2024–25 Walsall F.C. season

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The 2024–25 season is the 137th season in the history of Walsall Football Club and their sixth consecutive season in League Two. The club are participating in the League Two, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

OwnerTrivela Group

Co-chairmanBenjamin Boycott,
Leigh Pomlett

Head CoachMat Sadler

StadiumBescot Stadium

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Walsall
2024–25 season
Owner	Trivela Group
Co-chairman	Benjamin Boycott, Leigh Pomlett
Head Coach	Mat Sadler
Stadium	Bescot Stadium
League Two	4th
FA Cup	Second round
EFL Cup	Third round
EFL Trophy	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Nathan Lowe (15) All: Nathan Lowe (18)
← 23–24 25-26 →

Transfers

In

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Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2024^[a]	RB	Connor Barrett (ENG)	AFC Fylde (ENG)	Free	^[1]
1 July 2024	CF	Josh Gordon (ENG)	Burton Albion (ENG)	Free	^[2]
1 July 2024^[b]	CM	Charlie Lakin (ENG)	Burton Albion (ENG)	Free	^[3]
4 July 2024	CB	David Okagbue (IRL)	Stoke City (ENG)	Compensation	^[4]
23 July 2024	RW	Albert Adomah (GHA)	Queens Park Rangers (ENG)	Free	^[5]
24 July 2024	GK	Sam Hornby (ENG)	Colchester United (ENG)	Free	^[6]
19 September 2024	CB	Rico Browne (SKN)	Birmingham City (ENG)	Compensation	^[7]
15 January 2025	RB	Elicha Ahui (ENG)	Drogheda United (IRL)	Free	^[8]
31 January 2025	CF	Levi Amantchi (ENG)	Bromley (ENG)	Undisclosed	^[9]

[a]
The transfer was announced on 12 June, and would become official on July 1 once his AFC Fylde contract expired
[b]
The transfer was announced on 25 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Burton Albion contract expired

Out

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Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
24 June 2024	CM	Isaac Hutchinson (ENG)	Bristol Rovers (ENG)	Undisclosed	^[10]
9 July 2024	GK	Jackson Smith (ENG)	Barnsley (ENG)	Compensation	^[11]

Loaned in

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Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
2 July 2024	GK	Tommy Simkin (ENG)	Stoke City (ENG)	End of season	^[12]
20 August 2024	CF	Reyes Cleary (ENG)	West Bromwich Albion (ENG)	7 January 2025^[a]	^[14]
22 August 2024	CF	Nathan Lowe (ENG)	Stoke City (ENG)	12 January 2025^[b]	^[16]
30 August 2024	RW	George Hall (ENG)	Birmingham City (ENG)	End of season	^[17]
10 January 2025	RB	Nathan Asiimwe (UGA)	Charlton Athletic (ENG)	End of season	^[18]
25 January 2025	CF	Ethan Wheatley (ENG)	Manchester United (ENG)	End of season	^[19]
3 February 2025	DM	Alfie Chang (ENG)	Birmingham City (ENG)	End of season	^[20]
3 February 2025	CF	Ellis Harrison (WAL)	Milton Keynes Dons (ENG)	End of season	^[21]
3 February 2025	CM	Darius Lipsiuc (IRL)	Stoke City (ENG)	End of season	^[22]

[a]
On 7 January, Cleary was recalled back to West Bromwich Albion^[13]
[b]
On 12 January, Lowe was recalled back to Stoke^[15]

Loaned out

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Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2024^[a]	CF	Douglas James-Taylor (ENG)	Drogheda United (IRL)	End of season	^[23]
2 August 2024	CF	Charlie Wragg (ENG)	Bromsgrove Sporting (ENG)	13 August 2024^[b]	^[24]^[25]
17 August 2024	CF	Charlie Wragg (ENG)	Bromsgrove Sporting (ENG)	2 November 2024	^[26]
30 August 2024	GK	George Barrett (ENG)	Worcester City (ENG)	30 September 2024
20 September 2024	CF	Dylan Thomas (ENG)	Bromsgrove Sporting (ENG)	20 October 2024
8 October 2024	CB	Rico Browne (SKN)	Tamworth (ENG)	5 November 2024	^[27]
31 October 2024	CF	Charlie Wragg (ENG)	Alvechurch (ENG)	1 January 2025	^[28]
22 November 2024	LM	Ronan Maher (IRL)	Tamworth (ENG)	21 December 2024	^[29]
15 January 2025	RB	Elicha Ahui (ENG)	Drogheda United (IRL)	31 December 2025	^[8]
7 February 2025	LM	Ronan Maher (IRL)	Tamworth (ENG)	8 April 2025^[c]	^[31]

