2020–21 Salford City F.C. season

The 2020–21 season is Salford City's 81st season in their history and the second consecutive season in EFL League Two. Along with League Two, the club participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

Salford City
2020–21 season
ChairmanKaren Baird
ManagerGraham Alexander
(until 12 October)[1]
Richie Wellens
(from 4 November)[2]
StadiumPeninsula Stadium
League Two4th
FA CupSecond round
EFL CupSecond round
EFL TrophySecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ian Henderson
James Wilson
(6 each)
All:
Ian Henderson
James Wilson
(7 each)

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

Transfers

Transfers in
Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
14 July 2020CBTom Clarke Preston North EndFree transfer[3]
17 July 2020RWAshley Hunter Fleetwood TownUndisclosed[4]
22 July 2020DMJason Lowe Bolton WanderersFree transfer[5]
28 July 2020CBJordan Turnbull Northampton TownFree transfer[6]
29 July 2020CFIan Henderson RochdaleFree transfer[7]
22 August 2020GKVáclav Hladký St MirrenFree transfer[8]
31 August 2020DMAlex Denny EvertonFree transfer[9]
31 August 2020RBTylor Golden Wigan AthleticFree transfer[9]
31 August 2020GKNick Hayes Norwich CityFree transfer[9]
31 August 2020CMLiam Loughlan Leicester CityFree transfer[9]
31 August 2020CFMomodou Touray Newport CountyFree transfer[9]
3 November 2020LWGeorge Boyd Peterborough UnitedFree transfer[10]

Loans in
Date Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
16 October 2020CBDi'Shon Bernard Manchester UnitedJanuary 2021[11]
15 January 2021RBRobbie Gotts Leeds UnitedEnd of season[12]
18 January 2021RBTom James HibernianEnd of season[13]
21 January 2021CMPaul Coutts Fleetwood TownEnd of season[14]

Loans out
Date Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
25 August 2020CMLuke Burgess AFC Fylde1 January 2021[15]
11 September 2020LBDan Jones Harrogate TownEnd of season[16]
8 December 2020CFLuke Armstrong Hartlepool UnitedEnd of season[17]
1 February 2021DMAlex Denny MorecambeEnd of season[18]

Transfers out
Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2020LBJosh Askew Boston UnitedReleased[19][20]
1 July 2020DFMax Broughton SIU Edwardsville CougarsFree transfer[21]
1 July 2020LWCraig Conway St JohnstoneReleased[19][22]
1 July 2020CMKieran Glynn Scarborough AthleticReleased[19][23]
1 July 2020GKKyle Letheren ChesterfieldReleased[19][24]
1 July 2020GKChris Neal AFC FyldeReleased[19][25]
1 July 2020CMMichael O'Connor GlenavonReleased[19][26]
1 July 2020CBNathan Pond AFC FyldeReleased[19][27]
1 July 2020RWDevante Rodney Port ValeReleased[19][28]
1 July 2020CMMark Shelton Hartlepool UnitedReleased[19][29]
1 July 2020RBScott Wiseman Lincoln Red ImpsReleased[19][30]
2 August 2020CBCarl Piergianni Oldham AthleticUndisclosed[31]
3 August 2020CMDanny Whitehead Port ValeFree transfer[32]
29 August 2020CFKamar Moncrieffe ClitheroeFree transfer[33]
3 September 2020AMLuke Duffy Warrington TownFree transfer[34]
3 September 2020RWDanny Lloyd Tranmere RoversMutual consent[35][36]
6 September 2020CBTyrell Warren Boston UnitedFree transfer[20]
6 September 2020CFFlorian Yonsian TraffordFree transfer[37]
9 November 2020CMJoey Jones UnattachedMutual consent[38]
14 January 2021CMMartin Smith ChesterfieldFree transfer[39]

Pre-season
22 August 2020 Friendly Salford City 1–3 Preston North End Salford
15:00 BST Hunter  28' Report Sinclair  22'
Bodin  24'
Harrop  86'		 Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium
Referee: Scott Oldham
25 August 2020 Friendly Stockport County 1–0 Salford City Stockport
15:00 BST Reid  82' Report Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 0
29 August 2020 Friendly Salford City 0–1 Accrington Stanley Salford
15:00 BST Cassidy  52' (pen.) Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium
Attendance: 0

Competitions

EFL League Two
Main article: 2020–21 EFL League Two

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
5 Exeter City 26 11 9 6 48 33 +15 42 Qualification for League Two play-offs
6 Carlisle United 23 13 3 7 34 22 +12 42
7 Morecambe 26 12 6 8 35 36 −1 42
8 Cheltenham Town 25 11 8 6 34 23 +11 41
9 Salford City 25 10 8 7 32 21 +11 38
10 Leyton Orient 27 11 5 11 34 29 +5 38
11 Crawley Town 25 9 8 8 36 34 +2 35
12 Walsall 25 8 11 6 32 33 −1 35
13 Oldham Athletic 26 10 4 12 41 46 −5 34
Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 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[40]

