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Revision as of 13:08, 29 December 2022

EFL League Two
Season2022–23
Dates30 July 2022 – 6/7 May 2023
Matches played258
Goals scored592 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorerAndy Cook
Sam Hoskins
(13 goals)
Biggest home winStevenage 5–0 Barrow
(2 December 2022)
Biggest away winHartlepool United 0–5
Stockport County
(3 December 2022)
Highest scoringMansfield Town 5–2
AFC Wimbledon
(16 August 2022)
Mansfield Town 2–5
Swindon Town
(29 October 2022)
All statistics correct as of 26 December 2022.

The 2022–23 EFL League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) is the 19th season of the Football League Two under its current title and the 31st season under its current league division format. It began on 30 July 2022.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2021–22 season:

To League Two

Promoted from National League

Relegated from League One

From League Two

Promoted to League One

Relegated to National League

Stadiums

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Locations of the 2022–23 EFL League Two teams
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Greater Manchester League Two football clubs
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London League Two football clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity
AFC Wimbledon London (Wimbledon) Plough Lane 9,369
Barrow Barrow-in-Furness Holker Street 5,045
Bradford City Bradford Valley Parade 25,126
Carlisle United Carlisle Brunton Park 17,949
Colchester United Colchester Colchester Community Stadium 10,105
Crawley Town Crawley Broadfield Stadium 5,996
Crewe Alexandra Crewe Gresty Road 10,153
Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Keepmoat Stadium 15,231
Gillingham Gillingham Priestfield Stadium 11,582
Grimsby Town Cleethorpes Blundell Park 9,052
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
Rochdale Rochdale Spotland Stadium 10,000
Salford City Salford Moor Lane 5,108
Stevenage Stevenage Broadhall Way 7,800
Stockport County Stockport Edgeley Park 10,852
Sutton United London (Sutton) Gander Green Lane 5,032
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
AFC Wimbledon England Johnnie Jackson England Alex Woodyard Denmark Hummel[1] Sports Interactive
Barrow England Pete Wild Republic of Ireland Niall Canavan Germany Puma JF Hornby & Co.
Bradford City Wales Mark Hughes England Richie Smallwood Italy Macron JCT600
Carlisle United England Paul Simpson England Callum Guy Italy Erreà Bimson Haulage
Colchester United England Matt Bloomfield New Zealand Tommy Smith Italy Macron Texo Scaffolding (Home)
JobServe (Away and Third)
Crawley Town England Matthew Etherington England George Francomb[2] Germany Adidas The People's Pension
Crewe Alexandra England Lee Bell England Luke Offord Thailand FBT Mornflake
Doncaster Rovers England Danny Schofield England Adam Clayton England Elite Pro Sports Eco-Power Group
Gillingham England Neil Harris England Stuart O'Keefe Italy Macron MEMS Power Generation
Grimsby Town England Paul Hurst England Luke Waterfall Italy Macron myenergi
Harrogate Town England Simon Weaver England Josh Falkingham United States New Balance Strata
Hartlepool United England Keith Curle England Nicky Featherstone Italy Erreà[3] Suit Direct
Leyton Orient England Richie Wellens England Darren Pratley Germany Puma[4] Multiple charities[note 1]
Mansfield Town England Nigel Clough England Ollie Clarke England Surridge Sports One Call Insurance
Newport County Republic of Ireland Graham Coughlan England Matty Dolan Denmark Hummel Pure Vans
Northampton Town Australia Jon Brady England Jon Guthrie Denmark Hummel University of Northampton
Rochdale England Jim Bentley England Ethan Ebanks-Landell Italy Erreà Crown Oil Ltd
Salford City England Neil Wood England Ashley Eastham England Castore TalkTalk
Stevenage Scotland Steve Evans England Carl Piergianni Italy Macron Prime Gaming
Stockport County England Dave Challinor Republic of Ireland Paddy Madden Germany Puma VITA Group
Sutton United England Matt Gray England Craig Eastmond Republic of Ireland O'Neills Angel Plastics
Swindon Town England Scott Lindsey England Angus MacDonald Germany Puma First City Nursing and Care
Tranmere Rovers Scotland Micky Mellon England Kane Hemmings Indonesia Mills Essar
Walsall Wales Michael Flynn Montserrat Donervon Daniels Italy Erreà Poundland

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming manager Date of appointment
AFC Wimbledon Wales Mark Bowen[7] End of contract 7 May 2022 Pre-season England Johnnie Jackson[8] 16 May 2022
Hartlepool United England Michael Nelson End of caretaker spell 8 May 2022 Scotland Paul Hartley[9] 3 June 2022
Crawley Town England Lewis Young Seychelles Kevin Betsy[10] 6 June 2022
Barrow England Phil Brown[11] End of contract 12 May 2022 England Pete Wild[12] 27 May 2022
Salford City England Gary Bowyer[13] Sacked 17 May 2022 England Neil Wood[14] 20 May 2022
Swindon Town England Ben Garner[15] Signed by Charlton Athletic 8 June 2022 England Scott Lindsey[16] 20 June 2022
Rochdale Scotland Robbie Stockdale[17] Sacked 18 August 2022 24th England Jim Bentley[18] 29 August 2022
Hartlepool United Scotland Paul Hartley[19] Sacked 18 September 2022 23rd England Keith Curle[20] 18 September 2022
Colchester United England Wayne Brown[21] Sacked 18 September 2022 21st England Matt Bloomfield[22] 30 September 2022
Crawley Town Seychelles Kevin Betsy[23] Sacked 9 October 2022 24th England Matthew Etherington[24] 27 November 2022
Newport County Wales James Rowberry[25] Sacked 10 October 2022 18th Republic of Ireland Graham Coughlan[26] 20 October 2022
Doncaster Rovers England Gary McSheffrey[27] Sacked 17 October 2022 12th England Danny Schofield[28] 20 October 2022
Crewe Alexandra England Alex Morris[29] Demoted to assistant manager 4 November 2022 16th England Lee Bell[a][30][31] 4 November 2022
Crawley Town England Matthew Etherington[32] Mutual Consent 29 December 2022 20th
  1. ^ Bell was originally appointed interim manager before being given the role permanently on 1 December 2022

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Leyton Orient (C, P) 46 26 13 7 61 34 +27 91 Promotion to EFL League One
2 Stevenage (P) 46 24 13 9 61 39 +22 85
3 Northampton Town (P) 46 23 14 9 62 42 +20 83
4 Stockport County 46 22 13 11 65 37 +28 79 Qualification for League Two play-offs
5 Carlisle United (O, P) 46 20 16 10 66 43 +23 76
6 Bradford City 46 20 16 10 61 43 +18 76
7 Salford City 46 22 9 15 72 54 +18 75
8 Mansfield Town 46 21 12 13 72 55 +17 75
9 Barrow 46 18 8 20 47 53 −6 62
10 Swindon Town 46 16 13 17 61 55 +6 61
11 Grimsby Town 46 16 13 17 49 56 −7 61
12 Tranmere Rovers 46 15 13 18 45 48 −3 58
13 Crewe Alexandra 46 14 16 16 48 60 −12 58
14 Sutton United 46 15 13 18 46 58 −12 58
15 Newport County 46 14 15 17 53 56 −3 57
16 Walsall 46 12 19 15 46 49 −3 55
17 Gillingham 46 14 13 19 36 49 −13 55
18 Doncaster Rovers 46 16 7 23 46 65 −19 55
19 Harrogate Town 46 12 16 18 59 68 −9 52
20 Colchester United 46 12 13 21 44 51 −7 49
21 AFC Wimbledon 46 11 15 20 48 60 −12 48
22 Crawley Town 46 11 13 22 48 71 −23 46
23 Hartlepool United (R) 46 9 16 21 52 78 −26 43 Relegation to National League
24 Rochdale (R) 46 9 11 26 46 70 −24 38
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[33]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away WIM BAR BRA CAR COL CRA CRE DON GIL GRI HAR HTL LEY MAN NEW NOR ROC SAL STE STO SUT SWI TRA WAL
AFC Wimbledon — 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–1
Barrow — 3–2 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–1
Bradford City 2–2 — 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–1
Carlisle United 2–1 1–0 — 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–3 3–3 1–1 1–1 0–0
Colchester United 1–0 1–1 — 2–2 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–1
Crawley Town 0–2 1–0 — 0–0 0–2 0–1 3–2 2–1 2–3 1–2 3–2 1–2
Crewe Alexandra 1–0 1–0 — 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–2 1–0
Doncaster Rovers 4–1 — 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–2
Gillingham 1–1 0–1 — 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0
Grimsby Town 0–0 1–2 3–0 1–3 1–1 — 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–1
Harrogate Town 1–2 3–3 0–0 3–2 — 2–1 0–2 3–0 0–4 0–1 3–0 1–1
Hartlepool United 0–0 1–3 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 — 0–2 0–5 0–0
Leyton Orient 3–0 2–0 2–0 4–2 — 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–0
Mansfield Town 5–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–2 — 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–5 1–0 2–1
Newport County 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 — 0–1 2–3 1–2 2–1 0–1
Northampton Town 3–1 3–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 — 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–0
Rochdale 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 — 1–0
Salford City 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–4 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 — 1–0 0–2 0–1
Stevenage 5–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–3 1–0 — 2–1 3–0 2–0
Stockport County 1–0 2–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 1–2 — 3–0 1–1 1–1
Sutton United 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 — 0–2 1–1
Swindon Town 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–0 3–2 — 1–1 1–2
Tranmere Rovers 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 —
Walsall 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 3–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 27 December 2022. Source: [1]
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

