2018–19 EFL League One

EFL League One

Season	2018–19
Dates	4 August 2018 – 4 May 2019
Champions	Luton Town (2nd divisional title)
Promoted	Luton Town Barnsley Charlton Athletic
Relegated	Plymouth Argyle Walsall Scunthorpe United Bradford City
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,462 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	James Collins (25 goals)
Biggest home win	Doncaster Rovers 5–0 Rochdale (1 January 2019)
Biggest away win	Scunthorpe United 0–5 Fleetwood Town (22 August 2018)
Highest scoring	Sunderland 4–5 Coventry City (13 April 2019)
Longest winning run	7 matches[1] Luton Portsmouth
Longest unbeaten run	28 matches[1] Luton
Longest winless run	15 matches[1] Southend United
Longest losing run	8 matches[1] AFC Wimbledon
Highest attendance	46,039 Sunderland 1–0 Bradford City (26 December 2018)[1]
Lowest attendance	1,732 Accrington Stanley 2–1 AFC Wimbledon (22 September 2018)[1]
Total attendance	4,812,867[1]
Average attendance	8,184[1]
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 EFL League One (referred to as the Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th season of the Football League One under its current title and the 26th season under its current league division format. Fixtures were released on 21 June 2018 and the opening round of matches was played on 4 August 2018.^[2][3] The league season ended on 4 May 2019.^[4][5]

The summer transfer window closed five days after the start of the season, on 9 August 2018, following a vote by all 72 clubs in the Football League. However, clubs were able to make loan signings until 31 August.^[6]

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2017–18 season:

To League One Promoted from League Two Accrington Stanley Luton Town Wycombe Wanderers Coventry City Relegated from Championship Sunderland Burton Albion Barnsley

From League One Promoted to Championship Wigan Athletic Blackburn Rovers Rotherham United Relegated to League Two Bury Milton Keynes Dons Northampton Town Oldham Athletic

Teams

Accrington
Stanley

AFC Wimbledon

Barnsley

Bristol Rovers

Blackpool

Bradford City

Burton Albion

Charlton Athletic

Coventry City

Doncaster Rovers

Fleetwood Town

Gillingham

Luton Town

Oxford United

Peterborough United

Plymouth Argyle

Portsmouth

Rochdale

Shrewsbury Town

Scunthorpe United

Southend United

Sunderland

Walsall

Wycombe
Wanderers

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Locations of the 2018–19 Football League One teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity[7]
Accrington Stanley	Accrington	Crown Ground	5,057
AFC Wimbledon	London (Kingston upon Thames)	Kingsmeadow	4,850
Barnsley	Barnsley	Oakwell	23,009
Blackpool	Blackpool	Bloomfield Road	17,338
Bradford City	Bradford	Valley Parade	25,136
Bristol Rovers	Bristol	Memorial Stadium	12,300
Burton Albion	Burton upon Trent	Pirelli Stadium	6,912
Charlton Athletic	London (Charlton)	The Valley	27,111
Coventry City	Coventry	Ricoh Arena	32,609
Doncaster Rovers	Doncaster	Keepmoat Stadium	15,231
Fleetwood Town	Fleetwood	Highbury Stadium	5,311
Gillingham	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium	11,582
Luton Town	Luton	Kenilworth Road	10,336
Oxford United	Oxford	Kassam Stadium	12,500
Peterborough United	Peterborough	ABAX Stadium	15,314
Plymouth Argyle	Plymouth	Home Park	12,500*
Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Fratton Park	21,100
Rochdale	Rochdale	Spotland Stadium	10,500
Scunthorpe United	Scunthorpe	Glanford Park	9,088
Shrewsbury Town	Shrewsbury	New Meadow	9,875
Southend United	Southend-on-Sea	Roots Hall	12,392
Sunderland	Sunderland	Stadium of Light	48,707
Walsall	Walsall	Bescot Stadium	11,300
Wycombe Wanderers	High Wycombe	Adams Park	10,137

*reduced for that season as club work on ground

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager^1	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
Accrington Stanley	John Coleman	Seamus Conneely	Adidas	Wham
AFC Wimbledon	Wally Downes	Deji Oshilaja	Puma	Sports Interactive
Barnsley	Daniel Stendel	Adam Davies[8]	Puma	C.K. Beckett[9]
Blackpool	Terry McPhillips	Andy Taylor	Erreà	BetSid
Bradford City	Gary Bowyer	Josh Wright	Avec Sport	JCT600
Bristol Rovers	Graham Coughlan	Tom Lockyer	Macron	Football INDEX[10]
Burton Albion	Nigel Clough	Jake Buxton	TAG	Prestec UK Ltd[11]
Charlton Athletic	Lee Bowyer	Chris Solly	Hummel	BETDAQ
Coventry City	Mark Robins	Michael Doyle	Nike	Midrepro
Doncaster Rovers	Grant McCann	James Coppinger	FBT	LNER
Fleetwood Town	Joey Barton	Nathan Pond	Hummel	BES Utilities
Gillingham	Mark Patterson	Gabriel Zakuani	GFC Leisure	Medway Council[12]
Luton Town	Mick Harford	Alan Sheehan	Puma	Indigo Residential (Home), Star Platforms (Away), Northern Gas & Power (3rd)
Oxford United	Karl Robinson	Curtis Nelson	Puma	Singha Beer
Peterborough United	Darren Ferguson	Alex Woodyard	Nike	Mick George
Plymouth Argyle	Kevin Nancekivell	Gary Sawyer	Puma	Ginsters
Portsmouth	Kenny Jackett	Brett Pitman	Nike	University of Portsmouth
Rochdale	Brian Barry-Murphy	Callum Camps	Erreà	Crown Oil Ltd
Scunthorpe United	Andy Dawson	Rory McArdle	FBT	British Steel
Shrewsbury Town	Sam Ricketts	Mat Sadler	Erreà	The Energy Check (Home), Shropshire Homes (Away & 3rd)
Southend United	Kevin Bond	Mark Oxley	Nike	Prostate Cancer UK
Sunderland	Jack Ross	George Honeyman	Adidas	BETDAQ
Walsall	Martin O'Connor	Adam Chambers	Erreà	HomeServe
Wycombe Wanderers	Gareth Ainsworth	Adam El-Abd	O'Neills	Cherry Red Records (Home),[13] Utilita (Away)

• ¹ According to current revision of List of current Premier League and English Football League managers.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Barnsley	José Morais	Sacked	6 May 2018	Pre-season	Daniel Stendel	6 June 2018
Bradford City	Simon Grayson	End of contract	8 May 2018		Michael Collins	18 June 2018
Fleetwood Town	John Sheridan		2 June 2018		Joey Barton	2 June 2018
Sunderland	Robbie Stockdale	End of caretaker spell	25 May 2018		Jack Ross	25 May 2018
Shrewsbury Town	Paul Hurst	Signed by Ipswich Town	30 May 2018		John Askey	1 June 2018
Doncaster Rovers	Darren Ferguson	Resigned	4 June 2018		Grant McCann	27 June 2018
Blackpool	Gary Bowyer		6 August 2018	12th	Terry McPhillips	6 August 2018
Scunthorpe United	Nick Daws	Sacked	24 August 2018	18th	Stuart McCall	27 August 2018
Bradford City	Michael Collins		3 September 2018	17th	David Hopkin	4 September 2018
AFC Wimbledon	Neal Ardley	Mutual consent	12 November 2018	23rd	Wally Downes	4 December 2018
Shrewsbury Town	John Askey	Sacked		18th	Sam Ricketts	3 December 2018
Bristol Rovers	Darrell Clarke	Mutual consent	13 December 2018	21st	Graham Coughlan	6 January 2019
Luton Town	Nathan Jones	Signed by Stoke City	9 January 2019	2nd	Mick Harford	10 January 2019
Peterborough United	Steve Evans	Sacked	26 January 2019	6th	Darren Ferguson	26 January 2019
Bradford City	David Hopkin	Resigned	25 February 2019	23rd	Gary Bowyer	4 March 2019
Rochdale	Keith Hill	Sacked	4 March 2019	22nd	Brian Barry-Murphy	4 March 2019
Scunthorpe United	Stuart McCall		24 March 2019	18th	Andy Dawson	24 March 2019
Southend United	Chris Powell		26 March 2019	20th	Kevin Bond	2 April 2019
Walsall	Dean Keates		6 April 2019	22nd	Martin O'Connor	8 April 2019
Gillingham	Steve Lovell		26 April 2019	13th	Mark Patterson	26 April 2019
Plymouth Argyle	Derek Adams		28 April 2019	21st	Ryan Lowe	5 June 2019

