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
Wimbledon most often refers to:
* Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London
* Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships
Wimbledon may also refer to:
Places London
* ...
at the newly built
Plough Lane
Plough Lane – named The Cherry Red Records Stadium for sponsorship reasons – is a football stadium in Wimbledon, south-west London, which has been the home of AFC Wimbledon since 3 November 2020. A groundshare with rugby league side London ...
stadium. They played at
Loftus Road
Loftus Road is a football stadium in White City, London, England, which is home to Queens Park Rangers.
In 1981, it became the first stadium in British professional football to have an artificial pitch of Omniturf installed. This remained in ...
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
Loans in
Loans out
Transfers out
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
Danny Cowley (born 22 October 1978) is an English professional football coach who was most recently manager of EFL League One side Portsmouth.
He has previously managed Concord Rangers, Braintree Town, Lincoln City, Huddersfield Town and P ...
.
EFL Cup
The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on
Sky Sports
Sky Sports is a group of British subscription sports channels operated by the satellite pay television company Sky Group (a division of Comcast), and is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It ...
, by
Paul Merson
Paul Charles Merson (born 20 March 1968) is an English former professional footballer, manager, commentator and sports television pundit for Sky Sports.
Originally a forward, Merson found success as an attacking midfielder and playmaker later ...
.
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
Jonathan Parkin (born 30 December 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.
While never making a Premier League appearance, Parkin played extensively in all Football League divisions, and (excluding loan spe ...
.
Statistics
Goals record
Disciplinary record
Notes
References
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