2017–18 AFC Wimbledon season

AFC Wimbledon
2017–18 season
Chairman	Erik Samuelson
Manager	Neal Ardley
Stadium	Kingsmeadow
League One	18th
FA Cup	Third round vs Tottenham Hotspur (6 January 2018)
EFL Cup	First round vs Brentford (8 August 2017)
EFL Trophy	Second round vs Yeovil Town (5 December 2017)
Top goalscorer	League: Lyle Taylor 8; All: Lyle Taylor 11
Highest home attendance	4,850 vs Oldham Athletic (21 April 2018)
Lowest home attendance	3,819 vs Gillingham (12 September 2017)
Average home league attendance	4,181

The 2017–18 season was AFC Wimbledon's 16th season in their history and their second season in League One.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
16	Oxford United	46	15	11	20	61	66	−5	56
17	Gillingham	46	13	17	16	50	55	−5	56
18	AFC Wimbledon	46	13	14	19	47	58	−11	53
19	Walsall	46	13	13	20	53	66	−13	52
20	Rochdale	46	11	18	17	49	57	−8	51

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results summary

Round	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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	D	D	D	D
Position	11	17	22	16	16	18	20	16	19	20	21	21	21	18	19	20	21	19	19	20	23	21	21	21	21	22	19	16	18	19	20	21	18	18	18	18	18	19	20	20	19	18	18	19	19	18

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2018. Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	13	14	19	47	58	−11	53	8	6	9	25	30	−5	5	8	10	22	28	−6

Last updated: 28 April 2018.
Source: BBC Sport

Score overview

Win Draw Loss

Opposition	Home	Away	Agg.
Blackburn Rovers	0–3	0–1	1–3
Blackpool	2–0	1–0	2–1
Bradford City	2–1	0–4	6–1
Bristol Rovers	1–0	1–3	4–1
Bury	2-2	2–1	3–4
Charlton Athletic	1–0	0–1	1–1
Doncaster Rovers	2–0	0–0	2–0
Fleetwood Town	0–1	2–0	0–3
Gillingham	1–1	2–2	3–3
Milton Keynes Dons	0–2	0–0	0–2
Northampton Town	1–3	0–1	2–3
Oldham Athletic	2–2	0–0	2–2
Oxford United	2–1	3–0	2–4
Peterborough United	2–2	1–1	3–3
Plymouth Argyle	0–1	4–2	2–5
Portsmouth	0–2	2–1	1–4
Rochdale	0–0	1–1	1–1
Rotherham United	3-1	2-0	3-3
Scunthorpe United	1–1	1–1	2–2
Shrewsbury Town	0–1	1–0	0–2
Southend United	2–0	1–0	2–1
Walsall	1–2	2–3	4–4
Wigan Athletic	0–4	1–1	1–5

Last updated: 11 April 2018.
Source: BBC Sport

Matches

Pre-season friendlies

8 July 2017	Eastleigh	P–P	AFC Wimbledon	Eastleigh
15:00 BST				Stadium: Ten Acres

15 July 2017 Football Manager Cup	AFC Wimbledon	3–2	Watford	Kingsmeadow
15:00 BST	McDonald 46' 49' Egan 87'	Report	Watson 57' Berghuis 77'	Attendance: 2,101

21 July 2017 Friendly	AFC Wimbledon	3–0	Burton Albion	Kingsmeadow
19:45 BST	Parrett 42' McDonald 45' Antwi 84'	Report

25 July 2017 Cherry Red Records Cup	Wycombe Wanderers	2–0	AFC Wimbledon	Adams Park
19:45 BST	O'Nien 22' Akinfenwa 33'	Report

28 July 2017 Friendly	Aldershot Town	1–1	AFC Wimbledon	Recreation Ground
19:30 BST	Taylor 1'		Appiah 4'	Attendance: 982

29 July 2017 Friendly	Ebbsfleet United	1–2	AFC Wimbledon	Stonebridge Road Stadium
15:00 BST	Powell 63'	Report	Fuller 60' Barcham 69'

League One

August

5 August 2017 (2017-08-05) 1	Scunthorpe United	1–1	AFC Wimbledon	Glanford Park
15:00 BST	Townsend 6'	Report	Abdou 67' 68'	Attendance: 4,398 (434 away fans) Referee: Michael Salisbury

12 August 2017 (2017-08-12) 2	AFC Wimbledon	0–1	Shrewsbury Town	Kingsmeadow
15:00 BST	Oshilaja 48' Francomb 90+3'	Report	Rodman 8' Brown 55' Bolton 61'	Attendance: 3,981 Referee: Charles Breakspear

19 August 2017 3	Fleetwood Town	2–0	AFC Wimbledon	Highbury Stadium
15:00 BST	Cole 19' 57' Eastham 59' Hiwula 78'	Report	Robinson 49'	Attendance: 2,730 Referee: John Brooks

