2025–26 EFL League Two

EFL League Two
Season2025–26
Dates2 August 2025 – 25 May 2026
Matches463
Goals1,162 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorerAaron Drinan (20 goals)
Biggest home winGrimsby Town 7–1 Cheltenham Town
(27 September 2025)
Biggest away winBristol Rovers 0–4 Milton Keynes Dons
(11 October 2025)
Harrogate Town 0–4 Milton Keynes Dons
(20 December 2025)
Gillingham 1–5 Milton Keynes Dons
(10 March 2026)
Accrington Stanley 0–4 Notts County
(17 March 2026)
Shrewsbury Town 0–4 Crewe Alexandra
(21 March 2026)
Highest scoringGrimsby Town 7–1 Cheltenham Town
(27 September 2025)
Longest winning runBromley (7 games)
Longest unbeaten runBromley (22 games)
Longest winless runHarrogate Town (20 games)
Longest losing runBristol Rovers (10 games)
Highest attendance23,465
Milton Keynes Dons 4–1 Harrogate Town
(7 March 2026)
Lowest attendance1,472
Bromley 2–2 Fleetwood Town
(16 August 2025)
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 21 March 2026.

The 2025–26 EFL League Two (referred to as Sky Bet League Two due to sponsorship reasons) is the 22nd season of the EFL League Two under its current title, and the 34th season under its current league division format. The season began on 2 August 2025, and will end on 25 May 2026.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2024–25 season:

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front) Shirt sponsor (back) Shirt sponsor (sleeve) Shorts sponsor
Accrington Stanley John Doolan Farrend Rawson Macron[1] Wham Housewares Sundown Technology None Fagan & Whalley
Barnet Dean Brennan Anthony Hartigan Stanno TIC Health TBA TBA TBA
Barrow Sam Foley (interim) Niall Canavan Puma Newfoundland and Labrador Cumbria Roofing Ulverston Keyin College DSG Limited
Bristol Rovers Steve Evans Alfie Kilgour Macron FanHub[2] Poplar Insulation Hotchkins Group[3] None
Bromley Andy Woodman Byron Webster Macron LSP Renewables Blue Security Systems Brownhill Insurance Group Bromley Signs
Cambridge United Neil Harris Michael Morrison Umbro[4] Brooks[5] The Hill Group Fora Alan Boswell Group
Cheltenham Town Steve Cotterill James Wilson Erreà Mira Showers Marchants Smarta Water-Smarta Energy CGT Lettings
Chesterfield Paul Cook Chey Dunkley Puma Leengate Valves[6] None Leengate Valves Ideal Flooring
Colchester United Danny Cowley Tom Flanagan Macron HotLizard Coffey Brooks Financial Services Peach Guitars Bidfood
Crawley Town Scott Lindsey Dion Conroy Erreà Rentokil Initial Eden Utilities Brick Borrow[7] Beaufort Homes
Crewe Alexandra Lee Bell Mickey Demetriou Puma Whitby Morrison (H & A)[8] / St. Luke's Hospice (T) Zzoomm Enviro Skip Hire CAN Solutions
Fleetwood Town Matt Lawlor Elliot Bonds Puma[9] Ruby Energy (H & A) / BES Utilities (T) onCORE Foodservice Solutions Lancashire Bird Control None
Gillingham Gareth Ainsworth Armani Little Macron MEMS C&A Building Products Magnus Search Recruitment Howden
Grimsby Town David Artell Kieran Green Umbro myenergi Winner Winner Chicken Dinner Blackrow Group 3Q Industrial Supplies
Harrogate Town Simon Weaver Warren Burrell New Balance EnviroVent[10] Oak By Design Annapurna Recruitment None
Milton Keynes Dons Paul Warne Alex Gilbey[11] Reebok[12] Suzuki Equity Energies Stadium Support Services Ltd Stadium Support Services Ltd
Newport County Christian Fuchs Matt Baker VX3 Sportswear[13] Pure Vans (H)[14] / Alfa Staff (A) 57 Tyres Newport (H) Best Blinds 431117 (H) / Newport Galvanizers (A) Candour Talent (H) / Bar Piazza Newport (A)
Notts County Martin Paterson Matthew Palmer Puma[15] John Pye Auctions (H)[16] / University of Nottingham (A) John Pye Auctions (H) / Swan Homes (A) WorkBox UK None
Oldham Athletic Micky Mellon Tom Conlon Puma RRG Group TBC TBC TBC
Salford City Karl Robinson Luke Garbutt Adidas Fireball Cinnamon Whisky Quality Care Group Salford Van & Car Hire Champions Travel
Shrewsbury Town Gavin Cowan John Marquis Oxen[17] Shropshire Homes[18] R1 Construction Jim Dorricott Construction Hanmart Windows & Doors
Swindon Town Ian Holloway Ollie Clarke Adidas MiPermit FirstCity Care Group (H) / Cellular Fitness (A) Veezu (H) / Barnes Coaches(A) Platinum Security Services (H) / Cotswold Farm Machinery (A)
Tranmere Rovers Pete Wild (interim) Sam Finley Mills Essar Searchability O'Rourke Construction None
Walsall Darren Byfield (interim) Jamille Matt Macron NoFo Brew Co RayGray Snacks Howard Evans Roofing and Cladding RayGray Snacks

