Sky Bet League Two

FM20 Release

Competition
82Reputation
—League games
24Clubs
—Total squad value

Competition

Code
L2
Nation
England
Confederation
Europe
Type
Standard division
Level
4
Reputation
82
Status
Active
Season
— – —
Colours
#FFFFF0 #BA0C2F
Short name
Sky Bet League Two
Parent competition
—
Crowd tendencies
—

Format

Partial export
Teams
24
League games
—
Promoted in
—
Relegated
—
Champions League
—
Europa League
—
Conference League
—
Play-offs
—
Maximum games
—

Squad rules

Partial export
Registered squad
—
Home-grown
—
Club-trained
—
Foreign players
—
Under-21
—
Loans
—

Most titles

61 recorded titlesFMDB calculation

Counted over every recorded season of this competition, not the page of the roll of honour below. Placings point at teams rather than clubs, because international tournaments are won by national teams. Every recorded season in this version. It records no cancelled, abandoned or joint-winner flags, so none are excluded.

Season table

In the export
Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Points
1 Lincoln City 46 23 16 7 73 43 30 85
2 Bury 46 22 13 11 82 56 26 79
3 Milton Keynes Dons 46 23 10 13 71 49 22 79
4 Mansfield Town 46 20 16 10 69 41 28 76
5 Forest Green Rovers 46 20 14 12 68 47 21 74
6 Tranmere Rovers 46 20 13 13 63 50 13 73
7 Newport County 46 20 11 15 59 59 0 71
8 Colchester United 46 20 10 16 65 53 12 70
9 Exeter City 46 19 13 14 60 49 11 70
10 Stevenage 46 20 10 16 59 55 4 70
11 Carlisle United 46 20 8 18 67 62 5 68
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 19 8 19 60 59 1 65
13 Swindon Town 46 16 16 14 59 56 3 64
14 Oldham Athletic 46 16 14 16 67 60 7 62
15 Northampton Town 46 14 19 13 64 63 1 61
16 Cheltenham Town 46 15 12 19 57 68 -11 57
17 Grimsby Town 46 16 8 22 45 56 -11 56
18 Morecambe 46 14 12 20 54 70 -16 54
19 Crawley Town 46 15 8 23 51 68 -17 53
20 Port Vale 46 12 13 21 39 55 -16 49
21 Cambridge United 46 12 11 23 40 66 -26 47
22 Macclesfield Town 46 10 14 22 48 74 -26 44
23 Notts County 46 9 14 23 48 84 -36 41
24 Yeovil Town 46 9 13 24 41 66 -25 40

Points are shown as the database stores them, including deductions, so they will not always match a total derived from wins and draws — and wins, draws and losses need not add up to games played. A blank cell is a figure the source does not record; it is never a zero.

2018–19 — full season table. Showing 24 of 24 recorded rows. Points are shown as stored.

League strength

FMDB calculation
Member clubs with the figures that size them up
Bradford City969299123——£51,948—2513614000
Cambridge United788391119——£36,032—86964523
Carlisle United838693120——£28,050—180464609
Cheltenham Town738192117——£19,868—70363172
Colchester United858297120——£44,400—101053500
Crawley Town748492113——£29,350—61342268
Crewe Alexandra818391115——£37,220—101533761
Exeter City866793117——£29,037—87144005
Forest Green Rovers808998122——£30,383—51402772
Grimsby Town758190112——£23,598—90524430
Leyton Orient807786111——£26,732—93115445
Macclesfield Town708286109——£19,950—59881457
Mansfield Town8391101121——£39,897—93764897
Morecambe708490110——£22,949—64762033
Newport County778594113——£28,563—116763489
Northampton Town828293115——£33,399—77985830
Oldham Athletic897494119——£36,939—136124442
Plymouth Argyle908797121——£43,800—1279710413
Port Vale818188112——£30,947—191484431
Salford City768395117——£52,300—50322733
Scunthorpe United878598121——£63,050—91444364
Stevenage768494117——£34,500—60252857
Swindon Town898697121——£42,800—157286096
Walsall868896121——£26,010—109894760

Every club naming this competition as its current division, with the squad of the team that shares the club uid. Average ability, CA16, PA16, average age, squad value and wage bill are the FMDB's own figures over each club's whole squad; hover one for the population it was computed from. CA16 and PA16 are the means of the sixteen highest abilities and potentials, a coded potential counted at its band midpoint as on the club page. Balance is the club's authored club_finance_detail.cash; reputation, capacity and attendance are stored club figures.

