This summer transfer window wasn’t just marked by the business in and out of the club in order to prepare Bristol Rovers for life back in League One, it was also about retaining some of the key individuals already in the building.
There has been considerable upheaval at the club in terms of the playing staff for probably as far back as can be remembered, but that’s an inevitability to an extent in the lower leagues with shorter-term contracts added to a high managerial turnover since Darrell Clarke’s departure in 2018.
Joey Barton brought in 10 new players, said goodbye to 15, including loanees, but crucially also extended the contracts of Antony Evans and Aaron Collins bringing some continuity to the group and the identity of the club as a whole. Barton, himself, is also on a deal running until 2025.
