2014–15 Cheltenham Town F.C. season

Cheltenham Town

2014–15 season
Chairman	Paul Baker
Manager	Mark Yates (until 25 November) Paul Buckle (between 26 November - 13 February) Gary Johnson (from 30 March)
Stadium	Whaddon Road
FA Cup	2nd round (knocked out by Dover Athletic)
League Cup	1st round (knocked out by Brighton & Hove Albion)
Football League Trophy	2nd round (knocked out by Bristol City)
Home colours Away colours
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The 2014-15 season was 128th season of Cheltenham Town's existence, and their 15th in the Football League since promotion from the Conference National in 2000.

Match details

Pre-season

11 July 2014	Cheltenham Town	1–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
19:45 BST	Richards  60'	Report	Sako  35' (pen.) Edwards  37' Clarke  49'	Attendance: 1,705 (832 Wolverhampton)

12 July 2014	Evesham United	1–1	Cheltenham Town	Spiers and Hartwell Jubilee Stadium, Evesham
15:00 BST	Edenborough  9'	Report	Haworth  90+1'	Attendance: 454

15 July 2014	Cheltenham Town	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
19:45 BST	Harrison  74'	Report		Attendance: 762 (239 from Bristol Rovers)

18 July 2014	Leamington	1–2	Cheltenham Town	New Windmill Ground, Whitnash
19:45 BST	Goddard  61'	Report	Williams  38' Richards  72'	Referee: Ben Cooke

26 July 2014	Bath City	1–1	Cheltenham Town	Twerton Park, Twerton
15:00 BST	Stearn  38'	Report	Richards  76' (pen.)

29 July 2014	Cheltenham Town	1–4	Bristol City	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
19:45 BST	Richards  22' (pen.)	Report	Baldock  15' Wilbraham  67' Bryan  73' Flint  77'	Attendance: 1,570 (544 from Bristol)

League Two

League table

Matches

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18th June 2014 at 9am.^[1]

1 9 August 2014	Bury	0–1	Cheltenham Town	Gigg Lane, Bury
15:00		Report	Hanks  42'	Attendance: 3,376 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

2 16 August 2014	Cheltenham Town	2–1	Accrington Stanley	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
15:00	Harrison  34' Arthur  84'	Report	Naismith  77'	Attendance: 2,340 (56 from Accrington) Referee: Kevin Johnson

4 23 August 2014	Tranmere Rovers	2–3	Cheltenham Town	Prenton Park, Tranmere
15:00	Richards  12' Laird  45+1'	Report	Richards  67' Arthur  69' Wynter  73'	Attendance: 4,607 (151 from Cheltenham) Referee: Nigel Miller

5 30 August 2014	Cheltenham Town	1–0	Hartlepool United	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
15:00	Arthur  90'	Report		Attendance: 2,735 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

6 6 September 2014	Morecambe	0-0	Cheltenham Town	Globe Arena, Morecambe
15:00	Fleming  81'		Marquis  80'	Attendance: 2,273 Referee: Mark Heywood

7 13 September 2014	Luton Town	1–0	Cheltenham Town	Kenilworth Road, Luton
15:00	Cullen  8'	Report		Attendance: 7,793 (221 from Cheltenham) Referee: Andy D'Urso

8 16 September 2014	Cheltenham Town	0–1	Southend United	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
19:45	Taylor  38'	Report	Clifford  52'	Attendance: 2,303 (196 from Southend) Referee: James Linington

9 20 September 2014	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Dagenham & Redbridge	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
15:00	Hanks  87'	Report	Cureton  58'	Attendance: 2,597 (103 Visitors) Referee: Mark Haywood

10 27 September 2014	Burton Albion	1–0	Cheltenham Town	Pirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
15:00	Beavon  34' Blyth  83'	Report	Elliott  8' Brown  83'	Attendance: 2,225 Referee: David Webb

11 4 October 2014	Cheltenham Town	1–1	AFC Wimbledon	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
15:00	Taylor  8'	Report	Barrett  41'	Attendance: 2,795 (422 from Wimbledon) Referee: Chris Kavanagh

12 11 October 2014	Shrewsbury Town	3-1	Cheltenham Town	Greenhous Meadow, Shrewsbury
15:00	Collins  50' Mangan  55' Goldson  58' Knight-Percival  69' Wesolowski  78'	Report	Harrison  48' Braham-Barrett  55' Vaughan  60' Taylor  77'	Attendance: 4,817 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

13 18 October 2014	Cheltenham Town	3–2	Northampton Town	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
15:00	Gornell  45', 78' Marquis  84'	Report	Byrom  48' Moyo  86'	Attendance: 2,447

14 21 October 2014	Cambridge United	1–2	Cheltenham Town	Abbey Stadium, Cambridge
19:45	Appiah  25'	Report	Richards  10'  53' Marquis  24' Brown  30' Vaughan  38' Coulson  55' (o.g.)	Attendance: 3,252 Referee: Pat Miller

15 25 October 2014	Plymouth Argyle	3–0	Cheltenham Town	Home Park, Plymouth
15:00	Reid  23' Hartley  45+1' Alessandra  76'	Report	Braham-Barrett  45' Hanks  87'	Attendance: 6,837 Referee: Andy Davies

16 1 November 2014	Cheltenham Town	0–1	York City	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
15:00	Hanks  10' Marquis  19'	Report	De Girolamo  43'	Attendance: 2,469 (267 from York) Referee: Gavin Ward

17 15 November 2014	Stevenage	5–1	Cheltenham Town	Broadhall Way, Stevenage
15:00	Beardsley  5', 34' Lee  8' Deacon  19' Barnard  74', 81'	Report	Harrison  76'	Attendance: 2,668 Referee: Steve Martin

18 22 November 2014	Cheltenham Town	1–4	Wycombe Wanderers	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
15:00	Elliott  3' Vaughan  25'	Report	Cowan-Hall  4' Craig  37' Rowe  66' Jacobson  70' McClure  90'	Attendance: 2,833 Referee: Darren Sheldrake

19 29 November 2014	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Oxford United	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
15:00	Harrison  52'	Report	Barnett  61' Wright  87'	Attendance: 3,002 Referee: Pat Miller

20 13 December 2014	Mansfield Town	1–1	Cheltenham Town	Field Mill, Mansfield
15:00	Oliver  55' Waterfall  76' Tafazolli  90+2'	Report	Taylor  42' Hanks  84' Kotwica  87'	Attendance: 3,324 Referee: Chris Sarginson

21 20 December 2014	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Portsmouth	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
15:00	Sterling-James  42' Braham-Barrett  90+1' Vaughan  90+2'	Report	Atangana  56'	Attendance: 3,331 Referee: Fred Graham

22 26 December 2014	Exeter City	1–0	Cheltenham Town	St James Park, Exeter
15:00	Nichols  62'	Report	Braham-Barrett  44'	Attendance: 4,591 Referee: Brendan Malone

23 28 December 2014	Cheltenham Town	0–1	Newport County	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
15:00		Report	Zebroski  11' Sandell  26' Jackson  38' Chapman  57' Jones  65' Yakubu  84' Porter  90+3'	Attendance: 3,417 Referee: Iain Williamson

24 3 January 2015	Oxford United	1–2	Cheltenham Town	Kassam Stadium, Oxford
15:00	Whing  11' Burns  20'	Report	Jones  16' Dunn  40' Stewart  45+2'  86'	Attendance: 5,360 Referee: Michael Bull

25 10 January 2015	Hartlepool United	2–0	Cheltenham Town	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Fenwick  38' Bingham  68' Harrison  90+6'	Report	Stewart  37' Vaughan  55' Dunn  90+6'	Attendance: 3,155 Referee: Richard Clark

26 16 January 2015	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Morecambe	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
19:45	Dunn  18' (pen.) Sterling-James  90'	Report	Amond  83' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,122 Referee: Tim Robinson

27 24 January 2015	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Luton Town	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
15:00	Kotwica  20'  57'	Report	Whalley  21' Lawless  83' McNulty  86' Wilkinson  89'	Attendance: 3,611 Referee: Darren Handley

28 31 January 2015	Dagenham & Redbridge	3–1	Cheltenham Town	Victoria Road, Dagenham
15:00	Widdowson  41' Cureton  55' Cousins  61' Hemmings  71' Jakubiak  90+4'	Report	Dunn  62' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,696 Referee: Graham Horwood

29 7 February 2015	Cheltenham Town	1–3	Burton Albion	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
15:00	Brown  45+2' Burns  55'	Report	Beavon  21' McGurk  36' Edwards  49' Weir  81'	Attendance: 2,389 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

30 10 February 2015	Southend United	2–0	Cheltenham Town	Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea
19:45	Pigott  9', 34' Hurst  87'	Report	Wynter  28' Taylor  34' Berry  90+1' Richards  90+5'	Attendance: 5,013 Referee: Carl Berry

31 14 February 2015	Cheltenham Town	1–2	Bury	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
15:00	Johnstone  24' Burns  90+3' Richards  90+5'	Report	Mayor  4' Rose  17'  73' Riley  82' Adams  90+5'	Attendance: 2,375 Referee: Charles Breakspear

