2018–19 Cheltenham Town F.C. season

The 2018–19 season is Cheltenham Town's 132nd season in existence and their third consecutive season in League Two.[3] Along with competing in League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

Cheltenham Town

2018–19 season
Chairman	Andy Wilcox
Manager	Gary Johnson (Until 21 August 2018)[1] Michael Duff (From 10 September)[2]
Stadium	Whaddon Road
League Two	16th
FA Cup	Second round
EFL Cup	Second round
EFL Trophy	Third round
Home colours Away colours

The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Players

First team squad

As of 26 July 2018

No.	Name	Nat	Position	Since	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Games	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Scott Flinders		GK	2017	(1986-06-12) 12 June 1986	Macclesfield Town	43	0
22	Rhys Lovett		GK	2015	(1997-06-15) 15 June 1997	Rochdale	2	0
Defenders
2	Sean Long		RB	2018	(1995-05-02) 2 May 1995	Lincoln City	0	0
3	Chris Hussey		LB	2018	(1989-01-02) 2 January 1989	Sheffield United	0	0
5	Johnny Mullins		CB	2018	(1985-11-06) 6 November 1985	Luton Town	0	0
15	Will Boyle		CB	2017	(1995-09-01) 1 September 1995	Huddersfield Town	63	7
17	Joshua Debayo		LB	2018	(1996-10-17) 17 October 1996	Leicester City	0	0
18	Matt Bower		CB	2016	(1998-12-11) 11 December 1998	Academy	7	0
23	Jordon Forster		CB	2017	(1993-09-23) 23 September 1993	Hibernian	6	0
Midfielders
4	Ben Tozer		DM	2018	(1990-03-01) 1 March 1990	Newport County	0	0
6	Nigel Atangana		CM	2017	(1989-09-09) 9 September 1989	Leyton Orient	35	1
7	Conor Thomas		DM	2018	(1993-10-29) 29 October 1993	ATK	0	0
8	Kevin Dawson		RW	2017	(1990-06-30) 30 June 1990	Yeovil Town	37	6
11	Ryan Broom		RW	2018	(1996-09-04) 4 September 1996	Bristol Rovers	0	0
14	Tom Smith		CM	2018	(1998-02-25) 25 February 1998	Swindon Town	0	0
16	Alex Addai		RW	2018	(1993-12-20) 20 December 1993	Merstham	0	0
20	Jacob Maddox		CM	2018	(1998-11-03) 3 November 1998	Chelsea	0	0
Forwards
9	Manny Duku		CF	2018	(1992-12-28) 28 December 1992	Hayes & Yeading United	0	0
19	George Lloyd		CF	2017	(2000-02-11) 11 February 2000	Academy	8	2
21	Brian Graham		CF	2017	(1987-11-23) 23 November 1987	Hibernian	31	6

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

The Robins revealed friendlies with Bristol City, Cirencester Town, Reading U23s, Evesham United, Birmingham City, Weston-super-Mare and Walsall.[4]

Bristol City v Cheltenham Town

10 July 2018 (2018-07-10) Friendly	Bristol City	4–2	Cheltenham Town	Weston-super-Mare
19:30 BST	Taylor  5' Eliasson  34', 37' Webster  39'	Report	Mullins  43' Dawes  62'	Stadium: Woodspring Stadium Referee: Kevin Friend

Cirencester Town v Cheltenham Town

13 July 2018 (2018-07-13) Friendly	Cirencester Town	0–4	Cheltenham Town	Cirencester
19:45 BST		Report	Eisa  7', 8', 43' Trialist  27'	Stadium: Corinium Stadium Referee: Derek Eaton

Reading U23s v Cheltenham Town

17 July 2018 (2018-07-17) Friendly	Reading U23s	4-1	Cheltenham Town	Finchampstead
13:00 BST				Stadium: Hogwood Park

Evesham United v Cheltenham Town

19 July 2018 (2018-07-19) Friendly	Evesham United	0-3	Cheltenham Town	Evesham
19:45 BST				Stadium: Jubilee Stadium

Cheltenham Town v Birmingham City

21 July 2018 (2018-07-21) Friendly	Cheltenham Town	0–3	Birmingham City	Cheltenham
15:00 BST		Report	Lakin  26' Lubabla  52' N'Doye  89' (pen.)	Stadium: Jonny-Rocks Stadium Attendance: 2,234 Referee: Kevin Johnson

Weston-super-Mare v Cheltenham Town

24 July 2018 (2018-07-24) Friendly	Weston-super-Mare	4–1	Cheltenham Town	Weston-super-Mare
19:45 BST	Lucas  18' (pen.), 54' Hill  35' Welch  43'	Report	Clift  65'	Stadium: Woodspring Stadium

Cheltenham Town v Walsall

28 July 2018 (2018-07-28) Friendly	Cheltenham Town	1–2	Walsall	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Graham  89' (pen.)	Report	Devlin  45+1' Cook  80'	Stadium: Jonny-Rocks Stadium Attendance: 1,130 Referee: John Busby

League Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Oldham Athletic	46	16	14	16	67	60	+7	62
15	Northampton Town	46	14	19	13	64	63	+1	61
16	Cheltenham Town	46	15	12	19	57	68	−11	57
17	Grimsby Town	46	16	8	22	45	56	−11	56
18	Morecambe	46	14	12	20	54	70	−16	54

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results [5]

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
46	15	12	19	57	68	−11	57	10	7	6	34	29	+5	5	5	13	23	39	−16

Last updated: 4 May 2019.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	L
Position	17	22	22	22	20	21	18	18	18	19	20	21	22	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	19	19	18	18	18	21	18	18	18	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2019. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 21 June 2018, the League Two fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[6][7]

Cheltenham Town v Crawley Town

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) 1	Cheltenham Town	0–1	Crawley Town	Cheltenham
15:00 BST		Report	Palmer  63'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,719 Referee: Thomas Bramall

Tranmere Rovers v Cheltenham Town

11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) 2	Tranmere Rovers	1–0	Cheltenham Town	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Norwood  13'	Report		Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 6,736 Referee: Ben Toner

Cheltenham Town v Carlisle United

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) 3	Cheltenham Town	0–1	Carlisle United	Cheltenham
15:00 BST		Report	Bennett  39'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,455 Referee: Peter Wright

Macclesfield Town v Cheltenham Town

21 August 2018 (2018-08-21) 4	Macclesfield Town	1–1	Cheltenham Town	Macclesfield
19:45 BST	Whitaker  19'	Report	Duku  85'	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 1,496 Referee: Paul Marsden

Cambridge United v Cheltenham Town

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 5	Cambridge United	0–1	Cheltenham Town	Cambridge
15:00 BST		Report	Jones  66'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,660 Referee: Matt Donohue

Cheltenham Town v Colchester United

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 6	Cheltenham Town	1–3	Colchester United	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Dawson  56'	Report	Norris  12' (pen.), 26' Pell  88' (pen.)	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,789 Referee: Ollie Yates

Northampton Town v Cheltenham Town

8 September 2018 (2018-09-08) 7	Northampton Town	1–3	Cheltenham Town	Northampton
15:00 BST	van Veen  62' (pen.)	Report	Boyle  36' Thomas  77' (pen.) Mooney  83'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,608 Referee: Lee Collins

Cheltenham Town v Crewe Alexandra

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 8	Cheltenham Town	0–0	Crewe Alexandra	Cheltenham
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,921 Referee: Brett Huxtable

Exeter City v Cheltenham Town

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 9	Exeter City	3–1	Cheltenham Town	Exeter
15:00 BST	Sweeney  46' Stockley  80' Forte  88'	Report	Broom  42'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,723 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Cheltenham Town v Lincoln City

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 10	Cheltenham Town	0–2	Lincoln City	Cheltenham
15:00 BST		Report	Alcock  74' (o.g.) McCartan  80'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,202 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Cheltenham Town v Morecambe

2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) 11	Cheltenham Town	2–2	Morecambe	Cheltenham
19:45 BST	Varney  44', 90+4'	Report	Cranston  32' Oates  54'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,095 Referee: Neil Hair

MK Dons v Cheltenham Town

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 12	MK Dons	3–0	Cheltenham Town	Milton Keynes
15:00 BST	Aneke  34' Healey  84' Simpson  90+9' (pen)	Report	Maddox  90'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 6,503 Referee: Tom Nield

Forest Green Rovers v Cheltenham Town

20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 13	Forest Green Rovers	1–1	Cheltenham Town	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Mills  75'	Report	Barnett  26'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 3,582 Referee: Kevin Johnson

Oldham Athletic v Cheltenham Town

23 October 2018 (2018-10-23) 14	Oldham Athletic	2–0	Cheltenham Town	Oldham
19:45 BST	Benteke  75' Lang  90+3'	Report	Jones  45'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 2,865 Referee: Ben Toner

Cheltenham Town v Stevenage

27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 15	Cheltenham Town	0–2	Stevenage	Cheltenham
15:00 BST		Report	Guthrie  18' Seddon  45+1' Cuthbert  56' Hunt  67'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,382 Referee: Matt Donohue

Cheltenham Town v Mansfield Town

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 16	Cheltenham Town	2–2	Mansfield Town	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Tozer  10' Boyle  45'	Report	Walker  7', 90+3'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,828 Referee: Neil Hair

Notts County v Cheltenham Town

17 November 2018 (2018-11-17) 17	Notts County	0–3	Cheltenham Town	Nottingham
15:00 GMT		Report	Varney  35', 66' Barnett  87'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 6,109 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Cheltenham Town v Newport County

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 18	Cheltenham Town	2–1	Newport County	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Boyle  18' Barnett  44'	Report	Semenyo  89'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,672 Referee: Alan Young

Bury v Cheltenham Town

27 November 2018 (2018-11-27) 19	Bury	4–1	Cheltenham Town	Bury
19:45 GMT	Stokes  14' Maynard  39', 79' Moore  72'	Report	Clements  25'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,779 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Cheltenham Town v Grimsby Town

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 20	Cheltenham Town	2–1	Grimsby Town	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Broom  29' Thomas  90+2' (pen.)	Report	Embleton  63'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,775 Referee: Paul Marsden

Port Vale v Cheltenham Town

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 21	Port Vale	2–2	Cheltenham Town	Burslem
15:00 GMT	Montaño  13' Vassell  60' Legge  81' Kay  90+3'	Report	Jones  26' Atangana  89'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 3,109 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Swindon Town v Cheltenham Town

22 December 2018 22	Swindon Town	0–0	Cheltenham Town	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Dunne  56' Nelson  78'	Report	Clements  6' Boyle  47' Forster  57' Atangana  90+4'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,026 Referee: Lee Collins

Cheltenham Town v Milton Keynes Dons

26 December 2018 (2018-12-26) 23	Cheltenham Town	3–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Atangana  14' Barnett  44' Clements  50'  86'	Report	Aneke  22'  33' Cissé  57'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,266 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Cheltenham Town v Forest Green Rovers

29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) 24	Cheltenham Town	2–2	Forest Green Rovers	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Varney  78' Thomas  80' Maddox  90'	Report	McGinley  44' Campbell  61' Williams  67'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 5,125 Referee: Robert Lewis

Yeovil Town v Cheltenham Town

1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) 25	Yeovil Town	1–4	Cheltenham Town	Yeovil
15:00 GMT	Zoko  15' James  47' Dickinson  76' Gafaiti  79'	Report	Varney  24' Thomas  34' (pen.) Forster  47'  77' Dawson  87'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 2,883 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Crawley Town v Cheltenham Town

5 January 2019 (2019-01-05) 26	Crawley Town	1–0	Cheltenham Town	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Palmer  39' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,623 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Cheltenham Town v Tranmere Rovers

12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) 27	Cheltenham Town	1–3	Tranmere Rovers	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Broom  24' Varney  42'	Report	Banks  39' Norwood  46' Miller  61' McCullough  69' Banks  72' Harris  83'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,104 Referee: Anthony Coggins

Carlisle United v Cheltenham Town

19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 28	Carlisle United	2–0	Cheltenham Town	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Devitt  49' Hope  56'	Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,458 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Cheltenham Town v Macclesfield Town

26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) 29	Cheltenham Town	3–2	Macclesfield Town	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Broom  2' Varney  54' Maddox  61' Raglan  79'	Report	Rose  11' (pen.)  19' Cameron  20' Wilson  23' Smith  31' Lowe  74' Welch-Hayes  82'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,041 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Cheltenham Town v Cambridge United

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) P	Cheltenham Town	P–P	Cambridge United	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Whaddon Road
Note: Fixture was postponed due to the freezing temperatures.[8]

Cheltenham Town v Yeovil Town

5 February 2019 (2019-02-05) 30	Cheltenham Town	1–0	Yeovil Town	Cheltenham
19:45 GMT	Bingham  44' Maddox  56' Varney  59'	Report	James  21' Worthington  52' Gafaiti  55'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,457 Referee: Tim Robinson

Colchester United v Cheltenham Town

9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 31	Colchester United	3–0	Cheltenham Town	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Vincent-Young  30' Nouble  43' Eisa  56' Stevenson  83'	Report	Dawson  79' Forster  90+1'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 3,026 Referee: Craig Hicks

Grimsby Town v Cheltenham Town

16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) 32	Grimsby Town	1–0	Cheltenham Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Thomas  41' (pen.)	Report	Raglan  44' Tillson  80'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,940 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Cheltenham Town v Cambridge United

19 February 2019 (2019-02-19) 33	Cheltenham Town	2–0	Cambridge United	Cheltenham
19:45 GMT	Taft  23' (o.g.) Thomas  58' (pen.) Tozer  73' Waters 82'	Report	Carroll  58' Doyle-Hayes  82'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,339 Referee: Paul Marsden

Cheltenham Town v Port Vale

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 34	Cheltenham Town	1–0	Port Vale	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Varney  34' Broom  62' Hussey  90+3'	Report	Montaño  60' Legge  80'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,079 Referee: Nick Kinseley

Mansfield Town v Cheltenham Town

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 35	Mansfield Town	4–2	Cheltenham Town	Mansfield
15:00 GMT	Hamilton  42', 45' Benning  58' Atkinson  77' MacDonald  90+2' Tomlinson  90+5'	Report	Dawson  30' Thomas  47' Hussey  59' Raglan  68' Waters  90+5'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 5,276 Referee: Alan Young

Cheltenham Town v Bury

5 March 2019 (2019-03-05) 36	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Bury	Cheltenham
19:45 GMT	Waters  33' Pring  70' Tillson  73'	Report	Wharton  13'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,409 Referee: Paul Tierney

Cheltenham Town v Notts County

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 37	Cheltenham Town	4–1	Notts County	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Boyle  29' Varney  36' (pen.) Waters  55' Barnett  88'	Report	Hemmings  69' (pen.) Rose  72'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,514 Referee: Thomas Bramall

Newport County v Cheltenham Town

15 March 2019 (2019-03-15) 38	Newport County	1–0	Cheltenham Town	Newport
19:45 GMT	Hussey  54' (o.g.) Sheehan  86' Matt  87'	Report	Tozer  33' Clements  52' Tillson  70' Boyle  75'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,192 Referee: Lee Swabey

Cheltenham Town v Northampton Town

23 March 2019 (2019-03-23) 39	Cheltenham Town	3–1	Northampton Town	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Varney  18', 41' (pen.)  30' Barnett  73'	Report	Goode  11' Hughes  41' Taylor  51' Foley  72' Bowditch  89'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,513 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Crewe Alexandra v Cheltenham Town

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 40	Crewe Alexandra	1–3	Cheltenham Town	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Ray  27'  53' Taylor-Sinclair  34' Ng  45+1' Miller  90+6'	Report	Dawson  45+1' Waters  74' Varney  83'  90+6'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3,495 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Cheltenham Town v Exeter City

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 41	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Exeter City	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Thomas  60' (pen.) Tozer  65'	Report	Moxey  36' Taylor  47' Pym  54'  90+10' Boateng  90+7'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 4,079 Referee: Brett Huxtable

Lincoln City v Cheltenham Town

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 42	Lincoln City	1–1	Cheltenham Town	Lincoln
15:00 BST	McCartan  18'  64'	Report	Tillson  37' Lloyd  73'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 9,820 Referee: Nick Kinseley

Cheltenham Town v Oldham Athletic

19 April 2019 (2019-04-19) 43	Cheltenham Town	0–0	Oldham Athletic	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Maddox  79'	Report	Edmundson  78'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 4,022 Referee: Ben Toner

Morecambe v Cheltenham Town

22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) 44	Morecambe	4–0	Cheltenham Town	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Collins 21'  85' Oliver  49' Ellison  53' Lavelle  81'	Report	Thomas  75' Bingham  80'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 3,066 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Cheltenham Town v Swindon Town

27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 45	Cheltenham Town	3–2	Swindon Town	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Woolfenden  26' (o.g.) Waters  30' Dawson  37' Tozer  41' Boyle  90+2' Raglan  90+4'	Report	Robinson  84' Richards  90' Woolfenden  90+1'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 4,306 Referee: Tom Nield

Stevenage v Cheltenham Town

4 May 2019 (2019-05-04) 46	Stevenage	2–0	Cheltenham Town	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Guthrie 15' Martin  56' Gibson  58'	Report	Maddox  69'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 3,071 Referee: Dean Whitestone

FA Cup

Main article: 2018–19 FA Cup

The first round draw was made live on BBC by Dennis Wise and Dion Dublin on 22 October.[9] The draw for the second round was made live on BBC and BT by Mark Schwarzer and Glenn Murray on 12 November.[10]

Ebbsfleet United v Cheltenham Town

10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) First round	Ebbsfleet United	0–0	Cheltenham Town	Northfleet
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Stonebridge Road Attendance: 1,624 Referee: John Busby

Cheltenham Town v Ebbsfleet United

20 November 2018 (2018-11-20) First round replay	Cheltenham Town	2–0	Ebbsfleet United	Cheltenham
19:45 GMT	Barnett  66' Addai  90+4'	Report	Magri  83'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,435 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Accrington Stanley v Cheltenham Town

1 December 2018 (2018-12-01) Second round	Accrington Stanley	3–1	Cheltenham Town	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Zanzala  49' Kee  66' (pen.) Clark  78'	Report	Addai  73'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,066 Referee: Andy Haines

EFL Cup

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.[11] The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August.[12]

Cheltenham Town v Colchester United

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) First round	Cheltenham Town	2–2 (6–5 p)	Colchester United	Cheltenham
19:45 BST	Broom  1' Thomas  71' (pen.)	Report	Szmodics  79' Norris  80'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,179 Referee: Chris Sarginson
	Penalties
	Thomas Tozer Smith Broom Kalala Mullins Forster		Norris Pell Szmodics Nouble Kent Dickenson Senior

Brentford v Cheltenham Town

28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) Second round	Brentford	1–0	Cheltenham Town	Brentford
19:45 BST	Jeanvier  40'	Report		Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 4,384 Referee: Ross Joyce

EFL Trophy

On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced.[13] The draw for the second round was made live on Talksport by Leon Britton and Steve Claridge on 16 November.[14] On 8 December, the third round draw was drawn by Alan McInally and Matt Le Tissier on Soccer Saturday.[15]

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Cheltenham Town (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	8	6	+2	6	Round 2
2	ACA	Arsenal U21s (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	8	7	+1	6
3	L2	Forest Green Rovers (E)	3	1	0	1	1	6	4	+2	4
4	L1	Coventry City (E)	3	0	1	0	2	1	6	−5	2

