2024–25 EFL League Two

The 2024–25 EFL League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship purposes) was the 21st season of the EFL League Two under its current title and the 33rd season under its current league division format. The season commenced on 9 August 2024.

EFL League Two

Season	2024–25
Dates	9 August 2024 – 3 May 2025
Champions	Doncaster Rovers 1st League Two title 4th fourth tier title
Promoted	Doncaster Rovers Port Vale Bradford City AFC Wimbledon
Relegated	Carlisle United Morecambe
Top goalscorer	Michael Cheek (23 goals)
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season consisted of 36 weekend rounds, six midweek rounds, and four bank holiday matchweeks.^[1]

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2023–24 season:

To League Two Promoted from the National League Chesterfield Bromley Relegated from League One Cheltenham Town Fleetwood Town Port Vale Carlisle United

From League Two Promoted to League One Stockport County Wrexham Mansfield Town Crawley Town Relegated to the National League Forest Green Rovers Sutton United

Stadiums and locations

Accrington Stanley

AFC Wimbledon

Barrow

Bradford City

Bromley

Carlisle United

Cheltenham Town

Chesterfield

Colchester United

Crewe Alexandra

Doncaster Rovers

Fleetwood Town

Gillingham

Grimsby Town

Harrogate Town

Milton Keynes
Dons

Morecambe

Newport
County

Notts County

Port Vale

Salford City

Swindon Town

Tranmere Rovers

Walsall

Locations of the 2024–25 EFL League Two teams

Accrington Stanley

Barrow

Carlisle United

Crewe Alexandra

Fleetwood Town

Morecambe

Salford City

Tranmere Rovers

Port Vale

Locations of the 2024–25 EFL League Two North West area teams

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Accrington Stanley	Accrington	Crown Ground	5,450
AFC Wimbledon	London (Wimbledon)	Plough Lane	9,369
Barrow	Barrow-in-Furness	Holker Street	6,500
Bradford City	Bradford	Valley Parade	24,840
Bromley	London (Bromley)	Hayes Lane	5,150
Carlisle United	Carlisle	Brunton Park	17,949
Cheltenham Town	Cheltenham	Whaddon Road	7,066
Chesterfield	Chesterfield	SMH Group Stadium	10,504
Colchester United	Colchester	Colchester Community Stadium	10,105
Crewe Alexandra	Crewe	Gresty Road	10,153
Doncaster Rovers	Doncaster	Eco-Power Stadium	15,231
Fleetwood Town	Fleetwood	Highbury Stadium	5,327
Gillingham	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium	11,582
Grimsby Town	Cleethorpes	Blundell Park	9,052
Harrogate Town	Harrogate	Wetherby Road	5,000
Milton Keynes Dons	Milton Keynes (Denbigh)	Stadium MK	30,500
Morecambe	Morecambe	Mazuma Mobile Stadium	6,476
Newport County	Newport	Rodney Parade	7,850
Notts County	Nottingham	Meadow Lane	19,841
Port Vale	Stoke-on-Trent (Burslem)	Vale Park	15,036
Salford City	Salford (Kersal)	Moor Lane	5,108
Swindon Town	Swindon	County Ground	15,728
Tranmere Rovers	Birkenhead (Prenton)	Prenton Park	16,789
Walsall	Walsall (Bescot)	Bescot Stadium	11,300

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (front)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)	Shorts sponsor
Accrington Stanley	John Doolan	Séamus Conneely	Macron[2]	Wham Housewares	Sundown Technology	None	Fagan & Whalley
AFC Wimbledon	Johnnie Jackson	Jake Reeves	Umbro[3]	War Child	Togglit	None	DFTBA
Barrow	Andy Whing	Niall Canavan	Puma	Newfoundland and Labrador	Cumbria Roofing Ulverston	Keyin College	DSG Limited
Bradford City	Graham Alexander	Richie Smallwood	Macron[4]	JCT600[5]	University of Bradford	Flamingo Land/Penny Appeal (in league cup matches)	Regal Foods
Bromley	Andy Woodman	Byron Webster	Macron	LSP Renewables	Blue Security Systems	Brownhill Insurance Group	Bromley Signs
Carlisle United	Mark Hughes	Charlie Wyke	Umbro[6]	Aqua Pura[7]	Story Homes	Komatsu	Carlisle Brass
Cheltenham Town	Michael Flynn	Harry Pell	Erreà	Mira Showers	Marchants	Smarta Water-Smarta Energy	CGT Lettings
Chesterfield	Paul Cook	Jamie Grimes	Puma	Leengate Valves[8]	None	Leengate Valves	Ideal Flooring
Colchester United	Danny Cowley	Tom Flanagan	Macron	HotLizard	Coffey Brooks Financial Services	Peach Guitars	Bidfood
Crewe Alexandra	Lee Bell	Mickey Demetriou	FBT	Mornflake (Home and Away) St Luke's Hospice (Third)	Zzoomm	Enviro Skip Hire	CAN Solutions
Doncaster Rovers	Grant McCann	Richard Wood	Oxen	Eco-Power Group	Stoneacre Motor Group	MF Hire	IPM Group
Fleetwood Town	Pete Wild	Brendan Wiredu	Puma[9]	Ruby Energy (H & A)/BES Utilities (T)	onCORE Foodservice Solutions	Lancashire Bird Control	None
Gillingham	Gareth Ainsworth	Max Ehmer	Macron	Bauvill[10]	PISO	Magnus Search Recruitment	GR.IT Consultancy
Grimsby Town	David Artell	Danny Rose	Umbro	myenergi	myenergi	Blackrow Group	myenergi
Harrogate Town	Simon Weaver	Josh Falkingham	New Balance	EnviroVent[11]	Oak By Design	Annapurna Recruitment	None
Milton Keynes Dons	Paul Warne	Dean Lewington	Castore	Suzuki	eEnergy	Stadium Support Services Ltd	Stadium Support Services Ltd
Morecambe	Derek Adams	Yann Songo'o	Terrace[12]	The Fan Cave Memorabilia	Halo Aerospace Laboratories UK (H)/Aqua Engineering (A)	Right Floor Services	The Career Wallet
Newport County	Dafydd Williams (caretaker)	Aaron Wildig & James Clarke (joint)	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	Stuart Maynard	Matthew Palmer	Puma[15]	John Pye Auctions (H)[16]/University of Nottingham (A)	John Pye Auctions (H)/Swan Homes (A)	WorkBox UK	None
Port Vale	Darren Moore	Ben Garrity	Puma[17]	Synectics Solutions	Staffordshire University	IronMarket Wealth	Global QA
Salford City	Karl Robinson	Curtis Tilt	Adidas	Fireball Cinnamon Whisky	Quality Care Group	Salford Van & Car Hire	Champions Travel
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	Andy Crosby (interim)	Tom Davies	Mills	Essar	Searchability	O'Rourke Construction	None
Walsall	Mat Sadler	Donervon Daniels	Macron	Poundland[18]	Poundland[18]	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
Swindon Town	Gavin Gunning	End of interim spell	27 April 2024	Pre-season	Mark Kennedy[19]	29 May 2024
Gillingham	Stephen Clemence[20]	Sacked	29 April 2024		Mark Bonner[21]	7 May 2024
Morecambe	Ged Brannan[22]	Signed by Accrington Stanley	30 April 2024		Derek Adams[23]	3 June 2024
Cheltenham Town	Darrell Clarke[24]	Signed by Barnsley	23 May 2024		Michael Flynn[25]	5 June 2024
Barrow	Pete Wild[26]	Mutual consent	24 May 2024		Stephen Clemence[27]	31 May 2024
Newport County	Graham Coughlan[28]		20 June 2024		Nelson Jardim[29]	16 July 2024
Carlisle United	Paul Simpson[30]	Sacked	31 August 2024	20th	Mike Williamson[31]	19 September 2024
Milton Keynes Dons	Mike Williamson[32]	Signed by Carlisle United	19 September 2024		Scott Lindsey[33]	25 September 2024
Swindon Town	Mark Kennedy[34]	Sacked	25 October 2024	22nd	Ian Holloway[35]	25 October 2024
Fleetwood Town	Charlie Adam[36]		22 December 2024	18th	Pete Wild[37]	24 December 2024
Gillingham	Mark Bonner[38]		5 January 2025	14th	John Coleman[39]	5 January 2025
Barrow	Stephen Clemence[40]		18 January 2025	17th	Andy Whing[41]	20 January 2025
Carlisle United	Mike Williamson		3 February 2025	24th	Mark Hughes	6 February 2025
Tranmere Rovers	Nigel Adkins[42]	Mutual agreement	26 February 2025	22nd	Andy Crosby[a][43]	26 February 2025
Milton Keynes Dons	Scott Lindsey[44]	Sacked	2 March 2025	17th	Ben Gladwin (interim)	2 March 2025
Gillingham	John Coleman[45]		25 March 2025	19th	Gareth Ainsworth[46]	25 March 2025
Milton Keynes Dons	Ben Gladwin	End of interim spell	15 April 2025	19th	Paul Warne[47]	15 April 2025
Newport County	Nelson Jardim[48]	Mutual consent	24 April 2025	21st	Dafydd Williams (interim)	25 April 2025

