2024–25 Millwall F.C. season

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.

Millwall
2024–25 season
OwnerMillwall Holdings
ChairmanJames Berylson
Head CoachNeil Harris
StadiumThe Den
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Current squad

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As of 26 September 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
1   Lukas Jensen GK Helsingør (1999-03-18) 18 March 1999 (age 25) 6 0   Lincoln City 11 July 2024 Undisclosed 30 June 2028
13   Liam Roberts GK Walsall (1994-11-21) 21 November 1994 (age 29) 2 0   Barnsley 22 July 2024 Free Transfer 30 June 2028
27   Connal Trueman GK Birmingham (1996-03-26) 26 March 1996 (age 28) 0 0   Birmingham City 4 August 2022 Free Transfer 30 June 2025
Defenders
2    Danny McNamara RB Sidcup (1998-12-27) 27 December 1998 (age 25) 138 2 Academy 2018 Trainee 30 June 2027
3   Murray Wallace LB/CB Glasgow (1993-01-10) 10 January 1993 (age 31) 215 13   Scunthorpe United 2018 £500,000 30 June 2025
4   Shaun Hutchinson CB Newcastle upon Tyne (1990-11-23) 23 November 1990 (age 33) 262 14   Fulham 2016 Free Transfer 30 June 2025
5   Jake Cooper CB Bracknell (1995-02-03) 3 February 1995 (age 29) 353 27   Reading 2017 Undisclosed 30 June 2026
6   Japhet Tanganga CB Hackney (1999-03-31) 31 March 1999 (age 25) 22 2   Tottenham Hotspur 10 July 2024 Free Transfer 30 June 2028
15   Joe Bryan LB Bristol (1993-09-17) 17 September 1993 (age 31) 33 2   Fulham 1 July 2023 Free Transfer 30 June 2027
33   Calum Scanlon LB Birmingham (2005-02-14) 14 February 2005 (age 19) 1 0   Birmingham 29 August 2024 Loan 30 June 2025
45     Wes Harding RB/CB Leicester (1996-10-20) 20 October 1996 (age 27) 27 3   Rotherham United 21 July 2023 Free Transfer 30 June 2026
Midfielders
8   Billy Mitchell CM/CDM Orpington (2001-04-07) 7 April 2001 (age 23) 144 1 Academy 2019 Trainee 30 June 2025
14   Ryan Wintle CM/CDM Newcastle-under-Lyme (1997-06-13) 13 June 1997 (age 27) 2 0   Cardiff 28 August 2024 Loan 30 June 2025
16   Daniel Kelly CM East Renfrewshire (2005-10-03) 3 October 2005 (age 19) 1 0   Celtic 23 August 2024 Undisclosed 30 June 2028
18   Ryan Leonard CM/CDM/CB/RB Plympton (1992-05-24) 24 May 1992 (age 32) 167 5   Sheffield United 2 January 2019 £1,250,000 30 June 2026
23   George Saville CM/CAM Camberley (1993-06-01) 1 June 1993 (age 31) 200 17   Middlesbrough 2 July 2021 £600,000 30 June 2026
24   Casper de Norre CM Hasselt (1997-02-07) 7 February 1997 (age 27) 40 1   Oud-Heverlee Leuven 21 July 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2027
39   George Honeyman CM/CAM/RW Prudhoe (1994-09-08) 8 September 1994 (age 30) 80 1   Hull City 2022 Undisclosed 30 June 2025
Forwards
7   Kevin Nisbet CF Glasgow (1997-03-08) 8 March 1997 (age 27) 30 5   Hibernian 14 June 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2026
9   Tom Bradshaw CF Shrewsbury (1992-07-27) 27 July 1992 (age 32) 203 45   Barnsley 2019 £1,000,000 30 June 2025
11   Femi Azeez FW Westminster (2001-06-05) 5 June 2001 (age 23) 5 0   Reading August 2024 Undisclosed 30 June 2028
12   Adam Mayor LW Liverpool (2005-04-10) 10 April 2005 (age 19) 4 0   Morecambe 31 January 2024 Undisclosed 30 June 2027
17   Macaulay Langstaff CF Stockton-on-Tees (1997-02-03) 3 February 1997 (age 27) 8 0  Notts County 8 July 2024 Undisclosed 30 June 2028
19   Duncan Watmore CF/RW Manchester (1994-03-08)8 March 1994 (aged 29) 59 12   Middlesbrough 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2025
21   Josh Coburn CF Bedale (2002-12-06) 6 December 2002 (age 21) 2 1   Middlesbrough 30 August 2024 Loan 30 June 2025
22   Aidomo Emakhu LW/CF/RW Bawnogue (2003-10-26) 26 October 2003 (age 20) 29 1  Shamrock Rovers 2022 Undisclosed 30 June 2028
25   Romain Esse CAM/RW Lambeth (2005-05-13) 13 May 2005 (age 19) 48 4 Academy 2023 Trainee 30 June 2028
26   Mihailo Ivanović CF Novi Sad (2004-11-29) 29 November 2004 (age 19) 1 0   Vojvodina 30 August 2024 Undisclosed 30 June 2028
Out on Loan
43   Kamarl Grant CB (2003-01-26) 26 January 2003 (age 21) 0 0   Sheffield United 1 July 2022 Free Transfer 30 June 2026

Note: Appearances and goals statistics are for all competitions taken from [1].

Transfers

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

Loaned in

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Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
28 August 2024 DM   Ryan Wintle   Cardiff City End of Season [12]
29 August 2024 LB   Calum Scanlon   Liverpool End of Season [13]
30 August 2024 CF   Josh Coburn   Middlesbrough End of Season [14]

Loaned out

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Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
19 July 2024 CB   Kamarl Grant   Bromley 1 January 2025 [15]
24 August 2024 CF   Kevin Nisbet   Aberdeen End of Season [16]
30 August 2024 AM   Zian Flemming   Burnley End of Season [17]
6 September 2024 CF   Tom Leahy   Woking 1 January 2025 [18]
10 September 2024 CB   Chinwike Okoli   Sutton United 7 January 2025 [19]
21 September 2024 CM   Sha'mar Lawson   Ebbsfleet United 1 January 2025 [20]
7 October 2024 GK   Connal Trueman   Crawley Town 14 October 2024 [21]

Released / Out of Contract

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Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
15 June 2024 GK   Matija Sarkic   Deceased [22]
30 June 2024 CF   Nana Boateng   Sutton United 1 July 2024 [23][24]
30 June 2024 CB   Frankie Hvid   Glentoran 18 July 2024 [23][25]
30 June 2024 LB   Zane Myers   Hull City 21 August 2024 [23][26]
30 June 2024 CF   Abdul Abdulmalik [23]
30 June 2024 GK   Bartosz Białkowski [27]
30 June 2024 CM   Finley Cotton [23]
30 June 2024 RW   Seb Drozd [23]
30 June 2024 AM   Arezki Hamouchene [23]
30 June 2024 CB   Kyron Horsley-McKay [23]
30 June 2024 CM   Frankie Maciocia [23]
30 June 2024 CM   Christopher Ojemen [23]
30 June 2024 LB   Adedapo Olugbodi [23]
30 June 2024 GK   Albert Penney [23]
30 June 2024 CM   George Walker [23]

Pre-season and friendlies

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On 5 June, Millwall announced their first pre-season friendly, against Gillingham.[28] Three weeks later, a warm weather training camp in Spain was confirmed, with matches against Nottingham Forest and Real Murcia.[29] 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.[30]

  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.[31]
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 Bristol City 9 2 5 2 10 14 −4 11
17 Stoke City 9 3 1 5 10 12 −2 10
18 Millwall 9 2 3 4 12 11 +1 9
19 Preston North End 9 2 3 4 7 12 −5 9
20 Coventry City 9 2 2 5 10 13 −3 8
Updated to match(es) played on 6 October 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)[32]

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
9 2 3 4 12 11  +1 9 2 0 2 8 5  +3 0 3 2 4 6  −2

Last updated: 5 October 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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Round123456789
GroundHAAHHAHAA
ResultLLDWLDWLD
Position152222151818151618
Points001445889
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.[33]

  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.[34]
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.[34]
21 September 2024 6 Queens Park Rangers 1–1 Millwall White City
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 15,350
Referee: John Busby
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[34]
28 September 2024 7 Millwall 3–1 Preston North End Bermondsey
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 13,674
Referee: Darren Bond
1 October 2024 8 Cardiff City 1–0 Millwall Leckwith
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 15,687
Referee: Gavin Ward
5 October 2024 9 West Bromwich Albion 0–0 Millwall West Bromwich
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 24,158
Referee: Will Finnie

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.[35] In the second round, they were drawn at home to Leyton Orient.[36][37]

  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 5 October 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   DEN Lukas Jensen 9 0 9+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF   IRL Danny McNamara 6 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF   SCO Murray Wallace 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF   ENG Shaun Hutchinson 5 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
5 DF   ENG Jake Cooper 10 1 9+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF   ENG Japhet Tanganga 7 0 7+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW   WAL Tom Bradshaw 5 1 3+0 1 0+0 0 0+2 0
11 FW   ENG Femi Azeez 7 0 1+5 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
13 GK   ENG Liam Roberts 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
14 MF   ENG Ryan Wintle 4 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF   ENG Joe Bryan 11 0 8+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
16 MF   SCO Daniel Kelly 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
17 FW   ENG Macaulay Langstaff 11 1 4+5 1 0+0 0 2+0 0
18 MF   ENG Ryan Leonard 11 0 9+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
19 FW   ENG Duncan Watmore 11 5 8+1 5 0+0 0 0+2 0
21 FW   ENG Josh Coburn 2 1 2+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 FW   IRL Aidomo Emakhu 7 0 0+5 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
23 MF   NIR George Saville 11 0 9+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
24 MF   BEL Casper De Norre 11 0 9+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
25 MF   ENG Romain Esse 11 4 9+0 3 0+0 0 1+1 1
26 FW   SRB Mihailo Ivanović 4 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 DF   ENG Calum Scanlon 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
39 MF   ENG George Honeyman 11 1 9+0 1 0+0 0 2+0 0
44 MF   ENG Alfie Massey 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
45 DF   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   SCO Kevin Nisbet 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 FW   ENG Tom Leahy 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

References

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