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2007–08 Bristol Rovers F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Bristol Rovers F.C.
season	2007–08
manager	Paul Trollope
chairman	Ron Craig
league	League One
league result	16th (W:13 D:17 L:17 F:45 A:53)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Quarter-finalist
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	2nd round
cup3	Football League Trophy
cup3 result	2nd round
league topscorer	Rickie Lambert (13)
season topscorer	Rickie Lambert (19)
highest attendance	12,077 v West Bromwich Albion
lowest attendance	3,313 v AFC Bournemouth
prevseason	2006–07
nextseason	2008–09

The 2007–08 season covers the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008. It marks the 125th year of football played by Bristol Rovers F.C. and their 81st season in The Football League. The team plays in Football League One having won the Football League Two playoff game at Wembley Stadium on 26 May 2007, beating Shrewsbury 3–1 in front of a crowd of 61,589.

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.

7 July: Aaron Lescott signed a new two-year contract, running until the summer of 2009.
10 July: New contracts were signed by Richard Walker, Lewis Haldane and Chris Carruthers. Haldane signed a three-year contract, Walker a two-year one and Carruthers one-year.
10 August: First-Team Coach Paul Trollope and Director of Football Lennie Lawrence both signed extended contracts with the club. Bill Smith resigned from his position as chief executive to concentrate on his other business commitments.
17 August: A delay in the demolition of the Memorial Stadium was announced, meaning that the club will play the whole season there and not move to Cheltenham in January as had previously been announced.
18 August: Craig Disley signed a one-year contract extension, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2009.
23 August: Goalkeeping coach Steve Book was registered as a player after backup goalie Mike Green broke his finger in a reserve match.
28 August: Rovers' League Cup run came to an end after a 2–1 defeat to Premier League side West Ham. The game was overshadowed by the injury to Kieron Dyer who suffered a suspected broken leg.
4 September: Charlie Clough, who was promoted to the first team squad in the summer, signed his first professional contract on his 17th birthday.
2 October: Edward Ware is appointed to the club's board of directors.
9 October: Rovers' hopes of reaching the Football League Trophy final for the second year running came to an end as they lost their second round tie with AFC Bournemouth 1–0.
15 October: Former Rovers defender Billy Clark was appointed the club's new under-18's coach.
24 November: Both Steve Elliott and Richard Walker received 3 match bans after being handed straight red cards by referee Rob Styles in a bad tempered derby with Swindon Town. Joe Jacobson picked up his fifth yellow card of the season in the same game, resulting in a one match suspension for the Welshman.
22 December: Craig Disley received his fifth yellow card of the season in the match away to Leeds resulting in a one-game suspension.
26 December: Captain Stuart Campbell picked up his fifth yellow card of the season. He was suspended for the FA Cup Third Round tie with Fulham
22 January: Rovers beat Fulham in the 3rd round of the FA cup, after drawing the original match 2:2 they won the replay at The Memorial Stadium on penalties after a 0:0 120 minutes.
16 February: Rovers beat Southampton in the 5th round of the FA cup, courtesy of an 84th-minute strike by Rickie Lambert.
9 March: The club-record-equalling FA Cup run ended at the quarter-final stage, with a defeat to West Bromwich Albion, in front of a Memorial Stadium record crowd for football of 12,011.
3 June: The football club announced that the stadium redevelopment would be postponed for a further year after the initial accommodation providers pulled out and a leak on an unofficial club website caused negotiations with an alternative provider to collapse.