[a]
The loan was announced on 22 May, and would officially commence on July 1
[b]
Wragg was recalled back early from his three-month loan at Bromsgrove.
[c]
On 11 March, Maher's loan at Tamworth was extended for a further month^[30]

Released / Out of Contract

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Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2024	LW	Tom Knowles (ENG)	Forest Green Rovers (ENG)	1 July 2024	^[32]
30 June 2024	RB	Joe Riley (ENG)	AFC Fylde (ENG)	1 July 2024	^[33]
30 June 2024	GK	Owen Evans (WAL)	Cheltenham Town (ENG)	3 July 2024	^[34]^[35]
30 June 2024	RB	Joe Foulkes (ENG)	Kidderminster Harriers (ENG)	4 July 2024	^[36]
30 June 2024	CB	Rollin Menayese (WAL)	Aldershot Town (ENG)	22 August 2024	^[34]^[37]
30 June 2024	CF	Aramide Oteh (ENG)	The New Saints (WAL)	13 September 2024	^[34]^[38]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 25 April, Walsall announced their first pre-season friendly, against Aston Villa.^[39] A month later, the club confirmed a further two pre-season matches, against Alvechurch and Tamworth.^[40] A trip to Ireland was also confirmed, along with a fixture versus Drogheda United.^[41] On June 3, a fifth fixture was added, versus Solihull Moors.^[42] Over a week later, a visit from Birmingham City was also added.^[43]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

13 July 2024 Friendly	Alvechurch	0–3	Walsall	Alvechurch
15:00 BST		Report	Williams 45' Lakin 49' Jellis 85'	Stadium: Lye Meadow

17 July 2024 Friendly	Walsall	0–3	Aston Villa	Bescot
19:30 BST		Report	Rogers 21', 36' Barry 90'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 8,200

20 July 2024 Friendly	Tamworth	2–3	Walsall	Tamworth
15:00 BST	Finn 40' Trialist 86'	Report	Jellis Trialist 77' Thomas 87'	Stadium: The Lamb Ground Attendance: 1,462

23 July 2024 Friendly	Walsall	1–2	Lincoln City	Bescot
17:00 GMT	Jellis 65'	Report	Makama 30' Bayliss 39'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

27 July 2024 Friendly	Walsall	0–1	Birmingham City	Bescot
13:00 BST		Report	May 60'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,334

30 July 2024 Friendly	Drogheda United	1–1 (4–3 p)	Walsall	Drogheda, Republic of Ireland
19:00 BST	James-Taylor 74' (pen.)	Report	Maher 77'	Stadium: Weavers Park
	Penalties
	James-Taylor Pierrot O'Brien Keaney Feehan		Lakin Maher McEntee Allen Barrett

3 August 2024 Friendly	Solihull Moors	0–0	Walsall	Solihull
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Damson Park

Competitions

League Two

League table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	Port Vale (P)	46	22	14	10	65	46	+19	80	Promotion to EFL League One
3	Bradford City (P)	46	22	12	12	64	45	+19	78	Promotion to EFL League One
4	Walsall	46	21	14	11	75	54	+21	77	Qualification for League Two play-offs
5	AFC Wimbledon (O, P)	46	20	13	13	56	35	+21	73
6	Notts County	46	20	12	14	68	49	+19	72

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^[44]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

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
45	20	14	11	74	54	+20	74	12	6	5	46	32	+14	8	8	6	28	22	+6

Last updated: 26 April 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	12	13	14	15	17	11¹	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	26	27	28	29	30	31	16²	32	33	25³	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	W	D	L	D	L	D	D	D	D	L	L	D	D	L	W
Position	10	1	5	2	6	5	3	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	4	4	4	4
Points	3	6	6	9	9	12	15	18	18	19	22	25	26	27	30	31	34	37	40	43	46	49	52	55	58	58	58	59	59	60	63	66	67	67	68	68	69	70	71	72	72	72	73	74	74	77

Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes:

¹ Matchday 11 (vs. Bromley) was postponed due to international call-ups.
² Matchday 16 (vs. Gillingham) was postponed due to international call-ups.
³ Matchday 25 (vs. Cheltenham Town) was postponed due to a frozen pitch.

