2020–21 Efl League Two

EFL League Two
Season	2020–21
Dates	12 September 2020 – 8 May 2021
Champions	Cheltenham Town
Promoted	Cheltenham Town; Cambridge United; Bolton Wanderers; Morecambe
Relegated	Southend United; Grimsby Town
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,303 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	Paul Mullin (32 goals)
Biggest home win	Tranmere Rovers 5–0 Grimsby Town; (21 November 2020); Exeter City 6–1 Colchester United; (24 November 2020); Exeter City 5–0 Tranmere Rovers; (12 December 2020)
Biggest away win	Morecambe 0–5 Cambridge United; (19 September 2020) Scunthorpe United 0–5 Cambridge United; (17 October 2020)
Highest scoring	Bolton Wanderers 3–6 Port Vale; (5 December 2020) Harrogate Town 5–4 Cambridge United; (30 April 2021)
Longest winning run	Bolton Wanderers; Port Vale (6 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Bolton Wanderers (14 games)
Longest winless run	Colchester United; Walsall (14 games)
Longest losing run	Southend United (6 games)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Team changes

The following teams have changed divisions since the 2019–20 season.

To League Two

Promoted from National League

Relegated from League One

From League Two

Promoted to League One

Relegated to National League

Macclesfield Town

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Barrow	Barrow-in-Furness	Holker Street	5,045
Bolton Wanderers	Bolton	University of Bolton Stadium	28,723
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
Exeter City	Exeter	St. James Park	8,696
Forest Green Rovers	Nailsworth	The New Lawn	5,147
Grimsby Town	Cleethorpes	Blundell Park	9,052
Harrogate Town	Harrogate	Wetherby Road	5,000
Leyton Orient	London (Leyton)	Brisbane Road	9,271
Mansfield Town	Mansfield	Field Mill	10,000
Morecambe	Morecambe	Globe Arena	6,476
Newport County	Newport	Rodney Parade	7,850
Oldham Athletic	Oldham	Boundary Park	13,512
Port Vale	Burslem	Vale Park	19,052
Salford City	Salford	Moor Lane	5,108
Scunthorpe United	Scunthorpe	Glanford Park	9,088
Southend United	Southend-on-Sea	Roots Hall	12,392
Stevenage	Stevenage	Broadhall Way	7,800
Tranmere Rovers	Birkenhead	Prenton Park	16,789
Walsall	Walsall	Bescot Stadium	11,300

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
Barrow	Rob Kelly (caretaker)	Jason Taylor	Joma	JF Hornby & Co.
Bolton Wanderers	Ian Evatt	Antoni Sarcevic	Macron	Home Bargains
Bradford City	Mark Trueman and Conor Sellars	Richard O'Donnell	Avec Sport	JCT600
Cambridge United	Mark Bonner	Greg Taylor	Hummel	Mick George
Carlisle United	Chris Beech	Nick Anderton	Erreà	Edinburgh Woollen Mill
Cheltenham Town	Michael Duff	Ben Tozer	Erreà	Mira Showers
Colchester United	Hayden Mullins (caretaker)	Harry Pell	Macron	Texo Scaffolding (Home) JobServe (Away / Third)
Crawley Town	John Yems	George Francomb	Erreà	The People's Pension
Exeter City	Matt Taylor	Jake Taylor	Joma	Carpetright
Forest Green Rovers	Jimmy Ball (caretaker)	Chris Stokes	PlayerLayer	Ecotricity
Grimsby Town	Paul Hurst	James McKeown	Erreà	Young's Seafood
Harrogate Town	Simon Weaver	Josh Falkingham	New Balance	Strata
Leyton Orient	Jobi McAnuff (caretaker)	Jobi McAnuff	New Balance	Multiple charities
Mansfield Town	Nigel Clough	Ollie Clarke	Surridge	One Call
Morecambe	Derek Adams	Sam Lavelle	Macron	Annapurna Recruitment
Newport County	Michael Flynn	Joss Labadie	Hummel	Home: Alzheimer's Society Cymru Away: PureVans Third: ExilesPicks
Oldham Athletic	Keith Curle	Carl Piergianni	Hummel	Wakelet
Port Vale	Darrell Clarke	Tom Conlon	Erreà	Synectics Solutions
Salford City	Gary Bowyer	Ashley Eastham	Kappa	TalkTalk
Scunthorpe United	Neil Cox	Jordan Clarke	Macron	Utilita Energy
Southend United	Phil Brown	John White	Hummel	Watchlotto
Stevenage	Alex Revell	Scott Cuthbert	Macron	Burger King
Tranmere Rovers	Ian Dawes (caretaker)	Scott Davies	Puma	Essar
Walsall	Brian Dutton	James Clarke	Erreà	HomeServe

