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
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

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		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	Nationality	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]

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		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

Fleetwood Town v Liverpool

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

Fortuna Sittard v Fleetwood Town

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

AZ Alkmaar v Fleetwood Town

20 July 2016 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

Roda JC v Fleetwood Town

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

Southport v Fleetwood Town

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

Fleetwood Town v Wigan Athletic

29 July 2016 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

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

Northampton Town v Fleetwood Town

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

Fleetwood Town v Scunthorpe United

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

Fleetwood Town v Oxford United

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)

Bolton Wanderers v Fleetwood Town

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

Southend United v Fleetwood Town

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

Fleetwood Town v Coventry City

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

Fleetwood Town v Charlton Athletic

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)

Rochdale v Fleetwood Town

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

Fleetwood Town v Milton Keynes Dons

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

Bradford City v Fleetwood Town

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

Fleetwood Town v Sheffield United

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

Fleetwood Town v Peterborough United

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

Chesterfield v Fleetwood Town

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

Millwall v Fleetwood Town

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

Fleetwood Town v Gillingham

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

Bristol Rovers v Fleetwood Town

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

Port Vale v Fleetwood Town

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

Fleetwood Town v Chesterfield

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

Fleetwood Town v Shrewsbury Town

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

AFC Wimbledon v Fleetwood Town

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

Southport v Fleetwood Town

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

Fleetwood Town v Southport

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

Shrewsbury Town v Fleetwood Town

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

Fleetwood Town v Shrewsbury Town

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

EFL Cup

Fleetwood Town v Leeds United

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

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

Fleetwood Town v Blackburn Rovers U23

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

Fleetwood Town v Oldham Athletic

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

Carlisle United v Fleetwood Town

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

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