# 2018–19 Cheltenham Town F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Cheltenham Town's 132nd season in existence and their third consecutive season in League Two. Along with competing in League Two, the club participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Players
### First team squad

    As of 26 July 2018
| No. | Name | Position | Since | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Games | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Scott Flinders | GK | 2017 | (1986-06-12) 12 June 1986 (age 38) | Macclesfield Town | 43 | 0 |
| 22 | Rhys Lovett | GK | 2015 | (1997-06-15) 15 June 1997 (age 27) | Rochdale | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Sean Long | RB | 2018 | (1995-05-02) 2 May 1995 (age 29) | Lincoln City | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Chris Hussey | LB | 2018 | (1989-01-02) 2 January 1989 (age 36) | Sheffield United | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Johnny Mullins | CB | 2018 | (1985-11-06) 6 November 1985 (age 39) | Luton Town | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Will Boyle | CB | 2017 | (1995-09-01) 1 September 1995 (age 29) | Huddersfield Town | 63 | 7 |
| 17 | Joshua Debayo | LB | 2018 | (1996-10-17) 17 October 1996 (age 28) | Leicester City | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Matt Bower | CB | 2016 | (1998-12-11) 11 December 1998 (age 26) | Academy | 7 | 0 |
| 23 | Jordon Forster | CB | 2017 | (1993-09-23) 23 September 1993 (age 31) | Hibernian | 6 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 4 | Ben Tozer | DM | 2018 | (1990-03-01) 1 March 1990 (age 35) | Newport County | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Nigel Atangana | CM | 2017 | (1989-09-09) 9 September 1989 (age 35) | Leyton Orient | 35 | 1 |
| 7 | Conor Thomas | DM | 2018 | (1993-10-29) 29 October 1993 (age 31) | ATK | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Kevin Dawson | RW | 2017 | (1990-06-30) 30 June 1990 (age 34) | Yeovil Town | 37 | 6 |
| 11 | Ryan Broom | RW | 2018 | (1996-09-04) 4 September 1996 (age 28) | Bristol Rovers | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Tom Smith | CM | 2018 | (1998-02-25) 25 February 1998 (age 27) | Swindon Town | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Alex Addai | RW | 2018 | (1993-12-20) 20 December 1993 (age 31) | Merstham | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Jacob Maddox | CM | 2018 | (1998-11-03) 3 November 1998 (age 26) | Chelsea | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 9 | Manny Duku | CF | 2018 | (1992-12-28) 28 December 1992 (age 32) | Hayes & Yeading United | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | George Lloyd | CF | 2017 | (2000-02-11) 11 February 2000 (age 25) | Academy | 8 | 2 |
| 21 | Brian Graham | CF | 2017 | (1987-11-23) 23 November 1987 (age 37) | Hibernian | 31 | 6 |

## Competitions
### Pre-season friendlies

The Robins revealed friendlies with Bristol City, Cirencester Town, Reading U23s, Evesham United, Birmingham City, Weston-super-Mare and Walsall.

### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 14 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 67 | 60 | +7 | 62 |
| 15 | Northampton Town | 46 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 64 | 63 | +1 | 61 |
| 16 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 57 | 68 | −11 | 57 |
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 56 |
| 18 | Morecambe | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 54 | 70 | −16 | 54 |

#### 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 | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 17 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

#### Matches

On 21 June 2018, the League Two 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.

### EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam. The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August.

