2016–17 Cheltenham Town F.C. season

Cheltenham Town
2016–17 season
Chairman	Paul Baker
Manager	Gary Johnson
Stadium	Whaddon Road
League Two	21st
FA Cup	Second round
League Cup	Second round
Football League Trophy	Third round
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season was 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 participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

The season covered 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]
9 January 2017	CB	Will Boyle	Huddersfield Town	Free transfer	^[5]
12 January 2017	RM	Carl Winchester	Oldham Athletic	Free transfer	^[6]
30 January 2017	LB	Liam Davis	GAIS	Free transfer	^[7]

Out[]

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	LB	James Bowen	Free agent	Released	^[8]
1 July 2016	CF	Bobbie Dale	Gloucester City ^[a]	Released	^[8]
1 July 2016	CM	Joe Hanks	Gloucester City ^[b]	Released	^[8]
1 July 2016	LM	Zack Kotwica	Gloucester City ^[c]	Released	^[8]
1 July 2016	LB	George McLennan	Free agent	Released	^[8]
1 July 2016	CF	Eliot Richards	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Undisclosed	^[12]
1 July 2016	CB	Niall Rowe	Free agent	Released	^[8]
1 July 2016	CM	Omari Sterling-James	Solihull Moors ^[d]	Released	^[8]
1 July 2016	DM	Jordan Wynter	Free agent	Released	^[8]

^ Following Bobbie Dale being released, he later signed for Gloucester City.^[9]
^ Following Joe Hanks being released, he later signed for Gloucester City.^[10]
^ Following Zack Kotwica being released, he later signed for Gloucester City.^[11]
^ Following Omari Sterling-James being released, he later signed for Solihull Moors.^[13]

Loans in[]

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
22 July 2016	CM	Danny Whitehead	Wigan Athletic	1 January 2017 ^[a]	^[15]
4 August 2016	CB	Easah Suliman	Aston Villa	3 January 2017	^[16]
5 August 2016	GK	Russell Griffiths	Everton	2 January 2017	^[17]
19 August 2016	AM	Koby Arthur	Birmingham City	2 January 2017	^[18]
19 August 2016	LW	Jonny Smith	Bristol City	2 January 2017	^[19]
25 August 2016	RB	Robert Dickie	Reading	2 January 2017	^[20]
1 January 2017	SS	Diego De Girolamo	Bristol City	End of season	^[21]
1 January 2017	CB	Manny Onariase	Brentford	End of season	^[22]
9 January 2017	GK	Scott Brown	Wycombe Wanderers	End of season	^[23]
12 January 2017	RB	Alex Pike	West Ham United	End of season	^[24]
25 January 2017	CF	Kyle Wootton	Scunthorpe United	End of Season	^[25]
31 January 2017	DM	Tin Plavotic	Bristol City	End of Season	^[26]

^ On 1 January 2017, Danny Whitehead's loan was terminated by mutual consent.^[14]

Loans out[]

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

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[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	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[]

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

10 December 2016 20	Cheltenham Town	1–3	Exeter City	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Waters 70' Dickie 72' Storer 83'	Report	Watkins 13' Holmes 55' Woodman 66' Wheeler 81', 85' 82' Ampdau 90+1'	Stadium: LCI Rail Stadium Attendance: 3,113 Referee: Darren England

17 December 2016 21	Morecambe	1–2	Cheltenham Town	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Murphy 6' Kenyon 39' Mullin 53'	Report	Cranston 53' Waters 70' Pell 71'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,297 Referee:

26 December 2016 22	Cheltenham Town	1–2	Barnet	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Wright 44' Downes 54' Cranston 67' Waters 74' Pell 90+1'	Report	Weston 8' Johnson 50' Akinde 51' Campbell-Ryce 89'	Stadium: LCI Rail Stadium Attendance: 3,441 Referee:

30 December 2016 23	Cheltenham Town	0–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Cheltenham
19:45 GMT	Storer 17'	Report	Kashket 9' 38' Jacobson 90'	Stadium: LCI Rail Stadium Attendance: 3,761 Referee:

