Post by harrybuckle on Nov 23, 2023 19:10:11 GMT
PROUD TO PRESENT OUR ANNUAL HISTORY DAY
SATURDAY 9th DECEMBER AT THE MEM. (THATCHER’S BAR) FROM 12.30 – 2.30 PM
The Bristol Rovers History Group (BRHG) is a vibrant organisation of Rovers’ supporters whose mission is to bring together and preserve the Bristol Rovers sporting collections, artifacts and memorabilia and share among the people who care about them.
BRHG members have written and produced books on Rovers’ greats such as Geoff Bradford, Harry Bamford. Harold Jarman and Alfie Biggs as well as the club’s history in season to remember editions in 1974 & 1990. The group has members living as far afield as Australia.Japan and Canada.
BRHG has a growing website bristolroversmemorabilia.weebly.com/where you will find players photographs and statistics dating back to the 19th century and a year-by-year page of photos of programmes and much, much more.
BRHG has a wealth of memorabilia and some of this will be on show at the Memorial Stadium for our Annual History Day
This is a special year for our club as it celebrates its 140th Anniversary. At our event, there will be a display dedicated to the formation of the football club in 1883 as the Black Arabs and their transition into Bristol Rovers FC.
In a letter to the Bristol Mercury and Daily Post on 5th Nov 1883, the writer, signed ‘A True Lover of Football’ posed this question:
‘The football season has now fairly started yet one hears of nothing but Rugby Union matches. Surely in a large City like Bristol there must be players who prefer Association Football rules to the more bulldog Rugby rules. I am glad to hear of a few places outside Bristol such as Warmley, Wooton-under-Edge, Street, have Association clubs. Why should Bristol also not have a club? If some influential person would call a meeting, the matter could be thoroughly discussed and I have no doubt that before long some good Association clubs would be formed’
In fact, just over a month earlier, William Somerton, Fred Channing and three others had met in the Eastville Restaurant to do exactly that and out of this meeting the Black Arabs was founded.
Come and join us on December 9th to find out more about our great club!
there is also a raffle with some splendid prizes such as hospitality for two for a future home match and signed Rovers football and shirt. £1 a ticket.
SATURDAY 9th DECEMBER AT THE MEM. (THATCHER’S BAR) FROM 12.30 – 2.30 PM
The Bristol Rovers History Group (BRHG) is a vibrant organisation of Rovers’ supporters whose mission is to bring together and preserve the Bristol Rovers sporting collections, artifacts and memorabilia and share among the people who care about them.
BRHG members have written and produced books on Rovers’ greats such as Geoff Bradford, Harry Bamford. Harold Jarman and Alfie Biggs as well as the club’s history in season to remember editions in 1974 & 1990. The group has members living as far afield as Australia.Japan and Canada.
BRHG has a growing website bristolroversmemorabilia.weebly.com/where you will find players photographs and statistics dating back to the 19th century and a year-by-year page of photos of programmes and much, much more.
BRHG has a wealth of memorabilia and some of this will be on show at the Memorial Stadium for our Annual History Day
This is a special year for our club as it celebrates its 140th Anniversary. At our event, there will be a display dedicated to the formation of the football club in 1883 as the Black Arabs and their transition into Bristol Rovers FC.
In a letter to the Bristol Mercury and Daily Post on 5th Nov 1883, the writer, signed ‘A True Lover of Football’ posed this question:
‘The football season has now fairly started yet one hears of nothing but Rugby Union matches. Surely in a large City like Bristol there must be players who prefer Association Football rules to the more bulldog Rugby rules. I am glad to hear of a few places outside Bristol such as Warmley, Wooton-under-Edge, Street, have Association clubs. Why should Bristol also not have a club? If some influential person would call a meeting, the matter could be thoroughly discussed and I have no doubt that before long some good Association clubs would be formed’
In fact, just over a month earlier, William Somerton, Fred Channing and three others had met in the Eastville Restaurant to do exactly that and out of this meeting the Black Arabs was founded.
Come and join us on December 9th to find out more about our great club!
there is also a raffle with some splendid prizes such as hospitality for two for a future home match and signed Rovers football and shirt. £1 a ticket.
