CHIPLEY RED

I agree with your sentiment but they are not the only ones. Everybody loves Barcelona but their financial affairs are far from pure same for Chelsea, Newcastle and PSG to name a few. Money has ruined the football dream that a club like us could win the premier league and compete in the UCL without state or foreign investment.

Fair play to Man City (can't say City as there's only one) it pains me to say they are the best team in Europe probably the world at the moment. Anyone who says different is jealous. Not he best game or performance but they tore Real Madrid apart in the semi and ground it out tonight.

Its always a minority but those idiots ruin it for everybody else.

Cups being thrown all game. It only takes one idiot.

and thats why drinking alcohol is not allowed in the stands in the UK

Same for me. Love to get automatic promotion but if we are in with a shout of a playoff place come April next year I would take that. Top 10 is absolute minimum.

The title was lost with draws against Liverpool & West Ham when 2-0 up and drawing at home to Southampton. Had they held on to the 2 leads the loss at the Etihad would not have been so catastrophic. It seems like North London is the capital of bottlers Spurs now Arsenal

Agree it could have been worse but it could also have been better. Since January we have played OK and at times well but around Xmas we were as bad as I’ve seen in a long time.

But factually correct I believe. How stupid facts can be.

I’m not comparing the squad to what LJ assembled and I know finances are very different. I’m just not over the moon with a season where we were awful at times and finished in the lower half the league again

I’m a glass half empty man tonight. We finished the season OK but let’s not forget how bad we were around Xmas. 10 points off the playoffs is 1 worse than when LJ got sacked. So I’m not sure the only statistic that counts says we have improved. having said that the youngsters breaking through is very exciting and since mid Jan we have played some good football. Next season is a no excuses season for NP. We need a good start and by that I mean wins not just nice football. It’s going to be tough again but we should be challenging for a playoff spot not happy to finish in the bottom half again. COYR

One highlight for me was League 1 when we played them at Ashton Gate and Bas Savage was through on goal and literally fell over with no one around. What a legend he was.

You must be a bit older than me as I was 14 when I first saw The Jam and loved them ever since best band in the world.

For me it should be straight forward. Season ticket holders for their seat only - not able to swap seats or buy extra Members Anyone else who bought tickets for Swansea and West Brom FA Cup Others It means I probably won't get a ticket but if you attend the "crappier" rounds you should get first dibs on the plum tie.

I like many of my generation have spent many Saturdays on those terraces. I lived not far from the ground and me and my mates would watch the first half from the old railway embankment where you could see about 1/3 of the pitch and then get in for free at half time when the opened the big gates. I've also been in there when its been rammed, the old Gloucester cup games were always good and remember some big cup games. looking back its funny remembering the away fans invading the pitch to get to the Tote End but because of the dog track oval it was ages before they even got to the pitch, or in those days watching the lads try and go around the outside along the river to get at the Tote. The the M32 first opened cars would stop on the hard shoulder to watch for free. When I was born parents lived in Coronation Road so was brought up a City fan but we moved to Eastville when I was at primary school some many memories of the place. My mum actually worked in the Tote when the dog racing was on. Happy days they were 1 Saturday Ashton Gate the next Eastville on the cheap.