# 2017–18 Barnsley F.C. season

The 2017–18 season had Barnsley playing in the Championship The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018. Barnsley made an announcement on their official Twitter account on 3 August 2017 that Angus MacDonald is the first-team captain, and Adam Davies is the first team vice-captain.
On 31 August 2017, Barnsley released a statement to announce that the club's chairman Maurice Watkins CBE was leaving the role as chairman and the board of Barnsley Football Club.
On 19 December 2017, it was announced that Patrick Cyrne and family had agreed of new shareholders and co-owners of Barnsley Football Club to a consortium led by Chien Lee of NewCity Capital and Pacific Media Group, which is led by Paul Conway and Grace Hung. Billy Beane and Neerav Parekh will also be investing in Barnsley Football Club with Chien Lee and Pacific Media Group. Chien Lee has 80% shares and the Cyrne family has 20% shares of ownership of Barnsley Football club.
On 6 February 2018, Barnsley F.C. made an announcement that Head Coach Paul Heckingbottom, had left the club for new manager role at fellow Championship club Leeds United. Heckingbottom was joined by his first team coach, Jamie Clapham; Head of Sports Science, Nathan Winder; and First Team Performance Analyst Alex Bailey, will also leave Oakwell for Leeds. Barnsley also announced that Paul Harsley took the role as caretaker manager. José Morais was appointed as new head coach on 16 February 2018 on an 18-month contract.

## Squad

| No. | Name | Pos. | Place of Birth | Age | Apps | Goals | Signed from | Date signed | Fee | Contract End |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | Adam Davies (vice-captain) | GK | Rinteln | 32 | 163 | 0 | Sheffield Wednesday | 13 June 2014 | Free | 2019 |
| 13 | Nick Townsend | GK | Solihull | 29 | 18 | 0 | Birmingham City | 1 September 2015 | Undisclosed | 2018 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | Jason McCarthy | RB | Southampton | 27 | 22 | 0 | Southampton | 1 July 2017 | £207,000 | 2020 |
| 3 | Zeki Fryers | LB | Manchester | 31 | 23 | 1 | Crystal Palace | 1 July 2017 | Free | 2020 |
| 5 | Matt Mills | CB | Swindon | 38 | 4 | 0 | Nottingham Forest | 31 January 2018 | Free | 2018 |
| 6 | Liam Lindsay | CB | Paisley | 28 | 43 | 1 | Partick Thistle | 1 July 2017 | £360,000 | 2020 |
| 12 | Dimitri Kévin Cavaré | RB | Pointe-à-Pitre | 29 | 9 | 0 | Rennes | 17 August 2017 | Undisclosed | 2019 |
| 16 | Ethan Pinnock | CB | London | 31 | 13 | 2 | Forest Green Rovers | 30 June 2017 | £513,000 | 2020 |
| 17 | Andy Yiadom (captain) | RB/RW | Holloway | 32 | 65 | 0 | Barnet | 1 July 2016 | Free | 2018 |
| 18 | Adam Jackson | CB | Darlington | 30 | 34 | 2 | Middlesbrough | 30 August 2016 | Undisclosed | 2019 |
| 23 | Daniel Pinillos | LB | Logroñ | 31 | 8 | 0 | Córdoba | 19 January 2018 | Undisclosed | 2020 |
| 24 | Matty Pearson | RB | Keighley | 31 | 19 | 0 | Accrington Stanley | 4 August 2017 | £500,000 | 2020 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | Joe Williams | CM | Liverpool | 27 | 39 | 1 | Everton | 20 July 2017 | Loan | 2018 |
| 7 | Adam Hammill | LM | Liverpool | 36 | 201 | 26 | Free agent | 9 November 2015 | Free | 2018 |
| 10 | George Moncur | CM | Swindon | 31 | 50 | 4 | Colchester United | 21 June 2016 | £500,000 | Undisclosed |
| 11 | Lloyd Isgrove | RM | Yeovil | 31 | 53 | 2 | Free agent | 2 July 2017 | Free | 2020 |
| 14 | Stevie Mallan | CM | Glasgow | 28 | 8 | 0 | St Mirren | 1 July 2017 | £306,000 | 2019 |
| 20 | Brad Potts | CM/RM | Hexham | 30 | 40 | 4 | Blackpool | 3 August 2017 | £756,000 | 2020 |
| 21 | Connor Mahoney | WG | Blackburn | 27 | 8 | 0 | Bournemouth | 29 January 2018 | Loan | 2018 |
| 22 | Gary Gardner | CM | Solihull | 32 | 30 | 2 | Aston Villa | 31 August 2017 | Loan | 2018 |
| 33 | Christoph Knasmüllner | AM | Vienna | 32 | 3 | 0 | Admira Wacker Mödling | 31 January 2018 | Undisclosed | 2020 |
| 34 | Ryan Hedges | RM/LM | Northampton | 29 | 34 | 3 | Swansea City | 31 January 2017 | Undisclosed | 2019 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | Tom Bradshaw | ST | Swindon | 32 | 88 | 21 | Walsall | 14 July 2016 | £550,000 | 2019 |
| 15 | Oli McBurnie | CF | Leeds | 28 | 17 | 9 | Swansea City | 31 January 2018 | Loan | 2018 |
| 19 | Kieffer Moore | ST | Torquay | 32 | 21 | 3 | Ipswich Town | 8 January 2018 | £765,000 | 2021 |
| 26 | Mamadou Thiam | ST | Aubervilliers | 29 | 30 | 1 | Dijon | 11 August 2017 | £900,000 | 2018 |
| 29 | Victor Adeboyejo | ST | Ibadan | 26 | 0 | 0 | Leyton Orient | 4 November 2017 | Free | 2020 |
| Out on Loan ||||||||||||
| 8 | Cameron McGeehan | CM | Kingston upon Thames | 29 | 10 | 1 | Luton Town | 23 June 2017 | £990,000 | 2020 |
| 27 | Alex Mowatt | CM | Doncaster | 29 | 13 | 1 | Leeds United | 31 January 2017 | £600,000 | 2019 |
| 31 | Dylan Mottley-Henry | WG | Leeds | 27 | 1 | 0 | Bradford City | 12 July 2016 | Free | 2018 |
| 35 | Jacob Brown | ST | Halifax | 25 | 2 | 0 | Academy | 1 July 2016 | Trainee | 2018 |
| 37 | Jared Bird | CM | Nottingham | 27 | 4 | 0 | Academy | 1 July 2017 | Trainee | 2020 |
Appearances and goals correct as of 8 May 2018.

