2018–19 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season

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Milton Keynes Dons
2018–19 season
ChairmanPete Winkelman
ManagerPaul Tisdale
StadiumStadium MK
League Two3rd (promoted to EFL League One)
FA CupFirst round
EFL CupSecond round
EFL TrophyGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Kieran Agard (20)
All: Kieran Agard (22)
Highest home attendance20,718 (vs Mansfield Town)
4 May 2019, League Two
Lowest home attendance1,018 (vs Brighton & Hove Albion U21s)
13 November 2018, EFL Trophy Group H
Average home league attendance8,224[1]
Biggest win6–0 (vs Cambridge United)
1 January 2019, League Two
Biggest defeat3–0 (vs Luton Town)
9 October 2018, EFL Trophy Group H
3–0 (vs AFC Bournemouth)
28 August 2018, EFL Cup R2
Away colours
Third colours

The 2018–19 season was Milton Keynes Dons' 15th season in their existence, and the club's first season back in League Two following relegation from League One at the end of the 2017–18 season. Along with competing in League Two, the club also competed in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Competitions[]

League Two[]

Main article: 2018–19 EFL League Two

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Lincoln City (C,P) 46 23 16 7 73 43 +30 85
2 Bury (P) 46 22 13 11 82 56 +26 79
3 Milton Keynes Dons (P) 46 23 10 13 71 49 +22 79
4 Mansfield Town 46 20 16 10 69 41 +28 76
5 Forest Green Rovers 46 20 14 12 68 47 +21 74

Source: Sky Sports

Matches

Win Draw Loss
Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance Ref
4 August 2018 – 15:00 Oldham Athletic Away 2–1 Agard, Harley 4,764 [2]
11 August 2018 – 15:00 Bury Home 1–0 Cissé 6,897 [3]
18 August 2018 – 15:00 Crewe Alexandra Away 0–0   3,505 [4]
21 August 2018 – 19:45 Grimsby Town Home 1–1 Simpson 6,800 [5]
25 August 2018 – 15:00 Exeter City Home 1–0 Agard 7,672 [6]
1 September 2018 – 15:00 Swindon Town Away 1–1 Walsh 6,620 [7]
15 September 2018 – 15:00 Forest Green Rovers Home 1–1 Aneke 6,638 [8]
22 September 2018 – 15:00 Lincoln City Away 1–2 Healey 9,322 [9]
25 September 2018 – 19:45 Yeovil Town Away 1–1 Agard 2,634 [10]
29 September 2018 – 15:00 Tranmere Rovers Home 1–1 Aneke 7,048 [11]
2 October 2018 – 19:45 Port Vale Away 2–0 Aneke, Agard 3,399 [12]
6 October 2018 – 15:00 Cheltenham Town Home 3–0 Aneke, Healey, Simpson 6,503 [13]
13 October 2018 – 15:00 Cambridge United Away 1–0 Aneke 5,106 [14]
20 October 2018 – 15:00 Northampton Town Home 1–0 Agard 9,618 [15]
23 October 2018 – 19:45 Notts County Home 2–1 Aneke, Healey 6,501 [16]
27 October 2018 – 15:00 Mansfield Town Away 1–1 Houghton 4,329 [17]
3 November 2018 – 15:00 Crawley Town Away 4–0 Healey (2), Agard, Aneke 2,667 [18]
17 November 2018 – 15:00 Macclesfield Town Home 2–0 Aneke, Agard 7,087 [19]
24 November 2018 – 15:00 Stevenage Away 2–3 Healey, Agard 3,263 [20]
27 November 2018 – 19:45 Morecambe Home 2–0 Gilbey (2) 5,726 [21]
8 December 2018 – 19:45 Carlisle United Home 2–0 Houghton, Agard 5,849 [22]
22 December 2018 – 15:00 Colchester United Home 0–1   7,765 [23]
26 December 2018 – 15:00 Cheltenham Town Away 1–3 Aneke 3,226 [24]
29 December 2018 – 15:00 Northampton Town Away 2–2 Gilbey, Aneke 6,963 [25]
1 January 2019 – 15:00 Cambridge United Home 6–0 Healey (2), Agard (2), Aneke, Sow 8,128 [26]
12 January 2019 – 15:00 Bury Away 3–4 Moore-Taylor, Lewington, Stokes (o.g.) 4,072 [27]
19 January 2019 – 15:00 Crewe Alexandra Home 0–1   8,347 [28]
26 January 2019 – 15:00 Grimsby Town Away 0–1   3,862 [29]
29 January 2019 – 19:45 Oldham Athletic Home 2–1 Aneke, Agard 5,950 [30]
2 February 2019 – 15:00 Exeter City Away 1–3 Walsh 5,766 [31]
9 February 2019 – 15:00 Swindon Town Home 2–3 Hesketh, Agard 7,864 [32]
12 February 2019 – 19:45 Newport County Away 1–0 Aneke 2,860 [33]
16 February 2019 – 15:00 Carlisle United Away 3–2 McGrandles, Hesketh, Agard 10,459 [34]
23 February 2019 – 15:00 Newport County Home 2–0 Cissé, Aneke 6,984 [35]
2 March 2019 – 15:00 Crawley Town Home 1–0 Agard 6,889 [36]
9 March 2019 – 15:00 Macclesfield Town Away 3–1 Brittain, Wheeler, Agard 2,017 [37]
12 March 2019 – 19:45 Morecambe Away 2–4 Agard (2) 1,460 [38]
16 March 2019 – 15:00 Stevenage Home 1–1 Aneke 7,365 [39]
23 March 2019 – 15:00 Yeovil Town Home 2–0 Harley, Aneke 7,593 [40]
30 March 2019 – 15:00 Forest Green Rovers Away 2–1 Agard, Martin 3,220 [41]
6 April 2019 – 15:00 Lincoln City Home 0–2   15,851 [42]
13 April 2019 – 15:00 Tranmere Rovers Away 1–2 Agard 8,357 [43]
19 April 2019 – 15:00 Notts County Away 2–1 Wheeler, Aneke 7,130 [44]
22 April 2019 – 15:00 Port Vale Home 1–1 Wheeler 8,386 [45]
27 April 2019 – 15:00 Colchester United Away 0–2   5,000 [46]
4 May 2019 – 15:00 Mansfield Town Home 1–0 Wheeler 20,718 [47]

