2024–25 Cambridge United F.C. season
2024–25 season | |
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Owner | Paul Barry (70%), Mark Green (20%), Adam Webb (10%) |
Chairman | Shaun Grady |
Head Coach | Garry Monk |
Stadium | Abbey Stadium |
The 2024–25 season is the 113th season in the history of Cambridge United Football Club and their fourth consecutive season in League One. 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 July 2024[a] | RB | James Gibbons | Bristol Rovers | Free | [1] |
1 July 2024 | CF | Shayne Lavery | Blackpool | Free | [2] |
1 July 2024[b] | CB | Kelland Watts | Newcastle United | Free | [3] |
10 July 2024 | CF | Ryan Loft | Port Vale | Undisclosed | [4] |
Out[edit]
Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
27 June 2024 | RW | Jack Lankester | Crewe Alexandra | Undisclosed | [5] |
27 June 2024 | CM | Lewis Simper | Sutton United | Undisclosed | [6] |
3 July 2024 | CM | Adam May | Forest Green Rovers | Free | [7] |
Loaned in[edit]
Date | Pos. | Player | From | Date until | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 July 2024 | GK | Vicente Reyes | Norwich City | End of Season | [8] |
13 July 2024 | CM | Taylor Richards | Queens Park Rangers | End of Season | [9] |
Loaned out[edit]
Date | Pos | Player | To | Date until | Ref |
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Released / Out of Contract[edit]
Date | Pos. | Player | Subsequent club | Join date | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
30 June 2024 | CB | Harvey Beckett | Royston Town | 1 July 2024 | [10][11] |
30 June 2024 | GK | Will Mannion | Charlton Athletic | 1 July 2024 | [12] |
30 June 2024 | CF | Lyle Taylor | Colchester United | 2 July 2024 | [13][14] |
30 June 2024 | GK | Tom Finch | Norwich City | 3 July 2024 | [10][15] |
30 June 2024 | RB | Greg Sandiford | Coventry City | 3 July 2024 | [10][16] |
30 June 2024 | AM | Kai Yearn | Coventry City | 3 July 2024 | [10][17] |
30 June 2024 | CF | Saleem Akanbi | [10] | ||
30 June 2024 | CB | Ryan Bennett | [13] | ||
30 June 2024 | LB | Harrison Dunk | [18] | ||
30 June 2024 | LB | Brandon Haunstrup | [13] | ||
30 June 2024 | GK | James Holden | [13] | ||
30 June 2024 | CF | Saikou Janneh | [13] | ||
30 June 2024 | CF | Fejiri Okenabirhie | [13] |
Pre-season and friendlies[edit]
On 24 May, Cambridge confirmed their initial pre-season plans, with matches against West Bromwich Albion, Braintree Town, Ebbsfleet United along with a training camp in Portugal.[19] A week later, a fourth friendly was added to the pre-season schedule, versus Colchester United.[20]
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
26 July 2024 Friendly | Braintree Town | v | Cambridge United | Braintree |
19:45 BST | Stadium: Cressing Road |
27 July 2024 Friendly | Ebbsfleet United | v | Cambridge United | Northfleet |
15:00 BST | Stadium: Stonebridge Road |
2 August 2024 Friendly | Cambridge United | v | West Bromwich Albion | Cambridge |
19:45 BST | Stadium: Abbey Stadium |
3 August 2024 Friendly | Colchester United | v | Cambridge United | Colchester |
15:00 BST | Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium |
Competitions[edit]
League One[edit]
League table[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | Bolton Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
5 | Bristol Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | Burton Albion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | Cambridge United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | Charlton Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | Crawley Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | Exeter City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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[21]
Results summary[edit]
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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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 One fixtures were announced.[22]
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
10 August 2024 1 | Stockport County | v | Cambridge United | Edgeley |
17:30 BST | Stadium: Edgeley Park |
17 August 2024 2 | Cambridge United | v | Crawley Town | Cambridge |
15:00 BST | Stadium: Abbey Stadium |
24 August 2024 3 | Cambridge United | v | Blackpool | Cambridge |
15:00 BST | Stadium: Abbey Stadium |
31 August 2024 4 | Bristol Rovers | v | Cambridge United | Horfield |
15:00 BST | Stadium: Memorial Stadium |
7 September 2024 5 | Cambridge United | v | Bolton Wanderers | Cambridge |
15:00 BST | Stadium: Abbey Stadium |
14 September 2024 6 | Mansfield Town | v | Cambridge United | Mansfield |
12:30 BST | Stadium: Field Mill | |||
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[23] |
FA Cup[edit]
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
EFL Cup[edit]
On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Cambridge being drawn at home against Queens Park Rangers.[24]
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
13 August 2024 First round | Cambridge United | v | Queens Park Rangers | Cambridge |
19:45 BST | Stadium: Abbey Stadium |
EFL Trophy[edit]
