# 2024–25 Cheltenham Town F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 138th season in the history of Cheltenham Town Football Club and their first season back in League Two since the 2020–21 season following relegation from League One in the previous season. In addition to the domestic league, the club also participated in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2024 | DM | Scot Bennett | Newport County | Free |
| 1 July 2024 | LB | Ryan Haynes | Northampton Town | Free |
| 1 July 2024 | RB | Arkell Jude-Boyd | Queens Park Rangers | Free |
| 1 July 2024 | CM | Harry Pell | AFC Wimbledon | Free |
| 1 July 2024 | CM | Luke Young | Wrexham | Free |
| 3 July 2024 | GK | Joe Day | Newport County | Free |
| 3 July 2024 | GK | Owen Evans | Walsall | Free |
| 4 July 2024 | CF | Liam Dulson | Bedford Town | Free |
| 5 July 2024 | AM | Ethon Archer | Torquay United | Free |
| 18 July 2024 | CM | Harrison Sohna | Sunderland | Free |
| 26 July 2024 | CF | Ryan Bowman | Shrewsbury Town | Free |
| 5 August 2024 | CB | Ibrahim Bakare | Vancouver | Free |
| 9 August 2024 | CF | George Miller | Doncaster Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2024 | RB | Darragh Power | Waterford | Free |
| 3 February 2025 | CM | Tommy Backwell | Bristol City | Free |
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 14 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Newport County contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 15 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Northampton Town contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 18 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Queens Park Rangers contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 14 June, and would become official on July 1 once his AFC Wimbledon contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 18 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Wrexham contract expired
* ↑ Joined as a Player-Coach
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 31 December, and would become official on January 1 once the transfer window reopened

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee |
| 14 June 2024 | CB | Lewis Freestone | Stevenage | Undisclosed |
| 28 June 2024 | CM | Elliot Bonds | Fleetwood Town | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2024 | CF | Rob Street | Lincoln City | Undisclosed |
| 28 July 2024 | CF | Aidan Keena | St Patrick's Athletic | Free |

### Loaned in

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Date until |
| 19 July 2024 | RB | Lewis Payne | Southampton | 15 January 2025 |
| 26 July 2024 | CB | Levi Laing | West Ham United | 3 January 2025 |
| 2 August 2024 | CM | Joel Colwill | Cardiff City | 10 January 2025 |
| 23 August 2024 | CB | Sam Stubbs | Bradford City | End of Season |
| 30 August 2024 | CF | Manni Norkett | Nottingham Forest | 2 January 2025 |
| 30 August 2024 | CB | Lewis Shipley | Norwich City | 2 January 2025 |
| 1 January 2025 | CF | Ashley Hay | Brentford | End of Season |
| 8 January 2025 | LB | Val Adedokun | Brentford | End of Season |
| 16 January 2025 | CM | Tommy Backwell | Bristol City | 3 February 2025 |
| 17 January 2025 | LW | Ethan Williams | Manchester United | End of Season |
| 3 February 2025 | DM | Timothée Dieng | Cheltenham Town | End of Season |
* ↑ On 15 January, Payne was recalled back to Southampton
* ↑ On 3 January, Laing was recalled back to West Ham United
* ↑ On 10 January, Colwill was recalled back to Cardiff
* ↑ The loan was announced on 31 December, and would become official on January 1 once the transfer window reopened
* ↑ On 3 February, Backwell's loan from Bristol City was made permanent

### Loaned out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Date until |
| 20 August 2024 | CM | Brandon Liggett | Salisbury | 17 September 2024 |
| 1 September 2024 | GK | Max Harris | Weston-super-Mare | End of Season |
| 2 January 2025 | GK | Owen Evans | Barnet | End of Season |
| 20 January 2025 | CM | Tom Pett | Oldham Athletic | End of Season |
| 23 January 2025 | CM | Harrison Sohna | Wealdstone | End of Season |

