It was a campaign that went against all logic and reason. Yes, mad things happen in football, it’s all part of the appeal but while the events of May 7 proved completely astounding, it’s what had led Bristol Rovers to that point that was bewildering.
Joey Barton ripped up the copybook, rewrote it and reprinted it over the course of the campaign, and while the first draft was ropey to say the least, by the time the season turned from 2021 into 2022, a masterpiece was forming.
It was almost as if the Gas had given the rest of the league a head start (they didn’t, of course) and had the season been extended by another five games, you’d have to say Rovers would have more than likely finished as League Two champions.
