J. Senior · career
Joel Senior
Full Back · Bristol Rovers · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.
Career report
Below his 2023/24 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Peak: 2023/24Holding levelRemarkably consistentStepped up 2024/25
The record covers 5 seasons (2022/23–2025/26) across 3 clubs — 113 appearances, 2 goals and 8 assists.
His best campaign on record is 2023/24 at Morecambe — Season rating 21, 1 goal and 4 assists in 43 games. Output has held steady across his last 3 full seasons (21 → 14). The gap to his peak is 7 Season points.
Season-to-season output barely moves — his form has stayed within a tight band (±5 points) across 4 campaigns. Made the jump to a higher division in 2024/25 (League One) and kept playing — 19 games that season.
By season
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Rating | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | Tranmere | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2025/26 | Bristol Rovers | 31 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 14 |
| 2024/25 | Bristol Rovers | 19 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 6 |
| 2023/24 | Morecambe | 43 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 21 |
| 2022/23 | Carlisle | 16 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 14 |
| 2021/22 | Carlisle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| 2021/22 | Altrincham | 21 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2020/21 | Altrincham | 40 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2018/19 | Curzon Ashton | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2018/19 | United of Manchester | 20 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017/18 | United of Manchester | 38 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
Honours
Manchester Premier Cup×3
By competition
| Competition | Apps | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League Cupat Tranmere | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 |
Schedule · 2025/26
34 played4 unused sub22 not in squad· 2250 min, 0g 4a
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4 | Friendlies Clubs | A Chippenham Town | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 12 | Friendlies Clubs | A Stockport County | 2-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 16 | Friendlies Clubs | A Bath City | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 19 | Friendlies Clubs | A Yeovil Town | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 23 | Friendlies Clubs | H Coventry | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 26 | Friendlies Clubs | A Oxford United | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 2 | League Two | H Harrogate Town | 0-1 | Played | 90 | 6.3 | ||
| Aug 9 | League Two | A Fleetwood Town | 1-2 | Played | 90 | 6.0 | ||
| Aug 12 | League Cup | H Cambridge United | 0-2 | Played | 30 | 6.7 | ||
| Aug 16 | League Two | A Chesterfield | 1-3 | Played | 39 | 5.7 | ||
| Aug 19 | League Two | H Oldham | 0-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 23 | League Two | H Cambridge United | 1-0 | Played | 19 | 6.9 | ||
| Aug 26 | EFL Trophy | H Tottenham Hotspur U21 | 4-4 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 30 | League Two | A Grimsby | 1-0 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Sep 6 | League Two | A Newport County | 3-2 | Played | 8 | 6.2 | ||
| Sep 13 | League Two | H Barrow | 2-1 | Played | 89 | 5.9 | ||
| Sep 20 | League Two | A Colchester | 1-1 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Sep 27 | League Two | H Salford City | 2-1 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Oct 4 | League Two | A Walsall | 1-2 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Oct 7 | EFL Trophy | A Cheltenham | 1-0 | Played | 90 | 6.5 | ||
| Oct 11 | League Two | H Milton Keynes Dons | 0-4 | Played | 22 | 7.0 | ||
| Oct 18 | League Two | H Tranmere | 1-4 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Oct 25 | League Two | A Crawley Town | 0-4 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Nov 1 | FA Cup | A Bromley | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Nov 8 | League Two | H Gillingham | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Nov 11 | EFL Trophy | H Plymouth | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Nov 15 | League Two | A Accrington ST | 1-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Nov 22 | League Two | A Cheltenham | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Nov 29 | League Two | H Notts County | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Dec 2 | EFL Trophy | H Cambridge United | 2-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Dec 6 | FA Cup | A Port Vale | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Dec 9 | League Two | A Barnet | 0-4 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Dec 13 | League Two | H Swindon Town | 0-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Dec 19 | League Two | A Crewe | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Dec 26 | League Two | H Bromley | 2-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Dec 29 | League Two | H Barnet | 0-2 | Played | 29 | 6.2 | ||
| Jan 1 | League Two | A Shrewsbury | 3-0 | Played | 90 | 1 | 7.3 | |
| Jan 13 | EFL Trophy | H Plymouth | 3-4 | Played | 83 | 6.5 | ||
| Jan 17 | League Two | H Colchester | 0-1 | Played | 59 | 6.3 | ||
| Jan 24 | League Two | A Salford City | 0-1 | Played | 45 | 7.0 | ||
| Jan 27 | League Two | A Milton Keynes Dons | 0-1 | Played | 68 | 6.2 | ||
| Jan 31 | League Two | H Newport County | 3-0 | Played | 9 | 6.9 | ||
| Feb 3 | League Two | H Walsall | 2-0 | Played | 14 | 6.6 | ||
| Feb 7 | League Two | H Chesterfield | 2-3 | Played | 1 | — | ||
| Feb 14 | League Two | A Cambridge United | 1-3 | Played | 25 | 6.3 | ||
| Feb 17 | League Two | A Oldham | 0-2 | Played | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| Feb 21 | League Two | H Grimsby | 3-1 | Played | 90 | 7.3 | ||
| Feb 28 | League Two | A Swindon Town | 1-1 | Played | 90 | 7.0 | ||
| Mar 7 | League Two | H Crewe | 2-1 | Played | 90 | 1 | 7.2 | |
| Mar 10 | League Two | A Barrow | 2-0 | Played | 90 | 1 | 7.9 | |
| Mar 14 | League Two | A Bromley | 0-1 | Played | 90 | 7.0 | ||
| Mar 17 | League Two | H Shrewsbury | 1-0 | Played | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| Mar 21 | League Two | A Gillingham | 2-1 | Played | 90 | 7.5 | ||
| Mar 28 | League Two | H Accrington ST | 2-0 | Played | 90 | 7.5 | ||
| Apr 3 | League Two | H Fleetwood Town | 1-0 | Played | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| Apr 6 | League Two | A Harrogate Town | 3-2 | Played | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| Apr 11 | League Two | H Crawley Town | 3-1 | Played | 90 | 1 | 6.9 | |
| Apr 18 | League Two | A Tranmere | 2-1 | Played | 90 | 6.7 | ||
| Apr 25 | League Two | H Cheltenham | 4-0 | Played | 90 | 7.5 | ||
| May 2 | League Two | A Notts County | 1-1 | Played | 90 | 6.3 |