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Numero Uno

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"Retiring in 2003 and initially going down the coaching route, it has been difficult to pinpoint where and what Tillson is doing now."

I bet it is. Whilst the dribblers go round thinking that everyone is privileged and prowed to wear da famous Tesco Bagzzzzz even their most expensive player from over 25 years ago has remained in hiding since hanging up his boots.....................

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Open End Numb Legs

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In summary then, if the new stand does get built, we don't think it will be ready for the 1st home game. Kind of understandable, a very ambitious plan.

The thing is, if it isn't ready by, say Christmas*, then that will be pretty bad. Lost revenue, fans who do normally attend needing to relocate.

It seems it is a case of how late, not if.

(*Didn't say which one.)

???

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Bristol Rob

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Just now, Open End Numb Legs said:

In summary then, if the new stand does get built, we don't think it will be ready for the 1st home game. Kind of understandable, a very ambitious plan.

The thing is, if it isn't ready by, say Christmas*, then that will be pretty bad. Lost revenue, fans who do normally attend needing to relocate.

It seems it is a case of how late, not if.

(*Didn't say which one.)

???

I don't imagine this new stand will be anything over that flat-pack and assembled within 2 weeks.

Kevin McCloud need not expect a phone call.

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NcnsBcfc

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11 minutes ago, Open End Numb Legs said:

In summary then, if the new stand does get built, we don't think it will be ready for the 1st home game. Kind of understandable, a very ambitious plan.

The thing is, if it isn't ready by, say Christmas*, then that will be pretty bad. Lost revenue, fans who do normally attend needing to relocate.

It seems it is a case of how late, not if.

(*Didn't say which one.)

???

If it's not ready for the start of the season, does that mean that their capacity would be something like 7.5k?????? 

The mind boggles...???

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weepywall

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1 hour ago, Numero Uno said:

"Retiring in 2003 and initially going down the coaching route, it has been difficult to pinpoint where and what Tillson is doing now."

I bet it is. Whilst the dribblers go round thinking that everyone is privileged and prowed to wear da famous Tesco Bagzzzzz even their most expensive player from over 25 years ago has remained in hiding since hanging up his boots.....................

Lives in Bath, see him around quite a bit, does gardening now I believe. I've seen him at Twerton watching Bath City. 

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GreedyHarry

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4 minutes ago, ralphindevon said:

So Joey Barton says he and Nige wanted a pre season friendly but the police said no.

What do we think? Good decision or would it have been a bit of fun?

Is there a 3rd option that Joey bag has just made up a load of shit?

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ralphindevon

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13 minutes ago, GreedyHarry said:

Is there a 3rd option that Joey bag has just made up a load of shit?

It wouldn’t surprise me if Barton really wanted it to get a bit of air time for himself, Nige said maybe just to be polite, then made out the police said no.

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1960maaan

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32 minutes ago, ralphindevon said:

So Joey Barton says he and Nige wanted a pre season friendly but the police said no.

What do we think? Good decision or would it have been a bit of fun?

Sounds like a comedy sketch when it ends with the Police saying no on safety reasons , but then getting a game with Cardiff instead  :clapping:

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Rudolf Hucker

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43 minutes ago, ralphindevon said:

So Joey Barton says he and Nige wanted a pre season friendly but the police said no.

What do we think? Good decision or would it have been a bit of fun?

In fairness, it’s standard that small clubs try to secure friendly matches against prestigious opposition to, say open a new stand. 

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elhombrecito

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2 minutes ago, RedLionLad said:

Wouldn’t it be good for us to arrange a pre-season friendly with them at their place and then not bother turning up ?

Even better, arrange a friendly, then send the under 16s, and claim that we'd only ever agreed to send a 'Bristol City XI' team, and send the first team to play Weymouth or somebody on the same night.

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Merrick's Marvels

Merrick's Marvels

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5 hours ago, Midlands Robin said:

 I can't see why anyone would be dumb enough to take out a huge loan to build a stand without all of the paperwork in place first.

 

Or dumb enough to take out a huge loan to build a stand you won't fill anyway. 

They can't fill their ground as it is. Has the scouse scumbag told the fake sheikh they'll be playing Real Madrid soon, so best make the ground bigger, "la" ?

Scum Joey has a bunch of loanees and a one-in-a-million fluke result to thank over the last couple of seasons. He'll never get another result like that and relying on loanees year after year is a dead end. Long may it continue. 

And well played, Wally. You're fast becoming a legend. 

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BS13 Robin

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On 10/05/2023 at 13:54, beaverface said:

I know the Gash fans aren't prone to exaggeration, but where did he get an uptake of 3500 extra seats? According to the official statement, Wael suggested an extra 2500 seats (https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-rovers-new-south-stand-8398066)

The above estimates also rely on a sell out each home match to bring in the additional revenue.

Aside from that, it all makes sense ?

He wasnt wrong though.....................that really is some rough maths!

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Gert Mare

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2 hours ago, ralphindevon said:

So Joey Barton says he and Nige wanted a pre season friendly but the police said no.

What do we think? Good decision or would it have been a bit of fun?

Let ‘em go to ‘Sabadawl’ as they call it so they can monkey spank over another club in blue and white quarters and think somehow it makes them special and loved.

**** me. They could always arrange a friendly with a Jockey if the quarters mean so much to them.

Knob jockeys!

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mattjb

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3 hours ago, weepywall said:

Lives in Bath, see him around quite a bit, does gardening now I believe. I've seen him at Twerton watching Bath City. 

Was working on a house in lacock a few years ago and he came to mow the lawns every Thursday. I didn’t know who he was first of all until someone told him I was a City fan and he came over for a chat.One of the nicest blokes I’ve ever met ,always asked if me and my daughter enjoyed the latest city game and what we thought of it. He often had football training tops on and once threatened to wear a gas shirt but I did warn him there might be an accident with a tin of paint!

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petehinton

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I can’t stand him, but thought he came across well in that chat tbh. 
 

The overarching this is though, you’ve had to ask your main rivals for a pre-season friendly in order to play them because it’s been that long. That in itself is pretty embarrassing and shows how massive the gap is. 

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GreedyHarry

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26 minutes ago, Engvall’s Splinter said:

Gas head in work was giving it spuds yesterday that they hold the record for largest support at a JPT final. Anyone got any evidence to say different or that we took more in our last visit? 

As per usual bending the truth like a black hole bends light. They have the highest attendance for a football league trophy final at the millennium stadium of about 59,000. Nowhere near the largest attendance at a Wembley based football league trophy final which was about 85,000.

And to add context to the 59,000 at the millennium, our attendance there v Brighton in the play offs was 65,000. You would expect that though being so close to it……….

In fact, thinking about it they are closer so should have easily taken more as the journey is easier for them.?

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Sir Geoff

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58 minutes ago, Engvall’s Splinter said:

Gas head in work was giving it spuds yesterday that they hold the record for largest support at a JPT final. Anyone got any evidence to say different or that we took more in our last visit? 

There is but some way back in this thread. Apparently they were still selling tickets a couple of days before the final. There are pictures of their supporters at  Wembley and one of ours to compare size of support.

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GrahamC

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10 hours ago, mattjb said:

Was working on a house in lacock a few years ago and he came to mow the lawns every Thursday. I didn’t know who he was first of all until someone told him I was a City fan and he came over for a chat.One of the nicest blokes I’ve ever met ,always asked if me and my daughter enjoyed the latest city game and what we thought of it. He often had football training tops on and once threatened to wear a gas shirt but I did warn him there might be an accident with a tin of paint!

I know it isn’t the point of this thread but Tillson was an excellent player & as this shows transparently a decent sort.

It isn’t his problem either that all these years later they still haven’t paid a bigger fee for anyone but they certainly got value for money from him.

His son is a pro, was at Exeter before & now with Ross County in the SPL.

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Silvio Dante

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7 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

I know it isn’t the point of this thread but Tillson was an excellent player & as this shows transparently a decent sort.

It isn’t his problem either that all these years later they still haven’t paid a bigger fee for anyone but they certainly got value for money from him.

His son is a pro, was at Exeter before & now with Ross County in the SPL.

Yeah, there aren’t many of their players in the last 40 years who I’d have taken in a heartbeat but (Matty aside for the bants), Andy Tilson was top of that list. Superb defender, and as the story indicates, seemed a great character as well.

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Open End Numb Legs

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This talk of a friendly is easy for Barton, it would be a winner for him regardless of the result. We have heard endless tenuous excuses for defeats ever since he took over there and he would trot them all out again. Nige tends to be straight with his answers when we lose - 'not good enough'.

A friendly would generate publicity and that is what Barton craves, an opportunity to criticise the opposition.

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Bristol Rob

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15 minutes ago, Open End Numb Legs said:

This talk of a friendly is easy for Barton, it would be a winner for him regardless of the result. We have heard endless tenuous excuses for defeats ever since he took over there and he would trot them all out again. Nige tends to be straight with his answers when we lose - 'not good enough'.

A friendly would generate publicity and that is what Barton craves, an opportunity to criticise the opposition.

I am forever reading your user name incorrectly.

Open Legs, Numb End.

Probably says a lot more about me than you. Not sure why I felt I needed to share that. 

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Talk of a friendly is pointless, and as mentioned before, is probably all from that end anyway. 

It would serve us absolutely no purpose whatsoever.

If we win, oh they're championship, and the red faced lady garden has thrown billions at them so they should win.

If they win, it would be like their cup final, and we'd never hear the last of it.

Either way, Barton the thug and the rest of his cronies would just instruct the yobs to kick lumps out of our players, and do damage wherever possible, probably causing season ending damage to someone.

The police wouldn't allow/want it.

Unless we have the misfortune of drawing them in a cup, I'd be happy if we never played them again.

Even better if I never saw them again completely.

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Baba Yaga

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Has the state of the art disabled section in the South Stand been taken down yet?

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Behind this were a couple of portaloo's for the away fans and without doubt the worst smell you could ever smell at a football ground, in the same bracket as the Bristol Waste site by the fruit market, I shit you not. ?

 

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Bristol Rob

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4 minutes ago, Baba Yaga said:

Has the state of the art disabled section in the South Stand been taken down yet?

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Behind this were a couple of portaloo's for the away fans and without doubt the worst smell you could ever smell at a football ground, in the same bracket as the Bristol Waste site by the fruit market, I shit you not. ?

 

And from the sounds of things, you'd be wise to not shit. 

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9 minutes ago, Baba Yaga said:

Has the state of the art disabled section in the South Stand been taken down yet?

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Behind this were a couple of portaloo's for the away fans and without doubt the worst smell you could ever smell at a football ground, in the same bracket as the Bristol Waste site by the fruit market, I shit you not. ?

 

Quite impressive to see the VIP seating available too (thought it looks like someone has stashed their laundry on it) for those who need something above the standard white garden chair.

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Open End Numb Legs

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28 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said:

I am forever reading your user name incorrectly.

Open Legs, Numb End.

Probably says a lot more about me than you. Not sure why I felt I needed to share that. 

When thinking of my user name, I wanted to recall my earliest memory of City and it is sitting square on the stanchion in the Open End with my Dad holding me, aged about 7 or 8, so I could see the game. By half time my legs were numb.

You make an interesting point that if I had sat astride the stanchion in error I would probably have got the numb end you mention so I guess either name works!

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19 minutes ago, Baba Yaga said:

Has the state of the art disabled section in the South Stand been taken down yet?

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Behind this were a couple of portaloo's for the away fans and without doubt the worst smell you could ever smell at a football ground, in the same bracket as the Bristol Waste site by the fruit market, I shit you not. ?

 

The looks worse than somewhere you would wait when your car is in the hand wash. Joking aside I am sure that everyone associated with Rovers would want a lot better for those with access needs. That has to be an old photo, I hope.

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23 minutes ago, Baba Yaga said:

Has the state of the art disabled section in the South Stand been taken down yet?

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Behind this were a couple of portaloo's for the away fans and without doubt the worst smell you could ever smell at a football ground, in the same bracket as the Bristol Waste site by the fruit market, I shit you not. ?

 

Christ that is bad beyond belief.

There are Toolstation sides with better facilities than that....           

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2 hours ago, GrahamC said:

I know it isn’t the point of this thread but Tillson was an excellent player & as this shows transparently a decent sort.

It isn’t his problem either that all these years later they still haven’t paid a bigger fee for anyone but they certainly got value for money from him.

His son is a pro, was at Exeter before & now with Ross County in the SPL.

I asked him if he’d be going back into football in some capacity but he said he was really enjoying the gardening work at that time so wasn’t sure. Did he have something to do with Southamptons academy in our area at some point ? If I remember correctly he sometimes had a Southampton training top on.

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Barton stating he pushed for a derby this preseason - “it would be great for the city, families going to the game”. Cracks me up, scouser with not a single clue of the Bristol derby, and what it means / creates. No surprise the OB said no chance, but the arrogance of scousers (and others) thinking they know the Derby, when they have no clue makes me laugh. Ask Holloway how friendly it is, he nearly died mind hahah 

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37 minutes ago, View from the Dolman said:

This is from the Bolton game at the weekend... doesn't look like anything much has changed!

 

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I really hope they get better disabled facilities, I can't imagine you get the best view from that position and no fan no matter who they support should have to deal with those "facilities"

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3 hours ago, Baba Yaga said:

Has the state of the art disabled section in the South Stand been taken down yet?

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Behind this were a couple of portaloo's for the away fans and without doubt the worst smell you could ever smell at a football ground, in the same bracket as the Bristol Waste site by the fruit market, I shit you not. ?

 

They will claim that is the equivalent of an American Basketball sought after "courtside" seat...

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Port Said Red

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2 hours ago, ciderwithtommy said:

Barton stating he pushed for a derby this preseason - “it would be great for the city, families going to the game”. Cracks me up, scouser with not a single clue of the Bristol derby, and what it means / creates. No surprise the OB said no chance, but the arrogance of scousers (and others) thinking they know the Derby, when they have no clue makes me laugh. Ask Holloway how friendly it is, he nearly died mind hahah 

That's the biggest problem, it would be a friendly in name only, the fans wouldn't want anything but 100% from the players and that's the last thing you want pre season. Let's ask Joey why Everton and Liverpool don't play pre season friendlies shal we?

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3 hours ago, Baba Yaga said:

Has the state of the art disabled section in the South Stand been taken down yet?

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Behind this were a couple of portaloo's for the away fans and without doubt the worst smell you could ever smell at a football ground, in the same bracket as the Bristol Waste site by the fruit market, I shit you not. ?

 

Forgetting for one moment that its tinpot rovers, those "facilities" in this modern day age are absolutely disgusting. I am astonished that a "professional" and commercial outfit can seriously think that this is acceptable. That's a home made lean to with white plastic garden chairs. If a ball at speed hits one of those vertical posts or hits one of those static chairs it could cause a serious injury. I am really surprised that the powers that be grant a safety licence.

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10 minutes ago, Swede said:

Forgetting for one moment that its tinpot rovers, those "facilities" in this modern day age are absolutely disgusting. I am astonished that a "professional" and commercial outfit can seriously think that this is acceptable. That's a home made lean to with white plastic garden chairs. If a ball at speed hits one of those vertical posts or hits one of those static chairs it could cause a serious injury. I am really surprised that the powers that be grant a safety licence.

They have a SAG just like us don't they? I mean look at that floor area, and the way those chairs are strewn about. It reminds of one of those pictures you have to circle items on when attending a course on trip hazards.

 

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3 hours ago, ciderwithtommy said:

Barton stating he pushed for a derby this preseason - “it would be great for the city, families going to the game”. Cracks me up, scouser with not a single clue of the Bristol derby, and what it means / creates. No surprise the OB said no chance, but the arrogance of scousers (and others) thinking they know the Derby, when they have no clue makes me laugh. Ask Holloway how friendly it is, he nearly died mind hahah 

In fairness to him, there's a lot of people from Bristol who don't really know the derby because it's so rare that we play them! I'd actually quite like us to get a cup draw against Rovers again at some point (although, as @Port Said Red said, it wouldn't be appropriate as a "friendly") as I think a more competitive derby rivalry would help get kids from Bristol supporting Bristol clubs instead of PSG, Man City, Liverpool or whoever else but, with derby games so rare, the first one we play after a decade would be a bit of a powder keg. 

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