2024–25 Stevenage F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 49th season in the history of Stevenage Football Club and their second 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 2024–25 EFL Trophy.

Stevenage
2024–25 season
ChairmanPhil Wallace
ManagerAlex Revell
StadiumThe Lamex Stadium
2025–26 →

Transfers

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Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
14 June 2024 CB   Lewis Freestone   Cheltenham Town Undisclosed [1]
1 July 2024[a] CF   Louis Appéré   Northampton Town Free [2]
1 July 2024[b] AM   Dan Kemp   Milton Keynes Dons Free [3]
4 July 2024 DM   Daniel Phillips   St Johnstone Free [4]
26 July 2024 CF   Tyreece Simpson   Huddersfield Town Undisclosed [5]
5 August 2024 CB   Charlie Goode   Brentford Free [6]
30 August 2024 CF   Jake Young   Bradford City Undisclosed [7]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 24 May, and would become official on July 1 once his Northampton Town contract expired
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 10 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Milton Keynes Dons contract expired
Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
25 July 2024 CB   Terence Vancooten   Burton Albion Undisclosed [8]

Loaned in

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Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
3 August 2024 GK   Murphy Cooper   Queens Park Rangers End of Season [9]
12 August 2024 GK   Dean Bouzanis   Reading End of Season [10]
22 August 2024 DM   Eli King   Cardiff City End of Season [11]
30 August 2024 CF   Ken Aboh   Norwich City End of Season [12]

Loaned out

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Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
8 August 2024 CF   Harrison Smith   Worthing End of Season [13]
20 August 2024 RB   Owen Cochrane   Maidenhead United 17 September 2024 [14]
30 August 2024 GK   Rylee Mitchell   Oxford City 27 September 2024 [15]
30 August 2024 CM   Ben Thompson   Bromley End of Season [16]
5 October 2024 CF   Makise Evans   St Albans City 2 November 2024 [17]
25 November 2024 CF   Makise Evans   Tonbridge Angels 23 December 2024 [18]

Released / Out of Contract

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Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2024 CF   Theo Alexandrou   St Ives Town 1 July 2024 [19][20]
30 June 2024 RW   Harry Anderson   Colchester United 1 July 2024 [19][21]
30 June 2024 CF   Kane Hemmings   Crewe Alexandra 1 July 2024 [22]
30 June 2024 RM   Alex MacDonald   Rotherham United 1 July 2024 [23]

Pre-season and friendlies

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On 21 May, Stevenage announced their first pre-season friendly, against Jersey Bulls.[24] A day later, a second fixture was confirmed against Watford.[25] On June 14, the club added a further three fixtures to the schedule, against Norwich City, Coventry City and Chelsea U21s.[26] In July, an away trip to face Braintree Town was announced.[27]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

9 July 2024 Friendly Stevenage Cancelled Norwich City Stevenage
19:00 BST Stadium: Broadhall Way
Note: Fixture was cancelled due to unexpected pitch refurbishment works.[28]
13 July 2024 Friendly Stevenage 2–2 Watford Stevenage
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 1,966
20 July 2024 Friendly Jersey Bulls 0–3 Stevenage St Helier, Jersey
15:00 BST Report
Stadium: Springfield Stadium
23 July 2024 Friendly Stevenage 1–3 Coventry City Stevenage
19:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 1,737
2 August 2024 Friendly Braintree Town 1–2 Stevenage Braintree
19:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Cressing Road
3 August 2024 Friendly Stevenage 1–0 Chelsea U21 Stevenage
15:00 BST
Report Stadium: Broadhall Way

Competitions

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League One

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
15 Wigan Athletic 16 5 5 6 15 13 +2 20
16 Blackpool 17 5 5 7 24 30 −6 20
17 Stevenage 16 5 4 7 11 16 −5 19
18 Northampton Town 17 4 6 7 19 23 −4 18
19 Rotherham United 16 4 5 7 14 19 −5 17
Updated to match(es) played on 26 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[29]

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
16 5 4 7 11 16  −5 19 4 2 3 8 8  0 1 2 4 3 8  −5

Last updated: 23 November 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Matches

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On 26 June, the League One fixtures were announced.[30]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

10 August 2024 1 Stevenage 1–0 Shrewsbury Town Stevenage
17:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 3,357
Referee: Thomas Kirk
17 August 2024 2 Huddersfield Town 2–1 Stevenage Huddersfield
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Kirklees Stadium
Attendance: 18,529
Referee: Andy Davies
24 August 2024 3 Burton Albion 0–0 Stevenage Burton upon Trent
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 2,378
Referee: Charles Breakspear
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports coverage.[31]
31 August 2024 4 Stevenage 0–1 Lincoln City Stevenage
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 4,017
Referee: David Rock
14 September 2024 6 Stevenage 3–0 Barnsley Stevenage
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 4,206
Referee: Jacob Miles
21 September 2024 7 Exeter City 2–0 Stevenage Exeter
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 5,612 (123 away)
Referee: Neil Hair
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports coverage.[31]
24 September 2024 5[32] Wigan Athletic 0–0 Stevenage Wigan
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Attendance: 7,419
Referee: Ben Toner
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 7 September, but was postponed due to international call-ups.[33][32]
28 September 2024 8 Stevenage 1–0 Charlton Athletic Stevenage
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 4,701
Referee: Scott Tallis
1 October 2024 9 Stevenage 1–0 Wrexham Stevenage
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 5,704
Referee: Will Finnie
5 October 2024 10 Peterborough United 2–1 Stevenage Peterborough
12:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: London Road Stadium
Attendance: 8,018
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports coverage.[34]
19 October 2024 12 Mansfield Town 0–1 Stevenage Mansfield
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 7,135
Referee: James Durkin
22 October 2024 13 Stevenage 0–2 Cambridge United Stevenage
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 4,574
Referee: Ben Atkinson
26 October 2024 14 Rotherham United 2–0 Stevenage Rotherham
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: New York Stadium
Attendance: 8,896
Referee: Sunny Singh Gill
29 October 2024 11[35] Stevenage 1–4 Bolton Wanderers Stevenage
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 3,611
Referee: Carl Brook
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 12 October, but was postponed due to international call-ups in the Bolton squad.[36][35]
9 November 2024 15 Stevenage 1-1 Reading Stevenage
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 4562
Referee: Craig Hicks
16 November 2024 16 Birmingham City Postponed Stevenage Bordesley
15:00 GMT Stadium: St Andrew's
Note: Fixture was postponed due to international call-ups in the Birmingham squad.[37]
23 November 2024 17 Stevenage 0–0 Leyton Orient Stevenage
12:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 4,259
Referee: Ben Speedie
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports coverage.[34]
3 December 2024 18 Stevenage v Northampton Town Stevenage
19:45 GMT Stadium: Broadhall Way
7 December 2024 19 Crawley Town v Stevenage Crawley
15:00 GMT Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
14 December 2024 20 Stevenage v Stockport County Stevenage
15:00 GMT Stadium: Broadhall Way
21 December 2024 21 Blackpool v Stevenage Blackpool
15:00 GMT Stadium: Bloomfield Road
26 December 2024 22 Stevenage v Wycombe Wanderers Stevenage
15:00 GMT Stadium: Broadhall Way
29 December 2024 23 Stevenage v Bristol Rovers Stevenage
15:00 GMT Stadium: Broadhall Way
1 January 2025 24 Northampton Town v Stevenage Northampton
15:00 GMT Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
4 January 2025 25 Lincoln City v Stevenage Lincoln
15:00 GMT Stadium: Sincil Bank
11 January 2025 26 Stevenage v Burton Albion Stevenage
15:00 GMT Stadium: Broadhall Way
18 January 2025 27 Stevenage v Wigan Athletic Stevenage
15:00 GMT Stadium: Broadhall Way
25 January 2025 28 Barnsley v Stevenage Barnsley
15:00 GMT Stadium: Oakwell
28 January 2025 29 Wrexham v Stevenage Wrexham
19:45 GMT Stadium: Racecourse Ground
1 February 2025 30 Stevenage v Exeter City Stevenage
12:30 GMT Stadium: Broadhall Way
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[38]
8 February 2025 31 Charlton Athletic v Stevenage Charlton
12:30 GMT Stadium: The Valley
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[38]

