2025–26 Bristol Rovers F.C. season

Bristol Rovers
2025–26 season
Owner	Hussain Al-Saeed
Head Coach	Darrell Clarke; (until 13 December); Steve Evans; (from 16 December)
Stadium	Memorial Stadium
League Two	22nd
FA Cup	Second round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Fabrizio Cavegn (10); All: Fabrizio Cavegn (14)
Highest home attendance	9,242 vs. Harrogate Town ; (2 August 2025)
Lowest home attendance	878 vs. Cambridge United ; (2 December 2025, EFL Trophy Second round)
Average home league attendance	7,822

The 2025–26 season is the 143rd season in the history of Bristol Rovers Football Club and their first season back in League Two since the 2021–22 season following relegation from League One in the preceding season. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Managerial changes

Prior to the season starting, Darrell Clarke was announced as the clubs new head coach, signing a three year deal. It would be his second spell at the club, having previously been in charge between 2014–2018.^[3] However he only lasted seven months in charge as he was sacked on 13 December after twenty-seven games in charge and a win ratio of 29.6%.^[1] Three days later, Steve Evans was appointed as head coach until the end of the season.^[2]

Current squad

As of 6 February 2026

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)	Previous club	Date signed	Fee	Contract end
Goalkeepers
1	Luke Southwood	GK	(1997-12-06) 6 December 1997	Bolton Wanderers	6 July 2025	Undisclosed	30 June 2027
13	Brad Young	GK	(2002-05-05) 5 May 2002	Leicester City	1 July 2025	Free	30 June 2027
Defenders
2	Joel Senior	RB	(1999-06-24) 24 June 1999	Morecambe	1 July 2024	Free	30 June 2026
3	Jack Sparkes	LB	(2000-09-29) 29 September 2000	Peterborough United	23 June 2025	Free	30 June 2027
4	Taylor Moore	CB	(1997-05-12) 12 May 1997	Valenciennes	1 July 2024	Free	30 June 2027
5	Alfie Kilgour	CB	(1998-05-18) 18 May 1998	Mansfield Town	1 July 2025	Free	30 June 2027
6	Clinton Mola	LB	(2001-03-15) 15 March 2001	Reading	1 July 2024	Free	30 June 2027
12	Tom Lockyer	CB	(1994-12-03) 3 December 1994	Luton Town	23 October 2025	Free	30 June 2026
17	Kofi Balmer	CB	(2000-09-19) 19 September 2000	Motherwell	12 January 2026	Loan	31 May 2026
23	Macauley Southam-Hales	RB	(1996-02-02) 2 February 1996	Stockport County	1 July 2025	Free	30 June 2027
26	Riley Harbottle	CB	(2000-09-26) 26 September 2000	AFC Wimbledon	16 January 2026	Free	30 June 2028
Midfielders
14	Kane Thompson-Sommers	CM	(2000-12-01) 1 December 2000	Milton Keynes Dons	16 January 2026	Loan	31 May 2026
15	Ryan de Havilland	CM	(2001-06-15) 15 June 2001	Peterborough United	3 January 2026	Undisclosed	30 June 2028
20	Josh McEachran	CM	(1993-03-01) 1 March 1993	Oxford United	1 July 2025	Free	30 June 2027
24	Tommy Leigh	CM	(2000-04-13) 13 April 2000	Bradford City	2 February 2026	Loan	31 May 2026
	Richard Smallwood	CM	(1990-12-29) 29 December 1990	Tranmere Rovers	2 February 2026	Loan	31 May 2026
Forwards
7	Shaq Forde	CF	(2004-05-05) 5 May 2004	Watford	30 August 2024	Undisclosed	30 June 2027
9	Promise Omochere	RW	(2000-10-18) 18 October 2000	Fleetwood Town	19 July 2024	£500,000	30 June 2027
10	Yusuf Akhamrich	LW	(2005-09-05) 5 September 2005	Tottenham Hotspur	22 January 2026	Loan	31 May 2026
11	Luke Thomas	RW	(1999-02-19) 19 February 1999	Barnsley	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2026
19	Ellis Harrison	CF	(1994-01-29) 29 January 1994	Milton Keynes Dons	29 July 2025	Free	30 June 2026
27	Joe Quigley	CF	(1996-12-10) 10 December 1996	Oldham Athletic	2 February 2026	Undisclosed	30 June 2028
29	Fabrizio Cavegn	CF	(2002-08-28) 28 August 2002	Vaduz	1 August 2025	Undisclosed	30 June 2028
35	Mees Rijks	CF	(2003-03-08) 8 March 2003	Vålerenga	27 January 2026	Undisclosed	30 June 2028
Out on loan
8	Isaac Hutchinson	AM	(2000-04-10) 10 April 2000	Walsall	20 June 2024	Undisclosed	30 June 2027
22	Kamil Conteh	DM	(2002-12-26) 26 December 2002	Grimsby Town	26 January 2024	£300,000	30 June 2027
25	Ryan Howley	CM	(2003-11-23) 23 November 2003	Coventry City	8 July 2025	Free	30 June 2027
31	Jed Ward	GK	(2003-05-20) 20 May 2003	Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2028
43	Ollie Dewsbury	CF	(2008-02-22) 22 February 2008	Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2027

Transfers and contracts

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
23 June 2025	LB	Jack Sparkes	Peterborough United	Free transfer	^[4]
1 July 2025^[a]	CB	Alfie Kilgour	Mansfield Town	Free	^[5]
1 July 2025^[b]	CM	Josh McEachran	Oxford United		^[6]
1 July 2025^[c]	RB	Macauley Southam-Hales	Stockport County		^[7]
1 July 2025^[d]	GK	Brad Young	Leicester City		^[8]
6 July 2025	GK	Luke Southwood	Bolton Wanderers	Undisclosed	^[9]
8 July 2025	CM	Ryan Howley	Coventry City	Free	^[10]
29 July 2025	CF	Ellis Harrison	Milton Keynes Dons	Free	^[11]
1 August 2025	CF	Fabrizio Cavegn	Vaduz	Undisclosed	^[12]
23 October 2025	CB	Tom Lockyer	Luton Town	Free	^[13]
28 November 2025	CF	Callum Morton	Salford City	Free	^[14]
3 January 2026	CM	Ryan de Havilland	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	^[15]
16 January 2026	CB	Riley Harbottle	AFC Wimbledon		^[16]
27 January 2026	CF	Mees Rijks	Vålerenga		^[17]
2 February 2026	CF	Joe Quigley	Oldham Athletic		^[18]

^ The transfer was announced on 25 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Mansfield Town contract expired
^ The transfer was announced on 30 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Oxford United contract expired
^ The transfer was announced on 25 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Stockport County contract expired
^ The transfer was announced on 26 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Leicester City contract expired

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
1 August 2025	CAM	Kofi Shaw	Brighton & Hove Albion	Undisclosed	^[19]
6 August 2025	CB	Connor Taylor	Wycombe Wanderers		^[20]
24 October 2025	CB	Dan Ellison	Yeovil Town		^[21]
15 January 2026	LB	Bryant Bilongo	Rochdale		^[22]
21 January 2026	CF	Ruel Sotiriou	Hapoel Jerusalem		^[23]

Loaned in

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
14 August 2025	CB	Kacper Łopata	Barnsley	6 January 2026	^[24]^[a]
1 September 2025	CDM	Alfie Chang	Birmingham City		^[26]^[a]
	CM	Joel Cotterill	Swansea City		^[27]^[a]
	LW	Freddie Issaka	Plymouth Argyle		^[28]^[a]
	CB	Stephan Negru	Oxford United		^[29]^[a]
12 January 2026	CB	Kofi Balmer	Motherwell	31 May 2026	^[30]
16 January 2026	CM	Kane Thompson-Sommers	Milton Keynes Dons		^[31]
22 January 2026	LW	Yusuf Akhamrich	Tottenham Hotspur		^[32]
2 February 2026	CAM	Tommy Leigh	Bradford City		^[33]
2 February 2026	CDM	Richard Smallwood	Tranmere Rovers		^[34]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Lopata, Chang, Cotterill, Issaka and Negru all returned to their parent clubs early on 6 January 2026^[25]

Loaned out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
1 August 2025	CM	Charlie Moody	Yate Town		^[35]
	GK	Jed Ward	Yeovil Town	31 May 2026	^[36]
	CB	Charlie White	Yate Town		^[35]
1 September 2025	CM	Isaac Hutchinson	Cheltenham Town	6 January 2026	^[37]^[a]
19 September 2025	LW	Micah Anthony	Kettering Town	2 November 2025	^[39]
19 September 2025	CB	Dan Ellison	Chippenham Town	23 October 2025^[b]	^[39]
28 November 2025	CM	Tom English	Taunton Town	27 December 2025	^[41]
9 January 2026	CF	Ollie Dewsbury	Weston-super-Mare	31 May 2026	^[42]
2 February 2026	CM	Kamil Conteh	Lincoln City		^[43]
2 February 2026	CM	Isaac Hutchinson	Cheltenham Town		^[43]
6 February 2026	CM	Ryan Howley	Tamworth		^[44]

^ On 6 January, Hutchinson was recalled from his loan^[38]
^ On 23 October, Ellison was recalled from his loan^[40]

Released / out of contract

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
8 June 2025	CM	Jamie Lindsay	Ross County	18 July 2025	^[45]^[46]
25 June 2025	CB	James Wilson	Cheltenham Town	28 July 2025	^[47]^[48]
30 June 2025	CM	Jerry Lawrence	Corsham Town	1 July 2025	^[49]^[50]
	AM	Jevani Brown	Hemel Hempstead Town	12 September 2025	^[49]^[51]
	GK	Matt Hall	AFC Totton	25 October 2025	^[49]
	RB	Jack Hunt	Stockport County	18 November 2025	^[49]^[52]
	CM	Luke McCormick	Yeovil Town	4 August 2025	^[49]^[53]
	RM	Grant Ward	Port Vale	9 February 2026	^[49]^[54]
	CM	Romaine Sawyers			^[49]
	LW	Scott Sinclair			^[49]
4 February 2026	LW	Micah Anthony			^[55]

New contract

Date	Pos.	Player	Contract until	Ref.
18 July 2025	LW	Ollie Dewsbury	Undisclosed^[a]	^[56]
23 July 2025	CM	Charlie Moody	Undisclosed^[a]	^[57]

^ First professional contract

Pre-season and friendlies

On 19 May, Bristol Rovers announced their first two pre-season friendlies, against Chippenham Town and Bath City.^[58] Two days later, a third fixture was confirmed against Yeovil Town.^[59] A warm-weather training camp in Murcia was next to be added, which included a clash against Stockport County.^[60] On 3 June, a home friendly against Coventry City was announced.^[61] A sixth pre-season fixture was later confirmed, against Oxford United.^[62]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

4 July 2025 Friendly	Chippenham Town	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Chippenham
19:30 BST	Touray 43'	Report	Sotiriou 11' Anthony 66'	Stadium: The Thornbury Surfacing Stadium Attendance: 1,465

12 July 2025 Friendly	Bristol Rovers	2–3	Stockport County	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
11:30 CEST	Dewsbury 63' Thomas 67'	Report	Norwood 32' Fiorini 50' Gardner 89'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Referee: Cuadrado Garcia

16 July 2025 Friendly	Bath City	0–1	Bristol Rovers	Bath
19:00 BST		Report	Bilongo 69'	Stadium: Twerton Park Attendance: 2,205 Referee: Sam Read

19 July 2025 Friendly	Yeovil Town	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Yeovil
15:00 BST	Young 22' (o.g.)	Report	Shaw 48' Thomas 62'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 2,236

23 July 2025 Friendly	Bristol Rovers	0–2	Coventry City	Bristol
19:00 BST		Report	Southam-Hales 63' (o.g.) Kesler-Hayden 81'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,134 (1,393 Away) Referee: Steve Martin

26 July 2025 Friendly	Oxford United	0–1	Bristol Rovers	Littlemore
15:00 BST		Report	Anthony 77'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Referee: Steve Martin

Competitions

League Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
20	Barrow	31	7	6	18	31	47	−16	27
21	Crawley Town	33	6	9	18	32	53	−21	27
22	Bristol Rovers	32	8	3	21	29	55	−26	27
23	Harrogate Town	33	6	7	20	24	51	−27	25	Relegation to National League
24	Newport County	32	6	6	20	32	58	−26	24	Relegation to National League

Updated to match(es) played on 18 February 2026. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[63]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	8	3	21	29	55	−26	27	5	1	10	15	25	−10	3	2	11	14	30	−16

Last updated: 17 February 2026.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	27	28	29	30	26²	31	32	33	34	35	36	25¹
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L
Position	20	20	21	21	20	16	13	9	10	7	12	14	16	16	17	19	20	21	22	23	22	22	22	20	21	22	22	20	19	19	21	22

Updated to match(es) played on 17 February 2026. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes:

¹ Matchday 25 (vs. Barrow) was postponed due to a frozen pitch.
² Matchday 26 (vs. Walsall) was postponed due to their FA Cup involvements.

Matches

On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced.^[64]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

2 August 2025 1	Bristol Rovers	0–1	Harrogate Town	Bristol
15:00 BST	Bilongo 90+1'	Report	McCoulsky 54' Duke-McKenna 63' O'Connor 77' Hill 84'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,242 Referee: Carl Brook

9 August 2025 2	Fleetwood Town	2–1	Bristol Rovers	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Davies 26', 34' 83'	Report	Omochere 42' 74' (pen.) Thomas 90+5' McEachran 90+7'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,903 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

16 August 2025 3	Chesterfield	3–1	Bristol Rovers	Chesterfield
12:30 BST	McFadzean 15', 84' Naylor 41', 51' Daley-Campbell 58' Dobra 88'	Report	Senior 39' Sparkes 57' Hutchinson 68' Mola 72' Sotiriou 80'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 8,013 Referee: Sam Mulhall
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[65]

19 August 2025 4	Bristol Rovers	0–0	Oldham Athletic	Bristol
19:45 BST	Sotiriou 30' Southam-Hales 66' McEachran 79'	Report	Robson 45+5' Woods 78'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,706 Referee: James Oldham

23 August 2025 5	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Cambridge United	Bristol
15:00 BST	Hutchinson 5' Harrison 34' Southwood 41'	Report	Gibbons 15' Jobe 80' 90+10'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,809 Referee: Paul Marsden

30 August 2025 6	Grimsby Town	0–1	Bristol Rovers	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Amaluzor 25'	Report	Southam-Hales 27' Łopata 39' Kilgour 58'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 7,406 Referee: Neil Hair

6 September 2025 7	Newport County	2–3	Bristol Rovers	Newport
12:30 BST	Baker 56' Whimore 78' Opoku 89'	Report	Southam-Hales 34' Thomas 52', 59' McEachran 68' Harrison 72' Omochere 90+5'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 5,305 Referee: Oliver Mackey
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[65]

13 September 2025 8	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Barrow	Bristol
15:00 BST	McEachran 16' Cavegn 28' Southam-Hales 90+1' Sparkes 90+5'	Report	Raglan 63' Mahoney 69' Fletcher 86' Booty 89'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,267 Referee: Sam Allison

20 September 2025 9	Colchester United	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Colchester
15:00 BST	Smith 21' Mbick 52' Read 79'	Report	Cavegn 40' Thomas 43' Harrison 45+3' Cotterill 59' Łopata 79' McEachran 83'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 5,050 Referee: Abigail Byrne

27 September 2025 10	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Salford City	Bristol
15:00 BST	Harrison 45+2' Mola 61' Cavegn 63' Thomas 90+7'	Report	Butcher 11' Harris 40' Garbutt 54' Ashley 57' Mnoga 90+6'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,601 Referee: Gareth Rhodes

4 October 2025 11	Walsall	2–1	Bristol Rovers	Walsall
15:00 BST	Pressley 69', 78' Clarke 84' Weir 90+3' Comley 90+10'	Report	Chang 20' Cavegn 27' Harrison 39' Sparkes 83'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 8,003 Referee: Stephen Martin

11 October 2025 12	Bristol Rovers	0–4	Milton Keynes Dons	Bristol
15:00 BST	Southam-Hales 7' Łopata 89'	Report	Kilgour 8' (o.g.) Ekpiteta 45' Gilbey 75' 90' Maguire 83' Hepburn-Murphy 90+3'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,996 Referee: Scott Oldham

18 October 2025 13	Bristol Rovers	1–4	Tranmere Rovers	Bristol
15:00 BST	Harrison 5' Cavegn 85' Kilgour 90+1'	Report	Smith 33' Jennings 51', 73' Davison 55' 79' Patrick 71'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,835 Referee: Thomas Parsons

