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2024–25 Millwall F.C. season

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Millwall
2024–25 season
OwnerMillwall Holdings
ChairmanJames Berylson
Head CoachNeil Harris
StadiumThe Den
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The 2024–25 season is the 140th season in the history of Millwall Football Club and their eighth consecutive season in the Championship. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

Current squad

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As of 17 August 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Nationality Name Position Place of Birth Date of Birth (Age) Apps. Goals Signed From Date Signed Transfer Fee Contract End
Goalkeepers
27 England Connal Trueman GK Birmingham (1996-03-26) 26 March 1996 (age 28) 0 0 England Birmingham City 4 August 2022 Free Transfer 30 June 2025
Denmark Lukas Jensen GK Helsingør (1999-03-18) 18 March 1999 (age 25) 1 0 England Lincoln City 11 July 2024 Undisclosed 30 June 2028
England Liam Roberts GK Walsall (1994-11-21) 21 November 1994 (age 29) 0 0 England Barnsley 22 July 2024 Free 30 June 2028
Defenders
2 Republic of IrelandEngland Danny McNamara RB/RM Sidcup (1998-12-27) 27 December 1998 (age 25) 136 2 Academy 2018 Trainee 30 June 2027
3 Scotland Murray Wallace LB/CB Glasgow (1993-01-10) 10 January 1993 (age 31) 214 13 England Scunthorpe United 2018 £500,000 30 June 2025
4 England Shaun Hutchinson CB Newcastle upon Tyne (1990-11-23) 23 November 1990 (age 33) 259 14 England Fulham 2016 Free Transfer 30 June 2025
5 England Jake Cooper CB Bracknell (1995-02-03) 3 February 1995 (age 29) 348 24 England Reading 2017 Undisclosed 30 June 2026
6 England Japhet Tanganga CB Hackney (1999-03-31) 31 March 1999 (age 25) 18 2 England Tottenham Hotspur 10 July 2024 Free 30 June 2028
15 England Joe Bryan LB/LM Bristol (1993-09-17) 17 September 1993 (age 31) 27 2 England Fulham 1 July 2023 Free Transfer 30 June 2027
45 Jamaica England Wes Harding RB/CB/LB Leicester (1996-10-20) 20 October 1996 (age 27) 27 3 England Rotherham United 21 July 2023 Free Transfer 30 June 2026
Midfielders
8 England Billy Mitchell CM/CDM/RB Orpington (2001-04-07) 7 April 2001 (age 23) 144 1 Academy 2019 Trainee 30 June 2025
18 England Ryan Leonard CM/CDM/CB/RB Plympton (1992-05-24) 24 May 1992 (age 32) 167 5 England Sheffield United 2 January 2019 £1,250,000 30 June 2026
23 Northern Ireland George Saville CM/CDM Camberley (1993-06-01) 1 June 1993 (age 31) 194 17 England Middlesbrough 2 July 2021 £600,000 30 June 2026
24 Belgium Casper de Norre CM Hasselt (1997-02-07) 7 February 1997 (age 27) 34 1 Belgium Oud-Heverlee Leuven 21 July 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2027
39 England George Honeyman CM/CAM/RW Prudhoe (1994-09-08) 8 September 1994 (age 30) 74 1 England Hull City 2022 Undisclosed 30 June 2025
Forwards
7 Scotland Kevin Nisbet ST Glasgow (1997-03-08) 8 March 1997 (age 27) 30 5 Scotland Hibernian 14 June 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2026
9 Wales Tom Bradshaw ST/CAM/RW Shrewsbury (1992-07-27) 27 July 1992 (age 32) 200 44 England Barnsley 2019 £1,000,000 30 June 2025
10 Netherlands Zian Flemming CAM/ST/RW/LW Amsterdam (1998-08-01) 1 August 1998 (age 26) 92 23 Netherlands Fortuna Sittard 2022 £1,700,000 30 June 2027
12 England Adam Mayor LW Liverpool (2005-04-10) 10 April 2005 (age 19) 4 0 England Morecambe 31 January 2024 Undisclosed 30 June 2027
17 England Macaulay Langstaff CF Stockton-on-Tees (1997-02-03) 3 February 1997 (age 27) 2 0 EnglandNotts County 8 July 2024 Undisclosed 30 June 2028
19 England Duncan Watmore RW/ST/CAM Manchester (1994-03-08)8 March 1994 (aged 29) 53 10 England Middlesbrough 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2025
22 Republic of Ireland Aidomo Emakhu LW/ST/RW Bawnogue (2003-10-26) 26 October 2003 (age 20) 25 1 Republic of IrelandShamrock Rovers 2022 Undisclosed 30 June 2028
25 England Romain Esse CAM/RW/CM England (2005-05-13) 13 May 2005 (age 19) 42 3 Academy 2023 Trainee 30 June 2028
Out on Loan
43 England Kamarl Grant CB (2003-01-26) 26 January 2003 (age 21) 0 0 England Sheffield United 1 July 2022 Free Transfer 30 June 2026