2 January 2017 24	Colchester United	2–0	Cheltenham Town	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Eastman 10' Lapslie 38' Dickenson 84'	Report	Dickie 29' Pell 37'	Stadium: Weston Homes Community Stadium Attendance: 3,840 Referee:

14 January 2017 25	Cheltenham Town	3–0	Accrington Stanley	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Winchester 52' Wright 55' De Girolamo 74' Waters 78'	Report	Brown 62' Donacien 90' Gornell 90+3'	Stadium: LCI Rail Stadium Attendance: 2,854 Referee:

21 January 2017 26	Cheltenham Town	1–2	Plymouth Argyle	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Boyle 67' Holman 85' Rowe 88'	Report	Bradley 26', 90+1' Threlkeld 83' Tanner 90+5'	Stadium: LCI Rail Stadium Attendance: 4,729 Referee:

28 January 2017 27	Crewe Alexandra	0–0	Cheltenham Town	Crewe
15:00 GMT		Report	Wright 45'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 3,373 Referee:

31 January 2017 28	Luton Town	2–3	Cheltenham Town	Luton
19:45 GMT	Vassell 41' Davis 72' (o.g.) Justin 90+3'	Report	Boyle 5' 71' Barthram 28' Wootton 34' Waters 60'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 6,708 Referee:

4 February 2017 29	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Newport County	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Wootton 62'	Report	Gordon 90+3'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,763 Referee:

11 February 2017 30	Notts County	2–1	Cheltenham Town	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Yeates 15' Stead 24' Duffy 33' O'Connor 61'	Report	Onariase 87' 90+5'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 7,910 Referee:

14 February 2017 31	Stevenage	2–1	Cheltenham Town	Stevenage
19:45 GMT	Godden 18' (pen.) 27' Lee 44' 56' Wilkinson 50' Kennedy 63' Jones 82'	Report	Cranston 19' Boyle 50' Pell 82' Wootton 82'	Stadium: Lamex Stadium Attendance: 1,930 Referee:

18 February 2017 32	Cheltenham Town	2–0	Yeovil Town	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Plavotic 48' Pell 56' Waters 58' 63' (pen.) Brown 89'	Report	Eaves 41' Ward 57' Butcher 74' Zoko 88'	Stadium: LCI Rail Stadium Attendance: 3,347 Referee: Darren England

25 February 2017 33	Leyton Orient	0-1	Cheltenham Town	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Massey 90'	Report	Winchester 21' Rowe 40'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 4,747 Referee:

28 February 2017 34	Cheltenham Town	1–0	Carlisle United	Cheltenham
19:45 GMT	Boyle 39' Wright 85' Onariase 87'	Report	Proctor 90+1'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,433 Referee:

4 March 2017 35	Cheltenham Town	0–0	Mansfield Town	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Storer 18' Barthram 54' Davis 60'	Report	Hoban 45+1' Bennett 90+4'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,941 Referee:

11 March 2017 36	Doncaster Rovers	2–0	Cheltenham Town	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Butler 23' Blair 53' Marquis 81'	Report	Boyle 26'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 5,737 Referee:

14 March 2017 37	Exeter City	3–0	Cheltenham Town	Exeter
19:45 GMT	Reid 43' (pen.), 51' Taylor 57' Woodman 79' Watkins 90'	Report	Onariase 18' Winchester 38' Cranston 90'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,539 Referee:

18 March 2017 38	Cheltenham Town	0–1	Cambridge United	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT		Report	Elito 2' Wharton 18' Berry 90'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,905 Referee:

25 March 2017 39	Barnet	3–1	Cheltenham Town	Canons Park, London
15:00 GMT	Tutonda 50' Weston 70' Akinde 77', 79'	Report	Wright 16' Winchester 62'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 1,861 Referee:

1 April 2017 40	Cheltenham Town	3-1	Morecambe	Cheltenham
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,751 Referee: Gavin Ward

