# 2018–19 Fleetwood Town F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Fleetwood Town's 111th season in their history and fifth consecutive season in League One. Along with League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | DF | Dylan Boyle | Ridgeway Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | LB | Eddie Clarke | Tranmere Rovers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | MF | Jay Matete | Reading | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Craig Morgan | Wigan Athletic | Free transfer |
| 20 July 2018 | CF | Chris Long | Burnley | Free transfer |
| 20 July 2018 | CM | James Wallace | Tranmere Rovers | Free transfer |
| 30 July 2018 | CM | Dean Marney | Burnley | Free transfer |
| 2 August 2018 | GK | Paul Jones | Norwich City | Free transfer |
| 4 September 2018 | MF | Barry Baggley | Glentoran | Undisclosed |
| 21 September 2018 | MF | Ross Wallace | Sheffield Wednesday | Free transfer |
| 23 September 2018 | RB | Ryan Taylor | ATK | Free transfer |
| 16 January 2019 | FW | Harvey Saunders | Darlington | Undisclosed |
| 3 February 2019 | RB | Macaulay Southam-Hales | Barry Town United | Undisclosed |
| 20 March 2019 | CF | Michael Fowler | Burnley | Undisclosed |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | DM | Sebastien Des Pres | Orange County | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | DM | George Glendon | Carlisle United | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | LB | Luke Higham | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | AM | Ricardo Kip | Almere City | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Chris Neal | Salford City | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Victor Nirennold | Senica | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Nathan Pond | Salford City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Markus Schwabl | Unterhaching | Released |
| 18 July 2018 | DM | Toumani Diagouraga | Swindon Town | Undisclosed |
| 19 July 2018 | CF | Alex Reid | Stevenage | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2018 | SS | Joao Morelli | Ituano | Undisclosed |
| 2 January 2019 | CM | Bobby Grant | Wrexham | Undisclosed |
| 8 January 2019 | CF | Chris Long | Blackpool | Mutual consent |
| 17 January 2019 | CB | Cian Bolger | Lincoln City | Undisclosed |
| 17 January 2019 | RW | Michael Donohue | FC United of Manchester | Free transfer |
| 28 January 2019 | GK | Matt Urwin | Chorley | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Lewie Coyle | Leeds United | 31 May 2019 |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Jason Holt | Rangers | 31 May 2019 |
| 1 July 2018 | LB | Tommy Spurr | Preston North End | 3 January 2019 |
| 20 July 2018 | CF | Ched Evans | Sheffield United | 31 May 2019 |
| 20 August 2018 | LB | James Husband | Norwich City | 31 May 2019 |
| 30 January 2019 | CB | Harry Souttar | Stoke City | 31 May 2019 |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 6 July 2018 | ST | Dan Mooney | Chester | 2 January 2019 |
| 1 August 2018 | GK | Billy Crellin | FC United of Manchester | 20 September 2018 |
| 3 August 2018 | GK | Matt Urwin | Chorley | 27 January 2019 |
| 17 August 2018 | CF | Ashley Nadesan | Carlisle United | 9 January 2019 |
| 31 August 2018 | LB | Joe Maguire | Crawley Town | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 August 2018 | CM | Jack Sowerby | Carlisle United | 31 January 2019 |
| 1 September 2018 | RW | Michael Donohue | FC United of Manchester | 1 January 2019 |
| 25 November 2018 | CM | Bobby Grant | Wrexham | 1 January 2019 |
| 21 December 2018 | DF | Lewis Baines | Chorley | January 2019 |
| 21 December 2018 | CF | Mamadou Djabi | Colne | January 2019 |
| 7 January 2019 | CM | Kyle Dempsey | Peterborough United | 31 May 2019 |
| 16 January 2019 | FW | Harvey Saunders | Darlington | 31 May 2019 |
| 25 January 2019 | DF | Lewis Baines | Stockport County | 31 May 2019 |
| 28 January 2019 | RB | Gethin Jones | Mansfield Town | 31 May 2019 |
| 28 January 2019 | CF | Conor McAleny | Kilmarnock | 31 May 2019 |
| 28 March 2019 | CF | Michael Fowler | Guiseley | 31 May 2019 |

## Competitions
### Friendlies

Fleetwood Town announced a pre-season friendlies against Salford City, STK Fluminense Šamorín, Tranmere Rovers, Morecambe and Chorley.

### League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Burton Albion | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 66 | 57 | +9 | 63 |
| 10 | Blackpool | 46 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 62 |
| 11 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 58 | 52 | +6 | 61 |
| 12 | Oxford United | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 58 | 64 | −6 | 60 |
| 13 | Gillingham | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 61 | 72 | −11 | 55 |

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | W | D | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | L | D | L | D | W | L |
| Position | 20 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 |

#### 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. 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.
| Pos | Lge | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Rochdale | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | Round 2 |
| 2 | L2 | Bury | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Round 2 |
| 3 | ACA | Leicester City U21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | L1 | Fleetwood Town | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 | |