2008–09 Bristol Rovers F.C. season


During 2008 and 2009, Bristol Rovers Football Club participated in League One, The 2008-09 season covers the period from 2008-07-01 to 2009-06-30. 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.

Legend

League One">Football League One">League One

[FA Cup]

Carling Cup">Football League Cup">Carling Cup

Johnstone's Paint Trophy">Football League Trophy">Johnstone's Paint Trophy

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

Discipline

Transfers

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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 A.F.C. 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.

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