| Season | 2014–15 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Bristol City (4th divisional title) |
| Promoted | Bristol City Milton Keynes Dons Preston North End |
| Relegated | Notts County Crawley Town Leyton Orient Yeovil Town |
| Matches | 552 |
| Goals | 1,464 (2.65 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Joe Garner (25 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Milton Keynes Dons 7–0Oldham Athletic (20 December 2014) |
| Biggest away win | Bradford City 0–6Bristol City (14 April 2015) |
| Highest scoring | Bristol City 8–2Walsall (3 May 2015) |
| Longest winning run | 7 games[1] Preston North End |
| Longest unbeaten run | 18 games[1] Preston North End |
| Longest winless run | 13 games[1] Crawley Town |
| Longest losing run | 6 games[1] Port Vale Yeovil Town |
| Highest attendance | 27,306[2] Coventry City 1–0Gillingham (5 September 2014) |
| Lowest attendance | 1,905[2] Crawley Town 1–0Fleetwood Town (13 September 2014) |
| Total attendance | 3,843,176[2] |
| Average attendance | 7,025[2] |
2015–16 → | |
The2014–15 Football League One (referred to as theSky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh season of theFootball League One under its current title and the twenty-second season under its current league division format. The season began on 9 August 2014.
Bristol City won the league to return to the Championship after a two-year absence. They were unbeaten for the first 16 matches of the season and also finished with the best goal difference and best defence. MK Dons pipped Preston North End to 2nd place on the last day of the season after the Lancashire club lost at Colchester. But Preston were eventually promoted via the playoffs, defeating Chesterfield and Swindon 4–0 (on aggregate) and 4–0 respectively.
At the other end of the table, Yeovil Town followed their relegation from the Championship the previous season with another relegation. Leyton Orient were relegated after having contested the playoff final in 2013–14 (which they lost to Rotherham on penalties after being 2–0 up), and Crawley and Notts County were the final teams relegated to League Two for the 2015–16 season.
The following teams have changed division since the 2013–14 season.[3][4]
To League One[edit]Promoted fromLeague Two Relegated fromChampionship | From League One[edit]Relegated toLeague Two Promoted toChampionship
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| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table at time of departure | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colchester United | Joe Dunne | Sacked | 1 September 2014[6] | 23rd | Tony Humes | 1 September 2014[6] |
| Port Vale | Micky Adams | Resigned | 18 September 2014[7] | 23rd | Rob Page | 29 October 2014[8] |
| Leyton Orient | Russell Slade | 24 September 2014[9] | 17th | Mauro Milanese | 26 October 2014[10] | |
| Scunthorpe United | Russ Wilcox | Sacked | 8 October 2014[11] | 23rd | Mark Robins | 13 October 2014[12] |
| Leyton Orient | Mauro Milanese | 8 December 2014[13] | 19th | Fabio Liverani | 8 December 2014[13] | |
| Crawley Town | John Gregory | Health Reasons | 27 December 2014[14] | 21st | Dean Saunders | 27 December 2014[14] |
| Gillingham | Peter Taylor | Sacked | 31 December 2014[15] | 20th | Justin Edinburgh | 7 February 2015[16] |
| Yeovil Town | Gary Johnson | 4 February 2015[17] | 24th | Terry Skiverton | 4 February 2015[17] | |
| Barnsley | Danny Wilson | 12 February 2015[18] | 17th | Lee Johnson | 25 February 2015[19] | |
| Peterborough United | Darren Ferguson | 22 February 2015[20] | 15th | |||
| Coventry City | Steven Pressley | 22 February 2015[21] | 21st | Tony Mowbray | 3 March 2015[22] | |
| Oldham Athletic | Lee Johnson | Signed byBarnsley | 25 February 2015[19] | 9th | ||
| Notts County | Shaun Derry | Sacked | 23 March 2015 | 20th | Ricardo Moniz | 7 April 2015 |
| Yeovil Town | Terry Skiverton | Demotion to Assistant Manager | 9 April 2015[23] | 24th | Paul Sturrock | 9 April 2015[23] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bristol City(C, P) | 46 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 96 | 38 | +58 | 99 | Promotion toFootball League Championship |
| 2 | Milton Keynes Dons(P) | 46 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 101 | 44 | +57 | 91 | |
| 3 | Preston North End(O, P) | 46 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 79 | 40 | +39 | 89 | Qualification forLeague One play-offs[a] |
| 4 | Swindon Town | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 76 | 57 | +19 | 79 | |
| 5 | Sheffield United | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 66 | 53 | +13 | 71 | |
| 6 | Chesterfield | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 68 | 55 | +13 | 69 | |
| 7 | Bradford City | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 65 | |
| 8 | Rochdale | 46 | 19 | 6 | 21 | 72 | 66 | +6 | 63 | |
| 9 | Peterborough United | 46 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 53 | 56 | −3 | 63 | |
| 10 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 63 | |
| 11 | Barnsley | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 62 | 61 | +1 | 62 | |
| 12 | Gillingham | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 65 | 66 | −1 | 62 | |
| 13 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 58 | 62 | −4 | 61 | |
| 14 | Walsall | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 59 | |
| 15 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 54 | 67 | −13 | 57 | |
| 16 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 62 | 75 | −13 | 56 | |
| 17 | Coventry City | 46 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 49 | 60 | −11 | 55 | |
| 18 | Port Vale | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 55 | 65 | −10 | 54 | |
| 19 | Colchester United | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 58 | 77 | −19 | 52 | |
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 43 | 75 | −32 | 52 | |
| 21 | Notts County(R) | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 45 | 63 | −18 | 50 | Relegation toFootball League Two |
| 22 | Crawley Town(R) | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 53 | 79 | −26 | 50 | |
| 23 | Leyton Orient(R) | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 59 | 69 | −10 | 49 | |
| 24 | Yeovil Town(R) | 46 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 75 | −39 | 40 |
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||
| 3 | Preston North End | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| 6 | Chesterfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 3 | Preston North End | 4 | |||||||||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 0 | |||||||||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||||||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||||||
| Home \ Away | BAR | BRA | BRI | CHF | COL | COV | CRA | CRE | DON | FLE | GIL | LEY | MKD | NTC | OLD | PET | PTV | PNE | ROC | SCU | SHU | SWI | WAL | YEO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnsley | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–5 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
| Bradford City | 1–0 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | |
| Bristol City | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 8–2 | 2–1 | |
| Chesterfield | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Colchester United | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | |
| Coventry City | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
| Crawley Town | 5–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Crewe Alexandra | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Doncaster Rovers | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | |
| Fleetwood Town | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | |
| Gillingham | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Leyton Orient | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
| Milton Keynes Dons | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 5–1 | |
| Notts County | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
| Oldham Athletic | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | |
| Peterborough United | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Port Vale | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | |
| Preston North End | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Rochdale | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 2–1 | |
| Scunthorpe United | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Sheffield United | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Swindon Town | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | |
| Walsall | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | |
| Yeovil Town | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[24] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Preston North End | 25 | |
| 2 | Rochdale | 22 | |
| 3 | Chesterfield | 21 | |
| Swindon Town | |||
| 5 | Milton Keynes Dons | 20 | |
| 6 | Crawley Town | 19 | |
| 7 | Bristol City | 18 | |
| 8 | Walsall | 17 | |
| Rochdale/Sheffield United | |||
| 10 | Milton Keynes Dons | 16 | |
| Gillingham |