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Four Bristol Rovers players have represented Wales while on the books at Rovers. These were Marcus Browning, Wayne Jones, Neil Slatter and Dai Ward.
Nineteen Rovers players have been capped by Wales either before they joined the club, or after they left it. The most capped Welsh Rovers player was Neil Slatter with 22 caps.
Bobby Gould has managed both Wales and Bristol Rovers.
List of Wales internationals[]
A full list of Welsh internationals to play for Bristol Rovers is given in the table below. Players capped while on Rovers' books are shown in bold.
| Player | Caps | International years |
Rovers years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Browning | 5 | 1996–1997 | 1989–1997 |
| Andy Dorman | 3 | 2010–2011 | 2011–2012 |
| Christian Edwards | 1 | 1996 | 2003–2006 |
| Jack Evans | 8 | 1912–1923 | 1926–1928 |
| Brian Godfrey | 3 | 1964–1965 | 1971–1973 |
| Ryan Green | 2 | 1998 | 2006–2009 |
| Jeff Hopkins | 16 | 1983–1990 | 1991–1992 |
| Wayne Jones | 1 | 1971 | 1966–1972 |
| Jack Lewis | 1 | 1906 | 1899–1901 1904–1906 |
| Chris Llewellyn | 6 | 1998–2007 | 2002–2003 |
| Tommy Mills | 4 | 1934–1935 | 1936–1939 |
| Jason Perry | 1 | 1994 | 1997–1998 |
| David Pipe | 1 | 2003 | 2007–2010 |
| Billy Richards | 1 | 1932 | 1937–1938 |
| Phillip Roberts | 4 | 1974 | 1969–1973 |
| Neil Slatter | 22 | 1983–1989 | 1980–1985 |
| Byron Stevenson | 15 | 1978–1982 | 1985–1986 |
| Gareth Taylor | 15 | 1995–2004 | 1991–1995 |
| Martin Thomas | 1 | 1987 | 1976–1982 |
| Paul Trollope | 9 | 1997–2003 | 2004–2007 |
| Dai Ward | 2 | 1958–1961 | 1954–1961 |
| David Williams | 5 | 1986 | 1975–1985 |
| Gavin Williams | 2 | 2005 | 2011 |
| Geraint Williams | 13 | 1987–1995 | 1980–1985 |
List of Wales teams featuring Bristol Rovers players[]
All matches featuring a current, future or former Bristol Rovers player in the Wales lineup are listed below. Only players who took part in the game are included, all unused substitutes have been left out.
- N.B. Wales's score is always given first. (Source: 11v11.com)
| Date | Opponent | Result | Venue | Competition | Player(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 March 1906 |  England |
0–1 | Cardiff | Home Championship | Jack Lewis |
| 2 | 13 April 1912 |  Ireland |
2–3 | Cardiff | Home Championship | Jack Evans |
| 3 | 18 January 1913 | Ireland |
1–0 | Belfast | Home Championship | Jack Evans |
| 4 | 28 February 1914 |  Scotland |
0–0 | Glasgow | Home Championship | Jack Evans |
| 5 | 14 February 1920 | Ireland |
2–2 | Belfast | Home Championship | Jack Evans |
| 6 | 26 February 1920 | Scotland |
1–1 | Cardiff | Home Championship | Jack Evans |
| 7 | 13 March 1922 | England |
0–1 | Liverpool | Home Championship | Jack Evans |
| 8 | 1 April 1922 | Ireland |
1–1 | Belfast | Home Championship | Jack Evans |
| 9 | 5 March 1923 | England |
2–2 | Cardiff | Home Championship | Jack Evans |
| 10 | 7 December 1932 | Ireland |
4–1 | Wrexham | Home Championship | Billy Richards |
| 11 | 4 November 1933 | Ireland |
