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League One during the 2009–10 season

The 2009–10 season was the 127th season of football played by Bristol Rovers, and their 83rd in the Football League. It was spent in League One, where the team finished in 11th place, having been in the top 10 after every other game this season, except the first. The cup competitions were again a disappointment, with Rovers only progressing beyond the first round in the League Cup, where they lost at the second stage to Cardiff City after having beaten Aldershot Town. In the Johnstone's Paint Trophy they fell on penalties to Hereford United, and in the FA Cup it was Southampton who ended the Pirates' campaign.

The season ended with fifteen players leaving the club – fourteen after being released, while Andy Williams moved to Yeovil Town on a Bosman after rejecting a one-year deal at The Mem. There were changes on the coaching side too, with Director of Football Lennie Lawrence leaving the club and new coaching staff being appointed in preparation for 2010–11.

Fixtures[]

Pre-season[]

For more details, see 2009-10 pre-season.

Rovers arranged eleven pre-season friendlies, two of which were cancelled because of poor weather. Five of the fixtures were for the first team, including two home games against Crystal Palace and a Liverpool XI, while the remaining games were for reserve and youth sides. The first team fixtures are listed below.

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
18 July Torquay United Away 4–1 1,335 Duffy (2), Swallow and Rigg
21 July Cheltenham Town Away 2–2 Lambert (pen), Hughes
24 July Crystal Palace Home 0–3
28 July Hereford United Away 2–1 651 Kuffour (2)
3 August Liverpool XI Home 4–3 Kuffour, Lambert, Anthony (2)

Competitive matches[]

Date Competition Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers League Pos
8 August League One Leyton Orient Home 1–2 7,745 Lambert 17th
11 August League Cup Aldershot Town Home 2–1 3,644 Duffy (2)
15 August League One Stockport County Away 2–0 4,084 Kuffour, Coles 9th
18 August League One Hartlepool United Away 2–1 3,137 Lescott, Kuffour 6th
22 August League One Huddersfield Town Home 1–0 6,952 Hughes 4th
26 August League Cup Cardiff City Away 1–3 9,767 Elliott
29 August League One Wycombe Wanderers Away 1–2 5,214 Lines 7th
1 September League Trophy Hereford United Away 0–0 970
5 September League One Millwall Home 2–0 6,038 Hughes, Lines 4th
12 September League One Oldham Athletic Home 1–0 6,674 Kuffour 3rd
19 September League One Brentford Away 3–1 6,528 Dickson (2), Lescott 3rd
26 September League One Brighton & Hove Albion Home 1–1 8,098 Kuffour 3rd
29 September League One Southampton Away 3–2 19,724 Dickson, Kuffour, Williams 3rd
3 October League One Norwich City Away 1–5 24,117 Hughes (pen) 3rd
17 October League One Southend United Away 1–2 6,853 Grant (og) 5th
24 October League One Yeovil Town Home 1–2 7,812 Dickson 6th
27 October League One Leeds United Home 0–4 11,448 6th
31 October League One Milton Keynes Dons Away 1–2 9,711 Lines 8th
6 November FA Cup Southampton Home 2–3 6,446 Duffy, Hughes (pen)
14 November League One Carlisle United Home 3–2 5,862 Kuffour, Hughes, Lines 8th
21 November League One Gillingham Home 2–1 6,210 Lines, Hughes (pen) 7th
24 November League One Charlton Athletic Away 2–4 15,885 Hughes (pen), Lines 8th
1 December League One Exeter City Home 1–0 7,313 Duffy 6th
5 December League One Colchester United Away 0–1 4,942 7th
12 December League One Swindon Town Home 3–0 7,613 Williams, Hughes, Kuffour 6th
19 December League One Tranmere Rovers Away 0–2 4,755 7th
28 December League One Millwall Away 0–2 10,014 9th
19 January League One Huddersfield Town Away 0–0 12,624 9th
23 January League One Hartlepool United Home 2–0 5,794 Lines, Duffy 9th
30 January League One Wycombe Wanderers Home 2–3 6,688 Lines (2) 9th
2 February League One Leyton Orient Away 0–5 2,931 9th
6 February League One Walsall Away 0–0 3,866 9th
9 February League One Walsall Home 0–1 5,919 9th
15 February League One Charlton Athletic Home 2–1 7,624 Elliott, Heffernan 9th
20 February League One Gillingham Away 0–1 5,302 10th
27 February League One Colchester United Home 3–2 6,023 Blizzard, Kuffour, Lines 9th
2 March League One Stockport County Home 1–0 5,322 Hughes 9th
6 March League One Swindon Town Away 4–0 10,341 Kuffour, Heffernan, Lines, Hughes 9th
13 March League One Tranmere Rovers Home 0–0 6,477 9th
17 March League One Exeter City Away 0–1 5,269 9th
20 March League One Yeovil Town Away 3–0 5,968 Kuffour (2), Heffernan 9th
27 March League One Southend United Home 4–3 6,476 Kuffour, Hughes (2, 1 pen), Grant (og) 8th
2 April League One Carlisle United Away 1–3 5,407 Heffernan 8th
5 April League One Milton Keynes Dons Home 1–0 6,406 Kuffour 8th
10 April League One Oldham Athletic Away 1–2 3,769 Kuffour 8th
13 April League One Southampton Home 1–5 8,607 Hughes (pen) 9th
17 April League One Brentford Home 0–0 6,048 9th
24 April League One Brighton & Hove Albion Away 1–2 6,922 Williams 9th
1 May League One Norwich City Home 0–3 8,836 9th
8 May League One Leeds United Away 1–2 38,234 Duffy 11th

Squad[]

No Nat Name Pos League FA Cup Carling Cup JP Trophy Total
Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls
1 Eng Steve Phillips GK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Eng Carl Regan Def 35 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 39 0
3 Eng Mark Wright Mid 24 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
4 Eng Chris Lines Mid 42 11 1 0 2 0 1 0 46 11
5 Eng Danny Coles Def 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 1
6 Eng Steve Elliott Def 21 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 24 2
7 Sco Stuart Campbell Mid 46 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 50 0
8 Eng Andy Williams Fwd 43 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 45 3
9 Eng Rickie Lambert Fwd 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
9 Gha Chris Dickson Fwd 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 4
9 Irl Paul Heffernan Fwd 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 4
10 Sco Darryl Duffy Fwd 30 3 1 1 2 2 1 0 34 6
11 Nir Jeff Hughes Def/Mid 44 12 1 1 2 0 1 0 48 13
13 Eng Mike Green GK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Wal David Pipe Mid 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 10 0
15 Wal Byron Anthony Def 37 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 40 0
16 Eng Dominic Blizzard Mid 34 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 38 1
17 Eng Jo Kuffour Fwd 42 14 1 0 2 0 0 0 45 14
18 Eng Ben Hunt Fwd 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
19 Eng Sean Rigg Mid/Fwd 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
20 Eng Charlie Reece Mid 14 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16 0
21 Eng Charlie Clough Mid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Eng Joe White Mid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Wal Ben Swallow Fwd 23 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 27 0
24 Eng Alex Kite Def 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Eng James Tyrell Def 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Wal Lewis Haldane Mid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Eng Wayne Brown Mid 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
26 Eng Lamar Powell Fwd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Eng Fraser Forster GK 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
27 Den Mikkel Andersen GK 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 0
28 Wal Eliot Richards Fwd 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
29 Eng Neikell Plummer Fwd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Eng Dan Cayford Def 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Eng Mark Cooper Def 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Eng Aaron Lescott Def 24 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 26 2
33 Eng Ollie Clarke Mid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Eng George Booth Mid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Eng Steve Kingdon Mid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Eng Jack McKenna Mid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 Eng Rob Holmes GK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 Eng Pat Baldwin Def 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
48 Eng Daniel Jones Def 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
51 Eng Rhys Evans GK 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 7 0

Match lineups[]

Legend
Started game Sub-off Subbed on
Included on bench Sub-on Subbed off
Played no part in match Yellow Booked
Player was not with Bristol Rovers for this game Red Sent off
Ball Scored Red ball Scored an own goal
No Nat Player League game
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
1 Eng Steve Phillips
2 Eng Carl Regan Yellow Yellow Yellow Sub-on Sub-on Yellow Sub-on
3 Eng Mark Wright Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-on Sub-off Sub-on
4 Eng Chris Lines Sub-off Ball Ball Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-onBall Ball Ball BallYellow Ball BallBallYellow Sub-off Ball BallYellow Yellow Yellow Yellow
5 Eng Danny Coles Ball Yellow Yellow Yellow Yellow Yellow Yellow Yellow Yellow YellowRed
6 Eng Steve Elliott Yellow Yellow Ball Yellow Yellow Yellow Sub-off
7 Sco Stuart Campbell Yellow Yellow Yellow Yellow Sub-off Yellow Yellow
8 Eng Andy Williams Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-onBall Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-off Sub-off Sub-onYellow Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on BallSub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-off Sub-onYellow Sub-on BallSub-off Sub-off Sub-on
9 Eng Rickie Lambert Ball
9 Gha Chris Dickson BallBallSub-off Sub-off BallSub-off Sub-off Sub-off Ball Sub-off Sub-on Sub-off Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-off
9 Irl Paul Heffernan Ball Sub-off BallSub-off BallSub-off Ball
10 Sco Darryl Duffy Sub-on Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Yellow BallSub-off Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-onBall Sub-off Sub-off Sub-on YellowBallSub-off
11 Nir Jeff Hughes Sub-off Yellow YellowBall Ball Yellow Ball Ball Sub-off Ball YellowBall Ball Yellow Ball Yellow Sub-off Yellow Sub-off Ball Ball Sub-off BallBall Red Ball Yellow
13 Eng Mike Green
14 Wal David Pipe Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on
15 Wal Byron Anthony Yellow Yellow Yellow Yellow Yellow Yellow Sub-off Yellow YellowSub-off Yellow
16 Eng Dominic Blizzard Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on YellowSub-off BallSub-off Sub-off Sub-off Yellow Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Yellow
17 Eng Jo Kuffour Yellow Ball Ball Sub-off Sub-off Ball Sub-off Ball BallSub-off Ball Sub-off BallSub-off Sub-off Ball Sub-off Ball BallBall Ball Ball Ball Sub-off
18 Eng Ben Hunt Sub-on Sub-onYellow
19 Eng Sean Rigg
20 Eng Charlie Reece Sub-on Sub-on Sub-onYellow Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-off Sub-off
21 Eng Charlie Clough
22 Eng Joe White
23 Wal Ben Swallow Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-off
24 Eng Alex Kite
25 Eng James Tyrell
26 Wal Lewis Haldane
26 Eng Wayne Brown Sub-off Sub-off Sub-on
26 Eng Lamar Powell
27 Eng Fraser Forster
27 Den Mikkel Andersen Yellow Red ball
28 Wal Eliot Richards Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on
29 Eng Neikell Plummer
30 Eng Dan Cayford
31 Eng Mark Cooper
32 Eng Aaron Lescott Ball Sub-off Ball Sub-off Sub-off YellowSub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-on
33 Eng Ollie Clarke
34 Eng George Booth
35 Eng Steve Kingdon
36 Eng Jack McKenna
46 Eng Rob Holmes
47 Eng Pat Baldwin Yellow YellowRed ball
48 Eng Daniel Jones Yellow Yellow
51 Eng Rhys Evans
No Nat Player 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
League game

Statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

Player League Cups Total
Jo Kuffour 14 0 14
Jeff Hughes 12 1 13
Chris Lines 11 0 11
Darryl Duffy 3 3 6
Chris Dickson 4 0 4
Paul Heffernan 4 0 4
Andy Williams 3 0 3
Steve Elliott 1 1 2
Aaron Lescott 2 0 2
Dominic Blizzard 1 0 1
Danny Coles 1 0 1
Rickie Lambert 1 0 1
Own goals by opposition[a] 2 0 2
  • [a] Both own goals were scored by Anthony Grant of Southend United. He scored one o.g. in each of the league meetings between the clubs.

Discipline[]

Only bookings received while playing for Bristol Rovers are included in this list. Cautions received while out on loan, prior to joining or after leaving The Gas are not given.

Player Red Yellow
Danny Coles Red YellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellow
Jeff Hughes Red YellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellow
Byron Anthony YellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellow
Chris Lines YellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellow
Stuart Campbell YellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellow
Steve Elliott YellowYellowYellowYellowYellow
Carl Regan YellowYellowYellowYellow
Dominic Blizzard YellowYellowYellow
Andy Williams YellowYellowYellow
Pat Baldwin YellowYellow
Darryl Duffy YellowYellow
Daniel Jones YellowYellow
Jo Kuffour YellowYellow
Aaron Lescott YellowYellow
Mikkel Andersen Yellow
Ben Hunt Yellow
David Pipe Yellow
Charlie Reece Yellow

League table[]

Coca-Cola League One, 2009–10
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Norwich City (promoted) 46 29 8 9 89 47 +42 95
2 Leeds United (promoted) 46 25 11 10 77 44 +33 86
3 Millwall (promoted via playoffs) 46 24 13 9 76 44 +32 85
4 Charlton Athletic 46 23 15 8 73 57 +16 84
5 Swindon Town 46 22 16 8 71 48 +23 82
6 Huddersfield Town 46 23 11 12 82 56 +26 80
7 Southampton 46 23 14 9 85 47 +38 73 †
8 Colchester United 46 20 12 14 64 52 +12 72
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
14 Carlisle United 46 15 13 18 63 66 -3 58
15 Yeovil Town 46 13 14 19 55 59 -4 53
16 Oldham Athletic 46 13 13 20 39 57 -18 52
17 Leyton Orient 46 13 12 21 53 63 -10 51
18 Exeter City 46 11 18 17 48 60 -12 51
19 Tranmere Rovers 46 14 9 23 45 72 -27 51
20 Hartlepool United 46 14 11 21 59 67 -8 50 ‡
21 Gillingham (relegated) 46 12 14 20 48 64 -16 50
22 Wycombe Wanderers (relegated) 46 10 15 21 56 74 -20 45
23 Southend United (relegated) 46 10 13 23 51 72 -21 43
24 Stockport County (relegated) 46 5 10 31 35 95 -60 25

Southampton deducted 10 points for breaching insolvency regulations.

Hartlepool United deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.

Awards[]

Player of the Year[]

1 Stuart Campbell
2 Chris Lines
3 Mikkel Andersen

Young Player of the Year[]

1 Mikkel Andersen
2 Ben Swallow
3 Charlie Reece

Others[]

League One Manager of the Month
Goal of the Season
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Team kit[]

Kit-2009-10

Bristol Rovers team kit for the 2009-10 season. Copyright Historical Football Kits and reproduced by kind permission.

This season marked the end of the long-term partnership with Cowlin Construction, who had been the main shirt sponsor for the previous eleven years. Due to the general economic situation at the time, a replacement sponsor proved difficult to find, and the club eventually decided upon having a draw to decide who's name should appear on the shirt.

The football club sold tickets at £1,000 each to local businesses for a place in the draw, which offered three main prizes:

  • 1st prize: The winning company's name on the front of Rovers' home shirts for duration of the season.
  • 2nd prize: The company's name on the front of the away shirts.
  • 3rd prize: A perimeter advertising board at the Memorial Stadium.

All losing entries were awarded with a hospitality package worth £700.

The draw was initially capped at 100 entries, but after the club secured the League Cup draw equipment to pick the winner this was reduced to 96, which was the number of balls that the Football League provided. All 96 tickets were sold before the deadline, and the winners were drawn by comedian Eddie Large.

The winning companies were recruitment specialists N-Gaged, who took the home shirt sponsorship, and solicitors Stevens, Hewlett & Perkins, who had their names added to the away shirts. The third prize winner was Guitarbitz, on online guitar retailer.

