2018–19 Bristol Rovers F.C. season

Bristol Rovers
2018–19 season
President	Wael al-Qadi
Chairman	Steve Hamer
Manager	Darrell Clarke; (until 13 December)[1]; Graham Coughlan; (from 6 January)[2]
Stadium	Memorial Stadium
League One	15th
FA Cup	First round; (Vs. Barnet)
EFL Cup	Second round; (Vs. Queens Park Rangers)
EFL Trophy	Semi-final; (Vs. Sunderland)
Highest home attendance	10,009 vs. Sunderland; (23 February 2019)
Lowest home attendance	1,021 vs. West Ham United U21; (18 September 2018, EFL Trophy Group Stage)
Average home league attendance	8,320
Biggest win	4–0 vs. Blackpool; (2 March 2019)
Biggest defeat	0–4 vs. Doncaster Rovers; (8 December 2018)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2018–19 season is the 136th season in Bristol Rovers' history and their 91st in the English Football League. Rovers will compete in the third tier of English football, League One as well as three cup competitions, FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	CM	Sam Matthews	AFC Bournemouth	Free transfer	[3]
1 July 2018	CM	Ed Upson	Milton Keynes Dons	Free transfer	[4]
2 July 2018	LW	Alex Rodman	Shrewsbury Town	Free transfer	[5]
2 July 2018	CM	Theo Widdrington	Portsmouth	Free transfer	[5]
3 July 2018	CF	Gavin Reilly	St Mirren	Free transfer	[6]
23 July 2018	LB	Tareiq Holmes-Dennis	Huddersfield Town	Undisclosed	[7]
9 August 2018	CF	Stefan Payne	Shrewsbury Town	Undisclosed	[8]
24 August 2018	CF	Deon Moore	Merstham	Undisclosed	[9]
31 January 2019	DM	Abu Ogogo	Coventry City	Free transfer	[10]
1 February 2019	CF	Jonson Clarke-Harris	Coventry City	Undisclosed	[11]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	RM	Ryan Broom	Cheltenham Town	Released	[12][13]
1 July 2018	LB	Lee Brown	Portsmouth	Mutual consent	[14][15]
1 July 2018	CB	Jonny Burn	Free agent	Released	[12]
1 July 2018	CF	Kenan Dünnwald	1. FC Kaan-Marienborn	Released	[16][17]
1 July 2018	CF	Rory Gaffney	Salford City	Undisclosed	[18]
1 July 2018	RW	Byron Moore	Bury	Released	[12][19]
23 July 2018	CF	Ellis Harrison	Ipswich Town	Undisclosed	[20]
7 September 2018	GK	Thom Jonkerman	FC Lienden	Free transfer	[21]
18 January 2019	CB	Tom Broadbent	Swindon Town	Undisclosed	[22]
25 January 2019	LB	Mohammad Baghdadi	Eintracht Norderstedt 03	Mutual consent	[23][24]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
9 August 2018	CF	Alex Jakubiak	Watford	31 May 2019	[25]
27 August 2018	GK	Jack Bonham	Brentford	31 May 2019	[26]
29 August 2018	LB	Joe Martin	Stevenage	1 January 2019	[27]
29 January 2019	CB	Gabriel Osho	Reading	31 May 2019	[28]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date	Ref.
8 August 2018	FW	Cameron Allen	Dorchester Town	September 2018	[29]
21 August 2018	GK	Sam Slocombe	Lincoln City	9 January 2019	[30]
31 August 2018	CF	Bernard Mensah	Lincoln City	20 January 2019	[31][32]
7 September 2018	DF	Josh Bailey	Dorchester Town	October 2018	[33]
26 October 2018	CF	Harry Warwick	Gloucester City	Work experience	[34]
2 November 2018	MF	Lewis Leigh-Gilchrist	Truro City	December 2018	[35]
7 November 2018	CB	Alfie Kilgour	Maidenhead United	6 January 2019	[36][37]
16 November 2018	CF	Cameron Allen	Tiverton Town	December 2018	[38]
16 November 2018	LB	Mohammad Baghdadi	Bath City	December 2018	[38]
16 November 2018	CF	Deon Moore	Bath City	December 2018	[38]
21 December 2018	CM	Theo Widdrington	Bognor Regis Town	January 2019	[39]
21 January 2019	RW	Bernard Mensah	Aldershot Town	31 May 2019	[32]
25 January 2019	MF	Luke Russe	Gloucester City	31 May 2019	[40][41]
31 January 2019	LW	Kyle Bennett	Swindon Town	31 May 2019	[42]
31 January 2019	DF	Ben Morgan	Salisbury	31 May 2019	[43]
31 January 2019	CF	Stefan Payne	Shrewsbury Town	31 May 2019	[44]
1 February 2019	CB	Rollin Menayese	Aldershot Town	31 May 2019	[45]
8 February 2019	CM	Theo Widdrington	Bognor Regis Town	31 May 2019	[46][47]
20 February 2019	GK	Alexis André Jr.	Yate Town	March 2019	[48]
21 March 2019	CM	Sam Matthews	Eastleigh	31 May 2019	[49]
28 March 2019	GK	Alexis André Jr.	Truro City	31 May 2019	[50]
28 March 2019	CF	Harry Warwick	Truro City	31 May 2019	[50]