26 August 2017 (2017-08-26) 4	AFC Wimbledon	2–0	Doncaster Rovers	Kingsmeadow
15:00 BST	Oshilaja 48' Appiah 58' Barcham 60'	Report	Marquis 41' Rowe 83' Butler 90+6'	Attendance: 4,144 Referee: Gavin Ward

September

2 September 2017 5	Blackpool	1–0	AFC Wimbledon	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Longstaff 52' Tilt 69'	Report	Francomb 41' Abdou 53' Trotter 67' Robinson 90+3'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3,457 (508 away fans) Referee: Carl Boyeson

9 September 2017 (2017-09-09) 6	AFC Wimbledon	0–2	Portsmouth	Kingsmeadow
15:00 BST		Report	O'Keefe 14' Pitman 38' (pen.) Chaplin 50' Kennedy 63' Burgess 79'	Attendance: 4,585 Referee: Kevin Johnson

12 September 2017 (2017-09-12) 7	AFC Wimbledon	1–1	Gillingham	Kingsmeadow
19:45 BST	Barcham 35' Oshilaja 42' Taylor 45+3' Nightingale 65'	Report	Martin 45+3' Wagstaff 45+3' Clare 45+4' Eaves 81' Byrne 82'	Attendance: 3,819 Referee: Nick Kinseley

16 September 2017 (2017-09-16) 8	Blackburn Rovers	0–1	AFC Wimbledon	Ewood Park
15:00 BST	Bennett 69' Evans 89'	Report	Appiah 16' Nightingale 60' Fuller 86'	Attendance: 10,833 (369 away fans) Referee: Trevor Kettle

22 September 2017 (2017-09-22) 9	AFC Wimbledon	0–2	Milton Keynes Dons	Kingsmeadow
19:45 BST	Hartigan 18' Francomb 52' Fuller 55'	Report	Seager 7' Ariyibi 26' Tshibola 51' Muirhead 76'	Attendance: 3,973 Referee: Mike Jones

26 September 2017 (2017-09-26) 10	Southend United	1–0	AFC Wimbledon	Roots Hall
19:45 BST	Demetriou 60' Demetriou 73'	Report	McDonald 63'	Attendance: 5,881 (307 away fans) Referee: Graham Horwood

30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) 11	AFC Wimbledon	0–0	Rochdale	Kingsmeadow
15:00 BST		Report	Williams 31' Bunney 50'	Attendance: 3,861 Referee: Chris Sarginson

October

7 October 2017 (2017-10-07) 12	Oxford United	3–0	AFC Wimbledon	Kassam Stadium
15:00 BST	Thomas 12' Ricardinho 48' Xemi 85'	Report		Attendance: 7,241 Referee: Darren Drysdale

14 October 2017 (2017-10-14) 13	Northampton Town	0–1	AFC Wimbledon	Sixfields Stadium
15:00 BST	Waters 37' Moloney 52' McWilliams 61' O'Toole 88'	Report	Barcham 34' Forrester 61'	Attendance: 5,306 Referee: Graham Salisbury

17 October 2017 (2017-10-17) 14	AFC Wimbledon	3–1	Rotherham United	Kingsmeadow
19:45 BST	Taylor 15' 85' 90+2'	Report	Newell 70' Forde 76' Ball 78'	Attendance: 3,907 Referee: Dean Whitestone

21 October 2017 (2017-10-21) 15	AFC Wimbledon	0–1	Plymouth Argyle	Kingsmeadow
15:00 BST	Fuller 40' Barcham 50'	Report	Grant 64'	Attendance: 4,848 Referee: Martin Coy

28 October 2017 (2017-10-28) 16	Charlton Athletic	1–0	AFC Wimbledon	The Valley
15:00 BST	Bauer 73' Holmes 78' Kashi 81'	Report	Francomb 18' Trotter 37' Long 57' Fuller 78'	Attendance: 12,575 Referee: Ben Toner

November

12 November 2017 (2017-11-12) 17	AFC Wimbledon	2–2	Peterborough United	Kingsmeadow
14:30 GMT	Taylor 1' McDonald 45' Francomb 82' Trotter 85'	Report	Lloyd 26' Maddison 38' (pen.) 85'	Attendance: 4,220 Referee: Darren Handley

18 November 2017 (2017-11-18) 18	Bristol Rovers	1–3	AFC Wimbledon	Memorial Stadium
15:00 GMT	Sinclair 14' Brown 88'	Report	Barcham 2' Forrester 45+2' 78' McDonald 61'	Attendance: 8,734 Referee: John Brooks

21 November 2017 19	Oldham Athletic	0–0	AFC Wimbledon	Boundary Park
19:45 GMT	Bryan 14'	Report	Long 90+3'	Attendance: 3,169 Referee: Robert Lewis

25 November 2017 (2017-11-25) 20	AFC Wimbledon	1–2	Walsall	Kingsmeadow
15:00 GMT	Taylor 36' Forrester 38'	report	Oztumer 15' Bakayoko 31' Agyei 81'	Attendance: 4,130 Referee: John Busby

