2017–18 Bristol Rovers F.C. season

The 2017–18 season is the 135th season in Bristol Rovers' history and their 90th in the English Football League. Rovers will compete in the third tier of English football, League One as well as three cup competitions, FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

Bristol Rovers

2017–18 season
Chairman	Steve Hamer
Manager	Darrell Clarke
Stadium	Memorial Stadium
League One	13th
FA Cup	First round (Vs. Notts County)
EFL Cup	Third round (Vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers)
EFL Trophy	Group stage
Home colours Away colours
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Competitions

Friendlies

As of 2 June 2017, Bristol Rovers have announced thirteen pre-season friendlies against Hull City in Portugal^[1] Corinthian Casuals, Yate Town, Melksham Town, Weston-super-Mare, Mangotsfield United, Salisbury, Gloucester City, Taunton Town, Forest Green Rovers, Yeovil Town, Bath City and West Bromwich Albion.^[2][3]

Yate Town v Bristol Rovers

8 July 2017	Yate Town	0–0	Bristol Rovers	Yate
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Lodge Road Attendance: 910

Melksham Town v Bristol Rovers

8 July 2017	Melksham Town	1–6	Bristol Rovers	Melksham
15:00 BST	Davidson 62' (pen.)	Report	Harrison 6' Bodin 40' Gaffney 74', 86', 90' Sercombe 85'	Stadium: The Oakfield Stadium Attendance: 1,476

Weston-super-Mare v Bristol Rovers

11 July 2017	Weston-super-Mare	0–3	Bristol Rovers	Weston-super-Mare
19:45 BST		Report	Gaffney 28' Harrison 65' Broom 75'	Stadium: Woodspring Stadium Attendance: 710

Mangotsfield United v Bristol Rovers

12 July 2017	Mangotsfield United	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Mangotsfield
19:45 BST	Lloyd 32'	Report	Leigh-Gilchrist 23' Ellington 26'	Stadium: Cossham Street Attendance: 1,050

Salisbury v Bristol Rovers

15 July 2017	Salisbury	0–2	Bristol Rovers	Old Sarum
13:00 BST		Report	Ebbutt 4' Gaffney 62'	Stadium: The Raymond McEnhill Stadium Referee: Ian Parsons

Gloucester City v Bristol Rovers

15 July 2017	Gloucester City	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Evesham
15:00 BST	Richards	Report	Harrison	Stadium: Spiers and Hartwell Jubilee Stadium

Bristol Rovers v Hull City

18 July 2017	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Hull City	Albufeira, Portugal
18:30 WEST	Gaffney 50'	Report	Hernández 57' Bowen 87'	Stadium: Estadio da Nora

Taunton Town v Bristol Rovers

18 July 2017	Taunton Town	2–2	Bristol Rovers	Taunton
19:45 BST	Morgan 41' McGlade 89'		Pugh 71' Staley 90'	Stadium: The Viridor Stadium Attendance: 417

Forest Green Rovers v Bristol Rovers

22 July 2017	Forest Green Rovers	2–0	Bristol Rovers	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Noble 14' Mullings 65'	Report		Stadium: The New Lawn

Yeovil Town v Bristol Rovers

25 July 2017	Yeovil Town	1–3	Bristol Rovers	Yeovil
19:45 BST	Smith 52'	Report	Bodin 45', 47' Moore 57'	Stadium: Huish Park

Bath City v Bristol Rovers

26 July 2017	Bath City	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Twerton
19:45 BST	Case 73'	Report		Stadium: Twerton Park

Bristol Rovers v West Bromwich Albion

29 July 2017	Bristol Rovers	2–1	West Bromwich Albion	Horfield
15:00 BST	Harrison 5' Nichols 86'	Report	Dawson 90'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium

Corinthian-Casuals v Bristol Rovers

31 July 2017	Corinthian-Casuals	3–1	Bristol Rovers	Tolworth
19:45 BST	Uzun 11', 39' (pen.), 64' (pen.)	Report	Dünnwald 86'	Stadium: King George's Field

League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Bradford City	46	18	9	19	57	67	−10	63
12	Blackpool	46	15	15	16	60	55	+5	60
13	Bristol Rovers	46	16	11	19	60	66	−6	59
14	Fleetwood Town	46	16	9	21	59	68	−9	57
15	Doncaster Rovers	46	13	17	16	52	52	0	56

