2021–22 Cambridge United F.C. season

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Cambridge United

2021–22 season

Owners

Paul Barry (70%),
Mark Green (20%),
Adam Webb (10%)^[1]

Head Coach

Stadium

14th

Fourth round
(eliminated by Luton Town)

EFL Cup

Second round
(eliminated by Millwall)

EFL Trophy

Quarter-finals
(eliminated by Rotherham United)

Top goalscorer

League:
Sam Smith (15)
All:
Sam Smith (21)

Biggest win

0–5
vs Cheltenham Town (A),
(7 December 2021)
EFL League One

Biggest defeat

6–0
vs Sheffield Wednesday (A),
(12 March 2022)
EFL League One

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 2020–21

2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season is Cambridge United's 110th year in their history, and first season back in the third tier since the 2001–02 season, following promotion last season. Along with the league, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

17 July 2021 Friendly	Cardiff City	0–2	Cambridge United	Leckwith
13:00 BST		Report	Smith 4' Weir 56'	Stadium: Cardiff International Sports Stadium

17 July 2021 Friendly	Cardiff City	1–1	Cambridge United	Leckwith
14:30 BST	Zimba 12'	Report	Ironside 1'	Stadium: Cardiff International Sports Stadium

20 July 2021 Friendly	Newmarket Town	2–2	Cambridge United XI	Newmarket
19:00 BST		Report	Yearn Njoku	Stadium: Cricket Field Road

23 July 2021 Friendly	Cambridge United	1–3	Brentford XI	St Neots
18:30 BST	Knibbs ?'	Report	Trevitt 21' Adams 33' (pen.) Trailist 36'	Stadium: The Premier Plus Stadium Attendance: 726

27 July 2021 Friendly	Cambridge United	1–2	Queens Park Rangers	Cambridge
19:00 BST	May 86'	Report	Dykes 7', 39' Chair 32'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,158
Note: Harrison Dunk testimonial

28 July 2021 Friendly	AFC Sudbury	2–2	Cambridge United XI	Sudbury
TBC BST		Report		Stadium: King's Marsh

31 July 2021 Friendly	Cambridge United	0–0	Northampton Town	Cambridge
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Abbey Stadium

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Portsmouth	46	20	13	13	68	51	+17	73
11	Ipswich Town	46	18	16	12	67	46	+21	70
12	Accrington Stanley	46	17	10	19	61	80	−19	61
13	Charlton Athletic	46	17	8	21	55	59	−4	59
14	Cambridge United	46	15	13	18	56	74	−18	58
15	Cheltenham Town	46	13	17	16	66	80	−14	56
16	Burton Albion	46	14	11	21	51	67	−16	53
17	Lincoln City	46	14	10	22	55	63	−8	52
18	Shrewsbury Town	46	12	14	20	47	51	−4	50

Matchday	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	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	D	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	D
Position	11	17	17	12	10	15	13	12	15	15	18	16	18	17	15	10	12	14	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	13	12	12	13	15	16	14	12	13	13	13	15	17	16	13	13	13	12	12	14	14

7 August 2021 1	Cambridge United	1–1	Oxford United	Cambridge
15:00 BST	O'Neil 31' Ironside 78' (pen.)	Report	Williams 30' Seddon 42' 88'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 6,444 Referee: David Rock

14 August 2021 2	Accrington Stanley	2–1	Cambridge United	Accrington
15:00 BST	Butcher 14' Pell 20' 30' Pritchard 34' Rodgers 81'	Report	Ironside 79'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,077 Referee: Ben Speedie

17 August 2021 3	Plymouth Argyle	1–1	Cambridge United	Plymouth
19:45 BST	Wilson 6' Jephcott 68' Edwards 86'	Report	Williams 6' May 57' Brophy 72' Ironside 76' 76' O'Neil 79' Digby 90+1'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 10,532 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

21 August 2021 4	Cambridge United	3–0	Burton Albion	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Jones 34' Smith 53' Hamer 73' (o.g.), 79' (o.g.)	Report	Mancienne 18' Brayford 71'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,468 Referee: Ben Toner

28 August 2021 5	Cambridge United	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Tracey 16' Iredale 17' Digby 38' Hoolahan 54' O'Neil 73'	Report	Williams 13' Sarcevic 29' Santos 88'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 6,124 Referee: Ben Toner

11 September 2021 6	Cambridge United	1–5	Lincoln City	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Williams 36' Ironside 59' Digby 72' Knibbs 82'	Report	Adelakun 1' McGrandles 16' Scully 24', 72' Fiorini 57'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,833 Referee: Sam Purkiss

18 September 2021 7	Portsmouth	1–2	Cambridge United	Portsmouth
15:00 BST	Williams 48' Curtis 76' 90+1' Brown 87'	Report	Ironside 38' O'Neil 69' Tracey 78' Digby 86' Williams 87'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 15,330 Referee: Gavin Ward

