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bluebutterly, you recently questioned why this thread has survived so long. So, Ifyou're reading, these events are why this thread goes on, and on . It seems not a month goes by without more comedy gold. Firstly Sainsbury's pulled out and left Rovers offering olive branches all around, and now Bristol Rovers have pulled out and the UWE are saying a deal can still be struck...you couldn't write it. Add in the wilderness non league year, the 'I've lived through the Thatcher years' and 'I would rather see my dog die than rovers go down' phone ins, the cup exits to brickies and plumbers, the swooping in of the richest man in the universe only to find he's left his wallet back on planet Wally, the 'we are the 6th richest club in the country but we have a stadium made up of tents, and portaloos and we don't buy anyone' Sprinkle in selling your best player for peanuts to us, the completely empty streets on your victory parade, the 'tick tocking' and the 'we're coming to get you' quotes. Mix in your "oh yesssssssss" thread which ended with us staying up and rovers going down. Your ever so 'prowed' fans. The huge and legendary fan base, the lock outs and invasions, the horse punching, and the pictures of the self confessed 'family club' fans pulling opposition players through the goal net. Stir in your terrible dirge of an anthem which I believe is about a prostitute. Bake for 2 hours on a medium Gas and serve with a running away Higgs, the infamous Wonga loan, the creation of Dwayne sports that whipped the ground you whipped off someone else away from you, saddled it with charges and gave it back with new curtains. all of this is more is why this thread keeps building. And for that, I thank you...

Here it is for those that don't want to click on link - I think the two stories must be connected!!

Goodnight Irene, goodnight IreneI'll see uwe in my dreams

So it was all a pipedream (pic attached) Listening to Radio Bristol this morning one fan came out with "Lansdown were coming for you" Also another talking and I heard the word "Scrounge" so no plan B just try and get some thing for free maybe. Dopey has a get out clause so first club that comes in for him he will walk. COYR looking forward to Saturday.

If they are short of cash, why don't they get some from the treasurer of their supporters club? I understand she knows how to lay her hands on money.

Does this change in position now mean that students and academics at UWE will now have to boycott Rovers 'to hurt them financially' - in the same way that the blue few have reduced Sainsbury's to their knees by moving half a dozen eggs from their basics range to a different shelf?

Good night Irene, Good night Irene. I'll see UWE in my dreams.

And a call for the Twerton spirit. I can just hear Vera Lynn striking up the tear jerker 'Wael meet again' or 'there'll be blue turds over the white tents of Rovers'.

They could tap up their sister club in Spain for a loan. They've just sold a player for £200M. What a Thursday eh? PSG got Neymar and Roverzzz got Neyground.

Relive it in all its glory at 06:38 hahahaha! They never, ever learn!

With talk of redeveloping the Memorial Ground I'm going to buy some shares in Go Outdoors tomorrow.

I think SL will go into partnership with the UWE and develop it for Bristol's second biggest football team - Bristol City Women. Maybe he could also move the under 23 and 18 squads there as well.

If Carlsberg did Thursdays...........

Take a look at @Terry_Nutkin's Tweet: https://twitter.com/Terry_Nutkin/status/892880866430648321?s=09

Beautifully sweet with the benefit of hindsight! I've seen that video before - love how they film the Dolman doing its collective nut when JET and Joe's corking goals went in. Plus the final whistle - not the brightest bunch! Then cue the sanctimony when our fans get in their faces after the game. That's exactly what they did to us in 07. But somehow they still kid themselves into thinking they occupy the moral high ground. What a bunch of whinging, self-pitying flanges the scum are. It would be hard to imagine a worse club than Bristol Rovers.

Yeah, course you did.

Great post, I hate it when people say things like "for a club formed in 82 we've won more than the Gas blah blah"....we're Bristol City from Ashton Gate, same as we've always been. A proud club, over a century of league football under our belts, playing in our spiritual home with a proper history and identity. Anyway, I'll just leave this here...

Please don't pander to the 1982 taunt. It was an administrtive action. We remained Bristol City and are a club with a long and proud history.

Yeah - as long as there's a (tent) roof over my head, I'll be there!

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

Think they might be right :laugh:

I can see their next catchline already; Administration not liquidation

We have according to Henbury Sag.

You gasheads are all a bit strange ain't you!

Pinched But couldn't stop laughing.

So on a day when the news of your stadium plans going up in smoke are announced, the first thing you do is make a half arsed attempt at pretending to be a City fan! I notice you say how gAssholes love the club and manager though, and not the owner (anymore). Wonder why??

The carpet & the curtains apparently??

That sounds like an invite to lansdown to come and build an athletics track

Just been listening to Johnny Hates Gas......And now UWE given me, given me, nothing but shattered dreams, shattered dreams.

Hilarious. Die you *****.

I'm going to Sainsbury's tomorrow. Think I will spend an extra tenner . Ha ha ha ha ha . Wheres that you tube clip of that father and son .

Pop!

Need to invest in some broadband for the east Bristol swamp - last night's news reached bemmy 18 months ago.

A real belter from a sag on RB earlier was that they should build the new Arena by Temple Meads so it could host football and concerts. She then went on to say that 'City only got planning permission to redevelop their ground beacuse there are no houses around it' Are these jokers for real?

So we aim to follow in the footsteps of clubs like Southampton, with a quality accadamy set up, new (rebuilt) stadium, growing attendances, getting to and establishing ourselves in the premier league. Rovers want to "progress" to a team from the 1980's, who played in a crumbling shitehole ground, before being turfed out and left squatting at other clubs, whilst cheating, attracting miserly attendances, before going bust and dropping back out of the football league..?! They are coming for us...!

Might tempt DC to stay too with all those dog walkers in the vicinity. Genius.

Without wishing to give them any ideas regarding the site for a new ground, it's always amazed me that nobody's thought to build a new stadium at Ashton Vale.

Was a brilliant season capped by the chance of getting to the Premiership with a playoff final in front of 30k people - amazed that they think this is something to use as a dig at the club, it's still one of our best seasons with AG absolutely rocking. It's sad, they make digs out of us for this thread, but near the beginning are several pages where we did research into Wael when he took over. Rovers fans and the media were calling him a billionaire, spending his money on stadium and players, saying they were one of the richest clubs in the country. On our site we had within a couple of days put their wealth at around £70 million (and that is total assets not cash / funds available) and said little would change and at worse it could be a land grab for the mem. Whilst we did this Gas forums were giving each other a collective blow job and saying how jealous we were - maybe if they were half as inquisitive as us and not afraid of speaking out against the Gas dreamland fallacy they all live in, things would not be such a shock to them. Sadly their forum is just a la la land echo chamber, dissention against the narrative = bans. Maybe their mods and posters could learn from all this.... I would rather he built a multi use indoor athletics arena at UWE this area has nothing like it for miles. Local Gymnast have to goto Plymouth to train. We could not host a athletics meet, or indoor tennis open / competition the area just sucks for facilities. When Higgs was bought out and all the debts were paid of it was done so as a loan that was put on the books of a offshore company called Dwayne sports that owns Rovers and the Mem. To ensure that they would get all this money back no matter what happens (administration, etc) they put a charge against the Memorial stadium, So in effect the club bought itself and Wael used none of their own money, just guaranteed loans against the mem. To be honest you were operating like a low end conference club and really needed someone to pull you up to at least L2 standards. I suspect that a lot of that was down to Higgs running out of money and lines of funding drying up. Infrastructure does not get repaired, staff get let go until you have the bare basics. Now you are back at where you should be, the question is, is the money (or will) there to push beyond. I guess this is where we will start to see the true intentions of Wael now. The reason I like this site is that we never let ourselves get so blinded or forced into a cult like collective like your forums all but force your posters to over time.

And as I said, improvements that weren't happening under previous ownership. Hence why I've been more happy with Al Qadi then Higgs. Honestly, I didn't even think the stadium would have happened if Higgs stayed, he was flailing after Sainsbury's and that's why he got out. I said this yesterday. As for the "we're coming for you" statement, you'll have to excuse what some football fans say, we're light years different in terms of infrastructure and I've also said that before, unfortunately, it seems to be idiot supporters who are the loudest when the more sensible get drowned out.

Hi guys! Firstly, id ignore that above twitter account, it's the single biggest piece of nonsense since us getting a stadium. Secondly, I've got to be honest I'm quite pleased we aren't moving to UWE. It's definitely another thing for you to take the piss out of, granted, and the non match day revenue is of course needed if we ever really want to push on. That being said, I'm not sure I like the idea of a half full atmosphere void bowl with absolutely nothing good around it for before and after the game. I've been of the idea for a long time it wouldn't happen so nothing has changed in that respect for me. I can't really imagine anything substantial happening for a while. As for the rest of stuff with the Al Qadis pulling out, who knows? Even from day one i didn't believe in the billionaire hype, there are those that don't believe everything they read, that being said I do think he's improved some stuff off the pitch. If he leaves, we'll he was skint anyway. Honestly, nothing will ever really surprise my with this club.

Has to be posted again.....

BR15FC.....30 years of talking about their new ground in NeverNeverLand. Mangotsfield, Severnside, UWE, Avonmouth 1987-2017 RIP. Long may the thousands continue to be locked out. No wonder they obsess about away attendances. They'll be playing away permanently at this rate!

That has to be the most abnormal father and son relationship I've ever seen. Their sex life must be amazing.

No idea where we go from here - maybe put up another tent and refurb Santa's Grotto?

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