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Result summary

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	11	19	60	66	−6	59	11	6	6	38	30	+8	5	5	13	22	36	−14

Last updated: 13 January 2018.
Source: Statto.com

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	D	D	L	D	D	D
Position	18	24	18	11	14	12	12	15	14	16	14	12	13	13	16	13	15	16	18	15	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	14	11	13	11	11	12	12	10	9	10	11	10	10	10	11	12	13	13	13

Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2018. Source: Statto
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.^[4][5]

Charlton Athletic v Bristol Rovers

5 August 2017 1	Charlton Athletic	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Charlton
15:00 BST	Novak  6' Bauer 38'	Report	Sercombe  27'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 12,968 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Bristol Rovers v Peterborough United

12 August 2017 2	Bristol Rovers	1–4	Peterborough United	Horfield
15:00 BST	Sercombe  14' Gaffney 85'	Report	Marriott 6', 55', 90+5' Grant  19' Taylor  45', 78'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,758 Referee: Nick Kinseley

Bury v Bristol Rovers

19 August 2017 3	Bury	2–3	Bristol Rovers	Bury
15:00 BST	Beckford 90' Ajose 90+3'	Report	Lockyer 55' Bodin 73', 85'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,402 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Bristol Rovers v Fleetwood Town

26 August 2017 4	Bristol Rovers	3–1	Fleetwood Town	Horfield
15:00 BST	Sinclair 26' Bodin 43' Clarke  54' Harrison 79'	Report	Cole 60'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,363 Referee: John Busby

Bradford City v Bristol Rovers

2 September 2017 5	Bradford City	3–1	Bristol Rovers	Bradford
12:30 BST	Wyke 13', 62', 73' Vincelot  54'	Report	Bodin 80'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 19,284 Referee: David Webb

Bristol Rovers v Walsall

9 September 2017 6	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Walsall	Horfield
15:00 BST	Gaffney 5' Clarke  28' 86' Slocombe  60' Leadbitter  74' Bodin  79' Brown  84' Lockyer  90+2'	Report	Wilson  47' 58' Edwards  78' Ismail  85' Roberts  90+2'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,544 Referee: John Brooks

Bristol Rovers v Oldham Athletic

12 September 2017 7	Bristol Rovers	2–3	Oldham Athletic	Horfield
19:45 BST	Gaffney 83' Sweeney 85' Telford  90+7'	Report	Byrne 49' Gardner  60' Davies 71' Doyle 88' Fané  90+7'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,908 Referee: Brett Huxtable

Wigan Athletic v Bristol Rovers

16 September 2017 8	Wigan Athletic	3–0	Bristol Rovers	Wigan
15:00 BST	Powell 30' Grigg 49' Morsy  67' Jacobs  72' Evans  81' Massey 90+5'	Report	Sweeney  30'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 8,732 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Bristol Rovers v Blackpool

23 September 2017 9	Bristol Rovers	3–1	Blackpool	Horfield
15:00 BST	Partington  17' Bodin 40' Moore  45+1' Broadbent  50' Telford  75' Lines  79' Sweeney 84' Harrison 90+3'	Report	Vassell 12'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,431 Referee: Gavin Ward

Portsmouth v Bristol Rovers

26 September 2017 10	Portsmouth	3–0	Bristol Rovers	Portsmouth
19:45 BST	O'Keefe  29' Hawkins 42' Pitman 77', 85'	Report	Harrison  39' Lockyer  57'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,716 Referee: John Busby

Bristol Rovers v Plymouth Argyle

30 September 2017 11	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Plymouth Argyle	Horfield
15:00 BST	Gaffney 22' Clarke  40' Bodin 62' Harrison  65' Lines  90+2' Brown  90+4'	Report	Blissett 52' Carey  57' Miller  64' Edwards  90+4'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,879 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Northampton Town v Bristol Rovers

7 October 2017 12	Northampton Town	0–6	Bristol Rovers	Northampton
15:00 BST	Grimes  42' Revell  69'	Report	Bodin 37' Harrison 56', 61' Gaffney 72' Sercombe 76' Telford 86'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,087 Referee: Mark Heywood

Bristol Rovers v Oxford United

14 October 2017 13	Bristol Rovers	0–1	Oxford United	Horfield
15:00 BST	Clarke  45' Gaffney  47' Sercombe  70'	Report	Henry  45+3' 82' Mousinho  50' Ribeiro  61' Rothwell  77'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,656 Referee: Ross Joyce

Shrewsbury Town v Bristol Rovers

17 October 2017 14	Shrewsbury Town	4–0	Bristol Rovers	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST	Rodman 12' Morris 24' Nolan 29' Brown 41'	Report	Lines  44'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,652 Referee: Darren Handley

Rochdale v Bristol Rovers

21 October 2017 15	Rochdale	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Spotland
15:00 BST	Done 7'	Report	Harrison  63' Sinclair  87'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,944 Referee: Scott Oldham

Bristol Rovers v Milton Keynes Dons

28 October 2017 16	Bristol Rovers	2–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Horfield
15:00 BST	Nichols 65' Gaffney 72'	Report	Upson  59'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,701 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Scunthorpe United v Bristol Rovers

11 November 2017 17	Scunthorpe United	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Ojo  42' Bishop  57' 90+4'	Report	Nichols  57' Leadbitter  87'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,210 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Bristol Rovers v AFC Wimbledon

18 November 2017 18	Bristol Rovers	1–3	AFC Wimbledon	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Sinclair  14' Brown 88'	Report	Barcham 2' Forrester 45+2'  78' McDonald 61'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,734 Referee: John Brooks

Blackburn Rovers v Bristol Rovers

25 November 2017 19	Blackburn Rovers	2–1	Bristol Rovers	Blackburn
15:00 GMT	Mulgrew 61' (pen.) Samuel 67' Nyambe  78'	Report	Harrison  58' 58' Leadbitter  86'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 11,660 Referee: Ross Joyce

Bristol Rovers v Rotherham United

2 December 2017 20	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Rotherham United	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Clarke  30' Harrison 64' Sercombe 75' Smith  79' Sweeney  81'	Report	Williams 56' Moore  79'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,531 Referee: Brett Huxtable

Bristol Rovers v Southend United

9 December 2017 21	Bristol Rovers	3–0	Southend United	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Bodin 15' Harrison 74' Sercombe 86'	Report	Ferdinand  44'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,062 Referee: Tom Nield

Gillingham v Bristol Rovers

16 December 2017 22	Gillingham	4–1	Bristol Rovers	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Byrne 28' 53' Lacey 37' Parker 47' Martin  67' Ehmer  90+4'	Report	Smith  65' Sercombe 90+1'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,227 Referee: Anthony Coggins

Bristol Rovers v Doncaster Rovers

23 December 2017 23	Bristol Rovers	0–1	Doncaster Rovers	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Partington  76' Sercombe  90+1'	Report	Mason 33' (pen.) Wright  62' Houghton  77'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,300 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Walsall v Bristol Rovers

26 December 2017 24	Walsall	0–0	Bristol Rovers	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Leahy  23'	Report	Clarke  59' Lines  85'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,759 Referee: Rob Lewis

Oldham Athletic v Bristol Rovers

30 December 2017 25	Oldham Athletic	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Oldham
15:00 GMT	Davies 72' Bryan  90'	Report	Sinclair  38' Bodin 49'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3,928 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Bristol Rovers v Portsmouth

1 January 2018 26	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Portsmouth	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Partington  81' Sinclair 84' Sercombe 90'	Report	Hawkins 64'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 10,014 Referee: David Webb

Blackpool v Bristol Rovers

13 January 2018 27	Blackpool	0–0	Bristol Rovers	Blackpool
15:00 GMT		Report	Clarke  40'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 4,001 Referee: Martin Coy

Bristol Rovers v Bradford City

20 January 2018 28	Bristol Rovers	3–1	Bradford City	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Broadbent  38' Partington 53' Lines 83' (pen.) Sercombe 87'	Report	Wyke 38' (pen.)	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,064 Referee: Lee Swaby

Doncaster Rovers v Bristol Rovers

27 January 2018 29	Doncaster Rovers	1–3	Bristol Rovers	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Marquis 4' Whiteman  39'	Report	Sweeney 24' Gaffney 50' Harrison  83' Harrison 85'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 8,021 Referee: Darren Bond

Bristol Rovers v Shrewsbury Town

3 February 2018 30	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Shrewsbury Town	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Lines  62' Partington 65'	Report	Beckles 62' Rodman 88' Payne  89'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,380 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Oxford United v Bristol Rovers

10 February 2018 31	Oxford United	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Rothwell 2' Martin  22'	Report	Bennett 68',  87' Harrison 80'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 8,471 Referee: Gavin Ward

Bristol Rovers v Rochdale

13 February 2018 32	Bristol Rovers	3–2	Rochdale	Horfield
19:45 GMT	Sercombe 49' Partington 65',  71' Lines 79', Lines  90+4'	Report	Henderson 29', 66' Cannon 45+1' Camps  78'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,219 Referee: Chris Sarginson

AFC Wimbledon v Bristol Rovers

17 February 2018 33	AFC Wimbledon	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Kingsmeadow
15:00 GMT	Pigott 90+3'	Report		Attendance: 4,837 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Bristol Rovers v Scunthorpe United

24 February 2018 34	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Scunthorpe United	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Harrison 90+1'	Report	Hopper  40' McGeehan  51' Gilks  59' Holmes 61'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,346 Referee: Darren Handley

Bristol Rovers v Wigan Athletic

27 February 2018 P	Bristol Rovers	P–P	Wigan Athletic	Horfield
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium Referee: Stephen Martin
Note: Match postponed due to frozen pitch

Milton Keynes Dons v Bristol Rovers

3 March 2018 35	Milton Keynes Dons	0–1	Bristol Rovers	Milton Keynes
15:00 GMT	Cissé  41' Brittain  78' Aneke  89'	Report	Harrison 50' Craig  70'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 8,240 Referee: Antony Coggins

Bristol Rovers v Northampton Town

11 March 2018 36	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Northampton Town	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Bennett 34'	Report	Luckassen 62' Crooks	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,054 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Plymouth Argyle v Bristol Rovers

17 March 2018 37	Plymouth Argyle	3–2	Bristol Rovers	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Carey  14', 85' Ness 34', 48' Matthews  58'	Report	Lines 12' Harrison 36' Partington  64' Lockyer  85' Bennett  90+4'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 13,466 (1,593 away) Referee: John Brooks

Peterborough United v Bristol Rovers

24 March 2018 38	Peterborough United	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Lloyd 59'	Report	Craig 55'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 5,953 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Bristol Rovers v Bury

30 March 2018 39	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Bury	Bristol
	Clarke  10' Telford 65' Lines 85' (pen.)	Report	Laurent  19' Danns 54' Cooney  85'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,030 Referee: Lee Collins

Fleetwood Town v Bristol Rovers

2 April 2018 (2018-04-02) 40	Fleetwood Town	2–0	Bristol Rovers	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Toumani Diagouraga  41' Ashley Hunter 78' Jordy Hiwula 89'	Report	Chris Lines  55'  57'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,890 Referee: Ross Joyce

Bristol Rovers v Charlton Athletic

7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) 41	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Charlton Athletic	Bristol
15:00 BST	Bennett 21'	Report	Reeves 45'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,336 Referee: Andy Davies

Bristol Rovers v Blackburn Rovers

14 April 2018 42	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Bristol
15:00 BST	Broadbent  61' Clarke  63' Lines 90+4'	Report	Mulgrew 65' Lenihan  83'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 10,029 Referee: Kevin Johnson

Rotherham United v Bristol Rovers

21 April 2018 43	Rotherham United	2–0	Bristol Rovers	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Michael Smith 9' Caolan Lavery 90'	Report	Ellis Harrison  77'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8,579 Referee: Andy Haines

Bristol Rovers v Wigan Athletic

24 April 2018 44	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Bristol
19:45 BST	Liam Sercombe 28'	Report	Ryan Colclough 80'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,414 Referee: Stephen Martin

Bristol Rovers v Gillingham

28 April 2018 45	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Gillingham	Bristol
19:45 BST	Ellis Harrison  45+1' Kyle Bennett  52' Dom Telford 86'	Report	Mark Byrne  35' Elliott List 90+4'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,715 Referee: Ollie Yates

Southend United v Bristol Rovers

5 May 2018 46	Southend United	0–0	Bristol Rovers	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 BST	Mark Oxley  9' Harry Kyprianou  26'	Report	Ollie Clarke  10'  42' Tom Broadbent  75'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 8,179 Referee: Anthony Coggins

