Roger Red Hat Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 1 hour ago, supercidered said: Yup on his Red London Bus with Shergar and Lord Lucan. I believe I'm right in saying he crash landed in his wellington bomber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norn Iron Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 I don't know what would cause the biggest fuss on OTIB if the OP is correct; The fact that the merger will happen or what colour and design will the home shirts be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Taylor Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 On 3/14/2017 at 16:12, Jurassic said: This is how it's going to pan out................City relegated, Rovers miss out on playoffs. Secret talks held and SL announces Rovers and City to merge under the Bristol Sport banner. New name will be AFC Bristol. Team to play at Ashton Gate. LJ director of football with Hollowhead brought in as head coach. Could happen.........take a look at Rover's facebook page; almost identical to City's. The merger has already started in secret. As a Swindon fan as long as Power is at the club I can see supermarine being the only club left here but if there was a merger in Bristol there would be anarchy across the city!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercidered Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 1 minute ago, Shaun Taylor said: As a Swindon fan as long as Power is at the club I can see supermarine being the only club left here but if there was a merger in Bristol there would be anarchy across the city!! Lets hope Lee Power stays forevs then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivorguy Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 If so. FGR here I come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelts Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 36 minutes ago, Ivorguy said: If so. FGR here I come Missing you already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Posted March 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2017 On 15/03/2017 at 19:13, redmycolour said: If this does happen I.will never enter AG again whilst the gas play there. That's the whole point....the Gas won't playe there. It will be AFC Bristol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted March 17, 2017 Report Share Posted March 17, 2017 8 minutes ago, Jurassic said: That's the whole point....the Gas won't playe there. It will be AFC Bristol. course it will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 On 3/15/2017 at 09:40, 22A said: Meanwhile in Paris (on SSN this morning) a precedent is being set. The owner of Stade Francais rugby team has announced he intends to merge with arch rivals Racing 92 so as to create one massive, strong team. The Stade players have gone on strike in protest. Due to opposition from players and fans alike, that merger has been cancelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buster Footman's T shirt Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 On Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at 16:35, pongo88 said: Elvis Presley will be rescued from the moon to become chief scout. Thats ridiculous......it would be like the manager employing his brother to be Chief scout. Would never happen....oh hang on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linkedarm wall Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 .......AFC Bristol could play in blue and red stripes like Barcelona to 'merge' the colours as well. Then SL would be able to say that Bristol Sport was modeled on Barcelona........ ahhh, hang on a minute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRed Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 34 minutes ago, Linkedarm wall said: .......AFC Bristol could play in blue and red stripes like Barcelona to 'merge' the colours as well. Then SL would be able to say that Bristol Sport was modeled on Barcelona........ ahhh, hang on a minute Apparently it's exactly the same model according to some posters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inactive user Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 I think most 'fans' on here would accept this if it was on proviso that LJ was out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV Tom Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 I wouldn't be totally against it, but if it was ever going to happen it would of happened by now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 OK, as some one else posted some time back. To fully merge & integrate, we keep "Bristol" and white shorts from the Rovers and "City" plus red shirts from City. Sorted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 9 hours ago, Rednwhiterob said: I think most 'fans' on here would accept this if it was on proviso that LJ was out. Don't be silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 On 3/14/2017 at 16:12, Jurassic said: This is how it's going to pan out................City relegated, Rovers miss out on playoffs. Secret talks held and SL announces Rovers and City to merge under the Bristol Sport banner. New name will be AFC Bristol. Team to play at Ashton Gate. LJ director of football with Hollowhead brought in as head coach. Could happen.........take a look at Rover's facebook page; almost identical to City's. The merger has already started in secret. Could happen? Yes in statistics there is no such thing as zero probability so yes it could. People could arrive from another planet in the next 5 minutes or we could be visited by our future selves, I wouldn't money on either of these events either. On 3/14/2017 at 16:24, Jurassic said: IT's not as far fetched as you may think and inside information says this was always SL's objective. There is "insider information" and YOU are privvy to it? See above for my thoughts on the statistical probabilities involved.... By the way, as you apparently frequent the "facebook pages" Kachina doesn't count as "insider information" more like "toomuchcider information". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoSheds Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 Maybe SL has lined up a swoop for Dopey Daryl when little Lee gets the bullet. We might need a good L1 manager next season. But I hope not after last Fridays superb performance I am feeling a lot more confident we are staying up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red DNA Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 On 15/03/2017 at 19:13, redmycolour said: If this does happen I.will never enter AG again whilst the gas play there. It won't be the gas playing there though will it - it'll be our footballers and their ball boys and pasty makers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 It is not too far fetched as it sounds by the open post. We have to remember when we were looking for a new ground for our new stadium there were plans to share with rovers and the rugby club, okay we got the rugby but just thank our lucky stars all these other sites fell through, who knows what might have happened. The other sites were hengrove park, of course ashton vale and severnside. I couldn't ever see rovers coming to the south of bristol but if severnside happened who knows... Perhaps all 3 clubs could have merged to form some kind of Aussie rules football. Okay back to the real world now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formerly known as ivan Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 We have seen clubs relocate, rebrand etc... but when was the last time something like this happened in modern day football? I don't think things like this happen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 Want some real inside info? Well I raised this with Steve not long after he became chairman and his reply was "It'll never happen". So i'm sure it wasnt his intention to merge the clubs then, though circumstances and motivation can change over the years, I think a merger most unlikely. He has never indicated such a desire, though I understand he was a gas fan in his youth and only saw the light when Jon supported City (So maybe we have more to thank Jon for than we think). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 8 hours ago, Threshing Red said: It is not too far fetched as it sounds by the open post. We have to remember when we were looking for a new ground for our new stadium there were plans to share with rovers and the rugby club, okay we got the rugby but just thank our lucky stars all these other sites fell through, who knows what might have happened. The other sites were hengrove park, of course ashton vale and severnside. I couldn't ever see rovers coming to the south of bristol but if severnside happened who knows... Perhaps all 3 clubs could have merged to form some kind of Aussie rules football. Okay back to the real world now. As I remember it, the council or at least some of the local politicos were the ones suggesting one stadium for all, as a requisite for planning permission. I am sure the squatters would have been up for it; if SL was paying for it of course, but I don't remember any statement suggesting Bristol Sport were interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 9 hours ago, formerly known as ivan said: We have seen clubs relocate, rebrand etc... but when was the last time something like this happened in modern day football? I don't think things like this happen... It came close about thirty years ago. One of the then, owners wanted to merge Reading with Oxford. The planning was fairly advanced. Oxford were fighting relegation, so it was agreed the new team would play in whichever division Reading were in. The name would be Thames Valley Royals. Most games would be played at Reading, but every fourth match would be staged at Oxford. Opposition from both sets of fans and threats of boycotts etc scuppered that plan. Before that QPR wanted not to merge, but to take over Brentford. At one time Portsmouth had Southern League Waterlooville as a nursery club. Pompey players coming back from injury would be loaned to W'ville and Pompey had first picks if the non Leaguers picked up a promising youngster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 4 hours ago, 22A said: It came close about thirty years ago. One of the then, owners wanted to merge Reading with Oxford. The planning was fairly advanced. Oxford were fighting relegation, so it was agreed the new team would play in whichever division Reading were in. The name would be Thames Valley Royals. Most games would be played at Reading, but every fourth match would be staged at Oxford. Opposition from both sets of fans and threats of boycotts etc scuppered that plan. Before that QPR wanted not to merge, but to take over Brentford. At one time Portsmouth had Southern League Waterlooville as a nursery club. Pompey players coming back from injury would be loaned to W'ville and Pompey had first picks if the non Leaguers picked up a promising youngster. Gosh, was that really 30 years ago. I remember how much of a stink that caused so well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 14 hours ago, formerly known as ivan said: We have seen clubs relocate, rebrand etc... but when was the last time something like this happened in modern day football? I don't think things like this happen... There's a few non-league clubs that have merged together. Outside England wasn't PSG formed from a merge between 2 clubs, circa the 70s? In England (but a long time ago) Torquay United and Ellacombe merged to form Torquay Town, Torquay Town then merged with Babbacombe to form Torquay United 11 years later. Not the most recent, but an odd one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockneydave Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 On 3/14/2017 at 16:34, Major Isewater said: So does a smack in the gob . Not if its from a blonde!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkz 76 Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 At least Taylor could play for both teams at the same time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 12 hours ago, 22A said: It came close about thirty years ago. One of the then, owners wanted to merge Reading with Oxford. The planning was fairly advanced. Oxford were fighting relegation, so it was agreed the new team would play in whichever division Reading were in. The name would be Thames Valley Royals. Most games would be played at Reading, but every fourth match would be staged at Oxford. Opposition from both sets of fans and threats of boycotts etc scuppered that plan. Before that QPR wanted not to merge, but to take over Brentford. At one time Portsmouth had Southern League Waterlooville as a nursery club. Pompey players coming back from injury would be loaned to W'ville and Pompey had first picks if the non Leaguers picked up a promising youngster. The `then owner` you refer to was one Robert Maxwell I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsober Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 On 14/03/2017 at 16:12, Jurassic said: This is how it's going to pan out................City relegated, Rovers miss out on playoffs. Secret talks held and SL announces Rovers and City to merge under the Bristol Sport banner. New name will be AFC Bristol. Team to play at Ashton Gate. LJ director of football with Hollowhead brought in as head coach. Could happen.........take a look at Rover's facebook page; almost identical to City's. The merger has already started in secret. GAS!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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