2022–23 Stoke City F.C. season

Stoke City
2022–23 season
Joint-ChairmanJohn Coates and Peter Coates
ManagerMichael O'Neill
(until 25 August)[1]
Dean Holden (interim)
(until 27 August)
Alex Neil
(from 28 August)[2]
Stadiumbet365 Stadium
Championship16th
FA CupFifth round
EFL CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Tyrese Campbell (9)
All:
Jacob Brown
Tyrese Campbell
(9 each)
Highest home attendance23,970 v Hull City
(11 February 2023)
Lowest home attendance17,427 v Blackburn Rovers
(10 March 2023)

The 2022–23 season was Stoke City's 106th season in the Football League, the 46th in the second tier and ninth in the Championship.[3]

In the summer of 2022, Stoke, restricted by Financial Fair Play brought in free transfers and loans. After a poor start one win in the opening five matches Michael O'Neill was sacked by the board and replaced by Sunderland manager Alex Neil. After beating Preston North End on 15 October, Stoke went on a run of three wins in 15 which saw them in danger of being involved in a relegation fight. High scoring victories over Blackburn Rovers, Coventry, Huddersfield Town, Reading, Sunderland and Swansea City pulled Stoke clear of trouble and into mid-table. Stoke's home form during the season was one the worst in the league with 12 defeats, 10 of which were by a single goal margin.

Pre-season and friendlies

In February 2022 Stoke announced a five-year multi-million pound refurbishment programme for the bet365 Stadium and the Clayton Wood Training Ground beginning in the summer of 2022 with the replacement of 8,400 seats in the Franklyn Stand and regeneration of The Players' Lounge and Delilah’s Bar.[4][5][6] Leaving the club in the transfer window were Benik Afobe, Joe Allen, James Chester, Alfie Doughty, Steven Fletcher, Tom Ince, Christian Norton, Tashan Oakley-Boothe, Tommy Smith and Mario Vrančić. Whilst coming into the team were Harry Clarke, Aden Flint, Dwight Gayle, Gavin Kilkenny, Josh Laurent, Liam McCarron and Will Smallbone.[7]

The squad returned to Clayton Wood for pre-season training on 20 June and played a behind closed doors match against Leeds United on 2 July, they then spent a week at a training camp in Cork, Ireland.[8] On 9 July Stoke beat League of Ireland First Division side Cork City 2–0 at Turners Cross.[9] City then faced three League One teams, losing 2–0 to Accrington Stanley and Bristol Rovers whilst drawing 1–1 with Fleetwood Town.[10][11][12] Stoke ended an unimpressive pre-season with a 2–1 defeat at Heart of Midlothian.[13]

Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Report
9 July 2022 Cork City A 2–0 Wright-Phillips 21', Brown 86' Report
13 July 2022 Accrington Stanley A 0–2 Report
16 July 2022 Fleetwood Town H 1–1 Campbell 36' Report
19 July 2022 Bristol Rovers A 0–2 Report
23 July 2022 Heart of Midlothian A 1–2 Campbell 90' Report
2 December 2022 Nottingham Forest N 2–1 Cook 65' (o.g.), Campbell 77' Report

Championship

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Championship

July & August

Stoke lost their opening game 2–0 away at Millwall with both of the Lions' goals coming from unmarked Charlie Cresswell headers.[14][15] The first home game of the season was won 2–0 against Blackpool with goals from Harry Clarke and Jacob Brown.[16] After exiting the EFL Cup, City suffered a 3–1 defeat at Huddersfield Town with Lewis Baker missing a first half penalty.[17] City were second-best against Middlesbrough and looked to be heading for a 2–1 defeat before a late header from D'Margio Wright-Phillips earned Stoke a fortunate 2–2 draw.[18] Stoke's poor start to the season continued as they lost 1–0 at home to newly promoted Sunderland on 20 August.[19] O'Neill was then sacked by the club four days later.[20] The next day Stoke were given permission by Sunderland to speak to Alex Neil.[21] Dean Holden took caretaker charge of the match against Blackburn Rovers as a long range goal from Baker earned Stoke their first away win of the season.[22] On 28 August Alex Neil was appointed manager on a three-year contract.[23] Neil's first match in charge was at home against Swansea City. Swansea took and early lead through Joël Piroe and after wasteful finishing Stoke finally equalised in stoppage time through Tyrese Campbell.[24]

September

On transfer deadline day Stoke brought in right-back Dujon Sterling on a season-long loan from Chelsea.[25] Stoke lost 2–1 at Reading with both the Royals goals coming from defensive errors.[26] After the match Neil was critical of his sides lack of fitness.[27] The team responded with a comfortable 3–0 victory at Hull City with a brace from Baker.[28] They ended September with a goalless draw away at Queens Park Rangers.[29]

October

After the international break Stoke were out-played by Watford, losing 4–0, their heaviest home defeat for five years.[30] Three-days later a late header from Harry Clarke earned Stoke a 1–1 draw away at Burnley.[31] Stoke then beat the early league leaders, Sheffield United 3–1 with goals from Wilmot, Phil Jagielka and a first professional league goal from Liam Delap.[32] City put in a commanding away performance at Preston North End, winning 2–0 with goals from Campbell and Will Smallbone.[33] They then lost 1–0 at home against Rotherham United despite having 29 shots at goal.[34] Stoke lost to Coventry in a similar manner, controlling possession but failing to create any meaningful chances and were hit twice on the counter-attack.[35][36] They ended October with a third straight defeat, going down 3–1 at Norwich.[37]

November

Stoke beat Wigan Athletic 1–0 on 2 November, with a goal from Josh Tymon on his return from Injury.[38] They then lost a third straight home match 2–1 against Birmingham.[39] Three days later they ended that run with a 2–0 victory against Luton Town with early goals from Powell and an own goal from Tom Lockyer, The game also marked Harry Souttar's return from injury after a year out.[40] Stoke put in a poor performance against West Brom, losing 2–0 before the season took a four week break due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[41]

December

During the break Stoke went on a warm weather training camp in Dubai and played a friendly against Nottingham Forest at Loughborough University, winning 2–1.[42] Stoke returned to Championship football on 10 December with a home match against Cardiff City. Ryan Wintle scored early on for the Bluebirds but two quick goals from Campbell and Delap put Stoke into a 2–1 lead but a late goal from Callum Robinson earned Cardiff a point.[43] The following week Stoke came from behind to beat Bristol City 2–1 at Ashton Gate.[44] On Boxing Day, Stoke came from behind twice to draw 2–2 with Rotherham United.[45] Stoke ended 2022 with a home defeat against league leaders Burnley, Josh Cullen scoring the only goal.[46]

January

Stoke began 2023 with a home clash against Preston North End. Ched Evans scored the only goal of a poor quality game in second half injury time.[47] Neil decided to let first team coach and club legend Rory Delap leave the club and also ended the loan of his son Liam Delap.[48] On 14 January, Joe Bursik joined Belgian side Club Brugge and later on Stoke went on to lose 3–1 to promotion chasing Sheffield United.[49] Loanees Harry Clarke and Tariqe Fosu both returned to their parent clubs before Stoke ended a run of three successive defeats with an emphatic 4–0 win over Reading.[50] Neil added more loan players to his squad, goalkeeper Matija Sarkic, defenders Ki-Jana Hoever and Axel Tuanzebe, midfielders Bersant Celina and Ben Pearson whilst Harry Souttar completed a £15 million move to Leicester City.[51]

February

New signings Celina and Sarkic made their first league start away at in-form Luton Town as Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu scored the only goal of the game,[52] this was followed by a drab goalless draw against Hull City.[53] Stoke then took on bottom of the table Huddersfield Town, winning 3–0 with goals from Jagielka, Brown and late penalty from Baker whilst the Terriers had Will Boyle sent-off for two bookable offences.[54] Stoke lost 1–0 to another bottom of the table side Blackpool, Ian Poveda scoring the only goal in the seventh minute.[55] They made amends two-days later beating Swansea City 3–1 with Josh Laurent scoring his first goals for the club.[56] Stoke ended February with 1–0 defeat against play-off chasing Millwall, Zian Flemming scoring the only goal early into the match.[57]

