Following the conclusion of the 2025/26 Sky Bet League Two campaign, Bristol Rovers Football Club can confirm the retained list heading into the 2026/27 season.
Manager Steve Evans has met with every player in the men’s first team playing squad over the last several days and the following decisions have been made regarding each player’s future, as the Club takes on the task of building forward from a successful end to the 2025/26 campaign and assembling a team to challenge at the top end of Sky Bet League Two next season.
Evans said: “I want to thank every player and member of staff for their contributions since I joined The Gas in December. It has been a sterling effort by the group and now we look forward to the new season.
“I will speak more about my decisions later in the week in a video with BRTV, but I want to acknowledge the support of the Chairman, the Board and the Club in endorsing my recommendations."
2025/26 Retained List
Under contract
Luke Southwood
Joel Senior
Jack Sparkes
Taylor Moore
Alfie Kilgour
Clinton Mola
Shaq Forde
Isaac Hutchinson
Promise Omochere
Brad Young
Ryan De Havilland
Ellis Harrison
Josh McEachran
Kamil Conteh
Macauley Southam-Hales
Ryan Howley
Riley Harbottle
Joe Quigley
Jed Ward
Fabrizio Cavegn
Mees Rijks
Ollie Dewsbury
Under contract, available for transfer / loan
Luke Southwood
Taylor Moore
Isaac Hutchinson
Josh McEachran
Kamil Conteh
Macauley Southam-Hales
Jed Ward
Out of contract, departing Bristol Rovers
Luke Thomas
Tom Lockyer
Loan players returning to parent clubs
Yusuf Akhamrich (Tottenham Hotspur)
Kane Thompson-Sommers (Milton Keynes Dons)
Kofi Balmer (Motherwell)
Tommy Leigh (Bradford City)
Richie Smallwood (Tranmere Rovers)
