2020–21 Fleetwood Town F.C. season

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Fleetwood Town
2020–21 season
ChairmanAndrew Pilley
ManagerJoey Barton
(until 4 January)[1]
Simon Grayson
(from 31 January)[2]
StadiumHighbury Stadium
League One15th
FA CupFirst round
EFL CupThird round
EFL TrophyThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Callum Camps (9 goals)
All:
Callum Camps (11 goals)
Away colours

The 2020–21 season was the 113th season of Fleetwood Town and the seventh consecutive season in League One, following their play-off semi-final defeat to Wycombe Wanderers during the previous season.[3] Along with League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

Background[]

During the previous campaign, Fleetwood finished 6th in the incomplete League One season and qualified for the play-offs.[4] However, they were eliminated 6–3 on aggregate in the semi-finals by Wycombe Wanderers.[5] Manager Joey Barton retaied his role as manager from the previous season.

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 August 2020 CM Northern Ireland Callum Camps England Rochdale Free transfer [6]
3 August 2020 CM England Jordan Rossiter Scotland Rangers Free transfer [7]
20 August 2020 GK England Joel Coleman England Huddersfield Town Free transfer [8]
4 September 2020 RM England Mark Duffy England Sheffield United Free transfer [9]
9 September 2020 CB England Sam Stubbs England Middlesbrough Undisclosed [10]
11 September 2020 GK Canada Jayson Leutwiler England Blackburn Rovers Free transfer [11]
18 September 2020 CM England Sam Finley England Accrington Stanley Free transfer [12]
13 October 2020 RB Northern Ireland Jake Wallace Northern Ireland Glentoran Undisclosed [13]
1 February 2021 CM England Daniel Batty England Hull City Free transfer [14]
2 February 2021 RM Northern Ireland Chris Conn-Clarke England Burnley Undisclosed [15]

Loans in[]

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
12 August 2020 CB Wales Morgan Boyes England Liverpool 2 January 2021 [16][17]
25 September 2020 LW Scotland Barrie McKay Wales Swansea City End of season [18]
15 October 2020 RB England Tom Edwards England Stoke City End of season [19]
16 October 2020 DM England Callum Connolly England Everton End of season [20]
16 October 2020 CB Scotland Charlie Mulgrew England Blackburn Rovers End of season [21]
12 January 2021 GK England Joe Hilton England Blackburn Rovers 19 January 2021 [22]
15 January 2021 CF Northern Ireland Kyle Vassell England Rotherham United End of season [23]
22 January 2021 RB Saint Lucia Janoi Donacien England Ipswich Town End of season [24]

Loans out[]

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
7 July 2020 CB England Nathan Sheron Scotland St Mirren 29 January 2021 [25][26]
3 August 2020 GK England Billy Crellin England Bolton Wanderers End of season [27]
21 August 2020 CF England Michael Fowler England FC United of Manchester End of season [28]
28 August 2020 CM England Harrison Biggins England Barrow 1 February 2021 [29][30]
19 October 2020 MF Northern Ireland Carl Johnston England Farsley Celtic 14 November 2020 [31]
25 October 2020 CF England Gerard Garner England Gateshead 30 December 2020 [32][33]
18 December 2020 DF Northern Ireland Dylan Boyle England FC United of Manchester [34]
18 December 2020 CB England Harrison Holgate England Altrincham 16 January 2021 [35][36]
6 January 2021 CF Wales Ched Evans England Preston North End 6 February 2021 [37][38]
21 January 2021 CM Scotland Paul Coutts England Salford City End of season [39]
21 January 2021 MF England Jay Matete England Grimsby Town End of season [40]
22 April 2021 CF England Harvey Saunders England Hartlepool United End of season [41]

Transfers out[]

