2021–22 Bristol Rovers F.C. season

Bristol Rovers
2021–22 season
Owner	Wael al-Qadi
Manager	Joey Barton
Stadium	Memorial Stadium
League Two	3rd (promoted)
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Aaron Collins (16); All: Aaron Collins (18)
Highest home attendance	9,790 vs. Scunthorpe United; (7 May 2022)
Lowest home attendance	889 vs. Cheltenham Town; (31 August 2021, EFL Trophy Group Stage)
Average home league attendance	7,512
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season is Bristol Rovers' 139th year in their history and first season back in League Two since the 2015–16 season, following relegation the previous season. Along with the league, the club also competed in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2021	LB	Nick Anderton	Carlisle United	Free transfer	^[1]
1 July 2021	CF	Aaron Collins	Forest Green Rovers	Free transfer	^[2]
1 July 2021	CM	Paul Coutts	Fleetwood Town	Free transfer	^[1]
1 July 2021	CM	Sam Finley	Fleetwood Town	Free transfer	^[1]
1 July 2021	CB	Mark Hughes	Accrington Stanley	Free transfer	^[1]
1 July 2021	CF	Harvey Saunders	Fleetwood Town	Free transfer	^[3]
9 July 2021	LB	Trevor Clarke	Rotherham United	Undisclosed fee	^[4]
13 July 2021	RW	Harry Anderson	Lincoln City	Free transfer	^[5]
23 July 2021	GK	James Belshaw	Harrogate Town	Undisclosed fee	^[6]
30 July 2021	CF	Brett Pitman	Swindon Town	Free transfer	^[7]
31 August 2021	LB	Junior Brown	Scunthorpe United	Free transfer	^[8]
31 August 2021	CF	Leon Clarke	Shrewsbury Town	Free transfer	^[8]
31 August 2021	AM	Antony Evans	SC Paderborn	Free transfer	^[8]
4 September 2021	CM	Glenn Whelan	Fleetwood Town	Free transfer	^[9]
4 January 2022	CF	Ryan Loft	Scunthorpe United	Undisclosed	^[10]
1 February 2022	CM	Jon Nolan	Ipswich Town	Free transfer	^[11]

Loans in[edit]

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
17 June 2021	CB	Connor Taylor	Stoke City	End of season	^[12]
9 July 2021	AM	Sion Spence	Crystal Palace	End of season	^[13]
10 July 2021	AM	Luke Thomas	Barnsley	End of season	^[14]
8 January 2022	CB	James Connolly	Cardiff City	End of season	^[15]
31 January 2022	AM	Elliot Anderson	Newcastle United	End of season	^[16]

Loans out[edit]

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
27 August 2021	CM	Ben Liddle	Queen of the South	End of Season	^[17]
8 September 2021	RW	Zain Walker	King's Lynn Town	October 2021	^[18]
9 September 2021	AM	Owen Brain	Yate Town	November 2021	^[19]
9 September 2021	CB	Jamie Egan	Yate Town	November 2021	^[19]
9 September 2021	RB	Tyron Mbuenimo	Yate Town	November 2021	^[19]
10 September 2021	CF	Kieran Phillips	Dorchester Town	October 2021	^[20]
11 September 2021	CF	Ollie Hulbert	Hereford	October 2021	^[21]
30 September 2021	CM	Joe Budd	Hendon	November 2021	^[22]
1 October 2021	CM	Lucas Tomlinson	Gloucester City	End of Season	^[23]^[24]
8 October 2021	RW	Kinsly Murray	Cirencester Town	November 2021	^[25]
21 October 2021	CF	Ollie Hulbert	Gloucester City	End of Season	^[26]^[24]
26 October 2021	CM	Tom Mehew	Bath City	November 2021	^[27]
28 October 2021	CF	Kieran Phillips	Swindon Supermarine	End of Season	^[28]^[29]
3 November 2021	CB	Niall Lovelock	Cirencester Town	December 2021	^[30]
9 November 2021	CM	Joe Budd	Taunton Town	December 2021	^[31]
12 November 2021	CM	Cameron Hargreaves	Chippenham Town	December 2021	^[32]
12 November 2021	RW	Zain Walker	Chippenham Town	December 2021	^[32]
19 November 2021	CF	Harvey Greenslade	Cinderford Town	December 2021	^[33]
23 November 2021	RB	Zak Ford	Swindon Supermarine	December 2021	^[34]
10 December 2021	CM	Tom Mehew	Gloucester City	January 2022	^[35]
11 January 2022	CM	Tom Mehew	Swindon Supermarine	March 2022	^[36]^[37]^[38]
15 January 2022	CB	Jamie Egan	Hereford	March 2022	^[39]^[40]
17 January 2022	CM	Zain Westbrooke	Stevenage	End of season	^[41]
21 January 2022	GK	Jed Ward	Swindon Supermarine	February 2022	^[42]
3 February 2022	CF	Brett Pitman	Eastleigh	End of season	^[43]
5 February 2022	CM	Cameron Hargreaves	King's Lynn Town	March 2022	^[44]
14 February 2022	CF	Harvey Greenslade	Tiverton Town	March 2022	^[45]
17 February 2022	GK	Jed Ward	Prescot Cables	March 2022	^[46]
18 February 2022	LW	Ryan Jones	Bath City	End of season	^[47]^[48]
4 March 2022	CB	Pablo Martinez	Gloucester City	April 2022	^[49]
4 March 2022	LB	Sam Heal	Salisbury	End of season	^[50]^[51]
25 March 2022	CM	Tom Mehew	Chippenham Town	End of season	^[52]

Transfers out[edit]

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
2 June 2021	CF	James Daly	Stevenage	Free transfer	^[53]
15 June 2021	CB	Max Ehmer	Gillingham	Contract terminated	^[54]^[55]
18 June 2021	LB	David Tutonda	Gillingham	Contract terminated	^[56]^[57]
25 June 2021	RB	George Williams	Cambridge United	Free transfer	^[58]
30 June 2021	GK	Alexis André Jr.	Folkestone Invicta	Released	^[59]^[60]
30 June 2021	GK	Liam Armstrong	Gloucester City	Released	^[59]^[61]
30 June 2021	LW	Kyle Bennett	AFC Telford United	Released	^[59]^[62]
30 June 2021	CB	Tom Davies	Tranmere Rovers	Released	^[59]^[63]
30 June 2021	RB	Josh Hare	Eastleigh	Released	^[59]^[64]
30 June 2021	LB	Michael Kelly	Eastleigh	Released	^[59]^[65]
30 June 2021	LB	Ali Koiki	Northampton Town	Released	^[59]^[66]
30 June 2021	LB	Luke Leahy	Shrewsbury Town	Released	^[59]^[67]
30 June 2021	RB	Mark Little	Yeovil Town	Released	^[59]^[68]
30 June 2021	CM	Abu Ogogo	Southend United	Released	^[59]^[69]
30 June 2021	CM	Ed Upson	Newport County	Released	^[59]^[70]
30 June 2021	GK	Jordi van Stappershoef	Jong AZ	Released	^[59]
30 June 2021	CF	Harry Warwick	Chippenham Town	Released	^[59]^[71]
26 July 2021	CF	Jonah Ayunga	Morecambe	Undisclosed fee	^[72]
25 August 2021	CB	Jack Baldwin	Ross County	Contract terminated	^[73]^[74]
26 August 2021	CF	Brandon Hanlan	Wycombe Wanderers	Undisclosed fee	^[75]
1 September 2021	AM	Josh Barrett	King's Lynn Town	Contract terminated	^[76]^[77]
6 January 2022	CB	Mark Hughes	Retired	—	^[78]
19 January 2022	RW	Zain Walker	King's Lynn Town	Undisclosed fee	^[79]

Pre-season friendlies[edit]

Bristol Rovers announced they would play friendlies against Melksham Town^[80] and Havant & Waterlooville^[80] as part of their pre-season preparations. On 28 June 2021, the club announced three home friendlies.^[81]

2 July 2021 Friendly	Melksham Town	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Melksham
19:45 BST	Anderton 18' (o.g.)	Report	Collins 19'	Stadium: Oakfield Stadium

10 July 2021 (2021-07-10) Friendly	Barnet	3–0	Bristol Rovers	Canons Park
	Bloomfield 11' Turley 35' Trialist	Report		Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 0

17 July 2021 (2021-07-17) Friendly	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Plymouth Argyle	Horfield
13:00 BST	Collins 47' (pen.)	Report	Jephcott 34' (pen.)	Stadium: Memorial Stadium

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) Friendly	Bristol Rovers	Cancelled	Swansea City	Horfield
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Note: Cancelled on day of the match following positive COVID-19 cases in the Swansea City squad.^[82]

