# 2017–18 AFC Wimbledon season

The 2017–18 season was AFC Wimbledon's 16th season in their history and their second season in League One.

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 16 | Oxford United | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 61 | 66 | −5 | 56 |
| 17 | Gillingham | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 56 |
| 18 | AFC Wimbledon | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 53 |
| 19 | Walsall | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 53 | 66 | −13 | 52 |
| 20 | Rochdale | 46 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 51 |

### Results summary

| Round | 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | D | W | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | D | D | D | D |
| Position | 11 | 17 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 |
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 April 2018. Source: BBC Sport

### Score overview

Win  Draw  Loss
| Opposition | Home | Away | Agg. |
| Blackburn Rovers | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Blackpool | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Bradford City | 2–1 | 0–4 | 6–1 |
| Bristol Rovers | 1–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 |
| Bury | 2-2 | 2–1 | 3–4 |
| Charlton Athletic | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Fleetwood Town | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Gillingham | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 |
| Milton Keynes Dons | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Northampton Town | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Oldham Athletic | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Oxford United | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–4 |
| Peterborough United | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–5 |
| Portsmouth | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 |
| Rochdale | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Rotherham United | 3-1 | 2-0 | 3-3 |
| Scunthorpe United | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Shrewsbury Town | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Southend United | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Walsall | 1–2 | 2–3 | 4–4 |
| Wigan Athletic | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–5 |
Last updated: 11 April 2018. Source: BBC Sport

## Matches
### FA Cup

On 16 October 2017, the draw for the first round took place with AFC Wimbledon hosting Lincoln City.

#### First round

At this stage, there were 80 clubs remaining in the competition (32 non-league teams progressing from the qualifying rounds and the 48 clubs from League One and League Two).

#### Second round

At this stage, there were 40 clubs remaining in the competition (10 non-league teams, 14 clubs from League One and 16 clubs League Two).

#### Third round

A total of 64 clubs will play in the third round (10 League One teams, 9 League Two teams and 44 teams from the Premier League and Football League Championship entering in this round) plus either Gillingham or Carlisle United.

### EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, the draw for the EFL Cup took place. The draw was seeded based on the league finishing positions for clubs in the previous season and regionalised on a north-south basis. AFC Wimbledon are unseeded, and drawn at home against Brentford. Meaning for the first time in 7 years entering the competition Wimbledon had been drawn at home.

#### First round

The first round of the competition included 70 of the 72 Football League clubs: 24 from League Two, 24 from League One, and 22 from the Championship, with Hull City and Middlesbrough receiving a bye into the second round.

### EFL Trophy

On 7 July 2017, the Group round draw was made for the League One and League Two teams competing in the EFL Trophy. The first round will consist of 64 clubs (24 from League One, 24 from League Two and 16 Category 1 Academy Teams) split into 16 groups of 4 teams, regionalised on a north/south basis, with each group including one Academy Team. Each club will play each other once, either home or away, with the top 2 teams from each group progressing to the knock-out stages.

#### First round (Southern Group F)

If the scores are level at the end of a Group Match then each team is awarded 1 point. In addition, the match will be followed immediately by the taking of penalties and the team that wins the penalty shootout will be awarded 1 additional point. AFC Wimbledon qualified for the following round by finishing as runners-up.
| Pos | Lge | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Luton Town (Q) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | AFC Wimbledon (Q) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 6 | Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Barnet (E) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | ACA | Tottenham Hotspur U21 (E) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 1 | |

#### Second round (Southern Section)

The draw for the second round took place on 10 November 2017, with 32 clubs (13 from League One, 11 from League Two and 8 Category 1 Academy sides) progressing from the previous round, continuing to be regionalised on a north/south basis, with each group winner from the previous round being drawn at home to a second placed team from a different qualifying group.

## Squad

    As of 28 February 2018
| No. | Name | Pos. | Place of Birth | Age | L. Apps | L. Goals | Int. Caps | Int. Goals | Signed from | Date signed | Fee | Ends |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | George Long | GK | Sheffield | 30 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sheffield United | 4 July 2017 | Loan | 1 July 2018 |
| 24 | Joe McDonnell | GK | Basingstoke | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Basingstoke Town | 5 July 2014 | Undisclosed | 1 July 2018 |
| 25 | Nik Tzanev | GK | Wellington | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brentford | 8 May 2017 | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Barry Fuller | RB | Ashford | 40 | 203 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Barnet | 28 May 2013 | Free | 1 July 2018 |
| 3 | Jonathan Meades | LB | Gloucester | 32 | 116 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Oxford United | 22 June 2015 | Free | 1 July 2018 |
| 4 | Deji Oshilaja | CB | Bermondsey | 31 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Cardiff City | 8 June 2017 | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 5 | Will Nightingale | CB | Roehampton | 29 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 6 May 2014 | Trainee | 1 July 2019 |
| 6 | Paul Robinson | CB | Barnet | 42 | 101 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Portsmouth | 3 August 2015 | Free | 1 July 2018 |
| 20 | Toby Sibbick | CB/RB | Hounslow | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 26 August 2016 | Trainee | 1 July 2018 |
| 23 | Callum Kennedy | LB | Chertsey | 34 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Leyton Orient | 7 July 2017 | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 30 | Paul Kalambayi | CB | Dulwich | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 18 February 2016 | Trainee | 1 July 2018 |
| 31 | Seth Owens | LB/CB | Hackney | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brentford | 16 August 2016 | Free | 1 July 2018 |
| 32 | Darius Charles | CB | Ealing | 36 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Burton Albion | 31 May 2016 | Free | 1 July 2018 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 7 | George Francomb | RW/RB | Hackney | 33 | 196 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Norwich City | 26 June 2013 | Free | 1 July 2018 |
| 8 | Jimmy Abdou | DM | Martigues | 40 | 32 | 2 | 16 | 0 | Millwall | 15 July 2017 | Loan | 1 July 2018 |
| 11 | Harry Forrester | AM | Milton Keynes | 33 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Rangers | 23 August 2017 | Loan | 1 July 2018 |
| 14 | Liam Trotter | AM/DM | Ipswich | 36 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Bolton Wanderers | 21 July 2017 | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 17 | Andy Barcham | LW | Basildon | 37 | 113 | 14 | 0 | 0 | Portsmouth | 1 July 2015 | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 18 | Dean Parrett | CM | Hampstead | 32 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Stevenage | 1 July 2016 | Free | 1 July 2018 |
| 19 | Tom Soares | DM | Reading | 38 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bury | 31 January 2017 | Undisclosed | 1 July 2019 |
| 26 | Anthony Hartigan | CM | Kingston upon Thames | 24 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 27 January 2017 | Trainee | 1 July 2020 |
| 27 | Neşet Bellikli | LW | Sutton | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 16 May 2016 | Trainee | 1 July 2018 |
| 28 | Alfie Egan | AM | Lambeth | 27 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 5 February 2016 | Trainee | 1 July 2018 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Kwesi Appiah | CF | Thamesmead | 34 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 1 | Crystal Palace | 31 May 2017 | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 10 | Cody McDonald | CF | Witham | 38 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Gillingham | 22 June 2017 | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 21 | Egli Kaja | CF | Kosovo | 27 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 17 April 2015 | Trainee | 1 July 2018 |
| 29 | Jayden Antwi | CF | Lambeth | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 28 March 2017 | Trainee | 1 July 2019 |
| 33 | Lyle Taylor | CF | Greenwich | 34 | 129 | 44 | 2 | 1 | Scunthorpe United | 14 July 2015 | Undisclosed | 1 July 2018 |
| 39 | Joe Pigott | CF | Maidstone | 30 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Maidstone United | 15 January 2018 | Undisclosed | 1 July 2019 |

## Player statistics

    As of 6 February 2018
| 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 | George Long | 47 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Barry Fuller (Captain) | 45 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | WAL | Jonathan Meades | 16 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NGA | Deji Oshilaja | 30 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Will Nightingale | 16 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Paul Robinson | 16 | 1 | 9+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | George Francomb | 31 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | COM | Jimmy Abdou | 24 | 2 | 15+5 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GHA | Kwesi Appiah | 12 | 2 | 7+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Cody McDonald | 35 | 7 | 21+7 | 5 | 2+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Harry Forrester | 27 | 3 | 9+12 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Liam Trotter | 31 | 2 | 27+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Andy Barcham | 33 | 4 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Dean Parrett | 11 | 2 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Tom Soares | 23 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Toby Sibbick | 4 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 21 | FW | ALB | Egli Kaja | 13 | 2 | 2+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Callum Kennedy | 12 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | ENG | Joe McDonnell | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | NZL | Nik Tzanev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Anthony Hartigan | 15 | 1 | 6+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | TUR | Neşet Bellikli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Alfie Egan | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Jayden Antwi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Paul Kalambayi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ENG | Seth Owens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ENG | Darius Charles | 25 | 0 | 17+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | MSR | Lyle Taylor | 35 | 11 | 25+4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | ENG | Great Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Ossama Ashley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ENG | Ethan Nelson-Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | ENG | Joe Pigott | 4 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who featured on loan for AFC Wimbledon but subsequently returned to their parent club: ||||||||||||||
| Players who left or were released by AFC Wimbledon during the course of the season: ||||||||||||||

