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Finishing below The Few?

Remember someone or other - @Huntstile Red, possibly - telling me he was in Cornwall once, Roseland Penninsula way and got chatting to a local who used to attend Ashton Gate in 76-79 (then stopped, for some reason). If we get a wriggle on and get to the top before the 'Muff we might tap in to some of that far South West untapped glory-hunting,fair-weather, "ooh ,look, it's a famous team/player," drop us like a stone once we're down potential support that we won’t have any spare seats for should the very unlikely actually ever come about.

Fair play to Steve, to all those that say he was caught napping with Mark Ashton, well, listen up: he's not asleep at the wheel as far as, er, his son is concerned. We're lucky to have him, where would we be, be careful what yer son's not wishing form etc etc.

Tickets for all parts of the ground - Adults: £20 U18s: £10 2 Adults + 2 U18s: £40

Might it be why Pearson didn't come here in Feb 16, he was asked about the job here on 5Live on a Friday evening I think it was, and he gave a bit of a cryptic answer, saying amongst other things: "it's a big place (Bristol)," it was all but clear from this exchange that there was interest and contact, but we went down the "middle of L1, up-and-coming" route instead. We got Ashton and LJ, when we had players to "trade" and money to burn, when it would seem we could've had Pearson. And before he got seriously ill, too.

That was the point of my outburst yesterday, we don't have any say in it! Nor does any of us "wishing" anything make a jot of difference. Steve is old, one day he will breath his last - what do we do then, pretend he hasn't died? Steve Lansdown and Bristol City isn't Tito and bleedin Yugoslavia! Fer frigs sake. Mind, he might be Alan Curbishley and Charlton Athletic. But there's nothing we can do. Steve is old, he will die (at some point), Jon won't take it on, someone else will. And if we go to pieces and drop like a stone, chances are we'll have enough about us to bob between the top half of L1 and the bottom half of the Championship for another decade or two. Just like we've always / mostly done. But in a better ground, with 27,000 seats.

In the 1st Division! Notts Co's average attendances in their 3 year stint at the top: 80/81: 11,600 (the same season, we were relegated from D2 and drew 9,700). 81/82: 10,000 82/83: 9,000. Then they got back to the top in 91 with Warnock, and drew an average of: 10,900. Let's call that 11,000! The same season, we had an average of 13,495 (let's call that 13,500) for finishing 9th a division lower. I always remember when we went there in '84 in the cup, they were First Division, the crowd was 11,000, 4000 of which were in the away end, and it was their biggest crowd of that season at that point. It is bizarre to me how so many people compare us to minnows and not clubs with generally speaking equivalent means (number of seats, average attendances, season ticket holders). Notts County are small. We are middling.

He does have a car, the next owner

And no more excuses for Nige if it's those four because three of them are largely not doing a thing for us now.

..... Steve Lansdown is getting older and the future is coming. A future without Steve Lansdown. How will we cope?

Ffs, Crawley as well now. Right, so be thankful we're not Stockport, Torquay, Notts blinkin Co or Crawley. Right now, otib offers a little window in to the minds and souls and nightmares of (some) Bristol City fans, and dear god, it is pitiful. Pathetic! No wonder we are shite ....

Stockport, Torquay, Notts Co. And Aldershot. At least we're doing better than Stockport and Torquay?

Yes, quite possibly. On the other hand, if SL hadn't have fired him when he did, and we were 12th, and let him limp on til the end of the season, then his reputation amongst our fans would likely be largely what it is now, maybe a little worse. SL put him out of his misery sacking him when he did, and saved him, LJ, a bit of "face," and preserved his reputation somewhat. Before he did any more damage to it (sliding further down the table, back whence he first found us, in Feb 16). One might also say.

Could he do a job here? What do you think?

This is what Steve Lansdown is keeping us from. Be careful what you wish for. We are so lucky. Etc, etc

And Shelts has stopped running (for it)?

It's like an upgrade on having Walsall as our, or a, bogey team years ago. When we're in the Prem, we can upgrade on Brum to always losing at home to Aston Villa.

Really? Including a matchday programme, or hot food and drink at half-time?

The thing about us is, we neither get behind and back the team the way Leeds crowd do at their most noisy and vitriolic, and we don't get on their backs with anything like the toxicity that Elland Road can whip up. Ashton Gate is tame. We are pretty much Reading now, Reading without the years in the Prem

Yeah, then pop down Bristol City to see how their manager works under pressure (and tell Matron/Sarge Major all about it afterwards)

We were a bit more spontaneous back in the 80s with the old "protest" against things than today's kids, by looks of it. We'd only have to go 1:3 down at home to Walsall/Gillingham/Notts County and we'd crack on with it, giving poor old Les n Des both barrels . Then exit the Enclosure at the final whistle and carry on from the car park. These kids up the Lions need to get a bloody wriggle on ....

Ok, ok! Don't tell us, tell the bloody lads up the 3 Lions

That was the world's First Ever Humble Brag. Well done, Fred.

Was that the 10.30 am on a Saturday night programme, or the 08:00pm Sunday morning repeat one, mate?