stephenkibby. Posted January 27, 2018 Report Share Posted January 27, 2018 12 minutes ago, BigTone said: Righty or wrongly but years ago it was quite common to watch City one week and Rovers the next. My Dad (who passed away 3 weeks tomorrow) never got the rovers hate. He was City through and through but could name some great rovers players from the 50s,early 60s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offside Posted January 27, 2018 Report Share Posted January 27, 2018 I've never had the misfortune to watch the fewers when it's not a derby and I can't imagine it ever happening. I didn't even like going past Eastville on the M32 when they were playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted January 27, 2018 Report Share Posted January 27, 2018 20 minutes ago, stephenkibby. said: My Dad (who passed away 3 weeks tomorrow) never got the rovers hate. He was City through and through but could name some great rovers players from the 50s,early 60s. Sorry to hear of your loss Stephen. Many of us back in the day were City through and through but just enjoyed watching football one way or the other just like your Dad. May he sleep well and keep his eye over us. I wish you only the best for the future. Good luck my friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderingred Posted January 27, 2018 Report Share Posted January 27, 2018 Nearly, but not quite. Around 2010ish, a couple of Brentford supporting mates came up for a game vs the blue few. I joined them for a few jars in town and they pulled my leg into paying on the day and standing with them in the away end. The closer I got to Gloucester road and the more blue and white quartered clown outfits I saw, the more I realised that I couldn't go through with it and enter that cesspit. So I bailed out at around 2:40 and went back to town! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted January 27, 2018 Report Share Posted January 27, 2018 6 minutes ago, Wanderingred said: Nearly, but not quite. Around 2010ish, a couple of Brentford supporting mates came up for a game vs the blue few. I joined them for a few jars in town and they pulled my leg into paying on the day and standing with them in the away end. The closer I got to Gloucester road and the more blue and white quartered clown outfits I saw, the more I realised that I couldn't go through with it and enter that cesspit. So I bailed out at around 2:40 and went back to town! Some of us have become infected. There was a time when it was quite normal believe it of not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Exile Posted January 27, 2018 Report Share Posted January 27, 2018 Went to watch Rovers play Wolves in the Watney Cup in 1972. My brother - late of this parish - had Wolves as a second team, hence the visit on a lovely summers day as I recall. To my immense shame I delighted in Rovers beating them...such is sibling rivalry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynriley Posted January 27, 2018 Report Share Posted January 27, 2018 My old man took me down Eastville to watch Fulham when they had George Best, Bobby Moore and Rodney Marsh. He said he always wanted me to remember watching England's world cup winning captain and the best player in the world (George) I was about 6 or 7 and can't remember much about it!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted January 27, 2018 Report Share Posted January 27, 2018 4 minutes ago, Red Exile said: Went to watch Rovers play Wolves in the Watney Cup in 1972. My brother - late of this parish - had Wolves as a second team, hence the visit on a lovely summers day as I recall. To my immense shame I delighted in Rovers beating them...such is sibling rivalry... Yes, but a day you will always remember always for non footballing reasons. Good luck !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltshoveller Posted January 27, 2018 Report Share Posted January 27, 2018 I am VERY VERY SORRY but have to say yes Gas mates of mine had VIP tickets for a game v Cheltenham They were having a day on the lash around Bristol then off to the game Went out with them Then used one of their season tickets Dont pay for the ticket or buy anything at the ground (food or drink) Ps Cheltenham won 1-2 Once again very very sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenred Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Went to the Wycombe game when they went down. But we did go with a Wycombe fan and a few birds - wasn't an antagonistic visit- just very funny in the end. Also been a fair few times with my Exeter supporting mate. It truly is a proper shite hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelts Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Yes went up with a Ref mate when we could get a free ticket for bring officials on the Glos County league and I think we stood infont of the Das Stand . If my memory is correct City was at Blackpool. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 21 hours ago, Baldyman said: Have to confess to doing this dozens of times . Used to go in the away end at Eastville to support the away team ! I was in the Chelsea end when they famously ripped the stadium and Stapleton Road to bits . That was an experience I'll never forget !! I was there then, the Chelsea lads knew we were City and were as good as gold. I think that was the one it was carnage on Stapleton road. Hardly opened my mouth on the way home, what with gAssheads being thrown off of the subways apparently. 21 hours ago, Sleepy1968 said: early-mid 1980s (?) paid to watch gas v swindon at ashton gate. No idea why. Accidently stood near city hoolies (yes city) when they tried to kick it off in the enclosure. At that one too, about 40/50 of us went in the Dolman, and promptly got thrown out. 15 hours ago, Miah Dennehy said: I was there, it was 5-1. I think you may be getting confused with another game in Bristol that Wolves won 6-1. At that one as well, 5-1 someone sprayed that score over the subways by the tote end, along with City slogans Good Wolves team that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red84 Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 My old man is actually a r*vers fan. Well he's not that bothered but sides that way. He took me to a game at twerton once and also he took me to their playoff final at Wembley against huddersfield. I was only young but was the only 1 singing on their minibus on the way back and remember getting threatened with a smack a few times!! I loved winding them up Luckily for me my friend and his dad regularly went to city and always offered to take me. Also got free city tickets through school and got hooked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Done it twice, both at Trumpton. The first was getting roped in by a g*s mate to go to a cup replay v Reading which Reading won 1-0. We stood on the side and I spent the whole time after Reading scored with my fingers crossed they would hold on - I think there was a decent tie in the next round for the winners. The other was on the away end when they played Exeter in the LDV(?). I can`t remember the result but there were loads of City in there - it was funny watching the perplexed looks on some of the plod`s faces when they recognised people they thought they knew but weren`t quite sure what they ought to do about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Unfortunately yes. My ex-girlfriend was a gashead and I though I was being gracious by offering to go to watch them against Villa at Twerton. Then she said she'd never go to Ashton Gate. 17 years old going on 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboBCFC Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 My father in law was a gashead and we used to go down to whichever team was playing on tuesday nights. Seem to remember watching a lot more gas defeats than victorys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneCity Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 17 hours ago, Pound Lane Red said: Any idea of the date? I went to that through school. 50p a ticket. It was a Gary Mabbutt organised charity match in aid of some cancer charity. No idea of exact date I'm afraid, but I'd put it around '83 or '84. The one I went to wasn't Gary Mabbutt, it was organized for the benefit of Tim Parkin - I believe his son had cancer. I'm pretty sure that's what it was, and how me and my Dad got dibs on decent seats, as he was a friend of the family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdbeanie Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 My Dad is a rovers fan. Used to go with him to Twerton for 2 or 3 seasons. Was always listening for City on my radio though and could never bring myself to clap if rovers scored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swanker Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Grew up on Stapleton rd, used to pop down to eastville as a kid with my Rovers supporting mates now and then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 I think watching both clubs was fairly common in the 1950s and earlier. My dad was City through and through and he told me he often popped up to Eastville if City were away and he fancied watching a match. I think one reason would be that travelling away would have been less affordable for the working class fans back in those days, and of course there were fewer cars and no motorway network. Very very different times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 3 hours ago, red84 said: My old man is actually a r*vers fan. Well he's not that bothered but sides that way. He took me to a game at twerton once and also he took me to their playoff final at Wembley against huddersfield. I was only young but **was the only 1 singing on their minibus on the way back and remember getting threatened with a smack a few times!! I loved winding them up Luckily for me my friend and his dad regularly went to city and always offered to take me. Also got free city tickets through school and got hooked! ** What's Robboreds driving like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pack’s Chin Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Yes. A boring 0-0 playing Paul Ince's Macclesfield side. City were away to Forest on that day and I was listening to commentary of the match the whole way through. Macclesfield even had a man sent off and rovers still couldn't break them down. Awful football. My best mate at the time was a Rovers fan and I agreed to go and watch them with him if he came and watched the City.. can't remember what the City score was though but i believe we won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poland_exile Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 On 1/27/2018 at 13:09, tommy32 said: Not at the Mem but in 1995 I think it was went to Wembley to watch them in playoff final against Huddersfield. A few of my old man’s friends were Gasheads but even as a 10 year old I knew this was wrong. I insisted on wearing my BCFC green and black replica goalkeeper top with Welch 1 on the back! Somehow got out alive. was at the same game, went mental at the final whistle, 2-1 to hudds from what i remember. Been to see the gas a few times. Birmingham City at Twerton, 3-3 match last game of the season stands out. Rovers were relegated i think, and there was trouble kicking off everywhere with pockets of Blues around the ground. Very bizarre game, recall a penalty hitting both posts before bouncing away. Ended up on the pitch at full-time trying to get away from some rovers lads who realized I was city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisis what Crisis ? Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Forgive me father for i have sinned.....and as recently as a few weeks ago ! I met a few Pompey mates of mine at the Horfield Home for the Mentally Inadequate only for the day to go t**s up with some clown in blue and white quarters scoring the winner in the 90th minute and one of my mates getting separated from us after the game and jumped by some of the blue few ! ....well he IS over 60 so he was in their 'target demographic ' i suppose ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoSheds Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Went to see Brian Cloughs Brighton at Eastville January 1972 ended 2-2 can't remember much about the game, rovers fans got hold of a policeman's helmet and would not give it back, kept throwing it up in the air shouting "coppers lost his helmet". Also remember cars stopping on the M32 pretending to have broken down watching the game for free, police quickly moved them on. Rovers fans sang some quite racist songs put new words to Nancy Sinatras "These boots are made for Walking" Strange the things you remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 I was there the day Chelsea took the Tote. Chelsea fan comes up to me looking menacing. I say "Not me, mate, I'm City." To my gobsmacked amazement, he says "Sorry, mate" and goes looking for Gas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Yep I’ve been in the away end at that mob’s pit with mates from Yeovil, Northampton and Preston watching their teams.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoons Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Would rather eat my own S**T or sleep with my mother in law than watch rovers play! I might be in a minority but it wouldn't bother me if we never played them again !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshRobin Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Back in the late 1950s my Dad followed both City and Rovers until my Grandfather muttered some threats about inheritance and since then he's only followed City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestMidsRed Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 I did! I remember buying a season ticket after the match... then I woke up screaming and in absolute agony. It took 6 men in white suits to restrain me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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