First match(es) will be played on 12 September 2018. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Forest Green Rovers v Cheltenham Town

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04) Group stages	Forest Green Rovers	4–0	Cheltenham Town	Nailsworth
19:30 BST	Grubb  14' Campbell  48' Williams  85' Pearce  90+2'	Report		Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,074 Referee: Lee Swabey

Cheltenham Town v Arsenal U21

30 October 2018 (2018-10-30) Group stages	Cheltenham Town	6–2	Arsenal U21	Cheltenham
19:45 BST	Clements  8' Boyle  32' Maddox  48', 50' Mooney  84' Broom  90'	Report	Burton  7' John-Jules  35' Gilmour  62' (pen.)	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,431

Cheltenham Town v Coventry City

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13) Group stages	Cheltenham Town	2–0	Coventry City	Cheltenham
19:45 GMT	Maddox  33' Boyle  48'	Report		Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,296

Cheltenham Town v Newport County

4 December 2018 (2018-12-04) Second round	Cheltenham Town	1–1 (7–6 p)	Newport County	Cheltenham
19:45 GMT	Addai  68'	Report	Amond  18'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 739
	Penalties
	Thomas Forster Tozer Clements Jones Mooney Field		Amond Butler Labadie Sheehan Semenyo Demetriou Harris

Cheltenham Town v Oxford United

8 January 2019 (2019-01-08) Third round	Cheltenham Town	1–1 (1–4 p)	Oxford United	Cheltenham
19:45 GMT	Varney  39' Alcock  50' Dawson  64'	Report	Brannagan  36'  45+1'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Referee: Ollie Yates
	Penalties
	Thomas Clements Hussey		Mousinho Henry Graham Brannagan

