2018–19 Bristol Rovers F.C. season

Bristol Rovers 2018–19
Club information
Manager	Darrell Clarke
Stadium	Memorial Stadium
League Season information
Final League position	League One 15th
Highest position	14th
lowest position	23rd
Points	54
Goals for	47
Goals against	50
Goals difference	–3
Cup placements
FA Cup	First round (Vs. Barnet)
EFL Cup	Second round (Vs. Queens Park Rangers)
EFL Trophy	Semi-final (Vs. Sunderland)
Season statistics
Matches played	57
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The 2018–19 season was 136th season in Bristol Rovers' history and their 91st in the English Football League. Rovers will compete in the third tier of English football, League One as well as three cup competitions, FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2018	CM		Sam Matthews	AFC Bournemouth	Free transfer
1 July 2018	CM		Ed Upson	Milton Keynes Dons	Free transfer
2 July 2018	LW		Alex Rodman	Shrewsbury Town	Free transfer
2 July 2018	CM		Theo Widdrington	Portsmouth	Free transfer
3 July 2018	CF		Gavin Reilly	St Mirren	Free transfer
23 July 2018	LB		Tareiq Holmes-Dennis	Huddersfield Town	Undisclosed

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2018	RM		Ryan Broom	Cheltenham Town	Released
1 July 2018	LB		Lee Brown	Portsmouth	Mutual consent
1 July 2018	CB		Jonny Burn	Free agent	Released
1 July 2018	CF		Kenan Dünnwald-Turan	Free agent	Released
1 July 2018	CF		Rory Gaffney	Salford City	Undisclosed
1 July 2018	RW		Byron Moore	Bury	Released
23 July 2018	CF		Ellis Harrison	Ipswich Town	Undisclosed

Pre-Season Friendlies

As of 12 June 2018, Bristol Rovers have announced four pre-season friendlies against Eerste Divisie side FC Eindhoven, Yeovil Town and Forest Green Rovers of EFL League Two, and newly promoted Southern League side Melksham Town.

Friendly 14 July 2018 (2018-07-14)	Melksham Town	0–6	Bristol Rovers	Melksham
15:00 BST		Report	Kauppinen  3' Bennett  22', 42' Nichols  24' Harrison  55', 57'	Stadium: Oakfields Stadium

Friendly 17 July 2018 (2018-07-17)	Yeovil Town	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Yeovil
19:45 BST	Mugabi  57'	Report	Lockyer  27'	Stadium: Huish Park

Friendly 21 July 2018 (2018-07-21)	Forest Green Rovers	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Doidge  7' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,235

Friendly 25 July 2018 (2018-07-25)	FC Eindhoven	0–2	Bristol Rovers	Leende
19:00 CEST		Report	Clarke  35' Bennett  88'	Stadium: DOSL Sports Park

Friendly 28 July 2018 (2018-07-28)	Bristol Rovers	0–4	Exeter City	Horfield
15:00 BST		Report	Forte Moxey Boateng Brown	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,796

Competitions

League One

League table

2018–19 Football League One table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Luton Town  (C) (P)	46	27	13	6	90	42	+48	94	Promotion to the Championship
2	Barnsley  (P)	46	26	13	7	80	39	+41	91
3	Charlton Athletic  (P) (O)	46	26	10	10	73	40	+33	88	Qualification to the League One play-offs
4	Portsmouth	46	25	13	8	83	51	+32	88
5	Sunderland	46	22	19	5	80	47	+33	85
6	Doncaster Rovers	46	20	13	13	76	58	+18	73
7	Peterborough United	46	20	12	14	71	62	+9	72
8	Coventry City	46	18	11	17	54	54	0	65
9	Burton Albion	46	17	12	17	66	57	+9	63
10	Blackpool	46	15	17	14	50	52	−2	62
11	Fleetwood Town	46	16	13	17	58	52	+6	61
12	Oxford United	46	15	15	16	58	64	−6	60
13	Gillingham	46	15	10	21	61	72	−11	55
14	Accrington Stanley	46	14	13	19	51	67	−16	55
15	Bristol Rovers	46	13	15	18	47	50	−3	54
16	Rochdale	46	15	9	22	54	87	−33	54
17	Wycombe Wanderers	46	14	11	21	55	67	−12	53
18	Shrewsbury Town	46	12	16	18	51	59	−8	52
19	Southend United	46	14	8	24	55	68	−13	50
20	AFC Wimbledon	46	13	11	22	42	63	−21	50
21	Plymouth Argyle  (R)	46	13	11	22	56	80	−24	50	Relegation to League Two
22	Walsall  (R)	46	12	11	23	49	71	−22	47
23	Scunthorpe United  (R)	46	12	10	24	53	83	−30	46
24	Bradford City  (R)	46	11	8	27	49	77	−28	41

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground
Result
Position

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 21 June 2018, the League One fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

1 4 August 2018 (2018-08-04)	Peterborough United	v	Bristol Rovers	Peterborough
15:00 BST				Stadium: ABAX Stadium

2 11 August 2018 (2018-08-11)	Bristol Rovers	v	Accrington Stanley	Horfield
15:00 BST				Stadium: The Memorial Stadium

3 18 August 2018 (2018-08-18)	Wycombe Wanderers	v	Bristol Rovers	High Wycombe
15:00 BST				Stadium: Adams Park

4 21 August 2018 (2018-08-21)	Bristol Rovers	v	Portsmouth	Horfield
19:45 BST				Stadium: The Memorial Stadium

5 25 August 2018 (2018-08-25)	Bristol Rovers	v	Southend United	Horfield
15:00 BST				Stadium: The Memorial Stadium

EFL Cup

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.

First round 13 August 2018 (2018-08-13)	Bristol Rovers	v	Crawley Town	The Memorial Stadium
19:00 BST				Stadium: Memorial Stadium

EFL Trophy

Main article: EFL Trophy 2018-19

On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced.

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Exeter City	3	2	1	0	0	4	0	+4	8	Round 2
2	L1	Bristol Rovers	3	2	0	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	L2	Yeovil Town	3	1	0	1	1	4	2	+2	4
4	ACA	West Ham United U21s	3	0	0	0	3	0	8	–8	0