2025–26 Bromley F.C. season

Bromley
2025–26 season
ChairmanRobin Stanton-Gleaves
ManagerAndy Woodman
StadiumHayes Lane
League Two6th
EFL CupSecond round
EFL TrophyGroup stage

The 2025–26 season is the 134th season in the history of Bromley Football Club and their second consecutive season in League Two. The club compete in League Two, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy.

Transfers and contracts

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
1 July 2025[a] CB Scotland Kyle Cameron England Notts County Free [1]
1 July 2025[b] CM Republic of the Congo Will Hondermarck England Northampton Town [2]
1 July 2025[c] LW England Mitch Pinnock [3]
25 July 2025 GK England Dillon Addai England Millwall [4]
8 August 2025 CM England Alex Stepien-Iwumene England Derby County [5]
12 August 2025 RB England Freddie Taylor England Brentford [6]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 24 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Notts County had expired
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 27 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Northampton had expired
  3. ^ The transfer was announced on 6 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Northampton had expired

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.

Loans in

Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
16 July 2025 CM England Ben Krauhaus England Brentford 31 May 2026 [7]

Loans out

Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
18 July 2025 LB Kosovo Besart Topalloj England Hartlepool United 1 January 2026 [8]
25 July 2025 CF England George Evans England Welling United [9]
CM England George Penn [9]
6 August 2025 CF England Tade Ibrahim England Kingstonian 3 September 2025 [10]
9 August 2025 RB England Nathan Paul-Lavaly England Hampton & Richmond Borough 6 September 2025 [11]

Released / out of contract

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
26 June 2025 DM England Lewis Leigh [12]
30 June 2025 RW England Harry McKirdy England Crawley Town 1 July 2025 [13][14]
GK England David Aziaya [15]
CM England Callum Corbin [15]
LW England Louis Dennis [13]
LB Antigua and Barbuda Antonio Morgan [15]
RW England Olufela Olomola [13]
Antigua and Barbuda Myles Weston [13]

New contract

Date Pos. Player Length End date Ref.

Pre-season and friendlies

On 16 May, Bromley announced their first pre-season friendly, against Millwall.[16] Ten days later, a second fixture was added to the schedule, against Sutton United.[17] The current FA Cup winners, Crystal Palace was next to added to the pre-season preparations.[18] On 29 May 2025, it was confirmed that a Bromley XI side would travel to face Tonbridge Angels.[19] A day later, a fifth fixture was announced against Chelsea XI.[20] An XI side would also travel to face Cray Wanderers and Faversham Town.[21][22] On 12 June, a warm-weather training camp in Portugal, along with a fixtures against Rotherham United and Lincoln City was announced.[23][24] Four days later, it was announced a Tottenham Hotspur XI side would also visit during pre-season.[25]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 July 2025 Friendly Bromley Cancelled Sutton United Bromley
15:00 BST Stadium: Hayes Lane
Note: Fixture was cancelled due to unforeseen football reasons.[26]
8 July 2025 Friendly Faversham Town v Bromley XI Faversham
19:30 BST Stadium: Salters Lane
8 July 2025 Friendly Bromley 5–2 Tottenham Hotspur XI Bromley
19:45 BST
  • Kader 39'
  • Dinanga 52', 57', 64', 80'
Report
Stadium: Hayes Lane
11 July 2025 Friendly Bromley 1–2 Rotherham United Albufeira, Portugal
11:00 WEST
Report
Stadium: Estadio Da Nora
16 July 2025 Friendly Bromley 4–3 Lincoln City Albufeira, Portugal
11:00 WEST
Report
Stadium: Estadio Da Nora
18 July 2025 Friendly Cray Wanderers 2-2 Bromley XI Chislehurst
19:45 BST
  • Adaja 12'
  • Sutton 36'
Report
  • Patten 43'
  • Penn 69'
Stadium: Flamingo Park
Attendance: 302
Referee: Joel Tilmouth
19 July 2025 Friendly Bromley 2–1 Chelsea XI Bromley
15:00 BST
Report
  • Kavuma-McQueen 17'
Stadium: Hayes Lane
22 July 2025 Friendly Bromley 2–2 Crystal Palace XI Bromley
19:45 BST
Report
  • Umolu 11'
  • March 70'
Stadium: Hayes Lane
22 July 2025 Friendly Tonbridge Angels v Bromley XI Tonbridge
19:45 BST Stadium: Longmead Stadium
26 July 2025 Friendly Bromley 1–2 Millwall Bromley
15:00 BST
Report Stadium: Hayes Lane

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
EFL League Two August 2025 May 2026 Matchday 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
FA Cup November 2025 First round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
EFL Cup August 2025 First round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
EFL Trophy September 2025 Group stage 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !

Last updated: pre-season
Source: Soccerway

EFL League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
5 Milton Keynes Dons 4 2 2 0 8 1 +7 8 Qualification for League Two play-offs
6 Gillingham 4 2 2 0 7 3 +4 8
7 Bromley 4 2 2 0 6 3 +3 8
8 Harrogate Town 4 2 2 0 6 4 +2 8
9 Cambridge United 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 7
Updated to match(es) played on 20 August 2025. 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[27]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
4 2 2 0 6 3  +3 8 1 1 0 4 2  +2 1 1 0 2 1  +1

Last updated: 19 August 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round1234
GroundAHHA
ResultDWDW
Position14611
Points1458
Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

On 26 June, the EFL League Two fixtures were announced, with Bromley away to Shrewsbury Town on the opening day.[28]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 August 2025 1 Shrewsbury Town 0–0 Bromley Shrewsbury
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 5,809
Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle
9 August 2025 2 Bromley 2–0 Barnet Bromley
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Hayes Lane
Referee: Lee Swabey
16 August 2025 3 Bromley 2–2 Fleetwood Town Bromley
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Hayes Lane
Attendance: 1,472 (56 Away)
Referee: Oliver Mackey
19 August 2025 4 Cheltenham Town 1–2 Bromley Cheltenham
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 3,016
Referee: Rob Massey-Ellis
23 August 2025 5 Notts County v Bromley Nottingham
15:00 BST Stadium: Meadow Lane
30 August 2025 6 Bromley v Harrogate Town Bromley
15:00 BST Stadium: Hayes Lane
6 September 2025 7 Bromley v Gillingham Bromley
17:30 BST Stadium: Hayes Lane
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[29]

FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

Bromley were drawn at home to Ipswich Town in the first round[30] and to Wycombe Wanderers in the second round.[31][32]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 August 2025 First round Bromley 1–1 Ipswich Town Bromley
20:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Hayes Lane
Referee: Matthew Russell
26 August 2025 Second round Bromley v Wycombe Wanderers Bromley
19:45 BST Stadium: Hayes Lane

EFL Trophy

Bromley were drawn against AFC Wimbledon, Stevenage and Crystal Palace U21 in the group stage.[33]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 AFC Wimbledon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Round 2
2 L2 Bromley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 L1 Stevenage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 ACA Crystal Palace U21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: EFL

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 September 2025 South Group E Bromley v Crystal Palace U21 Bromley
19:45 BST Stadium: Hayes Lane
7 October 2025 South Group E Stevenage v Bromley Stevenage
19:00 BST Stadium: Broadhall Way
11 November 2025 South Group E Bromley v AFC Wimbledon Bromley
19:00 GMT Stadium: Hayes Lane

Statistics

Appearances

As of match played 19 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 England ENG Grant Smith 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF England ENG Deji Elerewe 4 1 2+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 1 0+0 0
4 MF Grenada GRN Ashley Charles 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
5 DF England ENG Omar Sowunmi 4 1 3+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Kyle Cameron 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF England ENG Ben Krauhaus 4 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF England ENG Ben Thompson 5 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW England ENG Michael Cheek 5 2 4+0 2 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
10 FW England ENG Marcus Dinanga 5 1 2+2 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
11 FW England ENG Mitch Pinnock 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
12 GK Scotland SCO Sam Long 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
14 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Nicke Kabamba 5 2 1+3 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF Republic of the Congo CGO Will Hondermarck 4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
17 DF England ENG Byron Webster 4 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 FW England ENG Corey Whitely 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 MF England ENG Jude Arthurs 5 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
24 FW England ENG Soul Kader 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
26 FW England ENG Marcus Ifill 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
30 DF England ENG Idris Odutayo 5 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0

Goals

As of match played 19 August 2025
Rank Pos. No. Player League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
1 FW 9 England Michael Cheek 2 0 0 0 2
FW 14 England Nicke Kabamba 2 0 0 0 2
3 DF 3 England Deji Elerewe 0 0 1 0 1
DF 5 England Omar Sowunmi 1 0 0 0 1
FW 10 England Marcus Dinanga 1 0 0 0 1
Total 6 0 1 0 7

Disciplinary record

As of match played 19 August 2025
No. Pos. Player League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 GK England Grant Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
3 DF England Deji Elerewe 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
4 MF Grenada Ashley Charles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
11 MF England Mitch Pinnock 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
16 MF Republic of the Congo Will Hondermarck 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
17 DF England Byron Webster 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
26 DF England Marcus Ifill 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Total 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0

Clean sheets

As of match played 19 August 2025
No. Player League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
1 England Grant Smith 2 0 0 0 2
Total 2 0 0 0 2

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