After the longest period in the club’s history without a win on the opening day of the league season, Rovers finally managed to change the record with a victory against Swansea City on Saturday.

Rovers did beat Doncaster Rovers in the League Cup first round last season, which was the first competitive match of 2020/21, but it took another year to finally banish the league hoodoo and start the season with three points.

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Scorers
14/08/2010	Everton	H	1–0	Kalinic
13/08/2011	Wolves	H	1–2	Formica
18/08/2012	Ipswich Town	A	1–1	Kazim-Richards
04/08/2013	Derby County	A	1–1	Best
08/08/2014	Cardiff City	H	1–1	Cairney
08/08/2015	Wolves	H	1–2	Conway
06/08/2016	Norwich City	H	1–4	Stokes
05/08/2017	Southend United	A	1–2	Mulgrew
04/08/2018	Ipswich Town	A	2–2	Graham, Dack
03/08/2019	Charlton Athletic	H	1–2	Phillips o.g.
12/09/2020	Bournemouth	A	2–3	Johnson, Armstrong
07/08/2021	Swansea City	H	2–1	Gallagher, Brereton Díaz (p)

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