# 2018–19 Peterborough United F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Peterborough United's 59th year in the Football League and their sixth consecutive season in the third tier, League One. Along with League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Squad

| No. | Name | Pos. | Place of Birth | Age | Apps | Goals | Signed from | Date signed | Fee | Ends |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | Aaron Chapman | GK | London | 34 | 29 | 0 | Accrington Stanley | 1 July 2018 | Free | 2020 |
| 25 | Conor O'Malley | GK | Westport | 23 | 25 | 0 | St Patrick's Athletic | 7 August 2017 | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| 40 | Mark Tyler | GK | Norwich | 41 | 419 | 0 | Luton Town | 6 June 2016 | Undisclosed | 2019 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | Jason Naismith | RB | Paisley | 30 | 33 | 0 | Ross County | 1 July 2018 | Undisclosed | 2021 |
| 3 | Josh Knight | CB | Fleckney | 27 | 0 | 0 | Leicester City | 31 January 2019 | Loan | 2019 |
| 5 | Ryan Tafazolli | CB | Sutton | 26 | 122 | 8 | Mansfield Town | 6 June 2016 | Free | 2019 |
| 6 | Ben White | CB | Poole | 27 | 5 | 0 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 4 January 2019 | Loan | 2019 |
| 16 | Rhys Bennett | CB | Ashton-in-Makerfield | 33 | 35 | 3 | Mansfield Town | 1 July 2018 | Free | 2020 |
| 18 | Daniel Lafferty | LB | Derry | 35 | 5 | 0 | Sheffield United | 3 January 2019 | Loan | 2019 |
| 20 | Josh Yorwerth | CB | Bridgend | 29 | 3 | 0 | Crawley Town | 6 July 2018 | Undisclosed | 2021 |
| 23 | Tyler Denton | LB | Dewsbury | 29 | 11 | 0 | Leeds United | 5 July 2018 | Loan | 2019 |
| 24 | Lewis Freestone | LB | King's Lynn | 18 | 8 | 0 | Academy | 30 July 2016 | Trainee | 2019 |
| 34 | Sam Cartwright | CB | St Neots | 17 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 1 July 2017 | Free | 2019 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | Alex Woodyard | CM | Gravesend | 31 | 36 | 0 | Lincoln City | 1 July 2018 | Undisclosed | 2020 |
| 11 | Louis Reed | CM | Barnsley | 27 | 24 | 0 | Sheffield United | 1 July 2018 | Undisclosed | 2021 |
| 14 | Callum Cooke | AM | Peterlee | 27 | 13 | 1 | Middlesbrough | 30 July 2018 | Free | 2020 |
| 15 | Joe Ward | LW | Chelmsford | 22 | 56 | 3 | Woking | 10 January 2018 | Undisclosed | 2020 |
| 19 | George Cooper | AM | Warrington | 21 | 32 | 5 | Crewe Alexandra | 18 January 2018 | Undisclosed | 2021 |
| 21 | Marcus Maddison | LW/AM | Durham | 24 | 209 | 45 | Gateshead | 27 August 2014 | £250,000 | 2020 |
| 22 | Darren Lyon | CM | | 29 | 4 | 0 | Hamilton Academical | 24 August 2018 | Free | 2019 |
| 30 | Kyle Dempsey | CM | Whitehaven | 29 | 4 | 0 | Fleetwood Town | 7 January 2019 | Loan | 2019 |
| 31 | Harrison Burrows | AM | Murrow | 23 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 13 January 2019 | Trainee | 2021 |
| 38 | Andrea Borg | AM | Dubai | 18 | 4 | 0 | Academy | 13 April 2017 | Trainee | 2019 |
| — | Kyle Barker | CM | | 25 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 25 March 2019 | Trainee | 2021 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | Isaac Buckley-Ricketts | WG | Manchester | 25 | 2 | 0 | Manchester City | 17 July 2018 | Undisclosed | 2021 |
| 9 | Matt Godden | CF | Canterbury | 33 | 35 | 14 | Stevenage | 1 July 2018 | £400,000 | 2021 |
| 10 | Siriki Dembélé | LW | | 28 | 36 | 6 | Grimsby Town | 1 July 2018 | Undisclosed | 2021 |
| 17 | Ivan Toney | CF | Northampton | 28 | 39 | 17 | Newcastle United | 9 August 2018 | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| 26 | Matty Stevens | CF | Surrey | 20 | 4 | 0 | Barnet | 1 July 2016 | Free | 2019 |
| 29 | Lee Tomlin | SS | Leicester | 36 | 160 | 44 | Cardiff City | 8 January 2019 | Loan | 2019 |
| 33 | Morgan Penfold | SS | Peterborough | 19 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 28 January 2017 | Trainee | 2019 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||||
| 8 | Mark O'Hara | CM | Barrhead | 29 | 28 | 4 | Dundee | 1 July 2018 | Undisclosed | 2021 |
| 28 | Jermaine Anderson | CM | Camden Town | 22 | 96 | 7 | Academy | 1 July 2012 | Trainee | Undisclosed |
| | Idris Kanu | CF | London | 22 | 27 | 0 | Aldershot Town | 1 August 2017 | Undisclosed | 2020 |

