Oliver Bellizia

Fleetwood Town
2026–27 season
Chairman	Jamie Pilley
Head coach	Matt Lawlor
Stadium	Highbury Stadium
	← 2025–26 2027–28 →

The 2026–27 season is the 119th season in the history of Fleetwood Town Football Club and their third consecutive season being in League Two. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee
1 July 2026	LB	Danny Andrew	Exeter City	Free
1 July 2026	CF	Josh Thomas	Swansea City	Free
2 July 2026	CM	Kane Thompson-Sommers	Milton Keynes Dons	Undisclosed
10 July 2026	CF	Calum Costello	Waterford	Free transfer
	CAM	Sean Costelloe
	CDM	Muhammad Oladiti
14 July 2026	CM	Andy Cannon	Wrexham	Free
28 July 2026	LB	Jake Batty	Swindon Town
	CDM	Noah Mawene	Preston North End
	GK	James Pradic	Preston North End

^ The transfer was announced on 17 June, and would become official on July 1 once Andrew's contract at Exeter City expired.
^ The transfer was announced on 24 June, and would become official on July 1 once Thomas' contract at Swansea City expired.

Loan in

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Loaned until
31 July 2026	LB	Jesse Dempsey	Waterford	End of Season
14 August 2026	CF	Aaron Loupalo-Bi	Fulham	End of Season
21 August 2026	CM	Adam Murphy	Bristol City	2 January 2027
2 September 2026	CM	Josh Robertson	Brighton & Hove Albion	5 January 2027

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee
15 June 2026	GK	Luke Hewitson	Chester	Undisclosed
14 July 2026	CDM	Elliot Bonds	Salford City
28 July 2026	CM	George Morrison	Stoke City

^ The transfer was announced on 30 May, and would become official on June 15 once the transfer window opened.

Loan out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Loaned until
25 July 2026	LWB	Liam Roberts	Hereford	30 October 2026
27 July 2026	CB	Toby Mullarkey	Carlisle United	2 January 2027
28 July 2026	CDM	Noah Mawene	Waterford	31 December 2026
25 August 2026	CF	Calum Costello	Warrington Rylands	22 September 2026
5 September 2026	CF	Mikey Lane	Barrow	2 January 2027

^ On 30 October, Roberts was recalled back from his initial half-season loan at Hereford.

Released / Out of contract

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Joined date
30 June 2026	CB	Zech Medley	York City	1 July 2026
	CM	Matty Virtue	Swindon Town	1 July 2026
	CF	Owen Devonport	Buxton	20 July 2026
	CM	Jordan Davies	Tranmere Rovers	21 July 2026
	CB	Thomas Bentley-Waite
	CB	James Bolton
	GK	Cameron Graham
	CB	Harrison Holgate
	CM	Zack Littler
	CF	James Norwood
	CB	Alessio Ruocco
	CB	Leo Thompson
24 August 2026	LB	Denver Hume	Retired

New contract

Date	Pos.	Player	Contract expiry
15 May 2026	CM	George Morrison	30 June 2027
27 May 2026	CF	Ched Evans	30 June 2027
29 May 2026	CF	Lewis McCann	30 June 2028
2 June 2026	RB	Shaun Rooney
3 June 2026	CF	Ronan Coughlan
5 June 2026	CM	Harrison Neal
10 July 2026	CAM	David Animasaun	Undisclosed
	GK	Oliver Bellizia
	RB	Raffaele Cirino
	CF	Mikey Lane
	CM	Noah Sawkins
	CB	Adham Slater
	LW	Jensen Stansfield
	RB	Joe Toole
	CM	Rylee Wilkinson

^ First professional contract

Pre-season and friendlies

On 1 June, The Cods announced their first three pre-season friendlies against Chester, Southport and Hartlepool United. Two days later, a fourth opposition was confirmed in Bolton Wanderers. A fifth and sixth fixture was later added versus Bamber Bridge and Huddersfield Town. On 6 June, a behind closed doors friendly against Carlisle United was announced.

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

11 July 2026 Kevin Walker Cup	Bamber Bridge	0–5	Fleetwood Town	Bamber Bridge
13:00 BST		Report	Helm 20' Thompson-Sommers 65' Lane 67', 73', 78'	Stadium: The Sir Tom Finney Stadium

14 July 2026 Friendly	Fleetwood Town	2–0	Chester	Thornton-Cleveleys
13:00 BST	Trialist A Evans	Report		Stadium: Poolfoot Farm Attendance: 0 (BCD)

18 July 2026 Friendly	Southport	0–2	Fleetwood Town	Blowick
15:00 BST		Report	Evans 13' Coughlan 86'	Stadium: Haig Avenue
Note: 2x60 minutes

21 July 2026 Friendly	Fleetwood Town	2–1	Huddersfield Town	Fleetwood
19:30 BST	Coughlan 15' (pen.) Bennett 59'	Report	Mumba 28' Bashir 79'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium

24 July 2026 Friendly	Fleetwood Town	Cancelled	Carlisle United	Thornton-Cleveleys
13:00 BST				Stadium: Poolfoot Farm Attendance: 0 (BCD)
Note: Fixture was cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

28 July 2026 Friendly	Fleetwood Town	1–1	Bolton Wanderers	Fleetwood
19:00 BST	Evans 51'	Report	Gale 85'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium

1 August 2026 Friendly	Hartlepool United	1–0	Fleetwood Town	Hartlepool
15:00 BST	McKeown 89'	Report		Stadium: Victoria Park

Competitions

League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Newport County	14	4	6	4	20	17	+3	18
15	Shrewsbury Town	14	5	3	6	17	22	−5	18
16	Fleetwood Town	14	4	5	5	18	18	0	17
17	Bristol Rovers	14	5	1	8	17	23	−6	16
18	Oldham Athletic	14	4	3	7	15	19	−4	15

Updated to match(es) played on 3 November 2026. 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

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
14	4	5	5	18	18	0	17	3	3	1	10	5	+5	1	2	4	8	13	−5

Last updated: 31 October 2026.
Source: Soccerway

Matches

On 25 June, the League Two fixtures were revealed.

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

15 August 2026 1	Chesterfield	0–1	Fleetwood Town	Whittington Moor
15:00 BST	McFadzean 28'	Report	Evans 30', 35' Cirino 45+3' Neal 81'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 7,856 Referee: Alan Dale

22 August 2026 2	Fleetwood Town	0–0	Gillingham	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Bennett 30'	Report	Harris 41' Brophy 58'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,675 (336 Gills fans) Referee: Dale Baines

29 August 2026 3	Grimsby Town	2–2	Fleetwood Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Rodgers 25' Doyle 37' Cook 64' Kacurri 78'	Report	Davies 6', 57' Cannon 28' Potter 45+1', 69' Bennett 61'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 7,067 Referee: Rob Massey-Ellis

1 September 2026 4	Fleetwood Town	1–1	Oldham Athletic	Fleetwood
19:45 BST	Neal 5' Coughlan 88'	Report	Drummond 45'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 3,085 Referee: William Davis

5 September 2026 5	Fleetwood Town	2–0	Shrewsbury Town	Fleetwood
12:30 BST	Coughlan 39' McCann 55' Neal 63' Loupalo-Bi 86' Evans 90'	Report	Hoole 25' Stubbs 32' Berkoe 48' Davison 66' Gbodé 90'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,698 (267 away) Referee: Edward Duckworth
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was brought forward for live Sky Sports.

12 September 2026 6	Newport County	1–1	Fleetwood Town	Newport
15:00 BST	Doidge 38'	Report	Helm 30' Potter 41' Evans 45+1' Rooney 54' Loupalo-Bi 68' Bennett 90+5'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,178 Referee: Sunny Singh Gill

19 September 2026 7	Barnet	3–1	Fleetwood Town	Edgware
15:00 BST	Tshimanga 10' (pen.) Lakin 60' Kanu 62', 75' Gallagher 69' Ofoborh 85' 85'	Report	Davies 36' Rooney 43' Evans 90+5'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Referee: Scott Jackson

26 September 2026 8	Fleetwood Town	1–2	Rochdale	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Helm 30' Cirino 73'	Report	Brown 8' Flint 14' Adebayo-Rowling 39' 69'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 3,726 (1,117 away) Referee: Alex Chilowicz

3 October 2026 9	Salford City	1–0	Fleetwood Town	Kersal
15:00 BST	Wiredu 4' Langstaff 65'	Report	Coughlan 84'	Stadium: AIG Stadium Referee: Ross Martin

10 October 2026 10	Fleetwood Town	1–1	Walsall	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Bennett 54' Coughlan 61' Neal 74' McCann 76' Helm 80'		Sprangler 48' Smith 76' Pressley 82' Moore 90+1'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 3,212 Referee: Jamie Robinson

17 October 2026 11	Fleetwood Town	2–0	Rotherham United	Fleetwood
12:30 BST	Rooney 46' Helm 65' Coughlan 66', 80' Lynch 89' McCann 90+1'	Report	Cover 38' Douglas 62' Lolos 89' Iorfa 90+1'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Referee: Steven Copeland
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was brought forward for live Sky Sports broadcasting.

20 October 2026 12	Cheltenham Town	4–2	Fleetwood Town	Cheltenham
19:45 BST	Lynch 17' (o.g.) Stevenson 20' Otchere 25' J. Evans 39' Tomkinson 64' Willcox 80'	Report	Murphy 11' Rooney 31' C. Evans 50', 65' (pen.) Bennett 89'	Stadium: EV Charger Points Stadium Attendance: 2,923 Referee: Oliver Mackey

24 October 2026 13	Exeter City	2–1	Fleetwood Town	Exeter
15:00 BST	Perry 35' Cummins 58' Fitzwater 60' Woodhouse 64'	Report	Coughlan 61'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 5,515 Referee: George Laflin

31 October 2026 14	Fleetwood Town	3–1	Bristol Rovers	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT	Bennett 10', 59' Loupalo-Bi 37' McCann 82' Robertson 90'	Report	Russell-Denny 84'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,822 Referee: Richard Eley

14 November 2026 15	Fleetwood Town	v	Tranmere Rovers	Fleetwood
17:30 GMT				Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was pushed back for live Sky Sports broadcasting.

21 November 2026 16	Crawley Town	v	Fleetwood Town	Crawley
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Broadfield Stadium

28 November 2026 17	Fleetwood Town	v	Accrington Stanley	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Highbury Stadium

1 December 2026 18	Northampton Town	v	Fleetwood Town	Sixfields
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Sixfields Stadium

12 December 2026 19	Fleetwood Town	v	Swindon Town	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Highbury Stadium

19 December 2026 20	Colchester United	v	Fleetwood Town	Colchester
15:00 GMT				Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was pushed back for live Sky Sports broadcasting.

FA Cup

Fleetwood were drawn at home to Rochdale in the first round.

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

7 November 2026 First round	Fleetwood Town	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Rochdale	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT	Batty 9' Coughlan 74' (pen.) Neal 116'	Report	Hannant 23' Gilmour 34' Adeeko 111' Hayes 113'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,026 Referee: William Davis

EFL Cup

Fleetwood were drawn at home to Chesterfield in the first round, Shrewsbury Town in the second round, Sheffield United in the third round, Arsenal in the fourth round and Everton in the quarter-finals.

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

8 August 2026 First round	Fleetwood Town	1–0	Chesterfield	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Evans 14' Thompson-Sommers 61' McCann 86' Potter 90'	Report	Koroma 65' McFadzean 89'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 1,619 Referee: Martin Coy

25 August 2026 Second round	Fleetwood Town	4–0	Shrewsbury Town	Fleetwood
19:45 BST	Boyle 8' (o.g.) Evans 28', 35' Davies 90'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 1,066 Referee: Thomas Parsons

16 September 2026 Third round	Fleetwood Town	1–0	Sheffield United	Fleetwood
19:45 BST	McCann 23' Evans 53' Norrington-Davies 57' (o.g.)	Report	Norrington-Davies 90+1'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,348 Referee: Ben Speedie

27 October 2026 Fourth round	Fleetwood Town	1–1 (4–3 p)	Arsenal	Fleetwood
20:00 GMT	Loupalo-Bi 21' McLean 54' Batty 74' Cannon 86'	Report	Gyökeres 50' Dowman 85'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 5,002 Referee: Michael Salisbury
	Penalties
	Coughlan Neal Davies Cannon Haughey		Ødegaard Havertz Gyökeres Guimarães

17 December 2026 Quarter-finals	Fleetwood Town	v	Everton	Fleetwood
20:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Highbury Stadium

EFL Trophy

Group stage

Fleetwood were drawn against Oldham Athletic, Barnsley and Leeds United U21 into Northern Group G.

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Oldham Athletic (A)	3	2	1	7	7	0	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Fleetwood Town	2	1	1	4	2	+2	3	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Barnsley (E)	3	1	2	9	10	−1	3
4	ACA	Leeds United U21	2	1	1	6	7	−1	3

Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2026. Source: EFL
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

22 September 2026 Group stage	Oldham Athletic	1–0	Fleetwood Town	Oldham
19:00 BST	Chilvers 46' Kavanagh 90+4'	Report	Rooney 55' Cirino 85'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 851 (91 away) Referee: Michael Barlow

6 October 2026 Group stage	Fleetwood Town	4–1	Barnsley	Fleetwood
19:00 BST	Cirino 13' Lane 40' Coughlan 59' (pen.) Davies 62' Loupalo-Bi 67' Robertson 72' Sawkins 87'	Report	Brownlie 81'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 487 Referee: Andrew Miller

24 November 2026 Group stage	Fleetwood Town	v	Leeds United U21	Fleetwood
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Highbury Stadium

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 7 November 2026

Players with no appearances are not included on the list; italics indicated loaned in player

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Jay Lynch	19	0	14+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Danny Andrew	12	0	3+5	0	0+1	0	2+1	0	0+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Harrison Neal	19	0	14+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Finley Potter	21	1	14+0	1	1+0	0	4+0	0	2+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Rhys Bennett	19	1	12+0	1	1+0	0	4+0	0	0+2	0
7	MF	ENG	Andy Cannon	7	0	2+2	0	1+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Kane Thompson-Sommers	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Will Davies	19	4	7+5	2	0+1	0	1+3	1	1+1	1
10	MF	ENG	Mark Helm	19	1	14+0	1	0+1	0	4+0	0	0+0	0
11	FW	WAL	Josh Thomas	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	FW	NIR	Lewis McCann	19	0	14+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0	0+1	0
15	MF	IRL	Adam Murphy	14	0	9+1	0	0+0	0	0+3	0	1+0	0
16	DF	NIR	Conor Haughey	9	0	1+5	0	1+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
17	FW	WAL	Ched Evans	17	6	10+3	3	0+0	0	4+0	3	0+0	0
19	FW	IRL	Ronan Coughlan	18	7	8+4	5	1+0	1	0+3	0	2+0	1
20	FW	ENG	Aaron Loupalo-Bi	18	5	3+9	3	1+0	0	3+0	1	1+1	1
22	GK	WAL	James Pradic	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
23	DF	ENG	Liam Roberts	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
24	DF	ENG	Jake Batty	10	0	6+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
26	DF	SCO	Shaun Rooney	21	1	14+0	1	0+1	0	4+0	0	2+0	0
27	MF	ENG	Crispin McLean	12	0	2+5	0	1+0	0	3+1	0	0+0	0
28	MF	ENG	Josh Robertson	8	1	0+5	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
29	DF	MSR	Raff Cirino	14	0	5+5	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	2+0	0
30	FW	ENG	Mikey Lane	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
32	DF	ENG	Kayden Hughes	3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
35	MF	IRL	Sean Costelloe	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
36	DF	IRL	Jesse Dempsey	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
39	MF	IRL	Muhammad Oladiti	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
41	MF	ENG	Mathis Bamba	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
43	FW	ENG	Noah Sawkins	1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	1

Awards

Player Awards

EFL League Two Goal of the Month

Month	Player	Opposition	Result	Ref.
August	Ched Evans	v. Chesterfield	Won

References

[1] The transfer was announced on 17 June, and would become official on July 1 once Andrew's contract at Exeter City expired.

[3] The transfer was announced on 24 June, and would become official on July 1 once Thomas' contract at Swansea City expired.

[15] The transfer was announced on 30 May, and would become official on June 15 once the transfer window opened.

[19] On 30 October, Roberts was recalled back from his initial half-season loan at Hereford.

[37] First professional contract

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