FA Cup[]

Main article: 2018–19 FA Cup
Win Draw Loss
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance Ref
10 November 2018 – 15:00 First round Grimsby Town Away 1–3 Agard 1,991 [48]

EFL Cup[]

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Cup
Win Draw Loss
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance Ref
14 August 2018 – 19:45 First round Charlton Athletic Away 3–0 Asonganyi, Watson, Cummings (o.g.) 3,052 [49]
28 August 2018 – 19:45 Second round AFC Bournemouth Away 0–3   9,747 [50]

EFL Trophy[]

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Trophy

Southern Group H Table

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Luton Town (Q) 3 2 0 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Second round
2 L1 Peterborough United (Q) 3 1 0 2 0 7 6 +1 5
3 ACA Brighton & Hove Albion U21 (E) 3 1 1 0 1 6 6 0 5  
4 L2 Milton Keynes Dons (E) 3 0 1 0 2 5 9 −4 2

Matches

Win Draw Loss
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance Ref
4 September 2018 – 19:45 Group stage Peterborough United Home 3–3[a] Aneke (2), Healey 2,404 [51]
9 October 2018 – 19:45 Group stage Luton Town Away 0–3   875 [52]
13 November 2018 – 19:45 Group stage Brighton & Hove Albion U21 Home 2–3 Agard, Hancox 1,018 [53]
  1. ^ After 90 minutes. Milton Keynes Dons gained an extra point with a 6–5 win on penalties.

Squad[]

