The 2024–25 season is Cove Rangers's second consecutive season in the third tier of Scottish football, having been relegated from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2022–23 season.
Season review Pre Season On 29 May, Cove Rangers announced the departures of Rumarn Burrell, Dajon Golding, Paul McGowan, Mark Reynolds, Matty Shiels, Cameron Stewart and Iain Vigurs following the expiration of their contracts while Jacob Jones agreed an early release from his contract. Cove Rangers set up friendlies against Dunfermline Athletic, Banks O'Dee, Inverurie Locos and Formartine.
June On 4 June, Kyle Connell left the club to join Clyde. Cove made their first signing of the season on 19 June when they brought back Declan Glass for a third spell at the club. On the same day Sena left the club to join Dumbarton and Tyler Mykyta left to join Formartine
July On 6 July, Cove signed Ryan Harrington on a free transfer. Cove signed 16 year old Cole Donaldson on 10 July. On 15 July Cove signed two players, Grady McGrath and Finlay Murray. Mark Gallagher left the club to rejoin Elgin City on 30 July.
August Josh Kerr departed the club to join Stirling Albion on 2 August. https://x.com/CoveRangersFC/status/1819352438534533585 On the same day Cove brought in two young Aberdeen players on loan, Adam Emslie and Findlay Marshall. Six days later on the 8th Jack Robertson left the club to join Huntly on loan. The next day Luke Strachan agreed an early release from the club. Cove announced the loan signing of Reuben McAllister from Hibernian on 23 August and on the same day they announced the loan signing of Liam Parker from St Johnstone.
September Cove announced the loan of Cole Donaldson to Inverurie Locos and two weeks later Cove announced another loan signing from Aberdeen, Dylan Lobban joining the club.
January Reuben McAllister returned to Hibs following the expiration of his loan deal. On 18 January, Cole Donaldson returned to the club from his loan following a leg break, which ruled him out for the season. Quinn Coulson joined Cove on loan from fellow League One side Arbroath.
Squad
No. Name Nationality Position Apps. Goals Goalkeepers 1 Nicholas Suman GK 43 0 21 Balint Demus GK 30 0 Defenders 2 Finlay Murray DF 6 0 3 Michael Doyle DF 57 3 6 Will Gillingham DF 52 0 7 Ryan Harrington DF 28 0 12 Milosz Ochmanski DF 3 0 15 Arron Darge DF 58 2 32 Liam Parker DF 8 1 Midfielders 4 Connor Scully MF 256 23 8 Blair Yule MF 205 12 10 Declan Glass MF 51 12 14 Quinn Coulson MF 1 0 17 Findlay Marshall MF 20 4 18 Dylan Lobban MF 13 0 19 Cole Donaldson MF 0 0 24 Fraser Fyvie MF 145 26 25 Mikey Milnes MF 0 0 Forwards 9 Mitch Megginson FW 280 197 11 Grady McGrath FW 18 2 20 Myles Gaffney FW 21 4 22 Adam Emslie FW 23 6 On loan 23 Jack Robertson GK 0 0 Players who left during the season — Josh Kerr DF 32 4 — Luke Strachan DF 1 0 — Reuben McAllister MF 9 0
Transfers In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref 19 June 2024 MF Declan Glass Unattached Free 6 July 2024 DF Ryan Harrington UnattachedFree 10 July 2024 MF Cole Donaldson Unattached Free 15 July 2024 DF Finlay Murray Unattached Free 15 July 2024 FW Grady McGrath Brechin City Undisclosed
Loans in Date Position Nationality Name From Date to Ref 2 August 2024 MF Findlay Marshall Aberdeen End of season 2 August 2024 FW Adam Emslie Aberdeen End of season23 August 2024 DF Liam Parker St Johnstone End of season 23 August 2024 MF Reuben McAllister Hibernian 1 January 202528 September 2024 MF Dylan Lobban Aberdeen End of season24 January 2025 FW Quinn Coulson ArbroathEnd of season
Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 4 June 2024 FW Kyle Connell Clyde Undisclosed 30 July 2024 MF Mark Gallagher Elgin City Free 2 August 2024 DF Josh Kerr Stirling Albion Free https://x.com/CoveRangersFC/status/1819352438534533585?t=8gwFmFFMuRv2ROhaHWRzQw&s=19
Loans out Date Position Nationality Name To Loan length Ref. 8 August 2024 GK Jack Robertson Huntly End of season 14 September 2024 MF Cole DonaldsonInverurie Locos 17 January 2025
Released Date Position Nationality Name Joined Ref. 9 August 2024DFLuke StrachanUnattached
Competitions Overview
League One
League table
Results summary
Results
Championship playoffs
Scottish Cup
League Cup Group stage
Results
Challenge Cup
Squad statistics Appearances
|colspan="14"|Players away from the club on loan:
|colspan="14"|Players who left Cove Rangers during the season:
Goal scorers
Ranking Nation Position Number Name Scottish League One Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Scottish Challenge Cup Total 1 FW9Mitch Megginson900110 2 FW22Adam Emslie51006 3 MF24Fraser Fyvie40004 MF34Findlay Marshall40004MF10Declan Glass31004 FW20Myles Gaffney11114 6 FW8Blair Yule20002DF15Arron Darge20002 MF4Connor Scully10102 FW11Grady McGrath11002 DF3Michael Doyle10102 11 DF32Liam Parker10001 TOTALS 3443243
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