March

Alex Neil made his first return to Sunderland on 4 March where he was given a hostile reception.[58] His team won easily, beating the Black Cats 5–1 with a brace from both Campbell and Gayle.[59] Next up were promotion chasing Blackburn Rovers and Stoke continued their goalscoring form with Ki-Jana Hoever scoring his first goals for the club and a strike from Campbell, putting the team into a 3–0 lead before late Rovers goals made a nervy finish but Stoke saw out a 3–2 victory.[60] Four-days later Hoever scored again as Stoke came from behind to draw 1–1 at Middlesbrough.[61] Stoke ended March with a frustrating goalless draw against Norwich City after they were denied by an inspired performance from former loanee goalkeeper Angus Gunn.[62]

April

Following the international break Stoke produced one of the best performances of the season beating Coventry City 4–0 at the Coventry Building Society Arena with goals from Brown, Campbell, Hoever and Smallbone.[63] On Good Friday Bristol City were the opposition and despite Powell giving Stoke a first half lead The Robins mounted a comeback winning 2–1 and then on Easter Monday Stoke played out a drab goalless draw away at Birmingham City.[64][65] Stoke's poor home form continued with back-to-back defeats against West Bromwich Albion and Wigan Athletic.[66][67] City drew 1–1 at Cardiff with Jack Bonham saving a penalty from Sory Kaba and lost a 11th home match of the campaign against Queens Park Rangers.[68][69]

May

Stoke ended a forgettable campaign with a 2–0 defeat away at Watford to finish in 16th position.[70]

Results

Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Report
1 30 July 2022 Millwall A 0–2 15,341 Report
2 6 August 2022 Blackpool H 2–0 23,612 Clarke 33', Brown 77' Report
3 13 August 2022 Huddersfield Town A 1–3 18,618 Baker 56' Report
4 17 August 2022 Middlesbrough H 2–2 18,345 Brown 19', Wright-Phillips 90+1' Report
5 20 August 2022 Sunderland H 0–1 21,230 Report
6 27 August 2022 Blackburn Rovers A 1–0 13,371 Baker 27' Report
7 31 August 2022 Swansea City H 1–1 18,697 Campbell 90+1' Report
8 4 September 2022 Reading A 1–2 12,292 Wilmot 40' Report
9 13 September 2022 Hull City A 3–0 15,627 Baker (2) 25', 64', Wilmot 45' Report
10 17 September 2022 Queens Park Rangers A 0–0 14,174 Report
11 2 October 2022 Watford H 0–4 19,905 Report
12 5 October 2022 Burnley A 1–1 18,131 Clarke 87' Report
13 8 October 2022 Sheffield United H 3–1 22,008 Wilmot 4', Jagielka 45+4', Delap 90+1' Report
14 15 October 2022 Preston North End A 2–0 17,498 Smallbone 58', Campbell 66' Report
15 18 October 2022 Rotherham United H 0–1 18,036 Report
16 22 October 2022 Coventry City H 0–2 22,453 Report
17 29 October 2022 Norwich City A 1–3 26,159 Powell 90+2' Report
18 2 November 2022 Wigan Athletic A 1–0 10,223 Tymon 62' Report
19 5 November 2022 Birmingham City H 1–2 22,459 Baker 75' (pen) Report
20 8 November 2022 Luton Town H 2–0 18,095 Powell 3', Lockyer 13' (o.g.) Report
21 12 November 2022 West Bromwich Albion A 0–2 23,728 Report
22 10 December 2022 Cardiff City H 2–2 20,111 Campbell 11', Delap 18' Report
23 17 December 2022 Bristol City A 2–1 15,617 Delap 45+2', Brown 57' Report
24 26 December 2022 Rotherham United A 2–2 11,517 Campbell 61', Peltier 80' (o.g.) Report
25 30 December 2022 Burnley H 0–1 21,464 Report
26 2 January 2023 Preston North End H 0–1 20,034 Report
27 14 January 2023 Sheffield United A 1–3 29,644 Powell 45+1' Report
28 21 January 2023 Reading H 4–0 19,157 Smallbone 11', Campbell 57', Brown 80', Gayle 83' Report
29 4 February 2023 Luton Town A 0–1 10,031 Report
30 11 February 2023 Hull City H 0–0 23,970 Report
31 15 February 2023 Huddersfield Town H 3–0 17,700 Jagielka 13', Brown 73', Baker 90+4' (pen) Report
32 18 February 2023 Blackpool A 0–1 13,238 Report
33 21 February 2023 Swansea City A 3–1 15,817 Laurent (2) 15', 19', Baker 90+3' Report
34 25 February 2023 Millwall H 0–1 19,773 Report
35 4 March 2023 Sunderland A 5–1 43,064 Laurent 41', Campbell (2) 53', 57', Gayle (2) 68', 76' Report
36 10 March 2023 Blackburn Rovers H 3–2 17,427 Hoever (2) 24', 43', Campbell 75' Report
37 14 March 2023 Middlesbrough A 1–1 24,779 Hoever 45' Report
38 18 March 2023 Norwich City H 0–0 22,102 Report
39 1 April 2023 Coventry City A 4–0 23,625 Brown 6', Campbell 40', Smallbone 71', Hoever 77' Report
40 7 April 2023 Bristol City H 1–2 22,826 Powell 36' Report
41 10 April 2023 Birmingham City A 0–0 17,413 Report
42 15 April 2023 West Bromwich Albion H 1–2 23,486 Brown 30' Report
43 18 April 2023 Wigan Athletic H 0–1 17,726 Report
44 22 April 2023 Cardiff City A 1–1 20,058 Laurent 16' Report
45 29 April 2023 Queens Park Rangers H 0–1 22,486 Report
46 8 May 2023 Watford A 0–2 20,100 Report

