League Two Lowdown – Details, episodes & analysis

Description The new League Two season is right around the corner and with that, comes the return of the midweek preview shows! This week, Jordan and Jack are joined alongside Luca, a Cambridge United fan, to talk and give their predictions on the upcoming matches, the season as a whole, and there’s a little bit about transfers, with MK Dons (of course), once again taking the headlines with another top quality addition. Find Luca and the NRE Report Here: https://x.com/NREReport Fourth Tier Fever Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 03:20 - Cambridge United’s pre-season and expectations 10:54 - Tranmere Rovers’ pre-season and expectations 15:42 - Grimsby Town’s pre-season and expectations 20:30 - Callum Paterson signs for MK Dons 25:20 - Tom Barkhuizen signs for Barrow 30:12 - Overall League Two thoughts 40:43 - Accrington Stanley v Gillingham 42:17 - Barnet v Fleetwood Town 44:47 - Bristol Rovers v Harrogate Town 47:56 - Cambridge United v Cheltenham Town 51:38 - Chesterfield v Barrow 53:02 - Colchester United v Tranmere Rovers 57:12 - Grimsby Town v Crawley Town 1:00:45 - MK Dons v Oldham Athletic 1:02:06 - Newport County v Notts County 1:07:05 - Salford City v Crewe Alexandra 1:10:52 - Shrewsbury Town v Bromley 1:13:50 - Walsall v Swindon Town ----------------------------------------------- Visit The Football Deck Website https://deck.football/ Our Twitter / X https://x.com/FourthTierFever Read our Exclusive Andy's Man Club Article https://deck.football/football/exclusive-what-made-you-fall-in-love-with-football-managers-players-journalists-answer/ Find us on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/0f1N2Pvmptmbor9mFUDhQo?si=e415da0ede204fbc Find us on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fourth-tier-fever-league-two-podcast/id1756949706 Listen to our EXCLUSIVE interviews https://youtu.be/E8JEp9yulfI?si=AYnP2tmLdz-8gxfp https://youtu.be/kpSxvH2MUcY?si=ETbxdykmU1b34aQZ Our Sister Channels  @TopDeckFootball   @ChampionshipLowdown   @LeagueOneLowdown   @TheDeckNL   @LOITalkPod  Current League Two Roster Accrington Stanley, Barnet, Barrow, Bristol Rovers, Bromley, Cambridge United, Cheltenham Town, Chesterfield, Colchester United, Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra, Fleetwood Town, Gillingham, Grimsby Town, Harrogate Town, MK Dons, Newport County, Notts County, Oldham Athletic, Salford City, Shrewsbury Town, Swindon Town, Tranmere Rovers, Walsall, Our Hosts Jordan Richards https://x.com/JordanRich2003 Luke Payne https://x.com/LukePayneMusic Keiron Jones https://x.com/KeironMedia Jake Quellin https://x.com/jake_quellin Jack Walton https://x.com/jmwdesignss Producer Ryan Whelan https://deck.football/author/ryanjwhelan/ Fourth Tier Fever is your go to podcast covering the EFL League Two. All your latest transfer news, match reviews, previews, predictions, opinion and analysis from fans of League Two clubs. Part of The Football Deck network. The Football Deck is the home of independent home of football news, opinion, analysis and podcasts. #LeagueTwo #EFL #league2 #football #soccer #leaguetworeview #leaguetwopreview Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jack discusses how each League Two squad is shaping up, ahead of the 25/26 League Two season, along with all transfers made over the course of the last seven days. Signings such as Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu and Emre Tezgel were discussed in detail, whilst other club’s lack of signings were also noted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The EFL League Two season is over, the transfer window is open. But which of our hosts will win our big fat quiz of the season? ----------------------------------------------- Visit our Website https://thedeck.news Read our Exclusive Andy's Man Club Article https://thedeck.news/football/exclusive-what-made-you-fall-in-love-with-football-managers-players-journalists-answer/ Find us on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/0f1N2Pvmptmbor9mFUDhQo?si=e415da0ede204fbc Find us on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fourth-tier-fever-league-two-podcast/id1756949706 Our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@FourthTierFever Listen to our EXCLUSIVE interviews Andy Woodman https://youtu.be/E8JEp9yulfI?si=AYnP2tmLdz-8gxfp David Artell https://youtu.be/kpSxvH2MUcY?si=ETbxdykmU1b34aQZ Current League Two Roster Accrington Stanley, Barnet, Barrow, Bristol Rovers, Bromley, Cambridge United, Cheltenham Town, Chesterfield, Colchester United, Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra, Fleetwood Town, Gillingham, Grimsby Town, Harrogate Town, MK Dons, Newport County, Notts County, Oldham Athletic, Salford City, Shrewsbury Town, Swindon Town, Tranmere Rovers, Walsall, Our Hosts Jordan Richards https://x.com/JordanRich2003 Luke Payne https://x.com/LukePayneMusic Keiron Jones https://x.com/KeironMedia Jake Quellin https://x.com/jake_quellin Jack Walton https://x.com/jmwdesignss Producer Ryan Whelan https://thedeck.news/author/ryanjwhelan/ Fourth Tier Fever is your go to podcast covering the EFL League Two. All your latest transfer news, match reviews, previews, predictions, opinion and analysis from fans of League Two clubs. Part of THE DECK network. #LeagueTwo #EFL #league2 #football #soccer #leaguetworeview #leaguetwopreview Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Now that the League Two season has officially come to an close, Jordan, Luke and Keiron come together to discuss and ultimately grade how every side in the fourth tier has performed over the course of the last nine months. This episode includes a long dissection of Walsall’s collapse, difficulty of where the likes of Swindon and Crewe Alexandra should place, and even some talk about the best chippies in the Grimsby/Cleethorpes area (because why not). Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 05:26 - Accrington Stanley 08:02 - AFC Wimbledon 11:44 - Barrow 16:21 - Bradford City 19:30 - Bromley 25:49 - Carlisle United 26:45 - Cheltenham Town 27:56 - Chesterfield 30:47 - Colchester United 32:40 - Crewe Alexandra 34:50 - Doncaster Rovers 35:45 - Gillingham 38:14 - Fleetwood Town 39:05 - Grimsby Town 40:53 - Harrogate Town 41:55 - MK Dons 45:12 - Morecambe 46:55 - Newport County 51:17 - Notts County 53:31 - Port Vale 55:48 - Salford City 56:30 - Swindon Town 59:23 - Tranmere Rovers 1:03:56 - Walsall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Who will be celebrating promotion? Who will be left devastated under the famous Wembley arch? AFC Wimbledon take on Walsall in the League Two Play-off final on Monday, and Jordan has you covered. In this bumper episode, Jordan speaks to AFC Wimbledon fan Reese Fletcher and Walsall fan Seb Taylor about how they’re feeling ahead of the showpiece final, as well as being joined by Luke in the final part, giving their thoughts ahead of what is expected to be a closely contested affair. Find Seb Here https://x.com/sebtaylorwfc Find Reese Here https://x.com/Reese_Fletcher1 Timestamps 0:00 Intro to League Two Play-Off Final Preview 02:28 AFC Wimbledon with Reese 25:34 Walsall with Seb 46:57 "That MK Fan" For the latest news visit THE DECK https://thedeck.news Visit our Transfer Tracker https://thedeck.news/premier-league-and-efl-transfer-tracker-may-2025/ See all the retained lists https://thedeck.news/league-two-retained-lists-2025/ Visit our sister page  @LeagueOneLowdown  #leaguetwo #leaguetwoplayoffs #eflleaguetwo #walsall #afcwimbledon #fourthtierfever #thedeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

So there we have it, Walsall will take on AFC Wimbledon in the League Two Play-off Final at Wembley, with a place in League One up for grabs… and we have Jordan and Luke to delve into the action. The two discuss the second legs of both ties in depth, with credit going towards the two winners on how they approach the game, as well as taking a closer look at both Chesterfield and Notts County at instances where they’ve fallen short in the play-offs, and even throughout the season. Watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvyGCYKCfpM Visit THE DECK https://thedeck.news/ For all our retained lists visit Premier League Championship League One League Two National League National League North National League South Find all the club's retained lists in one handy location.  Watch our Paul Farman Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWgBcMl8WUY Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 04:32 - Walsall book their place at Wembley 12:52 - Chesterfield fall short 24:08 - AFC Wimbledon take down Notts County to reach the final 31:42 - Questions to be answered at Meadow Lane? 45:44 - Walsall v AFC Wimbledon - looking ahead to the final #Leaguetwo #leaguetwoplayoffs #nottscounty #afcwimbledon #walsall #chesterfield Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Well… we had to do this at some point. In this episode, both Jordan and Jack take a look back at the FTF League Two predictions from the summer (as well as Jack’s own predictions) to see which ones they got right and, more importantly for some, which ones they got wrong. Visit our sister channels  @LeagueOneLowdown   @NLNatter   @TopDeckFootball   @FinalCornerPod  Or Visit THE DECK https://thedeck.news See all the confirmed retained lists here! https://thedeck.news/league-two-retained-lists-2025/ Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 03:54 - 24. Morecambe 07:28 - 23. Accrington Stanley 10:00 - 22. Newport County 14:58 - 21. Barrow 17.32 - 20. Grimsby Town 20:42 - 19. Cheltenham Town 23:04 - 18. Bromley 25:05 - 17. Harrogate Town 28:14 - 16. Walsall 30:08 - 15. Swindon Town 32:04 - 14. Crewe Alexandra 34:28 - 13. Fleetwood Town 36:12 - 12. Salford City 37:58 - 11. Bradford City 41:15 - 10. AFC Wimbledon 43:09 - 9. Colchester United 46:08 - 8. Tranmere Rovers 49:42 - 7. Carlisle United 53:20 - 6. Chesterfield 54:46 - 5. Gillingham 56:42 - 4. Doncaster Rovers 57:58 - 3. Notts County 1:01:33 - 2. Port Vale 1:03:02 - 1. MK Dons #leaguetwo #leaguetwopredictions #efl #footballpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Luke is joined by Jake and Keiron for a review of the first leg play-off fixtures featuring Notts County, AFC Wimbledon, Chesterfield and Walsall. With little else going on in League Two, the trio break down the games in greater depth before giving their views on the reverse fixtures. Luke even manages to (mostly) avoid taking digs at AFC Wimbledon whilst Keiron goes out of his way to make sure Grimsby get slandered! Visit our website https://thedeck.news Visit our sister pages  @FourthTierFever   @NLNatter   @FinalCornerPod  Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:33 - Notts County 0-1 AFC Wimbledon - Initial reactions 07:27 - A change in system from Notts County? 11:07 - Alassana Jatta’s red card 17:47 - AFC Wimbledon’s gamesmanship 21:32 - Johnnie Jackson’s game plan working a treat 24:07 - AFC Wimbledon vs Notts County preview 28:18 - Chesterfield 0-2 Walsall - Initial reactions 34:53 - Walsall’s mentality 37:55 - Why Chesterfield couldn’t pull off the result 42:05 - Walsall vs Chesterfield preview 46:24 - Final thoughts 48:26 - End #leaguetwo #leaguetwoplayoffs #eflleaguetwo #eflplayoffs #nottscounty #afcwimbledon #chesterfield #walsallfc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jordan and Jake return to mainly talk about the upcoming League Two play-offs, but not their teams in it after both Grimsby and Salford missed out on the final day. In this episode, the two discuss the four teams competing in the playoffs in more depth, as well as looking what League Two could look like for next season, and their early thoughts seeing the teams already confirmed to be in the division. Our YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnGkUwygEbY Visit our Sister pages  @LeagueOneLowdown   @NLNatter   @TopDeckFootball   @FinalCornerPod  Or visit THE DECK https://thedeck.news Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 04:06 - MK Dons and Cambridge’s new badge 04:59 - Bristol reappoint Darrell Clarke 07:26 - Pressure all on Walsall in the playoffs? 14:13 - Chesterfield the form team? 19:07 - AFC Wimbledon’s grit to carry them through? 25:10 - Time for Notts County to shine? 31:05 - Early thoughts on League Two next season 45:46 - End All 2025 Retained Lists Premier League Championship League One League Two National League National League North National League South Find all the club's retained lists in one handy location.  #leaguetwo #leaguetwoplayoffs#efl #football #afcwimbledon #nottscounty #chesterfield #walsallfc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

So there we have it, the regular league Two season comes to a close… not before more drama can ensue. Jordan and Luke have you covered for this episode as they look at Bradford’s late winner to secure their promotion, breaking Walsall hearts right at the death. They also look at Doncaster’s league triumph with victory at Notts County the playoffs picture with Chesterfield sneaking in (breaking Jordan’s and Jake’s hearts), as well as a look back at the season as a whole. League Two Retained Lists https://thedeck.news/league-two-retained-lists-2025/ ‎⁨@TopDeckFootball⁩  ‎⁨@NLNatter⁩  ‎⁨@FinalCornerPod⁩  ‎⁨@LeagueOneLowdown⁩  VISIT THE DECK https://thedeck.news Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 03:48 - Bradford clinch promotion right at the death 11:30 - Walsall WIN at Crewe but isn’t enough 18:53 - Doncaster clinch title at Notts County 22:25 - Port Vale end the season with Gillingham defeat 27:20 - AFC Wimbledon secure playoff spot, Grimsby miss out 37:10 - Salford fall short with draw at Carlisle 41:01 - Chesterfield sneak into the playoffs 45:34 - Colchester held with Barrow in stalemate 48-25 - Bromley end debut season with victory 52:39 - Tranmere hammer Newport 58:22 - Harrogate pick up final day win at Morecambe 1:00:57 - Honours even between Swindon and MK Dons #leaguetwo #league2 #doncasterrovers #bradfordcity #portvale Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices