2021–22 AFC Wimbledon season

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AFC Wimbledon
2021–22 season
CEOJoe Palmer
Head CoachMark Robinson
StadiumPlough Lane
League One15th
EFL CupThird round
Top goalscorerGroup stage
Away colours
Third colours

The 2021–22 season is AFC Wimbledon's 20th year in their history and sixth consecutive season back in League One. Along with the league, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the 2021–22 EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

Pre-season friendlies[]

AFC Wimbledon confirmed friendly matches against Brentford,[1] Kingstonian,[2] Metropolitan Police,[2] Hampton & Richmond Borough,[2] Dartford[2] and Woking[2] as part of their pre-season preparations.

17 July 2021 Friendly AFC Wimbledon 0–1 Brentford Wimbledon
15:00 BST Report Valencia Goal 42' Stadium: Plough Lane
Attendance: 2,500
20 July 2021 Friendly Kingstonian 2–0 AFC Wimbledon Tolworth
19:30 BST Cooper Goal 45'
Buchanan Goal 82'		 Report Stadium: King George's Field
20 July 2021 Friendly Metropolitan Police 0–1 AFC Wimbledon Molesey
19:45 BST Report Robinson Goal 81' (pen.) Stadium: Imber Court
23 July 2021 Friendly Hampton & Richmond Borough 1–1 AFC Wimbledon Hampton
19:45 BST Trialist Goal 65' Report McCormick Goal 69' Stadium: The Beveree Stadium
24 July 2021 Friendly Dartford 1–0 AFC Wimbledon Dartford
15:00 BST Porter Goal 21' Report Stadium: Princes Park
Attendance: 868
27 July 2021 Friendly Woking 1–0 AFC Wimbledon Woking
19:30 BST Campbell Goal 62' Report Stadium: Laithwaite Community Stadium
31 July 2021 Friendly AFC Wimbledon 1–2 Scunthorpe United Wimbledon
15:00 BST Palmer Goal 4' (pen.) Report Bunn Goal 31'
Loft Goal 39' (pen.)		 Stadium: Plough Lane
Attendance: 4,000

Competitions[]

League One[]

Main article: 2021–22 EFL League One

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
3 Milton Keynes Dons 8 4 3 1 16 10 +6 15 Qualification for League One play-offs
4 Plymouth Argyle 7 4 2 1 10 4 +6 14
5 Wycombe Wanderers 7 4 2 1 10 7 +3 14
6 Rotherham United 8 4 1 3 10 8 +2 13
7 AFC Wimbledon 8 3 3 2 15 13 +2 12
8 Bolton Wanderers 8 3 3 2 14 12 +2 12
9 Cheltenham Town 8 3 3 2 11 11 0 12
10 Burton Albion 8 3 3 2 6 8 −2 12
11 Accrington Stanley 8 4 0 4 8 11 −3 12
Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2021. 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[3]

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
8 3 3 2 15 13  +2 12 1 2 1 7 6  +1 2 1 1 8 7  +1

Last updated: 18 September 2021.
Source:[citation needed]

Results by matchday[]

Matchday12345678
GroundAHHAAHAH
ResultWDDLDWWL
Position27101415947
Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2021. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

AFC Wimbledon's fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.[4]