8 April 2017 41	Wycombe Wanderers	3–3	Cheltenham Town	High Wycombe
15:00 BST

14 April 2017 42	Crawley Town	0-0	Cheltenham Town	Crawley
15:00 BST

17 April 2017 43	Cheltenham Town	2–1	Grimsby Town	Cheltenham
13:00 BST	Boyle 34' Pell 39'	Report	Berrett 73'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Referee:

22 April 2017 44	Blackpool	3-0	Cheltenham Town	Blackpool
15:00 BST

29 April 2017 45	Cheltenham Town	1-0	Hartlepool United	Cheltenham
15:00 BST				Stadium: Whaddon Road

6 May 2017 46	Portsmouth	6–1	Cheltenham Town	Portsmouth
17:30 BST	O'Shaughnessy 13' (o.g.) Stevens 52' Bennett 62' Naismith 66', 85' Lowe 72' Evans 75' (pen.)	Report	Storer 29' Dayton 78'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,956 Referee:

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:

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:

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' 90+4'	Report	Wright 35' Cranston 44' Shaughnessy 60'	Stadium: The Borough Sports Ground Attendance: 2,224 Referee:

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:

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:

EFL Trophy[]

Pos	Div	Team v t	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 U21	3	1	0	1	1	4	3	+1	4
4	L1	Bolton Wanderers	3	1	0	0	2	1	3	−2	3

Source: Sky Sports

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

10 January 2017 Second round	Cheltenham Town	6–1	Leicester City U23	Cheltenham
19:45 GMT	De Girolamo 8', 36', 87' O'Shaughnessy 31' Pell 65' Morgan-Smith 80'	Report	Kapustka 12' Johnson 67'	Stadium: LCI Rail Stadium Attendance: 1,028 Referee:

17 January 2017 Third round	Cheltenham Town	0–1	Bradford City	Cheltenham
19:45 GMT	Rowe 90+2'	Report	Hiwula-Mayifuila 64' McMahon 80'	Stadium: LCI Rail Stadium Attendance: 1,081 Referee:

Squad statistics[]

Source:^[32]^[33]

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with squad numbers struck through and marked

left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Cheltenham.

Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.

Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward


No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy		Total		Discipline
1	GK	ENG	Russell Griffiths *	24	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	29	0	0	0
1	GK	ENG	Scott Brown *	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0	2	0
2	DF	ENG	Jack Barthram	22 (7)	1	2	1	0 (1)	0	4	0	28 (8)	2	1	0
3	DF	ENG	James Jennings	2 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	1	1	3 (2)	0	2	0
4	MF	ENG	Kyle Storer	18 (5)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	20 (5)	0	4	2
5	DF	AUS	Aaron Downes	15 (5)	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	18 (5)	1	6	0
6	DF	ENG	Daniel Parslow	19 (2)	0	3	0	2	0	3	0	27 (2)	0	1	0
7	MF	ENG	Harry Pell	42	7	3	1	2	1	4 (1)	0	51 (1)	9	16	1
8	FW	ENG	Billy Waters	41 (5)	12	3	2	2	0	4	2	50 (5)	16	5	0
9	FW	ENG	Daniel Wright	34 (7)	9	3	1	2	0	3 (2)	1	42 (9)	11	10	0
10	FW	ENG	Amari Morgan-Smith	4 (13)	0	0 (2)	0	1 (1)	0	2 (2)	2	7 (18)	2	1	0
11	MF	ENG	Jack Munns	8 (10)	1	1 (2)	0	0	0	2 (2)	0	11 (14)	1	2	0
12	GK	ENG	Calum Kitscha	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	0
14	MF	ENG	Asa Hall	8 (2)	1	0	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	10 (3)	1	1	0
15	MF	GHA	Koby Arthur *	1 (4)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	2 (5)	0	1	0
15	DF	ENG	Will Boyle	21	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	23	2	7	1
17	DF	WAL	Jordan Cranston	30 (8)	0	2	0	2	0	4	0	38 (8)	0	13	1
18	MF	ENG	James Rowe	26 (6)	0	0 (1)	0	1 (1)	0	2 (1)	0	29 (9)	0	5	0
19	MF	SCO	Alex Cooper	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
19	FW	ENG	Kyle Wootton *	10 (6)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10 (6)	2	1	0
20	DF	ENG	Jordan Lymn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	ENG	James Dayton	10 (18)	3	3	0	1	0	2 (2)	0	16 (20)	3	4	0
22	GK	ENG	Rhys Lovett	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	ENG	Danny Whitehead *	5 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	7 (3)	0	0	0
23	DF	ENG	Manny Onariase *	22	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	24	1	3	0
24	DF	FIN	Daniel O'Shaughnessy	26 (1)	3	2	0	2	0	4 (1)	1	34 (2)	4	3	1
25	DF	ENG	Matt Bower	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	ENG	Easah Suliman *	5 (4)	0	0 (1)	0	2	0	0	0	7 (5)	0	3	0
26	DF	ENG	Alex Pike *	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
27	MF	ENG	Jonny Smith *	2 (3)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	2	0	4 (5)	0	1	0
27	MF	NIR	Carl Winchester	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	1	3	0
28	DF	ENG	Robert Dickie *	20	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	26	2	4	0
29	MF	ENG	Josh Thomas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	ENG	Dan Holman	16 (8)	1	1	1	1	0	0 (2)	0	18 (10)	2	3	0
31	GK	ENG	Lewis Clayton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	CRO	Tin Plavotic *	10 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10 (1)	1	0	0
33	DF	ENG	Liam Davis	13 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13 (3)	0	2	0
34	GK	ENG	Rob Lainton *	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
36	FW	ITA	Diego De Girolamo *	4 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	6 (1)	4	0	0

