Welcome To Our World...r*vers Jr

[Guest BS3 GAS]

Sorry meant to add reply ... ive always come on here tried to be respectful and honest... with regards the sale of the ground to amtrak.. your right we will never know ... the fact of matter is the rugby club chose to sell the memorial ground for profit (the ground should never been allowed to be sold at all) the rovers deal the training pitch and land by the centenary stand all of ot was for profit and the time for objections should have been then and carried on ... its sad indeed that amother sports ground is going and one with such strong emotional attachments but at least the gates and a new memorial garden will remain as a reminder and all 3 Bristol sports clubs will soon be playing on stadia fit for purpose ... finally the memorial garden and indeed this whole scheme has the backing of the ex bristol players society and the british legion .. they are about the most important people alive today that are due a real say in all this and if its good enough for them then im ok with it all ....

[pride of the west]

I can see this uwe flat pack stadium going the same way as Stoke or even Oxford. In stokes case theirs was built in about 6 months and never got fitted with all the little bells and whistles that was promised which make a ground a bit more than concrete and corrugated iron. The stadium got old very quickly and maintenance wasn't really kept up until they reached the prem.

Oxford was just a sham and the money ran out as I'm sure most of you are aware.

[Esmond Million's Bung]

3 sides to the ground, they just can't let go of the tent can they?

 

or watch out tax payer, when the begging bowl comes out.

[pride of the west]

3 sides to the ground, they just can't let go of the tent can they?

or watch out tax payer, when the begging bowl comes out.

I can see them going to the housing developers down there cap in hand when the money runs out. They will try and convince them they have a better chance of selling their new builds with a fully developed stadium and not just a concrete bowl with no facilities.

It wouldn't surprise me if they are contributing to the cost already.

[Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan]

Sorry meant to add reply ... ive always come on here tried to be respectful and honest... with regards the sale of the ground to amtrak.. your right we will never know ... the fact of matter is the rugby club chose to sell the memorial ground for profit (the ground should never been allowed to be sold at all) the rovers deal the training pitch and land by the centenary stand all of ot was for profit and the time for objections should have been then and carried on ... its sad indeed that amother sports ground is going and one with such strong emotional attachments but at least the gates and a new memorial garden will remain as a reminder and all 3 Bristol sports clubs will soon be playing on stadia fit for purpose ... finally the memorial garden and indeed this whole scheme has the backing of the ex bristol players society and the british legion .. they are about the most important people alive today that are due a real say in all this and if its good enough for them then im ok with it all ....

In fairness to you, you've always voiced a pro AV opinion on here and elsewhere. I'm not anti UWE Stadium, I certainly don't begrudge Rovers getting a new ground....as long as City also progress off the pitch then I'm happy. As I said Rovers went through the correct channels, the law is on their side along with the Royal British Legion so for that I say fair play, I don't see it as desecration of a War Memorial because the Memorial will remain with the blessing of organisations that really matter ie RBL.

IMO in an ideal world, the site wouldve remained as a sports venue of some description (even as something like a velodrome) but unfortunately the only people prepared to stump up the cash for the Mem were Sainsburys. You could argue that Lansdown himself could've bought the Mem although in reality, from his own business perspective, that's massively unrealistic as it makes more sense for the Rugby and the Football to be under one roof. I'm not naive enough to think that Rovers should be held back in their ambitions until someone comes along with a huge amount of cash to fund a sports venue. Difficult to see what else Rovers could've done under the circumstances. What some Gasheads need to understand is that not everyone who voices concerns about selling a War Memorial are 'anti Rovers' or jealous of Rovers getting a new ground.

On the subject of the new ground, whilst I'm not overly impressed with the appearance (I'm obviously biased and I don't expect my opinion to shared by most neutral football fans), I can understand why Rovers want it so badly. I've noticed on Facebook a fair few Gasheads making grand predictions about how the balance of power in Bristol football is changing...City will be left behind etc etc. the thing is, talk is cheap and the pressure is on you, especially as it appears that we will also have a much improved ground plus revenue from the Rugby. You get a new ground, we get our home of 100+ years brought into the 21st Century. No envy here because I genuinely wouldn't swap AG for a carbon copy UWE Stadium, no matter how much some of your fellow fans would love to believe otherwise. Older Gasheads would no doubt feel the same attachment to Eastville.

