2020–21 Stevenage F.C. season

Stevenage
2020–21 season
ChairmanPhil Wallace
ManagerAlex Revell
StadiumBroadhall Way
League Two14th
FA CupThird round
EFL CupFirst round
EFL TrophyGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Elliott List (9)

All:
Elliott List (11)

The 2020–21 season was Stevenage's seventh consecutive season in League Two and their 45th year in existence. Along with competing in League Two, the club participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The club were in last place of League Two when the 2019–20 season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. EFL clubs formally agreed to end the season during an EFL meeting on 9 June 2020, although "ongoing disciplinary matters" involving 23rd-placed Macclesfield Town, who had not paid their players on six separate occasions during the season, meant Stevenage might be reprieved. Stevenage were initially relegated from League Two after an independent disciplinary panel opted to deduct Macclesfield two points on 19 June, with a further four suspended, the maximum number they could deduct without relegating them. The EFL stated it would appeal against the independent disciplinary panel's sanctions on Macclesfield, winning their appeal against the points deduction on 11 August. This meant that the four suspended points were activated immediately and applied to the 2019–20 season, meaning Stevenage finished in 23rd-place and consequently retained their League Two status.

Stevenage's struggles continued into the 2020–21 season as the team were in last place with only two wins in their first 18 matches. However, from Boxing Day on, the club won 10 matches, drew nine times and only lost five games, finishing in 14th place in the league table.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2020 CF Femi Akinwande Billericay Town Undisclosed
1 July 2020 CF Inih Effiong Dover Athletic Free transfer
1 July 2020 CM Elliot Osborne Stockport County Free transfer
10 July 2020 CB Ross Marshall Maidstone United Free transfer
22 July 2020 GK Billy Johnson Norwich City Free transfer
24 July 2020 DM Romain Vincelot Shrewsbury Town Free transfer
31 July 2020 CF Tyrone Marsh Boreham Wood Free transfer
10 August 2020 CB Luke Prosser Colchester United Free transfer
21 August 2020 CF Marcus Dinanga Telford United Free transfer
16 October 2020 LB Ben Coker Lincoln City Undisclosed
3 November 2020 LM Tom Pett Lincoln City Free transfer
5 January 2021 CM Chris Lines Northampton Town Undisclosed
5 January 2021 CF Luke Norris Colchester United Undisclosed
21 January 2021 LW Jacob Bancroft Oxford City Undisclosed
29 January 2021 LB Joe Martin Northampton Town Undisclosed

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
7 August 2020 LB Ben Coker Lincoln City 16 October 2020
17 August 2020 GK Jamie Cumming Chelsea End of season
26 August 2020 RB Remeao Hutton Birmingham City End of season
10 September 2020 CM Arthur Read Brentford End of season
6 October 2020 CF Jack Aitchison Barnsley End of season
16 October 2020 CF Aramide Oteh Queens Park Rangers 18 January 2021
5 January 2021 CF Matty Stevens Forest Green Rovers End of season
1 February 2021 CM Jack Roles Tottenham Hotspur End of season
2 February 2021 GK David Stockdale Wycombe Wanderers 9 February 2021

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
1 October 2020 CB Jamie Fielding Braintree Town 1 January 2021
1 October 2020 CF Liam Smyth Braintree Town 1 January 2021
9 October 2020 CB Luis Fernandez Oxford City 1 January 2021
2 December 2020 CF Inih Effiong Barnet 5 January 2021
5 January 2021 CF Marcus Dinanga Chesterfield End of season
7 January 2021 RW Femi Akinwande Dartford End of season
11 January 2021 CF Inih Effiong Notts County 2 April 2021
21 January 2021 CB Luis Fernandez Oxford City 28 February 2021

Transfers out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2020 GK Sacha Bastien Gillingham Released
1 July 2020 CM Joel Byrom Farsley Celtic Released
1 July 2020 RB Canice Carroll Queen's Park Released
1 July 2020 CF Jake Cassidy York City Released
1 July 2020 CF Jason Cowley Bromsgrove Sporting Released
1 July 2020 DM Diaguely Dabo Kilmarnock Released
1 July 2020 LB Tyler Denton Chesterfield Released
1 July 2020 CB Paul Digby Cambridge United Released
1 July 2020 CB Adam El-Abd Whitehawk Released
1 July 2020 CF Andronicos Georgiou Wycombe Wanderers Released
1 July 2020 CF Simeon Jackson Chelmsford City Released
1 July 2020 MF Jamie Jellis Aylesbury United Released
1 July 2020 CF Ben Kennedy Crusaders Released
1 July 2020 CB Ben Nugent Barnet Released
1 July 2020 CM Dean Parrett Wealdstone Released
1 July 2020 LB Patrick Reading Ayr United Released
1 July 2020 CF Alex Reid Stockport County Released
1 July 2020 RW Joel Rollinson Eastbourne Borough Released
1 July 2020 CM Tom Soares Unattached Released
1 July 2020 RW Emmanuel Sonupe Yeovil Town Released
1 July 2020 CF Paul Taylor Unattached Released
17 August 2020 GK Paul Farman Carlisle United Free transfer
19 September 2020 LM Joe Leslie Woking Free transfer
4 February 2021 CF Tyrone Marsh Boreham Wood Undisclosed
5 April 2021 CB Jamie Fielding Wealdstone Released

Pre-season

Win Draw Loss
Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance Ref.
12 August 2020 Braintree Town Home 5–1 0
18 August 2020 Milton Keynes Dons Home 1–1 0
22 August 2020 Luton Town Home 0–1 0

Competitions

League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 Carlisle United 46 18 12 16 60 51 +9 66
11 Leyton Orient 46 17 10 19 53 55 −2 61
12 Crawley Town 46 16 13 17 56 62 −6 61
13 Port Vale 46 17 9 20 57 57 0 60
14 Stevenage 46 14 18 14 41 41 0 60
15 Bradford City 46 16 11 19 48 53 −5 59
16 Mansfield Town 46 13 19 14 57 55 +2 58
17 Harrogate Town 46 16 9 21 52 61 −9 57
18 Oldham Athletic 46 15 9 22 72 81 −9 54
Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2021. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 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

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
45 13 18 14 40 41  −1 57 8 8 7 26 20  +6 5 10 7 14 21  −7

Last updated: 1 May 2021.
Source: BBC Sport

Results by matchday

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GroundAHAHAAHHAHAAHHAHAAHHHAHAHHAAAHAAHHAAHHAHAHHAH
ResultDWLLDLLLDDLDLWDDLDWWDLDWLDWLWDDDWWDDWWWDLLLWD
Position11511161517182020212122232123222324232222222221212121212121201816151515151312131415161515
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2021. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

Win Draw Loss
Date Time Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance Referee Ref.
12 September 2020 15:00 Barrow Away 1–1 Effiong 85' (pen.) 0 Scott Oldham
19 September 2020 15:00 Oldham Athletic Home 3–0 Osborne 61', Wildin 65', Prosser 82' 0 Charles Breakspear
26 September 2020 15:00 Bradford City Away 1–2 List 37' 0 Ollie Yates
3 October 2020 15:00 Salford City Home 0–1 0 Craig Hicks
10 October 2020 15:00 Mansfield Town Away 0–0 0 Seb Stockbridge
17 October 2020 15:00 Forest Green Rovers Away 0–1 0 James Bell
20 October 2020 19:00 Newport County Home 0–1 0 Lee Swabey
24 October 2020 15:00 Leyton Orient Home 0–2 0 Darren Drysdale
27 October 2020 19:00 Harrogate Town Away 0–0 0 Graham Salisbury
31 October 2020 15:00 Grimsby Town Home 0–0 0 Sam Allison
3 November 2020 19:00 Colchester United Away 1–3 Dinanga 15' 0 James Adcock
14 November 2020 15:00 Morecambe Away 1–1 Oteh 27' (pen.) 0 Tom Nield
21 November 2020 15:00 Bolton Wanderers Home 1–2 Pett 44' 0 Will Finnie
24 November 2020 15:00 Port Vale Home 2–1 Oteh 10', Newton 53' 0 Paul Howard
2 December 2020 19:00 Walsall Away 1–1 Oteh 50' (pen.) 0 Marc Edwards
5 December 2020 15:00 Southend United Home 0–0 0 Declan Bourne
12 December 2020 15:00 Carlisle United Away 0–4 2,000 Robert Lewis
26 December 2020 15:00 Cheltenham Town Away 1–1 Aitchison 80' 0 Chris Sarginson
29 December 2020 17:00 Cambridge United Home 1–0 Carter 22' 0 Thomas Bramall
2 January 2021 15:00 Scunthorpe United Home 3–1 Carter (2) 11', 22', Oteh 90+2' 0 Christopher Pollard
16 January 2021 15:00 Tranmere Rovers Home 0–0 0 Lee Swabey
23 January 2021 13:00 Exeter City Away 1–3 List 81' 0 Matt Donohue
26 January 2021 15:00 Colchester United Home 0–0 0 Paul Howard
30 January 2021 15:00 Grimsby Town Away 2–1 List 42', Stevens 90+5' 0 Anthony Backhouse
2 February 2021 19:00 Exeter City Home 0–1 0 Graham Salisbury
6 February 2021 15:00 Morecambe Home 2–2 List 8', Norris 81' 0 James Oldham
9 February 2021 19:00 Tranmere Rovers Away 1–0 Newton 82' 0 Bobby Madley
13 February 2021 15:00 Bolton Wanderers Away 0–1 0 Trevor Kettle
16 February 2021 19:00 Crawley Town Away 1–0 Osborne 83' 0 Carl Brook
20 February 2021 15:00 Walsall Home 1–1 List 70' 0 Antony Coggins
23 February 2021 19:00 Port Vale Away 0–0 0 Martin Coy
27 February 2021 15:00 Newport County Away 0–0 0 James Bell
2 March 2021 19:00 Forest Green Rovers Home 3–0 Newton (2) 30', 37', List 64' 0 Kevin Johnson
6 March 2021 15:00 Harrogate Town Home 1–0 List 52' 0 Scott Oldham
9 March 2021 19:00 Leyton Orient Away 0–0 0 Alan Young
13 March 2021 15:00 Southend United Away 0–0 0 Peter Wright
13 March 2021 15:00 Carlisle United Home 3–1 Pett 23', Norris 60', Read 71' 0 Brett Huxtable
27 March 2021 15:00 Barrow Home 2–1 List 53', Norris 87' (pen.) 0 James Adcock
2 April 2021 15:00 Oldham Athletic Away 1–0 Cuthbert 24' 0 Ben Toner
5 April 2021 15:00 Bradford City Home 1–1 Norris 15' 0 Carl Boyeson
10 April 2021 15:00 Salford City Away 1–2 Wildin 56' 0 Andy Haines
17 April 2021 12:30 Mansfield Town Home 0–1 0 Samuel Barrott
20 April 2021 19:00 Cheltenham Town Home 0–1 0 Trevor Kettle
24 April 2021 15:00 Cambridge United Away 1–0 Norris 63' 0 Ross Joyce
1 May 2021 15:00 Crawley Town Home 3–3 Norris (2) 21' (pen.), 74', Read 81' 0 Declan Bourne
8 May 2021 15:00 Scunthorpe United Away 0–1 List 59' 0 Ollie Yates