32 20 February 2015	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Cheltenham Town	Crown Ground, Accrington
19:45	Conneely  33' McCartan  59'	Report	Burns  31' Brown  64'	Attendance: 1,216 Referee: Oliver Langford

33 28 February 2015 (2015-02-28)	Cheltenham Town	2–0	Tranmere Rovers	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Holmes  9' (o.g.) Brown  61'  64' Burns  66'	Report	Myrie-Williams  20' Odejayi  29' Holmes  59'	Stadium: Abbey Business Stadium Attendance: 3,070 Referee: Michael Bull

34 3 March 2015 (2015-03-03)	Carlisle United	1–0	Cheltenham Town	Carlisle
19:45 GMT	Wyke  31' Rigg  89'	Report	Sparrow  45' Mills  59' Manset  84' Wynter  85'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 3,116 Referee: Craig Pawson

35 7 March 2015 (2015-03-07)	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Mansfield Town	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Burns  47' Sparrow  56'	Report	Kee  68'	Stadium: Abbey Business Stadium Attendance: 2,597 Referee: Trevor Kettle

FA Cup

The draw for the first round of the FA Cup was made on 27 October 2014.^[2]

Round One 8 November 2014	Cheltenham Town	5–0	Swindon Town	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
15:00	Harrison  10', 53', 84' Gornell  36'  74' Braham-Barrett  38' Richards  72'	Report	Thompson  21' Turnbull  70' Byrne  88'	Attendance: 3,470 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Round Two 7 December 2014	Cheltenham Town	0–1	Dover Athletic	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
14:00	Gornell  87'	Report	Essam  83'	Attendance: 3,552 Referee: Dean Whitestone

League Cup

The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Cheltenham Tiwn were drawn away to Brighton & Hove Albion.^[3]

Round One 12 August 2014	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0	Cheltenham Town	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
19:45	Dunk  79' Mackail-Smith  90'	Report		Attendance: 6,595 Referee: Michael Bull

Football League Trophy

Round One 2 September 2014	Cheltenham Town	2–0	Oxford United	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
19:45	Marquis  45+2' Arthur  78'	Report	Meades  68'	Attendance: 1,424 (261 from Oxford) Referee: Brendan Malone

Round Two 7 October 2014	Cheltenham Town	1–3	Bristol City	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
19:45	Taylor  61' Gornell  64' Marquis  90'	Report	Burns  28' Smith  56', 84' Fielding  87' Wynter  90'	Attendance: 3,599 (880 from Bristol) Referee: Keith Stroud

Transfers

In

N	P	Name	EU	Country	Age	Type	Moving from	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
14	MF	Asa Hall	EU		27	Free transfer	Shrewsbury Town	Summer	2016	Free	Cheltenham Town F.C
2	DF	Lee Vaughan	EU		27	Free transfer	Kidderminster Harriers	Summer	2016	Free	Cheltenham Town F.C
18	DF	Paul Black	EU		24	Free transfer	Mansfield Town	Summer	2015	Free	Cheltenham Town F.C
11	MF	Andy Haworth	EU		25	Free transfer	Tamworth	Summer	2015	Free	Cheltenham Town F.C
1	GK	Trevor Carson	EU		26	Free transfer	Bury	Summer	2016	Free	Cheltenham Town F.C
15	DF	Jack Deaman	EU		21	Free transfer	Eastbourne Borough	Summer	2015	Free	Cheltenham Town F.C
19	MF	Omari Sterling-James	EU		20	Free transfer	Redditch United	Summer	2015	Free	Cheltenham Town F.C
4	DF	Matt Taylor	EU		32	Free transfer	Bradford City	Summer	2016	Free	Cheltenham Town F.C
28	MF	Raffaele De Vita	EU		27	Free transfer	Bradford City	Summer	2015	Free	Cheltenham Town F.C
25	DF	Durrell Berry	EU		22	Free transfer	Torquay United	Winter	2015	Free	Cheltenham Town F.C
18	FW	Eliot Richards	EU		23	Free transfer	Tranmere Rovers	Winter	2016	Free	Cheltenham Town F.C
20	MF	Jordan Wynter	EU		21	Free transfer	Bristol City	Winter	2016	Free	Cheltenham Town F.C
39	FW	Mathieu Manset	EU		25	Free transfer	Walsall	Winter	2015	Free	Walsall F.C
9	FW	Danny Haynes	EU		27	Free transfer	Notts County	Winter	2015	Free	Cheltenham Town F.C

