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Yes, sorry we have gone on a bit!

So six years ago Nick Higgs was given shares, so that the board could get someone with construction experience involved to sort out the stadium. Well the football side is a mess but that part seems to have worked out OK.

I'm not threatening you with anything. I'm just pointing out that a number of Rovers fans have found themselves in an inconvenient position when making allegations they couldn't substantiate, even when doing so on a theoretically anonymous forum. I doubt that Geoff Dunford reads this forum anyway.

The rugby club invited us to be tenants because they needed the money. They would have gone into administration and lost the ground whether Rovers were there or not. In 1982 an offer was made for Ashton Gate to the receivers by a member of the Rovers board. The offer was rejected by the receivers and one from the new board of the reformed club accepted. I wouldn't have thought that making an offer for a football ground when you don't own one of your own was particularly reprehensible. Certainly no worse than leaving unpaid debts and torn up contracts. I do hope you have some facts to back up your comments about housing money and transfer income. If you are suggesting that he did anything illegal, Mr Dunford does have form for involving solicitors.

As a City fan, of course you will prefer Ashton Gate just as Rovers fans will prefer UWE. Both sets of supporters should be happy, I don't understand why the UWE site provokes such a lively response from you. A neutral observer might think you were worried by it for some reason. To regard an entire fan base as "vile and disgusting", is no more logical than disliking all people of a different nationality or religion. Sainsbury's have already signed legally binding contracts to acquire the Mem. They will make an awful lot of money in the BS7 area, which is why they are willing to pay a premium for the site.

It's perfectly true to say the Memorial Stadium Company sold the training ground, however the option to buy it had already been sold by the rugby club. It was up to the housing firm to decide when or if they wanted to exercise their right to buy.

Only access by car is from the ring road. There will be a pedestrian route through Chiswick Village. Access by bus will be possible via the bus only road that runs past the stadium.

If there ever was a covenant, it disappeared a long time ago. The rugby club sold an option to a housing company to build on the training pitch, which was about a third of the site. If a covenant existed that would not have been possible.

That's hardly news on the lease KITR. It's actually 125 years. On a non-partisan note, that's GCCC, City, Rovers, and Bristol Rugby all playing in new, or redeveloped stadia within the next couple of years. Perhaps Bristol will finally get a sporting profile to match its best city in England label.