Matches

On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced.^[45]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

10 August 2024 1	Walsall	1–0	Morecambe	Walsall
15:00 BST	Allen 20' J. Gordon 25' Adomah 62'	Report		Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,226 Referee: James Durkin

17 August 2024 2	Swindon Town	0–4	Walsall	Swindon
15:00 BST	Smith 37' Clarke 48'	Report	J. Gordon 33' Matt 41' Allen 49' Adomah 64'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,786 Referee: Lee Swabey

24 August 2024 3	Tranmere Rovers	1–0	Walsall	Birkenhead
12:30 BST	Patrick 13' Davison 37' Turnbull 78'	Report	Matt 5', 82' Farquharson 38' Barrett 60' McEntee 77'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 6,145 Referee: Thomas Parsons
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.^[46]

31 August 2024 4	Walsall	2–1	Cheltenham Town	Walsall
15:00 BST	L. Gordon 38' Lowe 48' Matt 66' Jellis 76' Lakin 86' Okagbue 89'	Report	Stubbs 12' Jude-Boyd 73' Miller 85'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,760 Referee: Paul Marsden

7 September 2024 5	Milton Keynes Dons	1–0	Walsall	Milton Keynes
15:00 BST	Hendry 18', 68'	Report	Weir 13' Jellis 63'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 6,547 Referee: James Oldham

14 September 2024 6	Walsall	2–1	Bradford City	Walsall
15:00 BST	Allen 19' (pen.) Johnson 88'	Report	Smallwood 12' Sanderson 38'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,967 Referee: Lewis Smith

21 September 2024 7	Salford City	0–2	Walsall	Salford
15:00 BST	Garbutt 31'	Report	Allen 38' Lowe 51' Lakin 57', 65' L. Gordon 86' Williams 90+5'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 2,860 Referee: Declan Bourne

28 September 2024 8	Walsall	4–0	Colchester United	Walsall
12:30 BST	Jellis 39' Barrett 45+1' Adomah 79' Earing 89', 90+2'	Report	Taylor 15' Flanagan 21' Woodyard 32'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,140 Referee: Farai Hallam
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.^[46]

1 October 2024 9	Walsall	2–6	Fleetwood Town	Walsall
19:45 BST	Williams 14' Matt 45'	Report	Coughlan 25', 51' (pen.) Bennett 45+2' Hughes 57', 67' Virtue 85' Helm 90+4' Harrington 90+6'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,237 Referee: Dale Baines

5 October 2024 10	Chesterfield	2–2	Walsall	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Oldaker 45+1' Markanday 67'	Report	Lowe 33', 46'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 9,035 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

19 October 2024 12	Grismby Town	1–4	Walsall	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	McEachran 35' Wilson 87' Carson 90+3'	Report	Matt 56' Jellis 69' Lowe 74' Johnson 90+1'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,984 Referee: Scott Jackson

22 October 2024 13	Walsall	3–1	Carlisle United	Walsall
19:45 BST	Lowe 2' Jellis 44', 49' Matt 53', 56'	Report	Thomas 22' Lavelle 55' Mellish 82'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,939 Referee: Scott Oldham

26 October 2024 14	Accrington Stanley	0–0	Walsall	Accrington
15:00 BST	Love 54'	Report		Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,595 Referee: Scott Tallis

9 November 2024 15	Walsall	1–1	Crewe Alexandra	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Okagbue 40' Matt 63' Lowe 85' Allen 88' L. Gordon 90+10'	Report	Sanders 20' Bogle 66' Cooney 75' Tracey 77' Thibaut 89'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 8,105 Referee: Stephen Parkinson

23 November 2024 17	AFC Wimbledon	0–1	Walsall	Wimbledon
15:00 GMT	Smith 76' Bugiel 90+3'	Report	Matt 13' Daniels 49' Lowe 52' Simkin 65' Comley 89' Stirk 90+3'	Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 7,519 Referee: James Durkin

