The 2019–20 EFL League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th season of Football League Two under its current title and the 28th season under its current league division format. On 13 March 2020, the EFL, alongside the FA announced the suspension of all domestic football until 3 April due to the rapidly developing COVID-19 pandemic. On 3 April 2020, this suspension was extended indefinitely.
On 15 May 2020, the clubs voted to end the season with immediate effect with the final table being determined on a points-per-game basis. No decision was made as to promotion and relegation. The play-offs would be played as normal. The decision meant Swindon Town would be crowned champions and would be joined by Crewe Alexandra and Plymouth Argyle in League One the following season.
Team changes The following teams have changed division since the 2018–19 season.
Stadiums
Team Location Stadium Capacity Bradford City Bradford Valley Parade 25,136 Cambridge United Cambridge Abbey Stadium 8,127 Carlisle United Carlisle Brunton Park 18,202 Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Whaddon Road 7,066 Colchester United Colchester Colchester Community Stadium 10,105 Crawley Town Crawley Broadfield Stadium 5,996 Crewe Alexandra Crewe Gresty Road 10,180 Exeter City Exeter St. James Park 8,696 Forest Green Rovers Nailsworth The New Lawn 5,147 Grimsby Town Cleethorpes Blundell Park 9,052 Leyton Orient London Brisbane Road 9,271 Macclesfield Town Macclesfield Moss Rose 6,355 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 Oldham Athletic Oldham Boundary Park 13,512 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Home Park 17,300 Port Vale Burslem Vale Park 19,052 Salford City Salford Moor Lane 5,108 Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe Glanford Park 9,088 Stevenage Stevenage Broadhall Way 6,722 Swindon Town Swindon County Ground 15,728 Walsall Walsall Bescot Stadium 11,300
Personnel and sponsoring Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor Bradford City Stuart McCall James Vaughan Avec Sport JCT600 Cambridge United Mark Bonner Greg Taylor Hummel Mick George Carlisle United Chris Beech Adam Collin Erreà Edinburgh Woollen Mill Cheltenham Town Michael Duff Ben Tozer Erreà Mira Showers Colchester United MacronTexo Scaffolding (Home)JobServe (Away / Third) Crawley Town John Yems ErreàThe People's Pension Crewe Alexandra Perry Ng FBT Mornflake Exeter City Joma Flybe Forest Green Rovers PlayerLayer Ecotricity Grimsby Town Ian Holloway James McKeown Erreà Young's SeafoodLeyton Orient Ross Embleton Josh Coulson New Balance The Sun Dream Team Macclesfield Town Mark Kennedy Nike Paddy Power (unbranded) Mansfield Town Graham Coughlan Krystian PearceSurridgeOne Call Morecambe Derek Adams Macron Annapurna Recruitment Newport County FBT Paddy Power (unbranded) Northampton Town Nike University of Northampton Oldham Athletic Dino Maamria Mohamed Maouche HummelWakeletPlymouth Argyle Gary Sawyer Puma Ginsters Port Vale John Askey Erreà Synectics SolutionsSalford City Graham Alexander Liam HoganKappaSoccer Saturday Super 6Scunthorpe United Russ Wilcox Andy Butler FBT Utilita Energy Stevenage Alex Revell Macron Burger King Swindon Town Puma Imagine Cruising ( home / away)Darby Rimmer MND Foundation (Third) Walsall Darrell Clarke James Clarke Erreà HomeServe
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Walsall Martin O'ConnorEnd of caretaker spell4 May 2019Pre-season Darrell Clarke 10 May 2019 Scunthorpe United Andy Dawson Paul Hurst 13 May 2019Plymouth Argyle Kevin Nancekivell Ryan Lowe5 June 2019 Oldham Athletic Pete Wild Resigned Laurent BanideBBC “Laurent Banide: Oldham Athletic appoint former Monaco boss as new head coach”, “BBC”, 11 June 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019. 11 June 2019 Mansfield Town David Flitcroft Sacked 14 May 2019 John Dempster 14 May 2019 Leyton Orient Justin Edinburgh Deceased 8 June 2019 Carl Fletcher16 October 2019 Macclesfield Town Sol Campbell Mutual consent 15 August 2019 8th Daryl McMahon 19 August 2019 Stevenage Dino Maamria Sacked9 September 201923rd Graham Westley 15 December 2019 Oldham Athletic Laurent Banide 19 September 2019 21st Dino Maamria 19 September 2019Morecambe Jim BentleySigned by AFC Fylde28 October 201924th Derek Adams7 November 2019 Carlisle United Steven PressleySacked13 November 201919th Chris Beech26 November 2019Leyton Orient Carl Fletcher 14 November 2019 16th Ross Embleton 7 January 2020 Grimsby Town Michael Jolley Mutual consent 15 November 2019 18th Ian Holloway 31 December 2019 Crawley Town Gabriele CioffiSacked 2 December 2019 17th John Yems 5 December 2019 Mansfield Town John Dempster 14 December 2019 18th Graham CoughlanGraham Coughlan unveiled as new Mansfield Town manager Chad (Mansfield local newspaper), 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019 17 December 2019 Macclesfield Town Daryl McMahon Resigned 2 January 2020 22nd Mark Kennedy16 January 2020 Cambridge United Colin CalderwoodSacked 29 January 2020 16th Mark Bonner 9 March 2020 Scunthorpe United Paul Hurst 29 January 2020 19th Russ Wilcox 12 February 2020 Bradford City Gary Bowyer 3 February 20208th Stuart McCall 4 February 2020 Stevenage Graham Westley 16 February 202024th Alex Revell 16 February 2020
League table
Play-offs
Results
Season statistics Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Eoin DoyleSwindon Town252 Nicky MaynardMansfield Town143 Ryan BowmanExeter City13 Ollie PalmerCrawley Town Jerry YatesSwindon Town6 Bez LubalaCrawley Town12 Chris PorterCrewe Alexandra8 Theo RobinsonColchester United11 Danny RoseMansfield Town James VaughanBradford City11 Antoni SarcevicPlymouth Argyle10 Kevin van VeenScunthorpe United
Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef Nicky MaynardMansfield TownOldham Athletic6–1 (H)12 October 2019 Eoin DoyleSwindon TownCrawley Town4–0 (A)26 October 2019 Keshi AndersonSwindon TownCambridge United4–0 (H)26 December 2019 Nicky MaynardMansfield TownCambridge United3–2 (A)1 January 2020
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