{"id":324673,"date":"2025-08-07T08:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T08:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/324673\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T08:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T08:05:11","slug":"ill-always-be-grateful-connor-taylor-issues-farewell-message-following-bristol-rovers-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/324673\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I&#8217;ll always be grateful&#8217; &#8211; Connor Taylor issues farewell message following Bristol Rovers exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Defender Connor Taylor has left Bristol Rovers to join League One side Wycombe Wanderers<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_0e0312\">Daniel Hargraves<\/strong> Bristol Rovers reporter<\/p>\n<p>08:20, 07 Aug 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_GettyImages-2189977921.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Connor Taylor pictured in action for Bristol Rovers(Image: Eddie Keogh\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Connor Taylor has issued a farewell message following his departure from <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/bristol-rovers-fc\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Bristol Rovers<\/a> for Wycombe Wanderers, detailing his gratitude for the three seasons spent at the club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The centre-back first joined Rovers on loan from Stoke City in 2021 and was an integral part of their League Two promotion-winning campaign before re-joining on a permanent basis in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/connor-taylors-bristol-rovers-exit-10401487\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"10401487\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connor Taylor&#8217;s Bristol Rovers exit confirmed as defender joins League One club<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Over two spells, the defender made 136 appearances for the Gas and was a fans&#8217; favourite throughout his time, as well as picking up the club&#8217;s player of the season award last campaign despite their relegation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Taking to social media, the 23-year-old wrote: &#8220;What a rollercoaster it&#8217;s been! There has been great times and unbelievable memories that will stay with me forever, to go along with tough moments also. I can honestly say that I have given absolutely everything to the club whether that be on or off the pitch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;I&#8217;ll always be grateful to the club for providing me a platform to kickstart my career back when I was on loan. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at the Gas, making friends for life, so has my family. However at this time I feel that moving on is the best thing for me and my young family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Finally I just want to say thank you for your incredible support over the years and the love you&#8217;ve showed me. I wish every single supporter and the whole club all the very best in the future!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/ricky-martin-explains-process-behind-10400313\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"10400313\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ricky Martin explains process behind how Bristol Rovers brought in new striker Fabrizio Cavegn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Defender Connor Taylor has left Bristol Rovers to join League One side Wycombe Wanderers Daniel Hargraves Bristol Rovers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324674,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,2707,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-324673","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-bristol-rovers-fc","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114986452424918644","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}