cityexile Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 12 hours ago, Red Shadow said: LuTontown Love this one. Less well known is that his best mate hit tough times, and after a few years in the doldrums actually emigrated across the Atlantic and started working for some years in London. He finally retired around the Shepherd’s Bush area were he became well known locally as the….Queens Park Ranger.. Gets coat. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, cityexile said: Love this one. Less well known is that his best mate hit tough times, and after a few years in the doldrums actually emigrated across the Atlantic and started working for some years in London. He finally retired around the Shepherd’s Bush area were he became well known locally as the….Queens Park Ranger.. Gets coat. You’re alone. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Bristol City. As in our Bri has just gone down the chippy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magunn Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 15 hours ago, Lew-T said: Scunthorpe… Nah we’ll leave it there. Oh, you mean Thor! Took me while to get that. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 15 hours ago, Lew-T said: Scunthorpe… Nah we’ll leave it there. I had similar thoughts but with Arsenal which brought back memories of my first wife 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 16 minutes ago, magunn said: Oh, you mean Thor! Took me while to get that. i thought he meant irene... HOR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Colchester Utd , as in, our Col. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 46 minutes ago, BigTone said: I had similar thoughts but with Arsenal which brought back memories of my first wife ArsENAl? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galley is our king Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 2 hours ago, cheese said: Bristol City. As in our Bri has just gone down the chippy. Or, BRIstol Rovers. As in our Bri has just shagged his sister..... 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BCFC Rich Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Depends how far you want to take it. Take the championship table for example: FulHAM - ham is a boy's name of hebrew origin. BourNEMouth - Girl's name HUDersfield - Boys name meaning Hood or son of Hugh LUton - Lu girls name of German and latin origins. Nottingham FOREST - of Run Forest, run fame SHEFfield United - boys name MiddLESborough - boys name Blackburn ROvers - Boy or girls name Gaelic meaning Red-haired. Queens pARK Rangers - Boys name MILLwall - Boy or girls name WEST BA - boys name CovENTry - stretching it a bit, but it's a name used in fantasy novels. PRESTON - boys name SWANsea - Girls name in England. With a double n (Swann) is a boy or girls name in France StOKE City - Hawaiian name for a boy or girl BlACKpool - very uncommon first name for boys cARDiff - boys name, Latin meaning Great Forest birMINgham - Is a popular Korean name for a boy here in California BRIStol city - Again a bit of a stretch a very uncommon boys name in Italy or girls name in Argentina hULL city - boys name meaning Glory. READing - Boys name - occasionally used for girls too. BarnsLEY - Boy or girls name meaning meadow DERBY County - boys name PETERborough - boys name. I think what this shows is that I have way too much time on my hands today. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 (edited) DONcaster, GILLlingham, ASTON, Meanwhile looking ahead to he game, P'boro' fans are confident: https://londonroad.net/Forum/showthread.php?tid=20646 "Bristol City are on the beach so we shouldn't lose this." Edited April 8, 2022 by 22A 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hxj Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 On 07/04/2022 at 22:02, Lew-T said: Scunthorpe… I had a client once called Richard, whose company name and address included the town of Scunthorpe. Sat in Derbyshire I could hear the squeals from the profanity checker and IT in London everytime he sent me an email or I sent him one. Once that calmed down the s*d started signing his emails off as 'Dick'. Great client, but IT and 'compliance' were ringing me several times a week, 'Dick' loved every minute of it, he used to send me an email and then call to discuss ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerseybean Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 Hello City fans everywhere. Here’s to a cracking game and a convincing home win. On the topic of a win it is the final name at the foot of this post! Peterborough United was formed in 1934 at Peterborough's Angel Hotel to provide a replacement for Peterborough and Fletton United, who had folded two years previously. They were elected to the league in 1960 at the expense of Gateshead, and won the Fourth Division title at the first attempt, scoring a record 134 goals. The Posh then spent seven seasons in the 3rd Division before being relegated, being deducted 19 points for illegal payments to players, a record which stood until Luton lost 30 points. Peterborough have found life tough this season on their return to the Championship. Travel sickness has been a major problem with 16 defeats and two draws in 20 matches on the road. However, their last two away results have been encouraging, in their last game before the International break Peterborough registered their first win in 16 league games 3-1 away at QPR. They also drew 1-1 at Bournemouth in early March. Last Saturday they were home to Boro and were well beaten 4-0 and on Tuesday they hosted Luton that finished 1-1, Jonson Clarke-Harris equalised in the 87 minute, he then hit the post in the 95 minute. Ex-Gas player Clarke-Harris is certainly one to watch, he was awarded the League One Player of the Year Award in 2021. He has 12 goal involvements in all competitions for the Posh this season with 10 goals and two assists. The forward is currently top