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^ "Omari Sterling-James". SkySports. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
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^ "Jonny Smith signs on loan from Bristol City". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
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^ "Kyle Wootton Signs On Loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ "Tin Plavotic Signs Loan Agreement with Cheltenham". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
^ "James Jennings joins Morecambe on loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
^ "James Jennings moves to Wrexham on Loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
^ "Jordan Lymn joins North Leigh on Loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
^ "Amari Morgan-Smith Joins York on Loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
^ "Dan Parslow Joins York On Loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
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[10] Following Bobbie Dale being released, he later signed for Gloucester City.^[9]

[12] Following Joe Hanks being released, he later signed for Gloucester City.^[10]

[14] Following Zack Kotwica being released, he later signed for Gloucester City.^[11]

[17] Following Omari Sterling-James being released, he later signed for Solihull Moors.^[13]

[19] On 1 January 2017, Danny Whitehead's loan was terminated by mutual consent.^[14]

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[4] "Alex Cooper signs for the Robins". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.

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[11] "Joe Hanks signs for Gloucester City". Gloucester City Official Site. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

[13] "Gloucester City sign winger on non contract terms". Gloucestershire Live. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}

[15] "Tampa Bay Rowdies Add Forward Eliot Richards". Tampa Bay Rowdies Official Site. 4 April 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-06-10. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

[16] "Omari Sterling-James". SkySports. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

[18] "Four Loan Players return to their Parent Clubs". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.

[20] "Danny Whitehead arrives from Wigan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.

[21] "Easah Suliman signs on loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.

[22] "Goalkeeper Russell Griffiths signs on loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.

[23] "Koby Arthur signs on loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

[24] "Jonny Smith signs on loan from Bristol City". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

[25] "Rob Dickie re-joins the Robins on loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[26] "Diego De Girolamo signs on Loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.

[27] "Emmanuel Onariase signs on loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.

[28] "Scott Brown Re-Joins the Club on Loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.

[29] "Alex Pike Signs on Loan from West Ham". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[30] "Kyle Wootton Signs On Loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[31] "Tin Plavotic Signs Loan Agreement with Cheltenham". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

[32] "James Jennings joins Morecambe on loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[33] "James Jennings moves to Wrexham on Loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

[34] "Jordan Lymn joins North Leigh on Loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

[35] "Amari Morgan-Smith Joins York on Loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[36] "Dan Parslow Joins York On Loan". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

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