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thats the same jordan players who lost 5-1 to the powerhouse of football Australia, yea rovers could be their level because like the gas they are shit

Nah he`ll leave it to his dog.

i think in past years, back in the day when there was never more than a division between us etc then this kind of reporting by the media did indeed do the gas a lot of good and created a lot of latent support for them in the city. I like to think that the larger gulf between us of the past few years has seen the gas sympathisers as an aging bunch and the younger generation increasingly more drawn towards City. In Weston at least, you see a lot more City attire being worn than you did even four or five years ago, especially by kids at school where the only English club I see represented these days is City, although RM & Barca still have their adherents. Anything rovers is only ever worn by people over 50 and it always looks a little weatherbeaten to say the least! A few more years of the gap and it could well become a difference in support that would be insurmountable for a generation at least. Fortunately for the gas the takeover has happened just in time and, should they begin to close the distance, then things will return to what they were. Fingers crossed it all goes tits up Finally, as a bit of a straw poll I was at Slimbridge on Good Friday, and the football clothing count in my head that day was City 4, Manchester City 1, Arsenal 1, the rest 0 so not too bad a result

Sorry Big Tone, but I haven't a clue what you are on about and you have failed to take into account the Tudor Court Rules

That can't be true because they have the most loyal fans in the country, they are a unique club, they've suffered hardships that no other club has ever experienced yet they still turn up in their thousands (usually only seven of those thousands at home though), they are 'world famous' now they are owned by a multi billionaire who 'owns his own bank,' the whole country loves them and despises us, they are the family club whereas we are just followed by thugs and villains, every time there is trouble at their shitey little camp they claim 'there were 'teds in the away end,' they are Bristol's only genuine club whereas SL has turned us into 'a franchise in a horrid stadium,' their kit is 'unique' so they are 'unique,' they are now going to overtake us and leave us trailing in their wake yet their filthy rich owner doesn't seem to have spent much yet....... Soooo, given all that, how could we have possibly taken almost double the number of fans to a game than they did?! It's just not possible..... I had a letter printed in the Bristol Evening Post in the early '80s when their chairman at the time was quoted thus: "...as Bristol's leading football club....(blah, blah, blah)" He based his claim on the crowds at our respective games the week before, and they were a division above us at the time. So I pointed out that if he'd subtracted the 3,000 free tickets they gave away to school kids for their game then we'd have had a bigger crowd despite being in div 4 at the time. And it doesn't look like many of those 3,000 kids have stuck with them. Also, for the record, at the time I thought that was good PR on their part and a wise move to try to attract the future life-long fans with free entry - but to then boast about their crowd on the back of that was classless...and the Evening Post seemed to agree by printing my rant - word for word...

And also; if you are the richest club in the world, why do you need external investment to build a £20m stadium? Tis all terribly strange

Good grief, I apologise chief, I never realised they'd hit heights as dizzy as that! I still laugh about the post on their forum which said they've got a better away following than Liverpool....

I wonder if Harry will broker the deals for a small (undisclosed) fee?

If they move to Roverzzz it'll be like playing in middle earth..

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/harry-redknapp-we-could-see-jordan-players-join-bristol-rovers-a3211036.html

As opposed to North-West Bristol, that is?

I personally know loads of Bristolians who say they are lifelong Man Utd/Liverpool/Chelsea fans who suddenly claim to also support the Gas whenever they do well or City get relegated. Quiet as church mice when Rovers lose their league status of course. In reality they never attend games at the Mem and rarely if ever attend games at Old Trafford/Anfield/Stamford Bridge. The Gas are welcome to 'fans' like that as far as I'm concerned. Clearly, as demonstrated by our attendance at the JPT Final, there are plenty of Bristolians who don't fall for the sob stories from actual Gas relatives /neighbours or believe the outright lies that get spread about our supporters and the supposed behaviour directed towards players and managers at Ashton Gate. I've no doubt that if City and Rovers ever reach the Premiership both clubs would need 27k stadiums. If it did happen Im sure plenty of the previous 'Gas sympathisers' would quickly realise that 'original' Rovers fans aren't actually as marvellous and as 'class above City' as they've always claimed....possibly about the same time the first opposition black player gets hold of the ball. No offence to Miah and In The Net of course, I'm not suggesting ALL Gasheads are racist, just that Rovers fans certainly aren't better football fans than us or anyone else.

In my experience there are a lot of pro Rovers Bristolians who rarely, if ever, attend games. For example, the only 2 football fans in my road (BS3) that I talk football with - I haven't found a fellow City fan in 25 years - are 'lifelong Rovers fans' who might attend one game every 5 years. They are very much anti -Bristol City though, although unusually, again in my experience of Rovers fans, fairly good natured and jovial about the rivalry, which they currently view in a detached sort of way. I see my parents in law as typical of the older generation of non committed Bristolians. They have little interest in football generally and have never actively supported either team but have a soft spot for Rovers, underscored by their perpetual underdog reputation and the sympathetic way they are always reported in the EP, Radio Bristol and Points West, all of which the older generation still take notice of. They will often mention 'poor old Rovers - aren't they doing well!', but have little or no interest in BCFC (although both standpoints might just be to irritate me of course!) and don't seem to notice their poor seasons or any negative aspects associated with Rovers. Due to this supportive and non critical way Rovers have been consistently covered by local media for decades - quite a contrast to City - they, and no doubt many like them, have been indoctrinated to always wish Rovers well, and want them to be successful. No such sympathy or wider goodwill seems to exist for City however, and although crowd figures show we obviously have far more match attending fans it seems there are huge numbers of Bristolians who would a) never attend a game at Ashton Gate, and b) would always favour Rovers over City. Despite attendances I doubt there are significantly more City supporting Bristolians out there than those who would say Rovers is their team, and should they ever start to do well in a decent stadium, many of those thousands of latent gasheads, like my neighbours, may just decide to end decades of near hibernation and attend games regularly. Who knows in what numbers, but unfortunately they are out there, and our currently far superior attendances and dominance in Bristol should certainly never be taken for granted by those in charge at BCFC imo.

Presumably it's this kind of humble, 'down to Earth' attitude that makes Bristol Rovers so loved and respected by the rest of the football World....at least, that's what some of the deluded morons keep telling anyone who will listen.

That`ll be the team currently two points behind Accrington Stanley will it?

Just saw we took 1300 in our promotion year, so maybe not so great after all.