Found insideA visit to Bristol Rovers was next on the agenda, before returning to home base for their final two games in March. Second Division Champions Fri 28 March ... Found insideBristol, whether by intention or not, has perhaps more thoroughly than ... Eastville Stadium, close to the city centre, was home, though Rovers only ... Found inside – Page 50L ( 28 ) Bitton Station Bristol Suburban Railway B ( 29 ) Blaise Castle House ... and Sunday ) Gloucester Road G Bristol Rovers Football Club , Greyhound and Speedway Stadium , Eastville Advertisers C Bristol Rugby Club , Memorial Ground ... Found insideFollowing City's transformation from Bristol South End to Bristol City, Rovers followed suit in February 1899 by changing their name from Eastville Rovers ... Found inside – Page 112BRISTOL ROVERS FL Championship 1 FOUNDATION Bristol Rovers were formed at a meeting in Stapleton Road , Eastville , in 1883. However , they first ... 38,472 v Preston NE , FA Cup 4th rd , 30 January 1960 ( Eastville ) . J Paint Trophy ... Found inside – Page 94W Then Bristol Rovers returned to their city of origin after a decade - long exile in nearby Bath , their first match was ... in 1883 by a group of schoolteachers after a meeting at a restaurant in Stapleton Road , in the Eastville district of Bristol . Found insidePrince-Cox was appointed to the Bristol Rovers job from 200 applicants, ... school where he worked to a midweek Third Division South match at Eastville. Found insideIt had been a tough end of season, though, and a nadir was reached in the final game when Clifton arrived at Eastville with only nine men. Rovers produced a ... Found insideThe Black Arabs' first match was in December 1883 when the side took on ... Bristol Rovers played their last game at Eastville on 26 April 1986 drawing 1–1 ... Found insideJohn Coe, Bristol Evening Post journalist, who covered Rovers' home ... When I think of his redletter days I recall an evening game at Eastville when he ... Found insideNovember 1940, when a bomb fell on the pitch at the Milton Road End, creating an 18ftwide ... Bristol Rovers, meanwhile, simply had landlord problems. Found insideBristol Rovers Local Hero Mike Jay, Ian Haddrell. February as Rovers called up Bryn Jones for his first game of the season and reinstated Kenny Stephens for ... Found inside – Page 29... that first season we went to Bristol Rovers, at their old Eastville ground. ... There's a school of thought in the game that your second season is the ... Found inside – Page 32... v Wales 2-0 Clubs Spondon FC ; Long Eaton Rangers ; Derby County Caps 1 Result 5 Mar 1892 v Ireland 2-0 187. ... Notts County ; Bristol Eastville Rovers Caps 4 Result 5 Mar 1892 v Wales 2-0 1 Apr 1893 v Scotland 5-2 7 Mar 1894 v ... Found inside – Page 89Our penultimate away match, however, was also just about our longest trip of the ... football in the car park adjacent to Eastville, Bristol Rovers' ground. Found inside7. In 1972 Rovers won the Watney Cup, which team did they beat in the final? 8. Rovers first played at Eastville Stadium until they moved in August 1996, ... Found inside – Page 164Jackie Pitt was an outstanding righthalf for Bristol Rovers between the end of the war and the late 1950s . Now 76 , Pitt was Rovers ' groundsman at Eastville until the club was forced to leave and has looked after the pitch at Bath's Twerton ... Found inside... at a local Board School.72 But the middle-class game in Bristol was Rugby, ... the Eastville Rovers had the advantage of a suitable pitch in a field off ... Found inside – Page 135The rivalry between its two clubs has waned since Rovers were relegated from Division Two in 2001, which was the last year they met in a league derby; ... Found inside21st March 1983 Kingswood High Street, Bristol E Division Failing to stop after ... Eastville car park of what in those days was the home of Bristol Rovers. Found inside – Page 8On the 125th anniversary of the club in 2008, and for one game, the Bristol Rovers wore the Black Arabs' kit, which is still available for purchase. Found inside – Page 38BRISTOL ROVERS A.K.A. THE GASHEADS WHO ARE YA ? ... In 1980 following a fire at their Eastville Stadium ( caused by dodgy wiring ) , the owners decided that ... This book is a comprehensive history of the Bristol Rovers Football Club, from 1883 to 2003. It includes information about the club's past, as well as statistics, lineups, and countless photographs. With individual entries for every day, and multiple listings for more historic and busier days, the book includes all the club's big matches, promotions, cup runs, significant events, and sensational signings. Found inside – Page 584 Champions 1965 BRISTOL CITY ( 1894 ) Red / white Ashton Gate Bristol BS3 2EJ 115 x 75 yd 。 ... BRISTOL ROVERS ( 1883 ) Blue - white quarters / white Bris Stadium Eastville Bristol BS5 6NN 110 x 70 yd 32,000 38,472 v Preston NE FA ... Found inside – Page 47On the last day of March, 1961, Liverpool Football Club beat Bristol Rovers ... Liverpool Football Club travelled to the Eastville Stadium, Bristol. Found inside – Page 333averaged 13,000 per match ! ... Sheffield United , finished second The Association game has made to the Villa last season , and a great progress in the Western trio of victories to ... The defence Eastville Rovers and Bristol St. is practically ... Found insideBristol Rovers 0117909 6648, bristolrovers.co.uk. The Pirates, or The Gas (Rovers' old ground, Eastville Stadium, was right next to Stapleton Gasworks, ... Found insideI may be biased of course because the old Bristol Rovers ground at Eastville is currently an IKEA store and they've now even got rid of the final pylon of ... Found inside – Page 234Debut v Queens Park Rangers (SL) (h) 6.9.1902 Signed from Bristol Rovers, ... he had joined Bristol Rovers when they were still known as Eastville Rovers ... Found inside – Page 56THE RE - CONSTRUCTION OF BRISTOL ROVERS FOOTBALL PITCH AT EASTVILLE STADIUM NOM OW that the ... A few clubs have taken the lead and as well as producing a higher standard of football have taken steps to improve the conditions under which the game is played . Among these clubs is Bristol Rovers whose ground is at Eastville Stadium , Bristol and who for many years past have found ... Found insideBRISTOL. ROVERS. 1996. Prior to 1977 my sole football-watching duties were ... Deference of my attending a game of football at their Eastville home was ... Found inside... Forest Green Rovers FC Tim Barnard. 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