26 November 2024 11^[47]	Walsall	2–2	Bromley	Walsall
19:45 GMT	Gordon 40' Okagbue 90+4'	Report	Cheek 59' Webster 74' Imray 77'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,424 Referee: Michael Barlow
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 12 October, but was postponed due to international call-ups.^[48]^[47]

3 December 2024 18	Walsall	3–2	Notts County	Walsall
19:45 GMT	Barrett 49' Allen 57' Hall 64' Simkin 74' Lowe 86'	Report	McGoldrick 74' (pen.) Hinchy 90+4'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,720 Referee: David Rock

7 December 2024 19	Port Vale	0–1	Walsall	Stoke-on-Trent
12:30 GMT		Report	Matt 51' Barrett 56' Okagbue 59' Gordon 80'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 9,142 Referee: Ben Speedie
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.^[49]

14 December 2024 20	Walsall	1–0	Barrow	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Allen 28' Matt 53' Adomah 86'	Report	Tiensia 45' Vassell 73' Dallas 90+6'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,109 Referee: Andrew Humphries

21 December 2024 21	Harrogate Town	0–2	Walsall	Harrogate
15:00 GMT	March 35' 38' Foulds 76'	Report	Lowe 34' Adomah 69'	Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: 2,843 Referee: Sam Mulhall

26 December 2024 22	Walsall	2–0	Doncaster Rovers	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Lowe 47' Barrett 59' Williams 79' Gordon 88'	Report	Fleming 11'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 7,320 Referee: Oliver Mackey

29 December 2024 23	Walsall	2–0	Newport County	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Williams 42' Okagbue 66' Lowe 73', 90+5' Gordon 81'	Report	Glennon 20'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 6,707 Referee: Carl Brook

1 January 2025 24	Notts County	1–2	Walsall	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Jatta 26' Platt 53'	Report	Barrett 45' Matt 65' Lowe 82'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 12,610 Referee: Farai Hallam

11 January 2025 26	Walsall	5–1	Tranmere Rovers	Walsall
12:30 GMT	Matt 15', 49' Stirk 22' McEntee 29' Jellis 45+2', 72' Lowe 80'	Report	Turnbull 22' Davies 23' Finley 29' 38' Dennis 29' Jennings 44'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,614 Referee: Jeremy Simpson
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[50]

18 January 2025 27	Walsall	4–2	Milton Keynes Dons	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Adomah 26', 81' Barrett 27' Okagbue 22', 49' L. Gordon 46' Jellis 58' Williams 66'	Report	Hogan 14' Williams 23' Offord 80' Thompson-Sommers 85'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 6,144 Referee: Scott Oldham

25 January 2025 28	Bradford City	3–0	Walsall	Bradford
12:30 GMT	Sarcevic 11' Pattison 43', 53'	Report	McEntee 45+4' Okagbue 59' Johnson 66'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 17,172 Referee: Jacob Miles
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[50]

28 January 2025 29	Fleetwood Town	2–0	Walsall	Fleetwood
19:45 GMT	Rooney 12' Bolton 17', 73' Harratt 76'	Report	Jellis 39'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Referee: Martin Woods

1 February 2025 30	Walsall	2–2	Salford City	Walsall
15:00 GMT	L.Gordon 77' Johnson 78', 87' Jellis 82' McEntee 90+6'	Report	Stockton 4' Mnoga 45+3' Adelakun 75' Tilt 82'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Referee: James Bell

8 February 2025 31	Colchester United	2–1	Walsall	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Flanagan 53' Kelleher 57' Bishop 69' Edwards 74' Payne 83'	Report	Allen 19' 78' Matt 62' Lakin 65' McEntee 89' Barrett 90+9'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 4,734 Referee: Lee Swabey

11 February 2025 16^[51]

Walsall

1–1

Gillingham

Walsall

19:45 GMT

Okagbue 6'
Williams 43'
Matt 49'
Jellis 58'
Barrett 59'

Report

Hutton

59'

Corness 62'

McKenzie 68'

Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: Thomas Parsons
Referee: 6,229

Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 16 November, but was postponed due to international call-ups.^[52]

15 February 2025 32	Walsall	3–1	Chesterfield	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Williams 37' Matt 52' Harrison 55' Jellis 78' Amantchi 90+11'	Report	Grimes 8' Thompson 31' Dobra 55'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: Sunny Sukhvir Gill Referee: 6,830

22 February 2025 33	Morecambe	0–2	Walsall	Morecambe
12:30 GMT	Williams 50'	Report	Allen 53' Jellis 87'	Stadium: Mazuma Mobile Stadium Attendance: 3,457 Referee: Ben Speedie
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[50]

25 February 2025 25^[53]	Cheltenham Town	2–2	Walsall	Cheltenham
19:45 GMT	Miller 90' Thomas 90+3'		Harrison 1' Adomah 79'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 4,454 Referee: Michael Barlow
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.^[49] The match was then postponed on January 4, due to a frozen pitch.^[54]

1 March 2025 34	Walsall	0–1	Swindon Town	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Harrison 28'	Report	Clarke 22' Cotterill 59' Nichols 64' Ofoboth 66'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 6,910 Referee: Paul Howard

4 March 2025 35	Carlisle United	1–1	Walsall	Carlisle
19:45 GMT	Hayden 22', 85' Embleton 60' Davies 90+1'	Report	Allen 7'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 6,378 Referee: Paul Marsden

8 March 2025 36	Walsall	1–3	Grimsby Town	Walsall
12:30 GMT	Harrison 6' Stirk 29' McEntee 63' Barrett 85'	Report	Luker 21', 66', 66' Rose 44' (pen.) Warren 45+2' Svanþórsson 75'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 6,255 Referee: Scott Jackson
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[55]

13 March 2025 37	Bromley	2–2	Walsall	Bromley
20:00 GMT	Thompson 7' McKirdy 55'	Report	Okagbue 27' Matt 40', 70' Amantchi 45+1' Barrett 81'	Stadium: Hayes Lane Attendance: 2,512 Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 15 March, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[56]

22 March 2025 38	Gillingham	0–0	Walsall	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Little 90+5'	Report	McEntee 36' Asiimwe 61'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,153 Referee: Andrew Humphries

29 March 2025 39	Walsall	1–1	AFC Wimbledon	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Matt 26' Allen 87'	Report	Reeves 41' Bugiel 70' Ogundere 88' Sasu 90+1'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 9,203 Referee: Matt Corlett

1 April 2025 40	Doncaster Rovers	2–2	Walsall	Doncaster
19:45 GMT	Broadbent 5' Molyneux 16' Sterry 30' Sharman-Lowe 67' Sharp 84'	Report	Allen 18' Weir 39' L. Gordon 62' Jellis 67' McEntee 89' Johnson 90'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 7,796 Referee: James Oldham

5 April 2025 41	Walsall	2–3	Port Vale	Walsall
12:30 GMT	Allen 7' (pen.) Amantchi 11' Gordon 32' Asiimwe 44' Okagbue 77' McEntee 88'	Report	Tolaj 4', 45+2' (pen.), 30' Garrity 41' Hart 55'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 8,446 Referee: Lewis Smith
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[57]

12 April 2025 42	Barrow	2–0	Walsall	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT	Jackson 11' Pressley 23' Canavan 83' Acquah 90+3'	Report	Gordon 90'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,071 Referee: Stephen Martin

18 April 2025 43	Walsall	2–2	Harrogate Town	Walsall
15:00 GMT	O'Connor 16' (o.g.) Chang 84' Gordon 88' Stirk 90+2'	Report	March 22' Moon 34' Bilongo 37' Taylor 43', 62' Fox 51'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 7,408 Referee: Scott Simpson

21 April 2025 44	Newport County	0–0	Walsall	Newport
12:30 GMT	Brennan 78'	Report	Adomah 37'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,578 Referee: Sam Purkiss
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[58]

26 April 2025 45	Walsall	0–1	Accrington Stanley	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Adomah 59' Barrett 78' Jellis 90+5'	Report	B. Woods 33' O'Brien-Whitmarsh 59' Walton 76' Coyle 82' J. Woods 90+2'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 8,131 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

3 May 2025 46	Crewe Alexandra	0–1	Walsall	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Agius 62' Sanders 72'	Report	Hall 59'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 7,112 Referee: Matthew Corlett

Play-offs

Walsall finished 4th in the regular season, and were drawn against 7th place Chesterfield with the first leg away and the second leg at home. They lost 1-0 to AFC Wimbledon in the final at Wembley Stadium.