7 August 2021 1 Doncaster Rovers 1–2 AFC Wimbledon Doncaster
15:00 BST Seaman Goal 46' Report Hartigan Yellow card 32'
Assal Goal 58'
McCormick Goal 74', Yellow card 75'
Guinness-Walker Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 6,419
Referee: Samuel Barrott
14 August 2021 2 AFC Wimbledon 3–3 Bolton Wanderers Wimbledon
15:00 BST Nightingale Goal 20'
Tzanev Yellow card 22'
Heneghan Yellow card 62'
Guinness-Walker Yellow card 65'
Pressley Goal 74' (pen.)
Mebude Goal 75'
Assal Yellow card 80'		 Report Doyle Goal 23' (pen.)
Sheehan Goal 27', Yellow card 35'
Afolayan Goal 48'
Jones Yellow card 53'		 Stadium: Plough Lane
Attendance: 7,728
Referee: Peter Wright
17 August 2021 3 AFC Wimbledon 1–1 Gillingham Wimbledon
15:00 BST Mebude Yellow card 39'
Nightingale Yellow card 73'
Palmer Goal 85'Yellow card 87'
Assal Yellow card 90+6'		 Report McKenzie Yellow card 11'
Tutonda Yellow card 55' Yellow-red card 72'
Tucker Yellow card 67'
O'Keefe Yellow card 90+2'
Kalambayi Goal 90+7' (o.g.)
Oliver Yellow card 90+7'		 Stadium: Plough Lane
Attendance: 7,027
Referee: Carl Brook
21 August 2021 4 Sunderland 1–0 AFC Wimbledon Sunderland
15:00 BST Gooch Yellow card 18'
Flanagan Yellow card 27'
Winchester Goal 64'
O'Nien Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Assal Yellow card 62' Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 29,093
Referee: James Oldham
28 August 2021 5 Ipswich Town 2–2 AFC Wimbledon Ipswich
15:00 BST Pigott Goal 52' (pen.)
Burns Goal 54'
Hladký Yellow card 79'		 Report Woodyard Yellow card 16'
Hartigan Yellow card 45'
Nightingale Yellow card 52'
Heneghan Goal 58'
Rudoni Goal 90+5'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 19,051
Referee: David Rock
4 September 2021 6 AFC Wimbledon 3–1 Oxford United Wimbledon
15:00 BST Guinness-Walker Yellow card 37'
Heneghan Yellow card 54'
Rudoni Goal 55', 81'
Nightingale Goal 78'
Chislett Yellow card 79'		 Report Seddon Yellow card 13'
Sykes Goal 45+1'		 Stadium: Plough Lane
Referee: Brett Huxtable
11 September 2021 7 Morecambe 3–4 AFC Wimbledon Morecambe
15:00 BST Stockton Goal 49', 65'
McLoughlin Goal 54'
Leigh Yellow card 73'
Delaney Yellow card 89'		 Report Hartigan Goal 5'
Mebude Yellow card 25'
Lawrence Yellow card 35'
Chislett Goal 61', Yellow card 67'
Nightingale Goal 72'
Assal Goal 90+4', Yellow card 90+5'		 Stadium: Mazuma Stadium
Attendance: 3,173
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
18 September 2021 8 AFC Wimbledon 0–1 Plymouth Argyle Wimbledon
15:00 BST Chislett Yellow card 14'
McCormick Yellow card 60'		 Report Hardie Goal 47', Yellow card 88'
Cooper Yellow card 68'		 Stadium: Plough Lane
Referee: Tom Nield

FA Cup[]

Main article: 2021–22 FA Cup

EFL Cup[]

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup

AFC Wimbledon were drawn away to Charlton Athletic in the first round[5][6] Northampton Town in the second round[7][8] and Arsenal in the third round.[9]

10 August 2021 First round Charlton Athletic 0-1 AFC Wimbledon Charlton
19:45 BST Dobson Yellow card 81'
Stockley Yellow card 86'		 Report Osew Goal 26'
Marsh Yellow card 52'		 Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 3,372
Referee: Robert Lewis
24 August 2021 (2021-08-24) Second round Northampton Town 0–1 AFC Wimbledon Northampton
19:45 BST Horsfall Yellow card 34'
Hoskins Yellow card 85'		 Report Csóka Yellow card 17'
Pressley Yellow card 34'
Hartigan Goal 90+5'		 Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 3,257
Referee: Ross Joyce
22 September 2021 Third round Arsenal v AFC Wimbledon Holloway
19:45 BST Stadium: Emirates Stadium

EFL Trophy[]

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Trophy

AFC Wimbledon were drawn into Southern Group B alongside Crystal Palace U21s, Portsmouth and Sutton United.[10]

Pos Div Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Sutton United 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 +3 3 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 AFC Wimbledon 1 1 0 0 0 5 3 +2 3
3 L1 Portsmouth 1 0 0 0 1 3 5 −2 0
4 ACA Crystal Palace U21 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 −3 0
Updated to match(es) played on 7 September 2021. Source: EFL.com
7 September 2021 Group game 1 AFC Wimbledon 5–3 Portsmouth Wimbledon
19:45 BST Kalambayi Goal 2'
Pressley Goal 43', 80' (pen.)
Lawrence Yellow card 72'
Nightingale Goal 87'
McCormick Goal 90+4'		 Report Mnoga Yellow card 2'
Harrison Goal 45+4', 52', 78'		 Stadium: Plough Lane
Referee: Darren Drysdale