Out

N	P	Name	EU	Country	Age	Status	Moving to	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
1	GK	Scott Brown	EU		29	Transfer	Aberdeen	Summer	Undisclosed	Cheltenham Town F.C
7	FW	Jamie Cureton	EU		38	Released	Dagenham & Redbridge	Summer	Free	Cheltenham Town F.C
8	MF	Sam Deering	EU		23	Released	Whitehawk	Summer	Free	Football League The Argus
20	DF	Sido Jombati	EU		26	Released	Wycombe Wanderers	Summer	Free	Gloucestershire Echo
11	MF	Jermaine McGlashan	EU		26	Released	Gillingham	Summer	Free	Cheltenham Town F.C SkySports
12	GK	Connor Roberts	EU		21	Released	Chester	Summer	Free	Cheltenham Town F.C BBC Sport
21	MF	Ashley Vincent	EU		28	Released	Shrewsbury Town	Summer	Free	BBC Sport
—	MF	Ed Williams	EU		18	Released	Free Agent	Summer	Free	Football League
25	MF	Jason Taylor	EU		27	Free transfer	Northampton Town	Winter	Free	Football 365
9	FW	Byron Harrison	EU		27	Transfer	Chesterfield	Winter	Undisclosed	Cheltenham Town F.C
28	MF	Raffaele De Vita	EU		27	Free transfer	Ross County	Winter	Free	BBC Sport
10	FW	Terry Gornell	EU		25	Released	Accrington Stanley	Winter	Free	Cheltenham Town F.C

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

Loans in

No.	P	Name	Country	Age	Loan club	Started	Ended	Start source	End source
20	MF	Koby Arthur		18	Birmingham City	25 July 2014	14 September 2014	Cheltenham Town F.C	Cheltenham Town F.C
7	DF	Jordan Wynter		20	Bristol City	21 August 2014	22 September 2014	Cheltenham Town F.	Cheltenham Town F.C
26	FW	John Marquis		22	Millwall	28 August 2014	26 November 2014	Cheltenham Town F.C Cheltenham Town F.C
29	MF	Eusébio Bancessi		19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	9 October 2014	6 November 2014	Cheltenham Town F.C
7	MF	Kane Ferdinand		22	Peterborough United	20 November 2014	18 January 2015	Cheltenham Town F.C
26	DF	Kevin Stewart		21	Liverpool	1 January 2015	31 January 2015	Cheltenham Town F.C
28	MF	Jack Dunn		20	Liverpool	1 January 2015	31 January 2015	Cheltenham Town F.C
29	DF	Lloyd Jones		19	Liverpool	1 January 2015	15 February 2015	Cheltenham Town F.C	Cheltenham Town F.C
24	MF	Jake Gray		19	Crystal Palace	16 January 2015	13 February 2015	Cheltenham Town F.C
9	FW	Denny Johnstone		20	Birmingham City	2 February 2015	30 June 2015	Cheltenham Town F.C
10	FW	Wes Burns		20	Bristol City	2 February 2015	30 June 2015	Bristol City F.C
24	MF	Matt Sparrow		33	Scunthorpe United	26 February 2015	30 June 2015	Cheltenham Town F.C
29	FW	Shaun Harrad		30	Notts County	26 February 2015	30 June 2015	Cheltenham Town F.C
6	DF	Pablo Mills		30	Bury	26 February 2015	30 June 2015	Cheltenham Town F.C
26	DF	Will Packwood		21	Birmingham City	11 March 2015	30 June 2015	Cheltenham Town F.C
—	FW	Shaquille McDonald		19	Derby County	26 March 2015	30 June 2015	Cheltenham Town F.C

Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Loans out

No.	P	Name	Country	Age	Loan club	Started	Ended	Start source	End source
22	FW	Bobbie Dale		18	Bath City	5 September 2014	3 October 2014	Cheltenham Town F.C
21	MF	Harry Williams		18	Evesham United	5 September 2014	17 November 2014	Cheltenham Town F.C	Evesham United F.C
—	MF	Adam Powell		18	Cinderford Town	22 September 2014	17 November 2014	Cheltenham Town F.C Cheltenham Town F.C
22	FW	Bobbie Dale		18	Cirencester Town	9 October 2014	6 November 2014	Cheltenham Town F.C
30	GK	Harry Reynolds		18	Cambridge City	10 October 2014	7 November 2014	Cambridge News
25	MF	Jason Taylor		27	Northampton Town	2 January 2015	7 January 2015	Cheltenham Town F.C	Football 365
22	FW	Bobbie Dale		19	Cinderford Town	5 February 2015	5 March 2015	Cheltenham Town F.C
23	DF	James Bowen		19	Cinderford Town	5 February 2015	5 March 2015	Cheltenham Town F.C

Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

References