The English Football League Two is the fourth-highest division in English football behind the Premier League, Championship, and League One. It is often referred to as the ‘Sky Bet League Two’ and more commonly ‘League Two’ for short.
League Two holds 24 clubs a season, three of which are promoted and two teams at the bottom are relegated to the Conference. League two is actually in the third division of the football league which can be confusing.
League Two Stadiums
League Two is a strange league to be a part of since they are not high enough in the league to have a big stadium upgrade but are not low enough in the league to have a small capacity stadium, however that doesn’t mean that they lack character in any way.
There are a lot of historic and interesting stadiums to be found in some of the bottom league teams such as League Two, the largest stadium being home to the Bradford City with a max capacity of over 25,000 fans!.
The lower tier leagues don’t actually have to follow the Football Association rules when it comes to having an all-seated stadium which means that most of them will have a terrace area for anyone wanting to stand.
Expecting a League two team to be up to the same standard as the Premier League or Championship stadiums is an unrealistic standard to have since they do not have the same budget. This shouldn’t stop you from seeing a league two team in action since it’s all about the atmosphere.
Stadium Stats
Stadium | Year Opened | Capacity | Ave Attendance | Record Attendance | Record Attendance Match |
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Banks’s Stadium Walsall |
1990 | 11,300 | 4,664 | 11,049 | Walsall v Rotherham 2004 |
Boundary Park Oldham Athletic |
1896 | 13,513 | 3,466 | 47,671 | Oldham v Sheffield Wed (1930) |
Brisbane Road Leyton Orient |
1937 | 9,271 | 5,504 | 34,345 | Leyton Orient v West Ham (1964) |
Broadfield Stadium Crawley Town |
1997 | 6,134 | 2,232 | 5,880 | Crawley Town v Reading 2013 |
Broadhall Way Stevenage |
1961 | 7,800 | 2,914 | 8,040 | Stevenage v Newcastle 1998 |
Brunton Park Carlisle United |
1909 | 17,949 | 4,140 | 27,500 | Carlisle v Birmingham (1957) |
Community Stadium Colchester United |
2008 | 10,105 | 3,634 | 10,064 | Colchester Utd v Norwich (2010) |
EnviroVent Stadium (Wetherby Road) Harrogate Town |
1920 | 5,000 | 1,301 | 3,048 | Harrogate Town v Portsmouth (11/10/2019) |
Field Mill One Call Stadium Mansfield Town |
1861 | 9,186 | 4,419 | 24,467 | Mansfield v Notts Forest (1953) |
Gander Green Lane Sutton United |
1912 | 5,032 | 855 | 14,000 | Sutton United v Leeds United (1969) |
Glanford Park Scunthorpe United |
1988 | 9,088 | 3,538 | 9,077 | Scunthorpe v Man Utd (2010) |
Holker Street Barrow A.F.C |
1909 | 5,400 | 2,010 | 16,874 | Barrow v Swansea Town (1954) |
Memorial Stadium Bristol Rovers |
1921 | 12,300 | 8,320 | 12,011 | Bristol Rovers v West Brom (2008) |
Peninsula Stadium (Moor Lane) Salford City FC |
1978 | 5,108 | 2,997 | 4,518 | Salford City v Leeds Utd EFL Cup First Round (2019) |
Prenton Park Tranmere Rovers |
1912 | 16,587 | 6,990 | 24,424 | Tranmere v Stoke City (1972) |
Rodney Parade Newport County AFC |
1877 | 7,850 | 3,867 | 6,615 | Newport v Havant & Waterlooville (2010) |
Sixfields Stadium Northampton Town |
1994 | 7,798 | 5,676 | 7,664 | Northampton v Luton (2016) |
Spotland Stadium Rochdale |
1920 | 10,000 | 3,632 | 24,231 | Rochdale v Notts County (1949) |
St James Park Exeter City |
1904 | 8,696 | 4,847 | 20,984 | Exeter v Sunderland (1931) |
The County Ground Swindon Town |
1896 | 15,728 | 6,553 | 32,000 | Swindon Town v Arsenal (1972) |
The New Lawn Stadium Forest Green Rovers |
2006 | 5,147 | 2,541 | 4,836 | Forest Green Rovers v Derby County (2009) |
Vale Park Port Vale |
1950 | 20,552 | 4,862 | 49,768 | Port Vale v Aston Villa (1960) |
Valley Parade Bradford City |
1886 | 25,136 | 18,167 | 39,146 | Bradford City v Burney (1911) |
Victoria Park Hartlepool United |
1886 | 7,864 | 3,125 | 17,264 | Hartlepool v Man United (1957) |
About The League
Just like the other divisions, League Two is made up of 24 teams. In League Two if the teams win a match they are awarded three points and at the end of the season, the team with the most points will gain an automatic promotion to league one.
Relegation is still possible with League Two teams, the two teams that are at the bottom of the league will be moved into the National League and their replacement being the team that won the National League and the runner up.
The teams that finish between fourth and seventh enter a playoff system and the winner is also promoted, the four teams that finish the closest to the bottom of the league table will replace them and the cycle goes on.
Team Stats
Team | Year Founded | Nickname | Team Owner |
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Barrow AFC | 1903 | The Bluebirds | Paul Hornby |
Bradford City | 1903 | The Bantams, The Paraders, The Citizens | Stefan Rupp |
Bristol Rovers | 1883 | The Pirates, The Gas | The Jordanian Al Qadi Family |
Carlisle United | 1904 | Cumbrians, The Blues | Andrew Jenkins, Steven Pattison and John Nixon |
Colchester United | 1937 | The U’s | Robbie Cowling |
Crawley Town | 1896 | The Reds, Red Devils | Ziya Eren |
Exeter City | 1901 | The Grecians | Exeter City Supporters’ Trust |
Forest Green Rovers | 1889 | Rovers, The Green, FGR, The Little Club On The Hill, Green Army | Dale Vince |
Harrogate Town | 1914 | Town, The Sulphurites | Irving Weaver |
Hartlepool United | 1908 | Pools, Monkey Hangers | Raj Singh |
Leyton Orient | 1881 | The O’s, Orient | Nigel Travis |
Mansfield Town | 1897 | The Stags, Yellows | Carolyn & John Radford |
Newport County | 1912 | The Exiles, The Ironsides, The Port, The County | Newport County AFC Supporters Trust |
Northampton Town | 1897 | The Cobblers | Kelvin Thomas |
Oldham Athletic | 1895 | The Latics | Abdallah Lemsagam |
Port Vale | 1876 | The Valiants, The Vale, The Valeites | Synsol Holdings Limited |
Rochdale | 1907 | The Dale | A.S.A Kilpatrick |
Salford City FC | 1940 | The Ammies | Class Of ’92 Ltd |
Scunthorpe United | 1899 | The Iron | Peter Swann |
Stevenage | 1976 | The Boro | Phillip Wallace |
Sutton United | 1898 | The Us, The Amber and Chocolates, The Yellows | Nawaf Al Shammari, Tim Allison and Gary Otto |
Swindon Town | 1879 | The Robins | Clem Morfuni |
Tranmere Rovers | 1884 | Super White Army, Rovers | Mark & Nicola Palios |
Walsall | 1888 | The Saddlers | Leigh Pomlett |
League Two History
Between 1921-and 1958 two separate leagues played matches which eventually formed one division, they were originally called the Football League Third Division South and the Football league third division north.
In 1992 to avoid confusing fans The second division was renamed The Championship, the Third Divison became League One and the Fourth Divison became League Two.
In 1958 the geographical separation was no more and that’s how the Third and Fourth divisions were formed. In 2004 when the re-branding of the lower divisions became necessary, that was when league two was formed and at the time it was known as Sky Bet League Two due to sponsorship reasons.
Ticket Prices
Stadium | Season Ticket Price (Adult) | Season Ticket Price (Conc) | Season Ticket Price (Junior) | Match Ticket Price (Adult) | Match Ticket Price (Conc) |
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Barrow AFC | £315 – £370 | £255 – £295 | £90 – £105 | £16 – £19 | £13 – £15 |
Bradford City | £198 – £198 | £174 – £174 | £30 – £126 | £20 – £20 | £18 – £18 |
Bristol Rovers | £315 – £470 | £170 – £390 | £28 – £325 | £12 – £28 | £16 – £24 |
Carlisle United | £337 – £400 | £274 – £337 | £10 – £99 | £16 – £19 | £13 – £16 |
Colchester United | £316 – £453 | £228 – £361 | £124.5 – £229.5 | £21 – £29 | £16 – £23 |
Crawley Town | £330 – £440 | £260 – £365 | £85 – £110 | £16 – £22 | £12 – £18 |
Exeter City | £354 – £460 | £299 – £407 | £49 – £199 | £19 – £25 | £16 – £22 |
Forest Green Rovers | £306 – £391 | £238 – £306 | £10 – £104 | £18 – £25 | £14 – £20 |
Harrogate Town | £269 – £294 | £189 – £214 | £50 – £75 | £16 – £17 | £12 – £13 |
Hartlepool United | £325 – £365 | £250 – £285 | £50 – £95 | £20 – £20 | £14 – £14 |
Leyton Orient | £189 – £330 | £135 – £209 | £49 – £99 | £18 – £20 | £16 – £18 |
Mansfield Town | £375 – £375 | £295 – £295 | £50 – £100 | £23 – £24 | £20 – £21 |
Newport County | £263 – £315 | £263 – £263 | £26 – £53 | £17 – £21 | £13 – £15 |
Northampton Town | £370 – £430 | £270 – £320 | £70 – £130 | £22 – £24 | £18 – £20 |
Oldham Athletic | £230 – £230 | £140 – £140 | £40 – £40 | £18 – £22 | £8 – £10 |
Port Vale | £295 – £310 | £240 – £255 | £135 – £145 | £20 – £21 | £15 – £16 |
Rochdale | £175 – £310 | £150 – £260 | £25 – £85 | £18 – £22 | £10 – £14 |
Salford City FC | £250 – £250 | £150 – £150 | £80 – £80 | £15 – £15 | £10 – £10 |
Scunthorpe United | £350 – £435 | £230 – £280 | £80 – £80 | £18 – £26 | £13 – £18 |
Stevenage | £300 – £400 | £260 – £360 | £75 – £200 | £18 – £22 | £15 – £20 |
Sutton United | £329 – £329 | £249 – £249 | £69 – £69 | £20 – £25 | £13 – £19 |
Swindon Town | £330 – £350 | £250 – £270 | £90 – £90 | £19 – £23 | £15 – £17 |
Tranmere Rovers | £380 – £480 | £280 – £340 | £102 – £119 | £19 – £22 | £14 – £17 |
Walsall | £250 – £350 | £180 – £260 | £69 – £175 | £18 – £23 | £15 – £17 |
- Bolton Wanderers – University of Bolton Stadium
- Bradford City – Coral Windows Stadium (Valley Parade)
- Carlisle United – Brunton Park
- Cheltenham Town – Whaddon Road
- Colchester United – Weston Homes Community Stadium
- Crawley Town – Broadfield Stadium
- Exeter City – St James Park
- Grimsby Town – Blundell Park
- League Two Grounds
- Leyton Orient – Matchroom Stadium
- Mansfield Town – Field Mill
- Morecambe – Globe Arena
- Newport County – Rodney Parade
- Oldham Athletic – Boundary Park
- Port Vale – Vale Park
- Scunthorpe United – Glanford Park
- Southend United – Roots Hall
- Stevenage – Lamex Stadium (Broadhall Way)
- Tranmere Rovers – Prenton Park
- Walsall – Banks’s Stadium (Bescot Stadium)