2014–15 Bristol Rovers F.C. season

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Bristol Rovers
2014–15 season
Chairman Nick Higgs
Manager Darrell Clarke
Stadium Memorial Stadium
Conference Premier 2nd (promoted via play-offs)
FA Cup First Round (Eliminated by Tranmere Rovers)
FA Trophy First Round (Eliminated by Bath City)
Top goalscorer League: Matty Taylor (20)
All: Matty Taylor (21)
Highest home attendance 11,085 (vs. Alfreton Town, 25 April 2015)
Lowest home attendance 4,861 (vs. Nuneaton Town, 16 September 2014)
Average home league attendance 6,793
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 season was the 132nd season in Bristol Rovers' history and first in the Conference Premier, the fifth tier of English football, following their relegation from Football League Two on the final day of the previous season.

During the course of the season, they met A.F.C. Telford United, Alfreton Town, Altrincham, Braintree Town, Chester, Dover Athletic, Eastleigh, F.C. Halifax Town, Forest Green Rovers, Gateshead, Nuneaton Town and Woking for the first time in a competitive fixture. They also played Southport for the first time since 1974 and Welling United for the first time since their only meeting in 1999. Rovers' first ever appearance in the FA Trophy saw them play former landlords Bath City for the first time in a competitive fixture since 1995. As well as this, they played their first game at Barnet's Hive Stadium.

Rovers' season came to a triumphant end at Wembley Stadium as they defeated Grimsby Town 5–3 on penalties in the play-off Final, in the process becoming the first side since Carlisle United in 2005 to secure an immediate return to the Football League.[1] Rovers' regular season saw them come agonisingly close to winning automatic promotion, ending the season just one point short of champions Barnet.

Season events

Pre-season

March

  • 18 March 2014 - Ollie Clarke agreed a contract extension at Rovers, committing to the club until 2016.[2]

April

  • 9 April 2014 – Second year scholars Danny Greenslade, Dominic Thomas and Aaron Ward-Baptiste agreed their first professional deals.[3]
  • 11 April 2014 – Avonmouth based safety equipment retailer Arco were announced as Rovers' new home shirt sponsors. Water cooler supplier Office Beverages, based in Yate, were drawn as the club's new away shirt sponsors.[4]

May

  • 20 May 2014 – Youth team forward Donovan Wilson signed a one-year professional contract with Rovers.[5]
  • 30 May 2014 – John-Joe O'Toole activated his release clause with Rovers.[6]

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

January

February

March

  • 6 March 2015 – Rovers manager Darrell Clarke was named the Football Conference manager of the month for February, his third such award of the season.[49] Clarke had lead Rovers to five wins out of five during February as they overhauled long time leaders Barnet to lead the table by two points going into their final nine games. Young forward Jamie Lucas won the Conference South player of the month for February while on loan at Weston-super-Mare.[50]
  • 9 March 2015 – Midfielder Chris Lines re-joined Rovers on loan from Port Vale until the end of the season. Lines had previously played for the club between 2002–11.[51]
  • 26 March 2015 – Winger Abdulai Bell-Baggie joined Rovers on a deal to the end of the season.[52]

April

  • 25 April 2015 – Rovers' final regular season fixture saw them hammer Alfreton Town 7–0,[53] a result which saw the Derbyshire side relegated to the National League North, in front of a Conference Premier regular season record attendance of 11,085.[54] The result equaled Rovers' biggest ever league win and was the club's biggest margin of victory in 51 years.

