2021–22 EFL League Two

The 2021–22 EFL League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) is the 18th season of Football League Two under its current title and the 30th season under its current league division format.

EFL League Two
Season2021–22
Dates7 August 2021 - 7/8 May 2022
Goals scored370
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of pre-season.

Team changes

To League Two

Promoted from National League

Relegated from League One

From League Two

Promoted to League One

Relegated to National League

Stadiums
Locations of the 2021–22 EFL League Two teams
Greater Manchester League Two football clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity
BarrowBarrow-in-Furness Holker Street5,045
Bradford CityBradford Valley Parade25,136
Bristol RoversBristol Memorial Stadium12,300
Carlisle UnitedCarlisle Brunton Park18,202
Colchester UnitedColchester Colchester Community Stadium10,105
Crawley TownCrawley Broadfield Stadium5,996
Exeter CityExeter St. James Park8,696
Forest Green RoversNailsworth The New Lawn5,147
Harrogate TownHarrogate Wetherby Road5,000
Hartlepool United HartlepoolVictoria Park7,856
Leyton OrientLondon (Leyton) Brisbane Road9,271
Mansfield TownMansfield Field Mill9,186
Newport CountyNewport Rodney Parade7,850
Northampton TownNorthampton Sixfields Stadium7,798
Oldham AthleticOldham Boundary Park13,513
Port ValeBurslem Vale Park20,552
RochdaleRochdale Spotland Stadium10,249
Salford CitySalford Moor Lane5,108
Scunthorpe UnitedScunthorpe Glanford Park9,088
StevenageStevenage Broadhall Way7,800
Sutton United London (Sutton)Gander Green Lane5,013
Swindon TownSwindon County Ground15,728
Tranmere RoversBirkenhead Prenton Park16,789
WalsallWalsall Bescot Stadium11,300

Personnel and sponsoring
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Barrow Mark Cooper Jason Taylor Joma JF Hornby & Co.
Bradford City Derek Adams Niall Canavan Avec Sport JCT600
Bristol Rovers Joey Barton Paul Coutts Macron Utilita Energy
Carlisle United Keith Millen Callum Guy Erreà Thomas Graham
Colchester United Hayden Mullins Tommy Smith Macron Texo Scaffolding (Home)
JobServe (Away / Third)
Crawley Town John Yems George Francomb[1] Erreà The People's Pension
Exeter City Matt Taylor Matt Jay[2] Joma Carpetright
Forest Green Rovers Rob Edwards Jamille Matt PlayerLayer[3] Ecotricity
Harrogate Town Simon Weaver Josh Falkingham New Balance Strata
Hartlepool United Graeme Lee Nicky Featherstone O'Neills Orangebox Training Solutions
Leyton Orient Kenny Jackett 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 Selim Benachour (Caretaker) 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 Harry Davis Macron Utilita Energy
Stevenage Paul Tisdale 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 Scott Davies Mills[6] Essar
Walsall Matthew Taylor 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).[4][5]

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Leyton Orient Jobi McAnuff[7] End of interim spell 8 May 2021 Pre-season Kenny Jackett[8] 21 May 2021
Swindon Town Tommy Wright John McGreal[9] 26 May 2021
Bradford City Mark Trueman
Conor Sellars[10]		 Sacked 10 May 2021 Derek Adams[11] 4 June 2021
Walsall Brian Dutton[12] Matthew Taylor[13] 19 May 2021
Barrow Rob Kelly[14] End of Caretaker spell 14 May 2021 Mark Cooper[15] 28 May 2021
Tranmere Rovers Ian Dawes 23 May 2021 Micky Mellon[16] 1 June 2021
Forest Green Rovers Jimmy Ball Rob Edwards[17] 27 May 2021
Swindon Town John McGreal[18] Mutual consent 25 June 2021 Ben Garner[19] 21 July 2021
Rochdale Brian Barry-Murphy[20] Resigned 30 June 2021 Robbie Stockdale[21] 10 July 2021
Newport County Michael Flynn[22] 1 October 2021 15th James Rowberry[23] 19 October 2021
Carlisle United Chris Beech[24] Sacked 10 October 2021 22nd Keith Millen[25] 26 October 2021
Scunthorpe United Neil Cox[26] 1 November 2021 24th Keith Hill[27] 5 November 2021
Hartlepool United Dave Challinor[28] Signed by Stockport County 10th Graeme Lee[29] 1 December 2021
Stevenage Alex Revell[30] Sacked 15 November 2021 21st Paul Tisdale[31] 28 November 2021
Oldham Athletic Keith Curle[32] 24 November 2021 22nd Selim Benachour (Caretaker) 24 November 2021

