# 2024–25 Arbroath F.C. season

The 2024–25 season will be Arbroath's first season in League One, following their relegation from the Scottish Championship in the 2023–24 season. They also competed in the Scottish League Cup, Scottish Challenge Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Competitions
### Pre-season and friendlies

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Ref. |
| 29 June 2024 | Dundee | Home | 1–3 | Murray 63' | 1,836 | |
| 6 July 2024 | St Johnstone | Home | 0–1 | | 1,043 | |

### Scottish League One

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 3 August 2024 | Stenhousemuir | Away | 1–2 | Coulson 90' | 738 |
| 10 August 2024 | Montrose | Home | 0–0 | | 2,040 |
| 17 August 2024 | Kelty Hearts | Home | 0–3 | | 1,023 |
| 24 August 2024 | Dumbarton | Away | 2–2 | Stewart 5', Dow 50' | 688 |
| 31 August 2024 | Alloa Athletic | Home | 0–0 | | 1,143 |
| 14 September 2024 | Queen of the South | Away | 1–2 | Dow 10' | 996 |
| 21 September 2024 | Annan Athletic | Home | 2–0 | Dow 73', Reilly 79' | 1,193 |
| 28 September 2024 | Cove Rangers | Away | 4–2 | Stewart 31', Murray 38', Spalding 47', Wilkie 73' | 645 |
| 5 October 2024 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Home | 1–0 | Reilly 67' | 1,381 |
| 19 October 2024 | Dumbarton | Home | 1–3 | O'Brien 11' | 1,159 |
| 26 October 2024 | Alloa Athletic | Away | 0–1 | Gallagher 43' | 701 |
| 2 November 2024 | Stenhousemuir | Home | 1–0 | Taylor 12' | 1,141 |
| 9 November 2024 | Montrose | Away | 1–1 | Dow 80' | 1,565 |
| 16 November 2024 | Cove Rangers | Home | 2–1 | Stewart 18', Murray 32' | 1,278 |
| 7 December 2024 | Queen of the South | Home | 2–1 | Murray 76', Gallagher 90+1' | 709 |
| 14 December 2024 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Away | 2–0 | Smith 52', Reilly 90+3' | 1,531 |
| 17 December 2024 | Kelty Hearts | Away | 2–3 | Reilly 42', Murray 57' | 523 |
| 21 December 2024 | Annan Athletic | Away | 4–0 | Taylor 12', Reilly 22', 49' pen., Murray 43' | 478 |
| 28 December 2024 | Montrose | Home | 3–0 | Spalding 21', O'Brien 65', Taylor 84' | 2,714 |
| 4 January 2025 | Alloa Athletic | Home | 1–3 | Reilly 13' | 1,340 |
| 1 February 2025 | Cove Rangers | Away | 1–2 | Winter 7' | 758 |
| 8 February 2025 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Home | 3–0 | Steele 26', Winter 42' pen., Dow 70' | 1,500 |
| 15 February 2025 | Queen of the South | Away | 3–0 | Stewart 13', Taylor 22', Douglas 26' o.g. | 1,203 |
| 22 February 2025 | Stenhousemuir | Away | 0–2 | | 705 |
| 25 February 2025 | Kelty Hearts | Home | 2–1 | Stewart 3', Winter 80' | 628 |
| 1 March 2025 | Annan Athletic | Home | 3–0 | Taylor 40', Winter 74', Gallagher 87' | 1,180 |
| 4 March 2025 | Dumbarton | Away | 2–1 | Winter 15', Dow 47' | 355 |
| 8 March 2025 | Alloa Athletic | Away | 3–2 | Dow 20', Muirhead 47', Gallagher 89' | 805 |
| 15 March 2025 | Dumbarton | Home | 1–1 | Stanton 11' | 1,434 |

### Scottish League Cup
#### Group stage

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 16 July 2024 | Dundee | Home | 0–2 | | 1,776 |
| 20 July 2024 | Annan Athletic | Home | 0–3 | | 559 |
| 23 July 2024 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Away | 0–0 (5–3 pen.) | 1,531 | 754 |
| 27 July 2024 | Bonnyrigg Rose | Away | 1–0 | Reilly 87' | 622 |

### Scottish Challenge Cup

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Ref. |
| Third round | 7 September 2024 | Montrose | Home | 3–0 | O'Brien 23' pen., Stewart 29', Gallagher 82' | 1,051 | |
| Fourth round | 11 October 2024 | Alloa Athletic | Away | 0–1 | | 480 | |

### Scottish Cup

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Ref. |
| Third round | 30 November 2024 | Queen of the South | Home | 0–1 | | 818 | |

