Posted June 5, 20196 yr • Replacing the four promoted and three relegated teams from last season are Rotherham United, Bolton Wanderers, Ipswich Town, Lincoln City, Bury, MK Dons and Tranmere Rovers. • Pre-season managerial changes have already occurred at Gillingham. Odds: (Coral) Sunderland 7-2f Ipswich Town 6-1 Portsmouth 8-1 Rotherham United 10-1 Doncaster Rovers 14-1 Peterborough United 14-1 Lincoln City 16-1 Burton Albion 20-1 Coventry City 20-1 Fleetwood Town 20-1 Oxford City 20-1 Blackpool 25-1 MK Dons 25-1 Bristol Rovers 33-1 Rochdale 33-1 Shrewsbury Town 33-1 AFC Wimbledon 40-1 Gillingham 40-1 Tranmere Rovers 40-1 Accrington Stanley 50-1 Southend United 50-1 Wycombe Wanderers 50-1 Bolton Wanderers 66-1 Bury 100-1 Any early predicitons?
June 7, 20196 yr Author Confirmed that Birmingham City have agreed to a groundshare with Coventry City for the 2019-20 season.
June 13, 20196 yr Author Blackpool have announced Simon Sadler as the new owner of the League One club following English Football League approval. Receivers have run the club since February after ex-owner Owen Oyston's 31-year reign ended in the High Court. Sadler, who was born and raised in Blackpool, has worked in asset management in Hong Kong since 2007. In addition to purchasing 96.2% of the club, Sadler takes control of the Seasiders' stadium and adjoining hotel.
June 20, 20196 yr Author Opening League One fixtures Saturday, 3 August AFC Wimbledon v Rotherham United Blackpool v Bristol Rovers Burton Albion v Ipswich Town Bury v Milton Keynes Dons Coventry City v Southend United Doncaster Rovers v Gillingham Lincoln City v Accrington Stanley Peterborough United v Fleetwood Town Shrewsbury Town v Portsmouth Sunderland v Oxford United Tranmere Rovers v Rochdale Wycombe Wanderers v Bolton Wanderers
July 10, 20196 yr Author Doncaster Rovers have appointed former West Brom boss Darren Moore as the new manager of the League One club. Moore has been out of work since being sacked by the Baggies in March, when they were fourth in the Championship. The former Doncaster centre-back replaces Grant McCann, who left Rovers for Hull City in May after a year in charge at the Keepmoat Stadium.
July 11, 20196 yr Author The December takeover of Bury, who are in extreme financial distress under the owner Steve Dale, was completed without being approved by the EFL under its regulations, the league has said. Dale took the club over for £1 from Stewart Day, who had taken out loans secured on its Gigg Lane ground and run the club at a loss, and whose property development companies were about to collapse into administration.
July 18, 20196 yr Author Fleetwood Town manager Joey Barton has been charged with causing actual bodily harm following a post-match incident in the tunnel at Barnsley on 13 April. Police say the incident, after the Tykes beat Fleetwood 4-2 in a League One game at Oakwell, left a man with facial injuries. Barton has previously "emphatically denied" accusations he confronted Barnsley manager Daniel Stendel. The 36-year-old has been bailed until 9 October.
July 19, 20196 yr Author Bury are to be deducted 12 points by the English Football League after the club's creditors approved a rescue plan to clear some of the Shakers' debts.
July 21, 20195 yr Author Bolton Wanderers have cancelled a second friendly fixture, as they are unable to fulfil Tuesday's game against Preston North End at Leyland. It follows last Friday's called-off pre-season match at Chester.
July 22, 20195 yr Author Bolton Wanderers' takeover by Football Ventures (Whites) Limited is set to be completed by the end of the week. The company, registered in January with the purpose of buying the club, was named preferred bidder at the start of July and BBC Radio Manchester reports the deal is close to being finalised. Bolton have been in administration since 13 May and will start the League One season with a 12-point deduction. Meanwhile, the club have had Saturday's pre-season game at Oldham cancelled. It is Wanderers' third friendly to be cancelled after the Latics chose to find another opponent "due to the doubt of the original fixture going ahead".
July 29, 20195 yr Author Bury's opening League One game, at home to Milton Keynes Dons on Saturday, has been suspended - but Bolton Wanderers' match at Wycombe can go ahead. The Shakers failed to meet Monday's 17:00 BST deadline set by the English Football League for Bury and Bolton to show evidence of financial viability. However, the EFL said it had suspended the Bury game "reluctantly". Bolton's submissions satisfied the EFL that they can meet the requirements of the league, with a takeover expected. Both teams have already been deducted 12 points from the new League One table and both were given extended deadlines by the EFL to prove that they had made sufficient progress behind the scenes. Bury's second match of the season, at Accrington on 10 August, is also under threat, while it is understood the Gigg Lane outfit will now be referred to an independent disciplinary panel.
July 29, 20195 yr Can't ever remember an incident like this before, well, not at the start of the season at least!
July 30, 20195 yr Author No, me either. Not sounding good at all for Bury. Very worrying times for them.
August 3, 20195 yr Bury's second game of the season has been suspended as well. Some interesting opening day results in the games that did take place though, Sunderland were held to a draw by Oxford United and Portsmouth were beaten by Shrewsbury.
August 8, 20195 yr Author Bury have been given 14 days to avoid being expelled from the EFL after having their Carabao Cup tie with Sheffield Wednesday suspended. The EFL previously called off Bury's games against MK Dons and Accrington. The League One club had been given a deadline of Wednesday to show the EFL a plan to pay off outstanding creditors.
August 14, 20195 yr Author The sale of financially troubled Bolton Wanderers appears ready to go through after the court order blocking a takeover was adjourned. The order issued by Laurence Bassini was also amended, with the injunction now between him and a company owned by ex-Bolton chairman Ken Anderson. The case relates to a failed bid by Bassini to buy the club from Anderson. Having proceedings adjourned until 2 September paves the way for Football Ventures to complete a deal. The issue of the court order of 8 August suspended the already protracted takeover of the League One club, with Bolton's joint administrator Paul Appleton saying the sale had been "on the brink on completion" at the time.
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