### Released / Out of Contract

| Date | Pos. | Player | Subsequent club | Join date |
| 30 June 2024 | LM | Will Ferry | Dundee United | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CF | George Lloyd | Shrewsbury Town | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | RB | Sean Long | Forest Green Rovers | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | GK | Jamie Pardington | Lincoln City | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CM | Liam Sercombe | Forest Green Rovers | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | GK | Luke Southwood | Bolton Wanderers | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | RB | Liam Smith | Bohemian | 12 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CM | Greg Sloggett | Hartlepool United | 15 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | LB | Ben Williams | Carlisle United | 10 August 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CM | Daniel Adshead | Boston United | 12 December 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | AM | Josh Harrop | | |
| 30 June 2024 | CM | James Olayinka | | |
| 30 June 2024 | RB | Adulai Sambu | | |
| 30 June 2024 | CB | Curtis Davies | Retired | Retired |

## Pre-season and friendlies

On 31 May, Cheltenham Town announced their initial pre-season plans, with matches scheduled against Bishop's Cleeve, Bath City, Evesham United and Northampton Town. Five days later, a fifth fixture was added against Plymouth Argyle. On June 10, another two fixtures were added to Town's schedule, against Hungerford Town and Bristol City.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Salford City | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 50 |
| 12 | Fleetwood Town | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 49 | 43 | +6 | 49 |
| 13 | Cheltenham Town | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 49 |
| 14 | Chesterfield | 35 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 56 | 43 | +13 | 48 |
| 15 | Swindon Town | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 46 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 March 2025. Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 25$^1$ | 34 | 35 | 36 | 26$^2$ | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | D | D | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | | | | | |
| Position | 6 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | | | | | |
| Points | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 34 | 34 | 37 | 38 | 41 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 49 | | | | | |
* $^1$ Matchday 25 (vs. Cheltenham Town) was postponed due to a frozen pitch.
* $^2$ Matchday 26 (vs. AFC Wimbledon) was postponed due to a frozen pitch.

#### Matches

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

### FA Cup

Cheltenham Town were drawn away to Rotherham United in the first round. In the second round they were drawn away again, this time against Salford City.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Cup

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Cheltenham being drawn away against Plymouth Argyle.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Trophy

In the group stage, Cheltenham were drawn into Southern Group H alongside Newport County, Reading and West Ham United. Cheltenham were then drawn at home to Cambridge United in the round of 32, Colchester United in the round of 16 and away to Peterborough United in the quarter-finals.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Cheltenham Town | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Reading | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Newport County | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | ACA | West Ham United U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | |
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

#### Knockout stages
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of match played 11 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 | WAL | Owen Evans | 11 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | LCA | Arkell Jude-Boyd | 32 | 4 | 21+4 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Ryan Haynes | 8 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | IRL | Liam Kinsella | 34 | 0 | 24+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | FRA | Timothée Dieng | 8 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Tom Bradbury | 37 | 1 | 31+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Luke Young | 39 | 4 | 33+1 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Matty Taylor | 36 | 7 | 8+20 | 5 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+1 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | George Miller | 36 | 9 | 20+10 | 7 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Ashley Hay | 14 | 2 | 6+6 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Ryan Bowman | 22 | 3 | 8+10 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Liam Dulson | 27 | 2 | 5+16 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | ENG | Jordan Thomas | 38 | 5 | 22+8 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Ethan Williams | 11 | 2 | 6+5 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Scot Bennett | 26 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Ibrahim Bakare | 27 | 0 | 14+8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Harrison Sohna | 12 | 1 | 6+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Joe Day | 34 | 0 | 25+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Ethon Archer | 43 | 6 | 32+4 | 6 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | IRL | Val Adedokun | 12 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | IRL | Darragh Power | 12 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Sam Stubbs | 36 | 1 | 31+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Tommy Backwell | 5 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Tom King | 1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Freddy Willcox | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Tom Pett | 27 | 2 | 5+15 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 2 |
| 35 | MF | ENG | Brandon Liggett | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ENG | Harry Tustin | 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: ||||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | ENG | Levi Laing | 8 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Manni Norkett | 9 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | WAL | Joel Colwill | 28 | 9 | 20+2 | 6 | 2+0 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Lewis Shipley | 10 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Lewis Payne | 21 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |