2019–20 Salford City F.C. season

The 2019–20 season is Salford City's 80th season in their existence and first ever season in League Two following the club's promotion via the play-offs last season.^[1] Along with competing in League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, League Cup and EFL Trophy.

Salford City

2019–20 season
Owner	Peter Lim 40% Phil Neville 10% Gary Neville 10% Nicky Butt 10% Paul Scholes 10% Ryan Giggs 10% David Beckham 10%
Chairman	Karen Baird
Manager	Graham Alexander
Stadium	Moor Lane
League Two	11th
FA Cup	First round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Adam Rooney (8) All: Adam Rooney (9)
Highest home attendance	All: 4,518 (13 Aug 2019 v Leeds United, EFL Cup) League: 3,770 (17 Aug 2019 v Port Vale)
Lowest home attendance	League: 2,389 (14 Sep 2019 v Cheltenham) All: 505 (3 Dec 2019 v Wolverhampton Wanderers U21, EFL Trophy)
Average home league attendance	3,102
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Pre-season

The Ammies announced pre-season friendlies against Atherton Collieries, Woking, Middlesbrough and FC Halifax Town.^[2]

Atherton Collieries v Salford City

1 July 2019 (2019-07-01) Friendly	Atherton Collieries	0–1	Salford City	Atherton
19:45 BST		Report	Dieseruvwe 85'	Stadium: Alder House

Salford City v Woking

19 July 2019 (2019-07-19) Friendly	Salford City	1–3	Woking	Salford
19:30 BST	Towell 26'	Report	Gerring 22' Tarpey 52' Hodges 87'	Stadium: Peninsula Stadium

Salford City v Middlesbrough

23 July 2019 (2019-07-23) Friendly	Salford City	1–3	Middlesbrough	Salford
19:30 BST	Maynard 20'		Assombalonga 35', 45', 66'	Stadium: Peninsula Stadium

Daisy Hill v Salford City XI

27 July 2019 (2019-07-27) Friendly	Daisy Hill	1–0	Salford City XI	Bolton
15:00 BST				Stadium: New Sirs

Bolton Wanderers v Salford City

27 July 2019 (2019-07-27) Friendly	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	Salford City	Bolton
	Oztumer ?'	Report		Attendance: Behind closed doors

Halifax Town v Salford City

27 July 2019 (2019-07-27) Friendly	Halifax Town	v	Salford City	Halifax
15:00 BST				Stadium: MBi Shay
Note: Match was cancelled due to issues with the pitch.[3]

Northwich Victoria v Salford City XI

27 July 2019 (2019-07-27) Friendly	Northwich Victoria	4-4	Salford City XI	Wincham
15:00 BST	Brownhill 7' 44' Crowther 66' 87'	Report		Stadium: Wincham 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	Promotion, qualification or relegation
7	Northampton Town (O, P)	37	17	7	13	54	40	+14	58	1.57	Qualification for League Two play-offs[a]
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

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^[4]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One.

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
37	13	11	13	49	46	+3	50	5	6	8	20	24	−4	8	5	5	29	22	+7

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	37
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	D	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	W
Position	3	11	14	15	15	16	15	19	16	17	18	17	14	18	15	12	11	12	12	13	14	14	11	11	11	12	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	10	10

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.^[5]

Salford City v Stevenage

3 August 2019 (2019-08-03) 1	Salford City	2–0	Stevenage	Salford
12:30 BST	Dieseruvwe 29', 48' Towell  45+1'	Report		Stadium: Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 3,416 Referee: Kevin Johnson
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Crawley Town v Salford City

10 August 2019 (2019-08-10) 2	Crawley Town	2–0	Salford City	Crawley
15:00 BST	Lubala 36' (pen.)  70' Dallison  45+3' Ferguson 55'	Report	Piergianni  41' Jones  46'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Salford City v Port Vale

17 August 2019 (2019-08-17) 3	Salford City	1–1	Port Vale	Salford
15:00 BST	Dieseruvwe  47' Piergianni  73' Touray  86' Beesley 90+3'	Report	Bennett 81'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 3,770 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Plymouth Argyle v Salford City

