Penultimate home game of the season for Rovers
Bristol Rovers host Bromley Town on Boxing Day 2025, kick off is at 3pm and if ever a team needed 3 points it is Rovers today.
Bristol Rovers and Bromley have faced each other four times in recognised competitive fixtures across FA Cup and friendly matches. In those meetings Bristol Rovers have won twice, Bromley have won once, and one game ended in a draw, showing that the Gas hold a slight advantage overall in this relatively small sample of matches.
The most recent encounter came in the FA Cup on 1 November 2025, when Bristol Rovers won 2-1 away at Bromley, with goals from Fabrizio Cavegn and Joel Cotterill securing the victory after Bromley had taken the game to a tight finish. Earlier head to head results include a 2-1 away win for Bromley at Bristol Rovers in July 2024, an earlier 1-1 draw between the sides, and a 0-1 FA Cup win for Rovers at Hayes Lane in 2019. Overall across these four fixtures both teams have found the net with Bristol Rovers scoring five goals to Bromley’s four, underlining how close and competitive their encounters have tended to be despite being infrequent.
History of Bristol Rovers:
Founded in 1883, Bristol Rovers FC have experienced various successes and challenges over the years, from cup runs to ground moves. Rovers enjoyed their most fruitful period in the mid-20th century, including reaching the quarterfinals of the FA Cup in 1950 and securing various promotions.
The most significant of these successes came in 1952 when Rovers won the Third Division (South) title. In subsequent decades, Rovers fluctuated between different tiers of the football pyramid. The club moved to the Memorial Stadium in 1996, which has been its home since.
The club - whose supporters are known as ‘Gas Heads’ - climbed back up the Football League in the 2000s, but were disastrously relegated to non-league in 2014. However, this acted as nothing more than a reset and today the club sit in EFL League Two and have been managed by Steve Evans since 16 December 2025 following a 10 game losing streak that led to the sacking of Darrell Clarke and his assistant Jon Stead.