2016–17 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season

Milton Keynes Dons
2016–17 season
ChairmanPete Winkelman
ManagerKarl Robinson
(until 23 October 2016)
Richie Barker
(caretaker, from 23 October 2016 until
3 December 2016)
Robbie Neilson
(from 3 December 2016)
StadiumStadium MK
League One12th
FA CupThird round
EFL CupSecond round
EFL TrophySecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Kieran Agard (12)
All: Kieran Agard (14)
Highest home attendance21,545 (vs Bolton Wanderers)
4 February 2017, League One
Lowest home attendance2,114 (vs Barnet)
30 August 2016, EFL Trophy Group F
Average home league attendance10,307[1]
Biggest win5–3 (vs Northampton Town)
21 January 2017, League One
Biggest defeat1–4 (vs Yeovil Town)
6 December 2016, EFL Trophy R2
1–4 (vs Norwich City U23)
8 November 2016, EFL Trophy Group F

The 2016–17 season was Milton Keynes Dons' 13th season in their existence, and was their first season back in League One, the third level of English football, following relegation from the Championship the previous season.[2]

Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Competitions

League One

Main article: 2016–17 EFL League One
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 Bristol Rovers 46 18 12 16 68 70 −2 66
11 Peterborough United 46 17 11 18 62 62 0 62
12 Milton Keynes Dons 46 16 13 17 60 58 +2 61
13 Charlton Athletic 46 14 18 14 60 53 +7 60
14 Walsall 46 14 16 16 51 58 −7 58
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Matches

Win Draw Loss
Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance Ref
6 August 2016 – 15:00 Shrewsbury Town Away 1–0 Powell 5,452 [3]
13 August 2016 – 15:00 Millwall Home 2–2 Agard (2) 10,232 [4]
16 August 2016 – 19:45 Bradford City Home 1–2 Upson 8,166 [5]
20 August 2016 – 15:00 Rochdale Away 1–0 Wootton 2,176 [6]
27 August 2016 – 15:00 Peterborough United Home 0–2   10,621 [7]
4 September 2016 – 12:00 Northampton Town Away 2–3 Bowditch, Carruthers 6,618 [8]
10 September 2016 – 15:00 Bolton Wanderers Away 1–1 Colclough 12,727 [9]
17 September 2016 – 15:00 Oxford United Home 0–0   12,340 [10]
24 September 2016 – 15:00 Fleetwood Town Away 4–1 Colclough (3), Bowditch 2,518 [11]
27 September 2016 – 19:45 Bury Home 1–3 Reeves 7,652 [12]
1 October 2016 – 15:00 Oldham Athletic Away 2–0 Reeves, Agard 3,273 [13]
9 October 2016 – 14:15 Port Vale Home 0–1   8,259 [14]
15 October 2016 – 15:00 Scunthorpe United Away 1–2 Agard 4,238 [15]
18 October 2016 – 19:45 Bristol Rovers Home 3–3 Bowditch, G.B. Williams, Reeves 8,366 [16]
22 October 2016 – 15:00 Southend United Home 0–3   11,039 [17]
29 October 2016 – 15:00 Sheffield United Away 1–2 Potter 20,495 [18]
12 November 2016 – 15:00 Walsall Home 1–1 Bowditch 8,188 [19]
19 November 2016 – 15:00 Bristol Rovers Away 0–0   9,031 [20]
22 November 2016 – 19:45 Chesterfield Home 2–3 Powell, Colclough 7,429 [21]
26 November 2016 – 15:00 Coventry City Away 2–1 Upson (2) 9,640 [22]
10 December 2016 – 13:00 AFC Wimbledon Home 1–0 Bowditch 11,185 [23]
17 December 2016 – 15:00 Gillingham Away 0–1   5,682 [24]
26 December 2016 – 15:00 Charlton Athletic Home 0–1   10,257 [25]
30 December 2016 – 15:00 Swindon Town Home 3–2 Agard (2), Maynard 9,385 [26]
2 January 2017 – 15:00 Chesterfield Away 0–0   5,554 [27]
21 January 2017 – 15:00 Northampton Town Home 5–3 Agard, Aneke (2), Potter, Barnes 12,300 [28]
28 January 2017 – 15:00 Peterborough United Away 4–0 Barnes, Agard, Aneke (2) 6,617 [29]
4 February 2017 – 15:00 Bolton Wanderers Home 1–1 Agard 21,545 [30]
7 February 2017 – 19:45 Oldham Athletic Home 1–0 Maynard 7,598 [31]
11 February 2017 – 15:00 Oxford United Away 0–1   9,179 [32]
14 February 2017 – 19:45 Bury Away 0–0   2,005 [33]
18 February 2017 – 15:00 Fleetwood Town Home 0–1   8,278 [34]
25 February 2017 – 15:00 Shrewsbury Town Home 2–1 Agard, Downing 8,322 [35]
28 February 2017 – 19:45 Bradford City Away 2–2 O'Keefe, G.B. Williams 16,725 [36]
4 March 2017 – 15:00 Millwall Away 1–2 Reeves 9,636 [37]
11 March 2017 – 15:00 Rochdale Home 2–2 Agard, Reeves 10,569 [38]
14 March 2017 – 19:45 AFC Wimbledon Away 0–2   4,112 [39]
18 March 2017 – 15:00 Coventry City Home 1–0 O'Keefe 9,060 [40]
25 March 2017 – 15:00 Port Vale Away 0–0   3,877 [41]
1 April 2017 – 15:00 Gillingham Home 3–2 Muirhead, Barnes, Lewington 8,807 [42]
4 April 2017 – 19:45 Charlton Athletic Away 2–0 O'Keefe, Barnes 10,943 [43]
8 April 2017 – 15:00 Swindon Town Away 1–1 Agard 7,946 [44]
14 April 2017 – 15:00 Scunthorpe United Home 0–1   9,274 [45]
17 April 2017 – 15:00 Southend United Away 2–1 Reeves, Walsh 9,009 [46]
22 April 2017 – 15:00 Sheffield United Home 0–3   18,180 [47]
30 April 2017 – 12:00 Walsall Away 4–1 Muirhead, Reeves, O'Keefe, Barnes 5,004 [48]

Source: Sky Sports

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup

Matches

Win Draw Loss
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance Ref
5 November 2016 – 15:00 First round Spennymoor Town Home 3–2 Reeves, Thomas-Asante, Agard 4,099 [49]
3 December 2016 – 15:00 Second round Charlton Athletic Away 0–0   4,982 [50]
13 December 2016 – 19:45 Second round (replay) Charlton Athletic Home 3–1[a] Powell, Reeves, Bowditch 3,655 [51]
7 January 2017 – 15:00 Third round Brighton & Hove Albion Away 0–2   11,091 [52]
  1. ^ After extra-time. 1–1 at the conclusion of 90 minutes.

EFL Cup

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup

Matches

Win Draw Loss
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance Ref
9 August 2016 – 19:45 First round Newport County Away 3–2 Bowditch (2), Tilney 1,402 [53]
23 August 2016 – 19:45 Second round Reading Away 2–2[a] Bowditch, Tshimanga 6,848 [54]
  1. ^ After extra-time. 1–1 after 90 minutes. Reading won 4–2 on penalties.

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Trophy

Southern Group F Table

Pos Div Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ACA Norwich City U21 3 3 0 0 0 15 2 +13 9 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Milton Keynes Dons 3 1 1 0 1 4 6 −2 5
3 L1 Peterborough United 3 1 0 0 2 3 8 −5 3
4 L2 Barnet 3 0 0 1 2 3 9 −6 1
Source: Sky Sports

'Matches

Win Draw Loss
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance Ref
30 August 2016 – 19:45 Group stage Barnet Home 2–2[a] Reeves, Walsh 2,114 [55]
4 October 2016 – 19:30 Group stage Peterborough United Away 1–0 Agard 1,793 [56]
8 November 2016 – 19:00 Group stage Norwich City Academy Away 1–4 Tapp 1,042 [57]
6 December 2016 – 19:45 Second round Yeovil Town Away 1–4 Lacey (o.g.) 1,308 [58]
  1. ^ After 90 minutes. Milton Keynes Dons gained an extra point with a 5–3 win on penalties

