2022–23 Bristol Rovers F.C. season

Bristol Rovers
2022–23 season
Owner	Wael al-Qadi
CEO	Tom Gorringe
Manager	Joey Barton
Stadium	Memorial Stadium
League One	17th
FA Cup	Second round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Aaron Collins (16); All: Aaron Collins (16)
Highest home attendance	10,086 vs. Bolton Wanderers; (7 May 2023)
Lowest home attendance	864 vs. Milton Keynes Dons; (13 December 2022, EFL Trophy third round)
Average home league attendance	8,907
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season is the 140th season in the existence of Bristol Rovers Football Club and the club's first season back in League One since the 2020–21 season following their promotion in the previous season. In addition to the league, they will also compete in the 2022–23 FA Cup, the 2022–23 EFL Cup and the 2022–23 EFL Trophy.

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
21 June 2022	CM	Jordan Rossiter	Fleetwood Town	Undisclosed	^[1]
24 June 2022	CB	James Connolly	Cardiff City	Undisclosed	^[2]
1 July 2022^[a]	RB	James Gibbons	Port Vale	Free transfer	^[3]
4 July 2022	CF	John Marquis	Lincoln City	Free transfer	^[4]
6 August 2022	LB	Lewis Gordon	Brentford	Free transfer	^[5]
24 August 2022	CM	Luke McCormick	AFC Wimbledon	Undisclosed	^[6]
18 October 2022	LW	Scott Sinclair	Preston North End	Free transfer	^[7]
27 January 2023	CM	Grant Ward	Blackpool	Free transfer	^[8]
31 January 2023	LB	Calum Macdonald	Stockport County	Free transfer	^[9]

^ The transfer was announced on 22 June, and would become official on July 1, once his Port Vale contract expired

Out[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
30 June 2022	LB	Junior Brown	Whitchurch Alport	Released	^[10]
30 June 2022	CF	Leon Clarke	Hartlepool United	Released	^[10]^[11]
30 June 2022	CM	Cameron Hargreaves	King's Lynn Town	Released	^[10]^[12]
30 June 2022	CB	Cian Harries	Swindon Town	Released	^[10]^[13]
30 June 2022	CF	Ollie Hulbert	Yeovil Town	Released	^[10]^[14]
30 June 2022	CM	Ben Liddle	Darlington	Released	^[10]^[15]
30 June 2022	CM	Pablo Martinez	Chippenham Town	Released	^[10]^[16]
30 June 2022	CM	Tom Mehew	Chippenham Town	Released	^[10]^[17]
30 June 2022^[a]	LW	Sam Nicholson	Colorado Rapids	Free transfer	^[18]
30 June 2022	CM	Jon Nolan	Tranmere Rovers	Released	^[10]^[19]
30 June 2022	CF	Brett Pitman	AFC Portchester	Released	^[10]^[20]
30 June 2022	CF	Kieran Phillips	Gloucester City	Released	^[10]^[21]
30 June 2022	CM	Lucas Tomlinson	Gloucester City	Released	^[10]^[22]
30 June 2022	CM	Glenn Whelan	Coaching Role^[b]	Released	^[10]^[23]
12 January 2023	CB	Alfie Kilgour	Mansfield Town	Undisclosed fee	^[24]
23 January 2023	CM	Zain Westbrooke	Doncaster Rovers	Contract terminated	^[25]^[26]
27 January 2023	CF	Harvey Saunders	Tranmere Rovers	Undisclosed fee	^[27]
7 March 2023	LB	Sam Heal	Chippenham Town	Free transfer	^[28]
21 April 2023	LB	Nick Anderton	Retired	—	^[29]

^ The transfer was announced on 17 June, and would become official once his contract at the club expired
^ Although retained in the role of a coach, Whelan was registered as a player and used throughout the season

Loans in[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	On loan until	Source
12 August 2022	CB	Lewis Gibson	Everton	End of season	^[30]
1 September 2022	CF	Josh Coburn	Middlesbrough	End of season	^[31]
1 September 2022	RW	Sylvester Jasper	Fulham	22 October 2022^[a]	^[32]^[33]
1 September 2022	CB	Bobby Thomas	Burnley	14 January 2023^[b]	^[34]^[35]
19 January 2023	GK	Ellery Balcombe	Brentford	End of season	^[36]
20 January 2023	CB	Jarell Quansah	Liverpool	End of season	^[37]
31 January 2023	DM	Lamare Bogarde	Aston Villa	End of season	^[38]

^ Jasper returned to Fulham in October 2022 having been unhappy with the amount of game time he had been receiving
^ On 14 January, Thomas' loan from Burnley was terminated

Loans out[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	On loan until	Ref.
6 August 2022	CB	Jamie Egan	Gloucester City	September 2022	^[39]
12 August 2022	GK	Jed Ward	Hungerford Town	End of Season^[a]	^[40]^[41]
6 September 2022	CF	Harvey Greenslade	Chippenham Town	1 January 2023	^[42]
26 September 2022	LB	Sam Heal	North Leigh	31 December 2022^[b]	^[43]^[44]
26 September 2022	LWB	Ryan Jones	Hungerford Town	October 2022	^[43]
4 November 2022	CM	Jerry Lawrence	Salisbury	February 2023	^[45]^[46]
3 December 2022	CF	Jarmani Langlais	Frome Town	January 2023	^[47]
8 December 2022	CF	Jaheim Allen	Bristol Manor Farm	January 2023	^[48]
8 December 2022	CF	Lucas Vaughan	Bristol Manor Farm	January 2023	^[48]
22 December 2022	CM	Lene Burden	Hartley Wintney	January 2023	^[49]
6 January 2023	LB	Trevor Clarke	Shamrock Rovers	30 November 2023	^[50]
3 February 2023	CB	Jamie Egan	Weymouth	March 2023	^[51]
10 February 2023	CF	Jarmani Langlais	Slimbridge	March 2023	^[52]
10 February 2023	CB	Malik Sesay	Swindon Supermarine	April 2023	^[52]^[53]
21 February 2023	CF	Harvey Greenslade	Truro City	21 March 2023	^[54]
25 February 2023	CF	Jaheim Allen	Lydney Town	25 March 2023	^[55]
4 March 2023	CB	Jamie Egan	Hereford	April 2023	^[56]

^ On 7 September, Ward's loan at Hungerford was extended until the end of the season.
^ On 25 October, Heal's loan at North Leigh was extended.

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

1 July 2022 (2022-07-01) Friendly	Melksham Town	1–6	Bristol Rovers	Melksham
19:00 BST	70'		Collins 22' Lawrence 23' (pen.) Greenslade 37' Gibbons 47' Jones 65' Saunders 84'	Stadium: Oakfield Stadium Attendance: 2,011

12 July 2022 (2022-07-12) Friendly	Bath City	3–1	Bristol Rovers	Twerton
19:30 BST	Fletcher 30', 39' Cooke 53' (pen.)	Report	Loft 12'	Stadium: Twerton Park Attendance: 1,908 Referee: Said Ouchene

12 July 2022 (2022-07-12) Friendly	Chippenham Town	1–4	Bristol Rovers	Chippenham
19:30 BST	Trialist 14'	Report	Marquis 1', 24' Saunders 29', 55'	Stadium: Hardenhuish Park Attendance: 343

16 July 2022 (2022-07-16) Friendly	Swansea City	2–1	Bristol Rovers	Swansea
13:00 BST	Piroe 7' Congreve 10'		Collins 11' (pen.)	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium

19 July 2022 (2022-07-19) Friendly	Bristol Rovers	2–0	Stoke City	Horfield
19:45 BST	Flint 57' (o.g.) Saunders 78'	Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium Referee: Simon Hooper