### Statistics

    As of 21 June 2019
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Aaron Chapman | 37 | 0 | 32+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Jason Naismith | 50 | 1 | 42+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Josh Knight | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Alex Woodyard | 51 | 0 | 41+2 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Ryan Tafazolli | 47 | 1 | 35+2 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Ben White | 16 | 1 | 14+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Isaac Buckley-Ricketts | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Matt Godden | 48 | 18 | 29+9 | 14 | 2+2 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Siriki Dembélé | 47 | 7 | 30+8 | 5 | 3+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Louis Reed | 36 | 1 | 19+9 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Callum Cooke | 20 | 1 | 10+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Joe Ward | 52 | 5 | 34+9 | 4 | 4+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Rhys Bennett | 45 | 4 | 36+1 | 4 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Ivan Toney | 55 | 23 | 31+13 | 16 | 3+1 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+1 | 3 |
| 18 | DF | NIR | Daniel Lafferty | 20 | 0 | 17+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | George Cooper | 29 | 3 | 4+17 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Marcus Maddison | 45 | 10 | 30+9 | 8 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Darren Lyon | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Tyler Denton | 14 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | IRL | Conor O'Malley | 20 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | ENG | Matty Stevens | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | CMR | Sebastien Bassong | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Lee Tomlin | 21 | 2 | 14+5 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Kyle Dempsey | 11 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players out on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | SCO | Mark O'Hara | 29 | 4 | 14+8 | 4 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players who left the club: ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ENG | Colin Daniel | 25 | 1 | 20+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | SCO | Jamie Walker | 17 | 2 | 6+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | WAL | Josh Yorwerth | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | AUS | Jason Cummings | 29 | 8 | 11+11 | 6 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 2 |