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	RW		Alex Addai	Merstham	Undisclosed	[16]
1 July 2018	RM		Ryan Broom	Bristol Rovers	Free transfer	[17]
1 July 2018	LB		Chris Hussey	Sheffield United	Free transfer	[18]
1 July 2018	RB		Sean Long	Lincoln City	Free transfer	[19]
1 July 2018	CB		Johnny Mullins	Luton Town	Free transfer	[20]
1 July 2018	CM		Tom Smith	Swindon Town	Free transfer	[21]
1 July 2018	DM		Conor Thomas	ATK	Free transfer	[22]
1 July 2018	DM		Ben Tozer	Newport County	Free transfer	[23]
10 July 2018	LB		Josh Debayo	Leicester City	Free transfer	[24]
26 July 2018	ST		Immanuelson Duku	Hayes & Yeading United	Undisclosed	[25]
28 July 2018	CF		Liam McAlinden	Exeter City	Free transfer	[26]
3 August 2018	CM		Kalvin Lumbombo Kalala	Savona	Free transfer	[27]
27 August 2018	CM		Chris Clements	Grimsby Town	Free transfer	[28]
7 September 2018	RB		Craig Alcock	Doncaster Rovers	Free transfer	[29]
28 September 2018	LW		Luke Varney	Burton Albion	Free transfer	[30]
7 January 2019	CF		Tyrone Barnett	Port Vale	Free transfer	[31]
31 January 2019	CF		Rakish Bingham	Hamilton Academical	Free transfer	[32]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	LB		Jordan Cranston	Morecambe	Released	[33][34]
1 July 2018	CB		Aaron Downes	Retired	N/A	[35]
1 July 2018	CF		Jaanai Gordon	Tamworth	Released	[33][36]
1 July 2018	CB		Jamie Grimes	Macclesfield Town	Released	[33][37]
1 July 2018	CF		Dan Holman	Aldershot Town	Released	[33][38]
1 July 2018	LW		Sanmi Odelusi	FC Halifax Town	Released	[33][39]
1 July 2018	DM		Adam Page	Gloucester City	Released	[33][40]
1 July 2018	CM		Harry Pell	Colchester United	Undisclosed	[41]
1 July 2018	LW		Jerell Sellars	Östersunds	Rejected contract	[42][43]
1 July 2018	CM		Josh Thomas	Gloucester City	Released	[33][44]
1 July 2018	RM		Carl Winchester	Forest Green Rovers	Free transfer	[45]
1 July 2018	CF		Danny Wright	Solihull Moors	Released	[33][46]
16 July 2018	WG		Bến Hảilwood	Bishop's Cleeve	Free transfer	[47]
23 July 2018	CF		Mohamed Eisa	Bristol City	£1,500,000	[48]
1 August 2018	GK		Lewis Clayton	Bishop's Cleeve	Free transfer	[49]
1 August 2018	MF		Lee Llewelyn	Bishop's Cleeve	Free transfer	[49]
2 August 2018	CF		Brian Graham	Ross County	Free transfer	[50]
12 October 2018	AM		Kalvin Lumbombo Kalala	Torquay United	Free transfer	[51]
29 November 2018	GK		Tom Middlehurst	Queens Park Rangers	Free transfer	[52]
1 February 2019	RB		Craig Alcock	Yeovil Town	Free transfer	[53]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
26 July 2018	CM		Jacob Maddox	Chelsea	31 May 2019	[54]
3 August 2018	CB		Aden Baldwin	Bristol City	1 January 2019	[55]
24 August 2018	AM		Sam Jones	Shrewsbury Town	1 January 2019	[56]
30 August 2018	CF		Tyrone Barnett	Port Vale	1 January 2019	[57][31]
31 August 2018	LB		Tom Field	Brentford	1 January 2019	[58]
31 August 2018	CF		Kelsey Mooney	Aston Villa	1 January 2019	[59]
3 January 2019	LB		Cameron Pring	Bristol City	31 May 2019	[60]
11 January 2019	SS		Billy Waters	Northampton Town	31 May 2019	[61]
15 January 2019	CB		Charlie Raglan	Oxford United	31 May 2019	[62]
29 January 2019	DM		Jordan Tillson	Exeter City	31 May 2019	[63]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
24 August 2018	CB		Matt Bower	Weston-super-Mare	1 January 2019	[64]
20 September 2018	CM		Tom Smith	Bath City	20 January 2019	[65]
5 October 2018	CF		Manny Duku	Barnet	1 January 2019	[66]
9 October 2018	CF		George Lloyd	Hereford	4 January 2019	[67]
11 October 2018	LB		Josh Debayo	Dover Athletic	31 May 2019	[68]
6 November 2018	MF		Will Dawes	Yate Town	Work experience	[69]
19 November 2018	CM		Archie Brennan	Lydney Town	Work experience	[70]
19 November 2018	DF		Tom Handley	Lydney Town	Work experience	[70]
23 November 2018	CF		Aaron Basford	Worcester City	Work experience	[71]
3 December 2018	DF		Grant Horton	Worcester City	January 2019	[72]
6 December 2018	DF		Will Dawes	Tuffley Rovers	Work experience	[73]
15 December 2018	CF		Liam McAlinden	Brackley Town	15 January 2019	[74]
17 December 2018	MF		Olly Price	Westfields	Work experience	[75]
21 December 2018	CM		Archie Brennan	Slimbridge	Work experience	[76]
21 December 2018	CF		Fin Clift	Malvern Town	Work experience	[76]
21 December 2018	CF		Camden Duncan	Lydney Town	Work experience	[76]
21 December 2018	DF		Ioan Richards	Slimbridge	Work experience	[76]
24 December 2018	MF		Tyreece Briscoe	Tuffley Rovers	January 2019	[77]
17 January 2019	CF		Liam McAlinden	Kidderminster Harriers	18 February 2019	[78]
18 January 2019	CF		George Lloyd	Hereford	31 May 2019	[79]
6 February 2019	GK		Freddie Lapworth	Gloucester City	Work experience	[80]
27 February 2019	CF		Manny Duku	FC Halifax Town	April 2019	[81]
12 March 2019	CB		Matt Bower	Weston-super-Mare	April 2019	[82]

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