Transfers[]

Players in[]

Date Name Nationality From Contract Fee
1 July Carl Regan Eng England Milton Keynes Dons 2 years Free
9 July Dominic Blizzard Eng England Stockport County 3 years Free
31 July Fraser Forster Eng England Newcastle United 1 month Loan
10 August Rhys Evans Eng England Bradford City 1 year Free
1 September Mikkel Andersen Den Denmark Reading 8 months Loan
1 September Mark Wright Eng England Brighton & Hove Albion Undisclosed
17 September Chris Dickson Gha Ghana Charlton Athletic 3 months Loan
19 October Rob Holmes Eng England Kidderminster Harriers 7 months Free
20 November Pat Baldwin Eng England Colchester United 1½ months Loan
1 February Wayne Brown Eng England Fulham 1½ months Loan
8 February Paul Heffernan Irl Republic of Ireland Doncaster Rovers 2 months[1] Loan
14 February Daniel Jones Eng England Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 months Loan

Players out[]

Date Name Nationality To Contract Fee
29 July Mike Green Eng England Gloucester City 1 year Loan
29 July Alex Kite Eng England Gloucester City 2 months Loan
10 August Rickie Lambert Eng England Southampton 3 years £1,000,000+
15 August Charlie Clough Eng England Chippenham Town 2 months Loan
21 August Sean Rigg Eng England Forest Green Rovers 3 months Loan
21 August James Tyrell Eng England Paulton Rovers 3 months Loan
21 August Joe White Eng England Yate Town 3 months Loan
26 August Steve Phillips Eng England Shrewsbury Town 2 months Loan
1 September Lewis Haldane Wal Wales Port Vale 3 months Loan
7 September Neikell Plummer Eng England Paulton Rovers 3 months Loan
17 September Dan Cayford Eng England Chippenham Town 3 months Loan
2 November Steve Phillips Eng England Crewe Alexandra 2 months Loan
24 November Sean Rigg Eng England Port Vale 1 month Loan
26 November David Pipe Wal Wales Cheltenham Town 2 months Loan
27 November Alex Kite Eng England Paulton Rovers 1 month Loan
17 December Ben Hunt Eng England Gloucester City 2½ months Loan
31 December Lewis Haldane Wal Wales Port Vale 6 months[2] Loan
31 December Alex Kite Eng England Chippenham Town 1 month Loan
31 December Joe White Eng England Paulton Rovers Loan
5 January Sean Rigg Eng England Port Vale 5 months Loan
27 January Lewis Haldane Wal Wales Port Vale 5 months Free
1 February Darryl Duffy Sco Scotland Carlisle United 2 months[3] Loan
5 March Aaron Lescott Eng England Cheltenham Town 3 months Loan
26 March Dan Cayford Eng England Clevedon Town 1 month Loan
26 March Ben Hunt Eng England Newport County 1 month Loan
26 March Neikell Plummer Eng England Gloucester City 1 month Loan
26 March James Tyrell Eng England Clevedon Town 1 month Loan
30 June Dan Cayford Eng England Released
30 June Steve Elliott Eng England Cheltenham Town 2 years Released
30 June Rhys Evans Eng England Southend United 1 year Released
30 June Rob Holmes Eng England Ilfracombe Town Released
30 June Ben Hunt Eng England Dover Athletic Released
30 June Steve Kingdon Eng England Clevedon Town Released
30 June Alex Kite Eng England Chippenham Town Released
30 June Aaron Lescott Eng England Walsall 1 year Released
30 June Steve Phillips Eng England Crewe Alexandra 2 years Released
30 June David Pipe Eng England None[4] Released
30 June Neikell Plummer Eng England Clevedon Town Released
30 June Sean Rigg Eng England Port Vale 2 years Released
30 June James Tyrell Eng England Glenn Hoddle Academy Released
30 June Joe White Eng England Almondsbury Town Released
30 June Andy Williams Eng England Yeovil Town 2 years Free

Notes[]

  1. Heffernan's loan was originally until the end of the season, but he was recalled by Doncaster in early April.
  2. Lewis Haldane's second loan to Port Vale was originally to have been for six months, but the deal was made permanent 4 weeks into the spell.
  3. Duffy was originally loaned to Carlisle until the end of the season, but was recalled early when Heffernan returned to Doncaster.
  4. David Pipe was sentenced to 38 months in prison at the end of the season for wounding with intent to commit grievous bodily harm.
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