Cambridge United, Morecambe and Accrington Stanley are just three teams who have shown you don’t need to be cash rich to succeed in League Two.
On the flip side Salford City are finding out that money doesn’t guarantee success.
But how would the League Two table look if it was based only on each club’s record signing, and who would be going up and down?
Here we have the answers courtesy of the www.transfermarkt.co.uk website.
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1. Bradford City - £3.38m
David Hopkin is Bradford City's record signing after joining from Leeds in 2000/01. Photo: Shaun Botterill

2. Doncaster Rovers - £1.15m
Billy Sharp joined Doncaster Rovers for a club record in 7 July 2010. Photo: Laurence Griffiths

3. Swindon Town - £900,000
Joey Beauchamp joined Swindon in the 1994/95 season for £900,000 from West Ham. Photo: Getty Images

4. Stockport County - £800,000
Ian Thomas-Moore joined Stockport for a record fee at the start of the 1998/99 season. Photo: Pete Norton


