“We want to be a proper football club and our players want to be proper players. The challenge is to get higher every week. The stakes get higher and you should relish that. Pressure, for me, is a privilege.”
That was the message from Joey Barton as Bristol Rovers prepare for 13 matches to define their season - “13 fences” as the manager has taken to saying - and fulfil his desire (and promise) of securing an immediate return to League One.
Rovers are in sensational form. No club has taken more points in League Two this year (25) than the Gas, who have lost just one of their last 13 league games.
