2016–17 Cheltenham Town F.C. season

Cheltenham Town
2016–17 season
Chairman Paul Baker
Manager Gary Johnson
Stadium Whaddon Road

The 2016–17 season is Cheltenham Town's 130th season of existence and their first back in League Two after gaining promotion the previous season.[1] Along with competing in League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League 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 LB England James Jennings Forest Green Rovers Free transfer [2]
12 July 2016 CB Finland Daniel O'Shaughnessy Brentford Free transfer [3]
8 October 2016 LM Scotland Alex Cooper St Mirren Free transfer [4]
9 January 2017 CB Scotland Will Boyle Huddersfield Town Free transfer [5]
12 January 2017 RM Northern Ireland Carl Winchester Oldham Athletic Free transfer [6]
30 January 2017 LB England Liam Davis GAIS Free transfer [7]

Out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2016 LB England James Bowen Free agent Released [8]
1 July 2016 CF England Bobbie Dale Gloucester City [lower-alpha 1] Released [8]
1 July 2016 CM England Joe Hanks Gloucester City [lower-alpha 2] Released [8]
1 July 2016 LM England Zack Kotwica Gloucester City [lower-alpha 3] Released [8]
1 July 2016 LB Scotland George McLennan Free agent Released [8]
1 July 2016 CF Wales Eliot Richards Tampa Bay Rowdies Undisclosed [12]
1 July 2016 CB England Niall Rowe Free agent Released [8]
1 July 2016 CM England Omari Sterling-James Solihull Moors [lower-alpha 4] Released [8]
1 July 2016 DM England Jordan Wynter Free agent Released [8]
  1. Following Bobbie Dale being released, he later signed for Gloucester City.[9]
  2. Following Joe Hanks being released, he later signed for Gloucester City.[10]
  3. Following Zack Kotwica being released, he later signed for Gloucester City.[11]
  4. Following Omari Sterling-James being released, he later signed for Solihull Moors.[13]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
22 July 2016 CM England Danny Whitehead Wigan Athletic 1 January 2017 [lower-alpha 1] [15]
4 August 2016 CB England Easah Suliman Aston Villa 3 January 2017 [16]
5 August 2016 GK England Russell Griffiths Everton 2 January 2017 [17]
19 August 2016 AM Ghana Koby Arthur Birmingham City 2 January 2017 [18]
19 August 2016 LW Wales Jonny Smith Bristol City 2 January 2017 [19]
25 August 2016 RB England Robert Dickie Reading 2 January 2017 [20]
1 January 2017 SS Italy Diego De Girolamo Bristol City End of season [21]
1 January 2017 CB Nigeria Emmanuel Onariase Brentford End of season [22]
9 January 2017 GK England Scott Brown Wycombe Wanderers End of season [23]
12 January 2017 RB England Alex Pike West Ham United End of season [24]
25 January 2017 CF England Kyle Wootton Scunthorpe United End of Season [25]
31 January 2017 DM Croatia Tin Plavotic Bristol City End of Season [26]
  1. On 1 January 2017, Danny Whitehead's loan was terminated by mutual consent.[14]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
31 August 2016 LB England James Jennings Morecambe 3 January 2017 [27]
6 January 2017 LB England James Jennings Wrexham End of Season [28]
6 January 2017 DF England Jordan Lymn North Leigh 3 February 2017 [29]
12 January 2017 CF England Amari Morgan-Smith York City End of Season [30]
12 January 2017 CB Wales Danny Parslow York City End of Season [31]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
19 Crawley Town 46 13 12 21 53 71 18 51
20 Yeovil Town 46 11 17 18 49 64 15 50
21 Cheltenham Town 46 12 14 20 49 69 20 50
22 Newport County 46 12 12 22 51 73 22 48
23 Hartlepool United (R) 46 11 13 22 54 75 21 46 Relegation to the National League
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2017. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated.

Matches

FA Cup

EFL Cup

EFL Trophy

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Cheltenham Town 3 2 0 0 1 4 3 +1 6 Advance to Round 2
2 L2 Blackpool 3 1 1 0 1 3 3 0 5
3 ACA Everton Academy 3 1 0 1 1 4 3 +1 4
4 L1 Bolton Wanderers 3 1 0 0 2 1 3 2 3
Source: EFL.com

References

  1. "History". Statto.
  2. "James Jennings signs for the Robins!". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  3. "Daniel O'Shaughnessy signs for the Robins". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  4. "Alex Cooper signs for the Robins". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  5. "The Robins Sign Will Boyle From Huddersfield". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  6. "Carl Winchester Signs for the Robins". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  7. "Liam Davis Signs Contract with the Robins". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Seven to be released at end of the season". BBC. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  9. "Striker to stay with Gloucester City after signing is confirmed". Gloucestershire Live. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  10. "Joe Hanks signs for Gloucester City". Gloucester City Official Site. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  11. "Gloucester City sign winger on non contract terms". Gloucestershire Live. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  12. "Tampa Bay Rowdies Add Forward Eliot Richards". Tampa Bay Rowdies Official Site. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  13. "Omari Sterling-James". SkySports. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  14. "Four Loan Players return to their Parent Clubs". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  15. "Danny Whitehead arrives from Wigan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  16. "Easah Suliman signs on loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  17. "Goalkeeper Russell Griffiths signs on loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  18. "Koby Arthur signs on loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  19. "Jonny Smith signs on loan from Bristol City". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  20. "Rob Dickie re-joins the Robins on loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  21. "Diego De Girolamo signs on Loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  22. "Emmanuel Onariase signs on loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  23. "Scott Brown Re-Joins the Club on Loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  24. "Alex Pike Signs on Loan from West Ham". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  25. "Kyle Wootton Signs On Loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  26. "Tin Plavotic Signs Loan Agreement with Cheltenham". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  27. "James Jennings joins Morecambe on loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  28. "James Jennings moves to Wrexham on Loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  29. "Jordan Lymn joins North Leigh on Loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  30. "Amari Morgan-Smith Joins York on Loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  31. "Dan Parslow Joins York On Loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
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