# 2019–20 Salford City F.C. season

The 2019–20 season is Salford City's 80th season in their existence and first ever season in League Two following the club's promotion via the play-offs last season. Along with competing in League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, League Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Pre-season

The Ammies announced pre-season friendlies against Atherton Collieries, Woking, Middlesbrough and FC Halifax Town.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Northampton Town (O, P) | 37 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 58 | 1.57 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 8 | Port Vale | 37 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 57 | 1.54 | |
| 9 | Bradford City | 37 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 54 | 1.46 | |
| 10 | Forest Green Rovers | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 49 | 1.36 | |
| 11 | Salford City | 37 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 50 | 1.35 | |
| 12 | Walsall | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 47 | 1.31 | |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 37 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 48 | 1.30 | |
| 14 | Newport County | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 46 | 1.28 | |
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 37 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 47 | 1.27 | |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 March 2020. 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | D | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 10 |

#### Matches

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League Two fixtures were revealed.

### FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019.

### EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June.

### EFL Trophy

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019. The draw for the second round was made on 16 November 2019 live on Sky Sports. The third round draw was confirmed on 5 December 2019. The semi-final draw was made on Quest by Ian Holloway and Paul Heckingbottom, on 25 January 2020.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Salford City | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Tranmere Rovers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | ACA | Aston Villa U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | |
| 4 | L1 | Bury (D) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Automatically disqualified from competition |
* ↑ This group originally included the expelled Bury.