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
2 July 2021 CM England Luke McCormick England Chelsea Undisclosed [11]
3 July 2021 CB England Darius Charles England Wycombe Wanderers Free transfer [12]
5 July 2021 CF England Aaron Cosgrave England Lewes Free transfer [13]
5 July 2021 GK Algeria Zaki Oualah England Leatherhead Free transfer [14]
6 July 2021 DM England George Marsh England Tottenham Hotspur Free transfer [15]

Loans in[]

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
16 July 2021 CF Scotland Aaron Pressley England Brentford End of season [16]
26 July 2021 RB England Henry Lawrence England Chelsea End of season [17]
4 August 2021 CF Scotland Dapo Mebude England Watford End of season [18]

Loans out[]

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
10 July 2021 CF England Aaron Cosgrave England Dover Athletic End of season [19]
21 July 2021 CF England Corie Andrews England Aldershot Town 3 January 2022 [20]
30 July 2021 LB England Jack Currie England Eastbourne Borough End of season [21]
30 July 2021 FW England David Fisher England Hampton & Richmond Borough End of season [22]
13 August 2021 MF England Dylan Adjei-Hersey England Merstham [23]
13 August 2021 RB England Huseyin Biler England Welling United End of season [23]
13 August 2021 CM England Elliott Bolton England Corinthian Casuals [24]

Transfers out[]

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
30 June 2021 AM Republic of Ireland Shane McLoughlin England Morecambe Released [25][26]
30 June 2021 RB England Luke O'Neill Released [25]
30 June 2021 CF England Joe Pigott England Ipswich Town Rejected contract [27][28]
30 June 2021 CB England Archie Procter England Accrington Stanley Undisclosed [29]
30 June 2021 CM Republic of Ireland Callum Reilly England Leyton Orient Released [25][30]
22 July 2021 GK England Matthew Cox England Brentford Undisclosed [31]
11 August 2021 CF England Shayon Harrison England Morecambe Free transfer [32]
12 August 2021 CB England Terell Thomas England Crewe Alexandra Free transfer [33]

Statistics[]

As of match played 21 August 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 New Zealand Nik Tzanev 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF England Henry Lawrence 4 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Hungary Dániel Csóka 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF England Alex Woodyard 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF England Will Nightingale 4 1 4+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF England George Marsh 3 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
7 DF England Cheye Alexander 4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
8 MF England Anthony Hartigan 4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW England Ollie Palmer 5 1 3+1 1 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
10 FW England Ayoub Assal 5 1 4+0 1 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
11 MF South Africa Ethan Chislett 4 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
12 MF England Jack Rudoni 4 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
14 FW England Zach Robinson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF Wales Jack Madelin 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 FW Scotland Dapo Mebude 4 1 1+2 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
18 DF England Nesta Guinness-Walker 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW Scotland Aaron Pressley 5 1 1+3 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
20 DF England Huseyin Biler 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF England Luke McCormick 4 1 3+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF England Ben Heneghan 4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
23 MF England Elliott Bolton 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 MF England Alfie Bendle 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF England Dylan Adjei-Hersey 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 DF England Paul Kalambayi 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
31 GK Algeria Zaki Oualah 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 DF England Darius Charles 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
35 DF England Ethan Sutcliffe 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
36 DF England Luke Jenkins 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
37 DF England Paul Osew 2 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1 0+0 0

Goals record[]

As of match played 21 August 2021
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
1 5 England DF Will Nightingale 1 0 0 0 1
9 England FW Ollie Palmer 1 0 0 0 1
10 England MF Ayoub Assal 1 0 0 0 1
16 Scotland FW Dapo Mebude 1 0 0 0 1
19 Scotland FW Aaron Pressley 1 0 0 0 1
21 England MF Luke McCormick 1 0 0 0 1
37 England DF Paul Osew 0 0 1 0 0
Own Goals 0 0 0 0 0
Total 6 0 1 0 7

Disciplinary record[]

As of match played 21 August 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 10 England MF Ayoub Assal 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
2 18 England DF Nesta Guinness-Walker 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
3 1 New Zealand GK Nik Tzanev 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
5 England DF Will Nightingale 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
6 England MF George Marsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
8 England MF Anthony Hartigan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
9 England FW Ollie Palmer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
16 Scotland FW Dapo Mebude 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
21 England MF Luke McCormick 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
22 England DF Ben Heneghan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0

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