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2024–25 Bristol Rovers F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 142nd season in the history of Bristol Rovers Football Club and their third consecutive season in League One. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Bristol Rovers
2024–25 season
OwnerHussain Al-Saeed
CEOTom Gorrings
ManagerMatt Taylor[1]
StadiumMemorial Stadium
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Transfers

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In

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Date Pos Player From Fee Ref
24 June 2024 AM   Isaac Hutchinson   Walsall Undisclosed [2]
26 June 2024 CF   Ruel Sotiriou   Leyton Orient Undisclosed[a] [3]
27 June 2024 CB   Dan Ellison   Chippenham Town Undisclosed [4]
28 June 2024 LB   Bryant Bilongo   Middlesbrough Undisclosed [5]
1 July 2024[b] LB   Clinton Mola   Reading Free [6]
1 July 2024[c] CB   Taylor Moore   Valenciennes Free [7]
1 July 2024[d] RB   Joel Senior   Morecambe Free [8]
12 July 2024 CM   Jamie Lindsay   Rotherham United Free [9]
19 July 2024 RW   Promise Omochere   Fleetwood Town Undisclosed [10]
  1. ^ Although Sotiriou was out of contract, an undisclosed fee was agreed to avoid a compensation committee hearing
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 25 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Reading contract expired
  3. ^ The transfer was announced on 30 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Valenciennes contract expired
  4. ^ The transfer was announced on 29 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Morecambe contract expired

Out

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Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
4 July 2024 CM   Antony Evans   Huddersfield Town Undisclosed [11]
1 August 2024 CB   James Connolly   Crewe Alexandra Undisclosed [12]

Loaned in

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Date Pos Player From Date until Ref
5 July 2024 CB   Michael Forbes   West Ham United End of Season [13]
10 July 2024 GK   Josh Griffiths   West Bromwich Albion End of Season [14]
3 August 2024 CM   Jake Garrett   Blackburn Rovers End of Season [15]

Loaned out

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Date Pos Player To Date until Ref
31 July 2024 GK   Jed Ward   Forest Green Rovers End of Season [16]

Released / Out of Contract

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Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2024 CM   Sam Finley   Tranmere Rovers 1 July 2024 [17][18]
30 June 2024 RB   James Gibbons   Cambridge United 1 July 2024 [17][19]
30 June 2024 LB   Lewis Gordon   Chesterfield 1 July 2024 [17][20]
30 June 2024 CF   Harvey Greenslade   Yeovil Town 1 July 2024 [17][21]
30 June 2024 CM   Ryan Jones   Aldershot Town 1 July 2024 [17][22]
30 June 2024 RB   Luca Hoole   Shrewsbury Town[a] 16 July 2024 [23]
30 June 2024 CF   John Marquis   Shrewsbury Town 19 July 2024 [17][24]
30 June 2024 DM   Jordan Rossiter   Shrewsbury Town 30 July 2024 [25][26]
30 June 2024 DM   Josh Grant [17]
  1. ^ Compensation package was agreed

Pre-season and friendlies

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On 7 April, Bristol Rovers announced a pre-season training camp in Portugal, with two friendly matches planned, opponents being announced on 16 July.[27][28] On 31 May, the club announced their first three pre-season friendlies, against Melksham Town, Bath City and Yeovil Town.[29] Six days later, a home friendly versus Plymouth Argyle was confirmed.[30] On 25 June, it was confirmed that Cardiff City would visit during pre-season.[31] Two matches during the Portugal training camp were later announced, against Bromley and Portimonense.[32]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 July 2024 (2024-07-05) Friendly Melksham Town 2–4 Bristol Rovers Melksham
19:30 BST
  • Stroud   58'
  • Graham   60' (pen.)
 Report
  • Hutchinson   10'
  • Dewsbury   47'
  • Ellison   70', 76'
 Stadium: Oakfield Stadium
Attendance: 903
13 July 2024 (2024-07-13) Friendly Bath City 0–1 Bristol Rovers Twerton
15:00 BST Report
Stadium: Twerton Park
Attendance: 1,908
Referee: Stacey Pearson
16 July 2024 (2024-07-16) Friendly Yeovil Town 0–3 Bristol Rovers Yeovil
19:00 BST Report
Stadium: Huish Park
Attendance: 1,715
23 July 2024 Friendly Bristol Rovers 1–2 Bromley Parchal, Portugal
11:00 WEST
Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal Bela Vista
27 July 2024 Friendly Bristol Rovers 2–0 Portimonense Parchal, Portugal
11:00 WEST
Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal Bela Vista
30 July 2024 (2024-07-30) Friendly Bristol Rovers 2–1 Plymouth Argyle Horfield
19:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,266
3 August 2024 Friendly Bristol Rovers 0–2 Cardiff City Horfield
15:00 BST Report
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,251