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Luton Town (C, P)	46	27	13	6	90	42	+48	94	Promotion to the EFL Championship
2	Barnsley (P)	46	26	13	7	80	39	+41	91
3	Charlton Athletic (O, P)	46	26	10	10	73	40	+33	88	Qualification for League One play-offs[a]
4	Portsmouth	46	25	13	8	83	51	+32	88
5	Sunderland	46	22	19	5	80	47	+33	85
6	Doncaster Rovers	46	20	13	13	76	58	+18	73
7	Peterborough United	46	20	12	14	71	62	+9	72
8	Coventry City	46	18	11	17	54	54	0	65
9	Burton Albion	46	17	12	17	66	57	+9	63
10	Blackpool	46	15	17	14	50	52	−2	62
11	Fleetwood Town	46	16	13	17	58	52	+6	61
12	Oxford United	46	15	15	16	58	64	−6	60
13	Gillingham	46	15	10	21	61	72	−11	55
14	Accrington Stanley	46	14	13	19	51	67	−16	55
15	Bristol Rovers	46	13	15	18	47	50	−3	54
16	Rochdale	46	15	9	22	54	87	−33	54
17	Wycombe Wanderers	46	14	11	21	55	67	−12	53
18	Shrewsbury Town	46	12	16	18	51	59	−8	52
19	Southend United	46	14	8	24	55	68	−13	50
20	AFC Wimbledon	46	13	11	22	42	63	−21	50
21	Plymouth Argyle (R)	46	13	11	22	56	80	−24	50	Relegation to EFL League Two
22	Walsall (R)	46	12	11	23	49	71	−22	47
23	Scunthorpe United (R)	46	12	10	24	53	83	−30	46
24	Bradford City (R)	46	11	8	27	49	77	−28	41

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results^[14]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the EFL Championship.

Play-offs

See also: 2019 English Football League play-offs

	Semi-finals							Final
	3	Charlton Athletic (p)	2	2	4 (4)
	6	Doncaster Rovers	1	3	4 (3)
								3	Charlton Athletic	2
								5	Sunderland	1
	4	Portsmouth	0	0	0
	5	Sunderland	1	0	1

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	WIM	BAR	BLP	BRA	BRR	BRT	CHA	COV	DON	FLE	GIL	LUT	OXF	PET	PLY	POR	ROC	SCU	SHR	STD	SUN	WAL	WYC
Accrington Stanley	—	2–1	0–2	1–2	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–3	4–2	0–4	5–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–3	2–1	1–2
AFC Wimbledon	1–1	—	1–4	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–0	2–0	0–3	2–4	0–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–3	2–1
Barnsley	2–0	0–0	—	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	4–2	2–1	3–2	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1
Blackpool	1–1	2–0	0–1	—	3–2	0–3	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–3	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	2–2
Bradford City	3–0	0–0	0–2	1–4	—	0–0	1–0	0–2	2–4	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	4–3	0–4	1–2	4–0	1–2
Bristol Rovers	1–2	2–0	2–1	4–0	3–2	—	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–4	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1
Burton Albion	5–2	3–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	—	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–3	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–1
Charlton Athletic	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	—	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	4–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–2
Coventry City	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	—	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0
Doncaster Rovers	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	—	0–4	3–3	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–0	5–0	3–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	3–1	3–0
Fleetwood Town	1–1	0–1	1–3	3–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	—	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–5	2–2	0–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–1
Gillingham	0–0	0–1	1–4	0–1	4–0	0–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	3–0	—	1–3	1–0	2–4	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–4	0–3	2–2
Luton Town	4–1	2–2	0–0	2–2	4–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	2–0	2–2	—	3–1	4–0	5–1	3–2	2–0	3–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–0
Oxford United	2–3	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–2	3–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	0–2	1–0	1–2	—	0–1	2–0	2–1	4–2	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–1
Peterborough United	0–1	1–0	0–4	2–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	—	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–2	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–2
Plymouth Argyle	0–3	1–0	0–3	0–1	3–3	2–2	2–3	0–2	2–1	2–3	2–1	3–1	0–0	3–0	1–5	—	1–1	5–1	3–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–1
Portsmouth	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	5–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	4–1	2–3	3–0	—	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–2
Rochdale	1–0	3–4	0–4	2–1	0–4	0–0	0–4	1–0	0–1	2–3	1–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–4	1–2	1–3	—	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–0
Scunthorpe United	2–0	1–2	2–2	0–0	2–3	0–1	0–3	5–3	2–1	1–1	0–5	0–2	0–2	3–3	0–2	1–4	1–2	3–3	—	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–0
Shrewsbury Town	1–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–2	0–3	2–3	2–2	2–0	0–2	3–2	1–1	—	2–0	0–2	0–0	2–1
Southend United	3–0	0–1	0–3	1–2	2–0	1–2	3–2	1–2	1–2	2–3	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–3	2–3	3–3	1–2	2–0	0–2	—	2–1	3–0	0–2
Sunderland	2–2	1–0	4–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	4–5	2–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	—	2–1	1–1
Walsall	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	3–2	1–3	1–3	0–2	2–1	1–4	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–3	3–0	2–1	2–3	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–2	—	3–2
Wycombe Wanderers	1–3	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–2	3–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–3	3–0	3–2	3–2	2–3	1–1	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2019. Source: EFL Official Website
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.

Top scorers

As of 4 May 2019^[15]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	James Collins	Luton Town	25
2	John Marquis	Doncaster Rovers	21
	Lyle Taylor	Charlton Athletic
	Tom Eaves	Gillingham
5	Ian Henderson	Rochdale	20
6	Freddie Ladapo	Plymouth Argyle	18
7	Ched Evans	Fleetwood Town	17
	Kieffer Moore	Barnsley
9	Jonson Clarke-Harris	Coventry City/Bristol Rovers	16
	Cauley Woodrow	Barnsley
	Jamal Lowe	Portsmouth

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of EFL League One hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Kieffer Moore	Barnsley	Rochdale	0–4 (A)	21 August 2018	[16]
Ian Henderson	Rochdale	Gillingham	3–0 (H)	15 September 2018	[17]
Danny Hylton	Luton Town	Accrington Stanley	4–1 (H)	23 October 2018	[18]
James Collins	Luton Town	Plymouth Argyle	5–1 (H)	17 November 2018	[19]
Ivan Toney	Peterborough United	Accrington Stanley	0–4 (A)	29 December 2018	[20]
Marcus Harness	Burton Albion	Rochdale	0–4 (A)	5 January 2019	[21]
Andy Cook	Walsall	Gillingham	0–3 (A)	19 January 2019	[22]
James Collins	Luton Town	Peterborough United	4–0 (H)	19 January 2019	[23]
Fejiri Okenabirhie	Shrewsbury Town	Bradford City	4–3 (A)	29 January 2019	[24]
Simon Cox	Southend United	Portsmouth	3–3 (H)	16 February 2019	[25]
Joe Pigott	AFC Wimbledon	Rochdale	3–4 (A)	19 February 2019	[26]
Jonson Clarke-Harris	Bristol Rovers	Blackpool	4–0 (H)	2 March 2019	[27]
Gavin Whyte	Oxford United	Shrewsbury Town	2–3 (A)	22 April 2019	[28]
Sean McConville	Accrington Stanley	Plymouth Argyle	5–1 (H)	27 April 2019	[29]

Note

(H) = Home; (A) = Away

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