Bristol Rovers F.C. season 2007-08

Infobox Football club season
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 = Carling Cup
cup2 result = 2nd round
cup3 = Johnstone's Paint 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 A.F.C. Bournemouth

The 2007-08 season covers the period from 2007-07-01 to 2008-06-30. 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. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_rovers/6280544.stm|title=Lescott signs Bristol Rovers deal|work=BBC Sport|format=HTML|accessdate=2007-07-09]
*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. [cite web |url=http://www.bristolrovers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10328~1071496,00.html |title=Jigsaw now complete - Trolls |work=bristolrovers.co.uk |accessdate=2007-07-11 |format=HTML]
*10 August: First-Team Coach Paul Trollope and Director of Football Lennie Lawrence both signed extended contracts with the club. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_rovers/6934860.stm |title=Trollope & Lawrence pen new deals |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=2007-08-10 |format=HTML] Bill Smith resigned from his position as chief executive to concentrate on his other business commitments. [cite web |url=http://www.bristolrovers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10328~1088919,00.html |title=Chief executive resigns |work=bristolrovers.co.uk |accessdate=2007-08-10 |format=HTML]
*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. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/6950967.stm |title=Football and rugby stay in city |work=BBC News |accessdate=2007-08-17 |format=HTML]
*18 August: Craig Disley signed a one-year contract extension, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2009. [cite web |url=http://www.bristolrovers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10328~1094874,00.html |title=Disley signs one-year extension |work=bristolrovers.co.uk |accessdate=2007-08-19 |format=HTML]
*23 August: Goalkeeping coach Steve Book was registered as a player after backup goalie Mike Green broke his finger in a reserve match. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_rovers/6961014.stm |title=Rovers name Book as keeper cover |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=2007-08-24 |format=HTML]
*28 August: Rovers' Carling 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. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/6967762.stm |title=Dyer suffers suspected broken leg |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=2007-08-28 |format=HTML]
*4 September: Charlie Clough, who was promoted to the first team squad in the summer, signed his first professional contract on his 17th birthday. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_rovers/6978088.stm |title=Teenager nets Bristol Rovers deal |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=2007-09-04 |format=HTML]
*2 October: Edward Ware is appointed to the club's board of directors. [cite web |url=http://www.bristolrovers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10328~1125505,00.html |title=New director joins the board |work=bristolrovers.co.uk |accessdate=2007-10-02 |format=HTML]
*9 October: Rovers' hopes of reaching the Johnstone's Paint Trophy final for the second year running came to an end as they lost their second round tie with A.F.C. Bournemouth 1-0.
*15 October: Former Rovers defender Billy Clark was appointed the club's new under-18's coach. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_rovers/7046662.stm |title=Clark is handed Rovers youth role |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=2007-10-17 |format=HTML]
*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. [cite web |url=http://www.bristolrovers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10328~1175184,00.html|title=Suspension Problems for Rovers|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=2007-12-29 |format=HTML]
*22 December: Craig Disley received his fifth yellow card of the season in the match away to Leeds resulting in a one game suspension. [cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=17294|title=Players > Craig Disley|work=www.soccerbase.com|accessdate=2007-12-29 |format=HTML]
*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. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/7272761.stm |title= Bristol Rovers 1-5 West Brom |work=BBC Sport |date=2008-03-09 |accessdate=2008-06-03]
*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. [cite web |url=http://www.bristolrovers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10328~1322831,00.html |title=Stadium regeneration delayed |work=bristolrovers.co.uk |date=2008-06-03 |accessdate=2008-06-03]

Fixtures and results

Legend

=Carling Cup=

Goalscorers

Out

References

succession box
before=2006-07
title=Bristol Rovers seasons
years=2007-08
after=2008-09