2024–25 Bristol Rovers F.C. season

142nd season in existence of Bristol Rovers FC

Bristol Rovers 2024–25 football season

Bristol Rovers
2024–25 season
Owner	Hussain Al-Saeed
CEO	Tom Gorrings
Manager	Matt Taylor^[1]
Stadium	Memorial Stadium
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

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	Ref

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Ref

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Player	From	Date until	Ref

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Date until	Ref

Released / Out of Contract

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2024	CM	Sam Finley	Tranmere Rovers	1 July 2024	^[2]^[3]
30 June 2024	LB	Lewis Gordon	Chesterfield	1 July 2024	^[2]^[4]
30 June 2024	CF	Harvey Greenslade	Yeovil Town	1 July 2024	^[2]^[5]
30 June 2024	RB	James Gibbons			^[2]
30 June 2024	DM	Josh Grant			^[2]
30 June 2024	CM	Ryan Jones			^[2]
30 June 2024	CF	John Marquis			^[2]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 7 April, Bristol Rovers announced a pre-season training camp in Portugal, with two friendly matches planned.^[6] On 31 May, the club announced their first three pre-season friendlies, against Melksham Town, Bath City and Yeovil Town.^[7] Six days later, a home friendly versus Plymouth Argyle was confirmed.^[8]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Melksham Town v Bristol Rovers

5 July 2024 (2024-07-05) Friendly	Melksham Town	v	Bristol Rovers	Melksham
19:30 BST				Stadium: Oakfield Stadium

Bath City v Bristol Rovers

13 July 2024 (2024-07-13) Friendly	Bath City	v	Bristol Rovers	Twerton
15:00 BST				Stadium: Twerton Park

Yeovil Town v Bristol Rovers

16 July 2024 (2024-07-16) Friendly	Yeovil Town	v	Bristol Rovers	Yeovil
19:00 BST				Stadium: Huish Park

Bristol Rovers v TBC

23 July 2024 Friendly	Bristol Rovers	v	TBC	TBC, Portugal
TBC CET				Stadium: TBC

Bristol Rovers v TBC

27 July 2024 Friendly	Bristol Rovers	v	TBC	TBC, Portugal
TBC CET				Stadium: TBC

Bristol Rovers v Plymouth Argyle

30 July 2024 (2024-07-30) Friendly	Bristol Rovers	v	Plymouth Argyle	Horfield
19:00 BST				Stadium: Memorial Stadium

Competitions

League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	Birmingham City	Promotion to EFL Championship
3	Blackpool	Qualification for League One play-offs
4	Bolton Wanderers
5	Bristol Rovers
6	Burton Albion
7	Cambridge United
8	Charlton Athletic

First match(es) will be played: 10 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^[9]

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

Results by round

Updated to match(es) played on pre-season. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

FA Cup

EFL Cup

EFL Trophy

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
—	GK	ENG	Matt Hall	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	GK	ENG	Jed Ward	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Defenders
—	DF	WAL	James Connolly	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	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	Antony Evans	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	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
—	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	Luke Thomas	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

References

^ "Matt Taylor Announced as Bristol Rovers Manager". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Bristol Rovers issue 2023/24 Retained List". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 1 May 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
^ "Tranmere Rovers sign Sam Finley on two-year contract". Tranmere Rovers FC. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^ "Defender joins Spireites". chesterfield-fc.co.uk. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
^ "Harvey Greenslade joins the Glovers". www.ytfc.net. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
^ "Rovers set for Portugal pre-season camp | Hotel packages available now!". Bristol Rovers FC. 7 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
^ "Melksham, Bath and Yeovil pre-season fixtures confirmed". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
^ "Rovers set for Plymouth Argyle pre-season test". Bristol Rovers FC. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.

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National teams

Senior (2026 FIFA World Cup qualification)
U21 (UEFA Euro 2025 finals)
U20 (UEFA Euro 2025 qualification)
U17 (UEFA Euro 2025 qualification)

League
competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	English Football League (Championship, League One, League Two, play-offs)
Levels 5–6	National League (National, North, South)
Levels 7–8	Isthmian League (Premier, One North, One South Central, One South East) Northern Premier League (Premier, One East, One Midlands, One West) Southern League (Premier Central, Premier South, One Central, One South)
Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League (Premier North, Premier South, One) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One North, One South) Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Midland League (Premier, One) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) North West Counties League (Premier, One North, One South) Southern Combination League (Premier, One) Southern Counties East League (Premier, One) South West Peninsula League (Premier East, Premier West - level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, One) United Counties League (Premier North, Premier South, One) Wessex League (Premier, One) Western League (Premier, One)

Cup
competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)
EFL cups	EFL Cup (Final) EFL Trophy (Final)

Youth
competitions

Under-21	Professional U21 Development League Premier League Cup Premier League International Cup
Under-18	Professional U18 Development League FA Youth Cup

Club seasons
Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Bournemouth Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Fulham Ipswich Town Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Championship	Blackburn Rovers Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Coventry City Derby County Hull City Leeds United Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Watford West Bromwich Albion
League One	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol Rovers Burton Albion Cambridge United Charlton Athletic Crawley Town Exeter City Huddersfield Town Leyton Orient Lincoln City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Peterborough United Reading Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Stevenage Stockport County Wigan Athletic Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers
League Two	Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Barrow Bradford City Bromley Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Fleetwood Town Gillingham Grimsby Town Harrogate Town Milton Keynes Dons Morecambe Newport County Notts County Port Vale Salford City Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall