2016–17 Bristol Rovers F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was the 134th season in Bristol Rovers' history and their 89th in the English Football League. Following back-to-back promotions in 2014–15 and 2015–16, Rovers competed in the third tier of English football, League One. What was a steady season, Rovers played the likes of Coventry and Chelsea (in the EFL Cup) for the first time in decades. After a brief playoff push towards the end of the season, Rovers finished in a respectable 10th place with 66 points, their highest finish in the football league since the 1999–2000 season.

Bristol Rovers F.C.

2016–17 season
Chairman	Steve Hamer
Manager	Darrell Clarke
Stadium	Memorial Stadium
League One	10th
FA Cup	Second round proper (Eliminated by Barrow)
EFL Cup	Second round (Eliminated by Chelsea)
EFL Trophy	Group stage (Eliminated at the group stages)
Top goalscorer	League: Matty Taylor (16) All: Matty Taylor (18)[1]
Highest home attendance	11,750 (vs. Millwall, 30 April 2017)
Lowest home attendance	7,805 (vs. Walsall, 13 September 2016)
Average home league attendance	9,219
Home colours Away colours
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Season events

Pre-season

Rovers manager Darrell Clarke was quick to make good on his promise to offer all out-of-contract senior players new contracts if the club was promoted,^[2] confirming that, with the exception of Rory Fallon, new deals were "in the post" just five days after the previous season had concluded.^[3] In addition to Lee Brown and Tom Lockyer, whose deals were signed before the season had ended,^[4][5] goalkeeper Steve Mildenhall and midfielder Jay Malpas were the first to sign a new deals on 17 May.^[6] Toward the end of May, Clarke himself had agreed a new three-year contract, making him the highest paid manager in the club's history.^[7] This came after the club received a formal approach from Championship side Leeds United which Rovers rejected.^[8]

June saw defender Daniel Leadbitter^[9] and winger Billy Bodin^[10] sign new two-year contracts at Rovers. Goalkeeper Will Puddy,^[11] defenders James Clarke^[12] and Mark McChrystal,^[13] midfielders Lee Mansell^[14] Cristian Montaño,^[15] Jake Gosling,^[16] Ollie Clarke^[17] and Chris Lines^[18] and forward Ellis Harrison^[19] also agreed a new deals of undisclosed duration. Tom Parkes meanwhile rejected the offer of a new deal and instead joined League Two side Leyton Orient.^[20] On 16 June, defender Peter Hartley became the club's first signing of the season on a free transfer from Plymouth Argyle^[21] followed a day later by the signing of winger Byron Moore from Port Vale.^[22]

Peterborough United forward Luke James became July's first signing, on a season long loan.^[23] Rovers' top goalscorer of the previous two seasons, Matty Taylor, signed a new contract in July,^[24] ending speculation linking him with a move away.^[25]

