The directors of Bristol Rovers will continue to bankroll the club and there is no risk of the Pirates going into administration even if they lose their battle against relegation to League 2. Rovers’ last set of published results which covered the 12 months to June 2009 revealed a loss of more than £1.7m and debts approaching £4m.
The directors of Bristol Rovers will continue to bankroll the club and there is no risk of the Pirates going into administration even if they lose their battle against relegation to League 2. Rovers’ last set of published results which covered the 12 months to June 2009 revealed a loss of more than £1.7m and debts approaching £4m.
Some fans have formed a Black and Gold campiagn to express concerns about the way in which the club is being run. They are particularly worried about the lack of progress in redeveloping the Memorial Stadium into a 18,000 capacity venue, a scheme for which planning permission was granted in 2007. If the plan cannot go ahead, they would rather be told.
The Pirates purchased the Memorial Stadium from Bristol Rugby Club, who were then in administration, in 1998. Before that they played for nearly ten years at Bath City’s ground at Twerton Park.