2016–17 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season

Shrewsbury Town

2016–17 season
Chairman	Roland Wycherley
Manager	Micky Mellon (until 6 October 2016)[1] Danny Coyne (caretaker from 6 October 2016)[1] Paul Hurst (from 24 October 2016)[2]
Stadium	New Meadow
FA Cup	Second round
League Cup	Second round (knocked out by Sunderland)
FL Trophy	Exited at group stage
Shropshire Senior Cup	Finalists
Top goalscorer	League: Ivan Toney (5) All: Ivan Toney (6)
Average home league attendance	5,070[3]
Home colours Away colours
← 2015–16

The 2016–17 season is Shrewsbury Town's 131st year in existence and their second consecutive season in League One after finishing in 20th place the previous season.^[4]

The club will also participate in the FA Cup, League Cup, Football League Trophy and the Shropshire Senior Cup.

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

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Contract Length	Ref.
1 July 2016	CM		Gary Deegan	Southend United	Free transfer	2 years	[5]
1 July 2016	AM		Louis Dodds	Port Vale	Free transfer	2 years	[6]
1 July 2016	CB		Olly Lancashire	Rochdale	Free transfer	2 years + 1 year option	[7]
1 July 2016	CF		AJ Leitch-Smith	Port Vale	Free transfer	2 years	[8]
1 July 2016	LB		Ryan McGivern	Port Vale	Free transfer	2 years	[9]
1 July 2016	AM		Jim O'Brien	Coventry City	Free transfer	2 years	[10]
1 July 2016	RB		Joe Riley	Bury	Undisclosed	2 years	[11]
1 July 2016	AM		Antoni Sarcevic	Fleetwood Town	Free transfer	2 years	[12]
15 July 2016	CB		Adam El-Abd	Bristol City	Free transfer	2 years	[13]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
23 June 2016	RB		Matt Tootle	Notts County [lower-alpha 1]	Contract cancelled	[15]
1 July 2016	CF		Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro	Barnet[lower-alpha 2]	Free transfer	[17]
1 July 2016	LW		James Caton	Southport [lower-alpha 3]	Free transfer	[17]
1 July 2016	AM		Jordan Clark	Accrington Stanley [lower-alpha 4]	Free transfer	[17]
1 July 2016	LB		Mickey Demetriou	Free agent	Free transfer	[17]
1 July 2016	RW		Elliot Grandin	Free agent	Free transfer	[17]
1 July 2016	CB		Jermaine Grandison	Free agent	Free transfer	[17]
1 July 2016	CB		Nathaniel Knight-Percival	Bradford City [lower-alpha 5]	Free transfer	[21]
1 July 2016	CF		Scott Vernon	Grimsby Town [lower-alpha 6]	Free transfer	[17]
1 July 2016	CM		James Wesolowski	Guiseley [lower-alpha 7]	Contract expired	[17]
1 July 2016	CB		Zak Whitbread	Free agent	Free transfer	[17]
11 July 2016	CF		James Collins	Crawley Town [lower-alpha 8]	Contract cancelled	[25]
1 August 2016	CF		Tyrone Barnett	AFC Wimbledon [lower-alpha 9]	Contract cancelled	[27]
24 August 2016	CM		Richie Wellens	Salford City [lower-alpha 10]	Contract cancelled	[29]
4 November 2016	CF		Andrew Mangan	Tranmere Rovers	Undisclosed	[30]

1. Following Matt Tootle having his contract cancelled, he later signed for Notts County.^[14]
2. Following Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro being released, he later signed for Barnet.^[16]
3. After being released, James Caton then signed for Southport^[18]
4. Following Jordan Clark being released, he later signed for Accrington Stanley.^[19]
5. After rejecting a new contract, Nathaniel Knight-Percival later signed for Bradford City.^[20]
6. After his contract expired, Scott Vernon later signed for Grimsby Town.^[22]
7. Having failed to agree terms on a new contract, James Wesolowski later signed for Guiseley^[23]
8. After having his contract cancelled, James Collins later signed for Crawley Town.^[24]
9. After having his contract cancelled, Tyrone Barnett later signed for AFC Wimbledon.^[26]
10. After having his contract cancelled, Richie Wellens went on to sign for Salford City^[28]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
8 August 2016	CF		Ivan Toney	Newcastle United	5 January 2017	[31]
15 August 2016	CF		George Waring	Stoke City	5 January 2017	[32]
15 August 2016	AM		Moha El Ouriachi	Stoke City	22 November 2016	[32][33]
31 August 2016	CF		Sylvan Ebanks-Blake	Chesterfield	9 January 2017	[34]
31 August 2016	RB		Jack Grimmer	Fulham	End of Season	[35]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
29 July 2016	CF		Kaiman Anderson	Halesowen Town	January 2017	[36]
12 August 2016	GK		Callum Burton	Nuneaton Town	30 September 2016	[37][38]
19 August 2016	CB		Dominic Smith	Barrow	25 October 2016	[39][40]
12 September 2016	CF		Ethan Jones	Tranmere Rovers	4 November 2016	[41][30]
17 September 2016	CB		Callum Grogan	Radcliffe Borough		[42]
29 October 2016	GK		Shaun Rowley	Chorley	2 January 2017	[43]

New contracts & contract extensions

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Length	Contracted Until	Ref.
3 June 2016	GK		Jayson Leutwiler	2 years	30 June 2018	[44]
9 June 2016	LB		Junior Brown	2 years	30 June 2018	[45][46]
9 June 2016	GK		Callum Burton	2 years	30 June 2018	[45][47]
15 June 2016	CB		Callum Grogan	1 year	30 June 2017	[48]
5 August 2016	GK		Mark Halstead	1 year	30 June 2017	[49]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Shrewsbury Town

9 July 2016	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	Shrewsbury Town	Compton
	Henry	Report Report	Mangan Barnett	Stadium: Sir Jack Hayward Training Ground (behind closed doors)

Shrewsbury Town v Cardiff City

16 July 2016	Shrewsbury Town	0–4	Cardiff City	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST		Report	25' Pilkington  31' Gounongbe  69' James  71' Zohore	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 1,123

Shrewsbury Town v Birmingham City

19 July 2016	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Birmingham City	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST	84' Jones	Report		Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 1,020

Solihull Moors v Shrewsbury Town

23 July 2016	Solihull Moors	0–4	Shrewsbury Town	Solihull
15:00 BST		Report	2' Leitch-Smith  7' Dodds  35' Sarcevic  44' Whalley	Stadium: Damson Park

Stourbridge v Shrewsbury Town

25 July 2016	Stourbridge	2–0	Shrewsbury Town	Amblecote
19:45 BST	Hull  7' Lait  61'	Report		Stadium: War Memorial Athletic Ground Attendance: 656 Referee: Marvyn Amphlettr

Shrewsbury Town v Hibernian

31 July 2016	Shrewsbury Town	1–4	Hibernian	Shrewsbury
12:30 BST	O'Brien  55'	Report	Fontaine  4' Holt  6' Cummings  61' Keatings  63'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 2,007 Referee: Bobby Madley

League One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
20	Bury	20	6	2	12	28	38	−10	20
21	Coventry City	20	4	7	9	17	25	−8	19	Relegation to Football League Two
22	Chesterfield	20	5	3	12	24	34	−10	18
23	Oldham Athletic	19	3	8	8	11	21	−10	17
24	Shrewsbury Town	20	3	6	11	19	34	−15	15

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

Matches

Shrewsbury Town v Milton Keynes Dons

6 August 2016 1	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	El-Abd  82' Riley  87'	Report	Upson  51' Walsh  71' Powell  73'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,452 (601 from MK Dons) Referee: Brendan Malone

Coventry City v Shrewsbury Town

13 August 2016 2	Coventry City	0–0	Shrewsbury Town	Coventry
15:00 BST	Riley  12' Dodds  45' El-Abd  49' Toney  90+4'	Report Report	Ricketts  51' Stevenson  58' Harries  64' Gadzhev  68'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 10,296 (530 from Shrewsbury Town) Referee: Ross Joyce

