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Ryan Inniss
Number – 5
Position – centre-back.
Date joined FGR – June 23
Previous clubs – C Palace, Cheltenham, Luton, Gillingham, Yeovil, Port Vale, Southend, Colchester, Dundee, Newport, Charlton.
Date & Place of birth – Penge, 5 June 1995.
Inniss has played at the highest level having joined C Palace as a 14-year-old but didn’t make his first team debut until August 2018 in an EFL Cup match and remained on Palace’s books until 2020 when he joined Charlton on a free transfer.
Inniss made 41 appearances for Charlton in season 22/23 across all competitions, featuring in both League One fixtures against Forest Green. He also occasionally wore the captain’s armband during his three years in South East London.
Inniss has represented England at U16 and U17 levels , scoring the winning goal in England U16’s 2–1 Victory Shield win over Scotland in 2011.He is also eligible to represent Trinidad & Tobago at international level, through his Trinidadian-born father.
Teddy Jenks
Number – 6
Position – Midfielder
Date joined FGR – June 23
Previous clubs – Brighton, Aberdeen Crawley.
Date & Place of birth – Brighton, 12/3/2002.
6ft 3ins tall, a box to box midfielder.
Teddy played twice for Brighton in the EFL Cup.
He has represented England at U16 & U17 levels.
At Aberdeen he played in the Europa Conference League.
Dylan Kadji
Number – 16
Position – Midfielder
Date joined FGR August 23 on loan from Bristol City.
Previous clubs – Bristol City, Bath, Swindon.
Date & Place of birth – 1 Sept 2003, England.
Callum Jones
| Number – 28
Position – Midfielder Date joined FGR – June 23 on season long loan from Hull. Previous clubs – Tranmere, The New Saints, Oswestry, Bury, Hull, Morecambe, Grimsby. Date & Place of birth – Birkenhead 5th April 2001. Although born in England, 5 ft 9inch Callum is eligible to play for Wales through a grandmother. He has played for Wales U18s. January 2023, he signed a new 2 ½ year contract with Hull.
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Dom Bernard
Number – 3 (Captain)
Position: Defender
Date joined FGR – July 2019
Previous clubs – Birmingham City, Aldershot.
Date & Place of birth – Gloucester, 29/3/1998
Dom played for Gloucestershire Schools and has also represented the Republic of Ireland at U17 & U18 levels. He is famous for his short shorts!
Luke Daniels
Number – 1
Position – Goalkeeper
Date joined FGR – July 23
Previous clubs – Man Utd, WBA, Motherwell, Shrewsbury, Tranmere, Charlton, Rochdale, Bristol Rovers, Southend, Scunthorpe, Brentford, Middlesbrough.
Date & Place of birth – Bolton, 5 Jan 1988.
In 2006 Luke played for England U18s & U19s.
Reece Brown then.
Reece Brown now.
Reece Brown
Number – 29
Position – Attacking midfielder
Date joined FGR – June 2022
Previous clubs –Birmingham, Notts County, Chesterfield, FGR, Huddersfield, Peterborough.
Date & Place of birth – Dudley, 3/3/1996
In his first spell at FGR (2017-2019) Reece made 96 appearances and scored 14 goals. He has played for England U20s.
Matty Taylor now
Matty Taylor (left) then.
Matty Taylor
Number – 10
Position – Striker
Date joined FGR – July 23
Previous clubs – Oxford, Abingdon, North Leigh, FGR, Chester, Bristol Rovers, Bristol City, Oxford, Port Vale.
Date & Place of birth – Kidlington, Oxfordshire. 30 March 1990.
Matty, ‘The Fox in the Box’, previously played for FGR 2011-14 making 96 appearances and scoring 22 goals.
In 2014 he twice played for England C scoring 3 goals.
Jamie Searle
Number - 20
Position - Goalkeeper
Date joined FGR – July 23
Previous clubs – Melville United (NZ), Aston Villa, Swansea, Barnsley.
Date & Place of birth – New Zealand, 25 Nov 2000.
Jamie is a New Zealand international.
He was part of the New Zealand team in the 2020 Olympics.
Marcel Lavinier
Number - 2
Position – Right Back
Date joined FGR – August 23
Previous clubs – Chelsea, Spurs, Swindon.
Date & Place of Birth – London, 16 December 2000
Lavinier has represented England at U16 & U17 level but has also trained with Portugal U18s.
