2016–17 Cheltenham Town F.C. season

Cheltenham Town

2016–17 season

Chairman

Paul Baker

Manager

Gary Johnson

Stadium

Whaddon Road

← 2015–16

2017–18 →

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	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	LB	James Jennings	Forest Green Rovers	Free transfer	^[2]
12 July 2016	CB	Daniel O'Shaughnessy	Brentford	Free transfer	^[3]
8 October 2016	LM	Alex Cooper	St Mirren	Free transfer	^[4]

Out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	LB	James Bowen	Free agent	Released	^[5]
1 July 2016	CF	Bobbie Dale	Gloucester City ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Released	^[5]
1 July 2016	CM	Joe Hanks	Gloucester City ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Released	^[5]
1 July 2016	LM	Zack Kotwica	Gloucester City ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Released	^[5]
1 July 2016	LB	George McLennan	Free agent	Released	^[5]
1 July 2016	CF	Eliot Richards	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Undisclosed	^[9]
1 July 2016	CB	Niall Rowe	Free agent	Released	^[5]
1 July 2016	CM	Omari Sterling-James	Solihull Moors ^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Released	^[5]
1 July 2016	DM	Jordan Wynter	Free agent	Released	^[5]

↑ Following Bobbie Dale being released, he later signed for Gloucester City.^[6]
↑ Following Joe Hanks being released, he later signed for Gloucester City.^[7]
↑ Following Zack Kotwica being released, he later signed for Gloucester City.^[8]
↑ Following Omari Sterling-James being released, he later signed for Solihull Moors.^[10]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
22 July 2016	CM	Danny Whitehead	Wigan Athletic	End of season	^[11]
4 August 2016	CB	Easah Suliman	Aston Villa	2 January 2017	^[12]
5 August 2016	GK	Russell Griffiths	Everton	2 January 2017	^[13]
19 August 2016	AM	Koby Arthur	Birmingham City	2 January 2017	^[14]
19 August 2016	LW	Jonny Smith	Bristol City	2 January 2017	^[15]
25 August 2016	RB	Robert Dickie	Reading	2 January 2017	^[16]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
31 August 2016	LB		James Jennings	Morecambe	3 January 2017	^[17]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

14 July 2016 (2016-07-14) Friendly	Cirencester Town	0–3	Cheltenham Town	Cirencester
19:45			Holman 1', 10' Thomas 85'	Stadium: Corinium Stadium

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) Friendly	Cheltenham Town	1–3	Barnsley	Cheltenham
19:45	Holman 83'	Report	Winnall 36', 45' Tuton 85'	Stadium: Whaddon Road

25 July 2016 (2016-07-25) Friendly	Cheltenham Town	1–2	Bristol City	Cheltenham
19:45	Wright 87'	Report	Kodjia 9' Tomlin 63'	Stadium: Whaddon Road

League Two

Main article: 2016–17 Football League Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
20	Accrington Stanley	19	5	6	8	20	25	−5	21
21	Exeter City	19	6	2	11	20	25	−5	20
22	Leyton Orient	19	5	3	11	21	26	−5	18
23	Cheltenham Town	19	3	9	7	20	28	−8	18	Relegation to the National League
24	Newport County	18	4	5	9	22	27	−5	17	Relegation to the National League

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Matches

6 August 2016 1	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Leyton Orient	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Suliman 36' Waters 76'	Report	Massey 3' Atangana 55' Cornick 90+6'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,912 Referee: Lee Probert

13 August 2016 2	Mansfield Town	1–1	Cheltenham Town	Mansfield
15:00 BST	Rose 49' 63' Clements 89'		O'Shaughnessy 79'	Stadium: Field Mill

16 August 2016 3	Carlisle United	1–1	Cheltenham Town	Carlisle
19:45 BST	Grainger 71' Kennedy 89'	Report	Pell 57' 85' Suliman 64' Waters 72'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,203 Referee: Michael Salisbury