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
25 10 8 7 32 21  +11 38 5 7 0 20 9  +11 5 1 7 12 12  0

Last updated: 30 January 2021.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday
Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425
GroundHAHAHAHHHAAHHAAHHAHAAAAHA
ResultDWDWDLWDWLLWWLWDDWWLLWDDL
Position9473511789101187978976885558
Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2021. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.[41]

12 September 2020 1 Salford City 2–2 Exeter City Salford
15:00 BST Henderson  2'
Elliott  54'
Hunter  69'		 Report Jay  22'
Randall  35'		 Stadium: Peninsula Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Samuel Barrott
19 September 2020 2 Grimsby Town 0–4 Salford City Cleethorpes
15:00 BST Tilley  48'
Öhman  90+2'		 Report Hunter  28'
Henderson  32' (pen.), 63' (pen.), 76'
Towell  56'  90+3' (pen.)
Touray  89'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Declan Bourne
26 September 2020 3 Salford City 0–0 Forest Green Rovers Salford
15:00 BST Turnbull  18'
Hunter  84'		 Report Cadden  59' Stadium: Peninsula Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Thomas Bramall
3 October 2020 4 Stevenage 0–1 Salford City Stevenage
15:00 BST Newton  70' Report Hunter  2'
Turnbull  19'
Golden  48'		 Stadium: The Lamex Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Craig Hicks
10 October 2020 5 Salford City 2–2 Tranmere Rovers Salford
15:00 BST Towell  2'
Wilson  20'		 Report Khan  6'
Morris  45+1'  86'
Lewis  48'  90+3'		 Stadium: Moor Lane
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Allison
17 October 2020 6 Port Vale 1–0 Salford City Burslem
15:00 BST Rodney  16'
Montaño  86'		 Report Henderson 38' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Adcock
20 October 2020 7 Salford City 3–0 Southend United Salford
19:45 BST Lennon  26' (o.g.)
Clarke  50'
Wilson  58'
Henderson  63'
Thomas-Asante  71'		 Report Olayinka  27'
Dieng  43'
Lennon  45+1'
Taylor  81'
Demetriou  90+1'		 Stadium: Moor Lane
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carl Boyeson
24 October 2020 8 Salford City 1–1 Crawley Town Salford
15:00 BST Threlkeld  38'
Wilson  57'
Clarke  76'
Thomas-Asante  81'		 Report Hesketh  34'
Powell  37'
Francomb  72'		 Stadium: Moor Lane
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Haines
31 October 2020 9 Salford City 2–0 Oldham Athletic Salford
15:00 GMT Wilson  24'
Lowe  30'
Hunter  73'
Thomas-Asante  80'		 Report Borthwick-Jackson  31' Stadium: Moor Lane
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
3 November 2020 10 Cambridge United 2–1 Salford City Cambridge
19:00 GMT Iredale  43'
Ironside  49' (pen.)		 Report Henderson  31'
Hunter  85'
Lowe  90+2'		 Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Declan Bourne
13 November 2020 (2020-11-13) 11 Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Salford City Horwich
19:45 BST Doyle  24'
Turnbull  68' (o.g.)		 Report Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Darren Drysdale
21 November 2020 12 Salford City 3–0 Bradford City Salford
15:00 GMT Burgess  8', 45+1'
Henderson  21'
Hunter  48'		 Report Richards-Everton  2' Stadium: Moor Lane
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carl Brook
24 November 2020 13 Salford City 2–1 Morecambe Salford
19:00 GMT Denny  6'
Smith  10'
Henderson  28'
Andrade  36'
Hunter  41', 44'
Elliott  86'		 Report Lavelle  40'
Stockton  54'
Songo'o  60'
Cooney  90+3'		 Stadium: Moor Lane
Attendance: 0
Referee: Neil Hair
2 December 2020 14 Carlisle United 2–1 Salford City Carlisle
19:00 GMT Guy  2'
Alessandra  33'
Mellish  36'
Kayode  45'
Bennett  56'
Tanner  66'		 Report Touray  64'
Bernard  88'  90'		 Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Graham Salisbury
5 December 2020 15 Barrow 0–1 Salford City Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT Quigley  21' Report Clarke  7'
Hunter  49'
Towell  80'
Smith  90+3'
Lowe  90+4'		 Stadium: Furness Building Society Stadium
Attendance: 819
Referee: Tom Nield
12 December 2020 16 Salford City 0–0 Cheltenham Town Salford
15:00 GMT Henderson  58' Report Stadium: Moor Lane
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Toner
15 December 2020 17 Salford City 1–1 Newport County Salford
19:00 GMT Clarke  44'
Henderson 56'
Threlkeld  75'
Hladký  87'
Touray  90+3'		 Report Willmott  56'
Shephard  81'
Sheehan  90+4' (pen.)		 Stadium: Moor Lane
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ross Joyce
19 December 2020 18 Harrogate Town 0–1 Salford City Harrogate
15:00 GMT Kirby  36'
Burrell  43'
Fallowfield  82'		 Report Wilson  17'
Eastham  81'		 Stadium: The EnviroVent Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Trevor Kettle
26 December 2020 19 Salford City 2–0 Walsall Salford
15:00 GMT Wilson  16'
Hunter  49'
Touray  54'
Burgess  87'		 Report Stadium: Moor Lane
Attendance: 0
Referee: Scott Oldham
2 January 2021 20 Leyton Orient 1–0 Salford City Leyton
15:00 GMT Johnson  31'
Brophy  62'
Ling  85'		 Report Lowe  35' Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carl Brook
5 January 2021 21 Mansfield Town 2–1 Salford City Mansfield
19:00 GMT Lapslie  15'
Bowery  30'		 Report Hunter  65'
Eastham  72'
Bernard  90+1'		 Stadium: One Call Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Will Finnie
12 January 2021 22 Scunthorpe United 0–1 Salford City Scunthorpe
19:00 GMT Report Henderson  89' Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin Coy
16 January 2021 23 Newport County 0–0 Salford City Newport
15:00 GMT Sheehan  58'
Bennett  78'		 Report Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
22 January 2021 24 Salford City 2–2 Harrogate Town Salford
19:00 GMT Gotts  21'
James  49'
Lowe  56'
Touray  67'
Thomas-Asante  70'
Hladký  90+4'		 Report Muldoon  37'
Francis  90+3'		 Stadium: Peninsula Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marc Edwards
30 January 2021 25 Oldham Athletic 2–1 Salford City Oldham
15:00 GMT Bahamboula  75'
Clarke  76'
Keillor-Dunn  90+2'		 Report Henderson  9'
Coutts  72'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Thomas Bramall