Transfers

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In

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Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
8 July 2024 CF England Macaulay Langstaff England Notts County Undisclosed [1]
10 July 2024 CB England Japhet Tanganga England Tottenham Hotspur Free [2]
11 July 2024 GK Denmark Lukas Jensen England Lincoln City Undisclosed [3]
22 July 2024 GK England Liam Roberts England Middlesbrough Free [4]
2 August 2024 CB England Ben Drake[a] England Sheffield United Free [5]
21 August 2024 RW England Femi Azeez England Reading Undisclosed [6]
23 August 2024 CM Scotland Daniel Kelly Scotland Celtic Undisclosed [7]
23 August 2024 CM England Rafiq Lamptey[a] England Harrow Borough Free [8]
30 August 2024 CF Serbia Mihailo Ivanović Serbia Vojvodina Undisclosed [9]
  1. ^ a b Signed initially for the Under-21s

Out

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Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
24 June 2024 CB England Alex Mitchell England Charlton Athletic Undisclosed [10]

Loaned in

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Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
28 August 2024 DM England Ryan Wintle Wales Cardiff City End of Season [11]
29 August 2024 LB England Calum Scanlon England Liverpool End of Season [12]
30 August 2024 CF England Josh Coburn England Middlesbrough End of Season [13]

Loaned out

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Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
19 July 2024 CB England Kamarl Grant England Bromley 1 January 2025 [14]
24 August 2024 CF Scotland Kevin Nisbet Scotland Aberdeen End of Season [15]
30 August 2024 AM Netherlands Zian Flemming England Burnley End of Season [16]
6 September 2024 CF England Tom Leahy England Woking 1 January 2025 [17]
10 September 2024 CB England Chinwike Okoli England Sutton United 7 January 2025 [18]

Released / Out of Contract

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Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
15 June 2024 GK Montenegro Matija Sarkic Deceased [19]
30 June 2024 CF England Nana Boateng England Sutton United 1 July 2024 [20][21]
30 June 2024 CB England Frankie Hvid Northern Ireland Glentoran 18 July 2024 [20][22]
30 June 2024 LB England Zane Myers England Hull City 21 August 2024 [20][23]
30 June 2024 CF England Abdul Abdulmalik [20]
30 June 2024 GK Poland Bartosz Białkowski [24]
30 June 2024 CM England Finley Cotton [20]
30 June 2024 RW England Seb Drozd [20]
30 June 2024 AM Algeria Arezki Hamouchene [20]
30 June 2024 CB Jamaica Kyron Horsley-McKay [20]
30 June 2024 CM England Frankie Maciocia [20]
30 June 2024 CM England Christopher Ojemen [20]
30 June 2024 LB England Adedapo Olugbodi [20]
30 June 2024 GK England Albert Penney [20]
30 June 2024 CM England George Walker [20]

