2023–24 Bristol Rovers F.C. season

Bristol Rovers
2023–24 season
Owner	Hussain AlSaeed
CEO	Tom Gorringe
Manager	Joey Barton; (until 26 October); Andy Mangan; (interim - between 26 Oct - 1 Dec); Matt Taylor; (from 1 December)
Stadium	Memorial Stadium
League One	15th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Chris Martin (16); All: Chris Martin (16)
Highest home attendance	10,335 vs. Norwich City ; (17 January 2024, FA Cup Third round replay)
Lowest home attendance	978 vs. West Ham United U21 ; (19 September 2023, EFL Trophy Group Stage)
Average home league attendance	8,190
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season is the 141st season in the history of Bristol Rovers and their second consecutive season in League One. The club are participating in League One, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the 2023–24 EFL Trophy.

Current squad[edit]

As of 28 March 2024

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club	Date signed	Fee	Contract end
Goalkeepers
31	Jed Ward	GK	(2003-05-20) 20 May 2003 (age 20)	Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2028
33	Matthew Cox	GK	(2003-05-02) 2 May 2003 (age 20)	Brentford	25 July 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
35	Matt Hall	GK	(2003-04-24) 24 April 2003 (age 21)	Southampton	26 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
Defenders
2	James Connolly	CB	(2001-11-02) 2 November 2001 (age 22)	Cardiff City	1 July 2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
3	Lewis Gordon	LB	(2001-02-12) 12 February 2001 (age 23)	Brenford	6 August 2022	Free	30 June 2024
5	James Wilson	CB	(1989-02-26) 26 February 1989 (age 35)	Plymouth Argyle	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
17	Connor Taylor	CB	(2001-10-25) 25 October 2001 (age 22)	Stoke City	3 August 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2026
25	Tristan Crama	CB	(2001-11-08) 8 November 2001 (age 22)	Brentford	25 July 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
26	Elkan Baggott	CB	(2002-10-23) 23 October 2002 (age 21)	Ipswich Town	1 February 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
30	Luca Hoole	RB	(2002-06-02) 2 June 2002 (age 21)	Academy	1 July 2021	Trainee	30 June 2024
32	George Friend	LB	(1987-10-19) 19 October 1987 (age 36)	Birmingham City	4 July 2023	Free	30 June 2024
42	Jack Hunt	RB	(1990-12-06) 6 December 1990 (age 33)	Sheffield Wednesday	17 August 2023	Free	30 June 2025
Midfielders
4	Josh Grant	DM	(1998-10-11) 11 October 1998 (age 25)	Chelsea	18 July 2020	Free	30 June 2024
6	Sam Finley	CM	(1992-08-04) 4 August 1992 (age 31)	Fleetwood Town	1 July 2021	Free	30 June 2024
8	Grant Ward	CM	(1994-12-05) 5 December 1994 (age 29)	Blackpool	27 January 2023	Free	30 June 2025
10	Brandon Aguilera	AM	(2003-06-28) 28 June 2003 (age 20)	Nottingham Forest	1 February 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
14	Jordan Rossiter	DM	(1997-03-24) 24 March 1997 (age 27)	Fleetwood Town	1 July 2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
19	Harvey Vale	AM	(2003-09-11) 11 September 2003 (age 20)	Chelsea	15 August 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
21	Antony Evans	AM	(1998-09-23) 23 September 1998 (age 25)	SC Paderborn	31 August 2021	Free	30 June 2025
22	Kamil Conteh	DM	(2002-12-26) 26 December 2002 (age 21)	Grimsby Town	26 January 2024	Undisclosed	30 June 2027
23	Luke McCormick	AM	(1999-01-21) 21 January 1999 (age 25)	AFC Wimbledon	24 August 2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
34	Jerry Lawrence	CM	(2005-03-05) 5 March 2005 (age 19)	Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
37	Kofi Shaw	CM		Academy	13 November 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
45	Harry Vaughan	AM	(2004-04-06) 6 April 2004 (age 20)	Hull City	1 February 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
Forwards
7	Scott Sinclair	LW	(1989-03-25) 25 March 1989 (age 35)	Preston North End	18 October 2022	Free	30 June 2024
9	John Marquis	CF	(1992-05-16) 16 May 1992 (age 31)	Lincoln City	4 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024
11	Luke Thomas	RW	(1999-02-19) 19 February 1999 (age 25)	Barnsley	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2026
18	Chris Martin	CF	(1988-11-04) 4 November 1988 (age 35)	Queens Park Rangers	26 September 2023	Free	30 June 2024
20	Jevani Brown	CF	(1994-10-16) 16 October 1994 (age 29)	Exeter City	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
43	Ollie Dewsbury	CF	(2008-02-22) 22 February 2008 (age 16)	Academy	3 November 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
	Harvey Greenslade	CF	(2004-04-08) 8 April 2004 (age 20)	Academy	1 July 2022	Trainee	30 June 2024
Out on loan
28	James Gibbons	RB	(1998-03-16) 16 March 1998 (age 26)	Port Vale	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024
	Ryan Jones	CM	(2002-05-23) 23 May 2002 (age 21)	Weston-super-Mare	16 October 2020	Undisclosed	30 June 2024

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
1 July 2023	CF	Jevani Brown	Exeter City	Free Transfer	^[3]
1 July 2023	RW	Luke Thomas	Barnsley	Free Transfer	^[4]
1 July 2023	CB	James Wilson	Plymouth Argyle	Free Transfer	^[5]
4 July 2023	LB	George Friend	Birmingham City	Free Transfer	^[6]
26 July 2023	GK	Matt Hall	Southampton	Free Transfer	^[7]
3 August 2023	CB	Connor Taylor	Stoke City	Undisclosed fee	^[8]
17 August 2023	RB	Jack Hunt	Sheffield Wednesday	Free Transfer	^[9]
27 September 2023	CF	Chris Martin	Free agent	—	^[10]
26 January 2024	DM	Kamil Conteh	Grimsby Town	Undisclosed fee	^[11]

Out[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
30 June 2023	RM	Harry Anderson	Stevenage	Released	^[12]^[13]
30 June 2023	CM	Paul Coutts	Inverurie Loco Works	Released	^[12]^[14]
30 June 2023	LB	Calum Macdonald	Mansfield Town	Released	^[12]^[15]
30 June 2023	RM	Alex Rodman	Retired	—	^[12]
30 June 2023	CB	Malik Sesay	Swindon Supermarine	Released	^[16]
30 June 2023	CM	Glenn Whelan	Retired	—	^[12]
30 June 2023	RW	Lucas Vaughan	Lydney Town	Released	^[17]
5 July 2023	CB	Jamie Egan	Drogheda United	Free Transfer	^[18]
3 August 2023	CM	Lene Burden	Hayes & Yeading United	Free Transfer	^[19]
1 September 2023	CF	Ryan Loft	Port Vale	Undisclosed fee	^[20]
11 January 2024	GK	James Belshaw	Harrogate Town	Undisclosed fee	^[21]
13 January 2024	LB	Trevor Clarke	Shamrock Rovers	Contract terminated	^[22]^[23]
1 February 2024	CF	Aaron Collins	Bolton Wanderers	Undisclosed fee^[a]	^[25]

^ The transfer was reported to be around £750,000 by The Bolton News.^[24]

Loaned in[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	On loan until	Ref
25 July 2023	GK	Matthew Cox	Brentford	End of season	^[26]
25 July 2023	CB	Tristan Crama	Brentford	End of season	^[26]
15 August 2023	AM	Harvey Vale	Chelsea	End of season	^[27]
18 August 2023	DM	Lamare Bogarde	Aston Villa	4 January 2024^[a]	^[28]^[29]
25 August 2023	CM	Ryan Woods	Hull City	10 January 2024^[b]	^[30]^[31]
1 February 2024	CB	Elkan Baggott	Ipswich Town	End of season	^[32]
1 February 2024	AM	Harry Vaughan	Hull City	End of season	^[33]
1 February 2024	AM	Brandon Aguilera	Nottingham Forest	End of season	^[34]

^ Bogarde was recalled from his season-long loan deal on 4 January 2024
^ Woods returned to his parent club on 10 January 2024

Loaned out[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	On loan until	Ref
6 January 2022	LB	Trevor Clarke	Shamrock Rovers	30 November 2023	^[35]
25 July 2023	GK	Jed Ward	Wealdstone	14 November 2023^[a]	^[36]^[37]
12 August 2023	CF	Harvey Greenslade	Truro City	October 2023	^[38]^[39]
31 August 2023	CB	James Connolly	Morecambe	3 January 2024^[b]	^[40]^[41]
1 September 2023	CM	Ryan Jones	Bromley	End of Season^[c]	^[42]^[43]
30 September 2023	GK	James Belshaw	Forest Green Rovers	14 December 2023^[d]	^[44]^[45]
6 October 2023	CB	Will Larvin	Yate Town	6 November 2023	^[46]
12 October 2023	CM	Theo Lynden	Melksham Town	12 November 2023	^[47]^[48]
21 October 2023	CM	Jerry Lawrence	Tiverton Town	November 2023	^[49]
15 December 2023	GK	James Belshaw	Harrogate Town	12 January 2024^[e]^[f]	^[50]^[51]^[52]
30 January 2024	RB	James Gibbons	Cambridge United	End of season	^[53]
3 February 2024	CF	Harvey Greenslade	Oxford City	End of season	^[54]

^ Ward's season-long loan deal was ended early when he was recalled on 14 November 2023
^ Connolly was recalled from his season-long loan deal on 3 January 2024
^ On 8 January, Jones' loan at Bromley was extended until the end of season.
^ Although an emergency one-week loan deal, Belshaw remained with the club until 14 December 2023
^ On 22 December, Belshaw's loan at Harrogate was extended for a further seven days.
^ On 5 January, Belshaw's loan at Harrogate was extended for an additional seven days.

Preseason and friendlies[edit]

On 27 June, Rovers revealed their pre-season schedule, with matches against Melksham Town, Eastleigh, Brentford B, Swansea City and Chesterfield.^[55]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

30 June 2023 (2023-06-30) Friendly	Melksham Town	0–9	Bristol Rovers	Melksham
19:30 BST			Sinclair 12', 33' McCormick 14' Thomas 41', 42' Marquis 45' Loft 72' Trialist 82' Brown 88'	Stadium: Oakfield Stadium Attendance: 2,014

8 July 2023 (2023-07-08) Friendly	Eastleigh	0–2	Bristol Rovers	Eastleigh
13:30 BST			Sinclair 27' Marquis 64'	Stadium: Ten Acres

11 July 2023 (2023-07-11) Friendly	Cardiff City	2–1	Bristol Rovers	Leckwith, Cardiff
15:00 BST	Robinson 46' Tanner 64'	Report	Sinclair 13'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
Note: Friendly played in the format of two sixty minute matches

15 July 2023 (2023-07-15) Friendly	Brentford B	0–1	Bristol Rovers	East Molesey
13:00 BST			Sinclair 45' (pen.)	Stadium: Imber Court

22 July 2023 (2023-07-22) Friendly	S.C. Braga	3–2	Bristol Rovers	Lagos, Portugal
10:00 WET	Castro 13' Macedo 38' Horta 90'		Collins 11' Brown 32'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Lagos

25 July 2023 (2023-07-25) Friendly	Swansea City	0–2	Bristol Rovers	Swansea
19:00 BST		Report	Brown 76' Marquis 90+1'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium

29 July 2023 (2023-07-29) Friendly	Bristol Rovers	2–0	Chesterfield	Horfield, Bristol
13:00 BST	Marquis 50', 69'			Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,103

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Competition	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
League One	Matchday 1		46	16	9	21	52	68	−16	034.78
FA Cup	First round		4	2	1	1	13	8	+5	050.00
EFL Cup	First round	First round	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
EFL Trophy	Group stage		4	2	0	2	7	6	+1	050.00
Total			55	20	10	25	72	84	−12	036.36

Last updated: 27 April 2024
Source: Soccerway

League One[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Wigan Athletic	46	20	10	16	63	56	+7	62^[a]
13	Exeter City	46	17	10	19	46	61	−15	61
14	Northampton Town	46	17	9	20	57	66	−9	60
15	Bristol Rovers	46	16	9	21	52	68	−16	57
16	Charlton Athletic	46	11	20	15	64	65	−1	53
17	Reading	46	16	11	19	68	70	−2	53^[b]
18	Cambridge United	46	12	12	22	39	61	−22	48

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 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^[61]
Notes:

^ On 19 May 2023, Wigan Athletic were deducted four points for failing to pay players and staff on time following previous EFL rules breaches in the 2022–23 season.^[56] Another four-point deduction was applied on 26 May, after the club's owners missed a deadline to deposit an amount equalling 125% of its monthly wage bill.^[57]
^ On 16 August 2023, Reading were deducted one point for failing to pay players on time and in full on three occasions in the 2022–23 season.^[58] Another 3-point deduction was applied on 13 September, for failing to deposit wages on time.^[59] Another 2-point deduction was applied on 27 February, due to late HMRC payments.^[60]

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	16	9	21	52	68	−16	57	8	6	9	27	29	−2	8	3	12	25	39	−14

Last updated: 27 April 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	8	9	10	11	12	14	15	16	7¹	17	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	28	29	13²	30	31	18³	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	41	42	43	40⁵	44	27⁴	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	L
Position	10	15	9	14	17	17	13	12	15	11	13	17	16	13	12	10	11	11	13	11	12	10	9	10	11	12	13	11	10	10	12	10	12	12	11	12	11	13	14	14	15	16	15	14	15	15

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2024. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes:

¹ Matchday 7 (vs Reading) was postponed due to the international call-ups.
² Matchday 13 (vs Exeter City) was postponed due to the international call-ups.
³ Matchday 18 (vs Fleetwood Town) was postponed due to the international call-ups.
⁴ Matchday 27 (vs Cambridge United) was postponed due to both Rovers and Cambridge still being involved in the FA Cup.
⁵ Matchday 40 (vs Reading) was postponed due to the international call-ups.

Matches[edit]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

The league fixtures were released on 22 June 2023.^[62]

5 August 2023 1	Portsmouth	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Milton
15:00 BST	Morrell 16' Lowery 17' Towler 45+5' Poole 64' Yengi 90+2'	Report	Finley 9' Thomas 24' Wilson 35' Hoole 42'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 19,165 Referee: Sam Allison

12 August 2023 (2023-08-12) 2	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Barnsley	Horfield
15:00 BST	Sinclair 81'	Report	Cadden 7' Cotter 23' Russell 63' Kane 81'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,929 Referee: Carl Brook

15 August 2023 (2023-08-15) 3	Charlton Athletic	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Charlton
19:45 BST	Payne 57' Kanu 73'	Report	Marquis 27' Sinclair 58' Grant 90+2' McCormick 90+8'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 12,756 Referee: Charles Breakspear

19 August 2023 (2023-08-19) 4	Cambridge United	2–0	Bristol Rovers	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Okenabirhie 79' Morrison 88' Kaikai 90+6'	Report	Taylor 13' Evans 45' Hoole 70'	Stadium: The Abbey Stadium Attendance: 6,390 Referee: John Busby

26 August 2023 (2023-08-26) 5	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Wycombe Wanderers	Horfield
15:00 BST	Friend 34' Wilson 67' Vale 83' Bogarde 88'	Report	Low 19' McCleary 74'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,951 Referee: Lee Swabey

2 September 2023 6	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Lincoln City	Horfield
15:00 BST	Finley 42' Vale 84' Grant 90+4'	Report	Mitchell 45+2' Jackson 53' Mandroiu 66' Smith 71'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,674 Referee: Lewis Smith

16 September 2023 (2023-09-16) 8	Shrewsbury Town	0–2	Bristol Rovers	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Winchester 50' Dunkley 69'	Report	Marquis 29' 73' Evans 42' Hunt 87' Collins 90+1'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 6,070 Referee: Tom Reeves

23 September 2023 (2023-09-23) 9	Bristol Rovers	4–1	Wigan Athletic	Horfield
15:00 BST	Thomas 13' 28' Hunt 26' Marquis 36' 68' Collins 53' Hoole 90+1'	Report	Wyke 21' 81' Rekik 45+5'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,161 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

30 September 2023 10	Peterborough United	2–0	Bristol Rovers	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Collins 15' 26' Jones 32' Ajiboye 47' 77' Knight 54' Kyprianou 62'	Report	Evans 56' Taylor 74'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 9,044 Referee: Ben Toner

3 October 2023 (2023-10-03) 11	Bristol Rovers	3–0	Port Vale	Horfield
19:45 BST	McCormick 25' Hunt 45+2' Grant 47' Brown 85'	Report	Debrah 18' 38' Devine 42'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,364 Referee: Ben Speedie

7 October 2023 12	Oxford United	2–1	Bristol Rovers	Littlemore
12:30 BST	Bodin 13' Brannagan 15' Moore 46' Long 81' Smyth 90' 90+5' Mills 90+6'	Report	Martin 48' Brown 57' 63' Finley 78' Collins 89'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 9,439 Referee: Simon Mather

21 October 2023 14	Burton Albion	4–1	Bristol Rovers	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Moon 18' Lubala 26', 43' Crocombe 70' Powell 81' Baah 84' Helm 88'	Report	Evans 7' Woods 64' Bogarde 90+2'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,591 Referee: Christopher Pollard

24 October 2023 15	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Stevenage	Horfield
19:45 BST	Finley 37' Evans 46' Collins 57' Martin 83' Crama 84' Taylor 88' Gibbons 90+3'	Report	L. Thompson 33' Reid 40' Freeman 45+2' James-Wildin 61' Burns 73'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,143 Referee: Matt Donohue

28 October 2023 16	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Northampton Town	Horfield
15:00 BST	Martin 10' 41' Grant 12' Evans 18' 30' (pen.)	Report	Pinnock 54' Monthé 57'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,518 Referee: Sunny Sukhvir Gill

7 November 2023 7^[63]	Reading	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Reading
20:00 GMT	Savage 25' Smith 40' Hutchinson 49'	Report	Martin 57' Finley 82' Craig 87'	Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium Attendance: 11,726 Referee: Adam Herczeg
Note: Fixture was previously postponed due to international call-ups.^[64]

11 November 2023 (2023-11-11) 17	Carlisle United	0–1	Bristol Rovers	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Barclay 5' Garner 14' Gibson 90+1' Moxon 90+5'	Report	Woods 14' Lavelle 38' (o.g.) Friend 45+2' Collins 51' Crama 73'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 7,838 Referee: Martin Woods

25 November 2023 (2023-11-25) 19	Derby County	2–1	Bristol Rovers	Derby
15:00 GMT	Hunt 66' (o.g.) Mendez-Laing 90'	Report	Martin 87'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 26,623 Referee: Tom Reeves

28 November 2023 (2023-11-28) 20	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Leyton Orient	Horfield
19:45 GMT	Ward 45+4' Vale 90+2'	Report	Turns 45+3' Sweeney 74' Brown 90' Crama 90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,048 Referee: Will Finnie