19 March 2023 Friendly	Aston Villa	1–3	Bristol Rovers	Bodymoor Heath
	Connolly 85' (o.g.)	Report	Coburn 16' Loft 57' Marquis 64'	Stadium: Bodymoor Heath Training Ground Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors) Referee: Andre Marriner

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
League One	July 2022	May 2023	Matchday 1	17th	46	14	11	21	58	73	−15	030.43
FA Cup	November 2022	November 2022	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	050.00
EFL Cup	August 2022	August 2022	First round	First round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
EFL Trophy	August 2022	TBC	Group stage	Quarter-Final	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	066.67
Total					55	19	12	24	71	81	−10	034.55

Last updated: 7 May 2023
Source: [ Soccerway]

League One[edit]

League One table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Exeter City	46	15	11	20	64	68	−4	56
15	Burton Albion	46	15	11	20	57	79	−22	56
16	Cheltenham Town	46	14	12	20	45	61	−16	54
17	Bristol Rovers	46	14	11	21	58	73	−15	53
18	Port Vale	46	13	10	23	48	71	−23	49
19	Oxford United	46	11	14	21	49	56	−7	47
20	Cambridge United	46	13	7	26	41	68	−27	46

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^[57]

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	14	11	21	58	73	−15	53	6	7	10	27	36	−9	8	4	11	31	37	−6

Last updated: 7 May 2023.
Source: [ Soccerway]

Results by round[edit]

Round	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	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H
Result	L	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	L
Position	19	8	3	10	15	15	16	18	21	21	21	19	15	11	13	14	16	17	15	13	13	9	10	12	11	8	8	12	13	14	14	15	13	15	13	14	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	17	17

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2023. Source: [ Soccerway]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches[edit]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

The league fixtures were announced on 23 June 2022.^[58]

30 July 2022 (2022-07-30) 1	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Forest Green Rovers	Horfield
15:00 BST	Collins 71' Evans 80'	Report	Stevenson 28' Moore-Taylor 55' O'Keeffe 61' Hendry 89' Matt 90+3' Cargill 90+5'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,064 Referee: Robert Lewis

6 August 2022 (2022-08-06) 2	Burton Albion	0–4	Bristol Rovers	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Shaughnessy 1' Smith 14' Butcher 64'	Report	Evans 4' Connolly 12' Collins 40', 44' Whelan 72'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,363 Referee: Ross Joyce

13 August 2022 (2022-08-13) 3	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Oxford United	Horfield
12:30 BST	Marquis 34' Saunders 65' Grant 90+2'	Report	Seddon 29' Moore 40' Brannagan 90+3'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,297 Referee: Oliver Langford

16 August 2022 4	Barnsley	3–0	Bristol Rovers	Barnsley
19:45 BST	Cole 3' Williams 13' Benson 56'	Report	Finley 35' Coutts 35' Connolly 58'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 9,689 Referee: Darren Drysdale

20 August 2022 (2022-08-20) 5	Portsmouth	3–1	Bristol Rovers	Milton
15:00 BST	Ogilvie 32' Pack 57' Morrison 73' Pigott 82' (pen.) Scarlett 88' Dale 90+2'	Report	Whelan 20' Gibson 53' Collins 61' Rossiter 72' Finley 85' Coutts 86'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 18,842 Referee: Gavin Ward

27 August 2022 (2022-08-27) 6	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Horfield
15:00 BST	Marquis 57' Loft 68'	Report	Bowman 65', 79'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,570 Referee: Sam Purkiss

3 September 2022 (2022-09-03) 7	Bristol Rovers	2–2	Morecambe	Horfield
15:00 BST	Loft 29' Thomas 80', 90+1' McCormick 90+5'	Report	Weir 12' Gibson 16' Phillips 53'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,821 Referee: Dean Whitestone

10 September 2022 (2022-09-10)	Milton Keynes Dons	Postponed	Bristol Rovers	Denbigh
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Stadium MK
Note: Following the death of Elizabeth II on 8 September 2022, all EFL fixtures from the 9-11 September 2022 were postponed as a mark of respect.^[59]

13 September 2022 (2022-09-13) 8	Ipswich Town	2–0	Bristol Rovers	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Morsy 15' Chaplin 24' Harness 50' Evans 55' John-Jules 86'	Report	Hoole 66' Thomas 81' 85' Kilgour 90+2'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 22,209 Referee: Alan Young

17 September 2022 (2022-09-17) 9	Bristol Rovers	3–6	Lincoln City	Horfield
15:00 BST	Evans 8' Collins 18', 65' Finley 59' Loft 59'	Report	House 7', 61' Diamond 14' (pen.), 45+1', 56' Virtue 51'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,078 Referee: Tom Nield

24 September 2022 (2022-09-24) 10	Bristol Rovers	0–1	Accrington Stanley	Horfield
15:00 BST	Loft 61' Evans 90+4'	Report	Astley 43' Pritchard 54' McConville 71' Rodgers 90+3'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,906 Referee: Lee Swabey

1 October 2022 (2022-10-01) 11	Exeter City	2–2	Bristol Rovers	Exeter
15:00 BST	Key 37' Sweeney 77' Brown 72' (pen.) Nombe 81'	Report	Evans 15' Finley 33' Marquis 62' Loft 90+2'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 7,816 Referee: Declan Bourne

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08) 12	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Cambridge United	Horfield
15:00 BST	Taylor 17' (o.g.) Belshaw 34' Coburn 47' 56' Collins 53' Loft 86'	Report	Digby 26' Ironside 35' (pen.) Smith 39'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,009 Referee: Ben Toner

11 October 2022 (2022-10-11) 13	Milton Keynes Dons	0–1	Bristol Rovers	Denbigh
19:45 BST	Harvie 16' Jules 63' Robson 87'	Report	Collins 15' Thomas 33' Evans 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 6,466 Referee: Scott Oldham

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) 14	Cheltenham Town	1–4	Bristol Rovers	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Sercombe 54'	Report	Collins 15', 45+2' Evans 23' Thomas 42' Gibson 71'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 5,145 Referee: Samuel Barrott

22 October 2022 (2022-10-22) 15	Bristol Rovers	2–2	Plymouth Argyle	Horfield
15:00 BST	Loft 37' Coburn 47' Collins 57'	Report	Azaz 14' Houghton 23' Randell 31' 45+2' Galloway 69' Lonwijk 90+1'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,258 Referee: Christopher Pollard

26 October 2022 (2022-10-26) 16	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Owlerton, Sheffield
20:00 BST	Ihiekwe 36' Smith 45+3'	Report	Rossiter 39' Coburn 60'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 22,006 Referee: Oliver Langford

29 October 2022 (2022-10-29) 17	Derby County	4–2	Bristol Rovers	Derby
15:00 BST	McGoldrick 5', 24', 40' 59' Collins 12' Hourihane 34' Roberts 72' Wildsmith 90'	Report	Gordon 23' Thomas 35' Evans 45+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 27,841 Referee: Martin Coy

12 November 2022 (2022-11-12) 18	Bristol Rovers	2–2	Fleetwood Town	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Coburn 57' Gordon 68' Collins 75' 80' Belshaw 90+1' Rossiter 90+4'	Report	Rooney 14', 90+9' Lynch 68' Batty 73'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,829 Referee: Bobby Madden

19 November 2022 (2022-11-19) 19	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Peterborough United	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Thomas 51' Sinclair 53'	Report	Edwards 75'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,635 Referee: Peter Wright

2 December 2022 (2022-12-02) 20	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Horwich
19:45 GMT	Thomason 24' Charles 90+4'	Report	Coburn 2' Clarke 67' Gibson 88' Finley 90+6'	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 16,786 Referee: Robert Lewis

10 December 2022 (2022-12-10) 21	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Port Vale	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Coutts 43' Collins 87'	Report	Politic 63' Butterworth 85'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,264 Referee: Carl Brook

17 December 2022 (2022-12-17) 22	Charlton Athletic	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Charlton
15:00 GMT	Inniss 20'	Report	Evans 29' Coutts 47' Marquis 61', 72'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 12,340 Referee: Sam Allison

26 December 2022 (2022-12-26) 23	Wycombe Wanderers	2–1	Bristol Rovers	High Wycombe
15:00 GMT	Obita 13' Wheeler 22' Grimmer 35' Wing 48' 66'	Report	Coburn 4' Thomas 8' Gibson 45+2'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 6,664 Referee: Sunny Sukhvir Gill

29 December 2022 (2022-12-29) 24	Bristol Rovers	3–4	Exeter City	Horfield
19:45 GMT	Collins 25' 57' Coburn 64' Sinclair 74'	Report	Nombe 13', 90+2' 90+2' Diabate 40' Caprice 45' Collins 45+2' 72' Brown 59' Sparkes 68' Dieng 85'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,735 Referee: Simon Mather

1 January 2023 (2023-01-01) 25	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Cheltenham Town	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Collins 25' Coburn 39' Loft 90+7'	Report	May 48' Ferry 79'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,649 Referee: Ollie Yates

7 January 2023 (2023-01-07) 26	Cambridge United	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Cambridge
15:00 GMT	Smith 5' Seddon 41' Digby 48' Lankester 89'	Report	Connolly 12' Loft 14' Coburn 21' Sinclair 29' Coutts 56' Marquis 90+1'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,703 Referee: Thomas Parsons

14 January 2023 (2023-01-14) 27	Accrington Stanley	2–0	Bristol Rovers	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Coyle 38' Leigh 51' Rodgers 55' Astley 79' Martin 86' Hamilton 89'	Report	Sinclair 26' Finley 90+4'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,510 Referee: Tom Nield

21 January 2023 (2023-01-21)	Bristol Rovers	Postponed	Wycombe Wanderers	Horfield
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Note: Match postponed on Friday 20 January following a pitch inspection on account of the freezing conditions.^[60]

28 January 2023 (2023-01-28) 28	Morecambe	5–1	Bristol Rovers	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Crowley 20' Gibson 45+2' Connolly 47' (o.g.) Love 49' Stockton 62' Mayor 88' 90+5'	Report	Connolly 42' Collins 90' McCormick 90+3'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 4,259 Referee: Will Finnie

4 February 2023 (2023-02-04) 29	Bristol Rovers	0–2	Milton Keynes Dons	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Coutts 18' Finley 58'	Report	Eisa 2' (pen.) Devoy 45+2' Maghoma 68' Leko 76' Johnson 76' Dean 90+1' 90+4'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,429 Referee: Carl Boyeson

11 February 2023 (2023-02-11) 30	Lincoln City	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Lincoln
15:00 GMT	Poole 14'	Report	McCormick 25' Loft 42' Gibbons 68' Quansah 88'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,025 Referee: Tom Reeves

14 February 2023 (2023-02-14) 31	Bristol Rovers	0–0	Ipswich Town	Horfield
19:45 GMT		Report	Clarke 86'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,542 Referee: Paul Howard

18 February 2023 (2023-02-18) 32	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Burton Albion	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Marquis 9'	Report	McCann 11' Moon 36' Kirk 44' Winnall 55' Powell 63'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,164 Referee: Christopher Pollard

25 February 2023 (2023-02-25) 33	Oxford United	0–3	Bristol Rovers	Littlemore, Oxford
15:00 GMT	Bate 37' Brannagan 67'	Report	Sinclair 22' (pen.) Collins 28' 40' Quansah 55' Hoole 75'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 8,437 Referee: Charles Breakspear

4 March 2023 (2023-03-04) 34	Bristol Rovers	0–0	Barnsley	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Finley 10' Marquis 12' Gordon 89'	Report	Russell 37' Andersen 40'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,816 Referee: Thomas Parsons

