Bristol Rovers

Our matchday programme, ‘The Pirate’, for our crucial game against Alfreton Town contains all the usual news and views and costs just £3 and, for this issue, will comprise of 64 pages.

Packed with many features you won’t have seen on our website, ‘The Pirate’ has picked up two Programme of the Year Awards this season.

Manager Darrell Clarke pens his own notes, and this week we catch up with the latest match reports for our U-18 side and profile Callum Bingham, who has been a regular in the squad this season.

In addition we bring you team photos of the four Academy sides who were introduced to you all at the Southport game.

We bring you player interviews with Tom Lockyer and Andy Monkhouse plus one with Stuart Sinclair, who tells us about his passion for another sport, while the featured player in the centre spread is Jermaine Easter.

There’s news from the Supporters Club, Young Pirates, and Helpline, while the Fanzone pages are dedicated to all of you, and this week features a number of photos of fan celebrating birthdays.

In our history section Mike Jay Stephen Byrne looks to 110 years ago today, when Rovers won the Southern League Championship, while the history pages feature season 1993/94.

In addition, there's a nostalgic look back to the promotion season of 1952/53 you can  and we also fast forward to season 1994/95 as Rovers went on a journey that would eventually lead to Wembley.

There’s an eclectic mix of articles from a wide range of contributors, all of them Rovers supporters, so if you haven’t previously purchased a matchday programme when you’ve come to a game, try it today – you might be pleasantly surprised!