Devon White will always be held dear in the hearts of Rovers fans in the same way that Alan Warboys was; for providing height and power to the attack.

Although Bruno was not the most skilful of players 'on the deck', he certainly knew how to make his presence felt and none more so than when playing against archrivals Bristol City.

At 6'3" and weighing 14 stone, Devon had plenty of presence and the Popular Side at Twerton Park took the gangly striker to their hearts immediately, especially as he scored on his unexpected debut.

Rovers' first teamer Rob Turner missed his train at Cardiff; Devon took his place and promptly kept it, making 45 appearances, and scoring 17 goals in his debut season.

Devon White was undoubtedly one of Gerry Francis' most astute signings. Gerry had recalled playing against him when Devon came on as a substitute for Lincoln City against Rovers.

'Big Dev' had dropped out of League football and had pursued his career as an electrician whilst playing part time for Boston, Shepshed Charterhouse and then Grantham, where Gerry Francis tracked him down.

That debut season for Bruno proved to be something of a turning point for Gerry Francis' 'Ragbag Rovers' as he affectionately named them.

Whilst the season had started well Rovers rapidly fell away, and when they met Sunderland at home on 24 February, they had failed to win any of their last six games.

Sunderland were top of the table at the time and came to Twerton full of confidence.

A dreadful challenge by Gordon Armstrong 'took out' Kenny Hibbitt, who suffered a career ending leg break. The injury incensed the Rovers team, who rolled up their sleeves and seemed determined to let Sunderland know that they were not to be pushed around.

Mehew, Holloway, Penrice and Bruno were all on the scoresheet as Rovers thrashed the Rokerites 4-0.

Rovers then went on a remarkable run which saw them win 9, draw 4 and lose just 3 of their remaining 16 games and saw them finish in a commendable 8th spot.

It was the defence that tightened up during that spell but Devon was able to add four more goals to his tally.

The 1988-89 season was to be the one in which Rovers came within one goal of promotion.

It was a team built on an uncompromising defence, Rovers 34 goals scored at home (which helped to bring just nine home victories) was only one more than they scored away from Twerton, but the defensive performance was beaten only by Port Vale and Champions Wolves.

It was a lean spell in front of goal for big Devon, as he hit the net just 6 times from 44 appearances (plus nine as a substitute).

The following season was one that will stick in GasHead's memories forever and Devon White's name was writ large in the story of that season.

Rovers were unbeaten at home for the entire season and managed to record 15 home wins (bettered only by Notts County) and 11 away wins (bettered only by Bristol City).

It was the final home game of that glorious season, on 2nd May 1990 that Devon White was to seal his pace in the hearts of GasHeads.

His two goals against table topping Bristol City helped Rovers, 'steal' the title from under the noses of their city rivals.

Devon made 50 (plus 3 substitute) appearances that season for a total of 14 goals, but those two on the hot spring Twerton night made him an automatic Rovers legend.

He was Rovers' joint top scorer in 1991-92 season before being involved in a swap deal for Cambridge United's John Taylor.

After 22 games for the U's Gerry Francis, who by this time had taken over the manager's post at Premiership Queens Park Rangers, picked up Bruno again.

He resumed his partnership with Gary Penrice and notched 11 goals in 27 games for the Hoops before returning to his native Nottingham to join Notts County.

After 44 games at Meadow Lane, he came to the attention of Watford and spent a miserable time there before returning to Notts and then Shrewsbury.

As something of a post-script to Devon's Rovers' career, whilst playing for Notts County against Rovers he was clean through on goal at a Meadow Lane game but managed to blast the ball closer to the corner flag than the goal.

The relieved travelling fans belted out, "Bruno's still a GasHead" to the somewhat embarrassed County striker, who managed a smile and wave to his still adoring fans.

Written by Gerry Prewett.

Season	League (including Play Off's)		FA Cup		FL Cup		Sherpa Van/Zenith Data		Glos Cup		Total
	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1987-88	39	14	4	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	45	17
1988-89	31(9) + 4	5	2	0	2	0	4	0	1	1	44(9)	6
1989-90	40(3)	12	1	0	2	0	6	2	1	0	50(3)	14
1990-91	45	11	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	50	11
1991-92	35	10	2	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	30	9
Total	190+ 4 (12)	52	10	3	9	2	15	2	2	1	219 + 4 (12)	57