1–1 | Belfast | Home Championship | Tommy Mills |
| 12 | 15 November 1933 | England |
2–1 | Newcastle | Home Championship | Tommy Mills |
| 13 | 29 September 1934 | England |
0–4 | Cardiff | Home Championship | Tommy Mills |
| 14 | 21 November 1934 | Scotland |
2–3 | Aberdeen | Home Championship | Tommy Mills |
| 15 | 26 November 1958 | England |
2–2 | Birmingham | Home Championship | Dai Ward |
| 16 | 14 October 1961 | England |
1–1 | Cardiff | Home Championship | Dai Ward |
| 17 | 15 April 1964 |  Northern Ireland |
2–3 | Swansea | Home Championship | Brian Godfrey |
| 18 | 21 October 1964 |  Denmark |
0–1 | Copenhagen | World Cup qualifier | Brian Godfrey |
| 19 | 1 May 1965 |  Italy |
1–4 | Florence | Friendly | Brian Godfrey |
| 20 | 26 May 1971 |  Finland |
1–0 | Helsinki | Euro Champs qualifier | Wayne Jones |
| 21 | 11 May 1974 | England |
0–2 | Cardiff | Home Championship | Phillip Roberts |
| 22 | 4 September 1974 |  Austria |
1–2 | Vienna | Euro Champs qualifier | Phillip Roberts |
| 23 | 30 October 1974 |  Hungary |
2–0 | Cardiff | Euro Champs qualifier | Phillip Roberts |
| 24 | 20 November 1974 |  Luxembourg |
5–0 | Swansea | Euro Champs qualifier | Phillip Roberts |
| 25 | 19 May 1978 | Northern Ireland |
1–0 | Wrexham | Home Championship | Byron Stevenson |
| 26 | 25 October 1978 |  Malta |
7–0 | Wrexham | Euro Champs qualifier | Byron Stevenson |
| 27 | 29 November 1978 |  Turkey |
1–0 | Wrexham | Euro Champs qualifier | Byron Stevenson |
| 28 | 19 May 1979 | Scotland |
3–0 | Cardiff | Home Championship | Byron Stevenson |
| 29 | 23 May 1979 | England |
0–0 | London | Home Championship | Byron Stevenson |
| 30 | 25 May 1979 | Northern Ireland |
1–1 | Belfast | Home Championship | Byron Stevenson |
| 31 | 2 June 1979 | Malta |
2–0 | Valletta | Euro Champs qualifier | Byron Stevenson |
| 32 | 17 October 1979 |  West Germany |
1–5 | Cologne | Euro Champs qualifier | Byron Stevenson |
| 33 | 21 November 1979 | Turkey |
0–1 | Izmir | Euro Champs qualifier | Byron Stevenson |
| 34 | 2 June 1980 |  Iceland |
4–0 | Reykjavík | World Cup qualifier | Byron Stevenson |
| 35 | 9 September 1981 |  Czechoslovakia |
0–2 | Prague | World Cup qualifier | Byron Stevenson |
| 36 | 24 March 1982 |  Spain |
1–1 | Valencia | Friendly | Byron Stevenson |
| 37 | 24 May 1982 | Scotland |
0–1 | Glasgow | Home Championship | Byron Stevenson |
| 38 | 27 May 1982 | Northern Ireland |
3–0 | Wrexham | Home Championship | Byron Stevenson |
| 39 | 2 June 1982 |  France |
1–0 | Toulouse | Friendly | Byron Stevenson |
| 40 | 28 May 1983 | Scotland |
0–2 | Cardiff | Home Championship | Neil Slatter |
| 41 | 31 May 1983 | Northern Ireland |
1–0 | Belfast | Home Championship | Jeff Hopkins |
| 42 | 12 June 1983 |  Brazil |
1–1 | Cardiff | Friendly | Jeff Hopkins |
| 43 | 21 September 1983 |  Norway |
0–0 | Oslo | Euro Champs qualifier | Jeff Hopkins |
| 44 | 12 October 1983 |  Romania |
5–0 | Wrexham | Friendly | Jeff Hopkins |
| 45 | 16 November 1983 |  Bulgaria |
0–1 | Sofia | Euro Champs qualifier | Jeff Hopkins |
| 46 | 14 December 1983 |  Yugoslavia |
