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‘Chic’ Bates

PHILIP ‘CHIC’ BATES – 28th November 1949 – May 2025 Bristol Rovers Supporters Club are saddened to learn of the passing of former Rovers striker ‘Chic’ Bates. Signed by Shrewsbury Town, from Stourbridge, in May 1974, he began a 50 year association with the Shropshire club, interspersed with brief sojourns at Swindon Town and Rovers. He scored 17 goals in...

Cap Presentations – Part Seven

Supporters Club Director Helen Wigmore was kept busy presenting caps at the Charity game between Rovers and City last week; we’ve already posted photos of three of those presentations,...

Cap Presentations – Part Six

We open part six of our look at recent cap presentations and in this part we look at three former players who received their caps at the recent charity...

Cap Presentations Part Five

Part five of our cap presentation catch up takes in three more players, namely Joe Davis, Che Wilson and Byron Anthony. Central defender Joe Davis joined Rovers in March 1956...

All the Way To Blackpool

Tomorrow Rovers face one of the six former winners of the FA Cup currently in League One, the other five being; Barnsley, Bolton Wanderers, Charlton Athletic, Huddersfield Town and Wigan...