goalscorer for Peterborough United collecting three Man of The Match awards already this campaign. He has scored five goals in his last five matches. They are in a real relegation fight sitting in 24 place with 27 points from 40 games. Their defensive record is the worst in the division with 81 goals conceded, with 72 we have the third worst number of goals conceded. As this article reveals this is one of our worst ever seasons for goals conceded: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-city-defensive-record-season-6907681 Over the years our head to head record has been good we have won 28, lost 14 and drawn 6. We have the opportunity of a rare double. At their place earlier in the season we registered a 3-2 win when Chris Martin's 84th-minute winner sent 1,200 City fans home signing in the rain. A Sammie Szmodics brace threatened to dampen City’s spirits at a rain-soaked Weston Homes Stadium, but we battled through the treacherous conditions, here are the highlights: https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/highlights-peterborough-united-2-3-bristol-city/ On 1 May 2021 They were promoted back to the Championship after an eight year stay in League One after coming back from 3–0 down to draw 3–3 against rivals Lincoln City following a stoppage time penalty by Jonson Clarke-Harris. In September 2020 Sammie Szmodics signed permanently for Peterborough on a four year contract after signing for an undisclosed fee from us, believed to be in excess of £1m, with a number of other clubs rumoured to be interested, including Sunderland and Portsmouth. Szmodics scored 16 goals in all competitions in the 2020–21 season helping his side win promotion back to the Championship. Their highest transfer fee was paid to us, it exceeded £1.25m for Mo Eisa in June 2019, they subsequently sold him for an undisclosed fee to MK Dons. The £8m fee they received for Britt Assombalonga in 2014 from Nottingham Forest is the highest they’ve ever received for a player. On the 20th February 2022, Darren Ferguson left Peterborough United for the third time, after offering his resignation to club co-owner Darragh Macanthony. Ferguson left the club in the relegation zone of the Sky Bet Championship, five points from safety. Matthew Etherington was placed in temporary charge. Grant McCann took charge on 24 February 2022. Many of us think of Barry Fry, whose now 76, when we think of Posh, he was a winger in his playing days. Fry was an apprentice at Manchester United in his youth, and had brief spells with Bolton Wanderers, Luton Town and Leyton Orient, before he retired prematurely due to injury. He’s a colourful character! He starred in a documentary called There's Only One Barry Fry. The programme included some of Fry's dressing room antics. In December 2018, he was charged by the Football Association for alleged misconduct in relation to betting after claims that he placed bets on matches or competitions during the 2017–18 season, in breach of FA rules. He accepted the charges, and in January 2019 he was suspended from all footballing activity for four months, with three months of those suspended for a two-year period. He has managed Dunstable Town, Bedford Town, Maidstone United, Southend United, Barnet, Birmingham City and, most recently, Peterborough United (he was there nine years as manager until 2005). Fry is currently director of football at Peterborough. Our squads today is likely to include Semenyo and Williams. Todays ref is John Brooks he’s been in charge of 15 games and issued 53 yellows and no reds. He comes from Melton Mowbray which is 35 miles from Peterborough. The last time he was involved in a City match was when Watford gave us a 6-0 thrashing back in February 2021. The programme is here: https://robinstv.bcfc.co.uk/digital-matchday-programme/ For those of my vintage it’s going to be quite a nostalgic day, as City stars from the 1960s will be honoured just before kick off. More than half-a-century since they graced the BS3 turf, 16 players and former manager Alan Dicks will be applauded at 2.50pm. Please take your seats early to celebrate the players who between them clocked up almost 3,000 appearances for the Robins. For practical reasons so close to kick-off, the group - Dicks, Danny Bartley, Ian Broomfield, Phil Coggins, Jantzen Derrick, Brian Drysdale, Tony Ford, John Galley, Mike Gibson, Johnny Giles, Bobby Gould, Geoff Merrick, Geoff Palmer, Gordon Parr, Trevor Tainton, Johnny Watkins, celebrating his 89th birthday, and Bobby Williams - will be heralded in their Lansdown Stand seats and their pictures shown on the big screen. Posh facts Peterborough was designated a New Town in 1967, to house some of London's overspill population in new townships around the existing urban area. Peterborough is a medieval city with a rich heritage. The splendours of the fine Medieval Cathedral, the Bronze Age settlement of Flag Fen and the Elizabethan grandeur of Burghley House are well known. Peterborough is home to one of the largest concentrations of Italian immigrants in the UK. This is mainly as a result of labour recruitment in the 1950s by the London Brick Company in the southern Italian regions of Apulia and Campania. Famous fans include Mike Tyson, Adrian Durham and Aston Merrygold. Posh set the record for the highest number of league goals 134 (Terry Bly alone scoring 52) in the 1960-61 season, which was their first season in the Football League, in which they won the Fourth Division title. Finally, the names teaser, it’s just too time consuming to illustrate from which team each is taken from but I think they are all genuine. Thanks to everyone who contributed, when I first did it I came up with just 39, the list now contains 104 names! Before the big reveal a special mention regarding the etymology and historical origin of the name Bristol. Bristol is a place name, a populous urban city located in southwestern England (near Bath and Gloucester). The name is derived from the Olde English Brycgstow meaning “place at the bridge” in reference to the original bridge built over the River Avon where the settlement was established circa 1000 A.D. Bristol became one of the most important medieval cities in England (after London and York). Ironically, the usage of Bristol as a female given name did not originate from Bristol, England; rather, American’s have Vice Presidential hopeful turned political pundit Sarah Palin to thank for Bristol’s uprising as a girl’s name. Palin named her second child and first daughter Bristol for three disparate reasons. One, Bristol Inn was where Palin worked at the time; two, Bristol, Connecticut houses the headquarters for ESPN (Sarah had dreams of being a sportscaster); and, three, Bristol Bay is located in Alaska where Bristol’s father Todd grew up. So apparently, Sarah Palin saw Bristol as a good omen and naturally bestowed the moniker upon her daughter. Bristol Palin herself became a celebrity of sorts when her teen pregnancy was announced during her mother’s out-spoken, right-wing, morally-righteous run for the Vice Presidency. With her unusual name suddenly splashed all over the news, Bristol came straight onto the American radar. In another ironic twist, Sarah Palin was harshly criticized for her support of Alaska’s “bridge to nowhere” (an example of pork barrel spending at its worst) while her daughter’s name means “the place at the bridge”. The female given name Bristol is really only used in America. Adi Al Alb Albi Alex Alexandra Alf Anders Ard Ark Arn Art Aston Ath Bar Barn Bo Bolton Brad Bren Brent Brough Bris Bristol Burt Burton Cam Carl Carlisle Char Charlton Crystal Che Chelsea Chester Col Dale Derby Di Don Ed Effie El Ena Estha Ester Eve Ford Forest Gill Gyle Hal Ham Hamat Hampton Har Hester Hor Hud Illa Iver Lee Les Ley Leyton Lin Lincoln Liv Lu Mansfield Mill Milton Min Ming Mo Nem Nemo North Oke Park Pete Peter Preston Rea Read Reen Ro Sal Salford Shef Stan Stanley Steve Steven Swan Ted Thor Tonto Ull Val Wal Wednesday Wes Win Let the arguments begin 7 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 6 hours ago, Jerseybean said: Hello City fans everywhere. Here’s to a cracking game and a convincing home win. On the topic of a win it is the final name at the foot of this post! Peterborough United was formed in 1934 at Peterborough's Angel Hotel to provide a replacement for Peterborough and Fletton United, who had folded two years previously. They were elected to the league in 1960 at the expense of Gateshead, and won the Fourth Division title at the first attempt, scoring a record 134 goals. The Posh then spent seven seasons in the 3rd Division before being relegated, being deducted 19 points for illegal payments to players, a record which stood until Luton lost 30 points. Peterborough have found life tough this season on their return to the Championship. Travel sickness has been a major problem with 16 defeats and two draws in 20 matches on the road. However, their last two away results have been encouraging, in their last game before the International break Peterborough registered their first win in 16 league games 3-1 away at QPR. They also drew 1-1 at Bournemouth in early March. Last Saturday they were home to Boro and were well beaten 4-0 and on Tuesday they hosted Luton that finished 1-1, Jonson Clarke-Harris equalised in the 87 minute, he then hit the post in the 95 minute. Ex-Gas player Clarke-Harris is certainly one to watch, he was awarded the League One Player of the Year Award in 2021. He has 12 goal involvements in all competitions for the Posh this season with 10 goals and two assists. The forward is currently top goalscorer for Peterborough United collecting three Man of The Match awards already this campaign. He has scored five goals in his last five matches. They are in a real relegation fight sitting in 24 place with 27 points from 40 games. Their defensive record is the worst in the division with 81 goals conceded, with 72 we have the third worst number of goals conceded. As this article reveals this is one of our worst ever seasons for goals conceded: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-city-defensive-record-season-6907681 Over the years our head to head record has been good we have won 28, lost 14 and drawn 6. We have the opportunity of a rare double. At their place earlier in the season we registered a 3-2 win when Chris Martin's 84th-minute winner sent 1,200 City fans home signing in the rain. A Sammie Szmodics brace threatened to dampen City’s spirits at a rain-soaked Weston Homes Stadium, but we battled through the treacherous conditions, here are the highlights: https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/highlights-peterborough-united-2-3-bristol-city/ On 1 May 2021 They were promoted back to the Championship after an eight year stay in League One after coming back from 3–0 down to draw 3–3 against rivals Lincoln City following a stoppage time penalty by Jonson Clarke-Harris. In September 2020 Sammie Szmodics signed permanently for Peterborough on a four year contract after signing for an undisclosed fee from us, believed to be in excess of £1m, with a number of other clubs rumoured to be interested, including Sunderland and Portsmouth. Szmodics scored 16 goals in all competitions in the 2020–21 season helping his side win promotion back to the Championship. Their highest transfer fee was paid to us, it exceeded £1.25m for Mo Eisa in June 2019, they subsequently sold him for an undisclosed fee to MK Dons. The £8m fee they received for Britt Assombalonga in 2014 from Nottingham Forest is the highest they’ve ever received for a player. On the 20th February 2022, Darren Ferguson left Peterborough United for the third time, after offering his resignation to club co-owner Darragh Macanthony. Ferguson left the club in the relegation zone of the Sky Bet Championship, five points from safety. Matthew Etherington was placed in temporary charge. Grant McCann took charge on 24 February 2022. Many of us think of Barry Fry, whose now 76, when we think of Posh, he was a winger in his playing days. Fry was an apprentice at Manchester United in his youth, and had brief spells with Bolton Wanderers, Luton Town and Leyton Orient, before he retired prematurely due to injury. He’s a colourful character! He starred in a documentary called There's Only One Barry Fry. The programme included some of Fry's dressing room antics. In December 2018, he was charged by the Football Association for alleged misconduct in relation to betting after claims that he placed bets on matches or competitions during the 2017–18 season, in breach of FA rules. He accepted the charges, and in January 2019 he was suspended from all footballing activity for four months, with three months of those suspended for a two-year period. He has managed Dunstable Town, Bedford Town, Maidstone United, Southend United, Barnet, Birmingham City and, most recently, Peterborough United (he was there nine years as manager until 2005). Fry is currently director of football at Peterborough. Our squads today is likely to include Semenyo and Williams. Todays ref is John Brooks he’s been in charge of 15 games and issued 53 yellows and no reds. He comes from Melton Mowbray which is 35 miles from Peterborough. The last time he was involved in a City match was when Watford gave us a 6-0 thrashing back in February 2021. The programme is here: https://robinstv.bcfc.co.uk/digital-matchday-programme/ For those of my vintage it’s going to be quite a nostalgic day, as City stars from the 1960s will be honoured just before kick off. More than half-a-century since they graced the BS3 turf, 16 players and former manager Alan Dicks will be applauded at 2.50pm. Please take your seats early to celebrate the players who between them clocked up almost 3,000 appearances for the Robins. For practical reasons so close to kick-off, the group - Dicks, Danny Bartley, Ian Broomfield, Phil Coggins, Jantzen Derrick, Brian Drysdale, Tony Ford, John Galley, Mike Gibson, Johnny Giles, Bobby Gould, Geoff Merrick, Geoff Palmer, Gordon Parr, Trevor Tainton, Johnny Watkins, celebrating his 89th birthday, and Bobby Williams - will be heralded in their Lansdown Stand seats and their pictures shown on the big screen. Posh facts Peterborough was designated a New Town in 1967, to house some of London's overspill population in new townships around the existing urban area. Peterborough is a medieval city with a rich heritage. The splendours of the fine Medieval Cathedral, the Bronze Age settlement of Flag Fen and the Elizabethan grandeur of Burghley House are well known. Peterborough is home to one of the largest concentrations of Italian immigrants in the UK. This is mainly as a result of labour recruitment in the 1950s by the London Brick Company in the southern Italian regions of Apulia and Campania. Famous fans include Mike Tyson, Adrian Durham and Aston Merrygold. Posh set the record for the highest number of league goals 134 (Terry Bly alone scoring 52) in the 1960-61 season, which was their first season in the Football League, in which they won the Fourth Division title. Finally, the names teaser, it’s just too time consuming to illustrate from which team each is taken from but I think they are all genuine. Thanks to everyone who contributed, when I first did it I came up with just 39, the list now contains 104 names! Before the big reveal a special mention regarding the etymology and historical origin of the name Bristol. Bristol is a place name, a populous urban city located in southwestern England (near Bath and Gloucester). The name is derived from the Olde English Brycgstow meaning “place at the bridge” in reference to the original bridge built over the River Avon where the settlement was established circa 1000 A.D. Bristol became one of the most important medieval cities in England (after London and York). Ironically, the usage of Bristol as a female given name did not originate from Bristol, England; rather, American’s have Vice Presidential hopeful turned political pundit Sarah Palin to thank for Bristol’s uprising as a girl’s name. Palin named her second child and first daughter Bristol for three disparate reasons. One, Bristol Inn was where Palin worked at the time; two, Bristol, Connecticut houses the headquarters for ESPN (Sarah had dreams of being a sportscaster); and, three, Bristol Bay is located in Alaska where Bristol’s father Todd grew up. So apparently, Sarah Palin saw Bristol as a good omen and naturally bestowed the moniker upon her daughter. Bristol Palin herself became a celebrity of sorts when her teen pregnancy was announced during her mother’s out-spoken, right-wing, morally-righteous run for the Vice Presidency. With her unusual name suddenly splashed all over the news, Bristol came straight onto the American radar. In another ironic twist, Sarah Palin was harshly criticized for her support of Alaska’s “bridge to nowhere” (an example of pork barrel spending at its worst) while her daughter’s name means “the place at the bridge”. The female given name Bristol is really only used in America. Adi Al Alb Albi Alex Alexandra Alf Anders Ard Ark Arn Art Aston Ath Bar Barn Bo Bolton Brad Bren Brent Brough Bris Bristol Burt Burton Cam Carl Carlisle Char Charlton Crystal Che Chelsea Chester Col Dale Derby Di Don Ed Effie El Ena Estha Ester Eve Ford Forest Gill Gyle Hal Ham Hamat Hampton Har Hester Hor Hud Illa Iver Lee Les Ley Leyton Lin Lincoln Liv Lu Mansfield Mill Milton Min Ming Mo Nem Nemo North Oke Park Pete Peter Preston Rea Read Reen Ro Sal Salford Shef Stan Stanley Steve Steven Swan Ted Thor Tonto Ull Val Wal Wednesday Wes Win Let the arguments begin Wayne Rooney’s Derby County 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpexile Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 7 hours ago, Jerseybean said: Hello City fans everywhere. Here’s to a cracking game and a convincing home win. On the topic of a win it is the final name at the foot of this post! Peterborough United was formed in 1934 at Peterborough's Angel Hotel to provide a replacement for Peterborough and Fletton United, who had folded two years previously. They were elected to the league in 1960 at the expense of Gateshead, and won the Fourth Division title at the first attempt, scoring a record 134 goals. The Posh then spent seven seasons in the 3rd Division before being relegated, being deducted 19 points for illegal payments to players, a record which stood until Luton lost 30 points. Peterborough have found life tough this season on their return to the Championship. Travel sickness has been a major problem with 16 defeats and two draws in 20 matches on the road. However, their last two away results have been encouraging, in their last game before the International break Peterborough registered their first win in 16 league games 3-1 away at QPR. They also drew 1-1 at Bournemouth in early March. Last Saturday they were home to Boro and were well beaten 4-0 and on Tuesday they hosted Luton that finished 1-1, Jonson Clarke-Harris equalised in the 87 minute, he then hit the post in the 95 minute. Ex-Gas player Clarke-Harris is certainly one to watch, he was awarded the League One Player of the Year Award in 2021. He has 12 goal involvements in all competitions for the Posh this season with 10 goals and two assists. The forward is currently top goalscorer for Peterborough United collecting three Man of The Match awards already this campaign. He has scored five goals in his last five matches. They are in a real relegation fight sitting in 24 place with 27 points from 40 games. Their defensive record is the worst in the division with 81 goals conceded, with 72 we have the third worst number of goals conceded. As this article reveals this is one of our worst ever seasons for goals conceded: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-city-defensive-record-season-6907681 Over the years our head to head record has been good we have won 28, lost 14 and drawn 6. We have the opportunity of a rare double. At their place earlier in the season we registered a 3-2 win when Chris Martin's 84th-minute winner sent 1,200 City fans home signing in the rain. A Sammie Szmodics brace threatened to dampen City’s spirits at a rain-soaked Weston Homes Stadium, but we battled through the treacherous conditions, here are the highlights: https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/highlights-peterborough-united-2-3-bristol-city/ On 1 May 2021 They were promoted back to the Championship after an eight year stay in League One after coming back from 3–0 down to draw 3–3 against rivals Lincoln City following a stoppage time penalty by Jonson Clarke-Harris. In September 2020 Sammie Szmodics signed permanently for Peterborough on a four year contract after signing for an undisclosed fee from us, believed to be in excess of £1m, with a number of other clubs rumoured to be interested, including Sunderland and Portsmouth. Szmodics scored 16 goals in all competitions in the 2020–21 season helping his side win promotion back to the Championship. Their highest transfer fee was paid to us, it exceeded £1.25m for Mo Eisa in June 2019, they subsequently sold him for an undisclosed fee to MK Dons. The £8m fee they received for Britt Assombalonga in 2014 from Nottingham Forest is the highest they’ve ever received for a player. On the 20th February 2022, Darren Ferguson left Peterborough United for the third time, after offering his resignation to club co-owner Darragh Macanthony. Ferguson left the club in the relegation zone of the Sky Bet Championship, five points from safety. Matthew Etherington was placed in temporary charge. Grant McCann took charge on 24 February 2022. Many of us think of Barry Fry, whose now 76, when we think of Posh, he was a winger in his playing days. Fry was an apprentice at Manchester United in his youth, and had brief spells with Bolton Wanderers, Luton Town and Leyton Orient, before he retired prematurely due to injury. He’s a colourful character! He starred in a documentary called There's Only One Barry Fry. The programme included some of Fry's dressing room antics. In December 2018, he was charged by the Football Association for alleged misconduct in relation to betting after claims that he placed bets on matches or competitions during the 2017–18 season, in breach of FA rules. He accepted the charges, and in January 2019 he was suspended from all footballing activity for four months, with three months of those suspended for a two-year period. He has managed Dunstable Town, Bedford Town, Maidstone United, Southend United, Barnet, Birmingham City and, most recently, Peterborough United (he was there nine years as manager until 2005). Fry is currently director of football at Peterborough. Our squads today is likely to include Semenyo and Williams. Todays ref is John Brooks he’s been in charge of 15 games and issued 53 yellows and no reds. He comes from Melton Mowbray which is 35 miles from Peterborough. The last time he was involved in a City match was when Watford gave us a 6-0 thrashing back in February 2021. The programme is here: https://robinstv.bcfc.co.uk/digital-matchday-programme/ For those of my vintage it’s going to be quite a nostalgic day, as City stars from the 1960s will be honoured just before kick off. More than half-a-century since they graced the BS3 turf, 16 players and former manager Alan Dicks will be applauded at 2.50pm. Please take your seats early to celebrate the players who between them clocked up almost 3,000 appearances for the Robins. For practical reasons so close to kick-off, the group - Dicks, Danny Bartley, Ian Broomfield, Phil Coggins, Jantzen Derrick, Brian Drysdale, Tony Ford, John Galley, Mike Gibson, Johnny Giles, Bobby Gould, Geoff Merrick, Geoff Palmer, Gordon Parr, Trevor Tainton, Johnny Watkins, celebrating his 89th birthday, and Bobby Williams - will be heralded in their Lansdown Stand seats and their pictures shown on the big screen. Posh facts Peterborough was designated a New Town in 1967, to house some of London's overspill population in new townships around the existing urban area. Peterborough is a medieval city with a rich heritage. The splendours of the fine Medieval Cathedral, the Bronze Age settlement of Flag Fen and the Elizabethan grandeur of Burghley House are well known. Peterborough is home to one of the largest concentrations of Italian immigrants in the UK. This is mainly as a result of labour recruitment in the 1950s by the London Brick Company in the southern Italian regions of Apulia and Campania. Famous fans include Mike Tyson, Adrian Durham and Aston Merrygold. Posh set the record for the highest number of league goals 134 (Terry Bly alone scoring 52) in the 1960-61 season, which was their first season in the Football League, in which they won the Fourth Division title. Finally, the names teaser, it’s just too time consuming to illustrate from which team each is taken from but I think they are all genuine. Thanks to everyone who contributed, when I first did it I came up with just 39, the list now contains 104 names! Before the big reveal a special mention regarding the etymology and historical origin of the name Bristol. Bristol is a place name, a populous urban city located in southwestern England (near Bath and Gloucester). The name is derived from the Olde English Brycgstow meaning “place at the bridge” in reference to the original bridge built over the River Avon where the settlement was established circa 1000 A.D. Bristol became one of the most important medieval cities in England (after London and York). Ironically, the usage of Bristol as a female given name did not originate from Bristol, England; rather, American’s have Vice Presidential hopeful turned political pundit Sarah Palin to thank for Bristol’s uprising as a girl’s name. Palin named her second child and first daughter Bristol for three disparate reasons. One, Bristol Inn was where Palin worked at the time; two, Bristol, Connecticut houses the headquarters for ESPN (Sarah had dreams of being a sportscaster); and, three, Bristol Bay is located in Alaska where Bristol’s father Todd grew up. So apparently, Sarah Palin saw Bristol as a good omen and naturally bestowed the moniker upon her daughter. Bristol Palin herself became a celebrity of sorts when her teen pregnancy was announced during her mother’s out-spoken, right-wing, morally-righteous run for the Vice Presidency. With her unusual name suddenly splashed all over the news, Bristol came straight onto the American radar. In another ironic twist, Sarah Palin was harshly criticized for her support of Alaska’s “bridge to nowhere” (an example of pork barrel spending at its worst) while her daughter’s name means “the place at the bridge”. The female given name Bristol is really only used in America. Adi Al Alb Albi Alex Alexandra Alf Anders Ard Ark Arn Art Aston Ath Bar Barn Bo Bolton Brad Bren Brent Brough Bris Bristol Burt Burton Cam Carl Carlisle Char Charlton Crystal Che Chelsea Chester Col Dale Derby Di Don Ed Effie El Ena Estha Ester Eve Ford Forest Gill Gyle Hal Ham Hamat Hampton Har Hester Hor Hud Illa Iver Lee Les Ley Leyton Lin Lincoln Liv Lu Mansfield Mill Milton Min Ming Mo Nem Nemo North Oke Park Pete Peter Preston Rea Read Reen Ro Sal Salford Shef Stan Stanley Steve Steven Swan Ted Thor Tonto Ull Val Wal Wednesday Wes Win Let the arguments begin Knell, get a job mate. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 (edited) Just for the record I hate Peterborough, always have. There may be some lingering dislike caused by the horrible journeys I used to take to my company's Head Office there, or the fact that even people in Peterborough struggle to tell you where it is. (Somewhere off the A1 being the best description). But I think it goes back further than that, it's because they remind me of the Gas with the way they revel in their shite ground and their 'plucky underdog' image. Like the Gas they have also embraced dodgy owners, managers and DoF's and have an annoying habit of getting the best out of raw talent and making money out of it. I hope the 350 mile return journey is as miserable as sin for them and is literally pointless Edited April 9, 2022 by Port Said Red 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Seriously, if we can't beat Peterborough today, with good players out of contract, no money to spend and a couple likely to move away in the summer, I really fear that next season will be our last in the Championship. We really need to be performing a lot better than we have of late. I'm really beginning to worry about Nigel Pearsons tactics and formations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weepywall Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Port Said Red said: Just for the record I hate Peterborough, always have. There may be some lingering dislike caused by the horrible journeys I used to take to my company's Head Office there, or the fact that even people in Peterborough struggle to tell you where it is. (Somewhere off the A1 being the best description). But I think it goes back further than that, it's because they remind me of the Gas with the way they revel in their shite ground and their 'plucky underdog' image. Like the Gas they have also embraced dodgy owners, managers and DoF's and have an annoying habit of getting the best out of raw talent and making money out of it. I hope the 350 mile return journey is as miserable as sin for them and is literally pointless But apart from all that you quite like them ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loosey Boy Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 2 hours ago, Port Said Red said: Just for the record I hate Peterborough, always have. There may be some lingering dislike caused by the horrible journeys I used to take to my company's