In the group stage, Cambridge were drawn into Southern Group C alongside Bromley, Charlton Athletic and Chelsea U21.[25][26]
Pos | Div | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | L2 | Bromley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to Round 2 |
2 | L1 | Cambridge United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | L1 | Charlton Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | ACA | Chelsea U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 One | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
1 | GK | ENG | Jack Stevens | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
27 | GK | CHI | Vicente Reyes (on loan from Norwich City) | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
31 | GK | ENG | Louis Chadwick | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
Defenders | |||||||||||||
2 | DF | ENG | Liam Bennett | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
3 | DF | ENG | Danny Andrew | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
5 | DF | ENG | Michael Morrison | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
6 | DF | ENG | Kelland Watts | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
16 | DF | ENG | Zeno Ibsen Rossi | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
26 | DF | ENG | James Gibbons | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
— | DF | ENG | Mamadou Jobe | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
Midfielders | |||||||||||||
4 | MF | ENG | Paul Digby | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
7 | MF | ENG | James Brophy | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
8 | MF | WAL | George Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
24 | MF | JAM | Jordan Cousins | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
30 | MF | IRL | Glenn McConnell | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
— | MF | ENG | George Hoddle | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
— | MF | ENG | Taylor Richards (on loan from Queens Park Rangers) | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
Forwards | |||||||||||||
14 | FW | SLE | Sullay Kaikai | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
21 | FW | COD | Elias Kachunga | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
34 | FW | ENG | Brandon Njoku | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
36 | FW | ENG | Dan Barton | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
— | FW | NIR | Shayne Lavery | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
— | FW | ENG | Ryan Loft | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
References[edit]
- ^ "GIBBONS REJOINS ON TWO-YEAR DEAL". Cambridge United FC. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Shayne Lavery joins the U's". Cambridge United FC. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Kelland Watts joins United". Cambridge United FC. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Ryan Loft bolsters attack". Cambridge United FC. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Jack Lankester Joins Crewe Alexandra". Cambridge United FC. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Lewis Simper Signs For Sutton". Cambridge United FC. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Adam May departs for FGR". Cambridge United FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Vicente Reyes signs on loan". Cambridge United FC. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ "Richards Signs For 2024/25". Cambridge United FC. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Development Players Update". Cambridge United FC. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "He's Back! Harvey Beckett Returns To Garden Walk!". Twitter. Royston Town FC. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Will Mannion becomes Nathan Jones' First Signing". Charlton Athletic FC. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "2024 Retained List". Cambridge United FC. 1 May 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ "Lyle Taylor Added To U's Strikeforce". Colchester United FC. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ "2024/25 Academy signing day". Norwich City FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Greg Sandiford joins Coventry City". Coventry City FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Kai Yearn joins Coventry City". Coventry City FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Harrison Dunk to leave United". Cambridge United FC. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Pre-Season Plans Confirmed". Cambridge United FC. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ "U's confirm final pre-season fixture against Colchester United". Cambridge United FC. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
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- ^ "Mansfield Away Selected For Sky Sports+". Cambridge United FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Carabao Cup Round One draw confirmed". English Football League. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Bristol Street Motors Trophy Group Stage confirmed". English Football League. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.