The 2018–19 season was Cheltenham Town's 132nd season in existence and their third consecutive season in League Two. Along with competing in League Two, the club participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.
Players
First team squad
Name Nat Position Since Date of birth (age) Signed from Goalkeepers 1 Scott Flinders GK 2017 Macclesfield Town 43 0 22 Rhys Lovett GK 2015 Rochdale 2 0 Defenders 2 Sean Long RB 2018 Lincoln City 0 0 3 Chris Hussey LB 2018 Sheffield United 0 0 5 Johnny Mullins CB 2018 Luton Town 0 0 15 Will Boyle CB 2017 Huddersfield Town 63 7 17 Joshua Debayo LB 2018 Leicester City 0 0 18 Matt Bower CB 2016 Academy 7 0 23 Jordon Forster CB 2017 Hibernian 6 0 Midfielders 4 Ben Tozer DM 2018 Newport County 0 0 6 Nigel Atangana CM 2017 Leyton Orient 35 1 7 Conor Thomas DM 2018 ATK 0 0 8 Kevin Dawson RW 2017 Yeovil Town 37 6 11 Ryan Broom RW 2018 Bristol Rovers 0 0 14 Tom Smith CM 2018 Swindon Town 0 0 16 Alex Addai RW 2018 Merstham 0 0 20 Jacob Maddox CM 2018 Chelsea 0 0 Forwards 9 Manny Duku CF 2018 Hayes & Yeading United 0 0 19 George Lloyd CF 2017 Academy 8 2 21 Brian Graham CF 2017 Hibernian 31 6
Competitions
Pre-season friendlies The Robins revealed friendlies with Bristol City, Cirencester Town, Reading U23s, Evesham United, Birmingham City, Weston-super-Mare and Walsall.
League Two
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches On 21 June 2018, the League Two fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.
FA Cup
The first round draw was made live on BBC by Dennis Wise and Dion Dublin on 22 October. The draw for the second round was made live on BBC and BT by Mark Schwarzer and Glenn Murray on 12 November.
EFL Cup
On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam. The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August.
EFL Trophy On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced. The draw for the second round was made live on Talksport by Leon Britton and Steve Claridge on 16 November. On 8 December, the third round draw was drawn by Alan McInally and Matt Le Tissier on Soccer Saturday.
Transfers
Transfers in Date fromPositionNationalityNameFromFeeRef. 1 July 2018 RW Alex Addai Merstham Undisclosed 1 July 2018 RM Ryan Broom Bristol Rovers Free transfer 1 July 2018 LB Chris Hussey Sheffield United Free transfer 1 July 2018 RB Sean Long Lincoln City Free transfer 1 July 2018 CB Johnny Mullins Luton Town Free transfer 1 July 2018 CM Tom Smith Swindon Town Free transfer 1 July 2018 DM Conor Thomas ATK Free transfer 1 July 2018 DM Ben Tozer Newport County Free transfer 10 July 2018 LB Josh Debayo Leicester City Free transfer 26 July 2018 ST Manny Duku Hayes & Yeading United Undisclosed 28 July 2018 CF Liam McAlinden Exeter City Free transfer 3 August 2018 CM Kalvin Lumbombo-Kalala Savona Free transfer 27 August 2018 CM Chris Clements Grimsby Town Free transfer 7 September 2018 RB Craig Alcock Doncaster Rovers Free transfer 28 September 2018 LW Luke Varney Burton Albion Free transfer 7 January 2019 CF Tyrone Barnett Port Vale Free transfer 31 January 2019 CF Rakish Bingham Hamilton Academical Free transfer
Transfers out Date fromPositionNationalityNameToFeeRef. 1 July 2018 LB Jordan Cranston Morecambe Released 1 July 2018 CB Aaron Downes Retired 1 July 2018 CF Jaanai Gordon Tamworth Released 1 July 2018 CB Jamie Grimes Macclesfield Town Released 1 July 2018 CF Dan Holman Aldershot Town Released 1 July 2018 LW Sanmi Odelusi FC Halifax Town Released 1 July 2018 DM Adam Page Gloucester City Released 1 July 2018 CM Harry Pell Colchester United Undisclosed 1 July 2018 LW Jerell Sellars Östersunds Rejected contract 1 July 2018 CM Josh Thomas Gloucester City Released 1 July 2018 RM Carl Winchester Forest Green Rovers Free transfer 1 July 2018 CF Danny Wright Solihull Moors Released 16 July 2018 WG Ben Hailwood Bishop's Cleeve Free transfer 23 July 2018 CF Mohamed Eisa Bristol City £1,500,000 1 August 2018 GK Lewis Clayton Bishop's Cleeve Free transfer 1 August 2018 MF Lee Llewelyn Bishop's Cleeve Free transfer 2 August 2018 CF Brian Graham Ross County Free transfer 12 October 2018 AM Kalvin Lumbombo Kalala Torquay United Free transfer 29 November 2018 GK Tom Middlehurst Queens Park Rangers Free transfer 1 February 2019 RB Craig Alcock Yeovil Town Free transfer
Loans in Start datePositionNationalityNameFromEnd dateRef. 26 July 2018 CM Jacob Maddox Chelsea 31 May 2019 3 August 2018 CB Aden Baldwin Bristol City 1 January 2019 24 August 2018 AM Sam Jones Shrewsbury Town 1 January 2019 30 August 2018 CF Tyrone Barnett Port Vale 1 January 2019 31 August 2018 LB Tom Field Brentford 1 January 2019 31 August 2018 CF Kelsey Mooney Aston Villa 1 January 2019 3 January 2019 LB Cameron Pring Bristol City 31 May 2019 11 January 2019 SS Billy Waters Northampton Town 31 May 2019 15 January 2019 CB Charlie Raglan Oxford United 31 May 2019 29 January 2019 DM Jordan Tillson Exeter City 31 May 2019
Loans out Start datePositionNationalityNameToEnd dateRef. 24 August 2018 CB Matt Bower Weston-super-Mare 1 January 2019 20 September 2018 CM Tom Smith Bath City 20 January 2019 5 October 2018 CF Manny Duku Barnet 1 January 2019 9 October 2018 CF George Lloyd Hereford 4 January 2019 11 October 2018 LB Josh Debayo Dover Athletic 31 May 2019 6 November 2018 MF Will Dawes Yate Town Work experience 19 November 2018 CM Archie Brennan Lydney Town Work experience 19 November 2018 DF Tom Handley Lydney Town Work experience 23 November 2018 CF Aaron Basford Worcester City Work experience 3 December 2018 DF Grant Horton Worcester City January 2019 6 December 2018 DF Will Dawes Tuffley Rovers Work experience 15 December 2018 CF Liam McAlinden Brackley Town 15 January 2019 17 December 2018 MF Olly Price Westfields Work experience 21 December 2018 CM Archie Brennan Slimbridge Work experience 21 December 2018 CF Fin Clift Malvern Town Work experience 21 December 2018 CF Camden Duncan Lydney Town Work experience 21 December 2018 DF Ioan Richards Slimbridge Work experience 24 December 2018 MF Tyreece Briscoe Tuffley Rovers January 2019 17 January 2019 CF Liam McAlinden Kidderminster Harriers 18 February 2019 18 January 2019 CF George Lloyd Hereford 31 May 2019 6 February 2019 GK Freddie Lapworth Gloucester City Work experience 27 February 2019 CF Manny Duku FC Halifax Town April 2019 12 March 2019 CB Matt Bower Weston-super-Mare April 2019
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