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Doncaster Rovers (C, P)	46	24	12	10	73	50	+23	84	Promotion to EFL League One
2	Port Vale (P)	46	22	14	10	65	46	+19	80
3	Bradford City (P)	46	22	12	12	64	45	+19	78
4	Walsall	46	21	14	11	75	54	+21	77	Qualification for League Two play-offs
5	AFC Wimbledon (O, P)	46	20	13	13	56	35	+21	73
6	Notts County	46	20	12	14	68	49	+19	72
7	Chesterfield	46	19	13	14	73	54	+19	70
8	Salford City	46	18	15	13	64	54	+10	69
9	Grimsby Town	46	20	8	18	61	67	−6	68
10	Colchester United	46	16	19	11	52	47	+5	67
11	Bromley	46	17	15	14	64	59	+5	66
12	Swindon Town	46	15	17	14	71	63	+8	62
13	Crewe Alexandra	46	15	17	14	49	48	+1	62
14	Fleetwood Town	46	15	15	16	60	60	0	60
15	Cheltenham Town	46	16	12	18	60	70	−10	60
16	Barrow	46	15	14	17	52	50	+2	59
17	Gillingham	46	14	16	16	41	46	−5	58
18	Harrogate Town	46	14	11	21	43	61	−18	53
19	Milton Keynes Dons	46	14	10	22	52	66	−14	52
20	Tranmere Rovers	46	12	15	19	45	65	−20	51
21	Accrington Stanley	46	12	14	20	53	69	−16	50
22	Newport County	46	13	10	23	52	76	−24	49
23	Carlisle United (R)	46	10	12	24	44	71	−27	42	Relegation to National League
24	Morecambe (D)	46	10	6	30	40	72	−32	36	Membership suspended after season Club dissolved

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^[49]
(C) Champions; (D) Dissolved; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	WIM	BAR	BRA	BRM	CAR	CHT	CHF	COL	CRE	DON	FLE	GIL	GRI	HAR	MIL	MOR	NEW	NCO	POV	SAL	SWI	TRA	WAL
Accrington Stanley	—	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–4	1–1	3–2	3–3	2–0	2–1	5–0	0–3	2–2	0–2	2–2	3–3	0–0
AFC Wimbledon	2–2	—	2–2	1–0	0–1	4–0	1–2	0–0	4–2	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1
Barrow	2–0	1–3	—	2–2	3–3	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	2–0	3–0	3–0	0–2	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–0
Bradford City	1–0	0–0	1–1	—	3–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	4–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–0
Bromley	4–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	—	1–1	3–0	2–2	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	5–2	2–4	0–0	2–3	1–1	1–2	2–2
Carlisle United	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	—	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–3	0–0	2–3	1–1	2–2	0–1	3–2	0–2	3–2	2–2	1–5	1–2	1–1
Cheltenham Town	2–1	0–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	—	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	3–2	3–5	1–1	2–1	2–3	1–0	2–2
Chesterfield	0–3	1–0	1–0	3–3	3–0	2–1	1–1	—	1–1	1–3	5–2	3–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	4–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–2
Colchester United	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	—	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	4–0	3–0	2–1
Crewe Alexandra	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	4–1	3–2	2–3	0–5	0–0	—	1–1	1–4	2–0	2–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	0–3	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–1
Doncaster Rovers	4–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	3–0	2–2	0–3	3–0	1–1	—	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–2
Fleetwood Town	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–4	—	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–4	0–0	2–0
Gillingham	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–3	4–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	—	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–0
Grimsby Town	5–2	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–3	2–1	1–1	—	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–0	0–2	3–0	0–1	0–4	1–1	1–4
Harrogate Town	2–1	0–3	0–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	—	1–5	1–2	1–0	1–3	0–1	0–2	1–0	3–2	0–2
Milton Keynes Dons	2–1	0–0	0–3	1–2	0–1	3–0	3–2	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–4	0–1	0–0	2–1	—	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–0
Morecambe	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–5	3–3	0–1	0–1	4–2	0–1	0–3	1–2	1–3	—	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–3	1–0	2–0	0–2
Newport County	3–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–3	0–3	0–2	2–1	3–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	6–3	2–1	—	0–2	1–4	3–1	1–2	1–4	0–0
Notts County	2–0	1–0	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–2	0–1	4–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	—	0–1	1–3	2–0	2–1	1–2
Port Vale	2–1	3–2	0–1	2–0	5–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	—	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–1
Salford City	1–2	1–0	3–0	1–2	3–3	0–1	2–1	0–4	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	—	2–1	2–0	0–2
Swindon Town	0–0	2–1	2–0	5–4	0–1	0–2	3–3	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–3	4–0	1–2	3–3	2–2	—	3–1	0–4
Tranmere Rovers	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	1–3	2–0	0–3	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	—	1–0
Walsall	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–6	1–1	1–3	2–2	4–2	1–0	2–0	3–2	2–3	2–2	0–1	5–1	—

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.

Play-offs

Main article: 2025 English Football League play-offs

Bracket

	Semi-finals							Final
	7	Chesterfield	0	1	1
	4	Walsall	2	2	4
								4	Walsall	0
								5	AFC Wimbledon	1
	6	Notts County	0	0	0
	5	AFC Wimbledon	1	1	2

Semi-finals

First leg

10 May 2025

20:00 BST

Notts County	0–1	AFC Wimbledon
	Report	Harbottle 59'

Meadow Lane, Nottingham

Attendance: 12,385

Referee: Thomas Kirk

11 May 2025

15:30 BST

Chesterfield	0–2	Walsall
	Report	Allen 28' (pen.) Chang 39'

SMH Group Stadium, Chesterfield

Attendance: 10,001

Referee: Martin Coy

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Second leg

16 May 2025

20:00 BST

Walsall	2–1	Chesterfield
Lakin 81' Amantchi 90+5'	Report	Dobra 90+4'

Bescot Stadium, Walsall

Attendance: 9,585

Referee: Ben Toner

Walsall won 4–1 on aggregate.

17 May 2025

12:30 BST

AFC Wimbledon	1–0	Notts County
Neufville 8'	Report

Plough Lane, Wimbledon

Attendance: 8,501

Referee: Lewis Smith

AFC Wimbledon won 2–0 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2025 EFL League Two play-off final

26 May 2025

15:01 BST

AFC Wimbledon	1–0	Walsall
Hippolyte 45+2'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 50,947

Referee: Will Finnie

Season statistics

As of 3 May 2025

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Michael Cheek	Bromley	25
2	Alassana Jatta	Notts County	19
3	David McGoldrick	Notts County	17
	Matty Stevens	AFC Wimbledon
5	Luke Molyneux	Doncaster Rovers	16
6	Nathan Lowe	Walsall	15
	Harry Smith	Swindon Town
	Cole Stockton	Salford City
9	Danny Rose	Grimsby Town	14
	Lorent Tolaj	Port Vale

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of EFL League Two hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Matty Stevens	AFC Wimbledon	Carlisle United	4–0 (H)	12 October 2024	[50]
Harry Smith	Swindon Town	Fleetwood Town	3–1 (H)	7 December 2024	[51]
Bryn Morris	Newport County	Milton Keynes Dons	6–3 (H)	21 December 2024	[52]
Bobby Kamwa
Luke Molyneux	Doncaster Rovers	Tranmere Rovers	0–3 (A)	18 April 2025	[53]

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	Mark Bonner	Gillingham	Luke Molyneux	Doncaster Rovers	[54]
September	Darren Moore	Port Vale	Glenn Morris	Gillingham	[55]
October			Will Grigg	Chesterfield	[56]
November	Derek Adams	Morecambe	Alex Gilbey	Milton Keynes Dons	[57]
December	Mat Sadler	Walsall	Nathan Lowe	Walsall
January	Ian Holloway	Swindon Town	Shaun Whalley	Accrington Stanley	[58]
February	Graham Alexander	Bradford City	Antoni Sarcevic	Bradford City	[59]
March	Danny Cowley	Colchester United	George Lapslie		[60]
April	Grant McCann	Doncaster Rovers	Lorent Tolaj	Port Vale	[61]

Annual

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Michael Cheek[62]	Bromley
Young Player of the Season	Nathan Lowe[63]	Walsall
Apprentice of the Season	Jack Shorrock[64]	Port Vale

League Two Team of the Season

Pos.	Player	Club	Ref.
GK	Owen Goodman	AFC Wimbledon	[65]
RB	Connor Barrett	Walsall
CB	Taylor Allen	Walsall
CB	Connor Hall	Port Vale
LB	Denver Hume	Grimsby Town
RM	Luke Molyneux	Doncaster Rovers
CM	Richie Smallwood	Bradford City
LM	Jack Payne	Colchester United
AM	David McGoldrick	Notts County
ST	Alassana Jatta	Notts County
ST	Michael Cheek	Bromley
Manager	Graham Alexander	Bradford City

Notes

1. Crosby was initially appointed as interim manager before being appointed permanently on 14 May 2025.