# 2024–25 Colchester United F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 88th season in the history of Colchester United Football Club and their ninth consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee |
| 28 June 2024 | CB | Ben Goodliffe | Sutton United | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2024 | RW | Harry Anderson | Stevenage | Free |
| 1 July 2024 | CF | Kien Connolly | Grays Athletic | Free |
| 1 July 2024 | CF | John-Kymani Gordon | Crystal Palace | Free |
| 1 July 2024 | RB | Rob Hunt | Leyton Orient | Free |
| 1 July 2024 | GK | Matt Macey | Portsmouth | Free |
| 2 July 2024 | AM | Jack Payne | Charlton Athletic | Free |
| 2 July 2024 | CF | Lyle Taylor | Cambridge United | Free |
| 4 July 2024 | CM | Alex Woodyard | York City | Free |
| 23 July 2024 | CB | Tom Flanagan | Shrewsbury Town | Free |
| 3 August 2024 | CM | Alfie Bendle | Forest Green Rovers | Free |
| 7 August 2024 | CM | Teddy Bishop | Lincoln City | Free |
| 4 September 2024 | CM | Joel Thompson | Nottingham Forest | Free |
| 3 February 2025 | RW | Kyreece Lisbie | Brentford | Free |
| 3 February 2025 | RB | Kane Vincent-Young | Wycombe Wanderers | Free |
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 13 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Stevenage contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 6 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Grays Athletic contract expired
* ↑ Signed initially for the Development squad
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 28 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Crystal Palace contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 31 May, and would become official on July 1 once his Portsmouth contract expired

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee |
| 14 June 2024 | RW | Jayden Fevrier | Stockport County | Undisclosed |
| 14 June 2024 | DM | Jay Mingi | Stockport County | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2024 | CB | Connor Hall | Port Vale | Undisclosed |
| 31 July 2024 | AM | Noah Chilvers | Ross County | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2024 | CF | Bradley Ihionvien | Peterborough United | Undisclosed |
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 3 June, and would become official on June 14 once the transfer window reopened
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 24 May, and would become official on June 14 once the transfer window reopened

### Loaned in

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Date until |
| 28 August 2024 | CB | Aaron Donnelly | Nottingham Forest | 8 January 2025 |
| 30 August 2024 | CM | Jamie McDonnell | Nottingham Forest | End of Season |
| 30 August 2024 | LW | Anthony Scully | Portsmouth | 13 January 2025 |
| 20 January 2025 | CF | Tyreece Simpson | Stevenage | End of Season |
| 23 January 2025 | CB | Jack Tucker | Milton Keynes Dons | End of Season |
| 30 January 2025 | CB | Michael Forbes | West Ham United | End of Season |
| 3 February 2025 | CF | Ken Aboh | Norwich City | End of Season |
| 3 February 2025 | LW | Anthony Scully | Portsmouth | End of Season |
* ↑ On 8 January, Donnelly was recalled back to Nottingham Forest.
* ↑ On 13 January, the club activated the break clause in Scully's loan from Portsmouth

### Loaned out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Date until |
| 30 August 2024 | RW | Oscar Thorn | Chelmsford City | 1 January 2025 |
| 6 September 2024 | RB | Will Greenidge | Hornchurch | 1 January 2025 |
| 9 September 2024 | CB | Frankie Terry | Braintree Town | 7 October 2024 |
| 28 October 2024 | CM | Alfie Bendle | Chelmsford City | 1 January 2025 |
| 10 January 2025 | CM | Alfie Bendle | St Albans City | End of Season |
| 25 January 2025 | CB | Ben Goodliffe | Southend United | End of Season |
| 7 March 2025 | LB | Frankie Terry | Yeovil Town | End of Season |
| 10 March 2025 | RW | Kyreece Lisbie | Braintree Town | End of Season |

### Released / Out of Contract

| Date | Pos. | Player | Subsequent club | Join date |
| 30 June 2024 | CB | Harry Beadle | Aveley | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | GK | Ted Collins | Chelmsford City | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | LB | Al-Amin Kazeem | St Patrick's Athletic | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | DM | Marley Marshall-Miranda | Braintree Town | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CB | Ronnie Nelson | Tonbridge Angels | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | DM | Gene Kennedy | Welling United | 3 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CM | Cameron McGeehan | Northampton Town | 5 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | DM | Ryan Lowe | Wingate & Finchley | 13 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CB | Tom Dallison | Ebbsfleet United | 17 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | GK | Sam Hornby | Walsall | 24 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | RB | Matt Yates | Canvey Island | 24 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CF | John Akinde | Braintree Town | 25 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | AM | Kennedy Mupomba | Hertford Town | 2 August 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | DM | Bayan Aman | Hendon | 7 August 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | AM | Donell Thomas | Bowers & Pitsea | 28 September 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | SS | Kaan Bennett | | |
| 30 June 2024 | LW | Taizo Marcel-Dilaver | Walthamstow | 26 October 2024 |
| 15 August 2024 | RW | Conor Wilkinson | Solihull Moors | 16 August 2024 |
| 3 January 2025 | DM | Alex Woodyard | Sutton United | 3 January 2025 |
| 23 January 2025 | MF | Matt Jay | Torquay United | 24 January 2025 |
| 23 January 2025 | RB | Will Greenidge | Hornchurch | 23 January 2025 |
| 28 January 2025 | CF | Tom Hopper | Southend United | 28 January 2025 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

On 28 May, Colchester announced their first pre-season friendly, against Maldon & Tiptree. Six days later, a second fixture was confirmed, against Cambridge United. A third was later added, versus Peterborough United. On 3 and 4 July, behind closed doors friendlies against Wycombe Wanderers and Millwall respectively were also added.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 36 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 56 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 8 | Grimsby Town | 36 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 51 | 53 | −2 | 56 | |
| 9 | Colchester United | 36 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 55 | |
| 10 | Bromley | 36 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 51 | |
| 11 | Salford City | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 50 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 March 2025. Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 11$^1$ | 18 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 26$^3$ | 28 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 19$^2$ | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 29$^4$ | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | D | D | D | W | L | D | D | L | D | L | D | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 20 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Points | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 30 | 31 | 34 | 37 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 46 | 49 | 52 | | | | | | | | | | | |
* $^1$ Matchday 11 (vs. Fleetwood Town) was postponed due to international call-ups.
* $^2$ Matchday 19 (vs. Notts County) was postponed due to spectator and player safety concerns.
* $^3$ Matchday 26 (vs. Harrogate Town) was postponed due to Harrogate's FA Cup involvements.
* $^4$ Matchday 29 (vs. Port Vale) was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

#### Matches

On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### FA Cup

Colchester United were drawn away to Swindon Town in the first round.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Cup

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Colchester being drawn at home against Reading. In the second round, they were drawn at home to Brentford.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Trophy

In the group stage, Colchester were drawn into Southern Group E alongside Leyton Orient, Milton Keynes Dons and Arsenal U21. Colchester were then drawn at home against AFC Wimbledon in the round of 32 and to Cheltenham Town in the round of 16.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Colchester United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Leyton Orient | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | ACA | Arsenal U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 | L2 | Milton Keynes Dons | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 | |
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

#### Knoutout stages
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of match played 8 March 2025
Players with no appearances are not included on the list Italics indicate a loaned in player
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Matt Macey | 40 | 0 | 35+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Ellis Iandolo | 40 | 0 | 34+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | IRL | Fiacre Kelleher | 21 | 1 | 13+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Ben Goodliffe | 14 | 4 | 8+3 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | NIR | Tom Flanagan | 34 | 0 | 30+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Harry Anderson | 33 | 4 | 16+11 | 2 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Teddy Bishop | 26 | 1 | 19+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Samson Tovide | 26 | 5 | 18+4 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Jack Payne | 43 | 7 | 32+3 | 6 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | John-Kymani Gordon | 40 | 3 | 15+18 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ENG | Tom Smith | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | NIR | Jamie McDonnell | 32 | 1 | 24+3 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Arthur Read | 38 | 1 | 13+17 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Tyreece Simpson | 9 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Mandela Egbo | 42 | 2 | 28+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | ENG | Rob Hunt | 21 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Alfie Bendle | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ENG | Owura Edwards | 33 | 5 | 21+7 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Jack Tucker | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | IRL | Anthony Scully | 9 | 1 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | ENG | Ken Aboh | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | GRN | Kane Vincent-Young | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ENG | Oscar Thorn | 21 | 0 | 5+13 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | MSR | Lyle Taylor | 34 | 12 | 22+9 | 9 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 3 |
| 34 | FW | ENG | Hakeem Sandah | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | ENG | Frankie Terry | 3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | ENG | Milton Oni | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | ENG | Ollie Godziemski | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | ENG | Rashaad Drysdale | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Player(s) who featured whilst on loan but returned to parent club during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 25 | DF | NIR | Aaron Donnelly | 22 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| Player(s) who featured but departed the club permanently during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 30 | MF | ENG | Alex Woodyard | 19 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 48 | FW | ENG | Bradley Ihionvien | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Matt Jay | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Tom Hopper | 23 | 2 | 9+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 |