Rich

My dad nearly jumped off the roof, if it weren't for us telling him that mum had just weeded the yard and it was hard.

You'll be digging a hole in the ground soon. Yes, so big and not so round.

Slacks.

Not a class thing. I'm trying to paint a picture of the typical gashead. They're not all ice cream sellers, they're not all refuse collectors, they're not all warehousemen. There's even a pecking order in the warehouse game. Do you know any gasheads in your warehouse? if so, they must be less intellectual than yourself, otherwise they wouldn't be gasheads.

Panama I believe.

Mine lived in a council flat.

Cue a dustman and ice cream seller coming on and crying, shortly.

I didn't insult you, get over it. I worked in a warehouse, until I realised the uneducated ignorant ones just happened to be gasheads, as well.

There is an air of hatred within the supporter base of BRFC, towards anyone who questions the goings on at their club. They seem to rally round and shout down anyone who has the balls to do so. It seems to be brought about by blind faith towards their club that, anyone associated with it, could possibly do no wrong. I genuinely feel an empathy towards the normal supporter (and I only personally know a few), who only wants success for his/her team. It does seem that, unfortunately, people like Bert and Miah are targeted by those with blind faith, and are accused of being shyteheads. May their blind faith continue, until the dust settles after the demolition of the rugby ground, for a new housing site, it will be best for Bristol football in the long term, in my opinion.

And every kit I've seen them play in looks scruffy, just like the tramps that follow them, a cross section of society with more than their fair share of dustmen, ice cream sellers and warehouse men. There's just something scruffy about the club as a whole. Compare the classy early 70s City shirt with its fine lines to their baggy washed out thing, with white bands around the neck and cuffs, no class at all.

My Grandfather was called Bert. Any chance you could elaborate a little please Gramps, or is it a riddle? Does he really want to raise funds for a new stadium by selling his shares in a Bank? There must be a good return in rental income, if he does.

Latest news from the EP on UWE. With no comment yet being made by either Bristol Rovers or UWE, Rovers fans are becoming restless as they fear their hopes of a new home will never be realised. Rovers current home the Memorial Stadium is set to be renovated this summer, with improvements made to the pitch as well as some more minor decorating taking place. The six-figure sum the club announced it will spend on the Mem this season was seen by some as an indicator that a new stadium was not on the horizon. However the club have stated that the work is being carried out ‘irrespective of whether or not we will be moving to a new stadium’. Bristol Rovers were contacted by the Post about the stadium progression but declined to comment.

I think you have to take into account that while we are doing shyte, they have been doing reasonably well, both scenarios which will bring the two clubs closer together in the football pyramid. Overall, we should be doing better, but, are still doing better than them when we're shyte.

Never!

Colin Daniel has been fined by magistrates for polluting the countryside. Waste dumped in a lane by a contractor paid by Daniel, was found to have items that were deemed dangerous to the environment. The waste, which included cardboard boxes, bin liners full of plaster, a delivery box addressed to Daniel and an old football shirt, was fly-tipped on Old Newark Road in Mansfield. Magistrates ordered Daniel to take the majority of the waste to a proper refuse site at his own expense and, imposed a fine of £850, a victim surcharge of £170 and costs totalling £521, after the council were forced to dispose of the shirt at the Sellafield nuclear recycling plant. Read more at: http://www.chad.co.uk/news/former-mansfield-town-footballer-colin-daniel-fined-for-waste-offence-1-7059382

Not to mention the Hors d' oeuvres and cocktails.

True but, they don't have Variety, or Sunshine, written down the side.

So, he could have punched that horse any other day of the week and it would have been legal? The poor bloke, you never know what impulsive decisions taken can bring, if you haven't read up on the current legal situation. It always pays to study law. Perhaps they should put signs up. On a related issue. They must have filmed the scene in Blazing Saddles during the weekend, because I know for a fact that, horse punching is illegal in California during the week and during normal working hours.

This is shyte. 4k is a good number to take away but, it's not usual, it's a one off, it's been targeted by many, it was a banker away win (hahahahaha), it's easy to get to and it's a ground they hadn't been to before. Get real, nothing to crow about. It was a once a season experience for them, a once a season jolly to try and humiliate a club going through hard times, and it all went wrong, boohoohoo.

