2020–21 EFL League One

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The 2020–21 EFL League One (referred to as the Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 17th season of Football League One under its current title and the 29th season under its current league division format.

EFL League One
Season2020–21
Dates12 September 2020 – 9 May 2021
ChampionsHull City
PromotedHull City
Peterborough United
Blackpool
RelegatedRochdale
Northampton Town
Swindon Town
Bristol Rovers
Matches played552
Goals scored1,447 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorerJonson Clarke-Harris (31 goals)
Biggest home winPeterborough United 7–0 Accrington Stanley (27 March 2021)
Biggest away winCrewe Alexandra 0–6 Oxford United
(10 April 2021)
Plymouth Argyle 0–6 Charlton Athletic
(20 April 2021)
Highest scoringAFC Wimbledon 4–4 Plymouth Argyle
(19 September 2020)
Charlton Athletic 4–4 Rochdale
(12 January 2021)
Longest winning runOxford United (7 games)[1]
Longest unbeaten runBlackpool (16 games)[1]
Longest winless runBurton Albion, Northampton Town, AFC Wimbledon (11 games)[1]
Longest losing runPlymouth Argyle (6 games)[1]
Highest attendance3,204
Oxford United vs Blackpool
(18 May 2021)
Lowest attendance1,000
Shrewsbury Town vs Northampton Town
(19 September 2020)
Total attendance53,321[1]
Average attendance1,904[1]
All statistics correct as of 24 April 2021.

Team changes

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The following teams have changed division since the 2019–20 season.

Stadiums

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Team Location Stadium Capacity
Accrington Stanley Accrington Crown Ground 5,057
AFC Wimbledon London (Wimbledon) Plough Lane 9,300
Blackpool Blackpool Bloomfield Road 17,338
Bristol Rovers Bristol Memorial Stadium 12,300
Burton Albion Burton upon Trent Pirelli Stadium 6,912
Charlton Athletic London (Charlton) The Valley 27,111
Crewe Alexandra Crewe Gresty Road 10,180
Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Keepmoat Stadium 15,231
Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Highbury Stadium 5,327
Gillingham Gillingham Priestfield Stadium 11,582
Hull City Kingston upon Hull KCOM Stadium 25,586
Ipswich Town Ipswich Portman Road 30,311
Lincoln City Lincoln LNER Stadium 10,120
Milton Keynes Dons Milton Keynes Stadium MK 30,500
Northampton Town Northampton PTS Academy Stadium 7,798
Oxford United Oxford Kassam Stadium 12,500
Peterborough United Peterborough Weston Homes Stadium 15,314
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Home Park 18,600
Portsmouth Portsmouth Fratton Park 19,669
Rochdale Rochdale Crown Oil Arena 10,500
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Montgomery Waters Meadow 9,875
Sunderland Sunderland Stadium of Light 48,707
Swindon Town Swindon County Ground 15,728
Wigan Athletic Wigan DW Stadium 25,133

Personnel and sponsoring

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Team Manager1 Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Accrington Stanley   John Coleman   Séamus Conneely Adidas Wham
AFC Wimbledon   Mark Robinson   Alex Woodyard Puma Sports Interactive
Blackpool   Neil Critchley   Chris Maxwell Puma Blackpool Council
Home: "VisitBlackpool.com";
Away: "Get Vocal"
Bristol Rovers   Joey Barton   Max Ehmer[4] Macron Utilita[5]
Burton Albion   Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink   John Brayford TAG Prestec UK Ltd[6]
Charlton Athletic   Nigel Adkins   Jason Pearce Hummel Children with Cancer UK
Crewe Alexandra   David Artell   Harry Pickering FBT Mornflake
Doncaster Rovers   Andy Butler (interim)   Tom Anderson Elite Pro Sports LNER
Fleetwood Town   Simon Grayson   Callum Connolly Hummel BES Utilities
Gillingham   Steve Evans   Kyle Dempsey Macron MEMS Power Generation
Hull City   Grant McCann   Richie Smallwood[7] Umbro Giacom[8]
Ipswich Town   Paul Cook   Luke Chambers Adidas Carers Trust
Lincoln City   Michael Appleton   Liam Bridcutt Erreà Peregrine Holdings[9]
Milton Keynes Dons   Russell Martin   Dean Lewington Erreà Suzuki
Northampton Town   Jon Brady   Cian Bolger Hummel University of Northampton
Oxford United   Karl Robinson   John Mousinho Puma Amazing Thailand[10]
Peterborough United   Darren Ferguson   Mark Beevers Puma Mick George Group
Plymouth Argyle   Ryan Lowe   Gary Sawyer Puma Ginsters
Portsmouth   Danny Cowley   Tom Naylor Nike University of Portsmouth
Rochdale   Brian Barry-Murphy   Eoghan O'Connell Erreà Crown Oil Ltd
Shrewsbury Town   Steve Cotterill   Oliver Norburn Admiral Tuffins Supermarkets (Home)
Shropshire Homes (Away)
Sunderland   Lee Johnson   Max Power Nike Great Annual Savings Group
Swindon Town   Tommy Wright (interim)   Dion Conroy Puma Imagine Cruising
Wigan Athletic   Leam Richardson   Jamie Jones[11] Puma Wigan Athletic Official Supporters Club

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Wigan Athletic   Paul Cook[12] Resigned 29 July 2020 Pre-season   John Sheridan[13] 11 September 2020
Swindon Town   Richie Wellens[14] Signed by Salford City 4 November 2020 20th   John Sheridan[15] 13 November 2020
Wigan Athletic   John Sheridan[15] Signed by Swindon Town 13 November 2020 24th   Leam Richardson[b][16] 13 November 2020
Bristol Rovers   Ben Garner[17] Sacked 14 November 2020 18th   Paul Tisdale[18] 19 November 2020
Shrewsbury Town   Sam Ricketts[19] 25 November 2020 23rd   Steve Cotterill[20] 27 November 2020
Sunderland   Phil Parkinson[21] 29 November 2020 8th   Lee Johnson[22] 5 December 2020
Burton Albion   Jake Buxton[23] 29 December 2020 24th   Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink[24] 1 January 2021
Fleetwood Town   Joey Barton[25] 4 January 2021 10th   Simon Grayson[26] 31 January 2021
AFC Wimbledon   Glyn Hodges[27] Mutual consent 30 January 2021 21st   Mark Robinson[28] 17 February 2021
Bristol Rovers   Paul Tisdale[29] Sacked 10 February 2021 20th   Joey Barton[30] 22 February 2021
Northampton Town   Keith Curle[31] 10 February 2021 23rd   Jon Brady[32] 11 February 2021
Ipswich Town   Paul Lambert[33] Mutual consent 28 February 2021 8th   Paul Cook[34] 2 March 2020
Doncaster Rovers   Darren Moore[35] Signed by Sheffield Wednesday 1 March 2021 6th   Andy Butler (interim)[36] 1 March 2021
Portsmouth   Kenny Jackett[37] Sacked 14 March 2021 7th   Danny Cowley 19 March 2021
Charlton Athletic   Lee Bowyer[38] Resigned 15 March 2021 8th   Nigel Adkins 18 March 2021
Swindon Town   John Sheridan[39] 18 April 2021 24th   Tommy Wright (interim) 18 April 2021

