Bristol Rovers F.C. 2008-09 football season
Bristol Rovers F.C. 2008-09 season Chairman Nick Higgs Manager Paul Trollope League One 11th FA Cup 1st round (Eliminated by AFC Bournemouth ) Carling Cup 1st round (Eliminated by Watford ) Johnstone's Paint Trophy 1st round (Eliminated by AFC Bournemouth ) Top goalscorer League: Rickie Lambert - 29 All: Rickie Lambert - 29 Highest home attendance 10,293 (vs. Leeds United FC ) 7 March 2009) Lowest home attendance 5,870 (vs. Crewe Alexandra ) 27 September 2009)
During 2008 and 2009, Bristol Rovers Football Club participated in League One , The 2008–09 season covers the period from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009. It marks the 126th year of football played by Bristol Rovers F.C. and their 82nd season in The Football League .
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 [ ]
League One [ ]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
League pos
9 August
Carlisle United
Home
2–3
8,285
Lambert , Williams
16
Report
16 August
Brighton & Hove Albion
Away
1–1
6,210
Lambert (penalty)
20
Report
23 August
Hereford United
Home
6–1
6,735
Duffy (2), Lambert (2), Hughes , Lines
8
Report
30 August
Leeds United
Away
2–2
21,064
Lambert , Duffy
11
Report
6 September
Peterborough United
Away
4–5
4,876
Elliott , own goal, Hughes , Lambert
15
Report
13 September
Walsall
Home
1–3
6,609
Elliott
19
Report
16 September
Cheltenham Town
Away
1–2
4,546
Lambert
21
Report
20 September
Yeovil Town
Away
2–2
5,748
Lambert (penalty), Kuffour
19
Report
27 September
Crewe Alexandra
Home
0–0
5,870
–
19
Report
4 October
Colchester United
Away
1–0
4,811
Lambert
15
Report
11 October
Leyton Orient
Home
2–1
6,425
Coles , Hinton
11
Report
18 October
Huddersfield Town
Away
1–1
13,779
Lambert
13
Report
21 October
Oldham Athletic
Home
2–0
6,379
Lambert , Lines
12
Report
25 October
Southend United
Home
4–2
7,055
Lambert (4)
11
Report
1 November
Leicester City
Away
1–2
18,941
Kuffour
13
Report
14 November
Scunthorpe United
Home
1–2
7,173
Lambert
13
Report
22 November
Swindon Town
Home
2–2
8,016
Lambert , Lines
14
Report
25 November
Hartlepool United
Away
1–1
3,171
Hughes
15
Report
6 December
Millwall
Away
2–3
8,123
Lambert , Kuffour
15
Report
13 December
Tranmere Rovers
Home
2–0
6,217
Kuffour , Lines
14
Report
20 December
Stockport County
Away
1–3
5,364
Disley
15
Report
26 December
Milton Keynes Dons
Home
1–2
9,002
Kuffour
16
Report
28 December
Northampton Town
Away
0–0
5,557
–
16
Report
17 January
Leyton Orient
Away
2–1
4,262
Hughes , Duffy
17
Report
24 January
Colchester United
Home
0–0
6,634
–
17
Report
27 January
Cheltenham Town
Home
3–2
6,600
Lambert (2), Duffy
12
Report
31 January
Southend United
Away
0–1
7,234
–
14
Report
14 February
Scunthorpe United
Away
2–0
4,156
Duffy , Kuffour
14
Report
17 February
Yeovil Town
Home
3–0
8,049
Pipe , Duffy , Lambert
13
Report
21 February
Leicester City
Home
0–1
9,138
–
14
Report
24 February
Oldham Athletic
Away
2–0
3,745
Duffy , Anthony
14
Report
28 February
Carlisle United
Away
1–1
5,343
Hughes
14
Report
7 March
Leeds United
Home
2–2
10,293
Hughes , Kuffour
14
Report
10 March
Hereford United
Away
3–0
3,199
Lambert (3)
14
Report
14 March
Walsall
Away
5–0
5,169
Duffy (2), Disley , Lescott (2)
12
Report
17 March
Crewe Alexandra
Away
1–1
3,879
Duffy
12
Report
21 March
Peterborough United
Home
0–1
7,103
–
13
Report
28 March
Stockport County
Home
2–0
6,214
Anthony , Lambert
12
Report
31 March
Huddersfield Town
Home
1–2
6,286
Kuffour
14
Report
5 April
Tranmere Rovers
Away
0–2
8,119
–
14
Report
10 April
Northampton Town
Home
1–0
6,666
Kuffour
11
Report
13 April
Milton Keynes Dons
Away
1–2
10,251
Elliott
12
Report
18 April
Millwall
Home
4–2
6,618
Disley , Lambert (2), Kuffour
11
Report
21 April
Brighton & Hove Albion
Home
1–2
6,193
Lambert
11
Report
25 April
Swindon Town
Away
1–2
10,977
Duffy
12
Report
2 May
Hartlepool United
Home
4–1
7,363
Kuffour , Duffy , Lambert , Lescott
11
Report
FA Cup [ ]
Date
Round
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
8 November
1
AFC Bournemouth
