Callum Morton joins League Two club on short-term deal

The 25-year-old experienced two very contrasting loan spells at Sixfields, scoring eight goals en route to Wembley success in 2020 before last season’s stint was cut short by a serious knee injury suffered early in the campaign.

Morton was released by Salford City at the end of last season and spent the summer as a free agent but he now has himself a new club after penning a short-term deal with struggling Rovers last week. He made his debut as a late substitute on Saturday when the Gas suffered an eighth straight defeat, beaten 1-0 by 10-man Notts County.

Rovers famously pipped Cobblers to automatic promotion in dramatic and controversial fashion in 2022 when they put seven goals past a very young Scunthorpe team, but they were relegated back to the fourth tier last season and now find themselves languishing down in 21st in League Two.

"I'm really delighted to get the deal done and join Bristol Rovers," said Morton. "Obviously I've been in a bit of a difficult period for myself but now the deal is all signed, I really want to hit the ground running.

"I think this is exactly what I've needed, the platform to go out there and show what I can do and be myself again. I want to use this deal to put myself in a good position going forward and help the club out too."

Clarke added: “We brought in Callum Morton to hopefully put some competition there because we’ve been short there in recent weeks. The more forward-thinking players that we’ve got at the club at the minute aren’t producing.”

Morton has scored 17 goals in 116 league appearances and has also played for Lincoln City, Fleetwood Town, Peterborough United, Salford and Forest Green Rovers.