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.^[1] Along with League One, the club also participated in this season's editions of the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

Fleetwood Town

2019–20 season
Chairman	Andy Pilley
Head Coach	Joey Barton
Stadium	Highbury Stadium
League One	6th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Paddy Madden (15 goals) All: Paddy Madden (19 goals)
Home colours Away colours
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	LB		Danny Andrew	Doncaster Rovers	Free transfer	[2]
1 July 2019	GK		James Cottam	Preston North End	Undisclosed	[3]
1 July 2019	LM		Josh Morris	Scunthorpe United	Free transfer	[4]
3 July 2019	CM		Paul Coutts	Sheffield United	Free transfer	[5]
1 August 2019	CB		Peter Clarke	Oldham Athletic	Free transfer	[6]
1 August 2019	GK		Matt Gilks	Lincoln City	Free transfer	[7]
6 August 2019	CF		Ched Evans	Sheffield United	Undisclosed	[8]
10 January 2020	RB		Lewie Coyle	Leeds United	Undisclosed	[9]
24 January 2020	DM		Glenn Whelan	Heart of Midlothian	Free transfer	[10]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
5 July 2019	RB		Lewie Coyle	Leeds United	January 2020	[11]
8 July 2019	CM		Jordan Rossiter	Rangers	30 June 2020	[12]
18 July 2019	CB		Harry Souttar	Stoke City	30 June 2020	[13]
2 September 2019	CB		Jimmy Dunne	Burnley	1 January 2020	[14][15]
6 January 2020	DM		Callum Connolly	Everton	30 June 2020	[16]
31 January 2020	CB		Lewis Gibson	Everton	30 June 2020	[17]
31 January 2020	LW		Barrie McKay	Swansea City	30 June 2020	[18]
31 January 2020	CM		Ísak Snaer Thorvaldsson	Norwich City	30 June 2020	[19]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
22 July 2019	LB		Eddie Clarke	Macclesfield Town	16 January 2020	[20][21]
16 August 2019	GK		Billy Crellin	Chorley	27 September 2019	[22][23]
13 September 2019	CF		Michael Fowler	Bamber Bridge	13 November 2019	[24]
2 January 2020	LW		Ashley Hunter	Salford City	30 June 2020	[25]
16 January 2020	LB		Eddie Clarke	Stockport County	30 June 2020	[21]
21 January 2020	CB		Nathan Sheron	Walsall	30 June 2020	[26]
23 January 2020	RB		Macauley Southam-Hales	Hartlepool United	30 June 2020	[27]
30 January 2020	CF		Conor McAleny	Shrewsbury Town	30 June 2020	[28]
21 February 2020	LB		Ryan Rydel	Lancaster City	30 June 2020	[29]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	GK		Paul Jones	Sheffield Wednesday	Released	[30][31]
1 July 2019	LB		Joe Maguire	Accrington Stanley	Released	[30][32]
1 July 2019	CF		Ashley Nadesan	Crawley Town	Free transfer	[33]
1 July 2019	RB		Ryan Taylor	Free agent	Released	[30]
1 July 2019	CM		James Wallace	Free agent	Released	[30]
25 July 2019	CB		Lewis Baines	Chorley	Free transfer	[34]
19 August 2019	RB		Gethin Jones	Carlisle United	Mutual consent	[35][36]
2 September 2019	CB		Craig Morgan	Free agent	Mutual consent	[37]
2 September 2019	RM		Ross Wallace	St Mirren	Contract expiry	[38][39]
1 January 2020	CB		Peter Clarke	Tranmere Rovers	Free transfer	[40]
31 January 2020	CB		Ashley Eastham	Salford City	Undisclosed	[41]
4 February 2020	FW		Dan Mooney	Altrincham	Undisclosed	[42]

Pre-season

The Cod Army has announced pre-season friendlies against Wrexham,^[43] Port Vale,^[44] Carlisle United,^[45] Burnley^[46] and Preston North End.^[47]

Fleetwood Town v Wrexham

5 July 2019 (2019-07-05) Friendly	Fleetwood Town	1–0	Wrexham	Thornton
18:00 BST	Fowler 81'	Report		Stadium: Poolfort Farm

