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Embed from Getty Images   The EFL have today confirmed the format of the reformed EFL trophy for the upcoming season. A total of 64 clubs, including sixteen invited teams from clubs with Category One Academies, will compete in the competition, which begins with sixteen groups of four teams. Each ...

Embed from Getty Images   Newly promoted League One side, Oxford United, have made their sixth summer signing after the U’s snapped up Plymouth Argyle skipper, Curtis Nelson. The 23 year old, who scored for the Pilgrims against Michael Appleton’s side in a 2-2 draw at Home Park last season, ...

Today, the EFL released the fixtures for the upcoming season. Here is the key dates in the Championship, League One and League Two:   Embed from Getty Images Championship: Relegated Newcastle United begin life in the Championship with a trip to former Premier League side Fulham on Friday 7 August. ...

  During the Football League’s annual conference, their members voted in favour of including Premier League (EPL) U21 sides into the Football League Trophy (formerly Johnstone’s Paint Trophy) for a trial next season, which would mean that the competition – usually reserved for clubs within League One and Two – ...

http://gty.im/487900336 The Football League is set to have a massive shake up before the 2019/2020 season, according to the BBC. They want to create an extra league, resulting in 100 clubs across five divisions, as opposed to its current conception of 92 teams across four divisions. It is believed that ...

Embed from Getty Images   AFC Wimbledon will face Plymouth Argyle in this year’s League Two play-off final at Wembley. Plymouth progressed after beating Portsmouth 3-2 on aggregate, whilst the Dons overcame Accrington Stanley by the same aggregate scoreline. Lyle Taylor, who has been in devastating form for Neal Ardley’s ...

Embed from Getty Images     On a cold Tuesday evening, 3rd placed Oxford United welcomed league leaders Northampton to the Kassam Stadium in what was set to be a bumper game. Just under 10,000 fans were at the game in which Chris Wilder’s Cobblers won 1-0, making it eight ...

Transfer Deadline Day is broadcast all around the world. Clubs spend vast amounts of money on players in a desperate bid to alter their seasons. It’s the same story in League Two, bar the vast amounts of money, and here at The Sports Lowdown, our League Two writer Dale Ventham ...

Former West Ham midfielder Kevin Noble has been appointed as the new player manager of League Two side Leyton Orient, replacing Ian Hendon who was dismissed after last weekend’s home defeat against Exeter City. The 33 year old, who was released from Upton Park in the summer, but had previously ...

  After a weekend of FA Cup upsets, albeit draws, Premier League side Swansea City traveled to League Two outfit Oxford United determined not to be the first top flight side to be dumped straight out of the competition. But, a five goal thriller in front of a packed Kassam ...