20 August 2019 (2019-08-20) 4	Plymouth Argyle	2–2	Salford City	Plymouth
19:45 BST	Mayor 43' Telford 89' (pen.) Lolos  90+4'	Report	Beesley 37' Dieseruvwe  73' Touray 79' Towell  88'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 11,405 Referee: Sam Purkiss

Carlisle United v Salford City

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) 5	Carlisle United	2–2	Salford City	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Olomola 7' Scougall 43'	Report	Wiseman  4' Dieseruvwe 28' Whitehead 33' (pen.)	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,806 Referee: Paul Marsden

Salford City v Leyton Orient

31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) 6	Salford City	1–1	Leyton Orient	Salford
15:00 BST	Towell 13' Rooney  62' Piergianni  77' Dieseruvwe  90+3'	Report	Neal 87' (o.g.)	Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 3,154 Referee: Marc Edwards

Morecambe v Salford City

7 September 2019 (2019-09-07) 7	Morecambe	2–2	Salford City	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Miller 48' Alessandra 50' Conlan  61'	Report	Lloyd 15', 66' 31' Towell 88'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 2,778 Referee: Joshua Smith

Salford City v Cheltenham Town

14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) 8	Salford City	0–2	Cheltenham Town	Salford
15:00 BST	Burgess  66'	Report	Broom 32', 82'  83'	Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 2,389 Referee: Craig Hicks

Salford City v Grimsby Town

17 September 2019 (2019-09-17) 9	Salford City	1–0	Grimsby Town	Salford
19:45 BST	Shelton 21'	Report	Cook  24'	Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 2,782 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Crewe Alexandra v Salford City

21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) 10	Crewe Alexandra	4–1	Salford City	Crewe
15:00 BST	Porter 50' Lowery 57', 82' Pickering 62'	Report	Hughes  34' Rooney 39'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 4,714 Referee: Will Finnie

Salford City v Forest Green Rovers

28 September 2019 (2019-09-28) 11	Salford City	0–4	Forest Green Rovers	Salford
15:00 BST	Touray  34' Maynard  38' Dieseruvwe  39'	Report	Stevens 3', 59' Collins 16' Adams 31' Thomas  57'	Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 2,561 Referee: James Oldham

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: Banks's Stadium Attendance: 4,751 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Salford City v Cambridge United

12 October 2019 (2019-10-12) 13	Salford City	1–0	Cambridge United	Salford
15:00 BST	Maynard  34' Rooney 77'	Report		Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 3,026 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Northampton Town v Salford City

19 October 2019 (2019-10-19) 14	Northampton Town	2–0	Salford City	Northampton
15:00 BST	Hoskins 35' (pen.) McCormack  41' Harriman  47' Wharton  61' Turnbull 66' Waters  75'	Report	Burgess  35' Jones  42'	Stadium: PTS Academy Stadium Attendance: 4,886 Referee: Lee Swabey

Mansfield Town v Salford City

22 October 2019 (2019-10-22) 15	Mansfield Town	1–2	Salford City	Mansfield
19:45 BST	Maynard 77' Bishop  90+4'	Report	Jervis 48' Jones  53' Rooney 65' Touray  86'	Stadium: One Call Stadium Attendance: 4,170 Referee: Neil Hair

Salford City v Scunthorpe United

26 October 2019 (2019-10-26) 16	Salford City	1–1	Scunthorpe United	Salford
15:00 BST	Armstrong  15' Burgess 45+2'	Report	van Veen 34'	Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 3,448 Referee: Sam Purkiss

Newport County v Salford City

2 November 2019 (2019-11-02) 17	Newport County	1–2	Salford City	Newport
15:00 GMT	Pond 45+1' (o.g.) Bennett  56' Sheehan  67' Abrahams 81'	Report	Burgess 40' Maynard 54' Threlkeld  64' Hughes  88'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,947 Referee: Will Finnie

Salford City v Swindon Town

16 November 2019 (2019-11-16) 18	Salford City	2–3	Swindon Town	Salford
15:00 GMT	Rooney 4' (pen.), 90+5' (pen.) Burgess  26' Dieseruvwe  45+7'	Report	Doyle 10', 54' (pen.) Yates 78'	Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 3,509 Referee: Leigh Doughty

Salford City v Macclesfield Town

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) 19	Salford City	0–0	Macclesfield Town	Salford
15:00 GMT	Pond  30' Whitehead  71'	Report	McCourt  71' Kirby  89' Evans  90+1'	Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 2,484 Referee: Matt Donohue

