Ask why we became the Pirates, in short, you would end up hearing something like "The world famous pirate, Blackbeard was born in Bristol" ( with other Pirates / Buccaneers with a Bristol connection also getting a mention here )... "the Rovers have always been the Pirates"... "to be a Rover, is to be a Pirate"... "we got the title because of Bristol's, swashbuckling history" or what appeared at first to be a total contradiction to that, "we got our name because of Bristol's part in the story, Treasure Island"... and then of course, just to get the mind running completely, north and south, there was that troubling, odd ball tale, that "we got our Pirate name because of those men who had once boated upon a flooded Eastville pitch"? This idea went one step to far and was understandably rejected by the club. Curiously enough, they lost by the same score as in 1951, their opponents on this occasion being Fulham, at Craven Cottage. Lord almighty, Its a little bit like telling everyone that you got yourself a new dog & then just walking off, without even bothering to inform them all, of what the dogs breed is... its colouring & of course its bloody name! It was a decision that, with the benefit of hindsight, cost the club dearly. What had enhanced that scorn titles verbal power even further, came when it was openly voiced, with the act of pinching their noses while in the presence of Rovers fans. Hence in the blind act of just following or trusting in pure logic alone, will not always lead you to the truth! Hence from that time on, if they found an inconvenient hole in their knowledge, then they either simply ignored it or just plugged it up, on the spot with something as absurd as say "gas since 1883" and it is precisely during this era that we find that all their chimp minded, myth building begins to conflict with the real history and traditions of our club, just as their DOCTOR FRANKENSTEIN, gas image front would try to destroy our clubs real historic image front !!! For good or for bad this was the age when thousands of chanting, hard nosed 'TOTE END BOYS' at street level, became a respected, independent cult force in its own right, in the football world and known utterly everywhere. The 1950s was the most successful decade in the history of Bristol Rovers. This script was written by an old guard, Tote End boy in honour of the truth. On the second occasion they did not allow a single goal against them in the competition en route to the final, but conceded the lead less than a minute after the final kicked off.[31]. It was initially called Black Arabs F.C., after the Arabs rugby team and the predominantly black kits in which they played. The two of them remained in charge for a total of nine games and quickly stabilised the club’s position.