Bristol Rovers
- Leagues Played
- Inglismaa League 1 311 Inglismaa League 2 93 Inglismaa National League 49 Inglismaa EFL Trophy 39 Inglismaa FA Cup 27 Euroopa sõpruskohtumised 26 Inglismaa EFL Cup 14 ÜK sõpruskohtumised 2 Inglismaa FA Cupi kvalifikatsioon 1 Inglismaa FA Trophy 1
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- Bristol Rovers Reserves Bristol Rovers - naised
Fixtures
| Inglismaa League 1 | 04/20 14:00 | 45 |
Bristol Rovers
vs
Peterborough
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| Inglismaa League 1 | 04/27 11:30 | 46 |
Wigan
vs
Bristol Rovers
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Results
| Inglismaa League 1 | 04/16 18:45 | 27 |
[15] Bristol Rovers
v
Cambridge Utd
[18] 
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W | 1-0 | |
| Inglismaa League 1 | 04/13 14:00 | 44 |
[22] Cheltenham
v
Bristol Rovers
[16]
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W | 1-3 | |
| Inglismaa League 1 | 04/09 18:45 | 40 |
[15] Bristol Rovers
v
Reading
[17] 
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L | 0-2 | |
| Inglismaa League 1 | 04/06 14:00 | 43 |
[14] Bristol Rovers
v
Bolton
[3] 
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L | 0-2 | |
| Inglismaa League 1 | 04/01 14:00 | 42 |
[14] Bristol Rovers
v
Shrewsbury
[18] 
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D | 0-0 | |
| Inglismaa League 1 | 03/29 15:00 | 41 |
[21] Port Vale
v
Bristol Rovers
[14]
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L | 2-0 | |
| Inglismaa League 1 | 03/23 15:00 | 40 |
Bristol Rovers
v
Reading
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- | PPT. | |
| Inglismaa League 1 | 03/16 15:00 | 39 |
[9] Lincoln City
v
Bristol Rovers
[11]
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L | 5-0 | |
| Inglismaa League 1 | 03/12 19:45 | 38 |
[22] Fleetwood Town
v
Bristol Rovers
[12]
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D | 0-0 | |
| Inglismaa League 1 | 03/09 15:00 | 37 |
[11] Bristol Rovers
v
Derby
[3] 
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L | 0-3 | |
| Inglismaa League 1 | 03/02 15:00 | 36 |
[8] Leyton Orient
v
Bristol Rovers
[12]
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W | 0-1 | |
| Inglismaa League 1 | 02/24 15:00 | 35 |
[12] Bristol Rovers
v
Carlisle
[24] 
|
W | 2-1 |
Statistika
| Total | Kodus | Võõrsil | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 65 | 28 | 37 |
| Wins | 25 | 11 | 14 |
| Draws | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| Losses | 29 | 11 | 18 |
| Goals for | 93 | 44 | 49 |
| Goals against | 93 | 39 | 54 |
| Clean sheets | 15 | 4 | 11 |
| Failed to score | 16 | 6 | 10 |
Wikipedia - Bristol Rovers F.C.
Bristol Rovers Football Club are a professional football club in Bristol, England. They compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club's official nickname is "The Pirates", reflecting the maritime history of Bristol. The local nickname of the club is "The Gas", derived from the gasworks next to their former home, Eastville Stadium. Since 1996, the club has played home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield.
The club spent 89 years in the heart of North Bristol between 1897 and 1986 at the Eastville Stadium. Following a sale of the land they spent ten years at Twerton Park in Bath. The club's nickname: "The Gas" originally began as a derogatory term used by fans of their main rivals, Bristol City, but was affectionately adopted by the club and its supporters. Cardiff City and Swindon Town are considered their second and third biggest rivals. Other rivalries include; Cheltenham Town, Exeter City, Forest Green Rovers, Plymouth Argyle, Torquay United and Yeovil Town. These rivalries are considered West Country Derbies and are often heated encounters. The women's team play in the Gloucestershire County Women's League.
The club was founded in 1883 as Black Arabs F.C. and entered the Bristol & District League as Eastville Rovers in 1892. The club moved to the Birmingham & District League in 1897, then changed divisions to the Southern League as Bristol Rovers in 1899. They won the Southern League in 1904–05 and were admitted to the Football League in 1920. They were placed in the Third Division South the following year and remained there until winning promotion as champions in 1952–53. They recorded their highest finishing positions in 1956 and 1959, a sixth-place finish in the Second Division, before suffering relegation in 1962. Promoted in second-place in 1973–74, they spent another seven seasons in the second tier until relegation in 1981. They won the Third Division title in 1989–90, though this time lasted just three seasons in the second tier and were relegated back into the fourth tier by 2001.
