2008–09

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Map showing the locations of the 24 teams in League One during the 2008-09 season

The 2008-09 season was the 126th season of football played by Bristol Rovers, and their 82nd in the Football League.

Squad

No	Nat	Name	Pos	League		FA Cup		Carling Cup		JP Trophy		Total
				Apps	Gls	Apps	Gls	Apps	Gls	Apps	Gls	Apps	Gls
1		Steve Phillips	GK	46	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	49	0
2		Ryan Green	Def	26	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	28	0
3		Joe Jacobson	Def	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0
4		Chris Lines	Mid	45	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	48	4
5		Craig Hinton	Def	25	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	27	1
6		Steve Elliott	Def	39	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	41	3
7		Stuart Campbell	Mid	44	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	47	0
8		Andy Williams	Fwd	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	1
9		Rickie Lambert	Fwd	45	29	1	0	1	0	1	0	48	29
10		Darryl Duffy	Fwd	43	13	1	0	1	0	1	0	46	13
11		Jeff Hughes	Def/Mid	43	6	1	0	1	0	1	0	46	6
13		Mike Green	GK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14		David Pipe	Mid	39	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	40	1
15		Byron Anthony	Def	30	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	33	2
16		Danny Coles	Def/Mid	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
17		Jo Kuffour	Fwd	41	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	42	11
18		Ben Hunt	Fwd	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	14	0
19		Sean Rigg	Mid/Fwd	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	10	0
20		Craig Disley	Mid	44	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	47	3
21		Tom Parrinello	Def	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21		Danzelle St Louis-Hamilton	GK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22		Joe White	Mid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23		Ben Swallow	Fwd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24		Alex Kite	Def	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25		James Tyrell	Def	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26		Lewis Haldane	Mid/Fwd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27		Matt Groves	Fwd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28		Adam Mahdi	Mid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29		Josh Klein-Davies	Fwd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30		Charlie Reece	Mid	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31		Charlie Clough	Mid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32		Aaron Lescott	Def	44	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	47	3
33		Liam Harwood	Def	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34		James Fraser	Mid/Fwd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35		Richard Walker	Fwd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36		Richard Langley	Mid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Kit

Bristol Rovers team kit for the 2008-09 season. Copyright Historical Football Kits and reproduced by kind permission.

The team kit for the 2008-09 season is manufactured by Errea, and the main sponsor is Cowlin Construction. The secondary shirt sponsor was Blackthorn.

The away kit consists of green shirts and black shorts.

Fixtures

Pre-season

Rovers have arranged nine pre-season friendlies, including a tour of Denmark and Sweden. The game against FC Copenhagen was played at Copenhagen's training ground, and was attended by about 50 Gasheads. The game with ADO Den Haag was originally due to be played at Whaddon Road, but after the delay to the redevelopment of the Memorial Stadium, the game will instead be played in Bristol.

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 July	Weymouth	Away	2-1	500	Duffy, Jacobson
19 July	Torquay United	Away	1-1	1,410	Jacobson
22 July	FC Copenhagen	Away	2-3	~50	Hughes, Rigg
24 July	Malmö Anadolu BI	Away	4-0	Not known	Klein-Davies (4)
26 July	Limhamn Bunkeflo	Away	1-0	Not known	Duffy
28 July	Yate Town	Away	1-0	825	Mahdi
30 July	Rotherham United	Away	1-0	Not known	Lambert
31 July	Llanelli	Away	0-2	192	–
2 August	ADO Den Haag	Home	2-3	1,896	Lambert, Hunt
5 August	Salisbury City	Away	1-3	Not known	Williams (pen)

Season

Note: Fixture lists are subject to copyright, and therefore matches will not appear in this section until after they have been played. See http://www.freethefixtures.com/ for more details.

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers	Position
9 August	League One	Carlisle United	Home	2-3	7,965	Lambert, Williams	16th
12 August	League Cup	Watford	Away	0-1	5,574
16 August	League One	Brighton & Hove Albion	Away	1-1	6,210	Lambert	20th
23 August	League One	Hereford United	Home	6-1	6,735	Duffy (2), Lambert (2), Hughes, Lines	8th
30 August	League One	Leeds United	Away	2-2	21,044	Lambert, Duffy	11th
2 September	Johnstone's Paint Trophy	AFC Bournemouth	Away	0-3	2,220
6 September	League One	Peterborough United	Away	4-5	4,876	Elliott, Blackett (og), Hughes, Lambert	12th
13 September	League One	Walsall	Home	1-3	6,609	Elliott	19th
16 September	League One	Cheltenham Town	Away	1-2	4,546	Lambert	21st
20 September	League One	Yeovil Town	Away	2-2	5,748	Lambert, Kuffour	19th
27 September	League One	Crewe Alexandra	Home	0-0	5,870		19th
4 October	League One	Colchester United	Away	0-1	4,811	Lambert	15th
11 October	League One	Leyton Orient	Home	2-1	6,425	Coles, Hinton	11th
18 October	League One	Huddersfield Town	Away	1-1	13,779	Lambert	13th
21 October	League One	Oldham Athletic	Home	2-0	6,379	Lambert, Lines	12th
25 October	League One	Southend United	Home	4-2	7,055	Lambert (4)	11th
1 November	League One	Leicester City	Away	1-2	18,941	Kuffour	13th
8 November	FA Cup	AFC Bournemouth	Away	0-1	3,935
14 November	League One	Scunthorpe United	Home	1-2	7,173	Lambert	13th
22 November	League One	Swindon Town	Home	2-2	8,016	Lambert, Lines	14th
25 November	League One	Hartlepool United	Away	1-1	3,171	Hughes	15th
6 December	League One	Millwall	Away	3-2	8,123	Lambert, Kuffour	15th
13 December	League One	Tranmere Rovers	Home	2-0	6,217	Kuffour, Lines	14th
20 December	League One	Stockport County	Away	1-3	5,364	Disley	15th
26 December	League One	Milton Keynes Dons	Home	1-2	9,002	Kuffour	16th
28 December	League One	Northampton Town	Away	0-0	5,557		16th
17 January	League One	Leyton Orient	Away	2-1	4,262	Hughes, Duffy	17th
24 January	League One	Colchester United	Home	0-0	6,634		17th
27 January	League One	Cheltenham Town	Home	3-2	6,600	Lambert (2), Duffy	12th
31 January	League One	Southend United	Away	0-1	7,234		14th
14 February	League One	Scunthorpe United	Away	2-0	4,156	Duffy, Kuffour	14th
17 February	League One	Yeovil Town	Home	3-0	8,049	Pipe, Duffy, Lambert	13th
21 February	League One	Leicester City	Home	0-1	9,138		14th
24 February	League One	Oldham Athletic	Away	2-0	3,745	Duffy, Anthony	14th
28 February	League One	Carlisle United	Away	1-1	5,343	Hughes	14th
7 March	League One	Leeds United	Home	2-2	10,293	Hughes, Kuffour	14th
10 March	League One	Hereford United	Away	3-0	3,199	Lambert (3)	14th
14 March	League One	Walsall	Away	5-0	5,169	Duffy (2), Disley, Lescott (2)	12th
17 March	League One	Crewe Alexandra	Away	1-1	3,879	Duffy	12th
21 March	League One	Peterborough United	Home	0-1	7,103		13th
28 March	League One	Stockport County	Home	2-0	6,214	Anthony, Lambert (pen)	12th
31 March	League One	Huddersfield Town	Home	1-2	6,286	Kuffour	14th
5 April	League One	Tranmere Rovers	Away	0-2	8,119		14th
10 April	League One	Northampton Town	Home	1-0	6,666	Kuffour	10th
13 April	League One	Milton Keynes Dons	Away	1-2	10,251	Elliott	12th
18 April	League One	Millwall	Home	4-2	6,618	Disley, Lambert (2, 1 pen), Kuffour	11th
21 April	League One	Brighton & Hove Albion	Home	1-2	5,193	Lambert	11th
25 April	League One	Swindon Town	Away	1-2	10,977	Duffy	12th
2 May	League One	Hartlepool United	Home	4-1	7,363	Kuffour, Duffy, Lambert, Lescott	11th

Transfers

Legend

Permanent transfer

Loan signing

In

Jeff Hughes signed for Rovers after a his loan move last season. On the player's return to training Darryl Duffy and Ben Hunt signed from Swansea City and West Ham United respectively while Ben Swallow, James Tyrell and Joe White were all promoted from the youth team.

Players transferred in

Date	Player	Nation	Old club	Contract	Fee
6 June	Jeff Hughes	Northern Ireland	Crystal Palace	3 years	Undisclosed
3 July	Darryl Duffy	Scotland	Swansea City		Undisclosed
3 July	Ben Hunt	England	West Ham United		Free
3 July	Ben Swallow	England	Youth		Free
3 July	James Tyrell	England	Youth		Free
3 July	Joe White	England	Youth		Free
29 August	Jo Kuffour	England	AFC Bournemouth	3 years	£60,000
1 September	Liam Harwood	England	Carshalton Athletic	1 year	Free
21 November	Richard Langley	Jamaica	Unattached	1 Month	Free
16 February	Danzelle St Louis-Hamilton	England	Stoke City	3 months	Loan

Out

During the summer break it was announced that James Fraser was to join East Sussex team Lewes on loan at the start of the season, where he linked up with assistant manager and former Rovers player Justin Skinner. This was initially a one-month loan, but Lewes have the option of extending it to three months. Out of favour striker Richard Walker was also loaned out, this time on a one-year deal to Shrewsbury Town, as was Lewis Haldane who moved to Oxford United for the duration of the season.

Players transferred out

Date	Player	Nation	New club	Contract	Fee
3 July	Richard Walker	England	Shrewsbury Town	12 months	Loan
8 July	Lewis Haldane	Wales	Oxford United	12 months	Loan
1 August	James Fraser	England	Lewes	1 month	Loan
8 August	Josh Klein-Davies	Wales	Luton Town	1 month	Loan
9 August	Charlie Clough	England	Mangotsfield United	2 months	Loan
9 August	Matt Groves	England	Tiverton Town	2 months	Loan
14 August	Adam Mahdi	England	Cirencester Town	1 month	Loan
1 September	James Fraser	England	Tiverton Town	3 months	Loan
1 September	Andy Williams	England	Hereford United	4 months	Loan
12 September	Alex Kite	England	Oxford City	1 month	Loan
19 September	Sean Rigg	England	Grays Athletic	1 month	Loan
19 September	Adam Mahdi	England	Clevedon Town	1 month	Loan
19 September	Ben Swallow	England	Taunton Town	1 month	Loan
23 September	Joe White	England	Chippenham Town	3 months	Loan
10 November	Alex Kite	England	Chippenham Town	3 months	Loan
20 November	Ben Swallow	England	Bridgwater Town	1 month	Loan
28 November	Josh Klein-Davies	Wales	Newport County	1 month	Loan
11 December	Matt Groves	England	Mangotsfield United	3 months	Loan
12 December	Tom Parrinello	England	Weston-super-Mare	2 months	Loan
15 December	James Fraser	England	Bognor Regis Town	2 months	Loan
16 December	Liam Harwood	England	Margate	3 months	Loan
1 January	Josh Klein-Davies	Wales	Lewes	2 months	Loan
6 January	Andy Williams	England	Hereford United	4 months	Loan
6 January	Adam Mahdi	England	Godalming Town	1 month	Loan
12 January	Joe White	England	Yate Town	3 months	Loan
12 January	Charlie Reece	England	Solihull Moors	1 month	Loan
21 January	Richard Langley	Jamaica			Released
10 February	Tom Parrinello	England	Weston-super-Mare	18 months	Free
20 February	Ben Swallow	England	Chippenham Town	1 month	Loan
27 February	Alex Kite	England	Weston-super-Mare	3 months	Loan
13 March	Josh Klein-Davies	Wales	Bath City	1 month	Loan
19 March	Adam Mahdi	England			Released
25 March	Matt Groves	England	Weston-super-Mare	3 months	Released
25 March	Liam Harwood	England	Carshalton Athletic	13 months	Transferred
27 March	Ben Swallow	England	Mangotsfield United	1 month	Loan
30 March	Mike Green	England	Clevedon Town	2 months	Loan
29 April	Josh Klein-Davies	Wales	Weston-super-Mare		Released
30 June	Craig Disley	England	Shrewsbury Town	2 years	Released
30 June	Ryan Green	Wales	Hereford United	1 year	Released
30 June	Craig Hinton	England	Northampton Town	1 year	Released
30 June	Joe Jacobson	Wales	Oldham Athletic	2 years	Released
30 June	Richard Walker	England	Burton Albion	2 years	Released

Statistics

Goalscorers

Name	League	Cups	Total
Rickie Lambert	29	0	29
Darryl Duffy	13	0	13
Jo Kuffour	11	0	11
Jeff Hughes	6	0	6
Chris Lines	4	0	4
Craig Disley	3	0	3
Steve Elliott	3	0	3
Aaron Lescott	3	0	3
Byron Anthony	2	0	2
Danny Coles	1	0	1
Craig Hinton	1	0	1
David Pipe	1	0	1
Andy Williams	1	0	1
Own goal by opposition	1	0	1

Two Rovers players have scored an own goal. They was Steve Elliott in the 2-2 draw with Leeds United, and Byron Anthony in the 2-1 defeat to Milton Keynes Dons.

Discipline

Byron Anthony
Steve Elliott
Chris Lines
David Pipe
Stuart Campbell
Jeff Hughes
Rickie Lambert
Steve Phillips
Craig Disley
Jo Kuffour
Ryan Green
Aaron Lescott
Craig Hinton
Joe Jacobson

Awards

Player of the year

• Winner: Rickie Lambert
• Runner-up: Stuart Campbell
• Third place: David Pipe

Young player of the year

• Winner: Ben Hunt

Other teams

Reserves

Main article: 2008-09/Reserves

There is no league league football for the reserves this season, having resigned from the league at the end of last season, although they are due to play a number of friendly games.

Under-18s

Main article: 2008-09/Under-18s

For the 2008-09 season the Under-18 side was managed by Billy Clark, and competed in the Puma Youth Alliance, South West Conference. They also played in the Puma Youth Alliance Cup and the FA Youth Cup.

All of Rovers' youth teams were run under the control of the Bristol Academy of Sport at Filton College, but new Football League rules meant that the youth setup was transferred back to the club during the 2008–09 season.

Women

Main article:2008-09/Women

Bristol Academy W.F.C., the women's team affiliated with Bristol Rovers, are playing in the FA Women's Premier League National Division, the top flight of women's football in England.

Notes

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