| Season | 2020–21 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Norwich City |
| Promoted | Watford Brentford |
| Relegated | Southend United Grimsby Town |
| New Clubs in League | Barrow Harrogate Town |
2021–22 → | |
The2020–21 season is the 122nd season of theEnglish Football League (EFL) and the fifth season under that name after it was renamed from The Football League in 2016. For the eighth season running, the league was sponsored bySky Betting & Gaming and therefore known as the Sky Bet EFL.
The EFL is contested through three divisions: theChampionship,League One andLeague Two. The winner and the runner up of the Championship were automatically promoted to thePremier League and they were joined by the winner of the Championship playoff. The bottom two teams in League Two were relegated to theNational League.
This season marked the extension by another two years of the league's partnership with official charityMind. The mental health charity had its logo displayed on the shirts of all EFL clubs and worked with the EFL to promote mental health within football and the wider community.[1]
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From the Championship[edit]
| From League One[edit]
| From League Two[edit]
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwich City(C, P) | 46 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 75 | 36 | +39 | 97 | Promotion to thePremier League |
| 2 | Watford(P) | 46 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 63 | 30 | +33 | 91 | |
| 3 | Brentford(O, P) | 46 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 79 | 42 | +37 | 87 | Qualification forChampionship play-offs |
| 4 | Swansea City | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 80 | |
| 5 | Barnsley | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 78 | |
| 6 | Bournemouth | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 73 | 46 | +27 | 77 | |
| 7 | Reading | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 62 | 54 | +8 | 70 | |
| 8 | Cardiff City | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 66 | 49 | +17 | 68 | |
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 57 | 55 | +2 | 68 | |
| 10 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 55 | 53 | +2 | 64 | |
| 11 | Millwall | 46 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 62 | |
| 12 | Luton Town | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 62 | |
| 13 | Preston North End | 46 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 49 | 56 | −7 | 61 | |
| 14 | Stoke City | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 60 | |
| 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 65 | 54 | +11 | 57 | |
| 16 | Coventry City | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 49 | 61 | −12 | 55 | |
| 17 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 52 | |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 37 | 61 | −24 | 52 | |
| 19 | Bristol City | 46 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 46 | 68 | −22 | 51 | |
| 20 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 50 | 71 | −21 | 49 | |
| 21 | Derby County | 46 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 44 | |
| 22 | Wycombe Wanderers(R) | 46 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 39 | 69 | −30 | 43 | Relegation toEFL League One |
| 23 | Rotherham United(R) | 46 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 44 | 60 | −16 | 42 | |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday(R) | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 40 | 61 | −21 | 41[a] |
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
| 3 | Brentford | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| 6 | Bournemouth | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 3 | Brentford | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 | Swansea City | 0 | |||||||||
| 4 | Swansea City | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 5 | Barnsley | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
First leg
Second leg
| Swansea City | 1–1 | Barnsley |
|---|---|---|
| Grimes | Woodrow |
| Home \ Away | BAR | BIR | BLA | BOU | BRE | BRI | CAR | COV | DER | HUD | LUT | MID | MIL | NOR | NOT | PNE | QPR | REA | ROT | SHW | STO | SWA | WAT | WYC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnsley | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Birmingham City | 1–2 | — | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 2–1 | 5–2 | — | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 5–0 |
| Bournemouth | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Brentford | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 7–2 |
| Bristol City | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Cardiff City | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Coventry City | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Derby County | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Huddersfield Town | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| Luton Town | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Middlesbrough | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Millwall | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Norwich City | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Nottingham Forest | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Preston North End | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Reading | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Rotherham United | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–3 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Stoke City | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Swansea City | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Watford | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 |
| Wycombe Wanderers | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hull City(C, P) | 46 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 80 | 38 | +42 | 89 | Promotion to theEFL Championship |
| 2 | Peterborough United(P) | 46 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 83 | 46 | +37 | 87 | |
| 3 | Blackpool(O, P) | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 80 | Qualification forLeague One play-offs |
| 4 | Sunderland | 46 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 70 | 42 | +28 | 77 | |
| 5 | Lincoln City | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 69 | 50 | +19 | 77 | |
| 6 | Oxford United | 46 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 77 | 56 | +21 | 74 | |
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 70 | 56 | +14 | 74 | |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 65 | 51 | +14 | 72 | |
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 69 | |
| 10 | Gillingham | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 63 | 60 | +3 | 67 | |
| 11 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 63 | 68 | −5 | 67 | |
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 56 | 61 | −5 | 66 | |
| 13 | Milton Keynes Dons | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 64 | 62 | +2 | 65 | |
| 14 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 19 | 7 | 20 | 63 | 67 | −4 | 64 | |
| 15 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 60 | |
| 16 | Burton Albion | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 61 | 73 | −12 | 57 | |
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 50 | 57 | −7 | 54 | |
| 18 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 53 | 80 | −27 | 53 | |
| 19 | AFC Wimbledon | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 54 | 70 | −16 | 51 | |
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 54 | 77 | −23 | 48 | |
| 21 | Rochdale(R) | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 61 | 78 | −17 | 47 | Relegation toEFL League Two |
| 22 | Northampton Town(R) | 46 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 41 | 67 | −26 | 45 | |
