2015–16 Bristol Rovers F.C. season

Bristol Rovers
2015–16 season
Chairman	Nick Higgs (until 19 February 2016); Steve Hamer (from 19 February 2016)
Manager	Darrell Clarke
Stadium	Memorial Stadium
League Two	3rd (promoted)
FA Cup	First round proper (Eliminated by Chesham United)
League Cup	First round (Eliminated by Birmingham City)
League Trophy	Quarter-finals (Eliminated by Southend United)
Top goalscorer	League: Matty Taylor (27); All: Matty Taylor (28)
Highest home attendance	11,130 (vs. Dagenham & Redbridge, 7 May 2016)
Lowest home attendance	5,819 (vs. Stevenage, 24 November 2015)
Average home league attendance	8,096
Home colours	Away colours

The 2015–16 season was the 133rd season in Bristol Rovers' history and their 88th in the Football League. Rovers returned to the Football League after an absence of just one season following their promotion from the Conference Premier via the play-offs.

For the second successive season, Rovers were promoted, the first time the club had achieved back to back promotions in its history. On a dramatic final day of the season in which Rovers required a win and other results to go in their favour, a 92nd-minute winner against Dagenham & Redbridge from Lee Brown sparked wild celebrations at the Memorial Stadium as the club returned to the third tier of English football for the first time in five years. Striker Matty Taylor ended the season as the top goalscorer in the top four divisions of the English football league system with 27 goals.

Season events

June

1 June 2015 – Popular midfielder Stuart Sinclair signed a new contract with Rovers.[1]
11 June 2015 – Former Woking defender James Clarke joined Rovers on a one-year deal.[2]
17 June 2015 – Full back Daniel Leadbitter signed a contract extension with Rovers,[3] while wingers Andy Monkhouse[4] and Abdulai Bell-Baggie[5] left the club.
19 June 2015 – Gibraltar international Jake Gosling agreed a contract extension with Rovers.[6] Academy players Ryan Broom, Tyler Lyttle, Jay Malpas and Kieran Preston signed professional contracts.[7]
22 June 2015 – Ángelo Balanta rejected a new short-term deal with Rovers and left the club.[8]
30 June 2015 – Chris Lines agreed a permanent transfer from Port Vale.[9] Lines had previously played for Rovers, his boyhood club, between 2002–11 and on loan the previous season.

July

2 July 2015 – Former West Ham United winger Cristian Montaño signed for Rovers.[10] Goalkeeper Will Puddy agreed a contract extension.[11] Defender Neal Trotman rejected the opportunity to return to Rovers for pre-season and was therefore released.[10]
7 July 2015 – Youngsters Jamie Lucas and Danny Greenslade agreed contract extensions.[12]
22 July 2015 – Manager Darrell Clarke agreed a new contract with Rovers.[13]
31 July 2015 – Billy Bodin signed a short-term deal with Rovers.[14]

August

4 August 2015 – Winger Jeffrey Monakana signed on a month-long loan from Brighton & Hove Albion.[15]
7 August 2015 – Jamie Lucas joins Boreham Wood on a month-long loan.[16]
11 August 2015 – Rovers were eliminated from the League Cup first round, losing 2–1 to Championship side Birmingham City.[17]
14 August 2015 – Chesterfield goalkeeper Aaron Chapman joined Rovers on a month-long loan.[18] Rovers midfielder Ryan Broom joined Taunton Town on loan for one month.[19]
20 August 2015 – Young midfielder Dominic Thomas joined Paulton Rovers on a month-long loan.[20]
21 August 2015 – Striker Nathan Blissett joined National League side Tranmere Rovers on loan for one month.[21]

September

1 September 2015 – Defender Adam Drury joined Rovers on a non-contract basis.[22]
7 September 2015 – Adam Drury left Rovers just six days after joining, with the club citing "personal reasons".[23]
11 September 2015 – Wigan Athletic goalkeeper Lee Nicholls joined Rovers on a three-month loan deal.[24]
17 September 2015 – Colin Sexstone joined Rovers as a non-executive director.[25] Sexstone had previously been a director at Gloucestershire CCC, Bristol City and Plymouth Argyle.[26]

November

8 November 2015 – Rovers suffered a humiliating defeat in the first round proper of the FA Cup, losing 1–0 at home to Chesham United of the Southern League Premier.[27]
11 November 2015 – Rovers are knocked out of their final cup competition, losing 1–0 away to League One side Southend United in the Football League Trophy.[28]
23 November 2015 – Millwall forward Paris Cowan-Hall joined Rovers on a month-long loan.[29] Winger Billy Bodin agreed a contract extension to the end of the season.[30]
26 November 2015 – Rovers sign Cambridge United forward Rory Gaffney on loan until January[31] while Nathan Blissett left for Lincoln City, also on loan with a view to becoming dead.[32]

December

8 December 2015 – Rovers striker Matty Taylor was named PFA Fans' Player of the Month for November.[33]

January

5 January 2016 – Nathan Blissett left Rovers by mutual consent.[34]
7 January 2016 – Experienced midfielder Liam Lawrence joined Rovers from League One side Shrewsbury Town on a contract to the end of the season.[35]
14 January 2016 – Rory Gaffney returned to the club from Cambridge United after his successful loan spell, joining on a permanent contract for an undisclosed fee.[36]
17 January 2016 – Defender Tom Lockyer was awarded The Football League Young Player of the Month for December.[37]
18 January 2016 – Forward Ellis Harrison joined Hartlepool United on a monthlong loan.[38]
28 January 2016 – Experienced forward Rory Fallon joined Rovers on non-contract terms.[39]

February

19 February 2016 – Rovers were acquired by the Jordanian Al-Qadi family, founders of the Arab Jordan Investment Bank,[40] taking a 92% shareholding in the club.[41] As part of the deal, Wael al-Qadi became President of the club while former Swansea City chairman Steve Hamer took up the same role with Rovers.[42] Existing chairman Nick Higgs along with board members Barry Bradshaw, Chris Jelf, Colin Sexstone and Ed Ware all stood down from the board of directors with all expect Sexstone becoming Life Vice Presidents.[41]

March

7 March 2016 – Swansea City forward Oli McBurnie joined Rovers on loan until the end of the season.[43]

April

8 April 2016 – Rovers manager Darrell Clarke was awarded League Two Manager of the Month for March.[44] Clarke had led the side to six wins out of seven during the month. Striker Matty Taylor won League Two Player of the Month for March.[45] Taylor scored eight goals in the month's seven games including a hat-trick against Hartlepool United.
14 April 2016 – Lee Brown signed a contract extension at Rovers which will take him into a sixth season at the club.[46]
15 April 2016 – Wales under-21 international Tom Lockyer extended his contract with Rovers.[47] DriBuild were confirmed as next season's home shirt sponsors with Powersystems UK sponsoring the away shirt.[48]

May

7 May 2016 – On the final day of the season, Rovers beat Dagenham & Redbridge 2–1 to secure promotion to League One.[49]

First team

As of game played on 7 May 2016

No.	Name	Position	Place of Birth	Date of Birth	Club caps	Club goals	Int. caps	Int. goals	Previous club	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Steve Mildenhall	GK	Swindon	13 May 1979	123	0	0	0	Millwall
22	Kieran Preston	GK	Glasgow	4 October 1996	0	0	0	0	Youth team graduate	On loan at Rushall Olympic
25	Will Puddy	GK	Warminster	4 October 1987	16	0	0	0	Salisbury City
Defenders
2	Daniel Leadbitter	RB	Newcastle upon Tyne	7 October 1990	57	1	0	0	Hereford United
3	Lee Brown	LB	London	10 August 1990	211	20	0	0	Queens Park Rangers
4	Tom Lockyer	CB/RB	Cardiff	3 December 1994	132	2	0	0	Youth team graduate
5	Mark McChrystal	CB	Derry	26 June 1984	110	0	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	Club captain
6	Tom Parkes	CB	Sutton-in-Ashfield	15 January 1992	175	7	0	0	Leicester City
15	James Clarke	RB/CB	Aylesbury	17 November 1989	37	0	0	0	Woking
19	Danny Greenslade	LB	Belper	23 September 1996	0	0	0	0	Youth team graduate
26	Tyler Lyttle	RB		12 November 1996	1	0	0	0	Youth team graduate
32	Alfie Kilgour	CB	Bath		0	0	0	0	Youth team graduate
Midfielders
7	Lee Mansell	CM	Gloucester	23 September 1982	72	7	0	0	Torquay United	Vice captain
8	Ollie Clarke	CM	Bristol	29 June 1992	99	8	0	0	Youth team graduate
11	Jake Gosling	RM/LM	Oxford	11 August 1993	41	3	11	2	Exeter City
14	Chris Lines	CM	Bristol	30 November 1985	209	21	0	0	Port Vale	Vice captain
16	Liam Lawrence	RM/LM	Retford	14 December 1981	12	1	15	2	Shrewsbury Town
18	Dominic Thomas	CM	London	23 November 1995	0	0	0	0	Youth team graduate
21	Cristian Montaño	RM/LM	Cali	11 December 1991	28	2	0	0	América de Cali
23	Billy Bodin	LM/CF	Swindon	24 March 1992	38	13	0	0	Northampton Town
24	Stuart Sinclair	CM	Houghton Conquest	9 November 1987	57	4	0	0	Salisbury City
27	Ryan Broom	RM	Newport	4 September 1996	1	0	0	0	Youth team graduate
28	Jay Malpas	CM	Bristol	25 May 1997	0	0	0	0	Youth team graduate
Forwards
9	Ellis Harrison	CF/LM	Newport	29 January 1994	104	24	0	0	Youth team graduate
10	Matty Taylor	CF		30 March 1990	91	45	0	0	Forest Green Rovers
17	Jermaine Easter	CF	Cardiff	15 January 1982	47	8	12	0	Millwall
20	Jamie Lucas	CF	Pontypridd	6 December 1995	2	0	0	0	Youth team graduate	On loan at Boreham Wood
29	Oli McBurnie	CF	Leeds	4 June 1996	5	0	0	0	On loan from Swansea City
30	Rory Gaffney	CF	Tuam	23 October 1989	24	8	0	0	Cambridge United
33	Rory Fallon	CF	Gisborne	20 March 1982	3	0	18	4	Scunthorpe United

In

Date	Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	RM	Ryan Broom	Youth team graduate		[7]
1 July 2015	RB/CB	James Clarke	Free agent (previously with Woking)		[2]
1 July 2015	CM	Chris Lines	Port Vale	Undisclosed	[9]
1 July 2015	RB	Tyler Lyttle	Youth team graduate		[7]
1 July 2015	CM	Jay Malpas	Youth team graduate		[7]
2 July 2015	RM/LM	Cristian Montaño	Free agent (previously with América de Cali)		[10]
31 July 2015	LM/CF	Billy Bodin	Free agent (previously with Northampton Town)		[14]
7 January 2015	RM/LM	Liam Lawrence	Shrewsbury Town	Free transfer	[35]
14 January 2015	CF	Rory Gaffney	Cambridge United	Undisclosed	[36]
28 January 2015	CF	Rory Fallon	Free agent (previously with Scunthorpe United)		[39]

Loans in

Date	Position	Player	Loaned from	End date	Ref.
4 August 2015	RM	Jeffrey Monakana	Brighton & Hove Albion	7 September 2015	[15]
14 August 2015	GK	Aaron Chapman	Chesterfield	10 September 2015	[18]
11 September 2015	GK	Lee Nicholls	Wigan Athletic	12 December 2015	[24]
23 November 2015	CF	Paris Cowan-Hall	Millwall	21 December 2015[50]	[29]
26 November 2015	CF	Rory Gaffney	Cambridge United	4 January 2016	[31]
7 March 2016	CF	Oli McBurnie	Swansea City	30 June 2016	[43]

Out

Date	Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2015	LM	Ángelo Balanta	Carlisle United[lower-alpha 1]	Free transfer	[8]
30 June 2015	RM	Abdulai Bell-Baggie	Stockport County[lower-alpha 2]	Free transfer	[5]
30 June 2015	LM	Andy Monkhouse	Grimsby Town[lower-alpha 3]	Free transfer	[4]
30 June 2015	CB	Neal Trotman	Released		[10]
5 January 2016	CF	Nathan Blissett	Torquay United[lower-alpha 4]	Free transfer	[34]

Following Balanta's release on 22 June 2015, he later agreed to join Carlisle United on 30 June 2015.[51]
Following Bell-Baggie's release on 17 June 2015, he later joined Stockport County on 1 July 2015.[52]
Following Monkhouse's release on 17 June 2015, he later agree to join Grimsby Town on 24 June 2015.[53]
Following Blissett's release on 5 January 2016, he later agree to join Torquay United on 14 January 2016.[54]

Loans out

Date	Position	Player	Loaned to	End date	Ref.
7 August 2015	FW	Jamie Lucas	Boreham Wood	4 September 2015	[16]
14 August 2015	MF	Ryan Broom	Taunton Town	14 October 2015	[19]
20 August 2015	MF	Dominic Thomas	Paulton Rovers	26 September 2015	[20]
21 August 2015	FW	Nathan Blissett	Tranmere Rovers	19 September 2015	[21]
1 October 2015	FW	Jamie Lucas	Boreham Wood	29 October 2015	[55]
1 October 2015	GK	Kieran Preston	Mangotsfield United	29 October 2015	[55]
26 November 2015	CF	Nathan Blissett	Lincoln City	4 January 2016	[32]
23 December 2015	RB	Tyler Lyttle	Nuneaton Town	5 April 2016[56][57]	[58]
4 January 2016	LB	Danny Greenslade	Bath City	6 April 2016[59][60]	[61]
15 January 2016	FW	Jamie Lucas	Boreham Wood	30 June 2016	[56]
18 January 2016	FW	Ellis Harrison	Hartlepool United	20 February 2016	[38]
26 February 2016	MF	Jake Gosling	Newport County	30 March 2016	[62]
26 February 2016	GK	Kieran Preston	Rushall Olympic	30 June 2016[63]	[62]
28 February 2016	MF	Jay Malpas	Chippenham Town	24 March 2016	[64]

Squad statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Steve Mildenhall	25(1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	26(1)	0	0	0
2	DF	Daniel Leadbitter	28(5)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	31(5)	0	4	0
3	DF	Lee Brown	46	6	1	0	1	0	2	0	50	6	8	0
4	DF	Tom Lockyer	42(1)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	44(1)	0	7	0
5	DF	Mark McChrystal	20(1)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	22(1)	0	5	0
6	DF	Tom Parkes	29(2)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	32(2)	0	5	0
7	MF	Lee Mansell	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	29	2	2	0
8	MF	Ollie Clarke	23(11)	2	0	0	1	0	0(1)	0	24(12)	2	2	0
9	FW	Ellis Harrison	10(20)	7	1	0	1	1	0	0	12(20)	8	6	0
10	FW	Matty Taylor	38(8)	27	1	0	0(1)	0	2	1	41(9)	28	3	0
11	MF	Jake Gosling	8(10)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	11(10)	0	1	0
14	MF	Chris Lines	30(3)	0	0(1)	0	0	0	2	0	32(4)	0	4	0
15	DF	James Clarke	36(1)	0	0(1)	0	1	0	1	0	37(2)	0	4	0
16	MF	Liam Lawrence	8(4)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8(4)	1	1	0
17	FW	Jermaine Easter	21(21)	7	0(1)	0	1	0	2	1	24(22)	8	2	0
21	MF	Cristian Montaño	12(16)	2	0	0	0(1)	0	1(1)	0	13(18)	2	1	0
23	MF	Billy Bodin	26(12)	13	1	0	0	0	2	0	29(12)	13	0	0
24	MF	Stuart Sinclair	30	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	34	2	3	0
25	GK	Will Puddy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
26	DF	Tyler Lyttle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	1(1)	0	0	0
27	MF	Ryan Broom	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0
29	FW	Oli McBurnie	0(5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(5)	0	2	0
30	FW	Rory Gaffney	23(1)	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	23(1)	8	2	0
33	FW	Rory Fallon	0(3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(3)	0	0	0
Players to have appeared for Bristol Rovers who are currently on loan elsewhere:
20	FW	Jamie Lucas	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(2)	0	0	0
Players to have appeared for Bristol Rovers who have left:
29	MF	Jeffrey Monakana	0(3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(3)	0	0	0
30	GK	Aaron Chapman	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
31	GK	Lee Nicholls	15	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	18	0	1	0
29	FW	Paris Cowan-Hall	2(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2(1)	0	0	0
16	FW	Nathan Blissett	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(3)	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Rank	Name	L2	FLC	FLT	Total
1	Matty Taylor	27	0	1	28
2	Billy Bodin	13	0	0	13
3	Rory Gaffney	8	0	0	8
	Ellis Harrison	7	1	0	8
	Jermaine Easter	7	0	1	8
6	Lee Brown	6	0	0	6
7	Stuart Sinclair	2	0	0	2
	Cristian Montaño	2	0	0	2
	Ollie Clarke	2	0	0	2
	Lee Mansell	2	0	0	2
11	Liam Lawrence	1	0	0	1

Penalties

Date	Penalty Taker	Scored	Opponent	Competition
19 September	Ellis Harrison	Yes	Plymouth Argyle	League Two
3 October	Ellis Harrison	Yes	Morecambe	League Two
21 November	Matty Taylor	Yes	Crawley Town	League Two
17 January	Ellis Harrison	Yes	Oxford United	League Two

Disciplinary record

Name	L2		FAC		FLC		FLT		Total
Name
Lee Brown	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Tom Lockyer	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Ellis Harrison	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Tom Parkes	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Mark McChrystal	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
Chris Lines	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Daniel Leadbitter	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
James Clarke	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
Stuart Sinclair	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Matty Taylor	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Jermaine Easter	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Rory Gaffney	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Ollie Clarke	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Lee Mansell	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Oli McBurnie	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Lee Nicholls	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jake Gosling	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Cristian Montaño	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Liam Lawrence	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Competitions

Summary

As of game played on 7 May 2016

Games played	50 (46 League Two, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 2 Football League Trophy)
Games won	27 (26 League Two, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 1 Football League Trophy)
Games drawn	7 (7 League Two, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy)
Games lost	16 (13 League Two, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 Football League Trophy)
Win %	54%
Goals scored	80 (77 League Two, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 2 Football League Trophy)
Goals conceded	50 (46 League Two, 1 FA Cup, 2 League Cup, 1 Football League Trophy)
Goal difference	+30 (+31 League Two, −1 FA Cup, −1 League Cup, +1 Football League Trophy)
Yellow cards	67 (62 League Two, 2 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 2 Football League Trophy)
Red cards	0 (0 League Two, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy)
Worst discipline	Lee Brown (8 x )
Biggest win	3 – 0 (vs. Hartlepool United, 29 September 2015, vs. Wycombe Wanderers, 1 December 2015, vs. Dagenham & Redbridge, 19 December 2015, vs. Cambridge United, 25 March 2016, vs. Crawley Town, 2 April 2016) 4 – 1 (vs. Hartlepool United, 1 March 2016, vs. Newport County, 19 March 2016, vs. York City, 30 April 2016)
Heaviest defeat	1 – 4 (vs. Newport County, 24 October 2015)
Highest scoring match	4 – 3 (vs. Morecambe, 3 October 2015)
Most appearances	50 (Lee Brown & Matty Taylor)
Top scorer	Matty Taylor (28)
Most assists	Chris Lines (8)

Note: Games which are level after extra-time and are decided by a penalty shoot-out are listed as draws. Bristol Rovers score listed first where applicable.

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
League Two	—	—	3rd	8 August 2015	7 May 2016
FA Cup	1st Round	—	1st Round	8 November 2015
League Cup	1st Round	—	1st Round	11 August 2015
League Trophy	2nd Round	—	Quarter-finals	6 October 2015	11 November 2015

Updated to match played 7 May 2016
Source: Competitions

League Two

Bristol Rovers

London

London teamsAFC Wimbledon
Barnet
Dagenham & Redbridge
Leyton Orient

Locations of Bristol Rovers' 2015–16 League Two opponents

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Northampton Town (C, P)	46	29	12	5	82	46	+36	99	Promotion to Football League One
2	Oxford United (P)	46	24	14	8	84	41	+43	86
3	Bristol Rovers (P)	46	26	7	13	77	46	+31	85
4	Accrington Stanley	46	24	13	9	74	48	+26	85	Qualification for League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5	Plymouth Argyle	46	24	9	13	72	46	+26	81	Qualification for League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1]

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	26	7	13	77	46	+31	85	15	2	6	41	21	+20	11	5	7	36	25	+11

Last updated: 7 May 2016.
Source: [65]

Results by round

Round	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
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W
Position	17	10	8	4	7	10	15	15	17	14	12	11	11	13	9	8	12	13	12	10	8	7	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	8	6	10	6	6	5	4	3	3	5	3	4	3	5	4	4	3

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: [66]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Scores overview

Bristol Rovers score given first.

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Double	Points	Agg.
Accrington Stanley	0–1	0 – 1	No	0	0–2
AFC Wimbledon	3–1	0 – 0	No	4	3–1
Barnet	3–1	0 – 1	No	3	3–2
Cambridge United	3–0	2 – 1	Yes	6	5–1
Carlisle United	2–0	2 – 3	No	3	4–3
Crawley Town	3–0	1 – 2	No	3	4–2
Dagenham & Redbridge	2–1	3 – 0	Yes	6	5–1
Exeter City	3–1	1 – 1	No	4	4–2
Hartlepool United	4–1	3 – 0	Yes	6	7–1
Leyton Orient	2–1	0 – 1	No	3	2–2
Luton Town	2–0	1 – 0	Yes	6	3–0
Mansfield Town	1–0	2 – 1	Yes	6	3–1
Morecambe	2–1	4 – 3	Yes	6	6–4
Newport County	1–4	4 – 1	No	3	5–5
Northampton Town	0–1	2 – 2	No	1	2–3
Notts County	0–0	2 – 0	No	4	2–0
Oxford United	0–1	2 – 1	No	3	2–2
Plymouth Argyle	1–1	1 – 1	No	2	2–2
Portsmouth	1–2	1 – 3	No	0	2–5
Stevenage	1–2	0 – 0	No	1	1–2
Wycombe Wanderers	3–0	0 – 1	No	3	3–1
Yeovil Town	2–1	1 – 0	Yes	6	3–1
York City	2–1	4 – 1	Yes	6	6–2

Matches

Won Drawn Lost Postponed

Pre-season friendlies

On 26 May 2015, Rovers announced their initial pre-season fixtures against Salisbury, Cirencester Town, Arsenal U21s and Reading in addition to a testimonial fixture against West Bromwich Albion for long serving, retiring physiotherapist and former player Phil Kite.[67] Further friendlies against Cheltenham Town,[68] Mangotsfield United[69] and Sutton United[70] were later added, all away from home.

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11)	Salisbury	1–4	Bristol Rovers	Raymond McEnhill Stadium
14:00 BST	Coulson 89'	Report	Lucas 12', 57' Blissett 52', 90'	Attendance: 1,068 (386) Referee: Brendan Malone

12 July 2015 (2015-07-12)	Sutton United	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Gander Green Lane
13:00 BST	Collins 83'	Report	Lines 15' Broom 80'	Attendance: 658

14 July 2015 (2015-07-14)	Cirencester Town	0–7	Bristol Rovers	Corinium Stadium
19:45 BST		Report	Bodin 7', 16', 41' Lucas 33' (pen.), 59', 81' (pen.) Broom 61'	Attendance: 201 Referee: Adam Matthews

15 July 2015 (2015-07-15)	Mangotsfield United	0–2	Bristol Rovers	Cossham Street
19:45 BST		Report	Blissett 31', 60'	Referee: Mark Dadds

18 July 2015 (2015-07-18)	Bristol Rovers	0–1	Arsenal U21s	Memorial Stadium
15:00 BST		Report	Mavididi 5'	Attendance: 2,093 (150) Referee: Kevin Johnson

21 July 2015 (2015-07-21)	Bristol Rovers	0–2	Reading	Memorial Stadium
19:45 BST		Report	Samuel 39' Blackman 65'	Attendance: 1,880 (264)

25 July 2015 (2015-07-25)	Cheltenham Town	2–1	Bristol Rovers	Whaddon Road
15:00 BST	Waters 7', 40'	Report	Lockyer 10'	Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Mark Pottage

31 July 2015 (2015-07-31)	Bristol Rovers	0–4	West Bromwich Albion	Memorial Stadium
19:30 BST		Report	Lambert 23', 47' Gardner 34' Anichebe 78'	Attendance: 4,068 (308) Referee: Lee Probert