### 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.
| Pos | Lge | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Cheltenham Town | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 | Round 2 |
| 2 | ACA | Arsenal U21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 6 | Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Forest Green Rovers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | |
| 4 | L1 | Coventry City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 2 | |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | RW | Alex Addai | Merstham | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | RM | Ryan Broom | Bristol Rovers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | LB | Chris Hussey | Sheffield United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Sean Long | Lincoln City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Johnny Mullins | Luton Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Tom Smith | Swindon Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | DM | Conor Thomas | ATK | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | DM | Ben Tozer | Newport County | Free transfer |
| 10 July 2018 | LB | Josh Debayo | Leicester City | Free transfer |
| 26 July 2018 | ST | Immanuelson Duku | Hayes & Yeading United | Undisclosed |
| 28 July 2018 | CF | Liam McAlinden | Exeter City | Free transfer |
| 3 August 2018 | CM | Kalvin Lumbombo Kalala | Savona | Free transfer |
| 27 August 2018 | CM | Chris Clements | Grimsby Town | Free transfer |
| 7 September 2018 | RB | Craig Alcock | Doncaster Rovers | Free transfer |
| 28 September 2018 | LW | Luke Varney | Burton Albion | Free transfer |
| 7 January 2019 | CF | Tyrone Barnett | Port Vale | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2019 | CF | Rakish Bingham | Hamilton Academical | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | LB | Jordan Cranston | Morecambe | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Aaron Downes | Retired | — |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Jaanai Gordon | Tamworth | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Jamie Grimes | Macclesfield Town | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Dan Holman | Aldershot Town | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | LW | Sanmi Odelusi | FC Halifax Town | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | DM | Adam Page | Gloucester City | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Harry Pell | Colchester United | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | LW | Jerell Sellars | Östersunds | Rejected contract |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Josh Thomas | Gloucester City | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | RM | Carl Winchester | Forest Green Rovers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Danny Wright | Solihull Moors | Released |
| 16 July 2018 | WG | Bến Hảilwood | Bishop's Cleeve | Free transfer |
| 23 July 2018 | CF | Mohamed Eisa | Bristol City | £1,500,000 |
| 1 August 2018 | GK | Lewis Clayton | Bishop's Cleeve | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2018 | MF | Lee Llewelyn | Bishop's Cleeve | Free transfer |
| 2 August 2018 | CF | Brian Graham | Ross County | Free transfer |
| 12 October 2018 | AM | Kalvin Lumbombo Kalala | Torquay United | Free transfer |
| 29 November 2018 | GK | Tom Middlehurst | Queens Park Rangers | Free transfer |
| 1 February 2019 | RB | Craig Alcock | Yeovil Town | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 26 July 2018 | CM | Jacob Maddox | Chelsea | 31 May 2019 |
| 3 August 2018 | CB | Aden Baldwin | Bristol City | 1 January 2019 |
| 24 August 2018 | AM | Sam Jones | Shrewsbury Town | 1 January 2019 |
| 30 August 2018 | CF | Tyrone Barnett | Port Vale | 1 January 2019 |
| 31 August 2018 | LB | Tom Field | Brentford | 1 January 2019 |
| 31 August 2018 | CF | Kelsey Mooney | Aston Villa | 1 January 2019 |
| 3 January 2019 | LB | Cameron Pring | Bristol City | 31 May 2019 |
| 11 January 2019 | SS | Billy Waters | Northampton Town | 31 May 2019 |
| 15 January 2019 | CB | Charlie Raglan | Oxford United | 31 May 2019 |
| 29 January 2019 | DM | Jordan Tillson | Exeter City | 31 May 2019 |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 24 August 2018 | CB | Matt Bower | Weston-super-Mare | 1 January 2019 |
| 20 September 2018 | CM | Tom Smith | Bath City | 20 January 2019 |
| 5 October 2018 | CF | Manny Duku | Barnet | 1 January 2019 |
| 9 October 2018 | CF | George Lloyd | Hereford | 4 January 2019 |
| 11 October 2018 | LB | Josh Debayo | Dover Athletic | 31 May 2019 |
| 6 November 2018 | MF | Will Dawes | Yate Town | Work experience |
| 19 November 2018 | CM | Archie Brennan | Lydney Town | Work experience |
| 19 November 2018 | DF | Tom Handley | Lydney Town | Work experience |
| 23 November 2018 | CF | Aaron Basford | Worcester City | Work experience |
| 3 December 2018 | DF | Grant Horton | Worcester City | January 2019 |
| 6 December 2018 | DF | Will Dawes | Tuffley Rovers | Work experience |
| 15 December 2018 | CF | Liam McAlinden | Brackley Town | 15 January 2019 |
| 17 December 2018 | MF | Olly Price | Westfields | Work experience |
| 21 December 2018 | CM | Archie Brennan | Slimbridge | Work experience |
| 21 December 2018 | CF | Fin Clift | Malvern Town | Work experience |
| 21 December 2018 | CF | Camden Duncan | Lydney Town | Work experience |
| 21 December 2018 | DF | Ioan Richards | Slimbridge | Work experience |
| 24 December 2018 | MF | Tyreece Briscoe | Tuffley Rovers | January 2019 |
| 17 January 2019 | CF | Liam McAlinden | Kidderminster Harriers | 18 February 2019 |
| 18 January 2019 | CF | George Lloyd | Hereford | 31 May 2019 |
| 6 February 2019 | GK | Freddie Lapworth | Gloucester City | Work experience |
| 27 February 2019 | CF | Manny Duku | FC Halifax Town | April 2019 |
| 12 March 2019 | CB | Matt Bower | Weston-super-Mare | April 2019 |