Norn Iron

No. Robins TV Uk=Yes. Moved soon after fixture list announced. All to do with a Bristol Bears match.

Oh what happened to you, whatever happened to me?

Alex Scott sat a few rows Infront of me loving that Yes. Looks more like Nahki Wells now!

Gigg Lane, Bury. Great pub -The Bear And Rugged Staff. Always made welcome and they even served us free sandwiches after one visit. As for the ground, well it's not exactly Ashton Gate or Wembley but it has home fans with passion and they deserve to be back in the top 4 divisions asap. But if the Bear and Rugged Staff has closed...

Fraid not squire. I used to go on the City List a lot but I can't even remember what my 'handle' was. Blimey, I sound so CB Radios in motion!

Yep. He was on the whole album (Nonsuch) produced by Elton John's old producer. XTC is my Bristol City music wise. Bought all their albums, singles and more. Travelled to see them outside of Bristol and like the City, never made it to the Premier League of venues and TV. I could give more similarities but I'd end up being 'Disappointed.' What a track this is and if Andy is reading this...the reason it was never a massive hit was because of the drum rhythm Dave had to play (listen to the demo version by Andy. It's the same). At the end, Dave plays the standard rhythm most drummers would play. The song suddenly comes alive. You want to dance to it. Just like City, so much promise but....and I'm annoyed! XTC and Bristol City. That's me!

Just umming and arring if I should buy Steve Hackett's live version in 5.1 (Bluray). All the other Genesis revisited versions are great. Firth of Forth is still incredible (ok different album). If you listen to his latest version (Seconds Out Revisited) and then check out YouTube footage of Genesis's last ever gig(s), you'd think you were watching a B rated tribute band. Boy, can Steve H still play the guitar!

That's got to do it, 1960man! I only found out recently that their last UK gig was at the Top Rank in Cardiff. We went by train. Big mistake! We had to leave half way through their set to catch the last train home. They hadn't released English Settlement but were trying out certain tracks which were Snowman and 2 others (can't remember now).

Yes, I read that. I have it stuck in my brain cells asking the ticket girl at Virgin Records what the capacity was and hearing 1200 as her response. Maybe before elfnsafety the ballroom was 2000 but dropped big time in the 80s when fire risks became a top priority.

Terry Chambers had been on tour with his ExTC band. What a great version of Mayor this is. For a minute I thought Andy P was on acoustic! PS if Andy is reading this.... please forget the issues and past. Just reform even for a night or two ...and let us know first! Thank you.

The Locarno was Bristol's biggest venue? I thought that held 1200 maximum. Colsunall was 1800ish and Hippodrome nearly 2000. 15 mins later.... just did some Googling. A couple of sites state 2000 including a U2 version which said 2500! No definitive answer though, mind you what is the definitive answer here?

https://news.sky.com/story/kool-the-gang-drummer-and-co-founder-george-funky-brown-dies-13010548

Hi CR. My extreme annoyance at this gig was because including encore, they were on stage for 45 minutes. I was so annoyed that the following day I returned my unopened, shrink-wrapped October album to Strawberry Fayre in Broadmead. They let me exchange it for Squeeze East Side Story. What an album that is. Anyway, I was offered a ticket for the War tour. Now that was a gig! Bono climbing up to the balcony courtesy of the stage based PA stack and what an album to promote! Incidentally, I know I saw the Comsat Angels as a support band at the Locarno. Were they the support for the October tour?

Live Aid (Wembley - Bowie was far, far better than Queen, and I wasn't a great fan of either) Bo Diddley -Bierkeller XTC - Locarno ZZ Top Birmingham Odeon (Eliminator tour) Worst gig U2 - Locarno (October tour) Best gig U2 - Colston Hall (War tour) Peter Gabriel - Hatfield Poly 1977. (His warm up gig to his first UK appearance since leaving that other band. Only 200 there). Loads of Dr Feelgood and Thunder gigs. Dave Edmunds warm up gig at Reading Uni. Featuring in his band Steve Cropper, Graham Parker, Dion (another 200 there) Like others have said, loads of other gigs. Bristol in late 70s onwards was great for gigs. Never made it to The Thekla though.

I was there too. They served Beamish Red in the bar at half time. Ivan Testimanu was sitting in front of us reading a Rusdian newspaper.

You sure Miah? iirc the pitch etc has been turned 90 degrees. Consequently I'd say that's a new stadium.

You get a bonus point if you correctly pronounce Birmingham as Bur ming um and not Bur ming haamm!

74 grounds with City. 44 that are still in use though. Most of my grounds were from 1981 onwards (hello Slarti) so missed out on the old First Division ones. Most obscure? Fisher Athletic (FA Cup when City fans were banned from getting tickets unless you knew Beryl!) and Backwell United (John Shaw testimonial). Living over here in Norn Iron is a bit more problematic. However, I got to Sunderland last season for our first penalty this century. I will be at Boro in February as well.

Just in case you've looked at the above league table and was wondering whatever happened to Croydon Common FC.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croydon_Common_F.C. The only professional division 1 team not to continue after WW1.

Are you The Human League in disguise? Different tune as well!

But most importantly she's a City fan and if not, why not?

And Black Knight by Deep Purple. Plenty of doo bee bee doos though so learning the lyrics would be easy!

Gerry Polci Who sang Silver Star and was the lead vocal on December I963? Wow! What a drummer, what a voice.

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2023/11/10/miah-dennehy-first-man-to-score-hat-trick-in-fai-cup-final-dies-aged-73/

Please also add the word Please after Shirt on the placard. Robby McCrorie loves politeness as he was born in Balamory. By adding Please will mean a lot to Robby. Robby McCrorie from Balamory - isn't he good to know.