Eddie Hitler

Yes, that's the problem with this. They have received the promotion because they are a woman rather than upon merit. Women who are good enough to do this would have come through anyway but pushing one through the system early is going to be counterproductive if she isn't actually up to the job. They risk becoming the crap referee that no one wants to see listed for their game and so generating the association: woman referee = useless.

As I saw just one game in each of the 70s (79) and 80s (81) I'm not going to claim to have a genuine favourite from those decades. 90s for me, started going in I think '94, so I didn't see Andy Cole, is Shaun Taylor. '00s Scott Murray '10s Aden Flint I'm probably biased towards defenders as that's where I played.

It's on the wiki page: Year Winner Position 1970–71 Gerry Sharpe Striker 1971–72 Geoff Merrick Defender 1972–73 John Emanuel Midfielder 1973–74 Gerry Gow Midfielder 1974–75 Gary Collier Defender 1975–76 The whole squad 1976–77 Norman Hunter Defender 1977–78 Norman Hunter Defender 1978–79 Gerry Gow Midfielder 1979–80 Geoff Merrick Defender 1980–81 Kevin Mabbutt Striker 1981–82 No award 1982–83 Glyn Riley Striker 1983–84 Howard Pritchard Midfielder 1984–85 Alan Walsh Striker 1985–86 Bobby Hutchinson Midfielder 1986–87 Rob Newman Defender 1987–88 Alan Walsh Striker 1988–89 Keith Waugh Goalkeeper 1989–90 Bob Taylor Striker 1990–91 Andy Llewellyn Defender 1991–92 Martin Scott Defender 1992–93 Keith Welch Goalkeeper 1993–94 Wayne Allison Striker 1994–95 Matt Bryant Defender 1995–96 Martin Kuhl Midfielder 1996–97 Shaun Taylor Defender 1997–98 Shaun Taylor Defender 1998–99 Ade Akinbiyi Striker 1999–2000 Billy Mercer Goalkeeper 2000–01 Brian Tinnion Midfielder 2001–02 Matt Hill Defender 2002–03 Scott Murray Midfielder 2003–04 Tommy Doherty Midfielder 2004–05 Leroy Lita Striker 2005–06 Steve Brooker Striker 2006–07 Jamie McCombe Defender 2007–08 Adriano Basso Goalkeeper 2008–09 Dele Adebola Striker 2009–10 Cole Skuse Midfielder 2010–11 Albert Adomah Midfielder 2011–12 Jon Stead Striker 2012–13 Tom Heaton Goalkeeper 2013–14 Sam Baldock Striker 2014–15 Aden Flint Defender 2015–16 Aden Flint Defender 2016–17 Tammy Abraham Striker 2017–18 Bobby Reid Striker 2018–19 Adam Webster Defender 2019–20 Famara Diédhiou Striker 2020–21 Dan Bentley Goalkeeper 2021–22 Andreas Weimann[57] Forward 2022–23 Alex Scott[58] Midfielder https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_City_F.C.

I might buy it off there so do please link it. I've never really understood this internet payment stuff like Paypal so only buy through eBay from UK sellers (and not Amazon on principle), I know there are more fees but that's life.

Fair dos but your uncertainty puts people off. I'd pay £50 for it but maybe others would pay more. Maybe other contributors to the thread would care to price it?

I'm not saying that I want to buy it @Hello Dave, but I will say that the biggest deterrent for people in anything like this is the absence of a guide price. Obviously you want more than a tenner for it but I really don't have a clue as to it's value or what you are hoping to get for it. You answer above "every bit helps" really doesn't help. Say what you would be happy to get for it - £60, £80 - and then people can start PMing you with bids. As it is I don't have a clue what you're looking for: £50, £100, £200. And as I don't know even a rough guide I won't pitch in. This is why auction houses give guide prices: to give people an idea. Sure it may go for much more in a bidding war but you need a starting point. eBay auction linked from here maybe?

Interesting. Link below for anyone else who didn't know about this, it was news to me. Obviously have a guess before clicking on the link. Spoiler - only click if you don't know.

I'd say that because people support "their club" for life in most cases people tend to project onto them special, even unique, qualities which really don't exist. At root they are, location excepted, interchangeable professional football teams and this decade's success is next decade's struggler falling through the leagues if something goes awry. My earliest memories of supporting City were under Alan Dicks in Division 1 with that classic line up, meaning that I have always since then seen us as a top division club in waiting. I am however wrong in this, as the companies selling investments always say "past results are no guide to future performance". Man United ruled for a decade from the mid 90s because of the combination of a great manager and half a dozen superb players coming through the youth team at the same time and forming the core of the side. And look at them now. Brentford has been very well run recently but for years was just another small lower league club. Currently City has a very strong youth programme, great facilities and coaching, and wealthy owners. This is an excellent position in which to be. We are however lacking two things: an excellent manager (maybe that is Manning, too early to tell yet) and some decent player purchases. Add those two and we become a "special" club.

I know this isn't what the thread is asking but it brought it to mind. In the late nineties in London I had a member of staff whose landlord was Kevin Nugent's brother, I said to pass on my admiration.

