The 1890–91 season was the eighth to be played by the team that are now known as Bristol Rovers, and their seventh playing under the name Eastville Rovers.

Season review Eastville Rovers' stay in this year's Gloucestershire Senior Challenge Cup was a brief one. Prior to this season they had never failed to reach the semi-final stage, but after gaining automatic entry to the competition based on their performance last season they found themselves eliminated in the first round by Bedminster.

There was a depleted look to the club friendly match list too due to poor weather during the middle part of the season. A severe frost set in across England throughout December and January, which meant that very little football was possible over the winter.

The club stopped fielding a reserve team this season, leaving only a single team representing the club. They had entered a second XI into the inaugural Gloucestershire Junior Challenge Cup last year, but they opted not to put a team into the competition this time around.

Results First team Gloucestershire Senior Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultScorersNotes131 January 1891BedminsterThree Acres, BristolLost 2–3Perrin, Laurie

Club matches DateOpponentVenueResultScorersNotes20 September 1890WarmleyWarmley, GloucestershireLost 0–1 4 October 1890St GeorgeSt George, BristolLost 4–8Perrin (2), Laurie, Yates11 October 1890BedminsterBedminster Cricket Ground, BristolLost 2–4Perrin (2)18 October 1890ClevedonThree Acres, BristolWon 3–0 25 October 1890Trowbridge TownTrowbridge, WiltshireLost 1–5YatesByrne & Jay (2003), p.338 November 1890Craigmore CollegeThree Acres, BristolWon 5–1Yates, W. Taylor, A. Laurie, Perrin, Hodgson15 November 1890CliftonClifton, BristolWon 3–0Yates (3)22 November 1890BathThree Acres, BristolDrew 3–3Yates (2), A. Laurie13 December 1890BedminsterAshton Gate, BristolLost 1–4Yates20 December 1890WarmleyThree Acres, Bristol 27 December 1890ClevedonClevedon, Somerset 10 January 1891St GeorgeThree Acres, Bristol 24 January 1891Trowbridge TownThree Acres, BristolLost 3–1Somerton7 February 1891St GeorgeSt George, Bristol 14 February 1891Craigmore CollegeThree Acres, BristolWon 8–0F. Laurie, Wallace, Taylor, ThomasRovers only fielded ten players21 February 1891CliftonThree Acres, BristolDrew 1–1Thomas14 March 1891BathLambridge Meadows, BathCancelled 28 March 1891Trowbridge TownTrowbridge, WiltshireLost 1–3Perrin11 April 1891WarmleyWarmley, GloucestershireLost 1–5W. Taylor

Statistics Friendly matches are not included in this section. + Match recordCompetitionHomeAwayTotalPWDLFAPWDLFAPWDLFAGloucestershire Cup100123000000100123

+ GoalscorersPlayerGoalsLeagueCupTotalLaurie–11Walter Perrin–11

Cumulative record The total cumulative record of Eastville Rovers up to the end of the 1890–91 season is shown below. This is calculated by adding the numbers in the section above to the total games played up to the end of the last season. Friendly matches are not included in this table, and games held at neutral venues are considered to have been played away from home.

As of the summer of 1891, Rovers' competitive matches had all been played in the Gloucestershire Cup.

+ Match recordCompetitionHomeAwayTotalPWDLFAPWDLFAPWDLFAGloucestershire Cup301237650110895131315

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