2024–25 Bristol City F.C. season

Bristol City
2024–25 season
OwnerSteve Lansdown
ChairmanJon Lansdown
Head CoachLiam Manning
StadiumAshton Gate
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The 2024–25 season is the 127th season in the history of Bristol City Football Club and their tenth consecutive season in the Championship. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date Pos Player Transferred from Fee Ref.
1 July 2024 FW France Fally Mayulu Austria Rapid Wien Undisclosed [1][2]

Out[edit]

Date Pos Player Transferred to Fee Ref
30 June 2024 MF England Ben Acey Free agent Released [3]
30 June 2024 DF Wales Zac Bell Free agent Released [3]
30 June 2024 GK England Mac Boyd Free agent Released [3]
30 June 2024 FW Australia Marlee Francois Free agent Released [3]
30 June 2024 FW England Callum Hutton Free agent Released [3]
30 June 2024 DF England Duncan Idehen Free agent Released [3]
30 June 2024 MF England Matty James Free agent Released [3]
30 June 2024 MF England Dylan Kadji Free agent Released [3]
30 June 2024 MF Wales Andy King Retired [4][5]
30 June 2024[a] DF Wales Harry Leeson England Bishop's Cleeve Free [3][6]
30 June 2024 FW Austria Andreas Weimann Free agent Released [3]
30 June 2024[b] GK England Harvey Wiles-Richards England Bath City Free [3][7]
  1. ^ Following his release, Leeson joined Bishop's Cleeve as a free agent on 1 July.
  2. ^ Following his release, Wiles-Richards joined Bath City as a free agent on 1 July.

Loaned in[edit]

Date Pos Player Loaned from Until Ref

Loaned out[edit]

Date Pos Player Loaned to Until Ref
1 July 2024[a] DF Canada Jamie Knight-Lebel England Crewe Alexandra End of season [8]
1 July 2024[b] FW England Seb Palmer-Houlden Scotland Dundee End of season [9]
1 July 2024[c] FW Italy Ephraim Yeboah England Doncaster Rovers End of season [10]
  1. ^ The loan was announced on 24 June, and would officially commence on 1 July.
  2. ^ The loan was announced on 21 June, and would officially commence on 1 July.
  3. ^ The loan was announced on 11 June, and would officially commence on 1 July.

New Contracts[edit]

Date Pos Player Length Squad Ref

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

On 9 May, Bristol City announced they would host Willem II in what would be the final pre-season friendly.[11] A second friendly was later confirmed against Aldershot Town.[12] A further two more were added on June 4, versus Newport County and Exeter City, both behind closed doors.[13] On 10 June, City announced a friendly against Cheltenham Town.[14]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

23 July 2024 Friendly Bristol City v Newport County Failand
12:00 BST Stadium: Robins High Performance Centre
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
23 July 2024 Friendly Aldershot Town v Bristol City Aldershot
19:45 BST Stadium: Recreation Ground
26 July 2024 Friendly Cheltenham Town v Bristol City Cheltenham
19:45 BST Stadium: Whaddon Road
27 July 2024 Friendly Bristol City v Exeter City Failand
13:00 BST Stadium: Robins High Performance Centre
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
3 August 2024 Friendly Bristol City v Willem II Bristol
15:00 BST Stadium: Ashton Gate

Competitions[edit]

Championship[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Blackburn Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Bristol City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Burnley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
4 Cardiff City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Coventry City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Derby County 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) Number of 12-point sending off offences; 9) Play-off (only if needed to determine promotion/relegation)[15]


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 Championship fixtures were announced.[16]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

10 August 2024 1 Hull City v Bristol City Kingston upon Hull
12:30 BST Stadium: MKM Stadium
17 August 2024 2 Bristol City v Millwall Ashton Gate
15:00 BST Stadium: Ashton Gate
24 August 2024 3 Bristol City v Coventry City Ashton Gate
12:30 BST Stadium: Ashton Gate
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[17]
31 August 2024 4 Derby County v Bristol City Derby
15:00 BST Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
14 September 2024 5 Blackburn Rovers v Bristol City Blackburn
15:00 BST Stadium: Ewood Park
21 September 2024 6 Bristol City v Oxford United Ashton Gate
15:00 BST Stadium: Ashton Gate
29 September 2024 7 Swansea City v Bristol City Landore
15:00 BST Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 28 September, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[17]

FA Cup[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup[edit]

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Bristol City being drawn at home against Coventry City.[18]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 August 2024 First round Bristol City v Coventry City Bristol
19:45 BST Stadium: Ashton Gate

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 Championship FA Cup EFL Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
GK France FRA Stefan Bajic 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Republic of Ireland IRL Max O'Leary 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Wales WAL Lewis Thomas 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Defenders
DF England ENG Robert Atkinson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Robert Dickie 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Kal Naismith 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Cameron Pring 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Haydon Roberts 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG George Tanner 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Kenya KEN Zak Vyner 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Midfielders
MF England ENG Ayman Benarous 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Max Bird 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Taylor Gardner-Hickman 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jason Knight 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ross McCrorie 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Republic of Ireland IRL Mark Sykes 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Joe Williams 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Forwards
FW England ENG Sam Bell 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Tommy Conway 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Harry Cornick 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW France FRA Fally Mayulu 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Albania ALB Anis Mehmeti 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Bermuda BER Nahki Wells 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players away on loan:
DF Canada CAN Jamie Knight-Lebel 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Seb Palmer-Houlden 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Italy ITA Ephraim Yeboah 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

References[edit]

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  7. ^ "Player News – Harvey Wiles-Richards". Bath City FC. 15 June 2024. Archived from the original on 15 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
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  9. ^ "Palmer-Houlden joins Dundee on loan". Bristol City FC. 21 June 2024. Archived from the original on 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Yeboah to join Doncaster on loan". Bristol City FC. 11 June 2024. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Willem II friendly confirmed". Bristol City FC. 9 May 2024. Archived from the original on 9 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Aldershot away pre-season trip announced". Bristol City FC. 31 May 2024. Archived from the original on 31 May 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  13. ^ "More pre-season fixtures announced". Bristol City FC. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Cheltenham friendly announced". Bristol City FC. 10 June 2024. Archived from the original on 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
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