Well, the season’s squad numbers have been issued with Striker Tom Nichols has been given the number 10 shirt.
Nicholls who arrived last season from Peterborough struggled to find form only scoring twice in 22 starts, he made a further 23 appearances from the bench. The number nine slot which was Ellis Harrison last season has been left empty as Darrell Clarkes continues his search for Ellis replacement.
Tareiq Holmes-Dennis is the club’s new number three, new signing Sam Matthews takes 26, Alex Rodman is 33, Ed Upson takes the number 6 shirt.
Full List Of Squad Numbers
1 – Sam Slocombe
2 – Daniel Leadbitter
3 – Tareiq Holmes-Dennis
4 – Tom Lockyer
5 – Tony Craig
6 – Ed Upson
7 – Liam Sercombe
8 – Ollie Clarke
10 – Tom Nichols
11 – Bernard Mensah
14 – Chris Lines
15 – James Clarke
16 – Tom Broadbent
20 – Gavin Reilly
21 – Adam Smith
22 – Joe Partington
23 – Kyle Bennett
24 – Stuart Sinclair
26 – Sam Matthews
28 – Michael Kelly
33 – Alex Rodman
Rovers kick off the season on Saturday away at Peterborough, hopefully Darrell Clarke will have filled the number nine shirt by then.