# 2016–17 Cheltenham Town F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Cheltenham Town's 130th season of existence and their first back in League Two after gaining promotion the previous season. Along with competing in League Two, the club participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

## Transfers
### In

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | LB | James Jennings | Forest Green Rovers | Free transfer |
| 12 July 2016 | CB | Daniel O'Shaughnessy | Brentford | Free transfer |
| 8 October 2016 | LM | Alex Cooper | St Mirren | Free transfer |
| 9 January 2017 | CB | Will Boyle | Huddersfield Town | Free transfer |
| 12 January 2017 | RM | Carl Winchester | Oldham Athletic | Free transfer |
| 30 January 2017 | LB | Liam Davis | GAIS | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | LB | James Bowen | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | Bobbie Dale | Gloucester City | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CM | Joe Hanks | Gloucester City | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | LM | Zack Kotwica | Gloucester City | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | LB | George McLennan | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | Eliot Richards | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2016 | CB | Niall Rowe | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CM | Omari Sterling-James | Solihull Moors | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | DM | Jordan Wynter | Free agent | Released |
* ↑ Following Bobbie Dale being released, he later signed for Gloucester City.
* ↑ Following Joe Hanks being released, he later signed for Gloucester City.
* ↑ Following Zack Kotwica being released, he later signed for Gloucester City.
* ↑ Following Omari Sterling-James being released, he later signed for Solihull Moors.

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 22 July 2016 | CM | Danny Whitehead | Wigan Athletic | 1 January 2017 |
| 4 August 2016 | CB | Easah Suliman | Aston Villa | 3 January 2017 |
| 5 August 2016 | GK | Russell Griffiths | Everton | 2 January 2017 |
| 19 August 2016 | AM | Koby Arthur | Birmingham City | 2 January 2017 |
| 19 August 2016 | LW | Jonny Smith | Bristol City | 2 January 2017 |
| 25 August 2016 | RB | Robert Dickie | Reading | 2 January 2017 |
| 1 January 2017 | SS | Diego De Girolamo | Bristol City | End of season |
| 1 January 2017 | CB | Manny Onariase | Brentford | End of season |
| 9 January 2017 | GK | Scott Brown | Wycombe Wanderers | End of season |
| 12 January 2017 | RB | Alex Pike | West Ham United | End of season |
| 25 January 2017 | CF | Kyle Wootton | Scunthorpe United | End of Season |
| 31 January 2017 | DM | Tin Plavotic | Bristol City | End of Season |
* ↑ On 1 January 2017, Danny Whitehead's loan was terminated by mutual consent.

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 31 August 2016 | LB | James Jennings | Morecambe | 3 January 2017 |
| 6 January 2017 | LB | James Jennings | Wrexham | End of Season |
| 6 January 2017 | DF | Jordan Lymn | North Leigh | 3 February 2017 |
| 12 January 2017 | CF | Amari Morgan-Smith | York City | End of Season |
| 12 January 2017 | CB | Daniel Parslow | York City | End of Season |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 19 | Crawley Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 53 | 71 | −18 | 51 | |
| 20 | Yeovil Town | 46 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 49 | 64 | −15 | 50 | |
| 21 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 49 | 69 | −20 | 50 | |
| 22 | Newport County | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 51 | 73 | −22 | 48 | |
| 23 | Hartlepool United (R) | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 54 | 75 | −21 | 46 | Relegation to the National League |

#### Matches
### EFL Trophy

| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Cheltenham Town | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L2 | Blackpool | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | ACA | Everton U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | L1 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | |

## Squad statistics

    Source:
    Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
    Players with squad numbers struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
    Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Cheltenham.
    Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
    Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| 1 † | GK | ENG | Russell Griffiths * | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Scott Brown * | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Jack Barthram | 22 (7) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 (8) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | James Jennings | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Kyle Storer | 18 (5) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 (5) | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Aaron Downes | 15 (5) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 (5) | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Daniel Parslow | 19 (2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Harry Pell | 42 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 (1) | 0 | 51 (1) | 9 | 16 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | ENG | Billy Waters | 41 (5) | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 50 (5) | 16 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Daniel Wright | 34 (7) | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 (2) | 1 | 42 (9) | 11 | 10 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Amari Morgan-Smith | 4 (13) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 (2) | 2 | 7 (18) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Jack Munns | 8 (10) | 1 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 11 (14) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ENG | Calum Kitscha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Asa Hall | 8 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 10 (3) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 † | MF | GHA | Koby Arthur * | 1 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (5) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Will Boyle | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | WAL | Jordan Cranston | 30 (8) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 38 (8) | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | James Rowe | 26 (6) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 29 (9) | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 † | MF | SCO | Alex Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Kyle Wootton * | 10 (6) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 (6) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Jordan Lymn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | James Dayton | 10 (18) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 16 (20) | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ENG | Rhys Lovett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 † | MF | ENG | Danny Whitehead * | 5 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 7 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Manny Onariase * | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | FIN | Daniel O'Shaughnessy | 26 (1) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 (1) | 1 | 34 (2) | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Matt Bower | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 † | DF | ENG | Easah Suliman * | 5 (4) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (5) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Alex Pike * | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 † | MF | ENG | Jonny Smith * | 2 (3) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 (5) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | NIR | Carl Winchester | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 † | DF | ENG | Robert Dickie * | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Josh Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ENG | Dan Holman | 16 (8) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 18 (10) | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ENG | Lewis Clayton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | CRO | Tin Plavotic * | 10 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Liam Davis | 13 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 † | GK | ENG | Rob Lainton * | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | ITA | Diego De Girolamo * | 4 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 (1) | 4 | 0 | 0 |