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2020 MF England Jamie Cooke England Colne Free transfer [42]
1 July 2020 GK England James Cottam Unattached Released [43]
1 July 2020 CM England Kyle Dempsey England Gillingham Released [43][44]
1 July 2020 GK Scotland Matt Gilks England Bolton Wanderers Released [43][45]
1 July 2020 CM England Dean Marney Unattached Released [43]
1 July 2020 CF England Conor McAleny England Oldham Athletic Released [43][46]
1 July 2020 MF England Anthony Williams England Stalybridge Celtic Free transfer [47]
17 July 2020 LW England Ashley Hunter England Salford City Undisclosed [48]
31 July 2020 GK Northern Ireland Scott Pengelly Northern Ireland Portadown Undisclosed [49]
7 August 2020 RB England Lewie Coyle England Hull City Undisclosed [50]
14 October 2020 LB England Eddie Clarke England Warrington Town Mutual consent [51][52]
2 September 2020 RB Wales Macauley Southam-Hales England Stockport County Free transfer [53]
18 September 2020 CM England Jack Sowerby England Northampton Town Undisclosed [54]
8 January 2021 GK Canada Jayson Leutwiler England Huddersfield Town Released [55][56]
21 January 2021 CB England Sam Stubbs England Exeter City Free transfer [57]
6 February 2021 CF Wales Ched Evans England Preston North End Undisclosed [38]
16 March 2021 CF Republic of Ireland Paddy Madden England Stockport County Undisclosed [58]

Pre-season[]

11 August 2020 Friendly Fleetwood Town 4–2 Carlisle United Thornton-Cleveleys
13:00 BST Evans Goal 38'
McDonald Goal 51' (o.g.)
Garner Goal 60'
Morris Goal 70'		 Report Alessandra Goal 5'
Mellish Goal 43'		 Stadium: Poolfoot Farm
Attendance: 0
Referee: Samuel Barrott
15 August 2020 Friendly Stockport County 0–2 Fleetwood Town Stockport
15:30 BST Report Morris Goal 15'
Madden Goal 37' (pen.)		 Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 0
18 August 2020 Friendly Fleetwood Town 1–2 Port Vale Thornton-Cleveleys
15:00 BST Saunders Goal Report Conlon Goal
Goal pen.'		 Stadium: Poolfoot Farm
Attendance: 0
22 August 2020 Friendly Fleetwood Town 1–4 Blackburn Rovers Fleetwood
13:00 BST Evans Goal 14' Report Chapman Goal 26'
Armstrong Goal 46', 68'
Brennan Goal 78'		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0

Competitions[]

EFL League One[]

Main article: 2020–21 EFL League One

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
11 Accrington Stanley 46 18 13 15 63 68 −5 67
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 18 12 16 56 61 −5 66
13 Milton Keynes Dons 46 18 11 17 64 62 +2 65
14 Doncaster Rovers 46 19 7 20 63 67 −4 64
15 Fleetwood Town 46 16 12 18 49 46 +3 60
16 Burton Albion 46 15 12 19 61 73 −12 57
17 Shrewsbury Town 46 13 15 18 50 57 −7 54
18 Plymouth Argyle 46 14 11 21 53 80 −27 53
19 AFC Wimbledon 46 12 15 19 54 70 −16 51
Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[59]

Results summary[]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 16 12 18 49 46  +3 60 9 8 6 26 17  +9 7 4 12 23 29  −6

Last updated: 9 May 2021.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday[]

Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAHAHHAAHHAAHHAHAAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAAHAHHHAHAHAAHA
ResultWLLLWDLWWWLWWDLLWDDDLLDDLDWLDLDWWWDWLLWWLLWLDL
Position7121221141415121091087781091010101112121414151315161716161514141115161513141514151515
Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2021. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.[60]

12 September 2020 1 Fleetwood Town 2–1 Burton Albion Fleetwood
15:00 BST Camps Goal 17'
Burns Yellow card 19'
Madden Goal 79'
Whelan Yellow card 84'		 Report Brayford Goal 66'
Bostwick Yellow card 70'
O'Toole Red card 90+5'		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin Coy
19 September 2020 2 Peterborough United 2–1 Fleetwood Town Peterborough
15:00 BST Kent Yellow card 49'
Thompson Yellow card 63'
Taylor Goal 90+1'
Szmodics Goal 90+5'		 Report Camps Goal 55'
Burns Yellow card 57'		 Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Chris Sarginson
26 September 2020 3 Fleetwood Town 0–1 AFC Wimbledon Fleetwood
15:00 BST Andrew Yellow card 55'
Duffy Yellow card 59'		 Report Kalambayi Yellow card 34'
Seddon Goal 41' Yellow card 82'
McLoughlin Yellow card 55'		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michael Salisbury
3 October 2020 4 Rochdale 2–1 Fleetwood Town Spotland
15:00 BST Lund Goal 13'
Beesley Yellow card 39'
Tavares Goal 90'		 Report Hill Yellow card 54'
Saunders Goal 77'
Evans Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Oldham
9 October 2020 5 Fleetwood Town 4–1 Hull City Fleetwood
19:45 BST Saunders Goal 17', 67'
Camps Goal 47' Yellow card 90+3'
Stubbs Goal 73'		 Report Honeyman Goal 21' Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ollie Yates
17 October 2020 6 Fleetwood Town 0–0 Lincoln City Fleetwood
15:00 BST Report Bridcutt Yellow card 21'
Montsma Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
20 October 2020 7 Accrington Stanley 1–0 Fleetwood Town Accrington
19:00 BST Sykes Yellow card 55'
Charles Goal 73'		 Report Holgate Yellow card 43' Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Darren Drysdale
24 October 2020 8 Gillingham 0–2 Fleetwood Town Gillingham
13:00 BST Ogilvie Yellow card 17' Yellow-red card 83'
Akinde Yellow card 41'
Samuel Yellow card 70'
Graham Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Madden Goal 66'
Matete Yellow card 87'
Evans Goal 90+3'		 Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: John Busby
27 October 2020 9 Fleetwood Town 1–0 Shrewsbury Town Fleetwood
19:45 GMT Evans Goal 25' Yellow card 36' Report Daniels Yellow card 59' Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bobby Madley
31 October 2020 10 Fleetwood Town 2–0 Oxford United Fleetwood
15:00 GMT Camps Goal 1'
Madden Goal 76'
Duffy Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Henry Penalty missed 10'
Ruffels Yellow card 53'
Long Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Robert Lewis
3 November 2020 11 Charlton Athletic 3–2 Fleetwood Town Charlton
19:00 GMT Purrington Goal 4'
Washington Goal 31', 50' (pen.)
Maatsen Yellow card 86'		 Report Evans Goal 33', 34'
Finley Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christopher Pollard
14 November 2020 12 Bristol Rovers 1–4 Fleetwood Town Horfield
15:00 GMT Harries Yellow card 27'
Grant Goal 60'
Ehmer Yellow card 79'
Hanlan Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Camps Goal 30', 82'
Madden Goal 39' Yellow card 70'
Edwards Yellow card 43'
Evans Goal 86' (pen.)
Leutwiler Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Antony Coggins
21 November 2020 13 Fleetwood Town 5–1 Plymouth Argyle Fleetwood
15:00 GMT Finley Goal 4'
Camps Goal 7', 67'
Andrew Yellow card 24'
Burns Goal 38'
Mulgrew Goal 55'		 Report Canavan Yellow card 52' Yellow-red card 90+1'
Edwards Yellow card 74'
Jephcott Goal 84'
Nouble Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Samuel Barrott
27 November 2020 14 Fleetwood Town 1–1 Sunderland Fleetwood
19:45 GMT Morris Yellow card 6'
Andrew Yellow card 48'
Connolly Goal 74'
Whelan Yellow card 90'
Evans Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Scowen Yellow card 24'
Wyke Goal 59'
Wright Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bobby Madley
1 December 2020 15 Northampton Town 1–0 Fleetwood Town Northampton
19:45 GMT Sowerby Yellow card 13'
McWilliams Yellow card 43'
Bolger Goal 47'
Harriman Yellow card 60'
Arnold Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Coutts Yellow card 8'
Camps Yellow card 34'
Whelan Yellow card 66'		 Stadium: PTS Academy Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Adcock
5 December 2020 16 Fleetwood Town 0–1 Blackpool Fleetwood
15:00 GMT Report Madine Goal 16' Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: John Busby
12 December 2020 17 Swindon Town 0–1 Fleetwood Town Swindon
15:00 GMT Hope Yellow card 35'
Grounds Yellow card 61'		 Report Madden Goal 29'
Camps Yellow card 57'
Connolly Yellow card 82'
Duffy Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: The County Ground
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Christopher Pollard
15 December 2020 18 Portsmouth 0–0 Fleetwood Town Milton
19:45 GMT Curtis Yellow card 12'
Whatmough Yellow card 31'
Williams Yellow card 34'
Harness Yellow card 41'		 Report Madden Yellow card 31'
Andrew Yellow card 41'
Burns Yellow card 45+1'
Duffy Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Alan Young
19 December 2020 19 Fleetwood Town 1–1 Wigan Athletic Fleetwood
15:00 GMT Andrew Goal 28'
Leutwiler Yellow card 77'
Rossiter Yellow card 87'
Madden Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Naismith Yellow card 37'
Crankshaw Goal 90+1'		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Oldham
26 December 2020 20 Crewe Alexandra 1–1 Fleetwood Town Crewe
15:00 GMT Beckles Yellow card 16'
Dale Yellow card 23'
Offord Yellow card 42'
Mandron Goal 61'		 Report Andrew Yellow card 38'
Burns Goal 49'
Rossiter Yellow card 60'
Madden Yellow card 77'

