Famous sportsman C.B. Bristol Rovers v Chesterfield, 26-April-1986. The club was formed following a meeting at the Eastville Restaurant in Bristol in September 1883. The name derives from the section of Gasheads who stood in the Tote End terrace at Rovers' old home, This is a list of the most noted former players at Bristol Rovers Football Club, stating the period that each player spent at the club, their nationality and their reason for being listed. This became the last ever 1st team game to be played at Eastville Stadium.
Rovers returned to Eastville
They will field two teams in the Bristol Rovers F.C. It was initially called Black Arabs F.C., after the Arabs rugby team and the predominantly black kits in which they played. Bristol, UKThe latest Tweets from Architectural Decor (@ArchDecorBris). This name only lasted for the The team has won promotion on five other occasions: in In the past, rivalries also emerged with Severnside rivals Bristol Rovers are known for their distinctive blue and white quartered shirts, which they have worn for most of their history. BRISTOL EASTVILLE ROVERS 1897 Eastville Rovers renamed Bristol Eastville Rovers 1897-98 Joined Birmingham & District League Also played in Western League professional section 1898 Renamed Bristol Rovers SEASON LEAGUE P W D L F A P POS 1897-98 B'HAM 30 20 4 6 84 34 44 3/16 WEST-PRO 14 6 2 6 39 26 14 5/8 To be included in this list a player must have made over 400 league appearances for the club, scored over 100 league goals or hold a club record. Fry described Eastville as “a ground surrounded with a gasworks, a railway viaduct and a river that always threatened to … The following pictures of that historic day have all been supplied by Mike Jay. The team traditionally draws the majority of its support from north and east The nickname given to Bristol Rovers supporters is "Gasheads".The term "Gasheads" is now universally accepted within the English media and football fraternity as referring to Bristol Rovers supporters.Based on Sept. 2014 statistics released by the Home Office,The Rovers fans have good relations with Spanish club One Bristol Rovers print fanzine is currently active and is entitled Opinions differ as to how this came about but it is thought to have become popular in the 1950s when a version of the song was in the British charts—the line "sometimes I have a great notion to jump in the river and drown"—seemed to be particularly apt when Rovers lost as the Another popular Bristol Rovers song is "Tote End Boys", which was written and sung by Ben Gunstone. Eastville Stadium was home to Bristol Rovers from 1897 until 1986, purchased from Sir Henry Greville Smyth of Ashton Court, an extensive landowner in late Victorian Bristol, for £150.
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5.The final ever match at Eastville walking off the Tote thinking I'd just seen the final match in the History of Rovers. Bristol, UKEastville the former home of Bristol Rovers FC. Bristol, UKThe latest Tweets from Architectural Decor (@ArchDecorBris).
As of March 2014, 32 men have been appointed as a manager of Bristol Rovers Football Club, excluding caretaker managers.In 2019 it was announced that Rovers are to reform their women's team.
until 1885, by which time they were called Eastville Rovers. @Hartley BRISTOL ROVERS 1898 Bristol Eastville Rovers changed name 1899-00 Joined Southern League Western League Champions 1902-03 Western League runner-up 1904-05 Southern League Champions 1920-21 Founder member of Division Three South 1939-40 Football League programme abandoned due to outbreak of war 1952-53 Football League …