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.
To League One Promoted from League Two Chesterfield Scunthorpe United Rochdale Fleetwood Town
Relegated from Championship Doncaster Rovers Barnsley Yeovil Town
From League One Relegated to League Two Tranmere Rovers Carlisle United Shrewsbury Town Stevenage Promoted to Championship Wolverhampton Wanderers Brentford Rotherham United
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 TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in table attime of departureIncoming managerDate of appointment Colchester United Sacked 1 September 2014 23rd 1 September 2014 Port Vale Resigned 18 September 2014 23rd 29 October 2014 Leyton Orient 24 September 2014 17th 26 October 2014 Scunthorpe UnitedSacked 8 October 2014 23rd 13 October 2014 Leyton Orient 8 December 2014 19th 8 December 2014 Crawley Town Health Reasons 27 December 2014 21st 27 December 2014 Gillingham Sacked 31 December 2014 20th 7 February 2015 Yeovil Town 4 February 2015 24th 4 February 2015 Barnsley 12 February 2015 17th 25 February 2015 Peterborough United 22 February 2015 15th Coventry City 22 February 2015 21st 3 March 2015 Oldham Athletic Signed by Barnsley 25 February 2015 9th Notts County Sacked 23 March 2015 20th 7 April 2015 Yeovil Town Demotion to Assistant Manager 9 April 2015 24th 9 April 2015
League table
Play-offs
Results
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Joe Garner Preston North End 252 Ian HendersonRochdale223 Eoin DoyleChesterfield21 Andy WilliamsSwindon Town5 Will GriggMilton Keynes Dons206 Izale McLeodCrawley Town197 Aaron WilbrahamBristol City188 Tom BradshawWalsall17 Matt DoneRochdale/Sheffield United10 Dele AlliMilton Keynes Dons16 Cody McDonaldGillingham
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