The 2017–18 season was the 138th season of competitive association football in England .

National teams [edit ]

Results and fixtures [edit ]

Friendlies

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2018 FIFA World Cup reservation ( UEFA ) [edit ]
Group F [edit ]
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tiebreakers
In league format, the ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):[1]

  1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
  2. Overall goal difference
  3. Overall goals scored
  4. Points in matches between tied teams
  5. Goal difference in matches between tied teams
  6. Goals scored in matches between tied teams
  7. Away goals scored in matches between tied teams (if the tie was only between two teams in home-and-away league format)
  8. Fair play points
    • first yellow card: minus 1 point
    • indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points
    • direct red card: minus 4 points
    • yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points
  9. Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee
2018 FIFA World Cup [edit ]
Group G [edit ]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  England 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6
3  Tunisia 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3
4  Panama 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0

Matches

Knockout degree [edit ]

2019 UEFA european Under-21 Championship qualification [edit ]

Group 4 [edit ]

Rules for classification: Updated to match ( einsteinium ) played on strange. reservoir : UEFA Rules for classification : reservation tiebreakers

2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup [edit ]

Group A [edit ]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Knockout stage
2  South Korea ( H ) 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
3  Argentina 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 3
4  Guinea 3 0 1 2 1 9 −8 1
Round of 16 [edit ]
final [edit ]

2018 UEFA european Under-19 Championship reservation [edit ]

Group 8 [edit ]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Elite round
2  Bulgaria ( H ) 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3  Iceland 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4  Faroe Islands 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0

Rules for classification:
( H ) Host source : UEFA Rules for classification : qualification tiebreakers Host

Elite round [edit ]
Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6[a] Final tournament
2  Latvia 3 2 0 1 5 6 −1 6[a]
3  Hungary 3 1 0 2 7 10 −3 3[b]
4  Macedonia ( H ) 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 3[b]
  1. a b neck and neck resultant role : England 3–0 Latvia .
  2. a b tete-a-tete consequence : Macedonia 3–4 Hungary .

2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup [edit ]

Group F [edit ]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 3 0 0 11 2 +9 9 Knockout stage
2  Iraq 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
3  Mexico 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
4  Chile 3 0 1 2 0 7 −7 1

Round of 16 [edit ]
final [edit ]

2018 UEFA european Under-17 Championship [edit ]

The final examination trace was held in April 2018 in England. [ 3 ] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. Hosts England were assigned to position A1 in the draw, while the other teams were seeded according to their results in the qualification elect attack, with the seven best elect round group winners ( counting all elite beat results ) placed in Pot 1 and describe to positions 1 and 2 in the groups, and the remaining eight teams ( the eighth-best elite orotund group winner and the seven elect round group runner-up ) placed in Pot 2 and reap to positions 3 and 4 in the groups .

Group A [edit ]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6 Knockout stage
2  England ( H ) 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
3   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
4  Israel 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0

Results and fixtures [edit ]

Friendlies [edit ]
UEFA Women ‘s Euro 2017 [edit ]
Group D [edit ]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 9 Knockout stage
2  Spain 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3[a]
3  Scotland 3 1 0 2 2 8 −6 3[a]
4  Portugal 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3[a]
  1. a b c
    • Spain: 3 pts (1 W, 0 D, 1 L), +1 GD (2 GF, 1 GA)
    • Scotland: 3 pts (1 W, 0 D, 1 L), 0 GD (2 GF, 2 GA)
    • Portugal: 3 pts (1 W, 0 D, 1 L), −1 GD (2 GF, 3 GA)

    neck and neck records :

2019 FIFA Women ‘s World Cup reservation ( UEFA ) [edit ]
2019 FIFA Women ‘s World Cup reservation – UEFA Group 1 [edit ]
  1. a b neck and neck results : Kazakhstan 0–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–2 Kazakhstan ( tied on neck and neck results, ranked on sum goal difference ) .
2018 SheBelieves Cup [edit ]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  United States ( H, C ) 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7
2  England 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4
3  France 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
4  Germany 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1

Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored; 7) FIFA ranking.
( C ) Champion; ( H ) Host informant : USSoccer Rules for classification : 1 ) points ; 2 ) goal deviation ; 3 ) goals scored ; 4 ) neck and neck points ; 5 ) neck and neck goal difference ; 6 ) neck and neck number of goals scored ; 7 ) FIFA ranking.Champion ; Host

managerial changes [edit ]

Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of departure Incoming manager Date of appointment
Wales Sacked 20 September 2017[4] EnglandPhil Neville 23 January 2018[5]

2017 UEFA Women ‘s Under-19 championship [edit ]

Group B [edit ]
  1. ^ Because France are among the semi-finalists, the two third-placed teams of the group stage enter the FIFA U-20 Women ‘s World Cup play-off where the winner qualifies for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women ‘s World Cup
Knockout degree [edit ]

2018 UEFA Women ‘s Under-19 Championship reservation [edit ]

Qualifying round [edit ]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 3 0 0 14 0 +14 9 Elite round
2  Slovenia 3 1 1 1 4 1 +3 4
3  Wales 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4
4  Kazakhstan ( H ) 3 0 0 3 0 19 −19 0

Rules for classification:
( H ) Host informant : UEFA Rules for categorization : reservation tiebreakers Host

Elite round off [edit ]
Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 3 0 0 14 2 +12 9 Final tournament
2  England 3 2 0 1 12 4 +8 6
3  Israel 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
4  Slovakia ( H ) 3 0 1 2 0 14 −14 1

Rules for classification:
( H ) Host source : UEFA Rules for classification : reservation tiebreakers Host

2018 UEFA Women ‘s Under-17 Championship reservation [edit ]

Qualifying round [edit ]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 3 0 0 19 0 +19 9 Elite round
2  Scotland 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3  Slovakia 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
4  Latvia ( H ) 3 0 0 3 0 19 −19 0

Rules for classification:
( H ) Host reservoir : UEFA Rules for categorization : qualification tiebreakers Host

Elite round [edit ]
Group 5
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 2 1 0 6 0 +6 7 Final tournament
2  Norway ( H ) 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
3  Slovenia 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
4   Switzerland 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0

Rules for classification:
( H ) Host generator : UEFA Rules for categorization : qualification tiebreakers HostEngland Slovenia

25 March 2018

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 0–0 Klepp Stadion, Klepp
13:00 Report Referee: Ainara Andrea Acevedo Dudley (Spain)

England  Switzerland

28 March 2018

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 4–0 Ålgård stadion, Ålgård
13:00
  • Blanchard Goal 28

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    , 64

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  • Griffin Goal 61

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  • Kearns Goal 62

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 Report Referee: Andromachi Tsiofliki (Greece)

2018 UEFA Women ‘s Under-17 championship [edit ]

Group B [edit ]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7 Knockout stage
2  England 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4
3  Italy 3 0 2 1 0 4 −4 2
4  Poland 3 0 2 1 2 7 −5 2

England Italy

15 May 2018

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 4–0 Sūduva Stadium, Marijampolė
13:00
  • Salmon Goal 47

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    , 63

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    , 65

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  • Blanchard Goal 72

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 Report Referee: Irena Velevačkoska (Macedonia)

Germany England

18 May 2018

 ( )

 8–0 Alytus Stadium, Alytus
16:30
  • Rendell Goal ‘ (o.g.) 23
  • Martinez Goal 27

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    , 44

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    , 61

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  • Köster Goal 30

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    , 72

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  • Fuso Goal 50

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  • Fudalla Goal 64

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 Report Referee: Hristiana Guteva (Bulgaria)
3rd place [edit ]

UEFA competitions [edit ]

UEFA Champions League [edit ]

Play-off round [edit ]

Group stage [edit ]

Group A [edit ]
Group C [edit ]
  1. a b tete-a-tete results : Chelsea 3–3 Roma, Roma 3–0 Chelsea .
Group E [edit ]
Group F [edit ]
Group H [edit ]
  1. a b tete-a-tete results : APOEL 1–1 Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Dortmund 1–1 APOEL ( tied on neck and neck results, ranked on entire goal deviation ).

Knockout phase [edit ]

Round of 16 [edit ]
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Liverpool England 7–6 ItalyRoma 5–2 2–4
final examination [edit ]

The final was played at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv on 26 May 2018. The “ home ” team ( for administrative purposes ) was determined by an extra draw held after the semi-final tie. [ 7 ]

UEFA Europa League [edit ]

Qualifying rounds [edit ]

third qualifying round [edit ]
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Everton England 2–0 SlovakiaRužomberok 1–0 1–0
Play-off round [edit ]

Group stage [edit ]

Group E [edit ]
Group H [edit ]

Knockout phase [edit ]

Round of 32 [edit ]
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Östersund Sweden 2–4 EnglandArsenal 0–3 2–1
Round of 16 [edit ]
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Milan Italy 1–5 EnglandArsenal 0–2 1–3

UEFA Super Cup [edit ]

UEFA Youth League [edit ]

UEFA Champions League Path [edit ]

Group A [edit ]
  1. a b neck and neck results : Manchester United 4–3 Basel, Basel 2–1 Manchester United ( Basel won on off goals ) .
Group C [edit ]
  1. a b neck and neck results : Roma 1–2 Atlético Madrid, Atlético Madrid 2–1 Roma .
Group E [edit ]
  1. a b neck and neck results : Spartak Moscow 1–1 Sevilla, Sevilla 3–3 Spartak Moscow ( Spartak Moscow won on away goals ) .
Group F [edit ]
Group H [edit ]

Knockout phase [edit ]

For the knockout phase ( round of 16 onwards ), the 16 teams are drawn into a single-elimination tournament, with all ties played over one couple .

Round of 16 [edit ]
Finals [edit ]

The final was played on 23 April 2018 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon. [ 10 ] [ 11 ]

UEFA Women ‘s Champions League [edit ]

Knockout phase [edit ]

Round of 32 [edit ]
Round of 16 [edit ]

League season [edit ]

forwarding and delegating [edit ]

Premier League [edit ]

In what was largely a biased slipstream for the championship, Manchester City won the Premier League for the third base time in six years, break records for the highest number of goals scored by one team in a league campaign and the most victories adenine well as gathering the most points, becoming the first top-flight team to reach the 100-point mark. This gave coach Pep Guardiola his first pieces of silverware with the clubhouse, having besides won the League Cup – with possibly the only blemishes in the temper being a shock FA Cup passing at 2013 winners Wigan Athletic and a 5–1 aggregate loss to Liverpool in the Champions League quarter-finals. Finishing moment were neighbor Manchester United, whose second gear season under José Mourinho finished with blend success. While they improved on the previous league temper and finished as runner-up in the FA Cup final, they never came conclusion to challenging City for the title and besides endured an early die in the Champions League at the hands at Sevilla, though they did finish higher than fourthly for the inaugural time since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013. Tottenham Hotspur successfully qualified for the Champions League once again, but this proved to be their only success in the temper as they failed to win their first trophy in ten years. early woes at their impermanent home of Wembley saw the London cabaret ‘s hopes of challenging for the title decrease once again, with a passing of belated imprint and fitness cost striker Harry Kane a third base consecutive Golden Boot. A run of only three wins from their unfold nine league matches extinguished Liverpool ‘s hopes of ending their 28-year wait for a league title. differently, their season proved to be a successful one as they ensured qualification for the Champions League once again, breaking the criminal record for the most league seasons where they avoided get the better of at Anfield, while summer sign Mohamed Salah narrowly broke the 22-year record for the most goals scored in a league season by scoring 32. however, their biggest accomplishment proved to be in the Champions League as they reached the final examination in Kiev against all odds, merely narrowly losing to Real Madrid. Chelsea endured what proved to be a poor defense of their title and finished fifth, missing out on the Champions League once again. A woebegone start to 2018 costing them a place in the top four despite four wins in their last six games ( and making it the third base season in a row where the defending champions failed to finish in the top four ) and winning their first FA Cup since 2012. Arsenal were unable to send director Arsène Wenger, who resigned after 22 years as director, out on a high as they finished in their lowest league put under the Frenchman and missed out on trophies, most notably being knocked out of the Europa League in the semi-finals. Burnley proved to be the surprise package of the whole season as they mounted a charge for Champions League qualification and stood fifth at Christmas. While 11 matches without a win saw them slide out of the lead five, the Clarets recovered adequate to secure seventh place and qualify for the Europa League. Everton and Leicester City looked set to conflict relegation after poor people starts to the season, but they rallied after the respective appointments of Sam Allardyce and Claude Puel, lone missing out on the Europa League late on in the season. For only the third gear fourth dimension in Premier League history, all three promoted teams avoided the drop. Newcastle United finished highest, a final day win against Chelsea earning them a tenth-place polish after a hapless function of kind. Brighton & Hove Albion ‘s beginning top-flight political campaign since 1983 saw the Seagulls finish below them, never being badly threatened with immediate delegating despite a few scares. however, arguably the biggest surprise of three were Huddersfield Town, who defied all expectations and ensured Premier League survival in their first temper in the top-flight for 45 years. While a awful goal-scoring criminal record ( having scored less than both Salah and Kane ) and heavy losses both home and away threatened their hopes, key points gained at crucial stages helped push the Terriers away from the drop and towards guard in their penultimate peer, a noteworthy attempt that earned the team and their american head coach David Wagner batch of praise. Despite making the worst begin in the history of English football, going into the October external break scoreless and otiose after seven games, a revival under erstwhile England director Roy Hodgson saw Crystal Palace extend their stay in the top-flight to a sixth consecutive season – steering well unclutter of relegation in the procedure. While successfully ensuring a fourth consecutive season in the Premier League, Watford endured what proved to be another season of fight. They did make a superb start, but their shape spectacularly collapsed following what the club considered to be an “ undue approach ” from Everton over head coach Marco Silva. The Hornets finally pulled themselves over the finish production line after a change of director, but at the cost of question marks over the club ‘s managerial dollar volume and their constancy in the top-flight. West Bromwich Albion finished bottom, ending a run of eight years among the elect – a 20-game winless footrace from mid-august to January, and merely winning just once after that left them rooted to last target, but a deep run of human body under caretaker director Darren Moore that saw the Baggies take 11 points from their last six matches at least saw them go down fight, with relegation not being confirmed until the penult round of games. Stoke City finished just above them, bringing to an end a decade in the Premier League. The Potters’ precipitation ultimately proved to be both an anemic goal record and an inability to see out a win, having dropped 19 points from winning positions all temper and alone finishing above West Brom with a final-day win. The final spot was taken by Swansea City, who endured their worst season since promotion in 2011. The Swans appeared to have been rejuvenated by the arrival of Portuguese coach Carlos Carvalhal after Christmas, but a loss of form in their death ten matches saw the Welsh cabaret overtaken by FA Cup semi-finalists Southampton, who endured a awful league season but stayed up thanks in part to the late appointment of Mark Hughes .

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored. 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[12]
( C ) Champion; ( roentgen ) Relegated
Notes: source : Premier League Rules for classification : 1 ) Points ; 2 ) Goal difference ; 3 ) Goals scored. 4 ) Play-offs ( entirely if needed to decide supporter, teams for delegating or teams for UEFA competitions ) .Champion ; RelegatedNotes :

  1. a b Since the winners of the 2017–18 FA Cup ( Chelsea ) and the winners of the 2017–18 EFL Cup ( Manchester City ) both qualified for european contest based on their league positions, the berths awarded to the 5th-placed team ( Europa League group stage ) and the League Cup winners ( Europa League second qualifying round ) were passed down the league .

backing [edit ]

Following consecutive seasons of conflict and near-misses with relegation, Wolverhampton Wanderers ended their six-year absence from the Premier League in style, leading the table from Halloween onwards and giving portuguese head passenger car Nuno Espírito Santo both promotion and the Championship entitle in his beginning temper in charge. The battle for second place went depressed to the last attack of games, but it was ultimately cardiff City who emerged victorious and returned to the top-flight for the first base time since 2014, earning coach Neil Warnock a record eighth promotion, as his mix team of young players and journeymen ensured a Welsh presence in the top-flight future season. Taking the final spotlight through the playoffs were Fulham, who had been relegated to the second-tier aboard Cardiff in 2014, as they defeated Aston Villa in the playoff final at Wembley, their foremost visit to the stadium since 1975. This gave serbian director Slaviša Jokanović his second gear promotion to the Premier League in four seasons, having previously won promotion with Watford ( albeit leaving the Hornets equitable weeks late ) in 2015. While a poor people run of class in both December and the end of April ended their hopes of a second consecutive promotion, Sheffield United ‘s beginning season in the second tier since 2011 proved to be an excellent one as they remained in the promotion pursuit for practically the entire season. Leeds United spent the beginning half of the season looking to build on their play-offs near-miss the previous year, but an appalling second one-half of the season – alone bottom-placed Sunderland earned fewer points after Christmas – saw them crash down the table, with only their strong early kind and a couple of late wins keeping them from being involved in the delegating struggle. Both Reading and Sheffield Wednesday endured bad seasons after narrowly missing out on forwarding the previous class, with only a change of coach for the two teams helping them avoid the fell into League One. Amid off-pitch struggles and growing anger towards owner Assem Allam, a fine second one-half of the political campaign helped Hull City avoid a second consecutive relegation in a season afloat with 140 goals, where they massively leaked goals but had no trouble scoring them either – wangle to score more than second-placed Cardiff City in the procedure. At the bottom of the mesa, Sunderland endured a second consecutive delegating and fell into the third tier for the first clock in 30 years with merely seven wins all season and an inability to turn any one of their stagger 16 guide into wins contributing to their fall, despite the managerial presence of former Wales director Chris Coleman. In a struggle that went down to the close up minutes of the season, the remaining delegating spots were filled by Burton Albion and Barnsley, who both returned to League One after two seasons in the second base tier. Despite the Brewers securing three wins from their final examination four matches and the Tykes actually starting their final match at Derby County outside the bed three. This was chiefly because of the heroics of Bolton Wanderers, who scored two recently goals in two minutes to survive and relegate their companion strugglers, a remarkable accomplishment considering their failure to win any of their first 11 matches after forwarding the previous season .

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
( C ) Champion; ( O ) Play-off winner; ( P ) Promoted; ( gas constant ) Relegated
Notes: generator : english Football League Rules for categorization : 1 ) Points ; 2 ) Goal remainder ; 3 ) Number of goals scoredChampion ; Play-off achiever ; Promoted ; RelegatedNotes :

  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League

League One [edit ]

For the second time in three years, Wigan Athletic won the League One entitle and returned to the championship at the first base try in style, having never looked like falling out of the top two all season and breaking their previous points total from 2016. besides achieving promotion were Blackburn Rovers, who finally enjoyed some success after two relegations in five years as they besides made an contiguous return to the Championship. In a tightly contested play-off concluding that went all the direction to excess meter, Rotherham United scraped past Shrewsbury Town to make it a hat-trick of immediate returns to the irregular tier – in about precisely the same fashion they had won promotion to the moment tier four years previously. This mean that for the first time ever since three clubs were allowed promotion in 1974, all three clubs relegated from the Championship the previous temper were promoted the following season. Portsmouth continued their gradual wax rear up the Football League by achieving a top-half finish, never being remotely threatened by an immediate delegating back to League Two. While they narrowly missed out on a second promotion in a course with lone one gain in their concluding six games, the signs were promising for the South-Coast club in their first season of ownership under former Walt Disney executive Michael Eisner. AFC Wimbledon, despite remaining in a relegation struggle all season long and having won barely five games between August and December, were able to secure a third consecutive season in the third tier – and besides finished above rivals Milton Keynes Dons for the first time in their history, while besides ensuring that the following season they would be playing in a higher division than the Dons for the first time. Three years after gaining forwarding to League One, Bury ultimately ran out of luck and were the first team in the division to suffer relegation, winning equitable eight times. Having been tipped to regain the form that saw them enter the Championship three years previously, Milton Keynes Dons ultimately fared little better and fell into the bottom tier for the beginning time in a ten, changing managers three times and finishing well below rivals AFC Wimbledon as a consequence. Just two years after winning forwarding to League One, Northampton Town ‘s struggles continued as they fell back into the bottom grade of the Football League, with the worst defense in the class playing a big function. Taking the survive smudge in the death game were Oldham Athletic, who ultimately succumbed to the relegation they had been fighting against for the last couple of years, and fell into the bottom grade of the Football League for the first clock in 47 years, besides making this the first clock since 1997 that they would be playing in anything other than the third base tier. Both teams went down playing each other ( and drawing 2–2 ), with Rochdale surviving by a individual orient .

