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16 minutes ago, bcfcredandwhite said:

I had a Triumph TR7 convertible. Loved it - but it was a rustbucket. It was as much a hobby for me back then at 21 as it was a form of transportation. 

My Marina cost me a fortune in filler. I tried to tell myself it was worth it as some form of homage to the Dolman family but that theory didn't work any better than the car.

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4 minutes ago, Open End Numb Legs said:

My Marina cost me a fortune in filler. I tried to tell myself it was worth it as some form of homage to the Dolman family but that theory didn't work any better than the car.

Never had the misfortune of owning a Morris Marina thankfully, but remember driving one a couple of times.  

Worst gearshift I’ve ever experienced and trying to select gears was like stirring a spoon in a bowl of lumpy custard.  There was absolutely no indication if it had gone into gear or not and that was a fairly new car!

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1 hour ago, RobinTuga said:

And that in itself I also found out a little eyebrow raising, I always felt (and possibly I'm misreading the situation, I don't have a ton to base this on) one of the reasons SL was/is looking to sell was that Junior wasn't too keen in taking over the club long term and is more interested in other projects. Feel like I remember seeing some discourse about this at the time Fever Pitch was becoming a thing.

He is absolutely very into Basketball. I think the new arena (home of The Flyers) will be of much more interest to him. Football seems a sideline that he has just ended up with so to speak.

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31 minutes ago, RedM said:

He is absolutely very into Basketball. I think the new arena (home of The Flyers) will be of much more interest to him. Football seems a sideline that he has just ended up with so to speak.

I thought Jon was the City supporter and Dad got involved because of that. 

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1 hour ago, Open End Numb Legs said:

My Marina cost me a fortune in filler. I tried to tell myself it was worth it as some form of homage to the Dolman family but that theory didn't work any better than the car.

Without wishing to hijack the thread; in the 1950s a third of the world’s motor vehicles were manufactured here in the United Kingdom. One in 3 cars worldwide were British. That’s incredible. 
Then in the 1970s Nationalisation and Leyland ruined the reputation of all their brands - and finally the industry was broken up and sold off to foreign buyers during and just after the Thatcher years. I don’t believe there is now a single British-owned car manufacturer left. 
What a demise!!!

Back to football - at least back in the 1970s you could drive your Marina, Metro, Maxi or Allegro to Ashton Gate to see top flight football - then watch an episode of The Sweeney to end the evening… it wasn’t all bad!!

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2 hours ago, Frenchay Red said:

Make no mistake, there's only one person behind all the big decisions and overseeing everything.

And it's not Jon

Maybe back in the day, as a child. But I guess it's pretty different for him now. With power comes responsibility as they say.

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Just now, RedM said:

Maybe back in the day, as a child. But I guess it's pretty different for him now. With power comes responsibility as they say.

When SL was at Senior Reds in Feb it was quite clear that it was his empire (my word not his) and he was the decision maker. Obviously though advised by others, and no doubt JL has his ear on footballing matters.

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1 hour ago, bcfcredandwhite said:

.........Back to football - at least back in the 1970s you could drive your Marina, Metro, Maxi or Allegro to Ashton Gate to see top flight football - then watch an episode of The Sweeney to end the evening… it wasn’t all bad!!

The Sweeney was on TV on Monday nights at 9pm. The strict deal was that if I finished my maths homework before 9pm I was allowed to watch it as it was one of my favourite programs.

If you were getting home to watch it from football then it is perfectly possible that it took you 2 days to get home because you had broken down in said Leyland car!!

I would watch The Sweeney and beg my Dad to get a Ford Granada, cos that is what Regan had and he was cool.

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2 minutes ago, GrumpyGit said:

Manning confirmed he’s a complete PoS.  He didn’t have the balls to say goodbye to the players, the guys that through their hard work, got him a Championship role.

What a ****.

Won’t have had a chance yet.  If he told them at training it would’ve been all over the media.  Im sure he will at some point.  

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5 hours ago, Davefevs said:

Yes, indeed.  Wonder if he’s changed tack and realised he wants to do something off his own back.  That’s not meant to be rude, perhaps it’s dawned on him that there is more to life.

More to life than city - drugs , drink , anxiety , depression, divorce that all comes with watching city 

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1 hour ago, Open End Numb Legs said:

The Sweeney was on TV on Monday nights at 9pm. The strict deal was that if I finished my maths homework before 9pm I was allowed to watch it as it was one of my favourite programs.

If you were getting home to watch it from football then it is perfectly possible that it took you 2 days to get home because you had broken down in said Leyland car!!

I would watch The Sweeney and beg my Dad to get a Ford Granada, cos that is what Regan had and he was cool.

You’re right - on reflection I don’t remember Saturday evening TV being much unless you were into the American series. Magnum PI? Hawaii 5-0?
Starsky and Hutch were Saturday evenings I believe - which I used to enjoy. 

Was it a Granada or a Consul? They were the same (really cool) shape and I’d love to have one of either model now. 

Sorry I am ruining the thread with my reminiscing…..

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52 minutes ago, GrumpyGit said:

Manning confirmed he’s a complete PoS.  He didn’t have the balls to say goodbye to the players, the guys that through their hard work, got him a Championship role.

What a ****.

Blimey , he’s gone already ?

He has only just said hello to the players 

 

The modern game eh 

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30 minutes ago, bcfcredandwhite said:

......Was it a Granada or a Consul? They were the same (really cool) shape and I’d love to have one of either model now. 

Sorry I am ruining the thread with my reminiscing…..

Just checked, you're right, it was a Consul 3 litre GT.

In a poor attempt to get this football related, I think Jack Regan would have made a great manager, proper hair dryer at half time even if winning.

He should have managed Oxford after retiring as Inspector Morse.

There you go, back on topic.

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1 hour ago, Open End Numb Legs said:

Just checked, you're right, it was a Consul 3 litre GT.

In a poor attempt to get this football related, I think Jack Regan would have made a great manager, proper hair dryer at half time even if winning.

He should have managed Oxford after retiring as Inspector Morse.

There you go, back on topic.

Either him (Regan) or George Cowley from The Professionals - my other top TV watch from those days. Either of them would have made great football managers !!!

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7 hours ago, bcfcredandwhite said:

I had a Triumph TR7 convertible. Loved it - but it was a rustbucket. It was as much a hobby for me back then at 21 as it was a form of transportation. 

I had a TR6 (great, but it started to rust) then grew up (not) and got a Stag (Rover 3.5 engine). Also had a Dolomite Sprint at some point which had the head gasket shaved a couple of times before scrapping it. Happy days...

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1 hour ago, bcfc01 said:

I had a TR6 (great, but it started to rust) then grew up (not) and got a Stag (Rover 3.5 engine). Also had a Dolomite Sprint at some point which had the head gasket shaved a couple of times before scrapping it. Happy days...

I wanted a Stag.  Beautiful looking and sounding machine. Put a deposit down on one from a reclaim yard in Risca - a Mk1 - J reg 1971.  It had the original 3.0 Triumph V8 which was running, but needed loads of other work. 
i chickened out and lost my deposit. That was when I lived in Bishopsworth in 1989. 
I would still love to own one even now. 
 

You owned some great machines. TR6’s are fetching big money now. 

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Last time I went to see City at Oxford must have been late 90's early 2000 ish and to this very day it is still the most boring game I can remember 

The shenanigans that came before and if I remember correctly after the game were quite the opposite with a few Oxford lads getting a bit of a hiding after running up an alleyway which happened to be w dead end.

Still a very nice city is Oxford but like most places in the UK it has its problems.

 

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I lived in Headington for years. A couple of the estates could be a bit hairy if you were not aware of your surroundings. I think Blackbird Leas had plenty of social issues! 

Oxford appeared in a book called crap towns with a picture of Rape Alley. 
 

A few Herbert’s could get a bit Leary at the football and there was always needle between Oxford and Swindon but that statement is really all you need to know. 

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22 hours ago, bcfcredandwhite said:

You’re right - on reflection I don’t remember Saturday evening TV being much unless you were into the American series. Magnum PI? Hawaii 5-0?
Starsky and Hutch were Saturday evenings I believe - which I used to enjoy. 

Was it a Granada or a Consul? They were the same (really cool) shape and I’d love to have one of either model now. 

Sorry I am ruining the thread with my reminiscing…..

You had Kojak and Cannon on too. Before that it was A Man Called Ironside.

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