Port Vale v Fleetwood Town

17 July 2019 (2019-07-17) Friendly	Port Vale	1–0	Fleetwood Town	Burslem
19:30 BST	Amoo 58'	Report		Stadium: Vale Park

Carlisle United v Fleetwood Town

20 July 2019 (2019-07-20) Friendly	Carlisle United	1–3	Fleetwood Town	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Bridge 10'	Report	Madden 41' (pen.), 69' Biggins 58'	Stadium: Brunton Park

Fleetwood Town v Burnley

23 July 2019 (2019-07-23) Friendly	Fleetwood Town	0–2	Burnley	Fleetwood
19:45 BST		Report	Koiki 44' Wood 58'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium

Fleetwood Town v Preston North End

26 July 2019 (2019-07-26) Friendly	Fleetwood Town	1–0	Preston North End	Fleetwood
19:45 BST	Hunter 59'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Stadium

Fleetwood Town v Blackpool

6 August 2019 (2019-08-06) Friendly	Fleetwood Town	1–1	Blackpool	Thornton-Cleveleys
14:00 BST	Wallace 71'	Report	Nottingham	Stadium: Poolfoot Farm

Competitions

League One

Main article: 2019–20 EFL League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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[a]
4	Oxford United	35	17	9	9	61	37	+24	60	1.71
5	Portsmouth	35	17	9	9	53	36	+17	60	1.71
6	Fleetwood Town	35	16	12	7	51	38	+13	60	1.71
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

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending-off offences^[48]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the EFL Championship.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
35	16	12	7	51	38	+13	60	10	7	1	25	13	+12	6	5	6	26	25	+1

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

Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2020. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League One fixtures were revealed.^[49]

Peterborough United v Fleetwood Town

3 August 2019 (2019-08-03) 1	Peterborough United	1–3	Fleetwood Town	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Toney 67'  90+3'	Report	Souttar 4' Morris 13' Coutts  51' Biggins  66' Coyle  78' Andrew 81' Hunter  84' Madden  89' Cairns  90+1'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 7,958 Referee: Robert Lewis

Fleetwood Town v AFC Wimbledon

10 August 2019 (2019-08-10) 2	Fleetwood Town	2–1	AFC Wimbledon	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Rossiter  39' Madden 56' Morris 65'	Report	Appiah  19', 26' Pinnock  39' Thomas  62'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,684 Referee: Tom Nield

Doncaster Rovers v Fleetwood Town

17 August 2019 (2019-08-17) 3	Doncaster Rovers	3–2	Fleetwood Town	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Sheaf  16' John 19' Whiteman  24' Coppinger 39' May  62' Burns 90+1' (o.g.)	Report	McAleny 10' Madden 56' Clarke  88' Coyle  90+1'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 6,740 Referee: James Adcock

Fleetwood Town v Wycombe Wanderers

20 August 2019 (2019-08-20) 4	Fleetwood Town	1–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Fleetwood
19:45 BST	Clarke  40' Madden 90'	Report	Phillips  38' Akinfenwa 57'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,319 Referee: Oliver Yates

Fleetwood Town v Accrington Stanley

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) 5	Fleetwood Town	2–0	Accrington Stanley	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Madden 28' Evans 71' (pen.)  75' Burns  75' Andrew  90+4'	Report	McConville  74'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,802 Referee: Peter Wright

Lincoln City v Fleetwood Town

31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) 6	Lincoln City	2–0	Fleetwood Town	Lincoln
15:00 BST	Walker 34', 35'	Report	Andrew  54'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,361 Referee: Stephen Wright

Fleetwood Town v Oxford United

7 September 2019 (2019-09-07) 7	Fleetwood Town	2–1	Oxford United	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Madden 15' Clarke 79' Coutts  89'	Report	Moore 33' Mackie  40' Baptiste  49'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,672 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Southend United v Fleetwood Town

14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) 8	Southend United	3–3	Fleetwood Town	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST	McLaughlin 17' Kiernan  32' Humphrys 48', 87'	Report	Clarke  17' Dunne 34' Morris 45+1' Dempsey 52' Coutts  78' Burns  78'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,236 Referee: John Busby

Fleetwood Town v Rochdale

21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) 9	Fleetwood Town	2–1	Rochdale	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Andrew 22' Evans 87'	Report	Pyke 8' Camps  63' McNulty  71' Morley  79' Dooley  90+3'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 3,229 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Shrewsbury Town v Fleetwood Town

28 September 2019 (2019-09-28) 10	Shrewsbury Town	0–3	Fleetwood Town	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Norburn  40' Love  63'	Report	Lang 36' (o.g.) Morris 56' Madden 81'  90+6' Cairns  90+3'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 5,888 Referee: Kevin Johnson

Fleetwood Town v Ipswich Town

5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) 11	Fleetwood Town	0–1	Ipswich Town	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Coutts  21' Evans  72' Andrew  74' Dunne  88'	Report	Norwood  20' Skuse  43' Wilson  50'  90+3' Jackson 58' 88' Edwards  74' Nolan  90+5'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 4,312 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Sunderland v Fleetwood Town

12 October 2019 (2019-10-12)	Sunderland	v	Fleetwood Town	Sunderland
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light
Note: On 2 October 2019, the match was postponed due to international call-ups.[50]

Fleetwood Town v Burton Albion

19 October 2019 (2019-10-19) 12	Fleetwood Town	4–1	Burton Albion	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Evans 38' Madden 58', 68', 90' Coutts  86'	Report	Wallace  5' Sarkic 45' Boyce  90+1'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 3,098 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

Coventry City v Fleetwood Town

23 October 2019 (2019-10-23) 13	Coventry City	2–1	Fleetwood Town	Bordesley
19:45 BST	Bakayoko 59' Westbrooke 68' (pen.)	Report	Madden 9' Andrew  25' Hunter  82'	Stadium: St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium Attendance: 4,672

Fleetwood Town v Milton Keynes Dons

26 October 2019 (2019-10-26) 14	Fleetwood Town	1–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Evans 85'	Report	Moore-Taylor  4' Lewington  33' Houghton  39'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,722 Referee: Marc Edwards

Bolton Wanderers v Fleetwood Town

2 November 2019 (2019-11-02) 15	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Fleetwood Town	Horwich
15:00 GMT	Wright  4' L. Murphy  11' O'Grady 28' D. Murphy 33'	Report	Dempsey  26' Coyle  30' Madden  49' Morris 85'	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 12,756 Referee: Scott Oldham

Portsmouth v Fleetwood Town

16 November 2019 (2019-11-16)	Portsmouth	v	Fleetwood Town	Milton
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Fratton Park
Note: On 7 November, the match was postponed due to international call-ups.[51]

Fleetwood Town v Tranmere Rovers

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) 16	Fleetwood Town	2–1	Tranmere Rovers	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT	Morris 15' Madden 82'	Report	Mullin 87'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 3,811 Referee: Josh Smith

Blackpool v Fleetwood Town

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07) 17	Blackpool	3–1	Fleetwood Town	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Feeney 11' Heneghan  15' Kaikai 47' Edwards  59' Gnanduillet 65',  83' Husband  90+9'	Report	Dempsey  13' Sowerby  40' McAleny 80'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Referee: Antony Coggins

Fleetwood Town v Gillingham

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 18	Fleetwood Town	1–1	Gillingham	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT	Madden  36' 56'	Report	Fuller  10' Hanlan  47' Jones  63' Ehmer  75' Jakubiak 82' Pringle  90+1'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,468 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Rotherham United v Fleetwood Town

21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 19	Rotherham United	2–2	Fleetwood Town	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Mattock  17' Clarke  23' Ladapo 62' Thompson  78' Crooks 80'	Report	Evans 26', 63' Coyle  57'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 7,883 Referee: Peter Wright

Rochdale v Fleetwood Town

26 December 2019 (2019-12-26) 20	Rochdale	2–3	Fleetwood Town	Spotland
15:00 GMT	Wilbraham 41', 60'  41' Baah  88' O'Connell  90+1'	Report	Madden 53' Dempsey 65' Burns 89'  90+9'	Stadium: Crown Oil Arena Attendance: 3,167 Referee: Andy Haines

Fleetwood Town v Bristol Rovers

29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) 21	Fleetwood Town	0–0	Bristol Rovers	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT	Madden  42' Andrew  45+1' Coutts  85'	Report	Leahy  15' Ogogo  29' Clarke-Harris  89'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,848 Referee: Paul Marsden

Fleetwood Town v Sunderland

1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) 22	Fleetwood Town	1–1	Sunderland	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT	Evans 13' (pen.) Sowerby  71' Cairns  82'	Report	Willis  65' Dobson  76' Maguire 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 4,011 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Ipswich Town v Fleetwood Town

4 January 2020 (2020-01-04)	Ipswich Town	v	Fleetwood Town	Ipswich
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Portman Road
Note: The match was postponed on 1 December, due to Fleetwood Town's progression in the FA Cup.[52]

Burton Albion v Fleetwood Town

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) 23	Burton Albion	1–0	Fleetwood Town	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Edwards 89'	Report	Connolly  17' Souttar  59' Evans  61'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,354 Referee: Josh Smith

Fleetwood Town v Shrewsbury Town

18 January 2020 (2020-01-18) 24	Fleetwood Town	2–2	Shrewsbury Town	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT	Coyle 49' Morris 87'	Report	Whalley 39' Norburn  55' Cummings 81'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,797 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

Bristol Rovers v Fleetwood Town

25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) 25	Bristol Rovers	0–0	Fleetwood Town	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Davies  69' Clarke-Harris  82' 87'	Report	Madden  86'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,469 Referee: Christopher Pollard

Fleetwood Town v Coventry City

28 January 2020 (2020-01-28) 26	Fleetwood Town	0–0	Coventry City	Fleetwood
19:45 GMT	Coyle  18' Whelan  66' Souttar  88' Evans  90' Sowerby  90+1'	Report	McCallum  78' McFadzean  87' Walsh  90+2'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,506 Referee: Oliver Yates

Fleetwood Town v Doncaster Rovers

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 27	Fleetwood Town	2–1	Doncaster Rovers	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT	Evans 35' Coyle  40' Souttar 49' Whelan  56' Cairns  83'	Report	Halliday  22' Ennis 55' Gomes  90+6'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 3,008 Referee: Ross Joyce

AFC Wimbledon v Fleetwood Town

8 February 2020 (2020-02-08) 28	AFC Wimbledon	1–2	Fleetwood Town	Norbiton
15:00 GMT	McLoughlin 34' Lamy  90'	Report	Connolly  9' O'Neill 22' (o.g.) Madden 81' Evans  86'	Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 4,097 Referee: David Rock

Wycombe Wanderers v Fleetwood Town

11 February 2020 (2020-02-11) 29	Wycombe Wanderers	0–1	Fleetwood Town	High Wycombe
19:45 GMT	McCarthy  79' Jacobson  90' Smyth  90+1'	Report	Connolly  14' Evans  68' Madden 75' Saunders  90+6'	Stadium: Adams Park Referee: Kevin Johnson

Fleetwood Town v Peterborough United

15 February 2020 (2020-02-15) 30	Fleetwood Town	2–1	Peterborough United	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT	McKay  2' Cairns  7' Connolly 15' Burns 76'	Report	Eisa 8' Butler 54' Thompson  73'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,801 Referee: Martin Coy

Fleetwood Town v Portsmouth

22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 31	Fleetwood Town	1–0	Portsmouth	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT	Connolly 12' Souttar  45+1' Burns  83' Coutts  90+3'	Report	Seddon  90+1'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 3,370 Referee: Matt Donohue

Sunderland v Fleetwood Town

25 February 2020 (2020-02-25) 32	Sunderland	1–1	Fleetwood Town	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Power  14' 90+7' Öztürk  53'	Report	McKay 5' Madden  78' Coyle  80'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 28,255

Tranmere Rovers v Fleetwood Town

29 February 2020 (2020-02-29)	Tranmere Rovers	v	Fleetwood Town	Birkenhead
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Prenton Park
Note: Match postponed due to waterlogged pitch.[53]

Ipswich Town v Fleetwood Town

3 March 2020 (2020-03-03) 33	Ipswich Town	0–1	Fleetwood Town	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Chambers  66'	Report	Evans 40' Madden  70'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,678 Referee: Neil Hair

Fleetwood Town v Blackpool

7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) 34	Fleetwood Town	0–0	Blackpool	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT		Report	Husband  64' Virtue  80'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 4,884 Referee: John Busby

Portsmouth v Fleetwood Town

10 March 2020 (2020-03-10) 35	Portsmouth	2–2	Fleetwood Town	Milton
19:45 GMT	Raggett 36' Souttar 48' (o.g.) Curtis  68' Harrison  90+1'	Report	Whelan  10' McKay 19'  77' Gibson  43' Souttar 55' Connolly  68'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 16,775 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Gillingham v Fleetwood Town

14 March 2020 (2020-03-14)	Gillingham	v	Fleetwood Town	Gillingham
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[54]

Fleetwood Town v Rotherham United

21 March 2020 (2020-03-21)	Fleetwood Town	v	Rotherham United	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[54]

Fleetwood Town v Bolton Wanderers

28 March 2020 (2020-03-28)	Fleetwood Town	v	Bolton Wanderers	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[54]

Milton Keynes Dons v Fleetwood Town

4 April 2020 (2020-04-04)	Milton Keynes Dons	v	Fleetwood Town	Denbigh
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Stadium mk
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[55]

Accrington Stanley v Fleetwood Town

10 April 2020 (2020-04-10)	Accrington Stanley	v	Fleetwood Town	Accrington
15:00 BST				Stadium: Wham Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[55]

Fleetwood Town v Lincoln City

13 April 2020 (2020-04-13)	Fleetwood Town	v	Lincoln City	Fleetwood
13:00 BST				Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[55]

Oxford United v Fleetwood Town

18 April 2020 (2020-04-18)	Oxford United	v	Fleetwood Town	Oxford
15:00 BST				Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to resume because of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.[55]

Fleetwood Town v Southend United

25 April 2020 (2020-04-25)	Fleetwood Town	v	Southend United	Fleetwood
15:00 BST				Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to resume because of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.[55]

Play-offs

Fleetwood Town v Wycombe Wanderers

3 July 2020 (2020-07-03) Semi-final first leg	Fleetwood Town	1–4	Wycombe Wanderers	Fleetwood
19:30 BST	Evans 4' (pen.) Coyle  33' Connolly  45+2' Madden  84'  84'	Report	Ofoborh 2' Cairns 6' (o.g.) Jacobson  30' Wheeler 45+3' Samuel 57'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tony Harrington

Wycombe Wanderers v Fleetwood Town

6 July 2020 (2020-07-06) Semi-final second leg	Wycombe Wanderers	2–2 (6–3 agg.)	Fleetwood Town	High Wycombe
19:30 BST	Thompson  39' Onyedinma 47', 90+4'	Report	Andrew 22' Evans 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren Bond

FA Cup

Main article: 2019–20 FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019.^[56] The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City's stadium, Oaklands Park.^[57] The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw.^[58]

Barnet v Fleetwood Town

10 November 2019 (2019-11-10) First round	Barnet	0–2	Fleetwood Town	Canons Park
12:45 BST	Vilhete  62'	Report	Evans 29' Andrew  66' Hunter 90' Burns  90+2'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: John Busby

Crawley Town v Fleetwood Town

1 December 2019 (2019-12-01) Second round	Crawley Town	1–2	Fleetwood Town	Crawley
14:00 GMT	Palmer 44' Lubala  79' Dallison  87' Doherty  90+4'	Report	Morris 41' Madden 66'	Stadium: The People's Pension Stadium Referee: Matthew Donohue

Fleetwood Town v Portsmouth

4 January 2020 (2020-01-04) Third round	Fleetwood Town	1–2	Portsmouth	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT	Evans  45+1' McAleny 90+1'	Report	Raggett  39' Bolton 66' Harness 71' Walkes  90+3'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,145 Referee: Marc Edwards

EFL Cup

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June.^[59]

Nottingham Forest v Fleetwood Town

13 August 2019 (2019-08-13) First round	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Fleetwood Town	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	Silva  44' 59' Bostock  83' Ribeiro  90'	Report	Morris  77' McAleny  80' Coyle  90'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 7,432 Referee: Alan Young

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Trophy

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.^[60] The draw for the second round was made on 16 November 2019 live on Sky Sports.^[61] The third round draw was confirmed on 5 December 2019.^[62]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	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
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

Source: EFL.com

Accrington Stanley v Fleetwood Town

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03) Group stages	Accrington Stanley	2–1	Fleetwood Town	Accrington
19:45 BST	Sherif  23' Carvalho 53' McConville 72' Barclay  84'	Report	Biggins  25' Rossiter  45+1' Evans  60' Hunter  68' Madden 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 923 Referee: Darren Handley

Fleetwood Town v Liverpool U21

25 September 2019 (2019-09-25) Group stage	Fleetwood Town	1–1 (4–3 p)	Liverpool U21	Fleetwood
19:45 BST	Hunter  47' Baggley  53' Clarke 76'  90+1'	Report	Koumetio  71' Williams 78'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 866 Referee: Martin Coy
	Penalties
	Clarke Garner Matete Mooney Baggley		Williams Stewart Cain Dixon-Bonner Clayton

Fleetwood Town v Oldham Athletic

13 November 2019 (2019-11-13) Group stage	Fleetwood Town	5–2	Oldham Athletic	Fleetwood
19:45 GMT	Clarke 9' Morris 11' Sowerby 14' Burns 40' Madden 51'	Report	Smith 25' Azankpo 78'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 535 Referee: Andy Haines

Everton U21 v Fleetwood Town

26 November 2019 (2019-11-26) Second round	Everton U21	0–4	Fleetwood Town	Walton
19:45 GMT	Baningime  27' Onyango  54'	Report	Andrew 2' Coutts 75' Sowerby  77' Madden 79' Burns 87'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 624 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Fleetwood Town v Accrington Stanley

7 January 2020 (2020-01-07) Third round	Fleetwood Town	2–2 (3–5 p)	Accrington Stanley	Fleetwood
19:45 GMT	Morris 50' Andrew 68'	Report	Johnson  29' Pritchard 35' Opoku  45+2' Alese  67' Finley  73' Sykes 90'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 548 Referee: Robert Lewis
	Penalties
	Madden Andrew McAleny Biggins		Bursik Pritchard Opoku Charles Finley

Statistics

As of 13 March 2020

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
				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
	11		LM	Josh Morris	7	1	0	2	10
4	3		LB	Danny Andrew	2	0	0	2	4
	7		RW	Wes Burns	2	0	0	2	4
6	4		CB	Peter Clarke	1	0	0	2	3
	6		CB	Harry Souttar	3	0	0	0	3
8	4		CB	Callum Connolly	2	0	0	0	2
	8		CM	Kyle Dempsey	2	0	0	0	2
	10		CF	Conor McAleny	1	1	0	0	2
	21		LW	Barrie McKay	2	0	0	0	2
12	2		RB	Lewie Coyle	1	0	0	0	1
	12		CB	Jimmy Dunne	1	0	0	0	1
	15		CM	Paul Coutts	0	0	0	1	1
	22		CF	Ashley Hunter	0	1	0	0	1
	28		CM	Jack Sowerby	0	0	0	1	1
Total					48	5	0	13	66

Disciplinary record

As of 26 March 2020

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League One			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			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
	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
	4		CB	Peter Clarke	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
	7		RW	Wes Burns	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	22		CF	Ashley Hunter	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0
	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		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
	16		CM	Jordan Rossiter	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	21		LM	Barrie McKay	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	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
	11		LM	Josh Morris	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	12		CB	Jimmy Dunne	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	19		CB	Lewis Gibson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	23		RM	Ross Wallace	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	30		CM	Barry Baggley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	32		CF	Harvey Saunders	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					67	0	1	3	0	0	4	0	0	7	0	1	81	0	1