Fixtures and results

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

[[Football League One|League One]]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers	League pos
11 August	Port Vale	Away	1–1	6,808	Williams	7
18 August	Crewe Alexandra	Home	1–1	7,750	Disley	14
25 August	Oldham Athletic	Away	1–0	5,348	Jacobson	9
1 September	Nottingham Forest	Home	2–2	9,080	Anthony, Walker (pen)	8
8 September	Luton Town	Away	2–1	6,131	Lambert (2)	6
14 September	Leeds United	Home	0–3	11,883		7
22 September	Carlisle United	Away	1–1	6,106	Elliott	9
29 September	Leyton Orient	Home	2–3	7,181	Walker (2 pens)	14
2 October	Southend United	Home	1–1	5,762	Walker (pen)	12
6 October	Brighton & Hove Albion	Away	0–0	5,820		15
12 October	Hartlepool United	Away	0–1	4,963		15
20 October	Yeovil Town	Home	1–1	7,726	Elliott	17
27 October	Gillingham	Away	2–3	5,333	Lambert, Pipe	19
3 November	AFC Bournemouth	Home	0–2	6,405		19
6 November	Northampton Town	Away	1–0	5,126	Lambert	18
17 November	Millwall	Home	2–1	6,991	Lambert (pen), Haldane	17
24 November	Swindon Town	Away	0–1	9,342		18
5 December	Cheltenham Town	Home	Postponed (Waterlogged pitch)
8 December	Swansea City	Home	Postponed (Waterlogged pitch)
15 December	Huddersfield Town	Away	1–2	8,118	Pipe	19
22 December	Leeds United	Away	0–1	27,863		19
26 December	Luton Town	Home	1–1	7,556	Lambert (pen)	20
29 December	Carlisle United	Home	3–0	6,254	Lines, Hinton, Williams	20
1 January	Southend United	Away	1–0	7,664	Williams	19
11 January	Tranmere Rovers	Away	2–0	5,887	Williams, Lambert	16
19 January	Walsall	Home	1–1	6,276	Disley	16
29 January	Crewe Alexandra	Away	1–1	3,942	Ben Williams (og)	17
2 February	Port Vale	Home	3–2	6,927	Coles, Lines, Lambert (pen)	17
5 February	Cheltenham Town	Home	2–0	6,780	Hinton, Lambert	15
9 February	Doncaster Rovers	Away	0–2	8,168		16
12 February	Oldham Athletic	Home	1–0	5,778	Disley	13
23 February	Tranmere Rovers	Home	1–1	7,777	Disley	15
1 March	Millwall	Away	1–0	9,202	Disley	13
4 March	Doncaster Rovers	Home	0–1	3,933		14
12 March	Northampton Town	Home	1–1	4,657	Rigg	16
15 March	Cheltenham Town	Away	0–1	5,187		16
18 March	Swansea City	Home	0–2	6,410		16
22 March	Huddersfield Town	Home	2–3	6,585	Klein-Davies, Lines	17
24 March	Swansea City	Away	2–2	15,048	Lambert, Disley	18
29 March	Yeovil Town	Away	0–0	6,654		18
5 April	Hartlepool United	Home	0–0	5,526		17
8 April	Nottingham Forest	Away	1–1	15,860	Lambert	16
12 April	AFC Bournemouth	Away	1–2	6,867	Lambert	16
15 April	Walsall	Away	1–0	5,200	Lambert	15
19 April	Gillingham	Home	1–1	6,614	Elliott	16
22 April	Swindon Town	Home	0–1	6,102		16
26 April	Brighton & Hove Albion	Home	0–2	7,590		16
3 May	Leyton Orient	Away	1–3	5,132	Lambert	16

[[FA Cup]]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers	Notes
1	10 November	Leyton Orient	Away	1–1	3,157	Lambert
1 (Replay)	20 November	Leyton Orient	Home	Postponed (Waterlogged pitch)
1 (Replay)	27 November	Leyton Orient	Home	3–3	3,742	Hinton, Lambert (pen), Disley	Won 6–5 on Penalties kicks
2	1 December	Rushden & Diamonds	Home	5–1	4,816	Williams, Disley, Hinton, Lambert (2)
3	6 January	Fulham	Away	2–2	13,634	Coles, Hinton
3 (Replay)	15 January	Fulham	Home	Postponed (Dangerous Playing Conditions)
3 (Replay)	22 January	Fulham	Home	0–0	11,882		Won 5–3 on Penalties
4	26 January	Barnet	Away	1–0	5,190	Lambert
5	16 February	Southampton	Home	1–0	11,920	Lambert
QF	9 March	West Bromwich Albion	Home	1–5	12,011	Coles

[[Football League Cup|League Cup]]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	14 August	Crystal Palace	Home	1–1 (FT)
1–1 (AET)	5,566	Disley	Won 4–1 on penalty kicks
2	28 August	West Ham United	Home	1–2	10,831	Williams

[[Football League Trophy]]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	Bye
2	9 October	AFC Bournemouth	Home	0–1	3,313

Squad

Goalscorers

Name	League	Cup	Total
Rickie Lambert	13	6	19
Craig Disley	6	3	9
Andy Williams	5	2	7
Craig Hinton	2	3	5
Richard Walker	4	0	4
Steve Elliott	4	0	4
Danny Coles	1	2	3
Chris Lines	2	0	2
David Pipe	2	0	2
Byron Anthony	1	0	1
Lewis Haldane	1	0	1
Joe Jacobson	1	0	1
Josh Klein-Davies	1	0	1
Sean Rigg	1	0	1
Own goals	1	0	1

Discipline

Name	Red cards	Yellow cards
Richard Walker	1	3
Steve Elliott	1	0
Stuart Campbell	0	8
Craig Disley	0	7
Joe Jacobson	0	7
Lewis Haldane	0	6
Chris Carruthers	0	5
Steve Phillips	0	4
Danny Coles	0	3
Ryan Green	0	3
Craig Hinton	0	3
Aaron Lescott	0	3
Byron Anthony	0	2
Rickie Lambert	0	1
Chris Lines	0	1
David Pipe	0	1
Anthony Pulis	0	1
Andy Williams	0	1
Total:	2	59

Transfers

In

During the 2007–08 season, Rovers signed six new players. Joe Jacobson, David Pipe, Andy Williams, Danny Coles, James Fraser and Jeff Hughes. The total transfer spending for the season is not known, as the Williams and Hughes transfer fees have not been disclosed, however both are known to be "six-figure" sums so the total spending is over £250,000.

Date	Player	Previous club	Contract	Cost
5 July	WAL Joe Jacobson	Cardiff City	3 years	Free
5 July	ENG Andy Williams	Hereford United	3 years	url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_rovers/6273132.stm	title=Rovers sign Williams and Jacobson	work=BBC Sport	access-date=6 July 2007	date=5 July 2007	archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070717114452/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_rovers/6273132.stm	archive-date= 17 July 2007	url-status= live}}
10 July	WAL David Pipe	Notts County	3 years	£50,000
14 August	ENG James Fraser	Worthing	6 months	Free
1 November	ENG Danny Coles	Hull City	3 months	Loan
8 January	ENG Danny Coles	Hull City	2½ years	Undisclosed
8 February	WAL Anthony Pulis	Stoke City	3 months	Loan
27 March	ENG Wayne Andrews	Coventry City	2 months	url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11688_3356153,00.html	title=Pirates snare loan pair	work=Sky Sports	date=27 March 2008	access-date=6 June 2008}}
27 March	NIR Jeff Hughes	Crystal Palace	2 months	Loan
6 June	NIR Jeff Hughes	Crystal Palace	3 years	url=http://www.bristolrovers-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadhed.asp?teama=97&teamb=152	title=SPORT LATEST: BRISTOL ROVERS DEAL WITH DUFFY IS ALMOST DONE	work=Bristol Evening Post	date=3 July 2008	access-date=3 July 2008}}

Out

Date	Player	New Club	Contract	Cost
17 August	ENG Andy Sandell	Salisbury City	1 month	Loan
17 August	ENG James Palmer	Tiverton Town	1 month	Loan
31 August	ENG Andy Sandell	Salisbury City	3 years	Undisclosed
10 November	ENG James Palmer	Weston-super-Mare		Released
16 November	WAL Josh Klein-Davies	Yate Town	1 month	Loan
28 December	ENG James Fraser	Tiverton Town	3 months	Loan
10 March	ENG Matt Groves	Chippenham Town	2 months	Loan
30 June	ENG Chris Carruthers	Oxford United		url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_rovers/7400796.stm	title=Rovers release Igoe & Carruthers	work=BBC Sport	date=14 May 2008	access-date=16 May 2008}}
30 June	ENG Sammy Igoe	AFC Bournemouth	1 year	url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bournemouth/7543484.stm	title= Bournemouth sign midfielder Igoe	work=BBC Sport	date=5 August 2008	access-date=6 August 2008}}
30 June	ENG Tom Godsell			url=http://www.bristolrovers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10328~1313096,00.html	title=Trolls reflects after four exit	work=bristolrovers.co.uk	date=15 May 2008	access-date=7 June 2008	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720060953/http://www.bristolrovers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0%2C%2C10328~1313096%2C00.html	archive-date=20 July 2008	url-status=dead	df=dmy-all }}
30 June	WAL Ryan Paddock	Weston-super-Mare	Unknown	url=http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/content/twm/sport/story.aspx?brand=Westonmercury&category=sportfootball&tBrand=westonmercury&tCategory=zsport&itemid=WeED13%20Aug%202008%2015%3A14%3A59%3A613	title=Four new signings for Weston	work=Weston & Somerset Mercury	date=13 August 2008	access-date=17 August 2008}}

In addition to the players listed above, coach Kevin Hodges was released by the club at the end of the season.

Team kit

The team kit for the 2007–08 season is produced by Erreà. The main shirt sponsor is Cowlin Construction and the secondary shirt sponsor is Blackthorn Cider. The home shirt features the traditional blue and white quarters in a darker shade of blue from the previous season, and the away kit is green with black trim.

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