Barton Yellow card		 Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tom Nield
16 January 2021 21 Fleetwood Town 0–1 Portsmouth Fleetwood
15:00 GMT Report Marquis Goal 16'
Whatmough Yellow card 36'		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Bell
19 January 2021 22 Milton Keynes Dons 3–1 Fleetwood Town Denbigh, Milton Keynes
19:00 GMT Mason Goal 4', 21', 28'
Freeman Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Coutts Yellow card 34'
Finley Yellow card 65', Goal 83'
Madden Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Stadium:mk
Attendance: 0
Referee: Antony Coggins
23 January 2021 23 Wigan Athletic 0–0 Fleetwood Town Wigan
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Declan Bourne
26 January 2021 24 Fleetwood Town 0–0 Northampton Town Fleetwood
19:45 GMT Morris Yellow card 88' Report Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin Coy
30 January 2021 25 Oxford United 1–0 Fleetwood Town Oxford
15:00 GMT Ruffels Goal 28'
Rodríguez Yellow card 38'
Winnall Yellow card 66'
Agyei Yellow card 76'		 Report Mulgrew Red card 6'
Andrew Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: The Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Samuel Barrott
6 February 2021 26 Fleetwood Town 0–0 Bristol Rovers Fleetwood
15:00 GMT Batty Yellow card 20' Report Ehmer Yellow card 63' Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
9 February 2021 27 Fleetwood Town 3–1 Doncaster Rovers Fleetwood
19:45 GMT Vassell Goal 60'
Madden Goal 66'
Andrew Goal 88'		 Report Lokilo Goal 8' Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Haines
13 February 2021 28 Plymouth Argyle 1–0 Fleetwood Town Plymouth
15:00 GMT Holgate Goal 11' (o.g.)
Opoku Yellow card 49'		 Report Finley Yellow card 77'
Saunders Yellow card 90+1'

