2021–22 EFL League Two

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EFL League Two
Season2021–22
Dates7 August 2021 - 7/8 May 2022
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All statistics correct as of pre-season.

The 2021–22 EFL League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) is the 18th season of Football League Two under its current title and the 30th season under its current league division format.

Team changes[]

Stadiums[]

2021–22 EFL League Two is located in England
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Barrow
Barrow
Bradford City
Bradford City
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers
Carlisle United
Colchester United
Crawley Town
Crawley Town
Exeter City
Forest Green Rovers
Harrogate Town
Hartlepool United
Hartlepool United
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient
Mansfield Town
Mansfield Town
Newport County
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
Port Vale
Port Vale
Scunthorpe United
Scunthorpe United
Stevenage
Sutton United
Sutton United
Swindon Town
Swindon Town
Tranmere Rovers
Tranmere Rovers
Walsall
Greater Manchester teams Oldham Athletic Rochdale Salford City
Greater Manchester teams
Oldham Athletic
Rochdale
Salford City
Locations of the 2021–22 EFL League Two teams
Greater Manchester League Two football clubs
Oldham Athletic
Oldham Athletic
Rochdale
Rochdale
Salford City
Salford City
Greater Manchester League Two football clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Barrow Barrow-in-Furness Holker Street 5,045
Bradford City Bradford Valley Parade 25,136
Bristol Rovers Bristol Memorial Stadium 12,300
Carlisle United Carlisle Brunton Park 18,202
Colchester United Colchester Colchester Community Stadium 10,105
Crawley Town Crawley Broadfield Stadium 5,996
Exeter City Exeter St. James Park 8,696
Forest Green Rovers Nailsworth The New Lawn 5,147
Harrogate Town Harrogate Wetherby Road 5,000
Hartlepool United Hartlepool Victoria Park 7,856
Leyton Orient London (Leyton) Brisbane Road 9,271
Mansfield Town Mansfield Field Mill 9,186
Newport County Newport Rodney Parade 7,850
Northampton Town Northampton Sixfields Stadium 7,798
Oldham Athletic Oldham Boundary Park 13,513
Port Vale Burslem Vale Park 20,552
Rochdale Rochdale Spotland Stadium 10,249
Salford City Salford Moor Lane 5,108
Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe Glanford Park 9,088
Stevenage Stevenage Broadhall Way 7,800
Sutton United London (Sutton) Gander Green Lane 5,013
Swindon Town Swindon County Ground 15,728
Tranmere Rovers Birkenhead Prenton Park 16,789
Walsall Walsall Bescot Stadium 11,300

Personnel and sponsoring[]

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Barrow England Mark Cooper England Jason Taylor Spain Joma JF Hornby & Co.
Bradford City Scotland Derek Adams Republic of Ireland Niall Canavan England Avec Sport JCT600
Bristol Rovers England Joey Barton Scotland Paul Coutts Italy Macron Utilita Energy
Carlisle United England Chris Beech England Callum Guy Italy Erreà Thomas Graham
Colchester United England Hayden Mullins New Zealand Tommy Smith Italy Macron Texo Scaffolding (Home)
JobServe (Away / Third)
Crawley Town England John Yems England George Francomb[1] Italy Erreà The People's Pension
Exeter City England Matt Taylor England Matt Jay[2] Spain Joma Carpetright
Forest Green Rovers Wales Rob Edwards Jamaica Jamille Matt PlayerLayer[3] Ecotricity
Harrogate Town England Simon Weaver England Josh Falkingham United States New Balance Strata
Hartlepool United England Dave Challinor England Nicky Featherstone Republic of Ireland O'Neills Orangebox Training Solutions
Leyton Orient Wales Kenny Jackett England Darren Pratley United States New Balance Multiple charities[note 1]
Mansfield Town England Nigel Clough England Ollie Clarke England Surridge One Call
Newport County Wales Michael Flynn England Matt Dolan Denmark Hummel Alzheimers Society Cymru
Northampton Town Australia Jon Brady England Joseph Mills Denmark Hummel University of Northampton
Oldham Athletic England Keith Curle England Carl Piergianni Denmark Hummel Bartercard
Port Vale England Darrell Clarke England Tom Conlon Italy Erreà Synectics Solutions
Rochdale Scotland Robbie Stockdale Republic of Ireland Eoghan O'Connell Italy Erreà Crown Oil Ltd
Salford City England Gary Bowyer England Ashley Eastham Italy Kappa TalkTalk
Scunthorpe United England Neil Cox England Harry Davis Italy Macron Utilita Energy
Stevenage England Alex Revell Scotland Scott Cuthbert Italy Macron Prime Gaming
Sutton United England Matt Gray England Craig Eastmond Italy Macron Angel Plastics
Swindon Town England Ben Garner England Dion Conroy Germany Puma Bartercard
Tranmere Rovers Scotland Micky Mellon England Scott Davies Indonesia Mills[6] Essar
Walsall England Matthew Taylor England Joss Labadie Italy Erreà HomeServe
  1. ^ Tottenham Hotspur player Harry Kane, who played for Leyton Orient early in his career, bought the club's shirt sponsorship for the 2021–22 season, his second season of doing this. Each of the team's shirts will feature a different message or charity chosen by Kane: Tommy Club (home shirt), Haven House Children's Hospice (away shirt), and Mind (third shirt).[4][5]

