During 2008 and 2009, Bristol Rovers Football Club participated in
League One, The 2008β09 season covers the period from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009. 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 2007β08 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.
14 July: Former player
Junior Agogo completed a transfer from
Nottingham Forest to
Egyptian side
El Zamalek, earning Rovers an undisclosed amount of money from the sell-on clause agreed when he joined Forest.[1]
5 August: Club chairman
Ron Craig stepped down from his position, and was succeeded by
Nick Higgs. Craig retained a position on the board of the football club.[2]
11 August: Defender
Danny Coles signed a two-year extension to his contract with the club. The new deal expires in the summer of 2012, and was agreed as a result of Rovers receiving a number of transfer bids for the player from
Plymouth Argyle.[3]
23 August: Rovers stunned
Hereford United with a 6β1 demolition.
The team kit for the 2008β09 season is produced by
ErreΓ . 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.[4]
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 β
Darryl Duffy, who was signed from
Swansea City for a fee in the region of Β£100,000,
Ben Hunt, who was signed for free after having been released by
West Ham United,
Jo Kuffour who was signed from
AFC 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 β Ben Swallow, James Tyrell and Joe White, who is the son of former Rovers player
Steve White.