Simon Grayson Yellow card		 Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Thomas Bramall
20 February 2021 29 Fleetwood Town 1–1 Charlton Athletic Fleetwood
15:00 GMT Madden Goal 41', Yellow card 78'
Rossiter Yellow card 78'		 Report Stockley Goal 6', Yellow card 78'
Pratley Yellow card 47'
Oshilaja Yellow card 79'
Millar Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carl Boyeson
23 February 2021 30 Sunderland 2–0 Fleetwood Town Sunderland
19:00 GMT Sanderson Yellow card 38'
O'Brien Goal 61'
Power Goal 82'
McLaughlin Yellow card 90'		 Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Bell
27 February 2021 31 Fleetwood Town 1–1 Accrington Stanley Fleetwood
15:00 GMT Burns Yellow card 4', Goal 24'
Camps Yellow card 45+3'
Morris Penalty missed 79'
Connolly Yellow card 79'		 Report Phillips Goal 22'
Burgess Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Allison
2 March 2021 32 Lincoln City 1–2 Fleetwood Town Lincoln
19:00 GMT Morton Goal 71' Report Andrew Yellow card 32'
Garner Goal 43'
Camps Goal 53'		 Stadium: LNER Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: David Rock
6 March 2021 (2021-03-06) 33 Shrewsbury Town 0–2 Fleetwood Town Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT Report Burns Goal 45'
Vassell Goal 70'		 Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michael Salisbury
9 March 2021 34 Fleetwood Town 1–0 Gillingham Fleetwood
19:45 GMT Vassell Goal 2' (pen.), Yellow card 90+3' Report O'Keefe Yellow card 90+3'
Oliver Yellow card 90+5'		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marc Edwards
13 March 2021 35 Blackpool 0–0 Fleetwood Town Blackpool
15:00 GMT Kaikai Yellow card 19'
Dougall Yellow card 36'		 Report Batty Yellow card 26'
Burns Yellow card 55'
Andrew Yellow card 76'
Connolly Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Will Finnie
16 March 2021 36 Fleetwood Town 2–0 Ipswich Town Fleetwood
19:45 GMT Connolly Goal 9'
Garner Goal 57'
Batty Yellow card 80'
Cairns Yellow card 90'		 Report Edwards Yellow card 45+4' Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gavin Ward
20 March 2021 37 Fleetwood Town 0–2 Swindon Town Fleetwood
15:00 GMT Finley Yellow card 11'
Hill Yellow card 76'		 Report Twine Goal 5', 60', Yellow card 75' Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Chris Sarginson
2 April 2021 38 Fleetwood Town 0–1 Peterborough United Fleetwood
15:00 BST Connolly Yellow card 25' Report Clarke-Harris Goal 89' Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Speedie
5 April 2021 39 AFC Wimbledon 0–1 Fleetwood Town Wimbledon
15:00 BST Heneghan Yellow card 41'
Alexander Yellow card 42'		 Report Connolly Yellow card 12'
Burns Yellow card 77'
Camps Yellow card 86'
McKay Goal 88'		 Stadium: Plough Lane
Attendance: 0
Referee: Peter Wright
10 April 2021 40 Fleetwood Town 1–0 Rochdale Fleetwood
15:00 BST O'Connell Goal 52' (o.g.)
Connolly Yellow card 66'		 Report McLaughlin Yellow card 54' Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bobby Madley
17 April 2021 41 Hull City 2–1 Fleetwood Town Kingston upon Hull
12:30 BST Magennis Goal 61'
Lewis-Potter Goal 70'		 Report Donacien Yellow card 6'
Vassell Goal 22'		 Stadium: KCOM Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ollie Yates
20 April 2021 42 Fleetwood Town 0–2 Crewe Alexandra Fleetwood
19:45 BST Connolly Yellow card 14'
Vassell Penalty missed 27'
Andrew Yellow card 69'
Baggley Yellow card 76'		 Report Dale Goal 24'
Adebisi Yellow card 45+4'
Murphy Yellow card 54'
Porter Goal 83' (pen.)		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ross Joyce
24 April 2021 43 Doncaster Rovers 0–1 Fleetwood Town Doncaster
15:00 BST Report Rossiter Yellow card 47'
McKay Goal 51'		 Stadium: The Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Samuel Barrott
27 April 2021 44 Burton Albion 5–2 Fleetwood Town Burton upon Trent
19:00 BST Earl Yellow card 27'
Akins Goal 35'
Powell Goal 39'
Hamer Goal 72'
Hemmings Yellow card 74', Goal 85', 90+5'
Taylor Yellow card 78'		 Report Biggins Yellow card 45+4'
Finley Goal 62'
Rossiter Goal 90+2'		 Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
1 May 2021 45 Fleetwood Town 1–1 Milton Keynes Dons Fleetwood
15:00 BST Garner Goal 61'
Burns Yellow card 88'		 Report Kasumu Yellow card 16'
Sorinola Yellow card 68'
Brown Goal 83'
Lewington Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Stephen Martin
9 May 2021 46 Ipswich Town 3–1 Fleetwood Town Ipswich
12:00 BST Norwood Goal 3'
Edwards Goal 9'
Parrott Goal 29'		 Report Finley Yellow card 51'
Burns Goal 72'
Rossiter Yellow card 80'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: John Busby

FA Cup[]

Main article: 2020–21 FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.[61]

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 November 2020 First round Hull City 2–0 Fleetwood Town Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT Magennis Goal 31'
Burke Goal 63'
Smallwood Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Connolly Yellow card 58'
Madden Yellow card 66'
Holgate Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: KCOM Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marc Edwards

EFL Cup[]

Main article: 2020–21 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.[62] The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.[63]

5 September 2020 First round Fleetwood Town 3–2 Wigan Athletic Fleetwood
15:00 BST Saunders Yellow card 29'
Evans Goal 41', 77'
Morris Goal 64'		 Report Garner Goal 2', 31' (pen.)
Obi Yellow card 37'
Evans Yellow card 72'		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
15 September 2020 Second round Fleetwood Town 2–1 Port Vale Fleetwood
19:00 BST Madden Goal 14' Yellow card 32'
Morris Goal 75'
Whelan Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Hurst Yellow card 45+1'
Whitehead Goal 49'
Montaño Yellow card 64'
Brisley Yellow card 70'
Mills Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ross Joyce
23 September 2020 Third round Fleetwood Town 2–5 Everton Fleetwood
19:45 BST Duffy Goal 48'
Camps Goal 58'		 Report Richarlison Goal 22', 34'
Delph Yellow card 26'
Iwobi Goal 49'
Bernard Goal 73'
Kean Goal 90+4'		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jeremy Simpson

EFL Trophy[]

Main article: 2020–21 EFL Trophy

  Win   Draw   Loss

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.[64] The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew’s.[65] The third round was made on 10 December 2020 by Jon Parkin.[66]

Pos Div Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Fleetwood Town 3 3 0 0 0 8 2 +6 9 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Sunderland 3 2 0 0 1 14 6 +8 6
3 L2 Carlisle United 3 1 0 0 2 7 9 −2 3
4 ACA Aston Villa U21 3 0 0 0 3 2 14 −12 0
Source: EFL.com
1 September 2020 Group stage Carlisle United 1–3 Fleetwood Town Carlisle
19:00 BST Toure Goal 36' Red card 90' Report Camps Goal 44'
Saunders Goal 57', 68'		 Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Speedie
6 October 2020 Group stage Fleetwood Town 3–0 Aston Villa U21 Fleetwood
19:45 BST Saunders Goal 3', 4', 15'
Matete Yellow card 63'
Smith Yellow card 75'		 Report Revan Yellow card 26'
Barry Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Peter Wright
10 November 2020 Group stage Fleetwood Town 2–1 Sunderland Fleetwood
19:45 GMT Smith Yellow card 26'
McKay Goal 51'
Duffy Goal 59'
Morris Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Hill Goal 15' (o.g.)
Embleton Yellow card 62'
Willis Yellow card 72'		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Graham Salisbury
8 December 2020 Second round Fleetwood Town 0–0
(5–4 p)		 Blackpool Fleetwood
19:45 GMT Rydel Yellow card 51'
Madden Yellow card 77'		 Report Turton Yellow card 39' Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Robert Lewis
Penalties
Coutts Penalty scored
Madden Penalty scored
Evans Penalty scored
McKay Penalty scored
Duffy Penalty scored		 Garbutt Penalty scored
Sarkic Penalty scored
Robson Penalty missed
Lubala Penalty scored
Lawrence-Gabriel Penalty scored
12 January 2021 Third round Hull City 3–2 Fleetwood Town Kingston upon Hull
17:30 GMT Wilks Goal 78'
Lewis-Potter Goal 80'
Coyle Goal 90+4'		 Report Madden Goal 8'
Burns Goal 53'
Hill Yellow card 82'
Connolly Yellow card 90'
Matete Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: KCOM Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ross Joyce

Statistics[]