Let the games begin.

[Stoke_Gifford_Red]

On the subject of the new ground, whilst I'm not overly impressed with the appearance (I'm obviously biased and I don't expect my opinion to shared by most neutral football fans), I can understand why Rovers want it so badly. I've noticed on Facebook a fair few Gasheads making grand predictions about how the balance of power in Bristol football is changing...City will be left behind etc etc. the thing is, talk is cheap and the pressure is on you, especially as it appears that we will also have a much improved ground plus revenue from the Rugby. You get a new ground, we get our home of 100+ years brought into the 21st Century. No envy here because I genuinely wouldn't swap AG for a carbon copy UWE Stadium, no matter how much some of your fellow fans would love to believe otherwise. Older Gasheads would no doubt feel the same attachment to Eastville.

Let the games begin.

Fully agree. I would rather have our spiritual home redeveloped than a new idenkit bowl on the edge of the city.

Plus all this talk of Bristol rovers being the larger club etc, their ground is only due to hold 22,000 until they can prove their is demand for more seats which on recent attendances is a long way off. We meanwhile will be up to 27,000 and the advantage of the groundshare with the rugby to share costs.

Don't think rovers will be catching up with us commercially anytime yet but a little competition never hurt anyone!

[Kid in the Riot]

[Guest BS3 GAS]

[Guest ernie goodthing]

Good luck with Laycock, isn't that the guy for us who chose Pulis over Moyes? His time at City was rather forgetable. Level playing field are you having a laugh? We will still be miles ahead of you on and off the pitch. Your ground is rubbish and in the most bizzare location there is. Enjoy your pre match pints at Holiday Inn wont you.

452 posts about a rubbish, soulless, 3 sided stadium on rented ground, in a "bizarre location" near a motorway, railway stations and growing population, that won't get built as they don't have the money. Hmm Rather playing into their hands I think.

[Guest BS3 GAS]

Good luck with Laycock, isn't that the guy for us who chose Pulis over Moyes? His time at City was rather forgetable. Level playing field are you having a laugh? We will still be miles ahead of you on and off the pitch. Your ground is rubbish and in the most bizzare location there is. Enjoy your pre match pints at Holiday Inn wont you.

the Bulldog, foxden, goldon bottle, new pub in chiswick village , (the gainsbrough poss re opening as well as the king george, so a few options less than 10mins walk for a drink plus huge bar at the stadium, direct rail link at abbeywood, just off the m32 on the ring rd within walking distance of filton, frenchay, northville, lockleaze, horfield .... a bizarre location? hardly

 

And by leve lplaying field , i mean a stadium with proper facilities and a chance of off field revenue

[Rich]

[Rich]

the Bulldog, foxden, goldon bottle, new pub in chiswick village , (the gainsbrough poss re opening as well as the king george, so a few options less than 10mins walk for a drink plus huge bar at the stadium, direct rail link at abbeywood, just off the m32 on the ring rd within walking distance of filton, frenchay, northville, lockleaze, horfield .... a bizarre location? hardly

 

And by leve lplaying field , i mean a stadium with proper facilities and a chance of off field revenue

Only one pub within ten minutes walk of the new ground mentioned there. The train station is further away than Parson street is to AG and very few use that. So I estimate that there will be an awful lot of congestion, a lot of people with long walks and a very sanitised type of football experience to be had by Rovers supporters compared to recent years of attending the Rugby ground. I imagine the South Glos Bowl, to be somewhat like MK, the Ricoh or Reading but smaller. 

