If Bristol Rovers ever needed a fixture to bring back some goalscoring magic, perhaps this coming weekend's trip to Leyton Orient's Brisbane Road will rekindle the memories from around a quarter of a century ago.

The terrific start to the 1982-83 campaign under their influential manager Bobby Gould saw the Pirates on fire in front of goal. Then came the trip to Leyton Orient on October 23, 1982.

Rovers' side at that time was bolstered by the recent signing earlier that week of former England striker Mike Channon.

At that time Orient were the whipping boys of Division Three, having suffered heavy defeats at Gillingham (4-0) and Huddersfield (6-0) plus a home collapse against Newport (5-1).

And Rovers added to the misery as a brace from Ian Holloway, plus one each from Graham Withey, Paul Randall and a David Williams penalty gave them another valuable away win. The result broke the hoodoo at Brisbane Road as it was Rovers' first league win there since the days of Harold Jarman, Ray Mabbutt, Alfie Biggs and Keith Plumb in the 1960s.

Leyton Orient are a club of many former names and grounds, and it was during their days as Clapton Orient that Rovers first appeared on the fixture list during 1929-30. The O's ground back then was Millfields Road and for the next seven seasons the only victory the Gas could muster was a 3-0 win on October 29, 1932 courtesy of a hat-trick from Vivian Gibbins, a former England centre-forward.

Since 1937 Orient have been playing at Brisbane Road and it is here that Rovers have been more profitable, especially when they followed up their 5-1 mauling in 1982 with another emphatic win on November 30, 1984 with a 4-1 victory as two goals from Mark O'Connor, plus one each from Holloway and Randall, halted a run of seven league matches without a win.

The first Rovers supporters to witness an away victory in the league at Brisbane Road came on October 25, 1947 when a crowd of 11,000 saw two goals from Vic Lambden, one from a Ray Warren spot-kick and another from Len Hodges secure both points in a timely win that, on this occasion, halted a run of five league games without a win.

From the late 1950s and into the next decade there were even more reasons to celebrate on the road as three consecutive wins there began with a 3-1 victory on November 9, 1957 as Geoff Bradford's brace gave him figures of 12 goals from 15 League games thus far. George Petherbridge grabbed the other.

The opening day of the 1958/59 season saw the Pirates win via goals from Dai Ward, Petherbridge and an own goal from Orient's George Wright.

A cold crisp, late December day saw Rovers claim their hat-trick of league wins at Brisbane Road as Petherbridge was again on target for the third season running in a 2-1 win, aided by an Alfie Biggs strike.

There was a parting of the ways for both clubs by the end of the 1961/62 season as Leyton Orient joined Liverpool in promotion to Division One while Rovers dropped down to Division Three. But before that Rovers inflicted on Orient only their third home defeat of the season, one goal each from Ray Mabbutt, Harold Jarman and Keith Williams earning a 3-2 victory.

Within the last 15 years there have been three more victories for the Rovers faithful to cheer, the first of these occurring on April 11, 1995 with a 2-1 win.

More recently, Rovers came away with all three points on September 3, 2005, while the last time these two met in the League was on the final day of last season, Rovers losing 3-1.

Since 2004 Leyton Orient's ground has been known as the Matchroom Stadium, the name of the company owned by Barry Hearn, the club's chairman since 1995.