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2016–17 Bristol Rovers F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was the 134th season in Bristol Rovers' history and their 89th in the English Football League. Following back-to-back promotions in 2014–15 and 2015–16, Rovers competed in the third tier of English football, League One. What was a steady season, Rovers played the likes of Coventry and Chelsea (in the EFL Cup) for the first time in decades. After a brief playoff push towards the end of the season, Rovers finished in a respectable 10th place with 66 points, their highest finish in the football league since the 1999–2000 season.

Bristol Rovers F.C.
2016–17 season
ChairmanSteve Hamer
ManagerDarrell Clarke
StadiumMemorial Stadium
League One10th
FA CupSecond round proper (Eliminated by Barrow)
EFL CupSecond round (Eliminated by Chelsea)
EFL TrophyGroup stage (Eliminated at the group stages)
Top goalscorerLeague: Matty Taylor (16)
All: Matty Taylor (18)[1]
Highest home attendance11,750 (vs. Millwall, 30 April 2017)
Lowest home attendance7,805 (vs. Walsall, 13 September 2016)
Average home league attendance9,219

Season events

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Pre-season

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Rovers manager Darrell Clarke was quick to make good on his promise to offer all out-of-contract senior players new contracts if the club was promoted,[2] confirming that, with the exception of Rory Fallon, new deals were "in the post" just five days after the previous season had concluded.[3] In addition to Lee Brown and Tom Lockyer, whose deals were signed before the season had ended,[4][5] goalkeeper Steve Mildenhall and midfielder Jay Malpas were the first to sign a new deals on 17 May.[6] Toward the end of May, Clarke himself had agreed a new three-year contract, making him the highest paid manager in the club's history.[7] This came after the club received a formal approach from Championship side Leeds United which Rovers rejected.[8]

June saw defender Daniel Leadbitter[9] and winger Billy Bodin[10] sign new two-year contracts at Rovers. Goalkeeper Will Puddy,[11] defenders James Clarke[12] and Mark McChrystal,[13] midfielders Lee Mansell[14] Cristian Montaño,[15] Jake Gosling,[16] Ollie Clarke[17] and Chris Lines[18] and forward Ellis Harrison[19] also agreed a new deals of undisclosed duration. Tom Parkes meanwhile rejected the offer of a new deal and instead joined League Two side Leyton Orient.[20] On 16 June, defender Peter Hartley became the club's first signing of the season on a free transfer from Plymouth Argyle[21] followed a day later by the signing of winger Byron Moore from Port Vale.[22]

Peterborough United forward Luke James became July's first signing, on a season long loan.[23] Rovers' top goalscorer of the previous two seasons, Matty Taylor, signed a new contract in July,[24] ending speculation linking him with a move away.[25]

First team

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As of game played on 31 August 2016
No. Name Position Nationality Place of Birth Date of Birth Club caps Club goals Int. caps Int. goals Previous club Notes
Goalkeepers
1 Steve Mildenhall GK   Swindon 13 May 1979 125 0 0 0 Millwall
25 Will Puddy GK   Warminster 4 October 1987 16 0 0 0 Salisbury City
33 Kelle Roos GK   Rijkevoort 31 May 1992 0 0 0 0 On loan from Derby County
Defenders
2 Daniel Leadbitter RB   Newcastle upon Tyne 7 October 1990 58 1 0 0 Hereford United
3 Lee Brown LB   London 10 August 1990 213 20 0 0 Queens Park Rangers
4 Tom Lockyer CB/RB   Cardiff 3 December 1994 134 2 0 0 Youth team graduate Vice Captain
5 Mark McChrystal CB   Derry 26 June 1984 111 0 0 0 Tranmere Rovers Club captain
6 Peter Hartley CB   Hartlepool 3 April 1988 1 0 0 0 Plymouth Argyle
15 James Clarke RB/CB   Aylesbury 17 November 1989 39 0 0 0 Woking
19 Danny Greenslade LB   Belper 23 September 1996 0 0 0 0 Youth team graduate
26 Tyler Lyttle RB   Nottingham 12 November 1996 1 0 0 0 Youth team graduate
31 Connor Roberts RB   Neath 23 September 1995 0 0 0 0 on loan from Swansea City
32 Alfie Kilgour CB   Bath 0 0 0 0 Youth team graduate
36 Jake Clarke-Salter CB   Carshalton 22 September 1997 0 0 0 0 On loan from Chelsea
Midfielders
7 Lee Mansell CM   Gloucester 23 September 1982 72 7 0 0 Torquay United
8 Ollie Clarke CM   Portishead 29 June 1992 101 8 0 0 Youth team graduate
11 Jake Gosling RM/LM     Oxford 11 August 1993 41 3 11 2 Exeter City
14 Chris Lines CM   Bristol 30 November 1985 211 21 0 0 Port Vale
16 Liam Lawrence RM/LM     Retford 14 December 1981 12 1 15 2 Shrewsbury Town
18 Dominic Thomas CM   London 23 November 1995 0 0 0 0 Youth team graduate
21 Cristian Montaño RM/LM   Cali 11 December 1991 30 2 0 0 América de Cali
22 Byron Moore LM/CF   Stoke-on-Trent 24 August 1988 0 0 0 0 Port Vale
23 Billy Bodin LM/CF     Swindon 24 March 1992 40 13 0 0 Northampton Town
24 Stuart Sinclair CM   Houghton Conquest 9 November 1987 58 4 0 0 Salisbury City
27 Ryan Broom RM   Newport 4 September 1996 1 0 0 0 Youth team graduate
28 Jay Malpas CM   Bristol 25 May 1997 0 0 0 0 Youth team graduate
34 Hiram Boateng CM   London 8 January 1996 0 0 0 0 On loan from Crystal Palace
35 Charlie Colkett CM   Newham 22 September 1997 0 0 0 0 On loan from Chelsea
Forwards
9 Ellis Harrison CF/LM   Newport 29 January 1994 106 24 0 0 Youth team graduate
10 Matty Taylor CF   Oxford 30 March 1990 93 47 0 0 Forest Green Rovers
17 Jermaine Easter CF   Cardiff 15 January 1982 48 9 12 0 Millwall
20 Jamie Lucas CF   Pontypridd 6 December 1995 2 0 0 0 Youth team graduate
29 Luke James CF   Amble 4 November 1994 1 0 0 0 On loan from Peterborough United
30 Rory Gaffney CF   Tuam 23 October 1989 26 8 0 0 Cambridge United

Transfers

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In

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Date Position Player Transferred from Fee Ref.
1 July 2016 CB Peter Hartley Plymouth Argyle Free transfer [21]
1 July 2016 LM Byron Moore Port Vale Free transfer [22]
13 January 2017 CB Joe Partington Eastleigh Undisclosed [26]
26 January 2017 CB Jonny Burn Middlesbrough Undisclosed [27]
2 February 2017 LB Bob Harris Sheffield United Free transfer [28]

Loans in

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Date Position Player Loaned from End date Ref.
6 July 2016 CF Luke James Peterborough United End of Season [23]
24 August 2016 GK Kelle Roos Derby County 10 January 2017 [a] [30]
25 August 2016 DF Connor Roberts Swansea City 2 January 2017 [31]
31 August 2016 CM Hiram Boateng Crystal Palace 2 January 2017 [32]
31 August 2016 CB Jake Clarke-Salter Chelsea End of Season [33]
31 August 2016 CM Charlie Colkett Chelsea 2 January 2017 (Recalled) [33]
18 January 2017 GK Joe Lumley Queens Park Rangers End of Season [34]
20 January 2017 CB Ryan Sweeney Stoke City End of Season [35]
  1. ^ On 10 January 2017, Kelle Roos' was recalled back to Derby County.[29]

Out

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Date Position Player Transferred to Fee Ref.
30 June 2016 CF Rory Fallon Truro City[a] Free transfer [3]
30 June 2016 DF Tom Parkes Leyton Orient Free transfer [20]
30 June 2016 GK Kieran Preston Grantham Town F.C. [b] Released [6]
31 January 2017 FW Matty Taylor Bristol City Undisclosed [38]
  1. ^ Following Fallon's release on 12 May 2016, he later agreed to join Truro City on 9 June 2016.[36]
  2. ^ Following Preston's release on 12 May 2016, he later agreed to join Grantham Town F.C. on 14 July 2017.[37]

Loans out

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Date Position Player Loaned to End date Ref.
18 August 2016 RW Jake Gosling Cambridge United 2 January 2017 [39]
31 August 2016 Striker Jamie Lucas Boreham Wood 28 January 2017 [40]

Squad statistics

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Source:[41][42]
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Players with squad numbers struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Bristol Rovers.
Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
No. Pos. Nat. Name Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals    
League FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total Discipline
1 GK   ENG Steve Mildenhall 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
2 DF   ENG Daniel Leadbitter 28 (2) 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 34 (2) 0 3 1
3 DF   ENG Lee Brown 41 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 48 1 5 0
4 DF   WAL Tom Lockyer 46 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 51 0 8 0
5 † DF   NIR Mark McChrystal 3 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 (1) 0 3 0
6 DF   ENG Peter Hartley 17 (1) 5 3 0 2 1 2 0 24 (1) 6 5 0
7 MF   ENG Lee Mansell 4 (5) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 (5) 0 4 0
8 MF   ENG Ollie Clarke 30 4 2 0 2 0 0 (2) 0 34 (2) 4 9 0
9 FW   WAL Ellis Harrison 25 (12) 8 1 (1) 0 2 1 0 (1) 0 28 (14) 9 8 0
10 † FW   ENG Matty Taylor 23 (4) 16 2 2 1 (1) 0 0 (2) 1 26 (7) 19 5 0
11 MF   GIB Jake Gosling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF   ENG Chris Lines 40 (4) 3 2 0 2 1 0 (1) 0 44 (5) 4 6 0
15 DF   ENG James Clarke 19 (3) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 23 (3) 0 2 0
16 † MF   IRL Liam Lawrence 1 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 (3) 0 0 0
16 DF   SCO Bob Harris 4 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 (1) 0 1 0
17 FW   WAL Jermaine Easter 9 (12) 4 1 0 0 (1) 0 2 1 12 (13) 5 2 1
20 FW   WAL Jamie Lucas 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
21 MF   COL Cristian Montaño 12 (13) 1 1 (2) 0 0 (1) 0 2 0 15 (16) 1 1 0
22 MF   ENG Byron Moore 12 (15) 2 1 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 14 (16) 2 2 0
23 MF   WAL Billy Bodin 27 (9) 13 0 (2) 0 1 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 29 (13) 13 2 0
24 MF   ENG Stuart Sinclair 37 (1) 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 44 (1) 1 7 1
25 GK   ENG Will Puddy 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 7 (1) 0 0 0
27 MF   WAL Ryan Broom 0 (5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (5) 0 0 0
29 FW   ENG Luke James * 10 (14) 0 1 (2) 0 1 0 2 0 14 (16) 0 1 0
30 FW   IRL Rory Gaffney 22 (12) 6 2 3 0 (2) 0 3 0 27 (14) 9 5 0
31 † DF   WAL Connor Roberts * 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 0
31 GK   ENG Joe Lumley * 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 1 0
33 † GK   NED Kelle Roos * 16 (1) 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 22 (1) 0 1 0
33 DF   IRL Ryan Sweeney * 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 6 0
34 † MF   ENG Hiram Boateng * 9 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 12 0 1 0
34 DF   WAL Joe Partington 4 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 (3) 0 0 0
35 † MF   ENG Charlie Colkett * 8 (7) 3 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 9 (8) 3 2 0
36 DF   ENG Jake Clarke-Salter * 9 (3) 1 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 9 (4) 1 0 0
41 GK   ENG Kieran Hodges 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players not included in matchday squads
No. Pos. Nat. Name
18 MF   ENG Dominic Thomas
19 DF   ENG Danny Greenslade
26 † DF   ENG Tyler Lyttle
28 MF   ENG Jay Malpas
32 DF   ENG Alfie Kilgour

Competitions

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  Won   Drawn   Lost   Postponed

Pre-season friendlies

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On 23 November 2015, Rovers first pre-season fixture was announced. As part of a week-long training camp in Spain, Rovers will play CE Sabadell with whom the club have a connection due to both playing in blue and white quartered shirts.[43][44] Further fixtures were announced once the previous season had concluded, with Rovers due to play Salisbury,[45] Bath City,[46] Mangotsfield United,[47] Weston-super-Mare[48] and Exeter City,[49] all away, and Cheltenham Town,[50] Swansea City[51] and Aston Villa[52] at home.

