2020–21 Cheltenham Town F.C. season
# 2020–21 Cheltenham Town F.C. season

The 2020–21 season was Cheltenham Town's 134th season in their history and the fifth consecutive season in EFL League Two, Along with League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, the EFL Trophy, and the EFL Cup.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Transfers

### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 29 July 2020 | CF | Andy Williams | Northampton Town | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2020 | LB | Lewis Freestone | Brighton & Hove Albion | Free transfer |
| 4 August 2020 | CM | Liam Sercombe | Bristol Rovers | Free transfer |
| 3 September 2020 | GK | Max Harris | Oxford United | Free transfer |
| 8 September 2020 | RM | Matty Blair | Doncaster Rovers | Free transfer |
| 15 October 2020 | CM | Ellis Chapman | Lincoln City | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 August 2020 | AM | Finn Azaz | West Bromwich Albion | End of season |
| 13 August 2020 | GK | Joshua Griffiths | West Bromwich Albion | End of season |
| 20 August 2020 | CM | Elliot Bonds | Hull City | End of season |
| 22 September 2020 | DM | Tom Sang | Cardiff City | 4 January 2021 |
| 29 January 2021 | CF | Sam Smith | Reading | End of season |
| 29 January 2021 | LW | Indiana Vassilev | Aston Villa | End of season |
| 1 February 2021 | CM | Callum Wright | Leicester City | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 23 October 2020 | MF | Felix Miles | Tuffley Rovers | |
| 18 November 2020 | CB | Grant Horton | Bath City | 9 January 2021 |
| 18 November 2020 | CF | Alex Addai | Maidenhead United | December 2020 |
| 27 November 2020 | CF | Tahvon Campbell | Gloucester City | January 2021 |
| 8 April 2021 | CF | Alex Addai | Solihull Moors | End of season |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2020 | RM | Archie Brennan | Cirencester Town | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | LB | Josh Debayo | Unattached | Rejected contract |
| 1 July 2020 | DM | Rohan Ince | Maidenhead United | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | GK | Rhys Lovett | Gloucester City | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Jonté Smith | Woking | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | LW | Luke Varney | Burton Albion | Released |
| 23 July 2020 | CF | Aaron Basford | Evesham United | Free transfer |
| 24 August 2020 | RM | Ryan Broom | Peterborough United | Undisclosed |
| 5 January 2021 | CF | Reuben Reid | Yeovil Town | Free transfer |

## Pre-season

Cheltenham Town announced pre-season friendlies against Bristol City, Evesham United and Stratford Town.

## Competitions

### EFL League Two

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cheltenham Town (C, P) | 46 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 61 | 39 | +22 | 82 | Promotion to the EFL League One |
| 2 | Cambridge United (P) | 46 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 73 | 49 | +24 | 80 | Promotion to the EFL League One |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers (P) | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 59 | 50 | +9 | 79 | Promotion to the EFL League One |
| 4 | Morecambe (O, P) | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 69 | 58 | +11 | 78 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 5 | Newport County | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 73 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 6 | Forest Green Rovers | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 59 | 51 | +8 | 73 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 7 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 73 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 8 | Salford City | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 71 | |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 8 May 2021. 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 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | D | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 18 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

**Matches**

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.

### FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October. The second round draw was revealed on Monday, 9 November by Danny Cowley. The third round draw was made on 30 November, with Premier League and EFL Championship clubs all entering the competition. The draw for the fourth and fifth round were made on 11 January, conducted by Peter Crouch.

Win  Draw  Loss

### EFL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson. The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.

### EFL Trophy

Win  Draw  Loss

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August. The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew’s.

| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | L2 | Cheltenham Town | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 9 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | ACA | Norwich City U21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L1 | Plymouth Argyle | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | L2 | Newport County | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | |
