Rudolf Hucker Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 1 hour ago, TomF said: Out of ideas, more like. “That bloke Barton truly is an absolute tosser.” (Aristotle 320BC) 1 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weepywall Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 Taking 250 to Barrow, Hartlepool and Colchester...phenomenal indeed !!! Never ceases to amaze me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdliketoRogerMoore Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 On 26/10/2021 at 14:36, Stortz said: Do you include the Jewish people who have expressed their extreme offence at his use of the term in your list of 'sensitive revisionists'? Do you include the Jewish people who while think it’s a bit stupid of him to use the word but are not entirely offended by? Should I be offended by people being offended? Where does it all end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilC Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 54 minutes ago, weepywall said: Taking 250 to Barrow, Hartlepool and Colchester...phenomenal indeed !!! Never ceases to amaze me. Haven't you heard they have sold out their allocation of 500 for Harrogate. In fact if they had been given 1000 they would have sold out. I still cant understand why our allocation is limited to 570 when the ground will be nowhere near full. I really dont want to go in another part of the ground- it seems crazy that it is sometimes difficult to support your team away when we consider that we are talking about second div football and playing a team who average less than half their capacity. I found the same on few occasions when we were in the Conference- I know we get good support away and you have to get in early at times not yo be disappointed but I dont think enough is being done to maximise opportunities for all those that want to go to be able to. Yeah right, that sounds familiar.... https://gaschat.co.uk/thread/18766/harrogate-away-tickets-all-sold?page=1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRed Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 Get in early not to be disappointed?? Surely get in late & leave asap avoids that problem or is this obscure Gas logic, again? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 19 minutes ago, PhilC said: Haven't you heard they have sold out their allocation of 500 for Harrogate. In fact if they had been given 1000 they would have sold out. I still cant understand why our allocation is limited to 570 when the ground will be nowhere near full. I really dont want to go in another part of the ground- it seems crazy that it is sometimes difficult to support your team away when we consider that we are talking about second div football and playing a team who average less than half their capacity. I found the same on few occasions when we were in the Conference- I know we get good support away and you have to get in early at times not yo be disappointed but I dont think enough is being done to maximise opportunities for all those that want to go to be able to. Yeah right, that sounds familiar.... https://gaschat.co.uk/thread/18766/harrogate-away-tickets-all-sold?page=1 2nd division ? Thats where we are. Someone should let him know that his team is in the 4th division. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Oil Services Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 4 hours ago, TomF said: Out of ideas, more like. I'm not big on poetry and shit, is he offering us out? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weepywall Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 30 minutes ago, PhilC said: Haven't you heard they have sold out their allocation of 500 for Harrogate. In fact if they had been given 1000 they would have sold out. I still cant understand why our allocation is limited to 570 when the ground will be nowhere near full. I really dont want to go in another part of the ground- it seems crazy that it is sometimes difficult to support your team away when we consider that we are talking about second div football and playing a team who average less than half their capacity. I found the same on few occasions when we were in the Conference- I know we get good support away and you have to get in early at times not yo be disappointed but I dont think enough is being done to maximise opportunities for all those that want to go to be able to. Yeah right, that sounds familiar.... https://gaschat.co.uk/thread/18766/harrogate-away-tickets-all-sold?page=1 Isn't that a bit similar to when they gave Swindon 800 tickets when the ground was never going to sell out. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreedyHarry Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, weepywall said: Isn't that a bit similar to when they gave Swindon 800 tickets when the ground was never going to sell out. Yes, and the bit about averaging half their capacity Edited October 27, 2021 by GreedyHarry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 19 minutes ago, bcfc01 said: 2nd division ? Thats where we are. Someone should let him know that his team is in the 4th division. They are hilarious....! They really don't seem to realise that league 2, has nothing whatsoever to do with being the 2nd division...! Like calling non league football, division 5...! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numero Uno Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 1 hour ago, PhilC said: I still cant understand why our allocation is limited to 570 when the ground will be nowhere near full. I really dont want to go in another part of the ground- it seems crazy that it is sometimes difficult to support your team away when we consider that we are talking about second div football and playing a team who average less than half their capacity. I found the same on few occasions when we were in the Conference- I know we get good support away and you have to get in early at times not yo be disappointed but I dont think enough is being done to maximise opportunities for all those that want to go to be able to. Danny Baker had them weighed right ******* up........... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fordy62 Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 Our supremacy over them can now drink in America, supervise a learner driver, hold a pilots licence and adopt a child. Happy 21st everyone. 9 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 Is it Happy Gap day? Guessing that the cost of car insurance is due to drop now for The Gap now it has hit 21. We ought to have a whip round and get the Gap a pewter tankard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirColinOfMansfield Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 21 year olds got a key to the door in the old days.... Theyll get a zip for the tents... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasbuster Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 Happy Gap Day to all City fans and 2015ers ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 And like all things that get older, the gap has got bigger. I don't think it's fully grown yet either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 21 years (TWENTY ONE). Happy Gap day to all the slags who read this thread. Thanks for all the laughs that you and your little sack of shit ‘football club’ give us. Keep up the great work maggots. 1 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 2 hours ago, Bristol Rob said: Is it Happy Gap day? Guessing that the cost of car insurance is due to drop now for The Gap now it has hit 21. We ought to have a whip round and get the Gap a pewter tankard. If you do, remember, if you get it inscribed, it's Bristol ROVERS........ not Bristol UNITED ! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Junkie Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 (edited) Gappy birthday all! It's getting to the point that you would pretty much be in your 30's now to remember a Bristol league derby. Here's to the next 21. OTIB Edited October 28, 2021 by Ska Junkie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 This is getting to Stoke. Port Vale levels of a gap now, To think a whole generation has never seen a league Derby between the clubs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Yorkshire CideRed Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 21 years... Bought this as a reminder. It hangs "prowedly" on my wall. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetterRedthanBlue Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 15 hours ago, bcfc01 said: 2nd division ? Thats where we are. Someone should let him know that his team is in the 4th division. Even when they dropped out of the league it was "the 5th division" they didn't want to acknowledge they were/are a non league team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FForbes Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 5 hours ago, CiderJar said: That 21 years covers a total (to date) of 967 league matches so 1000 will be reached on the opening day of next season ! For the record our results over the 967 matches is W375 D262 L330 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leveller Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 On 26/10/2021 at 17:28, BrightCiderLife said: I’m not sure getting into the etymology is of any assistance. The word he used brings to mind a very particular atrocity which is of no comparison to a footballer not being on form. It is that comparison which is offensive (if you need me to spell it out, millions of deaths are not the same as a few misplaced passes). It is not to do with any specific religions, races or creeds, but straight forward decency. I don’t see many on here calling for him to be sacked as a result, people are simply saying what he said was crass and he should apologise for the (unintentional, perhaps) offence he has caused. You and others might call it woke, or cancel culture but it’s really just about thinking before you speak and not saying things that any right minded people would say are wrong and inappropriate. His and the club’s failure to apologise is by this point worse than him ranting without thinking. A quick tweet clarifying he didn’t mean it on Saturday evening would have dealt with it, now it looks like he/they think the comparison between their player’s loss of form and the systematic murder and torture of millions is a fair one. They are wrong to think so and are rightly criticised for it. I'd have to disagree there. The point is that the word holocaust has only very recently been appropriated solely to the Nazi concentration camps, and those of us from an older generation (I'm 65) are used to using it in a wider context. The etymology is actually from Greek (via Latin) meaning "wholly burnt" and if you'd asked me ten years ago for an example of a holocaust I would have mentioned "nuclear holocaust" (as some have) in reference to Hiroshima and Nagasaki or the firebombing of Dresden - all Allied actions. The Nazi death camps have been discussed for 75 years or more, but I'm sure "The Holocaust" in reference to them is relatively recent. Language changes, but holocaust remains a valid word to use to describe a firestorm. Now I'm not suggesting that Joey Barton had all this in his mind (or anything much at all) when speaking, but I doubt he was consciously referencing Nazi atrocities. It is possible he was familiar with the wider and more correct usage. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilC Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 19 minutes ago, Leveller said: I'd have to disagree there. The point is that the word holocaust has only very recently been appropriated solely to the Nazi concentration camps, and those of us from an older generation (I'm 65) are used to using it in a wider context. The etymology is actually from Greek (via Latin) meaning "wholly burnt" and if you'd asked me ten years ago for an example of a holocaust I would have mentioned "nuclear holocaust" (as some have) in reference to Hiroshima and Nagasaki or the firebombing of Dresden - all Allied actions. The Nazi death camps have been discussed for 75 years or more, but I'm sure "The Holocaust" in reference to them is relatively recent. Language changes, but holocaust remains a valid word to use to describe a firestorm. Now I'm not suggesting that Joey Barton had all this in his mind (or anything much at all) when speaking, but I doubt he was consciously referencing Nazi atrocities. It is possible he was familiar with the wider and more correct usage. Can we not drop this now, please? Or if you wish to discuss it further, perhaps someone could create a thread elsewhere? This thread is for laughing at Rovers. Cheers 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42nite Posted October 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 Happy Gap Day everybody. And a special mention to all the agents who have helped make this day possible. Think I might celebrate with a nice chilled fake Fanta this evening, accompanied by an out of date packet of crisps that I've been saving for a special occasion just like this. Cheers everybody. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasbuster Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 40 minutes ago, 42nite said: Happy Gap Day everybody. And a special mention to all the agents who have helped make this day possible. Think I might celebrate with a nice chilled fake Fanta this evening, accompanied by an out of date packet of crisps that I've been saving for a special occasion just like this. Cheers everybody. Indeed. The agents should be commended for their service and "bravery" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myol'man Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 On previous gap days, especially the 18th, the Bristol Post has ran a feature. Today? Nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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