### Contracts

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Status | Contract Length | Expiry Date | Ref. |
| 14 December 2017 | CM | | Jared Bird | Signed | 3 years | July 2020 | |

## Statistics

    As of 8 May 2018
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | WAL | Adam Davies | 40 | 0 | 36+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Jason McCarthy | 24 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Zeki Fryers | 23 | 1 | 22+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Joe Williams | 37 | 1 | 32+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Matt Mills | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Liam Lindsay | 45 | 1 | 43+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Adam Hammill | 44 | 1 | 32+8 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | WAL | Tom Bradshaw | 43 | 12 | 26+13 | 9 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | George Moncur | 38 | 2 | 22+12 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | WAL | Lloyd Isgrove | 17 | 1 | 10+6 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Dimitri Kévin Cavaré | 9 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Nick Townsend | 7 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Stevie Mallan | 9 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | SCO | Oli McBurnie | 17 | 9 | 16+1 | 9 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Ethan Pinnock | 14 | 1 | 8+3 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | GHA | Andy Yiadom | 33 | 0 | 31+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Adam Jackson | 23 | 2 | 22+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Kieffer Moore | 20 | 4 | 16+4 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Brad Potts | 42 | 4 | 36+2 | 3 | 1+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Connor Mahoney | 8 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Gary Gardner | 30 | 2 | 28+1 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Daniel Pinillos | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Matty Pearson | 19 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | SEN | Mamadou Thiam | 30 | 1 | 10+18 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ENG | Jack Walton | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | AUT | Christoph Knasmüllner | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | WAL | Ryan Hedges | 26 | 3 | 5+18 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| Players out on loan: ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | ENG | Cameron McGeehan | 10 | 1 | 6+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Alex Mowatt | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Dylan Mottley-Henry | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Jared Bird | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club: ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | ENG | Angus MacDonald | 14 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Harvey Barnes | 25 | 5 | 18+5 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Ike Ugbo | 18 | 1 | 7+9 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Stefan Payne | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goals record

