# 2015–16 Football League Two

The 2015–16 Football League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th season of the Football League Two under its current title and the 24th season under its current league division format. The season began on 8 August 2015 and concluded on 7 May 2016.
Twenty-four clubs participated, eighteen of which played in League Two during the 2014–15 season. These teams were joined by Notts County, Crawley Town, Leyton Orient and Yeovil Town, who had been relegated from League One, and by Barnet and Bristol Rovers, who had been promoted from the Football Conference.

## Changes from last season
### Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2014–15 season.

## Team overview
### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Accrington Stanley | Accrington | Crown Ground | 5,057 |
| AFC Wimbledon | London (Norbiton) | Kingsmeadow | 4,850 |
| Barnet | London (Canons Park) | The Hive Stadium | 5,233 |
| Bristol Rovers | Bristol | Memorial Stadium | 11,916 |
| Cambridge United | Cambridge | Abbey Stadium | 8,127 |
| Carlisle United | Carlisle | Brunton Park | 16,981 |
| Crawley Town | Crawley | Broadfield Stadium | 5,996 |
| Dagenham & Redbridge | London (Dagenham) | Victoria Road | 6,078 |
| Exeter City | Exeter | St James Park | 8,830 |
| Hartlepool United | Hartlepool | Victoria Park | 8,240 |
| Leyton Orient | London (Leyton) | Brisbane Road | 9,271 |
| Luton Town | Luton | Kenilworth Road | 10,356 |
| Mansfield Town | Mansfield | Field Mill | 8,200 |
| Morecambe | Morecambe | Globe Arena | 6,476 |
| Newport County | Newport | Rodney Parade | 7,850 |
| Northampton Town | Northampton | Sixfields Stadium | 7,653 |
| Notts County | Nottingham | Meadow Lane | 20,211 |
| Oxford United | Oxford | Kassam Stadium | 12,500 |
| Plymouth Argyle | Plymouth | Home Park | 16,388 |
| Portsmouth | Portsmouth | Fratton Park | 20,662 |
| Stevenage | Stevenage | Broadhall Way | 6,722 |
| Wycombe Wanderers | High Wycombe | Adams Park | 10,284 |
| Yeovil Town | Yeovil | Huish Park | 9,565 |
| York City | York | Bootham Crescent | 8,256 |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Crawley Town | John Gregory | Mutual consent | 9 May 2015 | Pre-season | Mark Yates | 19 May 2015 |
| Leyton Orient | Fabio Liverani | Mutual consent | 13 May 2015 | Pre-season | Ian Hendon | 28 May 2015 |
| Plymouth Argyle | John Sheridan | Mutual consent | 28 May 2015 | Pre-season | Derek Adams | 11 June 2015 |
| Stevenage | Graham Westley | End of contract | 31 May 2015 | Pre-season | Teddy Sheringham | 21 May 2015 |
| Newport County | Terry Butcher | Sacked | 1 October 2015 | 24th | John Sheridan | 2 October 2015 |
| York City | Russ Wilcox | Sacked | 26 October 2015 | 21st | Jackie McNamara | 4 November 2015 |
| Cambridge United | Richard Money | Sacked | 2 November 2015 | 18th | Shaun Derry | 12 November 2015 |
| Yeovil Town | Paul Sturrock | Sacked | 1 December 2015 | 24th | Darren Way | 31 December 2015 |
| Luton Town | John Still | Sacked | 17 December 2015 | 17th | Nathan Jones | 6 January 2016 |
| Dagenham & Redbridge | Wayne Burnett | Sacked | 21 December 2015 | 24th | John Still | 31 December 2015 |
| Notts County | Ricardo Moniz | Sacked | 29 December 2015 | 15th | Jamie Fullarton | 10 January 2016 |
| Newport County | John Sheridan | Signed by Oldham | 13 January 2016 | 20th | Warren Feeney | 15 January 2016 |
| Leyton Orient | Ian Hendon | Sacked | 18 January 2016 | 11th | Kevin Nolan | 21 January 2016 |
| Stevenage | Teddy Sheringham | Sacked | 1 February 2016 | 19th | Darren Sarll | 1 February 2016 |
| Hartlepool United | Ronnie Moore | Sacked | 10 February 2016 | 22nd | Craig Hignett | 11 February 2016 |
| Notts County | Jamie Fullarton | Sacked | 19 March 2016 | 19th | Mark Cooper | 20 March 2016 |
| Leyton Orient | Kevin Nolan | Demoted from position | 12 April 2016 | 11th | Andy Hessenthaler | 12 April 2016 |
| Crawley Town | Mark Yates | Sacked | 25 April 2016 | 18th | Dermot Drummy | 27 April 2016 |
| Notts County | Mark Cooper | End of contract | 7 May 2016 | 17th | John Sheridan | 27 May 2016 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Northampton Town (C, P) | 46 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 82 | 46 | +36 | 99 | Promotion to EFL League One |
| 2 | Oxford United (P) | 46 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 84 | 41 | +43 | 86 | Promotion to EFL League One |
| 3 | Bristol Rovers (P) | 46 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 77 | 46 | +31 | 85 | Promotion to EFL League One |
| 4 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 74 | 48 | +26 | 85 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 5 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 72 | 46 | +26 | 81 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 6 | Portsmouth | 46 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 75 | 44 | +31 | 78 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 7 | AFC Wimbledon (O, P) | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 64 | 50 | +14 | 75 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 8 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 60 | 61 | −1 | 69 | |
| 9 | Cambridge United | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 66 | 55 | +11 | 68 | |
| 10 | Carlisle United | 46 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 67 | 62 | +5 | 67 | |
| 11 | Luton Town | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 63 | 61 | +2 | 66 | |
| 12 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 61 | 53 | +8 | 64 | |
| 13 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 64 | |
| 14 | Exeter City | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 63 | 65 | −2 | 64 | |
| 15 | Barnet | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 67 | 68 | −1 | 62 | |
| 16 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 49 | 72 | −23 | 51 | |
| 17 | Notts County | 46 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 54 | 83 | −29 | 51 | |
| 18 | Stevenage | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 52 | 67 | −15 | 48 | |
| 19 | Yeovil Town | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 48 | |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 46 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 45 | 78 | −33 | 47 | |
| 21 | Morecambe | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 69 | 91 | −22 | 46 | |
| 22 | Newport County | 46 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 43 | 64 | −21 | 43 | |
| 23 | Dagenham & Redbridge (R) | 46 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 46 | 81 | −35 | 34 | Relegation to the National League |
| 24 | York City (R) | 46 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 51 | 87 | −36 | 34 | Relegation to the National League |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

