The 2013–14 Football League (known as the Sky Bet Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 115th season of The Football League. It began on 3 August 2013 and concluded on 3 May 2014, with the promotion play-off finals at Wembley Stadium on 24–26 May 2014. The Football League is contested through three Divisions. The divisions are the Championship, League One and League Two. Leicester City, Burnley and Queens Park Rangers were promoted to the Premier League, while Bristol Rovers and Torquay United were relegated to the Conference Premier.
The 2013–14 season was the first in a five-year sponsorship agreement with betting company Sky Bet. As a result of the deal, the three Football League divisions were officially referred to as "The Sky Bet Championship", "Sky Bet League One" and "Sky Bet League Two".
Promotion and relegation
From Premier League Relegated to Championship Queens Park Rangers Reading Wigan Athletic
From Championship Promoted to Premier League Cardiff City Hull City Crystal Palace
Relegated to League One Peterborough United Wolverhampton Wanderers Bristol City
From League One Promoted to Championship Doncaster Rovers Bournemouth Yeovil Town
Relegated to League Two Scunthorpe United Bury Hartlepool United Portsmouth
From League Two Promoted to League One Gillingham Rotherham United Port Vale Bradford City
Relegated to Conference Premier Barnet Aldershot Town
From Conference Premier Promoted to League Two Mansfield Town Newport County
Championship
Table
Play-offs
Results
League One
Table
Play-offs
Results
League Two
Table
Play-offs
Results
Managerial changes
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in table attime of departureIncoming managerDate of appointmentPosition in table attime of appointment Dagenham & Redbridge Signed by Luton Town 26 February 2013 2012–13 season 2 May 2013 Pre-season Blackburn Rovers Sacked 19 March 2013 24 May 2013 Sheffield United 10 April 2013 10 June 2013 Torquay United 29 April 2013 Pre-season 7 May 2013 Accrington Stanley Signed by Chesterfield 30 April 2013 13 May 2013 Doncaster Rovers Appointed as Director of Football 3 May 2013 20 May 2013 Wolverhampton Wanderers Sacked 7 May 2013 31 May 2013 Millwall Resigned 7 May 2013 6 June 2013 Hartlepool United Sacked 9 May 2013 24 May 2013 Brighton & Hove Albion 23 June 2013 26 June 2013 Swindon Town Mutual consent 13 July 2013 20 August 2013 17th Carlisle United Sacked 9 September 2013 22nd 30 September 2013 14th Derby County 28 September 2013 14th 30 September 2013 14th Sheffield United 11 October 2013 22nd 23 October 2013 21st Gillingham 13 October 2013 16th 11 November 2013 18th Bury 14 October 2013 21st 9 December 2013 20th Middlesbrough Resigned 21 October 2013 16th 13 November 2013 16th Notts County Mutual Consent 27 October 2013 24th 6 November 2013 24th Scunthorpe United Sacked 20 November 2013 12th 24 December 2013 3rd Portsmouth 25 November 2013 18th 9 December 2013 17th Crawley Town 27 November 2013 12th 3 December 2013 15th Bristol City 28 November 2013 22nd 3 December 2013 23rd Barnsley 30 November 2013 24th 17 December 2013 24th Sheffield Wednesday 1 December 2013 23rd 25 January 2014 19th Wigan Athletic 2 December 2013 14th 7 December 2013 14th Brentford Signed by Wigan Athletic 7 December 2013 4th 10 December 2013 4th Watford Resigned 16 December 2013 13th 18 December 2013 13th Northampton Town Sacked 21 December 2013 24th 27 January 2014 24th Millwall 26 December 2013 20th 7 January 2014 21st Torquay United 2 January 2014 23rd 6 January 2014 23rd Blackpool 21 January 2014 14th 4 March 2014 20th Shrewsbury Town Resigned 21 January 2014 20th 21 February 2014 23rd Oxford United 25 January 2014 6th 22 March 2014 6th Charlton Athletic Sacked 11 March 2014 24th 11 March 2014 24th Nottingham Forest 24 March 2014 7th 3 April 2014 2014–15 season Portsmouth 27 March 2014 22nd 1 May 2014 11th Bristol Rovers Appointed as Director of Football 28 March 2014 20th 28 March 2014 20th Tranmere Rovers Sacked 9 April 2014 19th 27 May 2014 2014–15 season
References
External links Football League website BBC Sport