27 July 2021 Friendly	Bristol Rovers	0–0	Havant & Waterlooville	Horfield
19:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) Friendly	Bristol Rovers	3–2	Oxford United	Horfield
13:00 BST	Thomas 45+1' (pen.) Pitman 78', 88'	Report	Seddon 14' Henry 47'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium

Competitions[edit]

League Two[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Forest Green Rovers (C, P)	46	23	15	8	75	44	+31	84	Promotion to EFL League One
2	Exeter City (P)	46	23	15	8	65	41	+24	84
3	Bristol Rovers (P)	46	23	11	12	71	49	+22	80
4	Northampton Town	46	23	11	12	60	38	+22	80	Qualification for League Two play-offs
5	Port Vale (O, P)	46	22	12	12	67	46	+21	78
6	Swindon Town	46	22	11	13	77	54	+23	77

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^[83]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

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	23	11	12	71	49	+22	80	14	4	5	38	20	+18	9	7	7	33	29	+4

Last updated: 7 May 2022.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by matchday[edit]

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W
Position	17	23	15	20	22	16	21	22	18	20	16	16	17	18	16	14	14	14	16	16	15	16	15	13	12	13	14	14	11	11	9	10	9	9	9	8	7	4	6	5	6	5	5	5	4	3

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2022. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

Fixtures for the 2021–22 season were announced on 24 June 2021.^[84]

7 August 2021 1	Mansfield Town	2–1	Bristol Rovers	Mansfield
15:00 BST	Maris 23' Hawkins 42' Johnson 79', 90+6' (pen.)	Report	Harries 62', 78' Coutts 77' Westbrooke 86'	Stadium: One Call Stadium Attendance: 6,342 Referee: Josh Smith

14 August 2021 (2021-08-14) 2	Bristol Rovers	0–2	Stevenage	Horfield
15:00 BST	Harries 50'	Report	Vancooten 52' Lines 88' Norris 90+6'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,071 Referee: Neil Hair

17 August 2021 (2021-08-17) 3	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Oldham Athletic	Horfield
19:45 BST	Saunders 22' 35' Pitman 90+1'	Report	Whelan 6' Diarra 47' Cissé 73'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,005 Referee: Sam Purkiss

21 August 2021 (2021-08-21) 4	Exeter City	4–1	Bristol Rovers	Exeter
15:00 BST	Jay 3', 15' Dieng 22' Kite 24' Edwards 87'	Report	Baldwin 24' Finley 59', 70'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 5,284 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

28 August 2021 (2021-08-28) 5	Barrow	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST	Hutton 17' Ellis 31' White 34' Banks 42' 45+5' Zanzala 68'	Report	Nicholson 44' Collins 55' Finley 90'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 2,116 Referee: Ross Joyce

4 September 2021 (2021-09-04) 6	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Crawley Town	Horfield
15:00 BST	Clarke 47'	Report	Tsaroulla 67'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,513 Referee: Ben Speedie

11 September 2021 (2021-09-11) 7	Hartlepool United	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Hartlepool
15:00 BST	Byrne 11' Sterry 69' 88'	Report	Finley 87'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 5,193 Referee: Rebecca Welch

18 September 2021 (2021-09-18) 8	Bristol Rovers	1–3	Leyton Orient	Horfield
15:00 BST	Finley 28' Kilgour 45+1' Pitman 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Smith 17' Archibald 33' 69' Drinan 41' Mitchell 47' Clay 80' Vigouroroux 83'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,172 Referee: David Rock

25 September 2021 9	Walsall	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Bescot
15:00 BST	Earing 26' Phillips 32' White 85'	Report	Taylor 57', 79' Harries 66' Spence 90+1'	Stadium: Banks's Stadium Attendance: 5,434 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

2 October 2021 (2021-10-02) 10	Bristol Rovers	1–3	Swindon Town	Horfield
15:00 BST	Anderson 17' Kilgour 79' 84' Harries 90+4'	Report	Payne 57' Gladwin 85' (pen.) McKirdy 87'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,625 Referee: Robert Lewis

9 October 2021 (2021-10-09) 11	Bristol Rovers	3–0	Carlisle United	Horfield
15:00 BST	Harries 23' Evans 35' Saunders 76', 90+4' Nicholson 86' Thomas 88' Whelan 90'	Report	Feeney 16' Devine 26' Alessandra 38' Armer 60' Guy 61' Mellish 74'	Stadium: The Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,302 Referee: Charles Breakspear

16 October 2021 (2021-10-16) 12	Bradford City	2–2	Bristol Rovers	Bradford
15:00 BST	Vernam 42' Cook 50'	Report	Saunders 4' Coutts 25' Kilgour 48', 54' Pitman 63', 90+1'	Stadium: Utilita Energy Stadium Attendance: 16,664 Referee: Andy Haines

19 October 2021 (2021-10-19) 13	Colchester United	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Colchester
19:45 BST	Sarpong-Wiredu 36' Chambers 45+1' Dobra 63' Eastman 65' Chilvers 88' Tchamadeu 90+1'	Report	Harries 51' 87' Pitman 59' Coutts 88' Clarke 90+1'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 2,069 Referee: Graham Scott

23 October 2021 (2021-10-23) 14	Bristol Rovers	1–3	Newport County	Horfield
15:00 BST	Pitman 45+2' Finley 86'	Report	Baker-Richardson 27' 86' Telford 31', 61' Willmott 72' Abraham 90+2'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,515 Referee: Scott Oldham

30 October 2021 (2021-10-30) 15	Harrogate Town	0–1	Bristol Rovers	Harrogate
15:00 BST	Smith 13' Martin 90+6'	Report	Whelan 22' Brown 35' Evans 57' Anderton 64' Coutts 89'	Stadium: EnviroVent Stadium Attendance: 2,614 Referee: Peter Wright

13 November 2021 (2021-11-13) 16	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Northampton Town	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Whelan 12' 67' Harries 49' Grant 54' Evans 59' Anderson 74'	Report	Hoskins 39' (pen.) 74' Roberts 90+5'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,884 Referee: Sam Allison

20 November 2021 (2021-11-20) 17	Bristol Rovers	2–2	Tranmere Rovers	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Grant 5' Nicholson 22' Kilgour 32' Evans 63'	Report	Macdonald 25' 32' Knight-Percival 36' Davies 45+3' Glatzel 75'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,165 Referee: Tom Reeves

23 November 2021 (2021-11-23) 18	Salford City	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Salford
19:45 GMT	Thomas-Asante 39' 90+5' Willock 41' Love 48' Elliott 80' Hunter 89'	Report	Nicholson 14' Anderton 33'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 1,740 Referee: Ben Toner

27 November 2021 (2021-11-27) 19	Forest Green Rovers	2–0	Bristol Rovers	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Matt 20', 77' (pen.) 81' Godwin-Malife 41' 63'	Report	Anderton 28' Evans 79' Finley 80'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 4,128 Referee: Simon Mather

7 December 2021 (2021-12-07) 20	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Port Vale	Horfield
19:45 GMT	Finley 15' Collins 56' Harries 77' Whelan 86' Pitman 90+5'	Report	Garrity 31', 33' Jones 58' Politic 60'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,071 Referee: Craig Hicks

11 December 2021 (2021-12-11) 21	Bristol Rovers	4–2	Rochdale	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Evans 10' Collins 51', 89' Anderson 84'	Report	Beesley 60', 66' 64'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,215 Referee: James Linington

18 December 2021 (2021-12-18)	Scunthorpe United	v	Bristol Rovers	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Glanford Park
Note: Match postponed on 17 December due to a number of positive COVID cases in the Rovers squad which left them below the required number to complete the fixture^[85]

26 December 2021 (2021-12-26)	Bristol Rovers	v	Sutton United	Horfield
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Note: Match postponed on 20 December due to a small increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the club.^[86]

29 December 2021 (2021-12-29)	Crawley Town	v	Bristol Rovers	Crawley
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Note: Match postponed on 27 December due to an insufficient number of players available to complete the fixture following the COVID-19 outbreak.^[87]

1 January 2022 (2022-01-01)	Leyton Orient	v	Bristol Rovers	Leyton
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Brisbane Road
Note: Match postponed on morning of 1 January due to unforeseen illness in the squad on the morning of the game.^[88]

15 January 2022 (2022-01-15) 22	Bristol Rovers	2–0	Hartlepool United	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Harries 28' Evans 70' 90+4' Collins 87'	Report	Liddle 39' Ferguson 64' Odusina 76' Byrne 80' Sterry 90+3'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,004 Referee: Carl Brook

22 January 2022 (2022-01-22) 23	Swindon Town	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Swindon
13:00 GMT	Simpson 16' Iandolo 57'	Report	Taylor 25' Finley 32' 35' Loft 40' Coutts 74' Grant 90+4' Hoole 90+6'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,695 Referee: Tom Nield

