2014–15 Cheltenham Town F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was the 75th season of competitive association football since joining Southern Football League in 1935 and the 16th season in the Football League played by Cheltenham Town Football Club, a professional football club based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Following relegation from League One in 2008–09 season it was the 6th consecutive season in League Two.

Cheltenham Town

2014–15 season
Chairman	Paul Baker
Manager	Mark Yates (until 25 November) Paul Buckle (until 13 February) Russell Milton (until 30 March) Gary Johnson (from 30 March)
Stadium	Whaddon Road
League Two	23rd (relegated)
FA Cup	Second round
League Cup	First round
League Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Wes Burns (4) Byron Harrison (4) All: Byron Harrison (7)
Highest home attendance	5,117 vs Shrewsbury Town (25 April)
Lowest home attendance	2,122 vs Morecambe (16 January)
Average home league attendance	2,864 (21st in the league)[1]
Home colours Away colours

Mark Yates started his fifth full season as the club manager. The summer transfer window saw eight players join the club, while eight players including veteran striker Jamie Cureton and long-served first-choice goalkeeper Scott Brown left the club.

Cheltenham Town started the season brightly, going top of the league after a draw at Morecambe on 6 September.[2] The Robins won five games of eight in all competitions, losing only League Cup tie to Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion.

However, during September club's form deteriorated as Cheltenham failed to win a match till 18 October. On 25 November, following fourth straight league defeat, club have parted company with Yates, with immediate effect.[3] The next day ex-Luton Town manager Paul Buckle was appointed as his replacement on a one-year contract.[4]

The managerial change did not affect the results as the Robins lost to Conference National side Dover Athletic in the FA Cup and continued to struggle in the league. On 13 February another losing streak saw Buckle leave Cheltenham on mutual consent after only one victory in 13 games.[5] Head of Academy Coaching Russell Milton took charge as a caretaker manager.

On 30 March with the club bottom of the table Milton stepped down to an assistant role after ex-Yeovil Town manager Gary Johnson was appointed with seven games until the end of the season.[6] As both of his predecessors, Johnson managed to win only one game and following the home defeat against Shrewsbury Town on a penultimate day of the season Cheltenham Town were relegated to the National League.

Despite poor performances, on 29 April it was announced that Gary Johnson signed two-year contract with Cheltenham Town aiming to an immediate return to the Football League.[7]

Background and pre-season

Pre-season matches

11 July 2014	Cheltenham Town	1–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Cheltenham
19:45	Richards  60'	CTFC Report	Sako  35' (pen.) Edwards  37' Clarke  49'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,705

12 July 2014	Evesham United	1–1	Cheltenham Town	Spiers and Hartwell Jubilee Stadium, Evesham
15:00	Edenborough  9'	CTFC Report	Haworth  90+1'	Attendance: 454

15 July 2014	Cheltenham Town	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Cheltenham
19:45	Harrison  74'	CTFC Report		Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 762

18 July 2014	Leamington	1–2	Cheltenham Town	New Windmill Ground, Whitnash
19:45	Goddard  61'	CTFC Report	Williams  38' Richards  72'	Referee: Ben Cooke

26 July 2014	Bath City	1–1	Cheltenham Town	Twerton Park, Twerton
15:00	Stearn  38'	CTFC Report	Richards  76' (pen.)

29 July 2014	Cheltenham Town	1–4	Bristol City	Cheltenham
19:45	Richards  22' (pen.)	CTFC Report	Baldock  15' Wilbraham  67' Bryan  73' Flint  77'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,570

Review

League Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
20	Carlisle United	46	14	8	24	56	74	−18	50
21	Mansfield Town	46	13	9	24	38	62	−24	48
22	Hartlepool United	46	12	9	25	39	70	−31	45
23	Cheltenham Town (R)	46	9	14	23	40	67	−27	41	Relegation to the National League
24	Tranmere Rovers (R)	46	9	12	25	45	67	−22	39

Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated.

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	9	14	23	40	67	−27	41	5	8	10	22	30	−8	4	6	13	18	37	−19

Last updated: 3 May 2015.
Source: Football League Official Site

Results by matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D
Position	3	4	6	3	1	1	5	8	7	9	10	14	10	9	10	13	16	18	17	18	18	18	19	17	18	16	17	21	22	22	23	23	21	23	22	22	23	23	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2015. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.[8]

9 August 2014 1	Bury	0–1	Cheltenham Town	Bury
15:00		CTFC Report BBC Report	Hanks  42' J. Taylor  85'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,376 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

16 August 2014 2	Cheltenham Town	2–1	Accrington Stanley	Cheltenham
15:00	Harrison  34' Braham-Barrett  38' Brown  55' Arthur  84'  85'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Gray  55' Naismith  77'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,340 Referee: Kevin Johnson

19 August 2014 3	Cheltenham Town	0–0	Carlisle United	Cheltenham
19:45	Arthur  85'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Brough  38' O'Hanlon  71' Dicker  75' Grainger  90+1'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,341 Referee: Darren Deadman

23 August 2014 4	Tranmere Rovers	2–3	Cheltenham Town	Birkenhead
15:00	Richards  12' Laird  45+1' Holmes  58'	TRFC Report CTFC Report BBC Report	Brown  29' Richards  67' Arthur  69' Wynter  73' Harrison  58'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 4,607 Referee: Nigel Miller

30 August 2014 5	Cheltenham Town	1–0	Hartlepool United	Cheltenham
15:00	Arthur  90'	CTFC Report HUFC Report BBC Report	Harewood  59' Austin  81' Brobbel  88'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,735 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

6 September 2014 6	Morecambe	0–0	Cheltenham Town	Morecambe
15:00	Fleming  81'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Marquis  80'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 2,273 Referee: Mark Haywood

13 September 2014 7	Luton Town	1–0	Cheltenham Town	Luton
15:00	Cullen  8' Guttridge  44' Smith  84'	CTFC Report BBC Report	M. Taylor  18' Brown  25' J. Taylor  45' Marquis  90+4'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 7,793 Referee: Andy D'Urso

16 September 2014 8	Cheltenham Town	0–1	Southend United	Cheltenham
19:45	J. Taylor  38' Braham-Barrett  74' Marquis  85'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Clifford  52' Binnom-Williams  42' Weston  55'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,303 Referee: James Linington

20 September 2014 9	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Dagenham & Redbridge	Cheltenham
15:00	Brown  54' Hanks  87'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Labadie  44' Cureton  58'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,597 Referee: Mark Haywood

27 September 2014 10	Burton Albion	1–0	Cheltenham Town	Burton upon Trent
15:00	Beavon  34' Blyth  83'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Elliott  8' Brown  83'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,225 Referee: David Webb

4 October 2014 11	Cheltenham Town	1–1	AFC Wimbledon	Cheltenham
15:00	M. Taylor  8'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Barrett  41'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,795 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

11 October 2014 12	Shrewsbury Town	3–1	Cheltenham Town	Shrewsbury
15:00	Collins  50' Mangan  55' Goldson  58' Knight-Percival  69' Wesolowski  78'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Harrison  48' Braham-Barrett  55' Vaughan  60' M. Taylor  77'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,817 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

18 October 2014 13	Cheltenham Town	3–2	Northampton Town	Cheltenham
15:00	Gornell  45', 78' Marquis  84'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Ravenhill  33' Byrom  48' Alfei  77' Moyo  86'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,447 Referee: Keith Hill

21 October 2014 14	Cambridge United	1–2	Cheltenham Town	Cambridge
19:45	Appiah  25'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Richards  10'  53' Marquis  24' Brown  30' Vaughan  38' Gornell  55'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,252 Referee: Pat Miller

25 October 2014 15	Plymouth Argyle	3–0	Cheltenham Town	Plymouth
15:00	Reid  23' Hartley  45+1' Alessandra  76'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Braham-Barrett  45' Hanks  87'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 6,837 Referee: Andy Davies

1 November 2014 16	Cheltenham Town	0–1	York City	Cheltenham
15:00	Hanks  10' Marquis  19'	CTFC Report BBC Report	De Girolamo  43'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,469 Referee: Gavin Ward

15 November 2014 17	Stevenage	5–1	Cheltenham Town	Stevenage
15:00	Beardsley  5', 34' Lee  8' Deacon  19' Barnard  74', 81'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Harrison  76'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 2,668 Referee: Steve Martin

22 November 2014 18	Cheltenham Town	1–4	Wycombe Wanderers	Cheltenham
15:00	Elliott  3' Vaughan  25'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Cowan-Hall  4' Craig  37' Rowe  66' Jacobson  70' McClure  90'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,833 Referee: Darren Sheldrake

29 November 2014 19	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Oxford United	Cheltenham
15:00	Harrison  52'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Barnett  61' Wright  87'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,002 Referee: Pat Miller

13 December 2014 20	Mansfield Town	1–1	Cheltenham Town	Mansfield
15:00	Oliver  55' Waterfall  76' Tafazolli  90+2'	CTFC Report BBC Report	M. Taylor  42' Hanks  84' Kotwica  87'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 3,324 Referee: Chris Sarginson

20 December 2014 21	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Portsmouth	Cheltenham
15:00	Sterling-James  42' Braham-Barrett  90+1' Vaughan  90+2'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Atangana  56'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,331 Referee: Fred Graham

26 December 2014 22	Exeter City	1–0	Cheltenham Town	Exeter
15:00	Nichols  62'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Braham-Barrett  44'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 4,591 Referee: Brendan Malone

28 December 2014 23	Cheltenham Town	0–1	Newport County	Cheltenham
15:00		CTFC Report BBC Report	Zebroski  11' Sandell  26' Jackson  38' Chapman  57' Jones  65' Yakubu  84' Porter  90+3'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,417 Referee: Iain Williamson

3 January 2015 24	Oxford United	1–2	Cheltenham Town	Oxford
15:00	Whing  11' Burns  20'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Jones  16' Dunn  40' Stewart  45+2'  86'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 5,360 Referee: Michael Bull

10 January 2015 25	Hartlepool United	2–0	Cheltenham Town	Hartlepool
15:00	Fenwick  38' Bingham  68' Harrison  90+6'	HUFC Report CTFC Report BBC Report	Stewart  37' Vaughan  55' Dunn  90+6'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,155 Referee: Richard Clark

16 January 2015 26	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Morecambe	Cheltenham
19:45	Dunn  18' (pen.) Sterling-James  90'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Amond  83' (pen.)	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,122 Referee: Tim Robinson

24 January 2015 27	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Luton Town	Cheltenham
15:00	Kotwica  20'  57'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Whalley  21' Lawless  83' McNulty  86' Wilkinson  89'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,611 Referee: Darren Handley

31 January 2015 28	Dagenham & Redbridge	3–1	Cheltenham Town	Dagenham
15:00	Widdowson  41' Cureton  55' Cousins  61' Hemmings  71' Jakubiak  90+4'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Dunn  62' (pen.)	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 2,696 Referee: Graham Horwood

7 February 2015 29	Cheltenham Town	1–3	Burton Albion	Cheltenham
15:00	Brown  45+2' Burns  55'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Beavon  21' McGurk  36' Edwards  49' Weir  81'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,389 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

10 February 2015 30	Southend United	2–0	Cheltenham Town	Southend-on-Sea
19:45	Pigott  9', 34' Hurst  87'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Wynter  28' M. Taylor  34' Berry  90+1' Richards  90+5'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,013 Referee: Carl Berry

14 February 2015 31	Cheltenham Town	1–2	Bury	Cheltenham
15:00	Johnstone  24' Burns  90+3' Richards  90+5'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Mayor  4' Rose  17'  73' Riley  82' Adams  90+5'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,375 Referee: Charles Breakspear

20 February 2015 32	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Cheltenham Town	Accrington
19:45	Conneely  33' McCartan  59'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Burns  31' Brown  64'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,216 Referee: Oliver Langford

28 February 2015 33	Cheltenham Town	2–0	Tranmere Rovers	Cheltenham
15:00	Holmes  9' (o.g.) Brown  61'  64' Burns  66'	CTFC Report TRFC Report BBC Report	Myrie-Williams  20' Odejayi  29' Holmes  59'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,070 Referee: Michael Bull

3 March 2015 34	Carlisle United	1–0	Cheltenham Town	Carlisle
19:45	Wyke  31' Rigg  89'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Sparrow  45' Mills  59' Manset  84' Wynter  85'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 3,116 Referee: Craig Pawson

7 March 2015 35	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Mansfield Town	Cheltenham
15:00	Burns  47' Sparrow  56'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Kee  68'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,597 Referee: Trevor Kettle

13 March 2015 36	Newport County	1–1	Cheltenham Town	Newport, Wales
19:45	Storey  38' Flynn  90+5'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Burns  13' Mills  90+5'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 2,951 Referee: Lee Collins

17 March 2015 37	Portsmouth	2–2	Cheltenham Town	Portsmouth
19:45	Matt Tubbs  17' Taylor  43'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Richards  18' Packwood  22' Brown  61'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 13,558 Referee: Dean Whitestone

21 March 2015 38	Cheltenham Town	1–2	Exeter City	Cheltenham
15:00	Sparrow  27' Braham-Barrett  32' Burns  36' Jordan Moore-Taylor  89' (o.g.)	CTFC Report BBC Report	Nichols  26' Cummins  86'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,880 Referee: Darren Drysdale

28 March 2015 39	Cheltenham Town	0–3	Plymouth Argyle	Cheltenham
15:00	M. Taylor  48' Hanks  66' Vaughan  68'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Reid  34', 64' B.Reid  36' Alessandra  69' Brunt  83' Ansah  86'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,831 Referee: Keith Hill

3 April 2015 40	York City	1–0	Cheltenham Town	York
15:00	Winfield  73' Zubar  78'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Mills  78'	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 4,151 Referee: Kevin Wright

6 April 2015 41	Cheltenham Town	0–1	Stevenage	Cheltenham
19:45	Harrad  77' Braham-Barrett  79' Vaughan  82'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Day  18' Okimo  26' Kennedy  78' (pen.)	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,858 Referee: Richard Clark

11 April 2015 42	Wycombe Wanderers	2–1	Cheltenham Town	High Wycombe
15:00	Jacobson  15' Pierre  45' Mawson  56' Sam Saunders  90'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Deaman  5' Berry  54'  74' McDonald  76'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 3,907 Referee: Tony Harrington

14 April 2015 43	Cheltenham Town	3–1	Cambridge United	Cheltenham
19:45	Harrad  2'  76' Haynes  57' Sparrow  75'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Bird  33' Donaldson  90+3'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,415 Referee: Gary Sutton

18 April 2015 44	Northampton Town	2–0	Cheltenham Town	Northampton
15:00	Byrom  37' Diamond  45+2' Toney  57' Richards  70'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Berry  18'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,579 Referee: Darren Sheldrake

25 April 2015 45	Cheltenham Town	0–1	Shrewsbury Town	Cheltenham
15:00	Harrad  32'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Liam Lawrence  18' Akpa Akpro  20' Goldson  89'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 5,117 Referee: Trevor Kettle

2 May 2015 46	AFC Wimbledon	1–1	Cheltenham Town	Kingston upon Thames
15:00	Smith  44'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Berry  19'  25' Brown  51' Braham-Barrett  90+3'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 4,374 Referee: Andy Davies

FA Cup

The draw for the first round of the FA Cup was made on 27 October 2014.[9]

8 November 2014 First round	Cheltenham Town	5–0	Swindon Town (3)	Cheltenham
15:00	Harrison  10', 53', 84' Gornell  36'  74' Braham-Barrett  38' Richards  72'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Thompson  21' Turnbull  70' Byrne  88'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,470 Referee: Carl Boyeson

7 December 2014 Second round	Cheltenham Town	0–1	Dover Athletic (5)	Cheltenham
14:00	Gornell  87'	CTFC Report BBC Report	Essam  83'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,552 Referee: Dean Whitestone

League Cup

12 August 2014 Round One	Brighton & Hove Albion (2)	2–0	Cheltenham Town	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
19:45	Dunk  79' Mackail-Smith  90'	CTFC Report BBC Report		Attendance: 6,595 Referee: Michael Bull

Football League Trophy

2 September 2014 First round	Cheltenham Town	2–0	Oxford United (4)	Cheltenham
19:45	Marquis  45+2' Arthur  78'	CTFC Report	Meades  68'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,424 Referee: Brendan Malone

7 October 2014 Second round	Cheltenham Town	1–3	Bristol City (3)	Cheltenham
19:45	Taylor  61' Gornell  64' Marquis  90'	CTFC Report	Burns  28' Smith  56', 84' Fielding  87' Wynter  90'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,599 Referee: Keith Stroud

Players

First team squad

Only players participated in official matches are listed.
Players sorted by numbers, players joined during the season sorted by the time they joined the team.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  NIR Trevor Carson 2 DF  ENG Lee Vaughan 3 DF  ENG Craig Braham-Barrett 4 DF  ENG Matt Taylor 5 DF  WAL Troy Brown 6 DF  ENG Steve Elliott 8 MF  ENG Matt Richards 9 FW  ENG Byron Harrison 10 FW  ENG Terry Gornell 11 MF  ENG Andy Haworth 14 MF  ENG Asa Hall 15 DF  ENG Jack Deaman 16 MF  ENG Joe Hanks 17 MF  ENG Zack Kotwica 18 DF  ENG Paul Black 19 MF  ENG Omari Sterling-James 21 FW  ENG Harry Williams 22 FW  ENG Bobbie Dale 23 DF  ENG James Bowen 25 MF  ENG Jason Taylor 27 FW  ENG Jamal Lawrence

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  GHA Koby Arthur (On loan from Birmingham City) 7 MF  ENG Jordan Wynter (On loan from Bristol City, later signed a contract) 26 FW  ENG John Marquis (On loan from Millwall) 28 FW  ITA Raffaele De Vita 29 MF  GNB Eusébio Bancessi (On loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) 7 MF  IRL Kane Ferdinand (On loan from Peterborough United) 26 DF  ENG Kevin Stewart (On loan from Liverpool) 28 MF  ENG Jack Dunn (On loan from Liverpool) 29 DF  ENG Lloyd Jones (On loan from Liverpool) 24 MF  ENG Jake Gray (On loan from Crystal Palace) 25 DF  ENG Durrell Berry 9 FW  SCO Denny Johnstone (On loan from Birmingham City) 18 FW  WAL Eliot Richards 39 FW  FRA Mathieu Manset 10 FW  WAL Wes Burns (On loan from Bristol City) 6 DF  ENG Pablo Mills (On loan from Bury) 24 MF  ENG Matt Sparrow (On loan from Scunthorpe United) 29 FW  ENG Shaun Harrad (On loan from Notts County) 9 FW  ENG Danny Haynes 26 DF  USA Will Packwood (On loan from Birmingham City) 28 FW  ENG Shaq McDonald (On loan from Derby County)

Transfers

Transfers are listed from the last day of the previous season till the final day of this season

In Date Player Age Signed from Ends Fee 19 May 2014 Lee Vaughan 27 Kidderminster Harriers 1 July 2016 Free[10] 28 May 2014 Asa Hall 27 Shrewsbury Town 1 July 2016 Free[11] 24 June 2014 Paul Black 24 Mansfield Town 1 July 2015 Free[12] 24 June 2014 Andy Haworth 25 Tamworth 1 July 2015 Free[13] 30 June 2014 Trevor Carson 26 Bury 1 July 2016 Free[14] 21 July 2014 Jack Deaman 21 Eastbourne Borough 1 July 2015 Free[15] 21 July 2014 Omari Sterling-James 20 Redditch United 21 January 2015 Free[16] 25 July 2014 Matt Taylor 32 Bradford City 1 July 2016 Free[17] 5 September 2014 Matthew Gould 20 Hawke's Bay United 1 July 2015 Free[18] 24 September 2014 Raffaele De Vita 27 Bradford City 24 December 2014 Free[19] 28 January 2015 Durrell Berry 22 Torquay United 1 July 2015 Free[20] 2 February 2015 Eliot Richards 23 Tranmere Rovers 1 July 2016 Free[21] 2 February 2015 Jordan Wynter 21 Bristol City 1 July 2016 Free[22] 2 February 2015 Mathieu Manset 25 Walsall 1 July 2015 Free[23] 6 March 2015 Danny Haynes 27 Notts County 6 May 2015 Free[24]

Out Date Player Age Status Signed to Fee 6 May 2014 Sido Jombati 26 Released Wycombe Wanderers Free[25] 6 May 2014 Ashley Vincent 28 Released Shrewsbury Town Free[25] 6 May 2014 Ed Williams 18 Released Free[25] 6 May 2014 Sam Deering 23 Released Whitehawk Free[25] 7 May 2014 Jamie Cureton 38 Released Dagenham & Redbridge Free[26] 13 May 2014 Connor Roberts 21 Released Chester Free[27] 16 May 2014 Jermaine McGlashan 26 Transfer Gillingham Free[28] 28 May 2014 Scott Brown 29 Transfer Aberdeen Free[29] 27 December 2014 Raffaele De Vita 27 Released Ross County Free[30] 7 January 2015 Jason Taylor 27 Released Northampton Town Free[31] 9 January 2015 Adam Powell 19 Released Free[32] 19 January 2015 Paul Black 25 Released Atlanta Silverbacks Free[33] 27 January 2015 Byron Harrison 27 Transfer Chesterfield Undisclosed[34] 2 February 2015 Terry Gornell 25 Released Accrington Stanley Free[35] 3 February 2015 Steve Elliott 36 Released Bath City Free[36]

Contract extensions

Date	Player	Age	Ends
28 May 2014	Harry Williams	18	1 July 2015[37]
28 May 2014	Bobbie Dale	18	1 July 2015[37]
29 May 2014	Joe Hanks	19	1 July 2015[38]
29 May 2014	Adam Powell	18	1 July 2015[39]
1 July 2014	James Bowen	18	1 July 2015[40]
16 December 2014	Omari Sterling-James	21	1 July 2016[41]
19 December 2014	Zack Kotwica	19	1 July 2016[42]
21 December 2014	Joe Hanks	19	1 July 2016[43]
25 December 2014	Bobbie Dale	19	1 July 2016[44]
31 December 2014	Harry Williams	18	1 July 2016[45]
8 January 2015	Jack Deaman	21	1 July 2016[46]
29 January 2015	Jamal Lawrence	18	1 July 2017[47]
?	James Bowen	19	1 July 2016[48]

Loans

In Player Age Signed from Date Started Ended Koby Arthur 18 Birmingham City 25 July[49] 14 September[50] Jordan Wynter 20 Bristol City 21 August[51] 22 September[52] John Marquis 22 Millwall 28 August[53][54] 26 November[55] Eusébio Bancessi 19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 9 October[56] 5 November[55] Kane Ferdinand 22 Wolverhampton Wanderers 20 November[57][58] 20 April[59] Kevin Stewart 21 Liverpool 1 January[60] 2 February[61] Jack Dunn 20 Liverpool 1 January[60] 2 February[61] Lloyd Jones 19 Liverpool 1 January[60][61] 15 February[62] Jake Gray 19 Crystal Palace 16 January[63] 12 February[64] Denny Johnstone 20 Birmingham City 2 February[65] 9 March[66] Wes Burns 20 Bristol City 2 February[67] Pablo Mills 30 Bury 26 February[68] 20 April[59] Matt Sparrow 33 Scunthorpe United 26 February[69] Shaun Harrad 30 Notts County 26 February[69] Will Packwood 21 Birmingham City 11 March[70] Shaq McDonald 19 Derby County 26 March[71] 20 April[59]

Out Player Age Signed to Date Started Ended Bobbie Dale 19 Bath City 5 September[72] 13 October[73] Harry Williams 18 Evesham United 5 September[56][74][75] 17 November[76] Adam Powell 18 Cinderford Town 22 September[77][78] 20 November Bobbie Dale 19 Cirencester Town 10 October[56] 10 November Harry Reynolds 18 Cambridge City 10 October[79] 10 November Jason Taylor 27 Northampton Town 1 January[80] 7 January[31] Matthew Gould 21 Bishop's Cleeve 13 January[81] 13 February Andy Haworth 26 Barrow 23 January[82] Bobbie Dale 19 Cinderford Town 5 February[83][84] James Bowen 19 Cinderford Town 5 February[83] 5 March Jamal Lawrence 18 Bishop's Cleeve 6 March[24][84] Harry Reynolds 18 Bishop's Cleeve 6 March[24] 6 April Harry Williams 18 Gloucester City 12 March[48][85] 18 April[86] James Bowen 18 Gloucester City 12 March[48][85] 18 April[86]

Squad statistics

Source:[87][88]

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with squad numbers struck through and marked left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Cheltenham.

Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.

Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
				League		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Total		Discipline
1	GK	NIR	Trevor Carson	46	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	51	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Lee Vaughan	31 (1)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	34 (1)	0	6	1
3	DF	ENG	Craig Braham-Barrett	45	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	50	0	10	0
4	DF	ENG	Matt Taylor	31 (2)	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	34 (2)	1	6	0
5	DF	WAL	Troy Brown	42 (1)	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	47 (1)	1	11	0
6	DF	ENG	Steve Elliott	17	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	19	1	1	0
6	DF	ENG	Pablo Mills *	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	3	0
7 20	MF	ENG	Jordan Wynter	12 (4)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12 (4)	1	2	0
7	MF	IRL	Kane Ferdinand *	15 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	16 (1)	0	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Matt Richards	44 (1)	2	1 (1)	1	1	0	1 (1)	0	47 (3)	3	2	0
9	FW	ENG	Byron Harrison	17 (6)	4	2	3	1	0	1	0	21 (6)	7	1	0
9	FW	SCO	Denny Johnstone *	4 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4 (1)	1	0	0
9	FW	ENG	Danny Haynes	5 (3)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5 (3)	1	0	0
10	FW	ENG	Terry Gornell	18 (7)	3	2	1	1	0	0 (2)	1	21 (9)	4	2	0
10	FW	WAL	Wes Burns *	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	4	3	0
11	MF	ENG	Andy Haworth	0 (5)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	1 (1)	0	1 (7)	0	1	0
12	GK	ENG	Matthew Gould	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ENG	Asa Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
15	DF	ENG	Jack Deaman	13 (5)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	17 (5)	0	1	0
16	MF	ENG	Joe Hanks	16 (17)	2	0 (1)	0	1	0	2	0	19 (18)	2	4	0
17	MF	ENG	Zack Kotwica	8 (9)	2	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	8 (11)	2	1	0
18	DF	ENG	Paul Black	3	0	1	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	4 (1)	0	0	0
18	FW	WAL	Eliot Richards	6 (3)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6 (3)	1	2	0
19	MF	ENG	Omari Sterling-James	9 (13)	1	0	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	10 (14)	1	1	0
20	FW	GHA	Koby Arthur *	1 (6)	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	2 (6)	4	2	0
21	MF	ENG	Harry Williams	3 (5)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	3 (6)	0	0	0
22	FW	ENG	Bobbie Dale	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0
23	DF	ENG	James Bowen	1 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (2)	0	0	0
24	MF	ENG	Jake Gray *	3 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 (1)	0	0	0
24	MF	ENG	Matt Sparrow *	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	3	0
25	MF	ENG	Jason Taylor	16	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	21	0	4	1
25	DF	ENG	Durrell Berry	8 (4)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8 (4)	2	4	0
26	FW	ENG	John Marquis *	8 (5)	1	0 (1)	0	0	0	1 (1)	1	9 (7)	2	6	0
26	MF	ENG	Kevin Stewart *	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	0
26	DF	USA	Will Packwood *	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0
27	MF	ENG	Jamal Lawrence	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
28	MF	ITA	Raffaele De Vita *	7 (3)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	10 (3)	0	0	0
28	FW	ENG	Jack Dunn *	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	0
28	FW	ENG	Shaq McDonald *	3 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 (1)	0	1	0
29	MF	GNB	Eusébio Bancessi *	2 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (2)	0	0	0
29	DF	ENG	Lloyd Jones *	5 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5 (1)	0	1	0
29	FW	ENG	Shaun Harrad *	10 (2)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10 (2)	1	3	0
30	GK	ENG	Harry Reynolds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	ENG	Danny Reynolds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	FRA	Mathieu Manset	8 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8 (4)	0	1	0

Players not included in matchday squads

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name
24	MF	ENG	Adam Powell
34	MF	ENG	Reece Daly

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