2024–25 Bromley F.C. season explained

The 2024–25 season is the 133rd season in the history of Bromley Football Club and their first ever season in the English Football League, following promotion from the National League the previous season. The club participates in League Two, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2024				Undisclosed	[1]
2 July 2024				Undisclosed	[2]
3 July 2024				Undisclosed	[3]
4 July 2024				Free transfer	[4]
12 July 2024				Free transfer	[5]
27 September 2024				Free transfer	[6]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2024				Free transfer	[7]
30 June 2024				Free transfer	[8]
30 June 2024		Marcus Sablier		Free transfer	[9]
30 June 2024				Free transfer	[10]
30 June 2024				Free transfer	[11] [12]
30 June 2024				Free transfer	[13]
30 June 2024		Rhys Wyborn		Free transfer	[14]
16 September 2024				Free transfer	[15] [16]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
19 July 2024				1 January 2025	[17]
26 July 2024				End of Season	[18]
2 August 2024				End of Season	[19]
30 August 2024				End of Season
30 August 2024				End of Season	[20]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
15 August 2024		David Aziaya		13 October 2024	[21]
28 September 2024				28 October 2024	[22]
13 October 2024		David Aziaya		13 November 2024	[23]
8 November 2024				1 January 2025	[24]
12 November 2024				1 January 2025	[25]
22 November 2024				1 February 2025	[26]
30 November 2024		Soul Kader		28 December 2024	[27]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 21 June, Bromley announced their pre-season schedule with six matches scheduled against Hornchurch, Crystal Palace U21 (behind closed doors, later cancelled), Tonbridge Angels, Brighton & Hove Albion U21 (behind closed doors), Braintree Town and Aldershot Town along with a six day pre-season training camp in Portugal.^[28]

Competitions

EFL League Two

See main article: 2024–25 EFL League Two.

Matches

The league fixtures were released on 26 June 2024.^[29]

FA Cup

See main article: 2024–25 FA Cup.

As an EFL League Two side, Bromley entered the FA Cup in the first round, and were drawn away to National League side Rochdale.^[30] In the second round, they were drawn away to National League side Solihull Moors.^[31] They were then drawn away to Premier League side Newcastle United in the third round.^[32]

EFL Cup

See main article: 2024–25 EFL Cup.

As an EFL League Two side, Bromley entered the EFL Cup in the first round, and were drawn at home against League Two side AFC Wimbledon.^[33]

EFL Trophy

See main article: 2024–25 EFL Trophy.

Group stage

In the group stage, Bromley were drawn into Southern Group C alongside Cambridge United, Charlton Athletic and Chelsea U21.^[34]

Statistics

Appearances

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Goals

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	League Two	FA Cup	EFL Cup	EFL Trophy	Total
1	FW	9		9	1	0	0	10
2	FW	18		1	2	0	0	3
	FW	19		0	1	1	1	3
4	DF	5		1	1	0	0	2
	FW	10		0	0	0	2	2
	DF	25		1	1	0	0	2
	FW	29		1	0	0	1	2
	MF	32		0	0	1	1	2
7	MF	4		0	0	0	1	1
	MF	8		1	0	0	0	1
	FW	11		1	0	0	0	1
	DF	16		1	0	0	0	1
	DF	17		1	0	0	0	1
Total				19	6	1	5	31

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Player	League Two			FA Cup			EFL Cup			EFL Trophy			Total
2	DF	Callum Reynolds	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
4	MF	Ashley Charles	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
5	DF	Omar Sowunmi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
6	DF	Carl Jenkinson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
8	MF	Lewis Leigh	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1
9	FW	Michael Cheek	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
16	DF	Kamarl Grant	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
17	DF	Byron Webster	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
18	FW	Corey Whitely	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	MF	Jude Arthurs	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	DF	Besart Topalloj	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	DF	Danny Imray	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
29	FW	Olufela Olomola	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
30	DF	Idris Odutayo	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
32	MF	Ben Thompson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
Total			26	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	31	3	2

