Bristol Rovers Football Club are a professional football club in Bristol, England. They compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club's official nickname is "The Pirates", reflecting the maritime history of Bristol. The local nickname of the club is "The Gas", derived from the gasworks next to their former home, Eastville Stadium. Since 1996, the club has played home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield.
The Black Arabs in February 1884
Bristol Rovers playing against Tranmere Rovers at Wembley in 1990
Bristol Rovers (blue) against Bristol City (red) in a Football League Trophy match at Ashton Gate in February 2007
Aftermath of the fire at Eastville Stadium, August 1980
A gasworks or gas house is an industrial plant for the production of flammable gas. Many of these have been made redundant in the developed world by the use of natural gas, though they are still used for storage space.
Municipal gasworks in Poznań that produced coal gas between 1856 and 1973. Currently used for distribution of natural gas.
Disused gasworks that has become a public park located at 47°38′43″N 122°20′05″W / 47.64528°N 122.33472°W / 47.64528; -122.33472 in Seattle, Washington.
Retort house at the Launceston Gasworks, Launceston, Tasmania.
Gas-holders, Reading