First team

As of game played on 31 August 2016

No.	Name	Position	Nationality	Place of Birth	Date of Birth	Club caps	Club goals	Int. caps	Int. goals	Previous club	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Steve Mildenhall	GK		Swindon	13 May 1979	125	0	0	0	Millwall
25	Will Puddy	GK		Warminster	4 October 1987	16	0	0	0	Salisbury City
33	Kelle Roos	GK		Rijkevoort	31 May 1992	0	0	0	0	On loan from Derby County
Defenders
2	Daniel Leadbitter	RB		Newcastle upon Tyne	7 October 1990	58	1	0	0	Hereford United
3	Lee Brown	LB		London	10 August 1990	213	20	0	0	Queens Park Rangers
4	Tom Lockyer	CB/RB		Cardiff	3 December 1994	134	2	0	0	Youth team graduate	Vice Captain
5	Mark McChrystal	CB		Derry	26 June 1984	111	0	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	Club captain
6	Peter Hartley	CB		Hartlepool	3 April 1988	1	0	0	0	Plymouth Argyle
15	James Clarke	RB/CB		Aylesbury	17 November 1989	39	0	0	0	Woking
19	Danny Greenslade	LB		Belper	23 September 1996	0	0	0	0	Youth team graduate
26	Tyler Lyttle	RB		Nottingham	12 November 1996	1	0	0	0	Youth team graduate
31	Connor Roberts	RB		Neath	23 September 1995	0	0	0	0	on loan from Swansea City
32	Alfie Kilgour	CB		Bath		0	0	0	0	Youth team graduate
36	Jake Clarke-Salter	CB		Carshalton	22 September 1997	0	0	0	0	On loan from Chelsea
Midfielders
7	Lee Mansell	CM		Gloucester	23 September 1982	72	7	0	0	Torquay United
8	Ollie Clarke	CM		Portishead	29 June 1992	101	8	0	0	Youth team graduate
11	Jake Gosling	RM/LM		Oxford	11 August 1993	41	3	11	2	Exeter City
14	Chris Lines	CM		Bristol	30 November 1985	211	21	0	0	Port Vale
16	Liam Lawrence	RM/LM		Retford	14 December 1981	12	1	15	2	Shrewsbury Town
18	Dominic Thomas	CM		London	23 November 1995	0	0	0	0	Youth team graduate
21	Cristian Montaño	RM/LM		Cali	11 December 1991	30	2	0	0	América de Cali
22	Byron Moore	LM/CF		Stoke-on-Trent	24 August 1988	0	0	0	0	Port Vale
23	Billy Bodin	LM/CF		Swindon	24 March 1992	40	13	0	0	Northampton Town
24	Stuart Sinclair	CM		Houghton Conquest	9 November 1987	58	4	0	0	Salisbury City
27	Ryan Broom	RM		Newport	4 September 1996	1	0	0	0	Youth team graduate
28	Jay Malpas	CM		Bristol	25 May 1997	0	0	0	0	Youth team graduate
34	Hiram Boateng	CM		London	8 January 1996	0	0	0	0	On loan from Crystal Palace
35	Charlie Colkett	CM		Newham	22 September 1997	0	0	0	0	On loan from Chelsea
Forwards
9	Ellis Harrison	CF/LM		Newport	29 January 1994	106	24	0	0	Youth team graduate
10	Matty Taylor	CF		Oxford	30 March 1990	93	47	0	0	Forest Green Rovers
17	Jermaine Easter	CF		Cardiff	15 January 1982	48	9	12	0	Millwall
20	Jamie Lucas	CF		Pontypridd	6 December 1995	2	0	0	0	Youth team graduate
29	Luke James	CF		Amble	4 November 1994	1	0	0	0	On loan from Peterborough United
30	Rory Gaffney	CF		Tuam	23 October 1989	26	8	0	0	Cambridge United

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CB	Peter Hartley	Plymouth Argyle	Free transfer	[21]
1 July 2016	LM	Byron Moore	Port Vale	Free transfer	[22]
13 January 2017	CB	Joe Partington	Eastleigh	Undisclosed	[26]
26 January 2017	CB	Jonny Burn	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed	[27]
2 February 2017	LB	Bob Harris	Sheffield United	Free transfer	[28]

Loans in

Date	Position	Player	Loaned from	End date	Ref.
6 July 2016	CF	Luke James	Peterborough United	End of Season	[23]
24 August 2016	GK	Kelle Roos	Derby County	10 January 2017 [a]	[30]
25 August 2016	DF	Connor Roberts	Swansea City	2 January 2017	[31]
31 August 2016	CM	Hiram Boateng	Crystal Palace	2 January 2017	[32]
31 August 2016	CB	Jake Clarke-Salter	Chelsea	End of Season	[33]
31 August 2016	CM	Charlie Colkett	Chelsea	2 January 2017 (Recalled)	[33]
18 January 2017	GK	Joe Lumley	Queens Park Rangers	End of Season	[34]
20 January 2017	CB	Ryan Sweeney	Stoke City	End of Season	[35]

1. On 10 January 2017, Kelle Roos' was recalled back to Derby County.^[29]

Out

Date	Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2016	CF	Rory Fallon	Truro City[a]	Free transfer	[3]
30 June 2016	DF	Tom Parkes	Leyton Orient	Free transfer	[20]
30 June 2016	GK	Kieran Preston	Grantham Town F.C. [b]	Released	[6]
31 January 2017	FW	Matty Taylor	Bristol City	Undisclosed	[38]

