The 2017–18 season was AFC Wimbledon's 16th season in their history and their second season in League One.
League table
Results summary
Score overview
OppositionHomeAwayBlackburn Rovers0–30–11–3Blackpool2–01–02–1Bradford City2–10–46–1Bristol Rovers1–01–34–1Bury2-22–13–4Charlton Athletic1–00–11–1Doncaster Rovers2–00–02–0Fleetwood Town0–12–00–3Gillingham1–12–23–3Milton Keynes Dons0–20–00–2Northampton Town1–30–12–3Oldham Athletic2–20–02–2Oxford United2–13–02–4Peterborough United2–21–13–3Plymouth Argyle0–14–22–5Portsmouth0–22–11–4Rochdale0–01–11–1Rotherham United3-12-03-3Scunthorpe United1–11–12–2Shrewsbury Town0–11–00–2Southend United2–01–02–1Walsall1–22–34–4Wigan Athletic0–41–11–5
Matches
Pre-season friendlies
League One
August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
FA Cup On 16 October 2017, the draw for the first round took place with AFC Wimbledon hosting Lincoln City.
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).
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Squad
No. Name Pos. Nat. Place of Birth Age L. Apps L. Goals Int. Caps Int. Goals Signed from Date signed Fee Ends Goalkeepers1George LongGKSheffield43000Sheffield United4 July 2017Loan1 July 201824Joe McDonnellGKBasingstoke8000Basingstoke Town5 July 2014Undisclosed1 July 201825Nik TzanevGKWellington0000Brentford8 May 2017Free1 July 2019 Defenders2 Barry FullerRBAshford203100Barnet28 May 2013Free1 July 20183Jonathan MeadesLBGloucester116800Oxford United22 June 2015Free1 July 20184Deji OshilajaCBBermondsey64300Cardiff City8 June 2017Free1 July 20195 Will NightingaleCBRoehampton38100Academy6 May 2014Trainee1 July 20196 Paul RobinsonCBBarnet101500Portsmouth3 August 2015Free1 July 201820Toby SibbickCB/RBHounslow3000Academy26 August 2016Trainee1 July 201823Callum KennedyLBChertsey79100Leyton Orient7 July 2017Free1 July 201930Paul KalambayiCBDulwich0000Academy18 February 2016Trainee1 July 201831Seth OwensLB/CBHackney3000Brentford16 August 2016Free1 July 201832Darius CharlesCBEaling72200Burton Albion31 May 2016Free1 July 2018 Midfielders7 George FrancombRW/RBHackney1961100Norwich City26 June 2013Free1 July 20188 Jimmy AbdouDMMartigues322160Millwall15 July 2017Loan1 July 201811Harry ForresterAMMilton Keynes35300Rangers23 August 2017Loan1 July 201814Liam TrotterAM/DMIpswich42300Bolton Wanderers21 July 2017Free1 July 201917Andy BarchamLWBasildon1131400Portsmouth1 July 2015Free1 July 201918Dean ParrettCMHampstead53600Stevenage1 July 2016Free1 July 201819Tom SoaresDMReading45100Bury31 January 2017Undisclosed1 July 201926Anthony HartiganCMKingston upon Thames11000Academy27 January 2017Trainee1 July 202027Neşet BellikliLWSutton0000Academy16 May 2016Trainee1 July 201828Alfie EganAMLambeth14000Academy5 February 2016Trainee1 July 2018 Forwards9Kwesi AppiahCFThamesmead19561Crystal Palace31 May 2017Free1 July 201910Cody McDonaldCFWitham32500Gillingham22 June 2017Free1 July 201921Egli KajaCFKosovo21000Academy17 April 2015Trainee1 July 201829Jayden AntwiCFLambeth 1000Academy28 March 2017Trainee1 July 201933Lyle TaylorCFGreenwich1294421Scunthorpe United14 July 2015Undisclosed1 July 201839Joe PigottCFMaidstone16500Maidstone United15 January 2018Undisclosed1 July 2019
Player statistics
|colspan="14"|Players who featured on loan for AFC Wimbledon but subsequently returned to their parent club: |- |colspan="14"|Players who left or were released by AFC Wimbledon during the course of the season:
Top scorers RankPositionNationNumberPlayerLeague OneFA CupLeague CupLeague TrophyTotal1 FW 33 Lyle Taylor 8 3 0 0 112 FW 10 Cody McDonald 5 1 0 1 73 MF 17 Andy Barcham 4 0 0 0 44 MF 11 Harry Forrester 3 0 0 0 3= MF 14 Liam Trotter 3 0 0 0 35 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 26 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 TOTALS2941842
Disciplinary record NumberPositionNationNameLeague OneFA CupLeague CupLeague TrophyTotal 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 0TOTALS502001000512
Transfers Players Transferred InDatePositionNationNamePrevious clubFeeRef. 8 May 2017 GK Nik Tzanev Brentford Free 31 May 2017 FW Kwesi Appiah Crystal Palace Free 8 June 2017 DF Deji Oshilaja Cardiff City Free 22 June 2017 FW Cody McDonald Gillingham Free 7 July 2017 DF Callum Kennedy Leyton Orient Free 21 July 2017 MF Liam Trotter Bolton Wanderers Free 10 November 2017 MF Richard Pingling Burnley Free 15 January 2018 FW Joe Pigott Maidstone United Free 22 March 2018 FW Lloyd Sam D.C. United Free Players Loaned InDate fromPositionNationNameFromDate toRef. 4 July 2017 GK George Long Sheffield United 1 July 2018 15 July 2017 MF Jimmy Abdou Millwall 1 July 2018 23 August 2017 MF Harry Forrester Rangers 1 July 2018 Players Loaned OutDate fromPositionNationNameToDate toRef. 19 August 2017 DF Seth Owens Whitehawk 19 September 2017 9 November 2017 MF Alfie Egan Sutton United 27 January 2018 Players Transferred OutDatePositionNationNameSubsequent clubFeeRef 2 May 2017 MF Tom Beere Hampton & Richmond Borough Released 2 May 2017 MF Dannie Bulman Crawley Town Released 2 May 2017 MF David Fitzpatrick Barrow Released 2 May 2017 MF Dan Gallagher Leatherhead Released 2 May 2017 FW George Oakley Inverness Caledonian Thistle Released 2 May 2017 DF Chris Robertson Swindon Town Released 2 May 2017 GK James Shea Luton Town Released 9 June 2017 FW Tom Elliott Millwall Free 10 June 2017 DF Sean Kelly Ross County Free 27 June 2017 GK Joe Bursík Stoke City Undisclosed 28 June 2017 FW Dominic Poleon Bradford City Undisclosed 4 July 2017 MF Jake Reeves Bradford City Undisclosed 6 July 2017 FW Tyrone Barnett Port Vale Free 28 July 2017 MF Chris Whelpdale Stevenage Free
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