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Forest Green Rovers 20 13 5 2 43 20 +23 44 Promotion to EFL League One
2 Northampton Town 21 12 4 5 29 17 +12 40
3 Port Vale 21 10 5 6 35 23 +12 35
4 Newport County 21 9 7 5 35 26 +9 34 Qualification for League Two play-offs
5 Exeter City 21 8 9 4 32 24 +8 33
6 Sutton United 21 10 3 8 32 27 +5 33
7 Swindon Town 20 9 6 5 29 24 +5 33
8 Tranmere Rovers 20 9 5 6 17 14 +3 32
9 Leyton Orient 21 7 10 4 37 20 +17 31
10 Harrogate Town 21 8 6 7 35 30 +5 30
11 Mansfield Town 21 8 5 8 24 26 −2 29
12 Walsall 21 7 7 7 25 24 +1 28
13 Hartlepool United 21 8 3 10 22 31 −9 27
14 Bradford City 21 5 11 5 27 25 +2 26
15 Bristol Rovers 21 7 5 9 27 33 −6 26
16 Crawley Town 20 7 4 9 23 30 −7 25
17 Salford City 20 6 6 8 23 21 +2 24
18 Rochdale 21 5 9 7 27 30 −3 24
19 Barrow 20 5 7 8 22 24 −2 22
20 Colchester United 20 5 7 8 16 25 −9 22
21 Carlisle United 21 4 7 10 15 29 −14 19
22 Stevenage 20 4 7 9 16 33 −17 19
23 Oldham Athletic 21 4 4 13 21 36 −15 16 Relegation to National League
24 Scunthorpe United 21 2 10 9 16 36 −20 16
Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2021. 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[33]

Results
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 — 1–1 2–3 0–1 0–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–0
Bradford City 1–1 — 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 2–0 4–1 2–2 1–1
Bristol Rovers — 3–0 1–0 a a 1–3 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–2 4–2 0–2 1–3 2–2
Carlisle United 0–0 — 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–0
Colchester United 1–1 — 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–3
Crawley Town 2–1 2–1 — 1–3 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–4 2–1 0–1
Exeter City 0–0 4–1 2–1 — 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 2–0 a 0–1 2–2
Forest Green Rovers 2–0 2–0 6–3 a — 1–0 0–2 3–1 2–1 0–2 0–0
Harrogate Town 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–4 — 2–2 1–2 3–2 0–2 6–1 0–0 2–2
Hartlepool United 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 3–2 — 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–0
Leyton Orient 2–0 1–2 3–0 1–1 0–2 5–0 — 0–0 4–0 4–1 4–1 0–0
Mansfield Town 0–1 2–3 2–1 1–0 1–3 — 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–0
Newport County 0–0 2–2 2–2 — 0–1 2–1 3–0 5–0 3–2 1–2 2–1
Northampton Town 3–0 1–0 2–0 — 2–1 1–0 1–3 2–0 3–0 0–2 1–1
Oldham Athletic 0–3 1–2 5–5 1–2 0–0 0–1 — 3–2 3–0 1–3 0–1 1–3
Port Vale 3–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–2 — 2–3 0–0 0–1
Rochdale 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 — 2–2 3–2 1–0
Salford City 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–1
Scunthorpe United 1–1 2–1 0–4 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 — 1–1 1–3 1–0
Stevenage 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–2 0–4 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 — 1–1
Sutton United 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 4–3 2–1 — 1–2 0–1
Swindon Town 1–3 a 1–2 0–0 a a 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 — 0–0
Tranmere Rovers 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 — 1–0
Walsall 2–2 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–3 1–3 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2021. Source:
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

Top scorers
As of 11 December 2021
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Dominic Telford Newport County 14
2 Jamille Matt Forest Green Rovers 13
Mathew Stevens Forest Green Rovers
4 Harry Smith Leyton Orient 11
5 Aaron Drinan Leyton Orient 10
Matt Jay Exeter City
7 Luke Armstrong Harrogate Town 9
8 Kwesi Appiah Crawley Town 8
Elliott List Stevenage
Jack Payne Swindon Town

Hat-tricks
Main article: List of EFL League Two hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Ref
Andy Cook Bradford City Stevenage 4–1 17 August 2021 [34]
Nicky Cadden Forest Green Rovers Crawley Town 6–3 21 August 2021 [35]
Aaron Drinan Leyton Orient Hartlepool United 5–0 30 October 2021 [36]

Most assists
As of match played 7 December 2021
Rank Player Club Assists[37]
1 Oli Cooper Newport County 7
Jamille Matt Forest Green Rovers
3 Theo Archibald Leyton Orient 6
Jevani Brown Exeter City
Mitch Pinnock Northampton Town
6 Tom Conlon Port Vale 5
Antony Evans Bristol Rovers
Cameron Norman Newport County
Corey O'Keeffe Rochdale
George Thomson Harrogate Town
Kane Wilson Forest Green Rovers

Monthly awards
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
August Rob Edwards Forest Green Rovers Mathew Stevens Forest Green Rovers [38]
September Darrell Clarke Port Vale Nicky Cadden [39]
October Dom Telford Newport County [40]
November Rob Edwards Forest Green Rovers [41]

Notes

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    12. Walsall: " CareClub Statement: Brian Dutton"
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    14. "Rob Kelly: Barrow assistant does not wish to take up vacant managerial position". BBC Sport. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
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    16. "Micky Mellon confirmed as new Tranmere Rovers manager". www.tranmererovers.co.uk. 31 May 2021.
    17. "Rob Edwards named Forest Green Rovers Head Coach". www.fgr.co.uk. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
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    31. "Paul Tisdale: Stevenage appoint former Exeter City and MK Dons boss". BBC Sport. 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
    32. "Keith Curle: Oldham Athletic boss leaves club eight months after appointment". BBC Sport. 24 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
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    41. "Sky Bet EFL Manager and Player of the Month: November winners!". www.efl.com. 11 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
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