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We interrupt this thread for a short video interlude..... Then ............... we had this........ and this ......... And then this.... To this ......shucks

It can`t be just me who, when I see this thread has leapt forward five or six pages in a fairly short period of time, settles down with a cup of tea and a packet of digestives before opening it in eager anticipation of what the latest disaster to have befallen them is. It rarely disappoints.

Your team is your team though isn't it? Rovers may well be shite, but that has no bearing on my support for them and if we did go out of existence, Bristol City are the last team I would be going to support ! I will be down at your place v Stoke this season though (a work thing and I will be in the away end), so it will be my first chance to see Ashton Gate since the development., but whatever I think of it, I won't be switching sides

Wish granted!

Burton on top. How about a goal in about 20 minutes, injury time winner again, would be sweet!

They managed four shots at goal this week. One of them the Burton keeper had to stop or it would've gone in the goal behind him.

Top League One Away Attendances today: 1. Plymouth 1285 (journey of 195 miles) 2. Bradford 1230 3. Southend 1037 4. Wycombe 792 5. Pompey 769 I imagine they are still counting at Burton, and today's top of the table will be adjusted and room made for you know who (travelling 125 miles today) as soon as the figures are in....

Oh no, they've conceded again in the last minute. You really have to feel for them don't you? ?????

Ever noticed that 20man always says 'Top Man' ? Well I guess DC says (with his canine preference)"Chum" "Pal" BUT NEVER "Winalot"

Come on lads, we're all football fans. Let's show some compassion, it must really hurt at the moment being one of the blue few. Losing yet again in stoppage time and seeming unable to buy a goal ( not that they've got any money anyway ). No, it's ok, I'm over it now. Loyal and true?! Oh the gift. Listening to the Geoff Twentyman phone in is like a football Samaritans hotline, fantastic. FTG Up the City

Thought they'd be used to being shat on by now.....

I personally think they should stick with the lad Nicholls. A scoring record of one in fifty isn`t to be sniffed at.

Obviously trained from beyond the grave by the late (wings of a crow) Chris Crowe RIP, a squadron of feathered bombers still shitting on the bas**rds below below… shitting on the bas**rds below.. Nice one Chris, you won't be forgotten.

They were, but as I've said many times since…………"It was the RIGHT 27 minutes!" Thanks G4s for giving me an unforgettable Saturday 5pm moment!

Translation from managerial BS: "They ran about a lot, but did f all!"

Bristol Rovers were unlucky.......again !

Famous quarters. Only 3 of em are any good. The final one always lets em down.

Another week, another late goal and..... Rovers have gone for a Burton!

1-0 down in injury time AGAIN!

For me, the funniest thing was that the day they departed the football league, it was really unexpected. The sags had to lose and everyone around them had to win. Relegation seemed really unlikely until I started looking at the 'as it stands' tables mid second half. The seemingly impossible was becoming more and more likely and then Sir Colin popped up and scored the famous goal. I too remembering not being able to stop listening to Twentyman that afternoon. The day OTIB became reality ?

This says otherwise.................... https://www.11v11.com/teams/darlington/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Bristol Rovers/

I`d been at work in Shaftsbury and was driving home on the A303 when the results came in. I had to stop in a layby as I was laughing so much and couldn`t drive for a while!

Thank you so much, BBSB………. your post basically sums up the 41811 previous posts for any latecomers!

A vastly underrated film IMO. Full of great one liners and only the second Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker project (not counting Kentucky Fried Movie) after Airplane! I think because Airplane! was so brilliant Top Secret had a lot to live up to. Interesting Top Secret fact; It was Val Kilmer`s film debut.

Dready Zlatan repeating the name of the fighters in the announcements is really weird. The knobend. Knobend.

Cant beat a 4 rounder!

Buatsi is very, very good. Not only will he be a world champion, but he will be either a multi-weight or unified world champion. 25 years old ffs.

He's got huge hands . Could be the answer to our keeper problem .

Maybe they could use the net from the goal they're 'attacking'..... Dosn't seem to get much use these days!!!

I thought it was us that were supposed to be “shitheads”..?!

What ! DC didn't mention "money is no expense" this week , I'm so so disappointed !

Well done Burton.

Current form is terrific. 4 league games now without scoring a goal. Thats a full 6 hours of fruitless football or 720 whole minutes. Two 0-0 draws and two 1-0 defeats. Gaschat is in a state of misery.

They were and their financial director at the time gave that as the reason for not making any plans for a possible relegation

This was the full quote ...

Unlucky da Gas. ?

Surely that's just in the away end?

Oh dear. 1-0 Burton!

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The contract between the old FL and the BBC stipulated that Beeb had to show certain amounts of games from Div 2 and even the odd one from DIv 3. I remember we were on MOTD during the 75/76 promotion season. A 4-1 win against York City.

I’m surprised you can bring yourself to come on here...! Seriously, don’t you ever get to the point where you think “WTF am I doing associating with such a rag ass outfit”..? I wouldn’t want many of your lot, if you went bust, but you seem ok. You should come to a game at Ashton Gate to compare and see just what level of contempt they treat you with over on the dark side..! Seriously, I’d even shout you a ticket, on the proviso that you then post an honest and detailed description of your thoughts & comparisons on gas chat afterwards. Let me know if you fancy taking me up in the offer and coming as our guest.

They won't buy them. But if they were in a skip.....

Only just...had a few volunteers that saved the day

Quiet voices can be heard in empty rooms.

Well there you go, we have been beaten so many times in the cup by non league opposition, not only had I forgotten this one, I still can't remember it even now after being reminded of it! Still, at least we make it to the first round these days,

Those YouTube videos are superb thing with day they got relegated, it was actually the least likely outcome and almost impossible!!

Courtesy of The Daily Mirror. Charlton Athletic's signing of Anil Koc prompted many a guffaw. It is reminiscent of the time that Manchester United were scouting Schalke's Christian Fuchs, a period that inspired a host of 'Fuchs off to Old Trafford?' headlines and a lot more sniggering. But neither of those two even make it in to our top 20 of rude footballer names... and neither is Danny Shittu! 20) An early England one-cap wonder, Segar Bastard naturally went on to become a referee. 19) Winger Wayne Wanklyn played in the same Reading side as keeper Steve Death. 18) Famously lobbed by Nayim, David Seaman ’s nickname at Arsenal was ‘H’ – short for Harry Monk. Another goalkeeper, Stanislav Seman , was in the Czech side which won Olympic gold in 1980. 17) Filipino keeper Alphonse Areola has been linked with Manchester United and Tottenham after impressing at Paris St Germain. 16) Former Grasshoppers striker Andre Muff was a former Switzerland team-mate of Bernt Haas . 15) Briefly in the limelight with Independiente and Celta Vigo, Argentinean striker Mario Turdo is currently without a club. 14) Roberto Martinez’s Wigan reign began to go wrong the moment his move for Chilean centre back Waldo Ponce broke down last year. Instead Ponce joined the best-named team in Chile – O’Higgins. 13) Recently assistant manager at Bury, former centre back Peter Shirtliff ’s name caused giggles at Sheffield Wednesday, Charlton, Wolves and Barnsley. 12) One of Kevin Keegan’s worst signings, Dutch winger Brian Pinas made one substitute appearance in nearly two years before returning to Feyenoord. 11) Finally retired at nearly 40, it’s a lasting regret that Czech defender Milan Fukal failed a week’s trial with Leeds in 2006. 10) Part of the Dutch side thumped 4-1 by England at Wembley in Euro 96, Johan de Kock won an unlucky 13 caps for Holland. 9) A £5m disaster from the John Barnes/Kenny Dalglish management team at Celtic, Rafael Scheidt started only three league games for the Bhoys and later joined Botafogo. He lived up to his name. ? Briefly linked with the Liverpool vacancy before Kenny Dalglish returned, former Brazil defender Argelico ***** is, unsurprisingly, known as Argel. 7) Chelsea disappointed everyone in 2009 by dropping their interest in Independiente keeper Fabian Assman. 6) The number one club in the Peruvian Andes, widely criticised in the mid-‘00s for moving their stadium to the city of Cerro de Pasco, 4,380 above sea level, are named after a local tribe… Deportivo Wanka. 5) Long linked with a Premier League move, time is running out for an English club to snap up the services of Marseille right back Rod Fanni. 4) Germany’s Under-20 manager, a former East German international and one-club man with Dynamo Dresden, is named Ralf Minge . 3) While at Benfica, Germany keeper Hans-Jorg Butt was briefly understudy to former Portugal No.1 Quim . 2) Fulham boss Martin Jol’s brothers Richard and Cornelius are known as Dick and Cock . “What’s so funny about this?” the scary Dutchman once raged to a Tottenham press conference, as journos stifled their giggles. “Cock is a common name in the Netherlands.” 1) The former Germany striker who enlivened the video for Baddiel and Skinner’s Three Lions remake in ’88, Stefan Kuntz has embraced his name’s brilliance since becoming general manager of Kaiserslautern, by signing both Danny Fuchs and Florian Dick . Have we missed out your favourite rude football name (and before you ask, we think Ars Bandit is a hoax)?

Carrying the fake down Gloucester Road made I giggle....