Bristol Rovers celebrate their return to League One by kicking off the new season at home for the first time since 2015.
Rovers have been selected to play their opening fixture of the last six campaigns on the road but have a date at the Mem on July 30 against fellow promoted side and West Country neighbours Forest Green Rovers.
Joey Barton’s side have three games in BS7 and three on the road in August, including visits to expected promotion challengers Barnsley and Portsmouth, as they look to hit the ground running in the third tier.
Although the season kicks off a week earlier than normal, there is no break for the World Cup in Qatar, as is the case with the Premier League and Championship. Rovers have a Boxing Day clash at Wycombe Wanderers and then host Exeter City and Cheltenham Town in back-to-back South West derbies around New Year’s Day.
Outside of Pompey, notable away days for Gasheads are at Ipswich Town (September 13, albeit a midweek fixture), Derby County (October 29), Sheffield Wednesday (October 25), and Plymouth Argyle (April 1).
Rovers welcome Darrell Clarke back to the Mem again as his Port Vale side visit on December 10, while the Gas’ promotion rivals of last season are also part of a potentially tricky run-in to the season.
Rovers will host Derby - albeit with the Rams financial future very much up in the air - and Sheffield Wednesday, followed by away trips at Port Vale and recently relegated Peterborough United, with Jonson Clarke-Harris in their ranks, closing the campaign out where it began, at the Mem with Bolton Wanderers on the last day.
You can read the full fixture list, which is subject to change, below...
Bristol Rovers 2022/23 fixtures
30/07/2022 Forest Green Rovers (H)
06/08/2022 Burton Albion (A)
13/08/2022 Oxford United (H)
16/08/2022 Barnsley (A)
20/08/2022 Portsmouth (A)
27/08/2022 Shrewsbury Town (H)
03/09/2022 Morecambe (H)
10/09/2022 Milton Keynes Dons (A)
13/09/2022 Ipswich Town (A)
17/09/2022 Lincoln City (H)
24/09/2022 Accrington Stanley (H)
01/10/2022 Exeter City (A)
08/10/2022 Cambridge United (H)
15/10/2022 Cheltenham Town (A)
22/10/2022 Plymouth Argyle (H)
25/10/2022 Sheffield Wednesday (A)
29/10/2022 Derby County (A)
12/11/2022 Fleetwood Town (H)
19/11/2022 Peterborough United (H)
03/12/2022 Bolton Wanderers (A)
10/12/2022 Port Vale (H)
17/12/2022 Charlton Athletic (A)
26/12/2022 Wycombe Wanderers (A)
29/12/2022 Exeter City (H)
01/01/2023 Cheltenham Town (H)
07/01/2023 Cambridge United (A)
14/01/2023 Accrington Stanley (A)
21/01/2023 Wycombe Wanderers (H)
28/01/2023 Morecambe (A)
04/02/2023 Milton Keynes Dons (H)
11/02/2023 Lincoln City (A)
14/02/2023 Ipswich Town (H)
18/02/2023 Burton Albion (H)
25/02/2023 Oxford United (A)
04/03/2023 Barnsley (H)
11/03/2023 Forest Green Rovers (A)
18/03/2023 Portsmouth (H)
25/03/2023 Shrewsbury Town (A)
01/04/2023 Plymouth Argyle (A)
07/04/2023 Charlton Athletic (H)
10/04/2023 Fleetwood Town (A)
15/04/2023 Derby County (H)
18/04/2023 Sheffield Wednesday (H)
22/04/2023 Port Vale (A)
29/04/2023 Peterborough United (A)
06/05/2023 Bolton Wanderers (H)
READ MORE
