Red-Robbo

The famous Leeds fan in Dolman A a few years ago springs to mind. Not only celebrated their goal, but unzipped his jacket to reveal a Leeds shirt and goaded and insulted those sat around him. Result - a visit to the BRI.

I know the Oxford Street store was the first Virgin record shop and that opened in 1979. Your picture brings back lots of memories.

If it was, I can't remember it. I always associate Virgin with a couple of shops they had in Broadmead. When I was 20, I had a holiday job at the Virgin Megastore in Oxford Street. My favourite memory from that time was of a little old lady coming up to the counter, unwrapping a bit of paper presumably written on by a grandchild and asking me, in a shaky voice, if we had Acid Bath by Alien Sex Fiend.

There's a partial list on Wikipedia, which would certainly yield a half-decent XI. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Footballers_from_Bristol

They're really available. (Cheaper options than this, exist) https://www.thefootballnation.co.uk/dukla-prague-1960s-away-retro-shirt/

I've been to Burnham-on-Sea and wished for a tsunami!

She did, until relatively recently, have majority control St Mary's Football Group Ltd - which owns the ground. Having just checked Companies House, you're right: Kraft, Solak and other Sports Republic figures have bought into this entity, so they control the stadium as well as the club.

Fab that I got to walk 10 feet from where I was watching the match to get a hot dog - during a first half stoppage! ? As you say, a great day out - and despite Gas assertions that Bath fans are all secret Rovers fans, I found them very friendly. Happy that the substantial City contingent had boosted the gate takings.

Surely, if we allow time-travelling, you'd have Fatty Wedlock? Best centre half in England in his day. He was and is.

Had to check that stat, and according to Our world In Data 24% of Jamaicans have had one jab and 19% are fully vaccinated. Pretty piss poor, but I don't know how many Jamaicans have been offered the jab. They're a poor country and they may not be able to afford to offer it to all adults.

Weird how he went from our best defender to one of our worst shortly after he failed his physical to secure his move to Southampton. The decline in performance level was so steep that it must've been a mental thing rather than purely a physical problem.

Very odd. The Chinese paid £210m for Saints, but Katherine Liebherr retains ownership of St Mary's, through a holding company.

Every ******* match at some time or other. Take it from a guy who has a couple of Stokie fans as mates. They even hate Vale's toilets: https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/new-video-stoke-fans-destroying-13692604

Was there as well. I thought he looked decent..... but it was 6th tier, Conference South level. As well as the aforementioned, Jack Batten, Frankie Artus plus an enormous Kevin Amankwaah featured.

My mate wore a Dukla Prague away kit shirt to the Gate, but that's another story...

Was just going to say that. Was reminded of the 11 v 11 ruck between my team and Mitcham Vale FC in a car park in suburban Surrey just after the game.

Although he made little impact on Sunday, Benarous has had some very good games for City. I'm afraid I can't say the same for Towler. Four Championship starts with three half-time subbings tells its own story. Yes, you are more exposed as a defender. I've always said don't just look at the last man charged with intercepting an attacker, look at the player further upfield who gave away the ball in the first place and the midfielders who failed to stop the attack reaching our final third. That said, it feels like some of those rushing to Towler's defence on this thread are doing so because they feel sorry for him. It does seem extraordinary he started the game after 5 weeks with no football. Atkinson can't have been injured or he wouldn't be on the bench. As the second half showed, there was the option there to play a back three.

Physical build, not just height. As with Scott and Benarous, I don't think Towler had enough muscle to not be bullied off the ball by a team who are renowned as a highly physical side. Ultimately, unless Atkinson was really unwell (in which case why was he on the bench?) Pearson's first 45 minute experiment failed.

I found it bizarre to the say the least that he was chucked in having not played a competitive match for almost 5 weeks (and then at Conference level). His fourth Championship game in two seasons, and the third one he's been subbed off at half-time. A big, physical Millwall side was always going to be a struggle for the lad who, to be honest, needs another loan as he isn't quite ready for Championship football IMO

Great final, though not the result I wanted.

"A VAT on the slate please, Dave"....

As I remarked at the time, that wasn't a hospital pass, it was an ICU one!

He da man!

Is any team who are 11 points above the drop zone in "a relegation scrap"??? I mention this as there is a farce of a team who were once rivals of City who are 7 points above a second non-league drop.