The 21,700 seater stadium that Bristol Rovers plan to build on land near the University of the West of England (UWE) in Stoke Gifford, is now unlikely to be ready for the start of the 2014/15 season, as the club had originally hoped. Media reports in the past week have quoted Club Chairman Nick Higgs as saying that the opening
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The construction of a new stadium for Bristol Rovers on the UWE site in Stoke Gifford, which is dependent on the football club obtaining planning permission for the redevelopment of its existing ground in Horfield, could be impacted by an “objection” recently lodged by Tesco. Rival supermarket group Sainsbury’s has submitted plans to demolish the Memorial Stadium and replace it
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