# 2021–22 Salford City F.C. season

The 2021–22 season is Salford City's 82nd year in their history and third consecutive season in League Two. 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

Salford City announced they would play friendlies against Atherton Collieries, Derby County, Curzon Ashton and Lincoln City as part of their pre-season preparations.

## Competitions
### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 67 | 52 | +15 | 77 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 8 | Sutton United | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 69 | 53 | +16 | 76 | |
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 75 | |
| 10 | Salford City | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 60 | 46 | +14 | 70 | |
| 11 | Newport County | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 67 | 58 | +9 | 69 | |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 56 | 66 | −10 | 61 | |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 58 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 May 2022. 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | L |
| Position | 11 | 14 | 16 | 21 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 |

#### Matches

Salford City's league fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.

### FA Cup

Salford City were drawn away to Dagenham & Redbridge in the first round and at home to Chesterfield in the second round.

### EFL Trophy

| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Tranmere Rovers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L2 | Oldham Athletic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Salford City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | ACA | Leeds United U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 3 | |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2021 | CM | Marcus Dackers | Brighton & Hove Albion | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | CM | Matty Lund | Rochdale | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | CF | Conor McAleny | Oldham Athletic | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | RB | James Melhado | Newcastle Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | LM | Josh Morris | Fleetwood Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | RB | Liam Shephard | Newport County | Free transfer |
| 7 July 2021 | GK | Tom King | Newport County | Free transfer |
| 24 July 2021 | GK | Joel Torrance | Altrincham | Free transfer |
| 4 August 2021 | CM | Matty Willock | Gillingham | Free transfer |
| 31 August 2021 | RB | Donald Love | Shrewsbury Town | Free transfer |
| 25 September 2021 | CF | Aramide Oteh | Queens Park Rangers | Free transfer |
| 12 November 2021 | CB | Theo Vassell | Wrexham | Free transfer |
| 14 January 2022 | DM | Ryan Watson | Tranmere Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 19 January 2022 | CF | Matt Smith | Millwall | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2022 | RM | Luke Bolton | Manchester City | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 30 July 2021 | GK | Zach Jeacock | Birmingham City | End of season |
| 17 August 2021 | RW | Tyreik Wright | Aston Villa | End of season |
| 21 August 2021 | CB | Corrie Ndaba | Ipswich Town | End of season |
| 28 August 2021 | CF | D'Mani Mellor | Manchester United | End of season |
| 30 August 2021 | CB | Andy Smith | Hull City | 14 January 2022 |
| 12 January 2022 | CM | Stephen Kelly | Rangers | End of season |
| 25 March 2022 | GK | Frank Fielding | Stoke City | 1 April 2022 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 14 January 2022 | LB | Kevin Berkoe | Altrincham | February 2022 |
| 14 January 2022 | CF | Marcus Dackers | Chester | February 2022 |
| 20 January 2022 | RB | James Melhado | Ashton United | |
| 20 January 2022 | CM | Matt Sargent | Ashton United | |
| 22 January 2022 | CF | Momodou Touray | Hereford | End of season |
| 27 January 2022 | CF | Tom Elliott | Bradford City | End of season |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 28 June 2022 | GK | Václav Hladký | Ipswich Town | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2021 | LW | Bruno Andrade | Stevenage | Mutual consent |
| 30 June 2021 | CF | Luke Armstrong | Harrogate Town | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2021 | LW | George Boyd | Retired | — |
| 30 June 2021 | RB | Tom Clarke | Fleetwood Town | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CF | Emmanuel Dieseruvwe | Tranmere Rovers | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Harry Ditchfield | Hyde United | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CM | Alex Doyle | Marine | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Sam Fielding | York City | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CM | Darron Gibson | | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | FW | Ryan Ghaly | | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CF | Dan Hawkins | Shelbourne | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | LB | Dan Jones | Port Vale | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Daniel Jones | | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | Phil Perry | | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Tom Shepherd | | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Will Shepherd | Mossley | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | RB | Oscar Threlkeld | Bradford City | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Jaden Timmis | | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CM | Richie Towell | Shamrock Rovers | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | GK | Max Williams | | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CF | James Wilson | Port Vale | Released |
| 11 January 2022 | DM | Alex Denny | The New Saints | Undisclosed |
| 24 January 2022 | CF | Aramide Oteh | | End of contract |