capaldi was dropped for the replay against kettering, being replaced by aidy white, but white suffered an injury during the game and capaldi came on to replace him. with white still out injured in the next game capaldi came back into the starting line-up for a 0–0 draw with brentford. however, with the return of andy hughes from injury, capaldi was dropped from the squad for four consecutive games before being an unused substitute for the final game of his loan spell, a 1–0 win over manchester united in the fa cup.