . en-GB . BBC Sport . 2023-10-14.
45. News: Draper seals hat-trick to deny Newport victory . en-GB . BBC Sport . 2023-10-21.
46. News: Doncaster Rovers 0-3 Salford City . en-GB . BBC Sport . 2024-01-01.
47. Web site: Wrexham vs Morecambe on 25 Nov 23 - Match Centre - Wrexham AFC . 2023-11-25 . www.wrexhamafc.co.uk.
48. News: Leaders Stockport put eight past bottom side Sutton . en-GB . BBC Sport . 2024-01-01.
49. News: Notts County 5-0 Morecambe . en-GB . BBC Sport . 2024-01-01.
50. Web site: Wrexham vs Barrow on 01 Jan 24 - Match Centre - Wrexham AFC . 2024-01-01 . www.wrexhamafc.co.uk.
51. Web site: Crewe Alexandra 2–3 Salford City. BBC Sport. 27 January 2024. 7 February 2024.
52. Web site: REPORT Wrexham AFC 4-0 Accrington Stanley . 2024-03-02 . www.wrexhamafc.co.uk . en-gb.
53. News: Sutton United 1-3 Stockport County . 2024-04-11 . BBC Sport . en-GB.
54. Web site: Notts County 2–5 Stockport County. BBC Sport. 16 April 2024. 18 April 2024.
55. Web site: AFC Wimbledon 5–1 Walsall. BBC Sport. 27 April 2024. 30 April 2024.
56. Web site: League Two - Promotion Play-offs - Semi-finals. BBC Sport. 11 May 2024. 11 May 2024.
57. Web site: See the Sky Bet League Two Manager and Player of the Month winners for August. www.efl.com. 8 September 2023. 8 September 2023.
58. Web site: See the Sky Bet League Two Manager and Player of the Month winners for September. www.efl.com. 13 October 2023. 13 October 2023.
59. Web site: See the Sky Bet League Two Manager and Player of the Month winners for October. www.efl.com. 10 November 2023. 13 November 2023.
60. Web site: Sky Bet League Two Player and Manager of the Month for November. www.efl.com. 8 December 2023. 8 December 2023.
61. Web site: Sky Bet League Two Player and Manager of the Month for December. www.efl.com. 12 January 2024. 13 January 2024.
62. Web site: See the January Sky Bet League Two Manager & Player of the Month winners. www.efl.com. 9 February 2024. 9 February 2024.
63. Web site: Sky Bet League Two: Manager & Player of the Month February winners. www.efl.com. 8 March 2024. 8 March 2024.
64. Web site: EFL . 2024-04-12 . Sky Bet League Two: Manager & Player of the Month: March winners . 2024-04-12 . EFL . en.
65. Web site: Sky Bet Manager and Player of the Month: April winners. www.efl.com. 3 May 2024. 6 May 2024.
66. Web site: Crysencio Summerville named the Sky Bet Championship Player of the Season. www.efl.com. 14 April 2024. 20 April 2024.
67. Web site: Kieran McKenna wins the Sky Bet Championship Manager of the Season. www.efl.com. 14 April 2024. 20 April 2024.