25 January 2022 (2022-01-25) 24	Scunthorpe United	2–3	Bristol Rovers	Scunthorpe
19:45 GMT	Wood 1' Burns 89' (90+3)	Report	Grant 32' 36' Evans 62' (pen.) Clarke 78'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: Anthony Backhouse Referee: 2,403

29 January 2022 (2022-01-29) 25	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Walsall	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Hoole 34' 38' Coutts 57' Collins 90'	Report	White 5' Wilkinson 34' Labadie 60' Kiernan 63' Osadebe 90+8'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,003 Referee: Keith Stroud

5 February 2022 (2022-02-05) 26	Sutton United	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Sutton
15:00 GMT	Kizzi 7' Bennett 19' Bouzanis 31' Davis 51' Milsom 90+3'	Report	Connolly 18' Evans 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Gander Green Lane Attendance: 3,394 Referee: Bobby Madley

8 February 2022 (2022-02-08) 27	Oldham Athletic	2–1	Bristol Rovers	Oldham
19:45 GMT	Keillor-Dunn 1', 31' Clarke 88'	Report	Nicholson 43' Anderton 52' Coutts 64'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 5,147 Referee: Scott Oldham

12 February 2022 (2022-02-12) 28	Bristol Rovers	0–0	Mansfield Town	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Finley 33' Collins 64'	Report	Quinn 53' O'Toole 89' Longstaff 90+3'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,707 Referee: John Busby

15 February 2022 (2022-02-15) 29	Bristol Rovers	2–0	Sutton United	Horfield
19:45 GMT	H.Anderson 4' 57' Collins 46'	Report	Davis 12' Kizzi 56' Rowe 65'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,700 Referee: Christopher Pollard

19 February 2022 (2022-02-19) 30	Stevenage	0–4	Bristol Rovers	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	Bostwick 25'	Report	Coutts 21' Finley 36' 67' E.Anderson 50' 90' H.Anderson 54' Collins 74'	Stadium: Lamex Stadium Attendance: 3,538 Referee: Andy Woolmer

22 February 2022 (2022-02-22) 31	Leyton Orient	0–2	Bristol Rovers	Leyton
19:45 GMT	Ogie 9' Beckles 14' Pratley 40' Khan 90+4'	Report	Evans 28' 34' Collins 37' Whelan 76' Loft 82'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 2,840 Referee: Charles Breakspear

26 February 2022 (2022-02-26) 32	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Exeter City	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Hoole 10'	Report	Brown 24' Grounds 90'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,689 Referee: Peter Wright

1 March 2022 (2022-03-01) 33	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Barrow	Horfield
19:45 GMT	Evans 45+3' 81' Anderton 53' Collins 68'	Report	Canavan 32'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,685 Referee: David Rock

5 March 2022 (2022-03-05) 34	Newport County	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Newport
15:00 GMT	Waite 33'	Report	Loft 56' Nicholson 80' Connolly 84'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 6,237 Referee: Darren Handley

8 March 2022 (2022-03-08) 35	Crawley Town	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Crawley
19:45 GMT	Craig 13' Payne 45' Hessenthaler 69' Tsaroulla 89'	Report	H.Anderson 41' Collins 65' Hoole 72'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,223 Referee: Lee Swabey

12 March 2022 (2022-03-12) 36	Bristol Rovers	3–0	Harrogate Town	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Collins 33', 55' E.Anderson 39' Hoole 44' Taylor 53' Anderton 90+5'	Report	Diamond 41'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,884 Referee: Darren Drysdale

15 March 2022 (2022-03-15) 37	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Colchester United	Horfield
19:45 GMT	E.Anderson 49' Evans 90+2'	Report	Skuse 15' Hannant 42' Edwards 70'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,314 Referee: Sam Allison

19 March 2022 (2022-03-19) 38	Northampton Town	0–1	Bristol Rovers	Northampton
15:00 GMT	McGowan 61' Lewis 71' Pinnock 90+2'	Report	H.Anderson 1' Finley 68' Belshaw 75' Connolly 81' Taylor 90+1'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,405 Referee: Oliver Langford

26 March 2022 (2022-03-26) 39	Carlisle United	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Armer 65' Dennis 72', 90+6' Dickenson 90+6' Patrick 90+7'	Report	Taylor 90+6' Saunders 90+8'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 5,884 Referee: Andy Haines

2 April 2022 (2022-04-02) 40	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Bradford City	Horfield
15:00 BST	Clarke 52' Finley 57' Taylor 75'	Report	Hendrie 30' Pereira 46' Watt 72'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,186 Referee: Neil Hair

9 April 2022 (2022-04-09) 41	Tranmere Rovers	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Hemmings 56' 60' Merrie 65' Spearing 83'	Report	E.Anderson 63'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 6,637 Referee: Marc Edwards

15 April 2022 (2022-04-15) 42	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Salford City	Horfield
15:00 BST	Finley 45+3' Evans 62' E.Anderson 75' H.Anderson 90+3'	Report	Touray 24' Kelly 44' Ndaba 59'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,590 Referee: Dean Whitestone

18 April 2022 (2022-04-18) 43	Port Vale	1–3	Bristol Rovers	Burslem
15:00 BST	Proctor 2' Hall 47' Benning 49'	Report	Taylor 8' E.Anderson 10' H.Anderson 22' Connolly 32' Coutts 45' Grant 51' Finley 77' Loft 90+4' 90+5'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 10,840 Referee: Craig Hicks

23 April 2022 (2022-04-23) 44	Bristol Rovers	0–0	Forest Green Rovers	Horfield
15:00 BST	Finley 51' Evans 64' E.Anderson 74' Collins 90+1' Taylor 90+4'	Report	Adams 19' Stevenson 22' Hendry 57' McGee 77'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,690 Referee: Gavin Ward

30 April 2022 (2022-04-30) 45	Rochdale	3–4	Bristol Rovers	Spotland
15:00 BST	Charman 11', 17', 85' Keohane 58' O'Keeffe 60', 83' Taylor 69'	Report	H. Anderson 39' Finley 54' Collins 66', 89', 90+5' Coutts 90+8'	Stadium: Crown Oil Arena Attendance: 4,628 Referee: Ross Joyce

7 May 2022 (2022-05-07) 46	Bristol Rovers	7–0	Scunthorpe United	Horfield
15:00 BST	Lobley 18' (og) Taylor 22' Collins 53', 79' Evans 61', 76' Anderson 85'	Report	Delaney 45+1' Shrimpton 51' Beestin 69' Nuttall 71'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Referee: Charles Breakspear

FA Cup[edit]

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The draw for the first round was made on 17 October 2021 by Kelly Smith and Wes Morgan.^[89] The second round draw was made on 8 November 2021 by Shaun Wright-Phillips and Rachel Yankey.^[90] The third round draw was made on 6 December 2021 by David Seaman and Faye White.^[91]

7 November 2021 (2021-11-07) First round	Oxford United	2–2	Bristol Rovers	Littlemore
13:00 GMT	Taylor 11', 32' McGuane 51'	Report	Finley 33', 45+2' Coutts 45' Evans 87' (pen.)	Stadium: The Kassam Stadium Attendance: 5,083 Referee: Paul Howard

16 November 2021 (2021-11-16) First round replay	Bristol Rovers	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Oxford United	Horfield
19:00 GMT	Finley 48' Evans 50' Spence 107' 110', 118' Collins 115'	Report	Kane 4' Bodin 38' 91' Taylor 57' (pen.) Seddon 93'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,918 Referee: Neil Hair

4 December 2021 (2021-12-04) Second round	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Sutton United	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Evans 28' Taylor 45+1' Collins 57' (pen.) Anderton 59'	Report	Davis 22' Randall 52' Eastmond 72'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,456 Referee: Darren Drysdale

8 January 2022 (2022-01-08) Third round	Peterborough United	2–1	Bristol Rovers	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Szmodics 20' Mumba 63' Norburn 79'	Report	Coutts 30' (pen.)	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 4,937 Referee: Andy Davies

EFL Cup[edit]

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The draw for the first round was made on 24 June 2021 by Andy Cole and Danny Mills.^[92]^[93]

10 August 2021 First round	Bristol Rovers	0–2	Cheltenham Town	Horfield
19:45 BST	Baldwin 88'	Report	May 58' Vassell 71'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Referee: Lee Swabey

EFL Trophy[edit]

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The Gas were drawn against Chelsea U21s, Cheltenham Town and Exeter City.^[94]

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	23	11	12	71	49	+22	80	14	4	5	38	20	+18	9	7	7	33	29	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	23	11	12	71	49	+22	80	14	4	5	38	20	+18	9	7	7	33	29	+4

2021–22 Bristol Rovers F.C. season

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	23	11	12	71	49	+22	80	14	4	5	38	20	+18	9	7	7	33	29	+4