2016–17 AFC Wimbledon season

The 2016–17 season was AFC Wimbledon's 15th season in the club's history and The Dons 1st season in League One following their promotion via the 2016 Football League play-offs.

AFC Wimbledon

2016–17 season
Chairman	Erik Samuelson
Manager	Neal Ardley
Stadium	Kingsmeadow
League One	15th
FA Cup	Third round vs Sutton United (17 January 2017)
League Cup	First round vs Peterborough United (9 August 2016)
League Trophy	Second round vs Brighton & Hove Albion (6 December 2016)
Top goalscorer	League: Tom Elliott 9 All: Tom Elliott 13
Highest home attendance	4,826 vs Bradford City (29 October 2016)
Lowest home attendance	4,023 vs Fleetwood Town (26 November 2016)
Average home league attendance	4,486
Home colours Away colours Third colours

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Charlton Athletic	46	14	18	14	60	53	+7	60
14	Walsall	46	14	16	16	51	58	−7	58
15	Wimbledon	46	13	18	15	52	55	−3	57
16	Northampton Town	46	14	11	21	60	73	−13	53
17	Oldham Athletic	46	12	17	17	31	44	−13	53

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results summary

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	D	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	D
Position	20	23	24	23	24	19	21	17	20	20	15	10	12	9	6	9	9	6	7	7	10	9	11	11	13	12	11	14	15	15	15	14	13	12	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	15	15

Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 2017. Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	13	18	15	52	55	−3	57	8	8	7	34	25	+9	5	10	8	18	30	−12

Last updated: 22 April 2017.
Source: BBC Sport

Matches

Pre-season friendlies

12 July 2016 Friendly	Dover Athletic	4–3	AFC Wimbledon	Crabble Athletic Ground
19:45 BST	Jackson  48' Marsh  54' Chiedozie  59' Doninger  75'	Report	Elliott  29' (pen.) Taylor  49' Poleon  85' (pen.)	Attendance: 398

16 July 2016 Friendly	Margate	1–1	AFC Wimbledon	Hartsdown Park
15:00 BST	Buchanan  12'	Report	Taylor  24'	Attendance: 711

23 July 2016 Friendly	AFC Wimbledon	2–0	Reading	Kingsmeadow
15:00 BST	Parrett  1' Poleon  20'	Report		Attendance: 1,336

27 July 2016 Friendly	AFC Wimbledon	2–3	Crystal Palace	Kingsmeadow
19:00 BST	Taylor  38' Souaré  77' (o.g.)	Report	Wickham  29' Bolasie  67' Ladapo  76'	Attendance: 2,391

29 July 2016 Friendly	Woking	1–2	AFC Wimbledon	Kingfield Stadium
19:45 BST	Penny  40'	Report	Elliott  4'  49'	Attendance: 641

30 July 2016 Friendly	Dagenham & Redbridge	0–1	AFC Wimbledon	Victoria Road
15:00 BST		Report	Fitzpatrick  25'	Attendance: 508

August

6 August 2016 1	Walsall	3–1	AFC Wimbledon	Bescot Stadium
15:00 BST	Oztumer  7' Jackson  38'  72' Moussa  80' Henry  90'	Report	Robinson  37' Taylor  90' (pen.) Parrett  90+2'	Attendance: 5,845 Referee: Charles Breakspear

13 August 2016 2	AFC Wimbledon	1–2	Bolton Wanderers	Kingsmeadow
15:00 BST	Barcham  16' Fuller  85'	Report	Madine  34' Davies  54' Trotter  70' Clough  84'	Attendance: 4,619 Referee: Gavin Ward

16 August 2016 3	AFC Wimbledon	1–2	Scunthorpe United	Kingsmeadow
19:45 BST	Barnett  39' Charles  61'	Report	Hopper  23' Morris  41' (pen.) van Veen  54'	Attendance: 4,163 Referee: Dean Whitestone

20 August 2016 4	Northampton Town	0–0	AFC Wimbledon	Sixfields Stadium
15:00 BST	Buchanan  74' O'Toole  90+4'	Report		Attendance: 5,185 Referee: Nick Kinseley