Colchester United v Salford City

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07) 20	Colchester United	1–0	Salford City	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Comley  56' Pell 90+3'	Report	Towell  31' Armstrong  60'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 3,713 Referee: Josh Smith

Salford City v Exeter City

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 21	Salford City	0–1	Exeter City	Salford
15:00 GMT	Maynard  58'	Report	Martin  28' Bowman 33'	Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 2,922 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Bradford City v Salford City

21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 22	Bradford City	1–1	Salford City	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Pritchard 53'	Report	Rooney 79'	Stadium: Northern Commercials Stadium Attendance: 14,642 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Salford City v Crewe Alexandra

26 December 2019 (2019-12-26) 23	Salford City	3–1	Crewe Alexandra	Salford
15:00 GMT	Towell 7' Thomas-Asante 12' Jones  14' Neal  40' Touray  44' Wintle 85' (o.g.)	Report	Powell  45+1' Pickering 82'	Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 3,031 Referee: Peter Wright

Oldham Athletic v Salford City

29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) 24	Oldham Athletic	1–4	Salford City	Oldham
15:00 GMT	Fage  25' Morais 53' Segbe Azankpo 58'	Report	Jervis 15', 36' Thomas-Asante 16', 48' Threlkeld  52'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 5,278 Referee: Darren Handley

Grimsby Town v Salford City

1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) 25	Grimsby Town	1–0	Salford City	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Rose 83'	Report	Towell  60'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,555 Referee: Martin Coy

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: The Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 3,173 Referee: Christopher Pollard

Salford City v Northampton Town

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) 27	Salford City	1–2	Northampton Town	Salford
15:00 GMT	Baldwin 20'  67' Thomas-Asante  22'	Report	Hoskins 29'  46' Williams 63' Lines  69' Cornell  85' Turnbull  90+5'	Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 2,919 Referee: Ross Joyce

Forest Green Rovers v Salford City

18 January 2020 (2020-01-18) 28	Forest Green Rovers	1–2	Salford City	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	March 11' Rawson  90+3'	Report	Touray 3' Hunter  14'  90+5' O'Connor  38' 55' Towell  63'  75' Pond  80'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,707 Referee: Nick Kinseley

Salford City v Oldham Athletic

25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) 29	Salford City	1–1	Oldham Athletic	Salford
15:00 GMT	Rooney 15' Thomas-Asante 16' Baldwin  59'	Report	Mills  15' Maouche  16' Rowe 83' Nepomuceno  90'	Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 3,646 Referee: Josh Smith

Cambridge United v Salford City

28 January 2020 (2020-01-28) 30	Cambridge United	0–4	Salford City	Cambridge
19:45 GMT	Jones  33' O'Neil  63' Lewis  84'	Report	Rooney 32', 52' (pen.) Thomas-Asante  45' Hunter 55' Andrade  83' Touray 88'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,444 Referee: Christopher Pollard

Port Vale v Salford City

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 31	Port Vale	1–1	Salford City	Burslem
15:00 GMT	Burgess 55' (o.g.)	Report	Elliott 75' Rooney  79' Hunter  85' Hogan  90+5'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 5,281 Referee: Neil Hair

Salford City v Crawley Town

8 February 2020 (2020-02-08) 32	Salford City	0–0	Crawley Town	Salford
15:00 GMT	Hunter  61'	Report	Sesay  54' Palmer  61' Nadesan  61'	Stadium: Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 2,385 Referee: Leigh Doughty

Salford City v Plymouth Argyle

11 February 2020 (2020-02-11) 33	Salford City	2–3	Plymouth Argyle	Salford
19:45 GMT	Baldwin  52' Wilson 62', 69'	Report	Moore 19' Mayor  54' Sarcevic  54' 67' Wootton  90+1' Hardie 90+2'	Stadium: Peninsula Attendance: 2,297 Referee: Paul Marsden

Stevenage v Salford City

15 February 2020 (2020-02-15) 34	Stevenage	0–1	Salford City	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	Soares  59' Parrett  90+2'	Report	Baldwin  26' Thomas-Asante 32'  68' O'Connor  37' Touray  90'	Stadium: The Lamex Stadium Attendance: 3,246 Referee: Alan Young

Salford City v Colchester United

22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 35	Salford City	1–2	Colchester United	Salford
15:00 GMT	Hunter 43' Touray  70' Gibson  90+5'	Report	Pell  23' Poku 27' Harriott 41'	Stadium: Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 2,589 Referee: Andy Haines

Macclesfield Town v Salford City

29 February 2020 (2020-02-29) 36	Macclesfield Town	0–2	Salford City	Macclesfield
15:00 GMT	McCourt  68'	Report	Hunter 30'  43' Towell 37'	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 2,317 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Salford City v Bradford City

7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) 37	Salford City	2–0	Bradford City	Salford
15:00 GMT	Hunter 10', 47' Gibson  52'	Report		Stadium: Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 3,443 Referee: Martin Coy

Exeter City v Salford City

14 March 2020 (2020-03-14)	Exeter City	v	Salford City	Exeter
15:00 GMT				Stadium: St James Park
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

Salford City v Mansfield Town

17 March 2020 (2020-03-17)	Salford City	v	Mansfield Town	Salford
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Peninsula Stadium
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

Scunthorpe United v Salford City

21 March 2020 (2020-03-21)	Scunthorpe United	v	Salford City	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

Swindon Town v Salford City

24 March 2020 (2020-03-24)	Swindon Town	v	Salford City	Swindon
19:45 GMT				Stadium: County Ground
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

Salford City v Newport County

28 March 2020 (2020-03-28)	Salford City	v	Newport County	Salford
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Peninsula Stadium
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

Salford City v Carlisle United

10 April 2020 (2020-04-10)	Salford City	v	Carlisle United	Salford
15:00 BST				Stadium: Peninsula 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.[7]

Leyton Orient v Salford City

13 April 2020 (2020-04-13)	Leyton Orient	v	Salford City	Leyton
13:00 BST				Stadium: The Breyer Group 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.[7]

Salford City v Morecambe

18 April 2020 (2020-04-18)	Salford City	v	Morecambe	Salford
15:00 BST				Stadium: Peninsula 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.[7]

Cheltenham Town v Salford City

25 April 2020 (2020-04-25)	Cheltenham Town	v	Salford City	Cheltenham
15:00 BST				Stadium: Jonny-Rocks 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.[7]

FA Cup

Main article: 2019–20 FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019.^[8]

Salford City v Burton Albion

9 November 2019 (2019-11-09) First round	Salford City	1–1	Burton Albion	Salford
15:00 GMT	Jones  24' Towell 83'	Report	Fraser 78' Broadhead  86'	Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 2,724 Referee: Alan Young

Burton Albion v Salford City

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) First round replay	Burton Albion	4–1	Salford City	Burton upon Trent
19:45 GMT	Akins 42' Brayford  62' 70' Templeton 64' Sarkic 81'	Report	Touray 52'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 1,479 Referee: Marc Edwards

EFL Cup

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June.^[9]

Salford City v Leeds United

13 August 2019 (2019-08-13) First round	Salford City	0–3	Leeds United	Salford
19:45 BST		Report	Nketiah 43' Berardi 50' Klich 58',  87'	Stadium: Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 4,518 Referee: Keith Stroud
Note: Live on Sky Sports

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.^[10] The draw for the second round was made on 16 November 2019 live on Sky Sports.^[11] The third round draw was confirmed on 5 December 2019.^[12] The semi-final draw was made on Quest by Ian Holloway and Paul Heckingbottom, on 25 January 2020.^[13]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Salford City	2	2	0	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Tranmere Rovers	2	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	3
3	ACA	Aston Villa U21	2	0	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0
4	L1	Bury[a] (D)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Automatically disqualified from competition

Source: EFL.com
(D) Disqualified
Notes:

1. This group originally included the expelled Bury.

Salford City v Aston Villa U21

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03) Group stage	Salford City	2–0	Aston Villa U21	Salford
19:45 BST	Shelton  5' Smith  29' Whitehead  60' Lloyd 80' (pen.) Rooney 82'	Report	Clarke  36' Rowe  70'	Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 916 Referee: Rob Lewis

