League Two Lowdown

This video is sponsored by TNT SportsWith a break from League action we thought we’d take a look at how each League two side got on in the first round of the 2026/27 FA CupIn this episode Ryan and Luke talk about some professional performances, a couple of side scrapping a win, and a few sides maybe not taking it as seriously as they shouldSubscribe to the League Two Lowdown for all the talking points from each week’s games, predictions for upcoming fixtures and chats with managers from possible your teamChapters:00:00 – Introduction01:43 – Bristol Rovers 2-0 Cambridge05:08 – Accrington 0-2 Wycombe07:33 – Barnet 3-0 Tranmere11:42 – Bromley 0-2 Rotherham15:53 – Carlisle 1-0 Salford19:07 – Cheltenham 2-0 FC Halifax Town20:26 - Chesterfield 4-3 Yeovil23:37 - Colchester 1-0 Worcester26:13 - Crewe 2-1 AFC Wimbledon30:25 - Eastleigh 1-2 Shrewsbury33:02 - Fleetwood 1-2 Rochdale36:09 - Gillingham 0-1 Barrow38:50 - Huddersfield 1-2 Exeter City41:56 - MK Dons 2-1 Swindon46:34 - Newport 3-1 Walsall49:20 - Port Vale 4-2 Scunthorpe52:27 - York City 4-0 Northampton56:26 - Stafford Ranger 3-3 Grimsby (Grimsby won 3-2 on pens)01:00:17 - Wimborne Tow 2-0 Crawley01:04:06 - Oldham 2-1 Sheff Wed (AET)01:07:08 – Round Up01:07:26 – Who do Ryan and Luke want next?01:10:33 – Outro Part of the Football Lowdown Network, https://footballlowdown.com Visit our other channels; Premier League Lowdown Championship Lowdown, League One Lowdown, National League Lowdown, What is the Football Lowdown Football Lowdown is a fan created independent media platform. Our company, created by Ryan Whelan, Gary Hutchinson, Jamie Ward, Sam Griffin, Callum Moseley and Chris O'Brien alongside a dedicated group of football fans. The entire business is created for fans, by fans who know their clubs best. What is the League Two Lowdown? The League Two Lowdown is a podcast and YouTube channel built to focus solely on the League Two, including the latest transfers, news and all the results across the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jordan Richards and Ryan Fairhead are back, bringing something a little bit different this midweek following all League Two side’s’ participation in the Emirates FA Cup this weekend.  The tier lists make a return to the channel as the two grade every club from A to F as to how they feel they’ve started the current League Two campaign.  From the high-flyers like Salford City, Barnet, Cheltenham Town and Walsall, to the underachievers such as Crawley Town, Oldham Athletic, Port Vale and Colchester United, to the other sides that are perhaps exceeding expectations like Newport County, Shrewsbury Town and Exeter City, they go through them all and give their overall views.  All that, and more, in this episode!  All thoughts and opinions are appreciated.  Timestamps:  00:00 - Intro  02:49 - Accrington Stanley  05:27 - Barnet  06:59 - Bristol Rovers  11:35 - Cheltenham Town  15:17 - Chesterfield  18:38 - Crawley Town  20:10 - Crewe Alexandra  22:49 - Colchester United  25:05 - Exeter City  27:22 - Fleetwood Town  30:26 - Gillingham  33:11 - Grimsby Town  37:03 - Newport County  40:40 - Northampton Town  43:15 - Oldham Athletic  46:06 - Port Vale  48:12 - Rochdale  51:39 - Salford City  52:48 - Rotherham United  56:10 - Shrewsbury Town  58:58 - Swindon Town 1:00:48 - Tranmere Rovers  1:03:32 - Walsall  1:06:51 - York City  1:12:50 - Table Recap  1:13:32 - Ending  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part of the Football Lowdown Network: https://footballlowdown.com Visit our other channels: Premier League Lowdown Championship Lowdown League One Lowdown National League Lowdown What is the Football Lowdown? Football Lowdown is a fan created independent media platform. Our company, created by Ryan Whelan, Gary Hutchinson, Jamie Ward, Sam Griffin, Callum Moseley and Chris O'Brien alongside a dedicated group of football fans.  The entire business is created for fans, by fans who know their clubs best.  What is the League Two Lowdown? The League Two Lowdown is a podcast and YouTube channel built to focus solely on the League Two, including the latest transfers, news and all the results across the season. Current League Two Roster: Accrington Stanley Barnet Bristol Rovers Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Colchester United Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Exeter City Fleetwood Town Gillingham Grimsby Town Newport County Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham United Salford City Shrewsbury Town Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall York City ⁠#LeagueTwo⁠ ⁠#EFL⁠ ⁠#league2⁠ ⁠#football⁠ ⁠#soccer⁠ ⁠#leaguetworeview⁠ ⁠#leaguetwopreview⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode is sponsored by TNT Sports, the home of the FA Cup.  Owen Stanley takes charge of this episode as he is joined by Luke Payne and Ryan Fairhead as they run all the talking points from the latest set of fixtures in League Two.  In this episode, they look at Newport County sweeping Chesterfield aside, York City’s and Bristol Rovers’ misery away from home continues after defeats to Grimsby Town and Fleetwood Town respectively, Rochdale ship more goals at Port Vale, Colchester fall to defeat again to Walsall, and Tranmere Rovers take the edge on home soil over Cheltenham Town.  Ryan takes charge of the Six in Six this week, with Luke returning with his Team of the Week.  As well as that, all three come together to have a chat about the Emirates FA Cup and what exactly it means to them, with round one of the competition set to kick off next week.  All that, and more, in this episode!  Timestamps:  00:00 - Intro  01:47 - Newport County 4-1 Chesterfield 10:13 - Grimsby Town 5-2 York City  19:31 - Port Vale 4-2 Rochdale  30:01 - TNT Sports FA Cup - What does the competition mean to you?  36:12 - Colchester United 1-3 Walsall  48:03 - Fleetwood Town 3-1 Bristol Rovers  58:08 - Tranmere Rovers 3-1 Cheltenham Town  1:07:05 - Six in Six  1:13:05 - Luke’s Team of the Week  1:14:27 - Ending ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part of the Football Lowdown Network: https://footballlowdown.com Visit our other channels: Premier League Lowdown Championship Lowdown League One Lowdown National League Lowdown What is the Football Lowdown? Football Lowdown is a fan created independent media platform. Our company, created by Ryan Whelan, Gary Hutchinson, Jamie Ward, Sam Griffin, Callum Moseley and Chris O'Brien alongside a dedicated group of football fans.  The entire business is created for fans, by fans who know their clubs best.  What is the League Two Lowdown? The League Two Lowdown is a podcast and YouTube channel built to focus solely on the League Two, including the latest transfers, news and all the results across the season. Current League Two Roster: Accrington Stanley Barnet Bristol Rovers Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Colchester United Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Exeter City Fleetwood Town Gillingham Grimsby Town Newport County Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham United Salford City Shrewsbury Town Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall York City ⁠#LeagueTwo⁠ ⁠#EFL⁠ ⁠#league2⁠ ⁠#football⁠ ⁠#soccer⁠ ⁠#leaguetworeview⁠ ⁠#leaguetwopreview⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jordan Richards and Ryan Fairhead return as they take a look at the next round of fixtures in League Two on the day of Halloween.  In this episode, the two talk about big victories for Salford City and Barnet in the week against Walsall and York City respectively, with the spotlight also firmly place on Fleetwood Town following their Carabao Cup heroics against Premier League champions Arsenal and how much that can do for them going forward.   They also look take a look at the weekend’s games and if Exeter City can put a halt to the Salford City winning machine, can Crewe Alexandra can put the last two results behind them as they take on Barnet, Can York City get that first away win as they head to Grimsby Town, and could Newport v Chesterfield be the game of the weekend?  All that, and more, in this episode!  Timestamps:  00:00 - Intro  01:45 -Fleetwood Town upset Arsenal in the Carabao Cup 11:55 - Walsall 2-4 Salford City  16:23 - Barnet 3-1 York City  28:22 - Newport County v Chesterfield  33:48 - Grimsby Town v York City  38:22 - Port Vale v Rochdale  41:24 - Accrington Stanley v Northampton Town  44:56 - Colchester United v Walsall  52:02 - Crewe Alexandra v Barnet 56:50 - Fleetwood Town v Bristol Rovers  1:02:17 - Oldham Athletic v Crawley Town 1:05:48 - Salford City v Exeter City  1:09:54 - Shrewsbury Town v Gillingham 1:15:28 - Swindon Town v Rotherham United  1:18:47 - Tranmere Rovers v Cheltenham Town  1:25:49 - Ending  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part of the Football Lowdown Network: https://footballlowdown.com Visit our other channels: Premier League Lowdown Championship Lowdown League One Lowdown National League Lowdown What is the Football Lowdown? Football Lowdown is a fan created independent media platform. Our company, created by Ryan Whelan, Gary Hutchinson, Jamie Ward, Sam Griffin, Callum Moseley and Chris O'Brien alongside a dedicated group of football fans.  The entire business is created for fans, by fans who know their clubs best.  