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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Club_song"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.1 Club song </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Club_song-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Players" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Players"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7 Players </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Players-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Players subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Players-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Current_squad" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Current_squad"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.1 Current squad </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Current_squad-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Development_squad_and_Under-18s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Development_squad_and_Under-18s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.1.1 Development squad and Under-18s </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Development_squad_and_Under-18s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Out_on_loan" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Out_on_loan"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.1.2 Out on loan </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Out_on_loan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_former_players" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_former_players"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.2 Notable former players </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_former_players-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Hall_of_fame" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hall_of_fame"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.2.1 Hall of fame </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hall_of_fame-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_notable_players" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_notable_players"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.2.2 Other notable players </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_notable_players-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Club_staff" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Club_staff"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8 Club staff </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Club_staff-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Club staff subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Club_staff-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Club_personnel" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Club_personnel"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8.1 Club personnel </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Club_personnel-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Board_of_directors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Board_of_directors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8.2 Board of directors </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Board_of_directors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Managerial_history" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Managerial_history"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8.3 Managerial history </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Managerial_history-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Youth_Academy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Youth_Academy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9 Youth Academy </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Youth_Academy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Women's_team" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Women's_team"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10 Women's team </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Women's_team-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Records" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Records"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11 Records </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Records-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Records subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Records-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Scorelines" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Scorelines"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11.1 Scorelines </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Scorelines-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Players_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Players_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11.2 Players </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Players_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11.3 Other </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Honours" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Honours"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 12 Honours </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Honours-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 13 Notes </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 14 References </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 15 Sources </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 16 External links </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label 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Роувърс – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="ФК Бристъл Роувърс" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_FC" title="Bristol Rovers FC – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Bristol Rovers FC" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bosanski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_Football_Club" title="Bristol Rovers Football Club – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Bristol Rovers Football Club" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_FC" title="Bristol Rovers FC – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Bristol Rovers FC" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_F.C." title="Bristol Rovers F.C. – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Bristol Rovers F.C." data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Rovers" title="Bristol Rovers – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Bristol Rovers" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CF%80%CF%81%CE%AF%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BB_%CE%A1%CF%8C%CE%B2%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%82" title="Μπρίστολ Ρόβερς – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μπρίστολ Ρόβερς" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_Football_Club" title="Bristol Rovers Football Club – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bristol Rovers Football Club" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B2" title="باشگاه فوتبال بریستول راورز – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="باشگاه فوتبال بریستول راورز" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_Football_Club" title="Bristol Rovers Football Club – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bristol Rovers Football Club" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_F.C." title="Bristol Rovers F.C. – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Bristol Rovers F.C." data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B8%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4%ED%8B%80_%EB%A1%9C%EB%B2%84%EC%8A%A4_FC" title="브리스틀 로버스 FC – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="브리스틀 로버스 FC" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_F.C." title="Bristol Rovers F.C. – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Bristol Rovers F.C." data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_Football_Club" title="Bristol Rovers Football Club – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Bristol Rovers Football Club" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9C_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%A1" title="בריסטול רוברס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="בריסטול רוברס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_F.C." title="Bristol Rovers F.C. – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Bristol Rovers F.C." data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_FC" title="Bristol Rovers FC – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Bristol Rovers FC" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lëtzebuergesch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_FC" title="Bristol Rovers FC – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Bristol Rovers FC" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_FC" title="Bristol Rovers FC – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Bristol Rovers FC" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B2" title="نادى بريستول روفيرز – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="نادى بريستول روفيرز" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_FC" title="Bristol Rovers FC – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Bristol Rovers FC" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BAFC" title="ブリストル・ローヴァーズFC – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ブリストル・ローヴァーズFC" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_FC" title="Bristol Rovers FC – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Bristol Rovers FC" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_F.C." title="Bristol Rovers F.C. – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Bristol Rovers F.C." data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_F.C." title="Bristol Rovers F.C. – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Bristol Rovers F.C." data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="position: relative; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 100px; height: 135px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px; background-color: #DCDCDC;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Kit_left_arm_blackborder.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/31px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/47px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/62px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; 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left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px; background-color: #DCDCDC"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Kit_socks_blacktop.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="25" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="25" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/150px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/200px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></div> </div> <div style="padding-top: 0.6em; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Away_colours" title="Away colours">Away colours</a></div> </div></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Soccerball_current_event.svg/33px-Soccerball_current_event.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Soccerball_current_event.svg/50px-Soccerball_current_event.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Soccerball_current_event.svg/66px-Soccerball_current_event.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="60" data-file-height="60" /> <a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Bristol_Rovers_F.C._season" title="2024–25 Bristol Rovers F.C. season">Current season</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Bristol Rovers Football Club is a professional <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a> club in <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a>, England. The first team competes in <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_One" title="EFL League One">League One</a>, the third tier of the <a href="/wiki/English_football_league_system" title="English football league system">English football league system</a>. The club's official nickname is "The Pirates", reflecting the <a href="/wiki/History_of_Bristol" title="History of Bristol">maritime history of Bristol</a>. The local nickname of the club is "The Gas", derived from the <a href="/wiki/Gasworks" title="Gasworks">gasworks</a> next to their former home, <a href="/wiki/Eastville_Stadium" title="Eastville Stadium">Eastville Stadium</a>. Since 1996, the club has played home matches at the <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Stadium_(Bristol)" title="Memorial Stadium (Bristol)">Memorial Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Horfield" title="Horfield">Horfield</a>. The club spent 89 years in the heart of North Bristol between 1897 and 1986 at the <a href="/wiki/Eastville_Stadium" title="Eastville Stadium">Eastville Stadium</a>. Following a sale of the land they spent ten years at <a href="/wiki/Twerton_Park" title="Twerton Park">Twerton Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bath,_Somerset" title="Bath, Somerset">Bath</a>. The club's nickname: "The Gas" originally began as a derogatory term used by fans of their <a href="/wiki/Bristol_derby" title="Bristol derby">main rivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_F.C." title="Bristol City F.C.">Bristol City</a>, but was affectionately adopted by the club and its supporters. <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_City_F.C." title="Cardiff City F.C.">Cardiff City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a> are considered their <a href="/wiki/Severnside_derby" title="Severnside derby">second</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_F.C.%E2%80%93Swindon_Town_F.C._rivalry" title="Bristol Rovers F.C.–Swindon Town F.C. rivalry">third biggest rivals</a>.<a href="#cite_note-rivalry-2">[2]</a> Other rivalries include; <a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Town_F.C." title="Cheltenham Town F.C.">Cheltenham Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/Exeter_City_F.C." title="Exeter City F.C.">Exeter City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Forest_Green_Rovers_F.C." title="Forest Green Rovers F.C.">Forest Green Rovers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C." title="Plymouth Argyle F.C.">Plymouth Argyle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Torquay_United_F.C." title="Torquay United F.C.">Torquay United</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Town_F.C." title="Yeovil Town F.C.">Yeovil Town</a>. These rivalries are considered <a href="/wiki/West_Country_derby" title="West Country derby">West Country Derbies</a> and are often heated encounters. The <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_W.F.C." title="Bristol Rovers W.F.C.">women's team</a> play in the FA Women's National League. The club was founded in 1883 as Black Arabs F.C. and entered the <a href="/wiki/Western_Football_League" title="Western Football League">Bristol & District League</a> as Eastville Rovers in 1892. The club moved to the <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(Regional)_League" title="West Midlands (Regional) League">Birmingham & District League</a> in 1897, then changed divisions to the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Football_League" title="Southern Football League">Southern League</a> as Bristol Rovers in 1899. They won the Southern League in 1904–05 and were admitted to the <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">Football League</a> in 1920. They were placed in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division_South" title="Football League Third Division South">Third Division South</a> the following year and remained there until winning promotion as champions in 1952–53. They recorded their highest finishing positions in 1956 and 1959, a sixth-place finish in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second Division</a>, before suffering relegation in 1962. Promoted in second-place in 1973–74, they spent another seven seasons in the second tier until relegation in 1981. They won the Third Division title in 1989–90, though this time lasted just three seasons in the second tier and were relegated back into the fourth tier by 2001. Rovers won the League Two play-off final in <a href="/wiki/2007_Football_League_Two_play-off_final" title="2007 Football League Two play-off final">2007</a>, but relegations in 2011 and 2014 saw the club drop into the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(division)" title="National League (division)">Conference Premier</a>. They finished second in the Conference under the stewardship of <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Clarke" title="Darrell Clarke">Darrell Clarke</a> and immediately regained their Football League status with victory in the <a href="/wiki/2015_Conference_Premier_play-off_final" title="2015 Conference Premier play-off final">2015 play-off final</a>. They followed up this success by securing promotion out of <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_Two" title="EFL League Two">League Two</a> at the end of the 2015–16 season. They were relegated from the third tier in 2020–21 but returned at the first attempt claiming the final automatic promotion spot to <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_One" title="EFL League One">League One</a>. Rovers have won the <a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire_Cup" title="Gloucestershire Cup">Gloucestershire Cup</a> 32 times, the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division_South_Cup" title="Football League Third Division South Cup">Third Division South Cup</a> in 1932, the <a href="/wiki/Watney_Cup" title="Watney Cup">Watney Cup</a> in 1972, and have been <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Trophy">Football League Trophy</a> finalists two times. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Bristol_Rovers_F.C." title="History of Bristol Rovers F.C.">History of Bristol Rovers F.C.</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a statistical breakdown by season, see <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_F.C._seasons" class="mw-redirect" title="Bristol Rovers F.C. seasons">Bristol Rovers F.C. seasons</a>.</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years">Early years</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early years">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Black_Arabs_1884_team_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Black_Arabs_1884_team_photo.jpg/220px-Black_Arabs_1884_team_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Black_Arabs_1884_team_photo.jpg/330px-Black_Arabs_1884_team_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Black_Arabs_1884_team_photo.jpg/440px-Black_Arabs_1884_team_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="975" data-file-height="751" /></a><figcaption>The Black Arabs in February 1884</figcaption></figure> The club was formed following a meeting at the Eastville Restaurant in Bristol in September 1883. It was initially called Black Arabs F.C., after the Arabs rugby team and the predominantly black kits in which they played. This name only lasted for the <a href="/wiki/Black_Arabs_F.C._season_1883%E2%80%9384" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Arabs F.C. season 1883–84">1883–84</a> season, and in a bid to draw more fans from the local area the club was renamed Eastville Rovers in 1884.<a href="#cite_note-Byrne_&_Jay-3">[3]</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote centered" style="width:40%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> Football: <a href="/wiki/Wotton-under-Edge" title="Wotton-under-Edge">Wotton-under-Edge</a> v Black Arabs (Bristol). A match under association rules has been played at Wotton-under-Edge between these clubs, resulting in the defeat of the visiting team. The home team were in every point superior to their antagonists and after a one-sided game Wotton were declared victors by six goals to nil. </blockquote> <cite class="left-aligned" style="">Dursley Gazette, 3 December 1883, reproduced in Byrne & Jay (2003).<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> A report of the Black Arabs' first match.</cite> </div> The club played only friendly games until the <a href="/wiki/1887%E2%80%9388_in_English_football" title="1887–88 in English football">1887–88</a> season, when it took part in the <a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire_Cup" title="Gloucestershire Cup">Gloucestershire Cup</a> for the first time.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">failed verification</a>] In 1892, the club became a founder member of the Bristol and District League, which three years later was renamed the <a href="/wiki/Western_Football_League" title="Western Football League">Western League</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="'They joined the Bristol and District League, forerunner of the Western League, in 1892'. source needed for 'three years later was renamed'. also 'joined' does not sound like 'a founder member', but, if this is right, it needs a source. (February 2024)">failed verification</a>] In 1897, Eastville Rovers joined the <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(Regional)_League" title="West Midlands (Regional) League">Birmingham and District League</a>, and for two seasons played in both this league and the Western League.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="'Professionalism and a further name change, to Bristol Eastville Rovers, came at the start of the 1897/88 season, with the name Bristol Rovers being adopted prior to the start of the following campaign. Having competed in the Western League and the Birmingham and District League, Rovers joined the Southern League at the start of the 1899/1900 season'. how was that extracted from the source? where is joining the Birmingham and District League in 1897? (February 2024)">failed verification</a>]<a href="#cite_note-league-5">[5]</a> At the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/1897%E2%80%9398_in_English_football" title="1897–98 in English football">1897–98</a> season, the club turned professional and changed its name to Bristol Eastville Rovers,<a href="#cite_note-league-5">[5]</a> and, on 17 February 1899, the name was officially changed to Bristol Rovers.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> In 1899, Bristol Rovers joined the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Southern_Football_League" title="Southern Football League">Southern League</a>, where they remained until 1920, winning the league title along the way in 1905.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">additional citation(s) needed</a>]<a href="#cite_note-fchd-7">[7]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Into_the_Football_League">Into the Football League</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Into the Football League">edit</a>]</div> For the <a href="/wiki/1920%E2%80%9321_in_English_football" title="1920–21 in English football">1920–21</a> season, the Southern League teams were moved into the new <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division" title="Football League Third Division">Division Three</a> of the <a href="/wiki/The_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="The Football League">Football League</a>, which became <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division_South" title="Football League Third Division South">Division Three (South)</a> the following season. They remained in this division for over 30 years, before winning the league, and promotion in the <a href="/wiki/1952%E2%80%9353_in_English_football" title="1952–53 in English football">1952–53</a> season.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bristol_Rovers_FC_League_Performance.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Bristol_Rovers_FC_League_Performance.svg/300px-Bristol_Rovers_FC_League_Performance.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Bristol_Rovers_FC_League_Performance.svg/450px-Bristol_Rovers_FC_League_Performance.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Bristol_Rovers_FC_League_Performance.svg/600px-Bristol_Rovers_FC_League_Performance.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1097" data-file-height="596" /></a><figcaption>Chart of yearly table positions in the Football League</figcaption></figure> The team has won promotion on six other occasions: in <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_in_English_football" title="1973–74 in English football">1973–74</a> from the Third Division to the Second Division, again in <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_in_English_football" title="1989–90 in English football">1989–90</a> as Division Three champions, in <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_in_English_football" title="2006–07 in English football">2006–07</a> to the Football League One, in <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_in_English_football" title="2014–15 in English football">2014–15</a> to League Two from the Conference Premier, in <a href="/wiki/2015-16_in_English_football" class="mw-redirect" title="2015-16 in English football">2015–16</a> to League One and then in 2021-22 to League One from League Two. The club has been relegated seven times—in <a href="/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362_in_English_football" title="1961–62 in English football">1961–62</a>, <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_in_English_football" title="1980–81 in English football">1980–81</a>, <a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_in_English_football" title="1992–93 in English football">1992–93</a>, <a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_in_English_football" title="2000–01 in English football">2000–01</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_in_English_football" title="2010–11 in English football">2010–11</a>, <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_in_English_football" title="2013–14 in English football">2013–14</a> and most recently at the end of the <a href="/wiki/2020-21_in_English_football" class="mw-redirect" title="2020-21 in English football">2020-21</a> season.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> The highest position in the football <a href="/wiki/English_football_league_system" title="English football league system">ladder</a> reached by Rovers at the end of season is sixth place in the second tier, which they achieved twice; once in <a href="/wiki/1955%E2%80%9356_in_English_football" title="1955–56 in English football">1955–56</a>, and again in <a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_in_English_football" title="1958–59 in English football">1958–59</a>.<a href="#cite_note-fchd-7">[7]</a> The closest they came to the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">top flight</a> was in 1955–56, when they ended the season just four points below the promotion positions.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> The lowest league position achieved by the club is twenty-third out of twenty-four teams in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division" title="Football League Third Division">fourth tier</a>, which has occurred twice. In the <a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_in_English_football" title="2001–02 in English football">2001–02</a> season,<a href="#cite_note-fchd-7">[7]</a> relegation from the Football League was narrowly avoided on two counts; firstly they ended just one league position above the relegation zone, and secondly the rules were changed the following season to increase the number of relegation places to two, meaning that if Rovers had finished in that position one year later they would have been relegated.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> This position was matched at the end of the <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Football_League_Two" title="2013–14 Football League Two">2013–14 season</a>, which this time saw Rovers relegated to the Conference for the first time.<a href="#cite_note-fchd-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> They returned to the league at the end of <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Football_Conference" title="2014–15 Football Conference">their first Conference season</a>, with a <a href="/wiki/Penalty_shoot-out_(association_football)" title="Penalty shoot-out (association football)">penalty shootout</a> victory over <a href="/wiki/Grimsby_Town_F.C." title="Grimsby Town F.C.">Grimsby Town</a> in <a href="/wiki/2015_Conference_Premier_play-off_final" title="2015 Conference Premier play-off final">the play-off final</a>.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> In February 2016, it was announced that a 92% <a href="/wiki/Equity_(finance)" title="Equity (finance)">stake</a> in the club had been bought by the Jordanian al-Qadi family, and that <a href="/wiki/Wael_al-Qadi" title="Wael al-Qadi">Wael al-Qadi</a>, a member of the <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Football_Association" title="Jordan Football Association">Jordan Football Association</a>, would become the president.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> Since 2016, the club has been owned by Dwane Sports Ltd, with 92.6% of the <a href="/wiki/Share_(finance)" title="Share (finance)">shares</a>,<a href="#cite_note-contact-15">[15]</a> while Bristol Rovers Supporters Club owns the remaining 7.4%.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> In May 2016, the club recorded a second consecutive promotion by finishing in the final automatic promotion position in <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_Two" title="EFL League Two">League Two</a> after a 92nd-minute goal secured victory over <a href="/wiki/Dagenham_%26_Redbridge_F.C." title="Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.">Dagenham and Redbridge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Accrington_Stanley_F.C." title="Accrington Stanley F.C.">Accrington Stanley</a> failed to win on the final day of the season.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> It marked the first time Rovers had reached the <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_One" title="EFL League One">third tier</a> of <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">English Football</a> since relegation in 2011.<a href="#cite_note-fchd-7">[7]</a> In June 2020, it was announced that president <a href="/wiki/Wael_al-Qadi" title="Wael al-Qadi">Wael al-Qadi</a> had bought a controlling stake in Dwane Sports Ltd,<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> after he bought the shares of other members of his family, while it was also announced that the club's debt would be capitalised and a new training facility would begin construction at Hortham Lane, <a href="/wiki/Almondsbury" title="Almondsbury">Almondsbury</a>, which is close to the <a href="/wiki/M5_motorway" title="M5 motorway">M5 motorway</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">failed verification</a>]<a href="#cite_note-:0-19">[19]</a> Rovers have owned the site formerly known as 'The Colony' and re-branded by the club 'The Quarters' since 2017,[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="source does not mention it was 're-branded by the club' as The Quarters' or that 'The Colony' is a former name. source does not mention that 'Rovers have owned the site... since 2017'. source may refer to Dwayne Sports acquiring... something... but not Bristol Rovers owning anything. (February 2024)">failed verification</a>]<a href="#cite_note-:1-20">[20]</a> and, in June 2020, the club announced that it would be ready for the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_Bristol_Rovers_F.C._season" title="2020–21 Bristol Rovers F.C. season">2020–21</a> season.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vagueness" title="Wikipedia:Vagueness">vague</a>]<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> On 3 August 2023, <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwaiti</a> businessman Hussain AlSaeed bought a controlling 55% share in Dwane Sports, the <a href="/wiki/Holding_company" title="Holding company">holding company</a> for the football club, thus becoming chairman. As part of the <a href="/wiki/Takeover" title="Takeover">takeover</a>, all debt owed to the company was capitalised.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify">clarification needed</a>]<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> On 22 November 2024, AlSaeed reached an agreement to purchase the remaining 45% of shares owned by both Wael and Samer al-Qadi, the acquistion to be completed over an eighteen-month period.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cup_competitions">Cup competitions</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cup competitions">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bristol_Rovers_v_Tranmere_Rovers,_Wembley_1990_(344523653).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Bristol_Rovers_v_Tranmere_Rovers%2C_Wembley_1990_%28344523653%29.jpg/220px-Bristol_Rovers_v_Tranmere_Rovers%2C_Wembley_1990_%28344523653%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Bristol_Rovers_v_Tranmere_Rovers%2C_Wembley_1990_%28344523653%29.jpg/330px-Bristol_Rovers_v_Tranmere_Rovers%2C_Wembley_1990_%28344523653%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Bristol_Rovers_v_Tranmere_Rovers%2C_Wembley_1990_%28344523653%29.jpg/440px-Bristol_Rovers_v_Tranmere_Rovers%2C_Wembley_1990_%28344523653%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="863" data-file-height="590" /></a><figcaption>Bristol Rovers playing against <a href="/wiki/Tranmere_Rovers_F.C." title="Tranmere Rovers F.C.">Tranmere Rovers</a> at <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)" title="Wembley Stadium (1923)">Wembley</a> in 1990</figcaption></figure> The only major <a href="/wiki/Single-elimination_tournament" title="Single-elimination tournament">cup competition</a> won by Bristol Rovers is the 1972 <a href="/wiki/Watney_Cup" title="Watney Cup">Watney Cup</a>, when they beat <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_United_F.C." title="Sheffield United F.C.">Sheffield United</a> in the final.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> The club also won the <a href="/wiki/Division_Three_(South)_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Division Three (South) Cup">Division Three (South) Cup</a> in <a href="/wiki/1934%E2%80%9335_in_English_football" title="1934–35 in English football">1934–35</a>, as well as winning or sharing the Gloucestershire Cup on 32 occasions.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] The team has never played in European competition;[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] the closest Rovers came was when they missed out on reaching the international stage of the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Italian_Cup" title="Anglo-Italian Cup">Anglo-Italian Cup</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_in_English_football" title="1992–93 in English football">1992–93</a> season on a coin toss held over the phone with <a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">failed verification</a>]<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a>, Rovers have reached the quarter-final stage on three occasions. The first time was in <a href="/wiki/1950%E2%80%9351_in_English_football" title="1950–51 in English football">1950–51</a> when they faced <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a> at <a href="/wiki/St_James%27_Park" title="St James' Park">St James' Park</a><a href="#cite_note-cup-26">[26]</a> in front of a crowd of 62,787, the record for the highest attendance at any Bristol Rovers match.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> The second time they reached the quarter final was in <a href="/wiki/1957%E2%80%9358_in_English_football" title="1957–58 in English football">1957–58</a>, when they lost to <a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham</a>,<a href="#cite_note-cup-26">[26]</a> and the most recent appearance at this stage of the competition was during the <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_in_English_football" title="2007–08 in English football">2007–08</a> season, when they faced <a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a>.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> They were the first Division Three team to win an FA Cup tie away to a <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> side, when in 2002 they beat <a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a> 3–1 at <a href="/wiki/Pride_Park_Stadium" title="Pride Park Stadium">Pride Park Stadium</a>.