2021–22 EFL League Two

The 2021–22 EFL League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 18th season of Football League Two under its current title and the 30th season under its current league division format. The season is known for the dramatic finish to the last automatic spot (3rd) between Bristol Rovers and Northampton Town. Bristol Rovers started the day needing to better the result of 3rd placed Northampton Town or win by 5 goals more than their rivals. Northampton Town beat 22nd placed Barrow 3-1, and by halftime, Bristol Rovers seemed on course for a playoff position despite leading 2-0 against Scunthorpe United, thanks in part to Lobley's own goal. However, the team delivered a remarkable second-half performance, netting 5 goals against a youthful Scunthorpe side. With just 5 minutes remaining, Anderson's header propelled Bristol Rovers into the automatic promotion spot (Anderson's crucial winner against Colchester United earlier in March, secured the team's place in the playoff ranks for the first time this season). The dramatic final moments saw Bristol Rovers clinch automatic promotion from League Two based on goals scored as the two teams were tied on points and goal difference. Manager Joey Barton implored fans to clear the pitch after Anderson's decisive goal triggered a pitch invasion, halting the match for nearly 20 minutes. Fortunately, the remaining 5 minutes and added time were played without incident, sealing Bristol Rovers' immediate and triumphant return to EFL League One following last season's relegation, beating already relegated Scunthorpe United 7-0. [1][2]

EFL League Two
Season2021–22
Dates7 August 2021 –
7 May 2022
ChampionsForest Green Rovers
PromotedForest Green Rovers
Exeter City
Bristol Rovers
Port Vale
RelegatedOldham Athletic
Scunthorpe United
Matches played552
Goals scored1,359 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorerDom Telford (25 goals)
Biggest home winBristol Rovers 7–0 Scunthorpe United
(7 May 2022)
Biggest away win
  • Scunthorpe United 0–4 Exeter City
    (11 September 2021)
  • Stevenage 0–4 Forest Green Rovers
    (18 September 2021)
  • Tranmere Rovers 0–4 Forest Green Rovers
    (29 January 2022)
  • Stevenage 0–4 Bristol Rovers
    (19 February 2022)
  • Scunthorpe United 0–4 Mansfield Town
    (9 April 2022)
Highest scoringOldham Athletic 5–5 Forest Green Rovers
(11 December 2021)

Team changes edit

Stadiums edit

Greater Manchester League Two football clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Barrow Barrow-in-Furness Holker Street 5,045
Bradford City Bradford Valley Parade 25,136
Bristol Rovers Bristol Memorial Stadium 12,300
Carlisle United Carlisle Brunton Park 18,202
Colchester United Colchester Colchester Community Stadium 10,105
Crawley Town Crawley Broadfield Stadium 5,996
Exeter City Exeter St. James Park 8,696
Forest Green Rovers Nailsworth The New Lawn 5,147
Harrogate Town Harrogate Wetherby Road 5,000
Hartlepool United Hartlepool Victoria Park 7,856
Leyton Orient London (Leyton) Brisbane Road 9,271
Mansfield Town Mansfield Field Mill 9,186
Newport County Newport Rodney Parade 7,850
Northampton Town Northampton Sixfields Stadium 7,798
Oldham Athletic Oldham Boundary Park 13,513
Port Vale Burslem Vale Park 20,552
Rochdale Rochdale Spotland Stadium 10,249
Salford City Salford Moor Lane 5,108
Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe Glanford Park 9,088
Stevenage Stevenage Broadhall Way 7,800
Sutton United London (Sutton) Gander Green Lane 5,013
Swindon Town Swindon County Ground 15,728
Tranmere Rovers Birkenhead Prenton Park 16,789
Walsall Walsall Bescot Stadium 11,300

