kmpowell

Such a shame that somebody out there, IMO, has been ripped off by a false description. Just to show my thinking that this shirt is from the 1984/85 season, not the 1985/86 season, I dug out the team photos from the 2x seasons. Note the position of the B.C 82 badge. In the 1984/85 season the B.C. 82 is stamped inline with the T in Hirerite (just like the bay shirt). In 1985/86 the B.C. 82 was stamped inline with the outside edge of the last E in Hirerite. 1984/85 1985/86

My understanding is Nige wasn't put on Gardening Leave until the end of his contract, he was sacked. So, in employment law, if you sack somebody then the terms of their original contract are null & void because there isn't an employment contract bind. Any 'notice period' payment Nige currently has will highly likely be part of a brand new compromise/settlement agreement. A compromise/settlement agreement fully supersedes any original contract of employment. It is also likely that there will be other financial benefits in return for his 'silence', although it won't be explicitly stated in that way.

It's nothing to do with a NDA, Nige will likely be under terms defined in his Compromise/Settlement agreement. Lansdown is too shred a man to allow any sacked employee to speak ill of him/BCFC etc over any period of time. As part of Nige's severance, in the agreement there would have been clauses to say that he is not able to speak negatively about BCFC and its employees, else they can seek damages and the return of any settlement figure given. IMO, anyone expecting this to be a BCFC slagging match, is going to be highly disappointed. That is... unless Nige didn't agree to any sort of financial severance, nor sign any financial compensation package. If he didn't, then it could be guns loaded and ships ahoy....

I collect City shirts and IMO it's certainly not a shirt which was worn or taken to Wembley in 1986. IMO it's not even a shirt from the 1985/86 season! The 1986 wembley shirt was totally unique, and printed for the occasion. The logos, printing, badges were different sizes to the regular season shirts, and totally unique to that day. The main shirt style was used from Dec 1983 through to the end of the 1985/86 season (it was replaced in July/Aug 86 by a shirt which brought back the robin, and was in used for just 6mths at the very start of the 86/87 season, then the white band shirt was introduced in Dec '86), so it crossed several seasons, but there were subtle differences... Player shirts (excluding the goalkeeper) from Dec 83 onwards in the 83/84 season, and also in the full 1984/85 season, had the B.C. 82 stamped inline with the T in Hirerite. In 1985/86 the B.C. 82 was stamped inline with the outside edge of the last E in Hirerite. Extra nerd points, but in the 85/86 season the player shirts also had a mix of old and new Bukta logos. The number on this specific eBay shirt is machine stitched, not hand-stitched as being suggested here, see below. In 1985/86 all player numbers were pressed on, along with badges, sponsors and logos. If this is a players shirt, then there is a chance it something from the 83/84 or 84/85 season, but if I were a betting man then this is a replica 84/85 shirt with a number which has been put on ad-hoc with a sewing machine by somebody.

Another example of a great manager, who crucially wasn't financially backed, and met their demise in an unfair fashion. I often wonder where we might have been if he'd had the financial backing he was promised, and his 'straightforward' personality was accepted.

The Shop stock (and availability) is different & separate to online stock (and availability). All online orders are processed and fulfilled at Huboo warehouse, not the shop. You are unable to buy anything from the shop over the phone and have it dispatched to you. You are unable to reserve anything in the shop over the phone. Getting somebody to answer the phone in-store is nigh on impossible. Online orders cannot have personalisation (names/numbers) because online orders are processed at Huboo which has no printing facilities, and all stock can't be unwrapped during processing. Click and collect isn't processed in-store, it's processed at Huboo and sent to the club shop for collection. The shop staff have zero view of Huboo stock levels, and vice versa. A complete & utter joke.

Ashton Gate station where people got to the game, before it was closed in the 60's...

Here's another. Ariel view from 1967...

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"It's good to reflect on a challenging period and get some time on the grass". I'm sure it is Liam, however... based on your logic so far, I can only conclude you've been smoking the crack, not the grass.

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Just more unfathomable tinpot & embarrassing behaviour from the club. Nothing surprises me from them anymore.

I can better that. This batshit crazy nonsense has to be right up there with the most insane of Bristol City comment/opinion...

I see the chancers have started to appear on eBay, trying to resell these shirts at a profit.

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After over half a season waiting around for stock to arrive, various emails/calls to the club shop each week/fortnight for stock updates, fielding the questions from my daughter(8) and son(10) about when their new kit might be coming... I've finally given up trying to give my money to the club, and instead ordered some copy kits from the internet for them both. A total of £28.30 (£14.15 each) for shirt/shorts and name & number printing. I know they probably won't be as good, I know it's not morally right, but if my club (who I've supported in different ways for 30+ years) can't do basic things such as allow parents to buy shirts and kit for their kids, then why shouldn't I?!?

The reasons for them not being able to do this very simple thing: The Shop stock (and availability) is different & separate to online stock (and availability). All online orders are processed and fulfilled at Huboo warehouse, not the shop. You are unable to buy anything from the shop over the phone and have it dispatched to you. You are unable to reserve over the phone, anything which is physically in the shop. Online orders cannot have personalisation (names/numbers) because online orders are processed at Huboo which has no printing facilities, and all stock can't be unwrapped during processing. Click and collect isn't processed in-store, it's processed at Huboo and sent to the club shop for collection which takes 48hrs+ The shop staff have zero view of Huboo stock levels, and vice versa. As you say, it's all a complete shambles. As for the shirt. Great idea, and nice to see, but the story & narrative around it is just embarrassing. A QPR ST holder I work with saw the news and laughed at me about it. Leeds fans are ripping into it all over social media, and I had a Forest fan message me and say WTF.

I've ranted enough about this, but most of the issues are because of the following: The Shop stock (and availability) is different & separate to online stock (and availability). All online orders are processed and fulfilled at Huboo warehouse, not the shop. You are unable to buy anything from the shop over the phone and have it dispatched to you. You are unable to reserve anything in the shop over the phone. Getting somebody to answer the phone in-store is nigh on impossible. Online orders cannot have personalisation (names/numbers) because online orders are processed at Huboo which has no printing facilities, and all stock can't be unwrapped during processing. Click and collect isn't processed in-store, it's processed at Huboo and sent to the club shop for collection. The shop staff have zero view of Huboo stock levels, and vice versa. So, as an exile who has been trying, since last October, the simple act of buying a complete Pink goalkeeper kit for my 7yr old girl (as well as a complete black away kit or yellow third kit for my 10yr old boy), I have to: Accept she can't have her name and number on the back, unless I can get somebody to go in-store for me, and the shop has stock to get it printed, which I then have reimburse the person and ask them to post it to me. Ring the shop periodically, which in itself is nigh on impossible to get an answer. Check online stock daily because there is no email notification option for restock. The whole process is a farce and embarrassing... and all that's before you get onto the lack of actual stock being available, which I find mind-blowing! We are on an amazing cup run and pushing for promotion, yet there has been **** all Away/Third/Goalkeeper shirt/kit available for pretty much all ages & sizes since Summer last year! It really really really shouldn't be this difficult.

Yeovil can do no wrong in my book, not since this...

… and at the end of the ground tour, they can pop into the club shop with their parents to buy a youth kit, to spread the word and show support. Oh, no, wait, all the youth kits have pretty much been out of stock since last October… Our club shop and its basic stock level, is an embarrassment.