2024–25 Fleetwood Town F.C. season

Fleetwood Town
2024–25 season
ChairmanJamie Pilley
ManagerCharlie Adam
StadiumHighbury Stadium
2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season is the 117th season in the history of Fleetwood Town Football Club and their first season back in League Two since the 2013–14 season, following their relegation from League One in the previous season. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
28 June 2024 CM Guyana Elliot Bonds England Cheltenham Town Undisclosed [1]
1 July 2024[a] CM England Matty Virtue England Blackpool Free [2]
2 July 2024 CB England Zech Medley Belgium KV Oostende Free [3]
4 July 2024 LB England MacKenzie Hunt England Everton Free [4]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 31 May, and would become official on July 1 once his Blackpool contract expired

Out[edit]

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
21 June 2024 CF England Jayden Stockley England Port Vale Undisclosed [5]
3 July 2024 RW Republic of Ireland Cian Hayes England Peterborough United Undisclosed [6]
3 July 2024 CM England Kyle White Republic of Ireland Waterford Free [7]

Loaned in[edit]

Date Position Player From Date until Ref

Loaned out[edit]

Date Position Player To Date until Ref

Released / Out of Contract[edit]

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2024 LB England Finlay Armstrong England Rochdale 1 July 2024 [8][9]
30 June 2024 GK England Patrick Boyes England King's Lynn Town 1 July 2024 [8][10]
30 June 2024 CF England Sam Fishburn England Scunthorpe United 1 July 2024 [8][11]
30 June 2024 RB Scotland Shaun Rooney Scotland St Mirren 1 July 2024 [12][13]
30 June 2024 CM England Theo Butterworth [8]
30 June 2024 CF England Josh Edwards [8]
30 June 2024 CB England Ben Heneghan [12]
30 June 2024 AM England Bosembo Namputu [8]
30 June 2024 CM Montserrat Dominic Richmond [8]
30 June 2024 CB England Connor Teale [8]
30 June 2024 CM Northern Ireland Harry Wilson [8]
30 June 2024 GK England Reuben Woodward [8]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

On 9 May, Fleetwood announced their first pre-season friendly would be against Bamber Bridge.[14] A second friendly was later added to the schedule, in Heart of Midlothian.[15] On 7 June, a behind closed doors friendly versus Rochdale was also added.[16] Five days later, a trip to Scotland to face St Mirren during pre-season was confirmed.[17]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

6 July 2024 Friendly Bamber Bridge v Fleetwood Town Bamber Bridge
13:00 BST Stadium: Sir Tom Finney Stadium
Note: The fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was changed due to England's potential UEFA Euro 2024 progression.[18]
13 July 2024 Friendly St Mirren v Fleetwood Town Paisley, Scotland
15:00 BST Stadium: St Mirren Park
20 July 2024 Friendly Fleetwood Town v Rochdale Thornton-Cleveleys
TBC BST Stadium: Poolfoot Farm
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
27 July 2024 Friendly Fleetwood Town v Heart of Midlothian Fleetwood
15:00 BST Stadium: Highbury Stadium

Competitions[edit]

League Two[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9 Colchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Crewe Alexandra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Doncaster Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Fleetwood Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Gillingham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Grimsby Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Harrogate Town 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[19]

Results summary[edit]

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[edit]

On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced.[20]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

10 August 2024 1 Fleetwood Town v Grimsby Town Fleetwood
15:00 BST Stadium: Highbury Stadium
17 August 2024 2 Notts County v Fleetwood Town Nottingham
15:00 BST Stadium: Meadow Lane
24 August 2024 3 Fleetwood Town v Gillingham Fleetwood
15:00 BST Stadium: Highbury Stadium
31 August 2024 4 AFC Wimbledon v Fleetwood Town Wimbledon
15:00 BST Stadium: Plough Lane
7 September 2024 5 Fleetwood Town v Salford City Fleetwood
15:00 BST Stadium: Highbury Stadium
14 September 2024 6 Carlisle United v Fleetwood Town Carlisle
15:00 BST Stadium: Brunton Park
23 September 2024 7 Fleetwood Town v Morecambe Fleetwood
20:00 BST Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 21 September, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[21]

FA Cup[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup[edit]

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Fleetwood being drawn at home against West Bromwich Albion.[22]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 August 2024 First round Fleetwood Town v West Bromwich Albion Fleetwood
19:45 BST Stadium: Highbury Stadium

EFL Trophy[edit]

In the group stage, Fleetwood were drawn into Northern Group D alongside Barrow, Bolton Wanderers and Aston Villa U21.[23][24]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ACA Aston Villa U21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Round 2
2 L2 Barrow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 L1 Bolton Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 L2 Fleetwood Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: EFL.com

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

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 Republic of Ireland IRL David Harrington 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK England ENG Jay Lynch 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Northern Ireland NIR Stephen McMullan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Defenders
DF England ENG Harrison Holgate 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG MacKenzie Hunt 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Northern Ireland NIR Carl Johnston 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Zech Medley 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Finley Potter 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Midfielders
MF Northern Ireland NIR Barry Baggley 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Guyana GUY Elliot Bonds 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Wales WAL Ryan Broom 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Wales WAL Callum Dolan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Harvey Macadam 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Danny Mayor 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Guinea-Bissau GNB Junior Quitirna 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Matty Virtue 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Forwards
FW England ENG Maleace Asamoah 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Republic of Ireland IRL Ronan Coughlan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Republic of Ireland IRL Ryan Graydon 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Republic of Ireland IRL Tommy Lonergan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Republic of Ireland IRL Promise Omochere 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Phoenix Patterson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Bonds signs for Fleetwood Town". Fleetwood Town FC. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Matty Virtue becomes Town's first signing of the summer!". Fleetwood Town FC. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Zech Medley added to Town's ranks". Fleetwood Town FC. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Young midfielder Mackenzie Hunt pens two-year deal". Fleetwood Town FC. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Stockley leaves Fleetwood to join Port Vale". Fleetwood Town FC. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Young forward Hayes makes Posh switch". Fleetwood Town FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Kyle White joins Waterford FC". Fleetwood Town FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Retained List: Development Squad and Under-18s". Fleetwood Town FC. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Finlay Armstrong Returns". Rochdale AFC. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Goalkeeper Patrick Boyes Signs For King's Lynn!". King's Lynn Town FC. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Sam Fishburn becomes the Iron's second summer recruit". Scunthorpe United FC. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Retained List: First Team". Fleetwood Town FC. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Shaun Rooney becomes first new signing ahead of 2024/25". St Mirren FC. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Town to travel to Bamber Bridge for first pre-season friendly". Fleetwood Town FC. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Town announce pre-season friendly with Hearts". Fleetwood Town FC. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Town to face Rochdale in a behind closed doors pre-season friendly". Fleetwood Town FC. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  17. ^ "St. Mirren added to Town's pre-season fixture list". Fleetwood Town FC. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  18. ^ "Kick-off changed for Bamber Bridge friendly". Fleetwood Town FC. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  19. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  20. ^ "Bromley face Harrogate in club's first ever EFL match". British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  21. ^ "Morecambe match selected for TV broadcast". Fleetwood Town FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  22. ^ "Carabao Cup Round One draw confirmed". English Football League. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  23. ^ "Under-21 teams and Group Stage draw confirmed for 2024/25 Bristol Street Motors Trophy". English Football League. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  24. ^ "Bristol Street Motors Trophy Group Stage confirmed". English Football League. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.