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2013–14 Bristol Rovers F.C. Season
The 2013–14 season was the 131st season in Bristol Rovers' history and their 87th in the The Football League, Football League. For the third season in a row, Rovers competed in the basement division of the Football League, Football League Two, League Two, having finished 14th in the 2012–13 Football League Two, 2012–13 season. During the season, Rovers played their first competitive fixture against Newport County A.F.C., Newport County since their reformation and their first against Portsmouth F.C., Portsmouth in 20 years. They also competed in the first competitive Bristol derby since 2007, losing to Bristol City F.C., Bristol City in the first round of the 2013–14 Football League Trophy, Football League Trophy at Ashton Gate Stadium. The season ultimately finished in disappointment as Rovers were relegated out of the Football League for the first time since their admission in 1920. Despite Rovers only ever occupying one of the two relegation places following the final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bristol Rovers F
Bristol () is a cathedral city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. The county is in the West of England combined authority area, which includes the Greater Bristol area ( eleventh most populous urban area in the United Kingdom) and nearby places such as Bath. Bristol is the second largest city in Southern England, after the capital London. Iron Age hillforts and Roman villas were built near the confluence of the rivers Frome and Avon. Bristol received a royal charter in 1155 and was historically divided between Gloucestershire and Somerset until 1373 when it became a county corporate. From the 13th to the 18th century, Bristol was among the top three English cities, after London, in tax receipts. A major port, Bristol was a starting place for early voyages of exploration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portsmouth F
Portsmouth ( ) is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent, making Portsmouth the only city in England not located primarily on the mainland. The city is located south-east of Southampton, west of Brighton and Hove and south-west of London. With a population last recorded at 208,100, it is the most densely populated city in the United Kingdom. Portsmouth forms part of the South Hampshire urban area with Gosport, Fareham, Havant, Eastleigh and Southampton. Portsmouth's history can be traced to Roman times and has been a significant Royal Navy dockyard and base for centuries. Portsmouth was founded by Anglo-Norman merchant Jean de Gisors in the south-west area of Portsea Island, a location now known as Old Portsmouth. Around this time, de Gisors ordered the construction of a chapel dedicated to St Thomas Becket. This became a parish church by the 14th centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Bevan
Scott Anthony Bevan (born 19 September 1979) is a former professional footballer currently employed as the under-21s goalkeeping coach at Wolverhampton Wanderers. Career Playing career Bevan started his football career with Southampton as an associated schoolboy player before turning professional in 1997. He never made a first team appearance for Southampton although he did get experience out on loan at Ayr United, Stoke City, Woking (on two separate occasions), Huddersfield Town and Wycombe Wanderers. In March 2004, Bevan joined Wimbledon (renamed as Milton Keynes Dons at the end of the 2003–04 season) and went on make 19 appearances over two seasons. Out of favour at the start of the 2005–06 season, he trained with Scarborough with a view to a possible loan move in October 2005. However, later that month he joined Conference National side Tamworth on loan. He put in memorable performances in Tamworth's FA Cup run whilst on-loan with The Lambs, which included victories o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark McChrystal
Mark Thomas McChrystal (born 26 June 1984) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer and coach. Born in Derry, he was a left-footed defender, he has in the past also captained the Northern Ireland under-21 side. He is professional development coach at Derry City. Club career McChrystal began his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers where he was one of a plethora of young players from Northern Ireland playing there. After spending three years at Molineux, including a spell on loan at Bradford City in 2003, he was released by the Midlands club and he eventually returned home to sign for his local team Derry City of the League of Ireland in April 2003, despite interest from other English clubs. He was then loaned out to near neighbours Institute by Dermot Keely on a three-month deal. His stay in the Irish League was short-lived however, and after just six games for the club, he picked up an injury in the quarter-final of the North-West Cup against Moyola Park which haste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Anyinsah
Joseph Greene Anyinsah (born 8 October 1984 in Bristol) is an English footballer who plays as a striker who last played for Hayes and Yeading. Career Bristol City and Preston North End Anyinsah started his career at Bristol City making his debut on 7 August 2004 against Torquay United. In 2005, he spent a month on loan with Hereford United to gain first team experience, where he made his debut in a 1–0 loss against Dagenham & Redbridge on 22 January 2005 and made two more appearances before returning to Bristol City. At the beginning of the 2005–06 season, Anyinsah opted not to sign a new contract for Bristol City – who he'd been with since the age of 9 – and instead signed for Preston North End on a three-year contract, a move he was particularly happy with on a personal level due to him having many close friends who lived in the area. At Preston, Anyinsah made just four appearances and in 2006 he had loan spell with Bury only making two appearances. After his loan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Paterson (footballer)
James Lee Paterson (born 25 September 1979) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a left back or left midfielder. He was most recently the interim manager of East Kilbride. He played for Dundee United, Motherwell, Plymouth Argyle, Aberdeen, Shamrock Rovers, Bristol Rovers, Celtic Nation, Forfar Athletic and Dunfermline Athletic. He is a former Scotland under-21 internationalist, making nine appearances between 1997 and 2001. Career Scotland Paterson began his career at Dundee United. His first start for the club came in a pre-season friendly against Wolves in July 1997, with manager Tommy McLean selecting him in recognition of "all his work in the reserves". During his time at United he was unfortunate to break his leg twice in as many years. He left Dundee United in June 2004, agreeing to end his contract a year early. On 14 July 2004, Paterson signed for Motherwell. He scored his first goal for the club on 24 August 2004, as Motherwell won 3–0 aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alefe Santos
Alefein "Alefe" Santos D'Abadia (born 1 March 1995) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a winger for Shaftesbury. Early life Santos was born in São Paulo before moving to England when he was 12 years old. “My parents told me I would have a better chance here in the UK, and better opportunities to achieve my dream to become a professional footballer,” Santos said about his transition from Brazil to England." Career Bristol Rovers Santos began his career at Stoke City as a schoolboy before joining Bristol Rovers on a two-year scholarship in the summer of 2011. The next season, he made his professional debut whilst still considered a youth player on 20 November 2012, in a 4–0 defeat to Port Vale in Football League Two, coming on as a substitute for Fabian Broghammer after 60 minutes. He signed his professional contract with the club on 23 April 2013. Santos became a regular player in the Bristol Rovers first team in the 2013–14 season, playing 27 matches, includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Lucas
Jamie Lucas (born 6 December 1995) is a Welsh footballer who plays for Droitwich Spa as a striker. Born near Pontypridd, South Wales, Lucas spent one season playing for Bristol Rovers Central in the Midland Junior Premier League, before joining the Under-16s as a schoolboy. Lucas won the league and cup double for the Under-18s during the 2012-13 campaign, which subsequently earned him a professional contract in the summer of 2013. Club career On 21 April, Lucas made his professional debut against Rochdale towards the end of the season. He came off the bench in the 79th minute, replacing Tom Parkes. Rovers lost the game 2–1, which contributed towards their eventual relegation from the Football League - the first time since their acceptance in 1920. On 8 August, Lucas joined Conference South side Weston-super-Mare on a one-month loan deal. He made his debut the next day in a 1–0 defeat to Bishop's Stortford. His first goal for the Seagulls came in a 3–2 victory over Farn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Keary
Patrick Keary (born 22 November 1993) is an English footballer who plays as a centre back. He is a free agent after he was released by Bristol Rovers. Keary played and captained the Bristol Rovers Centre of Excellence sides from the age of 8 to 16, before being released from the club. He then spent a year playing and studying for TeamBath, at Bath University. During his time away from Bristol Rovers he also made appearances for the Mangotsfield United reserve team in the Somerset County League (5 appearances, 2 goals) and made one first-team appearance for Southern League Division One South & West side Mangotsfield United in a cup competition. After a year out of the Bristol Rovers setup the club's then Head of Youth, Ken Oram, rang him up and offered a trial. Following the successful conclusion he then signed a 2-year youth scholarship. Keary eventually made his football league debut on 12 October 2013 in an away match against Mansfield Town coming on as a substitute in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Harrold
Matthew James Harrold (born 25 July 1984) is an English former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward and is currently loans manager at AFC Bournemouth. Harrold has had numerous previous clubs including Wycombe Wanderers, Southend United F.C., Southend United, Grays Athletic F.C., Grays Athletic, Harlow Town F.C., Harlow Town, Brentford F.C., Brentford, Yeovil Town F.C., Yeovil Town, Shrewsbury Town F.C., Shrewsbury Town, Crawley Town F.C., Crawley Town and Leyton Orient F.C., Leyton Orient as well as loan spells at Grimsby Town F.C., Grimsby Town, Dagenham & Redbridge F.C., Dagenham & Redbridge and Cambridge United. Playing career Early career He is a former pupil of Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green, he was initially a product of Southend United's youth set-up, although he departed for non-league football and played at Grays Athletic, Wingate & Finchley and Harlow Town F.C., Harlow Town. Brentford 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Smith (footballer Born 1988)
Michael Smith (born 4 September 1988) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who last played as a defender for club Yeovil Town and the Northern Ireland national team. Smith has previously played for Heart of Midlothian in Scotland, Ballyclare Comrades and Ballymena United in Northern Ireland, and Bristol Rovers and Peterborough United in England. At Hearts, Smith was mostly utilised as a right-back – either as a fullback or as a wing-back – however he also deputised as a centre-back (often as the right-most of a back three) when needed. Smith has received several honours, including the Ballymena United Player of the Year in 2009–10, and Bristol Rovers Player of the Year in 2012–13. Club career Early career Smith began playing football under the management of his father at Greenisland Boys Club and was picked up by his first senior club, Ballyclare Comrades in 2005. He signed for Irish League side Ballymena United in January 2009, and made over 100 appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in Association football around the world, the world, and was the top-level football league in England from its foundation until 1992, when the top 22 clubs split from it to form the Premier League. The Football League was rebranded as the "English Football League" (EFL) starting with the 2016–17 season. The EFL is divided into the EFL Championship, Championship, EFL League One, League One and EFL League Two, League Two, with 24 clubs in each division, 72 in total, with promotion and relegation between them; the top Championship division clubs change places with the lowest-placed clubs in the Premier League, and the bottom clubs of League Two with the top clubs of the National League (division), National League. Currently four of the EFL clubs are from Wales – Cardiff City F.C., Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