Pre-season and friendlies

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On 5 June, Millwall announced their first pre-season friendly, against Gillingham.[25] Three weeks later, a warm weather training camp in Spain was confirmed, with matches against Nottingham Forest and Real Murcia.[26] On July 4, the club then confirmed its full pre-season schedule with additional friendlies against Bromley, Charlton Athletic, Reading, Colchester United and Southampton added.[27]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 July 2024 Friendly Gillingham 0–0 Millwall Gillingham
13:00 BST Report Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 4,442
Referee: Carl Brook
16 July 2024 Friendly Millwall 2–0 Charlton Athletic Bromley
13:00 BST
Report Stadium: Calmont Road
Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)
19 July 2024 Friendly Reading 1–2 Millwall Wokingham
12:00 BST Report Stadium: Bearwood Park
Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)
23 July 2024 Friendly Nottingham Forest 2–1 Millwall San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
20:00 CEST
(19:00 BST)
Report
Stadium: Pinatar Arena
Referee: Campos Salinas
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 19:00 CEST kick-off time, but was moved due to the local weather temperature in Murcia.[28]
26 July 2024 Friendly Real Murcia 1–2 Millwall San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
10:30 CEST
(09:30 BST)
Report
Stadium: Pinatar Arena
Referee: Clemente Ortuno
3 August 2024 Friendly Millwall 0–1 Southampton Bermondsey
13:00 BST Report Stadium: The Den
Referee: Gavin Ward

Competitions

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Championship

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
16 Plymouth Argyle 5 1 2 2 5 9 −4 5
17 Bristol City 5 1 2 2 6 11 −5 5
18 Millwall 5 1 1 3 8 8 0 4
19 Luton Town 5 1 1 3 3 7 −4 4
20 Sheffield Wednesday 5 1 1 3 5 10 −5 4
Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 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)[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
5 1 1 3 8 8  0 4 1 0 2 5 4  +1 0 1 1 3 4  −1

Last updated: 14 September 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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Round12345
GroundHAAHH
ResultLLDWL
Position1522221518
Points00144
Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

10 August 2024 1 Millwall 2–3 Watford Bermondsey
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 16,456
Referee: John Busby
17 August 2024 2 Bristol City 4–3 Millwall Ashton Gate
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 20,733
Referee: Sunny Singh Gill
24 August 2024 3 Hull City 0–0 Millwall Hull
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: MKM Stadium
Attendance: 20,009
Referee: David Webb
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[31]
31 August 2024 4 Millwall 3–0 Sheffield Wednesday Bermondsey
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 14,905
Referee: Leigh Doughty
14 September 2024 5 Millwall 0–1 Luton Town Bermondsey
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 14,804
Referee: Josh Smith
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[31]
21 September 2024 6 Queens Park Rangers v Millwall White City
12:30 BST Stadium: Loftus Road
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[31]

FA Cup

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

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On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Millwall being drawn away against Portsmouth.[32] In the second round, they were drawn at home to Leyton Orient.[33][34]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 August 2024 First round Portsmouth 0–1 Millwall Milton
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 13,913
Referee: Dean Whitestone
27 August 2024 Second round Millwall 0–1 Leyton Orient Bermondsey
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: The Den
Referee: David Rock attendance: = 5,875

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of match played 14 September 2024

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup EFL Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Denmark DEN Lukas Jensen 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Danny McNamara 4 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Murray Wallace 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF England ENG Shaun Hutchinson 5 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
5 DF England ENG Jake Cooper 6 1 5+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF England ENG Japhet Tanganga 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW Wales WAL Tom Bradshaw 5 1 3+0 1 0+0 0 0+2 0
11 FW England ENG Femi Azeez 4 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
13 GK England ENG Liam Roberts 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
14 MF England ENG Ryan Wintle 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF England ENG Joe Bryan 7 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
16 MF Scotland SCO Daniel Kelly 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
17 FW England ENG Macaulay Langstaff 7 0 0+5 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
18 MF England ENG Ryan Leonard 7 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
19 FW England ENG Duncan Watmore 7 4 5+0 4 0+0 0 0+2 0
21 FW England ENG Josh Coburn 2 1 2+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Aidomo Emakhu 6 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
23 MF Northern Ireland NIR George Saville 7 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
24 MF Belgium BEL Casper De Norre 7 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
25 MF England ENG Romain Esse 7 2 5+0 1 0+0 0 1+1 1
33 DF England ENG Calum Scanlon 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
39 MF England ENG George Honeyman 7 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
44 MF England ENG Alfie Massey 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
45 DF Jamaica JAM Wes Harding 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
Players who featured but departed on loan during the season:
7 FW Scotland SCO Kevin Nisbet 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 FW England ENG Tom Leahy 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

References

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