20 August 2016 4	Cheltenham Town	0–1	Doncaster Rovers	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Suliman 18' Jennings 81'	Report	Marquis 53' Maroši 57' Houghton 79'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,923 (367 from Doncaster) Referee: Mark Heywood

27 August 2016 5	Cheltenham Town	2–0	Crewe Alexandra	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Dickie 16' Dayton 22' Cranston 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,623 Referee: Brett Huxtable

3 September 2016 6	Plymouth Argyle	1–0	Cheltenham Town	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Garita 55' Bradley 90+2'	Report	Hall 37' Wright 45+3' Rowe 72'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 7,552 Referee: Nicholas Kinseley

10 September 2016 7	Newport County	2–2	Cheltenham Town	Newport
15:00 BST	Parkin 18', 37' Bignot 34'	Report	Hall 11' Wright 34' (pen.)	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 2,656 Referee: Carl Boyeson

17 September 2016 8	Cheltenham Town	2–3	Notts County	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Wright 14' 24' Pell 20' 55'	Report	Forte 4' 67' Dickinson 16' Milsom 21' Stead 41', 56'	Stadium: LCI Rail Stadium Attendance: 3,067 Referee: John Brooks

24 September 2016 9	Yeovil Town	4–2	Cheltenham Town	Yeovil
15:00 BST	Khan 6' Ward 16' Dolan 45+1' 73' Butcher 78' Eaves 90' Shephard 90+3'	Report	Downes 41' Waters 57' Wright 90+2' Pell 90+2'	Stadium: Huish Park Stadium Attendance: 3,448 Referee: Graham Salisbury

27 September 2016 10	Cheltenham Town	0–0	Stevenage	Cheltenham
19:45 BST	Dickie 34' Wright 36' Waters 90+2'	Report	King 76' Gorman 78'	Stadium: LCI Rail Stadium Attendance: 2,238 Referee: Robert Jones

1 October 2016 11	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Luton Town	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Waters 56' O'Shaughnessy 64' Downes 77' Pell 82'	Report	Cuthbert 43' Hylton 52'	Stadium: LCI Rail Stadium Attendance: 3,660 Referee: Trevor Kettle

8 October 2016 12	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Cheltenham Town	Accrington
15:00 BST	Gornell 74'	Report	Pell 16' Dickie 16' 89' O'Shaughnessy 23', 66'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 1,637 Referee: Nigel Miller

15 October 2016 13	Cheltenham Town	2–1	Crawley Town	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Waters 3' Cranston 45' Munns 62' Wright 79' Dayton 85'	Report	McNerney 48' Young 73' Kaby Djaló 78' Tajbakhsh 81' Boldewijn 86'	Stadium: LCI Rail Stadium Attendance: 2,678 Referee: Graham Horwood

22 October 2016 14	Grimsby Town	0–1	Cheltenham Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Andrew 71'	Report	Waters 9' Pell 70' Munns 80' Dayton 85'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,809 Referee: Darren Deadman

29 October 2016 15	Cheltenham Town	2–2	Blackpool	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Dickie 9' Dayton 18' Downes 34' Storer 43' Wright 45+3' Cranston 53' Pell 75'	Report	Slocombe 16' Vassell 45', 47' Payne 45+3' Aldred 90+5'	Stadium: LCI Rail Stadium Attendance: 3,162 Referee: Gavin Ward

12 November 2016 16	Hartlepool United	2–0	Cheltenham Town	Hartlepool
15:00 GMT	Alessandra 45+6' Bates 79'	Report	Cranston 71' Downes 79'	Stadium: The Northern Gas and Power Stadium Attendance: 3,316 Referee: Graham Salisbury

19 November 2016 17	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Portsmouth	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Pell 7' Downes 11' O'Shaughnessy 65'	Report	Chaplin 52' Burgess 64' Baker 78' Smith 82'	Stadium: LCI Rail Stadium Attendance: 4,702 Referee: John Brooks

