# 2019–20 Fleetwood Town F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Fleetwood Town's 112th season in their history and sixth consecutive season in League One. Along with League One, the club also participated in this season's editions of the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | LB | Danny Andrew | Doncaster Rovers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | James Cottam | Preston North End | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | LM | Josh Morris | Scunthorpe United | Free transfer |
| 3 July 2019 | CM | Paul Coutts | Sheffield United | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2019 | CB | Peter Clarke | Oldham Athletic | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2019 | GK | Matt Gilks | Lincoln City | Free transfer |
| 6 August 2019 | CF | Ched Evans | Sheffield United | Undisclosed |
| 10 January 2020 | RB | Lewie Coyle | Leeds United | Undisclosed |
| 24 January 2020 | DM | Glenn Whelan | Heart of Midlothian | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 5 July 2019 | RB | Lewie Coyle | Leeds United | January 2020 |
| 8 July 2019 | CM | Jordan Rossiter | Rangers | 30 June 2020 |
| 18 July 2019 | CB | Harry Souttar | Stoke City | 30 June 2020 |
| 2 September 2019 | CB | Jimmy Dunne | Burnley | 1 January 2020 |
| 6 January 2020 | DM | Callum Connolly | Everton | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | CB | Lewis Gibson | Everton | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | LW | Barrie McKay | Swansea City | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | CM | Ísak Snaer Thorvaldsson | Norwich City | 30 June 2020 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 22 July 2019 | LB | Eddie Clarke | Macclesfield Town | 16 January 2020 |
| 16 August 2019 | GK | Billy Crellin | Chorley | 27 September 2019 |
| 13 September 2019 | CF | Michael Fowler | Bamber Bridge | 13 November 2019 |
| 2 January 2020 | LW | Ashley Hunter | Salford City | 30 June 2020 |
| 16 January 2020 | LB | Eddie Clarke | Stockport County | 30 June 2020 |
| 21 January 2020 | CB | Nathan Sheron | Walsall | 30 June 2020 |
| 23 January 2020 | RB | Macauley Southam-Hales | Hartlepool United | 30 June 2020 |
| 30 January 2020 | CF | Conor McAleny | Shrewsbury Town | 30 June 2020 |
| 21 February 2020 | LB | Ryan Rydel | Lancaster City | 30 June 2020 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Paul Jones | Sheffield Wednesday | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | LB | Joe Maguire | Accrington Stanley | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Ashley Nadesan | Crawley Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | RB | Ryan Taylor | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | James Wallace | Free agent | Released |
| 25 July 2019 | CB | Lewis Baines | Chorley | Free transfer |
| 19 August 2019 | RB | Gethin Jones | Carlisle United | Mutual consent |
| 2 September 2019 | CB | Craig Morgan | Free agent | Mutual consent |
| 2 September 2019 | RM | Ross Wallace | St Mirren | Contract expiry |
| 1 January 2020 | CB | Peter Clarke | Tranmere Rovers | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2020 | CB | Ashley Eastham | Salford City | Undisclosed |
| 4 February 2020 | FW | Dan Mooney | Altrincham | Undisclosed |

## Pre-season

The Cod Army has announced pre-season friendlies against Wrexham, Port Vale, Carlisle United, Burnley and Preston North End.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Rotherham United (P) | 35 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 61 | 38 | +23 | 62 | 1.77 | Promotion to the EFL Championship |
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers (O, P) | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 59 | 1.74 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 4 | Oxford United | 35 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 60 | 1.71 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 35 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 60 | 1.71 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 6 | Fleetwood Town | 35 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 60 | 1.71 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 7 | Peterborough United | 35 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 68 | 40 | +28 | 59 | 1.69 | |
| 8 | Sunderland | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 59 | 1.64 | |
| 9 | Doncaster Rovers | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 54 | 1.59 | |
| 10 | Gillingham | 35 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 51 | 1.46 | |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the EFL Championship.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 10 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | D | D | L | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | D |
| Position | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 |

#### Matches

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

#### Play-offs
### FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019. The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City's stadium, Oaklands Park. The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw.

### 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.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Accrington Stanley | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Fleetwood Town | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Oldham Athletic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | ACA | Liverpool U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 1 | |

### Statistics

    As of 13 March 2020
| 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 | Alex Cairns | 30 | 0 | 25+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Lewie Coyle | 41 | 1 | 34+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Danny Andrew | 43 | 4 | 35+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Callum Connolly | 13 | 2 | 13+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Harry Souttar | 39 | 3 | 33+1 | 3 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | WAL | Wes Burns | 41 | 4 | 31+3 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Kyle Dempsey | 28 | 2 | 19+2 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | WAL | Ched Evans | 33 | 10 | 19+9 | 9 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Josh Morris | 41 | 10 | 23+10 | 7 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | IRL | Glenn Whelan | 11 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | SCO | Matt Gilks | 6 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Paul Coutts | 37 | 1 | 28+4 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Jordan Rossiter | 19 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | IRL | Paddy Madden | 43 | 19 | 26+9 | 15 | 1+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+3 | 3 |
| 19 | DF | ENG | Lewis Gibson | 9 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SCO | Barrie McKay | 8 | 2 | 7+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ISL | Ísak Þorvaldsson | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Harrison Biggins | 13 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Jack Sowerby | 30 | 1 | 13+10 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | NIR | Barry Baggley | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ENG | Billy Crellin | 8 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ENG | Harvey Saunders | 10 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | ENG | Gerard Garner | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Jay Matete | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | ENG | Harrison Holgate | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | ENG | Cian Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | ENG | Shayden Morris | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players out on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | ENG | Conor McAleny | 17 | 2 | 4+8 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | WAL | Macauley Southam-Hales | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Ashley Hunter | 19 | 1 | 1+13 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Nathan Sheron | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club: ||||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | ENG | Peter Clarke | 17 | 3 | 11+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Ashley Eastham | 15 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | IRL | Jimmy Dunne | 11 | 1 | 9+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SCO | Ross Wallace | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | WAL | Dan Mooney | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |

#### Goals record

    As of 26 March 2020
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | League One | FA Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | Total |
| 1 | 17 | | CF | Paddy Madden | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| 2 | 9 | | CF | Ched Evans | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 11 | | LM | Josh Morris | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | 3 | | LB | Danny Andrew | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 7 | | RW | Wes Burns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | | CB | Peter Clarke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 6 | | CB | Harry Souttar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | | CB | Callum Connolly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 8 | | CM | Kyle Dempsey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 10 | | CF | Conor McAleny | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 21 | | LW | Barrie McKay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 2 | | RB | Lewie Coyle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 12 | | CB | Jimmy Dunne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 15 | | CM | Paul Coutts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 22 | | CF | Ashley Hunter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 28 | | CM | Jack Sowerby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 66 |

#### Disciplinary record

    As of 26 March 2020
| 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 | 2 | | RB | Lewie Coyle | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 9 | | CF | Ched Evans | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 17 | | CF | Paddy Madden | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 15 | | DM | Paul Coutts | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | | LB | Danny Andrew | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | | CB | Callum Connolly | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 1 | | GK | Alex Cairns | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 4 | | CB | Peter Clarke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 7 | | RW | Wes Burns | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 22 | | CF | Ashley Hunter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 28 | | CM | Jack Sowerby | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 6 | | CB | Harry Souttar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 12 | | CM | Glenn Whelan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 8 | | CM | Kyle Dempsey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 16 | | CM | Jordan Rossiter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 21 | | LM | Barrie McKay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 27 | | CM | Harrison Biggins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | 10 | | CF | Conor McAleny | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 11 | | LM | Josh Morris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 12 | | CB | Jimmy Dunne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 19 | | CB | Lewis Gibson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 23 | | RM | Ross Wallace | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 30 | | CM | Barry Baggley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 32 | | CF | Harvey Saunders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 67 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 0 | 1 |