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Eastville Stadium.
First match. 3-April-1897 v Aston Villa. 0-5.
Last match. 26-April-1986 v Chesterfield. 1-1.
1897. (Eric Whitlock)
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12-April-1898.
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1900. (Eric Whitlock)
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Eastville Stadium or Stapleton
Road Enclosure as it was called in 1901. Featured in the Bristol magazine The Magpie.
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1902..
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31-October-1904. Eastville ground Improvements.
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Taken from "The book of football" 1906.
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1910. Eastville. A spoof pic but great none the less.
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1911. Eastville Rovers Carnival. Stewerds and Helpers.
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1926. Image from "Britain from above"
See here. http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/
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1927.
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1927.
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27-April-1932. Valuation of Eastville Stadium (1)
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27-April-1932. Valuation of Eastville Stadium (2)
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1928.
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1930.
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February-1930.
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1949. Tote End. (Mike Jay)
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1950's.
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1950.
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1951.
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1958.
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1960.
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9-October-1965. Plans to buy back half of Eastville and redevelop the ground. If only this had happened.
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April-1967.
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April-1967 in colour.
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1970.
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1970's.
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1975.
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1971.
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1971.
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An original painting by Paul Town. To purchase a copy please go here.
www.stadiumportraits
.com/bristol-rovers-127-c.asp
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July 1975 Steve Chapple.
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2-June-1979. Proposal to develop Eastville as a multi sports centre. Within 8 years Rovers were at Bath and the land was a retail park. Rick Weston.
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1979. http://www.footballgroundguide.com/
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An original painting of Eastiville Stadium .
By Caroline Winpenny.
To purchase a copy please go here.
http://www.caroline
winpenny.co.uk
/eastvillestadium.html
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21-April-1979. Eastville Stadium. Rick Weston.
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Early 1980.
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19th-April-1980.
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On 17-August-1980 the south stand was engulfed by a mystery fire. The club offices and changing rooms were lost and Eastville was never the same again.
The stand was left as a shell for a while before being demolished leaving only a very open terrace.
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Alan Marshall.
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Alan Marshall.
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Eastville. 17-August-1980. (Bristol United Press)
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Rick Weston.
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Image kindly provided by Colin Clark.
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Eastville. 18-August-1980.
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August 1981 Steve Chapple.
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30-November-1981.
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13-May-1982. Possible groundshare at Ashton Gate off, Rovers to stay at Eastville. Rick Weston.
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1982.
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1982.
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1982. Tote End.
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27-May-1983.
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3-June-1983. and there were plans to rebuild Eastville.
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Bristol Rovers v Chesterfield, 26-April-1986. This became the last ever 1st team game to be played at Eastville Stadium.
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The following four pictures are provided by Rick Weston.
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Bristol Rovers Reserves v Watford Reserves, 3-May-1986. A week later a reserve gave saw the very last action from Rovers at Eastville. The following pictures have been supplied by Eric Whitlock.
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In August-1987 the Tote End was Demolished. These photos were taken on 21st August 1987 whilst the Tote was being demolished, local historian (and big gashead!) Dave Cheesley Took them.
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It's early 1997 and only the North stand is left.
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27-February-1997. Ian Cryer's painting of Rovers at Eastville Stadium. Rick Weston.
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10-September-1997. Eastville Stadium, two months prior to demolition. Rick Weston.
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October-1997.
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October-1997. (2)
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Greyhound racing carried on at Eastville until 1997. The following pictures were captured by Geoffrey Parsons who worked at the track from 1995 till 1997.
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In November 1997 the final piece of Eastville Stadium (bar one floodlight) was demolished and removed forever.
Though those of us that were lucky enough to witness a game there will of course. NEVER FORGET.
Though those of us that were lucky enough to witness a game there will of course. NEVER FORGET.
1997. (1) Image kindly provided by Colin Clark.
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1997. (2) Image kindly provided by Colin Clark.
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1997. (3) Image kindly provided by Colin Clark.
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1997. (4) Image kindly provided by Colin Clark.
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1997. (5) Image kindly provided by Colin Clark.
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1997. (6) Image kindly provided by Colin Clark.
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1997. Image kindly provided by Colin Clark.
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Geoffrey Parsons was also there on those final days and here are the pictures he took. So sad to see them.
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4-December-2003.
When the last piece of Eastville bit the dust I took the day of work and drove down to see this historic event. Alfie Biggs. David Mehew and others were there to be part of this very momentous day. I managed to get these pictures as the light came down. (Jamie)
When the last piece of Eastville bit the dust I took the day of work and drove down to see this historic event. Alfie Biggs. David Mehew and others were there to be part of this very momentous day. I managed to get these pictures as the light came down. (Jamie)
Last Eastville stadium floodlight pylon is dismantled. (1)
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Last Eastville stadium floodlight pylon is dismantled. (2)
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The beginning of the very end of Eastville Stadium. (Jamie)
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What a sad sight. (Jamie)
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1-February-2001. Total Football magazine article about The Tote End at Eastville Stadium. Rick Weston. Rick Weston.
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