Bristol Rovers The Memorial Stadium Filton Ave Horfield Bristol BS7 0AG Tel: 0117 909 5659 Location

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Brief History

Bristol Rovers Football Club was founded in 1883 a s Black Arabs F.C. , and was also known as Eastville Rovers and Bristol Eastville Rovers before finally changing its name to Bristol Rovers in 1898. They were admitted to the Football League in 1920 and have never dropped out of it since. The closest they came to going out of the league was in 1939, when they were re-elected after finishing bottom of Division Three (South) , and in 2002 when the team finished just one league position away from relegation to the Football Conference .

Nickname The Pirates Founded 1883 Ground The Memorial Stadium Capacity 11,916 Manager -Mark Mcghee