2022–23 Sutton United F.C. season explained

Club:	Sutton United
Season:	2022–23
Chairman:	Bruce Elliott
Manager:	Matt Gray
Stadium:	Gander Green Lane
League:	League Two
League Result:	14th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	First round (eliminated by Farnborough)
Cup2:	EFL Cup
Cup2 Result:	First round (eliminated by Milton Keynes Dons)
Cup3:	EFL Trophy
Cup3 Result:	Second round (eliminated by AFC Wimbledon)
League Topscorer:	Omar Bugiel Will Randall (6)
Season Topscorer:	Omar Bugiel Will Randall (6)
Highest Attendance:	5,049 v AFC Wimbledon, 1 January 2023
Lowest Attendance:	971 v Oxford United, 18 October 2022
Average Attendance:	3,254
Largest Win:	3-0 v Crawley Town, 7 March 2023
Largest Loss:	0-3 v Stevenage, 4 October 2022 0-3 v Stockport County, 29 October 2022
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Prevseason:	2021–22
Nextseason:	2023–24

The 2022–23 season is the 96th season in the existence of Sutton United Football Club and the club's second consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the league, they will also compete in the 2022–23 FA Cup, the 2022–23 EFL Cup and the 2022–23 EFL Trophy.

Pre-season and friendlies

On May 27, Sutton United announced their first two pre-season friendlies, against Dorking Wanderers and Havant & Waterlooville.^[1] Four days later, a home fixture against Woking was added to the calendar.^[2] On June 1, a home friendly against Bromley was announced.^[3] A third home friendly, against Charlton Athletic was also scheduled for the U's.^[4] The sixth and final friendly to be confirmed was against Dulwich Hamlet.^[5]

Competitions

League Two

See main article: 2022–23 EFL League Two.

Matches

On 23 June, the league fixtures were announced.^[6]

FA Cup

See main article: 2022–23 FA Cup.

The U's were drawn at home to Farnborough in the first round.^[7]

EFL Cup

See main article: 2022–23 EFL Cup.

Sutton were drawn away to Milton Keynes Dons in the first round.^[8]

EFL Trophy

See main article: 2022–23 EFL Trophy.

On 20 June, the initial Group stage draw was made, grouping Sutton United with Oxford United and Leyton Orient.^[9] Three days later, Chelsea U21s joined Southern Group G.^[10] In the second round, Sutton were drawn away to AFC Wimbledon.^[11]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2022					Free transfer	^[12]
1 July 2022					Free transfer	^[13]
1 July 2022					Free transfer	^[14]
16 July 2022					Free transfer	^[15]
16 July 2022					Free transfer
16 July 2022			Matt Ridley		Free transfer
19 July 2022			Tobi Ogundega		Free transfer	^[16]
29 August 2022					Free transfer	^[17]
1 September 2022					Undisclosed	^[18]
11 January 2023					Undisclosed	^[19]
27 January 2023			Hisham Kasimu		Undisclosed	^[20]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
9 July 2022					End of season	^[21]
30 August 2022					4 January 2023	^[22] ^[23]
1 January 2023					End of season	^[24]
27 January 2023					End of season
31 January 2023					End of season	^[25]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
22 June 2022					Undisclosed	^[26]
23 June 2022					Undisclosed	^[27]
30 June 2022					Released	^[28] ^[29]
30 June 2022					Released	^[30] ^[31]
30 June 2022					Released	^[32]
30 June 2022					Released	^[33]
30 June 2022					Released	^[34]
5 September 2022					Free Transfer	^[35]
31 January 2023					Released
31 January 2023					Undisclosed	^[36]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
31 July 2022			Tobi Ogundega
26 August 2022			Roman Charles-Cook		17 October 2022	^[37] ^[38]
26 August 2022					23 September 2022	^[39]
26 August 2022			Matt Ridley		4 November 2022	^[40]
5 November 2022			Gucci Soulya-Osekanongo			^[41]
5 November 2022			Kai Tanner			^[42]
7 November 2022			Brad House		13 January 2023	^[43] ^[44]
19 January 2023					End of season	^[45] ^[46]
19 January 2023					End of season
31 January 2023			Tobi Ogundega		End of season	^[47]
10 March 2023			Matt Ridley		End of Season	^[48]
14 March 2023					End of Season	^[49]

Squad statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	EFL League Two		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy		FA Cup		Total
				Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
1	GK		Jack Rose	37	36	1	1	1	1	0	0	39	38
2	DF		Jonathan Barden	7	4	1	0	2	2	0	0	10	6
3	DF		Sam Hart	20	13	0	0	3	3	1	1	24	17
4	DF		Coby Rowe	29	28	1	1	3	2	1	1	34	32
5	DF		Ben Goodliffe	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	23
6	DF		Louis John	26	26	1	1	3	2	1	1	31	30
7	MF		Enzio Boldewijn	45	29	1	1	3	3	1	1	50	34
8	MF		Alistair Smith	35	27	1	1	2	2	0	0	38	30
9	FW		Omar Bugiel	35	35	1	1	3	1	0	0	39	37
10	MF		Harry Beautyman	33	22	1	0	2	2	0	0	36	24
11	MF		Will Randall	36	34	0	0	1	1	1	1	38	36
12	DF		Tobi Ogundega	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK		Brad House	2	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	5	4
14	FW		Craig Dundas	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
15	MF		Craig Eastmond	34	34	1	1	3	1	1	1	39	37
16	FW		David Ajiboye	21	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	19
17	DF		Matt Ridley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Adam Lovatt	9	8	0	0	2	2	0	0	11	10
19	FW		Tope Fadahunsi	16	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	19	2
20	FW		Josh Neufville	30	23	1	1	4	2	0	0	35	26
21	MF		Luke Gambin	5	0	1	0	3	3	1	0	10	3
22	DF		Joe Kizzi	46	46	1	1	4	4	1	1	52	52
23	FW		Charley Kendall	7	2	0	0	3	2	1	0	11	4
24	DF		Robert Milsom	36	34	1	1	3	1	1	1	41	37
25	FW		Donovan Wilson	36	32	1	1	3	0	1	1	41	34
26	DF		Aaron Pierre	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	1
27	FW		Kylian Kouassi	36	5	1	0	4	3	1	1	42	9
28	DF		Roman Charles-Cook	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW		Hisham Kasimu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Filip Chalupniczak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK		Matt Kerbey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW		Lee Angol	17	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	9
34	GK		Lewis Ward	9	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	10
35	FW		Matthew Dennis	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2
39	FW		Kwame Thomas	11	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	13	5
Total				46		1		4		1		52

Goals

			Player	EFL League Two	EFL Cup	EFL Trophy	FA Cup	Total
1	FW	9	Omar Bugiel	6	0	0	0	6
	MF	11	Will Randall	6	0	0	0	6
3	MF	8	Alistair Smith	5	0	0	0	5
4	DF	4	Coby Rowe	3	0	1	0	4
	FW	16	David Ajiboye	4	0	0	0	4
	FW	25	Donovan Wilson	4	0	0	0	4
	FW	27	Kylian Kouassi	2	0	2	0	4
8	FW	19	Tope Fadahunsi	2	0	1	0	3
	DF	24	Robert Milsom	3	0	0	0	3
	FW	33	Lee Angol	3	0	0	0	3
11	MF	10	Harry Beautyman	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	15	Craig Eastmond	2	0	0	0	2
	FW	20	Josh Neufville	2	0	0	0	2
14	DF	22	Joe Kizzi	1	0	0	0	1
	Own goals			1	0	0	0	1
	Total			46	0	4	0	50

Assists

			Player	EFL League Two	EFL Cup	EFL Trophy	FA Cup	Total
1	FW	16	David Ajiboye	4	0	0	0	4
2	MF	7	Enzio Boldewijn	3	0	0	0	3
	MF	8	Alistair Smith	3	0	0	0	3
	MF	15	Craig Eastmond	3	0	0	0	3
5	GK	1	Jack Rose	2	0	0	0	2
	FW	9	Omar Bugiel	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	11	Will Randall	2	0	0	0	2
	DF	22	Joe Kizzi	2	0	0	0	2
	DF	24	Robert Milsom	1	0	1	0	2
	FW	25	Donovan Wilson	2	0	0	0	2
	FW	27	Kylian Kouassi	1	0	1	0	2
12	DF	3	Sam Hart	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	5	Ben Goodliffe	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	19	Tope Fadahunsi	1	0	0	0	1
	Total			25	0	2	0	27

Clean sheets

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1		12	0	0	0	12
13	Brad House	1	0	2	0	3
34		1	0	0	0	1
	Total	13	0	2	0	15

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Name	EFL League Two			EFL Cup			EFL Trophy			FA Cup			Total
1	GK	Jack Rose	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	DF	Jonathan Barden	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
3	DF	Sam Hart	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
4	DF	Coby Rowe	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
5	DF	Ben Goodliffe	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
6	DF	Louis John	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
7	MF	Enzio Boldewijn	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
8	MF	Alistair Smith	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
9	FW	Omar Bugiel	13	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	1
10	MF	Harry Beautyman	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
11	MF	Will Randall	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
13	GK	Brad House	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
15	MF	Craig Eastmond	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	9	2	0
18	MF	Adam Lovatt	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	MF	Luke Gambin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
22	DF	Joe Kizzi	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
24	DF	Robert Milsom	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
25	FW	Donovan Wilson	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
27	FW	Kylian Kouassi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
33	FW	Lee Angol	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
35	FW	Matthew Dennis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
39	FW	Kwame Thomas	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Total			79	1	3	0	0	0	7	1	0	3	0	0	89	2	3

Notes and References

1. News: First two pre-season friendlies confirmed . 27 May 2022 . Sutton United FC . 27 May 2022.
2. News: Woking to visit for pre-season friendly . 31 May 2022 . Sutton United FC . 31 May 2022.
3. News: Bromley added to pre-season list . 1 June 2022 . Sutton United FC . 1 June 2022.
4. News: U's to welcome Charlton for pre-season friendly . 6 June 2022 . Sutton United FC . 6 June 2022.
5. News: Trip to Dulwich completes pre-season programme . 21 June 2022 . Sutton United FC . 21 June 2022.
6. News: U's start at home to Newport . 23 June 2022 . Sutton United FC . 23 June 2022.
7. News: U's drawn at home in FA Cup . 19 October 2022 . Sutton United FC . 17 October 2022.
8. News: Carabao Cup draw . 23 June 2022 . Sutton United FC . 23 June 2022.
9. News: U's to face U's and O's in Papa Johns Trophy . 20 June 2022 . Sutton United FC . 20 June 2022.
10. News: Papa Johns Trophy draw and fixture details . 23 June 2022 . Sutton United FC . 23 June 2022.
11. News: Sutton to face Wimbledon in Papa Johns Trophy . 14 November 2022 . Sutton United FC . 11 November 2022.
12. News: Welcome Sam Hart . 28 June 2022 . Sutton United FC . 28 June 2022.
13. News: Welcome Jack Rose . 1 July 2022 . Sutton United FC . 1 July 2022.
14. News: Welcome (back) Kwame Thomas . 1 July 2022 . Sutton United FC . 1 July 2022.
15. News: Three additions to squad before Charlton game . 20 July 2022 . Sutton United FC . 16 July 2022.
16. News: Tobi Ogundega signs. 20 July 2022 . Sutton United FC . 19 July 2022.
17. News: Welcome Aaron Pierre. 29 August 2022 . Sutton United FC . 29 August 2022.
18. News: Welcome Lewis Ward . 1 September 2022 . Sutton United FC . 1 September 2022.
19. News: Welcome Lee Angol . 11 January 2023 . Sutton United FC . 11 January 2023.
20. News: Matt adds two to squad. 27 January 2023 . Sutton United FC . 27 January 2023.
21. News: Josh Neufville joins on loan . 9 July 2022 . Sutton United FC . 9 July 2022.
22. News: Charley Kendall joins on loan from Lincoln. 31 August 2022 . Sutton United FC . 30 August 2022.
23. News: Charley Kendall returns to Lincoln . 4 January 2023 . Sutton United FC . 4 January 2023.
24. News: David Ajiboye returns on loan. 30 December 2022 . Sutton United FC . 30 December 2022.
25. News: Deadline day update . 31 January 2023 . Sutton United FC . 31 January 2023.
26. Web site: David Ajiboye goes Posh. Sutton United. 22 June 2022. 22 June 2022.
27. News: Richie Bennett joins Barrow . 23 June 2022 . Sutton United FC . 23 June 2022.
28. News: Dean Bouzanis and Ben Wyatt . 27 June 2022 . Sutton United FC . 27 June 2022.
29. Web site: DEAN BOUZANIS ADDED TO GOALKEEPING OPTIONS IN RG2. Reading FC. 27 June 2022. 27 June 2022.
30. News: Trio released . 10 May 2022 . Sutton United FC . 9 May 2022.
31. Web site: Davis signs on. pitchero.com. 2 July 2022. 3 July 2022.
32. News: Ricky Korboa Agrees To Sign . 31 May 2022 . Woking FC . 28 May 2022.
33. Web site: HESS GETS HIS NUMBER ONE. www.doverathletic.com. 18 June 2022. 18 June 2022.
34. Web site: TUAFC Announce The Signing Of Ben Wyatt. Torquay United. 29 July 2022. 29 July 2022.
35. News: Jonas Mukuna joins the Saddlers . 5 September 2022 . Walsall FC . 5 September 2022.
36. News: Aaron Pierre joins Wimbledon . 31 January 2023 . Sutton United . 31 January 2023.
37. News: Match report for Sutton United 2 Mansfield Town 1 . 27 August 2022 . Sutton United FC . 27 August 2022.
38. News: Tonight's @PapaJohnsTrophy lineup against @OUFCOfficial. 22 October 2022 . Twitter . 18 October 2022.
39. News: Sutton v Salford preview. 23 September 2022 . Sutton United FC . 23 September 2022.
40. News: Shame that it was brought to an end by an injury but you absolutely smashed it. 7 November 2022 . Twitter . 4 November 2022.
41. News: You may have noticed a couple of new faces yesterday. 7 November 2022 . Twitter . 6 November 2022.
42. News: Kai Tanner, a forward who was not in the squad for yesterday's game, has also joined us on loan from Sutton United.. 7 November 2022 . Twitter . 4 November 2022.
43. News: House move as Brad joins Hawks on loan . 7 November 2022 . Sutton United FC . 7 November 2022.
44. News: Brad House recalled from loan . 14 January 2023 . Sutton United FC . 13 January 2023.
45. News: Two go out on loan . 19 January 2023 . Sutton United FC . 19 January 2023.
46. News: Fadahunsi Extends Plainmoor Stay . 6 March 2023 . Torquay United FC . 3 March 2023.
47. News: Tobi extends . 6 March 2023 . Salisbury FC . 4 March 2023.
48. News: Matt Ridley re-joins on loan . 10 March 2023 . Chesham United FC . 10 March 2023.
49. News: Lovatt loan confirmed . 15 March 2023 . Farnborough FC . 14 March 2023.