2024–25 Bristol Rovers F.C. season

Bristol Rovers 2024–25
Club information
Manager	Matt Taylor (until 16 December) David Horseman (interim basis) Iñigo Calderón (from 26 December)
Stadium	Memorial Stadium
League Season information
Final League position	League One, TBD
Cup placements
FA Cup	First round
EFL Cup	First round
League Trophy	Group stage
Season statistics
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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.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From	Fee
24 June 2024	AM	Isaac Hutchinson	Walsall	Undisclosed
26 June 2024	CF	Ruel Sotiriou	Leyton Orient	Undisclosed
27 June 2024	CB	Dan Ellison	Chippenham Town	Undisclosed
28 June 2024	LB	Bryant Bilongo	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed
1 July 2024	LB	Clinton Mola	Reading	Free

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Fee

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Player	From	Date until

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Date until

Released / Out of Contract

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date
30 June 2024	CM	Sam Finley	Tranmere Rovers	1 July 2024
30 June 2024	RB	James Gibbons	Cambridge United	1 July 2024
30 June 2024	LB	Lewis Gordon	Chesterfield	1 July 2024
30 June 2024	CF	Harvey Greenslade	Yeovil Town	1 July 2024
30 June 2024	DM	Josh Grant
30 June 2024	CM	Ryan Jones
30 June 2024	CF	John Marquis

Kits

Home

Away

Pre-season and friendlies

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

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

Friendly 5 July 2024 (2024-07-05)	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

Friendly 13 July 2024 (2024-07-13)	Bath City	0–1	Bristol Rovers	Twerton
15:00 BST		Report	Martin  81'	Stadium: Twerton Park Attendance: 1,908 Referee: Stacey Pearson

Friendly 16 July 2024 (2024-07-16)	Yeovil Town	0–3	Bristol Rovers	Yeovil
19:00 BST		Report	Sinclair  28' Shaw  44' McCormick  58'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 1,715

Friendly 23 July 2024	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Bromley	Parchal, Portugal
11:00 WEST	Lawrence  85'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal Bela Vista

Friendly 27 July 2024	Bristol Rovers	2–0	Portimonense	Parchal, Portugal
11:00 WEST	Omochere  42' Thomas  90' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal Bela Vista

Friendly 30 July 2024 (2024-07-30)	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Plymouth Argyle	Horfield
19:00 BST	Omochere  9' Hunt  32'	Report	Hardie  84'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,266

Friendly 3 August 2024	Bristol Rovers	0–2	Cardiff City	Horfield
15:00 BST		Report	Ramsey  28' Ralls  56'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,251

Competitions

League One

Main article: 2024–25 EFL League One

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: Soccerway

Matches

On 26 June, the League One fixtures were announced.

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

FA Cup

Main article: 2024–25 FA Cup

The draw for the First Round was made on 14 October 2024. The draw for the Second Round was made on 3 November 2024. The draw for the Third Round was made on 2 December 2024.

First round 2 November 2024	Bristol Rovers	3–1	Weston-super-Mare	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Lindsay  42' Taylor  95' Ward  120+2'	Report	Bastin  64'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,898 Referee: Ollie Yates

Second round 30 November 2024	Barnsley	0–0 (3–4 pen)	Bristol Rovers	Barnsley
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 4,801 Referee: Scott Oldham
		Penalties
	Phillips Cosgrove Russell Jaló Earl		Martin Sotiriou Sinclair Forde

Third round 12 January 2025	Ipswich Town	v	Bristol Rovers	Ipswich
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Portman Road

EFL Cup

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.

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

First round 13 August 2024	Cardiff City	2–0	Bristol Rovers	Leckwith
19:45 BST	McGuinness  68' Colwill  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 5,718 Referee: Charles Breakspear

EFL Trophy

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.

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Exeter City	3	3	0	0	0	7	3	+4	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Swindon Town	3	2	0	0	1	7	3	+4	6
3	ACA	Tottenham Hotspur U21	3	0	1	0	2	4	7	−3	2
4	L1	Bristol Rovers	3	0	0	1	2	5	10	−5	1

Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2024. Source: EFL

Group stage 20 August 2024	Bristol Rovers	3–3 (5–6 pen)	Tottenham Hotspur U21	Horfield
19:00 BST	Hutchinson  8' Shaw  56' McCormick  76'		Lankshear  27' Moore  50' Ajayi  70'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,584 Referee: James Oldham
		Penalties
	Senior Hutchinson McCormick Sotiriou Taylor Garrett		Moore Hall Williams Cassanova McKnight Irow

Group stage 8 October 2024	Swindon Town	4–0	Bristol Rovers	Swindon
19:00 BST	Glatzel  2', 12' McGregor  30' Ameen  35'	Report		Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,306 Referee: Sam Mulhall

Group stage 29 October 2024	Bristol Rovers	2–3	Exeter City	Horfield
19:00 GMT	Taylor  31' Hutchinson  67'	Report	Bird  19' Alli  49' Mitchell  88'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,257 Referee: Matthew Russell

External links

• Official website