Merrick's Marvels Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 8 hours ago, Bianconeri said: Let’s not forget that the last time they scraped over 10k average it was largely thanks to 20k of us who pitched up at Ikeaville as we chased promotion. Without that bonus attendance the average would have been nearer 9k. Not sure that's correct. They may have got more than 10K for that one derby game you refer to but they haven't had an average home gate over a whole season of £10K or more since the 1970s. That's a whole FORTY YEARS of piss poor attendances - 7, 8 or 9K averages and in the year they left Eastvile it was 6-something. We didn't coin the phrase The Blue Few for nothing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted May 2, 2018 Admin Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Port Said Red said: I remember hugging my dog and promising him I wouldn't choose Bristol City over him in the same circumstances I was sat watching teletext, there was more than one page of scores so had to wait for it to come back around to their page Am sure there was loads of added time too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 5 hours ago, phantom said: A more recent and more relevant 2nd May they may want to remind themselves of. . . Call me picky (or maybe just at a loose end) but how does "Rovers dominated without finding a scoring touch" and "Rovers best chance came when...shot was turned onto the post" tally with the score line at the start?? I can remember more Rovers players in that side than I could name from their current squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 (edited) 11 minutes ago, italian dave said: I can remember more Rovers players in that side than I could name from their current squad. I can remember more Wycombe players in their side than I can name from Rovers current squad... I can remember 5 of those Wycombe players. Current Gas team 2017/18 1) the Fisherman/Tramp 2) the City fan That’s yer lot! Edited May 2, 2018 by Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Junkie Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 Happy SCD for tomorrow people!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert tann Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 Someone should ask what Mr Karim Mardam-Bey does at Bristol Rovers' £ 250 000 pa London office. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1ackbird Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 6 hours ago, phantom said: A more recent and more relevant 2nd May they may want to remind themselves of. . . Wycombe were a good side that season, their cup run bu*****d up their league form, (sound familiar?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 22 minutes ago, bert tann said: Someone should ask what Mr Karim Mardam-Bey does at Bristol Rovers' £ 250 000 pa London office. Carries the begging bowl around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 27 minutes ago, bert tann said: Someone should ask what Mr Karim Mardam-Bey does at Bristol Rovers' £ 250 000 pa London office. Head of Business Development I presume he stops strangers in the street and tries to get them to invest in a new stand at the Mem. https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:DJJqrLG99IIJ:https://www.zoominfo.com/p/Karim-Mardam-Bey/-1629143055+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gert Mare Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 Has anyone got the photos of the presentation we made to Sir Colin? The Gasheads I know we’re particularly riled by those!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 33 minutes ago, bert tann said: Someone should ask what Mr Karim Mardam-Bey does at Bristol Rovers' £ 250 000 pa London office. Ok Bert. What does Mr Karim Mardam-Bey for Bristol Rovers in his London office? Probably a brother in law or Uncle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 39 minutes ago, bert tann said: Someone should ask what Mr Karim Mardam-Bey does at Bristol Rovers' £ 250 000 pa London office. Wonder if Wally is now going to be taking a salary now he has quit the Jordanian FA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 41 minutes ago, bert tann said: Someone should ask what Mr Karim Mardam-Bey does at Bristol Rovers' £ 250 000 pa London office. Tent designer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 15 minutes ago, Eddie Hitler said: Head of Business Development I presume he stops strangers in the street and tries to get them to invest in a new stand You mean he canvasses them? 2 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gert Mare Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 44 minutes ago, bert tann said: Someone should ask what Mr Karim Mardam-Bey does at Bristol Rovers' £ 250 000 pa London office. Hopefully he is looking at some guy ropes and some sturdy pegs at the moment. The wind doesn’t half get up around Muller Road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 13 minutes ago, Rudolf Hucker said: You mean he canvasses them? He's loitering with in tent then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Junkie Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 26 minutes ago, Cheesleysmate said: Has anyone got the photos of the presentation we made to Sir Colin? The Gasheads I know we’re particularly riled by those!!! 3 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcityman Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Eddie Hitler said: Head of Business Development I presume he stops strangers in the street and tries to get them to invest in a new stand at the Mem. https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:DJJqrLG99IIJ:https://www.zoominfo.com/p/Karim-Mardam-Bey/-1629143055+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk Must be a very in tents job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 2 hours ago, Cheesleysmate said: Has anyone got the photos of the presentation we made to Sir Colin? The Gasheads I know we’re particularly riled by those!!! Yeah, us Teds were bang out of order for doing that. Anything to do with Windass is "a great craic" though.... Always the victims.... At least their redevelopment is gaining pace now with another tent soon to be erected. You really would expect a little bit more from the 6th richest club in the land.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRed Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 10 minutes ago, wood_red said: Yeah, us Teds were bang out of order for doing that. Anything to do with Windass is "a great craic" though.... Always the victims.... At least their redevelopment is gaining pace now with another tent soon to be erected. You really would expect a little bit more from the 6th richest club in the land.... Is it a huge, giant marquee over the whole ground? Bit like the state of the art stadiums with a retractable roof. Theirs will have a gert big flap at the top & someone will have to climb up & unzip it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanburyRed Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 3 hours ago, bert tann said: Someone should ask what Mr Karim Mardam-Bey does at Bristol Rovers' £ 250 000 pa London office. Or as he's affectionately known at the Mem, Mr Guy Rope..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 (edited) 31 minutes ago, wood_red said: At least their redevelopment is gaining pace now with another tent soon to be erected. You really would expect a little bit more from the 6th richest club in the land.... I'm afraid you've overlooked something quite important Wood Red....you see, despite all the stuff they were coming out with on Social Media when the ALQs took over about how rich they are, buying whoever they want, Prem in 5 years and laughing at our Bristolian owner who is only worth a poxy £2Billion, it's turns out that they didn't want Wally to spend shed loads of cash on them anyway. Only 'plastic' clubs like 'da shit' (and practically every other club in the top two divisions) spend money on transfers, wages and Stadiums. They want to do it properly, whatever TF that means? Funnily enough they came to that decision around about the time it became obvious that they're probably not even the 6th richest club in the South West, let alone the entire country. Fortunate timing wasn't it? UWE Stadium? "Naahh, didn't want it" One of them on that 'tent' thread is proud to be "crap". They deserve to sit in tents whilst people laugh at them. Edited May 2, 2018 by Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan 5 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 5 hours ago, Merrick's Marvels said: Not sure that's correct. They may have got more than 10K for that one derby game you refer to but they haven't had an average home gate over a whole season of £10K or more since the 1970s. That's a whole FORTY YEARS of piss poor attendances - 7, 8 or 9K averages and in the year they left Eastvile it was 6-something. We didn't coin the phrase The Blue Few for nothing. Ten thousand pounds?! That represents a poor return at the turnstiles....yet you obviously like the ‘sterling’ references - to ‘coin’ a phrase..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 (edited) Did I read recently that they were going to dig up the Mem at the end of the season and were planning to replace the pitch with grass? Along with the Colin Daniel Stand and renaming the place the 'Go Outdoors Arena', everything seems to be on track. Edited May 2, 2018 by wendyredredrobin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 12 hours ago, phantom said: A more recent and more relevant 2nd May they may want to remind themselves of. . . Imagine what it was like for those of us unfortunate enough to have a birthday on the 2nd of May and having to put up with their rag of a fanzine being called that for ten years. Wycombe lifted a huge weight off my shoulders in 2001. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC11 Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 Credit where it’s due, seen one of them refer to the Mem now to be called ‘The New Camp’ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinMan's left peg Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 5 hours ago, Ska Junkie said: Surely enough time has now elapsed for Scotty Murray’s presentation photos to be released? I seem to remember it couldn’t be posted on otib as it would upset them too much or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bianconeri Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 7 hours ago, Merrick's Marvels said: Not sure that's correct. They may have got more than 10K for that one derby game you refer to but they haven't had an average home gate over a whole season of £10K or more since the 1970s. That's a whole FORTY YEARS of piss poor attendances - 7, 8 or 9K averages and in the year they left Eastvile it was 6-something. We didn't coin the phrase The Blue Few for nothing. Simple arithmetic I think. The average for that season was about 10,100 and they got 26,000 when we went there on Good Friday just before we got promoted. There were about 20,000 reds there. If they’d got a ‘normal’ game and gate that day the average would have been around 9,200 for the season. Even a derby game would not usually have attracted more than about 17,000 at Ikea at that time. That 9000 extra equates to almost 400 per game, reducing the average below 10,000. So, the 10,000 average that year is basically down to us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityal Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 3 hours ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said: Only 'plastic' clubs like 'da shit' (and practically every other club in the top two divisions) spend money on transfers, wages and Stadiums. They want to do it properly, whatever TF that means? Surely doing it "properly" (by their implication - without an owner willing to spend money) would mean them growing their horrible little club "organically" and for them to increase attendances year on year to a level that allows them to exist on just club revenue alone. Given so few ever turn up to watch them I doubt we have anything to worry about if that is the route they wish to take Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC11 Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 29 minutes ago, TinMan's left peg said: Surely enough time has now elapsed for Scotty Murray’s presentation photos to be released? I seem to remember it couldn’t be posted on otib as it would upset them too much or something #freesircolin 3 minutes ago, cityal said: Given so few ever turn up to watch them I doubt we have anything to worry about if that is the route they wish to take Their main problem imo is (also admitted by a few of their own) is the average age of their supporters that do actually attend, hardly any young un’s apparently, will bite them in the ass in a few years if this ‘evolution’ doesn’t evolve sooner rather than later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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