1–1 | Cardiff | Euro Champs qualifier | Jeff Hopkins |
| 47 | 28 February 1984 | Scotland |
1–2 | Glasgow | Home Championship | Jeff Hopkins |
| 48 | 2 May 1984 | England |
1–0 | Wrexham | Home Championship | Jeff Hopkins |
| 49 | 22 May 1984 | Northern Ireland |
1–1 | Swansea | Home Championship | Jeff Hopkins |
| 50 | 6 June 1984 | Norway |
0–1 | Trondheim | Friendly | Jeff Hopkins Neil Slatter |
| 51 | 10 June 1984 |  Israel |
0–0 | Tel Aviv | Friendly | Jeff Hopkins Neil Slatter |
| 52 | 12 September 1984 | Iceland |
0–1 | Reykjavík | World Cup qualifier | Jeff Hopkins Neil Slatter |
| 53 | 17 October 1984 | Spain |
0–3 | Seville | World Cup qualifier | Neil Slatter |
| 54 | 14 November 1984 | Iceland |
2–1 | Cardiff | World Cup qualifier | Jeff Hopkins Neil Slatter |
| 55 | 26 February 1985 | Norway |
1–1 | Wrexham | Friendly | Neil Slatter |
| 56 | 27 March 1985 | Scotland |
1–0 | Glasgow | World Cup qualifier | Neil Slatter |
| 57 | 30 April 1985 | Spain |
3–0 | Wrexham | World Cup qualifier | Neil Slatter |
| 58 | 5 June 1985 | Norway |
2–4 | Bergen | Friendly | Jeff Hopkins Neil Slatter |
| 59 | 16 October 1985 | Hungary |
0–3 | Cardiff | Friendly | Neil Slatter |
| 60 | 25 February 1986 |  Saudi Arabia |
2–1 | Dhahran | Friendly | Neil Slatter David Williams |
| 61 | 21 April 1986 |  Uruguay |
0–0 | Wrexham | Friendly | David Williams |
| 62 | 10 May 1986 |  Canada |
0–2 | Toronto | Friendly | Neil Slatter David Williams |
| 63 | 20 May 1986 | Canada |
3–0 | Vancouver | Friendly | Neil Slatter David Williams |
| 64 | 10 September 1986 | Finland |
1–1 | Helsinki | Euro Champs qualifier | Neil Slatter Martin Thomas David Williams |
| 65 | 29 April 1987 | Czechoslovakia |
1–1 | Wrexham | Euro Champs qualifier | Neil Slatter |
| 66 | 9 September 1987 | Denmark |
1–0 | Cardiff | Euro Champs qualifier | Neil Slatter |
| 67 | 14 October 1987 | Denmark |
0–1 | Copenhagen | Euro Champs qualifier | Neil Slatter |
| 68 | 11 November 1987 | Czechoslovakia |
0–2 | Prague | Euro Champs qualifier | Neil Slatter Geraint Williams |
| 69 | 23 March 1988 | Yugoslavia |
1–2 | Swansea | Friendly | Geraint Williams |
| 70 | 27 April 1988 |  Sweden |
1–4 | Stockholm | Friendly | Geraint Williams |
| 71 | 1 June 1988 | Malta |
3–2 | Ta' Qali | Friendly | Neil Slatter Geraint Williams |
| 72 | 4 June 1988 | Italy |
1–0 | Brescia | Friendly | Neil Slatter Geraint Williams |
| 73 | 14 September 1988 |  The Netherlands |
0–1 | Amsterdam | World Cup quals | Geraint Williams |
| 74 | 8 February 1989 | Israel |
3–3 | Tel Aviv | Friendly | Neil Slatter Geraint Williams |
| 75 | 26 April 1989 | Sweden |
0–2 | Wrexham | Friendly | Geraint Williams |
| 76 | 31 May 1989 | West Germany |
0–0 | Cardiff | World Cup quals | Geraint Williams |
| 77 | 6 September 1989 | Finland |
0–1 | Helsinki | World Cup quals | Geraint Williams |
| 78 | 11 October 1989 | The Netherlands |
1–2 | Cardiff | World Cup qualifier | Jeff Hopkins Geraint Williams |
| 79 | 20 May 1990 |  Costa Rica |
1–0 | Cardiff | Friendly | Jeff Hopkins |
| 80 | 17 February 1993 |  Republic of Ireland |
1–2 | Dublin | Friendly | Geraint Williams |
| 81 | 9 March 1994 | Norway |
1–3 | Cardiff | Friendly | Jason Perry |
| 82 | 11 October 1995 | Germany |
1–2 | Cardiff | Euro Champs qualifier | Geraint Williams |
| 83 | 15 November 1995 |  Albania |
1–1 | Tirana | Euro Champs qualifier | Gareth Taylor |
| 84 | 24 January 1996 | Italy |
0–3 | Terni | Friendly | Marcus Browning Gareth Taylor |
| 85 | 24 April 1996 |  Switzerland |
0–2 | Lugano | Friendly | Christian Edwards Gareth Taylor |
| 86 | 2 June 1996 |  San Marino |
5–0 | Serravalle | World Cup qualifier | Marcus Browning |
| 87 | 31 August 1996 | San Marino |
6–0 | Cardiff | World Cup qualifier | Marcus Browning Gareth Taylor |
| 88 | 5 October 1996 | The Netherlands |
1–3 | Cardiff | World Cup qualifier | Marcus Browning |
| 89 | 9 November 1996 | The Netherlands |
1–7 | Eindhoven | World Cup qualifier | Gareth Taylor |
| 90 | 11 February 1997 | Republic of Ireland |
0–0 | Cardiff | Friendly | Gareth Taylor |
| 91 | 27 May 1997 | Scotland |
1–0 | Kilmarnock | Friendly | Marcus Browning Paul Trollope |
| 92 | 11 October 1997 |  Belgium |
2–3 | Brussels | World Cup qualifier | Gareth Taylor |
| 93 | 11 November 1997 |  Brazil |
0–3 | Brasília | Friendly | Paul Trollope |
| 94 | 25 March 1998 |  Jamaica |
0–0 | Cardiff | Friendly | Gareth Taylor Paul Trollope |
| 95 | 3 June 1998 | Malta |
3–0 | Valletta | Friendly | Ryan Green Chris Llewellyn Paul Trollope |
| 96 | 6 June 1998 |  Tunisia |
0–4 | Tunis | Friendly | Ryan Green Chris Llewellyn Paul Trollope |
| 97 | 27 March 2002 | Czech Republic |
0–0 | Cardiff | Friendly | Gareth Taylor Paul Trollope |
| 98 | 21 August 2002 |  Croatia |
1–1 | Varaždin | Friendly | Gareth Taylor Paul Trollope |
| 99 | 20 November 2002 |  Azerbaijan |
2–0 | Baku | Euro Champs qualifier | Paul Trollope |
| 100 | 12 February 2003 |  Bosnia & Herz. |
2–2 | Cardiff | Friendly | Gareth Taylor |
| 101 | 29 March 2003 | Azerbaijan |
4–0 | Cardiff | Euro Champs qualifier | Paul Trollope |
| 102 | 26 May 2003 |  United States |
0–2 | San Jose | Friendly | David Pipe Gareth Taylor |
| 103 | 18 February 2004 | Scotland |
4–0 | Cardiff | Friendly | Gareth Taylor |
| 104 | 31 March 2004 | Hungary |
2–1 | Budapest | Friendly | Gareth Taylor |
| 105 | 27 May 2004 | Norway |
0–0 | Oslo | Friendly | Chris Llewellyn |
| 106 | 30 May 2004 | Canada |
1–0 | Wrexham | Friendly | Chris Llewellyn |
| 107 | 18 August 2004 |  Latvia |
2–0 | Riga | Friendly | Gareth Taylor |
| 108 | 17 August 2005 |  Slovenia |
0–0 | Swansea | Friendly | Gavin Williams |
| 109 | 16 November 2005 |  Cyprus |
0–1 | Limassol | Friendly | Gavin Williams |
| 110 | 14 November 2006 |  Liechtenstein |
4–0 | Wrexham | Friendly | Chris Llewellyn |
| 111 | 26 May 2007 |  New Zealand |
2–2 | Wrexham | Friendly | Chris Llewellyn |
| 112 | 23 May 2010 | Croatia |
0–2 | Osijek | Friendly | Andy Dorman |
| 113 | 25 May 2011 | Scotland |
1–3 | Dublin | Carling Nations Cup | Andy Dorman |
| 114 | 27 May 2011 | Northern Ireland |
2–0 | Dublin | Carling Nations Cup | Andy Dorman |