Personnel and sponsoring edit

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Barrow   Phil Brown   Jason Taylor   Joma JF Hornby & Co.
Bradford City   Mark Hughes   Paudie O'Connor   Avec Sport JCT600
Bristol Rovers   Joey Barton   Paul Coutts   Macron Utilita
Carlisle United   Paul Simpson   Callum Guy   Erreà Thomas Graham
Colchester United   Wayne Brown (caretaker)   Tommy Smith   Macron Texo Scaffolding (Home)
JobServe (Away / Third)
Crawley Town   Lewis Young (caretaker)   George Francomb[3]   Erreà The People's Pension
Exeter City   Matt Taylor   Matt Jay[4]   Joma Carpetright
Forest Green Rovers   Rob Edwards   Jamille Matt   PlayerLayer[5] Ecotricity
Harrogate Town   Simon Weaver   Josh Falkingham   New Balance Strata
Hartlepool United   Michael Nelson (caretaker)   Nicky Featherstone   O'Neills Orangebox Training Solutions
Leyton Orient   Richie Wellens   Darren Pratley   New Balance Multiple charities[note 1]
Mansfield Town   Nigel Clough   Ollie Clarke   Surridge One Call
Newport County   James Rowberry   Matty Dolan   Hummel Alzheimers Society Cymru
Northampton Town   Jon Brady   Joseph Mills   Hummel University of Northampton
Oldham Athletic   John Sheridan   Carl Piergianni   Hummel Bartercard
Port Vale   Darrell Clarke   Tom Conlon   Erreà Synectics Solutions
Rochdale   Robbie Stockdale   Eoghan O'Connell   Erreà Crown Oil Ltd
Salford City   Gary Bowyer   Ashley Eastham   Kappa TalkTalk
Scunthorpe United   Keith Hill   Liam Feeney   Macron Cancer Research UK
Stevenage   Steve Evans   Scott Cuthbert   Macron Prime Gaming
Sutton United   Matt Gray   Craig Eastmond   Macron Angel Plastics
Swindon Town   Ben Garner   Dion Conroy   Puma Bartercard
Tranmere Rovers   Micky Mellon   Peter Clarke   Mills[8] Essar
Walsall   Michael Flynn   Joss Labadie   Erreà HomeServe
  1. ^ Tottenham Hotspur player Harry Kane, who played for Leyton Orient early in his career, bought the club's shirt sponsorship for the 2021–22 season, his second season of doing this. Each of the team's shirts will feature a different message or charity chosen by Kane: Tommy Club (home shirt), Haven House Children's Hospice (away shirt), and Mind (third shirt).[6][7]

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Leyton Orient   Jobi McAnuff[9] End of Interim spell 8 May 2021 Pre-season   Kenny Jackett[10] 21 May 2021
Swindon Town   Tommy Wright   John McGreal[11] 26 May 2021
Bradford City   Mark Trueman
  Conor Sellars[12]
Sacked 10 May 2021   Derek Adams[13] 4 June 2021
Walsall   Brian Dutton[14]   Matthew Taylor[15] 19 May 2021
Barrow   Rob Kelly[16] End of Caretaker spell 14 May 2021   Mark Cooper[17] 28 May 2021
Tranmere Rovers   Ian Dawes 23 May 2021   Micky Mellon[18] 1 June 2021
Forest Green Rovers   Jimmy Ball   Rob Edwards[19] 27 May 2021
Swindon Town   John McGreal[20] Mutual consent 25 June 2021   Ben Garner[21] 21 July 2021
Rochdale   Brian Barry-Murphy[22] Resigned 30 June 2021   Robbie Stockdale[23] 10 July 2021
Newport County   Michael Flynn[24] 1 October 2021 15th   James Rowberry[25] 19 October 2021
Carlisle United   Chris Beech[26] Sacked 10 October 2021 22nd   Keith Millen[27] 26 October 2021
Scunthorpe United   Neil Cox[28] 1 November 2021 24th   Keith Hill[29] 5 November 2021
Hartlepool United   Dave Challinor[30] Signed by Stockport County 10th   Graeme Lee[31] 1 December 2021
Stevenage   Alex Revell[32] Sacked 15 November 2021 21st   Paul Tisdale[33] 28 November 2021
Oldham Athletic   Keith Curle[34] 24 November 2021 22nd   Selim Benachour (Interim) 24 November 2021
Colchester United   Hayden Mullins[35] 19 January 2021 22nd   Wayne Brown (Interim)[35] 22 January 2022
Oldham Athletic   Selim Benachour End of Interim Spell 22 January 2022 24th   John Sheridan[36] 22 January 2022
Walsall   Matthew Taylor[37] Sacked 9 February 2022 21st   Michael Flynn[38] 15 February 2022
Bradford City   Derek Adams[39] 15 February 2022 11th   Mark Hughes[40] 24 February 2022
Leyton Orient   Kenny Jackett[41] 22 February 2022 18th   Richie Wellens[42] 9 March 2022
Carlisle United   Keith Millen[43] Mutual consent 23 February 2022 23rd   Paul Simpson[44] 23 February 2022
Stevenage   Paul Tisdale[45] Sacked 16 March 2022 22nd   Steve Evans[45] 16 March 2022
Barrow   Mark Cooper[46] Mutual consent 20 March 2022 21st   Phil Brown[47] 21 March 2022
Hartlepool United   Graeme Lee[48] Sacked 5 May 2022 16th   Michael Nelson (caretaker) 5 May 2022
Crawley Town   John Yems[49][50] Mutual consent 6 May 2022 16th   Lewis Young (caretaker)[49][50] 6 May 2022