Charlton Athletic v Shrewsbury Town

16 August 2016 3	Charlton Athletic	3–0	Shrewsbury Town	London
19:45 BST	Holmes  22', 31' Jackson  24'	Report	Deegan  58' El-Abd  68' Toney  88'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 9,174 (419 from Shrewsbury Town) Referee: Gavin Ward

Shrewsbury Town v Chesterfield

20 August 2016 4	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	Chesterfield	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Brown  24'  70' McGivern  62' Toney  81' El-Abd  84'	Report Report	O'Shea  14' Gardner  38' Evatt  90+5'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,936 (556 from Chesterfield) Referee: Ben Toner

Shrewsbury Town v Gillingham

27 August 2016 5	Shrewsbury Town	2–3	Gillingham	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Dodds  17', 30' Deegan  24'	Report Report	Emmanuel-Thomas  59', 73' Ehmer  85'  90+3'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,611 Referee: Darren Deadman

Oldham Athletic v Shrewsbury Town

3 September 2016 6	Oldham Athletic	2–3	Shrewsbury Town	Oldham
15:00 BST	Law  24' Fane  37'  70' Clarke  60' Erwin  82'	Report	Ogogo  36' Brown  43' Toney  50' (pen.) Riley  62'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3,697 Referee: Andy Haines

Bury v Shrewsbury Town

10 September 2016 7	Bury	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Bury
15:00 BST	Mellis  32' Vaughan  39', 41' Mayor  65', 90+1'	Report	Deegan  20' El-Abd  38', 52' Toney  39'  76' McGivern  45+1'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,990 (with 360 from Town) Referee: Mark Haywood

Shrewsbury Town v Scunthorpe United

17 September 2016 8	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Scunthorpe United	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Deegan  32' Whalley  45+1' McGivern  57' Grimmer  89' Dodds  90+3'	Report	Clarke  36' Mirfin  45+5'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,878 Referee: John Busby

AFC Wimbledon v Shrewsbury Town

24 September 2016 9	AFC Wimbledon	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Norbiton
15:00 BST	Taylor  6' Poleon  45+3'	Report	Toney  28', 82' Black  46'  63' Lancashire  90+1'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 4,318 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Shrewsbury Town v Peterborough United

27 September 2016 10	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Peterborough United	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST	McGivern  31' Black  56'  65'	Report	Edwards  32' Tafazolli  59'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,314 Referee: Darren Handley

Shrewsbury Town v Swindon Town

1 October 2016 11	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Swindon Town	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Toney  44' Deegan  48', 88' Brown  56'	Report	Goddard  9' Furlong  70'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,103 Referee: John Brooks

Bradford City v Shrewsbury Town

8 October 2016 12	Bradford City	2–0	Shrewsbury Town	Bradford
15:00 BST	Law  21' Marshall  61' Hiwula-Mayifuila  62' Vučkić  90+6' (pen.)	Report	Black  30' Toney  51' Grimmer  76' Ogogo  90+3'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 17,703 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Walsall v Shrewsbury Town

15 October 2016 13	Walsall	3–2	Shrewsbury Town	Walsall
15:00 BST	Bakayoko  23'  66', 90' Morris  42' O'Connor  70' Oztumer  88'	Report	Lancashire  30' Waring  46' McGivern  50', 65' Grimmer  56' Ogogo  56' Brown  58' Black  75'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,759 Referee: Nick Kinseley

Shrewsbury Town v Sheffield United

18 October 2016 14	Shrewsbury Town	0–3	Sheffield United	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST	Deegan  10' Riley  14' Toney  33'	Report	Done  36' Sharp  46', 66' Lafferty  63'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,460 Referee: David Webb

Shrewsbury Town v Northampton Town

22 October 2016 15	Shrewsbury Town	2–4	Northampton Town	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Toney  36' (pen.), 90+4' (pen.) McGivern  58' Dodds  68'	Report	Zakuani  22'  35' Anderson  31', 89' Revell  45+3' Hoskins  65' O'Toole  73' Smith  90+3'	Stadium: Greenhous Meadow Attendance: 5,023 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Southend United v Shrewsbury Town

29 October 2016 16	Southend United	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST	Ferdinand  24' McLaughlin  39' Thompson  71' Cox  89'	Report	El-Abd  26' Deegan  42' Black  43' Toney  89' Leutwiler  90+2'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 7,321 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Shrewsbury Town v Oxford United

12 November 2016 17	Shrewsbury Town	2–0	Oxford United	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Leitch-Smith  19' O'Brien  63' Whalley  89'  90+8'	Report	Hemmings  21'	Stadium: Greenhous Meadow Attendance: 5,491 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Sheffield United v Shrewsbury Town

19 November 2016 18	Sheffield United	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Sharp  8' 21' Scougall  24' Lafferty  88'	Report	O'Brien  20' Ogogo  45+4' Deegan  52' Dodds  72'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 20,195 Referee: Darren Deadman

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

Shrewsbury Town v Port Vale

26 November 2016 20	Shrewsbury Town	0–0	Port Vale	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Toney  45+1' Deegan  63'	Report	Hart  14' Knops  42' Jones  90+2'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,429 Referee: Scott Duncan

FA Cup

Shrewsbury Town entered the FA Cup at the first round stage. The draw was made on 17 October 2016, Shrewsbury will host Barnet at New Meadow.^[50] The draw for the second round will be made on 7 November.

Shrewsbury Town v Barnet

5 November 2016 First round	Shrewsbury Town	3–0	Barnet	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Sadler  27' Leitch-Smith  32' Ogogo  47' Grimmer  57'	Report Report	Nelson  16' Tomlinson  37' Dembélé  66'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 3,120 Referee: Ben Toner

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

League Cup

Shrewsbury Town entered the League Cup at the first round stage. The draw was made on 22 June 2016, Huddersfield Town visited New Meadow.^[51] The draw for the second round was made on 10 August, Shrewsbury will travel to Sunderland.^[52]

Shrewsbury Town v Huddersfield Town

9 August 2016 Round One	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	Huddersfield Town	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST	Leitch-Smith  1' Dodds  77' Brown  83'	Report	Hogg  33' Kachunga  39' Hefele  84' Paurevic  90+3'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 2,862 (652 from Huddersfield Town) Referee: Graham Salisbury

Sunderland v Shrewsbury Town

24 August 2016 Round Two	Sunderland	1–0	Shrewsbury Town	Sunderland
19:45 BST	Gooch  55' Januzaj  83'	Report Report	Deegan  7' Sarcevic  29'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 13,971 (271 from Shrewsbury Town) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

EFL Trophy

See main article: 2016–17 EFL Trophy

Group Stage

Fixtures for the group stages were released on 27 July 2016. Shrewsbury were allocated a place in Northern Group G.^[53]

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Scunthorpe United	3	3	0	0	0	6	1	+5	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Cambridge United	3	2	0	0	1	3	3	0	6
3	L1	Shrewsbury Town	3	1	0	0	2	3	3	0	3
4	ACA	Middlesbrough Academy	3	0	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: EFL.com

Shrewsbury Town v Cambridge United

30 August 2016 Northern Group G	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Cambridge United	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST		Report	Pigott  20' Dallison  77'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 1,187

Scunthorpe United v Shrewsbury Town

4 October 2016 Northern Group G	Scunthorpe United	2–0	Shrewsbury Town	Scunthorpe
19:45 BST	Lancashire  10' (o.g.) Margetts  56'	Report	Sarcevic  29' Toney  61'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 1,316 Referee: Nigel Miller

Middlesbrough U23 v Shrewsbury Town

8 November 2016 Northern Group G	Middlesbrough U23	0–3	Shrewsbury Town	Middlesbrough
19:45	Fábio  80' Elsdon  82' Morris  83'	Report	Leitch-Smith  10', 59' Toney  14' Ogogo  44'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 308 Referee: Darren Handley

Shropshire Senior Cup

Shrewsbury Town received a bye to the final. They will host AFC Telford United at New Meadow.^[54] The fixture was originally scheduled for 1 November 2016, but has been postponed due to Shrewsbury Town's participation in the FA Youth Cup.^[55]

