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| - Striker Kayne McLaggon signed a one-year contract for Rovers in July 2011 hoping to resurrect his professional career, becoming manager Paul Buckle's fourteenth signing of a summer that eventually saw fifteen new additions to the playing staff. He made his first appearance for Rovers in a pre-season friendly against Inverness Caledonian Thistle, scoring Rovers' second goal in a 2–2 draw played at Twerton Park. He scored again in his second pre-season game, thanks to a large slice of good fortune when a clearance by the Weston-super-Mare goalkeeper cannoned off of him and into the net, but in spite of his record of two goals in two games in the summer he was left out of the team at the start of the season. He was named as a substitute in a competitive match for the first time on 23 August 2011, when he was on the bench for Rovers' 1–1 draw, and eventual penalty shoot-out win over Watford in the first round of the League Cup. He didn't make it onto the pitch for that game however, or for his next two appearances on the bench, the 3–2 defeat to Leyton Orient in the second round of the same competition a week later, and a 3–1 loss at the hands of Wycombe Wanderers in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy a week after that. In order to get some regular football under his belt, Kayne was sent out on loan to Conference South side Tonbridge Angels in October 2011, along with teammate Michael Boateng. The deals, which were both originally for a single month, were later extended to a second month, and on his return to Bristol McLaggon went straight into the matchday squad for Rovers' boxing day game against Plymouth Argyle, when he was named on the bench. He finally made his debut for The Pirates in this match, a 3–2 defeat by The Pilgrims, making a brief cameo appearance when he came on in the 89th minute for Joe Anyinsah. His only other first team appearance came twelve days later when he again replaced Anyinsah late in a 3–1 defeat to Aston Villa in the FA Cup third round. He spent the latter part of the 2011–12 season on the sidelines thanks to a serious hamstring injury and new manager Mark McGhee opted not to offer him a new contract that summer, although he did allow him to remain with the club while he regained his fitness and he played in the pre-season friendly against Frome Town in 2012.
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