# 2020–21 Fleetwood Town F.C. season

The 2020–21 season was the 113th season of Fleetwood Town and the seventh consecutive season in League One, following their play-off semi-final defeat to Wycombe Wanderers during the previous season. Along with League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

## Background

During the previous campaign, Fleetwood finished 6th in the incomplete League One season and qualified for the play-offs. However, they were eliminated 6–3 on aggregate in the semi-finals by Wycombe Wanderers. Manager Joey Barton retained his role as manager from the previous season.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 August 2020 | CM | Callum Camps | Rochdale | Free transfer |
| 3 August 2020 | CM | Jordan Rossiter | Rangers | Free transfer |
| 20 August 2020 | GK | Joel Coleman | Huddersfield Town | Free transfer |
| 4 September 2020 | RM | Mark Duffy | Sheffield United | Free transfer |
| 9 September 2020 | CB | Sam Stubbs | Middlesbrough | Undisclosed |
| 11 September 2020 | GK | Jayson Leutwiler | Blackburn Rovers | Free transfer |
| 18 September 2020 | CM | Sam Finley | Accrington Stanley | Free transfer |
| 13 October 2020 | RB | Jake Wallace | Glentoran | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2021 | CM | Daniel Batty | Hull City | Free transfer |
| 2 February 2021 | RM | Chris Conn-Clarke | Burnley | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 12 August 2020 | CB | Morgan Boyes | Liverpool | 2 January 2021 |
| 25 September 2020 | LW | Barrie McKay | Swansea City | End of season |
| 15 October 2020 | RB | Tom Edwards | Stoke City | End of season |
| 16 October 2020 | DM | Callum Connolly | Everton | End of season |
| 16 October 2020 | CB | Charlie Mulgrew | Blackburn Rovers | End of season |
| 12 January 2021 | GK | Joe Hilton | Blackburn Rovers | 19 January 2021 |
| 15 January 2021 | CF | Kyle Vassell | Rotherham United | End of season |
| 22 January 2021 | RB | Janoi Donacien | Ipswich Town | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 7 July 2020 | CB | Nathan Sheron | St Mirren | 29 January 2021 |
| 3 August 2020 | GK | Billy Crellin | Bolton Wanderers | End of season |
| 21 August 2020 | CF | Michael Fowler | FC United of Manchester | End of season |
| 28 August 2020 | CM | Harrison Biggins | Barrow | 1 February 2021 |
| 19 October 2020 | MF | Carl Johnston | Farsley Celtic | 14 November 2020 |
| 25 October 2020 | CF | Gerard Garner | Gateshead | 30 December 2020 |
| 18 December 2020 | DF | Dylan Boyle | FC United of Manchester | |
| 18 December 2020 | CB | Harrison Holgate | Altrincham | 16 January 2021 |
| 6 January 2021 | CF | Ched Evans | Preston North End | 6 February 2021 |
| 21 January 2021 | CM | Paul Coutts | Salford City | End of season |
| 21 January 2021 | MF | Jay Matete | Grimsby Town | End of season |
| 22 April 2021 | CF | Harvey Saunders | Hartlepool United | End of season |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2020 | MF | Jamie Cooke | Colne | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2020 | GK | James Cottam | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CM | Kyle Dempsey | Gillingham | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | GK | Matt Gilks | Bolton Wanderers | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CM | Dean Marney | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Conor McAleny | Oldham Athletic | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | MF | Anthony Williams | Stalybridge Celtic | Free transfer |
| 17 July 2020 | LW | Ashley Hunter | Salford City | Undisclosed |
| 31 July 2020 | GK | Scott Pengelly | Portadown | Undisclosed |
| 7 August 2020 | RB | Lewie Coyle | Hull City | Undisclosed |
| 14 October 2020 | LB | Eddie Clarke | Warrington Town | Mutual consent |
| 2 September 2020 | RB | Macauley Southam-Hales | Stockport County | Free transfer |
| 18 September 2020 | CM | Jack Sowerby | Northampton Town | Undisclosed |
| 8 January 2021 | GK | Jayson Leutwiler | Huddersfield Town | Released |
| 21 January 2021 | CB | Sam Stubbs | Exeter City | Free transfer |
| 6 February 2021 | CF | Ched Evans | Preston North End | Undisclosed |
| 16 March 2021 | CF | Paddy Madden | Stockport County | Undisclosed |

## Competitions
### EFL League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 63 | 68 | −5 | 67 |
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 56 | 61 | −5 | 66 |
| 13 | Milton Keynes Dons | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 64 | 62 | +2 | 65 |
| 14 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 19 | 7 | 20 | 63 | 67 | −4 | 64 |
| 15 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 60 |
| 16 | Burton Albion | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 61 | 73 | −12 | 57 |
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 50 | 57 | −7 | 54 |
| 18 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 53 | 80 | −27 | 53 |
| 19 | AFC Wimbledon | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 54 | 70 | −16 | 51 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 9 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 | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | D | D | L | L | D | D | L | D | W | L | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | L |
| Position | 7 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 |

#### 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.
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. The third round was made on 10 December 2020 by Jon Parkin.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Fleetwood Town | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Sunderland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Carlisle United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | ACA | Aston Villa U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 | |

## Statistics

    Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Bristol Rovers.
    As of 27 February 2021
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League One | League One | 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 | Joel Coleman | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Danny Andrew | 35 | 2 | 30+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Callum Connolly* | 27 | 1 | 25+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | IRL | Glenn Whelan | 29 | 0 | 15+7 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | WAL | Wes Burns | 26 | 4 | 17+3 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Mark Duffy | 30 | 2 | 8+15 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | NIR | Callum Camps | 36 | 10 | 26+4 | 8 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Josh Morris | 29 | 2 | 14+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | SCO | Charlie Mulgrew* | 23 | 1 | 22+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | James Rossiter | 21 | 0 | 15+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | IRL | Paddy Madden | 32 | 9 | 24+4 | 7 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Kyle Vassell* | 11 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Barrie McKay* | 19 | 1 | 8+9 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Harvey Saunders | 24 | 8 | 7+9 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 5 |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Alex Cairns | 18 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | LCA | Janoi Donacien | 8 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Sam Finley | 18 | 2 | 11+5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Daniel Batty | 6 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Harrison Biggins | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Ged Garner | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | NIR | Barry Baggley | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Laurence Smith | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ENG | Harrison Holgate | 17 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ENG | James Hill | 20 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Ryan Rydel | 7 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | NIR | Dylan Boyle | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | ENG | Shayden Morris | 7 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | IRL | Cian Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | AUS | Akiel Raffie | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | ENG | Sam Barratt | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players out on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 15 | MF | SCO | Paul Coutts | 28 | 0 | 14+6 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Gerard Garner | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Jay Matete | 13 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | NIR | Carl Johnston | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players who left the club: ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ENG | Tom Edwards* | 12 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | WAL | Ched Evans | 23 | 7 | 11+6 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | CAN | Jayson Leutwiler | 18 | 0 | 16+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Joe Hilton* | 3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | WAL | Morgan Boyes* | 4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Sam Stubbs | 9 | 1 | 5+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |

### Goals record

    As of 27 February 2021
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | League One | FA Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | Total |
| 1 | 10 | | CM | Callum Camps | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 17 | | CF | Paddy Madden | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | 20 | | CF | Harvey Saunders | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | 9 | | CF | Ched Evans | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | 7 | | RW | Wes Burns | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | | LB | Danny Andrew | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 | | RM | Mark Duffy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 11 | | LM | Josh Morris | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 23 | | LM | Sam Finley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 | | CB | Callum Connolly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 14 | | CB | Charlie Mulgrew | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 18 | | CF | Kyle Vassell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 19 | | CF | Barrie McKay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 26 | | CB | Sam Stubbs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 52 |

#### Disciplinary record

    As of 27 February 2021
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | League One | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy | League Trophy | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 17 | | CF | Paddy Madden | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | | LB | Danny Andrew | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 4 | | CB | Callum Connolly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | | DM | Glenn Whelan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 7 | | RW | Wes Burns | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 8 | | RM | Mark Duffy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 10 | | CM | Callum Camps | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 36 | | CM | Jay Matete | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | | CF | Ched Evans | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 11 | | LM | Josh Morris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 16 | | CM | James Rossiter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 23 | | CM | Sam Finley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 13 | | GK | Jayson Leutwiler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 15 | | CM | Paul Coutts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 20 | | CF | Harvey Saunders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 31 | | CM | Laurence Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 32 | | CB | Harrison Holgate | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 33 | | CB | James Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 2 | | RB | Tom Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 14 | | CB | Charlie Mulgrew | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | 24 | | CM | Daniel Betty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 35 | | CM | Ryan Rydel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 1 |