2025-26 League Two Season Preview

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Guide to everything that you need to know ahead of 2024-25 League Two season.

With the new League Two season within sight, there is plenty of hype with plenty of teams expected to fight for promotion this season.

Barnet and Oldham meanwhile mark their returns to the EFL after seven and three seasons respectively playing in non league football.

Now, here is a guide to everything that you need to know about 2025-26 League Two.

 

When will 2024-25 League Two Season Start and Finish?

The regular season will start on Saturday 2 August 2025 and conclude on weekend of 2-3 May 2026.

Promotion Play-Offs will follow in May with exact scheduling details to be announced nearer the time.

 

How Many Teams will be Involved?

The following 24 teams will participate in League Two this season.

Team Stadium Capacity
Accrington Stanley Crown Ground 5,450
Barnet The Hive 6.418
Barrow Holker Street 6,500
Bristol Rovers Memorial Stadium 9,832
Bromley Copperjax Stadium 6,000*
Cambridge United Abbey Stadium 8,127
Cheltenham Town Whaddon Road 7,066
Chesterfield SMH Group Stadium 10,504
Colchester Colchester Community Stadium 10,105
Crawley Town Broadfield Stadium 5,996
Crewe Alexandra Gresty Road 10,153
Fleetwood Town Highbury Stadium 5,327
Gillingham Priestfield Stadium 11,582
Grimsby Town Blundell Park 9,052
Harrogate Town Wetherby Road 5,000
MK Dons Stadium MK 30,500
Newport County Rodney Parade 7,850
Notts County Meadow Lane 19,841
Oldham Boundary Park 13,513
Salford City Peninsula Stadium 5,108
Shrewsbury Town New Meadow 9,875
Swindon Town County Ground 15,728
Tranmere Rovers Prenton Park 16,789
Walsall Bescot Stadium 11,300
*Bromley’s capacity is currently reduced due to renovation work on the East Stand but once opened, it is estimated that the capacity could be 6,000 spectators.
  • Crawley Town, Bristol Rovers, Cambridge United and Shrewsbury Town were relegated from League One at end of last season.
  • Barnet were promoted as National League champions after six seasons in the fifth tier.
  • Oldham were promoted via National League Play-Offs.

 

How does League Two Work?

League Two contains 24 teams who will play each other home and away across 46 matches.

The team who collects the most points (win – three points, draw – one point, loss – zero points) will be crowned champion and promoted to League One at end of season, alongside the second and third-placed teams.

Those ranked 4-7 will contest the play-offs with 4th v 7th and 5th v 6th in two-legged semi-finals, with the semi-final winners meeting in the Play-Off Final to determine the final team to gain promotion to the third-tier.

Whoever finishes in the bottom two positions will be relegated to the National League for next season.

 

How to Watch League Two in 2025-26 Season

Selected League Two fixtures throughout the season will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Main Event and Football channels.

Sky will also move a selection of weekend matches to the 12:30pm slot on Saturdays for live streaming on Sky Sports + in weekend rounds – albeit outside of the opening and final matchweeks.

Every match across opening weekend, midweek, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday and on the final day will be available on Sky Sports + for streaming.

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