The levels of emotions among Bristol Rovers fans throughout 2022/23 would never be able to match the polarising experiences of the previous term but despite their season petering out to a lower mid-table finish it still felt like a campaign full of contrasts.
There was early dread followed by express optimism that the Gas genuinely could force themselves into the promotion conversation before reality and a comparative lack of resources struck and all the adrenaline ebbed away for a reckoning but also a degree of acceptance at where their place in the hierarchy was.
The season meant different things at different times of the yea, but ended with the Gas able to consider themselves, once again, a proper League One team and with reason to feel confident for 2023/24.