8 July 2016 (2016-07-08) Mangotsfield United 3–5 Bristol Rovers Cossham Street
19:30 BST Batten   3'
Morgan   49'
Bament   85'		 Report Gaffney   21'
Montaño   41'
Broom   58', 60'
J. Clarke   89'		 Referee: Savvas Yianni
9 July 2016 (2016-07-09) Salisbury 0–3 Bristol Rovers Raymond McEnhill Stadium
12:00 BST Report Harrison   18' (pen.)
O. Clarke   37'
Bodin   66'		 Attendance: 865
12 July 2016 (2016-07-12) Bath City 0–1 Bristol Rovers Twerton Park
19:45 BST Report J. Clarke   69' Attendance: 1,126
Referee: Savvas Yianni
13 July 2016 (2016-07-13) Weston-super-Mare 1–3 Bristol Rovers Woodspring Stadium
19:45 BST Richards   39' Report Gaffney   10'
Easter   20' (pen.)
Lucas   49'		 Attendance: 820
Referee: Savvas Yianni
16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Exeter City 2–0 Bristol Rovers St James Park
15:00 BST Harley   8'
Watkins   37'		 Report Attendance: 1,247 (197)
Referee: Lee Swabey
20 July 2016 (2016-07-20) Bristol Rovers 1–1 Aston Villa Memorial Stadium
19:45 BST Taylor   78' Report Ayew   42' Attendance: 5,219 (1,013)
Referee: Simon Hooper
23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) Bristol Rovers 1–5 Swansea City Memorial Stadium
15:00 BST James   50' Report Ayew   6'
Fer   13'
Kingsley   18'
Naughton   45'
Routledge   68'		 Attendance: 4,365 (1,073)
Referee: Lee Probert
26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)   CE Sabadell 3–0 Bristol Rovers Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta
19:00 CEST López   35'
Chiekh   48'
Yeray   89'		 Report
31 July 2016 (2016-07-31) Bristol Rovers 3–0 Cheltenham Town Memorial Stadium
15:00 BST Harrison   8'
Lines   39'
Taylor   53'		 Report Attendance: 1,607 (104)
Referee: Simon Hooper

League One

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Main article: 2016–17 EFL League One

On 22 June 2016, the EFL announced the fixtures for the forthcoming season. Rovers started the season away to Scunthorpe United on 6 August, followed by their first home fixture on 14 August[53] against fellow promoted side Oxford United. The traditional Boxing Day fixture sees Rovers host Coventry City while the season will end with Millwall travelling to the Memorial Stadium.[54]

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Oxford United 46 20 9 17 65 52 +13 69
9 Rochdale 46 19 12 15 71 62 +9 69
10 Bristol Rovers 46 18 12 16 68 70 −2 66
11 Peterborough United 46 17 11 18 62 62 0 62
12 Milton Keynes Dons 46 16 13 17 60 58 +2 61
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
44 18 11 15 63 62  +1 65 13 5 3 38 17  +21 5 6 12 25 45  −20

Last updated: 19 April 2017.
Source: [55]

