2014–15 Football League One

Football League One
Season2014–15
ChampionsBristol City
(4th divisional title)
PromotedBristol City
Milton Keynes Dons
Preston North End
RelegatedNotts County
Crawley Town
Leyton Orient
Yeovil Town
Matches played552
Goals scored1,464 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorerJoe Garner (25 goals)
Biggest home winMilton Keynes Dons 7–0 Oldham Athletic
(20 December 2014)
Biggest away winBradford City 0–6 Bristol City
(14 April 2015)
Highest scoringBristol City 8–2 Walsall
(3 May 2015)
Longest winning run7 games[1]
Preston North End
Longest unbeaten run18 games[1]
Preston North End
Longest winless run13 games[1]
Crawley Town
Longest losing run6 games[1]
Port Vale
Yeovil Town
Highest attendance27,306[2]
Coventry City 1–0 Gillingham
(5 September 2014)
Lowest attendance1,905[2]
Crawley Town 1–0 Fleetwood Town
(13 September 2014)
Total attendance3,843,176[2]
Average attendance7,025[2]

The 2014–15 Football League One (referred to as the Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh season of the Football League One under its current title and the twenty-second season under its current league division format. The season began on 9 August 2014.

Bristol City won the league to return to the Championship after a two-year absence. They were unbeaten for the first 16 matches of the season and also finished with the best goal difference and best defence. MK Dons pipped Preston North End to 2nd place on the last day of the season after the Lancashire club lost at Colchester. But Preston were eventually promoted via the playoffs, defeating Chesterfield and Swindon 4–0 (on aggregate) and 4–0 respectively.

At the other end of the table, Yeovil Town followed their relegation from the Championship the previous season with another relegation. Leyton Orient were relegated after having contested the playoff final in 2013–14 (which they lost to Rotherham on penalties after being 2–0 up), and Crawley and Notts County were the final teams relegated to League Two for the 2015–16 season.

Changes from last season

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2013–14 season.[3][4]

Team overview

Stadia and locations

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Locations of teams in the 2014–2015 Football League One
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Barnsley Barnsley Oakwell 23,009
Bradford City Bradford Valley Parade 25,136
Bristol City Bristol Ashton Gate 21,497
Chesterfield Chesterfield Proact Stadium 10,504
Colchester United Colchester Colchester Community Stadium 10,064
Coventry City Coventry Ricoh Arena 32,609
Crawley Town Crawley Broadfield Stadium 5,996
Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Stadium 10,153
Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Keepmoat Stadium 15,231
Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Highbury Stadium 5,327
Gillingham Gillingham Priestfield Stadium 11,582
Leyton Orient London (Leyton) Brisbane Road 9,271
Milton Keynes Dons Milton Keynes Stadium mk 30,500
Notts County Nottingham Meadow Lane 21,388
Oldham Athletic Oldham Boundary Park 10,638
Peterborough United Peterborough Abax Stadium 16,315
Port Vale Stoke-on-Trent Vale Park 19,052
Preston North End Preston Deepdale 23,408
Rochdale Rochdale Spotland Stadium 10,249
Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe Glanford Park 9,088
Sheffield United Sheffield Bramall Lane 32,702
Swindon Town Swindon County Ground 15,728
Walsall Walsall Bescot Stadium 11,300
Yeovil Town Yeovil Huish Park 9,565

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table at
time of departure 		Incoming manager Date of appointment
Colchester United Joe Dunne Sacked 1 September 2014[6] 23rd Tony Humes 1 September 2014[6]
Port Vale Micky Adams Resigned 18 September 2014[7] 23rd Rob Page 29 October 2014[8]
Leyton Orient Russell Slade 24 September 2014[9] 17th Mauro Milanese 26 October 2014[10]
Scunthorpe United Russ Wilcox Sacked 8 October 2014[11] 23rd Mark Robins 13 October 2014[12]
Leyton Orient Mauro Milanese 8 December 2014[13] 19th Fabio Liverani 8 December 2014[13]
Crawley Town John Gregory Health Reasons 27 December 2014[14] 21st Dean Saunders 27 December 2014[14]
Gillingham Peter Taylor Sacked 31 December 2014[15] 20th Justin Edinburgh 7 February 2015[16]
Yeovil Town Gary Johnson 4 February 2015[17] 24th Terry Skiverton 4 February 2015[17]
Barnsley Danny Wilson 12 February 2015[18] 17th Lee Johnson 25 February 2015[19]
Peterborough United Darren Ferguson 22 February 2015[20] 15th
Coventry City Steven Pressley 22 February 2015[21] 21st Tony Mowbray 3 March 2015[22]
Oldham Athletic Lee Johnson Signed by Barnsley 25 February 2015[19] 9th
Notts County Shaun Derry Sacked 23 March 2015 20th Ricardo Moniz 7 April 2015
Yeovil Town Terry Skiverton Demotion to Assistant Manager 9 April 2015[23] 24th Paul Sturrock 9 April 2015[23]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Bristol City (C, P) 46 29 12 5 96 38 +58 99 Promotion to Football League Championship
2 Milton Keynes Dons (P) 46 27 10 9 101 44 +57 91
3 Preston North End (O, P) 46 25 14 7 79 40 +39 89 Qualification for League One play-offs[a]
4 Swindon Town 46 23 10 13 76 57 +19 79
5 Sheffield United 46 19 14 13 66 53 +13 71
6 Chesterfield 46 19 12 15 68 55 +13 69
7 Bradford City 46 17 14 15 55 55 0 65
8 Rochdale 46 19 6 21 72 66 +6 63
9 Peterborough United 46 18 9 19 53 56 −3 63
10 Fleetwood Town 46 17 12 17 49 52 −3 63
11 Barnsley 46 17 11 18 62 61 +1 62
12 Gillingham 46 16 14 16 65 66 −1 62
13 Doncaster Rovers 46 16 13 17 58 62 −4 61
14 Walsall 46 14 17 15 50 54 −4 59
15 Oldham Athletic 46 14 15 17 54 67 −13 57
16 Scunthorpe United 46 14 14 18 62 75 −13 56
17 Coventry City 46 13 16 17 49 60 −11 55
18 Port Vale 46 15 9 22 55 65 −10 54
19 Colchester United 46 14 10 22 58 77 −19 52
20 Crewe Alexandra 46 14 10 22 43 75 −32 52
21 Notts County (R) 46 12 14 20 45 63 −18 50 Relegation to Football League Two
22 Crawley Town (R) 46 13 11 22 53 79 −26 50
23 Leyton Orient (R) 46 12 13 21 59 69 −10 49
24 Yeovil Town (R) 46 10 10 26 36 75 −39 40
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Championship.

