Walkers ‘Nightmare’ Year At Rovers

Richard Walker has lifted the lid on his final year with the Pirates.

Walker has admitted that this last year had turned into a ‘nightmare’ after he was on the bench and then subsequently dropped altogether.

Richard Joined Shrewsbury Town yesterday on a year long loan and is expected to spend the remainder of his contract at the New Meadow, in hope that this will spark a more permanent deal.

Walker said: (BEP)

‘It wasn’t a tough decision to go to Shrewsbury. I’d been at Bristol Rovers and the last season turned out to be a bit of a nightmare,’ said Walker.

‘After helping the club to promotion the season before, I found myself not playing and towards the end of the season not even being on the bench.

‘I knew Shrewsbury had been interested in me for a while and spoke to them in the middle of last season, but it wasn’t the right time for me then as I felt I hadn’t given League One a big enough crack.

‘I knew it was time to move on now. There were a number of clubs interested in taking me on loan, but it’s Shrewsbury I wanted to come to.’

Walker has also said that his choice was ultimately between Shrewsbury Town and Notts County. New Manager and ex team mate of Walker, Paul Simpson is very pleased with his new signing.