2021–22 Fleetwood Town F.C. season

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Fleetwood Town
2021–22 season
ChairmanAndrew Pilley
ManagerSimon Grayson
StadiumHighbury Stadium
FA CupFirst round
EFL CupFirst round
EFL TrophyGroup stage
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The 2021–22 season is Fleetwood Town's 114th year in their history and eighth consecutive season in League One. Along with the league, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

Pre-season friendlies[]

Fleetwood Town announced friendly matches against Radcliffe,[1] Port Vale,[2] Rochdale,[2] St Johnstone,[3] Huddersfield Town,[4] Leeds United,[5] Chester,[1] Wrexham[6] and Stockport County[7] as part of their pre-season preparations.

10 July 2021 Friendly Radcliffe 0–2 Fleetwood Town Radcliffe
15:00 BST Report Garner Goal 5'
Teale Goal 87'		 Stadium: Neuven Stadium
13 July 2021 Friendly Fleetwood Town 1–0 Port Vale Thornton-Cleveleys
13:00 BST Rossiter Goal 38' Report Stadium: Poolfort Farm
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
Note: 4x30 minute periods
17 July 2021 Friendly Rochdale 3–3 Fleetwood Town Spotland
15:00 BST Dooley Goal 8'
Beesley Goal 60'
Holgate Goal 66' (o.g.)		 Report Andrew Goal 50'
Edmondson Goal 83', 86'		 Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
24 July 2021 Friendly St Johnstone 0–0 Fleetwood Town Tulloch, Scotland
13:00 BST Report Stadium: McDiarmid Park
27 July 2021 Friendly Fleetwood Town 2–1 Huddersfield Town Fleetwood
19:00 BST Morris Goal 5'
Garner Goal 29'		 Report O'Brien Goal 77' Stadium: Highbury Stadium
30 July 2021 Friendly Fleetwood Town 2–1 Leeds United Fleetwood
19:00 BST Morris Goal 54'
Garner Goal 60' (pen.)		 Report Cresswell Goal 23' Stadium: Highbury Stadium
31 July 2021 Friendly Chester 3–0 Fleetwood Town Chester
15:00 BST Dudley Goal 6'
Hardy Goal 54'
Oyibo Goal 71'		 Report Stadium: Deva Stadium
3 August 2021 Friendly Fleetwood Town XI v Wrexham Thornton-Cleveleys
14:00 BST Stadium: Poolfort Farm
14 August 2021 Friendly Stockport County v Fleetwood Town XI Edgeley
15:00 BST Stadium: Edgeley Park

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
13 Cambridge United 7 3 2 2 10 10 0 11
14 Oxford United 8 3 2 3 9 9 0 11
15 Portsmouth 7 3 1 3 5 4 +1 10
16 Lincoln City 8 2 2 4 10 10 0 8
17 Fleetwood Town 7 2 2 3 11 11 0 8
18 Morecambe 7 2 1 4 9 10 −1 7
19 Ipswich Town 7 1 3 3 11 15 −4 6
20 Gillingham 7 1 3 3 7 11 −4 6
21 Crewe Alexandra 7 1 2 4 4 8 −4 5 Relegation to EFL League Two
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[8]

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
6 2 1 3 9 9  0 7 1 0 1 3 3  0 1 1 2 6 6  0

Last updated: 11 September 2021.
Source:[citation needed]

Results by matchday[]

Matchday123456
GroundHAAHAA
ResultLLLWDW
Position222222191817
Updated to match(es) played on 11 September 2021. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

Fleetwood Town's fixtures were released on 24 June 2021.[9]

7 August 2021 1 Fleetwood Town 0–1 Portsmouth Fleetwood
15:00 BST Report Brown Yellow card 24', Goal 60'
Curtis Yellow card 43'
Freeman Yellow card 63'		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Referee: Ben Speedie
14 August 2021 2 Lincoln City 2–1 Fleetwood Town Lincoln
15:00 BST Melbourne Yellow card 31'
Edun Yellow card 64'
Scully Goal 69', 87' (pen.)
Bishop Yellow card 75'		 Report Matete Yellow card 7'
Andrew Goal 32'
Clark Yellow card 74'
Hill Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: LNER Stadium
Attendance: 8,241
Referee: James Oldham
17 August 2021 3 Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Fleetwood Town Owlerton
19:45 BST Gregory Goal 15'
Byers Yellow card 17'
Johnson Yellow card 34'
Bannan Yellow card 69'
Iorfa Yellow card 87'		 Report Halliday Yellow card 23'
Rossiter Yellow card 35'
Morton Yellow card 49'
Holgate Yellow card 83'
Biggins Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 21,130
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
21 August 2021 4 Fleetwood Town 3–2 Cheltenham Town Fleetwood
15:00 BST Clarke Goal 33'
Johnson Goal 81'
Morris Goal 90'
Morton Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Wright Goal 8', Yellow card 83'
Raglan Yellow card 36'
Thomas Yellow card 46'
Hussey Yellow card 86'
May Goal 87'		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Referee: Andy Haines
28 August 2021 5 Plymouth Argyle 1–1 Fleetwood Town Plymouth
15:00 BST Hardie Goal 21' Report Camps Goal 35'
Johnson Yellow card 42'
Clarke Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 10,453
Referee: Sam Purkiss
4 September 2021 Fleetwood Town Postponed Wigan Athletic Fleetwood
15:00 BST Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Note: Match was postponed due to international call-ups.[10]
11 September 2021 6 Rotherham United 2–4 Fleetwood Town Rotherham
15:00 BST Smith Goal 38'
Sadlier Goal 45+4' (pen.)		 Report Morton Goal 24'
Garner Goal 54'
Clark Yellow card 56'
Andrew Goal 61'
Camps Goal 69'
Hill Yellow card 88'
Rossiter Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium
Attendance: 8,463
Referee: Craig Hicks

FA Cup[]

Main article: 2021–22 FA Cup

EFL Cup[]

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup

Fleetwood Town were drawn at away to Stoke City in the first round.[11][12]

10 August 2021 First round Stoke City 2–1 Fleetwood Town Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 BST Surridge Goal 45'
Souttar Goal 77'		 Report Batty Yellow card 33'
Hill Yellow card 65'
Matete Yellow card 69'
Chester Goal 90+4' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Bet365 Stadium
Attendance: 4,694
Referee: Anthony Backhouse

EFL Trophy[]

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Trophy

Fleetwood were drawn into Group G off the Northern section alongside Accrington Stanley, Barrow and Leicester City U21s.[13][14] The group stage matches were confirmed on 29 June.[15]

Pos Div Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Fleetwood Town 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 +3 3 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Accrington Stanley 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 2
3 L2 Barrow 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
4 ACA Leicester City U21 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 −3 0
Updated to match(es) played on 31 August 2021. Source: EFL.com
31 August 2021 Group game 1 Fleetwood Town 4–1 Leicester City U21 Fleetwood
19:45 BST Morton Goal 6', 42', 48'
Matete Yellow card 37'
Edmondson Goal 60'
Biggins Yellow card 74'		 Report Hughes Yellow card 24'
Godsmark-Ford Yellow card 53'
Wakeling Goal 75'		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 566
Referee: Samuel Barrott
5 October 2021 Group game 2 Barrow v Fleetwood Town Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 BST Stadium: Holker Street
9 November 2021 Group game 3 Fleetwood Town v Accrington Stanley Fleetwood
19:45 BST Stadium: Highbury Stadium

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
15 May 2021 GK England Tom Donaghy England Bradford City Undisclosed [16]
22 June 2021 DF England Chiekh Thiam England Stockport Town Undisclosed [17]
29 June 2021 FW England Paddy Lane England Hyde United Undisclosed [18]
1 July 2021 LB England Max Clark England Hull City Free transfer [19]
1 July 2021 RB England Tom Clarke England Salford City Free transfer [20]
1 July 2021 RB England Brad Halliday England Doncaster Rovers Free transfer [21]
1 July 2021 GK England Harry Wright England Ipswich Town Free transfer [22]
16 July 2021 LW Republic of Ireland Anthony Pilkington India East Bengal Free transfer [23]
2 August 2021 CB England Darnell Johnson England Leicester City Free transfer [24]
30 August 2021 CF England Joe Garner Cyprus APOEL Free transfer [25]

Loans in[]

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
1 July 2021 CF England Ryan Edmondson England Leeds United End of season [26]
26 July 2021 CF England Callum Morton England West Bromwich Albion End of season [27]
27 August 2021 RB England Callum Johnson England Portsmouth End of season [28]

Loans out[]

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
13 August 2021 MF Northern Ireland Dylan Boyle England Bamber Bridge September 2021 [29]
27 August 2021 RB England Sam Bird England Farsley Celtic September 2021 [30]

Transfers out[]

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
3 June 2021 RM Wales Wes Burns England Ipswich Town Undisclosed [31]
30 June 2021 DF England Sam Barratt England Glossop North End Released [32] [33]
30 June 2021 GK England Johnathon Borwick Released [34]
30 June 2021 CF England Joe Collins Released [34]
30 June 2021 CM Scotland Paul Coutts England Bristol Rovers Released [32][35]
30 June 2021 RM England Mark Duffy England Tranmere Rovers Released [32][36]
30 June 2021 CM England Sam Finley England Bristol Rovers Released [32][35]
30 June 2021 CF England Michael Fowler Released [32]
30 June 2021 LM England Josh Morris England Salford City Released [32][37]
30 June 2021 CB England Lewis Patterson Released [34]
30 June 2021 CF England Harvey Saunders England Bristol Rovers Released [32][38]
30 June 2021 DM England Nathan Sheron England Harrogate Town Released [32][39]
30 June 2021 CF England Shaun Sithole Released [34]
30 June 2021 MF England Laurence Smith England Runcorn Linnets Released [32] [40]
30 June 2021 LW England Enoch Takpe England Colne FC Released [32][41]
30 June 2021 DM Republic of Ireland Glenn Whelan England Bristol Rovers Released [32][42]
6 July 2021 CB England Josh Feeney England Aston Villa Undisclosed [43]
6 August 2021 GK England Joel Coleman England Rochdale Mutual consent [44][45]

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