Player details

Note: Players' ages as of the club's opening fixture of the 2016–17 season.
# Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Signed from Signed in Transfer fee
Goalkeepers
1 David Martin England GK (1986-01-22)22 January 1986 (aged 30) England Liverpool 2010 Free
19 Lee Nicholls England GK (1992-10-05)5 October 1992 (aged 23) Free agent 2016 Free
29 Charlie Burns England GK (1995-05-27)27 May 1995 (aged 21) Academy 2014 Trainee
Defenders
2 George Baldock Greece RB (1993-03-09)9 March 1993 (aged 23) Academy 2009 Trainee
3 Dean Lewington England LB (1984-05-18)18 May 1984 (aged 32) England Wimbledon 2004 Free
4 Joe Walsh Wales CB (1992-05-13)13 May 1992 (aged 24) England Crawley Town 2015 Undisclosed
5 Scott Wootton England CB (1991-09-12)12 September 1991 (aged 24) Free agent 2016 Free
12 George Williams England RB (1993-04-14)14 April 1993 (aged 23) England Barnsley 2016 Free
21 Callum Brittain England RB (1998-03-12)12 March 1998 (aged 18) Academy 2016 Trainee
22 Oran Jackson England CB (1998-10-16)16 October 1998 (aged 17) Academy 2016 Trainee
23 Paul Downing England CB (1991-10-26)26 October 1991 (aged 24) England Walsall 2016 Free
24 Ben Tilney England LB (1997-02-28)28 February 1997 (aged 19) Academy 2014 Trainee
34 Finn Tapp England CB (1999-11-09)9 November 1999 (aged 16) Academy 2016 Trainee
Midfielders
6 Ed Upson England CM (1989-11-21)21 November 1989 (aged 26) England Millwall 2016 Free
8 Darren Potter Republic of Ireland DM (1984-12-21)21 December 1984 (aged 31) England Sheffield Wednesday 2011 Free
10 Ben Reeves Northern Ireland AM (1991-11-19)19 November 1991 (aged 24) Free agent 2013 Free
11 Stuart O'Keefe England CM (1991-03-04)4 March 1991 (aged 25) Wales Cardiff City 2017 Loan
20 Giorgio Rasulo England CM (1997-01-23)23 January 1997 (aged 19) Academy 2012 Trainee
26 Connor Furlong Scotland CM (1998-02-07)7 February 1998 (aged 18) Academy 2016 Trainee
31 David Kasumu Nigeria CM (1999-10-05)5 October 1999 (aged 16) Academy 2017 Trainee
Forwards
7 Maecky Ngombo Belgium CF (1995-03-31)31 March 1995 (aged 21) Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf 2017 Loan
9 Dean Bowditch England LW (1986-06-15)15 June 1986 (aged 30) England Yeovil Town 2011 Free
14 Kieran Agard England CF (1989-10-10)10 October 1989 (aged 26) England Bristol City 2016 Undisclosed
16 Robbie Muirhead Scotland CF (1996-03-08)8 March 1996 (aged 20) Scotland Hears 2017 Undisclosed
17 Daniel Powell England LW (1991-03-12)12 March 1991 (aged 25) Academy 2008 Trainee
18 Harvey Barnes England LW (1997-12-09)9 December 1997 (aged 18) England Leicester City 2017 Loan
25 Chuks Aneke England CF (1993-07-03)3 July 1993 (aged 23) Belgium Zulte Waregem 2016 Free
28 Nicky Maynard England CF (1986-12-11)11 December 1986 (aged 29) Free agent 2015 Free
30 Brandon Thomas-Asante Ghana LW (1998-12-29)29 December 1998 (aged 17) Academy 2016 Trainee
33 Sam Nombe England CF (1998-10-22)22 October 1998 (aged 17) Academy 2017 Trainee
Out on loan
27 Kabongo Tshimanga England CF (1997-07-22)22 July 1997 (aged 19) Academy 2014 Trainee
Left club during season
7 Samir Carruthers Republic of Ireland AM (1993-04-04)4 April 1993 (aged 23) England Aston Villa 2014 Undisclosed
11 George Williams Wales LW (1995-09-07)7 September 1995 (aged 20) England Fulham 2016 Loan
16 Jack Hendry Scotland CB (1995-09-07)7 September 1995 (aged 20) England Wigan Athletic 2016 Loan
49 Ryan Colclough England LW (1994-12-27)27 December 1994 (aged 21) England Wigan Athletic 2016 Loan

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2016 DF England Paul Downing Walsall Free transfer [59]
MF England Ed Upson Millwall
DF England George B Williams Barnsley
2 August 2016 FW England Chuks Aneke Belgium Zulte Waragem Free transfer[a] [60]
3 August 2016 GK England Lee Nicholls Wigan Athletic Undisclosed
11 August 2016 FW England Kieran Agard Bristol City
19 January 2017 FW Scotland Robbie Muirhead Scotland Heart of Midlothian [61]

Transfers out

Date from Position Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2016 DF Northern Ireland Lee Hodson Scotland Rangers Undisclosed [59]
1 July 2016 DF England Antony Kay Bury Free transfer
1 July 2016 FW England Alex Revell Northampton Town
12 July 2016 DF England Kyle McFadzean Burton Albion Undisclosed [62]
24 August 2016 FW Wales Simon Church Netherlands Roda JC Kerkrade [60]
3 January 2017 MF Republic of Ireland Samir Carruthers Sheffield United [61]

Loans in

Start date Position Name From End date Ref.
29 July 2016 FW Wales George C Williams Fulham End of season [62]
31 August 2016 FW England Ryan Colclough Wigan Athletic 1 January 2017[b] [60]
20 January 2017 MF England Harvey Barnes Leicester City End of season [61]
30 January 2017 FW Belgium Maecky Ngombo Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf
31 January 2017 MF England Stuart O'Keefe Wales Cardiff City

Loans out

Start date Position Name To End date Ref.
31 January 2017 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo Kabongo Tshimanga Yeovil Town End of season [61]
  1. ^ Mutual contract termination.
  2. ^ Recalled. Originally until end of season.

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