2019–20 Walsall F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Walsall's 132nd season in their existence and first back in League Two following the club's relegation in the 2018-19 season.^[2] Along with competing in League Two, the club participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and EFL Trophy.

Walsall

2019–20 season
Chairman	Leigh Pomlett
Manager	Darrell Clarke[1]
Stadium	Bescot Stadium
League Two	12th
FA Cup	Second round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Josh Gordon (9) All: Josh Gordon (12)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pre-season

The Saddlers announced pre-season fixtures against Alfreton Town,^[3] Leamington,^[3] Nuneaton Borough,^[3] Notts County,^[4] Aston Villa^[5] and Tranmere Rovers.^[6]

Alfreton Town v Walsall

6 July 2019 (2019-07-06) Friendly	Alfreton Town	2–1	Walsall	Alfreton
15:00 BST	Clackstone 39' Brough 88'	Report	Adebayo 6'	Stadium: North Street

Leamington v Walsall

9 July 2019 (2019-07-09) Friendly	Leamington	1–1	Walsall	Leamington Spa
19:45 BST	Bishop 64'	Report	Trialist 76'	Stadium: New Windmill Ground

Nuneaton Borough v Walsall

13 July 2019 (2019-07-13) Friendly	Nuneaton Borough	1–4	Walsall	Nuneaton
15:00 BST	Benbow 54'	Report	Kinsella 22' Trialist 48' Adebayo 66' Kiersey 86'	Stadium: Liberty Way

Notts County v Walsall

20 July 2019 (2019-07-20) Friendly	Notts County	2–1	Walsall	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Boldewijn 66', 84'	Report	Scarr 40'	Stadium: Meadow Lane

Walsall v Aston Villa

24 July 2019 (2019-07-24) Friendly	Walsall	1–5	Aston Villa	Bescot
19:45 BST	Sinclair 26'	Report	Guilbert 7' Wesley 9', 25' (pen.) Jota 42' Grealish 59'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 8,400

Tranmere Rovers v Walsall

27 July 2019 (2019-07-27) Friendly	Tranmere Rovers	0–0	Walsall	Birkenhead
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Prenton Park

Competitions

League Two

Main article: 2019–20 EFL League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
8	Port Vale	37	14	15	8	50	44	+6	57	1.54
9	Bradford City	37	14	12	11	44	40	+4	54	1.46
10	Forest Green Rovers	36	13	10	13	43	40	+3	49	1.36
11	Salford City	37	13	11	13	49	46	+3	50	1.35
12	Walsall	36	13	8	15	40	49	−9	47	1.31
13	Crawley Town	37	11	15	11	51	47	+4	48	1.30
14	Newport County	36	12	10	14	32	39	−7	46	1.28
15	Grimsby Town	37	12	11	14	45	51	−6	47	1.27
16	Cambridge United	37	12	9	16	40	48	−8	45	1.22

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^[7]

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
36	13	8	15	40	49	−9	47	6	5	8	21	26	−5	7	3	7	19	23	−4

Last updated: 7 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	36
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H
Result	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	W
Position	9	6	15	16	19	21	21	21	20	16	14	15	19	19	19	21	22	21	22	17	17	16	15	16	15	11	12	12	13	14	15	14	15	13	14	15

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League Two fixtures were revealed.^[8]

Northampton Town v Walsall

3 August 2019 (2019-08-03) 1	Northampton Town	0–1	Walsall	Sixfields
15:00 BST	McCormack  56' Hall-Johnson  67'	Report	Clarke 13' Adebayo  38' Kinsella  72' Scarr  76' Gordon  80'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,260 Referee: Nick Kinseley

Walsall v Forest Green Rovers

10 August 2019 (2019-08-10) 2	Walsall	1–1	Forest Green Rovers	Walsall
15:00 BST	Norman  53' Scarr  75' Hardy 86'	Report	Collins  28' J. Mills 45+6' (pen.)  45+6' M. Mills  71'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,205 Referee: Robert Lewis

