The 2007-08 season marked the last in the Football Combination for the reserves. The decision was made by Lennie Lawrence at the end of the campaign to withdraw the team from the league due to the massively inconsistent standard of the opposition and the timing of the games. It was felt that arranging friendlies for the reserves would be more worthwhile, as the standard of opposition would be more consistent and of higher quality and the matches could be played at times to suit the club, for example when a first-team player is returning from injury or a trialist is at the club.
Rovers finished the season in 8th place of the ten teams in the division.
Results[]
The reserves played in the Wales and West Division of The Football Combination during the 2007-08 season. The competition was sponsored by Pontins Holidays, and was referred to as the Pontins Holidays Combination.
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Venue | Score | Goalscorers |
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| Mon 20 August | Football Combination | Plymouth Argyle | H | 1-1 | Klein-Davies |
| Wed 12 September | Football Combination | Exeter City | A | 0-1 | - |
| Tue 18 September | Football Combination | Swindon Town | H | 0-1 | - |
| Tue 25 September | Football Combination | Cheltenham Town | A | 1-0 | Reece |
| Tue 16 October | Football Combination | AFC Bournemouth | A | 2-1 | Groves, Rigg |
| Tue 23 October | Football Combination | Yeovil Town | H | 0-2 | - |
| Tue 30 October | Football Combination | Plymouth Argyle | A | 1-2 | Groves |
| Tue 13 November | Football Combination | Bristol City | A | 3-3 | Williams, Walker, Groves |
| Mon 17 December | Football Combination | AFC Bournemouth | H | 0-2 | - |
| Wed 13 February | Football Combination | Swansea City | A | 5-1 | Clough (2), Klein-Davies, Groves, Reece |
| Mon 25 February | Football Combination | Exeter City | H | 0-0 | - |
| Tue 18 March | Football Combination | Swindon Town | A | 0-3 | - |
| Wed 26 March | Football Combination | Forest Green Rovers | H | 2-1 | Williams, Clough |
| Mon 31 March | Football Combination | Cheltenham Town | H | 4-1 | Hughes, Kite, Rigg, Williams |
| Wed 9 April | Football Combination | Swansea City | H | 0-3 | - |
| Wed 16 April | Football Combination | Yeovil Town | A | 1-1 | Clough |
| Wed 23 April | Football Combination | Bristol City | H | 1-6 | Clough |
| Mon 28 April | Football Combination | Forest Green Rovers | A | 0-2 | - |
League table[]
The final league table for the Pontins Holidays Combination, Wales & West Division in 2007-08 is given below.
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Bristol City | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 53 | 20 | 33 | 43 |
| 2 | Yeovil Town | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 20 | 37 |
| 3 | Plymouth Argyle | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 20 | 16 | 33 |
| 4 | Swindon Town | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 25 | 6 | 30 |
| 5 | Exeter City | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | -7 | 23 |
| 6 | Swansea City | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 37 | -13 | 20 |
| 7 | AFC Bournemouth | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 36 | -14 | 20 |
| 8 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 31 | -9 | 19 |
| 9 | Forest Green Rovers | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 27 | -8 | 14 |
| 10 | Cheltenham Town | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 52 | -24 | 14 |
Goalscorers[]
| Charlie Clough | 
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| Matt Groves |
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| Andy Williams |
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| Josh Klein-Davies |
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| Charlie Reece |
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| Sean Rigg |
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| Jeff Hughes |
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| Alex Kite |
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| Richard Walker |
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