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Sam Frost

Barton's gesture, familiar face and the moments missed from Bristol Rovers' pre-season opener

Bristol Rovers are a week into their pre-season schedule and, so far, things have gone pretty much as planned for Joey Barton and his players.

A hard four days of training at The Quarters resulted in only a few injury concerns and the week culminated with an encouraging 6-1 win at Melksham Town on Friday to inject plenty of momentum into Rovers' preparations ahead of the new campaign.

With more than 20 players involved, there was plenty going on at the Oakfield Stadium. Here are some of the moments you may have missed...

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