Crewe Alexandra v Walsall

17 August 2019 (2019-08-17) 3	Crewe Alexandra	1–0	Walsall	Crewe
15:00 BST	Nolan 61' Lancashire  73'  90' Ng  78'	Report	Pring  90+2' Scarr  90+4'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 4,629 Referee: Alan Young

Walsall v Newport County

20 August 2019 (2019-08-20) 4	Walsall	0–0	Newport County	Walsall
19:45 BST	Norman  13' Kinsella  67'	Report	Haynes  32' Abrahams  63' Sheehan  66' Howkins  88'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,337 Referee: Darren Handley

Plymouth Argyle v Walsall

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) 5	Plymouth Argyle	3–0	Walsall	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Taylor 13', 89' Sawyer  37' Sarcevic 82'  85'	Report	Norman  65' Liddle  77' Scarr  80' Hardy  90+2'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 9,337 Referee: Josh Smith

Walsall v Grimsby Town

31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) 6	Walsall	1–3	Grimsby Town	Walsall
15:00 BST	Lavery 5' Pring  80'	Report	Öhman  20' Whitehouse 41' Hanson 68', 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,812 Referee: David Rock

Colchester United v Walsall

7 September 2019 (2019-09-07) 7	Colchester United	0–0	Walsall	Colchester
15:00 BST		Report	Liddle  55' Kinsella  78'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 3,265 Referee: Brett Huxtable

Walsall v Bradford City

14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) 8	Walsall	0–1	Bradford City	Bescot
15:00 BST	Jules  10'	Report	Mellor  29' Vaughan 76' Kinsella 83' (o.g.)	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,649 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Morecambe v Walsall

17 September 2019 (2019-09-17) 9	Morecambe	0–1	Walsall	Morecambe
19:45 BST	Old  79'	Report	Sinclair 4' Liddle  54'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,616 Referee: James Oldham

Walsall v Scunthorpe United

21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) 10	Walsall	1–0	Scunthorpe United	Bescot
15:00 BST	Guthrie  36' Holden  61' Clarke 65'	Report	Colclough  64'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,037 Referee: Marc Edwards

Crawley Town v Walsall

28 September 2019 (2019-09-28) 11	Crawley Town	2–3	Walsall	Crawley
15:00 BST	Nathaniel-George 42' (pen.) Sesay  66' Payne 90+3'	Report	Clarke 14' Adebayo 27' McDonald 44' Holden  60' Kinsella  90+4'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,275 Referee: Sam Purkiss

Walsall v Salford City

5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) 12	Walsall	0–3	Salford City	Bescot
15:00 BST		Report	Armstrong 21' Rooney  29' Jervis 49' Jones  65' Touray 72' Burgess  90+3'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,751 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Leyton Orient v Walsall

12 October 2019 (2019-10-12) 13	Leyton Orient	3–1	Walsall	Leyton
15:00 BST	Harrold  33' 60' Widdowson 48' Happe  59' Wilkinson 75'  80'	Report	Jules  15' Sinclair 21' Scarr  80'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 6,951 Referee: Ben Toner

Walsall v Cheltenham Town

19 October 2019 (2019-10-19) 14	Walsall	1–2	Cheltenham Town	Bescot
15:00 BST	Gordon 52' (pen.) Kinsella  66' Clarke  77'	Report	Broom  30' Tozer 35' Varney 58' Flinders  81'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,494 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Oldham Athletic v Walsall

22 October 2019 (2019-10-22) 15	Oldham Athletic	2–0	Walsall	Oldham
19:45 BST	Wilson 55' Azankpo 69' Iacovitti  80'	Report	Sadler  52'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 2,438 Referee: Oliver Yates

Walsall v Mansfield Town

26 October 2019 (2019-10-26) 16	Walsall	1–2	Mansfield Town	Bescot
15:00 BST	Sinclair  37' Adebayo 45'	Report	MacDonald  17' 68' Cook 30'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,521 Referee: Andy Haines

Swindon Town v Walsall

2 November 2019 (2019-11-02) 17	Swindon Town	2–1	Walsall	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Doyle 5' Jaiyesimi 47'	Report	Gaffney 54'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,014 Referee: Josh Smith

Walsall v Cambridge United

16 November 2019 (2019-11-16) 18	Walsall	2–1	Cambridge United	Bescot
15:00 GMT	Gordon 1' Sadler 10' Holden  84'	Report	Roles  64' Knibbs 90+2'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,429 Referee: Paul Marsden

Walsall v Stevenage

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) 19	Walsall	0–0	Stevenage	Bescot
15:00 GMT	Scarr  68'	Report	Cowley  43' Fernandez  90+2'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,938 Referee: Lee Swabey

Port Vale v Walsall

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07) 20	Port Vale	0–1	Walsall	Burslem
15:00 GMT	Conlon  82'	Report	Adebayo 46' Gordon  66'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 5,079 Referee: Andy Haines

Walsall v Macclesfield Town

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 21	Walsall	1–1	Macclesfield Town	Bescot
15:00 GMT	McDonald 74' Gordon  83'	Report	Welch-Hayes 8' Evans  11' Gnahoua  22'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 3,846 Referee: James Oldham

Exeter City v Walsall

21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 22	Exeter City	3–3	Walsall	Exeter
15:00 GMT	Bowman 32', 41' L. Martin 64' A. Martin  80'	Report	Sweeney 13' (o.g.) Lavery 18' Gordon 31'  68' Guthrie  67'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 4,323 Referee: David Rock

Scunthorpe United v Walsall

26 December 2019 (2019-12-26) 23	Scunthorpe United	0–2	Walsall	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT		Report	McDonald 43' Kinsella  78' Bates 84'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,842 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Walsall v Carlisle United

29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) 24	Walsall	1–2	Carlisle United	Bescot
15:00 GMT	Adebayo 70' Clarke  77' Cockerill-Mollett  84'	Report	Hayden  48' Thomas 52' McKirdy 90+4'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,794 Referee: Ben Toner

Walsall v Leyton Orient

1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) 25	Walsall	1–0	Leyton Orient	Bescot
15:00 GMT	Gordon 43'  62' Pring  56'  66' Kinsella  73' Roberts  90+1'	Report	Judd  23'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,263 Referee: Darren Handley

Salford City v Walsall

4 January 2020 (2020-01-04) 26	Salford City	1–2	Walsall	Salford
15:00 GMT	Thomas-Asante 62' Hogan  71' Touray  81'	Report	Lavery 27' Gordon 51'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 3,173 Referee: Christopher Pollard

Cheltenham Town v Walsall

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) 27	Cheltenham Town	3–1	Walsall	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Sheaf 18'  52' Thomas 48' May 72'  72'	Report	Clarke  57' Adebayo 78'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,868 Referee: Paul Marsden

Walsall v Crawley Town

18 January 2020 (2020-01-18) 28	Walsall	2–1	Crawley Town	Bescot
15:00 GMT	Gordon 72' McDonald 88'	Report	Camará 27'  82' Dacres-Cogley  66' Lubala  76'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,011 Referee: Sebastian Stocksbridge

Carlisle United v Walsall

25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) 29	Carlisle United	2–1	Walsall	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Anderton 21' Jones  34' Webster  36' Roberts 43' (o.g.) Scougall  75'	Report	Sadler 50'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,097 Referee: James Oldham

Walsall v Morecambe

28 January 2020 (2020-01-28) 30	Walsall	0–2	Morecambe	Bescot
19:45 GMT	McDonald 23' Gordon  45'	Report	Slew  45' Old 68' Mendes Gomes  77' 90+6' Mbulu  89'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 3,554 Referee: Ross Joyce

Walsall v Crewe Alexandra

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 31	Walsall	1–2	Crewe Alexandra	Bescot
15:00 GMT	Lavery 15'  88' Kinsella  64' Facey  79'	Report	Powell 50' Finney 68'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,610 Referee: Lee Swabey

Forest Green Rovers v Walsall

8 February 2020 (2020-02-08) 32	Forest Green Rovers	1–2	Walsall	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Collins 87'	Report	Gordon  39' 52' (pen.) McDonald 73' Sheron  77'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 3,136 Referee: Antony Coggins

Newport County v Walsall

11 February 2020 (2020-02-11) 33	Newport County	0–0	Walsall	Newport
19:45 GMT	Willmott  87'	Report	Gordon  36' Adebayo  87'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,049 Referee: Brett Huxtable

Walsall v Northampton Town

15 February 2020 (2020-02-15) 34	Walsall	3–2	Northampton Town	Bescot
15:00 GMT	Gordon 55' Guthrie 77' Holden 90+3'	Report	Morton 21', 39' Turnbull  68' Jones  76' Hoskins  90+5'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,541 Referee: Ben Toner

Walsall v Port Vale

22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 35	Walsall	2–2	Port Vale	Bescot
15:00 GMT	Adebayo 15' Gordon 58'	Report	Legge 12' Burgess 36'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 6,301 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Stevenage v Walsall

29 February 2020 (2020-02-29)	Stevenage	v	Walsall	Stevenage
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Broadhall Way
Note: Match was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.[9]

Walsall v Exeter City

7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) 36	Walsall	3–1	Exeter City	Bescot
15:00 GMT	Holden 3' Adebayo 71', 90+2' Guthrie  75' Gordon  87'	Report	Richardson  33' Bowman 51'  90+3'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,521 Referee: Tom Nield

Macclesfield Town v Walsall

14 March 2020 (2020-03-14)	Macclesfield Town	v	Walsall	Macclesfield
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Moss Rose
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]

Walsall v Oldham Athletic

17 March 2020 (2020-03-17)	Walsall	v	Oldham Athletic	Bescot
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]

Mansfield Town v Walsall

21 March 2020 (2020-03-21)	Mansfield Town	v	Walsall	Mansfield
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Field Mill
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]

Walsall v Swindon Town

28 March 2020 (2020-03-28)	Walsall	v	Swindon Town	Bescot
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]

Cambridge United v Walsall

4 April 2020 (2020-04-04)	Cambridge United	v	Walsall	Cambridge
15:00 BST				Stadium: Abbey 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.[11]

Walsall v Plymouth Argyle

10 April 2020 (2020-04-10)	Walsall	v	Plymouth Argyle	Bescot
15:00 BST				Stadium: Bescot 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.[11]

Grimsby Town v Walsall

13 April 2020 (2020-04-13)	Grimsby Town	v	Walsall	Cleethorpes
13:00 BST				Stadium: Blundell Park
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]

Walsall v Colchester United

18 April 2020 (2020-04-18)	Walsall	v	Colchester United	Bescot
15:00 BST				Stadium: Bescot 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.[11]

Bradford City v Walsall

25 April 2020 (2020-04-25)	Bradford City	v	Walsall	Bradford
15:00 BST				Stadium: Valley Parade
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]

FA Cup

Main article: 2019–20 FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019.^[12] The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City's stadium, Oaklands Park.^[13]

Walsall v Darlington

9 November 2019 (2019-11-09) First round	Walsall	2–2	Darlington	Bescot
15:00 GMT	Pring  12' Scarr  70'  82' Lavery 86' Bates 89'  90+2' Adebayo  90'	Report	Holness 17' Hatfield  42' Hedley  68'  90' Rivers 90+7' Connell  90+7'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 2,882 Referee: Adrian Quelch

Darlington v Walsall

20 November 2019 (2019-11-20) First round replay	Darlington	0–1	Walsall	Darlington
19:45 GMT	Holness  89'	Report	Lavery 69' Clarke  71' Holden  90+2'	Stadium: Blackwell Meadows Attendance: 3,106 Referee: Scott Oldham

Walsall v Oxford United

30 November 2019 (2019-11-30) Second round	Walsall	0–1	Oxford United	Bescot
15:00 GMT	Cockerill-Mollett  25' Kinsella  41'	Report	Dickie  19' Henry 84' Hall  90+1'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 3,224 Referee: Leigh Doughty

EFL Cup

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June.^[14]

Walsall v Crawley Town

13 August 2019 (2019-08-13) First round	Walsall	2–3	Crawley Town	Bescot
19:45 BST	Lavery 54' (pen.), 71'	Report	Morais 21' Dallison 48',  76' Nadesan 56'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 2,451 Referee: Carl Boyeson

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.^[15] The draw for the second round was made on 16 November 2019 live on Sky Sports.^[16] The third round draw was confirmed on 5 December 2019.^[17]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Walsall	3	2	0	1	0	7	0	+7	7	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Coventry City	3	1	1	1	0	3	2	+1	6
3	L2	Forest Green Rovers	3	1	1	0	1	3	8	−5	5
4	ACA	Southampton U21	3	0	0	0	3	4	7	−3	0

Source: EFL.com

Coventry City v Walsall

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03) Group stage	Coventry City	0–0 (5–4 p)	Walsall	Bordesley
19:45 BST	Watson  25' Bapaga  90+1'	Report	Bates  38' Pring  62'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 1,005 Referee: Will Finnie
	Penalties
	Biamou Bakayoko McFadzean Eccles Bapaga McCallum Watson		Gaffney Norman Adebayo Hardy Liddle Bates Kinsella

Walsall v Southampton U21

1 October 2019 (2019-10-01) Group stage	Walsall	1–0	Southampton U21	Bescot
19:00 BST	Scarr 45'	Report	O'Driscoll  81' Klarer  89'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 732 Referee: Peter Wright

Walsall v Forest Green Rovers

12 November 2019 (2019-11-12) Group stage	Walsall	6-0	Forest Green Rovers	Bescot
19:00 GMT	Gordon 23', 33', 50' (pen.) McDonald 72' Kinsella 74'  87' Norman 90'	Report	Collins  51'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 621 Referee: Tom Nield

Walsall v Chelsea U21

3 December 2019 (2019-12-03) Second round	Walsall	3–2	Chelsea U21	Bescot
19:45 GMT	Lavery 52' (pen.) McDonald 79' Scarr 90+4'	Report	Lamptey 3', 10' Guehi  90'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 941 Referee: Antony Coggins

Walsall v Portsmouth

7 January 2020 (2020-01-07) Third round	Walsall	1–2	Portsmouth	Bescot
19:45 GMT	Perry  37' Adebayo 45+2' Lavery 86' (pen.)	Report	Marquis 23' Hackett-Fairchild  44' Harrison 82'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 1,082 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	CF		Elijah Adebayo	Fulham	Free transfer	[18]
1 July 2019	CB		James Clarke	Bristol Rovers	Free transfer	[19]
1 July 2019	AM		James Hardy	AFC Fylde	Free transfer	[20]
1 July 2019	CM		Jack Kiersey	Everton	Free transfer	[21]
1 July 2019	CM		Stuart Sinclair	Bristol Rovers	Free transfer	[22]
2 July 2019	RB		Shay Facey	Northampton Town	Free transfer	[23]
11 July 2019	CM		Danny Guthrie	Free agent	Free transfer	[24]
11 July 2019	CB		Mat Sadler	Shrewsbury Town	Free transfer	[25]
11 July 2019	RW		Wes McDonald	Free agent	Free transfer	[26]
26 July 2019	DM		Gary Liddle	Carlisle United	Free transfer	[27]
26 July 2019	CB		Zak Jules	Macclesfield Town	Undisclosed	[28]
6 August 2019	CF		Caolan Lavery	Sheffield United	Free transfer	[29]
16 January 2020	LW		Jack Nolan	Reading	Undisclosed	[30]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
3 July 2019	LB		Cameron Pring	Bristol City	30 June 2020	[31]
8 July 2019	GK		Jack Rose	Southampton	30 June 2020	[32]
26 July 2019	CF		Rory Holden	Bristol City	30 June 2020	[33]
31 August 2019	CF		Rory Gaffney	Salford City	24 February 2020	[34][35]
21 January 2020	CB		Nathan Sheron	Fleetwood Town	30 June 2020	[36]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
13 September 2019	CF		Mitchel Candlin	Nuneaton Borough	7 January 2020[37]	[38]
10 October 2019	CB		Tom Leak	Salisbury	November 2019	[39]
25 October 2019	RB		Luke Little	Tamworth	25 November 2019	[40]
29 November 2019	CB		Tom Leak	Salisbury	March 2020	[41][42]
19 December 2019	DM		Gary Liddle	Hartlepool United	30 June 2020	[43][44]
13 February 2020	MF		Joe Willis	Salisbury	March 2020	[45]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	CF		Andy Cook	Mansfield Town	Undisclosed	[46]
1 July 2019	RB		Nicky Devlin	Livingston	Free transfer	[47]
1 July 2019	GK		Chris Dunn	Maidenhead United	Released	[48][49]
1 July 2019	CM		Joe Edwards	Plymouth Argyle	Released	[48][50]
1 July 2019	CB		Jon Guthrie	Livingston	Released	[48][51]
1 July 2019	MF		Tobias Hayles-Docherty	Free agent	Released	[48]
1 July 2019	RM		Zeli Ismail	Bradford City	Released	[48][52]
1 July 2019	LB		Luke Leahy	Bristol Rovers	Released	[48][53]
1 July 2019	LW		Kieron Morris	Tranmere Rovers	Released	[48][54]
1 July 2019	AM		Omar Mussa	Free agent	Released	[48]
1 July 2019	DM		Isaiah Osbourne	Nuneaton Borough	Released	[48][55]
1 July 2019	FW		Cameron Peters	Bromsgrove Sporting	Released	[48][56]
1 July 2019	MF		Jordan Sangha	Evesham United	Released	[48][57]
25 July 2019	DM		George Dobson	Sunderland	Undisclosed	[58]
1 August 2019	CF		Morgan Ferrier	Tranmere Rovers	Undisclosed	[59]
8 September 2019	GK		Joe Slinn	Atherton Collieries	Free transfer	[60]
1 January 2020	RB		Luke Little	Tamworth	Free transfer	[61]