Competitions

Pre-Season Friendlies

As of 12 June 2018, Bristol Rovers have announced four pre-season friendlies against Eerste Divisie side FC Eindhoven, Yeovil Town and Forest Green Rovers of EFL League Two, and newly promoted Southern League side Melksham Town.

14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) Friendly	Melksham Town	0–6	Bristol Rovers	Melksham
15:00 BST		Report	Kauppinen 3' Bennett 22', 42' Nichols 24' Harrison 55', 57'	Stadium: Oakfields Stadium

17 July 2018 (2018-07-17) Friendly	Yeovil Town	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Yeovil
19:45 BST	Mugabi 57'	Report	Lockyer 27'	Stadium: Huish Park

21 July 2018 (2018-07-21) Friendly	Forest Green Rovers	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Doidge 7' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,235

25 July 2018 (2018-07-25) Friendly	FC Eindhoven	0–2	Bristol Rovers	Leende
19:00 CEST		Report	Clarke 35' Bennett 88'	Stadium: DOSL Sports Park

28 July 2018 (2018-07-28) Friendly	Bristol Rovers	0–4	Exeter City	Horfield
15:00 BST		Report	Forte Moxey Boateng Brown	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,796

League One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Gillingham	46	15	10	21	61	72	−11	55
14	Accrington Stanley	46	14	13	19	51	67	−16	55
15	Bristol Rovers	46	13	15	18	47	50	−3	54
16	Rochdale	46	15	9	22	54	87	−33	54
17	Wycombe Wanderers	46	14	11	21	55	67	−12	53

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results [51]

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	13	15	18	47	50	−3	54	6	6	11	24	28	−4	7	9	7	23	22	+1

Last updated: 4 May 2019.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday	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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	W
Position	15	21	16	19	20	21	20	22	17	18	18	21	21	20	19	20	20	21	21	21	21	23	22	20	19	19	20	22	23	20	19	19	21	21	19	16	14	15	15	16	16	14	14	16	16	15

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2019. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 21 June 2018, the League One fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[52][53]

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) 1	Peterborough United	2–1	Bristol Rovers	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Matt Godden 1' Mark O'Hara 26'	Report	Tom Lockyer 90+3'	Stadium: ABAX Stadium Attendance: 6,439 Referee: John Busby

11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) 2	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Accrington Stanley	Horfield
15:00 BST	Payne 83'	Report	McConville 6', 89'	Stadium: The Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,683 Referee: Nick Kinseley

18 August 2018 3	Wycombe Wanderers	1–2	Bristol Rovers	High Wycombe
15:00 BST	Kashket 82'	Report	J Clarke 4' Craig 20'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 4,858 Referee: Kevin Johnson

21 August 2018 (2018-08-21) 4	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Portsmouth	Horfield
19:45 BST	Lines 76' (pen.) 78'	Report	Evans 32' Curtis 87'	Stadium: The Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,073 Referee: Graham Salisbury

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 5	Bristol Rovers	0–1	Southend United	Horfield
15:00 BST		Report	Hopper 40'	Stadium: The Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,172 Referee: Ross Joyce

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 6	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Leadbitter 73' (o.g.)	Report	Payne 53' (pen.) Martin 20' 59'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,759 Referee: Antony Coggins

8 September 2018 (2018-09-08) 7	Bristol Rovers	0–0	Plymouth Argyle	Horfield
13:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,006 Referee: Michael Salisbury

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 8	Luton Town	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Luton
15:00 BST	Andrew Shinnie 62'	Report		Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 8,912 Referee: Robert Lewis

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 9	Bristol Rovers	3–1	Coventry City	Horfield
15:00 BST	Reilly 7' Lockyer 19' O Clarke 23'	Report	Hyam 44'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,385 Referee: Thomas Bramall

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 10	Bradford City	0–0	Bristol Rovers	Bradford
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 15,916 Referee: Ollie Yates

2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) 11	Rochdale	0–0	Bristol Rovers	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Norman 45+2'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,301 Referee: Matt Donohue

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 12	Bristol Rovers	0–1	Walsall	Horfield
15:00 BST		Report	Leahy 8' Ginnelly 43' Morris 90+4'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,768 Referee: Lee Swabey

13 October 2018 (2018-10-13) 13	Burton Albion	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST	Fraser 40' Fox 90+1'	Report	Partington 31' O. Clarke 74'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,171 Referee: Martin Coy

20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 14	Bristol Rovers	0–0	Oxford United	Horfield
15:00 BST	Craig 16' Lockyer 21' Jakubiak 45'	Report	Browne 26' Mackie 41'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,506 Referee: Tom Nield

23 October 2018 (2018-10-23) 15	Bristol Rovers	2–0	AFC Wimbledon	Horfield
19:45 BST	Upson 35' Nightingale 53' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,184 Referee: Andy Woolmer

27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 16	Barnsley	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Mowatt 11', 45' Moncur 39' Davies 90'	Report	Kelly 79'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 10,966 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 17	Blackpool	0–3	Bristol Rovers	Blackpool
15:00 GMT		Report	O. Clarke 48', 85' Upson 70' Craig 77'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: Trevor Kettle Referee: 3,227

17 November 2018 (2018-11-17) 18	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Scunthorpe United	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Sercombe 45+2'	Report	Novak 15' Lund 78'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,003 Referee: Lee Collins

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 19	Charlton Athletic	3–1	Bristol Rovers	Charlton
15:00 GMT	Ward 10' Aribo 45' Grant 90+4'	Report	Martin 30'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 10,328 Referee: Matthew Donohue

27 November 2018 (2018-11-27) 20	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Gillingham	Horfield
19:45 GMT	Sercombe 87'	Report	List 8' Reilly 59' 70'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,983 Referee: Ollie Yates

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 21	Bristol Rovers	0–4	Doncaster Rovers	Horfield
15:00 GMT		Report	John Marquis 10' Malik Wilks 43' 59' James Coppinger 45' Tom Anderson 54'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,356 Referee: John Busby

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 22	Sunderland	2–1	Bristol Rovers	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Matthews 45+1' 90+5' Maja 49' Honeyman 57' Gooch 83'	Report	Rodman 11' Upson 36' Kelly 84' Clarke 90+6'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 28,971 Referee: Thomas Bramall

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 23	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Fleetwood Town	Horfield
15:00 GMT	O. Clarke 23' Reilly 36' Lines 90+3' J. Clarke 90+4', 90+6'	Report	Hunter 28', 41' Evans 43' 55' Holt 46' Madden 60' Marney 64' Wallace 80' Coyle 90+8'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,159 Referee: Brett Huxtable

26 December 2018 (2018-12-26) 24	Walsall	1–3	Bristol Rovers	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Gordon 45' Leahy 72'	Report	Lockyer 7' Rodman 10' Holmes-Dennis 40' Reilly 43' Holmes-Dennis 52'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5069 Referee: Robert Lewis

29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) 25	Oxford United	0–2	Bristol Rovers	Oxford
13:00 GMT		Report	Jakubiak 15', 63' Clarke 45+2' Kelly 83'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 8,135 Referee: Graham Salisbury

1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) 26	Bristol Rovers	0–0	Burton Albion	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Sinclair 47'	Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,060 Referee: Scott Oldham

12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) 27	Accrington Stanley	0–0	Bristol Rovers	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Sykes 90+2'	Report	Clarke 89'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,246 Referee: Alan Young

19 January 2019 28	Bristol Rovers	0–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Payne 22' Clarke 76' Rodman 90+1'	Report	Thompson 50' Jombati 57' Freeman 63'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,163 Referee: Ben Toner

29 January 2019 (2019-01-29) 29	Bristol Rovers	2–2	Peterborough United	Horfield
19:45 GMT	Nichols 8' (pen.) Clarke 43'	Report	Toney 37' Tomlin 56' Ward 90'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,851 Referee: Lee Collins

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 30	Southend United	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	Turner 34' Cox 39' Hart 58' Yearwood 62'	Report	Sercombe 20' Reilly 32' Nichols 45+2' Clarke 74' Partington 85' Clarke-Harris 90+1'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,982 Referee: Oliver Yates

9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 31	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Partington 19' Ogogo 24' Rodman 53' 68'	Report	Norburn 24' Whalley 36' Golbourne 68' Edwards 85'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,322 Referee: Peter Wright

19 February 2019 (2019-02-19) 32	Portsmouth	1-1	Bristol Rovers	Portsmouth
19:45 GMT	J.Clarke 58' (O.G.) Lowe 64' Brown 64'	Report	Clarke-Harris 37'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,880 Referee: Neil Hair

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 33	Bristol Rovers	0–2	Sunderland	Horfield
15:00 GMT		Report	O'Nien 23' 25' James 49' McGeady 55' Dunne 70'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 10,009 Referee: James Linington

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 34	Bristol Rovers	4–0	Blackpool	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Clarke-Harris 6', 37', 68' Nichols 18' Sercombe 90+1'	Report	Turton 15'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,496 Referee: Darren Drysdale

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 35	Scunthorpe United	0–1	Bristol Rovers	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Sutton 42' McMahon 90'	Report	Clarke-Harris 35' Upson 70' Ogogo 87' Kelly 90' Craig 90+4'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,877 Referee: Trevor Kettle

12 March 2019 (2019-03-12) 36	Gillingham	0–1	Bristol Rovers	Gillingham
19:45 GMT	Fuller 90+4'	Report	Clarke-Harris 57'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 3,938 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 37	Bristol Rovers	0–0	Charlton Athletic	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Upson 83'	Report	Taylor 76'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,343 Referee: Dean Whitestone

23 March 2019 (2019-03-23) 38	Plymouth Argyle	2–2	Bristol Rovers	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Lameiras 51' Craig 75' (o.g.) Ness 88'	Report	Clarke-Harris 72' Reilly 90+1' Clarke 90+4'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 12,003 Referee: Roger East

26 March 2019 (2019-03-26) 39	Doncaster Rovers	4–1	Bristol Rovers	Doncaster
19:45 GMT	Coppinger 3', 12' Wilks 31' 49' Sadlier 46'	Report	Clarke-Harris 66' (pen.) Holmes-Dennis 70' Upson 74' Clarke 90+4'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 6,907 Referee: Martin Coy

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 40	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Luton Town	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Clarke-Harris 45+2' Sercombe 71'	Report	Collins 17' Berry 39'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,037 Referee: Charles Breakspear

7 April 2019 (2019-04-07) 41	Coventry City	0–0	Bristol Rovers	Coventry
15:00 BST	Bakayoko 44'	Report	Clarke-Harris 38'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 12,664 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 42	Bristol Rovers	3–2	Bradford City	Horfield
15:00 BST	Sercombe 31' Clarke-Harris 38', 90+3' 57' Upson 56' Ogogo 66' Clarke 72'	Report	O'Brien 16' Knight-Percival 90'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,418 Referee: Michael Salisbury

19 April 2019 (2019-04-19) 43	AFC Wimbledon	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Kingston upon Thames
15:00 BST	Pigott 22' Nightingale 49'	Report	Lockyer 43' Clarke 47' 78'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 4,850 Referee: Graham Salisbury

