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Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers
Full name Bristol Rovers Football Club
Nickname(s) The Gas
The Pirates
Founded 1883
Ground Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 11,000)
Owner Flag of Kuwait Hussain AlSaeed
Chairman Flag of England Tom Gorringe (CEO)
Head Coach Flag of Spain Iñigo Calderón
Current League League One 
2023–24 League One, 15th
Website Club home page
Bristol Rovers 2024-25 homeBristol Rovers 2024-25 awayBristol Rovers 2024-25 third
Football current event Current season

Bristol Rovers F.C. are a professional football club in Bristol, England. They compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield, they have been competing there since 1996. They spent 89 years in the heart of North Bristol between 1897 to 1986 at the Eastville Stadium. Following a sale of the land they spent ten years at Twerton Park in Bath. The club's official nickname is "The Pirates", reflecting the maritime history of Bristol. The local nickname of the club is "The Gas", derived from the gasworks next to their former home, Eastville Stadium. This nickname originally began as a derogatory term used by fans of their main rivals, Bristol City, but was affectionately adopted by the club and its supporters. Cardiff City and Swindon Town are considered their second and third biggest rivals. Other rivalries include; Cheltenham Town, Exeter City, Forest Green Rovers, Plymouth Argyle, Torquay United and Yeovil Town. These rivalries are considered West Country Derbies and are often heated encounters. The women's team play in the Gloucestershire County Women's League.

The club was founded in 1883 as Black Arabs F.C., and were also known as Eastville Rovers and Bristol Eastville Rovers before finally changing its name to Bristol Rovers in 1899. The club's official nickname is The Pirates, reflecting the maritime history of Bristol. The local nickname of the club is The Gas, from the gasworks next to their former home Eastville Stadium, which started as a derogatory term used by fans of their main rival Bristol City but was affectionately adopted by the team. According to a survey conducted in December 2003, Cardiff City and Swindon Town are considered their second and third biggest rivals. Rovers contest the Bristol derby against Bristol City and the Severnside derby against Cardiff.

Rovers were admitted to the Football League in 1920 and maintained their league status until relegation in 2014. They previously came close to losing their league status in 1939, when they were re-elected after finishing bottom of Division Three (South), and in 2002 when the team finished one league position away from relegation to the Football Conference. Their highest finishing positions were in 1956 and 1959, on both occasions ending the season in 6th place in Division Two, then the second tier of English football.

Players[]

As of 21 October 2023

Current squad[]

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Flag of Scotland Lewis Gordon
4 MF Flag of England JJosh Grant
5 DF Flag of Wales James Wilson
6 MF Flag of England Sam Finley (captain)
7 MF Flag of England Scott Sinclair
8 MF Flag of England Grant Ward
9 FW Flag of England John Marquis
10 FW Flag of Wales Aaron Collins
11 MF Flag of England Luke Thomas
14 MF Flag of England Jordan Rossiter
15 MF Flag of England Ryan Woods (on loan from Hull City)
17 DF Flag of England Connor Taylor
18 FW Flag of Scotland Chris Martin
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Flag of England Harvey Vale (on loan from Chelsea)
20 FW Flag of Jamaica Jevani Brown
21 MF Flag of England Antony Evans
22 MF Flag of Netherlands Lamare Bogarde (on loan from Aston Villa)
23 MF Flag of England Luke McCormick
25 DF Flag of France Tristan Crama (on loan from Brentford)
28 DF Flag of England James Gibbons
30 DF Flag of Wales Luca Hoole
32 DF Flag of England George Friend
33 GK Flag of England Matthew Cox (on loan from Brentford)
35 GK Flag of England Matthew Hall
42 DF Flag of England Jack Hunt

Development squad and Under-18s[]

No. Pos. Nation Player
37 MF Flag of England Kofi Shaw
DF Flag of England Zak Ford
MF Flag of Wales Max Edwards-Stryjewski
FW Flag of England Jaheim Allen
FW Flag of England Jarmani Langlais

Out on loan[]

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Flag of England James Belshaw (on loan at Forest Green Rovers)
2 DF Flag of Wales James Connolly (on loan at Morecambe)
27 FW Flag of England Harvey Greenslade (on loan at Truro City)
31 GK Flag of England Jed Ward (on loan at Wealdstone)
34 MF Flag of England Jerry Lawrence (on loan at Tiverton Town)
No. Pos. Nation Player
38 DF Flag of England Will Larvin (on loan at Yate Town)
39 MF Flag of England Theo Lynden (on loan at Melksham Town)
44 DF Flag of England Ryan Jones (on loan at Bromley)
DF Flag of Republic of Ireland Trevor Clarke (on loan at Shamrock Rovers)

Honours[]

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History: Seasons

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Bristol Rovers F.C. squad - 2024–25

Belshaw · Connolly · Grant · Kilgour · Finley · Thomas · Clarke · 10 Collins · 11 Nicholson · 12 E.Anderson · 15 Coutts · 16 Anderton · 17 Taylor · 19 H.Anderson · 20 Clarke · 21 Evans · 22 Saunders · 24 Spence · 25 Harries · 26 Whelan · 28 Nolan · 30 Hoole · 32 Jaakkola · 33 Rodman · 35 Ward · 38 Loft · 39 Brown ·

Manager:  Flag of England Matt Taylor
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Bristol Rovers F.C. seasons

2015-16 · 2016-17 · 2017-18 · 2018-19 · 2019-20 · 2020-21 · 2021-22 · 2022-23 · 2023-24 · 2024-25 ·

Bristol Rovers FC
Bristol Rovers F.C. squad seasons

2014-15 · 2015-16 · 2016-17 · 2017-18 · 2018-19 · 2019-20 ·

Bristol Rovers Football Club - Managers

Homer (1899–1920) • Hall (1920–21) • Wilson (1921–26) • Palmer (1926–29) • McLean (1929–30) • Prince-Cox (1930–36) • Smith (1936–37) • Fletcher (1938–50) • Tann (1950–68) • Ford (1968–69) • Dodgin (1969–72) • Megson (1972–77) • B. Campbell (1977–79) • Jarman (1979–80) • Cooper (1980–81) • Gingell (1981) • Gould (1981–83) • Williams (1983–85) • Gould (1985–87) • Francis (1987–91) • Dobson (1991) • Rofe (1991–92) • Allison (1992–93) • Ward (1993–96) • Holloway (1996–2001) • Francis (2001) • Thompson (2001–02) • Bater (2002) • Graydon (2002–04) • Bater (2004) • Atkins (2004–05) • Trollope (2005–10) • Patterson (2010–11) • Penney (2011) • S. Campbell (2011) • Buckle (2011–12) • McGhee (2012) • Ward (2012–14) • Clarke (2014–18) • Coughlan (2018–19) • Dunnec (2019) • Maherc (2019) • Garner (2019–20) • Widdringtonc (2020) • Tisdale (2020–21) • Widdringtonc (2021) • Barton (2021–23) • Taylor (2023–24) • Calderón (2024–)

Football League One EFL League One 2024–25

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