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Apologies if this has been posted before but .....

.....and don’t forget, when Pompey were in dire financial trouble the gas were all over it, circling like vultures trying to pinch their players on the cheap....they have the morals of an alley cat....and I know I sound like a broken record with this, but when we were at rock bottom in 1982, they whined like babies when the Council offered us financial support, so the offer was withdrawn because Rovers demanded some money too....and then they tried to nick Ashton Gate for naff all just because we were vulnerable....but we fought back... ...we pinched their ex manager who quickly propelled himself into legendary status in BS3, and he has remained a legend ever since, as he picked us up, kicked us up the ass and ensured we zoomed past the roverzzz, pausing only to flick a finger at the grubby, squatting vultures who tried and failed to make us disappear without trace....and we laughed as we left them flailing in our shadow.... ....and now there are 18 year olds in Bristol who have never seen the gas above us in the league....and we laugh on and on.....then they wet themselves with excitement because they were taken over by a ‘billionaire’ and became the ‘sixth richest club in England’ overnight - posting cringey, gloating videos all over social media etc etc...then they found out their new owner wasn’t very rich at all whilst we spend £45m refurbishing our superb stadium.....including building ONE stand that could accomodate their entire home crowd with thousands of seats to spare... ....so they order some new tents and clean a few carpets in attempt to keep up...and we laughed....then we stuffed four premier league clubs in a great cup run and gave Man City two bloody hard games....so the gas crawled all over the media insisting that they were better than us because they take ‘massive numbers away’ - it was of course another lie....and we laughed, and the football world, which ‘loves them and hates da shit’ laughed along with us.... ...then they made up lies about our fans attacking a disabled City fan....and they are proved to be lying about it....but on this occasion we didn’t laugh, we rightly condemned them.....then they try to mask their jealousy at us selling four players for the best part of £25m by ridiculing it as ‘The Great Ashton Gate Exodus’ .......and we laughed at them again as they sold their best three players for less than £1m in total....... ...then they announce themselves as the ‘superior fans in Bristol’ just before being involved in violent disorders twice in a week with fans of Oxford and Swindon....and we laughed again....they try so hard to stay relevant on our radar, but we just keep laughing at them and we probably won’t ever stop....simply because they give us loads and loads of stuff to laugh at...

10,000 there which given it is not included with season tickets, on TV, in a development cup nobody really cares about is pretty good. Oh and it looked even emptier at the start as hundreds of people who bought tickets went to the turnstiles only to find they wouldn't scan so missed 15 minutes of the match queuing for replacements. No idea what happened there, got the information from Bears forum. Not good and might well cost us floating support, only feedback they had at the time was there was a problem and Bristol Sport apparently sent out an email (that has yet to be seen by anyone affected). As for the match, much improved but a lot of work needed as I'm not sure Glaws were up to much last night. Dan Thomas (and all the forwards really) put in a massive shift. Bris standing still too much in attack for my liking, rare to hit the line at pace which means collisions won't be won and we don't have many if any big players to punch holes from a standing start. Defensive line looked a lot better without people flying out. Young backs did okay, don't think they will be dislodging any of our current starters though. Piatau looked hungry but only got a couple of touches. Loved the scrum and maul dominance.

Hang on . They haven’t stole another stadium have they

Classic post !!!!

Great stuff from Taylor thus far, he's putting on a clinic.

Haha he's sniffed the wax off the paper tonight imo!

Kalle is completely off his box. Smashed the packet right in. https://www.twitter.com/IFLTV/status/1058810716805840896

What a likeable chap, some of our boxers could learn from him on how to conduct themselves.

Nice interview with Nonito there, what a lovely bloke, i think I'd like to go for beers with him and maybe a few shots.

Noooo dreadful luck for Burnett. Hope he makes a speedy recovery and gets back in the ring asap. Class from Nonito not celebrating.

He's a great boxer mate, very entertaining. It's a decent card tonight imo.

Football eh? Load of old b***ocks. At least we've got some boxing to distract us. Haven't seen Taylor live before, sounds like he's a class act. Looking forward to it.

Half of 'em are on the pitch!

This thread shouldn’t end. Keeps me greatly amused through the ups and downs of life!

Most likely sat in the boardroom discussing what ground improvement will be viable when Millets have their next sale.

GHS queueing to get into the gay bar again?

That's a bit shite, I do class myself as a rugby supporter and didn't go last night for a few reasons (watched on TV of course) so perhaps blame me and us other regulars who didn't make it... to be honest I've not had too many issues with continuous interruptions from people who can't handle their booze but my ST is in the Lansdown so maybe it's a bit better on the whole? Atmosphere isn't anywhere like the old darkside or bass terrace as a negative though but I do my best to be really loud and one-eyed as possible. I would try a call to customer support and ask to move seats/area due to this? Be sure to tell them why and it's been raised in the past with Tom Tainton so it's not like they don't know. Talking of tickets, Exeter ones selling fast, think over 12k already so should be a good crowd. Hope we get a performance to match.

Good attendance for a rugby version of the Checkatrade cup. Ticketing shambles with many home printed tickets not scanning. Those with them had to queue at ticket office for a reprint. So first twenty minutes or more, people still coming in, not regulars, and looking for seats. Many already in their seats then leaving to get the next round of drinks or going to toilet. Half time, the same as start of game with people wandering back in well after second half started. Cheap tickets, too many non rugby fans just there for a Friday evening boozing social. Thus, impossible to watch the match, absolutely no atmosphere. Many of the crowd probably didn't even know the score. So for me apart from the match result, a miserable evening. I cannot even comment on the Bristol performance because I saw very little if it. @Mkelly The continual movement of people in and out of the seats at rugby is becoming a real nightmare. I understand the WRU are considering closing the bars during the match because it's the same problem at Wales matches. I don't understand how so many people need to replenish drinks in forty five minutes. I don't object to alcohol in the seating areas so a dry area is not the answer. People at theatres, concerts and cinemas don't need to continually go to get drinks during the performance. It doesn't happen at football because of the law but that law, brought in during the crazy hooligan days, is now a godsend as football crowds actually watch the game and create good atmospheres. Are Bristol Rugby and Bristol Sport so desperate for the income from sales during the match? I think not. But this situation is fast becoming so uncomfortable that maybe the genuine rugby supporters will decide to watch it on TV and not bother to come to the stadium. As a dual ST holder, I'm seriously considering whether to renew the rugby one!

This hits the nails (and there are lots of them) on the head, @BS4 on Tour.... I was going to say that this post marks an end to this wonderful thread. But, as you say in your last paragraph, it is the gift that will never ever stop giving. Great stuff!

Bloody hell Henbury liar must have more contacts than Specsavers, he's the oracle of all things Bristol City. Do you think he does Mr Lansdowns IT as well, he must do to be so informed.

He could suck an orange through a tennis racket...

Uncanny resemblance to Dopey?

Anyone else see this guy when hearing of Dwayne Sports ? He has his Rovers thermos for the cold weather.

Commas may be placed after the closing parenthesis but not before either the opening or the closing parenthesis. If the sentence would not require any commas if the parentheses were removed, the sentence should not have any commas when the parentheses are present. Have I got way too much time on my hands………..???????

Freudian slip of the year. Congratulations!

"Your club matey went out of business in 1982, we didn't go out business in 2015.Incidentally we went out of the league in 2014 so calling us the 15ers is completely laughable on 2 counts". No, you are the 15ers because 2015 is the year you became a league club, thick sag wanchor.

Nice typo!

Thats going to be one hell of a hangover....

Bristol city were a club that died at the first sign of trouble. Yep, whenever I go down Winterstoke Road now and look at the wasteland where Ashton Gate stadium used to be, I shed a tear and wistfully think of what could have been.