## Player statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 15 March 2025
| No. | Pos | Player | League One | League One | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | Aaron Steele | 6+4 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Colin Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Jack Wilkie | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Thomas O'Brien | 21+2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | Sam Stanton | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | David Gold | 9+8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Calum Gallagher | 7+15 | 4 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 5 |
| 10 | FW | Gavin Reilly | 14+5 | 7 | 0+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 23 | 8 |
| 11 | MF | Ryan Dow | 22+3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 7 |
| 12 | MF | Scott Stewart | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 6 |
| 14 | MF | Fraser Taylor | 19+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 |
| 15 | DF | Keith Watson | 22+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Billy King | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Layton Bisland | 6+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Callum Penman | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Ryan Flynn | 18+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | Aidan McAdams | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Innes Murray | 12+13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 31 | 5 |
| 24 | MF | Kieran McKechnie | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Andy Winter | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 |
| 26 | DF | Jason Thomson | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Aaron Muirhead | 4+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 31 | GK | Jack McConnell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Ali Spalding | 18+6 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| Players who left the club during the 2024–25 season |||||
| 1 | GK | Robbie Hemfrey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Craig Slater | 2+12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Liam Callaghan | 4+6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Mark Stowe | 0+3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Quinn Coulson | 6+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | Jamie Richardson | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Brynn Sinclair | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Gordon Walker | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Dylan Smith | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Arbroath | 29 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 53 | Promotion to the Championship |
| 2 | Cove Rangers | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 52 | 34 | +18 | 48 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 3 | Stenhousemuir | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 48 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Alloa Athletic | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 40 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Queen of the South | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 38 | |

### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DND | ANN | ARB | ICT | BON |
| 1 | Dundee | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 12 | Qualification for the second round | — | 3–1 | — | 6–0 | — |
| 2 | Annan Athletic | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | | — | — | — | 1–0 | 2–2p |
| 3 | Arbroath | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 5 | | 0–2 | 0–3 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 | | — | — | 0–0p | — | 3–0 |
| 5 | Bonnyrigg Rose | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 2 | | 1–7 | — | 0–1 | — | — |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 17 April 2024 | FW | Calum Gallagher | Airdrieonians | Free transfer |
| 6 May 2024 | FW | Gavin Reilly | Queen of the South | Free transfer |
| 28 May 2024 | DF | Jack Wilkie | Dundee | Free transfer |
| 5 June 2024 | MF | Liam Callaghan | Montrose | Free transfer |
| 22 June 2024 | DF | Layton Bisland | Dundee United | Free transfer |
| 22 June 2024 | GK | Robbie Hemfrey | Airdrieonians | Free transfer |
| 13 July 2024 | GK | Aidan McAdams | Larne | Free transfer |
| 13 July 2024 | MF | Ali Spalding | Airdrieonians | Free transfer |
| 25 July 2024 | DF | Keith Watson | Raith Rovers | Free transfer |
| 26 July 2024 | MF | Quinn Coulson | Alloa Athletic | Free transfer |
| 30 August 2024 | DF | Brynn Sinclair | Petone | Free transfer |
| 30 August 2024 | MF | Ryan Flynn | St Mirren | Free transfer |
| 21 September 2024 | GK | Jack McConnell | Heart of Midlothian | Free transfer |
| 24 January 2025 | MF | Billy King | Northern Colorado Hailstorm | Free transfer |
| 24 January 2025 | MF | Kieran McKechnie | Queen of the South | Free transfer |
| 14 February 2025 | DF | Jason Thomson | Kelty Hearts | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 7 May 2024 | GK | Ali Adams | East Fife | Free transfer |
| 7 May 2024 | GK | Derek Gaston | Stirling Albion | Free transfer |
| 7 May 2024 | DF | Zak Delaney | Greenock Morton | Free transfer |
| 7 May 2024 | DF | Ricky Little | Beith Juniors | Free transfer |
| 7 May 2024 | MF | Scott Allan | Kelty Hearts | Free transfer |
| 7 May 2024 | MF | Darren Lyon | Clyde | Free transfer |
| 7 May 2024 | MF | Michael McKenna | Falkirk | Free transfer |
| 7 May 2024 | MF | Keaghan Jacobs | Gala Fairydean Rovers | Free transfer |
| 7 May 2024 | MF | Jess Norey | East Fife | Free transfer |
| 7 May 2024 | FW | Jay Bird | Exeter City | Free transfer |
| 7 May 2024 | FW | Kenan Dünnwald-Turan | Hebar Pazardzhik | Free transfer |
| 7 May 2024 | FW | Kyle Robinson | Athlone Town | Free transfer |
| 28 May 2024 | FW | Leighton McIntosh | Queen of the South | Free transfer |
| 13 August 2024 | DF | Gordon Walker | | Free transfer |
| 23 August 2024 | FW | Mark Stowe | The Spartans | Undisclosed |
| 6 January 2025 | MF | Craig Slater | Forfar Athletic | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2025 | MF | Brynn Sinclair | | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 9 August 2024 | FW | Jamie Richardson | Dundee | 1 January 2025 |
| 27 September 2024 | MF | Fraser Taylor | St Mirren | 31 May 2025 |
| 30 September 2024 | DF | Dylan Smith | Ross County | 31 May 2025 |
| 23 January 2025 | MF | Sam Stanton | Raith Rovers | 31 May 2025 |
| 24 January 2025 | FW | Andy Winter | Livingston | 31 May 2025 |
| 5 February 2025 | DF | Callum Penman | St Mirren | 31 May 2025 |
| 25 February 2025 | DF | Aaron Muirhead | Partick Thistle | 31 May 2025 |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 30 August 2024 | DF | Aaron Steele | Stenhousemuir | 31 May 2025 |
| 21 September 2024 | GK | Robbie Hemfrey | Clyde | 31 May 2025 |
| 24 January 2025 | MF | Quinn Coulson | Cove Rangers | 31 May 2025 |
| 28 January 2025 | MF | Liam Callaghan | Brechin City | 31 May 2025 |