2016–17 EFL League One

The 2016–17 EFL League One (referred to as the Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of the Football League One under its current title and the 24th season under its current league division format. The fixtures were announced on 22 June 2016.[1]

EFL League One
Season2016–17
ChampionsSheffield United (1st divisional title)
PromotedSheffield United
Bolton Wanderers
Millwall
RelegatedChesterfield
Coventry City
Swindon Town
Port Vale
Matches played552
Goals scored1,417 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorerBilly Sharp (30 goals)
Best goalkeeperMark Howard (Bolton) 9
Biggest home winBristol Rovers 5–0 Northampton Town
Scunthorpe United 5–0 Gillingham
Biggest away winBristol Rovers 1–5 Charlton Athletic
Longest winning runSheffield United
(7 matches)
Longest unbeaten runFleetwood Town
(18 matches)
Longest winless runBury
(20 matches)
Longest losing runBury
(13 matches)
Highest attendance31,003
(Sheffield United 3-2 Chesterfield, 30 April 2017)
Lowest attendance1,907
(Rochdale 4–0 Walsall)
Average attendance7,576

Team changes

Bolton and Oxford competed in the third tier for the first time under the League One name. AFC Wimbledon made their debut in the third tier.

Teams
Locations of the 2016–17 Football League One teams in England
Greater London League One football clubs
Greater Manchester League One football clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity[2]
AFC WimbledonLondon (Kingston upon Thames)Kingsmeadow4,850 (2,265 seated)
Bolton WanderersBoltonMacron Stadium28,723
Bradford CityBradfordValley Parade25,136
Bristol RoversBristolMemorial Stadium12,011
BuryBuryGigg Lane11,640
Charlton AthleticLondon (Charlton)The Valley27,111
ChesterfieldChesterfieldProact Stadium10,400
Coventry CityCoventryRicoh Arena32,500
Fleetwood TownFleetwoodHighbury Stadium5,311 (2,701 seated)
GillinghamGillinghamPriestfield Stadium11,582
MillwallLondon (South Bermondsey)The Den20,146
Milton Keynes DonsMilton KeynesStadium:mk30,500
Northampton TownNorthamptonSixfields Stadium7,798
Oldham AthleticOldhamBoundary Park13,512
Oxford UnitedOxfordKassam Stadium12,500
Peterborough UnitedPeterboroughABAX Stadium15,314
Port ValeStoke-on-TrentVale Park18,947
RochdaleRochdaleSpotland Stadium10,249
Scunthorpe UnitedScunthorpeGlanford Park9,088
Sheffield UnitedSheffieldBramall Lane32,702
Shrewsbury TownShrewsburyNew Meadow9,875
Southend UnitedSouthend-on-SeaRoots Hall12,392
Swindon TownSwindonCounty Ground15,728
WalsallWalsallBescot Stadium11,300

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Bolton Wanderers Neil Lennon Sacked 15 March 2016[3] Pre-season Phil Parkinson 10 June 2016[4]
Charlton Athletic Jose Riga Resigned 7 May 2016[5] Russell Slade 6 June 2016
Sheffield United Nigel Adkins Sacked 12 May 2016[6] Chris Wilder 12 May 2016[6]
Northampton Town Chris Wilder Signed by Sheffield United 12 May 2016[6] Rob Page 19 May 2016[7]
Port Vale Rob Page Signed by Northampton Town 19 May 2016[7] Bruno Ribeiro 20 June 2016[8]
Oldham Athletic John Sheridan Signed by Notts County 27 May 2016[9] Steve Robinson 9 July 2016
Bradford City Phil Parkinson Signed by Bolton Wanderers 10 June 2016[4] Stuart McCall 20 June 2016[10]
Fleetwood Town Steven Pressley Resigned 26 July 2016[11] Uwe Rösler 30 July 2016[12]
Coventry City Tony Mowbray Resigned 29 September 2016[13] 24th Russell Slade 21 December 2016
Shrewsbury Town Micky Mellon Signed by Tranmere Rovers 6 October 2016[14] 21st Paul Hurst 24 October 2016[15]
Milton Keynes Dons Karl Robinson Mutual consent 23 October 2016[16] 19th Robbie Neilson 3 December 2016[17]
Charlton Athletic Russell Slade Sacked 14 November 2016[18] 15th Karl Robinson 24 November 2016[19]
Bury David Flitcroft Mutual consent 16 November 2016[20] 16th Chris Brass 14 December 2016
Port Vale Bruno Ribeiro Resigned 26 December 2016[21] 17th Michael Brown 26 December 2016[21]
Gillingham Justin Edinburgh Sacked 3 January 2017 Adrian Pennock 4 January 2017[22]
Chesterfield Danny Wilson 8 January 2017 22nd Gary Caldwell 17 January 2017[23]
Northampton Town Rob Page 9 January 2017 16th Justin Edinburgh 13 January 2017[24]
Oldham Athletic Steve Robinson 12 January 2017 [25] 24th John Sheridan 12 January 2017 [25]
Bury Chris Brass 15 February 2017[26] 20th Lee Clark 15 February 2017[26]
Coventry City Russell Slade 5 March 2017[27] 24th Mark Robins 6 March 2017[28]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Sheffield United (C, P) 46 30 10 6 92 47 +45 100 Promotion to the EFL Championship
2 Bolton Wanderers (P) 46 25 11 10 68 36 +32 86
3 Scunthorpe United 46 24 10 12 80 54 +26 82 Qualification for the League One play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
4 Fleetwood Town 46 23 13 10 64 43 +21 82
5 Bradford City 46 20 19 7 62 43 +19 79
6 Millwall (O, P) 46 20 13 13 66 57 +9 73
7 Southend United 46 20 12 14 70 53 +17 72
8 Oxford United 46 20 9 17 65 52 +13 69
9 Rochdale 46 19 12 15 71 62 +9 69
10 Bristol Rovers 46 18 12 16 68 70 −2 66
11 Peterborough United 46 17 11 18 62 62 0 62
12 Milton Keynes Dons 46 16 13 17 60 58 +2 61
13 Charlton Athletic 46 14 18 14 60 53 +7 60
14 Walsall 46 14 16 16 51 58 −7 58
15 Wimbledon 46 13 18 15 52 55 −3 57
16 Northampton Town 46 14 11 21 60 73 −13 53
17 Oldham Athletic 46 12 17 17 31 44 −13 53
18 Shrewsbury Town 46 13 12 21 46 63 −17 51
19 Bury 46 13 11 22 61 73 −12 50
20 Gillingham 46 12 14 20 59 79 −20 50
21 Port Vale (R) 46 12 13 21 45 70 −25 49 Relegation to EFL League Two
22 Swindon Town (R) 46 11 11 24 44 66 −22 44
23 Coventry City (R) 46 9 12 25 37 68 −31 39
24 Chesterfield (R) 46 9 10 27 43 78 −35 37
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the EFL Championship.