Nope. I find the price of a pint eye-watering.

That's fairly standard in the UK TBF, Wetherspoons excepted. Sub £1 for can of beer in a supermarket, £6 for a pint in the pub. I'm fairly surprised that France has gone that way, cheap booze and the one Euro, now 1.5 Euro, cold pint of local lager has always been an attraction of Mediterranean holidays.

Yes, and it didn't used to be like that. We criticise Rovers' fans for their passiveness, where have their "sack the board" protests been over the years for example, but we have mostly gone the same way. The sheer cost and being crammed into small seats makes for a very passive audience these days; most clubs are likely the same.

Covid killed it for me. When league games are stripped of the crowd-generated atmosphere they look like school kids having a kickabout in the park. It was an "emperor's new clothes" moment; I retain an interest in City but have lost all interest in the England national team.

Go to the link that @ExiledAjax posted and look for your name on the register giving your shareholding, as long as it's there then you don't actually require your certificate to sell (not that you appear to be intending to do so anyway).

The shares have been so heavily diluted over the years by the Lansdowns doing debt for new equity swaps to keep within the FFP limits that yes, they are really only of sentimental value these days. At how much would the club be valued with the ground? £40m maybe, or £30m with the third party debt on the ground going with it. The minority shareholding of 1.3% is worth £390k on that £30m basis, each ordinay share is worth 19.4p. The buyback by the Lansdowns was incredibly generous as it was at £2 a share. If I had only had a few I might have held on for said sentimental reasons but I had a fair few so accepted it.

Yes, absolutely that. Well surmised.

This is why I only ever pay cash. If a seller is ripping you off then you know about it there and then and can walk away. Tap your card and you may not know how much they are actually thieving off you.

I hope so. Those Bristol Sport staffers need to earn their corn just like any other worker. I await the "Nigel Pearson ran over my dog and laughed about it" stories.

The appointment always looked to be about Steve wanting to decide upon everything without actually having to do the job of running the club himself which would require him to be physically present a lot with the accompanying negative implications for his personal tax status, so he put in someone he knows will allow him to do just that. The mistake Jon makes IMHO is in having a public image when he should leave that to the manager and quietly get on with his job behind the scenes other than delivering a speech once a year at the AGM. For anyone unhappy at JL being in charge as SL's proxy please remember that if Jon wasn't in place it could be smarmy Mr Ashton sitting there, spending money like it was going out of fashion in order to have another few dozen players or "golf clubs in the bag" as he does his wheeling and dealing with other people's money.

My impression is that the very best managers tend to be those who have had poor or injury shortened playing careers because they haven't had the long and successful playing career of others. Brian Clough was a successful player but had a career ending injury at 29. The three you cite had unspectacular careers as you say, whereas people who have been highly successful as players don't seem to cut it as managers: Bobby Moore, Dean Saunders, Sol Campbell, Alan Shearer and so on. I was personally pleased that we didn't get Steven Gerrard that time because for all his great playing skills he had achieved very little as a manager.

I wouldn't write QPR off, they persisted longer than they should have done with Gareth Ainsworth because he was a popular player and had done well in League 1 but the performances were terrible, reminiscent of when we had Tins as manager (that isn't a criticism of his ability in his current role). They have gone for a European manager, the team has noticeably improved and they won their last game, the first win at home for ages.

You would think but this was brought in at a conference I regularly attended. Previously you had to out your hand up and it worked well. When they went to questions on an App, mostly from those in the room but also some remotely, the various Chairs without exception picked the easy, bleedin' obvious questions and ignored the hard ones. It ruined the Q&A part of each session to be frank. I was surprised by how bad it was.

Though those are operating leases for cars or whatever, you wouldn't disclose payments under a 125 year lease as operating lease payments.

I've cribbed a definition below, the lease is the legal agreement under which the long term rental happens. Granting a 125 year lease would mean that the football club company would own, as in have exclusive rights to, Ashton Gate for 125 years in exchange for an agreed rental stream. As long as the rent is paid as agreed then BCFC Ltd effectively owns the ground, whilst paying a rent to the freeholder as someone owning a leasehold flat would pay ground rent. And to suggest that having given a 125 year lease to BCFC from the stadium company that the rugby club has similar is a nonsense. Though as I said the guy was put in the spot, in a similar situation I might have blurted out "lease" but I would have corrected myself. What Is a Lease? A lease is a contract outlining the terms under which one party agrees to rent an asset—in this case, property—owned by another party. It guarantees the lessee, also known as the tenant, use of the property and guarantees the lessor (the property owner or landlord) regular payments for a specified period in exchange. Both the lessee and the lessor face consequences if they fail to uphold the terms of the contract. A lease is a form of incorporeal right.

There is no lease. There was nothing in the the years 14 / 15 / 16 and here are the fixed asset notes of firstly Ashton Gate Limited, this holds the ground, and then Bristol City Football Club Ltd. This possibly owns the HPC but crucially owns no leasehold property. The guy who spoke, the accountant presumably, was put on the spot with no opportunity for preparation and was incorrect in referring to a lease but there may well be a bindng agreement that the team will continue to play there for 125 years which is what he meant.