2016–17 Bristol Rovers F.C. season

Bristol Rovers

2016–17 season
Chairman	Steve Hamer
Manager	Darrell Clarke
Stadium	Memorial Stadium
League One	13th (ongoing)
FA Cup	Second round proper (ongoing)
EFL Cup	Second round (Eliminated by Chelsea)
EFL Trophy	Group stage (Eliminated at the Group Stages)
Top goalscorer	League: Matty Taylor (9) All: Matty Taylor (9)
Highest home attendance	10,053 (vs. Oxford United, 14 August 2016)
Lowest home attendance	7,805 (vs. Walsall, 13 September 2016)
Average home league attendance	8,638
Home colours Away colours
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The 2016–17 season will be the 134th season in Bristol Rovers' history and their 89th in the English Football League. Following back-to-back promotions in 2014–15 and 2015–16, Rovers will compete in the third tier of English football, League One.

Season events

Pre-season

Rovers manager Darrell Clarke was quick to make good on his promise to offer all out-of-contract senior players new contracts if the club was promoted,^[1] confirming that, with the exception of Rory Fallon, new deals were "in the post" just five days after the previous season had concluded.^[2] In addition to Lee Brown and Tom Lockyer, who's deals were signed before the season had ended,^[3][4] goalkeeper Steve Mildenhall and midfielder Jay Malpas were the first to sign a new deals on 17 May.^[5] Toward the end of May, Clarke himself had agreed a new three-year contract, making him the highest paid manager in the club's history.^[6] This came after the club received a formal approach from Championship side Leeds United which Rovers rejected.^[7]

June saw defender Daniel Leadbitter^[8] and winger Billy Bodin^[9] sign new two-year contracts at Rovers. Goalkeeper Will Puddy,^[10] defenders James Clarke^[11] and Mark McChrystal,^[12] midfielders Lee Mansell^[13] Cristian Montaño,^[14] Jake Gosling,^[15] Ollie Clarke^[16] and Chris Lines^[17] and forward Ellis Harrison^[18] also agreed a new deals of undisclosed duration. Tom Parkes meanwhile rejected the offer of a new deal and instead joined League Two side Leyton Orient.^[19] On 16 June, defender Peter Hartley became the club's first signing of the season on a free transfer from Plymouth Argyle^[20] followed a day later by the signing of winger Byron Moore from Port Vale.^[21]

Peterborough United forward Luke James became July's first signing, on a season long loan.^[22] Rovers' top goalscorer of the previous two seasons, Matty Taylor, signed a new contract in July,^[23] ending speculation linking him with a move away.^[24]

First team

As of game played on 31 August 2016

No.	Name	Position	Nationality	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	125	0	0	0	Millwall
25	Will Puddy	GK		Warminster	4 October 1987	16	0	0	0	Salisbury City
33	Kelle Roos	GK		Rijkevoort	31 May 1992	0	0	0	0	On loan from Derby County
Defenders
2	Daniel Leadbitter	RB		Newcastle upon Tyne	7 October 1990	58	1	0	0	Hereford United
3	Lee Brown	LB		London	10 August 1990	213	20	0	0	Queens Park Rangers
4	Tom Lockyer	CB/RB		Cardiff	3 December 1994	134	2	0	0	Youth team graduate
5	Mark McChrystal	CB		Derry	26 June 1984	111	0	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	Club captain
6	Peter Hartley	CB		Hartlepool	3 April 1988	1	0	0	0	Plymouth Argyle
15	James Clarke	RB/CB		Aylesbury	17 November 1989	39	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
31	Connor Roberts	RB		Neath	23 September 1995	0	0	0	0	on loan from Swansea City
32	Alfie Kilgour	CB		Bath		0	0	0	0	Youth team graduate
36	Jake Clarke-Salter	CB		Carshalton	22 September 1997	0	0	0	0	On loan from Chelsea
Midfielders
7	Lee Mansell	CM		Gloucester	23 September 1982	72	7	0	0	Torquay United
8	Ollie Clarke	CM		Portishead	29 June 1992	101	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	211	21	0	0	Port Vale
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	30	2	0	0	América de Cali
22	Byron Moore	LM/CF		Stoke-on-Trent	24 August 1988	0	0	0	0	Port Vale
23	Billy Bodin	LM/CF		Swindon	24 March 1992	40	13	0	0	Northampton Town
24	Stuart Sinclair	CM		Houghton Conquest	9 November 1987	58	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
34	Hiram Boateng	CM		London	8 January 1996	0	0	0	0	On loan from Crystal Palace
35	Charlie Colkett	CM		Newham	22 September 1997	0	0	0	0	On loan from Chelsea
Forwards
9	Ellis Harrison	CF/LM		Newport	29 January 1994	106	24	0	0	Youth team graduate
10	Matty Taylor	CF			30 March 1990	93	47	0	0	Forest Green Rovers
17	Jermaine Easter	CF		Cardiff	15 January 1982	48	9	12	0	Millwall
20	Jamie Lucas	CF		Pontypridd	6 December 1995	2	0	0	0	Youth team graduate
29	Luke James	CF		Amble	4 November 1994	1	0	0	0	On loan from Peterborough United
30	Rory Gaffney	CF		Tuam	23 October 1989	26	8	0	0	Cambridge United

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CB	Peter Hartley	Plymouth Argyle	Free transfer	[20]
1 July 2016	LM	Byron Moore	Port Vale	Free transfer	[21]

Loans in

Date	Position	Player	Loaned from	End date	Ref.
6 July 2016	CF	Luke James	Peterborough United	End of Season	[22]
24 August 2016	GK	Kelle Roos	Derby County	End of Season	[25]
25 August 2016	DF	Connor Roberts	Swansea City	2 January 2017	[26]
31 August 2016	CM	Hiram Boateng	Crystal Palace	2 January 2017	[27]
31 August 2016	CB	Jake Clarke-Salter	Chelsea	End of Season	[28]
31 August 2016	CM	Charlie Colkett	Chelsea	End of Season	[28]

Out

Date	Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2016	CF	Rory Fallon	Truro City[lower-alpha 1]	Free transfer	[2]
30 June 2016	DF	Tom Parkes	Leyton Orient	Free transfer	[19]
30 June 2016	GK	Kieran Preston	Released		[5]

1. Following Fallon's release on 12 May 2016, he later agreed to join Truro City on 9 June 2016.^[29]

Loans out

Date	Position	Player	Loaned to	End date	Ref.
18 August 2019	RW	Jake Gosling	Cambridge United	2 January 2017	[30]
31 August 2016	Striker	Jamie Lucas	Boreham Wood	28 January 2017	[31]

Squad statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Steve Mildenhall	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
2	DF	Daniel Leadbitter	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
3	DF	Lee Brown	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
4	DF	Tom Lockyer	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	2	0
5	DF	Mark McChrystal	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
6	DF	Peter Hartley	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	2	0	0
8	MF	Ollie Clarke	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	2	0
9	FW	Ellis Harrison	1(3)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3(3)	0	0	0
10	FW	Matty Taylor	1(1)	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2(1)	2	0	0
14	MF	Chris Lines	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	6	1	1	0
15	DF	James Clarke	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
17	FW	Jermaine Easter	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
21	MF	Cristian Montaño	1(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	1(2)	0	0	0
23	MF	Billy Bodin	1(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	1(2)	0	0	0
24	MF	Stuart Sinclair	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
29	FW	Luke James	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
30	FW	Rory Gaffney	2	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	2(1)	0	1	0
35	MF	Charlie Colkett	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF	Jake Clarke-Salter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers Rank Name L1 FAC FLC FLT Total 1 Matty Taylor 2 0 0 0 2 2 Jermaine Easter 1 0 0 0 1 Chris Lines 0 0 1 0 1 Disciplinary record Name L1 FAC FLC FLT Total Ollie Clarke 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Tom Lockyer 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 James Clarke 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Chris Lines 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Rory Gaffney 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Competitions Summary As of game played on 6 August 2016 Games played 2 (2 League One, 0 FA Cup, 1 EFL Cup, 0 EFL Trophy) Games won 2 (1 League One, 0 FA Cup, 1 EFL Cup, 0 EFL Trophy) Games drawn 0 (0 League One, 0 FA Cup, 0 EFL Cup, 0 EFL Trophy) Games lost 1 (1 League One, 0 FA Cup, 0 EFL Cup, 0 EFL Trophy) Win % 66.6% Goals scored 4 (3 League One, 0 FA Cup, 1 EFL Cup, 0 EFL Trophy) Goals conceded 4 (4 League One, 0 FA Cup, 0 EFL Cup, 0 EFL Trophy) Goal difference 0 (–1 League One, 0 FA Cup, +1 EFL Cup, 0 EFL Trophy) Yellow cards 7 (6 League One, 0 FA Cup, 1 EFL Cup, 0 EFL Trophy) Red cards 0 (0 League One, 0 FA Cup, 0 EFL Cup, 0 EFL Trophy) Worst discipline Tom Lockyer & Ollie Clarke (2 x ) Biggest win 1–0 (vs. Cardiff City, 11 August 2016) 2–1 (vs. Oxford United, 14 August 2016) Heaviest defeat 1–3 (vs. Scunthorpe United, 6 August 2016) Highest scoring match 1–3 (vs. Scunthorpe United, 6 August 2016) Most appearances 3 (11 players) Top scorer Matty Taylor, Ellis Harrison & Peter Hartley (2) Most assists Chris Lines & Cristian Montaño (1) 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. League One London Greater Manchester Bradford City Bristol Rovers Chesterfield Coventry City Fleetwood Town Gillingham Milton Keynes Dons Northampton Town Oxford United Peterborough United Port Vale Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Walsall London teams AFC Wimbledon Charlton Athletic Millwall Greater Manchester teams Bolton Wanderers Bury Oldham Athletic Rochdale Map of Bristol Rovers' 2016–17 League One opponents League table Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 11 Charlton Athletic 19 6 9 4 26 19 +7 27 12 Port Vale 20 7 6 7 24 29 −5 27 13 Bristol Rovers 20 7 6 7 29 35 −6 27 14 Oxford United 20 7 5 8 24 24 0 26 15 Gillingham 20 7 5 8 29 32 −3 26 Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2016. Source: BBC Sport Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored 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 19 7 6 6 27 32  −5 27 4 3 2 13 11  +2 3 3 4 14 21  −7 Last updated: 23 November 2016. Source: [32] 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 A H H A H H A A H A A H A A H H A H H                                                       Result L W L D D D D W W L W W D W L W L D L                                                       Position 21 12 17 18 19 19 21 15 9 10 7 8 10 5 8 5 5 8 10                                                       Last updated: 23 November 2016. Source: [33] Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed. Scores overview Bristol Rovers score given first. Opposition Home score Away score Double Points Agg. AFC Wimbledon Bolton Wanderers 1–2 N 0 1–2 Bradford City 1–1 N 1 1–1 Bury Charlton Athletic 1–5 N 0 1–5 Chesterfield Fleetwood Town 2–1 3 2–1 Gillingham 2–1 3 2–1 Millwall 0–4 N 0 0–4 Milton Keynes Dons 0–0 3–3 N 2 3–3 Northampton Town 3–2 3 3–2 Oldham Athletic 2–0 3 2–0 Oxford United 2–1 3 2–1 Peterborough United 1–2 N 0 1–2 Port Vale 2–1 3 2–1 Rochdale 2–2 N 1 2–2 Scunthorpe United 1–3 N 0 1–3 Sheffield United 0–1 N 0 0–1 Shrewsbury Town Southend United 1–1 N 1 1–1 Swindon Town 2–1 3 2–1 Walsall 1–1 N 1 1–1 Matches   Won   Drawn   Lost   Postponed Pre-season friendlies On 23 November 2015, Rovers first pre-season fixture was announced. As part of a week-long training camp in Spain, Rovers will play CE Sabadell with whom the club have a connection due to both playing in blue and white quartered shirts.[34][35] Further fixtures were announced once the previous season had concluded, with Rovers due to play Salisbury,[36] Bath City,[37] Mangotsfield United,[38] Weston-super-Mare[39] and Exeter City,[40] all away, and Cheltenham Town,[41] Swansea City[42] and Aston Villa[43] at home. Mangotsfield United v Bristol Rovers 8 July 2016 Mangotsfield United 3–5 Bristol Rovers Cossham Street 19:30 BST Batten  3' Morgan  49' Bament  85' Report Gaffney  21' Montaño  41' Broom  58', 60' J. Clarke  89' Referee: Savvas Yianni Salisbury v Bristol Rovers 9 July 2016 Salisbury 0–3 Bristol Rovers Raymond McEnhill Stadium 12:00 BST Report Harrison  18' (pen.) O. Clarke  37' Bodin  66' Attendance: 865 Bath City v Bristol Rovers 12 July 2016 Bath City 0–1 Bristol Rovers Twerton Park 19:45 BST Report J. Clarke  69' Attendance: 1,126 Referee: Savvas Yianni Weston-super-Mare v Bristol Rovers 13 July 2016 Weston-super-Mare 1–3 Bristol Rovers Woodspring Stadium 19:45 BST Richards  39' Report Gaffney  10' Easter  20' (pen.) Lucas  49' Attendance: 820 Referee: Savvas Yianni Exeter City v Bristol Rovers 16 July 2016 Exeter City 2–0 Bristol Rovers St James Park 15:00 BST Harley  8' Watkins  37' Report Attendance: 1,247 (197) Referee: Lee Swabey Bristol Rovers v Aston Villa 20 July 2016 Bristol Rovers 1–1 Aston Villa Memorial Stadium 19:45 BST Taylor  78' Report Ayew  42' Attendance: 5,219 (1,013) Referee: Simon Hooper Bristol Rovers v Swansea City 23 July 2016 Bristol Rovers 1–5 Swansea City Memorial Stadium 15:00 BST James  50' Report Ayew  6' Fer  13' Kingsley  18' Naughton  45' Routledge  68' Attendance: 4,365 (1,073) Referee: Lee Probert CE Sabadell v Bristol Rovers 26 July 2016 CE Sabadell 3–0 Bristol Rovers Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta 19:00 CEST López  35' Chiekh  48' Yeray  89' Report Bristol Rovers v Cheltenham Town 31 July 2016 Bristol Rovers 3–0 Cheltenham Town Memorial Stadium 15:00 BST Harrison  8' Lines  39' Taylor  53' Report Attendance: 1,607 (104) Referee: Simon Hooper League One On 22 June 2016, the EFL announced the fixtures for the forthcoming season. Rovers started the season away to Scunthorpe United on 6 August, followed by their first home fixture on 14 August[44] against fellow promoted side Oxford United. The traditional boxing day fixture sees Rovers host Coventry City while the season will end with Millwall travelling to the Memorial Stadium.[45] Scunthorpe United v Bristol Rovers 6 August 2016 1 Scunthorpe United 3–1 Bristol Rovers Scunthorpe 15:00 BST van Veen  66' Morris  81' Clarke  87' Wootton  90+6' Report O. Clarke  11' Taylor  31' Lockyer  40' Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,636 Referee: Ben Toner Bristol Rovers v Oxford United 14 August 2016 2 Bristol Rovers 2–1 Oxford United Horfield 15:00 BST Lines  11' Easter  25' Gaffney  29' Taylor  70' J.Clarke  76' O.Clarke  78' Report Hemmings  42' Long  45+3', 67' Martin  56' Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 10,053 Referee: Charles Breakspear Bristol Rovers v Bolton Wanderers 17 August 2016 3 Bristol Rovers 1–2 Bolton Wanderers Horfield 19:45 BST Harrison  57' Report Vela  6' Spearing  26'  72' Trotter  56' Madine  75' Wilkinson  90+4' Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,169 (700) Southend United v Bristol Rovers 20 August 2016 4 Southend United 1–1 Bristol Rovers Southend-on-Sea 15:00 BST McLaughlin  56' King  75' Cox  81' (pen.)  82' Report Clarke  48' Hartley  61'  85' Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,084 (518) Bristol Rovers v Rochdale 10 September 2016 5 Bristol Rovers 2–2 Rochdale Bristol 15:00 BST Taylor  21', 49' Lines  56' Harrison  70' Report Camps  17' Henderson  22' Vincenti  42' Allen  47' Canavan  49', 72' McNulty  90+4' Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,057 (137) Bristol Rovers v Walsall 13 September 2016 6 Bristol Rovers 1–1 Walsall Bristol 19:45 BST Taylor  27' (pen.) Sinclair  70' Report Oztumer  16'  33' Moussa  47' Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,805 (170) Bradford City v Bristol Rovers 17 September 2016 7 Bradford City 1–1 Bristol Rovers Bradford 15:00 BST Meredith  73' Report Colkett  86' Stadium: Coral Windows Stadium Attendance: 17,499 (576) Swindon Town v Bristol Rovers 20 September 2016 8 Swindon Town 1–2 Bristol Rovers Swindon 19:45 BST Jones  6' Yaser Kasim  43' Furlong  67' Thomas  70' Report Sinclair  31' Gaffney  43' Bodin  44' Brown  50' Taylor  83' (pen.) Raphael Branco  84' (o.g.) Lockyer  87' Harrison  90+2' Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,760 (414) Bristol Rovers v Port Vale 24 September 2016 9 Bristol Rovers 2–1 Port Vale Bristol 15:00 BST Harrison  44' Easter  63' (pen.) Sinclair  87' Report Paterson  23'  61' Thomas  41' Streete  60' Jones  65' Brown  90+5' Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,088 (436) Sheffield United v Bristol Rovers 27 September 2016 10 Sheffield United 1–0 Bristol Rovers Sheffield 19:45 BST Coutts  37' Chapman  65' Lavery  90+3' Report Boateng  30' Easter  66' Leadbitter  90+2' Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 19,196 Referee: Chris Sarginson Northampton Town v Bristol Rovers 1 October 2016 11 Northampton Town 2–3 Bristol Rovers Northampton 15:00 BST Revell  9', 76'  68' Zakuani  73', 90+1' O'Toole  81' Report Gaffney  60' Hartley  65'  71' Colkett  90+2'  90+3' Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,642 Referee: Graham Horwood Bristol Rovers v Gillingham 15 October 2016 12 Bristol Rovers 2–1 Gillingham Bristol 15:00 BST Taylor  35' Lines  42'  82' Harrison  90' Report Hessenthaler  29' Herd  31' Dack  55' Wright  62'  64' Nouble  88' Bond  89' Konchesky  90+2' Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,489 Referee: John Brooks Milton Keynes Dons v Bristol Rovers 18 October 2016 13 Milton Keynes Dons 3–3 Bristol Rovers Milton Keynes 19:45 BST Bowditch  16'  31' Williams  24' Reeves  66' Upson  71' Lewington  73' Report Taylor  46', 87', 88' Harrison  57' Clarke  58' Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 8,366 Referee: Darren Handley Oldham Athletic v Bristol Rovers 22 October 2016 14 Oldham Athletic 0–2 Bristol Rovers Oldham 15:00 BST Flynn  57' Report Colkett  25' Gaffney  80' Clarke-Salter  87' Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,394 Referee: Seb Stockbridge Bristol Rovers v Peterborough United 29 October 2016 15 Bristol Rovers 1–2 Peterborough United Bristol 15:00 BST Taylor  57' (pen.) Report Coulthirst  62'  67' Bostwick  67' Nichols  90+2' Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,839 Referee: Mark Haywood Bristol Rovers v Fleetwood Town 1 November 2016 16 Bristol Rovers 2–1 Fleetwood Town Bristol 19:45 GMT Lines  50' Taylor  61' Montaño  73' Report Hunter  4'  9' Bell  58' Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 10,088 Referee: Charles Breakspear Millwall v Bristol Rovers 12 November 2016 17 Millwall 4–0 Bristol Rovers Bermondsey, London 15:00 GMT O'Brien  22' Williams  64' Gregory  68' Onyedinma  86' Smith  88' Report Leadbitter  14' Hartley  75' Stadium: The Den Attendance: 9,645 Referee: Andrew Madley Bristol Rovers v Milton Keynes Dons 19 November 2016 18 Bristol Rovers 0–0 Milton Keynes Dons Bristol 15:00 GMT Taylor  76' Report Baldock  49' Agard  90+2' Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,031 Referee: Nigel Miller Bristol Rovers v Charlton Athletic 22 November 2016 19 Bristol Rovers 1–5 Charlton Athletic Bristol 19:45 GMT Taylor  90+3' (pen.) Report Lookman  26' Magennis  44' Bauer  50'  79' Chicksen  72'  77' Ajose  85' Phillips  90+3' Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,089 Referee: Simon Hooper Chesterfield v Bristol Rovers 26 November 2016 20 Chesterfield 3–2 Bristol Rovers Chesterfield 15:00 GMT Dimaio  25' Evatt  28' Mitchell  31' O'Shea  37', 50' Report Hartley  3' Leadbitter  26' Lockyer  45+1' Lines  63' Bodin  76' Clarke  89' Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 6,330 Referee: Andy Haines FA Cup Crawley Town v Bristol Rovers 5 November 2016 First round Crawley Town 1–1 Bristol Rovers Crawley 12:00 GMT Blackman  19', 69' Smith  32' Clifford  35' Report Brown  15' Harrison  72' Stadium: Checkatrade.com Stadium Attendance: 2,281 Referee: Darren Deadman Bristol Rovers v Crawley Town 15 November 2016 First round replay Bristol Rovers 4–2 (a.e.t.) Crawley Town Bristol 19:45 GMT Taylor  34', 102' (pen.) Gaffney  52', 96' Report Roberts  45+1' Harrold  65' Garnett  80' Collins  114' Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,676 Referee: Ben Toner Bristol Rovers v Barrow 4 December 2016 Second round Bristol Rovers 1–2 Barrow Bristol 14:00 GMT Gaffney  10' Report Harrison  16', 61' Bennett  38' Yates  55' Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,570 Referee: Dean Whitestone EFL Cup On 22 June 2016, the first round draw for the EFL Cup was made. Rovers were drawn at home to Championship side Cardiff City, managed by former Rovers boss Paul Trollope.[46] The game was later picked for live broadcast by Sky Sports.[47] Rovers progressed to the second round thanks to a 115th-minute winner from Chris Lines[48] to set up a trip to Premier League side Chelsea.[49] Bristol Rovers v Cardiff City 11 August 2016 First round Bristol Rovers 1–0 (a.e.t.) Cardiff City Memorial Stadium 19:45 BST Lockyer  90+1' Lines  115' Report Manga  100' Attendance: 4,851 Referee: Chris Kavanagh Chelsea v Bristol Rovers 23 August 2016 Second round Chelsea 3–2 Bristol Rovers Stamford Bridge 19:45 BST Batshuayi  29', 41' Moses  31' Pedro  48' Report Hartley  35' Harrison  48' (pen.) Easter  71' Taylor  86' Attendance: 39,266 EFL Trophy On 27 July 2016, the group stage draw for the EFL Trophy was made. Rovers were drawn in Southern Group A along with Reading Academy, Portsmouth and Yeovil Town.[50] Pos Lge Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 L2 Yeovil Town 3 2 0 1 0 6 3 +3 7 Advance to Round 2 2 ACA Reading Academy 3 1 1 0 1 5 6 −1 5 3 L2 Portsmouth 3 1 0 1 1 6 6 0 4 4 L1 Bristol Rovers 3 0 1 0 2 2 4 −2 2 Source: EFL.com Bristol Rovers v Reading Academy 30 August 2016 Southern Group A Bristol Rovers 2–3 Reading Academy Memorial Stadium 19:45 BST Taylor  60' Gaffney  73' Easter  74'  81' Roos  77' Lines  83' Mildenhall  90+4' Stacey  33' Samuel  59' Watson  72' Sheppard  76' Mendes  84' (pen.) Bristol Rovers v Yeovil Town 4 October 2016 Southern Group A Bristol Rovers 0–0 (5–3 p) Yeovil Town Memorial Stadium 19:45 BST Clarke  88' Colkett  90+4' Report Lawless  63' Dawson  74', 74' Mugabi  90+4' Attendance: 2,117 Referee: James Adcock     Penalties James Bodin Taylor Colkett Montaño   Dickson Hedges McLeod Lawless Portsmouth v Bristol Rovers 8 November 2016 Southern Group A Portsmouth 1–0 Bristol Rovers Portsmouth 19:45 GMT Smith 6' Bennett  37' Davies  59' Naismith  88' Report Mansell  56' McChrystal  72' Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Nick Kinseley See also 2016–17 in English football 2016–17 Football League One List of Bristol Rovers F.C. seasons References "Bristol Rovers: All my players will be offered a contract if we go up, says boss Darrell Clarke". Bristol Post. 18 April 2016. "NEW DEALS IN THE POST". Bristol Rovers F.C. 12 May 2016. "NEW DEAL FOR LEE BROWN". Bristol Rovers F.C. 14 April 2016. "TOM LOCKYER SIGNS A NEW DEAL WITH THE CLUB". 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