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.
Transfers In DatePos.PlayerFromFeeRef. 1 July 2024 RB Free 1 July 2024 CF Free 1 July 2024 CM Free 4 July 2024 CB Compensation 23 July 2024 RW Free 24 July 2024 GK Free 19 September 2024 CB Compensation 15 January 2025 RB Free 31 January 2025 CF Undisclosed
Out DatePos.PlayerToFeeRef. 24 June 2024 CM Undisclosed 9 July 2024 GK Compensation
Loaned in DatePos.PlayerFromDate untilRef. 2 July 2024 GK End of season 20 August 2024 CF 7 January 2025 22 August 2024CF12 January 2025 30 August 2024 RW End of season 10 January 2025 RB End of season 25 January 2025 CF End of season 3 February 2025 DM End of season 3 February 2025 CF End of season 3 February 2025 CM End of season
Loaned out DatePos.PlayerToDate untilRef. 1 July 2024 CF End of season 2 August 2024 CF 13 August 2024 17 August 2024CF2 November 202430 August 2024GK30 September 202420 September 2024CF20 October 2024 8 October 2024 CB 5 November 2024 31 October 2024 CF 1 January 2025 22 November 2024 LM 21 December 2024 15 January 2025 RB 31 December 2025 7 February 2025 LM 8 April 2025
Released / Out of Contract DatePos.PlayerSubsequent clubJoin dateRef. 30 June 2024 LW 1 July 2024 30 June 2024 RB 1 July 2024 30 June 2024 GK 3 July 2024 30 June 2024RB4 July 2024 30 June 2024 CB 22 August 2024 30 June 2024 CF 13 September 2024
Pre-season and friendlies On 25 April, Walsall announced their first pre-season friendly, against Aston Villa. A month later, the club confirmed a further two pre-season matches, against Alvechurch and Tamworth. A trip to Ireland was also confirmed, along with a fixture versus Drogheda United. On June 3, a fifth fixture was added, versus Solihull Moors. Over a week later, a visit from Birmingham City was also added.
Competitions League Two
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced.
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.
FA Cup
Walsall were drawn at home to Bolton Wanderers in the first round, and then to Charlton Athletic in the second round.
EFL Cup
On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Walsall being drawn at home against Exeter City. In the second round, they were drawn at home to Huddersfield Town. Another home tie was drawn for the third round, against Leicester City.
EFL Trophy
Group stage In the group stage, Walsall were drawn into Southern Group A alongside Birmingham City, Shrewsbury Town and Fulham U21. Walsall were then drawn at home against Reading in the round of 32 and away to Peterborough United in the round of 16.
Knockout stage
Statistics Appearances and goals
|colspan="14"|Player(s) who featured whilst on loan but returned to parent club during the season:
References