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 are also participating in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the 2024–25 EFL Trophy.

Cheltenham Town
2024–25 season
ChairmanDavid Bloxham
ManagerMichael Flynn[1]
StadiumWhaddon Road
2025–26 →

Transfers

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Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
1 July 2024[a] DM   Scot Bennett   Newport County Free [2]
1 July 2024[b] LB   Ryan Haynes   Northampton Town Free [3]
1 July 2024[c] RB   Arkell Jude-Boyd   Queens Park Rangers Free [4]
1 July 2024[d] CM   Harry Pell   AFC Wimbledon Free [5]
1 July 2024[e] CM   Luke Young   Wrexham Free [6]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 14 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Newport County contract expired
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 15 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Northampton Town contract expired
  3. ^ The transfer was announced on 18 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Queens Park Rangers contract expired
  4. ^ The transfer was announced on 14 June, and would become official on July 1 once his AFC Wimbledon contract expired
  5. ^ The transfer was announced on 18 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Wrexham contract expired
Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
14 June 2024 CB   Lewis Freestone   Stevenage Undisclosed [7]

Loaned in

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Date Pos Player From Date until Ref

Loaned out

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Date Pos Player To Date until Ref

Released / Out of Contract

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Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2024 LM   Will Ferry   Dundee United 1 July 2024 [8]
30 June 2024 CF   George Lloyd   Shrewsbury Town 1 July 2024 [9]
30 June 2024 RB   Sean Long   Forest Green Rovers 1 July 2024 [10][11]
30 June 2024 GK   Jamie Pardington   Lincoln City 1 July 2024 [12][13]
30 June 2024 CM   Liam Sercombe   Forest Green Rovers 1 July 2024 [10][14]
30 June 2024 CM   Daniel Adshead [12]
30 June 2024 CB   Curtis Davies [12]
30 June 2024 AM   Josh Harrop [12]
30 June 2024 CM   James Olayinka [12]
30 June 2024 RB   Adulai Sambu [12]
30 June 2024 CM   Greg Sloggett [12]
30 June 2024 RB   Liam Smith [12]
30 June 2024 GK   Luke Southwood [10]
30 June 2024 LB   Ben Williams [12]

Pre-season and friendlies

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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.[15] Five days later, a fifth fixture was added against Plymouth Argyle.[16] On June 10, another two fixtures were added to Town's schedule, against Hungerford Town and Bristol City.[17]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 July 2024 Friendly Bishop's Cleeve v Cheltenham Town Bishop's Cleeve
TBC BST Stadium: Kayte Lane
9 July 2024 Friendly Bath City v Cheltenham Town Twerton
TBC BST Stadium: Twerton Park
12 July 2024 Friendly Evesham United v Cheltenham Town Evesham
TBC BST Stadium: The Spiers & Hartwell Stadium
20 July 2024 Friendly Cheltenham Town v Plymouth Argyle Cheltenham
15:00 BST Stadium: Whaddon Road
23 July 2024 Friendly Hungerford Town v Cheltenham Town Hungerford
TBC BST Stadium: Bulpit Lane
26 July 2024 Friendly Cheltenham Town v Bristol City Cheltenham
TBC BST Stadium: Whaddon Road
3 August 2024 Friendly Cheltenham Town v Northampton Town Cheltenham
TBC BST Stadium: Whaddon Road

Competitions

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League Two

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
4 Bradford City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for League Two play-offs
5 Bromley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Carlisle United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Cheltenham Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Chesterfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Colchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Crewe Alexandra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 10 August 2024. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[18]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

FA Cup

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Trophy

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of pre-season

List includes all first team players and any other matchday squad players

No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
GK   ENG Max Harris 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Defenders
DF   ENG Tom Bradbury 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Ryan Haynes 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Arkell Jude-Boyd 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Midfielders
MF   ENG Scot Bennett 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   GUY Elliot Bonds 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   IRL Liam Kinsella 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Harry Pell 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Tom Pett 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Luke Young 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Forwards
FW   IRL Aidan Keena 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   ENG Tom King 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   ENG Rob Street 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   ENG Matty Taylor 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   ENG Jordan Thomas 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

References

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  1. ^ "Welcome to Cheltenham Town Michael Flynn". Cheltenham Town FC. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Scot Bennett signs for the Robins". Cheltenham Town FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Welcome to Cheltenham Ryan Haynes". Cheltenham Town FC. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Arkell Jude-Boyd is a Robin". Cheltenham Town FC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Harry Pell returns to Cheltenham". Cheltenham Town FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Town sign midfielder Luke Young". Cheltenham Town FC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Lewis Freestone joins Stevenage". Cheltenham Town FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Will Ferry to join Dundee United". Cheltenham Town FC. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Lloyd leaves for Shrewsbury Town". Cheltenham Town FC. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  10. ^ a b c "Liam Sercombe, Luke Southwood and Sean Long to leave the club this summer". Cheltenham Town FC. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Sean Long to join FGR". Forest Green Rovers FC. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i "2023/24 retained and released list". Cheltenham Town FC. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Pardington arrives at the Imps". Lincoln City FC. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Liam Sercombe to join FGR". Forest Green Rovers FC. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  15. ^ "First 2024/25 pre-season fixtures confirmed". Cheltenham Town FC. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Home clash with Plymouth Argyle added to pre-season schedule". Cheltenham Town FC. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  17. ^ "Two more pre-season fixtures confirmed". Cheltenham Town FC. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  18. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 2 September 2023.