Football League Trophy

**Legend**
Round	Meaning
GpS	Group Stage South
1S	1st Round South
1S (1)	1st Round South (1st Leg)
1S (2)	2nd Round South (2nd Leg)
1SW	1st Round South West
2S	2nd Round South
2SW	2nd Round South West
QFS	Quarter-Finals South
SFS	Semi-Finals South
FS (1)	Southern Area Final (1st Leg)
FS (2)	Southern Area Final (2nd Leg)
F	Final

The Football League Trophy (currently Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons) is a cup competition for teams in the lowest two divisions of the Football League. Rovers have reached the final twice (in 1990 and 2007) but lost on both occasions. However, on both occasions that Rovers have reached the final, they have also been promoted.

Unlike most other cup competitions, the Football League Trophy is run geographically to ensure there are more local derby's in the competition and thus attempt to improve attendances in what is usually seen as a low priority competition to fans and clubs.

Results[]

Associate Members Cup (1983-84)[]

1983-84
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away
28 February 1984	1S	Newport County	0-1	Bristol Rovers
13 March 1984	2S	Bristol Rovers	2-0	Port Vale
3 April 1984	QFS	Southend United	1-2	Bristol Rovers
14 May 1984	SFS	AFC Bournemouth	1-0	Bristol Rovers

Freight Rover Trophy (1984-87)[]

1984-85
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away
22 January 1985	1S (1)	Swansea City	2-0	Bristol Rovers
19 March 1985	1S (2)	Bristol Rovers	0-0 (0-2)	Swansea City

1985-86
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away
15 January 1986	GpS	Hereford United	2-0	Bristol Rovers
21 January 1986	GpS	Bristol Rovers	2-1	Swindon Town

1986-87
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away
16 December 1986	GpS	Bristol City	3-0	Bristol Rovers
7 January 1987	GpS	Bristol Rovers	1-1	Exeter City

Sherpa Vans Trophy (1987-89)[]

1987-88
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away
13 October 1987	GpS	Torquay United	2-0	Bristol Rovers
28 October 1987	GpS	Bristol Rovers	0-2	Hereford United

1988-89
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away
23 November 1988	GpS	Bristol Rovers	1-0	Bristol City
14 December 1988	GpS	Exeter City	1-1	Bristol Rovers
24 January 1989	1S	Bristol Rovers	2-1	Cardiff City
22 February 1989	QFS	Bristol Rovers	0-1	Torquay United

Leyland DAF Cup (1989-91)[]

1989-90
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away
7 November 1989	GpS	Torquay United	1-0	Bristol Rovers
17 January 1990	GpS	Bristol Rovers	3-0	Exeter City
24 January 1990	1S	Bristol Rovers	1-0	Gillingham
6 February 1990	QFS	Brentford	2-2 (AET) 3-4 (Pens)	Bristol Rovers
14 March 1990	SFS	Bristol Rovers	0-0 (AET) 3-2 (Pens)	Walsall
28 March 1990	FS (1)	Bristol Rovers	1-0	Notts County
2 April 1990	FS (2)	Notts County	0-0 (0-1)	Bristol Rovers
20 May 1990	F	Bristol Rovers	1-2^[1]	Tranmere Rovers

1990-91

Did not take part as Rovers played in Division Two during the 1990-91 season

Autoglass Trophy (1991-94)[]

1991-92

Did not take part as Rovers played in Division Two during the 1991-92 season

1992-93

Did not take part as Rovers played in Division One during the 1992-93 season

1993-94
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away
28 September 1993	GpS	Torquay United	0-1	Bristol Rovers
20 October 1993	GpS	Bristol Rovers	3-0	Cardiff City
1 December 1993	2S	Bristol Rovers	2-2 (AET) 3-4(Pens)	Fulham

Autowindscreens Shield (1994-00)[]

1994-95
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away
27 September 1994	GpS	Oxford United	2-2	Bristol Rovers
19 October 1994	GpS	Bristol Rovers	1-1	AFC Bournemouth
29 November 1994	2S	Bristol Rovers	4-2	Cambridge United
10 January 1995	QFS	Leyton Orient	0-0 (AET) 4-3 (Pens)	Bristol Rovers

1995-96
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away
17 October 1995	GpS	Brighton & Hove Albion	0-2	Bristol Rovers
7 November 1995	GpS	Bristol Rovers	3-0	Cambridge United
28 November 1995	2S	Bristol Rovers	2-1	AFC Bournemouth
9 January 1996	QFS	Fulham	1-2 (AET)	Bristol Rovers
13 February 1996	SFS	Peterborough United	0-1	Bristol Rovers
5 March 1996	FS (1)	Shrewsbury Town	1-1	Bristol Rovers
12 March 1996	FS (2)	Bristol Rovers	0-1 (1-2)	Shrewsbury Town

1996-97
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away
10 December 1996	1S	Bristol Rovers	1-2	Brentford

1997-98
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away
8 December 1997	1S	Bristol Rovers	1-0	Cambridge United
6 January 1998	2S	Exeter City	1-2	Bristol Rovers
28 January 1998	QFS	Bristol Rovers	0-1 (AET)	Walsall

1998-99
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away
8 December 1998	1S	Walsall	2-2 (AET) 5-4 (Pens)	Bristol Rovers

1999-00
Rovers received a first round bye in the 1999-00 competition
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away
11 January 2000	2S	Northampton Town	0-0(AET) 3-5 (Pens)	Bristol Rovers
24 January 2000	QFS	Bristol Rovers	1-2	Reading

LDV Vans Trophy (2000-05)[]

2000-01
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away
9 December 2000	1S	Torquay United	0-2	Bristol Rovers
9 January 2001	2S	Bristol Rovers	3-0	Plymouth Argyle
30 January 2001	QFS	Southend United	1-0	Bristol Rovers

2001-02
Rovers received a first round bye in the 2001-02 competition
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away
31 October 2001	2S	Bristol Rovers	1-1 (AET) 5-4(Pens)	Yeovil Town
5 December 2001	QFS	Bristol Rovers	4-1	Dagenham & Redbridge
9 January 2002	SFS	Bristol City	3-0	Bristol Rovers

2002-03
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away
22 October 2002	1S	Exeter City	1-0	Bristol Rovers

2003-04
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away
14 October 2003	1S	Southend United	2-1 (AET)	Bristol Rovers

2004-05
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away
28 September 2004	1S	Bristol Rovers	1-0	Kidderminster Harriers
3 November 2004	2S	Bristol Rovers	2-0	Barnet
30 November 2004	QFS	Bristol Rovers	1-0	Wycombe Wanderers
25 January 2005	SFS	Leyton Orient	1-2	Bristol Rovers
15 February 2005	FS (1)	Bristol Rovers	1-2	Southend United
8 March 2005	FS (2)	Southend United	2-2 (4-3)	Bristol Rovers