2015–16 Football League Two

The 2015–16 Football League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th season of the Football League Two under its current title and the 24th season under its current league division format. The season began on 8 August 2015 and concluded on 7 May 2016.[10]

Football League Two

Season	2015–16
Champions	Northampton Town (4th divisional title)
Promoted	Northampton Town Oxford United Bristol Rovers AFC Wimbledon
Relegated	Dagenham & Redbridge York City
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,472 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Matty Taylor (27)[1]
Biggest home win	Cambridge United 7–0 Morecambe[2]
Biggest away win	Notts County 0–5 Carlisle United[3]
Highest scoring	Carlisle United 4–4 Cambridge United[4]
Longest winning run	Northampton Town (10 matches)[5]
Longest unbeaten run	Northampton Town (24 matches)
Longest winless run	Yeovil Town (16 matches)[6]
Longest losing run	Crawley Town (8 matches)[7]
Highest attendance	Portsmouth 1–2 Northampton Town (18,746)[8]
Lowest attendance	Morecambe 1–0 Dagenham & Redbridge (1,026)[9]
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 7 May 2016.

Twenty-four clubs participated, eighteen of which played in League Two during the 2014–15 season. These teams were joined by Notts County, Crawley Town, Leyton Orient and Yeovil Town, who had been relegated from League One, and by Barnet and Bristol Rovers, who had been promoted from the Football Conference.

Changes from last season

Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2014–15 season.

To League Two Promoted from Conference Premier Barnet Bristol Rovers Relegated from Football League One Notts County Crawley Town Leyton Orient Yeovil Town

From League Two Relegated to National League Cheltenham Town Tranmere Rovers Promoted to Football League One Burton Albion Shrewsbury Town Bury Southend United

Team overview

Stadia and locations

Accrington Stanley

Bristol Rovers

Cambridge United

Carlisle United

Crawley Town

Exeter City

Hartlepool United

London

Luton Town

Mansfield Town

Morecambe

Newport County

Northampton Town

Notts County

Oxford United

Plymouth Argyle

Portsmouth

Stevenage

Wycombe Wanderers

Yeovil Town

York City

London teams
AFC Wimbledon
Barnet
Dagenham & Redbridge
Leyton Orient

Locations of teams in the 2015–2016 Football League Two

AFC Wimbledon

Barnet

Leyton Orient

Dag & Red

Greater London League Two football clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Accrington Stanley	Accrington	Crown Ground	5,057
AFC Wimbledon	London (Norbiton)	Kingsmeadow	4,850
Barnet	London (Canons Park)	The Hive Stadium	5,233
Bristol Rovers	Bristol	Memorial Stadium	11,916
Cambridge United	Cambridge	Abbey Stadium	8,127
Carlisle United	Carlisle	Brunton Park	16,981
Crawley Town	Crawley	Broadfield Stadium	5,996
Dagenham & Redbridge	London (Dagenham)	Victoria Road	6,078
Exeter City	Exeter	St James Park	8,830
Hartlepool United	Hartlepool	Victoria Park	8,240
Leyton Orient	London (Leyton)	Brisbane Road	9,271
Luton Town	Luton	Kenilworth Road	10,356
Mansfield Town	Mansfield	Field Mill	8,200
Morecambe	Morecambe	Globe Arena	6,476
Newport County	Newport	Rodney Parade	7,850[note 1]
Northampton Town	Northampton	Sixfields Stadium	7,653
Notts County	Nottingham	Meadow Lane	20,211
Oxford United	Oxford	Kassam Stadium	12,500
Plymouth Argyle	Plymouth	Home Park	16,388
Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Fratton Park	20,662
Stevenage	Stevenage	Broadhall Way	6,722
Wycombe Wanderers	High Wycombe	Adams Park	10,284
Yeovil Town	Yeovil	Huish Park	9,565
York City	York	Bootham Crescent	8,256[11]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Crawley Town	John Gregory	Mutual consent	9 May 2015[12]	Pre-season	Mark Yates	19 May 2015[13]
Leyton Orient	Fabio Liverani		13 May 2015[14]		Ian Hendon	28 May 2015[15]
Plymouth Argyle	John Sheridan		28 May 2015[16]		Derek Adams	11 June 2015[17]
Stevenage	Graham Westley	End of contract	31 May 2015[18]		Teddy Sheringham	21 May 2015[19]
Newport County	Terry Butcher	Sacked	1 October 2015[20]	24th	John Sheridan	2 October 2015[21]
York City	Russ Wilcox		26 October 2015[22]	21st	Jackie McNamara	4 November 2015[23]
Cambridge United	Richard Money		2 November 2015[24]	18th	Shaun Derry	12 November 2015[25]
Yeovil Town	Paul Sturrock		1 December 2015[26]	24th	Darren Way	31 December 2015[27]
Luton Town	John Still		17 December 2015[28]	17th	Nathan Jones	6 January 2016[29]
Dagenham & Redbridge	Wayne Burnett		21 December 2015[30]	24th	John Still	31 December 2015[31]
Notts County	Ricardo Moniz		29 December 2015[32]	15th	Jamie Fullarton	10 January 2016[33]
Newport County	John Sheridan	Signed by Oldham	13 January 2016[34]	20th	Warren Feeney	15 January 2016[35]
Leyton Orient	Ian Hendon	Sacked	18 January 2016[36]	11th	Kevin Nolan	21 January 2016[37]
Stevenage	Teddy Sheringham		1 February 2016[38]	19th	Darren Sarll	1 February 2016
Hartlepool United	Ronnie Moore		10 February 2016[39]	22nd	Craig Hignett	11 February 2016[40]
Notts County	Jamie Fullarton		19 March 2016[41]	19th	Mark Cooper	20 March 2016[42]
Leyton Orient	Kevin Nolan	Demoted from position	12 April 2016[43]	11th	Andy Hessenthaler	12 April 2016
Crawley Town	Mark Yates	Sacked	25 April 2016[44]	18th	Dermot Drummy	27 April 2016[45]
Notts County	Mark Cooper	End of contract	7 May 2016[46]	17th	John Sheridan	27 May 2016[47]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Northampton Town (C, P)	46	29	12	5	82	46	+36	99	Promotion to Football League One
2	Oxford United (P)	46	24	14	8	84	41	+43	86
3	Bristol Rovers (P)	46	26	7	13	77	46	+31	85
4	Accrington Stanley	46	24	13	9	74	48	+26	85	Qualification for League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5	Plymouth Argyle	46	24	9	13	72	46	+26	81
6	Portsmouth	46	21	15	10	75	44	+31	78
7	AFC Wimbledon (O, P)	46	21	12	13	64	50	+14	75
8	Leyton Orient	46	19	12	15	60	61	−1	69
9	Cambridge United	46	18	14	14	66	55	+11	68
10	Carlisle United	46	17	16	13	67	62	+5	67
11	Luton Town	46	19	9	18	63	61	+2	66
12	Mansfield Town	46	17	13	16	61	53	+8	64
13	Wycombe Wanderers	46	17	13	16	45	44	+1	64
14	Exeter City	46	17	13	16	63	65	−2	64
15	Barnet	46	17	11	18	67	68	−1	62
16	Hartlepool United	46	15	6	25	49	72	−23	51
17	Notts County	46	14	9	23	54	83	−29	51
18	Stevenage	46	11	15	20	52	67	−15	48
19	Yeovil Town	46	11	15	20	43	59	−16	48
20	Crawley Town	46	13	8	25	45	78	−33	47
21	Morecambe	46	12	10	24	69	91	−22	46
22	Newport County	46	10	13	23	43	64	−21	43
23	Dagenham & Redbridge (R)	46	8	10	28	46	81	−35	34	Relegation to the National League
24	York City (R)	46	7	13	26	51	87	−36	34

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

Play-offs

See also: 2016 Football League play-offs

	Semifinals							Final
	4	Accrington Stanley	0	2	2
	7	AFC Wimbledon	1	2	3
								7	AFC Wimbledon	2
								5	Plymouth Argyle	0
	5	Plymouth Argyle	2	1	3
	6	Portsmouth	2	0	2

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	WIM	BAR	BRR	CAM	CRL	CRA	D&R	EXE	HAR	LEY	LUT	MAN	MOR	NPC	NOR	NTC	OXF	PLY	POR	STE	WYC	YEO	YOR
Accrington Stanley		3–4	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	3–1	4–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–3	2–1	1–3	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–0
AFC Wimbledon	0–0		2–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	4–1	3–1	2–5	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–3	2–1
Barnet	1–2	1–2		1–0	0–0	0–0	4–2	3–1	2–0	1–3	3–0	2–1	1–3	0–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–3	1–0	1–0	3–2	0–2	3–4	3–1
Bristol Rovers	0–1	3–1	3–1		3–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	4–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–4	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	3–0	2–1	2–1
Cambridge United	2–3	1–4	2–1	1–2		0–0	0–3	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	7–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	1–3	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–1
Carlisle United	2–0	1–1	3–2	3–2	4–4		3–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–2	2–3	0–1	1–4	3–0	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–1
Crawley Town	0–3	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–0	0–1		3–2	0–2	0–0	3–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–5	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–0
Dagenham & Redbridge	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–3	0–3	0–0	3–0		1–2	0–1	1–3	0–2	3–4	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–4	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–0
Exeter City	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–2		1–0	4–0	2–3	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–4	2–1	1–1	3–3	0–2	3–2	0–0
Hartlepool United	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–3	0–0	2–3	1–2	3–1	0–2		3–1	1–4	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–3	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–1
Leyton Orient	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	1–2	2–0	3–2	1–3	0–2		0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–4	3–1	2–2	1–3	3–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–2
Luton Town	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	3–4	0–1	1–0	4–1	2–1	1–1		1–0	1–0	1–1	3–4	0–2	2–2	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–1
Mansfield Town	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	4–0	3–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	0–2		2–1	3–0	2–2	5–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	1–1
Morecambe	1–0	2–1	4–2	3–4	2–4	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–5	0–1	1–3	1–2		1–2	2–4	4–1	2–4	0–2	1–1	1–4	0–1	2–1	1–1
Newport County	0–2	2–2	0–3	1–4	0–1	1–0	0–3	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–3	3–0	1–0	1–2		2–2	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–3
Northampton Town	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	3–2	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–0		2–2	1–0	0–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–0
Notts County	1–1	0–2	4–2	0–2	1–2	0–5	4–1	0–0	1–4	1–0	0–1	3–2	0–2	2–2	4–3	1–2		2–4	0–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0
Oxford United	1–2	1–0	2–3	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	3–0	2–0	0–1	2–3	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–1		1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	4–0
Plymouth Argyle	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	4–1	2–1	2–3	1–2	5–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–2		1–2	3–2	0–1	1–0	3–2
Portsmouth	0–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	1–2	4–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–3	0–3	1–2	4–0	0–1	1–2		1–1	2–1	0–0	6–0
Stevenage	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	4–3	2–1	2–3	0–2	1–5	2–1	0–2		2–1	0–0	2–2
Wycombe Wanderers	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	2–3	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–2	1–0		0–0	3–0
Yeovil Town	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–3	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–2	0–1	3–2	0–1	2–4	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–1		1–0
York City	1–5	1–3	1–1	1–4	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–3	1–3	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Source: BBC Sport
Correct as of 7 May 2016

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Matty Taylor	Bristol Rovers	27
2	Jay Simpson	Leyton Orient	25
3	John Akinde	Barnet	23
4	Lyle Taylor	AFC Wimbledon	20
5	Kemar Roofe	Oxford United	18
6	Billy Kee	Accrington Stanley	17
7	Matt Green	Mansfield Town	16
8	Jabo Ibehre	Carlisle United	15
	Shaun Miller	Morecambe
	Marc Richards	Northampton Town
	Josh Windass	Accrington Stanley

Monthly Awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Reference
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Ian Hendon	Leyton Orient	Dean Cox	Leyton Orient	[48][49]
September	John Coleman	Accrington Stanley	Michael Gash	Barnet	[50][51]
October	Derek Adams	Plymouth Argyle	Shaun Miller	Morecambe	[52][53]
November	Chris Wilder	Northampton Town	Jay Simpson	Leyton Orient	[54][55]
December	Shaun Derry	Cambridge United	Gareth Evans	Portsmouth	[56][57]
January	Chris Wilder	Northampton Town	Ricky Holmes	Northampton Town	[58][59]
February			Bradley Fewster	York City	[60][61]
March	Darrell Clarke	Bristol Rovers	Matty Taylor	Bristol Rovers	[62][63]
April	Neal Ardley	AFC Wimbledon	Tarique Fosu	Accrington Stanley	[64][65]

Notes

1. Newport County's current safety certificate allows a maximum attendance of 7,850 for football matches

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