2013–14 Football League Two

Football League Two
Season	2013–14
Champions	Chesterfield; (4th divisional title)
Promoted	Chesterfield; Scunthorpe United; Rochdale; Fleetwood Town
Relegated	Bristol Rovers; Torquay United
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,291 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	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 winning run	6 games; York City
Longest unbeaten run	28 games; Scunthorpe United
Longest winless run	13 games; Mansfield Town
Longest losing run	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
	← 2012–13 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

Locations of League Two 2013–14 teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Accrington Stanley	Accrington	Crown Ground	5,057
AFC Wimbledon	London (Kingston upon Thames)	The Cherry Red Records Stadium	4,850
Bristol Rovers	Bristol	Memorial Stadium	12,011
Burton Albion	Burton upon Trent	Pirelli Stadium	6,912
Bury	Bury	Gigg Lane	11,840
Cheltenham Town	Cheltenham	Whaddon Road	7,066
Chesterfield	Chesterfield	Proact Stadium	10,504
Dagenham & Redbridge	London (Dagenham)	Victoria Road	6,078
Exeter City	Exeter	St James Park	8,830
Fleetwood Town	Fleetwood	Highbury Stadium	5,094
Hartlepool United	Hartlepool	Victoria Park	8,240
Mansfield Town	Mansfield	One Call Stadium	10,000
Morecambe	Morecambe	Globe Arena	6,476
Newport County	Newport	Rodney Parade	7,850^{[note 1]}
Northampton Town	Northampton	Sixfields Stadium	7,653
Oxford United	Oxford	Kassam Stadium	12,500
Plymouth Argyle	Plymouth	Home Park	16,388
Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Fratton Park	20,224
Rochdale	Rochdale	Spotland Stadium	10,249
Scunthorpe United	Scunthorpe	Glanford Park	9,088
Southend United	Southend-on-Sea	Roots Hall	11,840
Torquay United	Torquay	Plainmoor	6,104
Wycombe Wanderers	High Wycombe	Adams Park	10,284
York City	York	Bootham Crescent	7,872

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
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^[a]
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^[b]
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	Relegation to the Conference Premier

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2014. Source: BBC Sport^{[needs update]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.
^ 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	2–2		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: [1]
Legend: 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
2	Reuben Reid	Plymouth Argyle	17
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

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

References

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

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_FLOPO0.10759928734396-21] Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

[table_hth_WIM0.10759928734396-23] On 28 April AFC Wimbledon have been deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.^[20]

[3] Newport County's current safety certificate allows a maximum attendance of 7,850 for football matches

[1] "League confirms 2013/14 start date". Football League. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2013.

[2] "Premier League and Football League: Ups and downs". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 April 2013.

[Midfielder_Russell_Penn_to_keep_York_City_captain’s_armband-4] Flett, Dave (25 February 2014). "Midfielder Russell Penn to keep York City captain's armband". The Press. York. Retrieved 6 April 2014.

[5] "Kevin Blackwell: Bury manager sacked by League Two strugglers". BBC Sport. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.

[6] "Bury appoint Flitcroft as manager". BBC Sport. 10 December 2013.

[7] "Scunthorpe United sack manager Laws". BBC Sport. 20 November 2013.

[8] "Wilcox appointed Scunthorpe manager". BBC Sport. 24 December 2013.

[9] "Portsmouth sack manager Whittingham". BBC Sport. 25 November 2013.

[10] "Barker & Coppell appointed by Pompey". BBC Sport. 9 December 2013.

[11] "Northampton sack manager Boothroyd". BBC Sport. 21 December 2013.

[12] "Chris Wilder named Northampton Town boss". BBC Sport. 25 January 2014.

[13] "Torquay United sack manager Knill". BBC Sport. 2 January 2014.

[14] "Torquay appoint Hargreaves as boss". BBC Sport. 6 January 2014.

[15] "Chris Wilder quits Oxford United amid Northampton Town interest". BBC Sport. 25 January 2014.

[16] "Gary Waddock named Oxford United head coach". BBC Sport. 22 March 2014.

[17] "Richie Barker sacked as Portsmouth manager". BBC Sport. 27 March 2014.

[18] "Portsmouth appoint Andy Awford as full-time manager". BBC Sport. 1 May 2014.

[DarrellClarke-19] "Bristol Rovers: John Ward replaced by Darrell Clarke". BBC Sport. 28 March 2014.

[MichaelAppleton-20] "Oxford United: Michael Appleton named head coach in shake-up". BBC Sport. 4 July 2014.

[22] "AFC Wimbledon docked three points for ineligible Jake Nicholson". BBC Sport. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[24] "Top Scorers - League Two - Football". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 April 2018.

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