Notes and References

1. News: Welcome Back To Bromley, Omar Sowunmi . 1 July 2024 . Bromley F.C. . 1 July 2024.
2. News: Lewis Leigh returns! . 2 July 2024 . Bromley F.C. . 2 July 2024.
3. News: Sam Long returns from Lincoln City . 3 July 2024 . Bromley F.C. . 3 July 2024.
4. News: Marcus Dinanga Becomes Latest Summer Recruit . 4 July 2024 . Bromley F.C. . 4 July 2024.
5. News: Ravens Sign Taylor Foran After Arsenal Departure . 12 July 2024 . Bromley F.C. . 12 July 2024.
6. News: Bromley sign former Arsenal and England defender Carl Jenkinson . 27 September 2024 . Bromley F.C. . 27 September 2024.
7. News: Marriott completes permanent return . 3 July 2024 . Boston United F.C. . 14 June 2024.
8. News: Stones capture winger once signed by Premier League club . 3 July 2024 . Wealdstone F.C. . 25 June 2024.
9. News: Sablier Returns . 3 July 2024 . Lewes F.C. . 28 June 2024.
10. Web site: Vennings is an iron!! . Twitter . Braintree Town F.C. . 3 July 2024.
11. News: Bromley F.C. Released and Retained List 2024/25 . 3 June 2024 . Bromley F.C. . 31 May 2024.
12. News: Cole Kpekawa joins Oxford City permanently . 28 July 2024 . Oxford City F.C. . 19 July 2024.
13. 1841534394693255285 . ✍️ Welling United are delighted to confirm the arrival of Mitchel Bergkamp. Welcome to the Wings, Mitch! #WeAreWings . wellingunited . 2 October 2024 . 3 October 2024.
14. Web site: Rhys Wyborn - Whitehawk FC . 9 November 2024 . Whitehawk F.C..
15. News: Sam Woods departs Hayes Lane . 17 September 2024 . Bromley F.C. . 16 September 2024.
16. Web site: Stormzy, Wilfried Zaha and the Crystal Palace connection: Inside the rise of AFC Croydon Athletic . 23 November 2024 . The Athletic . 20 November 2024.
17. News: Kamarl Grant Returns On Loan . 19 July 2024 . Bromley F.C. . 19 July 2024.
18. News: Ravens Complete Loan Signing Of Danny Imray . 27 July 2024 . Bromley F.C. . 26 July 2024.
19. News: Bromley Sign Cameron Congreve On Loan From Swansea . 2 August 2024 . Bromley F.C. . 2 August 2024.
20. News: A Deadline Day double for the Ravens . 30 August 2024 . Bromley F.C. . 30 August 2024.
21. News: Goalkeeper arrives at the Ray Mac on loan . 2 October 2024 . Salisbury F.C. . 15 August 2024.
22. News: Taylor Foran joins Southend on loan . 1 October 2024 . Bromley F.C. . 28 September 2024.
23. dartsfc . Dartford F.C. . DBBtp0eIV0J . ✍️ . 13 October 2024 . 21 October 2024.
24. News: Taylor Foran joins Kidderminster on loan . 9 November 2024 . Bromley F.C. . 8 November 2024.
25. News: Myles Weston joins Hornchurch on loan . 13 November 2024 . Bromley F.C. . 12 November 2024.
26. News: Bes Topallaj joins Sutton United on loan . 23 November 2024 . Bromley F.C. . 22 November 2024.
27. News: Soul Kader joins AFC Croydon on loan . 3 December 2024 . Bromley FC . 30 November 2024.
28. News: 2024/25 Pre-Season Schedule Confirmed . 21 June 2024 . Bromley F.C. . 21 June 2024.
29. News: Bromley face Harrogate in club's first ever EFL match . 26 June 2024 . BBC . 26 June 2024.
30. News: Clubs from the EFL join the Emirates FA Cup, following Monday's first round draw . The FA . 14 October 2024.
31. News: The draw for the Emirates FA Cup second round proper has been made . The FA . 3 November 2024.
32. News: Premier League and Championship clubs entered the Emirates FA Cup in third round draw . The FA . 2 December 2024.
33. News: Carabao Cup Round One draw confirmed . 27 June 2024 . EFL . 27 June 2024.
34. News: Bristol Street Motors Trophy Group Stage confirmed . 27 June 2024 . English Football League . 27 June 2024.