# 2017–18 Fleetwood Town F.C. season

The 2017–18 season will be Fleetwood Town's 110th season in their history and fourth consecutive season in League One. Along with League One, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | CM | Kyle Dempsey | Huddersfield Town | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Conor McAleny | Everton | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | RB | Harvey Rodgers | Hull City | Free |
| 4 July 2017 | MF | Harrison Biggins | Stocksbridge Park Steels | Undisclosed |
| 5 July 2017 | RW | Michael Donohue | Everton | Free |
| 18 July 2017 | LB | Luke Higham | Blackpool | Free |
| 19 September 2017 | CM | Sebastien Des Pres | Blackpool | Free |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | David Ball | Rotherham United | Rejected contract |
| 1 July 2017 | CB | Joe Davis | Port Vale | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | RB | Conor McLaughlin | Millwall | Rejected contract |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Declan McManus | Dunfermline Athletic | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | LB | Spencer Myers | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | DM | Oliver Roberts | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | CM | Jimmy Ryan | Blackpool | Rejected contract |
| 1 July 2017 | LM | Martyn Woolford | Grimsby Town | Released |
| 5 August 2017 | RB | Michael Duckworth | FC Halifax Town | Free |
* ↑ David Ball joined Rotherham United after rejecting a new contract.
* ↑ Conor McLaughlin joined Millwall following his release.
* ↑ Declan McManus joined Dunfermline Athletic following his release.
* ↑ Jimmy Ryan joined Blackpool after rejecting a new contract.
* ↑ Martyn Woolford joined Grimsby Town following his release.

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 4 July 2017 | RB | Lewie Coyle | Leeds United | 30 June 2018 |
| 5 July 2017 | CF | Jordy Hiwula | Huddersfield Town | 31 May 2018 |
| 1 August 2017 | CM | Aiden O'Neill | Burnley | 30 June 2018 |
| 17 August 2017 | CB | Baily Cargill | AFC Bournemouth | 30 June 2018 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 1 July 2017 | AM | Ricardo Kip | Cambuur | End of season |
| 17 July 2017 | CM | Akil Wright | Wrexham | 5 January 2018 |
| 22 July 2017 | ST | Dion Charles | FC Halifax Town | 4 January 2018 |
| 4 August 2017 | GK | Matt Urwin | Chorley | End of season |
| 7 August 2017 | FW | Gerard Garner | Southport | 4 September 2017 |
| 9 August 2017 | CM | Elliot Osborne | Morecambe | 7 January 2018 |
| 15 August 2017 | CF | Alex Reid | Wrexham | 8 October 2017 |
| 31 August 2017 | CM | Nick Haughton | Chorley | End of season |
| 5 September 2017 | CB | Nathan Sheron | Chester | 3 October 2017 |
| 8 December 2017 | CB | Nathan Sheron | Southport | 4 January 2018 |
| 13 December 2017 | FW | Daniel Mooney | Chorley | 10 January 2018 |

## Competitions
### Friendlies

As of 9 June 2017, Fleetwood Town have confirmed five pre-season friendlies against Preston North End, Queen of the South, Bolton Wanderers, Tranmere Rovers, and Karlsruher SC.

### League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 12 | Blackpool | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 60 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 60 | 66 | −6 | 59 |
| 14 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 59 | 68 | −9 | 57 |
| 15 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 56 |
| 16 | Oxford United | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 61 | 66 | −5 | 56 |

#### Result summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 13 January 2018. Source:

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | | | |
| Position | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | |

#### Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.

### FA Cup

On 16 October 2017, Fleetwood Town were drawn away to Chorley or Boston United in the first round. Chorley went on to win the replayed match to set up the first round tie. A home fixture against Hereford was confirmed for the second round.

### EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Fleetwood Town were drawn at home to Carlisle United in the first round.

### EFL Trophy

On 12 July 2017, the group stage draw was completed with Fleetwood facing Carlisle United, Leicester City U23s and Morecambe in Northern Group A. After topping their ground, Fleetwood were handed a home tie against Chesterfield in the second round. An away trip to Bury was announced for the third round.
| Pos | Lge | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Fleetwood Town (Q) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 | Round 2 |
| 2 | ACA | Leicester City U21 (Q) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Carlisle United (E) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | L2 | Morecambe (E) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 | |