BS4 on Tour... Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 1 hour ago, myol'man said: "If we had kept Eastville it would now be an ideal site for a 50,000 all seater stadium" One of the quotes from Ass Works reminiscing about Eastville Seriously?! And where do they think they are gonna find 50k fans from?! Their average crowds over the last few decades suggests a stadium with a capacity of 8,500 would be sufficient ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 4 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: Seriously?! And where do they think they are gonna find 50k fans from?! Their average crowds over the last few decades suggests a stadium with a capacity of 8,500 would be sufficient ... Being the favourite second team of every fan in the world, they are hoping to corner the day-tripper market. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Bristol Rob said: Being the favourite second team of every fan in the world, they are hoping to corner the day-tripper market. I wish they'd make up their minds, they've been going on and on about the fruit market for ages, now it seems they wanna corner the day-tripper market instead... ffs, I bet they end up with neither! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 On 19/02/2020 at 20:36, Midlands Robin said: The results of the 15ers fan survey question "how can we look even more ******* tinpot than usual?" are revealed to a waiting world.... They’re huge . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miah Dennehy Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 9 hours ago, myol'man said: "If we had kept Eastville it would now be an ideal site for a 50,000 all seater stadium" One of the quotes from Ass Works reminiscing about Eastville To be fair that is true. I mean, it's all 'If my auntie had a pair of bollocks' stuff and we currently are , ahem, some distance off needing such a stadium, but Eastville really would have been a great site for a large stadium that could have been the envy of many international clubs. If someone with the cash and vision of Lansdown had been around at the time , Bristol could have been a very different city sporting wise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Peacock Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Miah Dennehy said: To be fair that is true. I mean, it's all 'If my auntie had a pair of bollocks' stuff and we currently are , ahem, some distance off needing such a stadium, but Eastville really would have been a great site for a large stadium that could have been the envy of many international clubs. If someone with the cash and vision of Lansdown had been around at the time , Bristol could have been a very different city sporting wise. But where would we have got our Benny bookcases? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 30 minutes ago, Drew Peacock said: But where would we have got our Benny bookcases? Or indeed where would they have sourced their Jeff folding chairs for men? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Major Isewater said: They’re huge . Bigger than their "stands." And why do they have cloaks - are they super gnomes ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamski Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 7 hours ago, WhistleHappy said: I wish they'd make up their minds, they've been going on and on about the fruit market for ages, now it seems they wanna corner the day-tripper market instead... ffs, I bet they end up with neither! Let us not forget that the normal weekly and, indeed, aggregate largest attendance at Eastville was the day-tripper fuelled Eastville Market.....back to their roots! Lots of tents there too if I recall! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTBLUE Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 1 hour ago, adamski said: Let us not forget that the normal weekly and, indeed, aggregate largest attendance at Eastville was the day-tripper fuelled Eastville Market.....back to their roots! Lots of tents there too if I recall! People wearing snide gear and people buying snide gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicki's soulmate Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 29 minutes ago, NOTBLUE said: People wearing snide gear and people buying snide gear. Bought a crombie up there in 71 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTBLUE Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 1 minute ago, Nicki's soulmate said: Bought a crombie up there in 71 What you saying then Ns........also did the the sleeves go bald after a couple of months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicki's soulmate Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 32 minutes ago, NOTBLUE said: What you saying then Ns........also did the the sleeves go bald after a couple of months. Actually it lasted well, gave it away to a young skinhead in 83 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMWANG50 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 22 hours ago, Ronnie Sinclair said: I notice another fellow League One club is miles ahead of them off the pitch - how's the fruit market going https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-51562457 Compare this to the Bristol City Council approach to any stadium development confirmation of what we always knew... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, TMWANG50 said: Compare this to the Bristol City Council approach to any stadium development confirmation of what we always knew... BCC will say they've never refused a stadium application. What they don't say is that they make it as difficult as possible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTBLUE Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 13 minutes ago, Nicki's soulmate said: Actually it lasted well, gave it away to a young skinhead in 83 What and the red and white hankie in the pocket as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicki's soulmate Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 1 hour ago, NOTBLUE said: What and the red and white hankie in the pocket as well. Never had an hankie in mine, maybe a tie pin or one of those cloth City badges that we sewed onto the pockets of our crombies or school blazers back in the day 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTBLUE Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 19 minutes ago, Nicki's soulmate said: Never had an hankie in mine, maybe a tie pin or one of those cloth City badges that we sewed onto the pockets of our crombies or school blazers back in the day School blazer for the badge,hankie and tie pin for the crombie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banjo Island Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 1 hour ago, NOTBLUE said: What and the red and white hankie in the pocket as well. Had a lambretta tie pin inthe pocket of mine ben sherman shirt braces brougues with blakeys and green levi sta press trousers completed the look for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTBLUE Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, Banjo Island said: Had a lambretta tie pin inthe pocket of mine ben sherman shirt braces brougues with blakeys and green levi sta press trousers completed the look for me Are you sure it was a Ben Sherman and not a Ben Tesco,some lads used to get absolutely ripped for wearing Ben Sherman look alikes.As I grew older I realised how bad they must of felt, just because their parents were a bit skint,funny as **** at the time though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 3 hours ago, Nicki's soulmate said: Bought a crombie up there in 71 Did you buy a pork pie hat to go with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banjo Island Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 10 minutes ago, pongo88 said: Did you buy a pork pie hat to go with it? I used to wear my grandads trliby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 1 minute ago, Banjo Island said: I used to wear my grandads trliby Like the Leonard Pearce of OTIB. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banjo Island Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 41 minutes ago, NOTBLUE said: Are you sure it was a Ben Sherman and not a Ben Tesco,some lads used to get absolutely ripped for wearing Ben Sherman look alikes.As I grew older I realised how bad they must of felt, just because their parents were a bit skint,funny as **** at the time though. No defo a sherman but do remember the tesco lookalikes thou also remember rodney thomas shop in the arcade for the fairisle sleeveless jumpers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banjo Island Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 5 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said: Like the Leonard Pearce of That was exactly the look rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East End Old Boy Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Banjo Island said: Had a lambretta tie pin inthe pocket of mine ben sherman shirt braces brougues with blakeys and green levi sta press trousers completed the look for me Change the tie pin to a City one and we could have been twins! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Med/MadHatter Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 5 hours ago, NOTBLUE said: People wearing snide gear and people buying snide gear. We were poor so alot of my clothes came from Eastville market, :laugh:, some really odd shaped coats, jumpers etc 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Banjo Island said: Had a lambretta tie pin inthe pocket of mine ben sherman shirt braces brougues with blakeys and green levi sta press trousers completed the look for me Similar, although my Sta-Prest were purple () and my shirts were Brutus. Oh, and I also had a 'real' Lambretta, not just a tie pin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banjo Island Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 5 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said: Similar, although my Sta-Prest were purple () and my shirts were Brutus. Oh, and I also had a 'real' Lambretta, not just a tie pin. Sadly couldnt afford a real lambretta many many trips to wsm cheddar on the back of my mates scooter brutus shirts were good thou got the sta pres from austins trouser house what fantastic times the music the clothes the people and of course the football Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) On 19/02/2020 at 19:36, Midlands Robin said: The results of the 15ers fan survey question "how can we look even more ******* tinpot than usual?" are revealed to a waiting world.... The two above are "Dopey" Darrell & "Grumpy" Henbury Gas. Any suggestions for Doc, Bashful, Sneezy, Happy and Sleepy? Edited February 21, 2020 by Bazooka Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 14 minutes ago, Banjo Island said: Sadly couldnt afford a real lambretta many many trips to wsm cheddar on the back of my mates scooter brutus shirts were good thou got the sta pres from austins trouser house what fantastic times the music the clothes the people and of course the football Nor could I really, but I was able to justify it in comparison to the busfares to school coupled with the independence it gave me. I also remember Rodney Thomas in The Arcade, from one of your earlier posts - a regular Saturday morning trip in to town. Do you remember those towelling socks - white, then 'progressing' to fluorescent? And what about those 'silk handkerchiefs' for our Crombie pockets - a bit of cardboard with some cloth stapled on top . As Mary Hopkins sang.... 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banjo Island Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 49 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said: Nor could I really, but I was able to justify it in comparison to the busfares to school coupled with the independence it gave me. I also remember Rodney Thomas in The Arcade, from one of your earlier posts - a regular Saturday morning trip in to town. Do you remember those towelling socks - white, then 'progressing' to fluorescent? And what about those 'silk handkerchiefs' for our Crombie pockets - a bit of cardboard with some cloth stapled on top . As Mary Hopkins sang.... Three triangle shapes stapled to a bit of cardboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unan Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 But but but, Sunderland love them? "Yet another pointless club in this league who'll never have ambitions beyond finishing somewhere around 16th." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 1 hour ago, PHILINFRANCE said: Nor could I really, but I was able to justify it in comparison to the busfares to school coupled with the independence it gave me. I also remember Rodney Thomas in The Arcade, from one of your earlier posts - a regular Saturday morning trip in to town. Do you remember those towelling socks - white, then 'progressing' to fluorescent? And what about those 'silk handkerchiefs' for our Crombie pockets - a bit of cardboard with some cloth stapled on top . As Mary Hopkins sang.... What, Temma Harbour ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinmans Love Child Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Can’t wait for the “I spoke to a Sunderland fan after the game and they said we were the best away fans they’d ever had” comments later! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 32 minutes ago, Tinmans Love Child said: Can’t wait for the “I spoke to a Sunderland fan after the game and they said we were the best away fans they’d ever had” comments later! At least the Stadium of light is big enough to accommodate most of them today. Hopefully those that can’t get in are able to find a nice pub to keep warm in, because this wind must be bitter, in the car park up there today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busterrimes Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Pity my mate. He is driving the supporters coach today. All the way to Sunderland and back with those sad acts. I told him to change jobs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 1 minute ago, Busterrimes said: Pity my mate. He is driving the supporters coach today. All the way to Sunderland and back with those sad acts. I told him to change jobs You’re friends with Robbored..? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banjo Island Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, Busterrimes said: Pity my mate. He is driving the supporters coach today. All the way to Sunderland and back with those sad acts. I told him to change jobs THE!!! Supporters coach that cant be right 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busterrimes Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 11 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said: You’re friends with Robbored..? Never had the pleasure. My mate works for Eagle Coaches and was not impressed at having this job today 9 minutes ago, Banjo Island said: THE!!! Supporters coach that cant be right He tells me that for a lot of the games this season they only need one supporters coach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banjo Island Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 7 minutes ago, Busterrimes said: Never had the pleasure. My mate works for Eagle Coaches and was not impressed at having this job today He tells me that for a lot of the games this season they only need one supporters coach Come off it buster hes obviously liying we all know it must be at least 10 for most games my gas mate down the pub told me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 48 minutes ago, Tinmans Love Child said: Can’t wait for the “I spoke to a Sunderland fan after the game and they said we were the best away fans they’d ever had” comments later! Blow jobs all round in Sunderland today between 2 sets of fans who know what it feels like to live in the shadow of much bigger rivals. Facebook and Slagchat will be full of “an dey said we were MUCH better dan da SHIT n dEY said dey love r kit n r anfum an dey ******* HATE Da sHiT” Worms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTBLUE Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Tinmans Love Child said: Can’t wait for the “I spoke to a Sunderland fan after the game and they said we were the best away fans they’d ever had” comments later! Had! But in what way? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLionLad Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 50 minutes ago, Busterrimes said: Pity my mate. He is driving the supporters coach today. All the way to Sunderland and back with those sad acts. I told him to change jobs I would suffer a breakdown for sure......mentally ! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 On 21/02/2020 at 10:36, NOTBLUE said: People wearing snide gear and people buying snide gear. 21 hours ago, NOTBLUE said: Are you sure it was a Ben Sherman and not a Ben Tesco,some lads used to get absolutely ripped for wearing Ben Sherman look alikes.As I grew older I realised how bad they must of felt, just because their parents were a bit skint,funny as **** at the time though. Ken Sherman? I remember seeing some Ralph Lauren shirts down there, looked like Indiana Jones with a whip!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 18 hours ago, PHILINFRANCE said: Nor could I really, but I was able to justify it in comparison to the busfares to school coupled with the independence it gave me. I also remember Rodney Thomas in The Arcade, from one of your earlier posts - a regular Saturday morning trip in to town. Do you remember those towelling socks - white, then 'progressing' to fluorescent? And what about those 'silk handkerchiefs' for our Crombie pockets - a bit of cardboard with some cloth stapled on top . ** As Mary Hopkins sang.... ** Knock Knock Who's There ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Sunderland have hated us ever since we rigged the Coventry game to get them relegated. Most exciting football experience I've ever had and one I will never forget. Better even than beating the Manure a couple of years back as it gave us another season in the top flight - Something that those dozy sags can still only dream of. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WessexPest Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Ogogogo and have an early bath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 7 hours ago, Banjo Island said: THE!!! Supporters coach that cant be right https://gaschat.co.uk/thread/15928/sunderland-away?page=6 4 hours ago baggins said: 4 hours ago bradfordmeyerbiggs said: Been in Sunderland since Thursday night. Beer prices are superb. Looking forward to today’s game. Fancy us to bag the points as there are loads of lads up here. The locals have been great, bit of friendly bants, but all good. Reckon they will be surprised by the amount of support we’ll have in the ground today. Impressive.800 tickets sold, apparently. Great away travel support, again. It’s a great experience all round. We are making a proper weekend of it. Buzzing. We are the envy of a lot of clubs when we travel away in numbers like this 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Net Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 5 hours ago, wendyredredrobin said: Sunderland have hated us ever since we rigged the Coventry game to get them relegated. Most exciting football experience I've ever had and one I will never forget. Better even than beating the Manure a couple of years back as it gave us another season in the top flight - Something that those dozy sags can still only dream of. Wasn't Jimmy Hill the actual instigator though, getting the final score of the other crucial relegation game announced on the tannoy before your game had finished? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 15 minutes ago, 22A said: https://gaschat.co.uk/thread/15928/sunderland-away?page=6 4 hours ago baggins said: 4 hours ago bradfordmeyerbiggs said: Been in Sunderland since Thursday night. Beer prices are superb. Looking forward to today’s game. Fancy us to bag the points as there are loads of lads up here. The locals have been great, bit of friendly bants, but all good. Reckon they will be surprised by the amount of support we’ll have in the ground today. Impressive.800 tickets sold, apparently. Great away travel support, again. It’s a great experience all round. We are making a proper weekend of it. Buzzing. We are the envy of a lot of clubs when we travel away in numbers like this Certainly Crawley and Accrington ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 13 minutes ago, In the Net said: Wasn't Jimmy Hill the actual instigator though, getting the final score of the other crucial relegation game announced on the tannoy before your game had finished? He certainly was. We had a close relationship with Chinny and Coventry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unan Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 (edited) Thought he looked a decent player. Too good for Bristol rovers. He was very frustrated today, rightly so playing in a team like that. https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/jonson-clarke-harris.1506859/ Are you lads on crack? He was absolutely ******* woeful today. Didn't even look like a footballer! Edited February 22, 2020 by Seneca the Younger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBibs Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 58 minutes ago, 22A said: https://gaschat.co.uk/thread/15928/sunderland-away?page=6 4 hours ago baggins said: 4 hours ago bradfordmeyerbiggsunt Impressive.800 tickets sold, apparently. Great away travel support, again. It’s a great experience all round. We are making a proper weekend of it. Buzzing. We are the envy of a lot of clubs when we travel away in numbers like this Sometimes credit has to be given where it’s due 31,000 plus lovers of the Gas at the Stadium of Light today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Davey Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 15 hours ago, 22A said: https://gaschat.co.uk/thread/15928/sunderland-away?page=6 4 hours ago baggins said: 4 hours ago bradfordmeyerbiggs said: Been in Sunderland since Thursday night. Beer prices are superb. Looking forward to today’s game. Fancy us to bag the points as there are loads of lads up here. The locals have been great, bit of friendly bants, but all good. Reckon they will be surprised by the amount of support we’ll have in the ground today. Impressive.800 tickets sold, apparently. Great away travel support, again. It’s a great experience all round. We are making a proper weekend of it. Buzzing. We are the envy of a lot of clubs when we travel away in numbers like this id be interested to know what clubs they think actually envy them ,cant be any football league clubs ******* bunch of weirdos if you ask me . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 22 hours ago, wendyredredrobin said: Sunderland have hated us ever since we rigged the Coventry game to get them relegated. This idea does annoy me bit, we had no hand in it. Cov May have suggested to delay KO as somewhere upwards of 15k were travelling from Bristol, we just got in for kick off havin got the later batch of coaches from the Gate. The Ref would have had to agree anyway, very handy for us, though nothing too untoward apart from actually putting the score up on the score board, which was nice. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, 1960maaan said: This idea does annoy me bit, we had no hand in it. Cov May have suggested to delay KO as somewhere upwards of 15k were travelling from Bristol, we just got in for kick off havin got the later batch of coaches from the Gate. The Ref would have had to agree anyway, very handy for us, though nothing too untoward apart from actually putting the score up on the score board, which was nice. A bit worrying though when we were all celebrating that they put up 'score correction' on the scoreboard and for a few seconds our hearts were in our mouths. Do you remember that? Edited February 23, 2020 by wendyredredrobin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 29 minutes ago, wendyredredrobin said: A bit worrying though when we were all celebrating that they put up 'score correction' on the scoreboard and for a few seconds our hearts were in our mouths. Do you remember that? We were in the scoreboard end and didn’t see anything go up, it wasn’t until the word spread we actually knew Sun’land had lost. Scenes, as they say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 (edited) 18 hours ago, 22A said: https://gaschat.co.uk/thread/15928/sunderland-away?page=6 4 hours ago baggins said: 4 hours ago bradfordmeyerbiggs said: Reckon they will be surprised by the amount of support we’ll have in the ground today. Impressive.800 tickets sold, apparently. Great away travel support, again. It’s a great experience all round. We are making a proper weekend of it. Buzzing. We are the envy of a lot of clubs when we travel away in numbers like this 984 Sags there yesterday. 600 down on what they took last year. Funny how their away support suddenly drops when it’s a ground they’ve been to before isn’t it? They’re currently averaging just over 700 for away games this year. Absolutely NO ONE envy’s their very mediocre, unremarkable away support especially as they’ve only taken over 1k away twice this season and under 500 6 times (not including the 100 or so that travelled all the way to Plymouth in the Cup). Its nice that even after a woeful performance for us yesterday you can rely on deluded belters like these two to make you laugh. Edited February 23, 2020 by Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 On 22/02/2020 at 12:14, wendyredredrobin said: Sunderland have hated us ever since we rigged the Coventry game to get them relegated. Most exciting football experience I've ever had and one I will never forget. Better even than beating the Manure a couple of years back as it gave us another season in the top flight - Something that those dozy sags can still only dream of. From what I've read they blamed and still despise Coventry. We just happened to go along with their fiendish plan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 46 minutes ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said: 984 Sags there yesterday. 600 down on what they took last year. Funny how their away support suddenly drops when it’s a ground they’ve been to before isn’t it? They’re currently averaging just over 700 for away games this year. Absolutely NO ONE envy’s their very mediocre, unremarkable away support especially as they’ve only taken over 1k away twice this season and under 500 6 times (not including the 100 or so that travelled all the way to Plymouth in the Cup). Its nice that even after a woeful performance for us yesterday you can rely on deluded belters like these two to make you laugh. And they have an added incentive to travel over most league clubs... Every away visit it to a better stadium. Every one. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert tann Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Don’t be fooled by the cover story. Greta Thunberg is in Bristol next week to give us the once - rover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norn Iron Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 On 21/02/2020 at 17:23, PHILINFRANCE said: And what about those 'silk handkerchiefs' for our Crombie pockets - a bit of cardboard with some cloth stapled on top . As Mary Hopkins sang.... Just to keep the thread going..... Goodbye My Love? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombsy Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 I think the penny has probably dropped with Wael now and the talks he’s had so far has made him realise all that glistens is not gold. Unfortunately the vultures can pedal the Fruit Basket stadium or any other alternative until the ground collapses along with club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 I wonder what their crowds would fall to if they did share with FGR - sub 5k I would think. Just delaying the inevitable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 It's been quite a depressing Saturday and Sunday football wise so, I just popped over to have a little light entertainment and relax for the rest of the night. I'm happier now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderJar Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) There was a time when this would have caused thousands of pounds of improvements..... https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/breaking-fire-breaks-out-bristol-21563203 https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/tesco-eastville-m32-fire-explosion-3879050 Edited February 24, 2020 by CiderJar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unan Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 This is just Ashton Gate with a smaller Dolman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLionLad Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 14 minutes ago, Seneca the Younger said: This is just Ashton Gate with a smaller Dolman Why would they want to pay for 10,000 seats that wouldn’t be used? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Seneca the Younger said: This is just Ashton Gate with a smaller Dolman That’s a lot of canvas ffs. Edited February 24, 2020 by Rudolf Hucker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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