Bristol Rovers may never have played in the top flight of the game but, down the decades, few clubs have had more colourful characters. In this fascinating book Ivan Ponting and Richard Jones – both lifelong followers of Bristol soccer – profile the most memorable of the post-war Pirates. They are all here, from the vintage Eastville favourites of the 1940s and 1950s, through the Watney Cup heroes of the early 1970s, to the idols of Gerry Francis’s blue-and-white army, and beyond: Geoff Bradford and Alfie ‘the Baron’ Biggs, Harold Jarman and Alan Warboys, Gary Penrice and Ian Holloway, Marcus Stewart and Nathan Ellington – the list is mouth-watering. Bristol Rovers Greats is an affectionate and often revealing tribute to some of the most revered names in West Country sport.