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Gas players practice defending:

Why didn’t they play them in the 14/15 season? Surely Accrington were in league two then? ?

I noticed that, however I personally made up for it with some pretty decent celebrations of my own...?

Paul Tisdale - Only 6 appearances for City, but currently one of our best agents. Ben Garner did a fantastic job, but I didn't think PT could improve on that. Well done Paul, keep up the good work son.

Just need Dean Holden to get himself pregnant now....

The Rags launch Telephone Helpline after Accrington Stanley debacle. Depressed Blue Few should call 616161.

That will never ever be beaten.

I see that Danny Graham who was linked with them announced his retirement today. Rather retire than play for that shower!!

City, being City, will probably end up shellacking Brentford 4-0 and look like Brazil.

Losing 6-1 to Accrington, they really are the gift that keeps on giving... ... And speaking of which, here's an actual potential gift that you can buy in a real shop for £20... It really would suit those with 'minimalist' art tastes...

Sam Frost provides us with a great description of that embarrassment to our city:

Dunno, getting relegated out of the entire football league by a team wearing your own kit still takes some beating.

Ark at this belter mind..... Iliveinbidefordgas First Team 22 minutes ago purdownpoacher1 likes thisQuote He could end up never managed rovers with any fans in ground ? Would he be first ?

And yet, just like at City and every other football club in the world, some of their fans support the management and team through thick and thin, while some offer constructive criticism where needed, and yet others slate their team mercilessly unless they're winning. That's the way of the world kid, sorry to break it to you but you're no different from anyone else. Your team, on the other hand, are way more shit than most.

Let’s hope in 15 months time we will be watching a repeat of these scenes; https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/update/2014-05-03/rovers-fans-reactions-after-relegation/ Hahahahaha

I hear Tom Jones is re-releasing ‘Sex Bomb’ but with new lyrics. ? Six-one, six-one, the gash were spanked six-one, Tisdale was the saviour now they want him to be gone Six-one, siiiix-one, Accrington you score for fun ? I’ll get me coat ?

Made I laugh

One man I feel for tonight is BP's Rovers correspondent, you can see he's lacking the energy and how bad the sags were, the descriptions on player ratings gave me a right giggle https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/accrington-stanley-bristol-rovers-live-4958447 "James Daly: 5" "Ran around" "Cian Harries: 5" "Only conceded one when he was on the pitch"

Thought I would start a thread to capture old photos of the stadium and surrounding area

Feb 1941 ?

I have every confidence in the splendid job he is doing currently!

I will always remember the official opening of the new floodlights, it was a night game against Wolves, I think, and the crowd was over 30,000. I was in the shed and it was practically impossible to see much, as I was short and still am, on tiptoe most of the match, legs aching the next day. Impossible to move anywhere, as everyone was packed in tight, those were the days!

We get upset by pundits calling us Bristol, but apparently the commentators last night kept calling them Bristol City. ouch.

That's football in Bristol, in three lines there. Someone once summised Bristol football thus: they have Windass who stopped us reaching the PL; we have Colin Daniel, who plonked them into the non-leagues. There's the difference.

Just to say; those urging caution in laughing at the gas as we have a very loseable fixture tonight, you can bet your life that they’d be taking the opportunity if the roles were reversed, and with gusto. We may get hammered on Sky by Brentford but I tell you; I’d rather get scalped by a team hoping to make the premiership while being mid table in the championship than get shellacked by a mid table team while fighting relegation in league one.

Ahaha jokes on them ?

That keeper mind hes mint

Enjoy. https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/competitions/league-one/12207121/accrington-6-1-bristol-rovers

Their match thread is hilarious. Sounds like the cameraman hasn't wiped the lense, so they are struggling to see how shit they are.

Wow, it still looks more modern there than the Mem does now.

Is that their version of our Great Humans?

I thought they went to Springfield Park, Wigan, but I could be wrong.

George Williams- 3 One of the better performers... Zain Westbrook- 3 Better than most

Unfortunately the first half being filmed from under a running tap meant proper viewing of the quality defending was difficult, but I think they were so easy none of them will win goal of the month!

Really sorry to hear your sad news. Condolences to you and yours.

Off to bed got to be up at 6 .

So before anyone says how obsessive this thread is again may I remind you that their tannoy blurted out every time swansea scored against us in that 7-1 defeat. They also have relegation parties when we got relegated. I love watching them suffer.

Might have to pick up Radio Bristol post match ‘Ive lived through 2 wars , power strikes , Thatcher , 3 divorces , etc ‘ ?

Ian Rush says if I don’t drink my counterfeit Fanta I will only be good enough to play for Bristol Rovers. Bristol Rovers, who are dey? Exactly!

Typical end of season goalmouth back then - dry and bare. Keepers must have felt like they were diving on concrete.

We certainly have! A few clubs have...Norwich, Hull, Birmingham (in Hong Kong consolidated), Wigan (disposed but as per £20m loss in Hong Kong consolidated). With respect to submission, clubs (like all such companies) get 9 months from the end of the Reporting Period- usually May or June, and Government gave all a 3 month extension but many took advantage so 12 months from Reporting Date. The Football League themselves get results with respect to 2019/20 in advance of the public/Companies House, ball is started to be rolling with the Projected Accounts which are usually pretty accurate then it seems if there is a question mark they check in again but the Process is ongoing and can be revisited within the relevant 3 year period- possibly beyond, I certainly think there are bits about Aston Villa that would merit a second look if and when they return! Ah yes, Derby and Sheffield Wednesday- with reference to the bolded bit. Haha, their auditors- let's just leave it at that! I can only assume that the Football League have some data for the two clubs in question, but in the case of Sheffield Wednesday I'm not so sure- their company structure is a hard one to unpick, I think clubs who don't submit in the right time frame, should have some kind of automatic transfer embargo, open ended and rolling yet open to review subject to conditions, in its scope.

Yes. Still there too.

They weren’t fields.... it was all village greens.... full of dog walkers.

Two pics I found on Facebook a while ago. The second one particularly resonates with me because it’s that’s the part of the ground I used to see with my dad when we walked towards the Dolman turnstiles in my first years of going to AG as a child.

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