1892–93 Eastville Rovers F.C. season explained

Club:Eastville Rovers F.C.
Season:1892–93
Stdtitle:Ground
Stadium:Three Acres, Ashley Down, Bristol
League:Bristol & District League
League Result:6th
Cup1:Gloucestershire Senior Cup
Cup1 Result:1st round
League Topscorer:Bill Rogers (9)
Prevseason:1891–92
Nextseason:1893–94
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The 1892–93 season was the tenth to be played by the team now known as Bristol Rovers, and their ninth playing under the name Eastville Rovers. It was significant in that it was their first year competing in an organised league, when they became founder members of the Bristol & District League (now known as the Western League).

Season review

Rovers finished in sixth place in the league. They had to a slow start to their campaign, but finished strongly, winning their last four games. There was some confusion surrounding the game against St George on 22 October, which although originally arranged as a league match it was played as a friendly as no referee had been appointed.[1]

Match results

Bristol & District League

Eastville Rovers were nominally the home team, but the match was played at Mangotsfield[2]
Game stopped after 78 minutes due to poor light
Wells only fielded ten players

Friendlies

First team

The game against St George on 22 October was originally scheduled to be a league match, but was played as a friendly when it was discovered that no referee had been appointed.[1]
Swindon Athletic began the game with eight players, but were brought up to full strength when three substitutes were found.[3]

Reserves

Statistics

Friendly matches are not included in this section.

Match record
CompetitionHomeAwayTotal
PWDLFAPWDLFAPWDLFA
Bristol & District League8422211482151526166373640
Gloucestershire Cup101022100112201134
Total9432231692161628186483944
Goalscorers
PlayerGoals
LeagueCupTotal
Bill Rogers819
Laurie505
Johns404
Attwell303
Bob Horsey303
Thompson303
Taylor202
Beverley101
Lovett101
Walter Perrin101
Yates101
Unknown112
Opposition own goal202

Cumulative record

The total cumulative record of Eastville Rovers up to the end of the 1892–93 season is shown below. This is calculated by adding the numbers in the section above to the total games played up to the end of the previous season. Friendly matches are not included in this table, and games held at neutral venues are considered to have been played away from home.

Match record
CompetitionHomeAwayTotal
PWDLFAPWDLFAPWDLFA
Bristol & District League8422211482151526166373640
Gloucestershire Cup40225996031918136252427
Total12444262317818344429125126067

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. News: Athletics . Bristol Mercury . 25 October 1892 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 12 December 2017.
  2. Byrne & Jay (2003), p.36
  3. Web site: Football . Western Daily Press . 17 April 1893 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 14 December 2017.