2021–22 Bristol Rovers F.C. season

Bristol Rovers 2021–22
Club information
Manager	Joey Barton
Stadium	Memorial Stadium
League Season information
Final League position	League Two, 3rd (promoted)
Cup placements
FA Cup	First round
EFL Cup	First round
League Trophy	Group stage
Season statistics
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The 2021–22 Bristol Rovers F.C. season was the club's 139th season in their history and the 1st season back in EFL League Two, Along with League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

Kits

Home

Away

Third

Pre-season friendlies

Bristol Rovers announced they would play friendlies against Melksham Town and Havant & Waterlooville as part of their pre-season preparations. On 28 June 2021, the club announced three home friendlies.

Friendly 2 July 2021	Melksham Town	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Melksham
19:45 BST	Anderton  18' (o.g.)	Report	Collins  19'	Stadium: Oakfield Stadium

Friendly 10 July 2021 (2021-07-10)	Barnet	3–0	Bristol Rovers	Canons Park
	Bloomfield  11' Turley  35' Trialist	Report		Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 0

Friendly 17 July 2021 (2021-07-17)	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Plymouth Argyle	Horfield
13:00 BST	Collins  47' (pen.)	Report	Jephcott  34' (pen.)	Stadium: Memorial Stadium

Friendly 24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)	Bristol Rovers	Cancelled	Swansea City	Horfield
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium

Friendly 27 July 2021	Bristol Rovers	0–0	Havant & Waterlooville	Horfield
19:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium

Friendly 31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)	Bristol Rovers	3–2	Oxford United	Horfield
13:00 BST	Thomas  45+1' (pen.) Pitman  78', 88'	Report	Seddon  14' Henry  47'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium

Competitions

League Two

Main article: 2021–22 EFL League Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Forest Green Rovers  (C) (P)	46	23	15	8	75	44	+31	84	Promotion to League One
2	Exeter City  (P)	46	23	15	8	65	41	+24	84
3	Bristol Rovers  (P)	46	23	11	12	71	49	+22	80
4	Northampton Town	46	23	11	12	60	38	+22	80	Qualification to the League Two play-offs
5	Port Vale  (P) (O)	46	22	12	12	67	46	+21	78
6	Swindon Town	46	22	11	13	77	54	+23	77
7	Mansfield Town	46	22	11	13	67	52	+15	77
8	Sutton United	46	22	10	14	69	53	+16	76
9	Tranmere Rovers	46	21	12	13	53	40	+13	75
10	Salford City	46	19	13	14	60	46	+14	70
11	Newport County	46	19	12	15	67	58	+9	69
12	Crawley Town	46	17	10	19	56	66	−10	61
13	Leyton Orient	46	14	16	16	62	47	+15	58
14	Bradford City	46	14	16	16	53	55	−2	58
15	Colchester United	46	14	13	19	48	60	−12	55
16	Walsall	46	14	12	20	47	60	−13	54
17	Hartlepool United	46	14	12	20	44	64	−20	54
18	Rochdale	46	12	17	17	51	59	−8	53
19	Harrogate Town	46	14	11	21	64	75	−11	53
20	Carlisle United	46	14	11	21	39	62	−23	53
21	Barrow	46	10	14	22	44	57	−13	44
22	Stevenage	46	11	14	21	45	68	−23	47
23	Oldham Athletic  (R)	46	9	11	26	46	75	−29	38	Relegation to the National League
24	Scunthorpe United  (R)	46	4	14	28	29	90	−61	26

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: TBA
Source: TBA

FA Cup

Main article: 2021–22 FA Cup

      Win       Draw       Loss

The draw for the first round was made on 17 October 2021 by Kelly Smith and Wes Morgan. The Second Round draw was made on 8 November 2021 by Shaun Wright-Phillips and Rachel Yankey. The Third Round draw was made on 6 December 2021 by David Seaman and Faye White.

First Round 7 November 2021 (2021-11-07)	Oxford United	2–2	Bristol Rovers	Littlemore
13:00 GMT	Taylor  11' McGuane  51'	Report	Finley  45+2' Evans  87' (pen.)	Stadium: The Kassam Stadium Attendance: 5,083 Referee: Paul Howard

First Round Replay 16 November 2021 (2021-11-16)	Bristol Rovers	4–3	Oxford United	Horfield
19:00 GMT	Finley  48' Spence  110', 118' Collins  115'	Report	Bodin  91' Taylor  57' (pen.) Seddon  93'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,918 Referee: Neil Hair

Second Round 4 December 2021 (2021-12-04)	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Sutton United	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Collins  57' (pen.) Anderton  59'	Report	Randall  52'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,456 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Third Round 8 January 2022 (2022-01-08)	Peterborough United	2–1	Bristol Rovers	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Szmodics  20' Mumba  63'	Report	Coutts  30' (pen.)	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 4,937 Referee: Andy Davies

EFL Cup

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup

      Win       Draw       Loss

The draw for the First Round was made on 24 June 2021 by Andy Cole and Danny Mills.

First Round 10 August 2021	Bristol Rovers	0–2	Cheltenham Town	Horfield
19:45 BST		Report	May  58' Vassell  71'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Referee: Lee Swabey

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Trophy

      Win       Draw       Loss

The Gas were drawn against Chelsea U21s, Cheltenham Town and Exeter City.

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0	Advance to Round 2
2	L1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
3	L2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
4	ACA		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0

Group Stage 31 August 2021 (2021-08-31)	Bristol Rovers	2–0	Cheltenham Town	Horfield
19:00 BST	Nicholson  61' Saunders  70'	Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 889 Referee: Will Finnie

Group Stage 13 October 2021 (2021-10-13)	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Chelsea U21	Horfield
19:00 BST	Thomas  17'	Report	Lovelock  39' (o.g.) Baker  48'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,149 Referee: Christopher Pollard

Group Stage 10 November 2021 (2021-11-10)	Exeter City	5–3	Bristol Rovers	Exeter
19:00 GMT	Coley  2', 44' Dieng  4' Amond  12', 38'	Report	Westbrooke  61' Jones  72' Anderton  88'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 1,479 Referee: Darren Drysdale