1. Following Fallon's release on 12 May 2016, he later agreed to join Truro City on 9 June 2016.^[36]
2. Following Preston's release on 12 May 2016, he later agreed to join Grantham Town F.C. on 14 July 2017.^[37]

Loans out

Date	Position	Player	Loaned to	End date	Ref.
18 August 2016	RW	Jake Gosling	Cambridge United	2 January 2017	[39]
31 August 2016	Striker	Jamie Lucas	Boreham Wood	28 January 2017	[40]

Squad statistics

Source:^[41][42]

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	Steve Mildenhall	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Daniel Leadbitter	28 (2)	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	34 (2)	0	3	1
3	DF	ENG	Lee Brown	41	0	3	1	2	0	2	0	48	1	5	0
4	DF	WAL	Tom Lockyer	46	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	51	0	8	0
5 †	DF	NIR	Mark McChrystal	3 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5 (1)	0	3	0
6	DF	ENG	Peter Hartley	17 (1)	5	3	0	2	1	2	0	24 (1)	6	5	0
7	MF	ENG	Lee Mansell	4 (5)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5 (5)	0	4	0
8	MF	ENG	Ollie Clarke	30	4	2	0	2	0	0 (2)	0	34 (2)	4	9	0
9	FW	WAL	Ellis Harrison	25 (12)	8	1 (1)	0	2	1	0 (1)	0	28 (14)	9	8	0
10 †	FW	ENG	Matty Taylor	23 (4)	16	2	2	1 (1)	0	0 (2)	1	26 (7)	19	5	0
11	MF	GIB	Jake Gosling	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ENG	Chris Lines	40 (4)	3	2	0	2	1	0 (1)	0	44 (5)	4	6	0
15	DF	ENG	James Clarke	19 (3)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	23 (3)	0	2	0
16 †	MF	IRL	Liam Lawrence	1 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2 (3)	0	0	0
16	DF	SCO	Bob Harris	4 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4 (1)	0	1	0
17	FW	WAL	Jermaine Easter	9 (12)	4	1	0	0 (1)	0	2	1	12 (13)	5	2	1
20	FW	WAL	Jamie Lucas	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
21	MF	COL	Cristian Montaño	12 (13)	1	1 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	2	0	15 (16)	1	1	0
22	MF	ENG	Byron Moore	12 (15)	2	1 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	14 (16)	2	2	0
23	MF	WAL	Billy Bodin	27 (9)	13	0 (2)	0	1 (1)	0	1 (1)	0	29 (13)	13	2	0
24	MF	ENG	Stuart Sinclair	37 (1)	1	3	0	2	0	2	0	44 (1)	1	7	1
25	GK	ENG	Will Puddy	7	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	7 (1)	0	0	0
27	MF	WAL	Ryan Broom	0 (5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (5)	0	0	0
29	FW	ENG	Luke James *	10 (14)	0	1 (2)	0	1	0	2	0	14 (16)	0	1	0
30	FW	IRL	Rory Gaffney	22 (12)	6	2	3	0 (2)	0	3	0	27 (14)	9	5	0
31 †	DF	WAL	Connor Roberts *	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	0
31	GK	ENG	Joe Lumley *	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	1	0
33 †	GK	NED	Kelle Roos *	16 (1)	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	22 (1)	0	1	0
33	DF	IRL	Ryan Sweeney *	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	6	0
34 †	MF	ENG	Hiram Boateng *	9	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	12	0	1	0
34	DF	WAL	Joe Partington	4 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4 (3)	0	0	0
35 †	MF	ENG	Charlie Colkett *	8 (7)	3	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	9 (8)	3	2	0
36	DF	ENG	Jake Clarke-Salter *	9 (3)	1	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	9 (4)	1	0	0
41	GK	ENG	Kieran Hodges	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Players not included in matchday squads

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name
18	MF	ENG	Dominic Thomas
19	DF	ENG	Danny Greenslade
26 †	DF	ENG	Tyler Lyttle
28	MF	ENG	Jay Malpas
32	DF	ENG	Alfie Kilgour

Competitions

  Won   Drawn   Lost   Postponed

Pre-season friendlies

On 23 November 2015, Rovers first pre-season fixture was announced. As part of a week-long training camp in Spain, Rovers will play CE Sabadell with whom the club have a connection due to both playing in blue and white quartered shirts.^[43][44] Further fixtures were announced once the previous season had concluded, with Rovers due to play Salisbury,^[45] Bath City,^[46] Mangotsfield United,^[47] Weston-super-Mare^[48] and Exeter City,^[49] all away, and Cheltenham Town,^[50] Swansea City^[51] and Aston Villa^[52] at home.

