Blue Diamond Christmas Lunch 2025

Blue Diamond Christmas Lunch 2025

Blue Diamond Christmas Lunch 2025 Three of our committee members were fortunate enough to attend the recent Blue Diamond Christmas Lunch and this report was compiled by secretary Keith Brookman. It’s that time of year again, when the members of the Blue Diamond Club...
Away the Gas – Crewe Alexandra

Away the Gas – Crewe Alexandra

AWAY THE GAS BY DARREN STOBBS As we looked ahead to our last away match of the calendar year, myself and Gasheads alike will be glad to see the back of 2025. Rovers have only registered three league wins on the road in that time. With the horrendous form of late, and...
Fans to 5K

Fans to 5K

Fans to 5K Gasheads — defend our Fans To 5K crown this January! If you’re a Bristol Rovers supporter, you already know what it means to back the Gas with pride. This January, we’re asking you to do it again — by staying active beyond the terrace and defend our Fans To...

Fan-tastic

Fan-tastic – Alan Nichols By Darren Stobbs Name: Alan Nicholls, from Kingswood, formerly of Lockleaze When did you start watching Rovers? About 5 years old.  My grandparents used to take us now and then growing up. Favourite player(s) since watching Rovers?...
Away the Gas – Barnet

Away the Gas – Barnet

Away the Gas  By Darren Stobbs If you still had the ‘The Wonder Of You’ song in your head over the weekend after Port Vale, then you weren’t alone! It was a quick turnaround for our next away trip to Barnet. We have only ever won twice at Barnet and that was at...
Away the Gas – Port Vale

Away the Gas – Port Vale

Away The Gas  by Darren Stobbs Ahead of this FA Cup Second Round match I was thinking it was long time since we had a Third Round tie against one of big guns in the Premier League. The last time we had a decent cup draw was when we played Chelsea away in 2016, only...
Fan-tastic-7

Fan-tastic-7

Fan-tastic-7 By Darren Stobbs Name : Paul Griffiths, Oldland Common. When did you start watching Rovers? I started watching Rovers in the 1973/74 season, which was a good time to start ! Rovers gained promotion that season under manager Don Megson. The team included...
Rovers Greats – Doug Hillard

Rovers Greats – Doug Hillard

ROVERS GREATS – DOUG HILLARD BY GERRY PREWETT Hall, Hillard, Jones (G), Oldfield, Davis. Those were the first five names on the teamsheet of the Rovers’ team that I first started watching back in 1963. They seemed to be ever presents to me. Doug Hillard was...
Messages for Tom

Messages for Tom

Tom Foley Saturday’s match against Notts County will be the 1,000th game for Tom Foley, who has assisted many kit managers over the years and travelled several thousand miles all over the country to carry out his matchday duties, all done on a voluntary basis. It’s a...
Ben Gunstone RIP

Ben Gunstone RIP

BEN GUNSTONE We recently received the sad news that Ben Gunstone had passed away at the age of 53. A lifelong Rovers supporter who saw his first match in 1980, Ben wrote, and recorded, the anthem we all file out of The Mem to on matchdays – Tote End Boys. The flowers...