Friendly fixtures

May 15, 2023 | 2023 A Season in Review

1st July 2022

Melksham Town 1

Bristol Rovers 6 (Collins, Lawrence, Greenslade, Gibbons, Jones, Saunders)

Bristol Rovers

First Half: Anssi Jaakkola; Luca Hoole, Jamie Egan, James Connolly, Trevor Clarke; Paul Coutts, Jerry Lawrence, Sam Finley; Harvey Greenslade, Aaron Collins, Lucas Vaughan.

Second Half: Jed Ward, James Gibbons, Will Larvin, Alfie Kilgour, Sam Heal, Antony Evans, Zain Westbrooke, Josh Grant, Harvey Saunders, Ryan Loft, Ryan Jones

 

9th July 2022

Porto 3

Bristol Rovers 0

Teams unknown – Match played behind closed doors in Portugal.

12th July 2022

Bath City 3 (Fletcher 30 & 39, Cooke (pen), 53)

Bristol Rovers 1 (Loft, 12)

Bristol Rovers: James Belshaw, Luca Hoole, Alfie Kilgour, James Connolly, James Gibbons, Antony Evans, Josh Grant, Sam Finley, Harry Anderson, Aaron Collins, Ryan Loft

Substitutes (not used): Jed Ward, Jamarni Langlais, Will Larvin, Ross Mason, Theo Lynden, Jaheim Allen

Bath City: Jo Wright, Joe Raynes (Triallist B, 86), Danny Greenslade, Jordan Dyer, Kieran Parselle (Jack Batten, 50), Luke Spokes (Tom Smith, 64), Elliot Frear (Rex Mannings, 77), Cody Cooke, Chris Lines (Triallist A, 82), Dan Hayfield, Alex Fletcher (Kitan Jaiyeoba, 58).

Attendance: 1,908

12th July 2022

Chippenham Town 1 (Triallist C (14)

Bristol Rovers 4 (Marquis 1 & 24, Saunders 29 & 55

Bristol Rovers:

Anssi Jaakkola, Jamie Egan, Trevor Clarke, Sam Heal, Ryan Jones, Paul Coutts, Zain Westbrooke, Jerry Lawrence, Harvey Saunders, Harvey Greenslade, John Marquis (Lucas Vaughan, 46).

Substitutes: Charlie White, Olly Phillips, Josiah McKayle, Lewis Pinchard, Charlie Perkins

Chippenham Town: Will Henry, Eddie Jones, Ethan Hill, Spencer Hamilton, Triallist A, Joe Hanks, Will King, Joe Parker, Alefe Santos, Triallist B Triallist C.

Attendance: 343

(photo courtesy of Richard Chappell)

16th July 2022

Swansea City 3 (Price (pen), Congreve, Cullen)

Bristol Rovers 2 (Collins (pen), Loft)

Game consisted of two one hour long sessions. Teams and referee unknown

Bristol Rovers: Belshaw, Connolly, Clarke, Hoole, Finley, Evans, Rossiter, Westbrooke, Marquis, Anderson, Collins, Loft, Jones, Saunders, Heal, Jaakkola, Ward, Egan, Greenslade, Lawrence, Triallist.

Swansea City: Fisher (Benda, 61), Latibeaydiere (Garrick, 76), Wood (Cooper (B), 91), Darling (Ogbeta, 91), Naughton (Manning, 76), Grimes (Cooper (O), 91), Fulton, Congreve, Price, Sorinola (McFayden, 76), Obafemi (Cullen, 76).

Substitutes: Paterson, Ntcham, Williams.

19th July 2022

Bristol Rovers 2 (Flint (og, 58), Saunders (78))

Stoke City 0

Bristol Rovers: James Belshaw, James Gibbons, Luca Hoole, James Connolly, Trevor Clarke, Jordan Rossiter, Antony Evans, Zain Westbrooke, Harry Anderson, Aaron Collins, John Marquis.

Substitutes: Jed Ward, Anssi Jaakkola, Jamie Egan, Harvey Greenslade, Jerry Lawrence, Ryan Loft, Harvey Saunders, Sam Finley, Ryan Jones.

Stoke City: Joe Bursik, Morgan Fox, Aden Flint, Phil Jagielka, Sam Clucas, Tyreses Campbell, Liam McCarron, Gavin Kilkenny, Josh Laurent, D’Margio Wright-Phillips, Tom Sparrow.

Substitutes: Frankie Fielding, Lewis Baker, Jacob Brown, Josh Tymon, Ben Wilmot, Eddie Jones, Emre Tezqel, Jack Griffiths.

24th March 2023

Aston Villa 1 (Kellyman, 85)

Bristol Rovers 3 Coburn (16), Loft (57), Marquis (64)

Match played behind closed doors.

Bristol Rovers: James Belshaw, James Gibbons, James Connolly, Lewis Gordon, Calum Macdonald, Sam Finley (Jerry Lawrence, 81), Antony Evans, Luke McCormick (Glenn Whelan, 70), Scott Sinclair (Grant Ward, 46), Ryan Loft, James Coburn (John Marquis, 60).

Aston Villa: James Wright, Ezri Konsa, Diego Carlos, Tyrone Mings, Lucas Digne, Ashley Young, Leander Dendoncker, Calum Chambers, Alex Mporeno, Arjan Raikhy, Ollie Watkins.

Substitute used: Omari Kellyman (probably replaced Diego Carlos on 67 minutes) the only substitute named in match reports.

Unless stated otherwise all photos are courtesy of JMP

Keith Brookman.