<a href="#cite_note-cup-26">[26]</a> They have twice reached the final of the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Trophy">Football League Trophy</a>, in <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_in_English_football" title="1989–90 in English football">1989–90</a> and <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_in_English_football" title="2006–07 in English football">2006–07</a>, but finished runners-up on both occasions.<a href="#cite_note-fchd-7">[7]</a> On the second occasion they did not allow a single goal against them in the competition en route to the final, but conceded the lead less than a minute after the final kicked off.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rivalries">Rivalries</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Rivalries">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Bristol_derby" title="Bristol derby">Bristol derby</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Country_derby" title="West Country derby">West Country derby</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_F.C._and_Swindon_Town_F.C._rivalry" class="mw-redirect" title="Bristol Rovers F.C. and Swindon Town F.C. rivalry">Bristol Rovers F.C. and Swindon Town F.C. rivalry</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashton_Gate_vs_Gas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Ashton_Gate_vs_Gas.jpg/220px-Ashton_Gate_vs_Gas.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Ashton_Gate_vs_Gas.jpg/330px-Ashton_Gate_vs_Gas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Ashton_Gate_vs_Gas.jpg/440px-Ashton_Gate_vs_Gas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="421" /></a><figcaption>Bristol Rovers (blue) against <a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_F.C." title="Bristol City F.C.">Bristol City</a> (red) in a <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Trophy">Football League Trophy</a> match at <a href="/wiki/Ashton_Gate_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashton Gate Stadium">Ashton Gate</a> in February 2007</figcaption></figure> Bristol Rovers's main rivals are city neighbours <a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_F.C." title="Bristol City F.C.">Bristol City</a>, with whom they contest the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_derby" title="Bristol derby">Bristol derby</a>.<a href="#cite_note-rivalry-2">[2]</a> An in-depth report by the Football Pools in 2008 deemed this rivalry 8th fiercest rivalry in English football.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> The most recent encounter between the clubs as of March 2024 took place on 4 September 2013, which saw Rovers beaten by City in a <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Trophy">Football League Trophy</a> tie at <a href="/wiki/Ashton_Gate_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashton Gate Stadium">Ashton Gate Stadium</a> by a 2–1 scoreline.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> Other rivals are <a href="/wiki/Newport_County_A.F.C." title="Newport County A.F.C.">Newport County</a> and mainly teams from the West Country, such as <a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Town_F.C." title="Cheltenham Town F.C.">Cheltenham Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Town_F.C." title="Yeovil Town F.C.">Yeovil Town</a> and <a href="/wiki/Forest_Green_Rovers_F.C." title="Forest Green Rovers F.C.">Forest Green Rovers</a>. In the past, rivalries also emerged with Severnside rivals <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_City_F.C." title="Cardiff City F.C.">Cardiff City</a> known as the <a href="/wiki/Severnside_derby" title="Severnside derby">Severnside derby</a>.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> Rovers' most recent meeting against Cardiff was an <a href="/wiki/EFL_Cup" title="EFL Cup">EFL Cup</a> defeat in August 2024.<a href="#cite_note-CCFCR-34">[34]</a> The last time Cardiff and Bristol Rovers were in the same league was in the 1999–2000 season in the Second Division.<a href="#cite_note-CCFCR-34">[34]</a> The first time Rovers encountered Yeovil was a <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Trophy">Football League Trophy</a> match in October 2001, which Rovers won via a penalty shoot-out.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-YTFC-36">[36]</a> The most recent encounter between the teams was in the EFL Trophy in October 2018, which Rovers won 2–0.<a href="#cite_note-YTFC-36">[36]</a> As of September 2024, Rovers last played <a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a> in October 2022 in the EFL Trophy (a 3–0 win),<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> <a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Town_F.C." title="Cheltenham Town F.C.">Cheltenham Town</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_EFL_League_One" title="2023–24 EFL League One">2023–24 League One</a> season,<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> a 3–1 victory, and <a href="/wiki/Forest_Green_Rovers_F.C." title="Forest Green Rovers F.C.">Forest Green Rovers</a> in the 2022–23 League One season (a 3–1 away victory).<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> Other clubs in the West country such as <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C." title="Plymouth Argyle F.C.">Plymouth Argyle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Exeter_City_F.C." title="Exeter City F.C.">Exeter City</a> have also been considered rivals despite being further away from Bristol (162 km for Plymouth and 104 km for Exeter). Bristol Rovers last played Plymouth in the <a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_EFL_League_One" title="2022–23 EFL League One">2022–23 League One</a> season where Rovers lost 2–0 away from home and they last played Exeter at home in the 2023–24 season when they lost 1–0. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Colours_and_badge">Colours and badge</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Colours and badge">edit</a>]</div> <div class="thumb tright" style=""><div class="thumbinner" style="width:122px"><div class="thumbimage noresize" style="width:120px;"> <div style="width: 100px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="position: relative; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 100px; height: 135px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px; background-color: #000000;"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/31px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/47px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/62px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 31px; top: 0px; width: 38px; height: 59px; background-color: #000000;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Kit_body_goldrightsash.png" decoding="async" width="38" height="59" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="38" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 31px; top: 0px; width: 38px; height: 59px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/38px-Kit_body.svg.png" decoding="async" width="38" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/57px-Kit_body.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/76px-Kit_body.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="38" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 69px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px; background-color: #000000;"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 69px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/31px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/47px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/62px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px; background-color: #000000"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/100px-Kit_shorts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/150px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/200px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px; background-color: #000000"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/150px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/200px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></div> </div> </div></div><div class="thumbcaption">Team colours from 1883 to 1885</div></div></div> Bristol Rovers are known for their distinctive blue and white quartered shirts, which they have worn for most of their history. The current home kit consists of a light blue and white quartered shirt and white shorts, while the away kit is mainly grey with black accents. The away strip raises attention for blindness, and features braille on the body.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify">clarification needed</a>][<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="none of this detail is mentioned in the source. not a single colour. nothing about 'blindness' or 'braille'. the 'distinctive' claim probably needs more than a link to the club website primary source anyway. (February 2024)">failed verification</a>]<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> During the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_F.C._season_2008%E2%80%9309" class="mw-redirect" title="Bristol Rovers F.C. season 2008–09">2008–09</a> season, a special third strip, which was black with a gold sash, and a reproduction of the original Black Arab shirt, was used for a single match to celebrate the club's 125th anniversary.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> <div class="thumb tleft" style=""><div class="thumbinner" style="width:122px"><div class="thumbimage noresize" style="width:120px;"> <div style="width: 100px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="position: relative; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 100px; height: 135px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px; background-color: #FFFFFF;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Kit_left_arm_black_stripes.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/31px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/47px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/62px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 31px; top: 0px; width: 38px; height: 59px; background-color: #FFFFFF;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Kit_body_blackstripes3.png" decoding="async" width="38" height="59" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="38" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 31px; top: 0px; width: 38px; height: 59px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/38px-Kit_body.svg.png" decoding="async" width="38" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/57px-Kit_body.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/76px-Kit_body.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="38" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 69px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px; background-color: #FFFFFF;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Kit_right_arm_black_stripes.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 69px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/31px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/47px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/62px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px; background-color: #FFFFFF"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/100px-Kit_shorts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/150px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/200px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px; background-color: #000000"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/150px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/200px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></div> </div> </div></div><div class="thumbcaption">Team colours on winning the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Football_League" title="Southern Football League">Southern League</a> in 1905</div></div></div> The team began playing in black shirts with a yellow sash from their foundation in 1883 as Black Arabs F.C. until 1885, by which time they were called Eastville Rovers. For the next fourteen years, until 1899, the team wore blue and white hooped shirts. These were replaced by black and white striped shirts until 1919.<a href="#cite_note-FAQ-42">[42]</a> When Rovers were admitted to <a href="/wiki/The_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="The Football League">The Football League</a> in 1920 they wore white shirts with blue shorts. These remained the team colours until 1930, when the colours were reversed to blue shirts and white shorts for one season.<a href="#cite_note-FAQ-42">[42]</a> The blue and white quarters were first worn in 1931, when they were introduced to try to make the players look larger and more intimidating.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> Rovers continued to wear the quarters for 31 years, until they were replaced by blue pinstripes on a white background.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify">clarification needed</a>]<a href="#cite_note-FAQ-42">[42]</a> <div class="thumb tright" style=""><div class="thumbinner" style="width:122px"><div class="thumbimage noresize" style="width:120px;"> <div style="width: 100px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="position: relative; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 100px; height: 135px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px; background-color: #0000FF;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Kit_left_arm_white_stripes.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/31px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/47px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/62px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 31px; top: 0px; width: 38px; height: 59px; background-color: #FFFFFF;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Kit_body_bluestripedquarters.png" decoding="async" width="38" height="59" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="38" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 31px; top: 0px; width: 38px; height: 59px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/38px-Kit_body.svg.png" decoding="async" width="38" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/57px-Kit_body.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/76px-Kit_body.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="38" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 69px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px; background-color: #0000FF;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Kit_right_arm_white_stripes.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 69px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/31px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/47px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/62px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px; background-color: #FFFFFF"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/100px-Kit_shorts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/150px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/200px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px; background-color: #0000FF"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/150px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/200px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></div> </div> </div></div><div class="thumbcaption">1996–97 "<a href="/wiki/Tesco" title="Tesco">Tesco</a>" shirts</div></div></div> Over the next ten years, Rovers went on to wear blue and white stripes, all blue, and blue shirts with white shorts before returning to the blue and white quarters in 1973, which have remained the colours ever since.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="source states that the blue and white stripes had 'white shorts' too, that the 'all blue' had 'white sock tops', that the blue shirts had 'white collars' and white cuffs, so the colours given here are misleading. (February 2024)">clarification needed</a>]<a href="#cite_note-FAQ-42">[42]</a> During the 1996–97 season, Rovers wore an unpopular striped quartered design, prompting fans to refer to it as the <a href="/wiki/Tesco" title="Tesco">Tesco</a> bag shirts<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> because of their similarity to the design used for the company's carrier bags.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Synthesis_of_published_material" title="Wikipedia:No original research">improper synthesis?</a>] The change in design prompted the Trumpton Times <a href="/wiki/Fanzine" title="Fanzine">fanzine</a> to change its name to Wot, No Quarters?[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify">clarification needed</a>]<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> The black and gold shirts were also used as the away kit for the <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_in_English_football" title="2002–03 in English football">2002–03</a> season, the club's 120th anniversary.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] In 2005, Rovers ran an <a href="/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day" title="April Fools' Day">April Fools'</a> joke on their official website, stating that the team's new away strip would be all pink. Although this was intended to be a joke, a number of fans petitioned the club to get the kit made for real, and also suggested that funds raised through the sale of the pink shirts should be donated to a <a href="/wiki/Breast_cancer" title="Breast cancer">breast cancer</a> charity.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="'new away strip'? source states 'third strip'? source says a 'couple of' fans suggested donating to charity. this is not 'a number of fans... suggested that funds raised through the sale of the pink shirts should be donated to a breast cancer charity'. it is not clear from the source that the (2?) fans had the breast cancer idea. (February 2024)">failed verification</a>]<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> Although the pink shirts were never used in a competitive fixture, they were worn for a <a href="/wiki/Exhibition_game" title="Exhibition game">pre-season friendly</a> against <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C." title="Plymouth Argyle F.C.">Plymouth Argyle</a> in 2006.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">failed verification</a>]<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> A pirate features on both the club badge and the badge of the supporters club,<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> reflecting the club nickname of The Pirates.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Synthesis_of_published_material" title="Wikipedia:No original research">improper synthesis?</a>] Previous club badges have featured a blue and white quartered design, based on the quartered design of the team's jerseys.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Synthesis_of_published_material" title="Wikipedia:No original research">improper synthesis?</a>] <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kit_suppliers_and_sponsors">Kit suppliers and sponsors</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Kit suppliers and sponsors">edit</a>]</div> Rovers first used <a href="/wiki/Bukta" title="Bukta">Bukta</a> as an official kit supplier in 1977, and <a href="/wiki/Great_Mills_(DIY)" title="Great Mills (DIY)">Great Mills</a> as the first kit sponsor followed 1981. Rovers' longest running kit supplier is <a href="/wiki/Errea" class="mw-redirect" title="Errea">Errea</a> who supplied the club kits for eleven years (2005–16).<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a><a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> The club's longest running kit sponsorship was from local company <a href="/wiki/Balfour_Beatty" title="Balfour Beatty">Cowlin Construction</a>, who sponsored the club for 11 years before ending the deal in 2009.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> Following the end of the <a href="/wiki/Balfour_Beatty" title="Balfour Beatty">Cowlin</a> deal, sponsors were chosen by raffle, via the 1883 Club.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify">clarification needed</a>]<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> This process lasted nine seasons before the club announced <a href="/wiki/Football_INDEX" class="mw-redirect" title="Football INDEX">Football INDEX</a> as new sponsors for both home and away kits.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> In 2019, <a href="/wiki/Utilita_Energy" title="Utilita Energy">Utilita</a> become the main shirt sponsors of both the home and away kits for the 2019-2020 season,<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> and the deal was then extended in July 2020 to cover the 2020-2021 season,<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> marking the first time a shirt sponsor had lasted for more than one season since the end of the <a href="/wiki/Balfour_Beatty" title="Balfour Beatty">Cowlin</a> sponsorship in 2009.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Synthesis_of_published_material" title="Wikipedia:No original research">improper synthesis?</a>] <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a>. 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(February 2024) (<a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a>)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:#2B60DE; color:white;;" scope="col">Period </th> <th style="background-color:#2B60DE; color:white;;" scope="col">Kit supplier </th> <th style="background-color:#2B60DE; color:white;;" scope="col">Home Kit Sponsor </th> <th style="background-color:#2B60DE; color:white;;" scope="col">Away Kit Sponsor </th></tr> <tr> <td>1977–1981 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Bukta" title="Bukta">Bukta</a> </td> <td colspan="2">No sponsor </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981–1983 </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Great_Mills_(DIY)" title="Great Mills (DIY)">Great Mills</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983–1984 </td> <td rowspan="2" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Toshiba" title="Toshiba">Toshiba</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984–1986 </td> <td>Hobott </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986–1987 </td> <td rowspan="2">Henson </td> <td colspan="2">Peter Carol </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987–1988 </td> <td colspan="2">Design Windows </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988–1990 </td> <td rowspan="3">Spall </td> <td>Design Windows </td> <td>Universal Components </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990–1992 </td> <td colspan="2">Design Windows </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992–1993 </td> <td rowspan="2" colspan="2">Roman Glass </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993–1995 </td> <td>Matchwinner </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995–1996 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Le_Coq_Sportif" title="Le Coq Sportif">Le Coq Sportif</a> </td> <td colspan="2">Elite Hampers </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996–1997 </td> <td rowspan="3">Cica </td> <td colspan="2">Bradshaw's Snack Box </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997–1998 </td> <td colspan="2">The Jelf Group </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998–1999 </td> <td rowspan="4" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Balfour_Beatty" title="Balfour Beatty">Cowlin Construction</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999–2001 </td> <td>Avec </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001–2005 </td> <td>Strikeforce </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005–2009 </td> <td rowspan="8"><a href="/wiki/Errea" class="mw-redirect" title="Errea">Errea</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009–2010 </td> <td>N-Gaged </td> <td>Stevens, Hewlett & Perkins </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010–2011 </td> <td>Smart Computers </td> <td>Stalbridge Linen </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011–2012 </td> <td>McCarthy Waste </td> <td>ITS </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012–2013 </td> <td>Opus Recruitment Solutions </td> <td>CR Windows </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013–2014 </td> <td>Eurocams </td> <td>Highspec Travel Services </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014–2015 </td> <td>Arco </td> <td>Office Beverages </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015–2016 </td> <td>The Sportsman Pub </td> <td>Pensord Press </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016–2017 </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Macron_(sportswear)" title="Macron (sportswear)">Macron</a> </td> <td>Dribuild </td> <td>Powersystems UK Ltd </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017–2018 </td> <td>Thorntons Travel </td> <td>Barrs Court Construction </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018–2019 </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Football_INDEX" class="mw-redirect" title="Football INDEX">Football INDEX</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019–2024 </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Utilita_Energy" title="Utilita Energy">Utilita Energy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2024–present </td> <td colspan="2">FanHub </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stadium">Stadium</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Stadium">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Grounds">Grounds</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Grounds">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a>. 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(February 2024) (<a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a>)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>Purdown – 1883–1884</li> <li>Three Acres – 1884–1891</li> <li>Schoolmasters Cricket Ground – 1891–1892</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durdham_Down" title="Durdham Down">Durdham Down</a> – 1892–1894</li> <li>Ridgeway – 1894–1897</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastville_Stadium" title="Eastville Stadium">Eastville Stadium</a> – 1897–1986</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twerton_Park" title="Twerton Park">Twerton Park</a> – 1986–1996</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memorial_Stadium_(Bristol)" title="Memorial Stadium (Bristol)">The Memorial Stadium</a> – 1996–present</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History_2">History</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> Rovers play their home games at the <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Stadium_(Bristol)" title="Memorial Stadium (Bristol)">Memorial Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Horfield" title="Horfield">Horfield</a>, a ground they formerly shared with <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Bears" title="Bristol Bears">Bristol Rugby</a>. The team moved to The Mem, as it is known informally, at the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_in_English_football" title="1996–97 in English football">1996–97</a> season, initially as tenants but purchased it two years later.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">failed verification</a>]<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> When Bristol Rovers were known as Black Arabs F.C. in 1883, they played their home games at <a href="/wiki/Purdown" title="Purdown">Purdown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stapleton,_Bristol" title="Stapleton, Bristol">Stapleton</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] The following year they moved to Three Acres, the precise location of which is not known, but is believed[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch">by whom?</a>] to have been in the <a href="/wiki/Ashley_Down" title="Ashley Down">Ashley Down</a> area of Bristol, where they remained for seven years.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] This was followed by brief stays at the Schoolmasters Cricket Ground, <a href="/wiki/Durdham_Down" title="Durdham Down">Durdham Down</a> and Ridgeway. For the majority of their history, Bristol Rovers have played their home games at the <a href="/wiki/Eastville_Stadium" title="Eastville Stadium">Eastville Stadium</a>, where they remained for a period of 89 years from 1897 to 1986.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Financial problems led to the team being forced to leave Eastville, now it is an IKEA Store.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Bristol Rovers found a temporary home at Twerton Park, the home of <a href="/wiki/Bath_City_F.C." title="Bath City F.C.">Bath City</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] They stayed in <a href="/wiki/Bath,_Somerset" title="Bath, Somerset">Bath</a> for 10 years, before returning to Bristol in 1996.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:EastvilleFire.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/EastvilleFire.jpg/200px-EastvilleFire.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/EastvilleFire.jpg/300px-EastvilleFire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/EastvilleFire.jpg/400px-EastvilleFire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="635" data-file-height="516" /></a><figcaption>Aftermath of the fire at Eastville Stadium, August 1980</figcaption></figure> Rovers also played five home games at <a href="/wiki/Ashton_Gate_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashton Gate Stadium">Ashton Gate Stadium</a>, home of rivals Bristol City, following a fire which destroyed the South Stand of the Eastville Stadium on the night of the 16–17 August 1980.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS">better source needed</a>] Rovers returned to Eastville in October 1980.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, some friendly matches were played in <a href="/wiki/Kingswood,_South_Gloucestershire" title="Kingswood, South Gloucestershire">Kingswood</a>, and in their early history some games were played at Parson Street, <a href="/wiki/Bedminster,_Bristol" title="Bedminster, Bristol">Bedminster</a><a href="#cite_note-Byrne_&_Jay-3">[3]</a> In January 2007, <a href="/wiki/Planning_permission" title="Planning permission">planning permission</a> was granted for a new 18,500 capacity <a href="/wiki/All-seater_stadium" title="All-seater stadium">all-seater stadium</a> to be built on the site of the Memorial Stadium.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">failed verification</a>]<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> The project was abandoned after a series of delays.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">failed verification</a>]<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a><a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a><a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> In June 2011, the club announced its intention to relocate the club to a new 21,700 all-seater stadium on the <a href="/wiki/University_of_the_West_of_England" title="University of the West of England">University of the West of England</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Frenchay" title="Frenchay">Frenchay</a> campus.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">failed verification</a>][<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Close_paraphrasing" title="Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing">close paraphrasing</a>]<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> The planned <a href="/wiki/UWE_Stadium" title="UWE Stadium">UWE Stadium</a> was shelved in August 2017 due to disputes between the club and the university, and attention returned to redeveloping the Memorial Stadium.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Synthesis_of_published_material" title="Wikipedia:No original research"><span title="'attention returned to redeveloping the Memorial Stadium'? but source says 'exploring all other opportunities for a new stadium or for a substantive redevelopment of the Memorial Stadium' and 'The club - and president Wael al-Qadi - will now look to other solutions'. (February 2024)">improper synthesis?</a>]<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> In 2017, there was a crowd recording at the Memorial Stadium for <a href="/wiki/Early_Man_(film)" title="Early Man (film)">Early Man</a>, a 2018 <a href="/wiki/Aardman_filmography" title="Aardman filmography">Aardaman film</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify">clarification needed</a>]<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> In June 2020, the club began construction of a new training facility at a site on Hortham Lane, <a href="/wiki/Almondsbury" title="Almondsbury">Almondsbury</a> near the <a href="/wiki/M5_motorway" title="M5 motorway">M5 motorway</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify">clarification needed</a>]<a href="#cite_note-:0-19">[19]</a> The site is set to include two full size pitches, a goalkeeping area, a gym and a clubhouse building.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify">clarification needed</a>]<a href="#cite_note-:0-19">[19]</a> Having owned the land since 2017,[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="source does not mention that they have 'owned the land since 2017'. source may refer to Dwayne Sports acquiring... something... but not Bristol Rovers owning anything. this has been mentioned at least 1 time already on this page too. (February 2024)">failed verification</a>]<a href="#cite_note-:1-20">[20]</a> no work had previously been carried out before the club moved into the training ground for the start in October 2020.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vagueness" title="Wikipedia:Vagueness">vague</a>]<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> On 6 April 2023, Conygar Investment Company exchanged contracts with the Wholesale Bristol Fruit Market for the land at St. Philips Marsh, with the football club seeing it was a 'move in the right direction' with regards to a new stadium, having been involved in discussions for <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style>2+1⁄2 years prior.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">failed verification</a>][<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Close_paraphrasing" title="Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing">close paraphrasing</a>]<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> In October 2023, new owner Hussain AlSaeed confirmed that the club's proposed move to the site was off and they would instead be redeveloping the Memorial Stadium.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Close_paraphrasing" title="Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing">close paraphrasing</a>]<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Supporter_culture">Supporter culture</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Supporter culture">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bristol_Rovers_v_Doncaster.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Bristol_Rovers_v_Doncaster.jpg/220px-Bristol_Rovers_v_Doncaster.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Bristol_Rovers_v_Doncaster.jpg/330px-Bristol_Rovers_v_Doncaster.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Bristol_Rovers_v_Doncaster.jpg/440px-Bristol_Rovers_v_Doncaster.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Rovers fans at the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Trophy">Football League Trophy</a> final at the <a href="/wiki/Millennium_Stadium" title="Millennium Stadium">Millennium Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a> in 2007</figcaption></figure> The team traditionally draws the majority of its support from north and east <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Close_paraphrasing" title="Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing">close paraphrasing</a>]<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Gloucestershire" title="South Gloucestershire">South Gloucestershire</a>. Many towns and villages in the surrounding area are also home to significant pockets of Rovers supporters.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary,_secondary_and_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:No original research">non-primary source needed</a>]<a href="#cite_note-FAQ-42">[42]</a> The nickname given to Bristol Rovers supporters is "Gasheads".[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vagueness" title="Wikipedia:Vagueness">vague</a>]<a href="#cite_note-Gasheads-68">[68]</a> "The Gas" was originally coined as a derogatory term by the supporters of Bristol Rovers's rivals Bristol City, and was in reference to the large gas works adjacent to the old Bristol Rovers stadium, in <a href="/wiki/Eastville,_Bristol" title="Eastville, Bristol">Eastville</a>, Bristol which wafted the sometimes overpowering odour of <a href="/wiki/Town_gas" class="mw-redirect" title="Town gas">town gas</a> across the crowd.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">failed verification</a>]<a href="#cite_note-FAQ-42">[42]</a> "Gasheads" was adopted as a name by a splinter group of Rovers supporters in the mid-1980s to early 1990s.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] The chant "Proud to be a Gashead" spread to regular fans, and a fanzine was produced called The Gashead. The term "Gasheads" is now universally accepted within the English media and football fraternity as referring to Bristol Rovers supporters.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS">better source needed</a>]<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> After the club's relegation to the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division" title="Football League Third Division">Third Division</a> in 2001, the club designated the squad number 12 to the Gasheads, to signify them as the club's <a href="/wiki/12th_Man_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="12th Man (football)">12th Man</a> in recognition of their loyal support.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">failed verification</a>]<a href="#cite_note-Gasheads-68">[68]</a> The retired <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> MP for <a href="/wiki/Hayes_and_Harlington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hayes and Harlington (UK Parliament constituency)">Hayes and Harlington</a> <a href="/wiki/Terry_Dicks" title="Terry Dicks">Terry Dicks</a> was a Bristol Rovers fan. He mentioned the club in parliament ("now struggling in the second division of the Endsleigh league") on 5 May 1994 when debating with <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> MP and <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a> fan <a href="/wiki/Tony_Banks,_Baron_Stratford" title="Tony Banks, Baron Stratford">Tony Banks</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_better_articles#Stay_on_topic" title="Wikipedia:Writing better articles"><span title="The material near this tag may contain information that is not relevant to the article's main topic. why is his retirement mentioned here? he was not retired in 1994 and has been dead for many years. (February 2024)">relevant?</a>]<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> Other notable fans are local musicians <a href="/wiki/Roni_Size" title="Roni Size">Roni Size</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">additional citation(s) needed</a>]<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Barrow" title="Geoff Barrow">Geoff Barrow</a> of <a href="/wiki/Portishead_(band)" title="Portishead (band)">Portishead</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary,_secondary_and_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:No original research">non-primary source needed</a>]<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> and writer <a href="/wiki/David_Goldblatt_(writer)" title="David Goldblatt (writer)">David Goldblatt</a>.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> Former Bristol Rovers player and manager, <a href="/wiki/Ian_Holloway" title="Ian Holloway">Ian Holloway</a>, who also managed <a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C." title="Queens Park Rangers F.C.">QPR</a> and <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool</a> as well as featuring as a pundit, is still a big fan of the club. Based on September 2014 statistics released by the <a href="/wiki/Home_Office" title="Home Office">Home Office</a>,<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> the Rovers fan base were named the Most Dangerous English Football fan base for the 2013–2014 season, with 57 arrests on the season, of which 35% were for "violent disorder."[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="source says Derby County also had 59 arrests. and a higher total for 'violent disorder'. Sunderland had 62 arrests. Nottingham Forest had 69 arrests. Manchester City had 71 arrests. and other clubs had higher than 57 arrests. so this claim needs to be checked. no indication that this club is singled out by the Home Office. (February 2024)">failed verification</a>] Particularly dangerous was the scene on 3 May 2014 when the Rovers were assured relegation from the Football League for the first time.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify">clarification needed</a>]<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> The Rovers fans have good relations with Spanish club <a href="/wiki/CE_Sabadell_FC" title="CE Sabadell FC">CE Sabadell FC</a>, which initially began due to several Rovers fans noticing that the club had the same colours.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> In July 2016, the clubs played each other in a pre-season match in Spain.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">additional citation(s) needed</a>]<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> One Bristol Rovers print fanzine is currently active and is entitled Last Saturday Night.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">failed verification</a>][<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary,_secondary_and_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:No original research">non-primary source needed</a>]<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> There is also a fan-run podcast and blog called GasCast.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a><a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Club_song">Club song</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Club song">edit</a>]</div> The song which is synonymous with Rovers is "<a href="/wiki/Goodnight,_Irene" title="Goodnight, Irene">Goodnight, Irene</a>", which was written by <a href="/wiki/Lead_Belly" title="Lead Belly">Lead Belly</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">failed verification</a>][<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS">better source needed</a>]<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> Opinions differ as to how this came about, but it is thought to have become popular in the 1950s when a version of the song was in the British charts—the line "sometimes I have a great notion to jump in the river and drown"—seemed to be particularly apt when Rovers lost, as the <a href="/wiki/River_Frome,_Bristol" title="River Frome, Bristol">Bristol Frome</a> flows alongside the old Eastville ground.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">additional citation(s) needed</a>]<a href="#cite_note-FAQ-42">[42]</a> It is believed that John Clapham is responsible for the song as he used to work at Eastville stadium for the greyhound racing and the last record he would play at the end of the night was "Goodnight Irene" also having a daughter called Irene, the record would then be left in the player and was played at the football.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">failed verification</a>]<a href="#cite_note-FAQ-42">[42]</a> Another theory is that it was sung at a fireworks display at the Stadium the night before a home game against <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C." title="Plymouth Argyle F.C.">Plymouth Argyle</a> in the 1950s. During the game the following day, Rovers were winning quite comfortably and the few Argyle supporters present began to leave early prompting a chorus of "Goodnight Argyle" from the Rovers supporters—the tune stuck and "Irene" became the club song.<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> Another popular Bristol Rovers song is "Tote End Boys", which was written and sung by Ben Gunstone. The name derives from the section of Gasheads who stood in the Tote End terrace at Rovers' old home, <a href="/wiki/Eastville_Stadium" title="Eastville Stadium">Eastville Stadium</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Players">Players</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Players">edit</a>]</div> <dl><dd>As of 5 November 2024<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_squad">Current squad</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Current squad">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r973156043">.mw-parser-output .nogrid,.mw-parser-output .nogrid td,.mw-parser-output .nogrid tr,.mw-parser-output .nogrid th{border:0}</style> Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under <a href="/wiki/FIFA_eligibility_rules" title="FIFA eligibility rules">FIFA eligibility rules</a>. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. <table role="presentation" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">1 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Josh_Griffiths_(footballer)" title="Josh Griffiths (footballer)">Josh Griffiths</a> (on loan from <a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">2 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Joel_Senior_(footballer,_born_1999)" title="Joel Senior (footballer, born 1999)">Joel Senior</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">3 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Lino_Sousa" title="Lino Sousa">Lino Sousa</a> (on loan from <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">4 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Moore_(footballer)" title="Taylor Moore (footballer)">Taylor Moore</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">5 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Wales" title="Football Association of Wales">WAL</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/James_Wilson_(footballer,_born_1989)" title="James Wilson (footballer, born 1989)">James Wilson</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">6 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Clinton_Mola" title="Clinton Mola">Clinton Mola</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">7 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Scott_Sinclair" title="Scott Sinclair">Scott Sinclair</a> (<a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)">captain</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">8 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Grant_Ward" title="Grant Ward">Grant Ward</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">9 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Republic of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Ireland" title="Football Association of Ireland">IRL</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Promise_Omochere" title="Promise Omochere">Promise Omochere</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">10 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Cyprus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_Football_Association" title="Cyprus Football Association">CYP</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Ruel_Sotiriou" title="Ruel Sotiriou">Ruel Sotiriou</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">11 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Luke_Thomas_(footballer,_born_1999)" title="Luke Thomas (footballer, born 1999)">Luke Thomas</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">14 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Jake_Garrett" title="Jake Garrett">Jake Garrett</a> (on loan from <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">17 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Connor_Taylor_(footballer,_born_2001)" title="Connor Taylor (footballer, born 2001)">Connor Taylor</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">18 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Football_Association" title="Scottish Football Association">SCO</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Martin_(footballer,_born_1988)" title="Chris Martin (footballer, born 1988)">Chris Martin</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">19 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Hutchinson" title="Isaac Hutchinson">Isaac Hutchinson</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">22 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Sierra Leone" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg/45px-Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone_Football_Association" title="Sierra Leone Football Association">SLE</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Kamil_Conteh" title="Kamil Conteh">Kamil Conteh</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">23 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Luke_McCormick_(footballer,_born_1999)" title="Luke McCormick (footballer, born 1999)">Luke McCormick</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">24 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Gatlin_O%27Donkor" title="Gatlin O'Donkor">Gatlin O'Donkor</a> (on loan from <a href="/wiki/Oxford_United_F.C." title="Oxford United F.C.">Oxford United</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">25 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Northern Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /> <a href="/wiki/Irish_Football_Association" title="Irish Football Association">NIR</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Forbes_(footballer)" title="Michael Forbes (footballer)">Michael Forbes</a> (on loan from <a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">27 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Bryant_Bilongo" title="Bryant Bilongo">Bryant Bilongo</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">28 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Shaq_Forde" title="Shaq Forde">Shaq Forde</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">29 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Football_Association" title="Scottish Football Association">SCO</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Lindsay_(footballer,_born_1995)" title="Jamie Lindsay (footballer, born 1995)">Jamie Lindsay</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">32 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Hunt_(footballer)" title="Jack Hunt (footballer)">Jack Hunt</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">35 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">Matthew Hall </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Development_squad_and_Under-18s">Development squad and Under-18s</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Development squad and Under-18s">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r973156043"> Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under <a href="/wiki/FIFA_eligibility_rules" title="FIFA eligibility rules">FIFA eligibility rules</a>. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. <table role="presentation" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">33 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">Mattijs Korswagen </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">41 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Wales" title="Football Association of Wales">WAL</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Max_Edwards-Stryjewski" title="Max Edwards-Stryjewski">Max Edwards-Stryjewski</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">45 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Lithuania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Football_Federation" title="Lithuanian Football Federation">LTU</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">Brooklyn Leipus </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">46 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">Taelan Savage </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">47 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">Kian Hill </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">Rocco Sughayer </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">Reuben Moggeridge </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Out_on_loan">Out on loan</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Out on loan">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r973156043"> Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under <a href="/wiki/FIFA_eligibility_rules" title="FIFA eligibility rules">FIFA eligibility rules</a>. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. <table role="presentation" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">15 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">Dan Ellison (on loan at <a href="/wiki/Aldershot_Town_F.C." title="Aldershot Town F.C.">Aldershot Town</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">20 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Jamaica" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Jamaica_Football_Federation" title="Jamaica Football Federation">JAM</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Jevani_Brown" title="Jevani Brown">Jevani Brown</a> (on loan at <a href="/wiki/Notts_County_F.C." title="Notts County F.C.">Notts County</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">21 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Micah_Anthony" title="Micah Anthony">Micah Anthony</a> (on loan at <a href="/wiki/Bath_City_F.C." title="Bath City F.C.">Bath City</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">31 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Jed_Ward" title="Jed Ward">Jed Ward</a> (on loan at <a href="/wiki/Forest_Green_Rovers_F.C." title="Forest Green Rovers F.C.">Forest Green Rovers</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">34 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lawrence_(footballer)" title="Jerry Lawrence (footballer)">Jerry Lawrence</a> (on loan at <a href="/wiki/Bath_City_F.C." title="Bath City F.C.">Bath City</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">37 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Kofi_Shaw" title="Kofi Shaw">Kofi Shaw</a> (on loan at <a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Town_F.C." title="Yeovil Town F.C.">Yeovil Town</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">43 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Wales" title="Football Association of Wales">WAL</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Ollie_Dewsbury" title="Ollie Dewsbury">Ollie Dewsbury</a> (on loan at <a href="/wiki/Yate_Town_F.C." title="Yate Town F.C.">Yate Town</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">44 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">Charlie White (on loan at <a href="/wiki/Yate_Town_F.C." title="Yate Town F.C.">Yate Town</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_former_players">Notable former players</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Notable former players">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Bristol_Rovers_F.C._players" title="List of Bristol Rovers F.C. players">List of Bristol Rovers F.C. players</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Bristol_Rovers_F.C._players_(25%E2%80%9399_appearances)" title="List of Bristol Rovers F.C. players (25–99 appearances)">List of Bristol Rovers F.C. players (25–99 appearances)</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Bristol_Rovers_F.C._international_players" title="List of Bristol Rovers F.C. international players">List of Bristol Rovers F.C. international players</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Category:Bristol_Rovers_F.C._players" title="Category:Bristol Rovers F.C. players">Category:Bristol Rovers F.C. players</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hall_of_fame">Hall of fame</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Hall of fame">edit</a>]</div> The football club launched its official Hall of Fame in 2021 in partnership with Retro Rovers podcast with the purpose of recognising the players and managers who had had the greatest impact. It was announced that ten people would be inducted in the Hall at a rate of one per week in the first half of 2021, with three added per year thereafter.