   bristol rovers football club is a professionalhttp://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/28657061 english association football club, based in bristol, that compete in the conference premier, the fifth highest tier of english football. the team plays its home matches at memorial stadium, in horfield, a suburb of bristol, and is affiliated to the gloucestershire county fa. the club was founded in 1883 as black arabs f.c., and were also known as eastville rovers and bristol eastville rovers before finally changing its name to bristol rovers in 1899. the club's official nickname is the pirates, reflecting the maritime history of bristol. the local nickname of the club is the gas, from the gasworks next to their former home eastville stadium, which started as a derogatory term used by fans of their main rival bristol city but was affectionately adopted by the team. according to a survey conducted in december 2003, [[cardiff city f
1883_establishments_in_England Association_football_clubs_established_in_1883 Bristol_Rovers_F.C. Football_League_clubs Football_clubs_in_Bristol Football_clubs_in_England Southern_Football_League_clubs