Play-offs
See also: 2017 English Football League play-offs
  Semi-finals Final
                     
3 Scunthorpe United 0 2 2  
6 Millwall 0 3 3  
    6 Millwall 1
  5 Bradford City 0
4 Fleetwood Town 0 0 0
5 Bradford City 1 0 1  

Results
Home \ Away WIM BOL BRA BRR BRY CHA CHF COV FLE GIL MIL MKD NOR OLD OXF PET PTV ROC SCU SHU SHR STD SWI WAL
AFC Wimbledon 1–2 2–3 0–1 5–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 3–1 1–2 2–3 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–0
Bolton Wanderers 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 3–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 4–1
Bradford City 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 3–3 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0
Bristol Rovers 2–0 1–2 1–1 4–2 1–5 2–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 3–4 0–0 5–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1
Bury 1–2 0–2 0–2 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–3 0–0 3–0 0–1 2–3 5–1 4–1 0–1 1–2 1–3 2–1 1–4 1–0 3–3
Charlton Athletic 1–2 1–1 1–1 4–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–1
Chesterfield 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 3–3 1–3 0–0 3–1 0–1 0–4 3–3 1–0 1–3 0–3 1–4 1–1 0–4 3–1 2–0
Coventry City 2–2 2–2 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 1–3 1–0
Fleetwood Town 0–0 2–4 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–4 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–1
Gillingham 2–2 0–4 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1
Millwall 0–0 0–2 1–1 4–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 0–3 1–0 2–0 2–3 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0
Milton Keynes Dons 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–3 1–3 0–1 2–3 1–0 0–1 3–2 2–2 5–3 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–3 2–1 0–3 3–2 1–1
Northampton Town 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–3 3–2 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 3–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–3 1–2 1–2 1–1 4–0 2–1 2–0
Oldham Athletic 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 0–2 0–2 0–0
Oxford United 1–3 2–4 1–0 0–2 5–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–3 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–3 2–0 0–2 2–0 0–0
Peterborough United 0–1 1–0 0–1 4–2 3–1 2–0 5–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 5–1 0–4 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–4 2–2 1–1
Port Vale 2–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–3 2–2 2–2 0–3 1–0 3–1 0–3 2–1 2–0 3–2 0–1
Rochdale 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–3 3–0 2–0 2–1 4–1 3–3 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–4 2–3 3–0 3–2 3–3 2–1 3–0 4–0 4–0
Scunthorpe United 1–2 1–0 3–2 3–1 3–2 0–0 3–1 3–1 0–2 5–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 2–2 0–1 4–0 4–1 0–0
Sheffield United 4–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–0 0–2 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–3 4–0 0–1
Shrewsbury Town 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 4–3 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–3 1–2 0–1 2–4 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–1
Southend United 3–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–2 1–3 3–1 1–2 2–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–4 1–1 1–1 3–2
Swindon Town 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 2–4 1–1 0–0 0–2
Walsall 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 3–3 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–4 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–4 4–1 3–2 0–0 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2017. Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
As of 22 April 2017[29]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Billy Sharp Sheffield United 30
2 James Vaughan Bury 24
3 Josh Morris Scunthorpe United 19
4 Simon Cox Southend United 16
Matty Taylor Bristol Rovers
6 Lee Gregory Millwall 15
Ian Henderson Rochdale
8 David Ball Fleetwood Town 14
Erhun Oztumer Walsall
10 Alex Jones Bradford City/Port Vale 13
Chris Maguire Oxford United
Aiden O'Brien Millwall
Josh Wright Gillingham

Monthly awards
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
Manager Club Player Club
August Phil Parkinson Bolton Wanderers Josh Morris Scunthorpe United
September David Flitcroft Bury Josh Morris Scunthorpe United
October Phil Parkinson Bolton Wanderers Zach Clough Bolton Wanderers
November Graham Alexander Scunthorpe United Jay O'Shea Chesterfield
December Keith Hill Rochdale Matty Lund Rochdale
January Uwe Rösler Fleetwood Town James Vaughan Bury
February Neil Harris Millwall Billy Sharp Sheffield United
March Phil Parkinson Bolton Wanderers Filipe Morais Bolton Wanderers

Attendances

Teams with an average home attendance of at least 10,000 in 2016–17 EFL League One season:

Team Home average
Sheffield United21,892
Bradford City18,180
Bolton Wanderers14,934
Charlton Athletic11,162
MK Dons10,307

[30]

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