FA Cup
Main article: 2020–21 FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.[42] The second round draw was revealed on Monday, 9 November by Danny Cowley.[43]

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 November 2020 First round Salford City 2–0 (a.e.t.) Hartlepool United Salford
15:00 GMT Lowe  62'
Hunter  87'
Bernard  91'
Andrade  105+1'
Hladký  117'
Dieseruvwe  120+3'		 Report Ofosu  13' Stadium: Moor Lane
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carl Boyeson
28 November 2020 Second round Newport County 3–0 Salford City Newport
13:00 GMT Proctor  56'
Amond  75' (pen.)
Bennett  90+1'
Janneh  90+2'		 Report Thomas-Asante  47'
Turnbull  79'
Hunter  80'		 Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Johnson

EFL Cup
Main article: 2020–21 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.[44] The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.[45]

5 September 2020 First round Salford City 1–1
(4–2 p)		 Rotherham United Salford
15:00 BST Henderson  84' (pen.) Report Blackman  83'
Crooks  90+5'		 Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Oldham
Penalties
Touray
Henderson
Gibson
Thomas-Asante 		Vassell
Ladapo
Sadlier
Mattock
16 September 2020 Second round Everton 3–0 Salford City Walton
20:15 BST Keane  8'
Sigurðsson  74'
Kean  87' (pen.)		 Report Turnbull  58'
Thomas-Asante  67'		 Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marc Edwards

EFL Trophy
Main article: 2020–21 EFL Trophy

  Win   Draw   Loss

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.[46] The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew’s.[47]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Salford City 3 2 0 0 1 4 7 −3 6 Advance to Round 2
2 ACA Manchester United U21 3 1 1 0 1 6 4 +2 5
3 L1 Rochdale 3 1 0 1 1 3 3 0 4
4 L2 Morecambe 3 1 0 0 2 5 4 +1 3
Source: EFL.com
8 September 2020 Group stage Salford City 0–6 Manchester United U21 Salford
19:45 BST Doyle  6'
Denny  68'		 Report Mejbri  8'  79'
Puigmal  29'
Helm  46', 73'
McCann  70'
Elanga  74'		 Stadium: Moor Lane
Attendance: 0
Referee: Peter Wright
29 September 2020 Group stage Salford City 2–0 Morecambe Salford
19:45 BST Wilson  44'
Thomas-Asante  75'
Touray  79'
Hunter  90+2'		 Report Knight-Percival  1'
Hendrie  43'		 Stadium: Moor Lane
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Bell
10 November 2020 Group stage Rochdale 1–2 Salford City Rochdale
19:00 GMT Beesley  8'
Rathbone  80'
O'Connell  90+6'		 Report Andrade  53'
Golden  57'
Dieseruvwe  82' (pen.)
Burgess  90+4'		 Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bobby Madley
8 December 2020 Second round Salford City 3–3
(5–6 p)		 Leicester City U21 Salford
19:00 GMT Thomas-Asante 24'  24'
Golden  48'
Dieseruvwe  59', 78'		 Report Muskwe  64', 69'
Flynn  83'		 Stadium: Moor Lane
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Oldham
Penalties
Dieseruvwe
Loughlan
Smith
Campbell
Thomas-Asante
Hawkins
Fielding 		Wright
Hulme
Reghba
Muskwe
Suengchitthawon
McAteer
Leshabela

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