Shrewsbury Town v AFC Telford United

Final	Shrewsbury Town	v	AFC Telford United	Shrewsbury
				Stadium: New Meadow

Player statistics

Squad statistics

As of match played 3 December 2016.^[56]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Jayson Leutwiler[57]	22	0	17	0	2	0	2	0	1	0
2	DF		Joe Riley[58]	16	1	13	1	0	0	2	0	1	0
3	DF		Mat Sadler[59]	12	1	7+1	0	2	1	0	0	1+1	0
4	DF		Ryan McGivern[60]	16	0	13	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
5	DF		Olly Lancashire[61]	16	1	9+3	1	0	0	1	0	3	0
6	MF		Ian Black[62]	18	2	11+4	2	1	0	0	0	2	0
7	MF		Shaun Whalley[63]	10	1	3+4	1	0+1	0	1	0	1	0
8	MF		Abu Ogogo[64]	17	0	11+1	0	1	0	1+1	0	2	0
9	FW		Ivan Toney[65]	22	6	16	5	2	0	1+1	0	2	1
10	MF		Louis Dodds[66]	24	4	14+4	3	2	0	2	1	1+1	0
11	MF		Jim O'Brien[67]	19	0	11+2	0	2	0	1+1	0	1+1	0
12	DF		Junior Brown[68]	25	3	18	3	2	0	2	0	3	0
14	DF		Jack Grimmer[69]	16	1	13	0	1	1	0	0	2	0
15	DF		Dominic Smith[70]	5	0	1+2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
16	MF		Antoni Sarcevic[71]	15	0	7+5	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
18	MF		Gary Deegan[72]	24	0	16+1	0	2	0	2	0	2+1	0
20	FW		AJ Leitch-Smith[73]	17	5	8+4	1	1	1	1	1	2+1	2
21	GK		Mark Halstead[74]	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
24	DF		Adam El-Abd[75]	22	2	17	2	2	0	2	0	1	0
25	GK		Callum Burton[76]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW		George Waring[77]	14	0	4+5	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	2	0
29	FW		Sylvan Ebanks-Blake[78]	5	0	3+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW		Ethan Jones[79]	8	0	1+3	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
32	FW		Kaiman Anderson[80]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK		Shaun Rowley[81]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF		Callum Grogan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF		Callum Roberts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club before the season ended:
17	MF		Richie Wellens[82]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Andrew Mangan[83]	13	0	2+8	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+2	0
22	MF		Moha El Ouriachi[84]	6	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Top scorers

As of match played 3 December 2016.

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	FL Trophy	Total
1	FW		9	Ivan Toney[65]	5	0	0	1	6
2	FW		20	AJ Leitch-Smith[73]	1	1	1	2	5
3	MF		10	Louis Dodds[66]	3	0	1	0	4
4	DF		12	Junior Brown[68]	3	0	0	0	3
5	DF		24	Adam El-Abd[75]	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		6	Ian Black[62]	2	0	0	0	2
6	MF		7	Shaun Whalley[63]	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		14	Jack Grimmer[69]	0	1	0	0	1
	DF		3	Mat Sadler[59]	0	1	0	0	1
	DF		5	Olly Lancashire[61]	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		2	Joe Riley[58]	1	0	0	0	1

Disciplinary record

As of match played 3 December 2016.

Number	Nation	Position	Name	League One		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Total
1		GK	Jayson Leutwiler[57]	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Joe Riley[58]	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
4		DF	Ryan McGivern[60]	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
5		DF	Oliver Lancashire[61]	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6		MF	Ian Black[62]	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
7		MF	Shaun Whalley[63]	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8		MF	Abu Ogogo[64]	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	1
9		FW	Ivan Toney[65]	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	10	1
11		MF	Jim O'Brien[67]	2	1^[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
10		MF	Louis Dodds[66]	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
12		DF	Junior Brown[68]	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
14		DF	Jack Grimmer[69]	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
16		MF	Antoni Sarcevic[71]	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
18		MF	Gary Deegan[72]	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	1
24		DF	Adam El-Abd[75]	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
27		FW	George Waring[77]	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30		FW	Ethan Jones[79]	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Note: Two yellow cards in one match is counted as one red card.

a. ^ Jim O'Brien's red card against Sheffield United on 19 November 2016 was later rescinded on appeal.^[85]

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