The 2020–21 AFC Wimbledon season was the club's 19th season in their history and the fifth consecutive season in EFL League One. Along with League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. It was their first season based in their spiritual home of Wimbledon at the newly built Plough Lane stadium. They played at Loftus Road until the stadium was completed on 3 November. On Friday 6 November it was announced there had been a covid outbreak amongst the first team squad leading to the matches against Barrow in the FA Cup and the league fixture against Wigan being postponed. Over the weekend all members of the first team squad, staff and the U18s squad received covid testing and on Sunday the 8th it was announced the club would have to undergo a 2-week circuit breaker with all players and staff having to self isolate for 2 weeks.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
Transfers Transfers in Date Pos. Nat. Name From Fee Ref. 23 July 2020 RB Cheye Alexander Barnet Free transfer 6 August 2020 CM Alex Woodyard Peterborough United Free transfer 7 August 2020 CF Ollie Palmer Crawley Town Free transfer 12 August 2020 DM Ethan Chislett Aldershot Town Free transfer 12 September 2020 CB Dániel Csóka Wolverhampton Wanderers Free transfer 19 November 2020 CB Ben Heneghan Sheffield United Free transfer 31 January 2021 CF Corie Andrews Kingstonian Undisclosed 8 February 2021 CF Shayon Harrison Almere City Free transfer
Loans in Date Pos. Nat. Name From Date until Ref. 4 August 2020 GK Connal Trueman Birmingham City 8 January 2021 13 August 2020 DM Jaakko Oksanen Brentford End of season 26 August 2020 RW Ryan Longman Brighton & Hove Albion End of season 24 September 2020 LB Steve Seddon Birmingham City 31 December 2020 11 January 2021 GK Sam Walker Reading End of season 22 January 2021 DM George Dobson Sunderland End of season 25 January 2021 CB Darnell Johnson Leicester City End of season
Loans out Date Pos. Nat. Name To Date until Ref. 11 September 2020 FW David Fisher Carshalton Athletic 30 June 2021 11 September 2020 CB Archie Procter Carshalton Athletic 30 June 2021 18 September 2020 MF Elliott Bolton Merstham 18 September 2020 LB Jack Currie Leatherhead 2 January 2021 18 September 2020 FW Jack Madelin Leatherhead 2 October 2020 AM Ayoub Assal Billericay Town 2 November 2020 15 October 2020 RB Huseyin Biler Hendon November 2020 25 January 2021 CM Anthony Hartigan Newport County End of season
Transfers out Date Pos. Nat. Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2020 CF Kwesi Appiah NorthEast United Released 1 July 2020 MF Ossama Ashley West Ham United Released 1 July 2020 CB Reuben Collins Truro City Released 1 July 2020 AM Dylan Connolly St Mirren Released 1 July 2020 MF Finlay Macnab Unattached Released 1 July 2020 CB Rod McDonald Carlisle United Released 1 July 2020 LW Mitchell Pinnock Kilmarnock Released 1 July 2020 RB Kyron Stabana Tamworth Released 1 July 2020 RM Scott Wagstaff Forest Green Rovers Released 1 July 2020 CF Tommy Wood Tonbridge Angels Released 1 July 2020 CM Anthony Wordsworth Barnet Released 9 September 2020 GK Albert White Ipswich Town Free transfer 11 January 2021 FW Adam Roscrow The New Saints Undisclosed
Pre-season With fans still unable to attend games due to COVID-19, AFC Wimbledon began pre-season with a behind-closed-doors friendly match against Corinthian-Casuals.
Competitions EFL League One
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.
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.
EFL Cup
The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.
EFL Trophy
The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August. The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew's. The third round was made on 10 December 2020 by Jon Parkin.
Statistics
Goals record
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total139CFJoe Pigott 2010122229RWRyan Longman 8001939 CFOllie Palmer 5000512CMJack Rudoni 40015517AMAyoub Assal 40004611AMEthan Chislett 2001375 CBWill Nightingale 2000210CFAdam Roscrow 0002222CBBen Heneghan 20002103 CBDániel Csóka 100014 DMAlex Woodyard 100016 CBTerell Thomas 0001114CFZach Robinson 0001118LBNesta Guinness-Walker1000119AMShane McLoughlin 1000124DMGeorge Dobson 1000133CMCallum Reilly 1000137LBPaul Osew 0001142LBSteve Seddon 10001Own Goals 00101Total 5411965
Disciplinary record
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total 122CBBen Heneghan 21000000000021024 CMAlex Woodyard 10000000000001000319AMShane McLoughlin 60000000000060039CFJoe Pigott 500000000100600512CMJack Rudoni 40010000000050018LBNesta Guinness-Walker40010000000050075 CBWill Nightingale 30010000000040033CMCallum Reilly 40000000000040099 CFOllie Palmer 20010000000030016CMJaakko Oksanen 20000000010030024DMGeorge Dobson 300000000000300122 RBLuke O'Neill 2000000000002003 CBDániel Csóka 2000000000002006 CBTerell Thomas 2000000000002007 RBCheye Alexander 2000000000002008 CMAnthony Hartigan 10000010000020029RWRyan Longman 100000000100200181 GKConnal Trueman 10000000000010011AMEthan Chislett 10000000000010017AMAyoub Assal 10000000000010027CBDarnell Johnson 10000000000010030CBPaul Kalambayi 10000000000010042LBSteve Seddon 100000000000100Total 61104001003006910
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