The Bristol Rovers Courier
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Przemysław Płacheta
Successful dribbles: 43. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market17 Aug 2026
Aalborg come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Bristol Rovers did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Przemysław Płacheta out for 17 days
The medical room confirms 17 days on the sidelines for Przemysław Płacheta, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Liam Kitching due for a Bristol Rovers medical
Everything agreed with Coventry City, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Bristol Rovers
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Bristol Rovers
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Malcolm Ebiowei was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Bristol Rovers rebuffed over Abdoul Ouattara
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Ipswich Town have kept their man, and Bristol Rovers go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Steven Henderson steps up from the Bristol Rovers academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Steven Henderson has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
Bristol Rovers promote Alexander Turner from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alexander Turner has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Mark James joins the Bristol Rovers first team
- Squad Steve Seddon needs a bigger stage
- Squad Words exchanged at Bristol Rovers