Geoff bradford draws the aston villa goalkeeper and sets up alfie biggs to score in the fa cup 3rd round tie at eastville with a crowd of. Geoff bradford, who won a single cap in 1955, scoring in a 51. Bristol rovers, chewing gum, old postcards, bradford, football players, how to memorize things, archive, soccer, memories colin dobson of bristol rovers in 1975. A special edition of subs bench as the team are joined by rovers historian mike jay to talk all things geoff bradford. Charlie colkett is on loan with bristol rovers from chelsea. Nov 16, 2009 rovers visited cardiff city for a league 2 game on 17th sept 1958, coming away with a 42 victory. England gasopedia bristol rovers wiki fandom powered. Land rover d2 workshop manual 1999 by myrtlemontemayor issuu. England won the game 51 with bradford scoring a goal. Twentytwo other rovers players have been capped by england either before they joined the club or after they left it. The new design for the rovers programme, it was to remain virtually unchanged until 1961. Geoff bradford bristol rovers independent fans forum. Going back even further to 14 th october 1961 a bobby jones double, geoff bradford and peter hooper goals made the score 43 to rovers. Nov 01, 2012 bristol rovers most famous player is undoubtedly geoff bradford.
In 1892 the club became a founder member of the bristol and district league, which three years later was renamed the western league. Geoff bradford bristol rovers interview, march 1994 floyd nello. Bristol rovers players whos who 19462018 superb book. Tracking their greatest moments on and off the pitch, this personalised football book is a nostalgic wonder of memories for any pirates fan. This weeks sub bench has landed and its a special edition of the show as richard latham and nigel turner are joined by bristol rovers historian mike jay to talk all things geoff bradford still. Such a modest gentleman remembering geoff bradford. Sign up to free email alerts from bristollive weekday bristol rovers fc. Best bristol rovers odds 2020 bet on bristol rovers. Geoffrey reginald william bradford 18 july 1927 30 december 1994 was an english professional footballer who spent his entire career at bristol rovers and. Bradford also holds the record for most goals scored in a single season, netting 33 times in the 19521953 campaign. A biography of the late geoff bradford, a former striker who is a legendary figure at bristol rovers fc, his only club. C this merger came about as bristol rovers only had girls teams up to the under 16 age group level, so when girls reached the age of 16 they were forced to leave the club.
Bristol rovers bradford city live score, video stream and h2h. Jul 31, 2017 interview with bristol rovers greatest ever player, less than a year before he passed away. We will bring you up to the minute news and information. Bristol rovers 2 bradford city on target 4 bristol rovers corners 3 7 fouls 7 11. Mike jay is bristol rovers fcs official historian and has authored four books about the club. Personalised bristol rovers newspaper book in the book. A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as up to date and as accurate as possible. Only one bristol rovers player has ever represented england while on the books at the club. Football statistics of geoff bradford including club and national team history. Bradford city vs bristol rovers year up to 2020 the soccer teams bradford city and bristol rovers played 10 games up to today. Geoff bradford by mike jay overdrive rakuten overdrive.
He was first spotted playing aged 18 playing for soundwell in bristol. Bristol rovers legend by ian haddrell 20121101 ian haddrell on. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Bristol rovers vs bristol city jan 1996 at ashton gate. Geoff bradford, who won a single cap in 1955, scoring in a 51 victory over denmark. Brave and skillful, he gave rovers sterling service, facing many of the top forwards english football could offer during that era as rovers enjoyed a prolonged spell towards the top end of the second division. The club had a successful womens team, formed in 1998 as bristol rovers w. Geoff was my dads absolute hero and dads enthusiasm for rovers was passed onto me. Wael alqadi tells stuart james how he evaded roman abramovichs bodyguards to get his picture taken, about his 80s love affair with chelsea, and why he likes to mix with the bristol rovers. In their book bristol rovers players whos who, stephen byrne and mike jay say this about radford. Geoff started his career as a year old with staple hill torchbearers fc before graduating to soundwell.
