Just about time to get started... Here's an overview of this year's Npower League Two (God, that just doesn't roll off the tongue like Coca-Cola League 2 did, does it?) sides. Accrington Stanley (2009-10 final standing: 15th) Aldershot Town (6th) Barnet (21st) Bradford City (14th) Burton Albion (13th) Bury (9th) Cheltenham Town (22nd) Chesterfield (8th) Crewe Alexandra (18th) Gillingham (21st in League One) Hereford United (16th) Lincoln City (20th) Macclesfield Town (19th) Morecambe (4th) Northampton Town (11th) Oxford United (3rd in Conference National, Playoff winner) Port Vale (10th) Rotherham United (5th) Shrewsbury Town (12th) Southend United (23rd in League One) Stevenage (1st in Conference National) Stockport County (24th in League One) Torquay United (17th) Wycombe Wanderers (22nd in League One) Promoted from Blue Square Conference National Relegated from Coca-Cola League One Let us also pause to remember those who are no longer with us in League Two. First, our brethren that escaped to League One for the 2010-11 Season: Notts County (Champions) Bournemouth (2nd) Rochedale (3rd) Dagenham & Redbridge (7th, Playoff Winners) And finally, our dearly departed relegated to Conference for the 2010-11 Season: Grimbsby Town (23rd) Darlington (24th) Good luck to all teams and their supporters (even though you'll not beat the Imps this year ).
npower League Two fixtures for 6 August 2010 All matches at 15:00 GMT Accrington v. Aldershot Town Burton v. Oxford United Bury v. Port Vale Chesterfield v. Barnet Crewe v. Hereford Gillingham v. Cheltenham Rotherham v. Lincoln City Shrewsbury v. Bradford City Southend v. Stockport Stevenage v. Macclesfield Torquay United v. Northampton Wycombe v. Morecambe
August 7 Results Accrington Stanley 0-0 Aldershot Town Burton Albion 0-0 Oxford United Bury 0-1 Port Vale PV - Lee Collins '66 (1) Chesterfield 2-1 Barnet C- Dwayne Mattis '24 (1) C- Jack Lester '59 (1) B- Glenn Poole '70 (1) Crewe Alexandria 0-1 Hereford United HU- Janos Kovacs '16 (1) Gillingham 1-1 Cheltenham Town CT- Wesley Thomas '53 (1) G- Adebayo Akinfenwa '76 (1) Rotherham United 2-1 Lincoln City RU- Adam Le Fondre '9 (1) LC- Mustapha Carayol '52 (1) RU- Ryan Cresswell '88 (1) Shrewsbury Town 3-1 Bradford City BC- Tom Adeyemi '24 (1) ST- Jake Robinson '42 (1) ST- Jake Robinson '51 (2) ST- Jake Robinson '56 (3) Southend United 1-1 Stockport County SC- George Donnelly '83 (1) SU- Blair Sturrock '90 (1) Stevenage 2-2 Macclesfield Town S- Peter Vincenti '7 (1) MT- Nat Brown '12 (1) MT- Tyrone Barnett '53 (1) S- Charlie Griffin '89 (1)
And once again, it's time for HardHatMike's weekly nPower Football League 2 update! Here's how the games played out this weekend.... August 14 results Aldershot Town 1-0 Southend United AT - Marvin Morgan 84' (1) Barnet 0-0 Burton Albion Bradford City 1-0 Stevenage BC - Gareth Evans 32' (pen) (1) Cheltenham Town 3-2 Crewe Alexandria CA - Patrick Ada 4' (1) CT - Wesley Thomas 22' (2) CT - Wesley Thomas 42' (3) CA - Calvin Makongo Zola 49' (1) CT - Jeff Goulding 62' (1) Hereford Town 0-0 Gillingham Lincoln City 0-2 Torquay United TU - Elliot Benyon 26' (2) TU - Elliot Benyon 71' (3) Macclesfield Town 0-1 Shrewsbury Town ST - Matt Harrold 3' (1) Morecambe 0-0 Rotherham United Northampton Town 0-0 Accrington Stanley Oxford United 1-2 Bury B - Tom Lees 26' (1) OU - Jack Midson 31' (1) B - Ryan Lowe 79' (1) Port Vale 1-1 Chesterfield PV - Marc Richards 12' (1) C - Dwayne Mattis 79' (2) Stockport County 0-0 Wycombe Wanderers
npower League 2 table Code: [U]Pos Name P W D L F A GD PTS[/U] 1 Torquay United 2 2 0 0 5 0 5 6 2 Shrewsbury 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 6 3 Wycombe 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 4 4 Cheltenham 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 4 5 Chesterfield 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 4 6 Port Vale 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 4 7 Rotherham 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 4 8 Aldershot Town 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 9 Hereford 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 10 Bury 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3 11 Bradford City 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 3 12 Gillingham 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 13 Stockport 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 14 Accrington 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 15 Burton 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 16 Macclesfield 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 1 17 Stevenage 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 1 18 Barnet 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1 19 Oxford United 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1 20 Southend 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1 21 Morecambe 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2 1 22 Northampton 2 0 1 1 0 3 -3 1 23 Crewe 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 0 24 Lincoln City 2 0 0 2 1 4 -3 0
Loving it HHM...however, I like to follow teams in the two leagues below this one. Been a fan of AFC Wimbledon (Conference National) and Boston United (Conference North) for a long time. Both teams started off with a two wins in two games to get the season underway. Hopefully Wimbledon will join your Lincoln City next year and not have Lincoln City and Wimbledon meet in the Conference National.