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHHAHHAAHAAHAAHHAHHAHAHHAHAAHAHHAHAAHAHAHHAHAH
ResultLWLDDDDWWLWWDWLWLDLLWLWWLWLLWDDDDDDWWLWLWWLWLL
Position211217181919211591078105855810131112101010810108910101011118888988981010
Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2017. Source: [56]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 1 Scunthorpe United 3–1 Bristol Rovers Scunthorpe
15:00 BST van Veen   66'
Morris   81'
Clarke   87'
Wootton   90+6'		 Report O. Clarke   11'
Taylor   31'
Lockyer   40'		 Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 4,636
Referee: Ben Toner
14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 2 Bristol Rovers 2–1 Oxford United Horfield
15:00 BST Lines   11'
Easter   25'
Gaffney   29'
Taylor   70'
J.Clarke   76'
O.Clarke   78'		 Report Hemmings   42'
Long   45+3'   67'
Martin   56'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 10,053
Referee: Charles Breakspear
17 August 2016 3 Bristol Rovers 1–2 Bolton Wanderers Horfield
19:45 BST Harrison   57' Report Vela   6'
Spearing   26'   72'
Trotter   56'
Madine   75'
Wilkinson   90+4'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 9,169 (700)
20 August 2016 4 Southend United 1–1 Bristol Rovers Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST McLaughlin   56'
King   75'
Cox   81' (pen.)   82'		 Report Clarke   48'
Hartley   61'   85'		 Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 6,084 (518)
10 September 2016 5 Bristol Rovers 2–2 Rochdale Bristol
15:00 BST Taylor   21', 49'
Lines   56'
Harrison   70'		 Report Camps   17'
Henderson   22'
Vincenti   42'
Allen   47'
Canavan   49'   72'
McNulty   90+4'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 8,057 (137)
13 September 2016 6 Bristol Rovers 1–1 Walsall Bristol
19:45 BST Taylor   27' (pen.)
Sinclair   70'		 Report Oztumer   16'   33'
Moussa   47'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 7,805 (170)
17 September 2016 7 Bradford City 1–1 Bristol Rovers Bradford
15:00 BST Meredith   73' Report Colkett   86' Stadium: Coral Windows Stadium
Attendance: 17,499 (576)
20 September 2016 8 Swindon Town 1–2 Bristol Rovers Swindon
19:45 BST Jones   6'
Yaser Kasim   43'
Furlong   67'
Thomas   70'		 Report Sinclair   31'
Gaffney   43'
Bodin   44'
Brown   50'
Taylor   83' (pen.)
Raphael Branco   84' (o.g.)
Lockyer   87'
Harrison   90+2'		 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 6,760 (414)
24 September 2016 9 Bristol Rovers 2–1 Port Vale Bristol
15:00 BST Harrison   44'
Easter   63' (pen.)
Sinclair   87'		 Report Paterson   23'   61'
Thomas   41'
Streete   60'
Jones   65'
Brown   90+5'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 9,088 (436)
27 September 2016 10 Sheffield United 1–0 Bristol Rovers Sheffield
19:45 BST Coutts   37'
Chapman   65'
Lavery   90+3'		 Report Boateng   30'
Easter   66'
Leadbitter   90+2'		 Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 19,196
Referee: Chris Sarginson
1 October 2016 11 Northampton Town 2–3 Bristol Rovers Northampton
15:00 BST Revell   9', 76'   68'
Zakuani   73'   90+1'
O'Toole   81'		 Report Gaffney   60'
Hartley   65'   71'
Colkett   90+2'   90+3'		 Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 6,642
Referee: Graham Horwood
15 October 2016 12 Bristol Rovers 2–1 Gillingham Bristol
15:00 BST Taylor   35'
Lines   42'   82'
Harrison   90'		 Report Hessenthaler   29'
Herd   31'
Dack   55'
Wright   62'   64'
Nouble   88'
Bond   89'
Konchesky   90+2'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 9,489
Referee: John Brooks
18 October 2016 13 Milton Keynes Dons 3–3 Bristol Rovers Milton Keynes
19:45 BST Bowditch   16'   31'
Williams   24'
Reeves   66'
Upson   71'
Lewington   73'		 Report Taylor   46', 87', 88'
Harrison   57'
Clarke   58'		 Stadium: Stadium mk
Attendance: 8,366
Referee: Darren Handley
22 October 2016 14 Oldham Athletic 0–2 Bristol Rovers Oldham
15:00 BST Flynn   57' Report Colkett   25'
Gaffney   80'
Clarke-Salter   87'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4,394
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
29 October 2016 15 Bristol Rovers 1–2 Peterborough United Bristol
15:00 BST Taylor   57' (pen.) Report Coulthirst   62'   67'
Bostwick   67'
Nichols   90+2'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 9,839
Referee: Mark Haywood
1 November 2016 16 Bristol Rovers 2–1 Fleetwood Town Bristol
19:45 GMT Lines   50'
Taylor   61'
Montaño   73'		 Report Hunter   4'   9'
Bell   58'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 10,088
Referee: Charles Breakspear
12 November 2016 17 Millwall 4–0 Bristol Rovers Bermondsey, London
15:00 GMT O'Brien   22'
Williams   64'
Gregory   68'
Onyedinma   86'
Smith   88'		 Report Leadbitter   14'
Hartley   75'		 Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 9,645
Referee: Andrew Madley
19 November 2016 18 Bristol Rovers 0–0 Milton Keynes Dons Bristol
15:00 GMT Taylor   76' Report Baldock   49'
Agard   90+2'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 9,031
Referee: Nigel Miller
22 November 2016 19 Bristol Rovers 1–5 Charlton Athletic Bristol
19:45 GMT Taylor   90+3' (pen.) Report Lookman   26'
Magennis   44'
Bauer   50'   79'
Chicksen   72'   77'
Ajose   85'
Phillips   90+3'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 8,089
Referee: Simon Hooper
26 November 2016 20 Chesterfield 3–2 Bristol Rovers Chesterfield
15:00 GMT Dimaio   25'
Evatt   28'
Mitchell   31'
O'Shea   37', 50'		 Report Hartley   3'
Leadbitter   26'
Lockyer   45+1'
Lines   63'
Bodin   76'
Clarke   89'		 Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 6,330
Referee: Andy Haines
10 December 2016 21 Bristol Rovers 4–2 Bury Bristol
15:00 GMT Gaffney   32'
Sinclair   41'
Taylor   45+2'
Clarke   67'
Hartley   82'		 Report Burgess   25'
Miller   75'
Danns   88'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 7,843
Referee: Rob Jones
17 December 2016 22 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Bristol Rovers Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT Dodds   16'
Brown   68'
Black   73' (pen.)
Waring   84'		 Report Hartley   51'
Harrison   60'		 Stadium: Greenhous Meadow
Attendance: 6,139
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
26 December 2016 23 Bristol Rovers 4–1 Coventry City Bristol
15:00 GMT Hartley   18'
Bodin   35'   54', 74', 83' (pen.)
Clarke   58'		 Report Turnbull   18'
Willis   57'
Reid   72'
Page   78'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 11,200
Referee: Brendan Malone
31 December 2016 24 Bristol Rovers 2–0 AFC Wimbledon Bristol
15:00 GMT Montaño   42'
Taylor   61', 70'
Clarke   86'		 Report Reeves   23'
Bulman   51'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 10,093
Referee: Brett Huxtable
2 January 2017 25 Charlton Athletic 4–1 Bristol Rovers Charlton, London
15:00 GMT Fox   28'
Magennis   41', 50', 73'
Teixeira   61'
Chicksen   75'
Solly   81'		 Report Easter   12'
Brown   32'
Mansell   58'
Moore   67'		 Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 12,252
Referee: Darren Deadman
7 January 2017 26 Bristol Rovers 5–0 Northampton Town Bristol
15:00 GMT Bodin   7'
Harrison   17', 21', 24', 54'
McChrystal   45+1'		 Report Hoskins   67' Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 8,424
Referee: Gavin Ward
14 January 2017 27 Fleetwood Town 3–1 Bristol Rovers Fleetwood
15:00 GMT Hunter   13'   78'
Bolger   23'
Ball   82'		 Report Lockyer   45+1'
Bodin   54'
Lines   84'
James   90+3'		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 3,728
Referee: Darren England
21 January 2017 28 Walsall 3–1 Bristol Rovers Walsall
15:00 GMT O'Connell   45'
Jackson   68'
Edwards   73'		 Report Brown   22'
Taylor   82'		 Stadium: The Banks's Stadium
Attendance: 6,029
Referee: Nigel Miller
28 January 2017 29 Bristol Rovers 1–0 Swindon Town Bristol
12:30 GMT Bodin   29'
Sweeney   35'		 Report Thompson   57' Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 10,557
Referee: James Linington
4 February 2017 30 Rochdale 0–0 Bristol Rovers Rochdale
15:00 GMT McNulty   62'
Camps   64'		 Report Lockyer   32' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,168
Referee: Mark Brown
11 February 2017 31 Bristol Rovers 1–1 Bradford City Bristol
15:00 GMT Lines   15'
Sweeney   62'		 Report Law   26'   31' Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 9,043
Referee: Graham Salisbury
14 February 2017 32 Bristol Rovers 0–0 Sheffield United Bristol
19:45 GMT Report Wright   69' Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 9,175
Referee: Kevin Johnson
18 February 2017 33 Port Vale 1–1 Bristol Rovers Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT Harris   54' (o.g.)
Knops   80'
Pugh   90+1'		 Report Sweeney   41'
Harris   42'
Harrison   45+1'
Bodin   78'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,460
Referee: Dean Whitestone
25 February 2017 34 Bristol Rovers 1–1 Scunthorpe United Bristol
15:00 GMT Clarke   39' Report Sutton   10'
Lockyer   73' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 8,784
Referee: Darren Deadman
28 February 2017 35 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Bristol Rovers Bolton
20:00 GMT Vela   7'   45+2'
Long   65'   90'
Osede   79'		 Report Bodin   75'
Clarke   90+4'		 Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 13,383
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
4 March 2017 36 Oxford United 0–2 Bristol Rovers Oxford
15:00 GMT Dunkley   7'
Ledson   59'
Martínez   84'		 Report Clarke   16'   45+2'
Sinclair   36'
Brown   74'
Lumley   85'		 Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 9,862
Referee: Carl Boyeson
11 March 2017 37 Bristol Rovers 2–0 Southend United Bristol
15:00 GMT Bodin   1'
Gaffney   31'
Mansell   58'		 Report Atkinson   22'
Cox   73'
Demetriou   90+1'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 9,274
Referee: Trevor Kettle
14 March 2017 38 Bury 3–0 Bristol Rovers Bury
19:45 GMT Tutte   14'
Vaughan   50' (pen.)   66'
Kay   53'
Leigh   65'
Miller   75'
Barnett   75'
Bryan   90'
Murphy   90+5'		 Report Sinclair   24'   39'
Gaffney   90+5'		 Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,535
Referee: Ben Toner
18 March 2017 39 Bristol Rovers 2–1 Chesterfield Bristol
15:00 GMT Clarke   1'
Gaffney   18'
Sweeney   82'		 Report Dennis   20'
Nolan   67'
Dimaio   69'
Ebanks-Blake   85'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 8,524
Referee: Darren Handley
25 March 2017 (2017-03-25) 40 Coventry City 1–0 Bristol Rovers Coventry
15:00 Thomas   80'
Bigirimana   90+5'		 Report Lockyer   37'
Leadbitter   65'		 Stadium: Ricoh Arena
Attendance: 11,946
Referee: Graham Horwood
1 April 2017 41 Bristol Rovers 2–0 Shrewsbury Town Bristol
15:00 BST Bodin   54' (pen.), 83' Report Yates   22'   41' Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 9,498
Referee: Brett Huxtable
8 April 2017 42 AFC Wimbledon 0–1 Bristol Rovers Kingston upon Thames, London
15:00 BST Taylor   44' Report Bodin   1'
Sweeney   90+2'		 Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 4,742
Referee: Robert Jones
14 April 2017 43 Gillingham 3–1 Bristol Rovers Gillingham
15:00 BST Quigley   22'
Wright   64'
Oshilaja   73'
McDonald   90', 90+6'		 Report Harrison   38'
Mansell   48'
Bodin   73' (pen.)		 Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 5,916
Referee: Mark Heywood
17 April 2017 44 Bristol Rovers 1–0 Oldham Athletic Bristol
15:00 BST Sinclair   63'
Harrison   75'		 Report Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 9,083
Referee: Chris Sarginson
22 April 2017 45 Peterborough United 4–2 Bristol Rovers Peterborough
15:00 BST Lopes   13', 56'
Maddison   30'
Mackail-Smith   64'
Chettle   68'		 Report Harrison   25'
Sweeney   45+1'
Lockyer   64'
Gaffney   85', 90+2'		 Stadium: London Road Stadium
Attendance: 5,498
Referee: Richard Clark
30 April 2017 46 Bristol Rovers 3–4 Millwall Bristol
12:00 BST Easter   33'
Lines   42'
Bodin   74'		 Report Gregory   5', 35'
Craig   20'   25'
Hutchinson   85'
Morison   90+4'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 11,750
Referee: Darren Handley

