MERVYN HARRIS
Area from:
Thornbury
When did you start watching Rovers?
1969
Favourite player(s) since watching Rovers?
Bruce Bannister
Carl Saunders
Ellis Harrison
Favourite manager(s)?
Don Megson
Most memorable game(s) watching Rovers?
October 1972, Man Utd 1-2 Bristol Rovers in the League Cup.
Bristol Rovers 3-0 Bristol City, 1989/90 season to put us in pole position to win the league v Blackpool on the final day of the season.
Most memorable goal(s)?
Rickie Lambert v Bristol City in the second leg of the area final of the 2007 EFL Trophy, to send us into the final at the Millennium Stadium.
Jonson Clarke-Harris’s long range effort v Gillingham, away in March 2019.
Lee Brown v Dagenham & Redbridge, to clinch promotion to League One in May 2016.
Favourite away ground?
Sunderland’s Stadium of Light
Worst away ground(s)?
Luton Town
How do you rate the season so far/ how to you see the season panning out?
Home form is very good, but the away form is shocking.
If we can sort the away form out, then we could get promotion.
Any funny/unusual stories at Rovers?
The original Weetabix story.
Yes Mervyn, I know about the story, but it was a bit before my time!
For those of you that don’t know – It’s said that many years ago Rovers were away at Shrewsbury Town and a group of friends had made the journey together. One of them was sent to get some food for the group. Not knowing what to get for a number of people, he returned with Weetabix!
Since then, on a number of occasions, Weetabix has been sneaked into the away end at Shrewsbury and thrown up into the air when the players come out of the tunnel!
Compiled by Darren Stobbs