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> The first inductee was the club's all-time record goalscorer <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Bradford" title="Geoff Bradford">Geoff Bradford</a>. <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>Bristol Rovers Hall of Fame Inductees </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Inductee #</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Appearances</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Period</th> <th>Date inducted</th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Geoff_Bradford" title="Geoff Bradford">Geoff Bradford</a></td> <td>461</td> <td>242</td> <td>1949–1964</td> <td>26 February 2021<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a></td> <td>Club record goalscorer </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Taylor_(footballer,_born_1947)" title="Stuart Taylor (footballer, born 1947)">Stuart Taylor</a></td> <td>546</td> <td>28</td> <td>1965–1980</td> <td>5 March 2021<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a></td> <td>Club record appearance maker </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Bamford" title="Harry Bamford">Harry Bamford</a></td> <td>486</td> <td>5</td> <td>1945–1958</td> <td>12 March 2021<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a></td> <td>Second most appearances for the club. </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Alfie_Biggs" title="Alfie Biggs">Alfie Biggs</a></td> <td>463</td> <td>197</td> <td>1953–1961 & 1962–1968</td> <td>19 March 2021<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a></td> <td>Second top scorer in the club's history. </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Warren_(footballer)" title="Ray Warren (footballer)">Ray Warren</a></td> <td>450</td> <td>28</td> <td>1936–1956</td> <td>26 March 2021<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a></td> <td>Title winning captain in 1952-53. </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Pitt" title="Jack Pitt">Jack Pitt</a></td> <td>499</td> <td>16</td> <td>1946–1960</td> <td>3 April 2021<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a></td> <td>Spent 50 years at club as player, coach & groundsman </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/George_Petherbridge" title="George Petherbridge">George Petherbridge</a></td> <td>457</td> <td>85</td> <td>1945–1962</td> <td>9 April 2021<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a></td> <td>More FA Cup appearances than any other player for the club. </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Barrett_(footballer)" title="Mike Barrett (footballer)">Mickey Barrett</a></td> <td>129</td> <td>18</td> <td>1979–1984</td> <td>16 April 2021<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a></td> <td>Talented fan favourite who died from lung cancer in 1984, aged just 24 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Jarman" title="Harold Jarman">Harold Jarman</a></td> <td>452</td> <td>127</td> <td>1959–1973 (player) 1979–1980 (manager)</td> <td>23 April 2021<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a></td> <td>Third top scorer in the club's history </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Josser_Watling" title="Josser Watling">Josser Watling</a></td> <td>323</td> <td>19</td> <td>1945–1963</td> <td>30 April 2021<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a></td> <td>Oldest living former Rovers player. Died on 3 June 2023 at the age of 98.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_notable_players">Other notable players</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Other notable players">edit</a>]</div> This is a list of the other most noted former players at Bristol Rovers Football Club (excluding those listed in the Hall of Fame above) stating the period that each player spent at the club, their nationality and their reason for being listed. To be included in this list a player must have made over 400 league appearances for the club, scored over 100 league goals or hold a club record. <dl><dd>Note: all details from Byrne & Jay (2003), unless otherwise stated</dd></dl> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Years</th> <th>Nation</th> <th>Player</th> <th>Achievement</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1928–1932</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Dix" title="Ronnie Dix">Ronnie Dix</a></td> <td>The club's youngest ever player, at 15 years 173 days. <a href="/wiki/The_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="The Football League">The Football League</a>'s youngest ever goalscorer, at 15 years 180 days.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1945–1955</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vic_Lambden" title="Vic Lambden">Vic Lambden</a></td> <td>Scored 117 goals in 268 league appearances.</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1945–1962</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Petherbridge" title="George Petherbridge">George Petherbridge</a></td> <td>Played 457 league games.</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1953–1962</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Kenya_%281921%E2%80%931963%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kenya_%281921%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Kenya_%281921%E2%80%931963%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kenya_%281921%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Kenya_%281921%E2%80%931963%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kenya_%281921%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> Kenya</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Hooper_(footballer)" title="Peter Hooper (footballer)">Peter Hooper</a></td> <td>Scored 101 goals in 297 league games.</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1956–1973</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(footballer,_born_1938)" title="Bobby Jones (footballer, born 1938)">Bobby Jones</a></td> <td>Played 421 league games and scored 101 goals.</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1959–1973</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harold_Jarman" title="Harold Jarman">Harold Jarman</a></td> <td>Played 452 league games and scored 127 goals.</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981–1999</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ian_Holloway" title="Ian Holloway">Ian Holloway</a></td> <td>Named the fans' Cult Hero in a <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> poll.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987–1989</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Martyn" title="Nigel Martyn">Nigel Martyn</a></td> <td>Became the first goalkeeper to command a million pound transfer fee when he was sold to <a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C." title="Crystal Palace F.C.">Crystal Palace</a>.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992–2000</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andy_Tillson" title="Andy Tillson">Andy Tillson</a></td> <td>Record signing, and former club captain.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-sb_records-99">[99]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997–1999</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barry_Hayles" title="Barry Hayles">Barry Hayles</a></td> <td>Club record sale when he moved to <a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham</a> for £2,100,000.</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000–2003</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvia</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vit%C4%81lijs_Astafjevs" title="Vitālijs Astafjevs">Vitālijs Astafjevs</a></td> <td>Most internationally capped Bristol Rovers player, with 31 appearances for <a href="/wiki/Latvia_national_football_team" title="Latvia national football team">Latvia</a> while playing with Rovers 158 times.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-sb_records-99">[99]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016–2018</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Byron_Moore" title="Byron Moore">Byron Moore</a></td> <td>Scorer of Rovers' fastest ever league goal (11 seconds) vs <a href="/wiki/AFC_Wimbledon" title="AFC Wimbledon">AFC Wimbledon</a></td> <td><a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Club_staff">Club staff</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Club staff">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Club_personnel">Club personnel</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Club personnel">edit</a>]</div> As of 1 July 2024<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:#2B60DE; color:white;;" scope="col">Job title </th> <th style="background-color:#2B60DE; color:white;;" scope="col">Name </th></tr> <tr> <td>Manager</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Taylor_(footballer,_born_1982)" title="Matt Taylor (footballer, born 1982)">Matt Taylor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assistant manager</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Carlisle" title="Wayne Carlisle">Wayne Carlisle</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>First-team coach</td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Horseman" title="David Horseman">David Horseman</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Head of Goalkeeping</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Brown_(footballer,_born_April_1985)" title="Scott Brown (footballer, born April 1985)">Scott Brown</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Head of Medical</td> <td>Andrew Proctor </td></tr> <tr> <td>Club Doctor</td> <td>Ian Ferguson </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sports Therapist</td> <td>Leighanne Kelly </td></tr> <tr> <td>Director of Football</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Friend" title="George Friend">George Friend</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Head of Recruitment</td> <td>Chris Spendlove </td></tr> <tr> <td>Head Analyst</td> <td>Liam McCartan </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assistant Sports Scientist</td> <td>Harvey Baker </td></tr> <tr> <td>Strength & Conditioning Coach</td> <td>Chris Cone </td></tr> <tr> <td>Academy Manager</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Byron_Anthony" title="Byron Anthony">Byron Anthony</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Youth Development Phase Lead Coach (U13-U16s)</td> <td>Phil Hicks </td></tr> <tr> <td>Foundation Phase Lead Coach</td> <td>Jake Sainsbury </td></tr> <tr> <td>Groundsman</td> <td>Ben "Fordy" Ford </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kit Man</td> <td>Josh Evans </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assistant Kit Man</td> <td>Tom Foley </td></tr> <tr> <td>Club Secretary</td> <td>Vacant </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Board_of_directors">Board of directors</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Board of directors">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: left"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:#2B60DE; color:white;;" scope="col">Position </th> <th style="background-color:#2B60DE; color:white;;" scope="col">Name<a href="#cite_note-contact-15">[15]</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td>President</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wael_al-Qadi" title="Wael al-Qadi">Wael al-Qadi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>CEO</td> <td>Tom Gorringe </td></tr> <tr> <td>Head of Football Operations</td> <td>Eddy Jennings </td></tr> <tr> <td>Non-Executive Director</td> <td>Chris Gibson MBE </td></tr> <tr> <td>Supporters Club Representative</td> <td>Stephen Lamble </td></tr> <tr> <td>Supporters Club Representative</td> <td>Helen Wigmore </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Managerial_history">Managerial history</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Managerial history">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Bristol_Rovers_F.C._managers" title="List of Bristol Rovers F.C. managers">List of Bristol Rovers F.C. managers</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alfred_Homer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Alfred_Homer.jpg/170px-Alfred_Homer.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Alfred_Homer.jpg/255px-Alfred_Homer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Alfred_Homer.jpg/340px-Alfred_Homer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="394" data-file-height="384" /></a><figcaption>The first manager of Bristol Rovers, <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Homer" title="Alfred Homer">Alfred Homer</a></figcaption></figure> 36 men have been appointed as a manager of Bristol Rovers Football Club, excluding caretaker managers.<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="Brough Fletcher in source is 1949 and not 1950. Bobby Campbell is 1978. Ron Gingell not mentioned. Denis Rofe is listed after Malcom Allison in 1992 (not before him in 1991). Steve Cross not mentioned. Holloway as 'player-manager 1996–99' not mentioned. Gary Thompson not listed as 'caretaker'. Phil Bater not listed as 'caretaker', either time - 2002 or 2004. Russell Osman & Kevan Broadhurst as joint managers, but not listed as 'caretakers'. stops at Paul Trollope's appointment, no date of exit. (February 2024)">failed verification</a>]<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Gould" title="Bobby Gould">Bobby Gould</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Francis" title="Gerry Francis">Gerry Francis</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Ward_(footballer,_born_1951)" title="John Ward (footballer, born 1951)">John Ward</a> are the only men to have been given the job on a permanent basis twice, although <a href="/wiki/Garry_Thompson_(footballer_born_1959)" class="mw-redirect" title="Garry Thompson (footballer born 1959)">Garry Thompson</a> had a spell as caretaker manager before later being appointed permanently, and <a href="/wiki/Phil_Bater" title="Phil Bater">Phil Bater</a> was caretaker manager on two occasions. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 28em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Homer" title="Alfred Homer">Alfred Homer</a> 1899–1920</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Hall_(footballer,_born_1879)" title="Ben Hall (footballer, born 1879)">Ben Hall</a> 1920–21</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Wilson_(footballer_born_1880)" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrew Wilson (footballer born 1880)">Andrew Wilson</a> 1921–26</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Palmer_(football_manager)" title="Joe Palmer (football manager)">Joe Palmer</a> 1926–29</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/David_McLean_(footballer_born_1887)" class="mw-redirect" title="David McLean (footballer born 1887)">David McLean</a> 1929–30</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Albert_Prince-Cox" title="Albert Prince-Cox">Albert Prince-Cox</a> 1930–36</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Percy_Smith_(English_footballer)" title="Percy Smith (English footballer)">Percy Smith</a> 1936–37</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Brough_Fletcher" title="Brough Fletcher">Brough Fletcher</a> 1938–50</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Bert_Tann" title="Bert Tann">Bert Tann</a> 1950–68</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Fred_Ford_(football_manager)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fred Ford (football manager)">Fred Ford</a> 1968–69</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Dodgin_Sr." title="Bill Dodgin Sr.">Bill Dodgin Sr.