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.