2017–18_Milton_Keynes_Dons_F.C._season

Milton Keynes Dons
2017–18 season
Chairman	Pete Winkelman
Manager	Robbie Neilson; (until 20 January 2018); Dan Micciche; (from 23 January 2018 until 22 April 2018); Keith Millen; (caretaker, from 22 April 2018 until 6 June 2018); Paul Tisdale; (from 6 June 2018)
Stadium	Stadium MK
League One	23rd (relegated to EFL League Two)
FA Cup	Fourth round
EFL Cup	Second round
EFL Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Chuks Aneke (9); All: Chuks Aneke (10)
Highest home attendance	14,925 (vs Coventry City); 27 January 2018, FA Cup R4
Lowest home attendance	1,541 (vs Brighton & Hove Albion U21s); 29 August 2017, EFL Trophy Group G
Average home league attendance	9,202
Biggest win	0–4 (vs Hyde United); 3 November 2017, FA Cup R1
Biggest defeat	5-1 (vs Wigan Athletic); 7 April 2018, League One
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season

Milton Keynes Dons 2017–18 football season

The 2017–18 season was Milton Keynes Dons' 14th season in their existence, and their second consecutive season in League One, the third tier of English football.^[2] Along with competing in League One, the club also competed in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

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The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Competitions

League One

Final table

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Source: Sky Sports

Matches

Win	Draw	Loss

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Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
5 August 2017 – 15:00	Wigan Athletic	Home	0–1		9,164	^[3]
12 August 2017 – 15:00	Blackpool	Away	0–1		3,412	^[4]
19 August 2017 – 15:00	Gillingham	Home	1–0	Sow	7,901	^[5]
26 August 2017 – 15:00	Blackburn Rovers	Away	1–4	Upson	10,111	^[6]
2 September 2017 – 15:00	Oxford United	Home	1–1	Brittain	10,746	^[7]
9 September 2017 – 15:00	Plymouth Argyle	Away	1–0	Nesbitt	8,566	^[8]
12 September 2017 – 19:45	Peterborough United	Away	0–2		6,465	^[9]
16 September 2017 – 15:00	Rochdale	Home	3–2	Ariyibi (2), Seager	7,670	^[10]
22 September 2017 – 19:45	AFC Wimbledon	Away	2–0	Francomb (o.g.), Ariyibi	3,973	^[11]
26 September 2017 – 19:45	Northampton Town	Home	0–0		11,340	^[12]
30 September 2017 – 15:00	Bury	Away	2–0	Sow, Ebanks-Landell	3,165	^[13]
7 October 2017 – 15:00	Bradford City	Home	1–4	Ebanks-Landell	9,106	^[14]
14 October 2017 – 15:00	Portsmouth	Away	0–2		17,608	^[15]
17 October 2017 – 19:45	Walsall	Home	1–1	Aneke	7,258	^[16]
21 October 2017 – 15:00	Oldham Athletic	Home	4–4	Gilbey, Upson (2), Nesbitt	9,312	^[17]
28 October 2017 – 15:00	Bristol Rovers	Away	0–2		9,312	^[18]
11 November 2017 – 15:00	Fleetwood Town	Home	1–0	Aneke	7,827	^[19]
18 November 2017 – 15:00	Charlton Athletic	Away	2–2	Agard (2)	10,577	^[20]
21 November 2017 – 19:45	Southend United	Home	1–1	Agard	7,521	^[21]
25 November 2017 – 15:00	Doncaster Rovers	Away	1–2	Aneke	7,743	^[22]
9 December 2017 – 15:00	Shrewsbury Town	Home	1–1	Pawlett	8,355	^[23]
16 December 2017 – 15:00	Scunthorpe United	Away	2–2	Agard, Aneke	3,569	^[24]
23 December 2017 – 15:00	Rotherham United	Away	1–2	Aneke	8,333	^[25]
26 December 2017 – 15:00	Plymouth Argyle	Home	0–1		9,268	^[26]
30 December 2017 – 15:00	Peterborough United	Home	1–0	Aneke	10,304	^[27]
1 January 2018 – 15:00	Oxford United	Away	1–3	Gilbey	7,628	^[28]
13 January 2018 – 15:00	AFC Wimbledon	Home	0–0		9,504	^[29]
20 January 2018 – 15:00	Northampton Town	Away	1–2	Gilbey	7,231	^[30]
3 February 2018 – 15:00	Walsall	Away	0–1		4,009	^[31]
10 February 2018 – 15:00	Portsmouth	Home	1–2	Ugbo	14,762	^[32]
13 February 2018 – 19:45	Oldham Athletic	Away	0–1		3,381	^[33]
17 February 2018 – 15:00	Charlton Athletic	Home	1–2	Agard	8,961	^[34]
21 February 2018 – 19:45	Rochdale	Away	0–0		2,273	^[35]
24 February 2018 – 15:00	Fleetwood Town	Away	1–1	Muirhead	2,773	^[36]
3 March 2018 – 15:00	Bristol Rovers	Home	0–1		8,240	^[37]
13 March 2018 – 19:45	Rotherham United	Home	3–2	Muirhead (2), Pawlett	7,327	^[38]
17 March 2018 – 15:00	Bury	Home	2–1	Aneke (2)	9,247	^[39]
24 March 2018 – 15:00	Blackpool	Home	0–0		8,094	^[40]
29 March 2018 – 15:00	Gillingham	Away	2–1	Aneke, Williams	5,540	^[41]
2 April 2018 – 15:00	Blackburn Rovers	Home	1–2	Pawlett	11,215	^[42]
7 April 2018 – 15:00	Wigan Athletic	Away	1–5	Brittain	8,404	^[43]
14 April 2018 – 15:00	Doncaster Rovers	Home	1–2	Ugbo	8,954	^[44]
21 April 2018 – 15:00	Southend United	Away	0–4		7,546	^[45]
24 April 2018 – 19:45	Bradford City	Away	0–2		19,192	^[46]
28 April 2018 – 15:00	Scunthorpe United	Home	0–2		9,578	^[47]
5 May 2018 – 15:00	Shrewsbury Town	Away	1–0	Agard	6,516	^[48]

Player details

Note: Players' ages as of the club's opening fixture of the 2017–18 season.

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[56] After 90 minutes. Milton Keynes Dons gained an extra point with a 5–4 win on penalties.

[62] Previous club: SC Heerenveen.

[65] Previous club: IK Start.

[67] Joined Aberdeen on 7 July 2017.

[68] Joined Millwall on 1 September 2017.

[69] Declined new contract offer. Joined Charlton Athletic on 3 August 2017.

[71] Recalled. Originally until end of season.

[72] Recalled. Originally until end of season.

[73] Recalled. Originally until end of season.

[74] Signed permanently for Blackburn Rovers on 8 January 2018. Originally until end of season.

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Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Milton Keynes Dons (Q)	3	2	1	0	0	6	3	+3	8	Second round
2	L1	Oxford United (Q)	3	1	0	1	1	11	8	+3	4	Second round
3	L2	Stevenage (E)	3	1	0	1	1	5	7	–2	4
4	ACA	Brighton & Hove Albion U21 (E)	3	0	1	0	2	3	7	–4	2

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
29 August 2017 – 19:45	Group stage	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	Home	2–0	Ariyibi, Tshibola	1,541	^[55]
3 October 2017 – 19:45	Group stage	Stevenage	Home	0–0^{[lower-alpha 1]}		1,793	^[56]
7 November 2017 – 19:45	Group stage	Oxford United	Away	4–3	Thomas-Asante, Ariyibi (2), Seager	1,182	^[57]
6 December 2017 – 19:45	Second round	Chelsea U23	Home	0–4		1,308	^[58]

#	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Transfer fee
Goalkeepers
1	Lee Nicholls	GK	(1992-10-05)5 October 1992 (aged 24)	Free agent	2016	Free
13	Wieger Sietsma	GK	(1995-07-11)11 July 1995 (aged 22)	Free agent	2017	Free
Defenders
2	George Williams	RB	(1993-04-14)14 April 1993 (aged 24)	Barnsley	2016	Free
3	Dean Lewington	LB	(1984-05-18)18 May 1984 (aged 33)	Wimbledon	2004	Free
4	Joe Walsh	CB	(1992-05-13)13 May 1992 (aged 25)	Crawley Town	2015	Undisclosed
5	Scott Wootton	CB	(1991-09-12)12 September 1991 (aged 25)	Free agent	2016	Free
12	Scott Golbourne	LB	(1988-02-29)29 February 1988 (aged 29)	Bristol City	2017	Loan
15	Elliott Ward	CB	(1985-01-19)19 January 1985 (aged 32)	Blackburn Rovers	2018	Loan
19	Ethan Ebanks-Landell	CB	(1992-12-16)16 December 1992 (aged 24)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2017	Loan
20	Josh Tymon	LB	(1999-05-22)22 May 1999 (aged 18)	Stoke city	2018	Loan
23	Ben Tilney	LB	(1997-02-28)28 February 1997 (aged 20)	Academy	2014	Trainee
25	Callum Brittain	RB	(1998-03-12)12 March 1998 (aged 19)	Academy	2016	Trainee
29	Oran Jackson	CB	(1998-10-16)16 October 1998 (aged 18)	Academy	2016	Trainee
Midfielders
6	Ed Upson	CM	(1989-11-21)21 November 1989 (aged 27)	Millwall	2016	Free
7	Nigel Reo-Coker	DM	(1984-05-14)14 May 1984 (aged 33)	Free agent	2018	Free
8	Ousseynou Cissé	DM	(1991-04-07)7 April 1991 (aged 26)	Tours	2017	Free
17	Marcus Tavernier	LM	(1999-03-22)22 March 1999 (aged 18)	Middlesbrough	2018	Loan
18	Conor McGrandles	CM	(1999-10-21)21 October 1999 (aged 17)	Norwich City	2017	Free
21	Aidan Nesbitt	AM	(1997-02-05)5 February 1997 (aged 20)	Celtic	2017	Undisclosed
22	Giorgio Rasulo	CM	(1997-01-23)23 January 1997 (aged 20)	Academy	2012	Trainee
24	Connor Furlong	CM	(1998-02-07)7 February 1998 (aged 19)	Academy	2016	Trainee
26	Alex Gilbey	AM	(1994-12-09)9 December 1994 (aged 22)	Wigan Athletic	2017	Undisclosed
28	Hugo Logan	AM	(1998-09-21)21 September 1998 (aged 18)	Academy	2017	Trainee
35	David Kasumu	CM	(1999-10-05)5 October 1999 (aged 17)	Academy	2017	Trainee
Forwards
9	Osman Sow	CF	(1990-04-22)22 April 1990 (aged 27)	Free agent	2017	Free
10	Chuks Aneke	CF	(1993-07-03)3 July 1993 (aged 24)	Zulte Waregem	2016	Free
11	Peter Pawlett	LW	(1991-02-03)3 February 1991 (aged 26)	Aberdeen	2017	Free
14	Kieran Agard	CF	(1989-10-10)10 October 1989 (aged 27)	Bristol City	2016	Undisclosed
16	Robbie Muirhead	CF	(1996-03-08)8 March 1996 (aged 21)	Hears	2017	Undisclosed
27	Ike Ugbo	CF	(1998-09-21)21 September 1998 (aged 18)	Chelsea	2018	Loan
30	Sam Nombe	CF	(1998-10-22)22 October 1998 (aged 18)	Academy	2017	Trainee
31	Brandon Thomas-Asante	LW	(1998-12-29)29 December 1998 (aged 18)	Academy	2016	Trainee
37	Dylan Asonganyi	CF	(2000-10-10)10 October 2000 (aged 16)	Academy	2017	Trainee
Out on loan
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7	Gboly Ariyibi	RW	(1995-01-18)18 January 1995 (aged 22)	Nottingham Forest	2017	Loan
15	Ryan Seager	CF	(1996-02-05)5 February 1996 (aged 21)	Southampton	2017	Loan
17	Paul Downing	CB	(1991-10-26)26 October 1991 (aged 25)	Walsall	2016	Free
17	Aaron Tshibola	CM	(1995-02-02)2 February 1995 (aged 22)	Aston Villa	2017	Loan

