2016–17 Fleetwood Town F.C. season

Fleetwood Town

2016–17 season

Chairman

Andy Pilley

Head Coach

Steven Pressley
(till 26 July)
Uwe Rosler
(30 July - Present)

Stadium

Highbury Stadium

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The 2016–17 season will be Fleetwood Town's 109th season in their history and third consecutive season in League One.^[1] Along with League One, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, League Cup and JP Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Transfers

In

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CB	Cian Bolger	Southend United	Free transfer	^[2]
1 July 2016	GK	Alex Cairns	Rotherham United	Free transfer	^[3]
1 July 2016	RB	Michael Duckworth	Hartlepool United	Free transfer	^[4]
1 July 2016	CB	Ashley Eastham	Rochdale	Free transfer	^[5]
1 July 2016	CF	Aaron Holloway	Wycombe Wanderers	Undisclosed	^[6]
1 July 2016	CF	Ashley Nadesan	Horley Town	Undisclosed	^[7]
1 July 2016	GK	Chris Neal	Port Vale	Free transfer	^[8]
1 July 2016	GK	Matt Urwin	AFC Fylde	Free transfer	^[9]
11 July 2016	CF	Dion Charles	Blackpool	Free transfer	^[10]
12 July 2016	CM	Ricardo Kip	Almere City	Undisclosed	^[11]
19 August 2016	LW	Martyn Woolford	Sheffield United	Free transfer	^[12]
7 November 2016	RB	Elohor Ekpolo	Barcelona B	Free transfer	^[13]

Out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CF	Shola Ameobi	Free agent	Released	^[14]
1 July 2016	LB	Danny Andrew	Grimsby Town ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Released	^[14]
1 July 2016	CB	Max Cartwright	Free agent	Released	^[14]
1 July 2016	LB	Keir Dickson	Free agent	Released	^[14]
1 July 2016	GK	Aleks Gogic	Free agent	Released	^[14]
1 July 2016	CM	Harvey Hodd	Free agent	Released	^[14]
1 July 2016	CB	Stephen Jordan	Chorley ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Released	^[14]
1 July 2016	CF	Jamille Matt	Blackpool ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Released	^[14]
1 July 2016	GK	Chris Maxwell	Preston North End	Free transfer	^[18]
1 July 2016	GK	Brendan Moore	Torquay United ^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Released	^[14]
1 July 2016	CB	Bradley Roscoe	Free agent	Released	^[14]
1 July 2016	CM	Antoni Sarcevic	Shrewsbury Town	Free transfer	^[20]
1 July 2016	CM	Conor Smith	Free agent	Released	^[14]
1 July 2016	CB	Matty Williams	Free agent	Released	^[14]
12 July 2016	RB	Tyler Hornby-Forbes	Brighton & Hove Albion	Undisclosed	^[21]
20 July 2016	CB	Marcus Nilsson	Stabæk	Undisclosed	^[22]
16 August 2016	ST	Vamara Sanogo	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	Free transfer	^[23]

↑ Following Andrew's release, he signed for Grimsby Town.^[15]
↑ Following Jordan's release, he signed for Chorley.^[16]
↑ Following Matt's release, he signed for Blackpool.^[17]
↑ Following Moore's release, he signed for Torquay United.^[19]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
12 August 2016	SS	Chris Long	Burnley	End of Season	^[24]
13 August 2016	DM	George Glendon	Manchester City	2 January 2017	^[25]
29 August 2016	CM	Kyle Dempsey	Huddersfield Town	End of Season	^[26]
31 August 2016	CF	Alex Jakubiak	Watford	End of Season	^[27]
31 August 2016	LB	Kieran Wallace	Sheffield United	End of Season	^[28]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
21 July 2016	CF		Declan McManus	Raith Rovers	End of season	^[29]
31 August 2016	CM		Ricardo Kip	SC Cambuur	End of season	^[30]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

13 July 2016 (2016-07-13) Friendly	Fleetwood Town	0–5	Liverpool	Fleetwood
19:00		Report	Grujić 18' Woodburn 52' Lucas 69' Firmino 70', 90+1'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) Friendly	Fortuna Sittard	0–0	Fleetwood Town	Nieuwstadt, Netherlands
19:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: SportparkKrekelzank Voetbalvereniging