| 23 | Swindon Town(R) | 46 | 13 | 4 | 29 | 55 | 89 | −34 | 43 | |
| 24 | Bristol Rovers(R) | 46 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 40 | 70 | −30 | 38 |
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
| 3 | Blackpool | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||
| 6 | Oxford United | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| 3 | Blackpool | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 1 | |||||||||
| 4 | Sunderland | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
First leg
Second leg
Final
| Home \ Away | ACC | WIM | BLA | BRI | BRT | CHA | CRE | DON | FLE | GIL | HUL | IPS | LIN | MKD | NOR | OXF | PET | PLY | POR | ROC | SHR | SUN | SWI | WIG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accrington Stanley | — | 1–5 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| AFC Wimbledon | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Blackpool | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Bristol Rovers | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Burton Albion | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–4 |
| Charlton Athletic | 0–2 | 5–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–6 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 |
| Fleetwood Town | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Gillingham | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | — | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Hull City | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Ipswich Town | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 |
| Lincoln City | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Milton Keynes Dons | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 |
| Northampton Town | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Oxford United | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Peterborough United | 7–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | — | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 0–2 |
| Portsmouth | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Rochdale | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 |
| Shrewsbury Town | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 |
| Sunderland | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Swindon Town | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 |
| Wigan Athletic | 4–3 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–4 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cheltenham Town(C, P) | 46 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 61 | 39 | +22 | 82 | Promotion to theEFL League One |
| 2 | Cambridge United(P) | 46 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 73 | 49 | +24 | 80 | |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers(P) | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 59 | 50 | +9 | 79 | |
| 4 | Morecambe(O, P) | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 69 | 58 | +11 | 78 | Qualification forLeague Two play-offs |
| 5 | Newport County | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 73 | |
| 6 | Forest Green Rovers | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 59 | 51 | +8 | 73 | |
| 7 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 73 | |
| 8 | Salford City | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 71 | |
| 9 | Exeter City | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 71 | 50 | +21 | 70 | |
| 10 | Carlisle United | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 66 | |
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 53 | 55 | −2 | 61 | |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 56 | 62 | −6 | 61 | |
| 13 | Port Vale | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 60 | |
| 14 | Stevenage | 46 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 60 | |
| 15 | Bradford City | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 59 | |
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 57 | 55 | +2 | 58 | |
| 17 | Harrogate Town | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 52 | 61 | −9 | 57 | |
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 72 | 81 | −9 | 54 | |
| 19 | Walsall | 46 | 11 | 20 | 15 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 53 | |
| 20 | Colchester United | 46 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 44 | 61 | −17 | 51 | |
| 21 | Barrow | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 53 | 59 | −6 | 50 | |
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 41 | 64 | −23 | 48 | |
| 23 | Southend United(R) | 46 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 29 | 58 | −29 | 45 | Relegation toNational League |
| 24 | Grimsby Town(R) | 46 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 37 | 69 | −32 | 43 |
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
| 4 | Morecambe | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 7 | Tranmere Rovers | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 4 | Morecambe | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 | Newport County | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 | Newport County | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||
| 6 | Forest Green Rovers | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||||
First leg
| Tranmere Rovers | 1–2 | Morecambe |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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Second leg
| Morecambe | 1–1 | Tranmere Rovers |
|---|---|---|
| Wildig | Report | Vaughan |
| Forest Green Rovers | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | Newport County |
|---|---|---|
| Adams Aaron Collins Cadden Matt | Report | Ellison Labadie Maynard |
Final
| Morecambe | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Newport County |
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| Mendes Gomes | Report |
| Home \ Away | BRW | BOL | BRA | CAM | CAR | CHE | COL | CRA | EXE | FOR | GRI | HAR | LEY | MAN | MOR | NEW | OLD | POR | SAL | SCU | SOU | STE | TRA | WAL |
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| Barrow | — | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–6 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Bradford City | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Cambridge United | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Carlisle United | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| Cheltenham Town | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| Colchester United | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Crawley Town | 4–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Exeter City | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 |
| Forest Green Rovers | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Grimsby Town | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Harrogate Town | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Leyton Orient | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| Mansfield Town | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Morecambe | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–3 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Newport County | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Oldham Athletic | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–2 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Port Vale | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 1–3 |
| Salford City | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Scunthorpe United | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Southend United | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Stevenage | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Tranmere Rovers | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–3 |
| Walsall | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — |