During 2008 and 2009, Bristol Rovers Football Club participated in League One, The 2008–09 season covers the period from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009. It marks the 126th year of football played by Bristol Rovers F.C. and their 82nd season in The Football League.
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. 14 July: Former player Junior Agogo completed a transfer from Nottingham Forest to Egyptian side El Zamalek, earning Rovers an undisclosed amount of money from the sell-on clause agreed when he joined Forest. 5 August: Club chairman Ron Craig stepped down from his position, and was succeeded by Nick Higgs. Craig retained a position on the board of the football club. 11 August: Defender Danny Coles signed a two-year extension to his contract with the club. The new deal expires in the summer of 2012, and was agreed as a result of Rovers receiving a number of transfer bids for the player from Plymouth Argyle. 23 August: Rovers stunned Hereford United with a 6–1 demolition.
Match results
Legend WinDrawLoss
League One +DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersLeague posRef.9 AugustCarlisle UnitedHome2–38,285Lambert, Williams16th16 AugustBrighton & Hove AlbionAway1–16,210Lambert (penalty)20th23 AugustHereford UnitedHome6–16,735Duffy (2), Lambert (2), Hughes, Lines8th30 AugustLeeds UnitedAway2–221,064Lambert, Duffy11th6 SeptemberPeterborough UnitedAway4–54,876Elliott, own goal, Hughes, Lambert15th13 SeptemberWalsallHome1–36,609Elliott19th16 SeptemberCheltenham TownAway1–24,546Lambert21st20 SeptemberYeovil TownAway2–25,748Lambert (penalty), Kuffour19th27 SeptemberCrewe AlexandraHome0–05,870–19th 4 October Colchester United Away1–04,811 Lambert15th 11 October Leyton Orient Home 2–16,425 Coles, Hinton11th 18 October Huddersfield Town Away1–113,779 Lambert13th 21 October Oldham Athletic Home 2–06,379 Lambert, Lines12th 25 October Southend United Home 4–27,055 Lambert (4)11th 1 November Leicester City Away1–218,941 Kuffour13th 14 November Scunthorpe United Home 1–27,173 Lambert13th 22 November Swindon Town Home 2–28,016 Lambert, Lines14th 25 November Hartlepool United Away1–13,171 Hughes15th 6 December Millwall Away2–38,123 Lambert, Kuffour15th 13 December Tranmere Rovers Home2–06,217 Kuffour, Lines14th 20 December Stockport County Away1–35,364 Disley15th 26 December Milton Keynes Dons Home1–29,002 Kuffour16th 28 December Northampton Town Away0–05,557 –16th 17 January Leyton Orient Away2–14,262 Hughes, Duffy17th 24 January Colchester United Home 0–06,634 –17th 27 January Cheltenham Town Home 3–26,600 Lambert (2), Duffy12th 31 January Southend United Away0–17,234 –14th 14 February Scunthorpe United Away2–04,156 Duffy, Kuffour14th 17 February Yeovil Town Home 3–08,049 Pipe, Duffy, Lambert13th 21 February Leicester City Home 0–19,138 –14th 24 February Oldham Athletic Away2–03,745 Duffy, Anthony14th 28 February Carlisle United Away1–15,343 Hughes14th 7 March Leeds United Home 2–210,293 Hughes, Kuffour14th 10 March Hereford United Away3–03,199 Lambert (3)14th 14 March Walsall Away5–05,169 Duffy (2), Disley, Lescott (2)12th 17 March Crewe Alexandra Away1–13,879 Duffy12th 21 March Peterborough United Home 0–17,103 –13th 28 March Stockport County Home 2–06,214 Anthony, Lambert12th 31 March Huddersfield Town Home 1–26,286 Kuffour14th 5 April Tranmere Rovers Away0–28,119 –14th 10 April Northampton Town Home 1–06,666 Kuffour11th 13 April Milton Keynes Dons Away1–210,251 Elliott12th 18 April Millwall Home 4–26,618 Disley, Lambert (2), Kuffour11th 21 April Brighton & Hove Albion Home 1–26,193 Lambert11th 25 April Swindon Town Away1–210,977 Duffy12th 2 May Hartlepool United Home 4–17,363 Kuffour, Duffy, Lambert, Lescott11th
FA Cup +DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers8 November1AFC BournemouthAway0–13,935
Carling Cup +DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers12 August1WatfordAway0–15,574
Johnstone's Paint Trophy +DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers2 September1AFC BournemouthAway0–32,220
Team kit The team kit for the 2008–09 season is produced by Erreà. The main shirt sponsor is Cowlin Construction, a subsidiary of Balfour Beatty, and the secondary shirt sponsor is Blackthorn Cider. The home shirt features the traditional blue and white quarters in a lighter shade of blue from the previous season to match the colour of the sponsor's logo, and the away kit is green with black trim.
Squad
Goalscorers +NameLeagueCupTotalRickie Lambert29029Darryl Duffy13013Jo Kuffour11011Jeff Hughes606Chris Lines404Craig Disley303 Steve Elliott303Aaron Lescott303Byron Anthony202Danny Coles101Craig Hinton101David Pipe101Andy Williams101Own goals by opposition101
Discipline +NameRed cardsYellow cardsByron Anthony26Steve Elliott13Chris Lines13David Pipe07Stuart Campbell05Jeff Hughes05Rickie Lambert04Steve Phillips04Craig Disley03Jo Kuffour03Ryan Green02Aaron Lescott02Craig Hinton01Joe Jacobson01Total:449
Transfers
In Seven players have been added to the Bristol Rovers squad since 1 July 2008, in addition to Jeff Hughes who signed at the end of the previous season. Four players were signed from other clubs – Darryl Duffy, who was signed from Swansea City for a fee in the region of £100,000, Ben Hunt, who was signed for free after having been released by West Ham United, Jo Kuffour who was signed from AFC Bournemouth and Liam Harwood who was signed from Carshalton Athletic. Three Bristol Rovers youth players were also awarded their first professional contracts by the club – Ben Swallow, James Tyrell and Joe White, who is the son of former Rovers player Steve White.
DatePlayerPrevious clubContractCost3 July Darryl DuffySwansea City3 years~£100,0003 July Ben HuntWest Ham United1 yearFree3 July Ben SwallowYouth team N/A3 July James TyrellYouth team N/A3 July Joe WhiteYouth team N/A29 August Jo KuffourAFC Bournemouth3 years£60,0001 September Liam HarwoodCarshalton Athletic1 yearUndisclosed21 November Richard LangleyUnattachedMonthlyFree16 February Danzelle St Louis-HamiltonStoke City3 monthsLoan
Out DatePlayerNew ClubContractCost4 July Richard WalkerShrewsbury Town1 yearLoan7 July Lewis HaldaneOxford United1 yearLoan1 August James FraserLewes1 monthLoan8 August Josh Klein-DaviesLuton Town1 monthLoan9 August Charlie CloughMangotsfield United1 monthLoan12 August Matt GrovesTiverton Town1 monthLoan14 August Adam MahdiCirencester Town1 monthLoan1 September James FraserTiverton Town3 monthsLoan1 September Andy WilliamsHereford United4 monthsLoan12 September Alex KiteOxford CityLoan19 September Sean RiggGrays Athletic1 monthLoan19 September Adam MahdiClevedon Town Loan19 September Ben SwallowTaunton Town Loan23 September Joe WhiteChippenham Town3 monthsLoan10 November Alex KiteChippenham Town3 monthsLoan20 November Ben SwallowBridgwater Town1 monthLoan28 November Josh Klein-DaviesNewport County1 monthLoan
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