FA Cup

On 16 October 2017, Bristol Rovers were away to Notts County in the first round.^[6]

Notts County v Bristol Rovers

3 November 2017 First round	Notts County	4–2	Bristol Rovers	Nottingham
19:45 GMT	Yates 30', 31' Stead 58' Jones  90+4' Grant 90+6'	Report	Sercombe 8' Sinclair 12' Clarke  64'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 4,228 Referee: Graham Salisbury

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Bristol Rovers were drawn at home to Cambridge United in the first round.^[7] Rovers were drawn away in the second round against Fulham.^[8] Another away tie against Wolverhampton Wanderers was confirmed for the third round.^[9]

Bristol Rovers v Cambridge United

8 August 2017 First round	Bristol Rovers	4–1	Cambridge United	Horfield
19:45 BST	Bodin 13' 42' Harrison 61' Sercombe 70'	Report	Dunk  3' Ikpeazu 66'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,114 Referee: Kevin Johnson

Fulham v Bristol Rovers

22 August 2017 Second round	Fulham	0–1	Bristol Rovers	Fulham
19:45 BST		Report	Harrison 13' Slocombe  85' Gaffney  85' Sweeney  90+3'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 6,243 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Bristol Rovers

19 September 2017 Third round	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Bristol Rovers	Wolverhampton
19:45 BST	Douglas  72' Batth  74' Enobakhare 98' Price  102' N'Diaye  102'	Report	Harrison  58' Telford  90+4' Lockyer  120'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 12,740 Referee: Tony Harrington

EFL Trophy

On 12 July 2017, the group stage draw was completed with Rovers facing Swindon Town, West Ham United U23s and Wycombe Wanderers in Southern Group C.^[10][11]

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	West Ham United U23s (Q)	2	2	0	0	6	3	+3	6	Round 2
2	L2	Swindon Town (Q)	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
3	L1	Bristol Rovers (E)	3	1	0	2	8	8	0	3
4	L2	Wycombe Wanderers (E)	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0

Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Wycombe Wanderers v Bristol Rovers

29 August 2017 Group Game 1	Wycombe Wanderers	1–5	Bristol Rovers	High Wycombe
19:45 BST	Southwell 5'	Report	Telford 9' 42' Broom 54' 85' Sercombe 63'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 1,132 Referee: James Linington

Bristol Rovers v West Ham United U23s

31 October 2017 Group Game 2	Bristol Rovers	1–3	West Ham United U23s	Horfield
19:45 GMT	Nichols 1' Burn  24'	Report	Martínez 43' (pen.), 76' Samuelsen 50'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,508

Bristol Rovers v Swindon Town

8 November 2017 Group Game 3	Bristol Rovers	2–4	Swindon Town	Horfield
19:45 GMT	Sweeney 26' Sercombe 73'	Report	Goddard 17' (pen.) Mullin 37' Gordon 58' McDermott  70' Woolery 87'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,657 Referee: Andre Marriner

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	DF		Ghassan Abu Hassan	Free agent	Free	[12]
1 July 2017	DF		Rollin Menayese	Weston-super-Mare	Free	[13]
1 July 2017	CM		Liam Sercombe	Oxford United	Undisclosed	[14]
6 July 2017	GK		Sam Slocombe	Blackpool	Free	[15]
6 July 2017	GK		Adam Smith	Northampton Town	Free	[15]
17 July 2017	CF		Tom Nichols	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	[16]
19 July 2017	CB		Tom Broadbent	Hayes & Yeading United	Free	[17]
18 August 2017	MF		Kenan Dünnwald	TSG Sprockhövel	Free	[18]
18 August 2017	FW		Kunle Otudeko	Marlow	Free	[18]
24 August 2017	FW		Rhys Kavanagh	Newport County	Compensation	[18]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CB		Peter Hartley	Blackpool	Undisclosed	[19]
1 July 2017	LM		Cristian Montaño	Port Vale	Free	[20]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
14 July 2017	LB		Marc Bola	Arsenal	30 June 2018	[21]
4 August 2017	CB		Ryan Sweeney	Stoke City	30 June 2018	[22]
4 August 2017	CF		Dom Telford	Stoke City	30 June 2018	[22]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
9 September 2017	GK		Thom Jonkerman	Mangotsfield United	7 October 2017	[23]
25 October 2017	LB		Mohammad Baghdadi	Dorchester Town	28 December 2017	[24][a]
1 November 2017	CB		Ben Morgan	Frome Town	29 November 2017	[26]
6 November 2017	DF		Sam Blake	Yate Town	4 December 2017	[27]
6 November 2017	GK		Thom Jonkerman	Cirencester Town	4 December 2017	[27]
23 November 2017	GK		Alexis André Jr.	Paulton Rovers	24 December 2017	[28]
23 November 2017	CM		Charlie Ten-Grotenhuis	Paulton Rovers	24 December 2017	[28]
28 November 2017	CB		Jonny Burn	York City	6 January 2018	[29]
1 December 2017	MF		Josh Brace	Farnborough	Work experience	[30]
1 December 2017	FW		Lewis Ellington	Farnborough	1 January 2018	[30]
1 December 2017	FW		James Spruce	Cinderford Town	Work experience	[30]
5 December 2017	GK		Liam Armstrong	Paulton Rovers	Work experience	[31]
8 December 2017	LB		Michael Kelly	Bath City	13 January 2018	[32]
14 December 2017	CF		Rhys Kavanagh	Bath City	20 January 2018	[33]

1. On 28 November, Mohammad Baghdadi's loan at Dorchester Town was extended by a further month.^[25]

Squad statistics

Source:^[34][35]

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

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.

Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.

Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
				League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy		Total		Discipline
1	GK	ENG	Sam Slocombe	11	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	15	0	1	1
2	DF	ENG	Daniel Leadbitter	14 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	2	0	1 (1)	0	17 (4)	0	3	0
3	DF	ENG	Lee Brown	21 (1)	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	24 (1)	1	2	0
4	DF	WAL	Tom Lockyer	24	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	28	1	2	1
5	DF	ENG	Jonny Burn	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	1	0
6	DF	IRL	Ryan Sweeney *	16 (4)	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	20 (4)	3	2	1
7	MF	ENG	Liam Sercombe	26 (2)	6	1	1	3	1	2	2	32 (2)	10	4	0
8	MF	ENG	Ollie Clarke	23 (3)	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	27 (3)	1	8	0
9	FW	WAL	Ellis Harrison	24 (3)	7	0 (1)	0	3	2	1	0	28 (4)	9	6	0
10 †	MF	WAL	Billy Bodin	20 (1)	9	0	0	3	2	0	0	23 (1)	11	1	0
11	FW	ENG	Tom Nichols	14 (14)	1	1	0	2 (1)	0	1 (1)	1	18 (16)	2	1	0
14	MF	ENG	Chris Lines	19 (6)	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	24 (6)	1	5	0
15	DF	ENG	James Clarke	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
16	DF	ENG	Tom Broadbent	12 (2)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	15 (2)	0	3	0
17	MF	WAL	Ryan Broom	0 (2)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	2	2	2 (3)	2	0	0
18	FW	ENG	Dom Telford *	0 (12)	1	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	3	2	3 (14)	3	4	0
19	MF	ENG	Byron Moore	3 (4)	0	0	0	1 (2)	0	3	0	7 (6)	0	1	0
20	DF	ENG	Marc Bola *	9 (1)	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	14 (1)	0	0	0
21	GK	ENG	Adam Smith	17	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	20	0	2	0
22	DF	WAL	Joe Partington	19 (1)	1	1	0	0 (2)	0	2	0	22 (3)	1	3	0
23	FW	ENG	Bernard Mensah	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
24	MF	ENG	Stuart Sinclair	16 (5)	2	1	1	2	0	1	0	20 (5)	3	3	0
30	FW	IRL	Rory Gaffney	16 (10)	6	1	0	0 (3)	0	1 (1)	0	18 (14)	6	2	0
31	DF	ENG	Alfie Kilgour	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	ENG	Luke Russe	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	1 (1)	0	0	0
37	DF	WAL	Rollin Menayese	2	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	2 (1)	0	0	0
39	MF	ENG	Cameron Hargreaves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0 (2)	0	0	0
41	DF	SCO	Michael Kelly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	GK	FRA	Alexis André Jr.	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
48	FW	ENG	Kunle Otudeko	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	MF	GER	Kenan Dünnwald	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (2)	0	0	0
50	MF	ENG	James Spruce	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
51	FW	ENG	Rhys Kavanagh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0