Best in the league

FMDB calculation

Roll of honour

Placings point at teams, not clubs
One row per season: winner, runner-up and third, from comp_history
Season Winner Runner-up Third Top scorer Not in this export Player of the season See awards
2019Play-off winner: Tranmere RoversLincoln CityBuryMilton Keynes Dons——
2018Play-off winner: Coventry CityAccrington StanleyLuton TownWycombe Wanderers——
2017Play-off winner: BlackpoolPortsmouthPlymouth ArgyleDoncaster Rovers——
2016Play-off winner: AFC WimbledonNorthampton TownOxford UnitedBristol Rovers——
2015Play-off winner: Southend UnitedBurton AlbionShrewsbury TownBury——
2014Play-off winner: Fleetwood TownChesterfieldScunthorpe UnitedRochdale——
2013Play-off winner: Bradford CityGillinghamRotherham UnitedPort Vale——
2012Play-off winner: Crewe AlexandraSwindon TownShrewsbury TownCrawley Town——
2011Play-off winner: StevenageChesterfieldBuryWycombe Wanderers——
2010Play-off winner: Dagenham and RedbridgeNotts CountyAFC BournemouthRochdale——
2009Play-off winner: GillinghamBrentfordExeter CityWycombe Wanderers——
2008Play-off winner: Stockport CountyMilton Keynes DonsPeterborough UnitedHereford United——
2007Play-off winner: Bristol RoversWalsallHartlepool UnitedSwindon Town——
2006Play-off winner: Cheltenham TownCarlisle UnitedNorthampton TownLeyton Orient——
2005Play-off winner: Southend UnitedYeovil TownScunthorpe UnitedSwansea City——
2004Play-off winner: Huddersfield TownDoncaster RoversHull CityTorquay United——
2003Play-off winner: AFC BournemouthRushden & DiamondsHartlepool UnitedWrexham——
2002Play-off winner: Cheltenham TownPlymouth ArgyleLuton TownMansfield Town——
2001Play-off winner: BlackpoolBrighton and Hove AlbionCardiff CityChesterfield——
2000Play-off winner: Peterborough UnitedSwansea CityRotherham UnitedNorthampton Town——
1999Play-off winner: Scunthorpe UnitedBrentfordCambridge UnitedCardiff City——
1998Play-off winner: Colchester UnitedNotts CountyMacclesfield TownLincoln City——
1997Play-off winner: Northampton TownWigan AthleticFulhamCarlisle United——
1996Play-off winner: Plymouth ArgylePreston North EndGillinghamBury——
1995Play-off winner: ChesterfieldCarlisle UnitedWalsallChesterfield——

A season links to its league table only where team_league_history records one. The top scorer is the rank-1 winner of the one award of type “Most goals scored” scoped to this competition, with the goals it records; no single award can be identified as the player of the season, so that column points to the Awards panel.

Across versions

Recorded
Sky Bet League Two reputation across versions050100 CM0102 RFM06 RFM10 RFM13 RFM16 RFM19 RFM22 RFM26 UReputation, CM0102 Release: 4 Reputation, CM0203 Release: 4 Reputation, CM0304 Release: 5 Reputation, CM0304 Update: 5 Reputation, FM05 Release: 50 Reputation, FM05 Update: 50 Reputation, FM06 Release: 60 Reputation, FM07 Release: 60 Reputation, FM07 Update: 60 Reputation, FM08 Release: 60 Reputation, FM09 Release: 60 Reputation, FM09 Update: 60 Reputation, FM10 Release: 60 Reputation, FM10 Update: 60 Reputation, FM11 Release: 65 Reputation, FM11 Update: 65 Reputation, FM12 Release: 65 Reputation, FM12 Update: 65 Reputation, FM13 Release: 80 Reputation, FM13 Update: 80 Reputation, FM14 Release: 80 Reputation, FM14 Update: 79 Reputation, FM15 Release: 79 Reputation, FM15 Update: 79 Reputation, FM16 Release: 79 Reputation, FM16 Update: 79 Reputation, FM17 Release: 83 Reputation, FM17 Update: 83 Reputation, FM18 Release: 82 Reputation, FM18 Update: 82 Reputation, FM19 Release: 81 Reputation, FM19 Update: 81 Reputation, FM20 Release: 82 Reputation, FM20 Update: 82 Reputation, FM21 Release: 82 Reputation, FM21 Update: 83 Reputation, FM22 Release: 84 Reputation, FM23 Release: 85 Reputation, FM24 Release: 85 Reputation, FM26 Release: 86 Reputation, FM26 Update: 86
Recorded reputation in each database where this uid resolves. Missing values remain gaps. Raw export scales may differ between versions.
Version Name as recorded
CM0102 ReleaseEnglish Third Division
CM0203 ReleaseEnglish Third Division
CM0304 ReleaseEnglish Third Division
CM0304 UpdateEnglish Third Division
FM05 ReleaseEnglish League Two
FM05 UpdateEnglish League Two
FM06 ReleaseEnglish League Two
FM07 ReleaseCoca-Cola League 2
FM07 UpdateCoca-Cola League 2
FM08 ReleaseCoca-Cola League 2
FM09 ReleaseCoca-Cola League 2
FM09 UpdateCoca-Cola League 2
FM10 ReleaseCoca-Cola League 2
FM10 UpdateCoca-Cola League 2
FM11 Releasenpower League 2
FM11 Updatenpower League 2
FM12 Releasenpower League 2
FM12 Updatenpower League 2
FM13 Releasenpower League 2
FM13 Updatenpower League 2
FM14 ReleaseSky Bet League 2
FM14 UpdateSky Bet League 2
FM15 ReleaseSky Bet League 2
FM15 UpdateSky Bet League 2
FM16 ReleaseSky Bet League 2
FM16 UpdateSky Bet League 2
FM17 ReleaseSky Bet League Two
FM17 UpdateSky Bet League Two
FM18 ReleaseSky Bet League Two
FM18 UpdateSky Bet League Two
FM19 ReleaseSky Bet League Two
FM19 UpdateSky Bet League Two
FM20 ReleaseSky Bet League Two
FM20 UpdateSky Bet League Two
FM21 ReleaseSky Bet League Two
FM21 UpdateSky Bet League Two
FM22 ReleaseSky Bet League Two
FM23 ReleaseSky Bet League Two
FM24 ReleaseSky Bet League Two
FM26 ReleaseSky Bet League Two
FM26 UpdateSky Bet League Two

Recorded competition names are shown for each version where the identity resolves.

Awards

Not in this export

No award scope in this export

Only the modern exports record which competition an award belongs to (award_scope). Sharing a nation with a competition does not make an award that competition's, so none is listed.

Awards whose award_scope names this competition. Editions flagged as having no data or not taking place are not counted. “Latest” is the award's stored season year; where that season has several editions — one per slot of a team of the year — the award page lists them.

Media prediction

Not in this export

No media predictions in this export

club_media_expectation is part of the modern exports only.

The predicted finish is the authored club_media_expectation.expected_league_finish. Last position is club_team.last_position as stored, in whatever competition the team last played, so for a club that has just joined it is not a place in this division.

Derbies in this division

1 between member clubs
Derbies whose two clubs both name this competition as their division
Derby Clubs W–D–L National reputation
West CountryPlymouth Argyle v Exeter City32–25–25100

Derbies between two clubs that both name this competition as their current division. derby.competition_uid is empty in every loaded export, so this is the only way a derby belongs to a league. W–D–L is the first-named club's record as stored.

All-time records

FMDB calculation

Most goals and appearances in this division, summed from the playing history of every person this database records.

It counts only the people the export carries, it can include seasons the source files under this competition from before it took its current form, and some players are listed by uid because their person record is missing. The page states each of these.

See the all-time records

Member teams

Current members from club.division_uid; no comp_membership rows are recorded.

Last position is club_team.last_position as stored. The manager is the current staff_history spell at the club — the one whose end date is absent or in the future, most recent join first — never club_team.manager_index, which is a raw internal index that joins to nothing.

Teams recorded as members of this competition
Team Membership Last position Manager
Bradford CityCurrent division24Gary Bowyer
Cambridge UnitedCurrent division21Colin Calderwood
Carlisle UnitedCurrent division11Mark Birch
Cheltenham TownCurrent division16Michael Duff
Colchester UnitedCurrent division8John Leslie McGreal
Crawley TownCurrent division19Abdul Qayum Shakoor
Crewe AlexandraCurrent division12Alex Morris
Exeter CityCurrent division9Daniel Robert Green
Forest Green RoversCurrent division5Christopher Andrew Barker
Grimsby TownCurrent division17—
Leyton OrientCurrent division1Ross Wilding
Macclesfield TownCurrent division22Daryl McMahon
Mansfield TownCurrent division4Richard Cooper
MorecambeCurrent division18Derek Watt Adams
Newport CountyCurrent division7Damien Broad
Northampton TownCurrent division15Keith Curle
Oldham AthleticCurrent division14Noureddine Maamria
Plymouth ArgyleCurrent division21Jamie Lowry
Port ValeCurrent division20John Askey
Salford CityCurrent division3Warren Garton Joyce
Scunthorpe UnitedCurrent division23Russell Wilcox
StevenageCurrent division10Mark Sampson
Swindon TownCurrent division13Richard Paul Wellens
WalsallCurrent division22—

Data wishlist for this page

13 data pointsWhole site
  • club_media_expectation, club_finance_detail Media prediction and club balances across the division Now liveThe predicted finish of every member club and each club's authored cash balance, where the version exports them.
  • player_history.division_uid All-time goals and appearances in the division Now liveAn FMDB sum over the people this database records, on its own page. Players with no person record are listed by uid; seasons the source files under this competition before it took its current form are included and dated.
  • derby, club.division_uid Derbies between member clubs Now livederby.competition_uid is empty in every export, so a derby belongs to a division when both its clubs name that division.
  • comps_competition, comps_stage and stage promotion, relegation and play-off tables Format, promotion, relegation, play-offs and qualification Needs source dataThe comps.dbc archive tables are empty in every loaded export. The format panel shows the clubs that joined and left since the latest recorded season table as an FMDB comparison, which is not a count of promotion places.
  • competition rules, nation_foreign_rule, nation_agreement Registration size, home-grown quotas, foreign-player limits and age rules Partial exportNation foreign/non-foreign definitions and agreements are exported, but do not supply the complete competition registration rules.
  • competition income and prize schedules Prize money, television distributions and sponsor Needs source dataThe current catalog does not provide these competition-level schedules and contracts.
  • competition.champions_club_uid, parent_division_uid, league_body_club_uid Current champions, parent division and organising body Needs source dataThe parent division is displayed. The champions and organising-body columns are empty in all 41 loaded databases.
  • team_league_history Recorded season tables Now liveSeason links are offered only where rows exist; stored points and missing results are preserved.
  • club.division_uid, stadium and primary-team squads League strength and leading players Now liveStrength and ability rankings use clubs naming this division, with a 100-club cap. League totals are withheld on overflow.
  • person.date_of_birth, export_meta.game_start_year Best young players in the league Now liveUnder-21s at 1 July of the exported game start year, ranked on recorded potential. Versions without a start year say so; coded potential bands are not ranked.
  • award_scope, award_type, award_history_winner Top scorer and player-of-season awards by season Now liveScoped awards are listed with their latest winner and the top scorer fills the roll of honour where exactly one most-goals award is scoped. No award type identifies a single player of the season, so that column stays empty. CSV-era exports have no award scope.
  • comp_history and Honours Titles per team over recorded history Now liveCounts use the bounded history query, not just the displayed page, and apply available edition and stage flags. Coverage is stated.
  • competition across versions, export_value_scale Recorded names and reputation across versions Now liveThese are real version records. Reputation is shown against its stated 1–200 scale where the export records one; the cross-version chart still plots raw values.

Reviewed 30 September 2026 against the current schema and page implementation. “Now live” means implemented where data is recorded; “Exported; UI pending” means the schema has data this page does not yet use. Tables and coverage vary by version. Missing values stay blank.