# 2014–15 Football League Two

The 2014–15 Football League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th season of the Football League Two under its current title and the 23rd season under its current league division format. The season began on 9 August 2014.
Twenty four clubs participated, eighteen of which remained in League Two having been neither promoted nor relegated at the end of the 2013–14 season. These clubs were joined by Tranmere Rovers, Carlisle United, Shrewsbury Town and Stevenage who were relegated from 2013–14 Football League One, and by Luton Town and Cambridge United who were both promoted from the 2013–14 Football Conference.
Burton Albion won the League Two title after a 3–2 away to Cambridge United on 2 May.

## Changes from last season
### Team changes

The following teams changed division at the end of the 2013–14 season.

#### To League Two

Promoted from Conference Premier
* Luton Town
* Cambridge United
Relegated from Football League One
* Tranmere Rovers
* Carlisle United
* Shrewsbury Town
* Stevenage

#### From League Two

Relegated to Conference Premier
* Bristol Rovers
* Torquay United
Promoted to Football League One
* Chesterfield
* Scunthorpe United
* Rochdale
* Fleetwood Town

## Team overview
### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Accrington Stanley | Accrington | Crown Ground | 5,057 |
| AFC Wimbledon | London (Norbiton) | Kingsmeadow | 4,850 |
| Burton Albion | Burton | Pirelli Stadium | 6,912 |
| Bury | Bury | Gigg Lane | 11,840 |
| Cambridge United | Cambridge | Abbey Stadium | 8,127 |
| Carlisle United | Carlisle | Brunton Park | 16,981 |
| Cheltenham Town | Cheltenham | Whaddon Road | 7,066 |
| Dagenham & Redbridge | London (Dagenham) | Victoria Road | 6,078 |
| Exeter City | Exeter | St James Park | 8,830 |
| Hartlepool United | Hartlepool | Victoria Park | 8,240 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Shrewsbury Town | Shrewsbury | New Meadow | 9,875 |
| Southend United | Southend-on-Sea | Roots Hall | 11,840 |
| Stevenage | Stevenage | Broadhall Way | 6,722 |
| Tranmere Rovers | Birkenhead | Prenton Park | 16,789 |
| Wycombe Wanderers | High Wycombe | Adams Park | 10,284 |
| York City | York | Bootham Crescent | 7,872 |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Shrewsbury Town | Michael Jackson | Appointed as Assistant Manager | 12 May 2014 | Pre-season | Micky Mellon | 12 May 2014 |
| Oxford United | Gary Waddock | Sacked | 4 July 2014 | Pre-season | Michael Appleton | 4 July 2014 |
| Carlisle United | Graham Kavanagh | Sacked | 1 September 2014 | 22nd | Keith Curle | 19 September 2014 |
| Accrington Stanley | James Beattie | Mutual consent | 12 September 2014 | 21st | John Coleman | 18 September 2014 |
| Hartlepool United | Colin Cooper | Resigned | 4 October 2014 | 24th | Paul Murray | 23 October 2014 |
| Tranmere Rovers | Robert Edwards | Sacked | 13 October 2014 | 24th | Micky Adams | 16 October 2014 |
| York City | Nigel Worthington | Resigned | 13 October 2014 | 22nd | Russ Wilcox | 15 October 2014 |
| Burton Albion | Gary Rowett | Signed by Birmingham City | 27 October 2014 | 3rd | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | 13 November 2014 |
| Mansfield Town | Paul Cox | Mutual consent | 21 November 2014 | 19th | Adam Murray | 5 December 2014 |
| Cheltenham Town | Mark Yates | Sacked | 25 November 2014 | 18th | Paul Buckle | 26 November 2014 |
| Hartlepool United | Paul Murray | Sacked | 6 December 2014 | 24th | Ronnie Moore | 16 December 2014 |
| Newport County | Justin Edinburgh | Signed by Gillingham | 7 February 2015 | 6th | Terry Butcher | 30 April 2015 |
| Cheltenham Town | Paul Buckle | Mutual consent | 13 February 2015 | 22nd | Gary Johnson | 30 March 2015 |
| Portsmouth | Andy Awford | Mutual consent | 13 April 2015 | 14th | Paul Cook | 12 May 2015 |
| Tranmere Rovers | Micky Adams | Mutual consent | 19 April 2015 | 24th | Gary Brabin | 5 May 2015 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Burton Albion (C, P) | 46 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 69 | 39 | +30 | 94 | Promotion to Football League One |
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town (P) | 46 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 67 | 31 | +36 | 89 | Promotion to Football League One |
| 3 | Bury (P) | 46 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 60 | 40 | +20 | 85 | Promotion to Football League One |
