List of Bristol Rovers F.C. players (25–99 appearances)

Bristol Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Bristol, who play in League One, the third tier of the English football league system, as of the 2024–25 season. The club was formed in 1883 under the name Black Arabs F.C. playing their home games at Purdown in Bristol,Rollin & Rollin (2009), p. 114 but they used the name for only a single season, becoming Eastville Rovers and moving to a site known as Three Acres in 1884. Eastville Rovers were somewhat nomadic, moving home in 1891 to the Schoolmaster's Cricket Ground, in 1892 to Durdham Down, and in 1894 to Ridgeway, before finally settling at Eastville Stadium and changing their name to Bristol Eastville Rovers in 1897. Two years later they adopted their current name of Bristol Rovers when they became founder members of the Southern League. They remained at Eastville Stadium for 99 years, before leaving in 1986 when financial pressures meant that they could no longer afford to pay the rent, whereupon they moved to Bath City's Twerton Park, a move that saved the club £30,000 a year.Bryne & Jay (2003), p. 384 After playing for ten years in Bath, the club returned to Bristol in 1997 when they agreed to share Bristol Rugby's Memorial Stadium.Byrne & Jay (2003), p. 433 Since joining The Football League in 1920, when the top division of the Southern League effectively became the Football League Third Division, Rovers have spent most of their time in the second and third tiers of the English football league system; the team has never played in the top flight and spent six years, 2001 to 2007, in the fourth tier.Byrne & Jay (2003), p. 456Rollin & Rollin (2007), p. 49

Players

The list of players below includes all team members who have played between 25 and 99 professional league games for Bristol Rovers, which includes games played in the Southern League (1899–1920), Football League (1920–2014 and 2015–) and Football Conference (2014–2015), and also includes substitute appearances. Statistics are correct as of match played 26 September 2026

Position key: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

+ Table of players, including nationality, playing position and club statisticsPlayerNationalityClub careerGoals FW1970–19735818 MF1952–1956590 FW1997–1998334 GK2009–2011 (loan)580 MF2021–2023726 DF2003–2004530 MF2004–2006542 DF2021–2023351 MF2011–2013628 FW1930–19315127 ‡DF2002–2004560 FW2020–2021302 DF2020–2021411 †DF2026 (loan)2026–302 FW1983–1986298 MF1965–1970313 DF2002–2004900 MF1979–19816114 MF1977–1979473 DF1928–1932665 FW1980294 ‡FW1903–19069444 FW1901–1902253GK2021–2024800 MF1996–2000444 MF2018–2021483 GK1930–1932340 DF1920–1921300 GK2011–2013370 DF2000–2001261 FW/MF1930–1932493 MF1931–1935312 FW2014–2015256 MF2009–2011391 MF/FW2015–20189535 MF2023 (loan)2023–2024 (loan)320 DF2011–2012492 GK2018–2019 (loan)400 FW1900–19012710 DF2002–2004630 MF/FW1920–1923470 DF1907–1908291 DF1919–1920260 ‡GK1965–1968350 ‡MF1926–1930501 DF2017–2019290 MF2012–2014403 FW/MF1967–1972354 MF2023–2025331 MF2010–2012593 FW2013–2014355 MF1999–2004872 ‡FW1907–19083310 MF1961–1963400 FW1936–19399512 FW1914–1915277 GK1931–1932420 FW2000–2002396 ‡MF2011–2012304 MF2002–20047114 DF1986–1988300 FW1946–1947428 GK1985–1987470 GK1982–1985530 †FW2025–5114 FW2019–20204224 ‡FW2012–20146012 MF2012–2014360 FW1920–19248011 FW2022–2023 (loan)3510 DF2022 (loan)2022–2024662 ‡MF2024–2026621 ‡FW1931–19334220 ‡DF/MF1979–1981590 MF1928–1930586 MF2021–2023620 GK2023–2024 (loan)280 DF2018–2020975DF2023–2024 (loan)270 MF1991–1996432 GK2000–2001450 FW1926–19285745 ‡DF1981–1983324 FW1938–19473724 MF1922–1923420 FW2020–2021313 FW1908–1909363 MF1900–1903490 FW1914–19205720 MF1924–1925290 ‡MF1978–1980526 DF1930–1932264 MF1930–1932313 FW1972–1976634 MF1936–1937301 FW1926–1928455 DF1957–1960431 FW2008–20117616 FW1904–1906549 ‡FW2015–20176812 ‡DF2003–2006993 DF1948–1958470 FW1924–1925335 DF2020–2021281 GK1934–1938860 MF1979–1981652 MF1975–1977422 ‡FW1926–1928637 FW1932–19346312 MF1930–1932379 DF1908–1909340 DF2000–2002432 FW1929–19316310 MF1926–1928595 DF1969–1971281 †FW2024–636 FW2004–2006529 ‡MF1985–19861988340 DF1958–1963840 FW/MF1963–1967418 MF1921–1924902 MF/FW2001–2003505 FW1937–19396610 FW1925–1926324 FW1904–19094911 DF/MF2004–2006642 ‡FW1932–19333715DF2022–2024370 DF2022–2023 (loan)311 FW1969–19714515 MF2011–2013450 DF1980–1983590 ‡MF1971–19738116DF2022–2024610 ‡MF2014–2017413 FW1906–1907381 FW1977–19783612MF2020–2024845 MF1903–1904323 GK1899–1902530 FW2002–20033411 DF1971–1974772 GK1985–1986560 ‡DF2006–2009710 FW1900–19011904–19054714 FW1912–1920441 GK2024–2025(loan)280 DF1904–1908772 DF1920–1922280 MF1929–1931632 MF1907–1910930 FW2020–2021457 DF1977–1981381 DF1992–1995675 DF2019–2021290DF2020–2022471 FW1935–19372816 FW2011–20147624 FW1936–19383619 FW1934–19365114 DF1994–1998410 ‡FW1997–19986232 MF1977–1979311 MF1986–1990535 MF1908–1909272 MF1969–1973375 MF1999–2002831 MF1999–2003573 FW1924–1927339 FW1927–1929384 DF2019–2024893 FW2010–20114317 FW1935–19376323 ‡FW1902–19032610 GK2001–2003900 MF/FW1911–1912345 DF1980–1984743 DF2023–2025453 MF2004–2007956 MF1906–1908301 MF2024–2026455 MF2002–2004583 MF2006–2008722 FW1937–19394619 ‡GK2019–2023460 FW1932–19343714 DF1973–1976823 DF2007–2009731 FW2018–2019 (loan)382 DF1904–1907891 MF1969–1975906 FW1897–19027636 FW1911–19153912 GK1998–2000760 DF2000–2002583 GK1990–1994300 DF2017–2021270 DF1900–1901280 FW1928–19304510 GK1980–1984960 MF1899–1900272 FW1909–1910423 FW1922–1924491 DF2019–2021708 FW1946–19494321 FW1920–19226836 DF1998–2000380 MF/FW1932–1934274 ‡FW1899–19001904–19068130 FW1921–1924315 GK1946–1951270 MF2024–2025282 ‡DF1967–1969431 DF1996–1998631 FW2022–2023505 FW1922–19233110 MF1901–1903492 ‡FW1933–19355823 FW1988–1991516 FW1909–1911321 MF2020–2021 (loan) 2022–9610 ‡MF1945–1950321 FW2011–2012277 FW1952–19597911 ‡FW1932–19359117 MF1998–1999 (loan)2001–2003420 ‡DF1993–1994352 MF1902–1903291 DF1991–1995730 MF2014–2017817 FW2022–20247113 FW1902–1904566 ‡FW2023–20255621 DF1996–1998250 ‡MF1999–2002530 FW1987–1988269 MF1998–2001272 DF1970–1971311 DF1937–1939520 GK2003–2005720 GK1962–1963380 ‡FW1936–19399917 †DF2024–742 MF2014–2015398 MF2015–2017533 MF2016–2018472 DF2024–2026511 FW1985–19875524MF1911–1915890 MF1953–1957260 FW1901–1903466 MF1933–1935400 ‡MF/FW1928–19303912 MF1900–1902496 GK1954–1958710 FW2017–2020944MF2020–20226411 ‡FW1989–1991446 MF2011–2014563 GK1958–1962690 FW1920–1922362 MF1984–19868010 FW2024–2025(loan)284 MF2013–20145916 FW1931–1932409 MF2019–2021463 †FW2024–376 FW1927–19282715 DF1904–1910660 DF1916–1924910 FW1922–1924276 DF2002–2005301 DF2017–2019533 DF2012–2013431 FW1928–1932465 FW1899–19015113 FW1914–1915313 FW1979–19826013 MF1927–1929351 ‡DF1997–1998250 DF1999–2001632 MF1965–1970923 MF1910–1913632 FW1928–19306537 FW1923–19259035 ‡MF2007–2010863 FW1965–1968398 FW2000–2002351 FW1972–19783210 DF1996–1998260 DF1935–1938790 GK1933–1934390 FW1934–1936395 MF2002–2004793 MF1996–1998426 FW1910–1912476 FW1928–1930679 MF2007–2011300 DF2009–2011560 FW2018–2020344 FW1911–19132810 MF1954–1961320 MF/FW2006–2010572 DF1937–1939771 ‡FW1998–20007838 FW1907–19108228 MF1899–1903653 UnknownFW1909–1911280MF2018–2023768 FW1912–19206212 MF/FW1965–19697615 DF/MF1925–1929460 FW1931–1934645 MF1926–1928612 FW1972–19757017 DF1931–1932551 MF1922–1923291 DF2004–2007650 MF2006–2007363FW2021–2023332 FW1906–1909403 ‡MF2003–2005653 DF2010–2012610 DF1985–1987722 MF1923–1925370 FW1989–1991377 DF2024–2026500 GK2005–2007470 UnknownFW1909–19145016 MF1956–1963320 GK2017–2018250 GK2017–2019280 FW1903–19067035 FW1933–19352613 FW1907–19083110 MF1926–1929451 MF1998–2002330 MF1923–1925390 DF1975–1976542 DF/MF1937–1946260 FW2024–2026516 DF2024–2025(loan)250 †DF2025–442 FW1913–1915578 MF2011–2012341 GK1912–1921600 ‡MF1919–1922672 ‡MF1985–1986313 MF1931–1933400 UnknownMF1907–1909591 MF2002–2003332 FW1969–19729332 FW1936–19384010 MF2009–2011400 DF2017 (loan)2017–2018 (loan)393 FW2002–20047419 ‡DF1903–1906961 FW1933–19365317 DF1914–1915260 ‡DF/FW1991–19954716 FW1992–19949544 GK1965–1970900 FW2004–2005354 FW1937–1939343 MF/FW1931–1933506 MF1998–2001461 ‡MF2004–2006302 DF1999–2002330 FW1987262 FW1907–1908309 DF1936–1937250 MF2018–2021944 ‡MF2023–2024 (loan)392 ‡MF1992–1994711 FW1905–19071911–19127828 MF1933–1937941 ‡MF1999–20028213 MF/FW1923–1924401 MF2023–2025753 GK2021–2026380MF2020–2023462 DF1909–1915980 ‡MF2021–2023420 DF1994–2000541 MF1938–1947261 MF1918–1920291 FW1901–19034818 FW1925–19263218 MF/FW2007–2010888 FW1967–1969295 DF2021260 MF1966–19696910 FW1962–19634918 MF2003–2006434 MF/FW1926–19287527 DF2000–2002750 UnknownFW1903–19053512 ‡DF2023–2025722 DF2011–2014704 FW1923–19253813 FW1935–19373921 FW1946–1948549 DF/MF1923–1926621 DF1993–1996541 FW1930–19327511 †GK2025–320 FW1906–19073314 DF1997–2000291 FW2011–2012393

Footnotes Unless otherwise stated, all international caps are taken from Byrne & Jay (2003).Byrne & Jay (2003), pp. 486–487 A player's nationality is defined as the country they have represented at the international level if they have done so; otherwise it is their country of birth. Playing positions are taken from Byrne & Jay (2003) unless otherwise stated. Number of league appearances for Bristol Rovers Number of league goals scored for Bristol Rovers Unless otherwise stated, player statistics are taken from Byrne & Jay (2003).Byrne & Jay (2003), pp. 489–508 Dwayne Plummer played one unofficial game for the Cayman Islands national team in 2000, before being declared ineligible to represent them. He is English-born.

See also List of Bristol Rovers F.C. players :Category:Bristol Rovers F.C. players Bristol Rovers F.C.#Current squad

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