Managerial changes[]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Leyton Orient Jamaica Jobi McAnuff[7] End of interim spell 8 May 2021 Pre-season Wales Kenny Jackett[8] 21 May 2021
Swindon Town Scotland Tommy Wright England John McGreal[9] 26 May 2021
Bradford City England Mark Trueman
England Conor Sellars[10] 		Sacked 10 May 2021 Scotland Derek Adams[11] 4 June 2021
Walsall England Brian Dutton[12] England Matthew Taylor[13] 19 May 2021
Barrow England Rob Kelly[14] End of Caretaker spell 14 May 2021 England Mark Cooper[15] 28 May 2021
Tranmere Rovers England Ian Dawes 23 May 2021 Scotland Micky Mellon[16] 1 June 2021
Forest Green Rovers England Jimmy Ball Wales Rob Edwards[17] 27 May 2021
Swindon Town England John McGreal[18] Mutual consent 25 June 2021 England Ben Garner[19] 21 July 2021
Rochdale Republic of Ireland Brian Barry-Murphy[20] Resigned 30 June 2021 Scotland Robbie Stockdale[21] 10 July 2021

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Forest Green Rovers 8 6 1 1 18 8 +10 19 Promotion to EFL League One
2 Leyton Orient 8 4 3 1 16 7 +9 15
3 Harrogate Town 7 4 2 1 13 9 +4 14
4 Northampton Town 8 4 2 2 7 5 +2 14 Qualification for League Two play-offs
5 Exeter City 8 3 4 1 11 5 +6 13
6 Hartlepool United 8 4 1 3 8 6 +2 13
7 Port Vale 8 3 3 2 9 6 +3 12
8 Rochdale 8 3 3 2 12 10 +2 12
9 Bradford City 8 3 3 2 11 9 +2 12
10 Swindon Town 8 3 3 2 9 7 +2 12
11 Tranmere Rovers 8 3 2 3 4 3 +1 11
12 Newport County 8 3 2 3 9 11 −2 11
13 Carlisle United 8 2 4 2 9 9 0 10
14 Crawley Town 7 3 1 3 8 10 −2 10
15 Barrow 8 2 3 3 11 10 +1 9
16 Colchester United 7 2 3 2 7 7 0 9
17 Salford City 8 2 2 4 7 8 −1 8
18 Sutton United 7 2 2 3 6 8 −2 8
19 Walsall 8 2 2 4 8 11 −3 8
20 Mansfield Town 8 2 2 4 10 14 −4 8
21 Stevenage 8 2 2 4 7 13 −6 8
22 Bristol Rovers 8 2 1 5 6 13 −7 7
23 Scunthorpe United 8 1 4 3 6 13 −7 7 Relegation to National League
24 Oldham Athletic 8 1 1 6 4 14 −10 4
Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2021. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[22]


Results[]

Home \ Away BRW BRA BRI CAR COL CRA EXE FOR HAR HAT LEY MAN NEW NOR OLD POR ROC SAL SCU STE SUT SWI TRA WAL
Barrow — 1–1 2–3 0–0 3–2
Bradford City 1–1 — 2–1 4–1 1–1
Bristol Rovers — 1–0 a a 1–3 1–0 0–2 a
Carlisle United — 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–2
Colchester United — 0–1 1–1 0–1
Crawley Town 2–1 — 0–0 2–1
Exeter City 0–0 4–1 — 0–0 2–0 a
Forest Green Rovers a 6–3 a — 1–0 0–2 2–1 a
Harrogate Town 2–1 1–1 — 2–2 3–2
Hartlepool United 1–0 2–1 1–0 — 2–0
Leyton Orient 2–0 3–0 0–2 — 4–0
Mansfield Town 2–3 2–1 1–3 — 2–1 1–1
Newport County 2–2 — 0–1 2–1
Northampton Town — 1–0 1–3 2–0 1–1
Oldham Athletic 0–3 1–2 0–0 0–1 —
Port Vale 0–0 2–0 — 2–3 0–0
Rochdale 1–1 1–2 — 0–0 1–0
Salford City 1–0 1–1 3–0 — 0–0 0–1
Scunthorpe United 0–4 — 1–1 1–3 1–0
Stevenage 1–0 0–4 1–1 — 1–1
Sutton United 1–0 1–2 2–1 —
Swindon Town a 1–2 a a 1–0 1–2 — 0–0
Tranmere Rovers 1–0 0–1 2–0 — 1–0
Walsall 1–3 3–1 1–1 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2021. Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics[]

Top scorers[]

As of 18 September 2021
Rank Player Club Goals
1 England Harry Smith Leyton Orient 6
England Mathew Stevens Forest Green Rovers
3 England Luke Armstrong Harrogate Town 5
Jamaica Jamille Matt Forest Green Rovers
5 England Andy Cook Bradford City 4
England Matt Jay Exeter City
England Jamie Proctor Port Vale

Hat-tricks[]

Main article: List of EFL League Two hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Ref
Andy Cook Bradford City Stevenage 4–1 17 August 2021 [23]
Nicky Cadden Forest Green Rovers Crawley Town 6–3 21 August 2021 [24]

Notes[]

References[]

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  2. ^ "Matt Jay named the new Grecians captain". Exeter City FC. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Forest Green Rovers Cancel Hummel Deal Following Company's Fail to Deliver Kits". Footy Headlines. 22 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Harry Kane: England captain donates Leyton Orient shirt sponsorship to good causes". BBC Sport. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Harry Kane renews 'magic partnership' with Leyton Orient after Ed Sheeran teams up with boyhood club Ipswich". TalkSport. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Perusahaan Indonesia, Mills, Jadi Pemasok Apparel Klub Inggris Tranmere Rovers". Tempo.co. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Jobi McAnuff: Leyton Orient will not offer interim manager permanent job". BBC Sport. 8 May 2021.
  8. ^ "LEYTON ORIENT APPOINT KENNY JACKETT AS MANAGER". www.leytonorient.com. 21 May 2021.
  9. ^ "John McGreal: Swindon Town appoint ex-Colchester boss as manager". BBC Sport. 26 May 2021.
  10. ^ Bradford City: "CLUB STATEMENT: MARK TRUEMAN AND CONOR SELLARS"
  11. ^ "ADAMS UNVEILED AS NEW BANTAMS BOSS". www.bradfordcityafc.com. 4 June 2021.
  12. ^ Walsall: " CareClub Statement: Brian Dutton"
  13. ^ "Matthew Taylor appointed as Saddlers Head Coach". www.saddlers.co.uk. 19 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Rob Kelly: Barrow assistant does not wish to take up vacant managerial position". BBC Sport. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Mark Cooper Appointed As Barrow Manager". www.barrowafc.com. 28 May 2021.
  16. ^ "Micky Mellon confirmed as new Tranmere Rovers manager". www.tranmererovers.co.uk. 31 May 2021.
  17. ^ "Rob Edwards named Forest Green Rovers Head Coach". www.fgr.co.uk. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  18. ^ "CLUB STATEMENT: JOHN MCGREAL AND RENE GILMARTIN". www.swindontownfc.co.uk. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  19. ^ "New Director of Football and Head Coach Appointed". www.swindontownfc.co.uk. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  20. ^ "Club Statement: Brian Barry-Murphy". www.rochdaleafc.co.uk. 30 June 2021.
  21. ^ "Robbie Stockdale: Rochdale appoint former Sunderland and West Brom coach as manager". BBC Sport. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  22. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". English Football League. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
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