22 November 2016 18	Cheltenham Town	0–3	Colchester United	Cheltenham
19:45 GMT	Pell 42', 87' Cranston 81'	Report	Elokobi 26' Slater 48' Dickenson 65' Eastman 68'	Stadium: LCI Rail Stadium Attendance: 2,276 Referee: Mark Haywood

26 November 2016 19	Cambridge United	3–1	Cheltenham Town	Cambridge
15:00 GMT	Ikpeazu 7' 62' Berry 56', 74'	Report	Parslow 32' Wright 63' Dayton 64' Waters 85'	Stadium: The R Costings Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,606 Referee: Ross Joyce

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup

5 November 2016 First round	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Crewe Alexandra	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Storer 37' Waters 58' Cranston 86'	Report	Davis 6' Jones 73'	Stadium: LCI Rail Stadium Attendance: 2,880 Referee: Michael Salisbury

15 November 2016 First round replay	Crewe Alexandra	1–4	Cheltenham Town	Crewe
19:45 GMT	Lowe 64'	Report	Pell 19' Bartham 36' Dickie 47' Waters 52' Holman 61'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 1,711 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

3 December 2016 Second round	Sutton United	2–1	Cheltenham Town	Sutton
15:00 GMT	Tubbs 46' Deacon 59' 90+6' Downer 78' Bailey 89' Spence 90+4'	Report	Wright 35' Cranston 44' Shaughnessy 60'	Stadium: The Borough Sports Ground Attendance: 2,224 Referee: Rob Jones

EFL Cup

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup

9 August 2016 First round	Cheltenham Town	1–0	Charlton Athletic	Cheltenham
19:45 BST	Pell 17' Holman 61' Jennings 90+1'	Report	Fox 76' Crofts 90+4' Jackson 90+5'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,106 Referee: Brendan Malone

23 August 2016 Second round	Newcastle United	2–0	Cheltenham Town	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45 BST	Pérez 45+2', 47'	Report	Rowe 51'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 21,972 Referee: Stephen Martin

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Trophy

Pos	Lge	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	Advance to Round 2
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

30 August 2016 Group stage 1	Blackpool	2–1	Cheltenham Town	Blackpool
19:45 BST	Higham 38' Vassell 56', 58'		Smith 11' Jennings 20' Arthur 81'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road

4 October 2016 Group stage 2	Cheltenham Town	2–1	Everton U23	Cheltenham
19:30 BST	Waters 82' Wright 83' (pen.)	Report	Kitscha 5' (o.g.)	Stadium: LCI Rail Stadium Attendance: 1,023 Referee: Lee Probert

8 November 2016 Group stage 3	Cheltenham Town	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Cheltenham
19:45 GMT	Pell 65' Morgan-Smith 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Alnwick 90+1'	Stadium: LCI Rail Stadium Attendance: 1,038 Referee: Kevin Friend

6 December 2016 Second round	Cheltenham Town	v	Leicester City U23	Cheltenham
19:45 GMT				Stadium: LCI Rail Stadium

References

↑ "History". Statto.
↑ "James Jennings signs for the Robins!". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
↑ "Daniel O'Shaughnessy signs for the Robins". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
↑ "Alex Cooper signs for the Robins". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
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.
↑ "Striker to stay with Gloucester City after signing is confirmed". Gloucestershire Live. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
↑ "Joe Hanks signs for Gloucester City". Gloucester City Official Site. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
↑ "Gloucester City sign winger on non contract terms". Gloucestershire Live. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
↑ "Tampa Bay Rowdies Add Forward Eliot Richards". Tampa Bay Rowdies Official Site. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
↑ "Omari Sterling-James". SkySports. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
↑ "Danny Whitehead arrives from Wigan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
↑ "Easah Suliman signs on loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
↑ "Goalkeeper Russell Griffiths signs on loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
↑ "Koby Arthur signs on loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
↑ "Jonny Smith signs on loan from Bristol City". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
↑ "Rob Dickie re-joins the Robins on loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
↑ "James Jennings joins Morecambe on loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

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