2020–21 Cambridge United F.C. season
# 2020–21 Cambridge United F.C. season

The 2020–21 season was Cambridge United's 109th season in their history, 42nd season in the Football League and seventh consecutive season in EFL League Two. Along with League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

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

## Transfers

### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 July 2020 | CF | Paul Mullin | Tranmere Rovers | Free transfer |
| 21 July 2020 | DM | Paul Digby | Stevenage | Free transfer |
| 28 July 2020 | AM | Wes Hoolahan | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2020 | CF | Joe Ironside | Macclesfield Town | Free transfer |
| 14 August 2020 | LB | Jack Iredale | Carlisle United | Free transfer |
| 1 September 2020 | GK | Kai McKenzie-Lyle | Liverpool | Free transfer |
| 4 September 2020 | CM | Adam May | Portsmouth | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 August 2020 | CB | Robbie Cundy | Bristol City | January 2021 |
| 22 September 2020 | AM | Idris El Mizouni | Ipswich Town | January 2021 |
| 9 October 2020 | DM | Hiram Boateng | Milton Keynes Dons | End of season |
| 6 January 2021 | RB | Jubril Okedina | Tottenham Hotspur | End of season |
| 25 January 2021 | RW | Shilow Tracey | Tottenham Hotspur | End of season |
| 1 February 2021 | CB | Aji Alese | West Ham United | End of season |
| 1 February 2021 | CB | Declan Drysdale | Coventry City | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 21 August 2020 | GK | Louis Chadwick | St Neots Town | Work experience |
| 21 August 2020 | MF | Myles Cowling | St Neots Town | Work experience |
| 23 October 2020 | CM | Lewis Simper | St Neots Town | |
| 23 January 2021 | CF | Andrew Dallas | Weymouth | April 2021 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Sam Bennett | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CM | Samir Carruthers | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Jabo Ibehre | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | GK | Finley Iron | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | LB | Daniel Jones | Hereford | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | RM | Reggie Lambe | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CM | Paul Lewis | Tranmere Rovers | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | LB | Jordan Norville-Williams | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CB | George Taft | Bolton Wanderers | Released |
| 28 July 2020 | CM | George Maris | Mansfield Town | Undisclosed |
| 1 December 2020 | RW | Tom Knowles | Yeovil Town | Undisclosed |
| 22 January 2021 | CB | Harry Darling | Milton Keynes Dons | Undisclosed |

## Competitions

### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

**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.

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. The third round was made on 10 December 2020 by Jon Parkin.

| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | L2 | Cambridge United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 8 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Peterborough United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L1 | Burton Albion | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | ACA | Fulham U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 | |

## Statistics

### Appearances and goals

    Last updated 9 May 2021.

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | EFL League Two | EFL League Two | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy | FA Cup | FA Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BUL | Dimitar Mitov | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | GUY | Kai McKenzie-Lyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ENG | Callum Burton | 33 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ENG | Louis Chadwick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ENG | Kyle Knoyle | 52 | 2 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Jack Iredale | 45 | 4 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Greg Taylor | 52 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Harry Darling (transferred out) | 20 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Declan Drysdale | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Jubril Okedina | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Robbie Cundy (loan expired) | 23 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Aji Alese | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Leon Davies | 19 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Tom Dickens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ENG | Paul Digby | 41 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Luke Hannant | 48 | 6 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Liam O'Neil | 23 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Harrison Dunk | 49 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | IRL | Wes Hoolahan | 35 | 7 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | TUN | Idris El Mizouni (loan expired) | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Adam May | 46 | 3 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Lewis Simper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Tom Knowles (transferred out) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Ben Worman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | ENG | Hiram Boateng | 27 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | SCO | Andrew Dallas (out on loan) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Paul Mullin | 50 | 34 | 46 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Shilow Tracey | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Joe Ironside | 49 | 14 | 44 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | ENG | Harvey Knibbs | 31 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Joe Neal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.

    Last updated 9 May 2021.

| Rank | Position | Nationality | No. | Player | EFL League Two | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | FA Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FW | | 10 | Paul Mullin | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 |
| 2 | FW | | 20 | Joe Ironside | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | MF | | 14 | Wes Hoolahan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | | 7 | Luke Hannant | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | DF | | 3 | Jack Iredale | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | | 19 | Adam May | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | | 26 | Harvey Knibbs | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | | 2 | Kyle Knoyle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | 8 | Liam O'Neil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | | 6 | Harry Darling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | 6 | Declan Drysdale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | 16 | Robbie Cundy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | 18 | Shilow Tracey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 23 | Tom Knowles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 27 | Ben Worman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 73 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 83 |

### Cleansheets

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total cleansheets are equal.

    Last updated 9 May 2021.

| Rank | Position | Nationality | No. | Player | EFL League Two | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | FA Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 |
| 1 | GK | | 25 | Callum Burton | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 |
| 2 | GK | | 1 | Dimitar Mitov | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

    Last updated 9 May 2021.

| Position | Number | Name | League Two | League Two | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| FW | 20 | Joe Ironside | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| MF | 4 | Paul Digby | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| MF | 7 | Luke Hannant | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| FW | 10 | Paul Mullin | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| MF | 19 | Adam May | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| DF | 5 | Greg Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | 6 | Harry Darling | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | 11 | Harrison Dunk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | 3 | Jack Iredale | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | 6 | Declan Drysdale | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | 44 | Hiram Boateng | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | 2 | Kyle Knoyle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | 8 | Liam O'Neil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | 14 | Wes Hoolahan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | 15 | Jubril Okedina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 16 | Robbie Cundy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 17 | Leon Davies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | 18 | Shilow Tracey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 22 | Lewis Simper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 23 | Tom Knowles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GK | 25 | Callum Burton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | 26 | Harvey Knibbs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 62 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 0 |
