\n Bristol Rovers: The Formative Years is a compilation of match reports from 1883 to 1899, providing a glimpse into Victorian-era football and the club’s origins.\n<\/p>\n
\n The club began as The Black Arabs, became Eastville Rovers, and concluded the 19th century as Bristol Rovers.\n<\/p>\n
\n The book is expected to attract not only football historians, but also those interested in the social history of Bristol and the surrounding areas.\n<\/p>\n
\n It includes stories of local clubs, like Wotton Under Edge and Warmley, which once competed with and defeated Bristol Rovers.\n<\/p>\n
\n The book was written, researched, and compiled by Rovers supporter Eric Whitlock, who has ties to the Wotton Under Edge, Berkeley, and Dusley areas.\n<\/p>\n
\n It traces the early days of the club, which was initially nomadic before settling at Eastville.\n<\/p>\n
\n The book stands out for its detail and illustrations, reportedly unmatched by any other history book on Bristol Rovers.\n<\/p>\n
\n It is priced at \u00a325, reflecting the five years of research Eric invested into this project.\n<\/p>\n
\n The book was launched with the support of Bristol Rovers FC, Bristol Rovers Heritage Society, and Bristol Rovers Supporters Club.\n<\/p>\n
\n It is available now.\n<\/p>\n
\n For order details, contact Ericmwhitlock@outlook.com, suzyharrington70@gmail.com, or secretary@bristolroverssc.co.uk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bristol Rovers: The Formative Years is a compilation of match reports from 1883 to 1899, providing a glimpse…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-598591","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}