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Nearly 800 years of being the City and County of Bristol by royal decree and you want to claim it for Somerset?

Ooh, that’s harsh ... traditional county borders show Bristol being very much part of Somerset - right up to Clifton and beyond - and I watched Somerset play vs Yorkshire on the Brislington/Knowle/Hengrove border back in the day - Boycott was playing that day for Yorkshire - and he swore at my sister, then 9 years old, when she asked for his autograph - he wasn’t nice. Bristol = Somerset stronghold; Gloucestershire CCC? Please represent your heartland in Cheltenham, Gloucester and the Cotswolds - no need for you to be in Bristol - we aren’t in your county - although, I notice Gloucs CCC, rather like the gas, also swoop in on venues that are irrelevant to them - they’ve even played ‘home’ games in Wiltshire during their illustrious history - why can’t they just go back to Gloucestershire?! ??

Brring Brrring “Yes?” “Can I speak to James Bracey please?” “He’s just gone into bat for England!” “Oh, I’ll hang on then”

I was born in Gloucestershire, not interested in any redefining boundaries and inventing new counties bollox !

I've always thought that was weird. Avon was abolished in the 90s, long before the internet was popular. It's bizarre that it still exists on so many online forms.

You go seven years without losing a series at home, you decide to put some gas into the team and you instantly lose. Hope they’ve learnt their lesson. No gas. Ever.

It's an abhorrent moment that should be consigned to the docks, Colston style i still get post with Avon on and sometimes it appears as an option when completing on line forms. The option to choose Bristol as a County doesn't. Having said all that I now live in Portishead North Somerset, so I shouldn't really be concerned.

Traditional county border is actually the River Avon, anything north is Glorious Gloucestershire, anything south Somerset Bottlers. Bristol itself was created a county in 1373 and included a small part of the area that would become Bedminster.When the Nevil Rd County Ground was opened it was in open countryside in Gloucestershire,a fact which seems to escape the nimby idiots who only recently moved in.

I seem to remember Procky spanking Botham's arse in a couple of single wicket compos ?

Maybe he's just really really old?

Up the Shire!

I thought the same. Throughout the match he was visibly annoyed which rarely happens even when we're getting well beaten.

So they aren’t playing in Gloucestershire then? Fair enough ... so they are squatting; a trait which can be attributed to the other lot to which this thread is dedicated ...

Just checked the map. It appears the only professional cricket team within bristol boundaries is Gloucestershire. The other lot is 50 miles away!

It's unforgivable, Mr Smith's fields were for scabby sheep not houses. ?

Including the Bristol Sport one - it`s the default if you don`t change it.

I haven't lived there for 20 years, but I still haven't forgiven the Post Office for changing Frampton Cotterell's postcode from BS17 to BS36. ?

Odds on 14.5 overs taken to win just to piss the ECB off about having to give refunds?

Step forward all you clubs in the Championship..............where the **** are you going, Derby ?

Oh, of course. I wasn’t disagreeing with you, simply noting that a batsman with perhaps a poor technique (at international standard) batted particularly well against Somerset.

I think selectors need to look at temperament as much as county runs. We have seen countless times players come in with strong county averages, look out of their depth at test level so get dropped, only to go back and score tons of runs at county level again. Michael Vaughan and Marcus Trescothick were two players who were given a chance before their stats suggesting they deserved one. Turned out well.

No, no, no - you obviously missed their announcement when they pronounced that only Tottenham Hotspur had made more improvements to their stadium than ‘da gas’ - surely they weren’t telling fibs?! ??

Or maybe it's just in one announcement, something like this; "And in Derby's first fixture we see them travel to Whaddon Road for a mouth watering tie with newly promoted Cheltenham Town" Oh sweet water. I can taste it. Wooney flapping his arms as he tries in vein to recover a 2 goal deficit with 2 to play.

Don`t you go worrying them sheep mind. You`re not Welsh.

I'm here. What a place. So foggy for a couple of hours but it's nice and clear now. Just some bleating lambs to deal with. Glad I'm here to be fair .