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
( C ) Champion; ( O ) Play-off winner; ( P ) Promoted; ( radius ) Relegated
Notes: beginning : BBC Sport Rules for classification : 1 ) Points ; 2 ) Goal difference ; 3 ) Number of goals scoredChampion ; Play-off winner ; Promoted ; RelegatedNotes :

  1. ^ Four teams play for one position and promotion to the EFL Championship

League Two [edit ]

just 12 years after returning to the Football League, Accrington Stanley won forwarding to the third grade for the first time in their history ( their forerunners having last played in the third tier in 1960 ), an outstanding second half of the season propelling them from mid-table to the title – and securing promotion on the hundred-and-thirtieth anniversary of the Lancashire club ‘s establish. besides going up were Luton Town, whose steadily rise back up the Football League saw them return to League One for the first prison term in a decade ; while a loss of form monetary value them the title having led the table for large periods of the season, the club saved some grace by being the highest-scoring team in the division. Taking the third base automatic promotion spot in what proved to be a tight race were Wycombe Wanderers, who ended their six-year stay in League Two and ultimately gave coach Gareth Ainsworth the promotion he had sought after years of heart-break. The final examination promotion touch via the play-offs was filled by Coventry City, who secured an immediate return to League One in a season that saw them finish in the clear six for the first clock time since 1970 and end a 51-year wait to achieve promotion – at the expense of Exeter City, the club lose in the play-off final for the second season running. Notts County enjoyed what proved to be their most successful season since winning promotion to League One in 2010 as they remained in the promotion race for the unharmed season, entirely missing out on a position in the play-off concluding after a controversial personnel casualty to Coventry City ; furthermore, player-manager Kevin Nolan became the first Magpies coach to last a wax season in charge for nine years. Lincoln City ‘s first season back in the Football League since 2011 proved to be very successful as they not only attempted a second gear back-to-back forwarding by qualifying for the play-offs ( losing to Exeter City ), but they besides won the Football League Trophy – beating Shrewsbury Town on their first ever visit to Wembley. A shrill downturn in shape that saw them fail to win for 21 games resulted in Grimsby Town having to battle to keep their place in League Two, with only four recently wins towards the end of the season helping them stay up. Having been tipped for immediate relegation, Forest Green Rovers achieved survival in their first always season in the Football League – while a few intemperate losses in the open months left them stuck in the relegation zone, respective bursts of thoroughly form at key stages in the season helped them up the postpone and secure their place in the conclusion weeks. After 97 years as a member of the Football League, Chesterfield ‘s shrill decline in form continued as they endured a second consecutive delegating, precisely 4 years after winning promotion to League One ; while a thoroughly run of human body in the winter months gave the baseball club hope, a poor beginning and an equally hapless end to the season cost them their league status. Taking the second spot and enduring their second relegation from League Two in five years were Barnet, despite the return of Martin Allen for the fifth time as director recently in the season ; while the cabaret did put up more of a fight to avoid the drop, ending their season only relegated on goal deviation, it once again proved to be besides recently. This made Barnet the first club to be automatically relegated from the Football League on three branch occasions, and the cabaret to have survived the short after being promoted from the Conference ( not counting Maidstone United, who besides lasted just three seasons after promotion, but were forced out of the Football League by bankruptcy preferably than being relegated ). Morecambe narrowly escaped delegating on finish deviation, despite having the weakest goal-scoring record in the division and winning less games than both banish clubs, while Port Vale avoided a second consecutive relegation despite winning good twice at the sour of the class .