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Bolton Wanderers	Keith Hill	End of contract	12 June 2020	Pre-season	Ian Evatt	1 July 2020
Southend United	Sol Campbell	Mutual consent	30 June 2020		Mark Molesley	13 August 2020
Barrow	Ian Evatt	Signed by Bolton Wanderers	1 July 2020		David Dunn	9 July 2020
Tranmere Rovers	Micky Mellon	Signed by Dundee United	6 July 2020		Mike Jackson	18 July 2020
Colchester United	John McGreal	Sacked	14 July 2020		Steve Ball	28 July 2020
Oldham Athletic	Dino Maamria	Sacked	31 July 2020		Harry Kewell	1 August 2020
Scunthorpe United	Russ Wilcox	End of caretaker spell	7 August 2020		Neil Cox	7 August 2020
Salford City	Graham Alexander	Sacked	12 October 2020	5th	Richie Wellens	4 November 2020
Mansfield Town	Graham Coughlan		27 October 2020	22nd	Nigel Clough	6 November 2020
Tranmere Rovers	Mike Jackson		31 October 2020	18th	Keith Hill	21 November 2020
Bradford City	Stuart McCall		13 December 2020	22nd	Mark Trueman Conor Sellars	22 February 2021
Barrow	David Dunn		13 December 2020	21st	Michael Jolley	23 December 2020
Grimsby Town	Ian Holloway	Resigned	23 December 2020	20th	Paul Hurst	30 December 2020
Port Vale	John Askey	Sacked	4 January 2021	17th	Darrell Clarke	15 February 2021
Walsall	Darrell Clarke	Signed by Port Vale	15 February 2021	11th	Brian Dutton	15 February 2021
Barrow	Michael Jolley	Sacked	21 February 2021	23rd	Rob Kelly (Caretaker)	21 February 2021
Colchester United	Steve Ball		24 February 2021	21st	Wayne Brown (Caretaker)	24 February 2021
Leyton Orient	Ross Embleton		27 February 2021	14th	Jobi McAnuff (Caretaker)	28 February 2021
Oldham Athletic	Harry Kewell		7 March 2021	16th	Keith Curle	8 March 2021
Salford City	Richie Wellens	Mutual consent	22 March 2021	9th	Gary Bowyer	23 March 2021
Colchester United	Wayne Brown (Caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	31 March 2021	21st	Hayden Mullins (Caretaker)	31 March 2021
Southend United	Mark Molesley	Mutual consent	9 April 2021	23rd	Phil Brown	9 April 2021
Forest Green Rovers	Mark Cooper	Sacked	11 April 2021	6th	Jimmy Ball (interim)	11 April 2021
Tranmere Rovers	Keith Hill	Sacked	11 May 2021	7th	Ian Dawes (caretaker)	11 May 2021

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Cheltenham Town (C, P)	46	24	10	12	61	39	+22	82	Promotion to the EFL League One
2	Cambridge United (P)	46	24	8	14	73	49	+24	80
3	Bolton Wanderers (P)	46	23	10	13	59	50	+9	79
4	Morecambe (O, P)	46	23	9	14	69	58	+11	78	Qualification for League Two play-offs
5	Newport County	46	20	13	13	57	42	+15	73
6	Forest Green Rovers	46	20	13	13	59	51	+8	73
7	Tranmere Rovers	46	20	13	13	55	50	+5	73
8	Salford City	46	19	14	13	54	34	+20	71
9	Exeter City	46	18	16	12	71	50	+21	70
10	Carlisle United	46	18	12	16	60	51	+9	66
11	Leyton Orient	46	17	10	19	53	55	−2	61
12	Crawley Town	46	16	13	17	56	62	−6	61
13	Port Vale	46	17	9	20	57	57	0	60
14	Stevenage	46	14	18	14	41	41	0	60
15	Bradford City	46	16	11	19	48	53	−5	59
16	Mansfield Town	46	13	19	14	57	55	+2	58
17	Harrogate Town	46	16	9	21	52	61	−9	57
18	Oldham Athletic	46	15	9	22	72	81	−9	54
19	Walsall	46	11	20	15	45	53	−8	53
20	Colchester United	46	11	18	17	44	61	−17	51
21	Barrow	46	13	11	22	53	59	−6	50
22	Scunthorpe United	46	13	9	24	41	64	−23	48
23	Southend United (R)	46	10	15	21	29	58	−29	45	Relegation to National League
24	Grimsby Town (R)	46	10	13	23	37	69	−32	43	Relegation to National League

Semi-finals					Final

4	Morecambe	2	1	3

7	Tranmere Rovers	1	1	2
					4	Morecambe	1

					5	Newport County	0
5	Newport County	2	3	5

6	Forest Green Rovers	0	4	4

2020–21 Efl League Two

Team changes

To League Two

From League Two

Stadiums

Personnel and sponsoring

Managerial changes

League table

Play-offs

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Awards

Notes

References

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Grimsby Town	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–4	1–2	—	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–3	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–4	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–1
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Stevenage	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	3–3	0–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–2	0–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	—	0–0	1–1
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Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Paul Mullin	Cambridge United	32
2	Eoin Doyle	Bolton Wanderers	19
3	Matt Jay	Exeter City	18
3	James Vaughan	Tranmere Rovers	18
5	Ian Henderson	Salford City	17
	Danny Johnson	Leyton Orient
	Conor McAleny	Oldham Athletic
8	Jamille Matt	Forest Green Rovers	16
9	Carlos Mendes Gomes	Morecambe	15
	Jack Muldoon	Harrogate Town
	Scott Quigley	Barrow

Pos.	Player	Club
GK	Václav Hladký	Salford City
DF	Kyle Knoyle	Cambridge United
DF	Will Boyle	Cheltenham Town
DF	Jordan Tunnicliffe	Crawley Town
DF	Ibou Touray	Salford City
MF	David Worrall	Port Vale
MF	Antoni Sarcevic	Bolton Wanderers
MF	Wes Hoolahan	Cambridge United
MF	Chris Hussey	Cheltenham Town
FW	Matt Jay	Exeter City
FW	Paul Mullin	Cambridge United
Manager	Michael Duff	Cheltenham Town