2022-23 EFL League Two [4th division] – Location-map, with 2021-22 attendance chart
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By Bill Turianski on the 24th of July 2022; twitter.com/billsportsmaps.
Links…
-2022-23 EFL League Two (en.wikipedia.org).
-Table, fixtures, results, stats, attendances, etc…Summary – EFL League Two [2022-23] (soccerway.com).
-League Two 2022-23 preview: the contenders, hopefuls and strugglers (by Ben Fisher at theguardian.com/football).
Quick clicks to the 2 promoted teams illustrations…
-Stockport County – promoted in 2022.
-Grimsby Town – promoted in 2022.
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2022-23 EFL League Two [4th division] – Location-map, with 2021-22 attendance.
The map here is a new template, one which I will have for the top 4 divisions in England this year. The map is a basic location-map, with inset maps of both Greater London and Greater Manchester. Also shown are small labels which point out the two promoted clubs (Stockport County, and Grimsby Town). And here is the part that makes this a new template: there is an attendance chart.
The attendance chart shows 5 things for each of the 24 current League Two clubs…A) 2021-22 finish (with relegations and promotions noted). B) 2021-22 average attendance [from home league matches]. C) Stadium capacity [2021-22]. D) Percent-capacity [2021-22]. E) Last time club had higher attendance [than 2021-22]. I added that last column (last time club had higher attendance), because last season there were a lot of clubs in the lower Football League and in non-League football that saw notable attendance increases. As far as current League Two sides go, 3 clubs saw all-time-best average attendances last season: AFC Wimbledon (at 7.7-K-per-game, in their new ground, and despite being relegated); Harrogate Town (at 2.3-K-per-game, in their 3rd season in the Football League); and Sutton United (at 3.0-K-per-game, in their first-ever season in the Football League). And a few clubs saw their best crowds in many years: Barrow AFC had their best attendance since 1969-70 (at 3.2-K-per-game); Newport County had their best attendance since 1983-84 (at 3.9-K-per-game); Stockport County had their best attendance since 1999-2000 [when they were a 2nd-division club], at 7.0-K-per-game; and Grimsby Town had their best attendance since 2002-03 [when they were a 2nd-division club], at 5.7-K-per-game. The last two clubs, as mentioned, were the two clubs promoted to the 4th division last season, and illustrations for them both can be seen below.
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Stockport County – promoted back to the Football League after 11 years…
-Stockport County 2-0 FC Halifax Town (bbc.com/sport/football on 15 May 2022).
-It’s a Stockport County thing (by Holly Hunt at efl.com on 15 June 2022).
-Stockport seal National League title and EFL return after 11 years (by PA Media at theguardian.com/football on 15 May 2022).
Photo and Image credits above – Coat of arms of the Town of Stockport, image from heraldry-wiki.com. Stockport County 2021-22 home jersey, photo from clubfootballshirts.com. St Petersgate bridge over Little Underbank, in the Underbank aka Stockports’s Soho, photo unattributed at britainallover.com. Drone-photo of Edgeley Park, by Stockport County at twitter.com/[@StockportCounty]. -Dave Challinor, screenshot from video uploaded by Stockport County at youtube.com. -Paddy Madden, screenshot from video uploaded by Stockport County at youtube.com. -Will Collar, screenshot from video uploaded by Stockport County at youtube.com. -Ben Hinchliffe, photo by Stockport County at stockportcounty.com/hinchliffes-county-journey-continues. -Stockport fans pitch invasion 15th May 2020, screenshot from video uploaded by Stockport County at youtube.com.
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Grimsby Town – promoted back to the Football League after 1 year…
-Solihull Moors 1-2 Grimsby Town (AET) – Jordan Maguire-Drew winner sends Mariners back to EFL (by Chris Peddy at bbc.com/sport on 5 June 2022).
-Relegation, promotion and unbelievable drama – welcome to the Grimsby way (by Jason Stockwood at theguardian.com/football/blog on 25 July 2022).
-From @Official GTFC – [Winning goal, by Jordan Maguire-Drew, that sent Grimsby Town back to the League: 1:00 video.] (twitter.com/[@officialgtfc] on 3 July 2022).
Photo and Image credits above – Coat of arms of Great Grimsby, from heraldry-wiki.com. Grimsby Town 2021-22 home jersey, photo by Lee Blease via grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/sport. Drone-photo of Blundell Park in Cleethorpes, photo by Joshua Adam via grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news. Aerial shot of Blundell Park from gtfc.co.uk. -Paul Hurst, photo by Getty Images via lincolnshireworld.com/sport[Gallery]. -Kyle Hudlin, photo by Getty Images via bbc.com/sport/live. -John McAtee, and Jordan Maguire-Drew, photos by Getty Images via dailymail.co.uk/sport. -Grimsby Town fans at London Stadium, photo by Getty Images via lincolnshireworld.com/sport[Gallery].
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Thanks to all at the following links…
-Blank map of English Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Counties, by Nilfanion, at File:English metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties 2010.svg (commons.wikimedia.org).
-Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England (en.wikipedia.org).
-Blank relief map of Greater London, by Nilfanion (using UK Ordnance Survey data), at File:Greater London UK relief location map.jpg (en.wikipedia.org).
-Blank relief map of Greater Manchester, by Nilfanion (using Ordnance Survey data), at File:Greater Manchester UK relief location map.jpg (commons.wikimedia.org).
-Blank relief map of West Midlands, by Nilfanion (using Ordnance Survey data), at File:West Midlands UK relief location map.jpg (commons.wikimedia.org).
-PFA League Two Team of the Year [2021].
-Historical attendance figures, european-football-statistics.co.uk.
-2021-22 attendance figures from worldfootball.net/attendance/eng-league-two-2021-2022
-Seasons in Football League by Club: Club League Divisional History Summary 1888-89 to 2020-21 (myfootballfacts.com);
fchd.info (Football Club History Database);
England – First Level All-Time Tables 1888/89-2018/19 (rsssf.com).
-Player-positions: transfermarkt.us.
-Distances: mapdevelopers.com/distance_from_to.php (mapdevelopers.com).
-2022 National League team of the year, twitter.com/[@TheVanaramaNL].