League Two permutations: What Doncaster & Bradford need for play-offs as Sutton and Colchester fight to survive

League Two fans are bracing themselves for a tense finale on the last weekend of the season
Kurtis Leyland
By Kurtis Leyland
26th Apr 2024, 4:17pm
Wrexham have secured back-to-back promotions and will compete in League One next season.Wrexham have secured back-to-back promotions and will compete in League One next season.
Wrexham have secured back-to-back promotions and will compete in League One next season.

This weekend marks the grand finale of an exhilarating season of League Two football. At the top of the division, Stockport County have confirmed their return to League One for the first time in 13 years. The Hatters are joined in the third-tier by Mansfield Town and back-to-back promotion winners Wrexham.

The promoted trio are in all party mode, but the race for the play-offs remains serious business as six teams battle it out for the final three play-off spots where they will join fourth placed MK Dons.

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Similarly there is still a tense battle at the bottom of the table as Sutton United fight for a great escape and Colchester United fight to save their status in the Football League.

Ahead of an action-packed final weekend of the season we take a look at what each team needs to achieve their objectives.

The League Two play-off race

MK Dons have already secured their place in the play-offs and are guaranteed to play the team that finishes seventh in a two-legged semi-final.

An in-form Doncaster Rovers side, currently on a club-record equalling 10 match winning streak, need just a point away to Gillingham to mathematically secure their spot in the play-offs. A victory for Rovers, who were incredibly 20th ten games ago would surpass the club’s best ever winning streak set back in 1947.

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Crewe also need just a point to secure a play-off place in their final game away to strugglers Colchester.

Barrow will be in the play-offs if they secure a victory against already-promoted Mansfield. They will be in the play-offs either way if they simply better the results of Crawley, Bradford and Walsall.

Who can be relegated from League Two?

Forest Green Rovers are back in the National League after suffering back-to-back relegations.

Sutton United need to beat MK Dons and hope that Colchester to lose to Crewe to have any chance of surviving on goal difference.

Colchester will avoid the drop if they can simply avoid defeat or if Sutton fail to win.

Related topics:Doncaster RoversLeague TwoSutton UnitedMK DonsMansfieldCrawley

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