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2024–25 Colchester United F.C. season

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Colchester United
2024–25 season
ChairmanRobbie Cowling
Head CoachDanny Cowley
StadiumColchester Community Stadium
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The 2024–25 season is the 88th season in the history of Colchester United Football Club and their ninth consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Transfers

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In

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Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
28 June 2024 CB England Ben Goodliffe England Sutton United Undisclosed [1]
1 July 2024[a] RW England Harry Anderson England Stevenage Free [2]
1 July 2024[b] CF England Kien Connolly[c] England Grays Athletic Free [3]
1 July 2024[d] CF England John-Kymani Gordon England Crystal Palace Free [4]
1 July 2024 RB England Rob Hunt England Leyton Orient Free [5]
1 July 2024[e] GK England Matt Macey England Portsmouth Free [6]
2 July 2024 AM England Jack Payne England Charlton Athletic Free [7]
2 July 2024 CF Montserrat Lyle Taylor England Cambridge United Free [8]
4 July 2024 CM England Alex Woodyard England York City Free [9]
23 July 2024 CB Northern Ireland Tom Flanagan England Shrewsbury Town Free [10]
3 August 2024 CM England Alfie Bendle England Forest Green Rovers Free [11]
7 August 2024 CM England Teddy Bishop England Lincoln City Free [12]
4 September 2024 CM Northern Ireland Joel Thompson England Nottingham Forest Free [13]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 13 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Stevenage contract expired
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 6 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Grays Athletic contract expired
  3. ^ Signed initially for the Development squad
  4. ^ The transfer was announced on 28 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Crystal Palace contract expired
  5. ^ The transfer was announced on 31 May, and would become official on July 1 once his Portsmouth contract expired

Out

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Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
14 June 2024[a] RW England Jayden Fevrier England Stockport County Undisclosed [14]
14 June 2024[b] DM England Jay Mingi England Stockport County Undisclosed [15]
1 July 2024 CB England Connor Hall England Port Vale Undisclosed [16]
31 July 2024 AM England Noah Chilvers Scotland Ross County Undisclosed [17]
30 August 2024 CF England Bradley Ihionvien England Peterborough United Undisclosed [18]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 3 June, and would become official on June 14 once the transfer window reopened
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 24 May, and would become official on June 14 once the transfer window reopened

Loaned in

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Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
28 August 2024 CB Northern Ireland Aaron Donnelly England Nottingham Forest End of Season [19]
30 August 2024 CM Northern Ireland Jamie McDonnell England Nottingham Forest End of Season [20]
30 August 2024 LW Republic of Ireland Anthony Scully England Portsmouth End of Season [21]

Loaned out

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Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
30 August 2024 RW England Oscar Thorn England Chelmsford City 1 January 2025 [22]
6 September 2024 RB England Will Greenidge England Hornchurch 1 January 2025 [23]
9 September 2024 CB England Frankie Terry England Braintree Town 7 October 2024 [24]
28 October 2024 CM England Alfie Bendle England Chelmsford City 1 January 2025 [25]

Released / Out of Contract

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Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2024 CB England Harry Beadle England Aveley 1 July 2024 [26][27]
30 June 2024 GK England Ted Collins England Chelmsford City 1 July 2024 [26][28]
30 June 2024 LB England Al-Amin Kazeem Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 1 July 2024 [29]
30 June 2024 DM England Marley Marshall-Miranda England Braintree Town 1 July 2024 [26][30]
30 June 2024 CB England Ronnie Nelson England Tonbridge Angels 1 July 2024 [26][31]
30 June 2024 DM England Gene Kennedy England Welling United 3 July 2024 [26][32]
30 June 2024 CM Northern Ireland Cameron McGeehan England Northampton Town 5 July 2024 [33]
30 June 2024 CB England Tom Dallison England Ebbsfleet United 17 July 2024 [26][34]
30 June 2024 GK England Sam Hornby England Walsall 24 July 2024 [26][35]
30 June 2024 CF England John Akinde England Braintree Town 25 July 2024 [26][36]
30 June 2024 DM England Bayan Aman [26]
30 June 2024 SS England Kaan Bennett [26]
30 June 2024 DM England Ryan Lowe [26]
30 June 2024 LW England Taizo Marcel-Dilaver [26]
30 June 2024 AM England Kennedy Mupomba [26]
30 June 2024 AM England Donnell Thomas [26]
30 June 2024 RB England Matt Yates [26]
15 August 2024 RW Republic of Ireland Conor Wilkinson England Solihull Moors 16 August 2024 [37][38]

Pre-season and friendlies

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On 28 May, Colchester announced their first pre-season friendly, against Maldon & Tiptree.[39] Six days later, a second fixture was confirmed, against Cambridge United.[40] A third was later added, versus Peterborough United.[41] On 3 and 4 July, behind closed doors friendlies against Wycombe Wanderers and Millwall respectively were also added.[42][43]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 July 2024 Friendly Maldon & Tiptree 0–2 Colchester United Maldon
15:00 BST Report
Stadium: Park Drive
20 July 2024 Friendly Wycombe Wanderers 2–2 Colchester United Harlington
15:00 BST
Report Stadium: Harlington Training Ground
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
27 July 2024 Friendly Peterborough United 2–1 Colchester United Peterborough
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Idverde Training Ground
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled to be played in Colchester, but was switched to Peterborough's training ground to protect the pitch.[44]
30 July 2024 Friendly Millwall 0–1 Colchester United Bermondsey
13:00 BST Report Taylor 5' Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
3 August 2024 Friendly Colchester United 6–0 Cambridge United St Neots
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Rowley Park
6 August 2024 Friendly Chelsea U21 2–1 Colchester United Stoke d'Abernon
18:00 BST Report Stadium: Cobham Training Centre
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

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
19 Tranmere Rovers 14 4 5 5 10 17 −7 17
20 Bromley 15 3 7 5 17 19 −2 16
21 Colchester United 15 2 8 5 18 22 −4 14
22 Swindon Town 16 2 7 7 18 25 −7 13
23 Carlisle United 16 3 3 10 14 29 −15 12 Relegation to National League
Updated to match(es) played on 19 November 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[45]

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
15 2 8 5 18 22  −4 14 2 3 3 9 7  +2 0 5 2 9 15  −6

Last updated: 16 November 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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Round123456789101213141516171111819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH
ResultLWLDDDWLDDLDLDD
Position201217151817111515162020212121
Points0334569910111112121314
Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes:
  • 1 Matchday 11 (vs. Fleetwood Town) was postponed due to international call-ups.

Matches

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On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced.[46]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

10 August 2024 1 AFC Wimbledon 4–2 Colchester United Wimbledon
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Plough Lane
Attendance: 7,924
Referee: Daniel Middleton
17 August 2024 2 Colchester United 2–0 Milton Keynes Dons Colchester
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 4,521 (494 away)
Referee: Jacob Miles
24 August 2024 3 Colchester United 0–1 Harrogate Town Colchester
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 3,883
Referee: Craig Hicks
31 August 2024 4 Accrington Stanley 1–1 Colchester United Accrington
15:00 BST
Report Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,956
Referee: Tom Reeves
7 September 2024 5 Colchester United 1–1 Bromley Colchester
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 4,877
Referee: Sam Purkiss
14 September 2024 6 Morecambe 3–3 Colchester United Morecambe
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Mazuma Mobile Stadium
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
21 September 2024 7 Colchester United 3–0 Tranmere Rovers Colchester
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 4,243
Referee: Matthew Corlett
28 September 2024 8 Walsall 4–0 Colchester United Bescot
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 5,140
Referee: Farai Hallam
Note: Fixture was scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports coverage.[47]
1 October 2024 9 Port Vale 1–1 Colchester United Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,533
Referee: Simon Mather
5 October 2024 10 Colchester United 0–0 Carlisle United Colchester
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 4,392
Referee: Thomas Parsons
19 October 2024 12 Colchester United 1–2 Cheltenham Town Colchester
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 4,031
Referee: Ben Speedie
22 October 2024 13 Chesterfield 1–1 Colchester United Chesterfield
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: SMH Group Stadium
Attendance: 7,465
Referee: Dale Baines
26 October 2024 14 Colchester United 1–2 Salford City Colchester
12:30 BST Report
Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 3,936
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[48]
9 November 2024 15 Barrow 1-1 Colchester United Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 3,179
Referee: Ollie Yates
16 November 2024 16 Colchester United 1-1 Bradford City Colchester
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 4,825
Referee: Carl Brook
23 November 2024 17 Grimsby Town v Colchester United Cleethorpes
12:30 GMT Stadium: Blundell Park
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[48]
30 November 2024 11[49] Fleetwood Town v Colchester United Fleetwood
12:30 BST Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 12 October, but was postponed due to international call-ups in the Fleetwood squad.[50]
3 December 2024 18 Colchester United v Swindon Town Colchester
19:45 GMT Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
7 December 2024 19 Notts County v Colchester United Nottingham
15:00 GMT Stadium: Meadow Lane
14 December 2024 20 Colchester United v Newport County Colchester
15:00 GMT Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
20 December 2024 21 Crewe Alexandra v Colchester United Crewe
19:45 GMT Stadium: Gresty Road
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 21 December, but was moved following an agreement between the two sides.[51]
26 December 2024 22 Colchester United v Gillingham Colchester
15:00 GMT Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
29 December 2024 23 Colchester United v Doncaster Rovers Colchester
15:00 GMT Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
1 January 2025 24 Swindon Town v Colchester United Swindon
15:00 GMT Stadium: County Ground
4 January 2025 25 Colchester United v Accrington Stanley Colchester
15:00 GMT Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
11 January 2025 26 Harrogate Town v Colchester United Harrogate
15:00 GMT Stadium: Wetherby Road
18 January 2025 27 Bromley v Colchester United Bromley
15:00 GMT Stadium: Hayes Lane
25 January 2025 28 Colchester United v Morecambe Colchester
15:00 GMT Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
28 January 2025 29 Colchester United v Port Vale Colchester
19:45 GMT Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
1 February 2025 30 Tranmere Rovers v Colchester United Birkenhead
15:00 GMT Stadium: Prenton Park
8 February 2025 31 Colchester United v Walsall Colchester
15:00 GMT Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
15 February 2025 32 Carlisle United v Colchester United Carlisle
15:00 GMT Stadium: Brunton Park
22 February 2025 33 Colchester United v AFC Wimbledon Colchester
15:00 GMT Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
1 March 2025 34 Milton Keynes Dons v Colchester United Milton Keynes
15:00 GMT Stadium: Stadium MK
4 March 2025 35 Colchester United v Chesterfield Colchester
19:45 GMT Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
8 March 2025 36 Cheltenham Town v Colchester United Cheltenham
15:00 GMT Stadium: Whaddon Road
15 March 2025 37 Colchester United v Fleetwood Town Colchester
15:00 GMT Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
22 March 2025 38 Bradford City v Colchester United Bradford
15:00 GMT Stadium: Valley Parade
28 March 2025 39 Colchester United v Grimsby Town Colchester
19:45 GMT Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 29 March, but was moved on agreement from both clubs to allow an extra day's recovery between games.[52]
5 April 2025 40 Gillingham v Colchester United Gillingham
15:00 GMT Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
5 April 2025 41 Colchester United v Notts County Colchester
15:00 GMT Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
12 April 2025 42 Newport County v Colchester United Newport
15:00 GMT Stadium: Rodney Parade
18 April 2025 43 Colchester United v Crewe Alexandra Colchester
19:45 GMT Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
21 April 2025 44 Doncaster Rovers v Colchester United Doncaster
19:45 GMT Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Stadium
26 April 2025 45 Salford City v Colchester United Salford
15:00 GMT Stadium: Moor Lane
3 May 2025 46 Colchester United v Barrow Colchester
15:00 GMT Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium

FA Cup

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Colchester United were drawn away to Swindon Town in the first round.[53]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 November 2024 First round Swindon Town 2–1 (a.e.t.) Colchester United Swindon
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 4,855
Referee: Scott Jackson

EFL Cup

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On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Colchester being drawn at home against Reading.[54] In the second round, they were drawn at home to Brentford.[55][56]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 August 2024 First round Colchester United 2–2
(4–3 p)
Reading Colchester
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 3,123
Referee: Neil Hair
Penalties
28 August 2024 Second round Colchester United 0–1 Brentford Colchester
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 6,716
Referee: Paul Howard

EFL Trophy

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In the group stage, Colchester were drawn into Southern Group E alongside Leyton Orient, Milton Keynes Dons and Arsenal U21.[57][58]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Colchester United 3 2 0 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Leyton Orient 3 1 1 0 1 5 4 +1 5
3 ACA Arsenal U21 3 1 0 1 1 4 6 −2 4
4 L2 Milton Keynes Dons 3 0 1 0 2 4 7 −3 2
Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2024. Source: EFL

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

17 September 2024 Group stage Colchester United 2–1 Milton Keynes Dons Colchester
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 1,148
Referee: Scott Tallis
8 October 2024 Group stage Leyton Orient 1-1
(4-2 p)
Colchester United Leyton
19:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 1,483
Referee: Abigail Byrne
Penalties
12 November 2024 Group stage Colchester United 3–0 Arsenal U21 Colchester
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 4,265
Referee: Stephen Parkinson

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of match played 16 November 2024

Players with no appearances are not included on the list
Italics indicate a loaned in player

No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Matt Macey 18 0 15+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF England ENG Ellis Iandolo 19 0 15+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Fiacre Kelleher 7 1 2+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 1
5 DF England ENG Ben Goodliffe 10 4 6+1 3 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 1
6 DF Northern Ireland NIR Tom Flanagan 15 0 13+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
7 FW England ENG Harry Anderson 15 3 3+7 1 1+0 1 1+0 0 3+0 1
8 MF England ENG Teddy Bishop 9 0 7+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW England ENG Samson Tovide 17 2 11+2 2 0+0 0 1+1 0 1+1 0
10 MF England ENG Jack Payne 21 3 14+1 2 1+0 0 1+1 1 2+1 0
11 FW England ENG John-Kymani Gordon 20 0 9+6 0 1+0 0 0+2 0 2+0 0
12 GK England ENG Tom Smith 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
14 FW England ENG Tom Hopper 18 2 8+4 0 0+1 0 2+0 1 3+0 1
15 MF Northern Ireland NIR Jamie McDonnell 10 1 4+3 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
16 MF England ENG Arthur Read 19 1 6+7 1 1+0 0 1+1 0 2+1 0
17 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Anthony Scully 9 1 1+5 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
18 DF England ENG Mandela Egbo 21 1 9+6 0 0+1 0 1+1 0 2+1 1
19 DF England ENG Rob Hunt 18 0 11+2 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
20 MF England ENG Alfie Bendle 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
21 FW England ENG Owura Edwards 12 2 3+6 2 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
25 DF Northern Ireland NIR Aaron Donnelly 12 0 5+3 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
27 MF England ENG Matt Jay 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
30 MF England ENG Alex Woodyard 17 0 11+1 0 0+1 0 2+0 0 1+1 0
31 FW England ENG Oscar Thorn 5 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
33 FW Montserrat MSR Lyle Taylor 13 5 9+3 5 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
34 FW England ENG Hakeem Sandah 2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
40 DF England ENG Frankie Terry 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
42 MF England ENG Milton Oni 3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
45 MF England ENG Ollie Godziemski 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
47 FW England ENG Rashaad Drysdale 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
Players who featured but departed the club permanently during the season:
48 FW England ENG Bradley Ihionvien 4 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0

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