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The Pirates |
Bristol Rovers FC
Founded September 1883 as The Black Arabs FC
known as Eastville Rovers FC
1884-97
Turned professional 1897 as Bristol Eastville Rovers FC
Present Name Changed 1899
Players provided 1
Total appearances
1
1955 |
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Memorial Stadium |
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Domestic Honours |
Southern League
winners 1904-05;
Football League Division Three
(South) Cup
winners 1934-35;
Football League
Division Three (South) winners 1952-53; Division
Three runners-up 1973-74; winners
1989-90;
Watney Cup winners 1972;
Football League
Cup best: fifth round 1970-71, 1971-72;
Associate Members
Cup runners-up 1989-90, 2006-07, Southern Section runners-up
2005-06;
After League restructure: Football
League Division Two/League One fourth place-play-off
runners-up 1994-95, fifth-place-play-off semi-finalists
1997-98; Division
Three/League Two
sixth-place-play-off winners
2006-07, third place 2015-16;
National Conference runners-up-play-off
winners 2014-15;
FA Cup best:
sixth round, 2008-09; |
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European Honours |
Anglo-Italian Cup best:
Preliminary round 1992-93 (second of three teams); |
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venue |
UWE Stadium, Cheswick,
from 2015/16; Memorial Stadium,
Horsfield, since 1996, known as Memorial Ground,
1996-98; previously
occupied Twerton Park, Bath
1986-96; Eastville Stadium,
1897-1986; Purdown, Three Acres, Ashley Hill, Rudgeway and
Fishponds, between 1883 and 1897; |
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Home strip |
White and blue quartered shirts, blue
shorts, white socks. |
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