| 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 67 | 45 | +22 | 84 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 5 | Southend United (O, P) | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 84 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 6 | Stevenage | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 62 | 54 | +8 | 72 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 71 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 8 | Luton Town | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 54 | 44 | +10 | 68 | |
| 9 | Newport County | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 51 | 54 | −3 | 65 | |
| 10 | Exeter City | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 61 | 65 | −4 | 64 | |
| 11 | Morecambe | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 63 | |
| 12 | Northampton Town | 46 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 67 | 62 | +5 | 61 | |
| 13 | Oxford United | 46 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 61 | |
| 14 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 58 | 59 | −1 | 59 | |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 54 | 60 | −6 | 58 | |
| 16 | Portsmouth | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 57 | |
| 17 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 58 | 77 | −19 | 56 | |
| 18 | York City | 46 | 11 | 19 | 16 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 52 | |
| 19 | Cambridge United | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 61 | 66 | −5 | 51 | |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 46 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 56 | 74 | −18 | 50 | |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 38 | 62 | −24 | 48 | |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 39 | 70 | −31 | 45 | |
| 23 | Cheltenham Town (R) | 46 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 40 | 67 | −27 | 41 | Relegation to the National League |
| 24 | Tranmere Rovers (R) | 46 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 45 | 67 | −22 | 39 | 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 | Wycombe Wanderers | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | |
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | |
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 1 (6) |
| | | | | | 5 | Southend United | 1 (7) |
| 5 | Southend United | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Southend United | 1 (7) |
| 6 | Stevenage | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ACC | WIM | BRT | BRY | CAM | CRL | CHL | D&R | EXE | HAR | LUT | MAN | MOR | NPC | NOR | OXF | PLY | POR | SHR | STD | STE | TRA | WYC | YOR |
| Accrington Stanley | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| AFC Wimbledon | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Burton Albion | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Bury | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Cambridge United | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–6 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Carlisle United | 1–0 | 4–4 | 3–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 |
| Cheltenham Town | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 |
| Dagenham & Redbridge | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Exeter City | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Hartlepool United | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 |
| Luton Town | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 |
| Mansfield Town | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 |
| Morecambe | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Newport County | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| Northampton Town | 4–5 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 |
| Oxford United | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Portsmouth | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Shrewsbury Town | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Southend United | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Stevenage | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 |
| Tranmere Rovers | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Wycombe Wanderers | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | | 1–0 |
| York City | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Matt Tubbs | AFC Wimbledon/Portsmouth | 21 |
| 2 | Jamie Cureton | Dagenham and Redbridge | 19 |
| 3 | Reuben Reid | Plymouth Argyle | 18 |
| 3 | Marc Richards | Northampton Town | 18 |
| 5 | James Collins | Shrewsbury Town | 15 |
| 5 | Tom Nichols | Exeter City | 15 |
| 7 | Barry Corr | Southend United | 14 |
| 7 | Danny Hylton | Oxford United | 14 |
| 7 | Jed Wallace | Portsmouth | 14 |
| 10 | Adebayo Akinfenwa | AFC Wimbledon | 13 |
| 10 | Mark Cullen | Luton Town | 13 |