Head Office there, or the fact that even people in Peterborough struggle to tell you where it is. (Somewhere off the A1 being the best description). But I think it goes back further than that, it's because they remind me of the Gas with the way they revel in their shite ground and their 'plucky underdog' image. Like the Gas they have also embraced dodgy owners, managers and DoF's and have an annoying habit of getting the best out of raw talent and making money out of it. I hope the 350 mile return journey is as miserable as sin for them and is literally pointless Hope you are in a better mood come 3pm @Port Said Red 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 It’s a nice spring day and the sun is shining. This must mean it’s a 4-1 win to City Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAZ MICHAELS Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Big home win incoming. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.G.Red Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 45 minutes ago, Loosey Boy said: Hope you are in a better mood come 3pm @Port Said Red Or 5pm 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 36 minutes ago, CHAZ MICHAELS said: Big home win incoming. I'll take any home win, even against Peterborough. Could you survive a Wrexham v Dover game: 2-0 up 5-2 down, with a winner coming in the 8th minute of added time? I'd almost (but not quite) take a boring 0-0 draw for the strain something like that would put on my heart . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Just out of interest, we can nearly be mathematically safe from relegation today. Win, and Barnsley lose at Millwall, we can only be caught by Barnsley out of the bottom three, and that by goal difference. Not remotely suggesting we are anything but safe, but could pretty much be put to bed today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 15 minutes ago, cityexile said: Just out of interest, we can nearly be mathematically safe from relegation today. Win, and Barnsley lose at Millwall, we can only be caught by Barnsley out of the bottom three, and that by goal difference. Not remotely suggesting we are anything but safe, but could pretty much be put to bed today. Premature celebrations can come back to haunt you ... 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Another match day, what to expect, stil feeling positive but worried at the same time.Sat down here in Southampton with my stress ball for when after 5 minutes the forum goes off on one.We really do need a win today. I was at the away match and thought it was a great team/ fan effort on the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 4 hours ago, Port Said Red said: the fact that even people in Peterborough struggle to tell you where it is. (Somewhere off the A1 being the best description). I'm not surprised. 80 miles from Doncaster, so it's North, but also 80 miles from London putting it in the South. 40 miles from Leicester, so it's East Midlands countered by being 40 miles from Kings Lynn making it East Anglia. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 47 minutes ago, Roadrunner said: Another match day, what to expect, stil feeling positive but worried at the same time.Sat down here in Southampton with my stress ball for when after 5 minutes the forum goes off on one.We really do need a win today. I was at the away match and thought it was a great team/ fan effort on the day. It must be new. Should look haggard by now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 12 minutes ago, 22A said: I'm not surprised. 80 miles from Doncaster, so it's North, but also 80 miles from London putting it in the South. 40 miles from Leicester, so it's East Midlands countered by being 40 miles from Kings Lynn making it East Anglia. Sounds like the middle of nowhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderingred Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Worst performance of the season and 0-2 defeat incoming.. can just sense it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSSEL85 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 12 minutes ago, Gazred said: It must be new. Should look haggard by now! He has gone through 40 of them so far this campaign! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 14 minutes ago, Gazred said: It must be new. Should look haggard by now! Band new. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Med/MadHatter Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 On 07/04/2022 at 14:46, MrBibs said: Forest GReen Rovers Call my wife that, real name Corinne 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garland-sweden Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 2-0 City COYR !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 24 minutes ago, 22A said: I'm not surprised. 80 miles from Doncaster, so it's North, but also 80 miles from London putting it in the South. 40 miles from Leicester, so it's East Midlands countered by being 40 miles from Kings Lynn making it East Anglia. Not far from the Fens either.... When I stayed multiple nights in hotels, the regional news seemed to change to reflect what you have pointed out. Very confusing when you wake up in the morning wondering where you are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSSEL85 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 1 minute ago, Garland-sweden said: 2-0 City COYR !!! Not won by 2 clear goals all season, well, lets hope its today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerseybean Posted April 9, 2022 Author Share Posted April 9, 2022 Starting 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garland-sweden Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Just now, RUSSEL85 said: Not won by 2 clear goals all season, well, lets hope its today. Its about time then, he he. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_eastender Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 1 minute ago, Jerseybean said: Starting 11 I dreamt Conway started and scored a hat-trick, but reality is we are stuck with plodder Martin again - and all next season too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 16 minutes ago, Tafkarmlf said: I'm going crazy 3-0 win Massengo Hatrick. Wheeeeeeeee From the bench? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Fancy Wells to get a couple today. 3-1 COYR! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 My prediction Win - 16 pages Draw - 18 pages Lose - 29 pages 3 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Joe Williams back - didn`t expect that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Be interested to see how they line-up with Kent not starting. Ward is dangerous on set pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasbuster Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Let’s hope no 42 isn’t the one who fuchs us up this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 32 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said: Sounds like the middle of nowhere And soooo flat and seemed to take ages to get there. Field after field. Poured with rain that day too, really poured Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Still very odd Kalas is nowhere to be seen, Pearson said he won’t be fully rushed and needs rest yet brings Williams straight back in. Planning for life without him? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waconda Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Going to be out run in midfield, CHs are going to be busy BUT we should score more than them. 3-2 win. Just now, petehinton said: Still very odd Kalas is nowhere to be seen, Pearson said he won’t be fully rushed and needs rest yet brings Williams straight back in. Planning for life without him? House hunting ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nest Egg Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 (edited) Anyone planning to rush to the game from the Hotwells/Clifton area; We The Curious is on fire, expect delays. Avoid the harbourside if you can; the smoke is nasty and hazardous there's also a lot of rubberneckers. Anchor Road also currently closed off for cars and pedestrians Edited April 9, 2022 by An Outstanding Human 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 1 minute ago, An Outstanding Human said: Anyone planning to rush to the game from the Hotwells/Clifton area; We The Curious is on fire, expect delays. Lot of smoke, smells like it would do damage as well Blimey. Hope everyone is ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 26 minutes ago, Gazred said: Fancy Wells to get a couple today. 3-1 COYR! I think he really could bag goals in a different set up but this 3-5-2 without a single player to play the pass that Wells thrives on just makes him dead weight. If he gets a good chance he'll hit the target but I just don't see him getting chances with Martin, Weimann and Scott out wide, we lack that player who can put those short, dangerous passes into the box and around it, far more likely to see crosses from Dasilva or just full pace counters which isn't where he shines. I hope he proves me wrong, Wells is such a good player in the right set up, he's wasted here with our lack of the right players to get the best out of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1891 B.C. Sweden Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Come On You Reds!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 11 minutes ago, petehinton said: Still very odd Kalas is nowhere to be seen, Pearson said he won’t be fully rushed and needs rest yet brings Williams straight back in. Planning for life without him? Don't say that....last week you had me thinking he might sign a new contract. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashton_fan Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Must have been at least 2 taxis for the Peterborough fans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippin cider Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Watch Szmodics score …. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unan Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Are we going to win for once? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippin cider Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Just now, Marcus Aurelius said: Are we going to win for once? No 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 51 minutes ago, Garland-sweden said: 2-0 City COYR !!! Oh no; 2-0 is a dangerous score line. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 1 minute ago, 22A said: Oh no; 2-0 is a dangerous score line. Oh I don`t know. If we were 2-0 up going into injury time I`d be confident................................................................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Stress ball ready. COYRs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSSEL85 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 1 minute ago, Lanterne Rouge said: Oh I don`t know. If we were 2-0 up going into injury time I`d be confident................................................................... So naive 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southport Red Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 10 minutes ago, Slippin cider said: Watch Szmodics score …. And Clark Harris 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Just now, RUSSEL85 said: So naive I didn`t say what I`d be confident of! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Forest 1-0 Brum. What a run they`re on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Swansea 1-0 WRDC Reading 1-0 Cardiff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 BBC P'boro' commentary say "The three behind J C-H are the threats to Bristol. On the downside, Bristol's front three look sharp". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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