1930 -1939 - Jack Brock, The Vick Brothers and the Peacheys.

The early 1930s were not great on the pitch, until around 1935 when performances started to improve, coinciding with the arrival of goalkeeper Jack Brock, who also turned out for Bristol University. By 1936 Jack, along with Norman Vick, was trialling at Swindon Town and Jack went on to become first team goalkeeper at Swindon Town for the season (Swindon sent a cheque for 1 Guinea to cover his services!).

Jack returned to Rovers before the war for a time and then played on through the whole of the 1940s in a playing career that spanned 15 years and one world war.

Harold, Norman and Peter Vick all played for the first team in 1938, the year that Rovers finally secured the GNSL title. Three brothers in one team doesn’t happen often, but there were also three Peacheys who played at the same time and in the same team, cousins George, Ted and Bob.

Ronnie Clift and Tom Harris may well have gone on to make names for themselves but their lives were cut short in the Second World War.