27 August 2016 5	Rochdale	1–1	AFC Wimbledon	Spotland Stadium
15:00 BST	Camps  81'  82'  Mendez-Laing  90+3' Allen  90+5'	Report	Robinson  9' Barcham  12' Meades  30' Francomb  85' Reeves  90+3'	Attendance: 2,274 Referee: Chris Sarginson

September

3 September 2016 6	AFC Wimbledon	2–1	Chesterfield	Kingsmeadow
15:00 BST	Robinson  53' Elliott  78' Poleon  90+1'	Report	Charles  35' (o.g.) Evans  90+5'	Attendance: 4,425 Referee: Kevin Johnson

10 September 2016 7	AFC Wimbledon	2–3	Sheffield United	Kingsmeadow
15:00 BST	Poleon  37' Fuller  40' Elliott  72'	Report	Duffy  20' Sharp  16'  26' Done  60'	Attendance: 4,810 Referee: Graham Salisbury

17 September 2016 8	Charlton Athletic	1–2	AFC Wimbledon	The Valley
15:00 BST	Lookman  8'	Report	Poleon  78' Barnett  85' Bulman  90+1'	Attendance: 11,927 Referee: Oliver Langford

24 September 2016 9	AFC Wimbledon	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Kingsmeadow
15:00 BST	Taylor  6' Poleon  45+3'	Report	Toney  28'  82'  Black  46'  63' Lancashire  90+1'	Attendance: 4,318 Referee: Michael Salisbury

28 September 2016 10	Coventry City	2–2	AFC Wimbledon	Ricoh Arena
19:45 BST	Sordell  2'  90+8' Willis  72' McCann  81' Wright  90+4'	Report	Meades  37' Robinson  55' Taylor  83'	Attendance: 8,030 Referee: Mark Heywood

October

1 October 2016 11	AFC Wimbledon	2–0	Gillingham	Kingsmeadow
15:00 BST	Poleon  20' Parrett  45+1' (pen.)  61'	Report	Osadebe  27' Konchesky  72' Donnelly  89'	Attendance: 4,653 Referee: Darren England

9 October 2016 12	Oxford United	1–3	AFC Wimbledon	Kassam Stadium
12:15 BST	Charles  49' (o.g.) Dunkley  70' Johnson  81'	Report	Elliott  10'  20' Taylor  13' Charles  42' Barcham  45+2' Shea  59'	Attendance: 7,742 Referee: Darren Deadman

15 October 2016 13	AFC Wimbledon	0–0	Swindon Town	Kingsmeadow
15:00 BST	Robinson  30' Parrett  62' Bulman  68' Charles  90+1'	Report	Kasim  32' Thomas  69' Thompson  79' Vigouroux  89'	Attendance: 4,800 Referee: John Busby

18 October 2016 14	Bury	1–2	AFC Wimbledon	Gigg Lane
19:45 BST	Danns  27' (pen.) Tutte  68'	Report	Robinson  26' Taylor  39' Meades  90+1'	Attendance: 2,211 Referee: Andy Haines

22 October 2016 15	Peterborough United	0–1	AFC Wimbledon	London Road Stadium
15:00 BST	Edwards  71' Taylor  79'	Report	Elliott  10' Fuller  84'	Attendance: 6,642 Referee: Brett Huxtable

29 October 2016 16	AFC Wimbledon	2–3	Bradford City	Kingsmeadow
15:00 BST	Elliott  18' Taylor  68' (pen.) Reeves  73' Barnett  90+1'	Report	Hiwula  3' Hanson  78' (pen.)  90+2'	Attendance: 4,826 Referee: Graham Horwood

November

12 November 2016 17	Oldham Athletic	0–0	AFC Wimbledon	Boundary Park
15:00 GMT		Report	Reeves  83'	Attendance: 3,856 Referee: Darren Deadman

19 November 2016 18	AFC Wimbledon	5–1	Bury	Kingsmeadow
15:00 GMT	Parrett  15' Whelpdale  26' Poleon  27' Elliott  28' Francomb  36' (pen.)  57'		Maher  25' Vaughan  40' Barnett  79'	Attendance: 4,141 Referee: Dean Whitestone