### Goals record

    As of 9 February 2019
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | League One | FA Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | Total |
| 1 | 17 | | CF | Ivan Toney | 16 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| 2 | 9 | | CF | Matt Godden | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 21 | | LM | Marcus Maddison | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | 35 | | CF | Jason Cummings | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | 10 | | RW | Siriki Dembélé | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | 15 | | LW | Joe Ward | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 8 | | CM | Mark O'Hara | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 16 | | CB | Rhys Bennett | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | 19 | | AM | George Cooper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 6 | | AM | Jamie Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 29 | | SS | Lee Tomlin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 2 | | RB | Jason Naismith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 3 | | LB | Colin Daniel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 5 | | CB | Ryan Tafazolli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 6 | | CB | Ben White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 11 | | CM | Louis Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 14 | | AM | Callum Cooke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 69 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 90 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 9 February 2019
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | League One | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy | League Trophy | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 21 | | LM | Marcus Maddison | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 17 | | CF | Ivan Toney | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 4 | | CM | Alex Woodyard | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | | LB | Colin Daniel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 11 | | LM | Louis Reed | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 5 | | CB | Ryan Tafazolli | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 29 | | SS | Lee Tomlin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | 2 | | RB | Jason Naismith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 6 | | AM | Jamie Walker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | | CM | Mark O'Hara | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 15 | | LW | Joe Ward | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 16 | | CB | Rhys Bennett | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 19 | | AM | George Cooper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 35 | | CF | Jason Cummings | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 6 | | CB | Ben White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 10 | | RW | Siriki Dembélé | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 18 | | LB | Daniel Lafferty | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 23 | | LB | Tyler Denton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | 25 | | GK | Conor O'Malley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 1 | | GK | Aaron Chapman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 3 | | CB | Josh Knight | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 9 | | CF | Matt Godden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 14 | | AM | Callum Cooke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 77 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 2 | 3 |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Rhys Bennett | Mansfield Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Aaron Chapman | Accrington Stanley | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | LM | Colin Daniel | Blackpool | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | LW | Siriki Dembélé | Grimsby Town | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Matt Godden | Stevenage | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Jason Naismith | Ross County | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Mark O'Hara | Dundee | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Louis Reed | Sheffield United | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Alex Woodyard | Lincoln City | Undisclosed |
| 6 July 2018 | CB | Josh Yorwerth | Crawley Town | Undisclosed |
| 17 July 2018 | RW | Isaac Buckley-Ricketts | Manchester City | Undisclosed |
| 30 July 2018 | AM | Callum Cooke | Middlesbrough | Free transfer |
| 9 August 2018 | CF | Ivan Toney | Newcastle United | £650,000 |
| 24 August 2018 | CM | Darren Lyon | Hamilton Academical | Free transfer |
| 25 October 2018 | CB | Sébastien Bassong | Free agent | — |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | DM | Callum Chettle | Alfreton Town | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Leonardo Da Silva Lopes | Wigan Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | DM | Michael Doughty | Swindon Town | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | LM | Christopher Forrester | Aberdeen | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | LB | Andrew Hughes | Preston North End | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Ricky Miller | Port Vale | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | SS | Adil Nabi | Dundee | Mutual consent |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Alex Penny | Hamilton Academical | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Liam Shephard | Forest Green Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 3 July 2018 | CM | Brad Inman | Rochdale | Mutual consent |
| 10 July 2018 | CB | Steven Taylor | Wellington Phoenix | Undisclosed |
| 13 July 2018 | CF | Junior Morias | Northampton Town | Undisclosed |
| 16 July 2018 | AM | Danny Lloyd | Salford City | Undisclosed |
| 17 July 2018 | LW | Gwion Edwards | Ipswich Town | £700,000 |
| 26 July 2018 | CF | Jack Marriott | Derby County | £2,500,000 |
| 28 July 2018 | CB | Jack Baldwin | Sunderland | £200,000 |
| 2 August 2018 | GK | Lewis Elsom | Kettering Town | Free transfer |
| 2 August 2018 | CM | Anthony Grant | Shrewsbury Town | Undisclosed |
| 17 October 2018 | GK | Josh Tibbetts | Southport | Mutual consent |
| 17 January 2019 | CM | Jermaine Anderson | Bradford City | Undisclosed |
| 21 January 2019 | LB | Colin Daniel | Burton Albion | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 2 July 2018 | CM | Adam King | Swansea City | 9 August 2018 |
| 6 July 2018 | LB | Tyler Denton | Leeds United | 31 May 2019 |
| 13 July 2018 | CF | Jason Cummings | Nottingham Forest | 31 January 2019 |
| 31 August 2018 | LW | Jamie Walker | Wigan Athletic | 2 January 2019 |
| 3 January 2019 | LB | Daniel Lafferty | Sheffield United | 31 May 2019 |
| 4 January 2019 | CB | Ben White | Brighton & Hove Albion | 31 May 2019 |
| 7 January 2019 | CM | Kyle Dempsey | Fleetwood Town | 31 May 2019 |
| 8 January 2019 | SS | Lee Tomlin | Cardiff City | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | CB | Josh Knight | Leicester City | 31 May 2019 |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Idris Kanu | Port Vale | 4 January 2019 |
| 27 July 2018 | FW | Morgan Penfold | Grantham Town | January 2019 |
| 6 August 2018 | LB | Lewis Freestone | Nuneaton Town | January 2019 |
| 9 August 2018 | GK | Josh Tibbetts | Solihull Moors | September 2018 |
| 10 August 2018 | MF | Andrea Borg | Kettering Town | January 2019 |
| 24 August 2018 | CM | Jermaine Anderson | Doncaster Rovers | January 2019 |
| 31 August 2018 | CF | Mathew Stevens | Slough Town | February 2019 |
| 4 January 2019 | LW | Idris Kanu | Boreham Wood | 31 May 2019 |
| 17 January 2019 | CM | Jermaine Anderson | Bradford City | 31 May 2019 |
| 24 January 2019 | CM | Mark O'Hara | Lincoln City | 31 May 2019 |
| 16 February 2019 | FW | Morgan Penfold | Hitchin Town | March 2019 |

## Competitions
### Pre-season friendlies

The Posh announced friendlies against Stamford, Bedford Town, Peterborough Sports, St Neots Town, Marítimo, Louletano and Bolton Wanderers.

### League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Sunderland | 46 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 80 | 47 | +33 | 85 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 6 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 76 | 58 | +18 | 73 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 7 | Peterborough United | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 71 | 62 | +9 | 72 | |
| 8 | Coventry City | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 65 | |
| 9 | Burton Albion | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 66 | 57 | +9 | 63 | |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the EFL Championship.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 May 2019. Source: BBC

#### 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches

On 21 June 2018, the League One fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

### FA Cup

The first round draw was made live on BBC by Dennis Wise and Dion Dublin on 22 October. The draw for the second round was made live on BBC and BT by Mark Schwarzer and Glenn Murray on 12 November. The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.

### EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.

### EFL Trophy

On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced. The draw for the second round was made live on Talksport by Leon Britton and Steve Claridge on 16 November. On 8 December, the third round draw was drawn by Alan McInally and Matt Le Tissier on Soccer Saturday. The Quarter-final draw was made conducted on Sky Sports by Don Goodman and Thomas Frank on 10 January 2019.
| Pos | Lge | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Luton Town | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Peterborough United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 | Round 2 |
| 3 | ACA | Brighton & Hove Albion U21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |
| 4 | L2 | Milton Keynes Dons | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 2 | |