Bristol Rovers goalkeeper Jed Ward has signed a new contract, the club announced on Friday. Ward was in the final year of his contract, but he has agreed to extend his stay with his boyhood club until at least 2024.
The 19-year-old is currently on a season-long loan at Hungerford Town in the National League South, although he still trains with Rovers and suffered a broken hand at The Quarters last week. He could be ruled out for six weeks but beyond that, Rovers have high hopes for the future.
He was just 17 when he made his debut for the Gas, impressing in a 1-0 defeat at Blackpool on the final day of the 2020/21 season and soon after he was called up to be part of an England under-19 training camp alongside starlets mainly from Premier League clubs.
