2020–21 Cheltenham Town F.C. season

The 2020–21 season was Cheltenham Town's 134th season in their history and the fifth consecutive season in EFL League Two, Along with League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, the EFL Trophy, and the EFL Cup.

Cheltenham Town
2020–21 season
ChairmanAndy Wilcox
ManagerMichael Duff
StadiumWhaddon Road
League Two1st (Promoted)
FA CupFourth round
EFL CupSecond round
EFL TrophySecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Alfie May (9)

All:
Alfie May (13)

The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Transfers

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Transfers in

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Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
29 July 2020 CF   Andy Williams   Northampton Town Free transfer [1]
1 August 2020 LB   Lewis Freestone   Brighton & Hove Albion Free transfer [2]
4 August 2020 CM   Liam Sercombe   Bristol Rovers Free transfer [3]
3 September 2020 GK   Max Harris   Oxford United Free transfer [4]
8 September 2020 RM   Matty Blair   Doncaster Rovers Free transfer [5]
15 October 2020 CM   Ellis Chapman   Lincoln City Free transfer [6]

Loans in

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Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
1 August 2020 AM   Finn Azaz   West Bromwich Albion End of season [7]
13 August 2020 GK   Joshua Griffiths   West Bromwich Albion End of season [8]
20 August 2020 CM   Elliot Bonds   Hull City End of season [9]
22 September 2020 DM   Tom Sang   Cardiff City 4 January 2021 [10]
29 January 2021 CF   Sam Smith   Reading End of season [11]
29 January 2021 LW   Indiana Vassilev   Aston Villa End of season [12]
1 February 2021 CM   Callum Wright   Leicester City End of season [13]

Loans out

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Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
23 October 2020 MF   Felix Miles   Tuffley Rovers [14]
18 November 2020 CB   Grant Horton   Bath City 9 January 2021 [15]
18 November 2020 CF   Alex Addai   Maidenhead United December 2020 [16]
27 November 2020 CF   Tahvon Campbell   Gloucester City January 2021 [17]
8 April 2021 CF   Alex Addai   Solihull Moors End of season [18]

Transfers out

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Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2020 RM   Archie Brennan   Cirencester Town Released [19][20]
1 July 2020 LB   Josh Debayo   Unattached Rejected contract [21]
1 July 2020 DM   Rohan Ince   Maidenhead United Released [19][22]
1 July 2020 GK   Rhys Lovett   Gloucester City Released [19][23]
1 July 2020 CF   Jonté Smith   Woking Released [19][24]
1 July 2020 LW   Luke Varney   Burton Albion Released [19][25]
23 July 2020 CF   Aaron Basford   Evesham United Free transfer [26]
24 August 2020 RM   Ryan Broom   Peterborough United Undisclosed [27]
5 January 2021 CF   Reuben Reid   Yeovil Town Free transfer [28]

Pre-season

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Cheltenham Town announced pre-season friendlies against Bristol City,[29] Evesham United[30] and Stratford Town.[31]

15 August 2020 Friendly Evesham United 1–3 Cheltenham Town Evesham
15:00 BST Ebanks Report Campbell x2
Williams
Stadium: The Spiers & Hartwell Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 0
18 August 2020 Friendly Stratford Town 0–3 Cheltenham Town Tiddington
16:00 BST Report Sercombe   9'
Bowry   31'
May   53'
Stadium: Knights Lane
Attendance: 0
21 August 2020 Friendly Bristol City 4–0 Cheltenham Town Ashton Gate
12:00 BST Wells   8', 44', 45'
Weimann   87'
Report Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 0
29 August 2020 Friendly Cheltenham Town 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers U23 Lilleshall
12:00 BST Sercombe   20'
Azaz   28'
Report Campbell   64' Attendance: 0

Competitions

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EFL League Two

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Cheltenham Town (C, P) 46 24 10 12 61 39 +22 82 Promotion to the EFL League One
2 Cambridge United (P) 46 24 8 14 73 49 +24 80
3 Bolton Wanderers (P) 46 23 10 13 59 50 +9 79
4 Morecambe (O, P) 46 23 9 14 69 58 +11 78 Qualification for League Two play-offs
5 Newport County 46 20 13 13 57 42 +15 73
6 Forest Green Rovers 46 20 13 13 59 51 +8 73
7 Tranmere Rovers 46 20 13 13 55 50 +5 73
8 Salford City 46 19 14 13 54 34 +20 71
Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 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[32]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 24 10 12 61 39  +22 82 13 5 5 37 21  +16 11 5 7 24 18  +6

Last updated: 8 May 2021.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

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Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAAHHAHHAHAAHHAHAHAHAAHHAAAHAAHHAAHHAHAHAAHHAH
ResultLWWWLWWDLWLWWDWWDLLDDDDWDWWLWWWWLWLWLWDWLWWDLW
Position181184533353632222234446644333331111112221221111
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2021. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.[33]

12 September 2020 1 Cheltenham Town 1–2 Morecambe Cheltenham
15:00 BST May   28' Report Davis   40'
Phillips   78' (pen.)
Mendes Gomes   90+1'
Stadium: Jonny-Rocks Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carl Brook
19 September 2020 2 Tranmere Rovers 0–3 Cheltenham Town Birkenhead
15:00 BST Vaughan   44'
Lewis   90+1'
Report Raglan   6'
Williams   20'
Lewis   39' (o.g.)
Sercombe   88'
Blair   88'
Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carl Boyeson
3 October 2020 3 Leyton Orient 0–2 Cheltenham Town Leyton
15:00 BST Brophy   82'
McAnuff   83'
Cissé   85'
Sotiriou   90+1'
Coulson   90+2'
Report Ling   16' (o.g.)
Azaz   29'
Boyle   57'
Bonds   82'
Stadium: The Breyer Group Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Peter Wright
10 October 2020 4 Cheltenham Town 2–0 Crawley Town Cheltenham
15:00 BST Craig   33' (o.g.)
Thomas   37'
Williams   48'
Report Nadesan   90+1' Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Trevor Kettle
13 October 2020 5 Cheltenham Town 1–3 Grimsby Town Cheltenham
19:00 BST Williams   28'
Bonds   49'
Report Edwards   23'
Tilley   39'
Pollock   67'
Hendrie   84'
Windsor   90+4'
Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Paul Howard
17 October 2020 6 Southend United 0–2 Cheltenham Town Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST Demetriou   67' Report Sercombe   10' (pen.)
Lloyd   52'
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Oldham
20 October 2020 7 Cheltenham Town 1–0 Scunthorpe United Cheltenham
18:00 BST Reid   5' (pen.)
Boyle   27'
Raglan   60'
Report Spence   35' Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Allison
24 October 2020 8 Cheltenham Town 0–0 Mansfield Town Cheltenham
15:00 BST Report Perch   16'
McLaughlin   55'
Menayese   62'
Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Neil Hair
27 October 2020 9 Port Vale 2–1 Cheltenham Town Burslem
19:00 GMT Legge   52'
Worrall   68'
Report Williams   48' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dean Whitesone
31 October 2020 10 Cheltenham Town 2–1 Forest Green Rovers Cheltenham
15:00 GMT Boyle   11'   14'
May   26'
Williams   57'
Sercombe   58'
Clements   73'
Report Collins   73' (pen.)
Adams   76'
Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Graham Salisbury
3 November 2020 11 Oldham Athletic 2–1 Cheltenham Town Oldham
18:00 GMT Blackwood   34'
Bahamboula   82'
Clarke   85'
Report Thomas   26'
Reid   30'
Clements   55'
May   77'
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Will Finnie
14 November 2020 12 Carlisle United 1–2 Cheltenham Town Carlisle
15:00 GMT Mellish   45+3' Report Boyle   15'
Thomas   36' (pen.)
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Haines
21 November 2020 13 Cheltenham Town 3–0 Walsall Cheltenham
15:00 GMT Scarr   50' (o.g.)
Blair   58'
May   86'
Tozer   88'
Report Kinsella   10'
Holden   44'
Lavery   81'
Jules   86'
Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Purkiss
24 November 2020 14 Cheltenham Town 1–1 Cambridge United Cheltenham
19:00 GMT Tozer   45+4'
Chapman   58'
Lloyd   90+3'
Report Digby   90+3'
Mullin   90+5'
Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Craig Hicks
1 December 2020 15 Bradford City 1–2 Cheltenham Town Bradford
19:00 GMT Donaldson   23' Report May   45'
Clements   76'
Stadium: Utilita Energy Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
5 December 2020 16 Cheltenham Town 5–3 Exeter City Cheltenham
15:00 GMT Sercombe   7', 45+3' (pen.)
May   13'   47'
Blair   40'