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition.
Players with squad numbers struck through and marked Left club during playing season left the club during the playing season.
No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Lee Nicholls 43 0 40 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
2 DF England ENG George Williams 34 0 30 0 1 0 2 0 1 0
3 DF England ENG Dean Lewington 49 1 46 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
4 DF Wales WAL Joe Walsh 33 2 30 2 1 0 1 0 1 0
5 DF France FRA Mathieu Baudry 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF Mali MLI Ousseynou Cissé 32 2 26 2 1 0 2 0 3 0
7 MF England ENG Ryan Watson 27 1 22 0 0 0 2 1 3 0
8 MF England ENG Alex Gilbey 43 3 39 3 1 0 1 0 2 0
9 Left club during playing season FW Sweden SWE Osman Sow 9 1 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
10 FW England ENG Chuks Aneke 41 19 38 17 1 0 0 0 2 2
11 MF England ENG Jake Hesketh 16 2 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Left club during playing season MF Scotland SCO Peter Pawlett 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 DF England ENG Mitch Hancox 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1
13 Left club during playing season GK Netherlands NED Wieger Sietsma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW England ENG Kieran Agard 45 22 43 20 1 1 0 0 1 1
15 DF England ENG Jordan Moore-Taylor 25 1 23 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
16 DF Scotland SCO Russell Martin 18 1 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF Scotland SCO Conor McGrandles 25 1 24 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 FW England ENG Robbie Simpson 24 2 21 2 1 0 0 0 2 0
20 MF England ENG Lawson D'Ath 17 0 15 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
21 Left club during playing season MF Scotland SCO Aidan Nesbitt 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
21 MF England ENG David Wheeler 19 4 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 GK England ENG Stuart Moore 9 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
23 FW Ghana GHA Brandon Thomas-Asante 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
24 MF England ENG Jordan Houghton 48 1 44 1 1 0 2 0 1 0
25 DF England ENG Callum Brittain 35 1 31 1 1 0 1 0 2 0
26 DF England ENG Baily Cargill 34 0 29 0 1 0 2 0 2 0
27 FW England ENG Sam Nombe 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
28 DF England ENG Oran Jackson 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
29 MF Nigeria NGA David Kasumu 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
30 MF England ENG Liam Sole 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF England ENG Finn Tapp 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
32 Left club during playing season FW England ENG Rhys Healey 21 9 18 8 1 0 1 0 1 1
33 MF England ENG Ryan Harley 13 2 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 FW England ENG Stephen Walker 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW England ENG Dylan Asonganyi 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
38 MF England ENG Charlie Pattison 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

Date from Position Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2018 MF England Lawson D'Ath Luton Town Free transfer [54]
DF England Mitch Hancox Macclesfield Town Free transfer [55]
DF England Jordan Moore-Taylor Exeter City
MF England Ryan Watson Barnet
6 July 2018 MF England Jordan Houghton Free agent[a] [56]
9 July 2018 MF England Ryan Harley Free agent[b]
FW England Robbie Simpson
30 July 2018 DF France Mathieu Baudry Free agent[c]
1 August 2018 DF England Baily Cargill Free agent[d] [57]
2 August 2018 GK England Stuart Moore Swindon Town Compensation
15 January 2019 DF Scotland Russell Martin Free agent[e] Free transfer [58]

Transfers out[]

Date from Position Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2018 MF Scotland Connor Furlong Released[f] [59]
MF England Hugo Logan Released
MF England Giorgio Rasulo Released[g]
MF England Nigel Reo-Coker Released
MF England Ed Upson Bristol Rovers Free transfer [60]
DF England Scott Wootton Plymouth Argyle
31 August 2018 FW Scotland Robbie Muirhead Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Undisclosed [61]
2 January 2019 MF Scotland Aidan Nesbitt Released[h] [62]
3 January 2019 GK Netherlands Wieger Sietsma Released[i] [63]
31 January 2019 MF Scotland Peter Pawlett Scotland Dundee United Undisclosed [64]
FW Sweden Osman Sow

Loans in[]

Start date Position Name From End date Ref.
24 August 2018 FW England Rhys Healey Wales Cardiff City January 2019 [57]
25 January 2019 FW England David Wheeler Queens Park Rangers End of season [58]
31 January 2019 MF England Jake Hesketh Southampton
FW England Stephen Walker Middlesbrough

Loans out[]

Start date Position Name To End date Ref.
30 October 2018 FW England Sam Nombe Oxford City 31 December 2018 [65]
16 November 2018 DF England Finn Tapp Staines Town 1 January 2019 [66]
23 November 2018 FW Ghana Brandon Thomas-Asante Sutton United 19 January 2019 [67]
14 December 2018 FW England Liam Sole Hampton & Richmond Borough 25 January 2019 [68]
11 January 2019 FW England Sam Nombe Maidenhead United End of season [69]
25 January 2019 FW England Liam Sole St Albans City [70]
28 January 2019 FW Ghana Brandon Thomas-Asante Oxford City [71]
  1. ^ Previous club: Chelsea.
  2. ^ Previous club: Exeter City.
  3. ^ Previous club: Doncaster Rovers.
  4. ^ Previous club: Bournemouth.
  5. ^ Previous club: Walsall.
  6. ^ Joined Bedford Town on 10 August 2018.
  7. ^ Joined Brackley Town on 9 August 2018.
  8. ^ Mutual contract termination. Joined Dundee United on 4 January 2019.
  9. ^ Mutual contract termination. Joined Hoang Anh Gia Lai on 16 January 2019.

Awards[]

References[]

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