## Play-offs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 4 | Accrington Stanley | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | |
| 7 | AFC Wimbledon | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | |
| 7 | AFC Wimbledon | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | AFC Wimbledon | 2 |
| | | | | | 5 | Plymouth Argyle | 0 |
| 5 | Plymouth Argyle | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | Plymouth Argyle | 0 |
| 6 | Portsmouth | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ACC | WIM | BAR | BRR | CAM | CRL | CRA | D&R | EXE | HAR | LEY | LUT | MAN | MOR | NPC | NOR | NTC | OXF | PLY | POR | STE | WYC | YEO | YOR |
| Accrington Stanley | | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| AFC Wimbledon | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Barnet | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 3–1 |
| Bristol Rovers | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Cambridge United | 2–3 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Carlisle United | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 4–4 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Crawley Town | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Dagenham & Redbridge | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Exeter City | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Hartlepool United | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Leyton Orient | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Luton Town | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Mansfield Town | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Morecambe | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Newport County | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Northampton Town | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Notts County | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 1–2 | | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Oxford United | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Portsmouth | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 6–0 |
| Stevenage | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Wycombe Wanderers | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Yeovil Town | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| York City | 1–5 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |

## Top scorers

Source: BBC Sport Correct as of 7 May 2016
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Matty Taylor | Bristol Rovers | 27 |
| 2 | Jay Simpson | Leyton Orient | 25 |
| 3 | John Akinde | Barnet | 23 |
| 4 | Lyle Taylor | AFC Wimbledon | 20 |
| 5 | Kemar Roofe | Oxford United | 18 |
| 6 | Billy Kee | Accrington Stanley | 17 |
| 7 | Matt Green | Mansfield Town | 16 |
| 8 | Jabo Ibehre | Carlisle United | 15 |
| 8 | Shaun Miller | Morecambe | 15 |
| 8 | Marc Richards | Northampton Town | 15 |
| 8 | Josh Windass | Accrington Stanley | 15 |

## Monthly Awards

| Month | Manager of the Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Player of the Month | Reference |
| Month | Manager | Club | Player | Club | Reference |
| August | Ian Hendon | Leyton Orient | Dean Cox | Leyton Orient | |
| September | John Coleman | Accrington Stanley | Michael Gash | Barnet | |
| October | Derek Adams | Plymouth Argyle | Shaun Miller | Morecambe | |
| November | Chris Wilder | Northampton Town | Jay Simpson | Leyton Orient | |
| December | Shaun Derry | Cambridge United | Gareth Evans | Portsmouth | |
| January | Chris Wilder | Northampton Town | Ricky Holmes | Northampton Town | |
| February | Chris Wilder | Northampton Town | Bradley Fewster | York City | |
| March | Darrell Clarke | Bristol Rovers | Matty Taylor | Bristol Rovers | |
| April | Neal Ardley | AFC Wimbledon | Tarique Fosu | Accrington Stanley | |