Tranmere Rovers v Salford City

12 November 2019 (2019-11-12) Group stage	Tranmere Rovers	0–2	Salford City	Birkenhead
19:45 GMT		Report	Threlkeld 2' Hogan 56'	Stadium: Prenton Park Referee: J. Adcock

Salford City v Wolverhampton Wanderers U21

3 December 2019 (2019-12-03) Second round	Salford City	3–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	Salford
19:45 GMT	Armstrong 43', 47' Towell 87'	Report	Taylor  72'	Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 505 Referee: Scott Oldham

Salford City v Port Vale

7 January 2020 (2020-01-07) Third round	Salford City	3–0	Port Vale	Salford
19:45 GMT	Burgess 35' Armstrong 79' Jervis 84'	Report		Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium Referee: Christopher Sarginson

Salford City v Accrington Stanley

21 January 2020 (2020-01-21) Quarter-final	Salford City	2–1	Accrington Stanley	Salford
19:45 GMT	Burgess 45+3' Elliott 49' Conway  54' Hogan  83'	Report	Finley 11'  35' Alese  13' Johnson  45+2'	Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 1,401

Newport County v Salford City

19 February 2020 (2020-02-19) Semi-final	Newport County	0–0 (5–6 p)	Salford City	Newport
19:45 GMT	Demetriou  11'	Report	Burgess  25' Baldwin  63'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,070 Referee: Anthony Backhouse
	Penalties
	Demetriou Sheehan Abrahams Labadie Dolan Matt Inniss		Rooney Touray Jervis Conway Thomas-Asante Gibson Wilson