    As of 8 May 2018
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | | CF | Tom Bradshaw | 9 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | 15 | | CF | Oli McBurnie | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | — | | LW | Harvey Barnes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 19 | | CF | Kieffer Moore | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 20 | | CM | Brad Potts | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 34 | | RW | Ryan Hedges | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 10 | | AM | George Moncur | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 16 | | CB | Ethan Pinnock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 18 | | CB | Adam Jackson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 22 | | CM | Gary Gardner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 3 | | LB | Zeki Fryers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 4 | | CM | Joe Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 6 | | CB | Liam Lindsay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 7 | | RW | Adam Hammill | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 8 | | CM | Cameron McGeehan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 11 | | LW | Lloyd Isgrove | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 12 | | RB | Dimitri Kévin Cavaré | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 26 | | CF | Mamadou Thiam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | — | | CF | Ike Ugbo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 47 | 1 | 6 | 54 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 8 May 2018
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Championship | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 4 | | CM | Joe Williams | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 22 | | CM | Gary Gardner | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | | CB | Liam Lindsay | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 7 | | RW | Adam Hammill | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 17 | | RB | Andy Yiadom | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | | RB | Jason McCarthy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 20 | | CM | Brad Potts | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 12 | | RB | Dimitri Kévin Cavaré | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 24 | | LB | Matty Pearson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 19 | | CF | Kieffer Moore | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 8 | | CM | Cameron McGeehan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 9 | | CF | Tom Bradshaw | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 15 | | CF | Oli McBurnie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 18 | | CB | Adam Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 1 | | GK | Adam Davies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 3 | | LB | Zeki Fryers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 5 | | CB | Angus MacDonald | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 10 | | AM | George Moncur | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 11 | | LW | Lloyd Isgrove | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 14 | | CM | Stevie Mallan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 16 | | CB | Ethan Pinnock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 26 | | CF | Mamadou Thiam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | — | | LW | Harvey Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 73 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 3 |

## Pre-season
### Friendlies

As of 9 June 2017, Barnsley have announced six pre-season friendlies against Guiseley, Grimsby Town, Coventry City, Rochdale, Rotherham United and Huddersfield Town.

## Competitions
### EFL Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 20 | Reading | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 48 | 70 | −22 | 44 | |
| 21 | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 39 | 74 | −35 | 43 | |
| 22 | Barnsley (R) | 46 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 48 | 72 | −24 | 41 | Relegation to EFL League One |
| 23 | Burton Albion (R) | 46 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 38 | 81 | −43 | 41 | Relegation to EFL League One |
| 24 | Sunderland (R) | 46 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 52 | 80 | −28 | 37 | Relegation to EFL League One |

#### Result summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 24 April 2018. Source:

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | D | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | D | L | L |
| Position | 23 | 23 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 |

#### Matches

On 21 June 2017, the EFL Championship league fixtures were announced.

### FA Cup

In the FA Cup, Barnsley entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Millwall.

### EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, the draw for the first round took place, with Morecambe being confirmed as the opposition. The second round also saw Barnsley at home to either Grimsby Town or Derby County. Derby County won their first round tie to set up a second round fixture against the Reds.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | LB | Zeki Fryers | Crystal Palace | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | CB | Liam Lindsay | Partick Thistle | £360,000 |
| 1 July 2017 | CM | Stevie Mallan | St Mirren | £306,000 |
| 1 July 2017 | RB | Jason McCarthy | Southampton | £207,000 |
| 1 July 2017 | CM | Cameron McGeehan | Luton Town | £990,000 |
| 1 July 2017 | CB | Ethan Pinnock | Forest Green Rovers | £513,000 |
| 1 July 2017 | LB | Ben Williams | Blackburn Rovers | Free |
| 2 July 2017 | LW | Lloyd Isgrove | Free agent | Free |
| 3 August 2017 | CM | Brad Potts | Blackpool | £756,000 |
| 4 August 2017 | RB | Matty Pearson | Accrington Stanley | £500,000 |
| 11 August 2017 | CF | Mamadou Thiam | Dijon | £900,000 |
| 17 August 2017 | RB | Dimitri Kévin Cavaré | Rennes | Undisclosed |
| 4 November 2017 | CF | Victor Adeboyejo | Leyton Orient | Free |
| 8 January 2018 | CF | Kieffer Moore | Ipswich Town | £765,000 |
| 19 January 2018 | LB | Daniel Pinillos | Córdoba | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2018 | AM | Christoph Knasmüllner | Admira Wacker | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2018 | CB | Matt Mills | Nottingham Forest | Free |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | James Carvell | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | LW | Jake Charles | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | CB | Jack Cowgill | Boston United | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | LB | Callum Evans | Forest Green Rovers | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | CB | Lewin Nyatanga | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Omari Patrick | Bradford City | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | CB | George Proctor | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | CB | Marc Roberts | Birmingham City | £3,500,000 |
| 1 July 2017 | LB | Matty Templeton | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | CM | Josh Scowen | Queens Park Rangers | Rejected Contract |
| 1 July 2017 | LB | Aidy White | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | RW | Marley Watkins | Norwich City | Rejected Contract |
| 1 July 2017 | RM | Ryan Williams | Rotherham United | Released |
| 4 July 2017 | CF | Elliot Lee | Luton Town | Released |
| 17 July 2017 | LB | Cole Kpekawa | Colchester United | Undisclosed |
| 21 July 2017 | CF | Kayden Jackson | Accrington Stanley | Undisclosed |
| 18 August 2017 | DM | Sessi D'Almeida | Blackpool | Undisclosed |
| 18 August 2017 | CF | Stefan Payne | Shrewsbury Town | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2018 | CB | Angus MacDonald | Hull City | Undisclosed |
* ↑ Jack Cowgill joined Boston United following his release.
* ↑ Callum Evans joined Forest Green Rovers following his release.
* ↑ Omari Patrick joined Bradford City following his release.
* ↑ Josh Scowen joined Queens Park Rangers after rejecting a new contract.
* ↑ Marley Watkins joined Norwich City after rejecting a new contract.
* ↑ Ryan Williams joined Rotherham United following his release.
* ↑ Elliot Lee joined Luton Town following his release.