## 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 | ENG | Chris Neal | 21 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GIB | Scott Wiseman | 31 | 0 | 25+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GAM | Ibou Touray | 42 | 5 | 35+0 | 4 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Oscar Threlkeld | 27 | 1 | 12+6 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Ashley Eastham | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Liam Hogan | 16 | 1 | 11+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Carl Piergianni | 17 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Luke Armstrong | 26 | 4 | 12+9 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | SKN | Lois Maynard | 25 | 1 | 21+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Adam Rooney | 38 | 9 | 24+8 | 8 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Danny Lloyd | 14 | 3 | 4+5 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Tom Walker | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | ENG | Tom Elliott | 10 | 2 | 3+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | WAL | Kyle Letheren | 22 | 0 | 19+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ENG | Sam Hughes | 10 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Cameron Burgess | 35 | 4 | 26+3 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 2 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Jack Baldwin | 17 | 1 | 10+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | IRL | Richie Towell | 31 | 5 | 22+4 | 3 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Danny Whitehead | 17 | 1 | 7+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Mark Shelton | 6 | 1 | 5+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Emmanuel Dieseruvwe | 27 | 3 | 10+10 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ENG | Devante Rodney | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Dan Jones | 6 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | MSR | Nathan Pond | 27 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Martin Smith | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | NIR | Joey Jones | 26 | 0 | 15+5 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | POR | Bruno Andrade | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | GHA | Brandon Thomas-Asante | 26 | 6 | 15+5 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Jake Beesley | 8 | 2 | 4+3 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | NIR | Michael O'Connor | 8 | 1 | 8+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | IRL | Rory Gaffney | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ENG | Jake Jervis | 25 | 5 | 19+1 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Alex Doyle | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | ENG | Mark Howard | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | IRL | Darron Gibson | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | SCO | Craig Conway | 23 | 0 | 15+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | ENG | Ashley Hunter | 11 | 5 | 9+2 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | ENG | James Wilson | 6 | 2 | 4+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | LB | Dan Jones | Barrow | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Joey Jones | Eastleigh | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Oscar Threlkeld | Waasland-Beveren | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Richie Towell | Brighton & Hove Albion | Free transfer |
| 5 July 2019 | CF | Florian Yonsian | Rochdale | Free transfer |
| 16 July 2019 | GK | Kyle Letheren | Plymouth Argyle | Free transfer |
| 23 July 2019 | CM | Martin Smith | Swindon Town | Free transfer |
| 26 July 2019 | CF | Luke Armstrong | Middlesbrough | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2019 | DF | Yianni Nicolaou | Marconi Stallions | Undisclosed |
| September 2019 | CF | Brandon Thomas-Asante | Ebbsfleet United | Undisclosed |
| 5 October 2019 | LW | Craig Conway | Blackburn Rovers | Free transfer |
| 9 January 2020 | CF | Tom Elliott | Millwall | Free transfer |
| 13 January 2020 | SS | Bruno Andrade | Lincoln City | Undisclosed |
| 15 January 2020 | CM | Michael O'Connor | Lincoln City | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2020 | CB | Ashley Eastham | Fleetwood Town | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2020 | CF | James Wilson | Aberdeen | Undisclosed |
| 6 February 2020 | CM | Darron Gibson | Wigan Athletic | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Anthony Dudley | Chester | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Matt Green | Grimsby Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Amine Linganzi | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Danny Livesey | Chester | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Gus Mafuta | Hartlepool United | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Devonte Redmond | Wrexham | Contract expired |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Jack Redshaw | FC Halifax Town | Released |
| 18 July 2019 | GK | Max Crocombe | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer |
| 3 January 2020 | CF | Jake Beesley | Solihull Moors | Undisclosed |
| 9 January 2020 | CM | Tom Walker | AFC Fylde | Undisclosed |
| 4 February 2020 | CM | Lois Maynard | Stockport County | Free transfer |
| 14 February 2020 | CB | Liam Hogan | Stockport County | Free transfer |
| 24 February 2020 | CF | Rory Gaffney | Shamrock Rovers | Released |
| 13 March 2020 | CF | Adam Rooney | Solihull Moors | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 24 July 2019 | CB | Cameron Burgess | Scunthorpe United | 30 June 2020 |
| 2 September 2019 | CB | Jack Baldwin | Sunderland | 30 June 2020 |
| 2 September 2019 | CB | Sam Hughes | Leicester City | 23 January 2020 |
| 2 September 2019 | RW | Jake Jervis | Luton Town | 30 June 2020 |
| 22 October 2019 | GK | Mark Howard | Blackpool | 4 November 2019 |
| 2 January 2020 | LW | Ashley Hunter | Fleetwood Town | 30 June 2020 |
| 24 January 2020 | RB | George Tanner | Manchester United | 30 June 2020 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 1 July 2019 | LB | Josh Askew | Curzon Ashton | 30 June 2020 |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Kieran Glynn | Southport | 16 January 2020 |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | James Jones | Chester | 30 June 2020 |
| 14 August 2019 | CF | Anointed Chukwu | Ramsbottom United | September 2019 |
| 14 August 2019 | CF | Kamar Moncrieffe | Ramsbottom United | 21 September 2019 |
| 14 August 2019 | CB | Samuel Adetiloye | Ramsbottom United | September 2019 |
| 14 August 2019 | GK | Ewan McFarlane | Ramsbottom United | September 2019 |
| 31 August 2019 | CF | Rory Gaffney | Walsall | 24 February 2020 |
| 14 September 2019 | CB | Max Broughton | Marine | October 2019 |
| 14 September 2019 | CF | Daniel Hawkins | Marine | November 2019 |
| 7 October 2019 | CF | Jake Beesley | Solihull Moors | 3 January 2020 |
| 9 October 2019 | RW | Devante Rodney | Stockport County | 6 January 2020 |
| 9 October 2019 | MF | Tom Walker | Stockport County | 6 January 2020 |
| 11 October 2019 | RM | Mark Shelton | Woking | 30 June 2020 |
| 12 October 2019 | | Elliot Johnston | Ashton United | November 2019 |
| 19 October 2019 | RB | Tyrell Warren | Radcliffe | November 2019 |
| 19 October 2019 | CF | Anointed Chukwu | Widnes | 19 January 2020 |
| 1 November 2019 | MF | Martin Smith | Chorley | 30 June 2020 |
| 7 November 2019 | MF | Mark Howarth | Buxton | December 2019 |
| 7 November 2019 | RB | Yianni Nicolaou | Buxton | December 2019 |
| 11 November 2019 | MF | Brandon Lockett | Droylsden | December 2019 |
| 7 December 2019 | CF | Daniel Hawkins | Stafford Rangers | 7 February 2020 |
| 7 December 2019 | CF | Florian Yonsian | Stafford Rangers | January 2020 |
| 11 December 2019 | MF | Mark Shelton | Hartlepool United | 30 June 2020 |
| 19 December 2019 | CB | Samuel Adetiloye | Widnes | 19 January 2020 |
| 24 December 2019 | MF | Mark Howarth | Marine | |
| 6 January 2020 | CB | Carl Piergianni | Oldham Athletic | 30 June 2020 |
| 9 January 2020 | RW | Devante Rodney | FC Halifax Town | 30 June 2020 |
| 10 January 2020 | CF | Emmanuel Dieseruvwe | Oldham Athletic | 30 June 2020 |
| 10 January 2020 | CF | Kamar Moncrieffe | Stafford Rangers | |
| 16 January 2020 | MF | Kieran Glynn | Scarborough Athletic | 30 June 2020 |
| 18 January 2020 | RB | Yianni Nicolaou | Runcorn Linnets | |
| 18 January 2020 | CF | Florian Yonsian | Marine | February 2020 |
| 21 January 2020 | MF | Danny Whitehead | Macclesfield Town | 30 June 2020 |
| 21 January 2020 | MF | Danny Lloyd | Stockport County | 30 June 2020 |
| 27 January 2020 | MF | Brandon Lockett | Kendal Town | |
| 10 February 2020 | DF | Dan Jones | Barrow | 30 June 2020 |
| 13 February 2020 | CF | Anointed Chukwu | Radcliffe | |
| 21 February 2020 | RB | Tyrell Warren | Boston United | |