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	MF	Ousseynou Cissé	Tours	Free transfer	^[59]
	MF	Conor McGrandles	Norwich City		^[60]
	MF	Peter Pawlett	Aberdeen		^[60]
7 July 2017	GK	Wieger Sietsma	Free agent^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Free transfer	^[61]
14 August 2017	FW	Osman Sow	Henan Jianye	Undisclosed	^[62]
31 August 2017	MF	Alex Gilbey	Wigan Athletic
31 August 2017	MF	Aidan Nesbitt	Celtic
22 March 2018	MF	Nigel Reo-Coker	Free agent^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Free transfer	^[63]

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	DF	George Baldock	Sheffield United	Undisclosed	^[59]
	FW	Dean Bowditch	Northampton Town	Free transfer	^[59]
	FW	Nicky Maynard	Released^{[lower-alpha 3]}		^[61]
	GK	David Martin	Released^{[lower-alpha 4]}		^[62]
	MF	Darren Potter	Rotherham United	Free transfer	^[59]
	MF	Ben Reeves	Released^{[lower-alpha 5]}		^[62]
	FW	Daniel Powell	Northampton Town	Free transfer	^[60]
8 January 2018	DF	Paul Downing	Blackburn Rovers	Undisclosed	^[64]

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2017–18 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season

Competitions

League One

FA Cup

EFL Cup

EFL Trophy

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Transfers

Transfers in

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Awards

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
20	Rochdale	46	11	18	17	49	57	–8	51
21	Oldham Athletic (R)	46	11	17	18	58	75	–17	50
22	Northampton Town (R)	46	12	11	23	43	77	–34	47
23	Milton Keynes Dons (R)	46	11	12	23	43	69	–26	45
24	Bury (R)	46	8	12	26	41	71	–30	36

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
3 November 2017 – 19:55	First round	Hyde United	Away	4–0	Nesbitt, Aneke, Ebanks-Landell, Upson	3,126	^[49]
2 December 2017 – 15:00	Second round	Maidstone United	Home	4–1	Nesbitt, Agard (2), Pawlett	4,804	^[50]
6 January 2018 – 15:00	Third round	Queens Park Rangers	Away	1–0	Cissé	6,314	^[51]
27 January 2018 – 15:00	Fourth round	Coventry City	Home	0–1		14,925	^[52]

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
8 August 2017 – 19:45	First round	Forest Green Rovers	Away	1–0	Ariyibi	1,608	^[53]
22 August 2017 – 19:45	Second round	Swansea City	Home	1–4	Seager	5,162	^[54]

Start date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
14 July 2017	DF	Ethan Ebanks-Landell	Wolverhampton Wanderers	End of season	^[61]
17 July 2017	FW	Gboly Ariyibi	Nottingham Forest	January 2018^{[lower-alpha 6]}
21 July 2017	FW	Ryan Seager	Southampton	26 January 2018^{[lower-alpha 7]}
27 July 2017	MF	Aaron Tshibola	Aston Villa	9 November 2017^{[lower-alpha 8]}
31 August 2017	DF	Scott Golbourne	Bristol City	January 2018	^[62]
4 January 2018	FW	Ike Ugbo	Chelsea	End of season	^[64]
17 January 2018	FW	Marcus Tavernier	Middlesbrough
30 January 2018	DF	Josh Tymon	Stoke City
30 January 2018	DF	Elliott Ward	Blackburn Rovers
31 January 2018	DF	Scott Golbourne	Bristol City