Time to check in again with everyone's favourite division back in England as most League Two sides have now reached the half way mark of their schedule.
The first thing to note is that there are still no clubs in administration, and unlike in higher leagues, no real financial crises that could lead to it, at least none that are being publicly talked about, so that's a very good sign. There's been plenty of FA Cup success, with 4 teams still in it as we head to the 4th round, Burton Albion and Stevenage did some proper giant killing against Middlesbrough and Newcastle respectively, and are joined by Torquay United and Hereford United. Unfortunately no League Two teams have made it to the last 4 of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.
Pretty much the entire division took a weather enforced break through almost all of December, and when things got going again, the managerial sackings came very quickly, Barnet, Stockport County and Aldershot all changing managers within the first 10 days of 2011. Barnet and Stockport are still with caretaker managers, but Aldershot brought in Dean Holdsworth who's been doing very well with non-league Newport County. Port Vale also lost their manager as Micky Adams moved on up to Sheffield United, with Jim Gannon taking over there.
Chesterfield are your current leaders, with Wycombe and Rotherham also in promotion spots. Lincoln and Hereford currently occupy the relegation places, though they both have a lot of games in hand on Stockport.
Overshadowing all of that though is the tragic death of 29 year old Macclesfield midfielder Richard Butcher, which came less than 10 months after Macclesfield boss keith Alexander passed away.
Click here for a more detailed club by club review of the season so far, as well as to see how my predictions are working out so far.
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