[Guest BS3 GAS]

With greatest respect despite my name on here I live in lockleaze it rakes me 5mins to walk to abbey wood stn im about 3 mins fron the bottle it rakes 5/6 mins to bulldog same to new ground site and 15 mins tops to foxden... parson st to the gate is about the same as abbeywoid will be to uwe vis the cycle path route

[Rich]

With greatest respect despite my name on here I live in lockleaze it rakes me 5mins to walk to abbey wood stn im about 3 mins fron the bottle it rakes 5/6 mins to bulldog same to new ground site and 15 mins tops to foxden... parson st to the gate is about the same as abbeywoid will be to uwe vis the cycle path route

Unless I'm mistaken the only access into the new stadium will be from the ring road. That is unless there will be unlimited access to all of the UWE site from Chiswick village and surrounding area, which I seriously doubt. Post us a link to the access routes in the travel plans, I seriously am interested.

[weeble]

Unless I'm mistaken the only access into the new stadium will be from the ring road. That is unless there will be unlimited access to all of the UWE site from Chiswick village and surrounding area, which I seriously doubt. Post us a link to the access routes in the travel plans, I seriously am interested.

Only access by car is from the ring road. There will be a pedestrian route through Chiswick Village. Access by bus will be possible via the bus only road that runs past the stadium.

[weeble]

The then chairman (Arthur Holmes) did not sell the training ground, the Memorial stadium company did. This was after the rugby club went into administration and folded, giving the Rovers board the chance to buy the remaining 50% of the shares .

It's perfectly true to say the Memorial Stadium Company sold the training ground, however the option to buy it had already been sold by the rugby club. It was up to the housing firm to decide when or if they wanted to exercise their right to buy.

[Rich]

[Rich]

Only access by car is from the ring road. There will be a pedestrian route through Chiswick Village. Access by bus will be possible via the bus only road that runs past the stadium.

There will be no public parking for fans at chiswick village, (residenta only) so only residents from that new estate will have access, Bus only road passing the stadium from where, Ring road?

[Wanderingred]

Despite the bitching, we can now say that for the first time in decades, both City and the blue few are moving forward off the pitch. In two years time, both will have great stadiums that the population of Bristol can be proud of. Ive no reason to deny Rovers this development providing it wont change the status quo in Bristol.. And with them struggling to stay out of the conference, and a new stadium that will be smaller than pre development ashton gate, i dont think we've got anything to worry about. Heres for a swift return to the championship for bcfc and league 1 for the gas! I think both clubs would be satisfied with that short term!

[Rich]

Despite the bitching, we can now say that for the first time in decades, both City and the blue few are moving forward off the pitch. In two years time, both will have great stadiums that the population of Bristol can be proud of. Ive no reason to deny Rovers this development providing it wont change the status quo in Bristol.. And with them struggling to stay out of the conference, and a new stadium that will be smaller than pre development ashton gate, i dont think we've got anything to worry about. Heres for a swift return to the championship for bcfc and league 1 for the gas! I think both clubs would be satisfied with that short term!

Get back to Korea with your overly reasonable attitude. I hope they'll be happy in their South Glos Bowl.

[Guest]

With the greatest respect I can tell you right now none of those pubs are a ten minute walk away. It may look close on a map but I can assure you I have lived in this area all my life, I have walked thise streets near your stadium many times and none of what you mention is within ten minutes walk. I admit I havn't seen any plans but as it is there is only the cycle path which is a bugger and is massive. The king george is miles away from your stadium, it would be an almost half hour walk.

Abbeywood again is at least a 15 minute walk, the problem is you have to walk all the way around the MOD and then over the ramps etc. Frenchey withjn walking distance? Haha yea ok. Even Horfield is pushing it for walking distance and that is onky if you live in the bit close to the stadium, upper horfield and no chance of walking it within a reasonable time same for Filton. Lockleaze you may be able to walk from but only if they open up a path to the stadium by Rodney Road but again you live in the lower part of Lockleaze and it aint gonna be a walk you would likr to do too often.

You keeo telling yourself it's in a brilliant location, typical sag. Truth is it's stuck behind UWE and the MOD, access is very very poor, the ring road is rammed with traffic as it is. None of the pubs you mention are wuthin walking distance. Even Mcdonalds Nandos etc is a 20 minute walk away. Stop looking at the maps and go and walk the routes then try coming on here telling me all the pubs and places are within a ten minute walk. Your deluded.

Sure your right about the walking distances, this could go two ways, if there are sufficient bars in the new ground then the match day income could be greatly increased, insufficient parking and poor bus routes could have a detrimental effect on attendances.

There's always the student union bar, and UWE may jump on the chance to provide drinking facilities.

For away fans there are the facilities inside the ground or nothing.

Visitors arriving by car from the motorway will see nothing of our fair city.

[Barrs Court Red]

The Abbey Wood infrastructure can barely handle 8000 Civil Servants, ariving and leaving over the space of a few hours.

I await much mirth and "told you so" when the reality of the lego stadium hits home.

[Guest BS3 GAS]

[ispep]

Call me a tradionalist but I would much rather have a pint in the lions etc than drink at a football stadium.

For away fans it will be a dump of a stadium to visit, if you come to AG you can get off the train at BTM and enjoy our City as we are only a few miles down the road from the centre, that always adds a few onto away support at the gate, they wont get that at UWE as there is nothing around there of any interest.

Personally i'm dreading evening games. Being realistic the sags are likely to get around 10k a game, the ring road around by the MOD is a nightmare anyways in the evenings so it's going to be even worse when they have an evening game especially considering the stadium is out of walking distance and poor public transport.

My god dont you go on, just rambling/shouting nonsense for the sake of an arguement..

There are gonna be pro's and cons for every new stadium.. I'm thinking Ashton Gate is your plan b is it not? I would of loved to have built our new stadium outside the hippodrome next to the waterfront so the away fans can really enjoy themselves.. Don't think they would let us do it though. Shame really..

I look forward to your next post where you write exactly the same post but change the words a bit..

[ispep]

5 minutes maybe if there was a direct path in a straight line. Tell you what next time your on one of your power walks you video it and put it on youtube, then we will know who is right but you wont do that cos you know your wrong.

The point is the area is congested enough, adding a football stadium into it is just madness imo.

Unlike your stadium a lot of City fans do live close by to the ground. This traffic you mention in Bemmy is a myth. .

No it's not..

Traffic is horrendous on match days.

Have you not seen the traffic coming towards the cross hands/miners from bishopsworth/ bedminster down areas???

[Guest BS3 GAS]

5 minutes maybe if there was a direct path in a straight line. Tell you what next time your on one of your power walks you video it and put it on youtube, then we will know who is right but you wont do that cos you know your wrong.

The point is the area is congested enough, adding a football stadium into it is just madness imo.

Unlike your stadium a lot of City fans do live close by to the ground. This traffic you mention in Bemmy is a myth. I can easily leave the ground at the final whistle walk 5 mins to my car and then be on the portway within 5 mins. Yes there is traffic but it's hardly ever gridlock apart from maybe a sell out but around by our ground there is plenty of places to grab a drink and food etc so the fans arriving is more staggard than it will be at yours.

ok mate , if it suits you your right despite you living elsewher and driving everywhere ,and yes there are ways and means of leaving Ashton gate quickly , you say bemmy isnt busy then go on to say you dont drive that way ..!!!! if you live in North Somerset or out off the portway Ashton gate is great for access the other ways not so good, but thats football traffic for you.... The area around MOD is congested... weekday rush hours especially but 1 oclock on a saturday its okay... now tell me when are most football games held? oh yeah saturdays !!... the 3/4 evening fixtures will be different kettle of fish but even then its ok around 7 ish... im guessing from your name on here you live in Patchway.... drive down that way next saturday about half 1 you'll find its free flowing bar the filton airfield bit! and thats nearer you than the UWE

 

 

And basically you wont be going near it bar once a year at best so why worry your little head about it, you've a nice redevelopment of AG to look forward to , it looks a good plan , enjoy it instead of getting all worried about little ol rovers and there traffic congestion and drinking venues

[Kid in the Riot]

And basically you wont be going near it bar once a year at best so why worry your little head about it, you've a nice redevelopment of AG to look forward to , it looks a good plan , enjoy it instead of getting all worried about little ol rovers and there traffic congestion and drinking venues

 

Talking about plans, i think I've asked previously - do Roverzzz have one? Aside from building a new stadium and hoping for the best? ie Academy, training facilities etc??

 

Despite what the Nick Griffin lookalike says, you'll move to UWE with debt and if the team remains shite and the crowds don't come then in a larger stadium with higher maintenance and running costs the debt will continue to rise...

[Guest BS3 GAS]

You think it will be an improvement but if I was you I would rather stay at the memorial ground. Good location with Glos Road nearby, a traditional stadium where you can stand and the pasties as top notch.

Unfortunatly your new stadium will be completely stripped down and built on the cheap and will be a souless bowl and once again you wont even own it! You didn't answer my previous question about the naming rights, to me it looks as if you have swapped the naming rights for 125 years for a lease on the land for 125 years. You got a bum deal there if that's the case. I'm sure UWE will also enjoy the free teaching space on offer that you wont make a penny on!

 

oh no... the pasites!!!! your right , what are we thinking off.... 

 

 

oh yeah we can still sell those at UWE!!

 

The Mem is a tip and traffic there is ten times worse you are a just contradicting yourself

 

let it go

[Guest BS3 GAS]

Talking about plans, i think I've asked previously - do Roverzzz have one? Aside from building a new stadium and hoping for the best? ie Academy, training facilities etc??

 

Despite what the Nick Griffin lookalike says, you'll move to UWE with debt and if the team remains shite and the crowds don't come then in a larger stadium with higher maintenance and running costs the debt will continue to rise...

 

 

that what worries Me KITR

 

will prob be same old same old, but we can but hope!!

 

 

at least with this stadium someone else might show some interest

[Kid in the Riot]

[Guest BS3 GAS]

God someone got out of bed the wrong side this morning! Touched a nerve have I? Anyways you still havn't answered my question, Have you swapped the naming rights for 125 years for a lease of the land for 125 years? Estimates I've read on here value the land at 8 million, spread over 125 years that's 64k a year roughly and you wont ever see a penny of that.

 

 

i dont know the answer ... thats why i havent answered.. no nerve touched my friend... now u'd best get going from pathway that traffics horrendous on the ring road!!

 

 

edit

 

appears your answer has been given by KITR

[Manon]

I think it's a good move by rovers, personally.

I'd doubt the naming rights would extent to a set in stone 125 years. There would be some kind of review/re negotiation date or clause I'd imagine.

The point is though, roverz couldn't have done it any other way; they have no money to buy land. The sainsbury money doesn't even cover thre build cost.

Regards to location, I think there are pros and cons. Glos road was a really good location, but I think the uwe will grow into something quite decent after a decade or so. Remember there is a link road about to be built from the eastern end of parkway down to the ring road near the m32, which will improve congestion as it will allow much of the traffic from the station or the business parks to bypass the abbeywood/uwe part of the ring road.

I gotta be honest I'm actually happy for them, and glad trash got trashed.

Il look forward to us visiting the south glos bowl one day to see city humiliate them.

EDIT: just seen the naming rights have already been clarified above.

[Stoke_Gifford_Red]

To be fair, I've never had a problem going to or leaving AG on a match day, and I've lived away from Bristol or WOT or Longwell Green. Then again, I do tend to get around the ground early and the biggest crowds have been 19k or so in recent years, if we ever fill the redeveloped stadium it may well be different.

I am in a similar situation and hopefully the reopened railway (if it ever happens!) will help greatly. Brighton have limited traffic issues surrounding the Amex due to the great incorporation with the local station.

[Rich]

Deluded ?... it dont drive my friend i walk all up around there 3/4 times a week there are cycle paths and footpaths from bonnington walk/landseer ave, bridge over from northville,cycle path from Frenchay and the walk from abbeywood retail park (the maccy d's u mention is 5 mins tops... try going and looking insteda of using google maps as that map is well out of date the access is much improved and will be even more so when chiswick village and the stadium is complete, you talk of roads being clogged up!! its a football stadium if course it will be , 5- 10k people all leaving an area at once causes this, bedminster is a nightmare on City matchdays, as are most areas arounf football stadiums  ... i dont expect you to look for anything other than negatives , but keep em coming , the fact is this will be a massive improvement on Eastville , Twerton and The Mem

You've highlighted my post in your statement, as if you intend to tackle one, or maybe some of the points but, you've not actually addressed a single point. Why did you highlight it? Was it to pretend that you'd addressed the thorny issue of your club stealing the Rugby ground and shafting the only professional rugby club that represents Bristol, if not, why highlight it? I'd say it's because the truth hurts and you have no answers, so you ignore the truth and spin a load of shyte tales to confuse the issue.