May

First team

As of game played on 17 May 2015
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 England Swindon 13 May 1979 98 0 0 0 Millwall
22 Kieran Preston GK Scotland 4 October 1996 0 0 0 0 Youth team graduate
25 Will Puddy GK England Warminster 4 October 1987 18 0 0 0 Salisbury City
Defenders
2 Daniel Leadbitter RB England Newcastle upon Tyne 7 October 1990 24 1 0 0 Hereford United
3 Lee Brown LB England London 10 August 1990 168 14 0 0 Queens Park Rangers
4 Tom Lockyer CB/RB Wales Cardiff 3 December 1994 92 2 0 0 Youth team graduate
5 Mark McChrystal CB Northern Ireland Derry 26 June 1984 92 0 0 0 Tranmere Rovers Club captain
6 Tom Parkes CB England Sutton-in-Ashfield 15 January 1992 147 6 0 0 Leicester City
15 Neal Trotman CB England Manchester 11 March 1987 19 0 0 0 Plymouth Argyle
19 Danny Greenslade LB England Belper 23 September 1996 0 0 0 0 Youth team graduate
26 Pierce Mitchell RB/CB Republic of Ireland 4 May 1996 0 0 0 0 Bristol City On loan at Weston-super-Mare
Midfielders
7 Lee Mansell CM England Gloucester 23 September 1982 47 5 0 0 Torquay United Vice captain
8 Ollie Clarke CM England Bristol 29 June 1992 67 6 0 0 Youth team graduate
11 Jake Gosling RM/LM Gibraltar England Oxford 11 August 1993 26 3 5 1 Exeter City
14 Chris Lines CM England Bristol 30 November 1985 179 22 0 0 On loan from Port Vale
18 Dominic Thomas CM England 0 0 0 0 Youth team graduate On loan at Yate Town
23 Andy Monkhouse LM/FW England Leeds 23 October 1980 42 8 0 0 Hartlepool United
24 Stuart Sinclair CM England 9 November 1987 27 2 0 0 Salisbury City
29 Ángelo Balanta LM Colombia Santiago de Cali 1 July 1990 18 1 0 0 Queens Park Rangers
30 Abdulai Bell-Baggie RM/LM Sierra Leone 28 April 1992 0 0 4 0 Tranmere Rovers
Forwards
10 Matty Taylor CF England 30 March 1990 48 20 0 0 Forest Green Rovers
16 Jermaine Easter CF Wales Cardiff 15 January 1982 6 1 12 0 Millwall
17 Ellis Harrison CF/LM Wales Newport 29 January 1994 76 18 0 0 Youth team graduate
20 Jamie Lucas CF Wales Pontypridd 6 December 1995 1 0 0 0 Youth team graduate
21 Aaron Ward-Baptiste CF England 0 0 0 0 Youth team graduate On loan at Taunton Town
27 Nathan Blissett CF England 29 June 1990 25 5 0 0 Kidderminster Harriers

Transfers

In

Date Player Position Transferred from Fee
1 July 2014 Jake Gosling MF Free Agent (previously with Exeter City)
Danny Greenslade DF Youth team graduate
Lee Mansell MF Free Agent (previously with Torquay United)
Stuart Sinclair MF Free Agent (previously with Salisbury City)
Matty Taylor FW Free Agent (previously with Forest Green Rovers)
Dominic Thomas MF Youth team graduate
Aaron Ward-Baptiste FW Youth team graduate
Jamie White FW Free Agent (previously with Salisbury City)
21 July 2014 Andy Monkhouse MF Free Agent (previously with Hartlepool United)
27 July 2014 Daniel Leadbitter DF Free Agent (previously with Hereford United)
7 August 2014 Neal Trotman DF Free Agent (previously with Plymouth Argyle)
11 August 2014 Will Puddy GK Free Agent (previously with Salisbury City)
8 September 2014 Ángelo Balanta MF Free Agent (previously with Queens Park Rangers)
1 January 2015 Nathan Blissett FW Kidderminster Harriers Undisclosed
12 January 2015 Jermaine Easter FW Free Agent (previously with Millwall)
26 March 2015 Abdulai Bell-Baggie MF Free Agent (previously with Tranmere Rovers)

Loans in

Date Player Position Transferred from Duration
15 August 2014 Dave Martin MF Luton Town Five months
22 August 2014 Adam Cunnington FW Cambridge United Three months
6 November 2014 Lyle Della-Verde MF Fulham One Month
20 November 2014 Bradley Goldberg FW Dagenham & Redbridge Two Months
Nathan Blissett FW Kidderminster Harriers One Month
27 November 2014 Alex Wall FW Luton Town One Month
5 December 2014 Fabian Spiess GK Notts County One Month
13 January 2015 Adam Dawson MF Leicester City Three Months
2 February 2015 Josh Wakefield MF A.F.C. Bournemouth One Month
9 March 2015 Chris Lines MF Port Vale Two Months

Out

Date Player Position Transferred to Fee
30 June 2014 Fabian Broghammer MF Released (later joined SV Wiesbaden 1899)
David Clarkson FW Released (later joined Dundee)
Seanan Clucas MF Released (later joined Linfield)
Steven Gillespie FW Released (later joined Altrincham)
Jordan Goddard MF Released (later joined Leamington)
Conor Gough GK Released (later joined Grays Athletic)
Mitch Harding FW Released
Matt Harrold FW Crawley Town Free
Pat Keary DF Released (later joined Bath City)
John-Joe O'Toole MF Northampton Town Free
Jim Paterson DF Released (later joined Forfar Athletic)
Eliot Richards FW Released (later joined Tranmere Rovers)
Josh Southway DF Released
Danny Woodards DF Released (later joined Tranmere Rovers)
1 July 2014 Alefe Santos MF Derby County Tribunal
25 July 2014 Michael Smith DF Peterborough United Undisclosed
17 November 2014 Jamie White FW Sutton United Free
1 January 2015 Donovan Wilson FW Wolverhampton Wanderers £50,000
20 January 2015 Ryan Brunt FW Released (later joined Plymouth Argyle)

Loans out

Date Player Position Transferred to Duration
8 August 2014 Danny Greenslade DF Mangotsfield United One Month
Dominic Thomas MF Mangotsfield United One Month
Jamie Lucas FW Weston-super-Mare Three Months
29 August 2014 Pierce Mitchell DF Weston-super-Mare One Month
1 October 2014 Ryan Brunt FW York City One Month
15 October 2014 Pierce Mitchell DF Bath City One Month
27 November 2014 Pierce Mitchell DF Weston-super-Mare One Month
Jamie Lucas FW Gloucester City One Month
Ryan Brunt FW Stevenage One Month
Donovan Wilson FW Wolverhampton Wanderers One Month
5 December 2014 Aaron Ward-Baptiste FW Taunton Town Two Months
12 December 2014 Danny Greenslade DF Truro City Three Months
13 February 2015 Jamie Lucas FW Weston-super-Mare One Month
25 March 2015 Dominic Thomas MF Yate Town One Month

Squad statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup FA Trophy Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Yellow card.svg Red card.svg
1 GK England Steve Mildenhall 29(1) 0 2 0 0 0 31(1) 0 0 1
2 DF England Daniel Leadbitter 20(4) 1 0 0 1 0 21(4) 1 1 1
3 DF England Lee Brown 46 1 2 0 1 0 49 2 0 0
4 DF Wales Tom Lockyer 47 1 2 0 0 0 49 1 7 0
5 DF Northern Ireland Mark McChrystal 31(5) 0 1(1) 0 0 0 32(6) 0 6 0
6 DF England Tom Parkes 48(1) 4 2 0 1 0 51(1) 4 5 0
7 MF England Lee Mansell 47 5 2 1 0 0 49 6 11 0
8 MF England Ollie Clarke 15(14) 4 1 0 1 0 17(14) 4 5 1
10 FW England Matty Taylor 44(4) 20 2 1 1 0 47(4) 21 5 0
11 MF Gibraltar Jake Gosling 18(8) 3 2 0 0(1) 0 20(9) 3 2 0
14 MF England Chris Lines 11 1 0 0 0 0 11 1 0 0
15 DF England Neal Trotman 17(2) 1 1 0 1 0 19(2) 1 2 0
16 FW Wales Jermaine Easter 4(2) 1 0 0 0 0 4(2) 1 0 0
17 FW Wales Ellis Harrison 9(28) 14 1(1) 3 0 0 10(29) 17 2 1
23 MF England Andy Monkhouse 39(3) 8 1 2 0 0 40(3) 10 4 1
24 MF England Stuart Sinclair 24(3) 2 1 0 1 0 26(3) 2 2 1
25 GK England Will Puddy 17(1) 0 0 0 0 0 17(1) 0 0 0
27 FW England Nathan Blissett 18(7) 5 0 0 1 0 19(7) 5 6 0
29 MF Colombia Ángelo Balanta 3(14) 1 0 0 1 0 4(14) 1 0 0
Players to have appeared for Bristol Rovers who are currently on loan elsewhere:
18 MF England Dominic Thomas 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0
Players to have appeared for Bristol Rovers who have left:
— FW England Adam Cunnington 12(3) 3 0(1) 0 0 0 12(4) 3 0 0
— FW England Jamie White 5(6) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 5(7) 0 0 0
— MF England Lyle Della-Verde 4(2) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 4(3) 0 0 0
— FW England Alex Wall 2(3) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 2(4) 0 0 0
— GK Germany Fabian Spiess 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0
— MF England Dave Martin 13(4) 0 1 0 1 0 15(4) 0 2 0
— FW England Bradley Goldberg 1(5) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 1(6) 0 0 0
— FW England Ryan Brunt 4(2) 0 1 0 0 0 5(2) 0 1 0
— MF England Adam Dawson 8(4) 0 0 0 0 0 8(4) 0 2 0

Competitions

Summary

As of game played on 17 May 2015
Games played 52 (46 Conference Premier, 3 Conference Premier Play-offs, 2 FA Cup, 1 FA Trophy)
Games won 28 (25 Conference Premier, 2 Conference Premier Play-offs, 1 FA Cup, 0 FA Trophy)
Games drawn 17 (16 Conference Premier, 1 Conference Premier Play-offs, 0 FA Cup, 0 FA Trophy)
Games lost 7 (5 Conference Premier, 0 Conference Premier Play-offs, 1 FA Cup, 1 FA Trophy)
Win % 53.84%
Goals scored 84 (73 Conference Premier, 4 Conference Premier Play-offs, 7 FA Cup, 0 FA Trophy)
Goals conceded 39 (34 Conference Premier, 1 Conference Premier Play-offs, 2 FA Cup, 2 FA Trophy)
Goal difference +45 (+39 Conference Premier, +3 Conference Premier Play-offs, +5 FA Cup, –2 FA Trophy)
Yellow cards 64 (60 Conference Premier, 4 Conference Premier Play-offs, 0 FA Cup, 0 FA Trophy)
Red cards 6 (5 Conference Premier, 1 Conference Premier Play-offs, 0 FA Cup, 0 FA Trophy)
Worst discipline Ollie Clarke (5 x Booked, 1 x Red card)
Biggest win 7 – 0 vs. Alfreton Town, 25 April 2015 (Conference Premier)
Heaviest defeat 0 – 2 vs. Barnet, 12 August 2014 (Conference Premier), 0 – 2 vs. Braintree Town, 6 September 2014 (Conference Premier), 0 – 2 vs. Bath City, 13 December 2014 (FA Trophy)
Highest scoring match 7 – 1 vs. Dorchester Town, 25 October 2014 (FA Cup)
Most appearances 51 (Tom Parkes)
Top scorer Matty Taylor (21)

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

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Template:Fb competition 2014–15 Conference Premier — — 2nd 9 August 2014 25 April 2015
FA Cup Fourth Round Qualifying — First Round 25 October 2014 8 November 2014
Template:Fb competition 2014–15 FA Trophy First Round — First Round 13 December 2014

Last updated: 25 April 2015
Source: Competitions

Conference Premier

Locations of Bristol Rovers' 2014–15 Conference Premier opponents

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Main article: 2014–15 Football Conference

League table

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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 25 16 5 73 34  +39 91 17 4 2 47 14  +33 8 12 3 26 20  +6

Last updated: 25 April 2015.
Source: [57]

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 A H A H H H A H H A H A A H A H H A A H A H H A A A H A H H A H A H A H A H A H
Result D L L W D W L W W W W W D D W D L W D D D W W D D W W W D W D D W W W W W L D W D W W W D W
Position 12 17 19 15 16 15 15 15 12 10 7 4 6 6 4 4 6 4 4 4 6 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2

Last updated: 25 April 2015.
Source: [58]
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 Point Agg.
A.F.C. Telford United 1 – 0 1 – 0 Yes 6 2 – 0
Aldershot Town 3 – 1 2 – 2 No 4 5 – 3
Alfreton Town 7 – 0 0 – 0 No 4 7 – 0
Altrincham 1 – 0 1 – 2 No 3 2 – 2
Barnet 2 – 1 0 – 2 No 3 2 – 3
Braintree Town 2 – 1 0 – 2 No 3 2 – 3
Chester 5 – 1 2 – 2 No 4 7 – 3
Dartford 1 – 0 2 – 2 No 4 3 – 2
Dover Athletic 1 – 1 1 – 1 No 2 2 – 2
Eastleigh 1 – 2 1 – 1 No 1 2 – 3
Gateshead 3 – 2 1 – 0 Yes 6 4 – 2
Grimsby Town 0 – 0 1 – 0 No 4 1 – 0
F.C. Halifax Town 2 – 1 2 – 2 No 4 4 – 3
Forest Green Rovers 0 – 1 1 – 1 No 1 1 – 2
Kidderminster Harriers 1 – 1 3 – 0 No 4 4 – 1
Lincoln City 2 – 0 3 – 2 Yes 6 5 – 2
Macclesfield Town 4 – 0 0 – 0 No 4 4 – 0
Nuneaton Town 3 – 1 2 – 0 Yes 6 5 – 1
Southport 2 – 0 1 – 0 Yes 6 3 – 0
Torquay United 1 – 1 2 – 1 No 4 3 – 2
Welling United 2 – 0 0 – 0 No 4 2 – 0
Woking 2 – 0 0 – 0 No 4 2 – 0
Wrexham 1 – 0 0 – 0 No 4 1 – 0

Matches

      Won       Drawn       Lost       Postponed

Pre-season friendlies

Conference Premier

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August

September

October

November

December

January

February

March

April

Play-offs

FA Cup

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FA Trophy

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See also

References

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External links

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