20 July 2016 (2016-07-20) Friendly	AZ Alkmaar	5–0	Fleetwood Town	Nieuwstadt, Netherlands
14:00 CEST	Jónsson 13' (o.g.) Henriksen 23' dos Santos 44' Johansson 66' Jahanbakhsh 75'	Report		Stadium: SportparkKrekelzank Voetbalvereniging

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) Friendly	Roda JC	1–0	Fleetwood Town	Groesbeek, Netherlands
13:00 CEST	Boysen 70'	Report		Stadium: Sportpark Zuid

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) Friendly	Southport	1–3	Fleetwood Town	Blowick
19:45 BST	White 74'	Report	Hunter 2', 27' Grant 62'	Stadium: Merseyrail Community Stadium

29 July 2016 (2016-07-29) Friendly	Fleetwood Town	3–4	Wigan Athletic	Fleetwood
19:45	Ball 7', 50' B. Grant 55'	Report	Power 11' Burke 35' Wildschut 37' Jacobs 52'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium

League One

Main article: 2016–17 Football League One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
6	Peterborough United	19	8	5	6	28	21	+7	29	Qualification for League One play-offs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
7	AFC Wimbledon	20	7	8	5	30	24	+6	29
8	Fleetwood Town	20	8	5	7	31	26	+5	29
9	Millwall	19	8	4	7	32	31	+1	28
10	Southend United	20	7	7	6	26	27	−1	28

Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:

↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Football League Championship.

Matches

6 August 2016 1	Northampton Town	1–1	Fleetwood Town	Northampton
15:00 BST	Neal 9' (o.g.) Revell 65'	Report	Nirennolf 52'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium

13 August 2016 2	Fleetwood Town	2–2	Scunthorpe United	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Jónsson 37' Ball 51' Kip 82'	Report	Hopper 63' van Veen 67' 80'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,509

17 August 2016 3	Fleetwood Town	2–0	Oxford United	Fleetwood
19:45 BST	Ball 50' Grant 59' Hunter 70'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,614 (395 Oxford supporters)

20 August 2016 4	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Fleetwood Town	Bolton
15:00 BST	Davies 10' Madine 51' Spearing 79' Vela 84'	Report	Ball 34' McLaughlin 90+1'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 13,524 (538 Fleetwood supporters) Referee: Darren England

27 August 2016 5	Southend United	0–2	Fleetwood Town	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST	Barrett 36' Demetriou 84' O'Neill 90+6'	Report	Long 18' Bell 45' Jónsson 70' Hunter 77'	Stadium: Roots Hall

3 September 2016 6	Fleetwood Town	2–0	Coventry City	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Long 58' Woolford 71'	Report	Harries 70'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Referee: Mark Haywood

10 September 2016 7	Fleetwood Town	2–2	Charlton Athletic	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Long 5' Ball 44'	Report	Magennis 32' Ngoyo 77' Novak 87' 90+1'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Referee: Darren Handley (referee)

17 September 2016 8	Rochdale	2–1	Fleetwood Town	Spotland
15:00 BST	Lund 10' 70' McGahey 23' Davies 85' Bunney 88'	Report	McLaughlin 19' Grant 23' (pen.) Neal 58' Woolford 81'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium

24 September 2016 9	Fleetwood Town	1–4	Milton Keynes Dons	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Dempsey 63' Grant 70'	Report	Colclough 9', 68', 83', 90' (pen) Bowditch 61' (pen)	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,518 Referee: Robert Jones

27 September 2016 10	Bradford City	2–1	Fleetwood Town	Bradford
19:45 BST	Cullen 28' Filipe Morais 45+1' Clarke 62' (pen.)	Report	Grant 33' Ball 52' Jónsson 62'	Stadium: Coral Windows Stadium Attendance: 16,759 Referee: Graham Salisbury

