Black Arabs F.C. season 1883-84
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The Black Arabs season 1883-84 was the first played by the team that would later become Bristol Rovers. This was the only season that they used the name Black Arabs, the name being changed to Eastville Rovers for the following season.
The team wore a predominantly black kit, from which they took their name, with a gold sash.
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Black Arabs F.C. were not part of a league, and only played friendly matches during their first season. There is no record of the goalscorers from this season, and some match results have also been lost over time.
The first match was against Wotton-under-Edge on 1 December 1883 and two days later the Dursley Gazette carried the following report:
Football: Wotton-under-Edge v Black Arabs (Bristol). A match under association rules has been played at Wotton-under-Edge between these clubs, resulting in the defeat of the visiting team. The home team were in every point superior to their antagonists and after a one-sided game Wotton were declared victors by six goals to nil. —Dursley Gazette, 3 December 1883, reproduced in Byrne & Jay (2003).
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