Away
0–1
3,935
Report
Carling Cup [ ]
Date
Round
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
12 August
1
Watford
Away
0–1
5,574
Report
Johnstone's Paint Trophy [ ]
Date
Round
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
2 September
1
AFC Bournemouth
Away
0–3
2,220
Report
Team kit [ ]
The team kit for the 2008–09 season is produced by Erreà . The main shirt sponsor is , 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.[4]
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
GK
ENG
Steve Phillips
49
0
46
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
13
GK
ENG
Mike Green
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
21
GK
ENG
Danzelle St Louis-Hamilton
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
DF
WAL
Ryan Green
28
0
26
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
3
DF
WAL
Joe Jacobson
22
0
22
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
DF
ENG
Craig Hinton
27
1
25
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
6
DF
ENG
Steve Elliott
41
3
39
3
0
0
1
0
1
0
15
DF
WAL
Byron Anthony
33
2
30
2
1
0
1
0
1
0
16
DF
ENG
Danny Coles
5
1
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
21
DF
ENG
Tom Parrinello
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
DF
ENG
Alex Kite
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
25
DF
ENG
James Tyrell
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
32
DF
ENG
Aaron Lescott
47
3
44
3
1
0
1
0
1
0
33
DF
ENG
Liam Harwood
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
MF
ENG
Chris Lines
48
4
45
4
1
0
1
0
1
0
7
MF
SCO
Stuart Campbell
47
0
44
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
11
MF
NIR
Jeff Hughes
46
6
43
6
1
0
1
0
1
0
14
MF
WAL
David Pipe
40
1
39
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
19
MF
ENG
Sean Rigg
10
0
8
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
20
MF
ENG
Craig Disley
47
3
44
3
1
0
1
0
1
0
22
MF
ENG
Joe White
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
26
MF
WAL
Lewis Haldane
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
28
MF
ENG
Adam Mahdi
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
30
MF
ENG
Charlie Reece
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
31
MF
ENG
Charlie Clough
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
36
MF
JAM
Richard Langley
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
FW
ENG
Andy Williams
5
1
4
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
9
FW
ENG
Rickie Lambert
48
29
45
29
1
0
1
0
1
0
10
FW
SCO
Darryl Duffy
46
13
43
13
1
0
1
0
1
0
17
FW
ENG
Jo Kuffour
42
11
41
11
1
0
0
0
0
0
18
FW
ENG
Ben Hunt
14
0
12
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
23
FW
ENG
Ben Swallow
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
FW
ENG
Matt Groves
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
29
FW
WAL
Josh Klein-Davies
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
34
FW
ENG
James Fraser
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
35
FW
ENG
Richard Walker
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Goalscorers [ ]
Discipline [ ]
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
Darryl Duffy
Swansea City
3 years
~£100,000[5]
3 July
Ben Hunt
West Ham United
1 year
Free[6]
3 July
Ben Swallow
Youth team
N/A[6]
3 July
James Tyrell
Youth team
N/A[6]
3 July
Joe White
Youth team
N/A[6]
29 August
Jo Kuffour
AFC Bournemouth
3 years
£60,000[7] [8]
1 September
Carshalton Athletic
1 year
Undisclosed[9]
21 November
Richard Langley
Unattached
Monthly
Free
16 February
Danzelle St Louis-Hamilton
Stoke City
3 months
Loan
Out [ ]
References [ ]
National teams
League competitions
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Combined Counties League (Premier , One )
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Essex Senior League (level 9 only )
Hellenic League (Premier , One East , One West )
Kent League (level 9 only )
Midland Alliance (level 9 only )
Midland Football Combination (level 10 only )
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