</a> 1969–72</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Don_Megson" title="Don Megson">Don Megson</a> 1972–77</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Campbell_(footballer,_born_1922)" title="Bobby Campbell (footballer, born 1922)">Bobby Campbell</a> 1977–79</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Harold_Jarman" title="Harold Jarman">Harold Jarman</a> 1979–80</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Terry_Cooper_(footballer_born_1944)" class="mw-redirect" title="Terry Cooper (footballer born 1944)">Terry Cooper</a> 1980–81</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Ron_Gingell" title="Ron Gingell">Ron Gingell</a> 1981 (caretaker)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Gould" title="Bobby Gould">Bobby Gould</a> 1981–83</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/David_Williams_(Welsh_footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Williams (Welsh footballer)">David Williams</a> 1983–85</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Gould" title="Bobby Gould">Bobby Gould</a> 1985–87</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Francis" title="Gerry Francis">Gerry Francis</a> 1987–91</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Martin_Dobson" title="Martin Dobson">Martin Dobson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Rofe" title="Dennis Rofe">Dennis Rofe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Allison" title="Malcolm Allison">Malcolm Allison</a> 1992–93</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Cross_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve Cross (football)">Steve Cross</a> 1993 (caretaker)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/John_Ward_(footballer,_born_1951)" title="John Ward (footballer, born 1951)">John Ward</a> 1993–96</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Ian_Holloway" title="Ian Holloway">Ian Holloway</a> 1996–2001 (player-manager 1996–99)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Garry_Thompson_(footballer_born_1959)" class="mw-redirect" title="Garry Thompson (footballer born 1959)">Garry Thompson</a> 2001 (caretaker)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Francis" title="Gerry Francis">Gerry Francis</a> 2001</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Garry_Thompson_(footballer_born_1959)" class="mw-redirect" title="Garry Thompson (footballer born 1959)">Garry Thompson</a> 2001–02</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Phil_Bater" title="Phil Bater">Phil Bater</a> 2002 (caretaker)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Ray_Graydon" title="Ray Graydon">Ray Graydon</a> 2002–04</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Phil_Bater" title="Phil Bater">Phil Bater</a> 2004 (caretaker)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Russell_Osman" title="Russell Osman">Russell Osman</a> & <a href="/wiki/Kevan_Broadhurst" title="Kevan Broadhurst">Kevan Broadhurst</a> 2004 (joint caretakers)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Ian_Atkins" title="Ian Atkins">Ian Atkins</a> 2004–05</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Trollope" title="Paul Trollope">Paul Trollope</a> 2005–10</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland"><img alt="Northern Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Darren_Patterson" title="Darren Patterson">Darren Patterson</a> 2010–11 (caretaker)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Penney" title="Dave Penney">Dave Penney</a> 2011</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Campbell_(footballer)" title="Stuart Campbell (footballer)">Stuart Campbell</a> 2011 (caretaker)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Buckle" title="Paul Buckle">Paul Buckle</a> 2011–12</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shaun_North&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shaun North (page does not exist)">Shaun North</a> 2012 (caretaker)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Mark_McGhee" title="Mark McGhee">Mark McGhee</a> 2012</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/John_Ward_(footballer,_born_1951)" title="John Ward (footballer, born 1951)">John Ward</a> 2012–14</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Clarke" title="Darrell Clarke">Darrell Clarke</a> 2014–18</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland"><img alt="Republic of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Graham_Coughlan" title="Graham Coughlan">Graham Coughlan</a> 2018–19 (caretaker)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland"><img alt="Republic of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Graham_Coughlan" title="Graham Coughlan">Graham Coughlan</a> 2019</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland"><img alt="Republic of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Dunne" title="Joe Dunne">Joe Dunne</a> 2019 (caretaker)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland"><img alt="Republic of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Maher" title="Kevin Maher">Kevin Maher</a> 2019 (caretaker)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Garner" title="Ben Garner">Ben Garner</a> 2019–20</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Widdrington" title="Tommy Widdrington">Tommy Widdrington</a> 2020 (caretaker)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Tisdale" title="Paul Tisdale">Paul Tisdale</a> 2020–21</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Widdrington" title="Tommy Widdrington">Tommy Widdrington</a> 2021 (caretaker)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Joey_Barton" title="Joey Barton">Joey Barton</a> 2021–2023</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Andy_Mangan" title="Andy Mangan">Andy Mangan</a> 2023 (caretaker)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Matt_Taylor_(footballer,_born_1982)" title="Matt Taylor (footballer, born 1982)">Matt Taylor</a> 2023–</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Youth_Academy">Youth Academy</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Youth Academy">edit</a>]</div> The Bristol Rovers Academy currently[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">when?</a>] operates at <a href="/wiki/The_City_Academy_Bristol" class="mw-redirect" title="The City Academy Bristol">The City Academy Bristol</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sir_Bernard_Lovell_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Bernard Lovell School">Sir Bernard Lovell School</a>. Current first-team squad members <a href="/wiki/Kofi_Shaw" title="Kofi Shaw">Kofi Shaw</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jed_Ward" title="Jed Ward">Jed Ward</a> graduated from the Academy to earn professional contracts.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] In May 2021, U16s player Kyrie Pierre signed for <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C._Under-23s_and_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="Aston Villa F.C. Under-23s and Academy">Aston Villa</a> for an undisclosed six-figure fee, a record fee received by the Academy for a player.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> One former member of the academy is <a href="/wiki/Scott_Sinclair" title="Scott Sinclair">Scott Sinclair</a>, who was signed by <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a> in 2005 for £200,000, with further payments to the club possible, depending on performance.<a href="#cite_note-football-league2005-105">[105]</a> Other former Academy players currently contracted to teams in the <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> or <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">English Football League</a> include <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Broom" title="Ryan Broom">Ryan Broom</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fleetwood_Town_F.C." title="Fleetwood Town F.C.">Fleetwood Town</a>), <a href="/wiki/Ollie_Clarke" title="Ollie Clarke">Ollie Clarke</a> (<a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a>), <a href="/wiki/Ellis_Harrison" title="Ellis Harrison">Ellis Harrison</a> (<a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes_Dons_F.C." title="Milton Keynes Dons F.C.">Milton Keynes Dons</a>), <a href="/wiki/Alfie_Kilgour" title="Alfie Kilgour">Alfie Kilgour</a> (Mansfield Town), <a href="/wiki/Tom_Lockyer_(footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tom Lockyer (footballer)">Tom Lockyer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a>), <a href="/wiki/Matt_Macey" title="Matt Macey">Matt Macey</a> (<a href="/wiki/Colchester_United_F.C." title="Colchester United F.C.">Colchester United</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Donovan_Wilson_(footballer)" title="Donovan Wilson (footballer)">Donovan Wilson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Grimsby_Town_F.C." title="Grimsby Town F.C.">Grimsby Town</a>).[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Women's_team">Women's team</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Women's team">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BristolAvBirmingham.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/BristolAvBirmingham.jpg/220px-BristolAvBirmingham.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/BristolAvBirmingham.jpg/330px-BristolAvBirmingham.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/BristolAvBirmingham.jpg/440px-BristolAvBirmingham.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Bristol Academy v <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_L.F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham City L.F.C.">Birmingham City</a>, October 2006</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_W.F.C." title="Bristol Rovers W.F.C.">Bristol Rovers W.F.C.</a></div> The club formerly had a <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_association_football" title="Women's association football">women's team</a>, set up in 1998, as Bristol Rovers W.F.C., following a merger with Cable-Tel L.F.C..[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">failed verification</a>] This merger came about as Bristol Rovers only had girls' teams up to the under-16 age group level, so when girls reached the age of 16 they were forced to leave the club.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">failed verification</a>] The merger with Cable-Tel meant that Bristol Rovers had a <a href="/wiki/First_team_(association_football)#F" class="mw-redirect" title="First team (association football)">senior squad</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">failed verification</a>] The club's name was changed to Bristol Academy W.F.C. in 2005, to reflect the increased investment from the <a href="/wiki/South_Gloucestershire_and_Stroud_College" title="South Gloucestershire and Stroud College">Bristol Academy of Sport</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">failed verification</a>] In 2016, Bristol Academy were re-branded as <a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_W.F.C." title="Bristol City W.F.C.">Bristol City</a> following a sponsorship arrangement with Rovers' local rivals.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="for 'following a sponsorship arrangement'. source only says 'working with our partners at Bristol City FC and Bristol Sport Limited'. if that is the sponsorship arrangement, it is also with Bristol Sport Limited? (February 2024)">additional citation(s) needed</a>]<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> In 2019, it was announced that Rovers were to reform their women's team. They began fielding two teams in the <a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire_County_Women%27s_Football_League" title="Gloucestershire County Women's Football League">Gloucestershire County Women's Football League</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2019-20_in_English_football" class="mw-redirect" title="2019-20 in English football">2019–20</a> season. The relaunched Bristol Rovers Women's FC was founded by Matthew Davies and Nathan Hallett-Young.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">failed verification</a>] As of 2019, the first team played in Division One, with a development team playing in Division Two.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a><a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Records">Records</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Records">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scorelines">Scorelines</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Scorelines">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Geoff_Bradford.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Geoff_Bradford.jpg/170px-Geoff_Bradford.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="277" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Geoff_Bradford.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="179" data-file-height="292" /></a><figcaption>Bristol Rovers record goalscorer, <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Bradford" title="Geoff Bradford">Geoff Bradford</a>. Picture taken in 1988, when he was 61 years old.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Biggest League Win:<a href="#cite_note-club_records-109">[109]</a> <ul><li>7–0 (v <a href="/wiki/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C." title="Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.">Brighton & Hove Albion</a>, Division Three (South), 29 November 1952)</li> <li>7–0 (v <a href="/wiki/Swansea_City_A.F.C." title="Swansea City A.F.C.">Swansea City</a>, Division Two, 2 October 1954)</li> <li>7–0 (v <a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_Town_F.C." title="Shrewsbury Town F.C.">Shrewsbury Town</a>, Division Three, 21 March 1964)</li> <li>7–0 (v <a href="/wiki/Alfreton_Town_F.C." title="Alfreton Town F.C.">Alfreton Town</a>, Conference Premier, 25 April 2015)<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a></li> <li>7–0 (v <a href="/wiki/Scunthorpe_United" class="mw-redirect" title="Scunthorpe United">Scunthorpe United</a>, League Two, 7 May 2022)<a href="#cite_note-7.5.22-111">[111]</a> <ul><li>Biggest Cup Win:</li></ul></li> <li>Competition proper: <ul><li>6–0 (v <a href="/wiki/Merthyr_Tydfil_F.C." title="Merthyr Tydfil F.C.">Merthyr Tydfil</a>, FA Cup round 1, 14 November 1987)<a href="#cite_note-club_records-109">[109]</a></li> <li>6–0 (v <a href="/wiki/Darlington_F.C." title="Darlington F.C.">Darlington</a>, FA Cup round 2, 29 November 2020)<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a></li></ul></li> <li>Qualifying: 15–1 (v <a href="/wiki/Weymouth_F.C." title="Weymouth F.C.">Weymouth</a>, FA Cup Third Qualifying Round, 17 November 1900)<a href="#cite_note-club_records-109">[109]</a></li></ul></li> <li>Biggest League Defeat: 0–12 (v <a href="/wiki/Luton_Town" class="mw-redirect" title="Luton Town">Luton Town</a>, Division Three South, 13 April 1936)<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Players_2">Players</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Players">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Most League Appearances: 546 – <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Taylor_(footballer_born_1947)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stuart Taylor (footballer born 1947)">Stuart Taylor</a>, 1966–1980<a href="#cite_note-Football_Yearbook_06-07-114">[114]</a></li> <li>Most Goals for club: 242 – <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Bradford" title="Geoff Bradford">Geoff Bradford</a>, 1949–1964<a href="#cite_note-Football_Yearbook_06-07-114">[114]</a></li> <li>Most Goals in a season: 33 – Geoff Bradford, 1952–53<a href="#cite_note-Football_Yearbook_06-07-114">[114]</a></li> <li>Highest <a href="/wiki/Transfer_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Transfer (football)">Transfer Fee</a> Paid: £375,000 – <a href="/wiki/Andy_Tillson" title="Andy Tillson">Andy Tillson</a> from Queens Park Rangers, November 1992<a href="#cite_note-Football_Yearbook_06-07-114">[114]</a></li> <li>Highest Transfer Fee Received: £2,600,000 – <a href="/wiki/Barry_Hayles" title="Barry Hayles">Barry Hayles</a> to Fulham, November 1998[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other">Other</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Other">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Record Home Attendance: 38,472 (v <a href="/wiki/Preston_North_End_F.C." title="Preston North End F.C.">Preston North End</a>, <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a>, 30 January 1960)<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a></li> <li>Best <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> performance: Quarter-finals, <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_FA_Cup" title="2007–08 FA Cup">2007–08</a><a href="#cite_note-fchd-7">[7]</a></li> <li>Best <a href="/wiki/EFL_Cup" title="EFL Cup">League Cup</a> performance: Quarter-finals: <a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_Football_League_Cup" title="1970–71 Football League Cup">1970–71</a>, <a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Football_League_Cup" title="1971–72 Football League Cup">1971–72</a><a href="#cite_note-fchd-7">[7]</a></li> <li>Best <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Trophy">League Trophy</a> performance: Runners-up, <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Football_League_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="1989–90 Football League Trophy">1989–90</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Football_League_Trophy" title="2006–07 Football League Trophy">2006–07</a><a href="#cite_note-fchd-7">[7]</a></li> <li>Best <a href="/wiki/FA_Trophy" title="FA Trophy">FA Trophy</a> performance: First round, <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_FA_Trophy" title="2014–15 FA Trophy">2014–15</a><a href="#cite_note-fchd-7">[7]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Honours">edit</a>]</div> Bristol Rovers have won the following honours:<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a><a href="#cite_note-fchd-7">[7]</a> League <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division_South" title="Football League Third Division South">Third Division South</a> / <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division" title="Football League Third Division">Third Division</a> (level 3) <ul><li>Champions: <a href="/wiki/1952%E2%80%9353_Football_League_Third_Division_South" class="mw-redirect" title="1952–53 Football League Third Division South">1952–53</a>, <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Football_League_Third_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1989–90 Football League Third Division">1989–90</a></li> <li>Runners-up: <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Football_League_Third_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1973–74 Football League Third Division">1973–74</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Fourth_Division" title="Football League Fourth Division">Fourth Division</a> / <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Two" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Two">League Two</a> (level 4) <ul><li>Promoted: <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Football_League_Two" title="2015–16 Football League Two">2015–16</a>, <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_EFL_League_Two" title="2021–22 EFL League Two">2021–22</a></li> <li>Play-off winners: <a href="/wiki/2007_Football_League_play-offs#League_Two" title="2007 Football League play-offs">2007</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_League_(division)" title="National League (division)">Conference Premier</a> (level 5) <ul><li>Play-off winners: <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Football_Conference#Play-offs_1" title="2014–15 Football Conference">2015</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Football_League" title="Southern Football League">Southern League</a> <ul><li>Champions: <a href="/wiki/1904%E2%80%9305_Southern_Football_League" title="1904–05 Southern Football League">1904–05</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Football_League" title="Western Football League">Western League</a> <ul><li>Champions: <a href="/wiki/1899%E2%80%931900_Western_Football_League" title="1899–1900 Western Football League">1899–1900</a></li> <li>Runners-up: <a href="/wiki/1902%E2%80%9303_Western_Football_League" title="1902–03 Western Football League">1902–03</a></li></ul></li></ul> Cup <ul><li><a href="/wiki/EFL_Trophy" title="EFL Trophy">Associate Members' Cup / Football League Trophy</a> <ul><li>Runners-up: <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Associate_Members%27_Cup" title="1989–90 Associate Members' Cup">1989–90</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Football_League_Trophy" title="2006–07 Football League Trophy">2006–07</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division_South_Cup" title="Football League Third Division South Cup">Third Division South Cup</a> <ul><li>Winners: <a href="/wiki/1934%E2%80%9335_Football_League" title="1934–35 Football League">1934–35</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watney_Cup" title="Watney Cup">Watney Cup</a> <ul><li>Winners: 1972</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire_Cup" title="Gloucestershire Cup">Gloucestershire Cup</a> <ul><li>Winners (32): 1888–89, 1902–03, 1904–05, 1913–14, 1924–25, 1927–28, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1937–38, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1958–59, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">failed verification</a>]</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rovers_F.C.