{"id":76020,"date":"2025-05-05T08:43:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T08:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/76020\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T08:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T08:43:12","slug":"bristol-rovers-next-manager-odds-gas-legend-and-ex-huddersfield-boss-amongst-early-favourites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/76020\/","title":{"rendered":"Bristol Rovers next manager odds: Gas legend and ex-Huddersfield boss amongst early favourites"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bristol Rovers are searching for their next manager after being relegated to League Two for the 2025\/26 seasonSport<\/a><\/p>\n

Daniel Hargraves<\/strong> Bristol Rovers reporter<\/p>\n

09:30, 05 May 2025<\/p>\n

Darrell Clarke and Michael Duff are the early bookies’ favourites for the Bristol Rovers job(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Bristol Rovers legend Darrell Clarke has emerged as the early bookies favourite to take over at the Memorial Stadium after the club parted ways with Inigo Calderon over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Rovers will be looking for their fourth permanent manager in 18 months ahead of their return to League Two following relegation.<\/p>\n

Clarke’s name has been put forward by numerous Gasheads as their personal preference to get the job with the ex-Gas manager currently out of work having left Barnsley in March and is currently priced at 4\/9 to make a return to north Bristol.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Bristol Rovers’ next manager live: Updates as Gasheads share their picks for Rovers’ new boss<\/a>READ MORE: As Bristol Rovers seek a fourth manager in under two years, one recruitment criteria stands out<\/a><\/p>\n

It has been nearly six-and-a-half years since Clarke left Rovers having spent four-and-a-half years in charge in BS7. The 47-year-old guided the Pirates to back-to-back promotions from the National League to League One and led to the Gas’ highest finish for the last 25 years – 10th in the third tier in the 2016\/17 campaign.<\/p>\n

Since leaving Rovers, Clarke has managed at Walsall, Port Vale, Cheltenham Town and Barnsley. The 47-year-old added a third promotion to his managerial CV when winning the League Two play-offs with Vale in 2022.<\/p>\n

As always when it comes to managerial searches, bookmaker odds have to be taken with a pinch of salt. It is currently unclear whether Clarke is even in the running for the job.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, ex-Huddersfield Town, Swansea City, Barnsley and Cheltenham Town manager Michael Duff is second-favourite at 15\/8. It is understood that Duff still resides in Cheltenham having lost his job at Huddersfield in March, coincidentally after losing 1-0 against Rovers at the Mem.<\/p>\n

The 47-year-old has managed at Championship level, spending less than six months at Swansea in the first half of the 2023\/24 season, but is best known for taking Barnsley to the League One play-off final the campaign before while also leading Cheltenham to League Two promotion in 2021.<\/p>\n

Ex-Northampton Town and Bolton Wanderers bosses Jon Brady and Ian Evatt are also in the mix at 8\/1 before the odds started to get longer with a handful of other names linked.<\/p>\n

The likes of Luke Williams, Ian Holloway, Garry Monk, Des Buckingham and Steve Evans are priced at 16\/1 while there are even longer odds for Leam Richardson, Shaun Maloney and Rob Edwards at 20\/1. Even former Rovers manager Joey Barton, who hasn’t been in the dugout since leaving the Mem in October 2023, has been priced at 25\/1.<\/p>\n

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Early bookies favourites to be next Bristol Rovers<\/a> manager in full*<\/p>\n