EFL League Two

Football League Two
	File:Cocacolalge2.jpg
	Founded
	2004; 1992–2004 (as Division Three); 1958–1992 (as Division Four)
	Nation
	England
	Promotion To
	League One
	Relegation To
	Conference National
	Number of Teams
	24
	Level on Pyramid
	Level 4
	Cups
	FA Cup; League Cup; League Trophy
	Current Champions (2007–08)
	Milton Keynes Dons
	Website
	League Two

Football League Two (often referred to as League Two for short or Coca-Cola Football League 2 for sponsorship reasons) is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system.

Football League Two was introduced for the 2004–05 season. It was previously known as the Football League Third Division. Prior to the advent of the Premiership, the fourth-highest division was known as the Football League Fourth Division. It is the most profitable and competitive fourth-tier football league in the world.

Structure

There are 24 clubs in Football League Two. Each club plays each of the other clubs twice (once at home, once away) and are awarded three points for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. From these points a league table is constructed.

At the end of each season the top three teams, together with the winner of the play-offs between the teams which finished in 4th–7th position, are promoted to Football League One and are replaced by the four teams that finished at the bottom of that division.

Similarly the two teams that finished at the bottom of Football League Two are relegated to the Conference National and are replaced by the team that finished 1st and the team that won the 2nd–5th place play-off in that division. (Promotion from the Conference National has slightly stricter criteria; if Conference candidate team(s) do not fulfill stadium and other criteria, the League Two team(s) is/are reprieved).

Final League position is determined, in this order, by points obtained, goal difference, goals scored, a mini-league of the results between two or more teams ranked using the previous three criteria and finally a series of one or more play off matches.

There is a mandatory wage cap in this division that limits spending on players' wages to 60% of club turnover.

Football League Two clubs 2008–09

Club	Finishing position last season
Accrington Stanley	17th
Aldershot Town	1st in Conference National
Barnet	12th
Bournemouth	21st in League One
Bradford City	10th
Brentford	14th
Bury	13th
Chester City	22nd
Chesterfield	8th
Dagenham & Redbridge	20th
Darlington	6th
Exeter City	4th in Conference National (play-off winner)
Gillingham	22nd in League One
Grimsby Town	16th
Lincoln City	15th
Luton Town	24th in League One
Macclesfield Town	19th
Morecambe	11th
Notts County	21st
Port Vale	23rd in League One
Rochdale	5th
Rotherham United	9th
Shrewsbury Town	18th
Wycombe Wanderers	7th

Winners of Football League Two

Season	Winner	Runner-Up	3rd Place	Promoted Play-Off Winner
2004–05	Yeovil Town	Scunthorpe United	Swansea City	Southend United
2005–06	Carlisle United	Northampton Town	Leyton Orient	Cheltenham Town
2006–07	Walsall	Hartlepool United	Swindon Town	Bristol Rovers
2007–08	Milton Keynes Dons	Peterborough United	Hereford United	Stockport County

For past winners at this level before 2004, see List of winners of English Football League Two and predecessors.

Play-off results

Season	Semifinal (1st Leg)	Semifinal (2nd Leg)	Final
2004–05	Lincoln City 1–0 Macclesfield Town Northampton Town 0–0 Southend United	Macclesfield Town 1–1 Lincoln City Southend United 1–0 Northampton Town	Lincoln City 0–2 Southend United
2005–06	Lincoln City 0–1 Grimsby Town Wycombe Wanderers 1–2 Cheltenham Town	Grimsby Town 2–1 Lincoln City Cheltenham Town 0–0 Wycombe Wanderers	Grimsby Town 0–1 Cheltenham Town
2006–07	Bristol Rovers 2–1 Lincoln City Shrewsbury Town 0–0 Milton Keynes Dons	Lincoln City 3–5 Bristol Rovers Milton Keynes Dons 1–2 Shrewsbury Town	Bristol Rovers 3–1 Shrewsbury Town
2007–08	Darlington 2–1 Rochdale Wycombe Wanderers 1–1 Stockport County	Rochdale 2–1 Darlington (Rochdale won 5-4 on penalties, AET) Stockport County 1–0 Wycombe Wanderers Edgeley Park, May 17, 6:00pm	Rochdale 2–3 Stockport County

Relegated teams

Season	Clubs
2004–05	Kidderminster Harriers, Cambridge United
2005–06	Oxford United, Rushden & Diamonds
2006–07	Boston United, Torquay United
2007–08	Mansfield Town, Wrexham

Top scorers

Season	Top scorer	Club	Goals
2004–05	Phil Jevons	Yeovil Town	27
2005–06	Karl Hawley	Carlisle United	23
2006–07	Richard Barker	Hartlepool United	21
2006–07	Izale McLeod	Milton Keynes Dons	21

League Two stadia 2008–09

Home Club	Stadium Name	Capacity
Bradford City	Valley Parade	25,136
Darlington	The Darlington Arena	25,003
Rotherham United	Don Valley Stadium*	25,000
Notts County	Meadow Lane	20,300
Port Vale	Vale Park	18,900
Brentford	Griffin Park*	12,763
Bury	Gigg Lane	11,669
Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium	11,582
AFC Bournemouth	Dean Court	10,700
Rochdale	Spotland*	10,249
Luton Town	Kenilworth Road	10,200
Lincoln City	Sincil Bank	10,127
Shrewsbury Town	New Meadow*	10,000
Wycombe Wanderers	Adams Park*	10,000
Grimsby Town	Blundell Park	9,546
Exeter City	St. James Park*	8,830
Chesterfield	Recreation Ground*	8,504
Aldershot Town	Recreation Ground*	7,500
Morecambe	Christie Park*	6,400
Macclesfield Town	Moss Rose*	6,335
Dagenham & Redbridge	Victoria Road*	6,000
Chester City	Deva Stadium*	5,312
Barnet	Underhill Stadium*	5,300
Accrington Stanley	Crown Ground*	5,057

*This ground contains terracing

External links

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