### Top scorers

| Rank | Position | Nation | Number | Player | League One | FA Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 33 | Lyle Taylor | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | | 10 | Cody McDonald | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | | 17 | Andy Barcham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | | 11 | Harry Forrester | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | MF | | 14 | Liam Trotter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | | 8 | Jimmy Abdou | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | FW | | 9 | Kwesi Appiah | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | DF | | 20 | Toby Sibbick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| = | FW | | 21 | Egli Kaja | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | 19 | Tom Soares | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | | 39 | Joe Pigott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | | 6 | Paul Robinson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | | 18 | Dean Parrett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | MF | | 26 | Anthony Hartigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | N/A | N/A | N/A | Own Goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 29 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 42 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | George Long | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Barry Fuller | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Deji Oshilaja | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Will Nightingale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Paul Robinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | George Francomb | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Jimmy Abdou | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Cody McDonald | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Harry Forrester | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Liam Trotter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Andy Barcham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Tom Soares | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Anthony Hartigan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Darius Charles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | Lyle Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | Joe Pigott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 2 |

## Transfers

Players Transferred In :
| Date | Position | Nation | Name | Previous Club | Fee | Ref. |
| 8 May 2017 | GK | | Nik Tzanev | Brentford | Free | |
| 31 May 2017 | FW | | Kwesi Appiah | Crystal Palace | Free | |
| 8 June 2017 | DF | | Deji Oshilaja | Cardiff City | Free | |
| 22 June 2017 | FW | | Cody McDonald | Gillingham | Free | |
| 7 July 2017 | DF | | Callum Kennedy | Leyton Orient | Free | |
| 21 July 2017 | MF | | Liam Trotter | Bolton Wanderers | Free | |
| 10 November 2017 | MF | | Richard Pingling | Burnley | Free | |
| 15 January 2018 | FW | | Joe Pigott | Maidstone United | Free | |
| 22 March 2018 | FW | | Lloyd Sam | D.C. United | Free | |
| Players Loaned In |||||||
| Date from | Position | Nation | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 4 July 2017 | GK | | George Long | Sheffield United | 1 July 2018 | |
| 15 July 2017 | MF | | Jimmy Abdou | Millwall | 1 July 2018 | |
| 23 August 2017 | MF | | Harry Forrester | Rangers | 1 July 2018 | |
| Players Loaned Out |||||||
| Date from | Position | Nation | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 19 August 2017 | DF | | Seth Owens | Whitehawk | 19 September 2017 | |
| 9 November 2017 | MF | | Alfie Egan | Sutton United | 27 January 2018 | |
| Players Transferred Out |||||||
| Date | Position | Nation | Name | Subsequent club | Fee | Ref |
| 2 May 2017 | MF | | Tom Beere | Hampton & Richmond Borough | Released | |
| 2 May 2017 | MF | | Dannie Bulman | Crawley Town | Released | |
| 2 May 2017 | MF | | David Fitzpatrick | Barrow | Released | |
| 2 May 2017 | MF | | Dan Gallagher | Leatherhead | Released | |
| 2 May 2017 | FW | | George Oakley | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Released | |
| 2 May 2017 | DF | | Chris Robertson | Swindon Town | Released | |
| 2 May 2017 | GK | | James Shea | Luton Town | Released | |
| 9 June 2017 | FW | | Tom Elliott | Millwall | Free | |
| 10 June 2017 | DF | | Sean Kelly | Ross County | Free | |
| 27 June 2017 | GK | | Joe Bursík | Stoke City | Undisclosed | |
| 28 June 2017 | FW | | Dominic Poleon | Bradford City | Undisclosed | |
| 4 July 2017 | MF | | Jake Reeves | Bradford City | Undisclosed | |
| 6 July 2017 | FW | | Tyrone Barnett | Port Vale | Free | |
| 28 July 2017 | MF | | Chris Whelpdale | Stevenage | Free | |