25 September 2021 8	Cambridge United	2–2	Fleetwood Town	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Digby 30' May 35' Tracey 51'	Report	Hill 2' Lane 76'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,429 Referee: Paul Howard

28 September 2021 9	Cambridge United	0–2	Gillingham	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Jones 72'	Report	Tutonda 19' Ehmer 22' Oliver 26' Lloyd 60' Cumming 90+7'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,019 Referee: James Bell

2 October 2021 10	Crewe Alexandra	2–2	Cambridge United	Crewe
15:00 BST	Finney 10' Kashket 20' Robertson 26' Ramsay 89'	Report	Jääskeläinen 79' (o.g.) May 90+4'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 4,237 Referee: Carl Brook

16 October 2021 11	Cambridge United	2–2	Ipswich Town	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Brophy 40' Ironside 88'	Report	Aluko 10', 36' Chaplin 37'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 7,944 Referee: Leigh Doughty

19 October 2021 12	Cambridge United	1–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Cambridge
19:45 BST	Williams 20' Iredale 67'	Report	Paterson 45' Dele-Bashiru 80' Palmer 90+2'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 7,342 Referee: Scott Oldham

23 October 2021 13	Shrewsbury Town	4–1	Cambridge United	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Bowman 6', 73', 83' Ebanks-Landell 45+8' Leahy 90'	Report	Digby 57' Iredale 58' Jones 60' May 68' Hoolahan 84' Smith 85'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Referee: Simon Mather

26 October 2021 14	Doncaster Rovers	1–1	Cambridge United	Doncaster
19:45 BST	Galbraith 68' Williams 71'	Report	Gardner 7' (o.g.) Dunk 45+5'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 6,146 Referee: Andy Haines

30 October 2021 15	Cambridge United	1–0	AFC Wimbledon	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Iredale 43' Weir 47' Williams 71' Jones 73'	Report	Palmer 73' Woodyard 90'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,609 Referee: Tom Reeves

Pre-season

Competitions

League One

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

FA Cup

EFL Cup

EFL Trophy

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Loans in

Loans out

References

2 November 2021 16	Morecambe	0–2	Cambridge United	Morecambe
19:45 GMT	McDonald 19' Stockton 45+1' Ayunga 54' Price 64'	Report	Worman 28' Lankester 29' Ironside 72' (pen.) Smith 78'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 3,414 Referee: Robert Madley

13 November 2021 17	Milton Keynes Dons	4–1	Cambridge United	Denbigh
15:00 GMT	Twine 13', 36' Watters 25', 76' Kasumu 60'	Report	Okedina 42' Williams 50' Smith 82'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 9,904 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

20 November 2021 18	Rotherham United	3–1	Cambridge United	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Wood 30' Wiles 34' Barlaser 45+3' (pen.) Ladapo 81' Lindsay 83'	Report	Smith 51'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 9,534 Referee: Andy Davies

23 November 2021 19	Cambridge United	2–2	Wigan Athletic	Cambridge
19:45 GMT	Ironside 44' May 53' Knibbs 86' Weir 89'	Report	Keane 84' Lang 87'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,101 Referee: Declan Bourne

27 November 2021 20	Cambridge United	1–2	Sunderland	Cambridge
15:00 GMT	Smith 27'	Report	Mitov 16' (o.g.) Pritchard 24' Broadhead 36'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 7,174 Referee: Robert Lewis

7 December 2021 21	Cheltenham Town	0–5	Cambridge United	Cheltenham
19:45 GMT	Freestone 28' Wright 31'	Report	Smith 37' 43' Pollock 52' (o.g.) Ironside 63', 73', 88'	Stadium: Jonny-Rocks Stadium Attendance: 2,762 Referee: Christopher Pollard

11 December 2021 22	Charlton Athletic	2–0	Cambridge United	Charlton
15:00 GMT	Washington 30', 89' 56' Famewo 39' Stockley 45+3' Clare 50' Pearce 76'	Report	Dunk 14' May 29' Ironside 45+2' Digby 45+3'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 24,886 Referee: Ben Speedie

18 December 2021 23	Cambridge United	0–1	Rotherham United	Cambridge
15:00 GMT	Smith 45+3' Ironside 90'		Barlaser 66' Ihiekwe 87'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,323 Referee: Trevor Kettle

3 January 2022 24	Cambridge United	0–0	Portsmouth	Cambridge
15:00 GMT	Smith 16' 60' Brophy 38' Iredale 89'	Report	Romeo 26' Raggett 90+6' Williams 90+8'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 6,832 Referee: Josh Smith

15 January 2022 25	Lincoln City	0–1	Cambridge United	Lincoln
15:00 GMT		Report	Brophy 71' Ironside 90+1'	Stadium: LNER Stadium Attendance: 8,507 Referee: Andrew Kitchen