List of Bristol Rovers F.C. internationals
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This is a list of all full international footballers to play for Bristol Rovers F.C.
. Players who were capped
while a Bristol Rovers player are marked in bold.
Bristol Rovers F.C.
Bristol Rovers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Bristol, that competes in Football League Two. The team plays its home matches at the Memorial Stadium, in the Horfield area of the city....
. Players who were capped
Cap (sport)
In sports, a cap is a metaphorical term for a player's appearance on a select team, such as a national team. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of association football...
while a Bristol Rovers player are marked in bold.
| Player | Nation | Caps | International years | Rovers years |
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| Hugh Adcock Hugh Adcock Hugh "Hughie" Adcock was an English footballer.-Career:-Club:Adcock played for Ravenstone United, Coalville Town, Loughborough Corinthians Bristol Rovers, Folkestone and Ibstock Penistone Rovers and most famously Leicester City.He made his debut for Leicester on the same day as club record... |
5 | 1929–1930 | 1935–1936 | |
| Alan Ball | 72 | 1965–1975 | 1982–1983 | |
| Jack Ball Jack Ball John Thomas "Jack" Ball was an English footballer, who played for clubs including Southport, Manchester United, Sheffield Wednesday, Huddersfield Town and Luton Town... |
1 | 1928 | 1921–1922 | |
| Billy Beats Billy Beats William Edwin "Billy" Beats was an English international footballer from Wolstanton in Staffordshire.-Club career:... |
2 | 1901–1902 | 1903–1906 | |
| Geoff Bradford Geoff Bradford Geoffrey Reginald William Bradford was an English professional footballer who spent his entire career at Bristol Rovers and won one international cap for England.... |
1 | 1955 | 1949-1964 | |
| Cliff Britton Cliff Britton Clifford Samuel Britton was a footballer and football manager. He was born 29 August 1909 in Hanham in Bristol and died 1 December 1975.-Playing career:... |
9 | 1935–1937 | 1928–1930 | |
| Mick Channon Mick Channon Michael Roger "Mick" Channon is a sportsman who enjoyed a career as a striker with Southampton and England in the 1970s and later became a hugely successful racehorse trainer.-Southampton:... |
46 | 1973–1978 | 1982–1983 | |
| Tommy Cook Tommy Cook Thomas Edwin Reed Cook was an English cricketer for Sussex County Cricket Club. He was also a professional footballer with Brighton & Hove Albion and Bristol Rovers, who made one appearance for England in 1925. He later became manager at Brighton.A right-handed batsman, he played 460 first class... |
1 | 1925 | 1931–1933 | |
| Terry Cooper | 20 | 1969–1975 | 1979–1981 | |
| Keith Curle Keith Curle Keith Curle is an English former professional football player, who is currently first team coach at Queens Park Rangers.As a player, he was capped three times by England at senior level.-Playing career:... |
3 | 1992 | 1981–1983 | |
| Ronnie Dix Ronnie Dix Ronald William "Ronnie" Dix was a professional footballer, who holds the record for being the youngest goalscorer in Football League history, when he scored for Bristol Rovers aged 15 years 180 days in 1928.... |
1 | 1938 | 1927–1932 | |
| Gerry Francis Gerry Francis Gerald Charles James Francis is an English former footballer and manager, now working as First Team coach at Stoke City.-Playing career:Francis made his debut for Queens Park Rangers v Liverpool in March 1969... |
12 | 1975–1976 | 1985–1988 | |
| Vivian Gibbins Vivian Gibbins William Vivian Talbot Gibbins was an English amateur footballer who played as a striker.... |
2 | 1924–1925 | 1932–1933 | |
| George Kinsey George Kinsey George Kinsey was a professional association football player, who was capped four times by the England national football team, and also won the FA Cup in 1893 with Wolverhampton Wanderers.... |
4 | 1892–1896 | 1897–1902 | |