Mangotsfield United v Bristol Rovers

8 July 2016 (2016-07-08)	Mangotsfield United	3–5	Bristol Rovers	Cossham Street
19:30 BST	Batten 3' Morgan 49' Bament 85'	Report	Gaffney 21' Montaño 41' Broom 58', 60' J. Clarke 89'	Referee: Savvas Yianni

Salisbury v Bristol Rovers

9 July 2016 (2016-07-09)	Salisbury	0–3	Bristol Rovers	Raymond McEnhill Stadium
12:00 BST		Report	Harrison 18' (pen.) O. Clarke 37' Bodin 66'	Attendance: 865

Bath City v Bristol Rovers

12 July 2016 (2016-07-12)	Bath City	0–1	Bristol Rovers	Twerton Park
19:45 BST		Report	J. Clarke 69'	Attendance: 1,126 Referee: Savvas Yianni

Weston-super-Mare v Bristol Rovers

13 July 2016 (2016-07-13)	Weston-super-Mare	1–3	Bristol Rovers	Woodspring Stadium
19:45 BST	Richards 39'	Report	Gaffney 10' Easter 20' (pen.) Lucas 49'	Attendance: 820 Referee: Savvas Yianni

Exeter City v Bristol Rovers

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)	Exeter City	2–0	Bristol Rovers	St James Park
15:00 BST	Harley 8' Watkins 37'	Report		Attendance: 1,247 (197) Referee: Lee Swabey

Bristol Rovers v Aston Villa

20 July 2016 (2016-07-20)	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Aston Villa	Memorial Stadium
19:45 BST	Taylor 78'	Report	Ayew 42'	Attendance: 5,219 (1,013) Referee: Simon Hooper

Bristol Rovers v Swansea City

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)	Bristol Rovers	1–5	Swansea City	Memorial Stadium
15:00 BST	James 50'	Report	Ayew 6' Fer 13' Kingsley 18' Naughton 45' Routledge 68'	Attendance: 4,365 (1,073) Referee: Lee Probert

CE Sabadell v Bristol Rovers

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)	CE Sabadell	3–0	Bristol Rovers	Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta
19:00 CEST	López 35' Chiekh 48' Yeray 89'	Report

Bristol Rovers v Cheltenham Town

31 July 2016 (2016-07-31)	Bristol Rovers	3–0	Cheltenham Town	Memorial Stadium
15:00 BST	Harrison 8' Lines 39' Taylor 53'	Report		Attendance: 1,607 (104) Referee: Simon Hooper

League One

Main article: 2016–17 EFL League One

On 22 June 2016, the EFL announced the fixtures for the forthcoming season. Rovers started the season away to Scunthorpe United on 6 August, followed by their first home fixture on 14 August^[53] against fellow promoted side Oxford United. The traditional Boxing Day fixture sees Rovers host Coventry City while the season will end with Millwall travelling to the Memorial Stadium.^[54]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Oxford United	46	20	9	17	65	52	+13	69
9	Rochdale	46	19	12	15	71	62	+9	69
10	Bristol Rovers	46	18	12	16	68	70	−2	66
11	Peterborough United	46	17	11	18	62	62	0	62
12	Milton Keynes Dons	46	16	13	17	60	58	+2	61

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

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
44	18	11	15	63	62	+1	65	13	5	3	38	17	+21	5	6	12	25	45	−20

Last updated: 19 April 2017.
Source: ^[55]

Results by round

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	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	D	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	D	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	L
Position	21	12	17	18	19	19	21	15	9	10	7	8	10	5	8	5	5	8	10	13	11	12	10	10	10	8	10	10	8	9	10	10	10	11	11	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	8	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2017. Source: ^[56]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Scunthorpe United v Bristol Rovers

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 1	Scunthorpe United	3–1	Bristol Rovers	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	van Veen 66' Morris 81' Clarke  87' Wootton 90+6'	Report	O. Clarke  11' Taylor 31' Lockyer  40'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,636 Referee: Ben Toner

Bristol Rovers v Oxford United

14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 2	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Oxford United	Horfield
15:00 BST	Lines  11' Easter 25' Gaffney  29' Taylor 70' J.Clarke  76' O.Clarke  78'	Report	Hemmings 42' Long  45+3'  67' Martin  56'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 10,053 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Bristol Rovers v Bolton Wanderers

17 August 2016 3	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Bolton Wanderers	Horfield
19:45 BST	Harrison 57'	Report	Vela 6' Spearing 26'  72' Trotter  56' Madine  75' Wilkinson  90+4'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,169 (700)

Southend United v Bristol Rovers

20 August 2016 4	Southend United	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST	McLaughlin  56' King  75' Cox 81' (pen.)  82'	Report	Clarke  48' Hartley 61'  85'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,084 (518)

Bristol Rovers v Rochdale

10 September 2016 5	Bristol Rovers	2–2	Rochdale	Bristol
15:00 BST	Taylor 21', 49' Lines  56' Harrison  70'	Report	Camps 17' Henderson 22' Vincenti  42' Allen  47' Canavan  49'  72' McNulty  90+4'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,057 (137)

Bristol Rovers v Walsall

13 September 2016 6	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Walsall	Bristol
19:45 BST	Taylor 27' (pen.) Sinclair  70'	Report	Oztumer 16'  33' Moussa  47'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,805 (170)

Bradford City v Bristol Rovers

17 September 2016 7	Bradford City	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Bradford
15:00 BST	Meredith 73'	Report	Colkett 86'	Stadium: Coral Windows Stadium Attendance: 17,499 (576)

Swindon Town v Bristol Rovers

20 September 2016 8	Swindon Town	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Swindon
19:45 BST	Jones 6' Yaser Kasim  43' Furlong  67' Thomas  70'	Report	Sinclair  31' Gaffney  43' Bodin  44' Brown  50' Taylor 83' (pen.) Raphael Branco 84' (o.g.) Lockyer  87' Harrison  90+2'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,760 (414)

Bristol Rovers v Port Vale

24 September 2016 9	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Port Vale	Bristol
15:00 BST	Harrison 44' Easter 63' (pen.) Sinclair  87'	Report	Paterson 23'  61' Thomas  41' Streete  60' Jones  65' Brown  90+5'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,088 (436)

Sheffield United v Bristol Rovers

27 September 2016 10	Sheffield United	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Sheffield
19:45 BST	Coutts  37' Chapman 65' Lavery  90+3'	Report	Boateng  30' Easter  66' Leadbitter  90+2'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 19,196 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Northampton Town v Bristol Rovers

1 October 2016 11	Northampton Town	2–3	Bristol Rovers	Northampton
15:00 BST	Revell 9', 76'  68' Zakuani  73'  90+1' O'Toole  81'	Report	Gaffney 60' Hartley  65' 71' Colkett 90+2'  90+3'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,642 Referee: Graham Horwood

Bristol Rovers v Gillingham

15 October 2016 12	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Gillingham	Bristol
15:00 BST	Taylor  35' Lines  42' 82' Harrison 90'	Report	Hessenthaler  29' Herd  31' Dack  55' Wright 62'  64' Nouble  88' Bond  89' Konchesky  90+2'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,489 Referee: John Brooks

Milton Keynes Dons v Bristol Rovers

18 October 2016 13	Milton Keynes Dons	3–3	Bristol Rovers	Milton Keynes
19:45 BST	Bowditch 16'  31' Williams 24' Reeves 66' Upson  71' Lewington  73'	Report	Taylor 46', 87', 88' Harrison  57' Clarke  58'	Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 8,366 Referee: Darren Handley

Oldham Athletic v Bristol Rovers

22 October 2016 14	Oldham Athletic	0–2	Bristol Rovers	Oldham
15:00 BST	Flynn  57'	Report	Colkett 25' Gaffney  80' Clarke-Salter 87'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,394 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Bristol Rovers v Peterborough United

29 October 2016 15	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Peterborough United	Bristol
15:00 BST	Taylor 57' (pen.)	Report	Coulthirst 62'  67' Bostwick  67' Nichols 90+2'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,839 Referee: Mark Haywood

Bristol Rovers v Fleetwood Town

1 November 2016 16	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Fleetwood Town	Bristol
19:45 GMT	Lines  50' Taylor 61' Montaño 73'	Report	Hunter 4'  9' Bell  58'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 10,088 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Millwall v Bristol Rovers

12 November 2016 17	Millwall	4–0	Bristol Rovers	Bermondsey, London
15:00 GMT	O'Brien 22' Williams 64' Gregory 68' Onyedinma  86' Smith 88'	Report	Leadbitter  14' Hartley  75'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 9,645 Referee: Andrew Madley

Bristol Rovers v Milton Keynes Dons

19 November 2016 18	Bristol Rovers	0–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Taylor  76'	Report	Baldock  49' Agard  90+2'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,031 Referee: Nigel Miller

Bristol Rovers v Charlton Athletic

22 November 2016 19	Bristol Rovers	1–5	Charlton Athletic	Bristol
19:45 GMT	Taylor 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Lookman 26' Magennis 44' Bauer 50'  79' Chicksen  72' 77' Ajose 85' Phillips  90+3'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,089 Referee: Simon Hooper

Chesterfield v Bristol Rovers

26 November 2016 20	Chesterfield	3–2	Bristol Rovers	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	Dimaio  25' Evatt 28' Mitchell  31' O'Shea 37', 50'	Report	Hartley 3' Leadbitter  26' Lockyer  45+1' Lines  63' Bodin 76' Clarke  89'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 6,330 Referee: Andy Haines

Bristol Rovers v Bury

10 December 2016 21	Bristol Rovers	4–2	Bury	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Gaffney 32' Sinclair  41' Taylor 45+2' Clarke 67' Hartley 82'	Report	Burgess 25' Miller 75' Danns  88'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,843 Referee: Rob Jones

Shrewsbury Town v Bristol Rovers

17 December 2016 22	Shrewsbury Town	2–0	Bristol Rovers	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Dodds 16' Brown  68' Black 73' (pen.) Waring  84'	Report	Hartley  51' Harrison  60'	Stadium: Greenhous Meadow Attendance: 6,139 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Bristol Rovers v Coventry City

26 December 2016 23	Bristol Rovers	4–1	Coventry City	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Hartley 18' Bodin  35' 54', 74', 83' (pen.) Clarke  58'	Report	Turnbull  18' Willis 57' Reid  72' Page  78'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 11,200 Referee: Brendan Malone

Bristol Rovers v AFC Wimbledon

31 December 2016 24	Bristol Rovers	2–0	AFC Wimbledon	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Montaño  42' Taylor 61', 70' Clarke  86'	Report	Reeves  23' Bulman  51'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 10,093 Referee: Brett Huxtable

Charlton Athletic v Bristol Rovers

2 January 2017 25	Charlton Athletic	4–1	Bristol Rovers	Charlton, London
15:00 GMT	Fox  28' Magennis 41', 50', 73' Teixeira 61' Chicksen  75' Solly  81'	Report	Easter 12' Brown  32' Mansell  58' Moore  67'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 12,252 Referee: Darren Deadman

Bristol Rovers v Northampton Town

7 January 2017 26	Bristol Rovers	5–0	Northampton Town	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Bodin 7' Harrison 17', 21', 24', 54' McChrystal  45+1'	Report	Hoskins  67'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,424 Referee: Gavin Ward

Fleetwood Town v Bristol Rovers

14 January 2017 27	Fleetwood Town	3–1	Bristol Rovers	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT	Hunter 13'  78' Bolger 23' Ball 82'	Report	Lockyer  45+1' Bodin 54' Lines  84' James  90+3'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 3,728 Referee: Darren England

Walsall v Bristol Rovers

21 January 2017 28	Walsall	3–1	Bristol Rovers	Walsall
15:00 GMT	O'Connell 45' Jackson 68' Edwards 73'	Report	Brown  22' Taylor 82'	Stadium: The Banks's Stadium Attendance: 6,029 Referee: Nigel Miller

Bristol Rovers v Swindon Town

28 January 2017 29	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Swindon Town	Bristol
12:30 GMT	Bodin 29' Sweeney  35'	Report	Thompson  57'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 10,557 Referee: James Linington

Rochdale v Bristol Rovers

4 February 2017 30	Rochdale	0–0	Bristol Rovers	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	McNulty  62' Camps  64'	Report	Lockyer  32'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,168 Referee: Mark Brown

Bristol Rovers v Bradford City

11 February 2017 31	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Bradford City	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Lines 15' Sweeney  62'	Report	Law 26'  31'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,043 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Bristol Rovers v Sheffield United

14 February 2017 32	Bristol Rovers	0–0	Sheffield United	Bristol
19:45 GMT		Report	Wright  69'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,175 Referee: Kevin Johnson

Port Vale v Bristol Rovers

18 February 2017 33	Port Vale	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Harris 54' (o.g.) Knops  80' Pugh  90+1'	Report	Sweeney  41' Harris  42' Harrison  45+1' Bodin 78'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,460 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Bristol Rovers v Scunthorpe United

25 February 2017 34	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Scunthorpe United	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Clarke 39'	Report	Sutton  10' Lockyer 73' (o.g.)	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,784 Referee: Darren Deadman

Bolton Wanderers v Bristol Rovers

28 February 2017 35	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Bolton
20:00 GMT	Vela 7'  45+2' Long  65'  90' Osede  79'	Report	Bodin 75' Clarke  90+4'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 13,383 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Oxford United v Bristol Rovers

4 March 2017 36	Oxford United	0–2	Bristol Rovers	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Dunkley  7' Ledson  59' Martínez  84'	Report	Clarke 16'  45+2' Sinclair 36' Brown  74' Lumley  85'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 9,862 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Bristol Rovers v Southend United

11 March 2017 37	Bristol Rovers	2–0	Southend United	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Bodin 1' Gaffney 31' Mansell  58'	Report	Atkinson  22' Cox  73' Demetriou  90+1'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,274 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Bury v Bristol Rovers

14 March 2017 38	Bury	3–0	Bristol Rovers	Bury
19:45 GMT	Tutte  14' Vaughan 50' (pen.)  66' Kay  53' Leigh 65' Miller 75' Barnett  75' Bryan  90' Murphy  90+5'	Report	Sinclair  24'  39' Gaffney  90+5'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,535 Referee: Ben Toner

Bristol Rovers v Chesterfield

18 March 2017 39	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Chesterfield	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Clarke 1' Gaffney 18' Sweeney  82'	Report	Dennis  20' Nolan  67' Dimaio  69' Ebanks-Blake 85'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,524 Referee: Darren Handley

Coventry City v Bristol Rovers

25 March 2017 (2017-03-25) 40	Coventry City	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Coventry
15:00	Thomas 80' Bigirimana  90+5'	Report	Lockyer  37' Leadbitter  65'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 11,946 Referee: Graham Horwood

Bristol Rovers v Shrewsbury Town

1 April 2017 41	Bristol Rovers	2–0	Shrewsbury Town	Bristol
15:00 BST	Bodin 54' (pen.), 83'	Report	Yates  22'  41'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,498 Referee: Brett Huxtable

AFC Wimbledon v Bristol Rovers

8 April 2017 42	AFC Wimbledon	0–1	Bristol Rovers	Kingston upon Thames, London
15:00 BST	Taylor  44'	Report	Bodin 1' Sweeney  90+2'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 4,742 Referee: Robert Jones

Gillingham v Bristol Rovers

14 April 2017 43	Gillingham	3–1	Bristol Rovers	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Quigley  22' Wright 64' Oshilaja  73' McDonald 90', 90+6'	Report	Harrison  38' Mansell  48' Bodin 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,916 Referee: Mark Heywood

Bristol Rovers v Oldham Athletic

17 April 2017 44	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Oldham Athletic	Bristol
15:00 BST	Sinclair  63' Harrison 75'	Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,083 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Peterborough United v Bristol Rovers

22 April 2017 45	Peterborough United	4–2	Bristol Rovers	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Lopes 13', 56' Maddison 30' Mackail-Smith 64' Chettle  68'	Report	Harrison 25' Sweeney  45+1' Lockyer  64' Gaffney 85', 90+2'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 5,498 Referee: Richard Clark

Bristol Rovers v Millwall

30 April 2017 46	Bristol Rovers	3–4	Millwall	Bristol
12:00 BST	Easter 33' Lines 42' Bodin 74'	Report	Gregory 5', 35' Craig  20' 25' Hutchinson 85' Morison  90+4'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 11,750 Referee: Darren Handley

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup

Crawley Town v Bristol Rovers

5 November 2016 First round	Crawley Town	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Crawley
12:00 GMT	Blackman  19'  69' Smith  32' Clifford 35'	Report	Brown 15' Harrison  72'	Stadium: Checkatrade.com Stadium Attendance: 2,281 Referee: Darren Deadman

Bristol Rovers v Crawley Town

15 November 2016 First round replay	Bristol Rovers	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Crawley Town	Bristol
19:45 GMT	Taylor 34', 102' (pen.) Gaffney 52', 96'	Report	Roberts 45+1' Harrold 65' Garnett  80' Collins  114'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,676 Referee: Ben Toner

Bristol Rovers v Barrow

4 December 2016 Second round	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Barrow	Bristol
14:00 GMT	Gaffney 10'	Report	Harrison 16', 61' Bennett  38' Yates  55'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,570 Referee: Dean Whitestone

EFL Cup

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup

On 22 June 2016, the first round draw for the EFL Cup was made. Rovers were drawn at home to Championship side Cardiff City, managed by former Rovers boss Paul Trollope.^[57] The game was later picked for live broadcast by Sky Sports.^[58] Rovers progressed to the second round thanks to a 115th-minute winner from Chris Lines^[59] to set up a trip to Premier League side Chelsea.^[60]

Bristol Rovers v Cardiff City

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) First round	Bristol Rovers	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Cardiff City	Memorial Stadium
19:45 BST	Lockyer  90+1' Lines 115'	Report	Manga  100'	Attendance: 4,851 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Chelsea v Bristol Rovers

23 August 2016 (2016-08-23) Second round	Chelsea	3–2	Bristol Rovers	Stamford Bridge
19:45 BST	Batshuayi 29', 41' Moses 31' Pedro  48'	Report	Hartley 35' Harrison 48' (pen.) Easter  71' Taylor  86'	Attendance: 39,266

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Trophy

On 27 July 2016, the group stage draw for the EFL Trophy was made. Rovers were drawn in Southern Group A along with Reading Academy, Portsmouth and Yeovil Town.^[61]

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

Source: Sky Sports

Bristol Rovers v Reading Academy

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30) Southern Group A	Bristol Rovers	2–3	Reading Academy	Memorial Stadium
19:45 BST	Taylor 60' Gaffney  73' Easter  74' 81' Roos  77' Lines  83' Mildenhall  90+4'		Stacey 33' Samuel  59' Watson  72' Sheppard 76' Mendes 84' (pen.)

Bristol Rovers v Yeovil Town

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04) Southern Group A	Bristol Rovers	0–0 (5–3 p)	Yeovil Town	Memorial Stadium
19:45 BST	Clarke  88' Colkett  90+4'	Report	Lawless  63' Dawson  74'  74' Mugabi  90+4'	Attendance: 2,117 Referee: James Adcock
	Penalties
	James Bodin Taylor Colkett Montaño		Dickson Hedges McLeod Lawless

Portsmouth v Bristol Rovers

8 November 2016 Southern Group A	Portsmouth	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Portsmouth
19:45 GMT	Smith 6' Bennett  37' Davies  59' Naismith 88'	Report	Mansell  56' McChrystal  72'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Nick Kinseley

See also

• 2016–17 in English football
• 2016–17 Football League One
• List of Bristol Rovers F.C. seasons