Play-offs

See also: 2015 Football League play-offs
Semifinals Final
        
3 Preston North End 1 3 4
6 Chesterfield 0 0 0
3 Preston North End 4
4 Swindon Town 0
4 Swindon Town 2 5 7
5 Sheffield United 1 5 6

Results

Home \ Away BAR BRA BRI CHF COL COV CRA CRE DON FLE GIL LEY MKD NTC OLD PET PTV PNE ROC SCU SHU SWI WAL YEO
Barnsley 3–1 2–2 1–1 3–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 4–1 2–0 3–5 2–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 5–0 1–2 0–2 0–3 3–0 2–0
Bradford City 1–0 0–6 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–3
Bristol City 2–2 2–2 3–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 4–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–3 3–0 8–2 2–1
Chesterfield 2–1 0–1 0–2 6–0 2–3 3–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 3–0 2–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 3–0 0–2 2–1 4–1 3–2 0–3 1–0 0–0
Colchester United 3–1 0–0 3–2 2–1 0–1 2–3 2–3 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–3 1–2 1–0 1–4 2–2 2–3 1–1 0–2 2–0
Coventry City 2–2 1–1 1–3 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–3 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–2 2–3 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–3 0–0 2–1
Crawley Town 5–1 1–3 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–5 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–4 1–2 2–1 0–4 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0
Crewe Alexandra 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–5 0–3 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–5 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0
Doncaster Rovers 1–0 0–3 1–3 3–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 5–2 0–1 1–2 0–2 3–0
Fleetwood Town 0–0 0–2 3–3 0–0 2–3 0–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–3 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 4–0
Gillingham 0–1 1–0 1–3 2–3 2–2 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 4–2 3–1 3–2 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–3 2–0 2–2 0–0 2–0
Leyton Orient 0–0 0–2 1–3 1–2 0–2 2–2 4–1 4–1 0–1 0–1 3–3 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 3–1 0–2 2–3 1–4 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–0
Milton Keynes Dons 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 6–0 0–0 2–0 6–1 3–0 2–1 4–2 6–1 4–1 7–0 3–0 1–0 0–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–3 5–1
Notts County 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 5–3 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–3 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–3 1–2 1–2
Oldham Athletic 1–3 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 4–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–3 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–4 3–0 3–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–4
Peterborough United 2–1 2–0 0–3 1–0 0–2 0–1 4–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–2 0–0 2–2 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–0
Port Vale 2–1 2–2 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–2 2–3 0–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 4–1
Preston North End 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–3 4–2 1–0 2–0 5–1 2–2 3–2 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–1
Rochdale 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 4–0 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–3 2–2 0–3 0–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–2 2–4 4–0 2–1
Scunthorpe United 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–4 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–1
Sheffield United 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 4–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 3–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 2–0 1–1 2–0
Swindon Town 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–3 2–2 0–3 3–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–3 3–1 5–2 3–3 0–1
Walsall 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 5–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 3–2 1–4 1–1 1–4 1–2
Yeovil Town 1–1 1–0 0–3 2–3 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 2–2 0–3 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of 3 May 2015
Rank Player Club Goals[24]
1 England Joe Garner Preston North End 25
2 England Ian Henderson Rochdale 22
3 Republic of Ireland Eoin Doyle Chesterfield 21
England Andy Williams Swindon Town
5 Northern Ireland Will Grigg Milton Keynes Dons 20
6 England Izale McLeod Crawley Town 19
7 England Aaron Wilbraham Bristol City 18
8 England Tom Bradshaw Walsall 17
England Matt Done Rochdale/Sheffield United
10 England Dele Alli Milton Keynes Dons 16
England Cody McDonald Gillingham

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