Williams   77'
Boyle   90+1'
Report Collins   4'
Sweeney   45+3'
Jay   56'
Law   88'
Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Bobby Madley
12 December 2020 17 Salford City 0–0 Cheltenham Town Salford
15:00 GMT Henderson   58' Report Stadium: Moor Lane
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Toner
15 December 2020 18 Cheltenham Town 0–1 Bolton Wanderers Cheltenham
19:45 GMT Sang   80'
Raglan   90+5'
Report Delaney   90+1' Stadium: Whaddon Road Ground
Attendance: 1,685
Referee: Antony Coggins
19 December 2020 19 Barrow 3–0 Cheltenham Town Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT Quigley   43' (pen.)
James   52'
Brown   73'
Biggins   74'
Report Clements   19'
Boyle   41'
Hussey   76'
Stadium: Furness Building Society Stadium
Attendance: 1,363
Referee: Marc Edwards
26 December 2020 20 Cheltenham Town 1–1 Stevenage Cheltenham
15:00 GMT Sercombe   28' Report Vancooten   61'
Aitchison   80'
Stadium: Whaddon Road Ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: Chris Sarginson
29 December 2020 21 Colchester United 0–0 Cheltenham Town Colchester
19:45 GMT Lapslie   89' Report Clements   75' Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: David Rock
16 January 2021 22 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Cheltenham Town Horwich
15:00 GMT Isgrove   78'
Doyle   86'
Report May   54' Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Haines
19 January 2021 23 Cheltenham Town 1–1 Newport County Cheltenham
19:00 GMT Blair   45+5'
Raglan   56'
Tozer   64'
Report King   12' Stadium: Whaddon Road Ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: Peter Wright
26 January 2021 24 Cheltenham Town 2–0 Oldham Athletic Cheltenham
19:00 GMT Williams   54'
May   62',   83'
Report Stadium: Whaddon Road Ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carl Brook
30 January 2021 25 Forest Green Rovers 0–0 Cheltenham Town Nailsworth
15:00 GMT Adams   44'   69' Report Clements   32'
Boyle   49'
Stadium: The Innocent [Insert Name Here] Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ollie Yates
9 February 2021 26 Harrogate Town 0–1 Cheltenham Town Harrogate
18:00 GMT Report Boyle   43' Stadium: The EnviroVent Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Graham Salisbury
16 February 2021 27 Walsall 1–2 Cheltenham Town Bescot
19:00 GMT Lavery   3'
Norman   75'
Bates   79'
Report Smith   35'
Wright   43'
Stadium: Banks's Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: David Webb
20 February 2021 28 Cheltenham Town 0–2 Bradford City Cheltenham
15:00 GMT Thomas   2'
May   85'
Report Cook   12', 51'
Watt   63'
Stadium: Whaddon Road Ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: Matt Donohue
23 February 2021 29 Cambridge United 0–1 Cheltenham Town Cambridge
19:00 GMT Hannant   66'
Boateng   83'
Report Long   60',   63'
Azaz   79'
Stadium: The Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Oldham
27 February 2021 30 Scunthorpe United 0–2 Cheltenham Town Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT Report Smith   25'
Wright   41'
Thomas   61'
Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christopher Pollard
2 March 2021 31 Cheltenham Town 1–0 Southend United Cheltenham
19:00 GMT Thomas   53' (pen.) Report Stadium: Whaddon Road Ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: Will Finnie
6 March 2021 32 Cheltenham Town 3–2 Port Vale Cheltenham
15:00 GMT May   14'
Brown   18' (o.g.)
Sercombe   75'
Report Guthrie   65'
Crookes   74'
Swan   83'
Hurst   85'
Stadium: Whaddon Road Ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: Robert Lewis
9 March 2021 33 Mansfield Town 3–1 Cheltenham Town Mansfield
19:00 GMT Bowery   55', 65'
Reid   63'
Report Griffiths   10'
Smith   51'
Stadium: One Call Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Scott Oldham
13 March 2021 34 Exeter City 0–1 Cheltenham Town Exeter
15:00 GMT Taylor   81' Report Williams   90+1' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Josh Smith
16 March 2021 35 Cheltenham Town 0–2 Barrow Cheltenham
19:00 GMT Report Jones   2'
Kay   28'
Davies   61'
Long   66' (o.g.)
Stadium: Whaddon Road Ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Bell
20 March 2021 36 Cheltenham Town 2–0 Salford City Cheltenham
15:00 GMT Long   3'
Sercombe   16',   41'
Thomas   64'
Report Stadium: Whaddon Road Ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lee Swabey
27 March 2021 37 Morecambe 1–0 Cheltenham Town Morecambe
15:00 GMT McAlinden   20' Report Stadium: Mazuma Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marc Edwards
2 April 2021 38 Cheltenham Town 4–0 Tranmere Rovers Cheltenham
15:00 BST Thomas   4'
Boyle   14'
Sercombe   35'
May   42'
Smith   52'
Wright   57'
Report O'Connor   45+3' Stadium: Whaddon Road Ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: John Busby
5 April 2021 39 Grimsby Town 1–1 Cheltenham Town Cleethorpes
15:00 BST John-Lewis   8' Report Boyle   34' Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Davies
10 April 2021 40 Cheltenham Town 1–0 Leyton Orient Cheltenham
15:00 BST Thomas   17',   31' (pen.) Report Vigouroux   30'
Turley   60'
Stadium: Whaddon Road Ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: Thomas Bramall
16 April 2021 41 Crawley Town 1–0 Cheltenham Town Crawley
18:30 BST Maguire-Drew   77'
Nichols   87'
Report Wright   45+4' Stadium: The People's Pension Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Purkiss
20 April 2021 42 Stevenage 0–1 Cheltenham Town Stevenage
19:00 BST Report Lloyd   43' Stadium: Lamex Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Trevor Kettle
24 April 2021 43 Cheltenham Town 1–0 Colchester United Cheltenham
15:00 BST Long   20'
Thomas   82'
Blair   86'
Report Pell   40'
Smith   89'
Stadium: Whaddon Road Ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: Paul Howard
27 April 2021 44 Cheltenham Town 1–1 Carlisle United Cheltenham
19:00 BST Hussey   56' Report Kayode   33'
Hayden   72'
Mellish   87'
Anderton   90+4'
Stadium: Whaddon Road Ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Johnson
1 May 2021 45 Newport County 1–0 Cheltenham Town Newport
15:00 BST Labadie   4'
Bennett   55'
Report May   56'
Tozer   88'
Long   90+5'
Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 0
Referee: Scott Oldham
8 May 2021 46 Cheltenham Town 4–1 Harrogate Town Cheltenham
15:00 BST Sercombe   11'
Smith   22'
May   34'
Wright   56'
Report Muldoon   7' Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Speedie