As of 26 December 2022

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 England Sam Hoskins Northampton Town 14
2 England Andy Cook Bradford City 13
3 England Kristian Dennis Carlisle United 11
England Danny Johnson Walsall
5 England Josh Gordon Barrow 10
6 Republic of Ireland Paddy Madden Stockport County 9
England George Miller Doncaster Rovers
Northern Ireland Paul Smyth Leyton Orient
9 England Luke Armstrong Harrogate Town 8
England Will Swan Mansfield Town
11 England Courtney Baker-Richardson Crewe Alexandra 7
England Omar Bogle Newport County
England Josh Umerah Hartlepool United
England Billy Waters Barrow

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of EFL League Two hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Ref
England Danny Johnson Walsall Hartlepool United 4–0 30 July 2022 [34]
England Billy Waters Barrow Colchester United 3–1 1 November 2022 [35]

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
August England Richie Wellens Leyton Orient England Sam Hoskins Northampton Town [36]
September England Andy Cook Bradford City [37]
October Wales Michael Flynn Walsall Republic of Ireland Paddy Madden Stockport County [38]
November England Johhnie Jackson AFC Wimbledon England Billy Waters Barrow <ref>"Sky Bet EFL November Manager and Player of the Month winners". EFL. Retrieved December 29, 2022.

Notes

  1. ^ Tommy Club (Home), Haven House Children's Hospice (Away), and Mind (Third).[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Teaming up with hummel again!".
  2. ^ "George Francomb takes on Reds captaincy". Crawley Town F.C. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Hartlepool new kit supplier". Hartlepool United FC. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Leyton Orient to partner with Puma from the 2022/23 season". Leyton Orient. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Harry Kane: England captain donates Leyton Orient shirt sponsorship to good causes". BBC Sport. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Mark Bowen departs for a new role elsewhere".
  8. ^ "The wait is over! New manager confirmed". www.afcwimbledon.co.uk. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Pools appoint Paul Hartley". www.hartlepoolunited.co.uk. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  10. ^ "CLUB APPOINT KEVIN BETSY AS MANAGER". www.crawleytownfc.com. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Club Statement: Phil Brown". www.barrowafc.com. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  12. ^ "Pete Wild Appointed As Barrow Manager". www.barrowafc.com. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Club Statement (17/05/2022)". salfordcityfc.co.uk. 17 May 2022.
  14. ^ "Neil Wood announced as new Head Coach". salfordcityfc.co.uk. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  15. ^ "Club Statement: Ben Garner Departs". www.swindontownfc.co.uk. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  16. ^ "BREAKING: Scott Lindsey appointed as Town's new Head Coach". www.swindontownfc.co.uk. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  17. ^ "Club Statement (18/08/2022)". rochdaleafc.co.uk. 18 August 2022.
  18. ^ "Jim Bentley Appointed As First Team Manager". www.rochdaleafc.co.uk. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  19. ^ "Club Statement - Paul Hartley and Gordon Young". www.hartlepoolunited.co.uk. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  20. ^ "Keith Curle appointed interim manager". www.hartlepoolunited.co.uk. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  21. ^ "U's appoint Bloomfield". www.cu-fc.com. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  22. ^ "Club Statement - Wayne Brown". www.cu-fc.com. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  23. ^ "Club Statement - Kevin Betsy & Dan Micciche". www.crawleytownfc.com. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  24. ^ "Matthew Etherington takes over as Crawley Town boss as Lewis Young leaves". BBC Sport. 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  25. ^ "Newport County part company with management team". www.newport-county.co.uk. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  26. ^ "Graham Coughlan appointed Newport County manager!". www.newport-county.co.uk. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  27. ^ "CLUB STATEMENT: Rovers part company with Gary McSheffrey". Doncaster Rovers. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  28. ^ "Danny Schofield named new Rovers head coach". Doncaster Rovers. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  29. ^ "Alex Morris steps down as First-Team Manager". Crewe Alexandra. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  30. ^ "Alex Morris steps down as First-Team Manager". Crewe Alexandra. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  31. ^ "Lee Bell appointed First Team Manager". www.crewealex.net. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  32. ^ "CLUB STATEMENT : MATTHEW ETHERINGTON & SIMON DAVIES". www.crawleytownfc.com. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  33. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  34. ^ "Walsall 4–0 Hartlepool United". BBC Sport. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  35. ^ "Barrow 3–1 Colchester United". BBC Sport. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  36. ^ "Sky Bet EFL August Manager and Player of the Month winners". EFL. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  37. ^ "Sky Bet EFL September Manager and Player of the Month winners". EFL. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  38. ^ "Sky Bet EFL October Manager and Player of the Month winners". EFL. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
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