What is the League Two Lowdown? The League Two Lowdown is a podcast and YouTube channel built to focus solely on the League Two, including the latest transfers, news and all the results across the season. Current League Two Roster: Accrington Stanley Barnet Bristol Rovers Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Colchester United Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Exeter City Fleetwood Town Gillingham Grimsby Town Newport County Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham United Salford City Shrewsbury Town Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall York City ⁠#LeagueTwo⁠ ⁠#EFL⁠ ⁠#league2⁠ ⁠#football⁠ ⁠#soccer⁠ ⁠#leaguetworeview⁠ ⁠#leaguetwopreview⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode is sponsored by TNT Sports, the home of the FA Cup.  Ryan Fairhead and Luke Payne are back to dive deeper into what was an action packed weekend in League Two.  In this episode, the two talk about the likes of Chesterfield and Accrington Stanley both scoring five goals against Crewe Alexandra and Rochdale respectively, a six-goal thriller between Rotherham United and Shrewsbury Town, alongside Grimsby Town returning to winning ways with a big win at Gillingham, Exeter City’s good run of form continues with another victory, and Colchester United’s woes continues as they go behind to Northampton Town on the road.  As well as that, Ryan takes charge of the five in six (Walsall play Salford City on Monday night), Luke is back with his Team of the Week, and the two take a quick look at an exciting encounter between Barnet and York City. All that, and more, in this episode!  Timestamps:  00:00 - Intro  01:39 - Northampton Town 2-0 Colchester United  08:18 - Chesterfield 5-1 Crewe Alexandra  14:13 - Exeter City 2-1 Fleetwood Town  20:57 - TNT Sports FA Cup Segment - Favourite FA Cup memory supporting your team? 25:22 - Gillingham 1-4 Grimsby Town  31:09 - Rochdale 0-5 Accrington Stanley  37:11 - Rotherham United 3-3 Shrewsbury Town  44:44 - Five in Six 48:53 - Luke’s Team of the Week  50:51 - Barnet v York City Preview  52:59 - Ending  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part of the Football Lowdown Network: https://footballlowdown.com Visit our other channels: Premier League Lowdown Championship Lowdown League One Lowdown National League Lowdown What is the Football Lowdown? Football Lowdown is a fan created independent media platform. Our company, created by Ryan Whelan, Gary Hutchinson, Jamie Ward, Sam Griffin, Callum Moseley and Chris O'Brien alongside a dedicated group of football fans.  The entire business is created for fans, by fans who know their clubs best.  What is the League Two Lowdown? The League Two Lowdown is a podcast and YouTube channel built to focus solely on the League Two, including the latest transfers, news and all the results across the season. Current League Two Roster: Accrington Stanley Barnet Bristol Rovers Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Colchester United Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Exeter City Fleetwood Town Gillingham Grimsby Town Newport County Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham United Salford City Shrewsbury Town Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall York City ⁠#LeagueTwo⁠ ⁠#EFL⁠ ⁠#league2⁠ ⁠#football⁠ ⁠#soccer⁠ ⁠#leaguetworeview⁠ ⁠#leaguetwopreview⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jordan Richards and Ryan Fairhead are back as they take a closer look at all the midweek action in League Two, as well as the upcoming matches ahead of the weekend.  In this episode, they take a look at Barnet’s and Crewe Alexandra’s unbeaten starts being ended by Swindon Town and Exeter City respectively, as well as Colin Kazim-Richards losing his job at Crawley Town following defeat to Shrewsbury, what is going on currently at Bristol Rovers after losing to high-flying Salford City, and has Walsall’s Jed Ward provided the assist of the season in their 3-0 win against Oldham Athletic, and does that result keep the pressure on Micky Mellon?  As well as that, Jordan is the one to share what is Luke Payne’s Team of the Week in his absence, with the two going on to do quickfire predictions at the end of the episode ahead of all the games this weekend.  All that, and more, in this episode! Timestamps:  00:00 - Intro  00:50 - Barnet 1-3 Swindon Town 05:26 - Bristol Rovers 1-2 Salford City  10:20 - Cheltenham Town 4-2 Fleetwood Town  14:19 - Chesterfield 1-1 Colchester United 18:32 - Crawley Town 2-3 Shrewsbury Town (Colin Kazim-Richards Sacked)  24:41 - Exeter City 2-0 Crewe Alexandra  29:04 - Northampton Town 0-1 Tranmere Rovers  32:55 - Rochdale 2-2 Grimsby Town  38:22 - Rotherham United 2-2 Newport County  43:19 - Walsall 3-0 Oldham Athletic  49:18 - York City 1-1 Accrington Stanley  53:47 - Gillingham 1-1 Port Vale  56:58 - Team of the Midweek  58:00 - Quickfire Predictions  1:09:23 - Ending  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part of the Football Lowdown Network: https://footballlowdown.com Visit our other channels: Premier League Lowdown Championship Lowdown League One Lowdown National League Lowdown What is the Football Lowdown? Football Lowdown is a fan created independent media platform. Our company, created by Ryan Whelan, Gary Hutchinson, Jamie Ward, Sam Griffin, Callum Moseley and Chris O'Brien alongside a dedicated group of football fans.  The entire business is created for fans, by fans who know their clubs best.  What is the League Two Lowdown? The League Two Lowdown is a podcast and YouTube channel built to focus solely on the League Two, including the latest transfers, news and all the results across the season. Current League Two Roster: Accrington Stanley Barnet Bristol Rovers Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Colchester United Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Exeter City Fleetwood Town Gillingham Grimsby Town Newport County Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham United Salford City Shrewsbury Town Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall York City ⁠#LeagueTwo⁠ ⁠#EFL⁠ ⁠#league2⁠ ⁠#football⁠ ⁠#soccer⁠ ⁠#leaguetworeview⁠ ⁠#leaguetwopreview⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ryan Fairhead, Luke Payne and Owen Stanley are back to dissect all the action from the latest round of fixtures in League Two.  In this episode, they take a closer look as to why Grimsby Town and Cheltenham Town have struggled in recent weeks following defeats to Northampton Town and Oldham Athletic respectively, Crewe Alexandra continuing to march on with another win at home to Rochdale, Barnet win again, an off day for Gillingham, and are Port Vale in a position to start climbing the table after back to back league wins?  Owen takes charge of the other games included in the Six in Six, Luke is back with his Team of the Week, and the three have a go at predicting the midweek fixtures with quickfire predictions at the end.  All that, and more, in this episode!  Timestamps:  00:00 - Intro  01:36 - Accrington Stanley 3-1 Gillingham  07:51 - Crewe Alexandra 3-2 Rochdale  14:41 - Grimsby Town 0-2 Northampton Town  22:14 - Oldham Athletic 4-1 Cheltenham Town  29:55 - Port Vale 1-0 Chesterfield  36:54 - Tranmere Rovers 1-2 Barnet  45:57 - Six in Six  52:43 - Luke’s Team of the Week  53:43 - Quickfire Midweek Predictions 1:00:18 - Ending   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part of the Football Lowdown Network: https://footballlowdown.com Visit our other channels: Premier League Lowdown Championship Lowdown League One Lowdown National League Lowdown What is the Football Lowdown? Football Lowdown is a fan created independent media platform. Our company, created by Ryan Whelan, Gary Hutchinson, Jamie Ward, Sam Griffin, Callum Moseley and Chris O'Brien alongside a dedicated group of football fans.  The entire business is created for fans, by fans who know their clubs best.  What is the League Two Lowdown? The League Two Lowdown is a podcast and YouTube channel built to focus solely on the League Two, including the latest transfers, news and all the results across the season. Current League Two Roster: Accrington Stanley Barnet Bristol Rovers Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Colchester United Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Exeter City Fleetwood Town Gillingham Grimsby Town Newport County Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham United Salford City Shrewsbury Town Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall York City ⁠#LeagueTwo⁠ ⁠#EFL⁠ ⁠#league2⁠ ⁠#football⁠ ⁠#soccer⁠ ⁠#leaguetworeview⁠ ⁠#leaguetwopreview⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jordan Richards and Ryan Fairhead are back to discuss the next round of fixtures upcoming in League Two.  In this episode, they discuss if Bristol Rovers can get back on track as well as putting their awayday nightmare to bed at Shrewsbury Town, as well as if Barnet, Crewe Alexandra and Walsall can keep their unbeaten runs alive as they take on Tranmere Rovers, Rochdale and Swindon Town respectively, how the likes of Rotherham United and Northampton Town need to start putting results together in order to climb the table, and can bottom really beat top as Crawley Town take the trip to Salford City?  All that, and more, in this episode!  Timestamps:  00:00 - Intro  01:01 - Fleetwood Town v Rotherham United  07:07 - Shrewsbury Town v Bristol Rovers  17:53 - Accrington Stanley v Gillingham  24:10 - Colchester United v Exeter City  33:07 - Crewe Alexandra v Rochdale  39:54 - Grimsby Town v Northampton Town  44:54 - Newport County v York City  50:14 - Oldham Athletic Cheltenham Town  56:02 - Port Vale v Chesterfield  1:00:26 - Salford City v Crawley Town  1:04:18 - Swindon Town v Walsall  1:07:04 - Tranmere Rovers v Barnet  1:12:17 - Ending  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part of the Football Lowdown Network: https://footballlowdown.com Visit our other channels: Premier League Lowdown Championship Lowdown League One Lowdown National League Lowdown What is the Football Lowdown? Football Lowdown is a fan created independent media platform. Our company, created by Ryan Whelan, Gary Hutchinson, Jamie Ward, Sam Griffin, Callum Moseley and Chris O'Brien alongside a dedicated group of football fans.  The entire business is created for fans, by fans who know their clubs best.  What is the League Two Lowdown? The League Two Lowdown is a podcast and YouTube channel built to focus solely on the League Two, including the latest transfers, news and all the results across the season. Current League Two Roster: Accrington Stanley Barnet Bristol Rovers Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Colchester United Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Exeter City Fleetwood Town Gillingham Grimsby Town Newport County Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham United Salford City Shrewsbury Town Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall York City ⁠#LeagueTwo⁠ ⁠#EFL⁠ ⁠#league2⁠ ⁠#football⁠ ⁠#soccer⁠ ⁠#leaguetworeview⁠ ⁠#leaguetwopreview⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Owen Stanley is on hosting duties as he’s joined by Luke Payne and Jordan Richards as they run through all the results and key talking points from the latest round of League Two action.  In this episode, they look deeper into Bristol Rovers’ winning run at home coming to an end by high-flying Barnet, Salford City continuing to march with another victory at Cheltenham Town, as well as the same problems at Chesterfield as they squander a two-goal lead at Cheltenham Town.  Alongside that, worries for Grimsby Town after a third straight defeat at Port Vale, Gillingham go on to hammer Rotherham United and encouraging signs for Northampton Town as they take a point away from York City.  Jordan is then on Six in Six duty as he run through the other six matches, as well as Luke is back to share his Team of the Week.  All that, and more, in this episode!  Timestamps:  00:00 - Intro  02:10 - Bristol Rovers 1-3 Barnet  13:58 - Cheltenham Town 0-2 Salford City  22:40 - Crawley Town 2-2 Chesterfield 33:05 - Port Vale 1-0 Grimsby Town  45:02 - Rotherham United 1-4 Gillingham  57:01 - York City 1-1 Northampton Town  1:06:53 - Six in Six  1:11:46 - Luke’s Team of the Week  1:13:28 - Ending  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a bonus episode, Jordan Richards sits down with Salford City fan Jayden Moss as he attempts to delve deeper into all the going’s on surrounding the Ammies.  The two talk about the change of manager in the summer, Peter Cklamovski finding his feet in the English football world, the heartbreak of narrowly missing out on promotion last season, the squad they now have and how expectations have continually crept up in their bid for promotion.  All that, and more, in this episode!  Timestamps:  00:00 - Intro  01:34 - Salford’s start to the season  04:26 - The appointment of Peter Cklamovski 07:20 - Was Karl Robinson playing up in front of the cameras?  08:54 - Final day disappointment and Playoff heartbreak  14:16 - Salford’s summer activity  17:35 - Results rundown  21:27 - Upcoming fixtures  23:51 - Strong expectations 24:37 - League Two as a whole and standouts  28:32 - What is the vision long-term?  32:09 - Ending  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part of the Football Lowdown Network: https://footballlowdown.com Visit our other channels: Premier League Lowdown Championship Lowdown League One Lowdown National League Lowdown What is the Football Lowdown? Football Lowdown is a fan created independent media platform. Our company, created by Ryan Whelan, Gary Hutchinson, Jamie Ward, Sam Griffin, Callum Moseley and Chris O'Brien alongside a dedicated group of football fans.  The entire business is created for fans, by fans who know their clubs best.  What is the League Two Lowdown? The League Two Lowdown is a podcast and YouTube channel built to focus solely on the League Two, including the latest transfers, news and all the results across the season. Current League Two Roster: Accrington Stanley Barnet Bristol Rovers Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Colchester United Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Exeter City Fleetwood Town Gillingham Grimsby Town Newport County Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham United Salford City Shrewsbury Town Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall York City ⁠#LeagueTwo⁠ ⁠#EFL⁠ ⁠#league2⁠ ⁠#football⁠ ⁠#soccer⁠ ⁠#leaguetworeview⁠ ⁠#leaguetwopreview⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices