Bristol derby

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Bristol City and Bristol Rovers prepare for their derby at Ashton Gate in February 2007

The Bristol derby is the name given to football matches played between Bristol Rovers and Bristol City. The fans of each club both consider the other to be their main rivals,^[1] leading to a heated atmosphere at these matches. The majority of the meetings between the teams have been in the Football League, and they used to meet annually in the Gloucestershire Cup.

1 History
2 Statistics
3 Records
4 References

[edit] History

The first meeting between Bristol City and Bristol Rovers took place on 1894-09-22 when the two teams, then called Bristol South End and Eastville Rovers, met at St John's Lane in Bedminster. The game finished 2-1 to South End, the team that went on to become City.^[2]

The most recent match between the two sides came on February 27, 2007 in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy area final at Rovers' Memorial Stadium. The game finished 1-0^[3] to Rovers sending them to the final of the competition against Doncaster Rovers at the Millennium Stadium, which they went on to lose.

[edit] Statistics

Below is a summary of the results of matches played between Bristol City and Bristol Rovers in the Football League, FA Cup, Football League Cup and Football League Trophy.

As at 19:04, 10 September 2007 (UTC)^[4]

	City wins	Draws	Rovers wins	City goals	Rovers goals
At Bristol City	24	18	11	86	55
At Bristol Rovers	19	15	18	68	68
Total	43	33	29	154	123

[edit] Records

Highest aggregate score: 8 (Bristol City 5 - 3 Bristol Rovers, 1956/1957)
Highest Bristol City score: 5 (Bristol Rovers 0 - 5 Bristol City, 1926/1927)
Highest Bristol Rovers score: 5 (Bristol Rovers 5 - 1 Bristol City, 1933/1934)

[edit] References

^ Rivalry uncovered (PDF). Football fans census. Retrieved on 2007-09-10.
^ Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club - The Definitive History 1883-2003. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2.
^ Bristol Rovers 1-0 Bristol City (HTML). bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-11-11.
^ Head-to-head (HTML). Bristol Rovers Mad. Retrieved on 2007-09-10.