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13 Norwich City 46 17 11 18 57 54 +3 62
14 Bristol City 46 15 14 17 55 56 −1 59
15 Hull City 46 14 16 16 51 61 −10 58
16 Stoke City 46 14 11 21 55 54 +1 53
17 Birmingham City 46 14 11 21 47 58 −11 53
18 Huddersfield Town 46 14 11 21 47 62 −15 53
19 Rotherham United 46 11 17 18 49 60 −11 50
Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[71]

FA Cup

Main article: 2022–23 FA Cup

Stoke City were drawn away at EFL League Two side Hartlepool United in the third Round, winning 3–0 with Hartlepool scoring two own goals[72] and 3–1 at home to Stevenage in the fourth round.[73] Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion were the visitors in the fifth round, winning 1–0 with a first half strike from Evan Ferguson.[74]

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Report
R3 8 January 2023 Hartlepool United A 3–0 4,340 Murray 16' (o.g.), Brown 43', Menayese 48' (o.g.) Report
R4 29 January 2023 Stevenage H 3–1 14,392 Brown 3', Laurent 73', Baker 80' (pen) Report
R5 28 February 2023 Brighton & Hove Albion H 0–1 12,949 Report

EFL Cup

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Cup

Stoke were drawn away to Morecambe in the first round, and they lost 5–3 on penalties following a goalless draw.[75][76]

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Report
R1 9 August 2022 Morecambe A 0–0 (3–5 pens) 2,806 Report

Squad statistics

No. Pos. Name Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England Josef Bursik 16 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 1 0
1 GK Montenegro Matija Sarkic 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
2 DF England Harry Clarke 9(9) 2 1 0 0(1) 0 10(10) 2 2 0
3 DF Wales Morgan Fox 35(5) 0 1(1) 0 1 0 37(6) 0 2 0
4 DF England Aden Flint 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 0
5 DF Australia Harry Souttar 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 4 0
5 DF England Axel Tuanzebe 3(1) 0 1 0 0 0 4(1) 0 1 0
6 DF England Phil Jagielka 26(1) 2 1(1) 0 1 0 28(2) 2 0 0
7 MF England Sam Clucas 5(7) 0 0(1) 0 1 0 6(8) 0 0 0
8 MF England Lewis Baker 30(14) 7 1(2) 1 1 0 32(16) 8 7 0
9 FW Scotland Jacob Brown 30(8) 7 3 2 1 0 34(8) 9 9 0
10 FW England Tyrese Campbell 30(11) 9 2 0 1 0 33(11) 9 4 0
11 FW England Dwight Gayle 31(4) 3 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 31(6) 3 3 0
13 GK Republic of Ireland Jack Bonham 23(1) 0 3 0 1 0 27(1) 0 0 0
14 DF England Josh Tymon 19(9) 1 3 0 0 0 22(9) 1 2 0
15 MF Northern Ireland Jordan Thompson 19(15) 0 3 0 1 0 23(15) 0 7 0
16 DF England Ben Wilmot 39 3 2 0 0 0 41 3 6 0
17 FW England Liam Delap 14(8) 3 1 0 0 0 15(8) 3 6 0
17 DF Netherlands Ki-Jana Hoever 11(4) 4 1(1) 0 0 0 12(5) 4 0 0
18 MF Republic of Ireland Will Smallbone 38(5) 3 1(1) 0 0(1) 0 39(7) 3 2 0
20 DF England Dujon Sterling 24(2) 0 2 0 0 0 26(2) 0 2 0
22 MF Republic of Ireland Gavin Kilkenny 1(2) 0 0 0 1 0 2(2) 0 1 0
22 MF England Ben Pearson 14 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 8 1
23 MF Kosovo Bersant Celina 3(3) 0 1(1) 0 0 0 4(4) 0 0 0
24 MF Ghana Tariqe Fosu 13(7) 0 0 0 0 0 13(7) 0 3 0
25 MF England Nick Powell 9(16) 4 1 0 0 0 10(16) 4 3 0
28 MF England Josh Laurent 28(3) 4 3 1 0(1) 0 31(4) 5 7 0
29 MF England D'Margio Wright-Phillips 0(7) 1 0 0 0(1) 0 0(8) 1 0 0
32 DF England Connor Taylor 11(3) 0 2(1) 0 1 0 14(4) 0 4 0
33 DF Scotland Lewis Macari 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0
34 GK England Frank Fielding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW England Emre Tezgel 0(3) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0(4) 0 0 0
39 MF Wales Tom Sparrow 1(1) 0 0 0 1 0 2(1) 0 0 0
45 FW England Nathan Lowe 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0(2) 0 0 0
Own goals — 2 — 2 — 0 — 4 —

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee Ref.
29 June 2022 DF Scotland Liam McCarron England Leeds United Undisclosed [77]
1 July 2022 DF England Aden Flint Wales Cardiff City Free [78]
1 July 2022 MF England Josh Laurent England Reading Free [79]
7 July 2022 FW Republic of Ireland Dara McGuinness Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers Undisclosed [80]
7 July 2022 FW England Kahrel Reddin England Aston Villa Undisclosed [80]
7 July 2022 MF England Sonny Singh England Sunderland Undisclosed [80]
22 July 2022 FW England Dwight Gayle England Newcastle United Free [81]
1 August 2022 GK England Tommy Jackson England Walsall Free [82]
15 August 2022 FW Sweden Edwin Andersson England Chelsea Free [83]
15 August 2022 FW England Jacob Holland-Wilkinson England Preston North End Free [83]
15 August 2022 MF England Ben Kershaw England Rochdale Free [83]
26 August 2022 DF Jamaica Luke Badley-Morgan England Chelsea Free [84]
26 August 2022 DF England Luke Redfern England Burton Albion Free [84]

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref.
20 June 2022 MF England Alfie Doughty England Luton Town Undisclosed [85]
28 June 2022 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo Benik Afobe England Millwall Undisclosed [86]
30 June 2022 DF Wales James Chester England Derby County Released [87][88]
30 June 2022 MF Wales Joe Allen Wales Swansea City Released [89][90][91]
30 June 2022 DF England Kieran Coates England Chester Released [92][93]
30 June 2022 FW Scotland Steven Fletcher Scotland Dundee United Released [92][94]
30 June 2022 GK Scotland Robbie Hemfrey England Rotherham United Released [92][95]
30 June 2022 MF England Tom Ince England Reading Released [92][96]
30 June 2022 MF England Pat Jarrett Scotland Queens Park Released [92][97]
30 June 2022 FW England Max McCarthy Unattached Released [92]
30 June 2022 FW Wales Christian Norton England Cheltenham Town Released [98]
30 June 2022 MF England Adam Porter England Salford City Released [99]
30 June 2022 DF England Tommy Smith England Middlesbrough Released [87][100]
8 July 2022 FW Republic of Ireland Ethon Varian Republic of Ireland Bohemian Free [101]
26 July 2022 DF England Will Forrester England Port Vale Undisclosed [102]
15 September 2022 MF Nigeria Peter Etebo Greece Aris Thessaloniki Undisclosed [103]
9 January 2023 FW England Will Goodwin England Cheltenham Town Undisclosed [104]
10 January 2023 DF Wales Eddy Jones England Altrincham Undisclosed [105]
14 January 2023 GK England Josef Bursik Belgium Club Brugge Undisclosed [106]
31 January 2023 DF Australia Harry Souttar England Leicester City Undisclosed [107]