FA Cup

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Stevenage were drawn at home to Guiseley in the first round[39] and then to Mansfield Town in the second round.[40]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 November 2024 First round Stevenage 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
Guiseley Stevenage
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 2,224
Referee: Oliver Mackey
Penalties
TBC Second round Stevenage v Mansfield Town Stevenage
TBC GMT Stadium: Broadhall Way

EFL Cup

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On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Stevenage being drawn away against Norwich City.[41]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 August 2024 First round Norwich City 4–3 Stevenage Norwich
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 13,054
Referee: Sunny Singh Gill

EFL Trophy

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In the group stage, Peterborough were drawn into Southern Group D alongside Gillingham, Peterborough United and Crystal Palace U21.[42][43] In the round of 32, Stevenage were drawn away to Burton Albion.[44]

Group stage

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Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Peterborough United 3 3 0 0 0 8 2 +6 9 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Stevenage 3 1 0 1 1 2 3 −1 4
3 ACA Crystal Palace U21 3 1 0 0 2 4 6 −2 3
4 L2 Gillingham 3 0 1 0 2 3 6 −3 2
Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2024. Source: EFL

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

20 August 2024 Group stage Stevenage 1–0 Crystal Palace U21 Stevenage
19:00 BST
Report Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 903
Referee: Abigail Byrne
8 October 2024 Group stage Peterborough United 2–0 Stevenage Peterborough
19:00 BST
Report
Stadium: London Road Stadium
Attendance: 2,281
Referee: Stephen Parkinson
12 November 2024 Group stage Stevenage 1–1 Gillingham Stevenage
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 832
Referee: Scott Simpson
Penalties

Knockout stages

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w/c 9 December 2024 Round of 32 Burton Albion v Stevenage Burton upon Trent
19:00 GMT Stadium: Pirelli Stadium

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of match played 23 November 2024

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

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   ENG Taye Ashby-Hammond 4 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF   ATG Luther James-Wildin 13 0 12+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
3 DF   ENG Dan Butler 18 0 12+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
4 DF   ENG Nathan Thompson 10 0 6+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
5 DF   ENG Carl Piergianni 17 1 15+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF   ENG Dan Sweeney 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
7 MF   ENG Nick Freeman 15 0 4+7 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
9 FW   SCO Louis Appéré 4 1 0+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 1 0+0 0
10 MF   ENG Dan Kemp 20 3 9+6 2 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 1
11 MF   ENG Jordan Roberts 16 1 14+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
12 FW   ENG Tyreece Simpson 17 1 6+7 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 3+0 1
13 GK   ENG Murphy Cooper 16 0 14+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF   ENG Kane Smith 13 0 7+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
15 DF   ENG Charlie Goode 6 1 3+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 1 1+0 0
16 DF   ENG Lewis Freestone 13 0 6+2 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 3+0 0
17 FW   ENG Elliott List 16 3 6+7 3 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
18 MF   ENG Harvey White 21 1 9+7 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
19 FW   NIR Jamie Reid 13 1 11+1 0 1+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 FW   SCO Aaron Pressley 6 0 0+4 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
22 MF   TRI Daniel Phillips 16 0 12+3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
23 MF   WAL Louis Thompson 14 2 12+1 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
24 MF   ENG Ben Thompson 3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
25 GK   AUS Dean Bouzanis 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
26 MF   WAL Eli King 12 0 6+4 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
27 FW   ENG Ken Aboh 4 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
30 FW   ENG Jake Young 11 1 6+2 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
35 FW   ENG Makise Evans 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
37 MF   ENG Ryan Doherty 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
40 FW   ENG Lenny Brown 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0

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