‘Delighted to be here’ – Former Bristol Rovers defender joins League Two side after release

Lewis Gordon has joined newly promoted League Two side Chesterfield on a one-year deal with the club’s option to extend after being released by Bristol Rovers at the end of last season.

Gordon was one of seven players released by the Gas, along with captain Sam Finley and experienced forward John Marquis, after struggling for consistency in Matt Taylor’s side.

The left-back made 28 appearances for Rovers in all competitions last term, 19 of them as a starter, but picked up an injury in Taylor’s first game in charge away to Crawley Town, which saw him drop out of the starting pecking order the 42-year-old game. possession.

Gordon started the first five games of the season under Joey Barton but then had to wait over three months for his next league start, with George Friend and Harvey Vale coming into the team ahead of the 23-year-old.

After appearing in the vast majority of Rovers’ games after mid-January, it looked as if the young defender might be one of the out-of-contract players to be retained, but Taylor kept him on the bench for games against Cheltenham Town, Cambridge United and Peterborough United before leaving him out of the squad completely for last day’s defeat at Wigan Athletic.

Although it is a relegation, Gordon should have a good chance of playing regular football after joining Rovers in 2022 from Brentford’s youth system, something he never really got in the blue and white quarters.

The 23-year-old is the second of seven Rovers releases to find a new club after Harvey Greenslade signed for National League side Yeovil Town earlier this week.

Chesterfield stormed the National League last season to secure promotion back to the Football League after six years in the fifth tier and, under former Portsmouth and Wigan boss Paul Cook, you’d expect the Spireites to be ambitious this season.

Speaking to the club’s official press, Gordon said: “I’m delighted to be here, it’s a great club to come and be a part of.

“The manager spoke to me and gave me confidence; I can’t wait to get started.

“It’s a club on the rise. I have no doubt that I can progress here and be part of something special.

“I’m still young and I have a lot to learn and I feel this is a place where I can do that under a good manager and with a lot of good coaches.

“I’m looking forward to meeting the fans as well – I think it’s a fantastic fan base. I can’t wait to get going.”