In Feb 21 he made his first team debut for Spurs coming in as a substitute in a Europa League match.
Darnell Johnson
| Number - 4
Position - Defender Date joined FGR August 23 Previous clubs – Leicester, Hibernian, Wigan, Wimbledon, Fleetwood. Date & Place of birth – 3 Sept 1998, Leicester. Darnell played for England U16s thorough to England U20s. He is the godson of former Leicester & England player Emile Heskey. |
Matty Stevens
Number - 9
Position – Centre Forward.
Date joined FGR – July 2019
Previous clubs – Barnet, Peterborough, Walsall.
Date & Place of birth – Guildford, 12/2/1998.
Matty ended his boxing career undefeated at the age of 15 having won the ABAE Schools national title in 2011 and the GB Schoolboy 3 Nations title in 2011 and 2012. Don't mess with Matty!
He became Barnet's youngest ever player when he appeared for them aged 16.
The striker - top scorer with 27 goals for Rovers in the L2 Champions season 2021/22 - missed the first half of the 22/23season through injury. January 2023 - Matty Stevens joined Walsall on loan until the end of the season where he resurrected the 'Matt Attack' by joining up with his strike partner from the L2 promotion season Jamille Matt.
Jacob Maddox
Number - 18
Position - Midfield
Date joined FGR – August 23
Previous clubs – Bristol City, Chelsea, Cheltenham, Tranmere, Southampton, Vitoria de Guinaraes (Portugal), Burton, Walsall.
Date & Place of birth – 3 Nov 1998, Bristol.
Maddox played for England at U16 to U20s levels for England.
David Davis
| Number – 26
Position – Defensive midfielder Date joined FGR – June 2022 He played 17 times for FGR in season 22/23.. Previous clubs – Wolves, Birmingham, Shrewsbury, Darlington, Walsall, Inverness CT, Chesterfield, Charlton, Solihull Moors. Date & Place of birth – Smethwick 20/2/1991
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Sean Robertson
| Number – 19
Position – A fairly versatile Right Sided Wing Back / Midfielder Date joined FGR – August 2022. Previous clubs – Crystal Palace, Crewe. Date & Place of birth – 6 June 2001 Sean is a product of the renowned C Palace Academy based in Beckenham, Kent - a place many great things have come out of. Sean is eligible to play for England, N Ireland & Republic of Ireland.
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Jordan Moore-Taylor
Number - 15 (Vice Captain)
Position - Defender
Date joined FGR – July 2020 - Released May 23 but there was dancing in the streets of Nailsworth when JMT re-signed for FGR in July 23.
Previous clubs – Exeter, MK Dons.
Date & Place of birth – Exeter, 24/1/1994
Jordan came through the academy at Exeter and played for the Grecians between 2012 and 2018 before following his former manager, Paul Tisdall, to MK Dons. Injury blighted the latter part of his 2019/20 season and he was one of nine players released by the Dons in 2020, which is when he made the move to Rovers.
Kyle McAllister
| Number – 7 (formerly 17)
Position – Attacking midfielder Date joined FGR – June 2022 Previous clubs – St Mirren, Derby, Partick. Date & Place of birth – Paisley 21/1/1999 Kyle has represented Scotland at U17 & U21 levels. |
Alfie Bendle
Number - 12
Position - Midfielder
Date joined FGR –August 23
Previous clubs – Brighton, Lewes, Wimbledon, Corinthian Casuals, Eastbourne Borough.
Date & Place of birth – 27 Jan 2005
Bendle signed for an undisclosed fee, with Wimbledon reportedly inserting a sell-on clause into the deal.
Reece Welch
Number - 22
Position – Centre Back
Date joined FGR –August 23 on season long loan from Everton.
Previous clubs – Everton
Date & Place of Birth – Huddersfield, 19 Sept 2003.
Reece is 6 foot 6 inches tall and has played for England from U16 level through to U20 level.
He made his professional debut coming in as a substitute in Everton’s 2-0 FA Cup win against Boreham Wood in March 2023.
He is contracted to Everton until summer 2026.
January 2023 - Troy Deeney played at TNL against FGR for Birmingham City.
Troy Deeney
Number - 14
Position – Striker & Coach
Date joined FGR –August 23
Previous clubs – Walsall, Watford, Birmingham
Date & Place of birth – 29/6/1988, Birmingham.
Troy has a UEFA ‘A’ Coaching qualification
Troy played for England at youth level and rejected the invitation to represent Jamaica for whom he is eligible to play for.
In the 2016 FA Cup semi-final at Wembley Troy scored for Watford & ex FGR Connor Wickham scored for Palace.
Harvey Bunker
Number - 27
Position - Midfielder
Date joined FGR – Academy product - First contract - July 2020.
On 9th March 2023 it was announced that Bunker had been recalled early from his loan.
Previous clubs – Southampton, Chippenham, Weymouth, Scunthorpe.
Date & Place of birth – Portsmouth 15/4/2003
On 12 November 2019, Bunker made his debut for FGR in a 6–0 EFL Trophy defeat against Walsall.
Jack Carter
Number – 32
Position – Full Back / Midfielder
Date joined FGR – Sept 20
Previous clubs –
Date & Place of birth –
The youngest player to represent FGR in an EFL competition, Jack Carter made his Rovers debut in the Papa John’s Trophy group stage when he started against WBA U/21's on 6 Oct 20.
Finley Bell
Number – 40
Position – Midfielder
Date joined FGR –
Previous clubs –
Date & Place of birth –
Local lad Finley made his FGR debut coming on as a substitute in Papa John’s Trophy game against West Bromwich Albion U/21's aged just 15 on 6 Oct 20.
Finley was an FGR Ambassador at his primary school and has been part of the FGR academy since grassroots level - and becomes the first player developed in the academy from the Stroud District to sign a professional contract. The Bell family are season-ticket holders at the club, with Finley's younger brother also part of the academy
Murphy Bennett
Number – 44
Position – Defender
Date joined FGR – Oct 2021
Previous clubs – Manchester City, Gloucester City
Date & Place of birth – 23/12/04
Welsh defender Murphy Bennett joined FGR from Manchester City’s youth system. He made his FGR debut as a substitute against Brighton U/21's on 12 Oct 21 He has represented his country at U16 level.
Fankaty Dabo
Number -
Position – Right Back
Date joined FGR –Sept 23
Previous clubs – Chelsea, Swindon, Vitesse (Holland), Sparta Rotterdam (Holland), Coventry.
Date & Place of birth – 11 Oct 1995, Southwark
Dabo has represented England at U16, U17 & U20 levels.
He played in the 2023 Championship play-off final for Coventry.
Callum Morton
Number -
Position - Striker
Date joined FGR –Sept 23 on loan from Salford.
Previous clubs – Yeovil, WBA, Braintree, Northampton, Lincoln, Fleetwood, Peterborough, Fleetwood, Salford.
Date & Place of birth – Torquay, 19 Jan 2000.
At the end of the 2019/20 season, Morton played 12 times for the Northampton, scoring eight goals as he helped the side to promotion from League Two. He scored three goals in their play-off campaign, including two against Cheltenham Town in the semi-final second leg
Fiachra Pagel
Number – 41
Position – Goalkeeper
Date joined FGR – January 2023
Previous clubs – Drogheda United
Date & Place of birth – Ireland, 2004.
Fiachra Pagel made his first team debut for Drogheda against Harps in November 2022. He previously played for their U19 team.
Jamie Robson
Number - 17 (Formerly 12)
Position – Left Back
Date joined FGR – January 23
Previous clubs – Dundee, Brechin, Lincoln.
Date & Place of birth – 19/12/1997, Perth Scotland.
Robson joined FGR from Lincoln City - who he signed for in the summer of 2021.
Before that, Robson had spent 10 years at Dundee United - where he made over 170 first-team appearances, including 35 in the top flight of Scotland.
The full-back played 47 times during his 18-month spell at Lincoln City. He made 16 appearances in League One for them in season 22/23, with his last appearance coming in the Imps’ 1-1 draw with Ipswich Town on 2 January 2023. He is cup tied.
Jordon Garrick
Number - 11
Position - Winger
Date joined FGR – Jan 23
Previous clubs – Swansea, Swindon, Plymouth, Lincoln.
Date & Place of birth – Jamaica 15/7/1998.
Born in Jamaica but mainly brought up in Yorkshire. He almost became a Rugby League player with Bradford Bulls.
Last season he played 50 times for Plymouth scoring 7 goals and 8 assists. Jordon made his Lincoln debut against FGR in August 22.
The BBC, ITV and other media outlets regularly refer to Jordon as being on loan from Swansea but FGR paid a fee to sign him permanently on an 18 month contract.
Amadou Bakayoko
Number - 21
Position – Forward
Date joined FGR – Jan 23.
July 23 - he went on a season long loan to Dundee who are newly promoted to the Scottish Premier League.
Previous clubs – Walsall, Southport, Telford, Worcester, Coventry, Bolton.
Date & Place of birth – Kenema, Sierra Leone, 1 Jan 1996.
Bakayoko was born in Sierra Leone but lived in Guinea until the age of six, before moving to Holland where he lived until he was 10. After moving to England, he began playing in Birmingham before winning a scholarship at Walsall. After prolific goalscoring at youth and reserve team level, Bakayoko was offered a one-year professional contract at Walsall in December 2013.
Amadou won the League One title with Coventry in 2020.
Amadou is 6 foot 4 inches tall. He has made 20 League One appearances for the Trotters this campaign (2022/23) but has only started five games with 15 coming from the bench. Bakayoko’s only goal of the season came in a 2-1 win over Burton Albion where he scored the equaliser in the 87th minute.
Eight of his 10 League One goals last campaign came in the 18 appearances between the start of February and the end of the season.
In March 2022, he was called up for the Sierra Leone for the first time. He made his debut for Sierra Leone on 23 March 2022, as the side lost 3-0 to Togo in an international friendly. He scored his first goal for them five days later, as he scored the only goal in a 1–0 win against Liberia. He has played 7 times for Sierra Leone
Tyrese Omotoye
Number - 23 (Formerly 30)
Position - Forward
Date joined FGR – Jan 23
Previous clubs – Cray Wanderers, Norwich, Swindon, Orient, Carlisle.
Date & Place of Birth – 23/9/2002, Hasselt, Belgium.
Omotoye has represented Belgium at U16 level, playing in friendlies against Portugal and Ukraine in November 2017.
Omotoye was born in Belgium to Nigerian parents but raised in England. In 2019, he decided that Nigeria was the country he wanted to play international football for.
Charlie McCann
Number - 8 (Formerly 14)
Position – Midfielder.
Date joined FGR – Jan 23
Previous clubs – Coventry, Manchester United, Rangers.
Date & Place of Birth – 24/4/2004, Coventry.
The transfer fee paid by Rangers to Manchester United in 2021 reportedly, with add ons, could have risen to £750,000.
Reports of the fee FGR have paid to Rangers have varied from £350,000 to £350,000 plus add ons although FGR dispute the figures quoted and say it was less than that.
Charlie has played for England U16s, Republic of Ireland U17s and Northern Ireland U21s. McCann was called up to the Northern Ireland senior squad for their Nations League games in June 2022.
On 14th March 23 Duncan Ferguson said that McCann had had a season ending injury.
Nathan Holland
Number - 37
Position - Midfielder
Date joined FGR –August 23
Previous clubs – Everton, West Ham, Oxford United, MK Dons.
Date & Place of birth –19 June 1998, Wythenshawe, Manchester.
Nathan made 26 appearances for England U16s to U19s. Nathan is also eligible to play for Barbados.
He was West Ham Young Player of the Year 2019-20. That season he played a couple of times in the Premier League.
Olly Sully
Number - 24
Position - Striker
Date joined FGR –
Previous clubs –
Date & Place of birth – 8/9/2005
Isaac Hughes
Number - 50
Position - Midfielder
Date joined FGR –
Previous clubs –
Date & Place of birth –
15-year-old Isaac Hughes made his professional debut coming in as a substitute in FGR’s 3-0 win against Shrewsbury in the EFL Trophy on 5 September 23, making him the second youngest player to wear the Rovers shirt.
Zach McKenzie
Number - 34
Position - Defender
Date joined FGR –
Previous clubs – FGR Academy
Date & Place of Birth – England
Zach was first named on the FGR team sheet as an unused substitute against Plymouth on 18th March 2023.
Zach made his EFL debut coming on as a substitute against Cambridge on 7 May 2023.
Keon Sanniola
Keon & Zach pictured on their debuts.
Number - 33
Position - Defender
Date joined FGR –
Previous clubs – FGR Academy
Date & Place of Birth – England
Keon made his EFL debut on 7 May 2023 coming on as a substitute against Cambridge.