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Hull City (C, P) 46 27 8 11 80 38 +42 89 Promotion to the EFL Championship
2 Peterborough United (P) 46 26 9 11 83 46 +37 87
3 Blackpool (O, P) 46 23 11 12 60 37 +23 80 Qualification for League One play-offs
4 Sunderland 46 20 17 9 70 42 +28 77
5 Lincoln City 46 22 11 13 69 50 +19 77
6 Oxford United 46 22 8 16 77 56 +21 74
7 Charlton Athletic 46 20 14 12 70 56 +14 74
8 Portsmouth 46 21 9 16 65 51 +14 72
9 Ipswich Town 46 19 12 15 46 46 0 69
10 Gillingham 46 19 10 17 63 60 +3 67
11 Accrington Stanley 46 18 13 15 63 68 −5 67
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 18 12 16 56 61 −5 66
13 Milton Keynes Dons 46 18 11 17 64 62 +2 65
14 Doncaster Rovers 46 19 7 20 63 67 −4 64
15 Fleetwood Town 46 16 12 18 49 46 +3 60
16 Burton Albion 46 15 12 19 61 73 −12 57
17 Shrewsbury Town 46 13 15 18 50 57 −7 54
18 Plymouth Argyle 46 14 11 21 53 80 −27 53
19 AFC Wimbledon 46 12 15 19 54 70 −16 51
20 Wigan Athletic 46 13 9 24 54 77 −23 48
21 Rochdale (R) 46 11 14 21 61 78 −17 47 Relegation to EFL League Two
22 Northampton Town (R) 46 11 12 23 41 67 −26 45
23 Swindon Town (R) 46 13 4 29 55 89 −34 43
24 Bristol Rovers (R) 46 10 8 28 40 70 −30 38
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[40]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

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Semi-finals Final
        
3 Blackpool 3 3 6
6 Oxford United 0 3 3
3 Blackpool 2
5 Lincoln City 1
4 Sunderland 0 2 2
5 Lincoln City 2 1 3

First leg

Oxford United0–3Blackpool
Report
  • Turton   23'
  • Simms   26', 74'
Attendance: 3,224
Referee: Bobby Madley
Lincoln City2–0Sunderland
Report
Attendance: 3,145
Referee: Craig Hicks

Second leg

Blackpool3–3Oxford United
Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Keith Stroud
Sunderland2–1Lincoln City
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Michael Salisbury

Final

Blackpool2–1Lincoln City
Dougall   34', 54' Report Turton   1' (o.g.)
Attendance: 9,751
Referee: Tony Harrington

Results

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Home \ Away ACC WIM BLA BRI BRT CHA CRE DON FLE GIL HUL IPS LIN MKD NOR OXF PET PLY POR ROC SHR SUN SWI WIG
Accrington Stanley 1–5 0–0 6–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–4 2–0 0–1 3–3 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 3–1
AFC Wimbledon 1–2 1–0 2–4 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–3 3–0 1–2 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–4 1–3 3–3 0–1 0–3 4–1 1–1
Blackpool 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 4–1 3–2 1–4 2–3 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–0
Bristol Rovers 4–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–4 0–2 1–3 0–2 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–2 3–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–2
Burton Albion 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 4–2 1–1 1–3 5–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–3 1–5 2–1 1–1 2–4 0–1 1–2 0–3 2–1 3–4
Charlton Athletic 0–2 5–2 0–3 3–2 1–2 2–2 1–3 3–2 2–3 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–3 4–4 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–0
Crewe Alexandra 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–3 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–6 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 2–2 4–2 3–0
Doncaster Rovers 0–1 2–0 3–2 4–1 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 3–3 4–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–4 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–4
Fleetwood Town 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 5–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1
Gillingham 0–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 4–1 2–2 0–2 0–2 3–1 0–3 3–2 2–2 3–1 1–3 1–0 0–2 2–2 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–0
Hull City 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 3–1
Ipswich Town 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–3 2–0
Lincoln City 2–2 0–0 2–2 1–2 5–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 1–2 0–3 1–2 1–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 1–2 0–1 0–4 2–2 2–1
Milton Keynes Dons 3–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 4–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–3 2–2 2–2 5–0 2–0
Northampton Town 0–1 2–2 0–3 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–2 1–0 3–1 0–2 3–0 0–4 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1
Oxford United 1–2 2–0 0–2 2–0 4–0 0–0 0–2 3–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–2 4–0 0–0 3–1 0–1 3–1 4–1 0–2 1–2 2–1
Peterborough United 7–0 3–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–3 2–1 3–3 3–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 5–1 1–1 3–1 2–1
Plymouth Argyle 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–6 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 1–2 4–3 1–0 2–1 2–3 0–3 2–2 0–4 1–1 1–3 4–2 0–2
Portsmouth 0–1 4–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 4–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–4 2–1 0–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–2
Rochdale 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 3–3 1–2 2–1 1–4 0–3 0–0 0–2 1–4 1–1 3–4 3–3 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–2 2–1 3–3
Shrewsbury Town 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 4–2 1–2 2–3 2–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–3 1–2
Sunderland 3–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–3 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1
Swindon Town 0–3 0–1 0–2 1–0 4–2 2–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–3 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–4 2–1 1–2 0–3 0–2 3–1 3–1 0–1 0–2 1–0
Wigan Athletic 4–3 2–3 0–5 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 0–5 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–3 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–5 1–1 2–1 3–4
Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2021. Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/league-one/table
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

