EFL League Two 2019/20

EFL League Two 2019/20
master	Swindon Town
Climbers	Swindon Town Crewe Alexandra Plymouth Argyle Northampton Town
Relegation ↑	Cheltenham Town Northampton Town Exeter City Colchester United
Relegated	Macclesfield Town
Teams	24
Games	552 + 5 play-off games  (440 played)
Gates	1108  (ø 2.52 per game)
spectator	2,057,809  (ø 4677 per game)
Top scorer	Eoin Doyle ( Swindon Town ), 25 goals
← EFL League Two 2018/19 EFL League Two 2020/21 →
↑ EFL League One 2019/20 National League 2019/20 ↓

The EFL League Two 2019/20 was the 16th season of the English EFL League Two as the fourth highest English division behind the Premier League , the EFL Championship and the EFL League One as well as the 28th season of the third highest division of the English Football League after the introduction of the Premier League in 1992.

It started on August 3, 2018 and was originally supposed to end on April 25, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the EFL interrupted all three leagues on March 13, 2020 until April 3, 2020, on which day the season was ultimately canceled. At this time, the clubs had completed 36 and 37 league games. On May 15, 2020, the clubs voted that the table status would be determined using a point quotient. The play-off games were not canceled and were held in early July 2020.

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points	quotient
1.	Swindon Town	36	21st	6th	9	062:390	+23	69	1.92
2.	Crewe Alexandra	37	20th	9	8th	067:430	+24	69	1.86
3.	Plymouth Argyle (A)	37	20th	8th	9	061:390	+22	68	1.84
4th	Cheltenham Town	36	17th	13	6th	052:270	+25	64	1.78
5.	Exeter City	37	18th	11	8th	053:430	+10	65	1.76
6th	Colchester United	37	15th	13	9	052:370	+15	58	1.57
7th	Northampton Town	37	17th	7th	13	054:400	+14	58	1.57
8th.	Port Vale	37	14th	15th	8th	050:440	+6	57	1.54
9.	Bradford City (A)	37	14th	12	11	044:400	+4	54	1.46
10.	Forest Green Rovers	36	13	10	13	043:400	+3	49	1.36
11.	Salford City (N)	37	13	11	13	049:460	+3	50	1.35
12.	FC Walsall (A)	36	13	8th	15th	040:490	−9	47	1.31
13.	Crawley Town	37	11	15th	11	051:470	+4	48	1.30
14th	AFC Newport County	36	12	10	14th	032:390	−7	46	1.28
15th	Grimsby Town	37	12	11	14th	045:510	−6	47	1.27
16.	Cambridge United	37	12	9	16	040:480	−8	45	1.22
17th	Leyton Orient (N)	36	10	12	14th	047:550	−8	42	1.17
18th	Carlisle United	37	10	12	15th	039:560	−17	42	1.14
19th	Oldham Athletic	37	9	14th	14th	044:570	−13	41	1.11
20th	Scunthorpe United (A)	37	10	10	17th	044:560	−12	40	1.08
21st	Mansfield Town	36	9	11	16	048:550	−7	38	1.06
22nd	Morecambe FC	37	7th	11	19th	035:600	−25	32	0.86
23.	Stevenage FC	36	3	13	20th	020:470	−27	22nd	0.61
24.	Macclesfield Town 1	37	7th	15th	15th	032:470	−15	19th	0.51
Stand: Final stand

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

Promoted to EFL League One 2020/21

Participation in the play-off games for promotion

Relegated to the National League 2020/21

(A)	Relegated from the EFL League One 2018/19
(N)	Newcomers from the National League 2018/19

¹ Macclesfield Town were deducted six points in December 2019 for failing to pay outstanding player salaries and unable to play a league game against Crewe Alexandra. This penalty was reduced to four points in March 2020. In the meantime, the club had received another seven-point deduction as they did not play against Plymouth Argyle in December 2019 either. In June 2020, Macclesfield was again deducted two points, increasing the total deduction to 13 points. The English Football League appealed against the amount of the punk deduction, and on August 11, 2020, Macclesfield was deducted four more points, which were initially suspended. As a result, Macclesfield fell to the bottom of the table and had to relegate. Since the third division FC Bury had already stopped playing in August 2019 and there was only one relegated to the National League, Stevenage held the class as the penultimate.

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
1.	Eoin Doyle	Swindon Town	25th
2.	Nicky Maynard	Mansfield Town	14th
3.	Ryan Bowman	Exeter City	13
	Ollie Palmer	Crawley Town
	Jerry Yates	Swindon Town
6th	Bez Lubala	Crawley Town	12
	Chris Porter	Crewe Alexandra
8th.	Theo Robinson	Colchester United	11
	Danny Rose	Peterborough United
	James Vaughan	Bradford City

Play-off games

	Semifinals							final
	4th	Cheltenham Town	2	0	2
	7th	Northampton Town	0	3	3
								7th	Northampton Town	4th
								5	Exeter City	0
	5	Exeter City	0	3	3
	6th	Colchester United	1	1	2

Web links

• Official website of the English Football League (English).
• Final table of the Sky Bet League Two at the BBC (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ EFL statement: Coronavirus update In: English Football League from March 13, 2020 (accessed on July 16, 2020)
2. ↑ EFL statement: Coronavirus update In: English Football League from April 3, 2020 (accessed on July 16, 2020)
3. ↑ League Two clubs vote to end season, but League One teams fail to decide In: BBC from May 15, 2020 (accessed July 16, 2020)
4. ↑ Sky Bet League Two Table. In: English Football League . Retrieved July 18, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Macclesfield Town docked six points by EFL over financial issues In: BBC of December 19, 2019 (accessed July 16, 2020)
6. ↑ Macclesfield Town: Six-point deduction reduced to four point penalty after appeal In: BBC of March 17, 2020 (accessed July 16, 2020)
7. ↑ Macclesfield Town: League Two club given seven-point deduction In: BBC, May 7, 2020 (accessed July 16, 2020)
8. ↑ League Two: Macclesfield deducted points but avoid relegation to National League In: BBC from June 19, 2020 (accessed on July 16, 2020)
9. ↑ bbc.com: Macclesfield Town: EFL to appeal against independent panel decision (July 3, 2020) , accessed August 28, 2020
10. ↑ bbc.com: Macclesfield Town relegated after EFL wins points appeal, Stevenage reprieved (August 11, 2020) , accessed August 28, 2020
11. ↑ League Two Top Scorers on BBC , accessed July 18, 2020