Bristol Rovers and Swindon Town have faced each other on 94 occasions in The Football League and national cup competitions, with the better record belonging to Swindon with 42 wins to Rovers' 35. The first meeting was in 1897, when the two sides met in the Western League. According to the Football Fans Census, conducted in 2003, Swindon are Rovers' third biggest rivals after Bristol City and Cardiff City.