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Top scorers

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As of 9 May 2021[41]
Rank Player Club Goals[42]
1   Jonson Clarke-Harris Peterborough United 31
2   Charlie Wyke Sunderland 25
3   Joe Pigott AFC Wimbledon 20
  Jerry Yates Blackpool
5   Dion Charles Accrington Stanley 19
  Mallik Wilks Hull City
7   Josh Magennis Hull City 18
  Matty Taylor Oxford United
9   Vadaine Oliver Gillingham 17
10   Luke Jephcott Plymouth Argyle 16
  John Marquis Portsmouth

Hat-tricks

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As of 24 April 2021
Player For Against Result Date
  Marcus Harness Portsmouth Burton Albion 2–4 30 October 2020
  Siriki Dembélé Peterborough United Shrewsbury Town 5–1 31 October 2020
  Jonson Clarke-Harris Peterborough United Rochdale 4–1 12 December 2020
  Kyle Joseph Wigan Athletic Burton Albion 4–3 29 December 2020
  Charlie Wyke Sunderland AFC Wimbledon 3–0 16 January 2021
  Joe Mason Milton Keynes Dons Fleetwood Town 3–1 19 January 2021
  Dion Charles Accrington Stanley Bristol Rovers 6–1 2 February 2021
  Charlie Wyke Sunderland Doncaster Rovers 4–1 13 February 2021
  Mallik Wilks Hull City Wigan Athletic 5–0 17 February 2021
  Kane Hemmings Burton Albion Crewe Alexandra 3–0 13 March 2021
  Jonson Clarke-Harris Peterborough United Accrington Stanley 7–0 27 March 2021
  Will Grigg Milton Keynes Dons Swindon Town 5–0[c] 24 April 2021

Awards

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Monthly

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Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
September   Paul Lambert Ipswich Town   Madger Gomes Doncaster Rovers [43]
October   Darren Ferguson Peterborough United   Ben Amos Charlton [44]
November   John Coleman Accrington Stanley   Callum Camps Fleetwood Town [45]
December   Steve Cotterill Shrewsbury Town   Owen Dale Crewe Alexandra [46]
January   Grant McCann Hull City   Matty Lund Rochdale [47]
February   Darren Ferguson Peterborough United   Jonson Clarke-Harris Peterborough United [48][49]
March   Steve Evans Gillingham   Vadaine Oliver Gillingham [50][51]
April   Grant McCann Hull City   Josh Magennis Hull City [52]

Annual

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Award Winner Club
Player of the Season   Jonson Clarke-Harris[53] Peterborough United

EFL League One Team of the season

Pos. Player Club Ref.
GK   Lee Burge Sunderland [53][54]
DF   Luke O'Nien Sunderland
DF   Robert Atkinson Oxford United
DF   Mark Beevers Peterborough United
DF   Callum Elder Hull City
MF   Joe Ward Peterborough United
MF   George Honeyman Hull City
MF   Jorge Grant Lincoln City
FW   Aiden McGeady Sunderland
FW   Jonson Clarke-Harris Peterborough United
FW   Charlie Wyke Sunderland
Manager   Grant McCann Hull City

Notes

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  1. ^ Wigan Athletic were deducted 12 points by the EFL for entering administration. The club appealed against the decision, and it was confirmed on 4 August 2020 that it had not been upheld. Therefore, Wigan will not be reprieved from relegation.[2][3]
  2. ^ Richardson was originally appointed as caretaker manager before being permanently appointed as manager on 21 April 2021
  3. ^ Player scored 4 goals

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