Football as a sport has no shortage of feel-good stories when it comes to underdogs overperforming expectations (Leicester City winning the Premier League in the 2015/16 season) or in terms of players developing in the non-league or lower league and going on to have extremely successful careers (Jamie Vardy was...
After bagging 25 goals for Newport County in the EFL League Two during the 2021/22 season, striker Dom Telford announced that he will not be renewing his contract with the Exiles. Inevitably, this was the catalyst for rumours and speculation of just who would secure his signature after the highly...
After narrowly missing out on automatic promotion from the EFL League Two, Port Vale and Mansfield Town both secured spots in the division’s play-off final at Wembley Stadium with the winners earning the right to League One football. Eventual victors Port Vale beat Swindon Town on penalties after a deadlock...
Hello again! We hope you've enjoyed the Premier League analytics we've been providing you with all season. As a special treat, we've decided to open this up to all the English Football Leagues and the top two tiers in Scotland as well for the rest of the season. Therefore, you...
Our latest analysis video, over on our YouTube channel, looks at Cheltenham Town's success from long throws this season - the setups, routines and structures that helped them be such a threat from such situations, and were a big factor in their attacking tactics in League Two. The video, created...
Cheltenham Town capped off a brilliant season by winning League Two, their first-ever Football League trophy, and thereby securing promotion to League One for the 2021-22 season. While there were several factors behind this successful season, not least the impact of manager Michael Duff since his arrival in November 2018, one of the...
Ian Evatt made a name for himself as a young and exciting manager with Barrow in the National League, whom he led to promotion to League Two in the 2019/20 season. The side, nicknamed ‘Barrowcelona’ for their exciting and possession-based style of play, was a testament to his success. At...
With the increasing use of statistics in player recruitment, mainly being used as a complement to video analysis (the eye test), I felt it would be a good time to highlight the English Football League strikers that have statistically begun the 2020/21 season impressively, with the January transfer window just...
Michael Duff’s Cheltenham Town were ever so close to winning the play-offs last season. After winning the first leg away to eventual winners Northampton Town, a surprise 3-0 loss at home meant that Cheltenham Town would have to play their 2020/21 football in League Two. This season, they have started...
Northampton Town enjoyed an unlikely playoff victory to seal promotion to League One last month. After sneaking into seventh place on points-per-game, the Cobblers overturned a two-goal deficit in the semi-final. They lost 2-0 at home to Cheltenham Town, before shocking the Robins by winning the return leg 3-0 in...
Football in League Two may be a world away from the glitz and glamour of elite clubs like Liverpool and Chelsea, but it’s still a level that boasts plenty of individual talent. After clubs voted to curtail the season in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, Plymouth Argyle, Crewe Alexandra and Swindon Town were promoted...
In this article, I will be using both data and tactical analysis to identify a replacement for Jerry Yates at EFL side Swindon Town. I will be looking for players who have competed in at least 20 games in the past season, operating in both EFL League One and Two,...
Exeter City booked their place in the EFL League Two play-off final, after beating Colchester United 3-2 on aggregate. The U’s entered the second leg with a 1-0 lead from the first leg, but this was wiped out after ten minutes thanks to a goal from Exeter’s Aaron Martin. Left wing-back Jayden Richardson...
Saturday’s round of English Football League Two clashes presented both Cheltenham Town and Colchester United with alluring rewards should they have been able to claim victory over their opponents. Depending on results elsewhere, Michael Duff’s Robins could have moved into an automatic promotion spot with three points, and John McGreal’s...
With the League Two season have gone halfway through the first stage, the league table was left without a distinctive gap between the promotion-chasers and the mid-table teams. The distance between the leader Forest Green Rovers and their chasers in Bradford City, Swindon Town and Crewe Alexandra was only one...
Last season in the EFL League Two, Cheltenham Town and Forest Green Rovers were in a very different state to each other. The former, under the management of Michael Duff, were among the relegation battlers and survived the cut by sixteen points. Meanwhile, Mike Cooper’s side haven’t looked back since...
Port Vale welcomed promotion hopefuls Plymouth Argyle to Vale Park on Saturday in League Two, and Vale managed to secure an impressive 1-0 victory to leapfrog their opponents in the table. A 76th-minute Nathan Smith header gave the home side the three points, and made it three games without a...
Brothers Danny and Nicky Cowley have been on a remarkable journey together up the football pyramid since Danny took over as Concord Rangers manager in the Essex Senior Football League in 2007 whilst Nicky was still a player. With Danny as manager and Nicky becoming his assistant (though really they...