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Newport County Dafydd Williams End of interim spell 3 May 2025 Pre-season David Hughes[19] 23 May 2025
Bristol Rovers Iñigo Calderón[20] Sacked 4 May 2025 Darrell Clarke[21] 6 May 2025
Notts County Stuart Maynard[22] 22 May 2025 Martin Paterson[23] 22 June 2025
Cheltenham Town Michael Flynn[24] 20 September 2025 24th Steve Cotterill[25] 30 September 2025
Newport County David Hughes[26] 15 November 2025 Christian Fuchs[27] 20 November 2025
Barrow Andy Whing[28] 10 December 2025 18th Paul Gallagher[29] 2 January 2026
Bristol Rovers Darrell Clarke[30] 13 December 2025 23rd Steve Evans[31] 16 December 2025
Fleetwood Town Pete Wild[32] 25 January 2026 15th Matt Lawlor[a] 26 January 2026
Shrewsbury Town Michael Appleton[34] Mutual consent 28 January 2026 21st Gavin Cowan[35] 29 January 2026
Barrow Paul Gallagher[36] Sacked 11 February 2026 22nd Dino Maamria[37] 11 February 2026
Tranmere Rovers Andy Crosby[38] 4 March 2026 19th Pete Wild (interim)[39] 10 March 2026
Walsall Mat Sadler[40] 11 March 2026 11th
Barrow Dino Maamria[41] 22nd Sam Foley (interim)[42] 11 March 2026
  1. ^ Lawlor was initially appointed interim head coach on 26 January 2026, before later being appointed to the role permanently on 17 March 2026[33]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Bromley 39 22 13 4 62 36 +26 79 Promotion to EFL League One
2 Milton Keynes Dons 39 21 11 7 76 40 +36 74
3 Cambridge United 38 20 12 6 56 28 +28 72
4 Notts County 38 21 7 10 65 39 +26 70 Qualification for League Two play-offs
5 Swindon Town 39 21 6 12 63 45 +18 69
6 Salford City 39 21 4 14 54 48 +6 67
7 Grimsby Town 38 17 11 10 56 40 +16 62
8 Chesterfield 39 16 14 9 61 52 +9 62
9 Crewe Alexandra 39 17 9 13 58 47 +11 60
10 Walsall 39 17 9 13 48 41 +7 60
11 Oldham Athletic 37 15 13 9 44 31 +13 58
12 Barnet 39 15 12 12 49 43 +6 57
13 Fleetwood Town 39 14 12 13 48 46 +2 54
14 Colchester United 38 14 11 13 50 41 +9 53
15 Accrington Stanley 38 13 9 16 38 42 −4 48
16 Gillingham 38 11 12 15 44 56 −12 45
17 Bristol Rovers 39 13 4 22 40 60 −20 43
18 Cheltenham Town 38 11 9 18 43 65 −22 42
19 Shrewsbury Town 39 11 8 20 37 63 −26 41
20 Tranmere Rovers 39 9 9 21 48 69 −21 36
21 Crawley Town 39 6 13 20 36 60 −24 31
22 Newport County 39 8 7 24 39 67 −28 31
23 Harrogate Town 39 7 9 23 29 58 −29 30 Relegation to National League
24 Barrow 38 7 8 23 36 63 −27 29
Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2026. 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[43]


