2008–09 Bristol Rovers F.C. season

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Chronological list of events

This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2007–08 season, presented in chronological order. This list does not include transfers, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the results section.

  • 14 July: Former player Junior Agogo completed a transfer from Nottingham Forest to Egyptian side El Zamalek, earning Rovers an undisclosed amount of money from the sell-on clause agreed when he joined Forest.[1]
  • 5 August: Club chairman Ron Craig stepped down from his position, and was succeeded by Nick Higgs. Craig retained a position on the board of the football club.[2]
  • 11 August: Defender Danny Coles signed a two-year extension to his contract with the club. The new deal expires in the summer of 2012, and was agreed as a result of Rovers receiving a number of transfer bids for the player from Plymouth Argyle.[3]
  • 23 August: Rovers stunned Hereford United with a 6–1 demolition.

Match results

Legend

Win Draw Loss

League One

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers League pos Ref.
9 August Carlisle United Home 2–3 8,285 Lambert, Williams 16 [4]
16 August Brighton & Hove Albion Away 1–1 6,210 Lambert (penalty) 20 [5]
23 August Hereford United Home 6–1 6,735 Duffy (2), Lambert (2), Hughes, Lines 8 [6]
30 August Leeds United Away 2–2 21,064 Lambert, Duffy 11 [7]
6 September Peterborough United Away 4–5 4,876 Elliott, own goal, Hughes, Lambert 15 [8]
13 September Walsall Home 1–3 6,609 Elliott 19 [9]
16 September Cheltenham Town Away 1–2 4,546 Lambert 21 [10]
20 September Yeovil Town Away 2–2 5,748 Lambert (penalty), Kuffour 19 [11]
27 September Crewe Alexandra Home 0–0 5,870 – 19 [12]
4 October Colchester United Away 1–0 4,811 Lambert 15 [13]
11 October Leyton Orient Home 2–1 6,425 Coles, Hinton 11 [14]
18 October Huddersfield Town Away 1–1 13,779 Lambert 13 [15]
21 October Oldham Athletic Home 2–0 6,379 Lambert, Lines 12 [16]
25 October Southend United Home 4–2 7,055 Lambert (4) 11 [17]
1 November Leicester City Away 1–2 18,941 Kuffour 13 [18]
14 November Scunthorpe United Home 1–2 7,173 Lambert 13 [19]
22 November Swindon Town Home 2–2 8,016 Lambert, Lines 14 [20]
25 November Hartlepool United Away 1–1 3,171 Hughes 15 [21]
6 December Millwall Away 2–3 8,123 Lambert, Kuffour 15 [22]
13 December Tranmere Rovers Home 2–0 6,217 Kuffour, Lines 14 [23]
20 December Stockport County Away 1–3 5,364 Disley 15 [24]
26 December Milton Keynes Dons Home 1–2 9,002 Kuffour 16 [25]
28 December Northampton Town Away 0–0 5,557 – 16 [26]
17 January Leyton Orient Away 2–1 4,262 Hughes, Duffy 17 [27]
24 January Colchester United Home 0–0 6,634 – 17 [28]
27 January Cheltenham Town Home 3–2 6,600 Lambert (2), Duffy 12 [29]
31 January Southend United Away 0–1 7,234 – 14 [30]
14 February Scunthorpe United Away 2–0 4,156 Duffy, Kuffour 14 [31]
17 February Yeovil Town Home 3–0 8,049 Pipe, Duffy, Lambert 13 [32]
21 February Leicester City Home 0–1 9,138 – 14 [33]
24 February Oldham Athletic Away 2–0 3,745 Duffy, Anthony 14 [34]
28 February Carlisle United Away 1–1 5,343 Hughes 14 [35]
7 March Leeds United Home 2–2 10,293 Hughes, Kuffour 14 [36]
10 March Hereford United Away 3–0 3,199 Lambert (3) 14 [37]
14 March Walsall Away 5–0 5,169 Duffy (2), Disley, Lescott (2) 12 [38]
17 March Crewe Alexandra Away 1–1 3,879 Duffy 12 [39]
21 March Peterborough United Home 0–1 7,103 – 13 [40]
28 March Stockport County Home 2–0 6,214 Anthony, Lambert 12 [41]
31 March Huddersfield Town Home 1–2 6,286 Kuffour 14 [42]
5 April Tranmere Rovers Away 0–2 8,119 – 14 [43]
10 April Northampton Town Home 1–0 6,666 Kuffour 11 [44]
13 April Milton Keynes Dons Away 1–2 10,251 Elliott 12 [45]
18 April Millwall Home 4–2 6,618 Disley, Lambert (2), Kuffour 11 [46]
21 April Brighton & Hove Albion Home 1–2 6,193 Lambert 11 [47]
25 April Swindon Town Away 1–2 10,977 Duffy 12 [48]
2 May Hartlepool United Home 4–1 7,363 Kuffour, Duffy, Lambert, Lescott 11 [49]

FA Cup

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
8 November 1 AFC Bournemouth Away 0–1 3,935 [50]

Carling Cup

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
12 August 1 Watford Away 0–1 5,574 [51]

Johnstone's Paint Trophy

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
2 September 1 AFC Bournemouth Away 0–3 2,220 [52]

Team kit

The team kit for the 2008–09 season is produced by Erreà. The main shirt sponsor is Cowlin Construction, a subsidiary of Balfour Beatty, and the secondary shirt sponsor is Blackthorn Cider. The home shirt features the traditional blue and white quarters in a lighter shade of blue from the previous season to match the colour of the sponsor's logo, and the away kit is green with black trim.[53]

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2008-09 away colours
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Squad

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

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Transfers

In

Seven players have been added to the Bristol Rovers squad since 1 July 2008, in addition to Jeff Hughes who signed at the end of the previous season. Four players were signed from other clubs – Darryl Duffy, who was signed from Swansea City for a fee in the region of £100,000, Ben Hunt, who was signed for free after having been released by West Ham United, Jo Kuffour who was signed from AFC Bournemouth and Liam Harwood who was signed from Carshalton Athletic. Three Bristol Rovers youth players were also awarded their first professional contracts by the club – Ben Swallow, James Tyrell and Joe White, who is the son of former Rovers player Steve White.

Date Player Previous Club Contract Cost
3 July Template:Flagicon Darryl Duffy Swansea City 3 years ~£100,000[54]
3 July Template:Flagicon Ben Hunt West Ham United 1 year Free[55]
3 July Template:Flagicon Ben Swallow Youth team N/A[55]
3 July Template:Flagicon James Tyrell Youth team N/A[55]
3 July Template:Flagicon Joe White Youth team N/A[55]
29 August Template:Flagicon Jo Kuffour AFC Bournemouth 3 years £60,000[56][57]
1 September Template:Flagicon Liam Harwood Carshalton Athletic 1 year Undisclosed[58]
21 November Template:Flagicon Richard Langley Unattached Monthly Free
16 February Template:Flagicon Danzelle St Louis-Hamilton Stoke City 3 months Loan

Out

Date Player New Club Contract Cost
4 July Template:Flagicon Richard Walker Shrewsbury Town 1 year Loan[59]
7 July Template:Flagicon Lewis Haldane Oxford United 1 year Loan[60]
1 August Template:Flagicon James Fraser Lewes 1 month Loan[61]
8 August Template:Flagicon Josh Klein-Davies Luton Town 1 month Loan[62]
9 August Template:Flagicon Charlie Clough Mangotsfield United 1 month Loan[63][64]
12 August Template:Flagicon Matt Groves Tiverton Town 1 month Loan[64][65]
14 August Template:Flagicon Adam Mahdi Cirencester Town 1 month Loan[64]
1 September Template:Flagicon James Fraser Tiverton Town 3 months Loan
1 September Template:Flagicon Andy Williams Hereford United 4 months Loan[66]
12 September Template:Flagicon Alex Kite Oxford City Loan
19 September Template:Flagicon Sean Rigg Grays Athletic 1 month Loan[67]
19 September Template:Flagicon Adam Mahdi Clevedon Town Loan[67]
19 September Template:Flagicon Ben Swallow Taunton Town Loan[67]
23 September Template:Flagicon Joe White Chippenham Town 3 months Loan[68]
10 November Template:Flagicon Alex Kite Chippenham Town 3 months Loan
20 November Template:Flagicon Ben Swallow Bridgwater Town 1 month Loan
28 November Template:Flagicon Josh Klein-Davies Newport County 1 month Loan

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