2025–26 Cheltenham Town F.C. season

The 2025–26 season is the 139th season in the history of Cheltenham Town Football Club and their second consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the domestic league, the club also will participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2025[a]	CF	Lee Angol	Morecambe	Free	[1]
1 July 2025[b]	CB	Robbie Cundy	Notts County	Free	[2]
25 July 2025	RM	Ryan Broom	Fleetwood Town	Free	[3]
28 July 2025	CB	James Wilson	Bristol Rovers	Free	[4]
8 August 2025	LB	George Harmon	Ross County	Free	[5]
15 August 2025	LW	Josh Martin	Newport County	Free	[6]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
18 July 2025	CF	Matty Taylor	Salisbury	Free transfer	[7]
29 July 2025	LW	Liam Dulson	Maidenhead United	Undisclosed	[8]

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
7 July 2025	LB	Taine Anderson	Bristol City	31 May 2026	[9]
29 July 2025	CB	Jokūbas Mažionis	Ipswich Town		[10]
29 July 2025	CF	Jake Bickerstaff	Wrexham		[11]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
17 July 2025	CF	Sopuruchukwu Obieri	Gloucester City	1 January 2026	[12]
21 July 2025	CB	Cameron Walters	Evesham United		[13]

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2025	CB	Tom Bradbury	Harrogate Town	1 July 2025	[14][15]
	GK	Owen Evans	Barnet		[16][17]
		Max Harris	Weston-super-Mare		[16][18]
	CM	Tom Pett	Oldham Athletic		[16][19]
	CF	Ryan Bowman			[16]
	CM	Brandon Liggett			[16]

Date	Pos.	Player	Contract until	Ref.
2 June 2025	DM	Liam Kinsella	30 June 2026[a]	[20]
2 July 2025	GK	Joe Day	30 June 2027	[21]
3 July 2025	CM	Harry Tustin	Undisclosed	[22]
	CB	Cameron Walters		[22]
4 July 2025	LB	Freddy Willcox	30 June 2026	[23]

On 19 May, Cheltenham Town announced they would begin pre-season preparations with a trip to face Bishop's Cleeve.^[24] A week later, a second fixture was added, against Worcester City.^[25] A third fixture was later confirmed, against Evesham United.^[26] On 3 June, two home friendlies were announced, against Wycombe Wanderers and Swansea City.^[27] A week later, a sixth friendly was announced against Bristol City.^[28]

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On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were released, with Cheltenham visiting Cambridge United on the opening day.^[30]

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Cheltenham were drawn at home to Exeter City in the first round^[33][34] and away to Cardiff City in the second round.^[35][36]

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Cheltenham were drawn against Bristol Rovers, Plymouth Argyle and Tottenham Hotspur U21 in the group stage.^[37]

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As of match played 26 August 2025

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Joe Day	7	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	LCA	Arkell Jude-Boyd	7	0	3+2	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ENG	George Harmon	5	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	IRL	Liam Kinsella	6	0	4+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	WAL	James Wilson	5	1	3+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	1	0+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Robbie Cundy	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Luke Young	6	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Lee Angol	5	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
10	FW	ENG	George Miller	7	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
11	FW	ENG	Jordan Thomas	6	0	4+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
12	DF	IRL	Darragh Power	7	0	4+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	WAL	Ryan Broom	7	1	3+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	1	0+0	0
16	FW	ENG	Josh Martin	4	1	1+2	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF	ENG	Scot Bennett	4	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
18	DF	ENG	Ibrahim Bakare	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
19	DF	LTU	Jokūbas Mažionis	7	0	4+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
20	FW	WAL	Jake Bickerstaff	6	0	1+4	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF	ENG	Ethon Archer	7	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF	ENG	Taine Anderson	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF	ENG	Harrison Sohna	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
28	MF	ENG	Tommy Backwell	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
30	DF	ENG	Freddy Willcox	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
38	MF	ENG	Harry Tustin	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
42	MF	ENG	Mark Barber	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0