Fan-tastic – Chris Fry
By Darren Stobbs
Name:
Chris Fry
Area from:
Box, Wiltshire
When did you start watching Rovers?
1976 (Started at 6 years old)
Favourite player(s) since watching Rovers?
Ian Holloway
Chris Lines
Stuart Sinclair
Jamie Cureton
Favourite manager(s)?
Gerry Francis
Darrell Clarke
Most memorable game(s) watching Rovers?
Play-Off Wembley Final against Grimsby Town, 17th May 2015
Promotion, final game, 7-0 against Scunthorpe Utd, 7th May 2022
Rovers v City at The Mem, EFL-Trophy Rovers winning 1-0 with Ricky Lambert’s goal 27th Feb 2007
Most memorable goal(s)?
Mark Walters free kick, Rovers v Luton Town, November 1999
Sammy Igoe 26th May 2007, Play-Off Final
Alfie Kilgour 15th Feb 2020 vs Blackpool
Jonson Clarke-Harris vs Accrington Stanley 7th September 2019
Gary Smart vs Bristol City New Years Day 1987
Favourite away ground?
Shrewsbury (Gay Meadow)
Blackpool
Worst away ground(s)?
Ashton Gate
Anywhere in Wales
How do you rate the season so far?
As I’m not allowed to swear, I’ll say awful up until the appointment of Steve Evans and since then it seems we have our Rovers back.
How do you see the season planning out?
We will end up mid table comfortably and wonder what all the fuss was about, as we look for promotion next season.
Any funny/unusual stories at Rovers?
Going back to Twerton days my abiding memory other than the obvious that happened on 2nd May 1990, is the image of greasy Joe selling his manky burgers around the ground.