Competitions

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League One

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Main article: 2024–25 EFL League One

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
2 Birmingham City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to EFL Championship
3 Blackpool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for League One play-offs
4 Bolton Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Bristol Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Burton Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Cambridge United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Charlton Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 9 August 2024. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[33]

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
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Matches

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On 26 June, the League One fixtures were announced.[34]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

10 August 2024 1 Bristol Rovers v Northampton Town Horfield
17:30 BST Stadium: Memorial Stadium
17 August 2024 2 Rotherham United v Bristol Rovers Rotherham
15:00 BST Stadium: New York Stadium
24 August 2024 3 Stockport County v Bristol Rovers Edgeley
12:30 BST Stadium: Edgeley Park
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[35]

FA Cup

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Main article: 2024–25 FA Cup

EFL Cup

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Main article: 2024–25 EFL Cup

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Bristol Rovers being drawn away against Cardiff City.[36]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 August 2024 First round Cardiff City v Bristol Rovers Leckwith
19:45 BST Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium

EFL Trophy

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Main article: 2024–25 EFL Trophy

In the group stage, Bristol Rovers were drawn into Southern Group G alongside Exeter City, Swindon Town and Tottenham Hotspur U21.[37][38]

Pos Div Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Bristol Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Exeter City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 L2 Swindon Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 ACA Tottenham Hotspur U21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: EFL
20 August 2024 Group stage Bristol Rovers v Tottenham Hotspur U21 Horfield
19:00 BST Stadium: Memorial Stadium
8 October 2024 Group stage Swindon Town v Bristol Rovers Swindon
19:00 BST Stadium: County Ground
29 October 2024 Group stage Bristol Rovers v Exeter City Horfield
19:00 GMT Stadium: Memorial Stadium

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of pre-season

List includes all first team players and any other matchday squad players

No. Pos Nat Player Total League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
— GK   ENG Josh Griffiths (on loan from West Bromwich Albion) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— GK   ENG Matt Hall 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Defenders
— DF   ENG Bryant Bilongo 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF   ENG Dan Ellison 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF   NIR Michael Forbes (on loan from West Ham United) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF   ENG Jack Hunt 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF   ENG Clinton Mola 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF   ENG Taylor Moore 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF   ENG Joel Senior 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF   ENG Connor Taylor 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF   WAL James Wilson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Midfielders
— MF   SLE Kamil Conteh 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF   ENG Jake Garrett (on loan from Blackburn Rovers) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF   ENG Isaac Hutchinson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF   ENG Jerry Lawrence 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF   SCO Jamie Lindsay 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF   ENG Luke McCormick 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF   ENG Kofi Shaw 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF   ENG Grant Ward 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Forwards
9 FW   IRL Promise Omochere 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— FW   JAM Jevani Brown 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— FW   ENG Chris Martin 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— FW   ENG Scott Sinclair 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— FW   CYP Ruel Sotiriou 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— FW   ENG Luke Thomas 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players away on loan:
— GK   ENG Jed Ward 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

References

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  2. ^ "Bristol Rovers Sign Midfielder Isaac Hutchinson". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Bristol Rovers sign striker Ruel Sotiriou". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Bristol Rovers sign defender Dan Ellison". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
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  12. ^ "James Connolly Completes Crewe Alexandra Transfer". Bristol Rovers FC. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
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