Bristol Rovers F.C.
Bristol Rovers F.C. is a football club which plays in Bristol, People who live in North Bristol traditionally support Bristol Rovers, however people you live in South Bristol support their fierce rivals Bristol City F.C.
| Full name | Bristol Rovers Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | The Gas | |
| Founded | 1883 | |
| Ground | Memorial Stadium Horfield, Bristol (capacity: 12,011) | |
| Owner | Wael Al Qadi | |
| Manager | Darrell Clarke | |
| League | Football League One | |
| 2014/15 | League Two, 3rd (promoted) | |
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Name
- 1883-1884 Black Arabs F.C.
- 1884-1897 Eastville Rovers F.C.
- 1897-1898 Bristol Eastville Rovers F.C.
- 1898-present Bristol Rovers
League position
| Season | League | Position |
| 2010/11 | League One | 22nd |
| 2011/12 | League Two | 13th |
| 2012/13 | League Two | 14th |
| 2013/14 | League Two | 23rd |
Former position
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Bristol Rovers F.C. Media
The Black Arabs in February 1884
Chart of yearly table positions in the Football League
Bristol Rovers playing against Tranmere Rovers at Wembley in 1990
Bristol Rovers (blue) against Bristol City (red) in a Football League Trophy match at Ashton Gate in February 2007
Aftermath of the fire at Eastville Stadium, August 1980
Rovers fans at the Football League Trophy final at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff in 2007
The first manager of Bristol Rovers, Alfred Homer
Bristol Academy v Birmingham City, October 2006
Bristol Rovers record goalscorer, Geoff Bradford. Picture taken in 1988, when he was 61 years old.
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