Back-to-back wins over the Easter weekend have gone a long way to cementing Bristol Rovers' place in League One for next season, and with the pressure off, Joey Barton is eager to get stuck into a stacked run-in to finish the campaign.
The Gas manager has seen his team rediscover their form and confidence in recent weeks, taking 13 points from their past seven games to break through the 50-point barrier with the best part of a month to spare in the campaign. After Accrington Stanley's defeat on Monday, Rovers moved 13 points clear of the bottom four to all but confirm their status in the third tier for 2023/24.
In their final seven fixtures, they face five of the top seven sides, meaning Rovers – win, lose or draw – will have a defining impact on the final complexion of the League One table and Barton is certainly up for the challenge.
