# 2020–21 Salford City F.C. season

The 2020–21 season is Salford City's 81st season in their history and the second consecutive season in EFL League Two. Along with League Two, the club participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League 2 | League 2 | 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 | CZE | Václav Hladký | 53 | 0 | 46+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | WAL | Tom James | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | GAM | Ibou Touray | 51 | 1 | 45+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Jason Lowe | 49 | 0 | 44+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Ashley Eastham | 45 | 1 | 38+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Tom Clarke | 35 | 2 | 27+5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Luke Armstrong | 8 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | IRL | Darron Gibson | 7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | DF | ENG | Tom Elliott | 19 | 0 | 3+11 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Ashley Hunter | 47 | 8 | 37+4 | 7 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | POR | Bruno Andrade | 27 | 2 | 8+11 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | JAM | Di'Shon Bernard | 31 | 2 | 27+3 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | SCO | George Boyd | 13 | 0 | 2+9 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Luke Burgess | 19 | 3 | 7+10 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Jordan Turnbull | 50 | 1 | 35+7 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | IRL | Richie Towell | 27 | 3 | 16+8 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Oscar Threlkeld | 41 | 0 | 29+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | James Wilson | 29 | 8 | 17+7 | 7 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Emmanuel Dieseruvwe | 20 | 4 | 1+13 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+4 | 3 |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Nick Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Kevin Berkoe | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Martin Smith | 7 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Robbie Gotts | 23 | 3 | 20+3 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | NIR | Joey Jones | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | SCO | Paul Coutts | 19 | 0 | 14+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ENG | Hayden Campbell | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Alex Denny | 12 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | WAL | Matt Sargent | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Harry Ditchfield | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | USA | William Evans | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ENG | Tylor Golden | 12 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Liam Loughlan | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Alex Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Sam Fielding | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | WAL | Dan Hawkins | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | GHA | Brandon Thomas-Asante | 50 | 6 | 27+15 | 5 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 38 | MF | ENG | Will Shepherd | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | WAL | Momodou Touray | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | ENG | Ian Henderson | 49 | 18 | 45+1 | 17 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 14 July 2020 | CB | Tom Clarke | Preston North End | Free transfer |
| 17 July 2020 | RW | Ashley Hunter | Fleetwood Town | Undisclosed |
| 22 July 2020 | DM | Jason Lowe | Bolton Wanderers | Free transfer |
| 28 July 2020 | CB | Jordan Turnbull | Northampton Town | Free transfer |
| 29 July 2020 | CF | Ian Henderson | Rochdale | Free transfer |
| 22 August 2020 | GK | Václav Hladký | St Mirren | Free transfer |
| 31 August 2020 | DM | Alex Denny | Everton | Free transfer |
| 31 August 2020 | RB | Tylor Golden | Wigan Athletic | Free transfer |
| 31 August 2020 | GK | Nick Hayes | Norwich City | Free transfer |
| 31 August 2020 | CM | Liam Loughlan | Leicester City | Free transfer |
| 31 August 2020 | CF | Momodou Touray | Newport County | Free transfer |
| 3 November 2020 | LW | George Boyd | Peterborough United | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 16 October 2020 | CB | Di'Shon Bernard | Manchester United | January 2021 |
| 15 January 2021 | RB | Robbie Gotts | Leeds United | End of season |
| 18 January 2021 | RB | Tom James | Hibernian | End of season |
| 21 January 2021 | CM | Paul Coutts | Fleetwood Town | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 25 August 2020 | CM | Luke Burgess | AFC Fylde | 1 January 2021 |
| 11 September 2020 | LB | Dan Jones | Harrogate Town | End of season |
| 8 December 2020 | CF | Luke Armstrong | Hartlepool United | End of season |
| 1 February 2021 | DM | Alex Denny | Morecambe | End of season |
| 22 February 2021 | RB | Tylor Golden | Notts County | 23 March 2021 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2020 | LB | Josh Askew | Boston United | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | DF | Max Broughton | SIU Edwardsville Cougars | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2020 | LW | Craig Conway | St Johnstone | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CM | Kieran Glynn | Scarborough Athletic | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | GK | Kyle Letheren | Chesterfield | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | GK | Chris Neal | AFC Fylde | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CM | Michael O'Connor | Glenavon | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CB | Nathan Pond | AFC Fylde | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | RW | Devante Rodney | Port Vale | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CM | Mark Shelton | Hartlepool United | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | RB | Scott Wiseman | Lincoln Red Imps | Released |
| 2 August 2020 | CB | Carl Piergianni | Oldham Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 3 August 2020 | CM | Danny Whitehead | Port Vale | Free transfer |
| 29 August 2020 | CF | Kamar Moncrieffe | Clitheroe | Free transfer |
| 3 September 2020 | AM | Luke Duffy | Warrington Town | Free transfer |
| 3 September 2020 | RW | Danny Lloyd | Tranmere Rovers | Mutual consent |
| 6 September 2020 | CB | Tyrell Warren | Boston United | Free transfer |
| 6 September 2020 | CF | Florian Yonsian | Trafford | Free transfer |
| 9 November 2020 | CM | Joey Jones | Dagenham & Redbridge | Mutual consent |
| 14 January 2021 | CM | Martin Smith | Chesterfield | Free transfer |
| 8 February 2021 | GK | Nick Hayes | Hemel Hempstead Town | Free transfer |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Morecambe (O, P) | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 69 | 58 | +11 | 78 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 5 | Newport County | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 73 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 6 | Forest Green Rovers | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 59 | 51 | +8 | 73 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 7 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 73 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 8 | Salford City | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 71 | |
| 9 | Exeter City | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 71 | 50 | +21 | 70 | |
| 10 | Carlisle United | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 66 | |
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 53 | 55 | −2 | 61 | |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 56 | 62 | −6 | 61 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 May 2021. 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 | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | D | W | D | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.

### FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October. The second round draw was revealed on Monday, 9 November by Danny Cowley.
Win  Draw  Loss

### EFL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss
The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson. The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.

### EFL Trophy

Win  Draw  Loss
The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August. The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew's.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Salford City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | ACA | Manchester United U21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L1 | Rochdale | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | L2 | Morecambe | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |