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True facts. 1. In the 1400s a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have 'the rule of thumb.' 2. Many years ago in Scotland , a new game was invented. It was ruled 'Gentlemen Only... Ladies Forbidden'... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language. 3. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - King David, Hearts - Charlemagne, Clubs -Alexander the Great, Diamonds - Julius Caesar 4. In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase......... 'goodnight, sleep tight.' 5. It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon. 6. Since 1992, Rovers fans have said they are "coming for City" at the start of every football season, hence the phrase ‘deluded twat’.

Another one looking thrilled to be there

This is exactly the type of shit they lap up. Im willing to bet that a higher percentage of people from Accrington watch their local club than Bristolians watch Rovers. Same goes for Fleetwood. ”Massive club” “unbelievable fanbase”... ******* idiots ?

Erectsmile dysfunction?

What Barton meant was he wanted players who won't be phased by playing in larger stadiums and in front of bigger crowds than they get at the Tentmorial.

No idea if the facts presented are true or not - and I'm not going to Google them to find out, but what I will say is... This is one of my all time favorite forum posts.

To be fair he's got a point. After all, they must get double the crowds of those 2 clubs and Roverzzzz have been a league club for less time than both of those....

They could've photoshopped a smile onto the latest loser or even a white plastic garden chair to give it some authenticity.

@Batman - hopefully the sleeping tablets will gradually regulate your body into normal sleeping habits again. Don't add to your stress at the moment by worrying about how long you will need them for. It's amazing how a much loved spouse/partner can change in such a short space of time. I experienced the same with my ex, I've since found out that he lied on the financial declaration when we divorced, as he was actually buying the property he lived in, which he said was rented. We'd lost our marital home when his business failed - I was stupid enough to sign it over to guarantee a business loan. When he left we were living in a privately rented house, and I moved in with my parents, so that I could save a deposit to get back on the property ladder. I never wanted my son to be homeless again - the ex tried to have his child support payments reduced, as my outgoings were reduced due to living with parents! At the point of divorce, he'd built a considerable amount of equity in his new property, as he'd been in a position financially to buy when the property market bottomed out. I would never have believed it possible that he could behave like this after 18 happy years together. I try to get solace from the fact that everything I've achieved since has been done off my own back, and I have a fantastic relationship with my son, who appreciates the fact that I went without things in order to get us where we are today. I hope that your wife sticks to what she has said, and the divorce can come to an amiable conclusion. If she is using a solicitor, I fear that they may push her to get what she can - hope that I'm wrong on that one.

Some bloke signs up to their little forum club and his first post criticises a new player and Barton and this is the response; "We’ve had a glut of trollish accounts register on here recently. I don’t know if it’s the relegation or the lockdowns or Joey Barton, but it’s got quite hard for the mods to deal with. It just ruins the place for other members quite frankly. So I’m sorry Smashngrab1, you might be a genuine Gashead, in which case feel free to reregister and share your passion about the Gas, but an obviously incendiary first post attacking a player who’s only been here five minutes suggests otherwise. So you’re gone." Classic moderating from them

Well I wrote a big post on Stoke but it didn't post and now won't come up again. EFL need to stand firm here, will post more on it later.

another sale Stoke City could be forced to sell stadium to avoid breaching financial rules after £88m loss (msn.com)

I suspect the lad (quite rightly) assumed there is only one team in Bristol and thought he would be playing at Ashton Gate. That would explain his comments. Finding out the reality would explain the expression on his face.

Too right they're unbelievable.....

I used to get very irritated by people calling us "Bristol" when it should be "Bristol City". But now, that may be a bonus. I'm thinking that's what confused Sam Finley, he's been watching Sky, and when they said you've got an opportunity to play in Bristol he automatically thought of us. Imagine his shock when he turned up and it was those reprobates. And saw the ground and training facilities. That's why he's looking so sad. He's been duped.

Coutts is a banker.

The fan base is unbelievable in fairness..... as in you can't believe a bloody word they say!!!!

"Joey told me how big the City is..." Surely that should be....are?

Shocking to see both them and Schalke go down in the same season. I’ve always been a big fan of the Bundesliga but i feel the quality and competitiveness has regressed over recent years, Bayern winning yet another title and it’s all becoming very stale and predictable in Germany. It sort of really highlights how good the Premier league is at the moment, still hugely competitive at the top end and strength and depth like no other league in the world IMO.

Mods, can you merge please?

Purely out of interest maybe?

Purely out of interest....why are you scouring other clubs Internet forums just to find out how ‘highly rated’ their latest Sunday League clogger is?

Good knowledge, I never knew that

Like I said in THE Derby thread.. ?? straight 2 points deduction now, 18 to start next season and 10 million fine. If they appeal double the fine and points deduction. Stop messing about and get on with their fully deserved demotion. Adams Park is a lovely little ground and they make a decent chip.

The Nord Derby is back on next season as a result .. Werder v Hamburg; always a frosty affair. I think both will be up the top. Way too strong for most teams in that division. Both simply need a German Nigel Pearson now.

Or Arsenal as Ralph suggested.. one longest serving club to another.

KILL ME NOW !

To quote Nana.....What a ****** liberty !

This bit in the Evening Post quoted by Barton on the signings made me chuckle "We want people that aren’t going to be freaked out by some of the away grounds in the division" What about the shit hole that they are going to play in every other week........haha

To be honest@Mr PopodopolousDCFC have created more than enough problems for themselves without us helping out ???. The amortisation on intangible assets must only be included in the accounts of the company owning the assets. The goodwill adjustment is extraneous fluff. They admitted misleading the EFL with regards to their accounts - they failed to tell the EFL until just before the hearing what their amortisation policy actually was - and they didn't tell their auditors either. Add to that that they couldn't produce a single piece of paper proving their methodology - they changed numbers mid-season when it looked bad - oh and the LAP basically called the liars (they didn't use the word, but you have to read between the lines and "at the worst seriously misleading" means "you've been caught telling whoppers"). The official release from DCFC is laughable and just creates confirmation bias for their own supporters. "We've only been caught out on one issue - so no problems" um - but you have still been caught out. The offence accepted is serious enough for a points deduction to be handed out. The second offence of using an unacceptable amortisation policy is, in itself, not a major issue. What it does do however is force DCFC onto a straight line policy as that is the default. That policy probably tips DCFC into a significant FFP failure for at least the three year period ending 2018, and possibly 2017 and 2019. Taking into account the aggravating factors of misleading the EFL and using an unacceptable amortisation policy you might see a 15 point deduction sometime next season.

I'm guessing they've just bought him at a car boot.....

People said that last year too

The look on his face,priceless ?

Looked into Sam Finley background - Rovers are his 8th Club (including loans) at the age of 28 Played for giants like - Southport, Warrington, AFC Fylde, The New Saints (<---watch the saggies roll out "Champions League experience" there, conveiniently failing to acknowledge it was probably in a complete spanking on aggregrate in the first qualifying round!) The wikipedia article on him makes no mention of a transfer fee (at any time) just lots of "released" and "free transfer" Oh and I found this - not the most reliable source, but from wikipedia: In April 2020, Finley picked up an 8 match ban as a result of an investigation around a comment made to Rochdale's former Irish international Paul McShane, during a League One fixture on New Year's day 2020, regarding McShane's nationality.

Didn’t Dave Watson play for them?

They were consumed with envy and rage at that time. You couldn't even mention City without being asked to put your pint down and sort it out in the pub carpark by the rabied tote enders, literally foaming at the jowls. It was around Christmas time and the pubs have those posters up advertising the Sky Sports schedule for December. I think Bristol City was being shown at least 3 times that month and they were absolutely off their nuts about it. Then the festive adverts were being shown for the upcoming matches and Bristol City were getting mentioned left right and centre and they started going on about how ******* sick to death they were of having to hear about 'Da Shit' all the time and how it was ruining their Christmas. I remember being told that it would all become better once City had been humiliated by Man United as they had totally written us off. I decided to watch the match in the pub as I couldn't get a ticket and as it was a massive Gas pub I was being taunted about turning up to witness da shit get butt ******. There were more than a few comments about the 'Snake' and how he was totally out of his depth.......until he set up Korey Smith. The fact that the Snake had contributed to City going through was the final straw and they started moaning about having to watch yet more of City over the Christmas period and I was told in no uncertain terms not to mention anything about City. Most of them downed their pints and ****** off because they couldn't bare to hear all of the positive post-match analysis and commentary. In fact, the landlord was told to switch over, so I had to catch up on it when I got home.

Some good news to report for once. Wife (aka BigBitch) saw Specialist yesterday and they managed to remove all of the cancer. No further treatment required. Happy days