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
( C ) Champion; ( O ) Play-off winner; ( P ) Promoted; ( roentgen ) Relegated
Notes: reference : BBC Sport Rules for categorization : 1 ) Points ; 2 ) Goal difference ; 3 ) Number of goals scoredChampion ; Play-off winner ; Promoted ; RelegatedNotes :

  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One

National League Top Division [edit ]

Macclesfield Town were National League champions and won promotion back to League Two after a six-year absence from the Football League. Taking the second gear promotion descry in the first season to use six play-off places alternatively of four were Tranmere Rovers, who made amends for their previous play-off concluding loss the previous year and returned to the Football League after three years, in a tightly contested final with Boreham Wood. Leyton Orient and Hartlepool were the two teams relegated from the Football League the previous temper, and neither achieved particular success, finishing 13th and 15th in the league respectively. Through a lot of the season, both looked more likely to be relegated again than to challenge for promotion and Hartlepool besides endured struggles off the field, about going out of clientele all in all. Relegated from the league were Guiseley, Chester, Torquay United and Woking. Guiseley finished bottom of the table, picking up just seven wins and conceding the most goals in the league, seeing them relegated back to the National League North three years after being promoted. Chester and Torquay United both suffered fiscal doubt in accession to being relegated, the latter just a few years after having been in the Football League. Woking ‘s relegation was not guaranteed until the final day of the temper, when a frustration against Dover ensured they finished one point behind Barrow .

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [13]
( C ) Champion; ( O ) Play-off winner; ( P ) Promoted; ( roentgen ) Relegated source : National League official site Rules for classification : 1 ) Points ; 2 ) Goal difference ; 3 ) Number of goals scored ; 4 ) Number of matches won ; 5 ) tete-a-tete resultsChampion ; Play-off winner ; Promoted ; Relegated

League play-offs [edit ]

EFL Championship [edit ]
final [edit ]
EFL League One [edit ]
concluding [edit ]
EFL League Two [edit ]
final [edit ]

National League play-offs [edit ]

National League [edit ]
concluding [edit ]
National League North [edit ]
final [edit ]
National League South [edit ]
final examination [edit ]

Cup competitions [edit ]

FA Cup [edit ]

final [edit ]

EFL Cup [edit ]

final [edit ]

Community Shield [edit ]

EFL Trophy [edit ]

final [edit ]

FA Trophy [edit ]

final examination [edit ]

League season [edit ]

Women ‘s Super League [edit ]

WSL 1 [edit ]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Chelsea ( C, Q ) 18 13 5 0 44 13 +31 44 Qualification for the Champions League
2 Manchester City ( Q ) 18 12 2 4 51 17 +34 38
3 Arsenal 18 11 4 3 38 18 +20 37
4 Reading 18 9 5 4 40 18 +22 32
5 Birmingham City 18 9 3 6 30 18 +12 30
6 Liverpool 18 9 1 8 30 27 +3 28
7 Sunderland ( gas constant ) 18 5 1 12 15 40 −25 16 Did not apply for a licence, Relegated to the FA Women’s National League
8 Bristol City 18 5 1 12 13 47 −34 16
9 Everton 18 4 2 12 19 30 −11 14
10 Yeovil Town 18 0 2 16 2 54 −52 2

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
( C ) Champion; ( Q ) Qualified to the phase indicated; ( radius ) Relegated generator : FA WSL Rules for classification : 1 ) Points ; 2 ) Goal remainder ; 3 ) Number of goals scoredChampion ; Qualified to the phase indicated ; Relegated

WSL 2 [edit ]

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
( C ) Champion; ( P ) Promoted; ( radius ) Relegated
Notes: beginning : FA WSL Rules for classification : 1 ) Points ; 2 ) Goal dispute ; 3 ) Number of goals scoredChampion ; Promoted ; RelegatedNotes :

  1. ^[19] Millwall Lionesses had three points deducted for fielding an ineligible player in their first game of the season against Watford .

Cup competitions [edit ]

FA Women ‘s Cup [edit ]

final [edit ]

FA WSL Cup [edit ]

final [edit ]

managerial changes [edit ]

This is a tilt of changes of managers within English league football :

Diary of the season [edit ]

Clubs removed [edit ]

New clubs [edit ]

Deaths [edit ]

Retirements [edit ]

Notes [edit ]

References [edit ]