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.

Win Draw Loss
Round Date Time Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance Referee Ref.
First round 8 November 2020 15:00 Concord Rangers Home 2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) Coker 28', Newton 99' 0 John Busby
Second round 29 November 2020 13:30 Hull City Home 1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p) List 79' 0 Sam Allison
Third round 9 January 2021 15:00 Swansea City Home 0–2 0 Michael Salisbury

EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.

Win Draw Loss
Round Date Time Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance Referee Ref.
First round 29 August 2020 15:00 Portsmouth Home 3–3
1–3 pens.
List 9', Carter 10', Cuthbert 29' 0 Purkiss

EFL Trophy

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Milton Keynes Dons 3 2 0 0 1 7 5 +2 6 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Northampton Town 3 1 1 0 1 6 3 +3 5
3 L2 Stevenage 3 1 0 1 1 4 4 0 4
4 ACA Southampton U21 3 1 0 0 2 3 8 −5 3
Source: EFL.com
Win Draw Loss
Round Date Time Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance Referee Ref.
Group stage 22 September 2020 19:00 Southampton U21 Home 2–1 Dinanga 45+3', Marsh 90+2' 0 Alan Young
Group stage 6 October 2020 17:30 Milton Keynes Dons Home 2–3 Thompson 45+1' (o.g.), Effiong 66' (pen.) 0 Carl Brook
Group stage 17 November 2020 19:00 Northampton Town Away 0–0
2–4 pens.
0 Chris Sarginson

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated 11 May 2021.
No. Pos Nat Player Total EFL League Two EFL Cup EFL Trophy FA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK ENG Jamie Cumming 47 0 41 0 1 0 2 0 3 0
13 GK ENG Billy Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
37 GK ENG David Stockdale (loan expired) 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF ATG Luther James-Wildin 43 2 39 2 1 0 1 0 2 0
3 DF ENG Ben Coker 43 1 38 0 1 0 1 0 3 1
5 DF SCO Scott Cuthbert 37 2 33 1 1 1 1 0 2 0
6 DF ENG Luke Prosser 34 1 30 1 1 0 1 0 2 0
12 DF ENG Remeao Hutton 31 0 26 0 1 0 3 0 1 0
14 DF ENG Jamie Fielding (transferred out) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF GUY Terence Vancooten 33 0 29 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
18 DF ENG Mackye Townsend-West 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
24 DF ENG Ross Marshall 19 0 15 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
28 DF ENG Joe Martin 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 DF ENG Luis Fernandez 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Midfielders
4 MF FRA Romain Vincelot 31 0 26 0 1 0 2 0 2 0
7 MF ENG Charlie Carter 23 4 18 3 1 1 1 0 3 0
8 MF ENG Elliot Osborne 30 2 26 2 1 0 2 0 1 0
16 MF ENG Arthur Iontton 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
17 MF ENG Elliott List 48 11 44 9 1 1 1 0 2 1
19 MF ENG Arthur Read 38 2 32 2 0 0 3 0 3 0
23 MF ENG Jack Smith 30 0 25 0 0 0 3 0 2 0
26 MF ENG Tom Pett 34 2 31 2 0 0 0 0 3 0
31 MF ENG Alfie Williams 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF ENG Yasin Arai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 MF ENG Max Granville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 MF CYP Jack Roles 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 MF ENG Chris Lines 21 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
44 MF ENG Finlay Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW ENG Inih Effiong 13 2 9 1 1 0 2 1 1 0
10 FW ENG Tyrone Marsh (transferred out) 14 1 10 0 1 0 2 1 1 0
11 FW ENG Danny Newton 41 5 35 4 1 0 2 0 3 1
20 FW ENG Femi Akinwande 11 0 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 0
22 FW ENG Marcus Dinanga (out on loan) 9 2 6 1 0 0 2 1 1 0
25 FW ENG Sam Tinubu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 FW SCO Jack Aitchison 27 1 26 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
28 FW ENG Aramide Oteh (loan expired) 16 4 13 4 0 0 0 0 3 0
29 FW NIR Liam Smyth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 FW ENG Matty Stevens 18 1 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 FW ENG Luke Norris 24 7 23 7 0 0 0 0 1 0
39 FW ENG Jahmal Hector-Ingram (loan expired) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 FW ENG Harry Draper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW ENG Jacob Bancroft 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Top scorers

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

Last updated 11 May 2021.
Rank Position Nationality No. Player EFL League Two EFL Cup EFL Trophy FA Cup Total
1 MF 17 Elliott List 9 1 0 1 11
2 FW 36 Luke Norris 7 0 0 0 7
3 FW 11 Danny Newton 4 0 0 1 5
4 MF 7 Charlie Carter 3 1 0 0 4
FW 28 Aramide Oteh 4 0 0 0 4
5 DF 2 Luther James-Wildin 2 0 0 0 2
DF 5 Scott Cuthbert 1 1 0 0 2
MF 8 Elliot Osborne 2 0 0 0 2
FW 9 Inih Effiong 1 0 1 0 2
MF 19 Arthur Read 2 0 0 0 2
FW 22 Marcus Dinanga 1 0 1 0 2
MF 26 Tom Pett 2 0 0 0 2
6 DF 3 Ben Coker 0 0 0 1 1
DF 6 Luke Prosser 1 0 0 0 1
FW 10 Tyrone Marsh 0 0 1 0 1
FW 27 Jack Aitchison 1 0 0 0 1
FW 35 Matty Stevens 1 0 0 0 1
Own goals 0 0 1 0 0
TOTALS 41 3 4 3 51

Clean sheets

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

Last updated 11 May 2021.
Rank Position Nationality No. Player EFL League Two EFL Cup EFL Trophy FA Cup Total
1
GK 1 Jamie Cumming 17 0 1 0 18
2
GK 37 David Stockdale 2 0 0 0 2
TOTALS 19 0 1 0 20

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 11 May 2021.
Position Nationality Number Name League Two EFL Cup EFL Trophy FA Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
DF 6 Luke Prosser 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
FW 11 Danny Newton 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
MF 4 Romain Vincelot 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 8 0
DF 3 Ben Coker 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
DF 15 Terence Vancooten 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
DF 12 Remeao Hutton 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
MF 19 Arthur Read 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
DF 2 Luther James-Wildin 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
MF 26 Tom Pett 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
FW 28 Aramide Oteh 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
MF 8 Elliot Osborne 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF 16 Arthur Iontton 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
MF 17 Elliott List 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF 28 Joe Martin 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF 40 Chris Lines 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF 5 Scott Cuthbert 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW 20 Femi Akinwande 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW 35 Matty Stevens 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW 36 Luke Norris 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 62 1 0 0 5 0 4 0 71 1