Burning you up is it? Do all supporters of BRFC have to declare their support for the club publicly? I would imagine many keep it as quiet as possible. As stated, Holmes was not chairman at the time of BRFC leaving Bristol and subsequently blaming Bristol for all their failed attempts at returning. I can't remember, and can't be bothered to do any more research into those dodgy dealings of the formation of the Memorial stadium company back in 1998. I do believe from memory that Arthur Holmes became chairman of the rugby club only a few years before selling them down the River. He loaned the club money to build the Centenary stand, money that the club could ill afford as told from a source close to the club to this day. If you type in his name, you'll find many stories of past rugby club shareholders who were willing to invest but, were kept in the dark about the deal and are still very angry about the whole situation. Funny but looking through the setting up of the company, it's very evident that the main representations at meetings was of BRFC directors, Dunford, Bradshaw, Lewis and company secretary Watola, not sure about lewis, he might have been from Bristol Rugby but, no Arthur Holmes. Try this link. https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03536554/filing-history?page=4

Fifteen years and seven months after paying their first rent to BRFC for use of the rugby ground. I suppose they could have moved to Bath, complaining that Bristol never helped them in their search for a new ground.

So the rugby club chairman and BRFC supporter (Arthur Holmes) threatened to sell the Memorial ground to Amtrak for £2.3m (the figure he was owed by the rugby club), until he came up with the better plan of selling 50% of it to BRFC (Dunford), for the same figure of £2.3m (the amount he was owed). There was a condition that, if either of the clubs went bankrupt, the other club could buy the remaining 50% for £10,000. Yippee! BRFC come to the rescue of the rugby club, they'll be joint owners of the stadium company, and the rugby club will be forever grateful. Now then, the rugby club, which he was chairman of, was losing money at an alarming rate, didn't receive any of the proceeds of the 50% sale, because it paid Arthur Holmes back. So they were still losing money, had no income from the sale and after five months, Arthur Holmes (rugby club chairman and BRFC supporter) filed for bankruptcy of the rugby club. BRFC (Dunford) bought the remaining 50% for £10,000, not bad business. Dunford was happy, Holmes was happy, rugby club directors were happy, after a piece of land was shared out, but, the rugby club weren't happy. In the obituary that Dunford wrote about Arthur Holmes, he used two thirds of it to explain the deal for the Memorial stadium, why? Oh yes, Arthur Holmes was made a lifelong President of BRFC, for his services to the club. No BRFC didn't steal the Memorial ground, their chairman and friends at the rugby club saved the ground for the future of both clubs. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

The piece I quoted was to give a little background to the current statements. Also to show the connection with the rugby club ownership.

Waiting to be shot down on this but, do they own it? We know BRFC don't. Their initial statement said that Dwayne Sports had acquired the site, If I'd bought it, I'd say "bought it". I think they might have bought a lease of the site from the owners, which might be linked to the dodgy deal for the Memorial ground when, certain rugby directors were palmed off with land out by Filton, given away in return for an easy transition to joint ownership (sold down the river) of the Memorial ground. The rugby club acquired planning permission for the use of their combination team, but didn't have the funds to see the project through. "The site for Bristol Rovers' proposed new training ground has been revealed in planning documents that have been published online.Chairman Steve Hamer revealed last week that 29 acres of land in an unnamed location had been identified and a South Gloucestershire planning application has now confirmed that Colony Farm in Hortham Lane, Almondsbury is the site Rovers are proposing to develop new training facilities on.In the document, which was submitted on August 31, Rovers are named as the applicant and are seeking the green light to carry through to completion on a historical planning application that was approved for the 'erection of clubhouse, floodlights and store.' The plan also includes 'construction of vehicular and pedestrian access and car park'.Planning permission for a similar use of the site was granted in 2001 but the development of training facilities by Bristol Combination Trustees – the original applicant – was never completed and the land, which currently has marked out football pitches, has since been used to house local amateur football clubs.The site in Hortham Lane where the new training ground is plannedThe club's decision to see the project through to completion depends on the removal of two conditions that were attached to the original planning permission that prohibited use of the facilities before 6pm during school term time.They have also submitted justification for the removal of a condition that limits use of the site only to the previous applicant for non-professional and Under 18s matches unless a written request for consent is submitted to the council.The plans are believed to include the construction of facilities that would initially meet Category 3 Academy status with the possibility of applying for upgrade to Category 2 status in the longer-term.Rovers' first team has been a tenant at the Lawns - a 15-acre site that was previously owned by AXA – in Henbury since 2012, while the youth and academy sides are housed some 3 miles away at the Golden Hill Training Centre in Horfield.The lease on that site expires in March and the club is keen to house their first-team and all of their age-group sides under the same roof at the proposed new training facility".

Unbelievable, oh no it's not. What on earth effect, could public comment have on the outcome of this? This is more a case of, "please leave me/us alone". We're in a pickle and don't have any answers for you.