Results

Home \ Away ACC BNT BRW BRV BRM CAM CHT CHF COL CRA CRE FLE GIL GRI HAR MKD NPC NTC OLD SAL SHR SWI TRA WAL
Accrington Stanley — 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–4 1–0 1–0 0–2 4–0 1–1 1–3
Barnet 2–0 — 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–1 3–2 1–3 1–3 1–2 1–0 1–2
Barrow 0–0 2–2 — 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–3 0–3
Bristol Rovers 0–2 2–1 — 2–3 1–0 2–3 0–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 0–4 3–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–3 1–4 2–0
Bromley 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 — 1–1 2–2 1–0 3–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 3–3
Cambridge United 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 — 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 5–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 4–2 2–0
Cheltenham Town 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 — 0–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–3 1–2 0–3 3–2 3–1 0–2 1–0
Chesterfield 3–3 3–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 — 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 0–3 2–0 2–3 1–2 2–2
Colchester United 4–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 6–2 — 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 4–1 0–1 2–0 1–1
Crawley Town 1–1 1–1 1–2 4–0 1–3 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 — 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–2 0–2 1–1
Crewe Alexandra 2–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–1 4–1 3–3 1–0 1–0 — 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 0–3 2–1 0–3
Fleetwood Town 2–1 3–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 4–2 1–0 1–4 — 2–1 0–1 3–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–1
Gillingham 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–4 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 — 0–1 1–5 3–2 1–0 0–3 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–0
Grimsby Town 1–0 1–0 5–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 7–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 — 2–2 2–1 0–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–2
Harrogate Town 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–3 3–3 — 0–4 0–3 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 0–2
Milton Keynes Dons 1–2 1–3 1–0 1–1 5–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 3–2 2–3 4–1 — 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 5–1 1–0 0–1
Newport County 1–4 0–0 2–2 2–3 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–3 0–0 1–2 — 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 2–4
Notts County 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 5–2 2–3 1–3 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–2 — 3–1 1–2 4–1 2–1 5–0 0–0
Oldham Athletic 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 — 2–2 1–2 3–1 0–1
Salford City 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 4–3 4–3 1–3 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 — 1–2 3–2 3–1 1–0
Shrewsbury Town 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–3 0–0 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–4 3–3 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–3 — 3–1 1–2
Swindon Town 0–2 3–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 3–0 2–3 2–1 — 2–1
Tranmere Rovers 0–1 0–2 1–3 0–2 0–0 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–4 1–0 1–1 0–3 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–3 0–2 4–0 0–1 — 1–3
Walsall 0–0 1–3 1–2 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 4–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2026. Source: BBC Sport
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

As of 21 March 2026

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Aaron Drinan Swindon Town 20
2 Michael Cheek Bromley 16
3 Daniel Kanu Walsall 14
Callum Paterson Milton Keynes Dons
Matthew Dennis Notts County
Isaac Hutchinson Bristol Rovers
Cheltenham Town
7 Alassana Jatta Notts County 12
Nicke Kabamba Bromley
Jaze Kabia Grimsby Town

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Jack Payne Colchester United Chesterfield 6–2 (H) 4 October 2025
Paddy Madden Accrington Stanley Swindon Town 4–0 (H) 18 October 2025
Harry Anderson Colchester United Harrogate Town 3–1 (H)
Emre Tezgel Crewe Alexandra Grimsby Town 3–2 (H) 25 October 2025
Michael Mellon Oldham Athletic Tranmere Rovers 3–1 (H) 20 December 2025
Michael Cheek Bromley Crawley Town 3–1 (A) 29 December 2025
Fabrizio Cavegn Bristol Rovers Shrewsbury Town 3–0 (A) 1 January 2026
Callum Paterson Milton Keynes Dons 5–1 (H) 24 January 2026
Ben Thompson Bromley Gillingham 4–1 (A) 31 January 2026
Jack Payne Colchester United Barnet 4–1 (H) 21 February 2026

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Mathew Hudson Oldham Athletic 17
2 Jake Eastwood Cambridge United 16
3 Grant Smith Bromley 14
Cieran Slicker Barnet
4 Craig MacGillivray Milton Keynes Dons 13
Connor Ripley Swindon Town
5 Jackson Smith Grimsby Town 11
Myles Roberts Walsall
Ollie Wright Accrington Stanley
Matty Young Salford City

Awards

Monthly

Each month the EFL announces their official Player of the Month and Manager of the Month.

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
August Gareth Ainsworth Gillingham Matthew Dennis Notts County [44]
September Mat Sadler Walsall Aaron Drinan Swindon Town [45]
October Steve Cotterill Cheltenham Town Harry Anderson Colchester United [46]
November Danny Cowley Colchester United Ryan Finnigan Walsall [47]
December Andy Woodman Bromley Lee Bonis Chesterfield [48]
January Neil Harris Cambridge United Ben Knight Cambridge United [49]
February Gavin Cowan Shrewsbury Town Jack Payne Colchester United [50]

See also

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