1893–94 Eastville Rovers F.C. season
# 1893–94 Eastville Rovers F.C. season

The 1893–94 season was the eleventh to be played by the team now known as Bristol Rovers, and their tenth playing under the name Eastville Rovers. The first team continued to play in the first division of the Bristol & District League (now known as the Western Football League), while the reserves became founding members of the second division of the same competition.

## Season review

Eastville Rovers began the season in confident mood. They had moved to a new ground in Ridgeway (sometimes referred to in contemporary reports as Rudgeway) on a site shared with Bristol North Cricket Club, which they had felt would improve attendances due to it being closer to Eastville than their former home in Ashley Down. They also welcomed many new players into the club thanks to a merger with St Gabriel's Association Football Club, enabling the formation of a third team to play alongside the firsts and reserves. It would prove to be a bitter-sweet campaign however as although the first team managed to reach the final of the Gloucestershire Cup, both the firsts and reserves finished just one place above the bottom of their respective league tables.

## League tables

### Bristol & District League Division One

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Warmley | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 2.462 | 27 |
| 2 | St George | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 23 | 1.696 | 26 |
| 3 | Trowbridge Town | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 54 | 33 | 1.636 | 22 |
| 4 | Bedminster | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 41 | 36 | 1.139 | 20 |
| 5 | Clevedon | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 40 | 0.850 | 19 |
| 6 | Clifton | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 30 | 1.233 | 16 |
| 7 | Staple Hill | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 33 | 0.697 | 15 |
| 8 | Gloucester | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 32 | 45 | 0.711 | 13 |
| 9 | Eastville Rovers | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 30 | 39 | 0.769 | 12 |
| 10 | Mangotsfield | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 48 | 0.396 | 8 |

* ↑ Warmley were deducted two points for fielding a professional player

### Bristol & District League Division Two

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Warmley reserves | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 12 | 5.500 | 33 |
| 2 | St George reserves | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 22 | 2.273 | 30 |
| 3 | Trowbridge Town reserves | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 47 | 22 | 2.136 | 23 |
| 4 | St Paul's | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 51 | 0.863 | 21 |
| 5 | Barton Hill | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 32 | 1.250 | 18 |
| 6 | Bedminster reserves | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 42 | 0.833 | 15 |
| 7 | Mangotsfield reserves | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 41 | 0.634 | 13 |
| 8 | Clifton reserves | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 29 | 59 | 0.492 | 12 |
| 9 | Eastville Rovers reserves | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 45 | 0.511 | 10 |
| 10 | Waverley | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 53 | 0.415 | 8 |

## Match results

### Bristol & District League

**Division Two**

The date and result of the away game against Mangotsfield reserves is not known. The final three games were played over the Easter week of 1894 and all took place at the Chequers ground in Kingswood.

### Gloucestershire Senior Challenge Cup

Eastville Rovers were drawn away to Mangotsfield in the first round.

### Friendlies

**Third team**

The name of the club's third team was given variously as Eastville Rovers Extras, Eastville Rovers A, or simply Eastville Rovers. The name of the team as it was reported in the local press for each match is shown in the table below.