11 March 2023 (2023-03-11) 35	Forest Green Rovers	1–3	Bristol Rovers	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Savage 12' Bernard 81'	Report	Marquis 19', 61' 69' Sinclair 26' Bogarde 54' McCormick 81'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 4,788 Referee: Scott Oldham

14 March 2023 (2023-03-14) 36	Bristol Rovers	0–2	Wycombe Wanderers	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Bogarde 71'	Report	Hanlan 16' De Barr 42' Campbell 62' Scowen 80'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,533 Referee: Rebecca Welch

18 March 2023 (2023-03-18) 37	Bristol Rovers	0–2	Portsmouth	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Whelan 20' Ward 36' Macdonald 68' Quansah 89'	Report	Bishop 18', 69' (pen.) Tunnicliffe 77' Morrell 90'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,448 Referee: James Bell

25 March 2023 (2023-03-25)	Shrewsbury Town	Postponed	Bristol Rovers	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT				Stadium: New Meadow
Note: Fixture was postponed due to Bristol Rovers receiving three international call-ups.^[61]

1 April 2023 (2023-04-01)	Plymouth Argyle	Postponed	Bristol Rovers	Plymouth
15:00 BST				Stadium: Home Park
Note: Fixture was postponed due to Plymouth reaching the 2023 EFL Trophy Final.^[62]

7 April 2023 (2023-04-07) 38	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Charlton Athletic	Horfield
15:00 BST	Marquis 71' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,613 Referee: Simon Mather

10 April 2023 (2023-04-10) 39	Fleetwood Town	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Stockley 22' Warrington 27' Wiredu 48' Rooney 55'	Report	Collins 21' Gibson 56' G. Ward 66'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 3,792 Referee: Samuel Barrott

15 April 2023 (2023-04-15) 40	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Derby County	Horfield
15:00 BST	Evans 90+5' (pen.)	Report	McGoldrick 4' Cashin 50' Wildsmith 60' Forsyth 68' Dobbin 90+1' White 90+3' Roberts 90+5'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,388 (1,293 away fans) Referee: Ollie Yates

18 April 2023 (2023-04-18) 41	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Horfield
19:45 BST	Collins 46'	Report	Smith 15' Bannan 28' Famewo 41' Vaulks 52' Palmer 88'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,724 Referee: Josh Smith

22 April 2023 (2023-04-22) 42	Port Vale	2–0	Bristol Rovers	Burslem
15:00 BST	Harrison 22' Pett 29' Forrester 64' Proctor 74'	Report	Ward 34' Finley 74'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 7,669 Referee: Sunny Sukhvir Gill

25 April 2023 (2023-04-25) 43	Plymouth Argyle	2–0	Bristol Rovers	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Ennis 51' Gillesphey 56' Matete 81'	Report	Evans 13' 26' Loft 86'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 16,254 Referee: Craig Hicks

29 April 2023 (2023-04-29) 44	Peterborough United	0–0	Bristol Rovers	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Norburn 34' Butler 51' Taylor 90+1'	Report	Gibbons 44' Bogarde 45+3' Finley 45+4' Loft 51' Balcombe 81'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 9,494 Referee: Darren Drysdale

2 May 2023 (2023-05-02) 45	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	Bristol Rovers	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST	Leahy 3' Dunkley 23' Shipley 36' Street 53' Winchester 61' Phillips 65'	Report	Hoole 59' Coburn 70' Collins 82'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,949 Referee: Lee Swabey

7 May 2023 (2023-05-07) 46	Bristol Rovers	2–3	Bolton Wanderers	Horfield
12:00 BST	Hoole 28' Marquis 85' Connolly 90+3'	Report	Sheehan 11' Shoretire 24' Thomason 52' Nlundulu 70' 90+3' Morley 77'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 10,086 Referee: Will Finnie

FA Cup[edit]

The draw for the first round was made on 17 October 2022 by Alan Smith and Dion Dublin.^[63] The draw for the second round was made on 7 November 2022 by Jermaine Beckford and Mickey Thomas.^[64]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

5 November 2022 (2022-11-05) First round	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Rochdale	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Sinclair 65' Gibbons 69'	Report	John 14' Odoh 63'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,679 Referee: Will Finnie

27 November 2022 (2022-11-27) Second round	Bristol Rovers	0–2	Boreham Wood	Horfield
14:00 GMT	Clarke 85'	Report	Evans 18' Stephens 30' Brunt 37' Payne 69' Marsh 90'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,769 Referee: Samuel Barrott

EFL Cup[edit]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

9 August 2022 (2022-08-09) First round	Crawley Town	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Crawley
19:45 BST	Nichols 73'	Report	Evans 45+1' Loft 89'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,860 Referee: David Rock

EFL Trophy[edit]

On 20 June 2022, the Gas were drawn in a group with Plymouth Argyle and Swindon Town, the final group place being taken by one of the invited clubs,^[65] later confirmed to be Crystal Palace U21.^[66] In the second round, Rovers were drawn away to Colchester United.^[67]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Plymouth Argyle	3	2	1	0	0	5	2	+3	8	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Bristol Rovers	3	2	0	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	Crystal Palace U21	3	1	0	0	2	2	3	−1	3
4	L2	Swindon Town	3	0	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: EFL.com

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

30 August 2022 Group stage	Plymouth Argyle	1–1 (4–3 p)	Bristol Rovers	Plymouth
19:00 BST	Whittaker 37' Hardie 58' (pen.)	Report	Loft 50' Saunders 60' Rossiter 89'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 2,298 Referee: Carl Brook
	Penalties
	Azaz Randell Gillesphey Houghton Ennis		Collins Evans Greenslade McCormick Jones

4 October 2022 Group stage	Bristol Rovers	2–0	Crystal Palace U21	Horfield
19:00 BST	Kilgour 45+2' Saunders 55' Clarke 64' 73' Loft 75' Whelan 85'	Report	Ozoh 27' Balmer 84' Phillips 87'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,058 Referee: James Oldham

18 October 2022 Group stage	Bristol Rovers	3–0	Swindon Town	Horfield
19:00 BST	Loft 63' Anderson 76' McCormick 83'	Report	Brennan 15' 32' Aguiar 44' Reed 48' Minturn 53' Lavinier 73'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,700 Referee: David Rock

23 November 2022 (2022-11-23) Second round	Colchester United	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Colchester
19:30 GMT	Sears 83'	Report	Connolly 53' Saunders 90+5'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 669 Referee: Thomas Kirk

13 December 2022 (2022-12-13) Third round	Bristol Rovers	4–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Horfield
19:30 GMT	Hoole 33' Marquis 54', 66' Saunders 71' Kilgour 77' McCormick 82'	Report	Eisa 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 864 Referee: Declan Bourne

10 January 2023 (2023-01-10) Quarter-final	Bristol Rovers	0–2	Plymouth Argyle	Horfield
19:45 GMT	Loft 85' Thomas 90+5'	Report	Waine 24' Hardie 32' Lonwijk 77' Ennis 88'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,742 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Statistics[edit]

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.

As of match played 7 May 2023

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2	DF	WAL	James Connolly	36	2	24+6	1	2+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	1
3	DF	SCO	Lewis Gordon	45	0	37+2	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
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[3] The transfer was announced on 22 June, and would become official on July 1, once his Port Vale contract expired

[19] The transfer was announced on 17 June, and would become official once his contract at the club expired

[25] Although retained in the role of a coach, Whelan was registered as a player and used throughout the season

[35] Jasper returned to Fulham in October 2022 having been unhappy with the amount of game time he had been receiving

[38] On 14 January, Thomas' loan from Burnley was terminated

[45] On 7 September, Ward's loan at Hungerford was extended until the end of the season.

[49] On 25 October, Heal's loan at North Leigh was extended.

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2022–23 Bristol Rovers F.C. season

Transfers[edit]

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FA Cup[edit]

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EFL Trophy[edit]

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