2017/2018

League: League One 

Manager: Robbie Neilson, Dan Micciche

Assistant Manager: Stevie Crawford, Keith Millen

Captain: Dean Lewington

Player Of The Year: Not awarded

Final Position: 23rd relegated 

The Players

1 Lee Nicholls

2 George Williams

3 Dean Lewington

4 Joe Walsh

5 Scott Wootton

6 Ed Upson

7 Gboly Ariyibi

7 Nigel Reo-Coker

8 Ousseynou Cissé

9 Osman Sow 

10 Chuks Aneke 

11 Peter Pawlett 

12 Scott Golbourne 

13 Wieger Sietsma

14 Kieran Agard

15 Ryan Seager

15 Elliott Ward

16 Robbie Muirhead

17 Paul Downing

17 Marcus Tavernier

18 Conor McGrandles

19 Ethan Ebanks-Landell

20 Aaron Tshibola 

20 Josh Tymon 

21 Aidan Nesbitt 

22 Giorgio Rasulo

23 Ben Tilney

24 Connor Furlong

25 Callum Brittain

26 Alex Gilbey

27 Ike Ugbo

28 Hugo Logan

29 Oran Jackson

30 Sam Nombe

31 Brandon Thomas-Asante 

35 David Kasumu 

37 Dylan Asonganyi 

Goalscorers

Player Appearances Goals
Chuks Aneke 35 10
Gboly Ariyibi 27 8
Kieran Agard 47 8
Ed Upson 45 4
Peter Pawlett 27 4
Aidan Nesbitt 25 4
Ryan Seager 22 3
Robbie Muirhead 37 3
Ethan Ebanks-Landell 35 3
Alex Gilbey 25 3
Osman Sow 20 2
Callum Brittain 33 2
Ike Ugbo 17 2
George Williams 51 1
Ousseynou Cissé 35 1
Aaron Tshibola 16 1
Brandon Thomas-Asante 21 1
Ryan Hall 11 1
Matty Kennedy 7 1

The Seasons Results

Date Opponent Result Scorers Att Away Fans Pos
Wed 12 July Szeged 2011 A FR L 1-0        
Sat 15 July Budaorsi SC A FR L 4-2 Walsh, Muirhead      
Fri 21 July Coventry City  A FR L 2-0        
Tue 25 July Brentford H FR L 3-2 Seager (2)      
Sat 28 July Leicester City H FR D 0-0        
Sat 05 Aug Wigan Athletic H EFL1 L 1-0   9,164 1,303 19th
Tue 08 Aug Forest Green Rovers A CC W 1-0 Ariyibi 1,608 341  
Sat 12 Aug Blackpool A EFL1 L 1-0   3,412 567 20th
Sat 19 Aug Gillingham H EFL1 W 1-0 Sow 7,901 583 16th
Tue 22 Aug Swansea H CC L 4-1 Seager 5,162 554  
Sat 26 Aug Blackburn Rovers A EFL1 L 4-1 Upson 10,111 272 20th
Tue 29 Aug Brighton H CTT W 2-0 Ariyibi, Tshibola 1,541 78  
Sat 02 Sep Oxford United H EFL1 D 1-1 Brittain 10,746 2,924 19th
Sat 09 Sep Plymouth Argyle A EFL1 W 1-0 Nesbitt 8,566 211 15th
Tue 12 Sep Peterborough Utd A EFL1 L 2-0   6,465 369 15th
Sat 16 Sep Rochdale H EFL1 W 3-2 Ariyibi (2), Seager 7,671 261 13th
Fri 22 Sep AFC Wimbledon A EFL1 W 2-0 francomb (og), Ariyibi 3,973 263 9th
Tue 26 Sep Northampton Tn H EFL1 D 0-0   11,340 2,566 12th
Sat 30 Sep Bury A EFL1 W 2-0 Sow, Ebanks-Landell 3,165 166 10th
Tue 03 Oct Stevenage H CTT W 5-4 on pens FT 0-0 2,031 129  
Sat 07 Oct Bradford City H EFL1 L 4-1 Ebanks-Landell 9,106 996 14th
Sat 14 Oct Portsmouth A EFL1 L 2-0   17,608 580 14th
Tue 17 Oct Walsall H EFL1 D 1-1 Aneke 7,258 248 14th
Sat 21 Oct Oldham Athletic H EFL1 D 4-4 Gilbey, Upson (2), Nesbitt 9,312 694 15th
Sat 28 Oct Bristol Rovers A EFL1 L 2-0   8,701 225 16th
Fri 03 Nov Hyde United A FAC W 4-0 Nesbitt, Aneke, Ebanks-Landell, Upson 2,980 224  
Tue 07 Nov Oxford United A CTT W 4-3 Thomas-Asante, Ariybi (2), Seager 1,182 101  
Sat 11 Nov Fleetwood Town H EFL1 W 1-0 Aneke 7,827 128 14th
Sat 18 Nov Charlton Athletic A EFL1 D 2-2 Agard (2) 10,577 602 13th
Tue 21 Nov Southend United H EFL1 D 1-1 Agard (p) 7,521 524 13th
Sat 25 Nov Doncaster Rovers A EFL1 L 2-1 Aneke 7,743 268 15th
Sat 02 Dec Maidstone United H FAC W 4-1 Nesbitt, Agard (2), Pawlett 4,804 1,541 16th
Wed 06 Dec Chelsea U21s H CTT L 4-0   1,549 158  
Sat 09 Dec Shrewsbury Town H EFL1 D 1-1 Pawlett 8,355 492 17th
Sat 16 Dec Scunthorpe United A EFL1 D 2-2 Agard, Aneke 3,569 131 17th
Sat 23 Dec Rotherham United A EFL1 L 2-1 Aneke 8,333 243 19th
Tue 26 Dec Plymouth Argyle H EFL1 L 1-0   9,268 944 20th
Sat 30 Dec Peterborough Utd H EFL1 W 1-0 Aneke 10,304 2,375 17th
Mon 01 Jan Oxford United A EFL1 L 3-1 Gilbey 7,628 650 19th
Sat 06 Jan Queens Park Rgrs A FAC W 1-0 Cissé 6,314 1,163  
Sat 13 Jan AFC Wimbledon H EFL1 D 0-0   9,504 705 19th
Sat 20 Jan Northampton Tn A EFL1 L 2-1 Gilbey 7,321 1,210 21st
Sat 27 Jan Coventry City H FAC L 1-0   14,925 7,833  
Sat 03 Feb Walsall A EFL1 L1-0   4,009 436 21st
Sat 10 Feb Portsmouth H EFL1 L 2-1 Ugbo 14,762 6,257 22nd
Tue 13 Feb Oldham Athletic A EFL1 L 1-0   3,181 119 22nd
Sat 17 Feb Charlton Athletic H EFL1 L 2-1 Agard 8,961 1,194 22nd
Wed 21 Feb Rochdale A EFL1 D 0-0   2,273 80 22nd
Sat 24 Feb Fleetwood Town A EFL1 D 1-1 Muirhead 2,773 205 22nd
Sat 03 Mar Bristol Rovers H EFL1 L 1-0   8,240 1,138 22nd
Tue 13 Mar Rotherham H EFL1 W 3-2 Muirhead (2) Pawlett 7,327 559 22nd
Sat 17 Mar Bury H EFL1 W 2-1 Aneke (2 Ps) 9,247 277 22nd
Sat 24 Mar Blackpool H EFL1 D 0-0   8,094 490 22nd
Thu 29 Mar Gillingham A EFL1 W 2-1 Aneke, Williams 5,540 443 20th
Mon 02 Apr Blackburn Rovers H EFL1 L 2-1 Pawlett 11,215 2,524 21st
Sat 07 Apr Wigan Athletic A EFL1 L 5-1 Brittan 8,404 333 22nd
Sat 14 Apr Doncaster Rovers H EFL1 L 2-1 Ugbo 8,954 738 23rd
Sat 21 Apr Southend United A EFL1 L 4-0   7,546 390 23rd
Tue 24 Apr Bradford City A EFL1 L 2-0   19,192 111 23rd
Sat 28 Apr Scunthorpe United H EFL1 L 2-0   9,578 713 23rd
Sat 05 May Shrewsbury Town A EFL1 W 1-0 Agard 6,516 327 23rd

Transfers In

Date Player From Fee
1st July 2017 Peter Pawlett Aberdeen Free
1st July 2017 Conor McGrandles Norwich Free
1st July 2017 Ousseynou Cissé Tours Free
5th July 2017 Wiegar Sietsma FC Heerenveen Free
14th July 2017 Ethan Ebanks-Landell Wolves Loan
18th July 2017 Gboly Ariyibi Notts Forest Loan (to 16/1/18)
21st July 2017 Ryan Seager Southampton Loan (to 26/1/18)
27th July 2017 Aaron Tshibola Aston Villa Loan (to 9/11/17)
14th August 2017 Osman Sow Henan Jianye Free
31st August 2017 Scott Golbourne Bristol City Loan
31st August 2017 Alex Gilbey Wigan Athletic Signed
31st August 2017 Aiden Nesbitt Celtic Signed
5th January 2018 Ike Ugbo Chelsea Loan
17th January 2018 Marcus Tavernier Middlesbrough Loan
30th January 2018 Josh Tymon Stoke City Loan
30th January 2018 Elliott Ward Blackburn Loan
22nd March 2018 Nigel Reo-Coker   Signed

Transfers Out

Date Player To Fee
13th June 2017 George Baldock Sheffield Utd Signed
30th June 2017 Darren Potter Rotherham Released
30th June 2017 David Martin Millwall Released
30th June 2017 Nicky Maynard Aberdeen Free
30th June 2017 Daniel Powell Northampton Town Released
30th June 2017 Charlie Burns Galway United Released
30th June 2017 Dean Bowditch Northampton Tn Released
30th June 2017 Kabongo Tshimanga Boston United Released
4th August 2017 Ben Reeves Charlton Free
31st August 2017 Paul Downing Blackburn Loan until January
8th January 2018 Paul Downing Blackburn Undisclosed

Final League Table

  Pld W D L F A GD Pts
P Wigan Athletic 46 29 11 6 89 29 60 98
P Blackburn Rovers 46 28 12 6 82 40 42 96
3 Shrewsbury Town 46 25 12 9 60 39 21 87
P Rotherham United 46 24 7 15 73 53 20 79
5 Scunthorpe United 46 19 17 10 65 50 15 74
6 Charlton Athletic 46 20 11 15 58 51 7 71
7 Plymouth Argyle 46 19 11 16 58 59 -1 68
8 Portsmouth 46 20 6 20 57 56 1 66
9 Peterborough United 46 17 13 16 68 60 8 64
10 Southend United 46 17 12 17 58 62 -4 63
11 Bradford City 46 18 9 19 57 67 -10 63
12 Blackpool 46 15 15 16 60 55 5 60
13 Bristol Rovers 46 16 11 19 60 66 -6 59
14 Fleetwood Town 46 16 9 21 59 68 -9 57
15 Doncaster Rovers 46 13 17 16 52 52 0 56
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
R Oldham Athletic 46 11 17 18 58 75 -17 50
R Northampton Town 46 12 11 23 43 77 -34 47
R Milton Keynes Dons 46 11 12 23 43 69 -26 45
R Bury 46 8 12 26 41 71 -30 36