9 December 2023 (2023-12-09) 21	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Cheltenham Town	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Hunt 45+4' 50'	Report	Goodwin 28' Lloyd 59' Freestone 78' Butler-Oyedeji 90+1'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,346 Referee: Craig Hicks

16 December 2023 (2023-12-16) 22	Bolton Wanderers	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Horwich
15:00 GMT	Santos 33' Forrester 45+2' Baxter 45+5' Dempsey 81' Toal 84' Williams 88'	Report	Marquis 10' Finley 17' Thomas 29' Evans 41' Taylor 87'	Stadium: Toughsheet Community Stadium Attendance: 19,534 Referee: Carl Brook

23 December 2023 (2023-12-23) 23	Blackpool	3–1	Bristol Rovers	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Norburn 21' Connolly 38' Beesley 46' Pennington 50' Rhodes 82'	Report	Marquis 25'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 10,076 Referee: Ross Joyce

26 December 2023 (2023-12-26) 24	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Portsmouth	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Evans 66' 69' Finley 80' Cox 90+2' Thomas 90+4' Martin 90+7'	Report	Robertson 20' Sparkes 48' Morrell 65' Raggett 69' Lane 76' 78' Kamara 90+7'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,176 Referee: Scott Tallis

29 December 2023 (2023-12-29) 25	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Charlton Athletic	Horfield
19:45 GMT	Martin 68', 90+4'	Report	Campbell 24' Jones 30' Hector 35' Tedić 85'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,143 Referee: Neil Hair

1 January 2024 (2024-01-01) 26	Wycombe Wanderers	3–2	Bristol Rovers	High Wycombe
15:00 GMT	Low 9' Tafazolli 29' 90' Vokes 39' 78' Scowen 62' Leahy 80' Wheeler 88' Stryjek 90+1' Grimmer 90+8'	Report	Martin 90+1', 90+8' 90+1' Marquis 90+8'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 5,318 Referee: Leigh Doughty

13 January 2024 28	Barnsley	2–1	Bristol Rovers	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	McAtee 21' Cole 43' de Gevigney 67' O'Keeffe 73' Kane 79'	Report	Martin 68' Evans 90+6'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 11,786 Referee: Scott Jackson

20 January 2024 29	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Blackpool	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Martin 24' Crama 40' Taylor 46' Marquis 81' Evans 83' Collins 90+5'	Report	Hamilton 5' Dembélé 19' O'Donnell 50' Lawrence-Gabriel 79' Norburn 84'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,013 Referee: Gavin Ward

23 January 2024 13^[65]	Bristol Rovers	0–1	Exeter City	Horfield
19:45 GMT	Evans 90+3'	Report	Cox 12' Cole 77' Wildschut 90+7'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,543 Referee: Jacob Miles
Note: Fixture was previously scheduled for 14 October, but was postponed due to international call-ups.^[66]

27 January 2024 30	Bristol Rovers	3–1	Oxford United	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Martin 16' Thomas 22' Wilson 34' Vale 77'	Report	Stevens 45+2' Harris 58'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,363 Referee: Ben Speedie

3 February 2024 31	Exeter City	0–1	Bristol Rovers	Exeter
15:00 GMT	Diabate 45'	Report	Aguilera 15' Wilson 17' Hunt 64' Crama 80'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 8,085 Referee: Will Finnie

6 February 2024 18^[67]	Bristol Rovers	0–2	Fleetwood Town	Horfield
19:45 GMT	Baggott 27' Marquis 57' Aguilera 67' Martin 84' 90+3'	Report	Coughlan 20' Stockley 52' Campbell 57' Kilkenny 66' Broom 70'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,385 Referee: Charles Breakspear
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 18 November, but was postponed due to international call-ups.^[68]

10 February 2024 32	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Burton Albion	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Evans 60'	Report	Gilligan 43' 52' Bola 49' Helm 57' 64' Bennett 80'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,855 Referee: Sam Purkiss

13 February 2024 33	Stevenage	2–3	Bristol Rovers	Stevenage
19:45 GMT	Hemmings 6' Forster-Caskey 24'	Report	Evans 21' 67' Thomas 29' Martin 62' Conteh 86' 90+5'	Stadium: Lamex Stadium Attendance: 3,231 Referee: Sunny Sukhvir Gill

17 February 2024 34	Northampton Town	3–1	Bristol Rovers	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Brough 3' 52' Pinnock 40' Moulden 79' Leonard 84'	Report	Wilson 24' Martin 79'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,817 Referee: Adam Herczeg

24 February 2024 35	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Carlisle United	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Hunt 22' Martin 34' Thomas 50' Sinclair 51' Marquis 90+4'	Report	Vela 16' Neal 56' Armstrong 90+3'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,679 Referee: Thomas Parsons

2 March 2024 36	Leyton Orient	0–1	Bristol Rovers	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Cooper 83'	Report	Martin 30' Vale 58' Wilson 83' Finley 84' Grant 84'	Stadium: Gaughan Group Stadium Referee: Darren Drysdale

9 March 2024 37	Bristol Rovers	0–3	Derby County	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Conteh 34' Martin 45+2'	Report	Adams 38' Gayle 55' 68' Barkhuizen 58' Waghorn 89'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,937 Referee: Lee Swabey

12 March 2024 38	Fleetwood Town	0–0	Bristol Rovers	Fleetwood
19:45 GMT	Rooney 84' Broom 88'	Report	Hoole 79' Finley 87'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Referee: Ross Joyce

16 March 2024 39	Lincoln City	5–0	Bristol Rovers	Lincoln
15:00 GMT	O'Connor 11' Taylor 19', 23', 55' Erhahon 45+4' 76' Makama 65' Roughan 71' Hackett-Fairchild 81'	Report	Aguilera 85'	Stadium: LNER Stadium Attendance: 9,392 Referee: Scott Simpson

29 March 2024 41	Port Vale	2–0	Bristol Rovers	Burslem
15:00 GMT	Garrity 42' Dipepa 52'	Report	Hoole 34' Wilson 58'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 6,637 Referee: Scott Oldham

1 April 2024 42	Bristol Rovers	0–0	Shrewsbury Town	Horfield
15:00 BST	Finley 7'	Report	Bayliss 15' Dunkley 66' Flanagan 89'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,130 Referee: Elliot Bell

6 April 2024 43	Bristol Rovers	0–2	Bolton Wanderers	Horfield
15:00 BST	Evans 33' Thomas 55' Martin 56' Connolly 62' Conteh 76' Taylor 90+8'	Report	Collins 52' Iredale 55' Baxter 85' Morley 90+8' (pen.)	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,814 Referee: Carl Brook

9 April 2024 40^[69]	Bristol Rovers	0–2	Reading	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Hunt 90' Conteh 90+2'	Report	Smith 8' Wing 45'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,951 Referee: Will Finnie
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 23 March, but was postponed due to international call-ups.^[69]

13 April 2024 44	Cheltenham Town	1–3	Bristol Rovers	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Smith 7' Shepherd 13' Ferry 90+2' Sercombe 90+4'	Report	Sinclair 12' Aguilera 56' Hunt 62' Baggott 77'	Stadium: The Completely-Suzuki Stadium Attendance: 5,501 Referee: Paul Howard

16 April 2024 27^[70]	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Cambridge United	Horfield
19:45 BST	Martin 87'	Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,526 Referee: Daniel Middleton
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 6 January, but was postponed due to Cambridge's FA Cup involvement.

20 April 2024 45	Bristol Rovers	0–2	Peterborough United	Horfield
15:00 BST	Thomas 45+2' Hoole 69'	Report	Randall 41' Knight 90' Jones 90+5'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,714 Referee: Tom Reeves

27 April 2024 46	Wigan Athletic	2–0	Bristol Rovers	Wigan
12:30 BST	Magennis 30' Smith 48'	Report	McCormick 82'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 14,077 Referee: Marc Edwards

FA Cup[edit]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

The draw for the First Round was made on 15 October 2023.^[71]

4 November 2023 First round	Bristol Rovers	7–2	Whitby Town	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Marquis 5' Thomas 18' Brown 21' Evans 40' (pen.) Beeden 66' (o.g.) Vale 70' Collins 77' Bogarde 90+2'	Report	Mondal 13' Beeden 15' Simpson 59' 73' Gratton 73'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,329 Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo

12 December 2023 (2023-12-12)^[72] Second round	Crewe Alexandra	2–4	Bristol Rovers	Crewe
19:45 GMT	Offord 40' Baker-Richardson 55' Nevitt 65' Rowe 73'	Report	Marquis 18' 41' Wilson 25' Evans 42' Cooney 49' (o.g.) Taylor 65'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3,127 Referee: Declan Bourne
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 2 December, but was postponed due to an unsafe frozen pitch.

6 January 2024 (2024-01-06) Third round	Norwich City	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Norwich
15:00 GMT	Barnes 12'	Report	Ward 17'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 19,848 Referee: Lewis Smith

17 January 2024 (2024-01-17) Third round replay	Bristol Rovers	1–3	Norwich City	Horfield
19:45 GMT	McCormick 20' Finley 43'	Report	Sara 53' Idah 59' (pen.) Rowe 61' McLean 87' Barnes 90+7'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 10,335 Referee: Andy Davies

EFL Cup[edit]

The draw for the First Round was made on 22 June 2023.^[73]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

9 August 2023 (2023-08-09) First Round	Ipswich Town	2–0	Bristol Rovers	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Taylor 12' Hutchinson 54' Aluko 76'	Report		Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,047 Referee: David Rock

EFL Trophy[edit]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

The draw for the group stage was made on 21 June 2023,^[74] with the invited club being drawn the following day.^[75] After finishing second in the group, they were drawn away to Crawley Town in the second round.^[76]

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2	L1	Bristol Rovers	3	2	0	0	1	6	4	+2	6	Advance to Round 2
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[25] The transfer was reported to be around £750,000 by The Bolton News.^[24]

[29] Bogarde was recalled from his season-long loan deal on 4 January 2024

[32] Woods returned to his parent club on 10 January 2024

[39] Ward's season-long loan deal was ended early when he was recalled on 14 November 2023

[44] Connolly was recalled from his season-long loan deal on 3 January 2024

[47] On 8 January, Jones' loan at Bromley was extended until the end of season.

[50] Although an emergency one-week loan deal, Belshaw remained with the club until 14 December 2023

[57] On 22 December, Belshaw's loan at Harrogate was extended for a further seven days.

[58] On 5 January, Belshaw's loan at Harrogate was extended for an additional seven days.

[table_hth_WIG0.50546962046319-67] On 19 May 2023, Wigan Athletic were deducted four points for failing to pay players and staff on time following previous EFL rules breaches in the 2022–23 season.^[56] Another four-point deduction was applied on 26 May, after the club's owners missed a deadline to deposit an amount equalling 125% of its monthly wage bill.^[57]

[table_hth_REA0.50546962046319-71] On 16 August 2023, Reading were deducted one point for failing to pay players on time and in full on three occasions in the 2022–23 season.^[58] Another 3-point deduction was applied on 13 September, for failing to deposit wages on time.^[59] Another 2-point deduction was applied on 27 February, due to late HMRC payments.^[60]

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2023–24 Bristol Rovers F.C. season

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League One[edit]

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FA Cup[edit]

EFL Cup[edit]

EFL Trophy[edit]

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