# 2018–19 Bristol Rovers F.C. season

The 2018–19 Bristol Rovers F.C. season was the 136th season in Bristol Rovers F.C. history and their 91st in the English Football League. Rovers contested in the third tier of English football, League One as well as three cup competitions, FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Sam Matthews | AFC Bournemouth | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Ed Upson | Milton Keynes Dons | Free transfer |
| 2 July 2018 | LW | Alex Rodman | Shrewsbury Town | Free transfer |
| 2 July 2018 | CM | Theo Widdrington | Portsmouth | Free transfer |
| 3 July 2018 | CF | Gavin Reilly | St Mirren | Free transfer |
| 23 July 2018 | LB | Tareiq Holmes-Dennis | Huddersfield Town | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2018 | CF | Stefan Payne | Shrewsbury Town | Undisclosed |
| 24 August 2018 | CF | Deon Moore | Merstham | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2019 | DM | Abu Ogogo | Coventry City | Free transfer |
| 1 February 2019 | CF | Jonson Clarke-Harris | Coventry City | Undisclosed |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | RM | Ryan Broom | Cheltenham Town | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | LB | Lee Brown | Portsmouth | Mutual consent |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Jonny Burn | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Kenan Dünnwald | 1. FC Kaan-Marienborn | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Rory Gaffney | Salford City | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | RW | Byron Moore | Bury | Released |
| 23 July 2018 | CF | Ellis Harrison | Ipswich Town | Undisclosed |
| 7 September 2018 | GK | Thom Jonkerman | FC Lienden | Free transfer |
| 18 January 2019 | CB | Tom Broadbent | Swindon Town | Undisclosed |
| 25 January 2019 | LB | Mohammad Baghdadi | Eintracht Norderstedt 03 | Mutual consent |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 9 August 2018 | CF | Alex Jakubiak | Watford | 31 May 2019 |
| 27 August 2018 | GK | Jack Bonham | Brentford | 31 May 2019 |
| 29 August 2018 | LB | Joe Martin | Stevenage | 1 January 2019 |
| 29 January 2019 | CB | Gabriel Osho | Reading | 31 May 2019 |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 8 August 2018 | FW | Cameron Allen | Dorchester Town | September 2018 |
| 21 August 2018 | GK | Sam Slocombe | Lincoln City | 9 January 2019 |
| 31 August 2018 | CF | Bernard Mensah | Lincoln City | 20 January 2019 |
| 7 September 2018 | DF | Josh Bailey | Dorchester Town | October 2018 |
| 26 October 2018 | CF | Harry Warwick | Gloucester City | Work experience |
| 2 November 2018 | MF | Lewis Leigh-Gilchrist | Truro City | December 2018 |
| 7 November 2018 | CB | Alfie Kilgour | Maidenhead United | 6 January 2019 |
| 16 November 2018 | CF | Cameron Allen | Tiverton Town | December 2018 |
| 16 November 2018 | LB | Mohammad Baghdadi | Bath City | December 2018 |
| 16 November 2018 | CF | Deon Moore | Bath City | December 2018 |
| 21 December 2018 | CM | Theo Widdrington | Bognor Regis Town | January 2019 |
| 21 January 2019 | RW | Bernard Mensah | Aldershot Town | 31 May 2019 |
| 25 January 2019 | MF | Luke Russe | Gloucester City | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | LW | Kyle Bennett | Swindon Town | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | DF | Ben Morgan | Salisbury | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | CF | Stefan Payne | Shrewsbury Town | 31 May 2019 |
| 1 February 2019 | CB | Rollin Menayese | Aldershot Town | 31 May 2019 |
| 8 February 2019 | CM | Theo Widdrington | Bognor Regis Town | 31 May 2019 |
| 20 February 2019 | GK | Alexis André Jr. | Yate Town | March 2019 |
| 21 March 2019 | CM | Sam Matthews | Eastleigh | 31 May 2019 |
| 28 March 2019 | GK | Alexis André Jr. | Truro City | 31 May 2019 |
| 28 March 2019 | CF | Harry Warwick | Truro City | 31 May 2019 |

## Competitions
### Pre-Season friendlies

As of 12 June 2018, Bristol Rovers have announced four pre-season friendlies against Eerste Divisie side FC Eindhoven, Yeovil Town and Forest Green Rovers of EFL League Two, and newly promoted Southern League side Melksham Town.

### League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | Gillingham | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 61 | 72 | −11 | 55 |
| 14 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 51 | 67 | −16 | 55 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 54 |
| 16 | Rochdale | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 54 | 87 | −33 | 54 |
| 17 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 55 | 67 | −12 | 53 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 May 2019. Source: BBC

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | D | L | D | W |
| Position | 15 | 21 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 |

#### Matches

On 21 June 2018, the League One fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

### FA Cup

The first round draw was made live on BBC by Dennis Wise and Dion Dublin on 22 October.

### EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam. The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August.

### EFL Trophy

On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced. The draw for the second round was made live on Talksport by Leon Britton and Steve Claridge on 16 November. On 8 December, the third round draw was drawn by Alan McInally and Matt Le Tissier on Soccer Saturday. The Quarter-final draw was made conducted on Sky Sports by Don Goodman and Thomas Frank on 10 January 2019. The draw for the semi-finals took place on 25 January live on Talksport.
| Pos | Lge | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Exeter City | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 8 | Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Bristol Rovers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Yeovil Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | |
| 4 | ACA | West Ham United U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 | |