2024–25 Cambridge United F.C. season

Cambridge United
2024–25 season
OwnerPaul Barry (70%),
Mark Green (20%),
Adam Webb (10%)
ChairmanShaun Grady
Head CoachGarry Monk
StadiumAbbey Stadium
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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 England James Gibbons England Bristol Rovers Free [1]
1 July 2024 CF Northern Ireland Shayne Lavery England Blackpool Free [2]
1 July 2024[b] CB England Kelland Watts England Newcastle United Free [3]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 25 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Bristol Rovers contract expired
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 12 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Newcastle United contract expired

Out[edit]

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
27 June 2024 RW England Jack Lankester England Crewe Alexandra Undisclosed [4]
27 June 2024 CM England Lewis Simper England Sutton United Undisclosed [5]
3 July 2024 CM England Adam May England Forest Green Rovers Free [6]

Loaned in[edit]

Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
2 July 2024 GK Chile Vicente Reyes England Norwich City End of Season [7]

Loaned out[edit]

Date Pos Player To Date until Ref

Released / Out of Contract[edit]

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2024 GK England Will Mannion England Charlton Athletic 1 July 2024 [8]
30 June 2024 CF Montserrat Lyle Taylor England Colchester United 2 July 2024 [9][10]
30 June 2024 GK England Tom Finch England Norwich City 3 July 2024 [11][12]
30 June 2024 RB England Greg Sandiford England Coventry City 3 July 2024 [11][13]
30 June 2024 AM England Kai Yearn England Coventry City 3 July 2024 [11][14]
30 June 2024 CF England Saleem Akanbi [11]
30 June 2024 CB England Harvey Beckett [11]
30 June 2024 CB England Ryan Bennett [9]
30 June 2024 LB England Harrison Dunk [15]
30 June 2024 LB England Brandon Haunstrup [9]
30 June 2024 GK England James Holden [9]
30 June 2024 CF The Gambia Saikou Janneh [9]
30 June 2024 CF Nigeria Fejiri Okenabirhie [9]

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.[16] A week later, a fourth friendly was added to the pre-season schedule, versus Colchester United.[17]

  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
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[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 One fixtures were announced.[19]

  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.[20]

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.[21]

  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.[22][23]

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
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 One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Jack Stevens 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF England ENG Liam Bennett 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF England ENG Danny Andrew 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF England ENG Paul Digby 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF England ENG Michael Morrison 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 DF England ENG Kelland Watts 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF England ENG James Brophy 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF Wales WAL George Thomas 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 FW Sierra Leone SLE Sullay Kaikai 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 DF England ENG Zeno Ibsen Rossi 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Elias Kachunga 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 MF Jamaica JAM Jordan Cousins 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF England ENG James Gibbons 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK England ENG Louis Chadwick 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Chile CHI Vicente Reyes (on loan from Norwich City) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Mamadou Jobe 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG George Hoddle 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Republic of Ireland IRL Glenn McConnell 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Dan Barton 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Northern Ireland NIR Shayne Lavery 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Brandon Njoku 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

References[edit]

  1. ^ "GIBBONS REJOINS ON TWO-YEAR DEAL". Cambridge United FC. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Shayne Lavery joins the U's". Cambridge United FC. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Kelland Watts joins United". Cambridge United FC. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Jack Lankester Joins Crewe Alexandra". Cambridge United FC. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Lewis Simper Signs For Sutton". Cambridge United FC. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Adam May departs for FGR". Cambridge United FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Vicente Reyes signs on loan". Cambridge United FC. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Will Mannion becomes Nathan Jones' First Signing". Charlton Athletic FC. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "2024 Retained List". Cambridge United FC. 1 May 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Lyle Taylor Added To U's Strikeforce". Colchester United FC. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  11. ^ a b c d e "Development Players Update". Cambridge United FC. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  12. ^ "2024/25 Academy signing day". Norwich City FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Greg Sandiford joins Coventry City". Coventry City FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Kai Yearn joins Coventry City". Coventry City FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Harrison Dunk to leave United". Cambridge United FC. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Pre-Season Plans Confirmed". Cambridge United FC. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  17. ^ "U's confirm final pre-season fixture against Colchester United". Cambridge United FC. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  18. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  19. ^ "Birmingham start League One campaign against Reading". British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  20. ^ "Mansfield Away Selected For Sky Sports+". Cambridge United FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  21. ^ "Carabao Cup Round One draw confirmed". English Football League. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  22. ^ "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.
  23. ^ "Bristol Street Motors Trophy Group Stage confirmed". English Football League. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.