Matt Groves is a striker who came through the Rovers' youth system at the Bristol Academy of Sport. He was one of seven players promoted to the first team squad in the 2007 off-season, along with Charlie Clough, Tom Godsell, Alex Kite, Adam Mahdi, Ryan Paddock and Charlie Reece, and like Mahdi was released shortly before the end of the 2008-09 season.