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Forest Green Rovers (C, P) 46 23 15 8 75 44 +31 84 Promotion to EFL League One
2 Exeter City (P) 46 23 15 8 65 41 +24 84
3 Bristol Rovers (P) 46 23 11 12 71 49 +22 80
4 Northampton Town 46 23 11 12 60 38 +22 80 Qualification for League Two play-offs
5 Port Vale (O, P) 46 22 12 12 67 46 +21 78
6 Swindon Town 46 22 11 13 77 54 +23 77
7 Mansfield Town 46 22 11 13 67 52 +15 77
8 Sutton United 46 22 10 14 69 53 +16 76
9 Tranmere Rovers 46 21 12 13 53 40 +13 75
10 Salford City 46 19 13 14 60 46 +14 70
11 Newport County 46 19 12 15 67 58 +9 69
12 Crawley Town 46 17 10 19 56 66 −10 61
13 Leyton Orient 46 14 16 16 62 47 +15 58
14 Bradford City 46 14 16 16 53 55 −2 58
15 Colchester United 46 14 13 19 48 60 −12 55
16 Walsall 46 14 12 20 47 60 −13 54
17 Hartlepool United 46 14 12 20 44 64 −20 54
18 Rochdale 46 12 17 17 51 59 −8 53
19 Harrogate Town 46 14 11 21 64 75 −11 53
20 Carlisle United 46 14 11 21 39 62 −23 53
21 Stevenage 46 11 14 21 45 68 −23 47
22 Barrow 46 10 14 22 44 57 −13 44
23 Oldham Athletic (R) 46 9 11 26 46 75 −29 38 Relegation to National League
24 Scunthorpe United (R) 46 4 14 28 29 90 −61 26
Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[51]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated


Play-offs edit

Semi-finals Final
        
4 Northampton Town 1 0 1
7 Mansfield Town 2 1 3
7 Mansfield Town 0
5 Port Vale 3
5 Port Vale 1 1 2
6 Swindon Town 2 0 2

First leg

Mansfield Town2–1Northampton Town
  • Oates   13'
  • Bowery   32'
Report
Attendance: 7,469
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
Swindon Town2–1Port Vale
Report
Attendance: 14,086
Referee: Ross Joyce

Second leg

Northampton Town0–1Mansfield Town
Report
Attendance: 7,619
Referee: Ben Toner

Mansfield Town won 3–1 on aggregate.

Port Vale1–0Swindon Town
Report
Attendance: 11,669
Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Port Vale won 2-2 on aggregate, 6-5 on penalties.