FA Cup

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5 November 2016 First round Crawley Town 1–1 Bristol Rovers Crawley
12:00 GMT Blackman   19'   69'
Smith   32'
Clifford   35'		 Report Brown   15'
Harrison   72'		 Stadium: Checkatrade.com Stadium
Attendance: 2,281
Referee: Darren Deadman
15 November 2016 First round replay Bristol Rovers 4–2 (a.e.t.) Crawley Town Bristol
19:45 GMT Taylor   34', 102' (pen.)
Gaffney   52', 96'		 Report Roberts   45+1'
Harrold   65'
Garnett   80'
Collins   114'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,676
Referee: Ben Toner
4 December 2016 Second round Bristol Rovers 1–2 Barrow Bristol
14:00 GMT Gaffney   10' Report Harrison   16', 61'
Bennett   38'
Yates   55'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,570
Referee: Dean Whitestone

EFL Cup

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Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup

On 22 June 2016, the first round draw for the EFL Cup was made. Rovers were drawn at home to Championship side Cardiff City, managed by former Rovers boss Paul Trollope.[57] The game was later picked for live broadcast by Sky Sports.[58] Rovers progressed to the second round thanks to a 115th-minute winner from Chris Lines[59] to set up a trip to Premier League side Chelsea.[60]

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) First round Bristol Rovers 1–0 (a.e.t.) Cardiff City Memorial Stadium
19:45 BST Lockyer   90+1'
Lines   115'		 Report Manga   100' Attendance: 4,851
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
23 August 2016 (2016-08-23) Second round Chelsea 3–2 Bristol Rovers Stamford Bridge
19:45 BST Batshuayi   29', 41'
Moses   31'
Pedro   48'		 Report Hartley   35'
Harrison   48' (pen.)
Easter   71'
Taylor   86'		 Attendance: 39,266

EFL Trophy

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On 27 July 2016, the group stage draw for the EFL Trophy was made. Rovers were drawn in Southern Group A along with Reading Academy, Portsmouth and Yeovil Town.[61]

Pos Div Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Yeovil Town 3 2 0 1 0 6 3 +3 7 Advance to Round 2
2 ACA Reading U21 3 1 1 0 1 5 6 −1 5
3 L2 Portsmouth 3 1 0 1 1 6 6 0 4
4 L1 Bristol Rovers 3 0 1 0 2 2 4 −2 2
Source: Sky Sports
30 August 2016 (2016-08-30) Southern Group A Bristol Rovers 2–3 Reading Academy Memorial Stadium
19:45 BST Taylor   60'
Gaffney   73'
Easter   74'   81'
Roos   77'
Lines   83'
Mildenhall   90+4'		 Stacey   33'
Samuel   59'
Watson   72'
Sheppard   76'
Mendes   84' (pen.)
4 October 2016 (2016-10-04) Southern Group A Bristol Rovers 0–0
(5–3 p)		 Yeovil Town Memorial Stadium
19:45 BST Clarke   88'
Colkett   90+4'		 Report Lawless   63'
Dawson   74'   74'
Mugabi   90+4'		 Attendance: 2,117
Referee: James Adcock
Penalties
James  
Bodin  
Taylor  
Colkett  
Montaño  		 Dickson  
Hedges  
McLeod  
Lawless  
8 November 2016 Southern Group A Portsmouth 1–0 Bristol Rovers Portsmouth
19:45 GMT Smith   6'
Bennett   37'
Davies   59'
Naismith   88'		 Report Mansell   56'
McChrystal   72'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Nick Kinseley

See also

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References

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