11 May 2025 1st Leg	Chesterfield	0–2	Walsall	Chesterfield
15:30 BST	Olakigbe 14'	Report	Allen 28' (pen.) Chang 39'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 10,001 Referee: Martin Coy

16 May 2025 2nd Leg	Walsall	2–1 (4–1 agg.)	Chesterfield	Bescot
20:00 BST	Asiimwe 36' Allen 60' Lakin 81' Amantchi 90+5', 90+6'	Report	Metcalfe 51' Fleck 65' Dobra 76', 90+4'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 9,585 Referee: Ben Toner

26 May 2025 Final	AFC Wimbledon	1–0	Walsall	Wembley
15:01 BST	Hippolyte 45+2'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 50,947 Referee: Will Finnie

FA Cup

Walsall were drawn at home to Bolton Wanderers in the first round,^[59]^[60] and then to Charlton Athletic in the second round.^[61]^[62]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

2 November 2024 First round	Walsall	2–1	Bolton Wanderers	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Williams 53' L. Gordon 59' Jellis 90+1' Matt 90+8'	Report	Sheehan 55' Schön 59' Matete 90+8'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 6,684 Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo

30 November 2024 Second round	Walsall	0–4	Charlton Athletic	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Allen 57'	Report	Ahadme 16', 85' Godden 28', 51' Edmonds-Green 66' Campbell 90+2'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 6,161 Referee: Ollie Yates

EFL Cup

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Walsall being drawn at home against Exeter City.^[63] In the second round, they were drawn at home to Huddersfield Town.^[64]^[65] Another home tie was drawn for the third round, against Leicester City.^[66]^[67]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

13 August 2024 First round	Walsall	1–1 (4–3 p)	Exeter City	Walsall
19:45 BST	J. Gordon 81' Jellis 90+3' Stirk 90+4'	Report	Alli 40' Cole 50'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 2,352 Referee: Jacob Miles
	Penalties
	Earing Okagbue Matt L. Gordon J. Gordon		Magennis Niskanen Alli Fitzwater Aitchison

27 August 2024 Second round	Walsall	3–2	Huddersfield Town	Walsall
19:45 BST	Lowe 51', 63', 70' Helik 77' (o.g.) Jellis 82'	Report	Koroma 16' Ruffels 22', 53' Pearson 42' Evans 45+3'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 3,378 Referee: Edward Duckworth

24 September 2024 Third round	Walsall	0–0 (0–3 p)	Leicester City	Walsall
19:45 BST	Weir 83' Jellis 90+1' L. Gordon 90+5'	Report	Buonanotte 61' Okoli 88'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 8,010 Referee: Tom Nield
	Penalties
	Allen Okagbue L. Gordon		Pereira Coady Skipp

EFL Trophy

Group stage

In the group stage, Walsall were drawn into Southern Group A alongside Birmingham City, Shrewsbury Town and Fulham U21.^[68]^[69] Walsall were then drawn at home against Reading in the round of 32^[70] and away to Peterborough United in the round of 16.^[71]^[72]

More information Pos, Div ...

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Walsall	3	2	1	0	0	5	1	+4	8	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Birmingham City	3	2	0	1	0	12	2	+10	7	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	Fulham U21	3	1	0	0	2	3	9	−6	3
4	L1	Shrewsbury Town	3	0	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Source: EFL

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

3 September 2024 1	Birmingham City	1–1 (3–4 p)	Walsall	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Klarer 84'	Report	Lakin 48' Maher 52' Stirk 78'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 9,752 Referee: Sam Purkiss
	Penalties
	Bielik Jutkiewicz Paik Seung-ho Stansfield May		Allen Lakin Matt Jellis Cleary

17 September 2024 2	Walsall	1–0	Fulham U21	Walsall
19:00 BST	Hall 42' Okagbue 44' Johnson 49'	Report	Šekularac 89'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 875 Referee: Martin Woods

12 November 2024 3	Walsall	3–0	Shrewsbury Town	Walsall
19:00 GMT	Cleary 53' Hall 63' Lowe 85'	Report	Winchester 33' Shipley 78'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 1,507 Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle

Knockout stage

10 December 2024 Round of 32	Walsall	1–1 (4–2 p)	Reading	Walsall
19:00 GMT	Weir 17' Johnson 90', 90+7'	Report	Savage 21' Button 58' Ahmed 70' 75' Sackey 72' Wareham 88'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 1,501 Referee: Elliot Bell
	Penalties
	Adomah Johnson Daniels Cleary		Wareham Holzman Wellens Kanu

14 January 2025 Round of 16	Peterborough United	4–2	Walsall	Peterborough
19:45 GMT	Lindgren 7', 31' Mothersille 15' (pen.), 74'	Report	Johnson 30' Comley 82' J. Gordon 90+5'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 2,133 Referee: Scott Simpson

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 16 May 2025

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

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy		League Two play-offs
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Tommy Simkin	46	0	40+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Connor Barrett	52	0	39+4	0	2+0	0	3+0	0	1+3	0	0+0	0
3	DF	GUY	Liam Gordon	53	4	44+0	3	2+0	1	2+1	0	0+2	0	2+0	0
4	MF	IRL	Oisin McEntee	36	0	20+11	0	1+0	0	0+1	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	MSR	Donervon Daniels	11	0	4+3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+1	0
6	DF	ENG	Priestley Farquharson	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Charlie Lakin	48	4	31+5	2	1+1	0	2+1	0	5+0	1	0+2	1
9	FW	JAM	Jamille Matt	52	12	37+6	12	0+2	0	0+2	0	0+3	0	2+0	0
10	FW	ENG	Josh Gordon	12	2	6+2	1	0+0	0	1+1	0	0+1	1	0+1	0
11	FW	ENG	Levi Amantchi	20	4	4+14	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	1
12	GK	ENG	Sam Hornby	12	0	6+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	5+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	MSR	Brandon Comley	21	0	5+12	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+2	0
15	MF	ENG	Alfie Chang	7	1	3+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
16	MF	IRL	Ronan Maher	8	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	3+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF	ENG	Jack Earing	28	2	4+16	2	1+1	0	1+1	0	4+0	0	0+0	0
19	DF	UGA	Nathan Asiimwe	12	0	7+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
20	FW	ENG	George Hall	21	3	7+7	2	0+2	0	0+0	0	3+0	1	2+0	0
21	DF	ENG	Taylor Allen	56	11	43+2	10	2+0	0	1+2	0	3+1	0	2+0	1
22	MF	ENG	Jamie Jellis	54	7	39+4	5	2+0	1	0+3	1	0+4	0	2+0	0
23	FW	WAL	Ellis Harrison	12	3	9+3	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	DF	ENG	Harry Williams	39	3	29+1	3	2+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
25	MF	WAL	Ryan Stirk	53	1	43+1	1	1+1	0	3+0	0	1+1	0	2+0	0
26	DF	IRL	David Okagbue	53	2	41+3	2	1+0	0	3+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
27	MF	ENG	Dylan Thomas	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
30	DF	IRL	Evan Weir	23	0	8+7	0	0+0	0	3+0	0	5+0	0	0+0	0
33	DF	SKN	Rico Browne	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
34	FW	ENG	Charlie Wragg	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
36	FW	ENG	Ethan Wheatley	4	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	FW	GHA	Albert Adomah	53	5	11+31	5	2+0	0	3+0	0	4+0	0	0+2	0
39	FW	ENG	Danny Johnson	29	8	1+22	5	0+1	0	0+1	0	4+0	3	0+0	0
Player(s) who featured whilst on loan but returned to parent club during the season:
7	FW	ENG	Nathan Lowe	30	18	20+2	15	2+0	0	2+0	2	1+3	1	0+0	0
11	FW	ENG	Reyes Cleary	7	1	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+2	1	0+0	0

2024–25 Walsall F.C. season

Transfers

In

Out

Loaned in

Loaned out

Released / Out of Contract

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

League Two

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Play-offs

FA Cup

EFL Cup

EFL Trophy

Group stage

Knockout stage

Statistics

Appearances and goals

References

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
45	20	14	11	74	54	+20	74	12	6	5	46	32	+14	8	8	6	28	22	+6

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
45	20	14	11	74	54	+20	74	12	6	5	46	32	+14	8	8	6	28	22	+6

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
45	20	14	11	74	54	+20	74	12	6	5	46	32	+14	8	8	6	28	22	+6