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Do you know what, this series of pictures has finally done it for me. They can come on here and call us "a franchise", "plastics" or whatever else they can think to denigrate us. I will happily accept any of that because I know I will be in the concourse or fan zone, drinking proper drinks, eating tasty food and looking at multiple screens, before the game, at half time and after the game. When the game is on, I will be sitting or standing (as I am in the unreserved section) undercover in comfort and with an unobstructed view. And every time things get a little boring, or the team performance drops off, I will take a deep breath and thank **** that my father took me to City when I was a boy.21 points
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For me Bristol City is more than just a football club. My father passed away when I was very young so I never really had a relationship with him. He was a huge Bristol City fan. So when I was old enough to start attending games I suddenly felt as if I had rediscovered some sort of relationship with him. I grew up on a council estate, times were hard, I suffered unimaginable bullying, going to Ashton Gate every other week was my escape, the bullies happened to be Rovers fans! I've lost friends, family members etc and been through various roblems in life. I'm living a rather settled and content life these days, I don't know how much Bristol City has played a part in that but I'm sure it's played it's part. I sadly lost my mother this March. We went on a mini run after her death which really helped. I remember the first home game since her death at home to Wigan. I remember being there and feeling as if everything had changed but at the same time nothing had changed, that was quite a reassuring feeling to have. When we scored our two goals that day I cried. My mother is now burried at South Bristol Cemetery so going to Ashton Gate now has a far deeper meaning, as you can see Ashton Gate from her grave I now feel as if she is watching down on me and us. My connection to Bristol City suddenly feels much stronger. I sound a bit silly don't I but the one constant in my life has and hopefully always will be, is Bristol City FC. It is more than just a football club. I share my story because it's not a unique story to me, every single football fan will have their own stories. I saw on the news earlier people talking about their parents ashes being scattered on the Gigg Lane pitch and that really hit me because they got out of going to Bury games what I get out of going to Bristol City games, and I know how I would feel if I ever lost that so I can really feel their pain.15 points
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I am just gutted about this whole situation and feel so sorry for Bury fans. Colin Bell started his career at Bury and other prominent players such as Stan Bowles, Neville Southall and Lee Dixon also learned their trade at Gigg Lane before going on to have very successful careers at the bigger clubs. A significant piece of football history has been taken away from our game and having gone through the 1982 stuff I just feel so bad for all Shakers fans ...12 points
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We are on Sky Sports on Saturday, considering what we went through in 82 surely us as fans should be doing something on the day to show our support for both Bury and Bolton?10 points
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We've been sent this heartfelt message from a Bury fan. Sadly they didn't leave a name, but I couldn't not post it. From the times when i first watched the club in the manny road end at a stupidly young age moaning about how **** we were (my first ever game), to the times when Liam Robinson and David Lee were dazzling us, travelling to Bolton at both grounds for the glorious (and some not so) derbies, watching Lucketti, Butler, Johnson and so many other stars, missing the promotion match as season ticket holders, listening to the match in the swan and then somehow blagging our way into the players bar after the promotion ceremony with Stan Ternant and Sam Ellis to celebrate going up with the team, beating City at Maine Rd and seeing a fan tear up his season ticket, the volcano hot coffees in the main stand, the great songs, the familiar faces, the moments celebrating with Neville Neville, the realisation I should have worn thicker socks and gloves on another Tuesday night being snowed on as my season ticket seat was at the front of I block and had no real cover from the wintry weather. The celebrations, the defeats, the highs, the lows. The 'what the' moment as Baichung Bhutia seemed to cling to the referees legs at Blackpool in his debut like he didn’t quite know the rules, the rivalry with Rochdale, watching us play at a old Trafford, eating some god awful food at some truly great grounds, the annual trek to Radcliffe for the friendly. Wondering how Peter Swan could have such a large turning circle, to Ryan Lowe, to the Barmy Army, to Hugh Eaves funded it how??? To some stunning goals, to the hoof it upfield straight from kick off, to the chants of Brazil, it’s just like watching Brazil as the ball spent five minutes in the air being headed back and forth. To the joy of hugging random fans in a big piley on as we belted in the winner vs Dale to trudging home after losing on a Tuesday night away to Plymouth. To all the past players and staff and fans I salute you. All those moments are now lost to time, never to be felt again in the same way6 points
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Many people would scream No But Simon Jordan is the man the EFL should employ as their head6 points
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One of the guys who helped save them some years back, Ian Harrup , a lifelong (50+ years) Bury fan was in a state on radio last night Poor bloke He claimed that the going ons at Bury were being looked at by the Serious Fraud Office Was this Just him emotional or , (hopefully) is there some truth in this ? Hes also vowed to finance forensic accountants to expose what’s gone on I hope he does6 points
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Good let them all **** off to play one another week in week out. Leave the rest of us to play in a proper competitive league.6 points
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Nice touch from Bury https://www.twitter.com/buryfcofficial/status/11667725252102266885 points
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..... and the loyal and trooo are 91st out of the 92 clubs in replica shirt sales for this season - thought they loved their ‘unique’ kit and are so ‘prowed’ of it! http://www.sportbible.com/football/news-top-10s-premier-league-football-league-clubs-have-been-ranked-on-shirt-sales-201908285 points
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The sooner football clubs are treated as community assets first and businesses second the better. Far too many clubs down the league's getting financially squeezed out and closer to the abyss each season. It's starting to reflect society, the 1% sitting pretty not giving a shit and everyone else having to graft and hustle just to keep going. Can't thank SL and associates enough for keeping us competitive with a sensible and structured approach.5 points
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Thing is, it's a members club and I'm afraid Jon Lansdown tweeting about how gutted he is Bury have gone under rings a bit hollow with me. Let's see if him and his Dad via Mark Ashton lobby for more scrutiny over how owners run their clubs in the EFL. I don't think that's going to happen somehow... Simon Jordan isn't a bad shout btw, I'm just not convinced he'd be able to get the members to change their ways.5 points
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Sad, sad day. Don't ask me why but given his laisse faire/useless approach to governance I have a slight suspicion that Shaun Harvey would have let Bury start the season and after that who knows- may have unravelled really quickly but it's a suspicion that I can't fully shake. 12 hours ago it looked all good- the fans were there including Bolton fan helping to clean the ground- that guy in his 70s was there, the one who was turning up to the ground each day. Dark day for English football, first such situation like this since "the modern era" began- sad times. Wise words from JL.5 points
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The day after Burys tragic expulsion and I am still utterly fuming about this. And I am actually very sad to the point I shed a slight tear last night. (Yes I can be an emotional softie but I've had previous problems that probably magnify my emotions) I'm sure I'm not the only one on here who's taken a moment to think about a life without Bristol City. Its unthinkable. I completely agree mate. I've been discussImg this with my dad in great length over the weekend and I have mentioned your name on a couple of occasions. (He's an occasional OTIB reader). We are on the same page. The EFL should be held fully accountable for this. Bury should never have been in this position in the first place. its ****ing ridiculous. Did I mention I'm fuming?4 points
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Shows you need to have a good, clear , strict , ‘exit plan’ , should we ever get promoted , in anticipation of relegation from the prem4 points
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Brighton literally bought your best player to stick in their reserves who then got out muscled by little Tom Nichols who then scored what must be his 7th goal in about 100 apps. Thanks for spending another night obsessing over us. Much love, always in your minds, Rovers x4 points
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They do have some covered areas dotted around the 'stadium'... First come, first served.3 points
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Looking at those photos. Maybe that’s what they mean when they say ‘we will watch them from the pavements’3 points
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For those of you interested and who like David Conn the journo, read his book - The Beautiful Game. It was what sparked my interest in football finances / football business. Simon Jordan's autobiography is very good too, and for those if you who think he’s a suntanned knobhead, you may change your mind. I did. Back to Conn, his explanation of David Dein (Arsenal) removing the 2.5% director dividend maximum partly led to Irving Scholar (Spurs) using the holding company method as a way of getting money out of football clubs and therefore it’s attractiveness to outside investors. The day of the local wealthy businessman owning his local club for a long term gain of small amounts was over. Enter Abramovic etc. Not all have been bad, appears the late Leicester owner was a good guy, but it has led to money finding itself a way out of football quicker than before and leaving debt and devastation in some cases behind. Don’t blame Sky for it all. That is too easy and unfair. They are part of the problem, but they aren’t the ones overspending. That’s the clubs / owners and decision makers like Dein before!!!3 points
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Former Stoke City coach Kevin Phillips has claimed some players retained their Premier League wages after relegation, a decision which he believes damaged morale at the club. Phillips , the former Sunderland, Southampton and West Brom striker, was part of Gary Rowett’s backroom team at Stoke until the manager was sacked in January following a difficult eight months at the club. But during a discussion on BBC Radio 5 Live about the problems facing team when they are relegated, Phillips said it was something he had seen at Stoke City last summer He explained: “In terms of pay when teams come down, where players are having 40 per cent to 50 per cent cuts in their wages, we experienced this at Stoke. “Straight away there was a rift within the squad because three or four players were put straight back on their Premier League contracts just to keep them at the club for this season. “But there were other players who were not given their Premier League money, so straight away you’re fighting battles behind the scenes. And it doesn’t help the squad, it doesn’t you as a manager or a coaching staff to get that cohesion on the pitch, that camaraderie, that togetherness you need to be a success.” In the weeks after Stoke dropped out of the top-flight, both Joe Allen and Moritz Bauer signed new deals, although it is unknown whether the contracts restored their top-flight terms. When asked to repeat his claim about player wages at Stoke, Philips said: “From what I believe that is the case, but you’ve got to be very careful about the way you structure deals for these players. “From our point of view, if you are going to do it with three or four players then you have to do it with the majority of the squad to keep that morale and cohesion you need in the squad.” Stoke finished a troubled first season back in the Championship after a decade as a top-flight club in 16th place.” Here’s some of their (alleged) wages last season3 points
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That will be Anderson then as his solicitors were the only ones they were waiting for on Friday ******* Snake Him and that piece of **** Dale should be burnt at the stake Criminals in a businessman’s guise3 points
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I have absolutely no knowledge or understanding of company business , CVAs , Liquidation , purchasing debt etc But reading those who do , on here , and listening to pieces on radio and in press etc I would say if some criminal conduct has not gone on it must run very close Also , The fact that the EFL are obliged to check funding of new owner within 10 days of taking ownership and yet still havnt done so with Dale 8/9 months later is incredible3 points
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Even the Brighton players were laughing at their shitey little stadium! Ten secs into this vid - “Lovely ground” !!! Haha!3 points
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The FA and the EFL need to look into this as a matter of urgency. There should be an independent audit of clubs accounts at the end of every season. If the audit raises concerns / queries then the owner(s) should have to explain and prove how the club will run for the next season. There should be a removal of undisclosed fees, payments. Payments to third parties should be more transparent. Basically every penny a club receives should be recorded and disclosed where it has gone. It will remove the option of clubs selling the ground for an inflated price as well. This should take place for ALL professional football clubs. Hopefully it will remove the dark arts of the finances of the game. Slightly concerning to hear ‘Big’ Sam on talksport other day talking about club finances It would also be ideal if the greed of the premier league was removed, whilst I appreciate for many it is the ambition, personally I couldn’t care less if we never reached the overhyped, egotistical premier league.3 points
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Well, you know what, it probably didn’t help. However I know my son will never forget the incredible atmosphere and excitement of the Man Utd match, same for both games against Manchester City. The amount of admiration we received around those two ties and the pride we all felt for our club is something you can’t even dream of. We did Bristol proud, as per usual. Meanwhile at the same time this was all going on, your bitter fans who weren’t sat at home raging and crying in front of the TV were either: 1. Dogging in the Mem Car Park whilst watching ‘Home Alone’ or... 2. Actually going to the effort of angrily signing up to Manchester City’s fans forum like a wally and making yourself look like a total pillock in front of them, us and even your mates on Slagchat. Mind the Gap.3 points
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One of English football’s darkest days in a long time. I hope they somehow comeback strong. There’s a lot of people with some big questions to answer but do any of us have any faith that they actually will? Bury’s players are now out of pocket, the same players who won them promotion last season, I just hope they get picked up by other clubs. Spare a thought for David Flitcroft and Mansfield too. Sacked after missing out on promotion on the final day, with one of the teams going up in their place going out of business before they played a fixture in the league above. Such a cruel irony.3 points
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OH MY GOD THATS ACTUALLY THE REPORT LIFTED FROM THEIR WEBSITE Absolutely rag bag I literally can’t get over that ?? “but golly..” ?? oh man, seriously? Really? We’ve interrupted their servers or something and posted that haven’t we? Surely?? No? It’s for real? “Cool kit launch videos we can do, but VAR is not quite our responsibility yet.” OH MY GOD, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A BUSINESS.. RAN BY, YOU KNOW, ADULTS **** me sideways this is immense Mind the ******* gap ???3 points
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One of their ST holders is asking for a partial refund due to now playing two games less. Seriously !2 points
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Yes , £20 million - worth twice your clubs total value And We know all about Prem teams , Manchester United incl Rashford, Zlatan , Pogba ....you get the drift Maybe you saw it , it was a quarter final live on Sky Lovely pass to Korey Smith for the winner2 points
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Just think what you could have done with all that money, New stadium New players that aren't free transfers Clear your debts Real Fanta An extra pasty stand complete with pasty seller Some new whiteboard pens Subscription to Babestation Toilets that are actually plumbed in Some of those swanky glow in the dark guy lines and tent pegs In date crisps A whole new world!2 points
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Pssssssst We sold him for more than your whole tinpot outfit is Worth lock stock barrel, and a fair bit of change Not the brightest are you #MINDHECHASM CIty x2 points
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"No disgrace in that result. Will be interesting to see what the B&HA fans who watched it have to say about our team." Please say you love us, please.2 points
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