Bristol Rovers
| Bristol Rovers | |||
| Basic data | |||
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| Surname | Bristol Rovers Football Club | ||
| Seat | Bristol | ||
| founding | 1883 | ||
| Website | bristolrovers.co.uk | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Head coach | Ben Garner | ||
| Venue |
Memorial Stadium , Horfield near Bristol |
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| Places | 11,916 | ||
| league | EFL League One | ||
| 2019/20 | 12th place | ||
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The Bristol Rovers Football Club is an English football club in Bristol . The club currently plays in the EFL League One . Bristol Rovers cooperates with Bristol Academy, an FA Women's Premier League club . The Pirates play their home games at Memorial Stadium .
history
The club was founded in 1883 under the name The Black Arabs . The name was copied from a rugby team that played under the name The Arabs on a neighboring field and supplemented with "Black" because of the black jerseys. After being briefly called Eastville Rovers and Bristol Eastville Rovers , the current name was given in 1897.
From 1899 the Bristol Rovers took part in the game operations in the Southern Football League and in 1920 became a founding member of the Football League Third Division .
1953 won the championship for the first time in the Third Division South . You stayed in the Second Division until 1962 before relegating again. In 1972 they won the Watney Cup when they defeated Sheffield United on penalties . Two years later, being runner-up in the table, he was promoted again to Division Two, from which they were relegated after 7 years. 1989 you stood in the final of the promotion playoffs, but only in 1990 succeeded in promotion. In 1993, however, you had to go back to the lower division, which was now known as Division Two because of the establishment of the Premier League .
In 1995 they reached the final of the promotion playoffs again, but failed. A year later they moved into a new stadium, Memorial Stadium , which was owned by Bristol Rugby until 1998 .
In 2001 the Bristol Rovers were relegated to fourth division and a year later they reached 23rd place in Division Four, the lowest final placing in the club's history. The return to the English third division now called Football League One succeeded after promotion in the 2006/07 season, which the team was ultimately able to secure in the play-off final against Shrewsbury Town with a 3-1 win at Wembley Stadium .
2011 rose the Bristol Rovers after a weak season, which they finished in 22nd place, again in the Football League Two , the fourth English league. Five years later, the Bristol Rovers were able to rise again to Football League One thanks to a better goal difference compared to Accrington Stanley . The Rovers finished the 2016/17 season solidly in 10th place.
Women's soccer
The Bristol Academy Women's Football Club (short: Bristol Academy WFC) was founded in 1998. The club has close ties with the Bristol Rovers and the Bristol Academy of Sport. The first team plays in the FA Women's Premier League National Division, the top division in English women's football .
history
Before the club was founded in 1998, the Bristol Rovers only played girls' football. This meant that players who had reached the age of 16 had to leave the club. To change this, they merged with the Welsh association Cable-Tel LFC. This merger gave the Bristol Rovers WFC, as the club was now called, a place in the South West Combination League, the third highest division. The game was played on the Bristol Rovers training grounds.
In 2001 promotion to the second division was made. In the FA Women's Cup they surprisingly reached the semi-finals and met Arsenal London . In front of 3,000 spectators, a club record to this day, they lost 3-0. Two years later, the team made it to the top division. In the first season they managed to stay up with difficulty. Then you could establish yourself and achieved two fifth places in a row.
In 2003 and 2005 the club again reached the semi-finals in the FA Women's Cup. Both times you left the field as a loser. In 2003 they failed at Fulham FC , in 2005 they lost to Charlton Athletic . They were more successful in the Gloucestershire FA Women's Challenge Cup, which has only been lost once since the club was founded. In 2004 they lost to Bristol City. This was the first defeat against local rivals.
Since 2005 the association has been called Bristol Academy. The name change is in recognition of the investments made by the Bristol Academy of Sport. Despite the new name, the players will continue to wear the Bristol Rovers jersey and will continue to be called "The Gas Girls".
successes
- FA Women's Cup semi-finalist 2001, 2003, 2005
- Promotion to FA Women's Premier League National Division 2003
Web links
literature
- Mike Jay, Stephen Byrne: Bristol Rovers: The Official Definitive History . Amberley Publishing, Bristol 2014, ISBN 978-1-4456-3619-1 .
- Mike Jay, Stephen Byrne: Pirates in Profile - A Bristol Rovers Players Who's Who 1902-94 . Pottens, Bristol 1995, ISBN 0-9524835-1-3 .