Away the Gas – Crawley Town

Away the Gas – Crawley Town

AWAY THE GAS – CRAWLEY TOWN BY DARREN STOBBS Off the back of two disappointing home results we were all looking to get a positive result at lowly Crawley Town; in the build up to the match I labelled this as a pressure game but one the players have the quality...
Bristol Rovers – The Formative Years

Bristol Rovers – The Formative Years

BOOK REVIEW In case you hadn’t noticed, the nights are drawing in and, all of a sudden, people are beginning to talk about Christmas – in the middle of October! A popular choice of present for the festive season is a book – you can’t really go wrong with that choice,...
Fan-tastic-5

Fan-tastic-5

Fan-tastic-5 By Darren Stobbs Name: Sally Rudman, Horfield. When did you start watching Rovers? I started watching Bristol Rovers in the 60’s and 70’s when my Dad took me to Eastville. Favourite player(s) since watching Rovers? Quite a few favourite...
AGM update

AGM update

Following our recent announcement regardng the date of our AGM, this has now been rearranged to 6 November due to John Kayes funeral being held on our original date.  All other details are the same
Fan-tastic – 4

Fan-tastic – 4

Fan-Tastic-4 By Darren Stobbs Name: Paul Thomas Area: Frampton Cotterell When did you start watching Rovers? My Dad took me to my first game watching the Rovers which was on Saturday 18th September 1965. Rovers won 3-1, Bobby Jones scoring a hat trick and I was...
Blue Diamond Lunch

Blue Diamond Lunch

On Wednesday 8th October our secretary, Keith Brookman, and Treasurer, Clive Marshall, attended the Blue Diamond Lunch which was held at The Quarters and here’s Keith’s account of the day, together with a few of the photos he took. Thanks to our friends at...
Away The Gas – Cheltenham

Away The Gas – Cheltenham

AWAY THE GAS BY DARREN STOBBS For the first time in a number of years the Supporters Club was able to provide transport for an EFL Trophy away game. It was made possible thanks to our Community Trust who, as they did last Saturday for the trip to Walsall, allowed us...
Notice of our AGM

Notice of our AGM

Please see below notice of our AGM which will be held on Thursday 30 October in the Bristol Room at the Memorial Stadium, 7.30pm start.  All members of the Supporters Club are welcome to attend.  Following the official business there will be a Q&A with Ritchie...

Linda Pawsey RIP

We were all sorry to learn that Linda Pawsey passed away at the weekend. Along with her husband, Roger, Linda was very much involved in the early days of the Junior Supporters Club/Young Pirates. Linda, whose father Bill Blackmore was Chief Steward at the club for a...
Away The Gas – Walsall

Away The Gas – Walsall

AWAY THE GAS – WALSALL BY DARREN STOBBS Ahead of our trip to Walsall, Rovers were on their best run of form for 20 years. All credit to the management team and the players themselves, achieving that so early on in the season, with a much transformed squad. We...