22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) 44	Bristol Rovers	0–1	Rochdale	Horfield
15:00 BST	Upson 22' Clarke 57'	Report	McNulty 14' Bunney 38' Williams 78' Hamilton 82' Done 85'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,516 Referee: Craig Hicks

27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 45	Fleetwood Town	0–0	Bristol Rovers	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Evans 81' Madden 81'	Report	Partington 45+1' Ogogo 69' Clarke 77' Lockyer 81' Bonham 81' Upson 87'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 3,488 Referee: Jarred Gillett

4 May 2019 (2019-05-04) 46	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Barnsley	Horwich
17:30 BST	Rodman 71', 90+2' Upson 77'	Report	Moore 12' Lindsay 37' 44' Mowatt 56'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,859 Referee: Darren Drysdale

FA Cup

The first round draw was made live on BBC by Dennis Wise and Dion Dublin on 22 October.[54]

11 November 2018 (2018-11-11) First round	Barnet	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Canons Park
12:45 GMT	Robson 16'	Report	Sinclair 7' Lines 66' (pen.)	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Referee: Robert Lewis

21 November 2018 (2018-11-21) First round replay	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Barnet	Horfield
19:45 GMT	Nichols 62'	Report	Robson 75' Harrison 77'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,740 Referee: Lee Swabey

EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.[55] The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August.[56]

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) First round	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Crawley Town	The Memorial Stadium
19:45 BST	Bennett 32' Clarke 84'	Report	Connolly 88' Poleon 85' 90+4'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,336 Referee: Lee Swabey

28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) Second Round	Queens Park Rangers	3–1	Bristol Rovers	Shepherd's Bush, London
19:45 BST	Osayi-Samuel 4' Wszołek 18' Smith 64'	Report	Upson 87'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 5,007 Referee: Charles Breakspear

EFL Trophy

On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced.[57] The draw for the second round was made live on Talksport by Leon Britton and Steve Claridge on 16 November.[58] On 8 December, the third round draw was drawn by Alan McInally and Matt Le Tissier on Soccer Saturday.[59] The Quarter-final draw was made conducted on Sky Sports by Don Goodman and Thomas Frank on 10 January 2019.[60] The draw for the semi-finals took place on 25 January live on Talksport.[61]

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Exeter City (Q)	3	2	1	0	0	4	0	+4	8	Round 2
2	L1	Bristol Rovers (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	4	2	+2	6	Round 2
3	L2	Yeovil Town (E)	3	1	0	1	1	4	2	+2	4
4	ACA	West Ham United U21s (E)	3	0	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

First match(es) will be played on 4 September 2018. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

18 September 2018 (2018-09-18) Group stage	Bristol Rovers	2–0	West Ham United U21	Horfield
19:45 BST	Jakubiak 57' Lockyer 82'	Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,021

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09) Group stages	Bristol Rovers	2–0	Yeovil Town	Horfield
19:45 BST	Jakubiak 50' Rodman 85'	Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,179

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13) Group stages	Exeter City	2–0	Bristol Rovers	Exeter
19:45 GMT	Forte 50' Randall 81'	Report		Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 873

5 December 2018 (2018-12-05) Second round	Swansea City U21	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Swansea
19:45 GMT	Garrick 54'	Report	Craig 58' Jakubiak 89'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium

8 January 2019 (2019-01-08) Third round	Northampton Town	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Northampton
19:45 GMT	Crooks 45+1' 76'	Report	Broadbent 45' Payne 58'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 1,312 Referee: Charles Breakspear

22 January 2019 (2019-01-22) Quarter-final	Bristol Rovers	3–0	Port Vale	Horfield
19:45 GMT	Clarke 15' 22' Rodman 45+2' 68' Nichols 62' (pen.)	Report	Hannant 45+2' Conlon 54' 58'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,016

5 March 2019 (2019-03-05) Semi-final	Bristol Rovers	0–2	Sunderland	Horfield
19:45 GMT	Nichols 38' Craig 86'	Report	Grigg 44' Morgan 47'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,699 Referee: Michael Salisbury

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