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No it was a very brief interaction, where I quickly told him I could remember his headed goal from the edge of the box of the Eastend/ South stand against Exeter. I got the feeling it wasn’t a goal that would be top in his memories of the 582 goals, many in the top flight and 2 for England. Even I was questioning if it was v Exeter and was it as far out as I remember. But I do remember he was a shining beacon in what was the darkest days in our history.

Noooo, I definitely corrected it to Harford after it auto corrected and put a t in it. I even googled to double check I was right. Now it turns out it didn’t correct.

Negatives, we could have done without playing a team like Preston first up, it’s always a scrap against them and Millwall which we may have been better prepared for later on. Positives, that’s them out of the way, who’s next?

I know when you plant a new lawn they say don’t cut it too short in the early days. Maybe it’ll improve as time goes by…….or I might be talking nonsense, dunno!

A nice read, It did lack information and stories on our current squad but I’m sure that’ll come. I did enjoy reading about Brian Clark even though he was before my time. Also liked the U21’s and Women’s player profile pictures. All in all I liked it, probably not enough to spend £4 on every game but I’ll certainly get it every now and again.

Perhaps Lansdown was watching and thinking - sod that, Alex Scott is going nowhere just yet!

Wouldn’t have happened under Lee Johnson, he was a stickler for grass height

Shout out to my nearest team, Buckland Athletic who beat Torpoint 5-1. Also to Paulton Rovers. The chap sat next to me on the way up to a Bristol was a ground hopper. He lives on Dartmoor, doesn’t drive but has still managed to visit 480 grounds and today was a new one for him, Paulton Rovers. It was already his 17th game of the season.

I’m just going to go with a positive. I got to meet the great Mick Hartford

I was in the Lansdown, about 10 meters from the Garland family, and everyone seemed to be clapping but it is true it didn’t last long. As others have said we’d paid a great tribute to a great player already, not sure of the point of that one.

A new one in the Lansdown too. Also, I went into the club shop, I doubt theres a worse club shop in the National League 5th tier

I think it was 2 years ago but yes similar weather snd match

Opening game of the season i never expect much, nor do i when we play Preston. But that was poor, very poor

Inevitable

New ticket system slow and temperamental, the stewards words not mine. And you do have to open and show the ticket, not like google or Apple pay. Hope it improves

Indeed, every county seemed to have at least one world class player back then. As well as are own players as a kid I’d absolutely love seeing the likes of Malcolm Marshall, Richard Hadlee, Michael Holding, Proctor, Clive Lloyd, Imran Khan. The list goes on and on.

I don’t think I’ll be able to get there Sunday, if I do it’ll be later on. But will be there next Friday. By then we’ll be out of the competition, last year our only win was v Warwickshire who have just comfortably beaten us. This time of year I feel like a Gloucestershire fan.

With the floodlights, that dominate the skyline and don’t retract, being controversial in Taunton, Somerset have to at least use them a couple of times or people will be questioning there point. With the Blast being in June we rarely got to the stage where lights were needed. Its a shame, I’d have gone today if it was a normal start but I’m not sitting about in the evening in this crap weather.

Every year I think I’ll enjoy watching what’s left of the Somerset team in the 50 over competition, new faces, youngsters getting a chance. Then every year it just depresses me when I think what we’re missing. In my youth in the late 70s I was watching goodness how many games during the summer holidays at Taunton and W-S-M. Not only a lot of cricket but the best players in the world playing for and against us. I know those days are long gone never to return but what we’ve got now is a right mess.

We’re back and this time we mean business! Interesting to see their fans predictions, loads going for Mehmeti first goal scorer, I can see him getting a few this season though he may have to do it coming from the bench on Saturday. I’m optimistic for the season but as this is Bristol City I’ve a feeling we’ll be brought down to earth a bit with a slightly disappointing 1-1 draw, Conway.

Yes it’ll be interesting how it works out with the non playing 100 players and how many get to return to their counties. For instance, If I recall correctly Lammonby didn’t play until quite late in the competition last year, so presumably they knew days in advance he wouldn’t be playing so could have released him. He did quite well in the end so I’m not suggesting him but there will be some not in the initial plans.

Crikey, 6 going for 3-2 which it probably would have been had it not rained in Manchester. Good to see Glen McGrath going for 0-5, which is what he predicts every Ashes.

7 clubs dearer than us in the fist round of games is better (for us) than I expected

I’ve got a Bristol City/Man City lanyard he’s welcome to have, it might help tie the two teams together In some way. Oh, and a Robins key ring.

We have to remember it is a rewards scheme, it’s free. My gripe was once they had started it they couldn’t complete what they had offered and from then on their customer service was horrendous. For me they would have been much better off not starting this reward scheme at all, or at least start it when they re ready and could fulfill their orders. If when I’d first emailed them wondering where my stuff was after 3 months they’d emailed back and admitted they’d made a big mistake and they would adjust things this season to make sure it worked well, I’d have happily just written off the whole thing. But to ignore a good long-standing customer hoping they’d go away was such bad customer service if there had been a choice of dropping them for someone else, like I’d do with any other company, I’d have done it in a shot. Of course there’s no chance of that, I’m stuck with them for life.