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 28 May 2020

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Liam Roberts	39	0	32	0	2	0	1	0	4	0
2	DF	ENG	Cameron Norman	24	1	12+6	0	1	0	1	0	3+1	1
3	DF	ENG	Cameron Pring	24	0	20+1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF	ENG	Mat Sadler	32	2	24+3	2	3	0	1	0	1	0
5	DF	ENG	James Clarke	32	3	27	3	2	0	1	0	2	0
6	DF	ENG	Dan Scarr	40	2	32+1	0	1+2	0	0	0	4	2
7	MF	ENG	Stuart Sinclair	27	2	22+4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
8	MF	IRL	Liam Kinsella	40	1	28+3	0	3	0	1	0	5	1
9	FW	NIR	Caolan Lavery	34	10	22+5	4	2+1	2	0+1	2	2+1	2
10	FW	ENG	Josh Gordon	40	12	26+8	9	2	0	1	0	3	3
11	FW	ENG	Elijah Adebayo	37	8	15+15	8	1+1	0	1	0	2+2	0
13	GK	ENG	Jack Rose	6	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
14	DF	ENG	Kory Roberts	4	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
15	FW	NIR	Rory Holden	36	2	23+6	2	3	0	0	0	4	0
16	MF	ENG	Danny Guthrie	28	1	17+8	1	0+1	0	0	0	2	0
17	MF	ENG	James Hardy	16	1	2+9	1	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+3	0
18	MF	ENG	Jack Kiersey	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
19	FW	ENG	Mitchel Candlin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	ENG	Alfie Bates	21	2	9+4	1	2+1	1	1	0	3+1	0
21	DF	IRL	Callum Cockerill-Mollett	15	0	6+3	0	2	0	1	0	3	0
22	DF	ENG	Luke Little	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	ENG	Joe Foulkes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	ENG	Tom Leak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	ENG	Shay Facey	17	0	12+1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
25	MF	ENG	Wes McDonald	35	7	21+7	5	1+1	0	0+1	0	2+2	2
26	MF	ENG	Gary Liddle	16	0	10+2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
27	MF	ENG	Joe Willis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
28	FW	ENG	Luke Pearce	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	ENG	Jack Nolan	4	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	IRL	Rory Gaffney	22	1	11+4	1	2+1	0	0	0	3+1	0
31	GK	ENG	Dominic Rogerson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	ENG	Sam Perry	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33	DF	SCO	Zak Jules	22	0	13+4	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
34	MF	ENG	Nathan Sheron	7	0	6+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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