FOOTBALL LEAGUE TWO

Football League Two
''The Football League 2007-08''
'Founded'
2004 1992 - 2004 ''(as Division Three)'' 1958 - 1992 ''(as Division Four)''
'Nation'
'Promotion To'
League One
'Relegation To'
Conference National
'Number of Teams'
24
'Level on Pyramid'
Level 4
'Cups'
FA Cup League Cup League Trophy
'Current Champions (2006-07)'
Walsall
'Website'
League Two

'Football League Two' (often referred to as 'League Two' for short or 'Coca-Cola Football League 2' for sponsorship reasons) is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system.
Football League Two was introduced for the 2004-2005 season. It was previously known as the Football League Third Division and prior to the advent of the Premiership, the Football League Fourth Division. It is the most profitable and competitive fourth-tier football league in the world.

Contents

Structure

Football League Two clubs, 2007-08

Winners of Football League Two

Play-off results

Relegated teams

Top Scorers

League Two Stadia 2007-08

See also

External links

Structure

There are 24 teams in Football League Two. Each team plays each of the other teams twice (once at home, once away) and are awarded three points for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. From these points a league table is constructed.
At the end of each season the top three teams, together with the winner of the play-offs between the teams which finished in 4th–7th position, are promoted to Football League One and are replaced by the four teams that finished at the bottom of that division.
Similarly the two teams that finished at the bottom of Football League Two are relegated to the Conference National and are replaced by the team that finished 1st and the team that won the 2nd–5th place play-off in that division. (Promotion from the Conference National has slightly stricter criteria; if Conference candidate team(s) do not fulfill stadium and other criteria, League Two team(s) is/are reprieved).
Final League position is determined, in this order, by points obtained, goal difference, goals scored, a mini-league of the results between two or more teams ranked using the previous three criteria and finally a series of one or more play off matches.
There is a mandatory wage cap in this division that limits spending on players' wages to 60% of club turnover.

Football League Two clubs, 2007-08

Club	Finishing position last season
Accrington Stanley	20th
Barnet	14th
Bradford City	22nd in League One
Brentford	24th in League One
Bury	21st
Chester City	18th
Chesterfield	21st in League One
Dagenham & Redbridge	1st in Conference National
Darlington	11th
Grimsby Town	15th
Hereford United	16th
Lincoln City	5th
Macclesfield Town	22nd
Mansfield Town	17th
Milton Keynes Dons	4th
Morecambe	3rd in Conference National (play-off winner)
Notts County	13th
Peterborough United	10th
Rochdale	9th
Rotherham United	23rd in League One
Shrewsbury Town	7th
Stockport County	8th
Wrexham1	19th
Wycombe Wanderers	12th

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Winners of Football League Two

Season	Winner	Runner-Up	3rd Place	Promoted Play-Off Winner
2004-05	Yeovil Town	Scunthorpe United	Swansea City	Southend United
2005-06	Carlisle United	Northampton Town	Leyton Orient	Cheltenham Town
2006-07	Walsall	Hartlepool United	Swindon Town	Bristol Rovers

For past winners at this level before 2004, see List of winners of English Football League Two and predecessors.

Play-off results

Main articles: Football League Two Play-Offs

Season	Semifinal (1st Leg)	Semifinal (2nd Leg)	Final
2004-05	Lincoln City 1-0 Macclesfield Town Northampton Town 0-0 Southend United	Macclesfield Town 1-1 Lincoln City Southend United 1-0 Northampton Town	Lincoln City 0-2 Southend United
2005-06	Lincoln City 0-1 Grimsby Town Wycombe Wanderers 1-2 Cheltenham Town	Grimsby Town 2-1 Lincoln City Cheltenham Town 0-0 Wycombe Wanderers	Grimsby Town 0-1 Cheltenham Town
2006-07	Bristol Rovers 2-1 Lincoln City Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Milton Keynes Dons	Lincoln City 3-5 Bristol Rovers Milton Keynes Dons 1-2 Shrewsbury Town	Bristol Rovers 3-1 Shrewsbury Town

Relegated teams

Season	Clubs
2004-05	Kidderminster Harriers, Cambridge United
2005-06	Oxford United, Rushden & Diamonds
2006-07	Boston United, Torquay United

Top Scorers

Season	Top scorer	Club	Goals
2004-05	Phil Jevons	Yeovil Town	27
2005-06	Karl Hawley	Carlisle United	23
2006-07	Richard Barker	Hartlepool United	21
	Izale McLeod	Milton Keynes Dons

League Two Stadia 2007-08

Home Club	Stadium Name	Capacity
Bradford City	Valley Parade	25,136
Darlington	The Darlington Arena	25,033
Milton Keynes Dons	Stadium MK	22,000 (capacity to increase to 32,000 12-18 months after opening the stadium)
Notts County	Meadow Lane	20,300
Wrexham	Racecourse Ground	15,500
Peterborough United	London Road	15,314
Brentford	Griffin Park	12,763
Bury	Gigg Lane	11,669
Stockport County	Edgeley Park	10,852
Rochdale	Spotland	10,249
Lincoln City	Sincil Bank	10,127
Mansfield Town	Field Mill	10,000
Shrewsbury Town	New Meadow	10,000
Wycombe Wanderers	Adams Park	10,000
Grimsby Town	Blundell Park	9,546
Chesterfield	Recreation Ground	8,504
Rotherham United	Millmoor	8,300
Hereford United	Edgar Street	7,873
Morecambe	Christie Park	6,400
Macclesfield Town	Moss Rose	6,335
Dagenham & Redbridge	Victoria Road	6,000
Chester City	Deva Stadium	5,312
Barnet	Underhill Stadium	5,300
Accrington Stanley	Crown Ground	5,057

See also

★ Football League Fourth Division (1958/59-1991/92)

★ Football League Third Division (1992/93-2003/04)

External links

★ Football League Two official site

★ Football League Two clubs' locations

★ Me Forum for league 2.

★ League Two Mania.