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 17 July 2017 | CF | Ike Ugbo | Chelsea | 3 January 2018 |
| 20 July 2017 | CM | Joe Williams | Everton | 30 June 2018 |
| 11 August 2017 | CM | Harvey Barnes | Leicester City | 30 June 2018 |
| 31 August 2017 | CM | Gary Gardner | Aston Villa | 30 June 2018 |
| 31 August 2017 | CF | Oli McBurnie | Swansea City | 7 September 2017 |
| 29 January 2018 | WG | Connor Mahoney | Bournemouth | 30 June 2018 |
| 31 January 2018 | CF | Oli McBurnie | Swansea City | 30 June 2018 |
* ↑ On 3 January 2018, Ugbo was recalled by parent club, Chelsea.
* ↑ On 7 September 2017, the EFL rejected Oli McBurnie's loan at the player returned to Swansea City with immediate effect.

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Brad Ash | Boreham Wood | 30 June 2018 |
| 31 August 2017 | CM | Alex Mowatt | Oxford United | 30 June 2018 |
| 22 September 2017 | GK | Jack Walton | Stalybridge Celtic | 24 October 2017 |
| 2 October 2017 | RM | Dylan Mottley-Henry | Tranmere Rovers | 2 January 2018 |
| 23 October 2017 | GK | Nick Townsend | Solihull Moors | 20 November 2017 |
| 18 November 2017 | CM | Josh Kay | Tranmere Rovers | 18 December 2017 |
| 4 January 2018 | CM | Jared Bird | Yeovil Town | 30 June 2018 |
| 4 January 2018 | CM | Josh Kay | Chesterfield | 30 June 2018 |
| 4 January 2018 | CM | Cameron McGeehan | Scunthorpe United | 30 June 2018 |
| 31 January 2018 | CF | Jacob Brown | Chesterfield | 30 June 2018 |
| 31 January 2018 | RM | Dylan Mottley-Henry | Chesterfield | 30 June 2018 |
* ↑ On 2 November, Dylan Mottley-Henry's loan at Tranmere Rovers was extended until early January.

## Summary

| Games played | 43 (39 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 3 League Cup) |
| Games won | 9 (7 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 2 League Cup) |
| Games drawn | 13 (13 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) |
| Games lost | 21 (19 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup) |
| Goals scored | 45 (38 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 6 League Cup) |
| Goals conceded | 68 (58 Championship, 4 FA Cup, 6 League Cup) |
| Goal difference | -25 |
| Clean sheets | 7 (7 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) |
| Yellow cards | 66 (61 Championship, 2 FA Cup, 3 League Cup) |
| Red cards | 3 (2 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) |
| Worst Discipline | Joe Williams (9 , 1 ) |
| Best result | 3–0 vs Sunderland (26 Aug 17) |
| Worst result | 3–0 vs Aston Villa (16 Sep 17) 3–0 vs Reading (28 Nov 17) 3–0 vs Derby County (9 Dec 17) 4–1 vs Millwall (6 Jan 18) |
| Most appearances | Tom Bradshaw (28 starts, 9 subs) |
| Top scorer | Tom Bradshaw (10) |
| Points | 34 |