Bristol Bears are a professional rugby union club based in Bristol, England.
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13 Facts About Bristol Bears
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The Bristol Bears club set and broke new records for wins in a season and points scored and goal kicking forward Gordon Cripps rewrote the individual points scoring records.
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In 1996, Bristol Bears Rovers moved into the Memorial Stadium as tenants of Bristol Bears Rugby, and later took over ownership of the stadium through the Memorial Stadium Company.
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Rumours circulated that Bristol Bears could be sold to Firoz Kassam and play out of Oxford, and a merger with rivals Bath had been mooted.
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The following season Bristol Bears struggled, winning only two games, and were relegated from the premiership.
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In Middleton's first full season in charge Bristol Bears finished top of the championship table but failed to progress to the play-off finals, losing to Cornish Pirates in the semi-finals.
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However, Bristol Bears failed to secure promotion to the premiership, losing both legs of the play-off finals to London Welsh.
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Bristol Bears Rugby moved from the Memorial Stadium to Ashton Gate Stadium, the home of Bristol Bears City Football Club.
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Bristol Bears finished the season in 9th place including nine victories.
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In Europe, Bristol Bears were drawn in Pool 4 of the Challenge Cup with the other teams being Stade Rochelais, Zebre and Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk.
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Bristol Bears started their second year in the Gallagher Premiership with a home tie against Bath Rugby.
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Bristol Bears scored the fastest try in European Rugby final after just 15 second through a try from scrum half Harry Randall.
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