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
No. Name Position Nationality Date of birth (age) Previous club Date signed Fee Contract end Goalkeepers 31 Jed Ward GK Academy 1 July 2023 Trainee 30 June 2028 33 Matthew Cox GK Brentford 25 July 2023 Loan 31 May 2024 35 Matt Hall GK Southampton 26 July 2023 Free 30 June 2025 Defenders 2 James Connolly CB Cardiff City 1 July 2022 Undisclosed 30 June 2025 3 Lewis Gordon LB Brenford 6 August 2022 Free 30 June 2024 5 James Wilson CB Plymouth Argyle 1 July 2023 Free 30 June 2025 17 Connor Taylor CB Stoke City 3 August 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2026 25 Tristan Crama CB Brentford 25 July 2023 Loan 31 May 2024 26 Elkan Baggott CB Ipswich Town 1 February 2024 Loan 31 May 2024 30 Luca Hoole RB Academy 1 July 2021 Trainee 30 June 2024 32 George Friend LB Birmingham City 4 July 2023 Free 30 June 2024 42 Jack Hunt RB Sheffield Wednesday 17 August 2023 Free 30 June 2025 Midfielders 4 Josh Grant DM Chelsea 18 July 2020 Free 30 June 2024 6 Sam Finley CM Fleetwood Town 1 July 2021 Free 30 June 2024 8 Grant Ward CM Blackpool 27 January 2023 Free 30 June 2025 10 Brandon Aguilera AM Nottingham Forest 1 February 2024 Loan 31 May 2024 14 Jordan Rossiter DM Fleetwood Town 1 July 2022 Undisclosed 30 June 2024 19 Harvey Vale AM Chelsea 15 August 2023 Loan 31 May 2024 21 Antony Evans AM SC Paderborn 31 August 2021 Free 30 June 2025 22 Kamil Conteh DM Grimsby Town 26 January 2024 Undisclosed 30 June 2027 23 Luke McCormick AM AFC Wimbledon 24 August 2022 Undisclosed 30 June 2025 34 Jerry Lawrence CM Academy 1 July 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 37 Kofi Shaw CM Academy 13 November 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 45 Harry Vaughan AM Hull City 1 February 2024 Loan 31 May 2024 Forwards 7 Scott Sinclair LW Preston North End 18 October 2022 Free 30 June 2024 9 John Marquis CF Lincoln City 4 July 2022 Free 30 June 2024 11 Luke Thomas RW Barnsley 1 July 2023 Free 30 June 2026 18 Chris Martin CF Queens Park Rangers 26 September 2023 Free 30 June 2024 20 Jevani Brown CF Exeter City 1 July 2023 Free 30 June 2025 43 Ollie Dewsbury CF Academy 3 November 2023 Trainee 30 June 2024 Harvey Greenslade CF Academy 1 July 2022 Trainee 30 June 2024 Out on loan 28 James Gibbons RB Port Vale 1 July 2022 Free 30 June 2024 Ryan Jones CM Weston-super-Mare 16 October 2020 Undisclosed 30 June 2024
Transfers In DatePosPlayerTransferred fromFeeRef 1 July 2023 CF Free transfer 1 July 2023 RW Free transfer 1 July 2023 CB Free transfer 4 July 2023 LB Free transfer 26 July 2023 GK Free transfer 3 August 2023 CB Undisclosed fee 17 August 2023 RB Free transfer 27 September 2023 CF Free agent 26 January 2024 DM Undisclosed fee
Out DatePosPlayerTransferred toFeeRef 30 June 2023 RM Released 30 June 2023 CM Released 30 June 2023 LB Released 30 June 2023 RM Retired 30 June 2023 CB Released 30 June 2023 CM Retired 30 June 2023 RW Released 5 July 2023 CB Free transfer 3 August 2023 CM Free transfer 1 September 2023 CF Undisclosed fee 11 January 2024 GK Undisclosed fee 13 January 2024 LB Contract terminated 1 February 2024 CF Undisclosed fee
Loaned in DatePosPlayerLoaned fromOn loan untilRef 25 July 2023 GK End of season 25 July 2023 CB End of season 15 August 2023 AM End of season 18 August 2023 DM 4 January 2024 25 August 2023 CM 10 January 2024 1 February 2024 CB End of season 1 February 2024 AM End of season 1 February 2024 AM End of season
Loaned out DatePosPlayerLoaned toOn loan untilRef6 January 2022LB30 November 2023 25 July 2023 GK 14 November 2023 12 August 2023 CF October 2023 31 August 2023 CB 3 January 2024 1 September 2023 CM End of season 30 September 2023 GK 14 December 2023 6 October 2023 CB 6 November 2023 12 October 2023 CM 12 November 2023 21 October 2023 CM November 2023 15 December 2023 GK 12 January 2024 30 January 2024 RB End of season 3 February 2024 CF End of season
Preseason and friendlies On 27 June, Rovers revealed their pre-season schedule, with matches against Melksham Town, Eastleigh, Brentford B, Swansea City and Chesterfield.
Competitions Overall record
League One
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
The league fixtures were released on 22 June 2023.
FA Cup
The draw for the First Round was made on 15 October 2023.
EFL Cup The draw for the First Round was made on 22 June 2023.
EFL Trophy
The draw for the group stage was made on 21 June 2023, with the invited club being drawn the following day. After finishing second in the group, they were drawn away to Crawley Town in the second round.
Statistics Players with squad numbers struck through and marked left the club during the playing season. Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Bristol Rovers.
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Goals Record
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total118CFChris Martin1600016221AMAntony Evans620210311RWLuke Thomas5101749 CFJohn Marquis42006510CFAaron Collins3101557 LWScott Sinclair40004N/AOwn goals12014819AMHarvey Vale2100323CMLuke McCormick2100342RBJack Hunt30003118 CMGrant Ward1100210AMBrandon Aguilera2000220AMJevani Brown11002144 LBJosh Grant100015 CBJames Wilson010016 CMSam Finley0001126CBElkan Baggott1000128RBJames Gibbons00011Total 52130772
Disciplinary record
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total 121CMAntony Evans1100000000200130026 CMSam Finley10001000000001100317CBConnor Taylor60010000020090049 CFJohn Marquis700100000000800 55 CBJames Wilson60100000000060118CFChris Martin610000000000610711RWLuke Thomas50000000010060030RBLuca Hoole60000000000060042RBJack Hunt600000000000600104 LBJosh Grant40000000000040022DMLamare Bogarde20010000010040022DMKamil Conteh31000000000031025CBTristan Crama3010000000003011610CFAaron Collins30000000000030019AMHarvey Vale30000000000030028RBJames Gibbons1000000001012011710AMBrandon Aguilera20000000000020015CMRyan Woods10100000000010123CMLuke McCormick10000000010020032LBGeorge Friend200000000000200212 CBJames Connolly10000000000010020AMJevani Brown01000000000001026CBElkan Baggott10000000000010033GKMatthew Cox100000000000100Total903340000080110234
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