Peter hooper, dai ward, alfie biggs and geoff bradford all managed a goal apiece against rovers exkeeper ron nicholls. Bradford scored a club record 242 league goals for the pirates during the 1950s and 1960s and played in over 600 competitive matches during his 15 years at the club. Bristol rovers football club wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre read all about bristol rovers on fifa 16 vote, comment and find stats english league one, bristol rovers wycombe, saturday, am et watch and bet bristol rovers wycombe wanderers live sign in or register its free to watch an. Jul 18, 2017 remembering bristol rovers legend geoff bradford, who was born 90 years ago today. Geoff bradford is the most successful player in the history of bristol rovers, and still holds the club records for most goals scored in a season 33 and most career league goals 242.
Personalised bristol rovers football book i just love it. Geoffrey reginald william bradford was an english professional footballer who spent his entire career at bristol rovers and won one international cap for england. Champions and cup finalists 198990 by haddrell, ian and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Han spillede desuden en kamp for englands landshold. Notice a certain denis law in the home sides line up. Interview with bristol rovers greatest ever player, less than a year before he passed away. Relive all the high points in rovers history with this personalised piece of bristol rovers memorabilia. Geoff bradford bristol rovers legend soccer books limited. He is still settling in and if he can satisfy in his first game the odds that are that he will be very much more impressive as time goes on. This provided some sort of revenge for argyles 52 win just 11 months prior. Geoff bradford spent his entire footballing career with rovers making over 625 appearances and scoring 355 goals. A fantastic gentleman the story of bristol rovers legend.
Formed in 1883, the one and only rovers have been rolling around in glory ever since. Bristol rovers record scorer, geoff bradford, who scored 355 goals for the club, 242 of which were in the football league. Albums, scrapbooking, scrapbook, group photography poses, guest books. Remembering bristol rovers legend geoff bradford, who was. English footballer geoff bradford of bristol rovers f news. Geoff bradford and peter hooper goals made the score 43 to rovers. The bert tann era a personal memoir by edward giles available from rakuten kobo. Matchdetails from bristol rovers liverpool played on tuesday 4. Bristol rovers most famous player is undoubtedly geoff bradford.
The bristol rovers all time leading goalscorer is geoff bradford. The advantage which his height gives him made him a great asset in the air, for even if he did not always direct his headers to advantage at least he served to break up aggressive bristol intentions. This is the story of one of the most eventful and successful periods in bristol rovers long history. Bradford city 0 0 bristol rovers football the guardian. In this common games the teams scored a average of 3.
He has been a rovers supporter for nearly fifty years, and has a keen interest in the history of bristols oldest professional football club. Odd spot geoff fox played 307 games for rovers managing a total of 2 goals. For a list of players who made at least 100 league appearances for the club, see list of bristol rovers f. Mike jay is bristol rovers fcs official historian and has authored four books. Plymouth argyle vs bristol rovers on 17 dec 19 match centre. He wouldnt let me go until i was 7 because of the big crowds and i remember geoff playing at full back. English footballer geoff bradford of bristol rovers f. Book or magazine covers, commercial, promotional, advertorial, endorsement, advertising, or merchandising purposes in any media e. Mar 01, 2020 this weeks sub bench has landed and its a special edition of the show as richard latham and nigel turner are joined by bristol rovers historian mike jay to talk all things geoff bradford still. Teams ac this category is for questions and answers related to bristol rovers, as asked by users of. Plymouth argyle vs bristol rovers on 17 dec 19 match. Profile howard radford bristol rovers former players.
He was the most prolific goalscorer in that homely clubs history. Geoff bradford gasopedia bristol rovers wiki fandom. Pirates in profile bristol rovers players whos who 19201994, geoff bradford bristol rovers. Bristol rovers fc, association football, thing 1, retro football, bradford, how to memorize things, soccer, scrapbooks, denmark. This weeks sub bench has landed and its a special edition of the show as richard latham and nigel turner are joined by bristol rovers historian mike jay to talk all things geoff bradford. In addition to the geoff bradford book, supporters will also be able to purchase a copy of the new keith brookman book the bristol rovers archive covering the years 1951 1981 which was written in collaboration with former club photographer alan marshall. A whole host of former bristol rovers players, together with geoff bradford family members, will be at the memorial stadium tomorrow to celebrate the release of a new book entitled geoff bradford bristol rovers legend.
Goalkeeper joe lumley produced a trio of fine secondhalf saves to earn bristol rovers a league one draw with bradford at the memorial stadium. Bristol rovers legend by ian haddrell, mike jay isbn. Bristol rovers make your love for bristol rovers clear to see with toffs range of vintage football shirts and tshirts, sure to make you stand out from the crowd. As mike, having researched and interviewed the striker for a number of books and. He remains the only rovers player to receive an england call up whilst on the books.
Personalised bristol rovers football book gift details personalised bristol rovers football book. Football in general, and bristol rovers in particular, could do with more men like geoff bradford. Bradford scored 242 goals for the club from 1949 and 1964. Bristol rovers legend by haddrell, ian and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. He holds the club record for goals scored 242 in 461 football league appearances and remains the only player to win a full england international cap while with the club. We have got all the match results from 1892 to today along with great player profiles. Brought up in the easton area of bristol, he attended his first rovers match in 1967 and has seen them play at 5 different away grounds throughout england and wales. Bristol rovers gasopedia bristol rovers wiki fandom. Bradford city drew for the fourth straight league match against bristol rovers in a game that was held up in the second half by a. Land rover d2 workshop manual 1999 this is a complete service workshop manual for land rover d2 1999 in pdf format. The rovers player is the one and only geoff bradford bristol rovers fc, sport football. Sep 01, 2017 bradford city vs bristol rovers headtohead 1 september 2017 stuart mccalls bantams entertain bristol rovers at the northern commercials stadium this saturday 2 september 2017 in front of the sky sports cameras kick off 12. A superbly wellproduced, fullcolour whos who of every player to make a football league and football conference appearance for bristol rovers between 1946 and 2018.
Geoff bradford and 5 related entities entities finder. Apr, 2019 bristol rovers bradford city live score and video online live stream starts on. The picture in the flag shows one of rovers 3 goals in the victory over newport county that gave us promotion in april 1952, the result 31, and a bradford hattrick. Lets see if player has a wiki page lets see if the is anything about this on ebay lets see if. One of my heroes was bert hoyle the goalie and i remember as a small child not being able to get to sleep because he was injured. He made his debut for rovers on september 24th 1949 in a 10 defeat to crystal palace. Geoff bradford bristol rovers interview, march 1994 youtube. Bristol rovers football club is an english professional football team, based in bristol, currently playing in npower league one of the football league the club were founded in 1883 as black arabs f. Bradford city bristol rovers head to head statistics games. Have written numerous books about the history of the club including bristol rovers 18832003 the definitive history.
Our jerseys span all the way from the 1960s, when alltime top scorer geoff bradford played at the eastville stadium, through to the 1980s, when club legend stuart taylor hung up. Matchdetails from bristol rovers liverpool played on. Retro football football team back row front row blackburn rovers fc family history book history books typhoo bristol rovers. Ian haddrell has compiled four books about local history in bristol for the history press. In 1897 eastville rovers joined the birmingham and district league, and for two seasons played in both this league and the western. Here on sofascore livescore you can find all bristol rovers vs bradford city previous results sorted by their h2h matches. Over the course of his 15year career with rovers he played a total of 626 competitive matches, including 14 representative matches. Includes detailed biographies and a photograph of each player together with career appearance information for all of their clubs. A fantastic gentleman the story of bristol rovers legend geoff. Geoff bradford label from public data source wikidata sources found.