| Larry Lloyd Larry Lloyd Laurence Valentine Lloyd was a footballer, a burly and tough central defender who won honours for both Bill Shankly's Liverpool and Brian Clough's all-conquering Nottingham Forest side of the late 1970s.... |
4 | 1971–1980 | 1968–1969 | |
| Gary Mabbutt Gary Mabbutt Gary Mabbutt MBE is an English former professional footballer who made more than 600 appearances in the Football League and Premier League playing for Bristol Rovers and Tottenham Hotspur, and won 16 caps for the England national team. He was most regularly seen in central defence but was a... |
16 | 1982–1992 | 1978–1982 | |
| Nigel Martyn Nigel Martyn Antony Nigel Martyn , more commonly known as Nigel Martyn, is a retired English football goalkeeper. He played for Crystal Palace where he became the first £1million goalkeeper in British football and also won the Full Members Cup. Martyn then left to spend six seasons at Leeds United. He went on... |
23 | 1992–2002 | 1987–1990 | |
| John Scales John Scales John Robert Scales is an English former professional football player who played as a central defender.-Bristol Rovers:... |
3 | 1995 | 1985–1987 | |
| Phil Taylor Phil Taylor (footballer) Philip Henry Taylor is an ex-English footballer who played for and managed Liverpool.-Player:Phil Taylor played for his hometown club Bristol Rovers as an apprentice before he was signed by Liverpool manager George Patterson for £5000 plus Ted Hartill in March 1936, he made his debut on the 28th... |
3 | 1947 | 1935–1936 | |
| John Townrow John Townrow John Ernest Townrow, also known as Jack Townrow, was an English professional footballer who played as a centre-half for Clapton Orient, Chelsea and Bristol Rovers in the Football League and for the England national football team.Townrow was born in West Ham, now part of London, and attended Pelly... |
2 | 1925–1926 | 1932–1933 | |
| Mark Walters Mark Walters Mark Everton Walters is a retired professional footballer from Birmingham, England.-Aston Villa:Walters began his career as an apprentice at Aston Villa on leaving school in the summer of 1980, turning the professional a year later - just after Villa's Football League First Division title triumph... |
1 | 1991 | 1999–2002 | |
| Marcus Browning Marcus Browning Marcus Trevor Browning is an English-born Welsh footballer and coach who plays as a midfielder.-Career:Browning was born in Bristol and signed for Bournemouth from Gillingham and has also played for Huddersfield Town and Bristol Rovers... |
5 | 1996-1997 | 1989-1997 | |
| Christian Edwards Christian Edwards Christian Edwards is a Welsh professional footballer. He plays in the centre of defence and has also played on the right... |
1 | ? | 2003–2006 | |
| Jack Evans Jack Evans (Welsh footballer) John Hugh "Jack" Evans was a Welsh professional footballer and Wales international.- Career :Evans was born in Bala. As a youngster he worked as an apprentice printer while playing for local side Bala Wanderers, despite his three older brothers playing for Bala Press... |
8 | 1912–1923 | 1926–1928 | |
| Brian Godfrey Brian Godfrey Brian Cameron Godfrey was a Welsh international footballer.Brian was an inside forward who started his league career at Everton where he only made one appearance before joining Scunthorpe United in June 1960... |
3 | 1964–1965 | 1971–1973 | |
| Ryan Green Ryan Green Ryan Michael Green is a Wales international footballer who plays as a defender for Hereford United. He is perhaps best known for breaking Ryan Giggs's record as the youngest player to be capped for the Wales national football team, a record which has since been surpassed.-Career:Born in Cardiff,... |
2 | 1998 | 2006–present | |
| Jeff Hopkins | 16 | 1983–1990 | 1991–1992 | |
| Wayne Jones Wayne Jones (footballer) Philip Wayne Jones , known by his middle name of Wayne, is a former professional association footballer who spent his entire club career with Bristol Rovers, and was capped once by the Wales national football team... |
1 | 1971 | 1966-1972 | |
| Jack Lewis John Lewis (footballer born 1881) John Richard Lewis was a Welsh international footballer, who played his club football as a forward for various clubs in the south of England.-Playing career:... |
1 | 1906 | 1899-1901 1904-1906 |
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| Chris Llewellyn Chris Llewellyn Christopher Mark "Chris" Llewellyn is a Welsh footballer who plays for Llanelli. He has made over 350 appearances in the Football League.-Norwich City:... |
6 | 1998–present | 2002–2003 | |
| Tommy Mills | 4 | 1934–1935 | 1936–1939 | |
| Jason Perry Jason Perry (footballer) Jason Perry is a Welsh former professional footballer and Wales international. A centre-half, he was highly regarded by supporters for his strong tackling and uncompromising style... |
1 | 1994 | 1997–1998 | |
| David Pipe David Pipe David Ronald Pipe is a Welsh international footballer who plays professionally for Newport County, as a midfielder.-Career:... |
1 | 2006 | 2007–present | |
| Billy Richards | 1 | 1933 | 1937–1938 | |
| Phillip Roberts | 4 | 1974–1975 | 1969–1973 | |
| Neil Slatter Neil Slatter Neil Slatter is a Welsh former professional footballer, who played at left back. He began his career with Bristol Rovers in 1980, where he remained for five years before moving on to Oxford United.Early Life... |
22 | 1983-1989 | 1980-1985 | |
| Byron Stevenson Byron Stevenson William Byron Stevenson was a Welsh international footballer.Stevenson played for Leeds United, Birmingham City and Bristol Rovers.... |
15 | 1978–1982 | 1985–1986 | |
| Gareth Taylor Gareth Taylor Gareth Keith Taylor is a Welsh former footballer who is now working as a coach at Premier League club Manchester City.... |
14 | 1995–2005 | 1991–1995 | |
| Martin Thomas Martin Thomas (footballer) Martin Richard Thomas is a Welsh former footballer, currently a goalkeeping coach within the Football Association. His official title is "Assistant National Goalkeeping Coach".-Playing career:... |
1 | 1987 | 1976–1982 | |
| Paul Trollope Paul Trollope Paul Jonathan Trollope is an English-born Welsh international football midfielder, now turned manager. He was manager of Bristol Rovers from 2005 to 2010. In July 2011, Paul was appointed first-team coach at Birmingham City.... |
5 | 1997-? | 2004–2007 | |
| Dai Ward Dai Ward David "Dai" Ward was a Welsh former professional footballer and Wales international. During his career in The Football League, he averaged a goal every other game, scoring 160 goals in 316 matches between 1954 and 1965.... |
2 | 1959-1962 | 1954-1961 | |
| David Williams David Williams (Welsh footballer) David Michael Williams is a former professional footballer and football coach. He was a full Welsh international.Williams was a midfield player who began his career with Bristol Rovers, for whom he played between 1975 and 1985... |
5 | 1986–1987 | 1975–1985 | |
| Geraint Williams Geraint Williams David Geraint Williams is a former professional footballer who also played for Wales. He has also managed Colchester United and Leyton Orient.- Career :... |
13 | 1988–1996 | 1980–1985 | |
| Harry Buckle Harry Buckle Harry Buckle was an Irish footballer who played for Sunderland and the Ireland national football team.- Club career :... |
3 | 1903 | 1907–1908 | |
| Sam Irving Sam Irving Samuel Johnstone Irving was an Irish footballer and manager.-Career:Irving began his footballing career in the North-East of England, playing for a number of non-League clubs, and in 1911 having an unsuccessful trial with Newcastle United... |
18 | 1923–1931 | 1932–1933 | |
| Jimmy McCambridge Jimmy McCambridge James "Jimmy" McCambridge was a Northern Irish professional footballer. He was capped 4 times by Ireland during his career.-Career:Jimmy began his career in his home country of Ireland playing for Larne and Ballymena United... |
4 | 1930–1932 | 1933–1936 | |
| Matt O'Mahoney Matt O'Mahoney Matt O'Mahoney was an Irish footballer who played for, among others, Bristol Rovers and Ipswich Town. O'Mahoney was a dual international and played for both Ireland teams - the FAI XI and the IFA XI.-Early years:... |
 Ireland |
7 | 1938-1939 | 1936-1939 |
| Ronnie Briggs Ronnie Briggs William Ronald "Ronnie" Briggs was a Northern Irish footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Manchester United, Swansea Town and Bristol Rovers in the 1960s.... |
2 | 1962-1965 | 1965-1968 | |
| Adrian Coote Adrian Coote Adrian Coote is a former professional footballer.Coote, a striker, came through the youth system at Norwich City, for whom he scored 3 goals in 61 appearances... |
6 | 1999–2000 | 2002–2003 | |
| Jeff Hughes Jeff Hughes (footballer) Jeff Hughes is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a left sided midfielder. He has also played internationally for Northern Ireland, making his debut during their summer tour of the United States of America... |
2 | 2005–2007 | 2008–present | |
| Frank McCourt | 6 | 1952–1953 | 1949–1950 | |
| James Quinn | 50 | 1996–2007 | 2001–2002 | |
| Ciaran Toner Ciarán Toner Ciarán Toner is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays for Conference North side Guiseley. He has represented Tottenham Hotspur, Peterborough United, Bristol Rovers, Leyton Orient, Lincoln City, Cambridge United, Grimsby Town, Rochdale and Harrogate Town... |
2 | 2003 | 2001–2002 | |
| Graham Barrett Graham Barrett Graham Barrett is a former Irish professional footballer. He played for the Republic of Ireland national football team. Barrett began his career at Premier League team Arsenal... |
7 | 2002–2004 | 2000–2001 | |
| Miah Dennehy Miah Dennehy Jeremiah Dennehy , commonly referred to as Miah Dennehy, is a former Irish footballer who played for, among others, Cork Hibernians, Nottingham Forest, Walsall F.C., and Bristol Rovers. In 1972 he became the first ever player to score a hat-trick in an FAI Cup final... |
11 | 1972–1977 | 1978–1980 | |
| Mickey Evans | 1 | 1998 | 2000–2001 | |
| Joe Haverty Joe Haverty Joe Haverty was an Irish football player.Haverty played for Home Farm and St Patrick's Athletic, before signing for Arsenal in July 1954... |
32 | 1956-1967 | 1964-1965 | |
| Gary Waddock Gary Waddock Gary Patrick Waddock is a former professional and international footballer. He is currently manager at League One club Wycombe Wanderers. He formerly managed Queens Park Rangers and Aldershot Town... |
21 | 1980–1990 | 1992–1994 | |
| James Howie James Howie James "Jimmy" Howie was a Scottish footballer who later became a manager.Born in Galston, Ayrshire, he joined Kilmarnock from local side Galston Athletic in 1898. He was in the side which won the 1899 Second Division title and the following season earned selection to the Scottish League... |
3 | 1905–1908 | 1902–1903 | |
| Bobby McKay Bobby McKay Robert McKay was a Scottish international footballer and manager.-Career:... |
1 | 1927 | 1932–1935 | |
| David Steele David Steele (footballer) David Morton Steele was a Scottish professional footballer and manager.-Playing career:Born in Carluke, Scotland, Steele was a wing half who started his football career as a part-timer first with Armadale then St. Mirren while he worked as a miner before the First World War... |
3 | 1923 | 1919–1922 | |
| Tommy Tait Tommy Tait (footballer born 1879) Tommy Tait was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland and the Scotland national football team as a defender.-Club career:... |
1 | 1911 | 1903–1906 | |
| Junior Agogo Junior Agogo Manuel "Junior" Agogo is a Ghanaian professional footballer. He is a striker and currently plays for Scottish Premier League side Hibernian. He has spent most of his career in England, as well as spells in the United States, Egypt and most recently Cyprus. He attended St... |
15 | 2006–present | 2003-2006 | |
| Daniel Allsopp Daniel Allsopp Daniel Lee "Danny" Allsopp is an Australian professional football player.He is a full international for the Australia national football team, and is Melbourne Victory's second highest, and the A-League's third highest all-time goalscorer, behind teammate Archie Thompson and Shane Smeltz.-Club... |
3 | 2007–2009 | 2000 | |
| Vitālijs Astafjevs Vitalijs Astafjevs Vitālijs Astafjevs is a former football midfielder from Latvia, currently the assistant manager for Skonto Rīga.- Club career :... |
142 | 1992–present | 2000-2003 | |
| Kevin Austin Kevin Austin Kevin Levi Austin is an English born Trinidadian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Boston United.-Leyton Orient:... |
1 | 1999 | 2002–2003 | |
| Chris Dickson Chris Dickson (footballer) Christopher Alexander "Chris" Dickson is an English-born Ghanaian international footballer, of Ghanaian and Jamaican descent, who played as a striker for Nea Salamis Famagusta in the Cypriot First Division.... |
2 | 2008– | 2009 | |
| Elvis Hammond Elvis Hammond Elvis Zark Hammond is a Ghanaian footballer, currently playing for Woking.-Career:Born in Ghana, Hammond is a product of the Fulham Academy. He made his debut for Fulham on 19 September 2000 against Chesterfield at the Recreation Ground... |
1 | 2006 | 2001–2002 | |
| Barry Hayles Barry Hayles Barrington Edward "Barry" Hayles is a footballer who plays for Conference South club Truro City as a striker, having previously played for Stevenage Borough, Bristol Rovers, Fulham, Sheffield United, Millwall, Plymouth Argyle, Leicester City and Cheltenham Town... |
10 | 2000–present | 1997–1999 | |
| Peter Hooper Peter Hooper "Peter Hooper" redirects here. For the New Zealand writer see Peter Hooper Peter Hooper is a former professional footballer, who played for Bristol Rovers, Cardiff City and Bristol City in The Football League.Despite being born in Teignmouth, Hooper made one appearance for the Kenyan national team... |
1 | 1951 | 1953–1962 | |
| Joe Kissock Joe Kissock Joseph Gartshore Kissock is a former association football player who represented New Zealand at international level.He played for Vale of Clyde in his native Scotland, before moving to England in 1919 to join Bury... |
15 | 1923–1925 | 1921–1922 | |
| Jefferson Louis Jefferson Louis Jefferson Lee Louis is a footballer who plays for Brackley Town. A forward, he has played in the Football League for Oxford United, Bristol Rovers and Mansfield Town, and is a Dominica international.-Club career:... |
1 | 2008–present | 2005 | |
| Ronnie Mauge Ronnie Mauge Ronald Carlton "Ronnie" Mauge is an English former professional footballer, who played for Fulham, Bury, Manchester City, Plymouth Argyle, and Bristol Rovers. He also won caps for the Trinidad and Tobago national team.-Biography:... |
8 | 2000 | 1999-2002 | |
| Ian McLean | 2 | 1995 | 1993-1996 | |
| David Murray | 21 | 1924 | 1928–1930 | |
| Paul Nixon Paul Nixon (footballer) Paul Nixon is a former professional footballer who played for Bristol Rovers and represented New Zealand at international level.... |
6 | 1988 | 1988–1991 | |
| Ansah Owusu | 5 | 2001–2002 | 2000–2001 | |
| Nigel Pierre Nigel Pierre Nigel Pierre is a football striker from Trinidad and Tobago, who plays for United Petrotrin.-Career:"Pistol" Pierre as he was once known due to his fearsome shooting ability had a 3-month loan spell at Bristol Rovers F.C. in England in the 1999-2000 season but, after impressing, the move was... |
35 | 2000-2003 | 1999-2000 | |
| Jason Roberts Jason Roberts (footballer) Jason Andre Davis Roberts MBE is an English-born Grenadian footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Blackburn Rovers. Born in Park Royal, London, Roberts began playing football from an early age, and spent time in the youth academies at several professional clubs, but was not... |
22 | 1998–present | 1998-2000 | |
| Louie Soares Louie Soares Louie Pierre Soares is an English born Barbadian football player who plays as a midfielder for Hayes & Yeading United.-Club career:... |
2 | 2007 | 2005 | |
| Calum Willock Calum Willock Calum Daniel Willock is an English-born Saint Kittitian and Nevisian international footballer who plays as a forward for Ebbsfleet United in the Conference National.... |
3 | 2006–present | 2003 |
Sources
- Byrne, Stephen & Jay, Mike (2003):Bristol Rovers Football Club, The Definitive History 1883-2003. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2
- Soccerbase