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

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

Out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2016 CF Nigeria Shola Ameobi Free agent Released [14]
1 July 2016 LB England Danny Andrew Grimsby Town [lower-alpha 1] Released [14]
1 July 2016 CB England Max Cartwright Free agent Released [14]
1 July 2016 LB England Keir Dickson Free agent Released [14]
1 July 2016 GK England Aleks Gogic Free agent Released [14]
1 July 2016 CM England Harvey Hodd Free agent Released [14]
1 July 2016 CB England Stephen Jordan Chorley [lower-alpha 2] Released [14]
1 July 2016 CF Jamaica Jamille Matt Blackpool [lower-alpha 3] Released [14]
1 July 2016 GK Wales Chris Maxwell Preston North End Free transfer [18]
1 July 2016 GK United States Brendan Moore Torquay United [lower-alpha 4] Released [14]
1 July 2016 CB England Bradley Roscoe Free agent Released [14]
1 July 2016 CM England Antoni Sarcevic Shrewsbury Town Free transfer [20]
1 July 2016 CM England Conor Smith Free agent Released [14]
1 July 2016 CB England Matty Williams Free agent Released [14]
12 July 2016 RB England Tyler Hornby-Forbes Brighton & Hove Albion Undisclosed [21]
20 July 2016 CB Sweden Marcus Nilsson Stabæk Undisclosed [22]
16 August 2016 ST France Vamara Sanogo Zagłębie Sosnowiec Free transfer [23]
  1. Following Andrew's release, he signed for Grimsby Town.[15]
  2. Following Jordan's release, he signed for Chorley.[16]
  3. Following Matt's release, he signed for Blackpool.[17]
  4. Following Moore's release, he signed for Torquay United.[19]

Loans in

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

Loans out

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

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

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

Matches

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup

EFL Cup

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup

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
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

References

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