Final edit

Mansfield Town0–3Port Vale
Report
Attendance: 37,303

Results edit

Home \ Away BRW BRA BRI CAR COL CRA EXE FOR HAR HAT LEY MAN NEW NOR OLD POR ROC SAL SCU STE SUT SWI TRA WAL
Barrow 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–3 0–1 0–0 4–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–3 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1
Bradford City 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–3 1–3 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–1
Bristol Rovers 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–2 4–2 1–0 7–0 0–2 2–0 1–3 2–2 1–0
Carlisle United 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 0–3 0–1 1–0
Colchester United 0–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–3 1–1 1–0 2–2
Crawley Town 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–3 2–1 2–2 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–4 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–0
Exeter City 2–1 0–0 4–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 4–3 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 2–2
Forest Green Rovers 2–0 0–2 2–0 3–0 2–0 6–3 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–1
Harrogate Town 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–4 1–2 0–3 0–0 2–2 1–2 3–0 1–1 3–2 0–2 6–1 0–0 0–2 1–4 2–2 1–1
Hartlepool United 3–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 3–2 0–0 2–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 2–0
Leyton Orient 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 0–2 5–0 0–0 0–1 2–4 4–0 0–0 3–1 0–2 3–0 2–2 4–1 4–1 0–1 0–0
Mansfield Town 0–1 2–3 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–3 3–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–3 3–2 2–0 2–0
Newport County 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 4–0 2–3 2–2 1–1 0–1 3–3 2–1 0–2 0–2 3–0 5–0 3–2 1–2 4–2 2–1
Northampton Town 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–2 1–1 3–2 1–1
Oldham Athletic 0–3 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–3 0–2 5–5 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–2 3–2 0–0 1–2 1–3 3–0 1–3 1–3 0–1 1–3
Port Vale 3–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 3–0 4–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–2 3–1 1–2 0–0 3–2 2–3 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 0–1
Rochdale 0–0 0–0 3–4 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–3 2–1 2–2 0–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–0
Salford City 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 3–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 5–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1
Scunthorpe United 0–1 1–1 2–3 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–4 0–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–4 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–0
Stevenage 1–0 0–1 0–4 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–4 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 4–2 1–1 3–3 1–1 2–0 3–1
Sutton United 1–0 1–4 1–1 4–0 3–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 4–3 3–0 0–0 4–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–1
Swindon Town 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 5–2 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 5–0
Tranmere Rovers 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–4 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 0–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–0
Walsall 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–2 1–3 1–3 3–1 0–2 3–1 3–3 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 1–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics edit

Top scorers edit

As of 7 May 2022
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Dom Telford Newport County 25
2   Matty Stevens Forest Green Rovers 23
3   Harry McKirdy Swindon Town 20
4   Jamille Matt Forest Green Rovers 19
5   Aaron Collins Bristol Rovers 16
6   Davis Keillor-Dunn Oldham Athletic 15
7   Matt Jay Exeter City 14
  Freddie Sears Colchester United

Hat-tricks edit

Player For Against Result Date Ref
Andy Cook Bradford City Stevenage 4–1 17 August 2021 [52]
Nicky Cadden Forest Green Rovers Crawley Town 6–3 21 August 2021 [53]
Aaron Drinan Leyton Orient Hartlepool United 5–0 30 October 2021 [54]
Paul Lewis Northampton Town Carlisle United 3–0 30 October 2021 [55]
Dom Telford Newport County Stevenage 5–0 30 October 2021 [56]
Harry McKirdy4 Swindon Town Northampton Town 5–2 1 January 2022 [57]
Jack Muldoon Harrogate Town Oldham Athletic 3–0 22 January 2022 [58]
Brandon Thomas-Asante Salford City Scunthorpe United 5–1 19 March 2022 [59]
Aaron Collins Bristol Rovers Rochdale 3–4 30 April 2022 [60]
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals

Monthly awards edit

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
August   Rob Edwards Forest Green Rovers   Mathew Stevens Forest Green Rovers [61]
September   Darrell Clarke Port Vale   Nicky Cadden [62]
October   Dom Telford Newport County [63]
November   Rob Edwards Forest Green Rovers [64]
December   Micky Mellon Tranmere Rovers   Jake Beesley Rochdale [65]
January   Rob Edwards Forest Green Rovers   Luke McGee Forest Green Rovers [66]
February   Matt Taylor Exeter City   Davis Keillor-Dunn Oldham Athletic [67]
March   Joey Barton Bristol Rovers   Ruel Sotiriou Leyton Orient [68]

Awards edit

Award Winner Club
Player of the Season   Kane Wilson[69] Forest Green Rovers
Young Player of the Season   Finn Azaz[69] Newport County

EFL League Two Team of the season

Pos. Player Club Ref.
GK   Joe Wollacott Swindon Town [70]
DF   Jon Guthrie Northampton Town
DF   Peter Clarke Tranmere Rovers
DF   Jordan Turnbull Salford City
MF   Kane Wilson Forest Green Rovers
MF   Timothée Dieng Exeter City
MF   Finn Azaz Newport County
MF   Nicky Cadden Forest Green Rovers
FW   Harry McKirdy Swindon Town
FW   Dom Telford Newport County
FW   Matty Stevens Forest Green Rovers
Manager   Rob Edwards Forest Green Rovers

Notes edit

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