Bristol R*vers dustbin thread

[BanburyRed]

8 minutes ago, The Horse With No Name said:

The trophies were destroyed. Fire brigade said total damage was thankfully very minor.

The fire brigade later revised their statement to say that the improvements were very minor...

[Swede]

4 hours ago, Lew-T said:

What stadium is he referring to?

 

Reignite? with a flame? What, like the South Stand? What is that piece of metal bottom left with a loo brush? There's noting made out of metal there apart from santas grotto.

[Lanterne Rouge]

2 hours ago, slartibartfast said:

Trophies..................plural ??

Perhaps you got a trophy for competing in the Watney Cup. Not a very big one mind.

[GrahamC]

2 hours ago, Banned User said:

 

Yeah I’m pretty sure they sold under 5000 ST’s last year, so 500 sold? Maximum?

How amazing..

Yep, around 4000 apparently.

[Super]

Not sure we have thanked Mark Little for his good work. Well done Mark 

[Red-Robbo]

15 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

Perhaps you got a trophy for competing in the Watney Cup. Not a very big one mind.

 

A can of Watney's?  You'd not want a very big one.

[NOTBLUE]

1 minute ago, Red-Robbo said:

 

A can of Watney's?  You'd not want a very big one.

A small can of ‘RED barrel’

[Steve Watts]

2 hours ago, slartibartfast said:

Trophies..................plural ??

The article was wrong...they were destroyed in a small chip pan fire a few weeks before.

[slartibartfast]

5 hours ago, Gert Mare said:

Here we go....Turning Off The Gas........Enjoy 

 

Very good ! I loved the quote on Points West before the MK game.

"I was walking (strutting) through town and everyone was wishing me well"etc.

In reality they were actually saying "You're playing a blinder ,Joey"......." Hope you stay for ever".............." You're the best manager Rovers have had this season !"

[Lanterne Rouge]

3 hours ago, Red-Robbo said:

 

A can of Watney's?  You'd not want a very big one.

Not a fan of the Party Seven then back in the day?

[Jim Davey]

6 hours ago, The Horse With No Name said:

The trophies were destroyed. Fire brigade said total damage was thankfully very minor.

didnt someone save the saucers but forgot about the cups.

Edited April 29, 2021 by Jim Davey

[Bristol Rob]

4 minutes ago, Jim Davey said:

didnt someone save the saucers but forgot about the cups.

Saucers, saucers, saucers... they forgot about the cups.

[redsquirrel]

4 minutes ago, Jim Davey said:

didnt someone save the saucers and forgot about the cups.

now its all becoming clear to me. they take things that dont belong to them yes? so they burned their own stand down to nick the greyhound takings and then had the nerve to claim for their trophies which were infact the dogs water bowls 

[YorkshireSection]

9 hours ago, Banned User said:

 

Yeah I’m pretty sure they sold under 5000 ST’s last year, so 500 sold? Maximum?

How amazing..

About the same percentage of stadium capacity as we sold.

[Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan]

18 minutes ago, YorkshireSection said:

About the same percentage of stadium capacity as we sold.

Not quite, we sold 15,000 STs in a 27,000 seat stadium, over half the overall capacity.

The Gas can only dream of ever filling their tiny stadium let alone have 15,000 fans willing to pay for an ST.

[Rich]

1 hour ago, YorkshireSection said:

About the same percentage of stadium capacity as we sold.

I believe their season ticket sales are boosted by the the sale of standing tickets for £285 for an adult with the dearest being £320 standing. Our cheapest Adult ticket being £366. Would we have sold even more at those lower prices?

[Red-Robbo]

5 hours ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

Not a fan of the Party Seven then back in the day?

 

Not a fan of any bitter from the 70s. It's no wonder football fans used to beat shit out of each other in those days. Rage over the crap beer on offer.

I gather they've brought back Watney's Party Sevens now with a completely different brew. Might be safe to try...

[havanatopia]

1 hour ago, Red-Robbo said:

 

Not a fan of any bitter from the 70s. It's no wonder football fans used to beat shit out of each other in those days. Rage over the crap beer on offer.

I gather they've brought back Watney's Party Sevens now with a completely different brew. Might be safe to try...

I remember the Double Diamond advert in the 70's. I seem to recall it showed the letter E filling up with the amber nectar. I mentioned this observation to Dad who said that when I reach adulthood I could go in a pub and order a pint of E. I did just that on my first visit to the Ship and Castle in Congresbury and they just stared at me. I was most put out. A big dream had been shattered. To this day the taste remains alusive.

[Toffee dog]

5 hours ago, havanatopia said:

I remember the Double Diamond advert in the 70's. I seem to recall it showed the letter E filling up with the amber nectar. I mentioned this observation to Dad who said that when I reach adulthood I could go in a pub and order a pint of E. I did just that on my first visit to the Ship and Castle in Congresbury and they just stared at me. I was most put out. A big dream had been shattered. To this day the taste remains alusive.

Now called the Congresbury Arms

[Maesknoll Red]

6 hours ago, Red-Robbo said:

 

Not a fan of any bitter from the 70s. It's no wonder football fans used to beat shit out of each other in those days. Rage over the crap beer on offer.

I gather they've brought back Watney's Party Sevens now with a completely different brew. Might be safe to try...

I wish you hadn't started this... I had nightmares last night of Courage Tavern, Ben Truman, Watneys Red Barrel, John Smiths and several other foul brews that were passed off as beer....

[Red DNA]

5 minutes ago, Maesknoll Red said:

I wish you hadn't started this... I had nightmares last night of Courage Tavern, Ben Truman, Watneys Red Barrel, John Smiths and several other foul brews that were passed off as beer....

Don’t forget Youngers Tartan... a truly hideous Scottish ‘beer’.

I suspect they may still have a few barrels (slightly out of date) of the stuff behind the bar at the Theatre of Tents?

[Numero Uno]

1 hour ago, Red DNA said:

Don’t forget Youngers Tartan... a truly hideous Scottish ‘beer’.

I suspect they may still have a few barrels (slightly out of date) of the stuff behind the bar at the Theatre of Tents?

You can probably buy mead by the goblet full at the ToT.

[supercidered]

22 hours ago, magunn said:

Igniting the gas?

Is matey nicking a Raleigh Chopper with only one wheel? is there no depths the G@s will stoop to!

[Red-Robbo]

8 hours ago, havanatopia said:

I remember the Double Diamond advert in the 70's. I seem to recall it showed the letter E filling up with the amber nectar. I mentioned this observation to Dad who said that when I reach adulthood I could go in a pub and order a pint of E. I did just that on my first visit to the Ship and Castle in Congresbury and they just stared at me. I was most put out. A big dream had been shattered. To this day the taste remains alusive.

 

I think that would've been an advert for Worthington E.  "Smooth and easy" went the tagline. The E stood for "Extra" as it was a bit stronger than the 2.2 OG (I kid ye not) normal Worthington Bitter.

It was sold from pumps with a big plastic E attached, which were a frequently swiped by teenaged 'erberts like me.

I wish I'd kept one. This bloke is selling one on eBay for £84!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124588262077?hash=item1d020a02bd:g:Hk4AAOSwPDVgFIR9

[Maesknoll Red]

32 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said:

 

I think that would've been an advert for Worthington E.  "Smooth and easy" went the tagline. The E stood for "Extra" as it was a bit stronger than the 2.2 OG (I kid ye not) normal Worthington Bitter.

It was sold from pumps with a big plastic E attached, which were a frequently swiped by teenaged 'erberts like me.

I wish I'd kept one. This bloke is selling one on eBay for £84!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124588262077?hash=item1d020a02bd:g:Hk4AAOSwPDVgFIR9

Was that ‘the pint that thinks it’s a quart’……   Actually, that’s wrong, I think it’s just come to me, Whitbread Trophy, I’m sure that was ‘the pint that thinks it’s a quart’   More fizzy muck……

Never could understand how that keg pasteurised muck got such a foothold into pubs, I have been a CAMRA member since the 70’s - when the Bristol branch met in the Stonehouse (miss that place) and always had a guest barrel at the meetings, that we had to finish before we could leave….

[Red-Robbo]

10 minutes ago, Maesknoll Red said:

Was that ‘the pint that thinks it’s a quart’……   Actually, that’s wrong, I think it’s just come to me, Whitbread Trophy, I’m sure that was ‘the pint that thinks it’s a quart’   More fizzy muck……

Never could understand how that keg pasteurised muck got such a foothold into pubs, I have been a CAMRA member since the 70’s - when the Bristol branch met in the Stonehouse (miss that place) and always had a guest barrel at the meetings, that we had to finish before we could leave….

 

At least Trophy had a nice jaunty, singalong advert.

Yeah, they were dark days indeed. I remember when Courage brought out Directors it was a breath of fresh air in their pubs, which seemed to be 3/4 of all houses in Somerset. 

My preferred drinking establishments - Tor Leisure Club and Mr B's in Glastonbury - only had Toby Bitter, which was basically brown water.  This is why as a young man I used to drink only lager.

In 1982, I moved to Kent and discovered the joys of Shepherds Neame and Fremlins.  Never went back to the fizzy stuff. 

[Maesknoll Red]

2 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said:

 

At least Trophy had a nice jaunty, singalong advert.

Yeah, they were dark days indeed. I remember when Courage brought out Directors it was a breath of fresh air in their pubs, which seemed to be 3/4 of all houses in Somerset. 

My preferred drinking establishments - Tor Leisure Club and Mr B's in Glastonbury - only had Toby Bitter, which was basically brown water.  This is why as a young man I used to drink only lager.

In 1982, I moved to Kent and discovered the joys of Shepherds Neame and Fremlins.  Never went back to the fizzy stuff. 

I’m still the same, would rather drink a pint of lager or even a soft drink than any of the fizzy beers, especially those that are ‘smooth’ - save that for Guinness

[Hellfire Corner]

I still remember the pre match Brown Splits and Lights Splits in the Happy Landings!

[marmite]

1 hour ago, Red-Robbo said:

 

At least Trophy had a nice jaunty, singalong advert.

Yeah, they were dark days indeed. I remember when Courage brought out Directors it was a breath of fresh air in their pubs, which seemed to be 3/4 of all houses in Somerset. 

My preferred drinking establishments - Tor Leisure Club and Mr B's in Glastonbury - only had Toby Bitter, which was basically brown water.  This is why as a young man I used to drink only lager.

In 1982, I moved to Kent and discovered the joys of Shepherds Neame and Fremlins.  Never went back to the fizzy stuff. 

If you were in Kent in the eighties RR you may have come across Cobbs bitter. (It may have been earlier).  Truly awful stuff but when you are young in Margate, well, anything goes.

[Red-Robbo]

21 minutes ago, marmite said:

If you were in Kent in the eighties RR you may have come across Cobbs bitter. (It may have been earlier).  Truly awful stuff but when you are young in Margate, well, anything goes.

 

Never encountered that one. But then I lived in Whitstable, just down the road from Faversham, home of Shepherds Neame.

Being a student, you naturally went for the max strength beers - Bishop's Finger ale (known, inevitably, as Actresses Friend) or the aptly named Hurlimann's lager.