Loans in

Date from Pos. Name From Date to Ref.
20 June 2022 DF England Harry Clarke England Arsenal 19 January 2023[a] [108][109]
2 July 2022 MF Republic of Ireland Gavin Kilkenny England AFC Bournemouth 31 January 2023[b] [110][111]
23 July 2022 MF Republic of Ireland Will Smallbone England Southampton End of Season [112]
16 August 2022 FW Ghana Tariqe Fosu England Brentford 20 January 2023[c] [113][114]
18 August 2022 FW England Liam Delap England Manchester City 12 January 2023[d] [115][116]
1 September 2022 DF England Dujon Sterling England Chelsea End of Season [117]
25 January 2023 GK Montenegro Matija Sarkic England Wolverhampton Wanderers End of Season [118]
26 January 2023 MF Kosovo Bersant Celina France Dijon End of Season [119]
27 January 2023 DF Netherlands Ki-Jana Hoever England Wolverhampton Wanderers End of Season [120]
31 January 2023 MF England Ben Pearson England AFC Bournemouth End of Season [121]
31 January 2023 DF England Axel Tuanzebe England Manchester United End of Season [122]
  1. ^ On 19 January, Clarke was recalled back to Arsenal and was sold to Ipswich Town
  2. ^ On 31 January, Kilkenny was recalled back to Bournemouth and loaned to Charlton
  3. ^ On 20 January, Fosu was recalled back to Brentford and loaned to Rotherham United
  4. ^ On 12 January, Delap was recalled back to Manchester City and loaned to Preston North End

Loans out

Date from Pos. Name To On loan until Ref.
18 June 2022 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina Mario Vrančić Croatia HNK Rijeka End of season [123]
27 June 2022 MF England Tashan Oakley-Boothe England Lincoln City End of season [124]
1 July 2022 FW England Douglas James-Taylor England Walsall End of season [125]
19 July 2022 FW England Will Goodwin England Torquay United 1 January 2023 [126]
26 July 2022 GK England Tommy Simkin England AFC Fylde 31 August 2022 [127]
1 September 2022 DF England Tom Edwards England Barnsley 16 January 2023[a] [128][129]
1 September 2022 MF Scotland Liam McCarron England Port Vale End of season [130]
2 September 2022 DF Wales Eddy Jones England Altrincham 1 January 2023 [131]
2 September 2022 MF Wales Dan Malone England Altrincham 1 January 2023 [131]
2 September 2022 DF Republic of Ireland David Okagbue England Oldham Athletic 8 January 2023[b] [132][133]
9 September 2022 DF England Demeaco Duhaney Turkey İstanbulspor End of season [134]
24 September 2022 GK Cameroon Blondy Nna Noukeu England Southend United 7 March 2023[c] [135][136][137][138]
7 January 2023 DF Wales Tom Sparrow Scotland Hamilton Academical 30 June 2023 [139]
27 January 2023 DF Wales Matt Baker Wales Newport County 30 June 2023 [140]
27 January 2023 DF England Aden Flint England Sheffield Wednesday 30 June 2023 [141]
31 January 2023 MF England D'Margio Wright-Phillips England Northampton Town 30 June 2023 [142]
17 February 2023 MF Wales Dan Malone England AFC Fylde 30 June 2023 [143]
  1. ^ On 16 January, Edwards returned from his loan at Barnsley due to a serious knee injury
  2. ^ On 29 September, Okagbue's loan at Oldham was extended until January 8
  3. ^ In January, Nna Noukeu's loan was extended to the end of February 2023, On 3 April it was extended again for a further 28 days but four days later he was recalled by Stoke.

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