Pre-season April • – Defender
Michael Smith signed a new two-year deal with Rovers. • – Striker
Matt Harrold agreed a new one-year deal at Rovers with the option of a further year extension. • –
John Ward agreed to a new one year rolling contract. Eurocams were announced as new home shirt sponsors and Highspec Travel Services as new away shirt sponsors. Second-year scholars Josh Southway and
Pat Keary signed one-year contracts while first-year scholar
Jamie Lucas signed a two-year contract. • –
Alefe Santos signed his first professional deal with Rovers. • –
Jim Paterson signed a one-year contract extension having triggered a clause in his previous contract. • – It was confirmed that winger
Joe Anyinsah would be released upon completion of his contract. • – Defender
Mark McChrystal agreed a two-year contract with Rovers.
May • – Rovers retained list confirmed that
Scott Bevan,
Adam Virgo, Ross Staley and
Oumare Tounkara would leave the club on completion of their contracts. A number of players were offered contract extensions. • –
Tom Lockyer agreed a two-year contract with Rovers, his first professional contract. • – Midfielder
Ollie Clarke signed a one-year contract extension. • – Goalkeeper
Steve Mildenhall agreed a two-year deal with Rovers with an option of a third year. Mildenhall had spent time on loan with Rovers during the
previous season.
June • – Midfielders
Fabian Broghammer and
Jordan Goddard agreed new one-year contracts. • – Winger
Ellis Harrison agreed a three-year contract with Rovers. • –
Salisbury City manager
Darrell Clarke was appointed as Rovers' new
Assistant Manager, taking on the role vacated since Shaun North left the club in April.
Seanan Clucas agreed a one-year contract extension. • –
Oliver Norburn signed a one-year contract extension.
July • –
John-Joe O'Toole re-joined Rovers on a permanent three-year contract for an undisclosed fee from
Colchester United. O'Toole played a major part in Rovers' upturn in form the
previous season.
August • – For the second season in succession, Rovers are knocked out of the
League Cup first round by
Championship opposition, losing 3–1 at home to
Watford. • –
Danny Woodards signed a new one-year deal with Rovers.
September • – The first
Bristol derby in over six years ends in defeat for Rovers, losing 2–1 to local rivals
Bristol City in the
Football League Trophy first round. The match, which was broadcast live on
Sky Sports, was overshadowed by a post match
pitch invasion by a number of supporters, leading to more than 60 arrests being made and three police officers injured. • – Rovers captain
Tom Parkes agreed a one-year contract extension to keep him at the club until 2016. • – Midfielder
Andy Bond joined on a one-month loan deal from
Colchester United.
October • – Rovers sign defender
Will Packwood and winger
Alex Henshall on one-month loans from
Birmingham City and
Manchester City respectively. • – Midfielder and former captain
Matthew Gill joined former club
Exeter City on loan until the end of 2013. • – Former youth team Goalkeeper
Matt Macey joined
Arsenal. Though Macey was out of contract at Rovers, the club will receive a compensation fee believed to be around £100,000. • – Striker
Chris Beardsley joined on a one-month loan deal from
Preston North End.
November • –
Jordan Goddard joined
Gloucester City on loan for one month. • –
Will Packwood's loan from
Birmingham City was extended by two further months. • – Striker
Chris Beardsley agreed a loan extension with Rovers, keeping him at the club until 5 January.
December • – Defender
Will Packwood was recalled by parent club
Birmingham City. • –
Garry Kenneth's contract with Rovers was terminated by mutual consent. • – Rovers'
FA Cup second round replay with
Crawley Town is abandoned after 75 minutes. • – It was announced that midfielder and former
club captain Matthew Gill's contract would be terminated to allow him to join
Exeter City permanently.
January • – Forward
Chris Beardsley's loan from
Preston North End was extended to the end of the season. • – Defender
Jim Paterson joined
Celtic Nation on loan until the end of the season. • – Rovers are eliminated from the
FA Cup by
Championship side
Birmingham City in the
third round. • –
Shaquille Hunter's agent confirmed that the winger's contract with Rovers was terminated just before Christmas following a series of disciplinary issues.
Port Vale winger
Kaid Mohamed joined Rovers on loan until the end of the season.
February • –
Steven Gillespie signed for Rovers until the end of the season, having been released from his
Fleetwood Town contract in January. • –
Exeter City midfielder
Alan Gow joined Rovers on loan for the remainder of the season with Rovers forward
Eliot Richards moving in the opposite direction.
March • –
Tom Lockyer signed a contract extension, keeping him at Rovers until the summer of 2016. • –
Ollie Clarke agreed a contract extension at Rovers, committing to the club until 2016. • –
John Ward was replaced as manager by assistant
Darrell Clarke. Ward became the club's new Director of Football.
April • – Midfielder
Oliver Norburn left Rovers by mutual consent. • –
Michael Smith and
John-Joe O'Toole were selected in the 2013–14
PFA Team of the Year for
League Two.
May • – Rovers' final game of the season ended in a 1–0 defeat to
Mansfield Town. Coupled with wins for
Northampton Town and
Wycombe Wanderers, the result meant that Rovers were relegated to the
Conference Premier. • – Rovers' retained list confirmed that 12 players,
Fabian Broghammer,
David Clarkson,
Seanan Clucas,
Steven Gillespie,
Jordan Goddard,
Conor Gough,
Mitch Harding,
Pat Keary,
Jim Paterson,
Eliot Richards, Josh Southway and
Danny Woodards, were to be released on completion of their contracts.
Ellis Harrison was placed on the transfer list.
Lee Brown and
Alefe Santos were offered new contracts and
Michael Smith was offered a contract extension. • –
John Ward was sacked as the club's
Director of Football, just 41 days after taking up the role. ==First team==