2025–26 EFL League Two

EFL League Two
Season2025–26
Dates2 August 2025 – 25 May 2026
Matches379
Goals959 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorerAaron Drinan (18 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)
Highest scoringGrimsby Town 7–1 Cheltenham Town
(27 September 2025)
Longest winning runBromley (7 games)
Longest unbeaten runCambridge United (14)
Bromley (14)
Longest winless runHarrogate Town (20 games)
Longest losing runBristol Rovers (10 games)
Highest attendance11,870
Notts County 0–0 Walsall
(20 December 2025)
Lowest attendance1,472
Bromley 2–2 Fleetwood Town
(16 August 2025)
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 17 February 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 England John Doolan England Farrend Rawson Italy Macron[1] Wham Housewares Sundown Technology None Fagan & Whalley
Barnet Republic of Ireland Dean Brennan England Anthony Hartigan Netherlands Stanno TIC Health TBA TBA TBA
Barrow Tunisia Dino Maamria Republic of Ireland Niall Canavan Germany Puma Newfoundland and Labrador Cumbria Roofing Ulverston Keyin College DSG Limited
Bristol Rovers Scotland Steve Evans England Alfie Kilgour Italy Macron FanHub[2] Poplar Insulation Hotchkins Group[3] None
Bromley England Andy Woodman England Byron Webster Italy Macron LSP Renewables Blue Security Systems Brownhill Insurance Group Bromley Signs
Cambridge United England Neil Harris England Michael Morrison England Umbro[4] Brooks[5] The Hill Group Fora Alan Boswell Group
Cheltenham Town England Steve Cotterill Wales James Wilson Italy Erreà Mira Showers Marchants Smarta Water-Smarta Energy CGT Lettings
Chesterfield England Paul Cook Jamaica Chey Dunkley Germany Puma Leengate Valves[6] None Leengate Valves Ideal Flooring
Colchester United England Danny Cowley Northern Ireland Tom Flanagan Italy Macron HotLizard Coffey Brooks Financial Services Peach Guitars Bidfood
Crawley Town England Scott Lindsey England Dion Conroy Italy Erreà Rentokil Initial Eden Utilities Brick Borrow[7] Beaufort Homes
Crewe Alexandra England Lee Bell England Mickey Demetriou Germany Puma Whitby Morrison (H & A)[8] / St. Luke's Hospice (T) Zzoomm Enviro Skip Hire CAN Solutions
Fleetwood Town England Matt Lawlor (interim) Guyana Elliot Bonds Germany Puma[9] Ruby Energy (H & A) / BES Utilities (T) onCORE Foodservice Solutions Lancashire Bird Control None
Gillingham England Gareth Ainsworth England Armani Little Italy Macron MEMS C&A Building Products Magnus Search Recruitment Howden
Grimsby Town Gibraltar David Artell England Kieran Green England Umbro myenergi Winner Winner Chicken Dinner Blackrow Group 3Q Industrial Supplies
Harrogate Town England Simon Weaver England Warren Burrell United States New Balance EnviroVent[10] Oak By Design Annapurna Recruitment None
Milton Keynes Dons England Paul Warne England Alex Gilbey[11] United States Reebok[12] Suzuki Equity Energies Stadium Support Services Ltd Stadium Support Services Ltd
Newport County AustriaChristian Fuchs Wales Matt Baker England 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 Northern Ireland Martin Paterson England Matthew Palmer Germany Puma[15] John Pye Auctions (H)[16] / University of Nottingham (A) John Pye Auctions (H) / Swan Homes (A) WorkBox UK None
Oldham Athletic Scotland Micky Mellon England Tom Conlon Germany Puma RRG Group TBC TBC TBC
Salford City England Karl Robinson England Luke Garbutt Germany Adidas Fireball Cinnamon Whisky Quality Care Group Salford Van & Car Hire Champions Travel
Shrewsbury Town England Gavin Cowan England John Marquis England Oxen[17] Shropshire Homes[18] R1 Construction Jim Dorricott Construction Hanmart Windows & Doors
Swindon Town England Ian Holloway England Ollie Clarke Germany Adidas MiPermit FirstCity Care Group (H) / Cellular Fitness (A) Veezu (H) / Barnes Coaches(A) Platinum Security Services (H) / Cotswold Farm Machinery (A)
Tranmere Rovers England Andy Crosby England Sam Finley Indonesia Mills Essar Searchability O'Rourke Construction None
Walsall England Mat Sadler Jamaica Jamille Matt Italy 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 Wales Dafydd Williams End of interim spell 3 May 2025 Pre-season Wales David Hughes[19] 23 May 2025
Bristol Rovers Spain Iñigo Calderón[20] Sacked 4 May 2025 England Darrell Clarke[21] 6 May 2025
Notts County England Stuart Maynard[22] 22 May 2025 Northern Ireland Martin Paterson[23] 22 June 2025
Cheltenham Town Wales Michael Flynn[24] 20 September 2025 24th England Steve Cotterill[25] 30 September 2025
Newport County Wales David Hughes[26] 15 November 2025 24th Austria Christian Fuchs[27] 20 November 2025
Barrow England Andy Whing[28] 10 December 2025 18th Scotland Paul Gallagher[29] 2 January 2026
Bristol Rovers England Darrell Clarke[30] 13 December 2025 23rd Scotland Steve Evans[31] 16 December 2025
Fleetwood Town England Pete Wild[32] 25 January 2026 15th England Matt Lawlor (interim)[33] 26 January 2026
Shrewsbury Town England Michael Appleton[34] Mutual consent 28 January 2026 21st England Gavin Cowan[35] 29 January 2026
Barrow Scotland Paul Gallagher[36] Sacked 11 February 2026 22nd Tunisia Dino Maamria[37] 11 February 2026

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Bromley 32 18 10 4 56 34 +22 64 Promotion to EFL League One
2 Swindon Town 33 19 4 10 55 38 +17 61
3 Cambridge United 32 17 9 6 46 26 +20 60
4 Milton Keynes Dons 32 16 10 6 60 33 +27 58 Qualification for League Two play-offs
5 Notts County 32 17 7 8 47 32 +15 58
6 Chesterfield 32 13 13 6 51 42 +9 52
7 Salford City 30 16 4 10 42 38 +4 52
8 Crewe Alexandra 33 14 8 11 48 39 +9 50
9 Walsall 31 14 8 9 40 33 +7 50
10 Grimsby Town 31 13 10 8 44 34 +10 49
11 Barnet 32 12 11 9 41 33 +8 47
12 Colchester United 31 12 10 9 44 33 +11 46
13 Accrington Stanley 31 13 7 11 36 31 +5 46
14 Gillingham 31 10 11 10 40 38 +2 41
15 Fleetwood Town 31 11 8 12 40 40 0 41
16 Oldham Athletic 30 9 12 9 31 30 +1 39
17 Tranmere Rovers 32 9 8 15 45 52 −7 35
18 Cheltenham Town 31 9 5 17 30 52 −22 32
19 Shrewsbury Town 32 8 8 16 29 51 −22 32
20 Barrow 31 7 6 18 31 47 −16 27
21 Crawley Town 33 6 9 18 32 53 −21 27
22 Bristol Rovers 32 8 3 21 29 55 −26 27
23 Harrogate Town 33 6 7 20 24 51 −27 25 Relegation to National League
24 Newport County 32 6 6 20 32 58 −26 24
Updated to match(es) played on 18 February 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[38]


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 — 2–1 3–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–3
Barnet 2–0 — 4–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 3–2 1–3 1–3 1–2 1–0 1–2
Barrow 2–2 — 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 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 0–1 0–1 0–4 3–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–3 1–4 2–0
Bromley 2–0 2–1 — 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 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 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 4–2 2–0
Cheltenham Town 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 — 0–2 3–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–3 1–2 0–3 3–1 0–2 1–0
Chesterfield 3–3 3–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 — 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 2–2
Colchester United 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 6–2 — 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 1–1
Crawley Town 1–1 1–2 4–0 1–3 0–3 2–0 1–1 — 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 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
Fleetwood Town 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 4–2 1–4 — 2–1 0–1 3–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1
Gillingham 1–1 2–2 1–4 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 — 0–1 3–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–0
Grimsby Town 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 7–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 — 2–2 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–2
Harrogate Town 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–3 3–3 — 0–4 0–3 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 0–2
Milton Keynes Dons 1–2 1–0 1–1 5–0 2–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 3–2 2–3 — 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 5–1 1–0 0–1
Newport County 1–4 0–0 2–2 2–3 0–2 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–3 0–0 1–2 — 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–4
Notts County 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–3 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 — 3–1 1–2 4–1 2–1 0–0
Oldham Athletic 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 — 2–2 1–2 3–1 0–1
Salford City 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 4–3 4–3 1–3 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 — 3–2 3–1
Shrewsbury Town 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–3 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 3–3 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–3 — 3–1
Swindon Town 0–2 3–1 2–0 3–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 3–1 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 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–2 4–0 — 1–3
Walsall 0–0 1–3 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 4–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 18 February 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 17 February 2026

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Republic of Ireland Aaron Drinan Swindon Town 18
2 England Michael Cheek Bromley 14
Scotland Callum Paterson Milton Keynes Dons
3 Sierra Leone Daniel Kanu Walsall 13
England Matthew Dennis Notts County
4 The Gambia Alassana Jatta Notts County 12
5 Switzerland Fabrizio Cavegn Bristol Rovers 10
England Kyreece Lisbie Colchester United
Democratic Republic of the Congo Nicke Kabamba Bromley

Hat-tricks

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

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 England Jake Eastwood Cambridge United 12
Scotland Cieran Slicker Barnet
2 Scotland Craig MacGillivray Milton Keynes Dons 11
England Mathew Hudson Oldham Athletic
England Connor Ripley Swindon Town
3 England Ollie Wright Accrington Stanley 10
4 England Grant Smith Bromley 9
England Myles Roberts Walsall
England Zach Hemming Chesterfield
5 England Jackson Smith Grimsby Town 8
England Matt Macey Colchester United
England Joe Day Cheltenham Town

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 England Gareth Ainsworth Gillingham England Matthew Dennis Notts County [39]
September England Mat Sadler Walsall Republic of Ireland Aaron Drinan Swindon Town [40]
October England Steve Cotterill Cheltenham Town England Harry Anderson Colchester United [41]
November England Danny Cowley Colchester United England Ryan Finnigan Walsall [42]
December England Andy Woodman Bromley Northern Ireland Lee Bonis Chesterfield [43]
January England Neil Harris Cambridge United England Ben Knight Cambridge United [44]

See also

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