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Bristol Rovers.
As of 27 February 2021
No. Pos Nat Player Total League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Joel Coleman 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF England ENG Danny Andrew 35 2 30+0 2 1+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF England ENG Callum Connolly* 27 1 25+0 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
6 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Glenn Whelan 29 0 15+7 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 2+1 0
7 FW Wales WAL Wes Burns 26 4 17+3 3 0+1 0 3+0 0 2+0 1
8 MF England ENG Mark Duffy 30 2 8+15 0 0+0 0 0+3 1 3+1 1
10 MF Northern Ireland NIR Callum Camps 36 10 26+4 8 1+0 0 3+0 1 2+0 1
11 MF England ENG Josh Morris 29 2 14+8 0 0+1 0 3+0 2 3+0 0
14 DF Scotland SCO Charlie Mulgrew* 23 1 22+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF England ENG James Rossiter 21 0 15+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
17 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Paddy Madden 32 9 24+4 7 1+0 0 1+0 1 1+1 1
18 FW England ENG Kyle Vassell* 11 1 10+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW Scotland SCO Barrie McKay* 19 1 8+9 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 1
20 FW England ENG Harvey Saunders 24 8 7+9 3 1+0 0 1+2 0 3+1 5
21 GK England ENG Alex Cairns 18 0 13+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 0 2+0 0
22 DF Saint Lucia LCA Janoi Donacien 8 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 MF England ENG Sam Finley 18 2 11+5 2 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
24 MF England ENG Daniel Batty 6 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF England ENG 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 FW England ENG Ged Garner 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 MF Northern Ireland NIR Barry Baggley 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
31 MF England ENG Laurence Smith 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
32 DF England ENG Harrison Holgate 17 0 8+4 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
33 DF England ENG James Hill 20 0 9+4 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 4+0 0
35 DF England ENG Ryan Rydel 7 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
37 MF Northern Ireland NIR Dylan Boyle 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
39 MF England ENG Shayden Morris 7 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
41 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Cian Hayes 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
43 MF England ENG Akiel Raffie 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
44 DF England ENG Sam Barrett 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
Players out on loan:
15 MF Scotland SCO Paul Coutts 28 0 14+6 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 4+0 0
29 FW England ENG Gerard Garner 4 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
36 MF England ENG Jay Matete 13 0 3+4 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 2+2 0
38 DF Northern Ireland NIR Carl Johnston 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
Players who left the club:
2 DF England ENG Tom Edwards* 12 0 10+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW Wales WAL Ched Evans 23 7 11+6 5 1+0 0 2+1 2 1+1 0
13 GK Canada CAN Jayson Leutwiler 18 0 16+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
13 GK England ENG Joe Hilton* 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
22 DF Wales WAL Morgan Boyes* 4 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
26 DF England ENG Sam Stubbs 9 1 5+0 1 0+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0

Goals record[]

As of 27 February 2021
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
1 10 Northern Ireland CM Callum Camps 8 0 1 1 10
2 17 Republic of Ireland CF Paddy Madden 7 0 1 1 9
3 20 England CF Harvey Saunders 3 0 0 5 8
4 9 Wales CF Ched Evans 5 0 2 0 7
5 7 Wales RW Wes Burns 3 0 0 1 4
6 3 England LB Danny Andrew 2 0 0 0 2
8 England RM Mark Duffy 0 0 1 1 2
11 England LM Josh Morris 0 0 2 0 2
23 England LM Sam Finley 2 0 0 0 2
10 4 England CB Callum Connolly 1 0 0 0 1
14 Scotland CB Charlie Mulgrew 1 0 0 0 1
18 England CF Kyle Vassell 1 0 0 0 1
19 Scotland CF Barrie McKay 0 0 0 1 1
26 England CB Sam Stubbs 1 0 0 0 1
Total 34 0 7 10 52

Disciplinary record[]

As of 27 February 2021
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 17 Republic of Ireland CF Paddy Madden 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 0
2 3 England LB Danny Andrew 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
3 4 England CB Callum Connolly 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
6 Republic of Ireland DM Glenn Whelan 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
7 Wales RW Wes Burns 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
8 England RM Mark Duffy 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
10 Northern Ireland CM Callum Camps 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
36 England CM Jay Matete 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0
9 9 Wales CF Ched Evans 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
11 England LM Josh Morris 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
16 England CM James Rossiter 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
23 England CM Sam Finley 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
13 13 Canada GK Jayson Leutwiler 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
15 Scotland CM Paul Coutts 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
20 England CF Harvey Saunders 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
31 England CM Laurence Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0
32 England CB Harrison Holgate 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
33 England CB James Hill 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
19 2 England RB Tom Edwards 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
14 Scotland CB Charlie Mulgrew 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
24 England CM 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
35 England CM Ryan Rydel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Total 50 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 66 0 1

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