&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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title="2014–15 Football League One">2014–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Football_League_One" title="2015–16 Football League One">2015–16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_EFL_League_One" title="2016–17 EFL League One">2016–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_EFL_League_One" title="2017–18 EFL League One">2017–18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_EFL_League_One" title="2018–19 EFL League One">2018–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_EFL_League_One" title="2019–20 EFL League One">2019–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_EFL_League_One" title="2020–21 EFL League One">2020–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_EFL_League_One" title="2021–22 EFL League One">2021–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_EFL_League_One" title="2022–23 EFL League One">2022–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_EFL_League_One" title="2023–24 EFL League One">2023–24</a></li> <li><a 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F.C.">Carlisle United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Town_F.C." title="Cheltenham Town F.C.">Cheltenham Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_F.C." title="Chesterfield F.C.">Chesterfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colchester_United_F.C." title="Colchester United F.C.">Colchester United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventry_City_F.C." title="Coventry City F.C.">Coventry City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C.">Crewe Alexandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagenham_%26_Redbridge_F.C." title="Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.">Dagenham & Redbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Rovers_F.C." title="Doncaster Rovers F.C.">Doncaster Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleetwood_Town_F.C." title="Fleetwood Town F.C.">Fleetwood Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_Green_Rovers_F.C." title="Forest Green Rovers F.C.">Forest Green Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillingham_F.C." title="Gillingham F.C.">Gillingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_United_F.C." title="Hartlepool United F.C.">Hartlepool United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hereford_United_F.C." title="Hereford United F.C.">Hereford United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hull_City_A.F.C." title="Hull City A.F.C.">Hull City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ipswich_Town_F.C." title="Ipswich Town F.C.">Ipswich Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C." title="Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millwall_F.C." title="Millwall F.C.">Millwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes_Dons_F.C." title="Milton Keynes Dons F.C.">Milton Keynes Dons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morecambe_F.C." title="Morecambe F.C.">Morecambe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwich_City_F.C." title="Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C." title="Nottingham Forest F.C.">Nottingham Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Notts_County_F.C." title="Notts County F.C.">Notts County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C." title="Oldham Athletic A.F.C.">Oldham Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford_United_F.C." title="Oxford United F.C.">Oxford United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C." title="Plymouth Argyle F.C.">Plymouth Argyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C." title="Portsmouth F.C.">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preston_North_End_F.C." title="Preston North End F.C.">Preston North End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochdale_A.F.C." title="Rochdale A.F.C.">Rochdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scunthorpe_United_F.C." title="Scunthorpe United F.C.">Scunthorpe United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_United_F.C." title="Sheffield United F.C.">Sheffield United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C." title="Sheffield Wednesday F.C.">Sheffield Wednesday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southampton_F.C." title="Southampton F.C.">Southampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southend_United_F.C." title="Southend United F.C.">Southend United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea_City_A.F.C." title="Swansea City A.F.C.">Swansea City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torquay_United_F.C." title="Torquay United F.C.">Torquay United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tranmere_Rovers_F.C." title="Tranmere Rovers F.C.">Tranmere Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walsall_F.C." title="Walsall F.C.">Walsall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Town_F.C." title="Yeovil Town F.C.">Yeovil Town</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Competition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EFL_League_One_seasons" title="List of EFL League One seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EFL_League_One_clubs" title="List of EFL League One clubs">Teams</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_EFL_League_One_and_predecessors" title="List of winners of the EFL League One and predecessors">winners</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:EFL_League_One_managers" title="Template:EFL League One managers">Managers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Premier_League_and_English_Football_League_managers" title="List of current Premier League and English Football League managers">current</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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title="EFL League One Player of the Month">Player of the Month</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EFL_League_One_hat-tricks" title="List of EFL League One hat-tricks">Hat-tricks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EFL_Young_Player_of_the_Month" title="EFL Young Player of the Month">Young Player of the Month</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Finances</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_football_club_owners" class="mw-redirect" title="List of English football club owners">Club owners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League%E2%80%93Football_League_gulf" title="Premier League–Football League gulf">Premier League–Football League gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_parachute_and_solidarity_payments" title="Premier League parachute and solidarity payments">Parachute and solidarity payments</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sponsors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coca-Cola" title="Coca-Cola">Coca-Cola</a> (2004–10)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Npower_(United_Kingdom)" title="Npower (United Kingdom)">Npower</a> (2010–13)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Bet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky Bet">Sky Bet</a> (2013–)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Associated competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EFL_Cup" title="EFL Cup">EFL Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EFL_Trophy" title="EFL Trophy">EFL Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EFL_League_One_play-offs" title="EFL League One play-offs">Play-offs</a></li></ul> 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Football_League_Two" title="2004–05 Football League Two">2004–05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Football_League_Two" class="mw-redirect" title="2005–06 Football League Two">2005–06</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Football_League#Football_League_Two" title="2006–07 Football League">2006–07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Football_League_Two" title="2007–08 Football League Two">2007–08</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_Two" title="2008–09 Football League Two">2008–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Football_League_Two" title="2009–10 Football League Two">2009–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Football_League_Two" title="2010–11 Football League Two">2010–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Football_League_Two" title="2011–12 Football League Two">2011–12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Football_League_Two" title="2012–13 Football League Two">2012–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Football_League_Two" title="2013–14 Football League Two">2013–14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Football_League_Two" title="2014–15 Football League Two">2014–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Football_League_Two" title="2015–16 Football League Two">2015–16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_EFL_League_Two" title="2016–17 EFL League Two">2016–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_EFL_League_Two" title="2017–18 EFL League Two">2017–18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_EFL_League_Two" title="2018–19 EFL League Two">2018–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_EFL_League_Two" title="2019–20 EFL League Two">2019–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_EFL_League_Two" title="2020–21 EFL League Two">2020–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_EFL_League_Two" title="2021–22 EFL League Two">2021–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_EFL_League_Two" title="2022–23 EFL League Two">2022–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_EFL_League_Two" title="2023–24 EFL League Two">2023–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_EFL_League_Two" title="2024–25 EFL League Two">2024–25</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_EFL_League_Two_clubs" title="List of EFL League Two clubs">Clubs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_EFL_League_Two" title="2024–25 EFL League Two">2024–25 clubs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Accrington_Stanley_F.C." title="Accrington Stanley F.C.">Accrington Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AFC_Wimbledon" title="AFC Wimbledon">AFC Wimbledon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrow_A.F.C." title="Barrow A.F.C.">Barrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradford_City_A.F.C." title="Bradford City A.F.C.">Bradford City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bromley_F.C." title="Bromley F.C.">Bromley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlisle_United_F.C." title="Carlisle United F.C.">Carlisle United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Town_F.C." title="Cheltenham Town F.C.">Cheltenham Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_F.C." title="Chesterfield F.C.">Chesterfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colchester_United_F.C." title="Colchester United F.C.">Colchester United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C.">Crewe Alexandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Rovers_F.C." title="Doncaster Rovers F.C.">Doncaster Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleetwood_Town_F.C." title="Fleetwood Town F.C.">Fleetwood Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillingham_F.C." title="Gillingham F.C.">Gillingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grimsby_Town_F.C." title="Grimsby Town F.C.">Grimsby Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrogate_Town_A.F.C." title="Harrogate Town A.F.C.">Harrogate Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes_Dons_F.C." title="Milton Keynes Dons F.C.">Milton Keynes Dons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morecambe_F.C." title="Morecambe F.C.">Morecambe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport_County_A.F.C." title="Newport County A.F.C.">Newport County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Notts_County_F.C." title="Notts County F.C.">Notts County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salford_City_F.C." title="Salford City F.C.">Salford City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tranmere_Rovers_F.C." title="Tranmere Rovers F.C.">Tranmere Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walsall_F.C." title="Walsall F.C.">Walsall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former clubs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth" title="AFC Bournemouth">AFC Bournemouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aldershot_Town_F.C." title="Aldershot Town F.C.">Aldershot Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnet_F.C." title="Barnet F.C.">Barnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_United_F.C." title="Boston United F.C.">Boston United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bristol Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burton_Albion_F.C." title="Burton Albion F.C.">Burton Albion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bury_F.C." title="Bury F.C.">Bury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_United_F.C." title="Cambridge United F.C.">Cambridge United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_City_F.C." title="Chester City F.C.">Chester City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventry_City_F.C." title="Coventry City F.C.">Coventry City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crawley_Town_F.C." title="Crawley Town F.C.">Crawley Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagenham_%26_Redbridge_F.C." title="Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.">Dagenham & Redbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darlington_F.C." title="Darlington F.C.">Darlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exeter_City_F.C." title="Exeter City F.C.">Exeter City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_Green_Rovers_F.C." title="Forest Green Rovers F.C.">Forest Green Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_United_F.C." title="Hartlepool United F.C.">Hartlepool United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hereford_United_F.C." title="Hereford United F.C.">Hereford United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_Harriers_F.C." title="Kidderminster Harriers F.C.">Kidderminster Harriers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leyton_Orient_F.C." title="Leyton Orient F.C.">Leyton Orient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_City_F.C." title="Lincoln City F.C.">Lincoln City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macclesfield_Town_F.C." title="Macclesfield Town F.C.">Macclesfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansfield_Town_F.C." title="Mansfield Town F.C.">Mansfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_Town_F.C." title="Northampton Town F.C.">Northampton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C." title="Oldham Athletic A.F.C.">Oldham Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford_United_F.C." title="Oxford United F.C.">Oxford United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterborough_United_F.C." title="Peterborough United F.C.">Peterborough United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C." title="Plymouth Argyle F.C.">Plymouth Argyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C." title="Portsmouth F.C.">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochdale_A.F.C." title="Rochdale A.F.C.">Rochdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rotherham_United_F.C." title="Rotherham United F.C.">Rotherham United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rushden_%26_Diamonds_F.C." title="Rushden & Diamonds F.C.">Rushden & Diamonds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scunthorpe_United_F.C." title="Scunthorpe United F.C.">Scunthorpe United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_Town_F.C." title="Shrewsbury Town F.C.">Shrewsbury Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southend_United_F.C." title="Southend United F.C.">Southend United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevenage_F.C." title="Stevenage F.C.">Stevenage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockport_County_F.C." title="Stockport County F.C.">Stockport County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton_United_F.C." title="Sutton United F.C.">Sutton United</a></li> <li><a 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