22 November 2016 19	Millwall	0–0	AFC Wimbledon	The Den
19:45 GMT	Thompson  33' Martin  71' Craig  82'	Report	Meades  51'  74'  Fuller  88'	Attendance: 8,614 Referee: Graham Horwood

26 November 2016 20	AFC Wimbledon	2–2	Fleetwood Town	Kingsmeadow
15:00 GMT	Poleon  31'  47' Parrett  75' (pen.)	Report	Bolger  12' Davis  75' McLaughlin  90+2'	Attendance: 4,023 Referee: Lee Swabey

December

10 December 2016 21	Milton Keynes Dons	1–0	AFC Wimbledon	Stadium mk
13:00 GMT	Bowditch  63' (pen.)	Report	Whelpdale  60' Robinson  67'	Attendance: 11,185 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

17 December 2016 22	AFC Wimbledon	4–0	Port Vale	Kingsmeadow
15:00 GMT	Francomb  16' Poleon  53' Elliott  58' Parrett  66' Barnett  85' Robertson  89'	Report	Amoros  18' Streete  60' de Freitas  81' Kelly  82'	Attendance: 4,291 Referee: Brendan Malone

26 December 2016 23	Southend United	3–0	AFC Wimbledon	Roots Hall Stadium
13:00 GMT	Cox  10'  84' Atkinson  41' Ferdinand  55' Fortuné  85' Leonard  90+1'	Report	Taylor  49'  72'	Attendance: 8,493 Referee: Lee Collins

31 December 2016 24	Bristol Rovers	2–0	AFC Wimbledon	Memorial Stadium
15:00 GMT	Montaño  42' Taylor  61'  70' Clarke  86'	Report	Reeves  23' Bulman  51'	Attendance: 10,093 Referee: Brett Huxtable

January

2 January 2017 25	AFC Wimbledon	2–2	Millwall	Kingsmeadow
13:00 GMT	Taylor  12' Elliott  51'	Report	O'Brien  5' Morison  40'  74'	Attendance: 4,742 Referee: Nigel Miller

14 January 2017 26	AFC Wimbledon	2–1	Oxford United	Kingsmeadow
15:00 GMT	Parrett  12' Kelly  28'  90+4' Robinson  43' Poleon  90+1'	Report	Hall  6' Taylor  25' Nelson  46' Johnson  74'	Attendance: 4,808 Referee: Mark Haywood

21 January 2017 27	Chesterfield	0–0	AFC Wimbledon	Proact Stadium
15:00 GMT	Nolan  29' Hird  77'	Report	Charles  66' Francomb  90+2'	Attendance: 6,379 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

February

4 February 2017 28	Sheffield United	4–0	AFC Wimbledon	Bramall Lane
15:00 GMT	Sharp  2' Hanson  37' Fleck  79' Lavery  90+1'	Report		Attendance: 20,549 Referee: David Webb

11 February 2017 29	AFC Wimbledon	1–1	Charlton Athletic	Kingsmeadow
15:00 GMT	Robertson  8' Reeves  26' Elliott  66'  90+3'   90+2' Taylor  87'	Report	Holmes  8'  37' Ngoyo  11' Chicksen  48'	Attendance: 4,595 Referee: Carl Boyeson

14 February 2017 30	AFC Wimbledon	1–1	Coventry City	Kingsmeadow
19:45 GMT	Robinson  90+3'	Report	Jones  71'	Attendance: 4,022 Referee: Gavin Ward

18 February 2017 31	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	AFC Wimbledon	Greenhous Meadow
15:00 GMT	Roberts  65' Nsiala  90'	Report	Kelly  57' Barcham  68' Elliott  90+2'	Attendance: 5,751 Referee: Kevin Johnson

21 February 2017 32	Gillingham	2–2	AFC Wimbledon	Priestfield Stadium
19:45 GMT	Dack  19' Wright  36'	Report	Taylor  17' Shea  37' Barcham  69'	Attendance: 4,956 Referee: Darren Deadman

25 February 2017 33	AFC Wimbledon	1–0	Walsall	Kingsmeadow
15:00 GMT	Reeves  64' Taylor  68'	Report	Osbourne  76'	Attendance: 4,586 Referee: John Busby

28 February 2017 34	Scunthorpe United	1–2	AFC Wimbledon	Glanford Park
19:45 GMT	Mirfin  7' Morris  74'	Report	Barcham  37' Taylor  57' Parrett  60'  73' Poleon  69' Soares  85'	Attendance: 3,368 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

March

4 March 2017 35	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	AFC Wimbledon	Macron Stadium
15:00 GMT	Madine  15'	Report	Elliott  39' Soares  66'	Attendance: 13,599 Referee: Dean Whitestone

11 March 2017 36	AFC Wimbledon	0–1	Northampton Town	Kingsmeadow
15:00 GMT	Francomb  58'	Report	Phillips  37' Taylor  86' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,512 Referee: Nigel Miller

14 March 2017 37	AFC Wimbledon	2–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Kingsmeadow
19:45 GMT	Reeves  62'  73' Taylor  68'	Report	Upson  79' Williams  87' O'Keefe  90+1'	Attendance: 4,112 Referee: Roger East

18 March 2017 38	Fleetwood Town	0–0	AFC Wimbledon	Highbury Stadium
15:00 GMT	Schwabl  90+4'	Report	Nightingale  27'	Attendance: 3,422 Referee: Mark Brown

25 March 2017 39	AFC Wimbledon	0–2	Southend United	Kingsmeadow
15:00 GMT	Taylor  70'	Report	Ranger  35' Cox  64'	Attendance: 4,803 Referee: Nick Kinseley

28 March 2017 40	AFC Wimbledon	3–1	Rochdale	Kingsmeadow
19:45 GMT	Kelly  53' Taylor  55' Parrett  58' (pen.)	Report	McNulty  25' Lund  44' Keane  45+1' Henderson  45+3' Camps  65'	Attendance: 3,812 Referee: Brett Huxtable

April

1 April 2017 41	Port Vale	2–0	AFC Wimbledon	Vale Park
15:00 GMT	Smith  22' Eagles  48'  69'	Report	Barcham  17' Robinson  58'	Attendance: 4,308 Referee: Darren Drysdale

8 April 2017 42	AFC Wimbledon	0–1	Bristol Rovers	Kingsmeadow
15:00 GMT	Taylor  44'	Report	Bodin  1' Sweeney  90+2'	Attendance: 4,742 Referee: Robert Jones

14 April 2017 43	Swindon Town	0–0	AFC Wimbledon	County Ground
15:00 GMT		Report	Soares  24' Francomb  41' Robinson  50'	Attendance: 7,716 Referee: Michael Salisbury

17 April 2017 44	AFC Wimbledon	0–0	Peterborough United	Kingsmeadow
15:00 GMT		Report		Attendance: 4,294 Referee: Darren Handley

22 April 2017 45	Bradford City	3–0	AFC Wimbledon	Valley Parade
15:00 GMT	McMahon  29' (pen.)  85' Vincelot  43' Marshall  45+3'	Report	Francomb  58'	Attendance: 18,615 Referee: John Busby

30 April 2017 46	AFC Wimbledon	0–0	Oldham Athletic	Kingsmeadow
12:00 GMT		Report	Ngoo  45+3'	Attendance: 4,867 Referee: Nick Kinseley

FA Cup

On 17 October 2016, the draw for the FA Cup First round proper took place. The competition progresses in knock-out stages, culminating in a Final to be played at Wembley Stadium on 27 May 2017.[1]

First round

At this stage, there were 80 clubs remaining in the competition (32 non-league teams progressing from the qualifying rounds and the 48 clubs from League One and League Two). AFC Wimbledon were drawn against fellow League One side Bury.

5 November 2016 First round	Bury	2–2	AFC Wimbledon	Gigg Lane
15:00 GMT	Hope  27'  29' Danns  64' Mellis  90+2'	Report	Taylor  61'  79' Elliott  67' Parrett  73' Robinson  83'	Attendance: 2,346 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

15 November 2016 First round replay	AFC Wimbledon	5–0	Bury	Kingsmeadow
19:45 GMT	Robinson  27' Parrett  32' Robertson  34' Poleon  45+2'  63'  72' Taylor  80'	Report	Barnett  26' Tutte  50' Vaughan  52'	Attendance: 2,316 Referee: John Brooks

Second round

On 7 November 2016, the draw for the FA Cup Second round took place. At this stage, there were 40 clubs remaining in the competition (17 League One sides, 11 League Two sides and 12 non-league sides). AFC Wimbledon were drawn against National League North side Curzon Ashton.

4 December 2016 Second round	Curzon Ashton	3–4	AFC Wimbledon	Tameside Stadium
12:00 GMT	Morgan  1'  21'  62'  64' Rowney  90+4'	Report	Elliott  80'  90+4'  90+5' Poleon  81' Barnett  82'	Attendance: 1,731 Referee: James Adcock

Third round

On 5 December 2016, the draw for the FA Cup Third round took place. At this stage, there were 64 clubs remaining in the competition (20 Premier League sides, 24 Championship sides, 9 League One sides, 6 League Two sides and 5 non-league sides). AFC Wimbledon were drawn away against local National League side Sutton United.

7 January 2017 Third round	Sutton United	0–0	AFC Wimbledon	Gander Green Lane
15:00 GMT	Downer  25' Biamou  47' Collins  60' Bailey  75'	Report	Reeves  22' Robinson  61'	Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Keith Stroud

17 January 2017 Third round replay	AFC Wimbledon	1–3	Sutton United	Kingsmeadow
19:45 GMT	Elliott  10' Robinson  15' Kelly  57' Barnett  85'	Report	Deacon  34'  75' Spence  43' Collins  82' Biamou  90' Fitchett  90+6'	Attendance: 4,768 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Football League Cup

On 22 June 2016, the draw for the Football League Cup took place. The draw is seeded and regionalised on a north/south basis. Seedings are based on the league finishing positions for clubs in the previous season. The competition progresses in knock-out stages, culminating in a Final to be played at Wembley Stadium on 26 February 2017.[2]

First round

The First Round of the competition includes 70 of the 72 Football League clubs: 24 from League Two, 24 from League One, and 22 from the Championship.

9 August 2016 First round	Peterborough United	3–2	AFC Wimbledon	London Road Stadium
19:45 BST	Forrester  23' Da Silva Lopes  37' Nichols  64'  90+3' Taylor  68'	BBC Report	Whelpdale  34' Reeves  67' Fuller  67' Taylor  78'	Attendance: 2,850 Referee: Ollie Yates

Football League Trophy

On 27 June 2016, the draw was made for the Group stages of the newly structured Football League Trophy. The first round will now consist of 64 clubs (24 from League One, 24 from League Two and 16 Category 1 Academy Teams) split into 16 groups of 4 teams, regionalised on a north/south basis, with each group including one Academy Team. Each club will play each other once, either home or away, with the top 2 teams from each group progressing to the knock-out stages, culminating in a Final to be played at Wembley Stadium on 2 April 2017.[3]

First Round (Southern Group B)

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	AFC Wimbledon	3	2	0	0	1	5	3	+2	6	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Swansea City U21	3	2	0	0	1	4	4	0	6
3	L2	Plymouth Argyle	3	1	0	0	2	5	5	0	3
4	L2	Newport County	3	1	0	0	2	4	6	−2	3

Source: Sky Sports

30 August 2016 Southern Group B	AFC Wimbledon	3–0	Swansea City U23	Kingsmeadow
19:45 BST	Barcham  38' Reeves  46' Poleon  57'  67'	Report	Fulton  44'	Attendance: 461 Referee: Simon Hooper

4 October 2016 Southern Group B	AFC Wimbledon	2–1	Plymouth Argyle	Kingsmeadow
19:45 BST	Taylor  28'  65' Barnett  68'  89' Beere  71'	Report	Smith  7' Miller  64'	Attendance: 936 Referee: Graham Horwood

8 November 2016 Southern Group B	Newport County	2–0	AFC Wimbledon	Rodney Parade
19:30 UTC	Bennett  7' Labadie  15' Owen-Evans  77' Barnum-Bobb  85'	Report	Owens  15' Nightingale  87'	Attendance: 368 Referee: Andrew Davies

Second Round (Southern Section)

The draw for the Second Round took place on 10 November 2016, with 32 clubs (13 from League One, 11 from League Two and 8 Category 1 Academy sides) progressing from the previous round, continuing to be regionalised on a north/south basis, with each group winner from the previous round being drawn at home to a second placed team from a different qualifying group.

6 December 2016 Southern Section	AFC Wimbledon	1–2	Brighton & Hove Albion U23	Kingsmeadow
19:45 GMT	Barnett  68'	Report	Manu  38' Towell  45+2' (pen.) LuaLua  88'	Attendance: 497 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Squad

As of 30 April 2017

No.	Name	Pos.	Nat.	Place of Birth	Age	L. Apps	L. Goals	Int. Caps	Int. Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	James Shea	GK		Islington	29	95	0	0	0	Harrow Borough	4 July 2014	Free	1 July 2017
24	Joe McDonnell	GK		Basingstoke	26	7	0	0	0	Basingstoke Town	5 July 2014	Undisclosed	1 July 2017
39	Joe Bursík	GK		Lambeth	20	0	0	0	0	Academy	13 January 2017	Trainee	Undisclosed
40	Nik Tzanev	GK		Wellington	24	0	0	0	0	Brentford	?	Free	Undisclosed
Defenders
2	Barry Fuller	RB		Ashford	36	163	1	0	0	Barnet	28 May 2013	Free	1 July 2018
3	Jonathan Meades	LB		Gloucester	28	91	6	0	0	Oxford United	22 June 2015	Free	1 July 2018
5	Will Nightingale	CB		Roehampton	25	20	0	0	0	Academy	6 May 2014	Trainee	1 July 2019
6	Paul Robinson	CB		Barnet	39	87	5	0	0	Portsmouth	3 August 2015	Free	1 July 2019
22	Sean Kelly	CB/LB		Glasgow	27	26	2	0	0	St Mirren	1 August 2016	Free	1 July 2018
29	Paul Kalambayi	CB		Dulwich	21	0	0	0	0	Academy	18 February 2016	Trainee	1 July 2018
31	Seth Owens	LB/CB		Hackney	22	3	0	0	0	Brentford	16 August 2016	Free	1 July 2018
32	Darius Charles	CB		Ealing	33	43	2	0	0	Burton Albion	31 May 2016	Free	1 July 2018
34	Chris Robertson	CB/RB		Dundee	34	13	1	0	0	Ross County	2 September 2016	Free	1 July 2018
35	Toby Sibbick	CB/RB		Hounslow	21	2	0	0	0	Academy	26 August 2016	Trainee	1 July 2018
?	Johnville Renee-Pringle	RB		Camden	23	0	0	0	0	Stoke City	20 January 2017	Trainee	1 July 2019
Midfielders
4	Dannie Bulman	CM		Ashford	42	121	4	0	0	Crawley Town	10 June 2014	Free	1 July 2017
7	George Francomb	RW/RB		Hackney	29	159	11	0	0	Norwich City	26 June 2013	Free	1 July 2018
8	Jake Reeves	CM		Lewisham	27	114	4	0	0	Swindon Town	7 January 2015	Undisclosed	1 July 2018
11	Chris Whelpdale	RW/LW		Harold Wood	34	17	1	0	0	Stevenage	28 June 2016	Free	1 July 2018
14	Tom Soares	CM		Reading	34	15	0	0	0	Bury	31 January 2017	Undisclosed	1 July 2019
16	Tom Beere	CM/RM		Southwark	26	29	1	0	0	Academy	6 May 2014	Trainee	1 July 2017
17	Andy Barcham	LW		Basildon	34	70	10	0	0	Portsmouth	1 July 2015	Free	1 July 2019
18	Dean Parrett	CM		Hampstead	29	32	5	0	0	Stevenage	1 July 2016	Free	1 July 2018
19	David Fitzpatrick	RW/LW		Surbiton	26	14	1	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	23 September 2014	Free	1 July 2017
25	Dan Gallagher	CM		Epsom	23	1	0	0	0	Academy	6 February 2015	Trainee	1 July 2017
27	Neşet Bellikli	LW		Sutton	22	0	0	0	0	Academy	16 May 2016	Trainee	1 July 2018
28	Alfie Egan	AM		Lambeth	23	9	0	0	0	Academy	5 February 2016	Trainee	1 July 2018
?	Anthony Hartigan	CM		Kingston upon Thames	21	0	0	0	0	Academy	27 January 2017	Trainee	1 July 2019
Forwards
9	Tom Elliott	CF		Leeds	30	78	15	0	0	Cambridge United	2 July 2015	Free	1 July 2017
10	Dominic Poleon	CF		Newham	27	41	8	0	0	Oldham Athletic	2 July 2016	Free	1 July 2018
15	George Oakley	CF		Tooting	25	9	0	0	0	Academy	6 May 2014	Trainee	1 July 2017
21	Egli Kaja	CF			23	3	0	0	0	Academy	17 April 2015	Trainee	1 July 2017
23	Tyrone Barnett	CF		Stevenage	35	36	2	0	0	Shrewsbury Town	3 August 2016	Free	1 July 2018
29	Toyosi Olusanya	CF		Lambeth	23	1	1	0	0	Academy	5 February 2016	Trainee	1 July 2018
33	Lyle Taylor	CF		Greenwich	30	85	30	2	1	Scunthorpe United	14 July 2015	Undisclosed	1 July 2018
38	Jayden Antwi	CF		?		1	0	0	0	Academy	28 March 2017	Trainee	1 July 2019

