PETERBOROUGH UNITED
Manager: Darren Ferguson
Ground: London Road
Capacity: 15, 314
Last Season: Peterborough finished second in League Two last season, fulfilling the high ambitions of the new owners to finally progress to the next level. Aaron Maclean hit 33 goals in total last season and will be keen to prove himself in League One.
Players In: Scott Rendell (Cambridge) Undisclosed, Sergio Torres (Wycombe) £150,000
Players Out: Adam Newton (Brentford) FREE
This season: Boro’ will be looking to build on the momentum that saw them promoted last season and Darren Ferguson is slowly learning the trade. Whether they can compete in the higher reaches of League One remains to be seen but the bookies have made them fourth favourites for promotion.
Key Man: Aaron MacLean
Maclean stormed through League Two last season and his pace and power will cause problems at this level as well. There’s already been scouts from even higher leagues having a look at the striker and he’s key to any sort of Posh promotion bid this time out.
SCUNTHORPE UNITEDManager: Nigel Adkins
Ground: Glanford Park
Capacity: 9,183
Last Season: Scunthorpe were relegated last season, finishing eight points off the pace at the end of the season. After two seasons in the Championship, United suffered and will do well to pick themselves up again after a disappointing campaign.
Players In: Kenny Milne (Falkirk) FREE, Garry Thompson (Morecambe) FREE, Gary Hooper (Southend) £175,000
Players Out: Adam Butler (Huddersfield) FREE, Jim Goodwin (Huddersfield) FREE, Daniel McBreen (York) FREE, Martin Paterson (Burnley) £1 million
This season: Scunthorpe will be looking to bounce straight back up from League One but will have their work cut out without forward Martin Paterson who joined Burnley in the summer. Nigel Adkins will have to pick his troops up from the word go if they are to be in with a chance of returning to the Championship.
Key Man: Paul Hayes
Hayes was prolific in his first few season with the Irons but joined Barnsley and scored just eleven goals in over sixty games. Hayes rejoined Scunthorpe last summer and score eight times in the Championship but may find League One defences more forgiving.
SOUTHEND UNITEDManager: Steve Tilson
Ground: Roots Hall
Capacity: 12, 306
Last Season: After a storming end to the season, Southend made the playoffs and went into them as one of the form teams of the league. But after a goalless first leg against Doncaster were shell shocked and lost the return 5-1 at the Keepmoat Stadium.
Players In: Ian Joyce (Grays) FREE, Steve Midehall (Yeovil) FREE, Osei Sankofa (Charlton) FREE, Paul Furlong (Luton) FREE
Players Out: Steve Collis (Crewe) FREE, Darryl Flahavan (Crystal Palace) FREE, Charlie Macdonald (Brentford) Undisclosed, Gary Hooper (Scunthorpe) £175,000, Kevin Maher (Oldham) FREE, Zoltan Liptak (Ujpest Dozsa) £60,000, Mark Gower (Swansea) FREE
This season: Steve Tilson has made a lot of changes in the transfer window but still has a squad strong enough to push for another playoff campaign. The loss of goalkeeper Darryl Flahavan will be a massive disappointment though.
Key Man: Adam Barrett
Rock solid at the back and handy on set plays, Barrett is the type of defender that everyone would want in their side. Ever committed and powerful in the air, Barrett forms part of the backbone of the Southend team.
STOCKPORT COUNTYManager: Jim Gannon
Ground: Edgeley Park
Capacity: 11,540
Last Season: Stockport saw of plucky Rochdale in the League Two playoff final last season after finishing fourth in the league table. Liam Dickinson was the main man, scoring 21 goals but he’s now joined Derby County.
Players In: John Mullins (Mansfield) Undisclosed, Owain Fon Williams (Crewe) FREE, Peter Thomson (Linfield) £100,000, Carl Baker (Morecambe) £175,000
Players Out: Liam Dickinson (Derby) £750,000, Adam Griffin, David Poole, Adam Proudlock (All Darlington) FREE, Ashley Williams (Swansea) £400,000
This season: Selling two of their key players for big sums won’t help County’s cause and they may struggle if they can’t find a replacement for the prolific Liam Dickinson. Peter Thompson has been brought in from Linfield to try and fill Dickinson’s boots.
Key Man: Owain Fon Williams
The new signing from Crewe could be a busy man this season so he must be ready to be thrown in at the deep end.
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