| Season | 2015–16 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Burnley |
| Promoted | Burnley Middlesbrough Hull City |
| Relegated | Dagenham & Redbridge York City |
| New Clubs in League | Barnet Bristol Rovers |
2016–17 → | |
The 2015–16 Football League (known as theSky Bet Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 117th season ofThe Football League. It began on 7 August 2015 and concluded on 30 May 2016, with theLeague Two play-off final atWembley Stadium.[1] The Football League was contested through three Divisions: theChampionship,League One andLeague Two. The winners of the Championship,Burnley, and runners-up,Middlesbrough, were automatically promoted to thePremier League and on 28 May 2016 were joined by the winners of the Championship play-off,Hull City. The bottom two teams in League Two,Dagenham & Redbridge andYork City, were relegated to theNational League.
It was the last season that the league would be known simply as The Football League; from the2016–17 season onwards, it would be known as the English Football League.[2]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burnley(C, P) | 46 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 72 | 35 | +37 | 93 | Promotion to thePremier League |
| 2 | Middlesbrough(P) | 46 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 63 | 31 | +32 | 89 | |
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 72 | 42 | +30 | 89 | Qualification for theChampionship play-offs[a] |
| 4 | Hull City(O, P) | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 69 | 35 | +34 | 83 | |
| 5 | Derby County | 46 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 66 | 43 | +23 | 78 | |
| 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 66 | 45 | +21 | 74 | |
| 7 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 69 | |
| 8 | Cardiff City | 46 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 56 | 51 | +5 | 68 | |
| 9 | Brentford | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 72 | 67 | +5 | 65 | |
| 10 | Birmingham City | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 63 | |
| 11 | Preston North End | 46 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 62 | |
| 12 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 60 | |
| 13 | Leeds United | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 50 | 58 | −8 | 59 | |
| 14 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 53 | 58 | −5 | 58 | |
| 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 55 | |
| 16 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 55 | |
| 17 | Reading | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 52 | 59 | −7 | 52 | |
| 18 | Bristol City | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 54 | 71 | −17 | 52 | |
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 59 | 70 | −11 | 51 | |
| 20 | Fulham | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 66 | 79 | −13 | 51 | |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 53 | 71 | −18 | 49 | |
| 22 | Charlton Athletic(R) | 46 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 40 | 80 | −40 | 40 | Relegation toEFL League One |
| 23 | Milton Keynes Dons(R) | 46 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 39 | 69 | −30 | 39 | |
| 24 | Bolton Wanderers(R) | 46 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 81 | −40 | 30 |
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 0 | |||||||||
| 4 | Hull City | 1 | |||||||||
| 4 | Hull City | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| 5 | Derby County | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
The four teams that finished from third to sixth played off, with the winning team,Hull City, gaining the final promotion spot to thePremier League.
In the play-off semi-finals the third placed team played the sixth placed team and the fourth placed team played the fifth placed team. The team that finished in the higher league position played away in the first leg and played at home in the second leg. If the aggregate score was level after both legs, then extra time would be played. If the scores were still level, a penalty shoot-out decided the winner. The away goals rule did apply in the semi-finals. The semi-finals were held on 13–14 and 16–17 May.[3]
The winners from the two semi-finals, Hull City andSheffield Wednesday, played atWembley Stadium on 28 May 2016 in the play-off final, where Hull City won 1–0.[3] The game is known as the richest game in football as the winning club is guaranteed significantly increased payments e.g. in the 2016-17 season the minimum payment for participating in the Premier League was £95 million. Due to a new TV rights deal, the average payment for a newly promoted club stood at around £100 million.
| Home \ Away | BIR | BLB | BOL | BRE | B&HA | BRI | BUR | CAR | CHA | DER | FUL | HUD | HUL | IPS | LEE | MID | MKD | NOT | PNE | QPR | REA | ROT | SHW | WOL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham City | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | |
| Blackburn Rovers | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | |
| Bolton Wanderers | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
| Brentford | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
| Bristol City | 0–0 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | |
| Burnley | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
| Cardiff City | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | |
| Charlton Athletic | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | |
| Derby County | 0–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | |
| Fulham | 2–5 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | |
| Huddersfield Town | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Hull City | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
| Ipswich Town | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
| Leeds United | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Middlesbrough | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Milton Keynes Dons | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
| Nottingham Forest | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | |
| Preston North End | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Queens Park Rangers | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Reading | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Rotherham United | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wigan Athletic(C, P) | 46 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 82 | 45 | +37 | 87 | Promotion toEFL Championship |
| 2 | Burton Albion(P) | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 85 | |
| 3 | Walsall | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 71 | 49 | +22 | 84 | Qualification for theLeague One play-offs[a] |
| 4 | Millwall | 46 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 73 | 49 | +24 | 81 | |
| 5 | Bradford City | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 80 | |
| 6 | Barnsley(O, P) | 46 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 70 | 54 | +16 | 74 | |
| 7 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 60 | 47 | +13 | 74 | |
| 8 | Coventry City | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 67 | 49 | +18 | 69 | |
| 9 | Gillingham | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 71 | 56 | +15 | 69 | |
| 10 | Rochdale | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 68 | 61 | +7 | 69 | |
| 11 | Sheffield United | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 64 | 59 | +5 | 66 | |
| 12 | Port Vale | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 65 | |
| 13 | Peterborough United | 46 | 19 | 6 | 21 | 82 | 73 | +9 | 63 | |
| 14 | Southend United | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 58 | 64 | −6 | 59 | |
| 15 | Swindon Town | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 64 | 71 | −7 | 59 | |
| 16 | Bury | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 56 | 73 | −17 | 57[b] | |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 44 | 58 | −14 | 54 | |
| 18 | Chesterfield | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 58 | 70 | −12 | 53 | |
| 19 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 51 | |
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 58 | 79 | −21 | 50 | |
| 21 | Doncaster Rovers(R) | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 48 | 64 | −16 | 46 | Relegation toEFL League Two |
| 22 | Blackpool(R) | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 40 | 63 | −23 | 46 | |
| 23 | Colchester United(R) | 46 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 57 | 99 | −42 | 40 | |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra(R) | 46 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 46 | 83 | −37 | 34 |
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
| 3 | Walsall | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 6 | Barnsley | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||
| 6 | Barnsley | 3 | |||||||||
| 4 | Millwall | 1 | |||||||||
| 4 | Millwall | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 5 | Bradford City | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Home \ Away | BAR | BLP | BRA | BRT | BRY | CHF | COL | COV | CRE | DON | FLE | GIL | MIL | OLD | PET | PTV | ROC | SCU | SHU | SHR | STD | SWI | WAL | WIG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnsley | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | |
| Blackpool | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–4 | |
| Bradford City | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | |
| Burton Albion | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Bury | 0–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | |
| Chesterfield | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 2–3 | |
| Colchester United | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 4–4 | 3–3 | |
| Coventry City | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Crewe Alexandra | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Doncaster Rovers | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | |
| Fleetwood Town | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | |
| Gillingham | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | |
| Millwall | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |
| Oldham Athletic | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Peterborough United | 3–2 | 5–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | |
| Port Vale | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 3–2 | |
| Rochdale | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | |
| Scunthorpe United | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
| Sheffield United | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | |
| Shrewsbury Town | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–5 | |
| Southend United | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | |
| Swindon Town | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | |
| Walsall | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| Wigan Athletic | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| 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 toEFL 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 forLeague Two play-offs[a] |
| 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 theNational League |
| 24 | York City(R) | 46 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 51 | 87 | −36 | 34 |
| 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 | |||||||
| 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 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |