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League One during the 2010–11 season

The 2010–11 season was the 128th season of football played by Bristol Rovers, and their 84th in the Football League. The team spent it in League One, the third level of English football, but a disappointing season saw the team relegated to League Two at the end of the campaign.

The club got through four managers over the course of the year, starting with long-term boss Paul Trollope, who was sacked just before Christmas. Assistant manager Darren Patterson was appointed as caretaker boss over the Christmas and new year period, until Dave Penney was taken on as the new permanent manager in January. After winning just two out of thirteen games and having conceded that relegation was an inevitability, Penney was sacked in March, making him Rovers' second shortest-serving manager ever after Martin Dobson. The season ended with senior player Stuart Campbell in temporary charge.

Campbell was unable to save the club from relegation, and despite expressing an interest in remaining in the hot seat the board of the football club decided that he should take a more junior role in the management team.

Fixtures[]

Pre-season[]

For more details, see 2010–11 pre-season.
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
14 July Bath City Away 0–2 1067
17 July Greenock Morton Away 3–1 1037 Hughes (pen), Kuffour (2)
20 July Partick Thistle Away 2–0 936 Brown, Richards
24 July West Bromwich Albion Home 0–1
28 July Cheltenham Town Away 0–0 1012
3 August Stoke City Home 1–2 Blizzard

Competitive matches[]

Date Competition Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers League Pos
7 August League One Peterborough United Away 0–3 7,113 23rd
10 August League Cup Oxford United Away 1–6 5,008 Lines
14 August League One Yeovil Town Home 2–1 6,438 Kuffour, Anthony 13th
21 August League One Exeter City Away 2–2 7,401 Kuffour, Hoskins 13th
28 August League One Southampton Home 0–4 8,226 19th
4 September League One Oldham Athletic Away 1–1 4,039 Hoskins 17th
11 September League One Brentford Home 0–0 5,609 17th
18 September League One Dagenham & Redbridge Away 3–0 2,287 Hughes (3, 1 pen) 15th
25 September League One Notts County Home 2–1 5,962 Hoskins (2) 13th
28 September League One Tranmere Rovers Home 0–1 5,589 15th
2 October League One Huddersfield Town Away 1–0 12,344 Hoskins 9th
5 October League Trophy Aldershot Town Home 1–0 4,050 Hoskins
11 October League One Swindon Town Away 1–2 9,065 Hughes (pen) 15th
16 October League One Rochdale Home 2–1 5,872 Hughes (pen), Lines 9th
23 October League One Hartlepool United Away 2–2 2,792 Kuffour, Anthony 12th
30 October League One Carlisle United Home 1–1 6,144 Lines 12th
2 November League One Plymouth Argyle Away 1–3 7,413 Hoskins 12th
6 November FA Cup Darlington Away 1–2 1,602 Hoskins
9 November League Trophy Wycombe Wanderers Away 6–3 1,591 Kuffour (3), Lines, Hughes (pen), Swallow
13 November League One Leyton Orient Home 0–3 5,541 15th
20 November League One Brighton & Hove Albion Away 2–2 7,407 Anthony, Painter (og) 16th
23 November League One Charlton Athletic Away 1–1 13,468 Brown 16th
30 November League Trophy Exeter City Home Match postponed – pitch frozen
4 December League One AFC Bournemouth Home Match postponed – pitch frozen
7 December League Trophy Exeter City Home Match postponed – pitch frozen
11 December League One Sheffield Wednesday Away 2–6 19,242 Hoskins (2) 21st
14 December League Trophy Exeter City Home 2–2 3,881 Hoskins, Swallow
18 December League One Colchester United Home Match postponed – snow
26 December League One Walsall Home Match postponed – pitch frozen
28 December League One Rochdale Away Match postponed – pitch frozen
1 January League One Milton Keynes Dons Away 0–2 7,185 21st
4 January League One Plymouth Argyle Home 2–3 5,943 Hoskins (2) 21st
11 January League One Walsall Home 2–2 5,369 Hoskins, Kuffour 22nd
15 January League One Carlisle United Away 0–4 4,229 22nd
18 January League One Hartlepool United Home 0–0 5,285 22nd
22 January League One Swindon Town Home 3–1 6,972 Hoskins, Kuffour, Hughes 21st
29 January League One Walsall Away 1–6 4,023 Hughes 22nd
2 February League One Milton Keynes Dons Home 1–2 4,829 Hughes (pen) 22nd
5 February League One Brighton & Hove Albion Home 2–4 6,683 Hoskins (2) 23rd
8 February League One Rochdale Away 1–3 2,372 Hoskins 23rd
12 February League One Leyton Orient Away 1–4 4,913 Chorley (og) 24th
15 February League One AFC Bournemouth Home Match postponed – waterlogged pitch
19 February League One Oldham Athletic Home 1–0 5,379 Howe 23rd
26 February League One Brentford Away 0–1 5,944 22nd
1 March League One Colchester United Home 0–1 5,181 22nd
5 March League One Dagenham & Redbridge Home 0–2 5,716 23rd
8 March League One Tranmere Rovers Away 1–0 4,110 Lines 22nd
12 March League One Huddersfield Town Home 0–1 7,380 23rd
19 March League One Notts County Away 1–0 5,691 Hoskins 22nd
25 March League One Peterborough United Home 2–2 6,589 Kuffour, Hughes 22nd
2 April League One Yeovil Town Away 1–0 6,281 Williams 22nd
5 April League One AFC Bournemouth Home 1–0 6,691 Hughes (pen) 19th
9 April League One Exeter City Home 0–2 7,500 20th
16 April League One Southampton Away 0–1 23,647 21st
23 April League One Charlton Athletic Home 2–2 6,586 Brown, Williams 22nd
25 April League One AFC Bournemouth Away 1–2 7,869 Brown 22nd
30 April League One Sheffield Wednesday Home 1–1 8,340 Hoskins (pen) 22nd
7 May League One Colchester United Away 1–2 4,759 Richards 22nd

Squad[]

No Nat Name Pos League FA Cup Carling Cup JP Trophy Total
Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls
1 Den Mikkel Andersen GK 19 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 22 0
1 Eng Luke Daniels GK 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2 Eng Carl Regan Def 20 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 25 0
3 Eng Gary Sawyer Def 37 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 42 0
4 Eng Chris Lines Mid 42 3 1 0 1 1 2 1 46 5
5 Eng Danny Coles Def 37 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 41 0
6 Eng James Tunnicliffe Def 25 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 27 0
7 Sco Stuart Campbell Mid 37 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 41 0
8 Eng Will Hoskins Fwd 43 17 1 1 1 0 2 2 47 20
9 Eng John Akinde Fwd 14 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 18 0
9 Eng Rene Howe Fwd 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1
10 Sco Darryl Duffy Fwd 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
11 Nir Jeff Hughes Def/Mid 42 10 1 0 1 0 2 1 46 11
13 Eng Mike Green GK 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
14 Eng Wayne Brown Mid 24 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 27 3
15 Wal Byron Anthony Def 37 3 1 0 1 0 3 0 42 3
16 Eng Dominic Blizzard Mid 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 0
17 Eng Jo Kuffour Fwd 42 6 1 0 1 0 2 3 46 9
18 Wal Eliot Richards Fwd 13 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 17 1
19 Eng Mark Wright Mid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Irl Cian Bolger Def 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
19 Ber Reggie Lambe Mid 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
20 Eng Charlie Reece Mid 14 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 18 0
21 Eng Charlie Clough Mid 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
22 Eng Harry Pell Mid 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
23 Wal Ben Swallow Fwd 17 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 21 2
24 Eng Ollie Clarke Mid 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
25 Eng George Booth Mid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Eng Mark Cooper Def 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Eng Jack McKenna Mid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Eng Lamar Powell Fwd 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
29 Eng Darren Jefferies Mid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Sco David McCracken Def 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
33 Irl Scott Davies Mid 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
34 Cod Jean-Paul Kalala Mid 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
35 Wal Gavin Williams Mid 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 2
36 Irl Conrad Logan GK 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
37 Eng Danny Senda Def 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
38 Eng Jerel Ifil Def 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
42 Wal Ellis Harrison Fwd 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Match lineups[]

Legend
Started game Sub-off Subbed on
Included on bench Sub-on Subbed off
Played no part in match Yellow Booked
Player was not with Bristol Rovers for this game Red Sent off
Ball Scored Red ball Scored an own goal
No Nat Player League game
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
1 Den Mikkel Andersen Yellow
1 Eng Luke Daniels
2 Eng Carl Regan Yellow Yellow Sub-off Red Yellow Sub-off Yellow Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on on loan at Notts County
3 Eng Gary Sawyer YellowRed Yellow Yellow Yellow Yellow YellowSub-off Yellow Sub-off Yellow Yellow Yellow Yellow Sub-off Sub-off
4 Eng Chris Lines Sub-on Yellow Yellow Yellow Yellow Yellow Ball Ball Yellow Sub-off Yellow Yellow Ball Yellow Yellow Yellow
5 Eng Danny Coles Yellow Yellow Yellow YellowRed Sub-off Red Sub-off Yellow Yellow Yellow YellowSub-off YellowSub-off
6 Eng James Tunnicliffe Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-off
7 Sco Stuart Campbell Yellow Sub-off Yellow Sub-off Sub-off Yellow Yellow Yellow Sub-off Yellow Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off YellowSub-off Sub-off
8 Eng Will Hoskins BallSub-off Ball Sub-off YellowSub-off BallBallSub-off YellowBall Sub-off Ball Sub-on Sub-on BallBall BallBall Ball Ball BallBall Ball Sub-off Sub-off BallSub-off Sub-off Sub-off Ball Sub-off
9 Eng John Akinde Sub-on Yellow Yellow Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-off YellowSub-off Sub-off Sub-on
9 Eng Rene Howe Sub-on Sub-off Ball Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on
10 Sco Darryl Duffy Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on on loan at Hibernian
11 Nir Jeff Hughes Sub-off Yellow BallBallBall Yellow Ball Ball Sub-off Yellow Red ball Yellow Sub-off Sub-on BallYellow Ball Ball Sub-on Ball YellowBall Sub-off
13 Eng Mike Green Yellow
14 Eng Wayne Brown Sub-off Yellow Sub-off Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-onBall BallSub-off Sub-off
15 Wal Byron Anthony Ball Yellow Yellow Red ball Ball Yellow BallYellow Yellow Yellow Sub-on Yellow Red ball YellowSub-off Yellow
16 Eng Dominic Blizzard Yellow Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on on loan at Port Vale
17 Eng Jo Kuffour Ball Ball Sub-off Sub-off Ball Sub-off Sub-off Sub-on Sub-onBall Sub-off Ball Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Ball Sub-off Sub-off
18 Eng Eliot Richards Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-onYellow Sub-on Sub-on Sub-onBall
19 Eng Mark Wright on loan at Shrewsbury Town
19 Irl Cian Bolger Sub-on Yellow Red ball YellowRed Sub-on
19 Ber Reggie Lambe Sub-on Sub-on Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on
20 Eng Charlie Reece Sub-on Sub-onSub-off Sub-on Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-on Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-off Sub-on
21 Eng Charlie Clough on loan at Newport on loan at Weymouth on loan at Bath City Sub-on
22 Eng Harry Pell Sub-on on loan at Hereford Sub-on Sub-off Sub-off YellowSub-off Sub-off Sub-on YellowSub-off Sub-off
23 Wal Ben Swallow Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-off YellowSub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-off Sub-on
24 Eng Ollie Clarke on loan at Gloucester on loan at Mangotsfield United Sub-on
25 Eng George Booth on loan at Longwell G
26 Eng Mark Cooper on loan at Frome T
27 Eng Jack McKenna on loan at Chippenham Town
28 Eng Lamar Powell Sub-on
29 Eng Darren Jefferies
31 Sco David McCracken Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Red
33 Irl Scott Davies Sub-on Sub-off Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on
34 Cod Jean-Paul Kalala Sub-off Yellow Yellow Sub-on
35 Wal Gavin Williams Sub-on Yellow YellowSub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-onBall Yellow Ball Sub-off
36 Irl Conrad Logan Yellow Yellow
37 Eng Danny Senda Sub-off Yellow Yellow Sub-off Yellow
38 Eng Jerel Ifil Red
42 Eng Ellis Harrison Sub-on

Statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

Player League Cups Total
Will Hoskins 17 3 20
Jeff Hughes 10 1 11
Jo Kuffour 6 3 9
Chris Lines 3 2 5
Byron Anthony 3 0 3
Wayne Brown 3 0 3
Ben Swallow 0 2 2
Gavin Williams 2 0 2
Rene Howe 1 0 1
Eliot Richards 1 0 1
Own goals by opposition 2 0 2
  • There have also been five own goals scored by Bristol Rovers players. Jeff Hughes netted at the wrong end away to Brighton & Hove Albion in the league, Cian Bolger did it in the home game against the same team, and Byron Anthony has managed to score three own goals–two in the league and one in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.

Discipline[]

Only bookings received while playing for Bristol Rovers are included in this list. Cautions received while out on loan, prior to joining or after leaving The Gas are not given.

Player Red Yellow
Danny Coles RedRed YellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellow
Gary Sawyer Red YellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellow
Carl Regan Red YellowYellowYellowYellow
Cian Bolger Red YellowYellow
Jerel Ifil Red
David McCracken Red
Chris Lines YellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellow
Byron Anthony YellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellow
Stuart Campbell YellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellow
Jeff Hughes YellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellow
John Akinde YellowYellowYellow
Will Hoskins YellowYellowYellow
Danny Senda YellowYellowYellow
Gavin Williams YellowYellowYellow
Wayne Brown YellowYellow
Jean-Paul Kalala YellowYellow
Conrad Logan YellowYellow
Harry Pell YellowYellow
Mikkel Andersen Yellow
Dominic Blizzard Yellow
Mike Green Yellow
Eliot Richards Yellow
Ben Swallow Yellow
James Tunnicliffe Yellow

Team kit[]

Kit-2010-11

Bristol Rovers team kit for the 2010-11 season. Copyright Historical Football Kits and reproduced by kind permission.

Kit-2010-11a

Bristol Rovers team kit for the 2010-11 season. Copyright Historical Football Kits and reproduced by kind permission.

As with the previous season, the club held a draw to decide who the new home and away shirt sponsors should be. Errea continued to supply the kits, and the winners of the draw were Smart Computers, whose name appears on the home kit and Stalbridge Linen who appear on the away kit.

In addition to the main short sponsors, John Lewis Cribbs Causeway agreed a deal with the club for their logo to appear on the players' shorts.

The design of the away kit was changed from the previous season's yellow shirts and green shorts to a quartered design, featuring yellow and black segments with black shorts and yellow socks. The traditional blue and white quarters were retained for the home kit.

Awards[]

The Bristol Rovers supporters club held their annual awards dinner at the end of the season, where they handed out trophies for Player of the Year, Young Player of the Year, Youth Player of the Year, Goal of the Year and Clubman of the Year. In spite of the poor season on the field the event was very well attended.

  • Player of the Year: Stuart Campbell picked up this trophy for the second year running and the third time in four years.
  • Young Player of the Year: Harry Pell was an almost permanent fixture on the bench for the early part of the season, but things didn't really kick off for him until he went out on loan to Hereford United midway though the year. After returning to Bristol in March he went on to play some part in most of The Pirates' remaining games, although only stayed on the pitch for the full 90 minutes once.
  • Youth Player of the Year: Darren Jefferies picked up the award for his performances in the club's youth set-up. He was awarded a professional contract in October, which he signed on his 17th birthday, and was also included on the first team bench three times, though did not make it onto the field of play.
  • Goal of the Season: The Jane Browne Memorial Trophy for goal of the season was awarded to Ben Swallow for his strike against Wycombe Wanderers in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.
  • Clubman of the Year: This went to programme editor Keith Brookman after The Pirate won yet another award for best programme in the division. Keith was also regular co-commentator on Radio Bristol's match commentary of Rovers' games.

The full announcement of the 2010–11 award winners can be seen on the Bristol Rovers Supporters Club website by following this link: http://www.bristolroverssc.co.uk/news/article/1416

Transfers[]

Players in[]

Date Name Nationality From Contract Fee
1 July Wayne Brown Eng England Fulham 2 years Free
1 July Will Hoskins Eng England Watford 2 years Free
1 July Harry Pell Eng England Charlton Athletic 1 year Free
1 July Gary Sawyer Eng England Plymouth Argyle Free
15 July James Tunnicliffe Eng England Brighton & Hove Albion 1 year Loan
19 July Luke Daniels Eng England West Bromwich Albion 1 year a Loan
2 August Mikkel Andersen Den Denmark Reading 5 months b Loan
27 August John Akinde Eng England Bristol City 4 months Loan
5 January Luke Daniels Eng England West Bromwich Albion 4 months a Loan
17 January Cian Bolger Irl Republic of Ireland Leicester City 2 months Loan
18 January David McCracken Sco Scotland Brentford 4 months Loan
28 January Scott Davies Irl Republic of Ireland Reading 1 month Loan
28 January Rene Howe Eng England Peterborough United 3 months Loan
31 January Jean-Paul Kalala Cod Democratic Republic of Congo Yeovil Town 5 months
1 February Gavin Williams Wal Wales Bristol City 5 months Free
18 February Conrad Logan Irl Republic of Ireland Leicester City 3 months Loan
18 February Danny Senda Eng England Free agent Non-contract Free
24 February Jerel Ifil Eng England Free agent Non-contract Free
24 March Reggie Lambe Ber Bermuda Ipswich Town 2 months Loan

a Luke Daniels had his loan period cancelled before the start of the season due to injury. He later returned to the club for the last 4 months of the campaign.
b Mikkel Andersen's loan was initially for one month, later extended for a further four.

Players out[]

Date Name Nationality From Contract Fee
16 July Mark Wright Eng England Shrewsbury Town 4 months Loan
30 August Darryl Duffy Sco Scotland Hibernian 10 months Loan
10 September Ollie Clarke Eng England Gloucester City 1 month Loan
28 September Charlie Clough Eng England Newport County 2 months Loan
24 December Ollie Clarke Eng England Mangotsfield United 1 month Loan
30 December Mark Cooper Eng England Frome Town 1 month Loan
1 January Jack McKenna Eng England Chippenham Town 2 months Loan
1 January George Booth Eng England Longwell Green Sports 1 month Loan
7 January Mark Wright Eng England Shrewsbury Town 2½ years Undisclosed
28 January Charlie Clough Eng England Weymouth 1 month Loan
31 January Harry Pell Eng England Hereford United 2 months Loan
23 February Carl Regan Eng England Notts County 1 month Loan
28 February Charlie Clough Eng England Bath City 2 months Loan
18 March Dominic Blizzard Eng England Port Vale 2 months Loan
1 April George Booth Eng England Weston-super-Mare Released
1 April Mark Cooper Eng England Frome Town Released
1 April Jack McKenna Eng England Frome Town Released
20 May Will Hoskins Eng England Brighton & Hove Albion 2 years Undisclosed
11 June Danny Coles Eng England Exeter City Free
29 June Dominic Blizzard Eng England Yeovil Town 1 year Released
30 June Darryl Duffy Sco Scotland Cheltenham Town 2 years Released
30 June Mike Green Eng England Eastleigh Non-contract Released
30 June Jeff Hughes Nir Northern Ireland Notts County 2 years Released
30 June Jerel Ifil Eng England Kettering Town 2 years Released
30 June Jean-Paul Kalala Cod Democratic Republic of Congo Southend United 1 year Released
30 June Harry Pell Eng England Hereford United 2 years Rejected
contract
30 June Carl Regan Eng England Shrewsbury Town 1 year Released
30 June Danny Senda Eng England Barnet 1 year Released
30 June Gavin Williams Wal Wales Yeovil Town Undisclosed Released

The club also opted not to retain the services of youth team players Ashley Bowle, Sam Butler, Jack Camm, Alex Hoyle, Robbi Maggs, Lewis Parker, Tyrone Rhoden, Tom Seery and Jordan Tillson.