1 October 2016 11	Fleetwood Town	1–1	Sheffield United	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Ball 13' McLaughlin 18' Long 34' Neal 58' Jónsson 79' Hunter 83'	Report	Ebanks-Landell 90+5' 90+6'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 4,004 Referee: Andy Haines

15 October 2016 12	Fleetwood Town	2–0	Peterborough United	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Sowerby 3' Grant 16' 65' Ryan 19'	Report	Baldwin 44'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,711 Referee: Nigel Miller

18 October 2016 13	Chesterfield	0–1	Fleetwood Town	Chesterfield
19:45 BST	O'Neill 51' Evans 83' McGinn 90'	Report	McLaughlin 41' Grant 66' Bell 70'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 4,598 Referee: Ross Joyce

22 October 2016 14	Millwall	2–1	Fleetwood Town	Bermondsey, London
15:00 BST	Gregory 31' (pen.), 48' (pen.)	Report	Woolford 25' Hunter 65' Ryan 81'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 8,085 Referee: Carl Boyeson

29 October 2016 15	Fleetwood Town	2–1	Gillingham	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Ball 19' Bolger 77' Hunter 82'	Report	Knott 41' Herd 45+2' Hessenthaler 52'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Richard Clark

1 November 2016 16	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Fleetwood Town	Bristol
19:45 GMT	Lines 50' Taylor 61' Montaño 73'	Report	Hunter 4' 9' Bell 58'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 10,088 Referee: Charles Breakspear

12 November 2016 17	Port Vale	2–1	Fleetwood Town	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Alnwick 53' Grant 56', 89' Cicilia 75' Jones 86'	Report	Ekpolo 36' Long 52' 90'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 3,890 Referee: John Brooks

19 November 2016 18	Fleetwood Town	2–1	Chesterfield	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT	Bell 27' Bolger 51' Nirennold 62' Grant 88'	Report	O'Shea 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,901 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

22 November 2016 19	Fleetwood Town	3–0	Shrewsbury Town	Fleetwood
19:45 GMT	McLaughlin 38' Ball 53', 73'	Report	O'Brien 85'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,111 Referee: Graham Salisbury

26 November 2016 20	AFC Wimbledon	2–2	Fleetwood Town	Kingston upon Thames
15:00 GMT	Poleon 31' Elliott 47' Parrett 75' (pen.)	Report	Bolger 12' Davis 75' McLaughlin 90+2'	Stadium: Cherry Red Records Fans' Stadium Attendance: 4,023 Referee: Lee Swabey

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup

7 November 2016 First round	Southport	0–0	Fleetwood Town	Southport
19:45 GMT	Caton 42' Thompson 55'	Report	Bolger 22' Ekpolo 35'	Stadium: Haig Avenue Referee: Darren England

15 November 2016 First round replay	Fleetwood Town	4–1 (a.e.t.)	Southport	Fleetwood
19:45 GMT	Amadi-Holloway 34' Bolger 94' Hunter 96' Bell 101'	Report	Grimes 87'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 1,609 Referee: David Webb

3 December 2016 Second round	Shrewsbury Town	0–0	Fleetwood Town	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Adam El-Abd 31' Toney 62' McGivern 69' Jones 90+2'	Report	Davis 62' Grant 68'	Stadium: Greenhous Meadow Attendance: 2,886 Referee: Trevor Kettle

20 December 2016 Second round replay	Fleetwood Town	v	Shrewsbury Town	Fleetwood
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Highbury Stadium

EFL Cup

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup

10 August 2016 First round	Fleetwood Town	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Leeds United	Fleetwood
19:45 BST	Holloway 13' Pond 82' Eastham 94' Hunter 111'	Report	Ronaldo 20' Bartley 78' Bamba 82' Antonsson 90' Wood 94' (pen.)	Stadium: Highbury Stadium
		Penalties
	Grant Ryan McLaughlin Hunter Jónsson		Wood Antonsson Mowatt Phillips Hernández

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Trophy

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Carlisle United	3	3	0	0	0	11	6	+5	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Oldham Athletic	3	1	1	0	1	8	7	+1	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Fleetwood Town	3	1	0	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	ACA	Blackburn Rovers Academy	3	0	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: EFL.com

30 August 2016 Group stage 1	Fleetwood Town	1–0	Blackburn Rovers U23	Fleetwood
19:45 BST	Grant 42' Cole 45+2' Hunter 85'		Wharton 50'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium

4 October 2016 Group stage 2	Fleetwood Town	0–2	Oldham Athletic	Fleetwood
19:45 BST		Report	Reckord 19' Green 21' Mckay 32' Erwin 38' 62'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 793 Referee: Darren Bond

9 November 2016 Group stage 3	Carlisle United	4–2	Fleetwood Town	Carlisle
19:45 GMT	McKee 14' Wyke 18' Grainger 41' (pen.) Salkeld 73'	Report	Sowerby 48' Jakubiak 64'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 1,420 Referee: Chris Sarginson

References

↑ "History". Statto.
↑ "Town boost defensive options with signing of Cian Bolger". Fleetwood Town Official Site. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
↑ "Shot stopper Alex Cairns signs two year deal with the Club". Fleetwood Town Official Site. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
↑ "Full back Duckworth joins Cod Army from Hartlepool United". Fleetwood Town Official Site. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
↑ "Fleetwood Town sign Rochdale defender Ashley Eastham". Fleetwood Town Official Site. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
↑ "Cod Army sign striker Aaron Holloway for an undisclosed fee". Fleetwood Town Official Site. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
↑ "Ashley Nadesan becomes Town's first summer signing". Fleetwood Town Official Site. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
↑ "Goalkeeper Chris Neal becomes fifth summer signing". Fleetwood Town Official Site. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
↑ "AFC Fylde goalkeeper pens deal at Fleetwood Town". Fleetwood Town Official Site. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
↑ "Charles joins Fleetwood Town". Fleetwood Town Official Site. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
↑ "Dutch midfielder Ricardo Kip pens deal with Fleetwood Town". Fleetwood Town Official Site. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
↑ "Town announce Woolford signing". Fleetwood Town Official Site. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
↑ "Fleetwood sign ex-Barca man Ekpolo". BBC. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Squad update". Fleetwood Town Official Site. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
↑ "Grimsby sign Fleetwood full-back Andrew". BBC. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
↑ "Chorley sign Fleetwood's out of contract defender Jordan". Blackpool Gazette. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
↑ "Blackpool sign Matt from Fleetwood". BBC. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
↑ "Chris Maxwell set to join Preston North End on 1st July". Fleetwood Town Official Site. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
↑ "Goalkeeper Moore agrees Torquay move". BBC. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
↑ "Shrewsbury sign Fleetwood's Sarcevic". BBC. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
↑ "Tyler Forbes joins Championship side Brighton for undisclosed fee". Fleetwood Town Official Site. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
↑ "Defender Nilsson departs Fleetwood". Fleetwood Town Official Site. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
↑ "Vamara Sanogo w Zagłębiu Sosnowiec". 90 Minut. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
↑ "Burnley striker Chris Long signs on loan". Fleetwood Town Official Site. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
↑ "Man City starlet Glendon signs". Fleetwood Town Official Site. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
↑ "Dempsey joins Fleetwood". Fleetwood Town Official Site. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
↑ "Jakubiak joins the Cod Army". Fleetwood Town Official Site. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
↑ "Wallace joins from Sheffield United". Fleetwood Town Official Site. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
↑ "Raith signs strikers Skacel and McManus". BBC. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
↑ "Kip heads out on loan". Fleetwood Town Official Site. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

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National teams

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League competitions

Level 1	Premier League

Levels 2–4	English Football League (Championship, League 1, League 2)

Levels 5–6	National League

Levels 7–8	Isthmian League Northern Premier League Southern League

Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League Midland League Northern Counties East League Northern League North West Counties League Southern Combination League Southern Counties East League South West Peninsula League (level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League United Counties League Wessex League Western League West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)

EFL cups	EFL Cup (Final) EFL Trophy (Final)

Youth competitions

Under 23	Professional U23 Development League Premier League Cup

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Club seasons

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