December

16 December 2017 (2017-12-16) 21	AFC Wimbledon	0–4	Wigan Athletic	Kingsmeadow
15:00 GMT	Soares 49' Oshilaja 53' Forrester 55' 69' Charles 90+6'		Powell 54' 73' Jacobs 57' Massey 70' Power 80' Toney 90'	Attendance: 4,289 Referee: Brett Huxtable

23 December 2017 22	AFC Wimbledon	2–1	Bradford City	Kingsmeadow
15:00 GMT	McDonald 7' Taylor 38' 70' Abdou 67' Soares 90+1' Long 90+6'	Report	Taylor 47'	Attendance: 4,215 Referee: Graham Horwood

26 December 2017 (2017-12-26) 23	Portsmouth	2–1	AFC Wimbledon	Fratton Park
15:00 GMT	Close 45' Pitman 72' (pen.)	Report	Soares 9' Barcham 26' Taylor 50' (pen.) Fuller 71' Trotter 89'	Attendance: 18,644 Referee: Lee Collins

30 December 2017 (2017-12-30) 24	Gillingham	2–2	AFC Wimbledon	Priestfield Stadium
15:00 GMT	Francomb 62' (o.g.) Ehmer 69' 83'	Report	Taylor 67' (pen.) Abdou 72' Forrester 84'	Attendance: 6,419 Referee: Robert Lewis

January

1 January 2018 25	AFC Wimbledon	2–0	Southend United	Kingsmeadow
15:00 GMT	Trotter 27' Soares 48'	Report		Attendance: 4,392 Referee: John Busby

13 January 2018 26	Milton Keynes Dons	0–0	AFC Wimbledon	Stadium mk
15:00 GMT	Pawlett 75'	Report	Charles 62'	Attendance: 9,504 Referee: Paul Tierney

20 January 2018 27	AFC Wimbledon	2–0	Blackpool	Kingsmeadow
15:00 GMT	Trotter 49' Pigott 77' Soares 88'	Report	Delfouneso 79'	Attendance: 4,286 Referee: Darren Drysdale

27 January 2018 28	Bradford City	0–4	AFC Wimbledon	Valley Parade
15:00 GMT	Vincelot 90'	Report	Abdou 14' 37' Barcham 59' McDonald 65' 77' 80'	Attendance: 19,103 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

February

3 February 2018 29	Rotherham United	2–0	AFC Wimbledon	New York Stadium
15:00 GMT	Smith 14' Ball 90+2'	Report	Soares 28'	Attendance: 8,330 Referee: Michael Salisbury

6 February 2018 30	Bury	2–1	AFC Wimbledon	Gigg Lane
19:45 GMT	Miller 17' Bunn 43' Edwards 61' Thompson 74'	Report	Robinson 12' Edwards 28' (o.g.) Pigott 60'	Attendance: 2,975 Referee: Robert Jones

10 February 2018 31	AFC Wimbledon	1–3	Northampton Town	Kingsmeadow
15:00 GMT	Oshilaja 47'	Report	Grimes 8' (pen.) Crooks 62' Powell 72'	Attendance: 4,485 (741) Referee: Carl Boyeson

13 February 2018 32	Plymouth Argyle	4–2	AFC Wimbledon	Home Park
19:45 GMT	Carey 16' Ness 27' Fox 40' R. Taylor 45+3' Lameiras 67' Sarcevic 71' Makasi 87'	Report	L. Taylor 37' 59' Charles 62' Kennedy 74'	Attendance: 10,671 Referee: Brett Huxtable

17 February 2018 33	AFC Wimbledon	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Kingsmeadow
15:00 GMT	Pigott 90+3'	Report		Attendance: 4,837 Referee: Charles Breakspear

24 February 2018 34	Peterborough United	1–1	AFC Wimbledon	London Road Stadium
15:00 GMT	Maddison 79'	Report	Taylor 75'	Attendance: 5,146 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

27 February 2018 35	AFC Wimbledon	0–3	Blackburn Rovers	Kingsmeadow
19:45 GMT		Report	Nyambe 7' Dack 30' 69' Bennett 64'	Attendance: 4,401 Referee: Graham Scott

March

10 March 2018 36	AFC Wimbledon	2–1	Oxford United	Kingsmeadow
15:00 GMT	Taylor 32' (pen) Meades 71'	Report	Kane 38'	Attendance: 4,592 (743 away) Referee: Christopher Sarginson

17 March 2018 37	Rochdale	1–1	AFC Wimbledon	Spotland Stadium
15:00 GMT	Cannon 25' Henderson 31'	Report	Oshilaja 7'	Attendance: 2,667 Referee: Scott Oldham

24 March 2018 38	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	AFC Wimbledon	New Meadow
15:00 GMT	Payne 54' Morris 56' 86' Beckles 61' Nsiala 90'	Report	Parrett 74' Taylor 88'	Attendance: 6,456 Referee: Darren Drysdale

30 March 2018 39	AFC Wimbledon	0–1	Fleetwood Town	Kingsmeadow
15:00 BST	Soares 43'	Report	Sowerby 22' Cairns 90+1'	Attendance: 4,378 Referee: Charles Breakspear

April

7 April 2018 40	AFC Wimbledon	1–1	Scunthorpe United	Kingsmeadow
15:00 BST	Nightingale 4' Oshilaja 26'	Report	McArdle 82' Novak 84' Wallace 90'	Attendance: 4,055 Referee: Tom Nield

10 April 2018 (2018-04-10) 41	AFC Wimbledon	1–0	Charlton Athletic	Kingsmeadow
19:45 BST	Taylor 45+1' 90'	Report	Pearce 90'	Attendance: 4,457 Referee: Craig Hicks

14 April 2018 (2018-04-14) 42	Walsall	2–3	AFC Wimbledon	Bescot Stadium
15:00 BST	Fitzwater 6' 26' Ngoy 45' Leahy 80'	Report	Pigott 48' 83' Taylor 65' Parrett 90+6' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,663 Referee: Mark Heywood

21 April 2018 (2018-04-21) 43	AFC Wimbledon	2–2	Oldham Athletic	Kingsmeadow
15:00 BST	Meades 10' Pigott 68' Oshilaja 90'	Report	Doyle 45' Nazon 50' 74' Byrne 83'	Attendance: 4,850 Referee: Andy Davies

28 April 2018 44	Wigan Athletic	1–1	AFC Wimbledon	DW Stadium
15:00 BST	Jacobs 69'	Report	Pigott 24' Parrett 66' Appiah 90'	Attendance: 12,554 Referee: Andy Woolmer

May

1 May 2018 45	Doncaster Rovers	0–0	AFC Wimbledon	Doncaster
19:45 BST		Report	Barcham 89'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 7,094 Referee: John Brooks

5 May 2018 46	AFC Wimbledon	2-2	Bury	Kingsmeadow
17:30 BST	Parrett 12' 77' Appiah 34'	Report	Danns 66' Miller 85'	Attendance: 4,770 Referee: Darren Drysdale

FA Cup

On 16 October 2017, the draw for the first round took place with AFC Wimbledon hosting Lincoln City.^[1]

First round

At this stage, there were 80 clubs remaining in the competition (32 non-league teams progressing from the qualifying rounds and the 48 clubs from League One and League Two).

4 November 2017 First round	AFC Wimbledon	1–0	Lincoln City	Kingsmeadow
15:00 GMT	Taylor 7'	Report		Attendance: 3,394 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Second round

At this stage, there were 40 clubs remaining in the competition (10 non-league teams, 14 clubs from League One and 16 clubs League Two).

3 December 2017 Second round	AFC Wimbledon	3–1	Charlton Athletic	Kingsmeadow
14:00 GMT	McDonald 10' Taylor 70' 81'	Report	Ahearne-Grant 22'	Attendance: 3,270 Referee: James Linington

Third round

A total of 64 clubs will play in the third round (10 League One teams, 9 League Two teams and 44 teams from the Premier League and Football League Championship entering in this round) plus either Gillingham or Carlisle United.

7 January 2018 Third round	Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	AFC Wimbledon	Wembley Stadium
15:00	Wanyama 48' Kane 63' 65' Vertonghen 71'	Report		Attendance: 47,527 Referee: David Coote

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, the draw for the EFL Cup took place. The draw was seeded based on the league finishing positions for clubs in the previous season and regionalised on a north-south basis. AFC Wimbledon are unseeded, and drawn at home against Brentford. Meaning for the first time in 7 years entering the competition Wimbledon had been drawn at home.^[2]

First round

The first round of the competition included 70 of the 72 Football League clubs: 24 from League Two, 24 from League One, and 22 from the Championship, with Hull City and Middlesbrough receiving a bye into the second round.

8 August 2017 First round	AFC Wimbledon	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Brentford	Kingsmeadow
19:45 BST	Robinson 25' Oshilaja 85'	Report	Sawyers 60' 69' Watkins 105+1' Shaibu 119'	Attendance: 3,229 Referee: Dean Whitestone

EFL Trophy

On 7 July 2017, the Group round draw was made for the League One and League Two teams competing in the EFL Trophy. The first round will consist of 64 clubs (24 from League One, 24 from League Two and 16 Category 1 Academy Teams) split into 16 groups of 4 teams, regionalised on a north/south basis, with each group including one Academy Team. Each club will play each other once, either home or away, with the top 2 teams from each group progressing to the knock-out stages.

First round (Southern Group F)

If the scores are level at the end of a Group Match then each team is awarded 1 point. In addition, the match will be followed immediately by the taking of penalties and the team that wins the penalty shootout will be awarded 1 additional point. AFC Wimbledon qualified for the following round by finishing as runners-up.

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Luton Town (Q)	3	1	2	0	0	5	4	+1	7	Round 2
2	L1	AFC Wimbledon (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	9	8	+1	6	Round 2
3	L2	Barnet (E)	3	1	0	1	1	6	6	0	4
4	ACA	Tottenham Hotspur U21 (E)	3	0	0	1	2	6	8	−2	1

Updated to match(es) played on 3 October 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

29 August 2017 (2017-08-29) Southern Group F	Barnet	3–4	AFC Wimbledon	The Hive Stadium
20:00 BST	Bover 12' Coulthirst 25' Blackman 88'	Report	Hartigan 5' Kaja 16' McDonald 48' Clough 56' (o.g.)	Attendance: 696 Referee: Dean Whitestone

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03) Southern Group F	AFC Wimbledon	4–3	Tottenham Hotspur U23s	Kingsmeadow
19:45 BST	Sibbick 19' 60' Kaja 38' Parrett 90+2'	Report	Tracey 16' Shashoua 34' Sterling 59'

31 October 2017 (2017-10-31) Southern Group F	AFC Wimbledon	1–2	Luton Town	Kingsmeadow
19:45 GMT	Taylor 14' Meades 62'	Report	Shinnie 12', 72' D'Ath 60'	Attendance: 581 Referee: Gavin Ward

Second round (Southern Section)

The draw for the second round took place on 10 November 2017, with 32 clubs (13 from League One, 11 from League Two and 8 Category 1 Academy sides) progressing from the previous round, continuing to be regionalised on a north/south basis, with each group winner from the previous round being drawn at home to a second placed team from a different qualifying group.

5 December 2017 Second round	Yeovil Town	2–0	AFC Wimbledon	Huish Park
19:45 GMT	Davies 49' Gray 87'	Report	Kalambayi 25' Abdou 62'	Attendance: 886 Referee: Graham Horwood

Squad

As of 28 February 2018

No.	Name	Pos.	Place of Birth	Age	L. Apps	L. Goals	Int. Caps	Int. Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	George Long	GK	Sheffield	30	43	0	0	0	Sheffield United	4 July 2017	Loan	1 July 2018
24	Joe McDonnell	GK	Basingstoke	29	8	0	0	0	Basingstoke Town	5 July 2014	Undisclosed	1 July 2018
25	Nik Tzanev	GK	Wellington	27	0	0	0	0	Brentford	8 May 2017	Free	1 July 2019
Defenders
2	Barry Fuller	RB	Ashford	39	203	1	0	0	Barnet	28 May 2013	Free	1 July 2018
3	Jonathan Meades	LB	Gloucester	31	116	8	0	0	Oxford United	22 June 2015	Free	1 July 2018
4	Deji Oshilaja	CB	Bermondsey	30	64	3	0	0	Cardiff City	8 June 2017	Free	1 July 2019
5	Will Nightingale	CB	Roehampton	28	38	1	0	0	Academy	6 May 2014	Trainee	1 July 2019
6	Paul Robinson	CB	Barnet	42	101	5	0	0	Portsmouth	3 August 2015	Free	1 July 2018
20	Toby Sibbick	CB/RB	Hounslow	24	3	0	0	0	Academy	26 August 2016	Trainee	1 July 2018
23	Callum Kennedy	LB	Chertsey	34	79	1	0	0	Leyton Orient	7 July 2017	Free	1 July 2019
30	Paul Kalambayi	CB	Dulwich	24	0	0	0	0	Academy	18 February 2016	Trainee	1 July 2018
31	Seth Owens	LB/CB	Hackney	25	3	0	0	0	Brentford	16 August 2016	Free	1 July 2018
32	Darius Charles	CB	Ealing	36	72	2	0	0	Burton Albion	31 May 2016	Free	1 July 2018
Midfielders
7	George Francomb	RW/RB	Hackney	32	196	11	0	0	Norwich City	26 June 2013	Free	1 July 2018
8	Jimmy Abdou	DM	Martigues	39	32	2	16	0	Millwall	15 July 2017	Loan	1 July 2018
11	Harry Forrester	AM	Milton Keynes	33	35	3	0	0	Rangers	23 August 2017	Loan	1 July 2018
14	Liam Trotter	AM/DM	Ipswich	35	42	3	0	0	Bolton Wanderers	21 July 2017	Free	1 July 2019
17	Andy Barcham	LW	Basildon	37	113	14	0	0	Portsmouth	1 July 2015	Free	1 July 2019
18	Dean Parrett	CM	Hampstead	32	53	6	0	0	Stevenage	1 July 2016	Free	1 July 2018
19	Tom Soares	DM	Reading	37	45	1	0	0	Bury	31 January 2017	Undisclosed	1 July 2019
26	Anthony Hartigan	CM	Kingston upon Thames	23	11	0	0	0	Academy	27 January 2017	Trainee	1 July 2020
27	Neşet Bellikli	LW	Sutton	25	0	0	0	0	Academy	16 May 2016	Trainee	1 July 2018
28	Alfie Egan	AM	Lambeth	26	14	0	0	0	Academy	5 February 2016	Trainee	1 July 2018
Forwards
9	Kwesi Appiah	CF	Thamesmead	33	19	5	6	1	Crystal Palace	31 May 2017	Free	1 July 2019
10	Cody McDonald	CF	Witham	37	32	5	0	0	Gillingham	22 June 2017	Free	1 July 2019
21	Egli Kaja	CF	Kosovo	26	21	0	0	0	Academy	17 April 2015	Trainee	1 July 2018
29	Jayden Antwi	CF	Lambeth		1	0	0	0	Academy	28 March 2017	Trainee	1 July 2019
33	Lyle Taylor	CF	Greenwich	33	129	44	2	1	Scunthorpe United	14 July 2015	Undisclosed	1 July 2018
39	Joe Pigott	CF	Maidstone	30	16	5	0	0	Maidstone United	15 January 2018	Undisclosed	1 July 2019

Player statistics

As of 6 February 2018

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	George Long	47	0	43	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Barry Fuller (Captain)	45	0	41	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	WAL	Jonathan Meades	16	0	7+6	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	NGA	Deji Oshilaja	30	1	25+1	1	2	0	0+1	0	1	0
5	DF	ENG	Will Nightingale	16	0	9+4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
6	DF	ENG	Paul Robinson	16	1	9+3	0	0+1	0	1	1	2	0
7	MF	ENG	George Francomb	31	0	23+3	0	1+1	0	1	0	1+1	0
8	MF	COM	Jimmy Abdou	24	2	15+5	2	2+1	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW	GHA	Kwesi Appiah	12	2	7+3	2	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
10	FW	ENG	Cody McDonald	35	7	21+7	5	2+1	1	1	0	3	1
11	MF	ENG	Harry Forrester	27	3	9+12	3	2+1	0	0	0	3	0
14	MF	ENG	Liam Trotter	31	2	27+1	2	2	0	0	0	0+1	0
17	MF	ENG	Andy Barcham	33	4	29	4	3	0	1	0	0	0
18	MF	ENG	Dean Parrett	11	2	8+2	0	0	1	0	0	0+1	1
19	MF	ENG	Tom Soares	23	0	19	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
20	DF	ENG	Toby Sibbick	4	2	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
21	FW	ALB	Egli Kaja	13	2	2+7	0	0	0	0+1	0	3	2
23	DF	ENG	Callum Kennedy	12	0	6+1	0	1+1	0	1	0	2	0
24	GK	ENG	Joe McDonnell	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
25	GK	NZL	Nik Tzanev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	ENG	Anthony Hartigan	15	1	6+5	0	0+1	0	1	0	2	1
27	MF	TUR	Neşet Bellikli	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
28	MF	ENG	Alfie Egan	4	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	2	0
29	FW	ENG	Jayden Antwi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	ENG	Paul Kalambayi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
31	DF	ENG	Seth Owens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	ENG	Darius Charles	25	0	17+4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
33	FW	MSR	Lyle Taylor	35	11	25+4	8	3	3	1	0	1+1	0
35	FW	ENG	Great Evans	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
36	MF	ENG	Ossama Ashley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
38	MF	ENG	Ethan Nelson-Roberts	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
39	FW	ENG	Joe Pigott	4	1	1+3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who featured on loan for AFC Wimbledon but subsequently returned to their parent club:
Players who left or were released by AFC Wimbledon during the course of the season:

Top scorers

Rank	Position	Nation	Number	Player	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	League Trophy	Total
1	FW		33	Lyle Taylor	8	3	0	0	11
2	FW		10	Cody McDonald	5	1	0	1	7
3	MF		17	Andy Barcham	4	0	0	0	4
4	MF		11	Harry Forrester	3	0	0	0	3
=	MF		14	Liam Trotter	3	0	0	0	3
5	MF		8	Jimmy Abdou	2	0	0	0	2
=	FW		9	Kwesi Appiah	2	0	0	0	2
=	DF		20	Toby Sibbick	0	0	0	2	2
=	FW		21	Egli Kaja	0	0	0	2	2
6	MF		19	Tom Soares	1	0	0	0	1
=	FW		39	Joe Pigott	1	0	0	0	1
=	DF		6	Paul Robinson	0	0	1	0	1
=	MF		18	Dean Parrett	0	0	0	1	1
=	MF		26	Anthony Hartigan	0	0	0	1	1
=	N/A	N/A	N/A	Own Goal	0	0	0	1	1
TOTALS					29	4	1	8	42

Disciplinary record

Number	Position	Nation	Name
Number	Position	Nation	Name	League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Total
1	GK		George Long	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2	DF		Barry Fuller	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
4	DF		Deji Oshilaja	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
5	DF		Will Nightingale	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
6	DF		Paul Robinson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
7	MF		George Francomb	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
8	MF		Jimmy Abdou	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
10	FW		Cody McDonald	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
11	MF		Harry Forrester	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
14	MF		Liam Trotter	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
17	MF		Andy Barcham	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
19	MF		Tom Soares	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
26	MF		Anthony Hartigan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32	DF		Darius Charles	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
33	FW		Lyle Taylor	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
39	FW		Joe Pigott	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	50	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	51	2

Transfers

Players Transferred In
Date	Position	Nation	Name	Previous Club	Fee	Ref.
8 May 2017	GK		Nik Tzanev	Brentford	Free	^[3]
31 May 2017	FW		Kwesi Appiah	Crystal Palace	Free	^[4]
8 June 2017	DF		Deji Oshilaja	Cardiff City	Free	^[5]
22 June 2017	FW		Cody McDonald	Gillingham	Free	^[6]
7 July 2017	DF		Callum Kennedy	Leyton Orient	Free	^[7]
21 July 2017	MF		Liam Trotter	Bolton Wanderers	Free	^[8]
10 November 2017	MF		Richard Pingling	Burnley	Free	^[9]
15 January 2018	FW		Joe Pigott	Maidstone United	Free	^[10]
22 March 2018	FW		Lloyd Sam	D.C. United	Free	^[11]
Players Loaned In
Date from	Position	Nation	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
4 July 2017	GK		George Long	Sheffield United	1 July 2018	^[12]
15 July 2017	MF		Jimmy Abdou	Millwall	1 July 2018	^[13]
23 August 2017	MF		Harry Forrester	Rangers	1 July 2018	^[14]
Players Loaned Out
Date from	Position	Nation	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
19 August 2017	DF		Seth Owens	Whitehawk	19 September 2017	^[15]
9 November 2017	MF		Alfie Egan	Sutton United	27 January 2018	^[16]
Players Transferred Out
Date	Position	Nation	Name	Subsequent club	Fee	Ref
2 May 2017	MF		Tom Beere	Hampton & Richmond Borough	Released	^[17]^[18]
2 May 2017	MF		Dannie Bulman	Crawley Town	Released	^[19]^[20]
2 May 2017	MF		David Fitzpatrick	Barrow	Released	^[21]^[22]
2 May 2017	MF		Dan Gallagher	Leatherhead	Released	^[23]^[24]
2 May 2017	FW		George Oakley	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Released	^[25]^[26]
2 May 2017	DF		Chris Robertson	Swindon Town	Released	^[27]^[28]
2 May 2017	GK		James Shea	Luton Town	Released	^[29]^[30]
9 June 2017	FW		Tom Elliott	Millwall	Free	^[31]
10 June 2017	DF		Sean Kelly	Ross County	Free	^[32]
27 June 2017	GK		Joe Bursík	Stoke City	Undisclosed	^[33]
28 June 2017	FW		Dominic Poleon	Bradford City	Undisclosed	^[34]
4 July 2017	MF		Jake Reeves	Bradford City	Undisclosed	^[35]
6 July 2017	FW		Tyrone Barnett	Port Vale	Free	^[36]
28 July 2017	MF		Chris Whelpdale	Stevenage	Free	^[37]

