2017–18 EFL League Two

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EFL League Two
Season 2017–18
Champions Accrington Stanley
Promoted Accrington Stanley
Luton Town
Wycombe Wanderers
Coventry City
Relegated Chesterfield
Barnet
Matches played 552. 1,411 goals (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer Billy Kee
(25 goals)[1]
Biggest home win Luton 7–0 Cambridge
Biggest away win Cheltenham 1–6 Coventry
Crewe 0–5 Carlisle
Swindon 0–5 Luton
Highest scoring Luton 8–2 Yeovil
Longest winning run 7 matches
(Accrington Stanley
Longest unbeaten run 15 matches
(Accrington Stanley
Longest winless run 20 matches
(Grimsby Town)
Longest losing run 6 matches
(Chesterfield,
Port Vale)
All statistics correct as of 9 December 2017.

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

Team changes

The following teams changed division after the 2016–17 season.

Teams

Locations of the 2017–18 Football League Two teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity[2]
Accrington Stanley Accrington Crown Ground 5,057
Barnet London (Edgware) The Hive Stadium 6,418
Cambridge United Cambridge Abbey Stadium 8,127
Carlisle United Carlisle Brunton Park 17,949
Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Whaddon Road 7,066
Chesterfield Chesterfield Proact Stadium 10,400
Colchester United Colchester Colchester Community Stadium 10,105
Coventry City Coventry Ricoh Arena 32,609
Crawley Town Crawley Broadfield Stadium 5,996
Crewe Alexandra Crewe Gresty Road 10,180
Exeter City Exeter St James Park 8,830
Forest Green Rovers Nailsworth The New Lawn 5,147
Grimsby Town Cleethorpes Blundell Park 9,052
Lincoln City Lincoln Sincil Bank 10,120
Luton Town Luton Kenilworth Road 10,356
Mansfield Town Mansfield Field Mill 10,000
Morecambe Morecambe Globe Arena 6,476
Newport County Newport Rodney Parade 7,850
Notts County Nottingham Meadow Lane 19,588
Port Vale Burslem Vale Park 19,052
Stevenage Stevenage Broadhall Way 6,722
Swindon Town Swindon County Ground 15,728
Wycombe Wanderers High Wycombe Adams Park 9,617
Yeovil Town Yeovil Huish Park 9,566

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Swindon Town Luke Williams Mutual consent 5 May 2017[3] Pre-season David Flitcroft 5 June 2017[4]
Port Vale Michael Brown Sacked 16 September 2017[5] 24th England Neil Aspin 4 October 2017[6]
Chesterfield Scotland Gary Caldwell 16 September 2017[7] 23rd England Jack Lester 29 September 2017[8]
Barnet England Rossi Eames Appointed as Head of Development 13 November 2017[9] Scotland Mark McGhee 14 November 2017[9]
Scotland Mark McGhee Appointed as Head of Technical 15 January 2018[10] 24th England Graham Westley 15 January 2018[10]
Cambridge United England Shaun Derry Mutual consent 9 February 2018[11] 14th Republic of Ireland Joe Dunne 2 May 2018[12]
Grimsby Town Russell Slade Sacked 11 February 2018[13] 17th Michael Jolley 2 March 2018[14]
Mansfield Town Scotland Steve Evans Signed by Peterborough United 27 February 2018[15] 5th David Flitcroft 1 March 2018[16]
Swindon Town David Flitcroft Signed by Mansfield Town 1 March 2018[16] 7th Phil Brown 12 March 2018[17]
Stevenage England Darren Sarll Sacked 18 March 2018[18] 16th Tunisia Dino Maamria 20 March 2018[19]
Barnet England Graham Westley 19 March 2018[20] 24th England Martin Allen 19 March 2018[20]
Chesterfield England Jack Lester Mutual consent 24 April 2018[21] 24th England Martin Allen 15 May 2018

League table

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Play-offs

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See also: 2018 English Football League play-offs
Semi-finals Final
           
4 Exeter City
7 Lincoln City
4 Exeter City 1
6 Coventry City 3
5 Notts County
6 Coventry City

Results

Home \ Away ACC BAR CAM CRL CHL CHF COL COV CRA CRE EXE FGR GRI LIN LUT MAN MOR NPC NTC PTV STE SWI WYC YEO
Accrington Stanley — 4–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 4–0 3–1 1–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–0
Barnet 1–1 — 3–1 1–3 0–2 3–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–1
Cambridge United 0–0 1–0 — 1–2 4–3 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 2–3 3–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 5–0 1–0 1–3 1–3 2–1
Carlisle United 3–1 1–1 1–1 — 3–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 3–3 4–0
Cheltenham Town 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 — 1–1 3–1 1–6 1–0 1–0 3–4 0–1 2–3 1–0 2–2 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 5–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–2
Chesterfield 1–2 2–1 2–3 2–2 0–2 — 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–0 3–2 1–3 1–3 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–3
Colchester United 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–4 1–1 — 2–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 5–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–1
Coventry City 0–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 — 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 4–0 2–4 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 3–2 2–6
Crawley Town 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 3–5 0–2 0–2 1–2 — 1–2 3–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 2–3 2–0
Crewe Alexandra 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–5 2–1 5–1 1–0 1–2 3–0 — 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–4 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–3 2–3 0–0
Exeter City 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 — 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–4 0–1 4–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0
Forest Green Rovers 0–1 2–2 5–2 0–1 1–1 4–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–2 1–3 — 0–3 0–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–4 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–2 1–2 4–3
Grimsby Town 0–3 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 — 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 2–3 2–1
Lincoln City 2–0 2–1 0–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–4 3–2 2–1 3–1 — 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 3–1 3–0 2–2 0–0 1–1
Luton Town 1–2 2–0 7–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 0–3 4–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 4–2 — 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 7–1 0–3 2–3 8–2
Mansfield Town 0–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–4 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 2–2 — 2–1 5–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–0
Morecambe 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 — 2–1 1–4 0–3 1–1 0–1 2–1 4–3
Newport County 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–3 1–0 4–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–3 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 — 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–0
Notts County 2–2 2–1 3–3 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 4–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 4–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 — 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 4–1
Port Vale 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 4–0 0–4 0–0 0–0 0–1 — 2–2 0–3 2–3 1–1
Stevenage 3–2 4–1 0–2 0–0 4–1 5–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–3 1–1 2–0 — 0–1 0–0 4–1
Swindon Town 3–0 1–4 2–0 0–0 0–3 2–2 2–3 1–2 0–3 4–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–5 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–2 3–2 — 1–0 2–2
Wycombe Wanderers 0–4 3–1 1–1 4–3 3–3 1–0 3–1 0–1 4–0 3–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–4 2–0 2–4 0–0 1–0 3–2 — 2–1
Yeovil Town 3–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 3–1 0–0 3–0 0–2 0–3 2–3 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 0–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2018. Source: BBC Sport

Top scorers

As of 5 May 2018[1]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Northern Ireland Billy Kee Accrington Stanley 25
2 Sudan Mohamed Eisa Cheltenham Town 23
Scotland Marc McNulty Coventry City
4 England Danny Hylton Luton Town 21
5 Wales Christian Doidge Forest Green Rovers 20
6 Republic of Ireland James Collins Luton Town 19
England Jayden Stockley Exeter City
England Kristian Dennis Chesterfield
9 England Adebayo Akinfenwa Wycombe Wanderers 17
England Tom Pope Port Vale

References

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