Rovers won the League Two play-off final in 2007, but relegations in 2011 and 2014 saw the club drop into the Conference Premier. They finished second in the Conference under the stewardship of Darrell Clarke and immediately regained their Football League status with victory in the 2015 play-off final. They followed up this success by securing promotion out of League Two at the end of the 2015–16 season. They were relegated from the third tier in 2020–21 but returned at the first attempt claiming the final automatic promotion spot to League One on the final day of the season by beating Scunthorpe 7-0.
Rovers have won the Gloucestershire Cup 32 times, the Third Division South Cup in 1932, the Watney Cup in 1972, and have been Football League Trophy finalists two times.
History
Early years
The club was formed following a meeting at the Eastville Restaurant in Bristol in September 1883. It was initially called Black Arabs F.C., after the Arabs rugby team and the predominantly black kits in which they played. This name only lasted for the 1883–84 season, and in a bid to draw more fans from the local area the club was renamed Eastville Rovers in 1884.
Football: Wotton-under-Edge v Black Arabs (Bristol). A match under association rules has been played at Wotton-under-Edge between these clubs, resulting in the defeat of the visiting team. The home team were in every point superior to their antagonists and after a one-sided game Wotton were declared victors by six goals to nil.
Dursley Gazette, 3 December 1883, reproduced in Byrne & Jay (2003). A report of the Black Arabs' first match.
The club played only friendly games until the 1887–88 season, when it took part in the Gloucestershire Cup for the first time.[] In 1892, the club became a founder member of the Bristol and District League, which three years later was renamed the Western League.[] In 1897, Eastville Rovers joined the Birmingham and District League, and for two seasons played in both this league and the Western League.[] At the beginning of the 1897–98 season, the club turned professional and changed its name to Bristol Eastville Rovers, and, on 17 February 1899, the name was officially changed to Bristol Rovers. In 1899, Bristol Rovers joined the newly formed Southern League, where they remained until 1920, winning the league title along the way in 1905.[]
Into the Football League
For the 1920–21 season, the Southern League teams were moved into the new Division Three of the Football League, which became Division Three (South) the following season. They remained in this division for over 30 years, before winning the league, and promotion in the 1952–53 season.
The team has won promotion on six other occasions: in 1973–74 from the Third Division to the Second Division, again in 1989–90 as Division Three champions, in 2006–07 to the Football League One, in 2014–15 to League Two from the Conference Premier, in 2015–16 to League One and then in 2021-22 to League One from League Two. The club has been relegated seven times—in 1961–62, 1980–81, 1992–93, 2000–01, 2010–11, 2013–14 and most recently at the end of the 2020-21 season.
The highest position in the football ladder reached by Rovers at the end of season is sixth place in the second tier, which they acheived twice; once in 1955–56, and again in 1958–59. The closest they came to the top flight was in 1955–56, when they ended the season just four points below the promotion positions. The lowest league position achieved by the club is twenty-third out of twenty-four teams in the fourth tier, which has occurred twice. In the 2001–02 season, relegation from the Football League was narrowly avoided on two counts; firstly they ended just one league position above the relegation zone, and secondly the rules were changed the following season to increase the number of relegation places to two, meaning that if Rovers had finished in that position one year later they would have been relegated. This position was matched at the end of the 2013–14 season, which this time saw Rovers relegated to the Conference for the first time. They returned to the league at the end of their first Conference season, with a penalty shootout victory over Grimsby Town in the play-off final. In February 2016, it was announced that a 92% stake in the club had been bought by the Jordanian al-Qadi family, and that Wael al-Qadi, a member of the Jordan Football Association, would become the president. The club is now[] owned by Dwane Sports Ltd, with 92.6% of the shares, while Bristol Rovers Supporters Club owns the remaining 7.4%.
In May 2016, the club recorded a second consecutive promotion by finishing in the final automatic promotion position in League Two after a 92nd-minute goal secured victory over Dagenham and Redbridge and Accrington Stanley failed to win on the final day of the season. It marked the first time Rovers had reached the third tier of English Football since relegation in 2011. In June 2020, it was announced that president Wael al-Qadi had bought a controlling stake in Dwane Sports Ltd, after he bought the shares of other members of his family, while it was also announced that the club's debt would be capitalised and a new training facility would begin construction at Hortham Lane, Almondsbury, which is close to the M5 motorway.[] Rovers have owned the site formerly known as 'The Colony' and re-branded by the club 'The Quarters' since 2017,[] and, in June 2020, the club announced that it would be ready for the beginning of the 2020–21 season.[]
On 3 August 2023, Kuwaiti businessman Hussain AlSaeed bought a controlling 55% share in Dwane Sports, the holding company for the football club, thus becoming chairman. As part of the takeover, all debt owed to the company was capitalised.[]