Portsmouth v Salford City

4 April 2020 (2020-04-04) Final	Portsmouth	v	Salford City	London
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Wembley 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.[7]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	LB		Dan Jones	Barrow	Free transfer	[14]
1 July 2019	CM		Joey Jones	Eastleigh	Free transfer	[15]
1 July 2019	CM		Oscar Threlkeld	Waasland-Beveren	Free transfer	[16]
1 July 2019	CM		Richie Towell	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free transfer	[17]
5 July 2019	CF		Florian Yonsian	Rochdale	Free transfer	[18]
16 July 2019	GK		Kyle Letheren	Plymouth Argyle	Free transfer	[19]
23 July 2019	CM		Martin Smith	Swindon Town	Free transfer	[20]
26 July 2019	CF		Luke Armstrong	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed	[21]
30 August 2019	DF		Yianni Nicolaou	Marconi Stallions	Undisclosed	[22]
September 2019	CF		Brandon Thomas-Asante	Ebbsfleet United	Undisclosed
5 October 2019	LW		Craig Conway	Blackburn Rovers	Free transfer	[23]
9 January 2020	CF		Tom Elliott	Millwall	Free transfer	[24]
13 January 2020	SS		Bruno Andrade	Lincoln City	Undisclosed	[25]
15 January 2020	CM		Michael O'Connor	Lincoln City	Undisclosed	[26]
31 January 2020	CB		Ashley Eastham	Fleetwood Town	Undisclosed	[27]
31 January 2020	CF		James Wilson	Aberdeen	Undisclosed	[28]
6 February 2020	CM		Darron Gibson	Wigan Athletic	Free transfer	[29]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	CF		Anthony Dudley	Chester	Released	[30][31]
1 July 2019	CF		Matt Green	Grimsby Town	Free transfer	[32]
1 July 2019	CM		Amine Linganzi	Free agent	Released	[30]
1 July 2019	CB		Danny Livesey	Chester	Free transfer	[33]
1 July 2019	CM		Gus Mafuta	Hartlepool United	Released	[30][34]
1 July 2019	CM		Devonte Redmond	Wrexham	Contract expired	[35][36]
1 July 2019	CF		Jack Redshaw	FC Halifax Town	Released	[30][37]
18 July 2019	GK		Max Crocombe	Brisbane Roar	Free transfer	[38]
3 January 2020	CF		Jake Beesley	Solihull Moors	Undisclosed	[39]
9 January 2020	CM		Tom Walker	AFC Fylde	Undisclosed	[40]
4 February 2020	CM		Lois Maynard	Stockport County	Free transfer	[41]
14 February 2020	CB		Liam Hogan	Stockport County	Free transfer	[42]
24 February 2020	CF		Rory Gaffney	Shamrock Rovers	Released	[43][44]
13 March 2020	CF		Adam Rooney	Solihull Moors	Undisclosed	[45]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
24 July 2019	CB		Cameron Burgess	Scunthorpe United	30 June 2020	[46]
2 September 2019	CB		Jack Baldwin	Sunderland	30 June 2020	[47]
2 September 2019	CB		Sam Hughes	Leicester City	23 January 2020	[48][49]
2 September 2019	RW		Jake Jervis	Luton Town	30 June 2020	[50]
22 October 2019	GK		Mark Howard	Blackpool	4 November 2019[51]	[52]
2 January 2020	LW		Ashley Hunter	Fleetwood Town	30 June 2020	[53]
24 January 2020	RB		George Tanner	Manchester United	30 June 2020	[54]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2019	LB		Josh Askew	Curzon Ashton	30 June 2020	[55]
1 July 2019	CM		Kieran Glynn	Southport	16 January 2020	[56]
1 July 2019	CB		James Jones	Chester	30 June 2020	[57]
14 August 2019	CF		Anointed Chukwu	Ramsbottom United	September 2019	[58]
14 August 2019	CF		Kamar Moncrieffe	Ramsbottom United	21 September 2019	[59][60]
14 August 2019	CB		Samuel Adetiloye	Ramsbottom United	September 2019	[58]
14 August 2019	GK		Ewan McFarlane	Ramsbottom United	September 2019	[58]
31 August 2019	CF		Rory Gaffney	Walsall	24 February 2020	[61][62]
14 September 2019	CB		Max Broughton	Marine	October 2019	[63][64]
14 September 2019	CF		Daniel Hawkins	Marine	November 2019	[63]
7 October 2019	CF		Jake Beesley	Solihull Moors	3 January 2020	[65]
9 October 2019	RW		Devante Rodney	Stockport County	6 January 2020	[66]
9 October 2019	MF		Tom Walker	Stockport County	6 January 2020	[66]
11 October 2019	RM		Mark Shelton	Woking	30 June 2020	[67]
12 October 2019			Elliot Johnston	Ashton United	November 2019	[68]
19 October 2019	RB		Tyrell Warren	Radcliffe	November 2019	[69]
19 October 2019	CF		Anointed Chukwu	Widnes	19 January 2020	[69][70]
1 November 2019	MF		Martin Smith	Chorley	30 June 2020	[71][72]
7 November 2019	MF		Mark Howarth	Buxton	December 2019	[73]
7 November 2019	RB		Yianni Nicolaou	Buxton	December 2019	[73]
11 November 2019	MF		Brandon Lockett	Droylsden	December 2019	[74]
7 December 2019	CF		Daniel Hawkins	Stafford Rangers	7 February 2020	[75][76]
7 December 2019	CF		Florian Yonsian	Stafford Rangers	January 2020	[75]
11 December 2019	MF		Mark Shelton	Hartlepool United	30 June 2020	[77][78]
19 December 2019	CB		Samuel Adetiloye	Widnes	19 January 2020	[79]
24 December 2019	MF		Mark Howarth	Marine		[80]
6 January 2020	CB		Carl Piergianni	Oldham Athletic	30 June 2020	[81]
9 January 2020	RW		Devante Rodney	FC Halifax Town	30 June 2020	[82]
10 January 2020	CF		Emmanuel Dieseruvwe	Oldham Athletic	30 June 2020	[83]
10 January 2020	CF		Kamar Moncrieffe	Stafford Rangers		[84]
16 January 2020	MF		Kieran Glynn	Scarborough Athletic	30 June 2020	[85]
18 January 2020	RB		Yianni Nicolaou	Runcorn Linnets		[86]
18 January 2020	CF		Florian Yonsian	Marine	February 2020	[86][87]
21 January 2020	MF		Danny Whitehead	Macclesfield Town	30 June 2020	[88]
21 January 2020	MF		Danny Lloyd	Stockport County	30 June 2020	[89]
27 January 2020	MF		Brandon Lockett	Kendal Town		[90]
10 February 2020	DF		Dan Jones	Barrow	30 June 2020	[91]
13 February 2020	CF		Anointed Chukwu	Radcliffe		[92]
21 February 2020	RB		Tyrell Warren	Boston United		[93]

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