# 2014–15 Football League One

The 2014–15 Football League One (referred to as the Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh season of the Football League One under its current title and the twenty-second season under its current league division format. The season began on 9 August 2014.
Bristol City won the league to return to the Championship after a two-year absence. They were unbeaten for the first 16 matches of the season and also finished with the best goal difference and best defence. MK Dons pipped Preston North End to 2nd place on the last day of the season after the Lancashire club lost at Colchester. But Preston were eventually promoted via the playoffs, defeating Chesterfield and Swindon 4–0 (on aggregate) and 4–0 respectively.
At the other end of the table, Yeovil Town followed their relegation from the Championship the previous season with another relegation. Leyton Orient were relegated after having contested the playoff final in 2013–14 (which they lost to Rotherham on penalties after being 2–0 up), and Crawley and Notts County were the final teams relegated to League Two for the 2015–16 season.

## Changes from last season
### Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2013–14 season.

## Team overview
### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Barnsley | Barnsley | Oakwell | 23,009 |
| Bradford City | Bradford | Valley Parade | 25,136 |
| Bristol City | Bristol | Ashton Gate | 21,497 |
| Chesterfield | Chesterfield | Proact Stadium | 10,504 |
| Colchester United | Colchester | Colchester Community Stadium | 10,064 |
| Coventry City | Coventry | Ricoh Arena | 32,609 |
| Crawley Town | Crawley | Broadfield Stadium | 5,996 |
| Crewe Alexandra | Crewe | Alexandra Stadium | 10,153 |
| Doncaster Rovers | Doncaster | Keepmoat Stadium | 15,231 |
| Fleetwood Town | Fleetwood | Highbury Stadium | 5,327 |
| Gillingham | Gillingham | Priestfield Stadium | 11,582 |
| Leyton Orient | London (Leyton) | Brisbane Road | 9,271 |
| Milton Keynes Dons | Milton Keynes | Stadium mk | 30,500 |
| Notts County | Nottingham | Meadow Lane | 21,388 |
| Oldham Athletic | Oldham | Boundary Park | 10,638 |
| Peterborough United | Peterborough | Abax Stadium | 16,315 |
| Port Vale | Stoke-on-Trent | Vale Park | 19,052 |
| Preston North End | Preston | Deepdale | 23,408 |
| Rochdale | Rochdale | Spotland Stadium | 10,249 |
| Scunthorpe United | Scunthorpe | Glanford Park | 9,088 |
| Sheffield United | Sheffield | Bramall Lane | 32,702 |
| Swindon Town | Swindon | County Ground | 15,728 |
| Walsall | Walsall | Bescot Stadium | 11,300 |
| Yeovil Town | Yeovil | Huish Park | 9,565 |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table at time of departure | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Colchester United | Joe Dunne | Sacked | 1 September 2014 | 23rd | Tony Humes | 1 September 2014 |
| Port Vale | Micky Adams | Resigned | 18 September 2014 | 23rd | Rob Page | 29 October 2014 |
| Leyton Orient | Russell Slade | Resigned | 24 September 2014 | 17th | Mauro Milanese | 26 October 2014 |
| Scunthorpe United | Russ Wilcox | Sacked | 8 October 2014 | 23rd | Mark Robins | 13 October 2014 |
| Leyton Orient | Mauro Milanese | Sacked | 8 December 2014 | 19th | Fabio Liverani | 8 December 2014 |
| Crawley Town | John Gregory | Health Reasons | 27 December 2014 | 21st | Dean Saunders | 27 December 2014 |
| Gillingham | Peter Taylor | Sacked | 31 December 2014 | 20th | Justin Edinburgh | 7 February 2015 |
| Yeovil Town | Gary Johnson | Sacked | 4 February 2015 | 24th | Terry Skiverton | 4 February 2015 |
| Barnsley | Danny Wilson | Sacked | 12 February 2015 | 17th | Lee Johnson | 25 February 2015 |
| Peterborough United | Darren Ferguson | Sacked | 22 February 2015 | 15th | | |
| Coventry City | Steven Pressley | Sacked | 22 February 2015 | 21st | Tony Mowbray | 3 March 2015 |
| Oldham Athletic | Lee Johnson | Signed by Barnsley | 25 February 2015 | 9th | | |
| Notts County | Shaun Derry | Sacked | 23 March 2015 | 20th | Ricardo Moniz | 7 April 2015 |
| Yeovil Town | Terry Skiverton | Demotion to Assistant Manager | 9 April 2015 | 24th | Paul Sturrock | 9 April 2015 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bristol City (C, P) | 46 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 96 | 38 | +58 | 99 | Promotion to Football League Championship |
| 2 | Milton Keynes Dons (P) | 46 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 101 | 44 | +57 | 91 | Promotion to Football League Championship |
| 3 | Preston North End (O, P) | 46 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 79 | 40 | +39 | 89 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 4 | Swindon Town | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 76 | 57 | +19 | 79 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 5 | Sheffield United | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 66 | 53 | +13 | 71 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 6 | Chesterfield | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 68 | 55 | +13 | 69 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 7 | Bradford City | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 65 | |
| 8 | Rochdale | 46 | 19 | 6 | 21 | 72 | 66 | +6 | 63 | |
| 9 | Peterborough United | 46 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 53 | 56 | −3 | 63 | |
| 10 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 63 | |
| 11 | Barnsley | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 62 | 61 | +1 | 62 | |
| 12 | Gillingham | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 65 | 66 | −1 | 62 | |
| 13 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 58 | 62 | −4 | 61 | |
| 14 | Walsall | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 59 | |
| 15 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 54 | 67 | −13 | 57 | |
| 16 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 62 | 75 | −13 | 56 | |
| 17 | Coventry City | 46 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 49 | 60 | −11 | 55 | |
| 18 | Port Vale | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 55 | 65 | −10 | 54 | |
| 19 | Colchester United | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 58 | 77 | −19 | 52 | |
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 43 | 75 | −32 | 52 | |
| 21 | Notts County (R) | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 45 | 63 | −18 | 50 | Relegation to Football League Two |
| 22 | Crawley Town (R) | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 53 | 79 | −26 | 50 | Relegation to Football League Two |
| 23 | Leyton Orient (R) | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 59 | 69 | −10 | 49 | Relegation to Football League Two |
| 24 | Yeovil Town (R) | 46 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 75 | −39 | 40 | Relegation to Football League Two |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Championship.

## Play-offs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 3 | Preston North End | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | |
| 6 | Chesterfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| 6 | Chesterfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Preston North End | 4 |
| | | | | | 4 | Swindon Town | 0 |
| 4 | Swindon Town | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | Swindon Town | 0 |
| 5 | Sheffield United | 1 | 5 | 6 | | | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BRA | BRI | CHF | COL | COV | CRA | CRE | DON | FLE | GIL | LEY | MKD | NTC | OLD | PET | PTV | PNE | ROC | SCU | SHU | SWI | WAL | YEO |
| Barnsley | | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–5 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Bradford City | 1–0 | | 0–6 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Bristol City | 2–2 | 2–2 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 8–2 | 2–1 |
| Chesterfield | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 6–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Colchester United | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Coventry City | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Crawley Town | 5–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| Fleetwood Town | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| Gillingham | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 3–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Leyton Orient | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Milton Keynes Dons | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 6–1 | | 4–1 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 5–1 |
| Notts County | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Oldham Athletic | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 |
| Peterborough United | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Port Vale | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Preston North End | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Rochdale | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Scunthorpe United | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Sheffield United | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Swindon Town | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 5–2 | | 3–3 | 0–1 |
| Walsall | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–4 | | 1–2 |
| Yeovil Town | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |

## Top scorers

    As of 3 May 2015
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Joe Garner | Preston North End | 25 |
| 2 | Ian Henderson | Rochdale | 22 |
| 3 | Eoin Doyle | Chesterfield | 21 |
| 3 | Andy Williams | Swindon Town | 21 |
| 5 | Will Grigg | Milton Keynes Dons | 20 |
| 6 | Izale McLeod | Crawley Town | 19 |
| 7 | Aaron Wilbraham | Bristol City | 18 |
| 8 | Tom Bradshaw | Walsall | 17 |
| 8 | Matt Done | Rochdale/Sheffield United | 17 |
| 10 | Dele Alli | Milton Keynes Dons | 16 |
| 10 | Cody McDonald | Gillingham | 16 |