[Guest BS3 GAS]

[B1ackbird]

Tom...

Allow me to elucidate...

You once ran the Queens Head...

Hope this helps.

[Guest BS3 GAS]

Tom...

Allow me to elucidate...

You once ran the Queens Head...

Hope this helps.

 

 

Thanks you for at least proving why my world is a little hazy at times

[Guest DancinDannyD]

[Guest BS3 GAS]

[Guest DancinDannyD]

Not forced but they hardly had a choice did they? Sell the ground and remain tennents or go bust. I'm just annoyed that you picked up the ground for peanuts and now you are selling it for 20 odd million. It's dirty money in my book as you stole the ground. You may remember what you did with Bris you also tried doing with us in 82! Your club is a rotten club and will steal and cheat as it suits you. Remember before the 2nd leg where you called a game off on the saturday, despite the rain you failed to cover up the pitch and in fact you even had the sprinklers on the pitch! Cheats!

Remember, only one of Bristols two professional football clubs has gone bust, written off debts for loads of local businesses leaving them in desperate hardship or going bust themselves.

Clue: it wasn't the Gas (who have always honoured all of their debts).

Edit: on the subject on discounted land values - was the Council-owned land at Ashton Vale sold to City for them to build their new stadium on sold at a fair price for the Bristol taxpayer?

Anyway, why all the vitriol? You're getting AG spruced up into a nice little bowl, we're getting the SGB (South Glos Bowl). Everyone's happy. Right?

Good luck to you at a revamped Gate, I hope we can play each other in front of two 20k + crowds in the Championship in the not too distant future

[Kid in the Riot]

By the way KITR, most of what you say is accurate, but the 8 million believe it or not is not including the car park. Rovers will pay for that, and let UWE have it for nowt. The only stipulation is that we have full use of it on match days or concert days, and we keep all the revenue pertaining to those events.

This will then enable further developments to be carried out by UWE on part of their existing car park.

 

Yep, I know - same with the teaching space I think. As I've said before Roverzzz take all non-matchday revenue from the stadium, which is also a good deal - considering they had nothing to start with!

 

Forget about the 125 year lease - the lifetime of the stadium will only be 50-60 years, then need redeveloping/rebuilding.

[CiderJar]

Reading between the lines of the statement on bristolrovers.co.uk I would say that the new ground at UWE is a lot further away than most gasheads would hope...

 

"We now have to assess the financial impact this delay has had on the Stadium project and do what we can to minimise the effect of these losses."

GasStatement

I wish them well; but a lot of their projects seem to have fallen by the wayside for various financial reasons in the past.

FOTUWETCIO

[CiderJar]

.... er yeah, when I said further away, I meant in time of getting it built not time to get there on the bus.

FOTUWETCIO

[Kid in the Riot]

[Guest BS3 GAS]

Still no sign of Rich ... must be gathering evidence ....

[Guest DancinDannyD]

[Kid in the Riot]

Really? Higgs in the Bristol Post today :

Working backwards from the start of the new season in 2015, the build-time for the new stadium is 62 weeks. This means all the contracts must be signed off and construction workers on site by the end of May at the latest.

 

You believe what Higgs says?

 

Deary me. No chance of building work starting as early as May, so I've heard.

[Guest DancinDannyD]

You believe what Higgs says?

Deary me. No chance of building work starting as early as May, so I've heard.

Well let's see shall we. He knows more about construction than me so I'll be waiting to see when the diggers roll on site.

If it's delayed it's delayed. I know the FL rules are that clubs aren't meant to move mid season but if it's only a few weeks late (2 or 3 home games into a season) I wonder if the League could give special dispensation?

[CiderJar]

I have an innate ability to dis-believe anything that directly follows the words "Bristol Post"

[ispep]

[CiderJar]

[You Do The Dziekanowski]

Yep, I know - same with the teaching space I think. As I've said before Roverzzz take all non-matchday revenue from the stadium, which is also a good deal - considering they had nothing to start with!

Forget about the 125 year lease - the lifetime of the stadium will only be 50-60 years, then need redeveloping/rebuilding.

50-60 years????

Wouldn't last 5 minutes after the FGR nutters get in there

[cidersnotjustforbreakfast]

Well let's see shall we. He knows more about construction than me so I'll be waiting to see when the diggers roll on site.

If it's delayed it's delayed. I know the FL rules are that clubs aren't meant to move mid season but if it's only a few weeks late (2 or 3 home games into a season) I wonder if the League could give special dispensation?

Well I hope a proper survey has been done on the sinkhole problem in the frome valley delta, or you might find yourselves playing your football 20,000 leauges under the sea.

[cidersnotjustforbreakfast]

LEAGUES

[CiderJar]

is that 20,000 leagues under the "C" for "City"?

[weeble]

Haha Jelous of the sags? Never in my life have I laughed so much. When I was a youngster tge 1st ever game I attended was a Rovers game due to being given free tickets but it just didn't do it for me, a few weeks later and I was taken to a City game, instantly I caught the bug despite being from north of the river. I find Rovers suffer from small club syndrome and like wise your fans all suffer from small dick syndrome.

I find your club and your fanbase vile and disgusting, I can give you many reasons for this if you wish?

You keep telling yourself your stadium is in a brilliant location (keep telling yourself you got a massive dick too) but the truth is your getting a shitty concreate bowl in a location that is a 20 min walk from anywhere. I would much rather be at Ashton Gate with all the traditional pubs very nearby instead of having to walk 20 mins to a Holiday Inn. Oh and as already pointed out Parson Street is less of a walk than Abbeywood. Your Stadium will be hidden behind UWE and the MOD, best place for it imo.

I think your the jealous one because SL chose to invest in us rather than yourselves.

Do you not feel slightly bad that you stole a ground off the rugby club and will now be using that to part fund your new stadium?But saying that I doubt even the rugby club are bothard now considering they are owned by a billionaire and are about to move to the largest and only sports stadium in Bristol.

These new houses you speak of? Considering it's not a council estate they are building then these well off well educated residents are hardly gonna choose to follow one of the worst teams in the entire football league with no morals with a very poor track record for welcoming families.

I think you will see a surge in attendences to start with, all clubs do but you certainly wont do a Reading etc. It takes more than a new stadium to achieve that.

No one has yet explained how you will be debt free and making money from this yet?

I remember hearing all this noise when you was going to redevelop the Memorial Ground, everything was all set to go ahead, contracts had been signed to move to Cheltenham, season tickets even went on sale and the ground was never touched. The fat lady hasn't started singing just yet.

How confident are you that Sainsburys still want to go theough with the deal? A lot has changed in the retail word since the deal was agreed and the big supermarkets are becoming more of a rariety. You may well be aware that Sainsburys already have a store close to the site of your proposed stadium, it's what a ten min drive down Filton Ave to the prosed site of the new store? Considering the way retail is at the moment they may think it's not really necessary to build one so close to an exisiting store.

As a City fan, of course you will prefer Ashton Gate just as Rovers fans will prefer UWE. Both sets of supporters should be happy, I don't understand why the UWE site provokes such a lively response from you. A neutral observer might think you were worried by it for some reason. To regard an entire fan base as "vile and disgusting", is no more logical than disliking all people of a different nationality or religion.

Sainsbury's have already signed legally binding contracts to acquire the Mem. They will make an awful lot of money in the BS7 area, which is why they are willing to pay a premium for the site.

[redfred]

Just to buck the trend slightly, I for one will be popping the champagne corks when Rovers move into their new stadium outside of the City if Bristol, as we will finally be rid of them for good.

I can't wait.

[HoldenBall]

Just to buck the trend slightly, I for one will be popping the champagne corks when Rovers move into their new stadium outside of the City if Bristol, as we will finally be rid of them for good.

I can't wait.

Everyone knows there is truly OTIB, but soon it comes official, I can't wait for the day they move out of our fine city

[NOTR]

Redfred, your lot have been saying it for years. But just remember

'YOU 'LL NEVER GET RID OF THE GAS.

We've finally got rid of the sags,now that sounds better.

[South Bristol Red]

Everyone knows there is truly OTIB, but soon it comes official, I can't wait for the day they move out of our fine city

 

Again!

[Rich]

[Rich]

Redfred, your lot have been saying it for years. But just remember

'YOU 'LL NEVER GET RID OF THE GAS.

When I fart I do.

[luke_bristol]

Talking litter..

Move along, nothing to see here...

 

Remember when KITR was making all this up..

[slartibartfast]

Redfred, your lot have been saying it for years. But just remember

'YOU 'LL NEVER GET RID OF THE GAS.

Wait til May 3rd before you say that!

[Rich]

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[Son of Fred]

Haha Jelous of the sags? Never in my life have I laughed so much. When I was a youngster tge 1st ever game I attended was a Rovers game due to being given free tickets but it just didn't do it for me, a few weeks later and I was taken to a City game, instantly I caught the bug despite being from north of the river. I find Rovers suffer from small club syndrome and like wise your fans all suffer from small dick syndrome.

I find your club and your fanbase vile and disgusting, I can give you many reasons for this if you wish?

You keep telling yourself your stadium is in a brilliant location (keep telling yourself you got a massive dick too) but the truth is your getting a shitty concreate bowl in a location that is a 20 min walk from anywhere. I would much rather be at Ashton Gate with all the traditional pubs very nearby instead of having to walk 20 mins to a Holiday Inn. Oh and as already pointed out Parson Street is less of a walk than Abbeywood. Your Stadium will be hidden behind UWE and the MOD, best place for it imo.

I think your the jealous one because SL chose to invest in us rather than yourselves.

Do you not feel slightly bad that you stole a ground off the rugby club and will now be using that to part fund your new stadium?But saying that I doubt even the rugby club are bothard now considering they are owned by a billionaire and are about to move to the largest and only sports stadium in Bristol.

These new houses you speak of? Considering it's not a council estate they are building then these well off well educated residents are hardly gonna choose to follow one of the worst teams in the entire football league with no morals with a very poor track record for welcoming families.

I think you will see a surge in attendences to start with, all clubs do but you certainly wont do a Reading etc. It takes more than a new stadium to achieve that.

No one has yet explained how you will be debt free and making money from this yet?

I remember hearing all this noise when you was going to redevelop the Memorial Ground, everything was all set to go ahead, contracts had been signed to move to Cheltenham, season tickets even went on sale and the ground was never touched. The fat lady hasn't started singing just yet.

How confident are you that Sainsburys still want to go theough with the deal? A lot has changed in the retail word since the deal was agreed and the big supermarkets are becoming more of a rariety. You may well be aware that Sainsburys already have a store close to the site of your proposed stadium, it's what a ten min drive down Filton Ave to the prosed site of the new store? Considering the way retail is at the moment they may think it's not really necessary to build one so close to an exisiting store.

thats the salient point-the Rovers are thinking the new stadium will in a few years propel them into the top flight but its not fresh bricks and mortar that do it-its the drive,ambition and more importantly knowledge/having the correct FOOTBALL people in place to push on....  

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[Guest Threshersleftboot]

 

thats the salient point-the Rovers are thinking the new stadium will in a few years propel them into the top flight but its not fresh bricks and mortar that do it-its the drive,ambition and more importantly knowledge/having the correct FOOTBALL people in place to push on....

 Well we know all about that dont we.

[phantom]

I remember hearing all this noise when you was going to redevelop the Memorial Ground, everything was all set to go ahead, contracts had been signed to move to Cheltenham, season tickets even went on sale and the ground was never touched.

 

Blimey I had forgotten about that fiasco!