# 2009–10 Bristol Rovers F.C. season

The 2009–10 season was the third consecutive season in League One since being promoted via the League Two play-offs in 2006–07 played by Bristol Rovers Football Club, a professional football club based in Bristol, England.

## Season summary

Having finished 11th in the previous season, a fine start to the 2009–10 season meant Rovers were 3rd place at the start of October, despite the sale of top-scorer Rickie Lambert to Southampton. A run of five successive defeats, however, including 5–1 and 4–0 defeats to Norwich City and Leeds United respectively, saw Rovers drop out of the play-off places. The side finished the season in 11th place after gaining only one point from their last six games.

## Competitions
### League One
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Brentford | 46 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 55 | 52 | +3 | 62 |
| 10 | Walsall | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 60 | 63 | −3 | 62 |
| 11 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 19 | 5 | 22 | 59 | 70 | −11 | 62 |
| 12 | Milton Keynes Dons | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 60 | 68 | −8 | 60 |
| 13 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 59 |

#### Results

League One match details :
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Referee |
| 8 August 2009 | Leyton Orient | H | 1–2 | Lambert 44' | 7,745 | Salisbury |
| 15 August 2009 | Stockport County | A | 2–0 | Kuffour 3', Coles 8' | 4,084 | Webb |
| 18 August 2009 | Hartlepool United | A | 2–1 | Lescott 39', Kuffour 45+1' | 3,137 | Evans |
| 22 August 2009 | Huddersfield Town | H | 1–0 | Hughes 84' pen. | 6,952 | Hill |
| 29 August 2009 | Wycombe Wanderers | A | 1–2 | Lines 26' | 5,214 | Gibbs |
| 5 September 2009 | Millwall | H | 2–0 | Hughes 26' pen., Lines 63' | 6,038 | Moss |
| 12 September 2009 | Oldham Athletic | H | 1–0 | Kuffour 90' | 6,674 | Bratt |
| 19 September 2009 | Brentford | A | 3–1 | Dickson11', 27', Lescott 41' | 6,528 | Hooper |
| 26 September 2009 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 1–1 | Kuffour 68' | 8,098 | Graham |
| 29 September 2009 | Southampton | A | 3–2 | Dickson42', Kuffour 65', Williams 90+6' | 19,724 | Deadman |
| 3 October 2009 | Norwich City | A | 1–5 | Hughes 26' pen. | 24,117 | Hall |
| 17 October 2009 | Southend United | A | 1–2 | Grant 56' o.g. | 6,853 | Pawson |
| 24 October 2009 | Yeovil Town | H | 1–2 | Dickson 46' | 7,812 | Swarbrick |
| 27 October 2009 | Leeds United | H | 0–4 | | 11,448 | Woolmer |
| 31 October 2009 | Milton Keynes Dons | A | 1–2 | Duffy 90+3' | 9,711 | McDermid |
| 14 November 2009 | Carlisle United | H | 3–2 | Kuffour 35', Hughes 82', Lines 90+4' | 5,862 | Hegley |
| 21 November 2009 | Gillingham | H | 2–1 | Lines 17', Hughes 81' pen. | 6,210 | Evans |
| 24 November 2009 | Charlton Athletic | A | 2–4 | Hughes 41' pen., Lines 56' | 15,885 | Cook |
| 1 December 2009 | Exeter City | H | 1–0 | Duffy 34' | 7,313 | Penn |
| 5 December 2009 | Colchester United | A | 0–1 | | 4,942 | Kettle |
| 12 December 2009 | Swindon Town | H | 3–0 | Williams 11', Hughes 13',Kuffour 34' | 7,613 | Walton |
| 19 December 2009 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 0–2 | | 4,755 | Singh |
| 28 December 2009 | Millwall | A | 0–2 | | 10,014 | Graham |
| 19 January 2010 | Huddersfield Town | A | 0–0 | | 12,624 | Booth |
| 23 January 2010 | Hartlepool United | H | 2–0 | Lines 3', Duffy 66' | 5,794 | Ward |
| 30 January 2010 | Wycombe Wanderers | H | 2–3 | Lines 40', 44' | 6,688 | Shoebridge |
| 2 February 2010 | Leyton Orient | A | 0–5 | | 2,931 | Miller |
| 6 February 2010 | Walsall | A | 0–0 | | 3,886 | Quinn |
| 9 February 2010 | Walsall | H | 0–1 | | 5,919 | Hooper |
| 15 February 2010 | Charlton Athletic | H | 2–1 | Elliott 14', Heffernan 64' | 7,624 | Kettle |
| 20 February 2010 | Gillingham | A | 0–1 | | 5,302 | McDermid |
| 27 February 2010 | Colchester United | H | 3–2 | Blizzard 16', Kuffour 67', Lines 79' | 6,023 | Langford |
| 2 March 2010 | Stockport County | H | 1–0 | Hughes 30' | 5,322 | Whitestone |
| 6 March 2010 | Swindon Town | A | 4–0 | Kuffour 25', Heffernan 39', Lines 45', Hughes 61' | 10,341 | Taylor |
| 13 March 2010 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 0–0 | | 6,477 | Scott |
| 17 March 2010 | Exeter City | A | 0–1 | | 5,269 | Hall |
| 20 March 2010 | Yeovil Town | A | 3–0 | Kuffour 4', 41', Heffernan 37' | 5,968 | Haywood |
| 27 March 2010 | Southend United | H | 4–3 | Kuffour 34', Hughes 38' pen., 52', Grant 90+4' o.g. | 6,476 | Rushton |
| 2 April 2010 | Carlisle United | A | 1–3 | Heffernan 57' | 5,407 | Swarbrick |
| 5 April 2010 | Milton Keynes Dons | H | 1–0 | Kuffour 56' | 6,406 | Stroud |
| 10 April 2010 | Oldham Athletic | A | 1–2 | Kuffour 77' | 3,769 | Halsey |
| 13 April 2010 | Southampton | H | 1–5 | Hughes 24' pen. | 8,607 | Crossley |
| 17 April 2010 | Brentford | H | 0–0 | | 6,048 | Tierney |
| 24 April 2010 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 1–2 | Williams 11' | 6,922 | Sarginson |
| 1 May 2010 | Norwich City | H | 0–3 | | 8,836 | Gibbs |
| 8 May 2010 | Leeds United | A | 1–2 | Duffy 48' | 38,234 | Salisbury |

### FA Cup

FA Cup match details :
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Referee | Ref. |
| First round | 6 November 2009 | Southampton | Home | 2–3 | Duffy 73', Hughes 90' pen. | 6,446 | Hill | |

### Football League Cup

League Cup match details :
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Referee | Ref. |
| First round | 11 August 2009 | Aldershot Town | Home | 2–1 | Duffy 37' pen., 58' | 3,644 | Horwood | |
| Second round | 26 August 2009 | Cardiff City | Away | 1–3 | Elliott 75' | 9,767 | East | |

### Football League Trophy

Football League Trophy match details :
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Referee | Ref. |
| First round | 1 September 2009 | Hereford United | Away | 0–0 (2–4 p) | | 970 | Sheldrake | |

## Squad

| No. | Name | Position | Place of Birth | Date of Birth | Note |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Steve Phillips | GK | Bath | 6 May 1978 | |
| 13 | Mike Green | GK | Bristol | 23 July 1989 | |
| 27 | Fraser Forster | GK | Hexham | 17 March 1988 | On loan from Newcastle United |
| 27 | Mikkel Andersen | GK | Herlev | 17 December 1988 | On loan from Reading |
| 45 | Sam Butler | GK | | | |
| 46 | Rob Holmes | GK | | | |
| 51 | Rhys Evans | GK | Swindon | 27 January 1982 | |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Carl Regan | RB | Liverpool | 14 January 1980 | |
| 5 | Danny Coles | CB | Bristol | 30 October 1981 | |
| 6 | Steve Elliott | CB | Derby | 29 October 1978 | |
| 11 | Jeff Hughes | DF | Larne | 29 May 1985 | |
| 14 | David Pipe | DF | Caerphilly | 5 November 1983 | |
| 15 | Byron Anthony | DF | Newport | 20 September 1984 | |
| 21 | Charlie Clough | DF | Taunton | 4 September 1990 | |
| 24 | Alex Kite | DF | | 7 March 1989 | |
| 25 | James Tyrell | DF | | 26 April 1989 | |
| 30 | Dan Cayford | DF | | 31 December 1990 | |
| 31 | Mark Cooper | DF | | 2 January 1992 | |
| 32 | Aaron Lescott | DF | Birmingham | 2 December 1978 | |
| 47 | Pat Baldwin | CB | London | 12 November 1982 | |
| 48 | Daniel Jones | LB | Rowley Regis | 23 December 1986 | On loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 3 | Mark Wright | MF | Wolverhampton | 24 February 1982 | |
| 4 | Chris Lines | MF | Bristol | 20 September 1984 | |
| 7 | Stuart Campbell | MF | Corby | 9 December 1977 | |
| 15 | Dominic Blizzard | MF | High Wycombe | 20 September 1984 | |
| 19 | Sean Rigg | MF | Bristol | 1 October 1988 | |
| 20 | Charlie Reece | MF | Birmingham | 10 July 1989 | |
| 23 | Ben Swallow | MF | Barry, Vale of Glamorgan | 20 October 1989 | |
| 26 | Wayne Brown | MF | Kingston upon Thames | 6 August 1988 | On loan from Fulham |
| 33 | Ollie Clarke | MF | Bristol | 29 June 1992 | |
| 36 | Jack McKenna | MF | | | |
| Forwards |||||||
| 8 | Andy Williams | WG | Hereford | 14 August 1986 | |
| 9 | Rickie Lambert | CF | Kirkby | 16 February 1982 | |
| 9 | Chris Dickson | CF | East Dulwich | 28 December 1984 | On loan from Charlton Athletic |
| 9 | Paul Heffernan | FW | Dublin | 29 December 1981 | On loan from Doncaster Rovers |
| 10 | Darryl Duffy | CF | Glasgow | 16 April 1984 | |
| 17 | Jo Kuffour | FW | Edmonton | 17 November 1981 | |
| 18 | Ben Hunt | CF | Southwark | 23 January 1990 | |
| 26 | Lewis Haldane | WG | Trowbridge | 13 March 1985 | |
| 26 | Lamar Powell | FW | Bristol | 3 September 1993 | |
| 28 | Eliot Richards | FW | New Tredegar | 10 September 1991 | |
| 29 | Neikell Plummer | FW | | 6 June 1991 | |