25 October 2025 14	Crawley Town	4–0	Bristol Rovers	Crawley
15:00 BST	Bajrami 40' Kilgour 45+9' (o.g.) Forster 52' Malone 69' Scott 78' Flower 86'	Report	Sparkes 33' Lockyer 45' Southwood 45+3' Dewsbury 48'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 3,416 Referee: Richard Eley

8 November 2025 15	Bristol Rovers	0–1	Gillingham	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Sotiriou 32'	Report	Andrews 31' Clark 54' Nevitt 62' McKenzie 90+1' McCleary 90+1'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,056 Referee: Alan Young

15 November 2025 16	Accrington Stanley	3–1	Bristol Rovers	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Heath 6' Walton 40' Whalley 60' Ward 62' Rawson 72' Sinclair 77'	Report	Chang 23' Forde 26' Mola 40' Conteh 59'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,558 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

22 November 2025 17	Cheltenham Town	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Wilson 13' Tomkinson 67', 70' Thomas 79' Adelakun 90+5'	Report	Conteh 90+4'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 5,465 Referee: Paul Howard

29 November 2025 18	Bristol Rovers	0–1	Notts County	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Harrison 34' Mola 90+4'	Report	Robertson 18' Bennetts 32' Hall 35' Jatta 53' Dennis 86' Gordon 89' Norburn 90+4'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,807 Referee: Edward Duckworth

9 December 2025 19	Barnet	4–0	Bristol Rovers	Edgware
19:45 GMT	Senior 15' Ofoborh 30' Slicker 39' Shelton 78' (pen.) Stead 89'	Report	McEachran 29'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 2,157 (414 away) Referee: Lee Swabey

13 December 2025 20	Bristol Rovers	0–3	Swindon Town	Bristol
12:30 GMT	Forde 27' Łopata 36'	Report	Snowdon 16' Clarke 28' Drinan 33' 34' 58'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,728 Referee: Aaron Bannister
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[66]

19 December 2025 21	Crewe Alexandra	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Crewe
19:45 GMT	Tezgel 9' Thibaut 30' Connolly 50' Sanders 60'	Report	Morton 12' Mola 30' Sparkes 36' Southwood 60'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 9,125 Referee: Michael Barlow
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 20 December, but was brought forward a day to help with the Christmas scheduling.^[67]

26 December 2025 22	Bristol Rovers	2–3	Bromley	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Forde 12' 53' Sparkes 34' Cavegn 40' 90+4' Cotterill 46'	Report	Kabamba 68' 70' Thompson 81', 90+2'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,127 Referee: Jacob Miles

29 December 2025 23	Bristol Rovers	0–2	Barnet	Bristol
19:45 GMT	Mola 43' Sparkes 57' Kilgour 87'	Report	Winterburn 40' Senior 45' Ofoborh 63' Glover 86'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,335 Referee: Declan Bourne

1 January 2026 24	Shrewsbury Town	0–3	Bristol Rovers	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Boyle 43' England 67'	Report	Cavegn 63', 88', 90+3' Moore 68'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,872 Referee: Robert Massey-Ellis

17 January 2026 27	Bristol Rovers	0–1	Colchester United	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Senior 28' Kilgour 73' Sparkes 89' Lockyer 90+3'	Report	Hunt 61' Edwards 85' Mbick 90+8'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,556 Referee: Ben Toner

24 January 2026 28	Salford City	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Kersal
15:00 GMT	Graydon 8' Garbutt 29' Mnoga 43'	Report		Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 3,034 Referee: Simon Mather

27 January 2026 29	Milton Keynes Dons	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Denbigh
19:45 GMT	Paterson 27' 45+7' Offord 40' Kelly 90'	Report	Harbottle 28' Conteh 89' Sparkes 90'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 6,503 Referee: Craig Hicks

31 January 2026 30	Bristol Rovers	3–0	Newport County	Bristol
12:30 GMT	Akhamrich 10', 29' Sparkes 61' Cavegn 88'	Report	Glennon 33' Biggins 57'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,591 Referee: Will Finnie
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[68]

3 February 2026 26^[69]	Bristol Rovers	2–0	Walsall	Bristol
19:45 GMT	Sparkes 43' Akhamrich 61' Balmer 64'	Report	Pattison 59'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,291 Referee: Alex Chilowicz
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 10 January, but was rearranged due to Walsall's FA Cup progression.

7 February 2026 31	Bristol Rovers	2–3	Chesterfield	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Forde 28', 58' 90+6' Mola 43' Kilgour 75'	Report	Naylor 3', 61' Bonis 48' Berry 78' Markanday 85'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,210 Referee: Matthew Russell

14 February 2026 32	Cambridge United	3–1	Bristol Rovers	Cambridge
15:00 GMT	Knight 33', 56' (pne.) Purrington 44' Watts 79'	Report	Quigley 45+3' (pen.) Sparkes 59' Harrison 72' Kilgour 84' Omochere 90+5'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 6,424 Referee: Thomas Parsons

17 February 2026 33	Oldham Athletic	2–0	Bristol Rovers	Oldham
19:45 GMT	Drummond 1' 28' Pett 30' Kavanagh 37' Fondop 59'	Report	Thompson-Sommers 18' Lockyer 28' Kilgour 47' Thomas 68'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 6,256 Referee: Scott Oldham

21 February 2026 34	Bristol Rovers	v	Grimsby Town	Bristol
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Memorial Stadium

28 February 2026 35	Swindon Town	v	Bristol Rovers	Swindon
12:30 GMT				Stadium: County Ground
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was rescheduled to an earlier time.^[70]

7 March 2026 36	Bristol Rovers	v	Crewe Alexandra	Bristol
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Memorial Stadium

10 March 2026 25^[71]	Barrow	v	Bristol Rovers	Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Holker Street
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 4 January, but it was postponed due to a frozen pitch.^[72]

FA Cup

Bristol Rovers were drawn away to Bromley in the first round^[73]^[74] and to Port Vale in the second round.^[75]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

1 November 2025 First round	Bromley	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Bromley
15:00 GMT	Charles 54' Umolu 83'	Report	Negru 37' Cavegn 76' 78' Cotterill 79' Southwood 90+12' Moore 90+14'	Stadium: Hayes Lane Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Isaac Searle

6 December 2025 Second round	Port Vale	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Hall 26' Paton 26' Waine 47'	Report	Lockyer 25' Conteh 26' Moore 83'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 3,227 (332 away) Referee: Ross Joyce

EFL Cup

Bristol Rovers were drawn at home to Cambridge United in the first round.^[76]^[77]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

12 August 2025 First round	Bristol Rovers	0–2	Cambridge United	Bristol
19:45 BST	Conteh 23'	Report	Appéré 29' Brophy 67' Loft 75'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,681 (154 away) Referee: Oliver Mackey

EFL Trophy

Bristol Rovers were drawn against Cheltenham Town, Plymouth Argyle and Tottenham Hotspur U21 in the group stage.^[78] After winning the group, they were then draw at home to Cambridge United in the round of 32.^[79]^[80] and to Plymouth Argyle in the round of 16.^[81]^[82]

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Bristol Rovers (A)	3	2	1	0	0	6	4	+2	8	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Plymouth Argyle (A)	3	2	0	0	1	8	3	+5	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Cheltenham Town (E)	3	0	1	0	2	2	5	−3	2
4	ACA	Tottenham Hotspur U21 (E)	3	0	0	2	1	8	12	−4	2

Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2025. Source: EFL
(A) Advance to next round; (E) Eliminated

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

26 August 2025 South Group B	Bristol Rovers	4–4 (5–4 p)	Tottenham Hotspur U21	Bristol
19:00 BST	Howley 25' Thomas 26' Hutchinson 34' 69' Harrison 45+2' Cavegn 54', 73'	Report	Thompson 10', 58' Williams-Barnett 14' Akhamrich 16' Olusesi 35' Archer 65' Byfield 76' Maguire 84'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,067 Referee: Stephen Parkinson
	Penalties
	Cavegn Thomas Hutchinson Howley Conteh Dewsbury Moore		Russell-Denny Lehane Cassanova Olusesi Akhamrich Logan Rowswell

7 October 2025 South Group B	Cheltenham Town	0–1	Bristol Rovers	Cheltenham
19:00 BST		Report	Thomas 60' Sotiriou 78'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,713 Referee: Matthew Russell

11 November 2025 South Group B	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Plymouth Argyle	Bristol
19:00 GMT	Cavegn 83' Conteh 90+4'	Report	Szűcs 2' Ross 26' Ashby-Hammond 61' Mumba 79'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,110 (697 away) Referee: Aaron Farmer

2 December 2025 Round of 32	Bristol Rovers	2–2	Cambridge United	Bristol
19:00 GMT	Harrison 9' (pen.), 18' Chang 51' Conteh 77' Howley 84' Mola 87' Southwood 90+1'	Report	Hoddle 66' Watts 68' Kaikai 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 878 (100 away) Referee: James Durkin
	Penalties
	Cavegn Sparkes Thomas Morton Conteh		Kaikai Brophy Munday Ruddock Mpanzu

13 January 2026 Round of 16	Bristol Rovers	3–4	Plymouth Argyle	Bristol
19:00 GMT	Forde 21' Cavegn 39' Thomas 61' Hutchinson 62' Balmer 89' Lockyer 90+6'	Report	Watts 2' Galloway 46', 90+1' Tolaj 49' Boateng 65' Pepple 90+4'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,548 (945 away) Referee: Andrew Humphries

Statistics

Players with names in italics were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Bristol Rovers.

Appearances and goals

As of match played 17 February 2026

Players with no appearances are not included on the list; italics indicate loaned in player

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NIR	Luke Southwood	27	0	22+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Joel Senior	21	0	8+9	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	3+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Jack Sparkes	36	1	28+3	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	3+1	0
4	DF	ENG	Taylor Moore	26	0	9+9	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	4+1	0
5	DF	ENG	Alfie Kilgour	28	0	26+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Clinton Mola	27	0	19+1	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
7	FW	ENG	Shaq Forde	20	3	13+3	2	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+1	1
8	MF	ENG	Isaac Hutchinson	11	2	3+5	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	1
9	FW	IRL	Promise Omochere	11	1	10+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	MF	MAR	Yusuf Akhamrich	7	3	4+3	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	FW	ENG	Luke Thomas	33	4	18+7	2	1+1	0	1+0	0	5+0	2
12	DF	WAL	Tom Lockyer	15	0	9+3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
13	GK	ENG	Brad Young	13	0	10+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
14	MF	ENG	Kane Thompson-Sommers	5	0	3+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	MF	ENG	Ryan de Havilland	9	0	7+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
17	DF	NIR	Kofi Balmer	9	1	7+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
19	FW	WAL	Ellis Harrison	31	6	14+11	3	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+2	3
20	MF	ENG	Josh McEachran	21	1	17+2	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
22	MF	SLE	Kamil Conteh	34	2	20+6	1	1+1	0	1+0	0	3+2	1
23	DF	WAL	Macauley Southam-Hales	18	1	13+2	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
24	MF	ENG	Tommy Leigh	3	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF	WAL	Ryan Howley	12	0	2+4	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	3+1	0
26	DF	ENG	Riley Harbottle	6	0	6+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	FW	ENG	Joe Quigley	3	1	2+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	FW	SUI	Fabrizio Cavegn	39	14	27+4	10	2+0	1	0+1	0	2+3	3
35	FW	NED	Mees Rijks	5	0	0+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
36	MF	ENG	Richie Smallwood	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
39	FW	ENG	Callum Morton	6	1	1+3	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
43	FW	WAL	Ollie Dewsbury	14	0	0+12	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
47	MF	ENG	Kian Hill	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
48	DF	ENG	Tom English	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
Players who featured but departed the club during the season:
10	FW	CYP	Ruel Sotiriou	18	0	6+8	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
14	MF	WAL	Joel Cotterill	16	1	10+3	0	2+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
15	DF	ENG	Dan Ellison	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
24	MF	ENG	Alfie Chang	19	1	14+2	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
27	DF	ENG	Bryant Bilongo	15	0	3+6	0	2+0	0	0+1	0	3+0	0
28	DF	IRL	Stephan Negru	10	0	4+1	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
30	FW	WAL	Freddie Issaka	9	0	0+7	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
35	DF	POL	Kacper Łopata	17	0	14+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0

Goals Record

As of match played 14 February 2026

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	League Two	FA Cup	EFL Trophy	Total
1	29	CF	Fabrizio Cavegn	10	1	3	14
2	19	CF	Ellis Harrison	3	0	3	6
3	11	AM	Luke Thomas	2	0	2	4
4	7	RW	Shaq Forde	2	0	1	3
4	10	RW	Yusuf Akhamrich	3	0	0	3
6	8	CM	Isaac Hutchinson	1	0	1	2
6	22	CM	Kamil Conteh	1	0	1	2
8	3	LB	Jack Sparkes	1	0	0	1
	9	CF	Promise Omochere	1	0	0	1
	14	CM	Joel Cotterill	0	1	0	1
	17	CB	Kofi Balmer	1	0	0	1
	20	CM	Josh McEachran	1	0	0	1
	23	RB	Macauley Southam-Hales	1	0	0	1
	27	CF	Joe Quigley	1	0	0	1
	39	CF	Callum Morton	1	0	0	1
Total				29	2	11	42

Disciplinary record

As of match played 17 February 2026

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League Two			FA Cup			EFL Cup			EFL Trophy			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	3		LB	Jack Sparkes	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1
2	6		CB	Clinton Mola	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0
3	5		CB	Alfie Kilgour	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
4	35		CB	Kacper Łopata	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
5	1		GK	Luke Southwood	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
	7		RW	Shaq Forde	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
	11		RW	Luke Thomas	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
	12		CB	Tom Lockyer	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
	19		CF	Ellis Harrison	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	20		CM	Josh McEachran	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	22		CM	Kamil Conteh	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
12	2		RB	Joel Senior	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	10		CF	Ruel Sotiriou	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
	23		RB	Macauley Southam-Hales	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
15	4		CB	Taylor Moore	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	8		CM	Isaac Hutchinson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0
	9		CF	Promise Omochere	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	24		CM	Alfie Chang	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	29		CF	Fabrizio Cavegn	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
19	14		CM	Joel Cotterill	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
19	25		CM	Ryan Howley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
22	14		CM	Kane Thompson-Sommers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	17		CB	Kofi Balmer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	26		CB	Riley Harbottle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	27		LB	Bryant Bilongo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	28		CB	Stephan Negru	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	43		CF	Ollie Dewsbury	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					75	1	3	7	0	0	1	0	0	13	0	0	96	1	3

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month	Reference
August	Alfie Kilgour	^[83]
September	Fabrizio Cavegn	^[84]

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[5] The transfer was announced on 25 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Mansfield Town contract expired

[7] The transfer was announced on 30 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Oxford United contract expired

[9] The transfer was announced on 25 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Stockport County contract expired

[11] The transfer was announced on 26 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Leicester City contract expired

[Loanees_6/1-30] Lopata, Chang, Cotterill, Issaka and Negru all returned to their parent clubs early on 6 January 2026^[25]

[44] On 6 January, Hutchinson was recalled from his loan^[38]

[47] On 23 October, Ellison was recalled from his loan^[40]

[63] First professional contract

[DC-1] "Club Statement | Darrell Clarke". Bristol Rovers FC. 13 December 2025. Retrieved 16 December 2025.

[SE-2] "Bristol Rovers appoint Steve Evans as Men's Head Coach". Bristol Rovers FC. 16 December 2025. Retrieved 16 December 2025.

[3] "Darrell Clarke Returns To Bristol Rovers". Bristol Rovers FC. 6 May 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2025.

[4] "Bristol Rovers complete signing of Jack Sparkes". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 23 June 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.

[6] "Alfie Kilgour returns to Bristol Rovers". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.

[8] "Josh McEachran Joins Bristol Rovers". Bristol Rovers FC. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.

[10] "Bristol Rovers sign Macauley Southam-Hales". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.

[12] "Bristol Rovers sign goalkeeper Brad Young". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.

[13] "Bristol Rovers catch goalkeeper Luke Southwood". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 6 July 2025. Retrieved 6 July 2025.

[14] "Bristol Rovers sign Ryan Howley". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 8 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[15] "Ellis Harrison returns to Bristol Rovers". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 29 July 2025. Retrieved 29 July 2025.

[16] "Bristol Rovers Secure Signing Of Swiss Striker Fabrizio Cavegn". Bristol Rovers FC. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.

[17] "Tom Lockyer returns to Bristol Rovers". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 23 October 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.

[18] "Bristol Rovers sign striker Callum Morton". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 28 November 2025. Retrieved 28 November 2025.

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