FA Cup

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The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.[34] The second round draw was revealed on Monday, 9 November by Danny Cowley.[35] The third round draw was made on 30 November, with Premier League and EFL Championship clubs all entering the competition.[36] The draw for the fourth and fifth round were made on 11 January, conducted by Peter Crouch.[37]

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 November 2020 First round Cheltenham Town 3–1 South Shields Cheltenham
15:00 GMT May   12', 53'
Sercombe   62'
Report Osei   18' Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin Woods
28 November 2020 Second round Cheltenham Town 2–1 (a.e.t.) Crewe Alexandra Cheltenham
15:00 GMT Azaz   2'
Freestone   30'
May   80'
Lloyd   94'
Report Porter   63' Stadium: Whaddon Road Ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Adcock
10 January 2021 Third round Cheltenham Town 2–1 (a.e.t.) Mansfield Town Cheltenham
13:30 GMT May   73'
Boyle   110'
Report McLaughlin   3'
O'Keeffe   69'
Sweeney   101'
Stadium: Whaddon Road Ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tom Nield
23 January 2021 Fourth round Cheltenham Town 1–3 Manchester City Cheltenham
17:30 GMT Boyle   24'
Raglan   48'
May   59'
Tozer   85'
Report Laporte   60'
Foden   81'
Gabriel Jesus   84'
Torres   90+4'
Stadium: Whaddon Road Ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: Stuart Attwell

EFL Cup

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  Win   Draw   Loss

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.[38] The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.[39]

5 September 2020 First round Peterborough United 0–1 Cheltenham Town Peterborough
15:00 BST Thompson   38' Report Thomas   26'
Sercombe   59'
Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alan Young
15 September 2020 Second round Millwall 3–1 Cheltenham Town Bermondsey
18:00 BST Leonard   19'
Mahoney   49'
Smith   62'
Report Boyle   17'
Azaz   69'
Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 0
Referee: John Busby

EFL Trophy

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  Win   Draw   Loss

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.[40] The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew's.[41]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Cheltenham Town 3 3 0 0 0 4 0 +4 9 Advance to Round 2
2 ACA Norwich City U21 3 2 0 0 1 8 3 +5 6
3 L1 Plymouth Argyle 3 1 0 0 2 5 6 −1 3
4 L2 Newport County 3 0 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: EFL.com
8 September 2020 Group stage Newport County 0–1 Cheltenham Town Newport
19:00 BST Willmott   56' Report Reid   70'
Chamberlain   90'
Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Adcock
6 October 2020 Group stage Cheltenham Town 2–0 Plymouth Argyle Cheltenham
19:45 BST Reid   56', 77'
May   81'
Report Cooper   87' Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Chris Sarginson
10 November 2020 Group stage Cheltenham Town 1–0 Norwich City U21 Cheltenham
18:00 GMT Lloyd   67'
Addai   68'
Freestone   82'
Ebanks   87'
Report Omotoye   73' Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ollie Yates
8 December 2020 Second round Cheltenham Town 0–3 Portsmouth Cheltenham
19:00 GMT Tozer   43' Report Mnoga   15'   26'
Hiwula   29', 50'
Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Neil Hair

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