Player statistics

As of 30 April 2017

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		James Shea	43	0	36	0	5	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF		Barry Fuller (Captain)	35	0	28	0	5	0	1	0	1	0
3	DF		Jonathan Meades	26	2	22+2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF		Dannie Bulman	43	0	31+6	0	4	0	0	0	0+2	0
5	DF		Will Nightingale	16	0	10+2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
6	DF		Paul Robinson	49	3	43	2	5	1	1	0	0	0
7	MF		George Francomb	42	2	31+3	2	3+1	0	0	0	4	0
8	MF		Jake Reeves	54	1	46	1	4	0	1	0	2+1	0
9	FW		Tom Elliott	46	13	30+9	9	3+1	4	0+1	0	0+2	0
10	FW		Dominic Poleon	49	12	19+22	7	2+1	3	1	0	4	2
11	MF		Chris Whelpdale	23	2	8+9	1	1+2	0	1	1	2	0
14	MF		Tom Soares	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	FW		George Oakley	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
16	MF		Tom Beere	15	0	3+5	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	4	0
17	MF		Andy Barcham	41	6	31+5	5	3	0	1	0	1	1
18	MF		Dean Parrett	42	6	20+12	5	4+1	1	1	0	4	0
19	MF		David Fitzpatrick	7	0	2+3	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
21	FW		Egli Kaja	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF		Sean Kelly	32	2	22+4	2	2	0	1	0	3	0
23	FW		Tyrone Barnett	44	5	11+25	2	1+2	1	1	0	4	2
24	GK		Joe McDonnell	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
25	MF		Dan Gallagher	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Neşet Bellikli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Alfie Egan	12	0	3+6	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0
29	DF		Paul Kalambayi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW		Toyosi Olusanya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF		Seth Owens	6	0	2+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	2	0
32	DF		Darius Charles	36	3	32+2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0
33	FW		Lyle Taylor	50	14	36+7	10	5	2	0+1	1	1	1
34	DF		Chris Robertson	19	1	13	1	3+1	0	0	0	2	0
35	DF		Toby Sibbick	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	FW		Jayden Antwi	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	GK		Joe Bursík	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK		Nik Tzanev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	DF		Johnville Renee-Pringle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	MF		Anthony Hartigan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who featured on loan for AFC Wimbledon but subsequently returned to their parent club:
Players who left or were released by AFC Wimbledon during the course of the season:
26	GK		Ryan Clarke	9	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0

Top scorers

Rank	Position	Nation	Number	Player	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	League Trophy	Total
1	FW		33	Lyle Taylor	10	2	1	1	14
2	FW		9	Tom Elliott	9	4	0	0	13
=	FW		10	Dominic Poleon	8	3	0	2	13
3	MF		17	Andy Barcham	5	0	0	1	6
=	MF		18	Dean Parrett	5	1	0	0	6
4	FW		23	Tyrone Barnett	2	1	0	2	5
5	DF		6	Paul Robinson	2	1	0	0	3
6	DF		3	Jonathan Meades	2	0	0	0	2
=	MF		7	George Francomb	2	0	0	0	2
=	DF		22	Sean Kelly	2	0	0	0	2
=	DF		32	Darius Charles	2	0	0	0	2
=	MF		11	Chris Whelpdale	1	0	1	0	2
7	MF		8	Jake Reeves	1	0	0	0	1
=	DF		34	Chris Robertson	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS					52	12	2	6	72

Disciplinary record

Number	Position	Nation	Name	League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Total
1	GK		James Shea	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF		Barry Fuller	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
3	DF		Jonathan Meades	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
4	MF		Dannie Bulman	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
5	DF		Will Nightingale	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
6	DF		Paul Robinson	10	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	12	1
7	MF		George Francomb	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
8	MF		Jake Reeves	8	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	11	0
9	FW		Tom Elliott	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
10	FW		Dominic Poleon	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
11	MF		Chris Whelpdale	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	MF		Tom Soares	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
16	MF		Tom Beere	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
17	MF		Andy Barcham	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
18	MF		Dean Parrett	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
22	DF		Sean Kelly	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
23	FW		Tyrone Barnett	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
31	DF		Seth Owens	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
32	DF		Darius Charles	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
33	FW		Lyle Taylor	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	1
34	DF		Chris Robertson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
			TOTALS	71	3	10	1	2	0	7	0	90	4

Transfers

Players Transferred In
Date	Position	Nation	Name	Previous Club	Fee	Ref.
16 May 2016	MF		Neşet Bellikli	Academy	Free transfer	[4]
31 May 2016	DF		Darius Charles	Burton Albion	Free transfer	[5]
21 June 2016	GK		Ryan Clarke	Northampton Town	Free transfer	[6]
28 June 2016	MF		Chris Whelpdale	Stevenage	Free transfer	[7]
1 July 2016	MF		Dean Parrett	Stevenage	Free transfer	[8]
2 July 2016	FW		Dominic Poleon	Oldham Athletic	Free transfer	[9]
1 August 2016	DF		Sean Kelly	St Mirren	Free transfer	[10]
3 August 2016	FW		Tyrone Barnett	Shrewsbury Town	Free transfer	[11]
16 August 2016	DF		Seth Owens	Brentford	Free transfer	[12]
26 August 2016	DF		Toby Sibbick	Academy	Free transfer	[13]
2 September 2016	DF		Chris Robertson	Ross County	Free transfer	[14]
13 January 2017	GK		Joe Bursík	Academy	Free transfer	[15]
20 January 2017	DF		Johnville Renee-Pringle	Stoke City	Free transfer	[16]
27 January 2017	MF		Anthony Hartigan	Academy	Free transfer	[17]
31 January 2017	MF		Tom Soares	Bury	Undisclosed	[18]
Players Loaned In
Date from	Position	Nation	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
Players Loaned Out
Date from	Position	Nation	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
4 August 2016	MF		Dan Gallagher	Kingstonian	4 October 2016	[19][20]
11 November 2016	MF		David Fitzpatrick	Torquay United	9 January 2017	[21][22]
11 November 2016	FW		Toyosi Olusanya	Kingstonian	10 December 2016	[21]
18 November 2016	FW		George Oakley	Welling United	16 January 2016	[23][24]
16 December 2016	FW		Egli Kaja	Lewes	16 January 2016	[24]
9 February 2017	MF		Tom Beere	Gateshead	11 March 2017	[25]
Players Transferred Out
Date	Position	Nation	Name	Subsequent club	Fee	Ref
30 May 2016	FW		Adebayo Akinfenwa	Wycombe Wanderers	Released	[26][27]
31 May 2016	DF		Callum Kennedy	Leyton Orient	Released	[28][29]
31 May 2016	FW		Sean Rigg	Newport County	Released	[30][31]
15 June 2016	FW		Adebayo Azeez	Partick Thistle	Undisclosed	[32]
21 June 2016	MF		Connor Smith	Plymouth Argyle	Undisclosed	[33]
1 July 2016	GK		Will Mannion	Hull City	Undisclosed	[34]
5 August 2016	DF		Ryan Sweeney	Stoke City	£250,000	[35]
21 September 2016	GK		Ryan Clarke	Eastleigh	Mutual consent	[36][37]

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