References

↑ "Cup Draw: Dons handed home tie v Lincoln City". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
↑ "Dons to host Brentford in Carabao Cup". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
↑ "Nik signs for Wimbledon". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 2 May 2017.
↑ "Kwesi Appiah: AFC Wimbledon sign Crystal Palace striker". BBC Sport. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
↑ "Deji Oshilaja: AFC Wimbledon sign Cardiff City defender". BBC Sport. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
↑ "Cody McDonald: AFC Wimbledon sign Gillingham striker on free transfer". BBC Sport. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
↑ "Callum resigns for the Dons". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
↑ "Neal beats off competition to sign midfielder". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
↑ "Pingling joins Dons development squad". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
↑ "AFC Wimbledon sign Maidstone United striker for undisclosed fee". BBC Sport. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
↑ "AFC Wimbledon sign ex-Charlton winger on short-term contract". BBC Sport. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
↑ "Dons sign new goalkeeper". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
↑ "Jimmy Abdou joins AFC Wimbledon on loan". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
↑ "Rangers midfielder joins AFC Wimbledon on season-long loan deal". BBC Sport. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
↑ "Introducing the stars of AFC Wimbledon's Development squad". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 19 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
↑ "Alfie goes out on loan from Wimbledon". AFC Wimbledon Official Site. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
↑ "Squad update from Neal". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 2 May 2017.
↑ "Dowson Adds Two To Beavers Squad". nonleague.pitchero.com. 25 August 2017.
↑ "Squad update from Neal". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 2 May 2017.
↑ "Dannie Bulman: Crawley Town re-sign ex-AFC Wimbledon midfielder". BBC Sport. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
↑ "Squad update from Neal". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 2 May 2017.
↑ "Barrow sign David Fitzpatrick following release by AFC Wimbledon". BBC Sport. 28 June 2017.
↑ "Squad update from Neal". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 2 May 2017.
↑ "Leatherhead Player Profile: Dan Gallagher". leatherheadfootballclub.co.uk. 9 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
↑ "Squad update from Neal". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 2 May 2017.
↑ "Inverness Caledonian Thistle sign George Oakley and Mark Ridgers". BBC Sport. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
↑ "Squad update from Neal". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 2 May 2017.
↑ "Chris Robertson: Swindon Town sign former AFC Wimbledon defender". BBC Sport. 22 June 2017.
↑ "Squad update from Neal". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 2 May 2017.
↑ "James Shea: Luton Town sign former AFC Wimbledon goalkeeper". BBC Sport. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
↑ "Tom Elliott: Millwall sign AFC Wimbledon striker on two-year contract". BBC Sport. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
↑ "Ross County sign Sean Kelly after AFC Wimbledon exit for defender". BBC Sport. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
↑ "AFC Wimbledon and England U17 goalkeeper Joe Bursik to join Stoke City". skysports.co.uk. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
↑ "Dominic Poleon leaves for Bradford City". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
↑ "Bradford City sign AFC Wimbledon midfielder for undisclosed fee". BBC Sport. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
↑ "Port Vale sign striker from AFC Wimbledon on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
↑ "Stevenage re-sign former AFC Wimbledon winger". BBC Sport. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

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[1] "Cup Draw: Dons handed home tie v Lincoln City". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.

[2] "Dons to host Brentford in Carabao Cup". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

[Nik_signs_for_Wimbledon-3] "Nik signs for Wimbledon". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 2 May 2017.

[4] "Kwesi Appiah: AFC Wimbledon sign Crystal Palace striker". BBC Sport. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

[5] "Deji Oshilaja: AFC Wimbledon sign Cardiff City defender". BBC Sport. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.

[6] "Cody McDonald: AFC Wimbledon sign Gillingham striker on free transfer". BBC Sport. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

[7] "Callum resigns for the Dons". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

[8] "Neal beats off competition to sign midfielder". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.

[9] "Pingling joins Dons development squad". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.

[10] "AFC Wimbledon sign Maidstone United striker for undisclosed fee". BBC Sport. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2017.

[11] "AFC Wimbledon sign ex-Charlton winger on short-term contract". BBC Sport. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.

[12] "Dons sign new goalkeeper". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

[13] "Jimmy Abdou joins AFC Wimbledon on loan". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

[14] "Rangers midfielder joins AFC Wimbledon on season-long loan deal". BBC Sport. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.

[15] "Introducing the stars of AFC Wimbledon's Development squad". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 19 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.

[16] "Alfie goes out on loan from Wimbledon". AFC Wimbledon Official Site. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.

[17] "Squad update from Neal". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 2 May 2017.

[18] "Dowson Adds Two To Beavers Squad". nonleague.pitchero.com. 25 August 2017.

[19] "Squad update from Neal". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 2 May 2017.

[20] "Dannie Bulman: Crawley Town re-sign ex-AFC Wimbledon midfielder". BBC Sport. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

[21] "Squad update from Neal". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 2 May 2017.

[22] "Barrow sign David Fitzpatrick following release by AFC Wimbledon". BBC Sport. 28 June 2017.

[23] "Squad update from Neal". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 2 May 2017.

[24] "Leatherhead Player Profile: Dan Gallagher". leatherheadfootballclub.co.uk. 9 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.

[25] "Squad update from Neal". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 2 May 2017.

[26] "Inverness Caledonian Thistle sign George Oakley and Mark Ridgers". BBC Sport. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

[27] "Squad update from Neal". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 2 May 2017.

[28] "Chris Robertson: Swindon Town sign former AFC Wimbledon defender". BBC Sport. 22 June 2017.

[29] "Squad update from Neal". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 2 May 2017.

[30] "James Shea: Luton Town sign former AFC Wimbledon goalkeeper". BBC Sport. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

[31] "Tom Elliott: Millwall sign AFC Wimbledon striker on two-year contract". BBC Sport. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[32] "Ross County sign Sean Kelly after AFC Wimbledon exit for defender". BBC Sport. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.

[33] "AFC Wimbledon and England U17 goalkeeper Joe Bursik to join Stoke City". skysports.co.uk. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

[34] "Dominic Poleon leaves for Bradford City". afcwimbledon.co.uk. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

[35] "Bradford City sign AFC Wimbledon midfielder for undisclosed fee". BBC Sport. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

[36] "Port Vale sign striker from AFC Wimbledon on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

[37] "Stevenage re-sign former AFC Wimbledon winger". BBC Sport. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

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