In the Net

1 hour ago, NcnsBcfc said:

Well for a quarter final the crowds at the Mem, certainly did the club justice. 3,742 with 678 away fans (from their official site).

How any gas head can make comment on us getting 12k last Sunday is beyond me. Just over 3k of their own fans turned up..... the mind boggles.

That's 3742 too many - haven't been to a game since the Prem youngsters have been playing in it. 

Heart warming to see donations from both sides of the city - as one of your supporters wrote in his comment "cancer has no colours".  Thank you.

This photo shows Nick foam rolling his leg on the day of a game,  at the time he had no idea that he had a cancerous tumour, and was playing through the pain.  He's obviously a very determined character, which will be invaluable in helping him through this.

Staff and players at Rovers will be shaving their heads on 16th January (Nick's shirt number), to raise funds for him and his family.

Raising funds for Nick Anderton

2 hours ago, frenchred said:

I'm with you ITN, yesterday was a good day.

Now let's crack on and have a great 2023, not football wise for you though! Hopefully you understand!!!

Cancer can do one!

Thanks everyone for the best wishes most appreciated

Fantastic news - absolutely made up for you.  I'm not sure if it's sunk in yet for me, to be honest - although it was all done and dusted in less than a year, it seems to be forever since I was last "normal".  Bring on the fun in 2023.  Take care. 

4 hours ago, frenchred said:

Absolutely fantastic news mate, made up for you, got my checks tomorrow hopefully I'll get some news like yours x

Keeping fingers and everything else crossed for you. 

2 hours ago, WessexPest said:

Rovers’ kit woman at Santa’s Grotto yesterday.

 

Dot was a professional when it came to laundry, and she isn't a Scouser - no way would she get the gig! 

10 hours ago, In the Net said:

Any idea why he gave his shirt to some Millwall fans at the end?

I can answer my own question - there were a group of tourists there, seems Millwall get them, same as the premier league London Clubs do.  Germans, or more probably Austrians I think. 

2 hours ago, WECANDO said:

Need to keep Weiman in that position and he'll score that chance.

Any idea why he gave his shirt to some Millwall fans at the end?

3 hours ago, Simple Red said:

I hope the Rovers fans sang the “2 nil and you fu…….” song when they went 3-2 up.

I bloody well did! 

4 hours ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Did it say he works for the Met in the preview.

Millwall, London club.

Somebody from the Met would certainly not do Millwall any favours! 

16 hours ago, Ska Junkie said:

I didn't know that but you're on a City forum with all possible respect and your reply was non specific.

No Biggie for me, it was a joke. Make of it what you will.

I quoted the post which I was replying to - not sure how more specific I could have been! 

3 hours ago, Ska Junkie said:

Nope, not remotely interested thanks.

Best wishes to Nick Anderton for a successful recovery, obviously. No colours where cancer is concerned.

I wasn't replying to you, so no idea why you feel the need to post to let people know that you aren't interested. 

1 minute ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

My mistake, pretty sure you sold out a game against Sunderland around that time so presumably it was the league fixture.

Like I say, didn’t question your sincerity. 

I had to look it up - as you say, Sunderland do usually attract more than that when we play them. 

5 hours ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

Whilst I don’t doubt your sincerity that didn’t stop the Mem being full for the semi final against Sunderland a few years ago and won’t stop tens of thousands wanting tickets if you get to the Final this season.

All the U21 teams being knocked out doesn’t change a thing.

6,669 - with 1800 from Sunderland - not full, even by today's reduced capacity.

Yes, I'm sure a lot of people would want to go to the final - if it happens, As always, I can only speak for myself. 

26 minutes ago, spudski said:

Gotta be an all time low.

 

Love to see it now that they've ruined this competition. 

On 08/12/2022 at 15:41, slartibartfast said:

Forget about %, you are just smaller, all round ! 

That's not what the mirror tells me! 

11 hours ago, RedRock said:

 Not a politician as I’m quite willing to accept that you have some ok away followings for a South West team in the Third Division - all be it a very poor second to Plymouth’s, who have far greater distances to travel.

Fair play to Plymouth, they are flying and have a good travelling support. 

11 hours ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

Not at all.

You're welcome to measure your away support as a percentage of your home support but it doesn’t change the fact that all it proves is that your home support is poor.

 

We've always had a smaller attendance than you have at Ashton Gate, you're not exactly delivering any ground breaking news.  Although it's not necessarily "poor" for League One.

I don't follow the attendance figures avidly, the post just made me laugh as the poster was using a method which a lost of posters on here have said is not legitimate.

5 hours ago, RedRock said:

There’s no denying though that through the years, Sags have promoted their Club as a ‘family club’ and City as having a major hooligan problem - aided and abetted by The Post.

This is what irks us.

Your element probably, as a percentage of your total support, is larger than ours and, particularly when up against modest opposition (frequently), are worse behaved than our lot.

Ask any supporter of a Club in the South-West which of the two Bristol Clubs are worse for supporter behaviour at their grounds. You might find you aren’t as ‘loved’ as you think you are…. dispelling the ‘everyone’s favoured Bristol team’ myth too. 

So it's okay to measure our undesirable element as a percentage of our total support for comparative purposes, to show that we have a larger percentage than you - but not okay to measure our away support as a percentage of our total support for comparative purposes, as we have a larger percentage than you?  Are you a politician, they manipulate the stats to fit the agenda too.  

3 hours ago, Port Said Red said:

I think the point is Netty, that most of us are realists and recognize we have a few idiots still. We as supporters don't go around with our heads in the sand and using terms like "family club". The club itself might like to think that way, but there are usually at least a couple of incidents a season that keep that thinking in check.

The reality is that there are no "family clubs" if we use idiot fans as a measurement, even some of the non-league clubs have an "element" unfortunately. One of the clubs who tries their hardest to do things to benefit the local community is Millwall, they have done for years, but are still tarnished by the "hooligan" reputation. 

16 hours ago, City Rocker said:

 

Pot/kettle?

Indeed, I think you'll find that was @Lanterne Rouge's whole point wasn't it, given that so many of the so-called 'Family Club' have spent the past 30-odd years claiming City are 'all hooligans', while denying their own equally nasty thug element. We've never denied ours.

You know some of yours will even try somehow to blame the Cheltenham incident on 'kin shitheads, don't you? 

You must be worn out, carrying that chip on your shoulder all the time.  Churning out the same old dirge.

Nobody who has attended football regularly over the years would deny that "their club", whoever that may be, has a nasty element amongst the support. 

1 hour ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

The family club at it again.

Images of eight men released after Cheltenham football fight - BBC News

So they are. 

Bristol City v Millwall Violence

Pot/Kettle? 

On 30/11/2022 at 20:32, 1960maaan said:

I think he meant bricks and mortar , rather than nylon, gaffer tape and tent posts. 

It is bricks and mortar - you need to read my original post properly.