slartibartfast Posted September 20, 2021 Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 10 minutes ago, Redandproud said: Yeh we know,but would they say "Manchester" instead of saying Man u or Man C or " Sheffield " and not United or Wednesday,, no, its called respect, I certainly do, if nothing else it pisses off the ***** that say they support them ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted September 20, 2021 Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 Ben Bloom on his (excellent) channel always calls us by our full name, in fact he frequently tells people off for calling us Bristol "Please don't call them that, they don't like it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasbuster Posted September 20, 2021 Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 45 minutes ago, slartibartfast said: I certainly do, if nothing else it pisses off the ***** that say they support them ! Yep, same goes for the red team in Nottingham. They call us Bristol; therefore I always refer to them as "Notts", which they hate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murraysrightplum Posted September 20, 2021 Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Redandproud said: Yeh we know,but would they say "Manchester" instead of saying Man u or Man C or " Sheffield " and not United or Wednesday,, no, its called respect, 2 good teams in those cities mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted September 20, 2021 Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 13 minutes ago, Murraysrightplum said: 2 good teams in those cities mate Precisely. Two good teams between which it is necessary to distinguish. That doesn't apply to Bristol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xerox6060 Posted September 20, 2021 Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 11 hours ago, brady bunch said: You have all said it already, but I add to the ranks of those who it may have rankled with a bit in the past, but now I love it, as it is complete affirmation of the fact we are now the "only team in Bristol" worth considering. Yeah I like it, no problem, a couple of people in my office..(not huge on footy but not daft) said they hadn't even heard of Rovers, and had no idea there was two teams ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hustler Posted September 20, 2021 Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 ******* boils my piss to be honest. Anyone who thinks people call us ‘Bristol’ simply because the Gas are irrelevant, and that there is ‘only’ one ‘real’ team in Bristol, really need to get their heads out of their arse. Simply put, people call us ‘Bristol’ because they are ignorant fucktards coupled with the fact that neither Bristol clubs have achieved anything of significance in their history to warrant being referred individually by their name. Spruce it up anyway you want if it makes you feel better. However, and ultimately, it’s the biggest insult a fan, commentator or pundit can make towards a city with two professional football clubs - regardless of how shit those two clubs are. Up the Manchester! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xerox6060 Posted September 20, 2021 Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 6 hours ago, chowie said: And don’t seem to get this scenario any more.. when meeting others from outside of Bristol I always used to get asked City or Rovers / Red or Blue etc. Nobody has said that to me in years, they just assume you’re a Bristol City fan now. Yes I agree with this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltshoveller Posted September 20, 2021 Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 12 hours ago, Paul G said: Had this very argument on a 12 hour guard shift with a lad from Plymouth, needless to say we didn't come to a conclusion! There is nothing west about Plymouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfcredandwhite Posted September 20, 2021 Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 1 hour ago, The Hustler said: ******* boils my piss to be honest. Anyone who thinks people call us ‘Bristol’ simply because the Gas are irrelevant, and that there is ‘only’ one ‘real’ team in Bristol, really need to get their heads out of their arse. Simply put, people call us ‘Bristol’ because they are ignorant fucktards coupled with the fact that neither Bristol clubs have achieved anything of significance in their history to warrant being referred individually by their name. Spruce it up anyway you want if it makes you feel better. However, and ultimately, it’s the biggest insult a fan, commentator or pundit can make towards a city with two professional football clubs - regardless of how shit those two clubs are. Up the Manchester! Wow I’m clearly a bit liberal here - which is probably why I’ve not been in many fights in my life - but there are far bigger things to get insulted about in life than someone leaving your teams name extension off. Do you lose it if someone calls you by your first name but omits your surname ? NO- don’t answer that - I’m already scared ….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The turtle Posted September 20, 2021 Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 When I was younger (I'm 36) it used to annoy the hell out of me. However Swindon supermarine Bradford pa Bristol rovers. That's their level now Otib is not just an insult, it's a reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenkibby. Posted September 20, 2021 Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 2 hours ago, The Hustler said: ******* boils my piss to be honest. Anyone who thinks people call us ‘Bristol’ simply because the Gas are irrelevant, and that there is ‘only’ one ‘real’ team in Bristol, really need to get their heads out of their arse. Simply put, people call us ‘Bristol’ because they are ignorant fucktards coupled with the fact that neither Bristol clubs have achieved anything of significance in their history to warrant being referred individually by their name. Spruce it up anyway you want if it makes you feel better. However, and ultimately, it’s the biggest insult a fan, commentator or pundit can make towards a city with two professional football clubs - regardless of how shit those two clubs are. Up the Manchester! Thing is you shouldn't worry about it Hustler. why would you care what some half wit thinks or knows about us? I can't be doing with any sky manu fan or any of the like, their view on football to me ain't worth a ****. As for the media i don't think we are called Bristol when reports of the game come in. But who ****** cares, when the winner went in at QPR if the reporter said a late win for Bristol would you have stopped dancing around to complain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted September 20, 2021 Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 11 hours ago, Supersonic Robin said: Yepp, they'd certainly claim to be football fans - 1 was even a season ticket holder at a northern football club! So, these northern football fans don’t know there are two football clubs in Bristol - I still find this hard to believe - as I said on a previous post, the roverzzz are not as famous and liked as they think they are, but any proper football fan would ‘have heard’ of Bristol Rovers ... yet your post said you’d had conversations with people up north who had never heard of Bristol Rovers ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted September 20, 2021 Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 It wound me up in my teens and early twenties. Now I’ve got kids and couldn’t care less. Far more important things to get wound up about than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS2 Red Posted September 21, 2021 Report Share Posted September 21, 2021 7 hours ago, stephenkibby. said: Thing is you shouldn't worry about it Hustler. His name is "The Hustler". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTBLUE Posted September 21, 2021 Report Share Posted September 21, 2021 Who are this ‘Rovers’ people are talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted September 21, 2021 Report Share Posted September 21, 2021 On 19/09/2021 at 18:04, LondonBristolian said: I actually get more annoyed - not that annoyed, admittedly! - when people call Man City "City" on the apparent presumption no other "City" teams exist... It's one of those where it's fine during a game, say Man City vs Newcastle. But I'm pretty sure I heard it in a Man City vs Stoke or Swansea before! But outside of during a game it's a bit annoying if they say it assuming everyone means Man City, but then with context it's ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EstoniaTallinnRed Posted September 21, 2021 Report Share Posted September 21, 2021 On 19/09/2021 at 21:43, The Horse With No Name said: Did anyone else pick up on the commentator on RB yesterday say QPR are playing in blue and white quarters, and about ten minutes later it was stripes . Both wrong. Yes I posted about that on the match day thread, I think it was Chris Honor and not RH who said it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dolman Pragmatist Posted September 22, 2021 Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 If people are just talking about a single match, for instance commentators or pundits, I don’t see what’s wrong with calling us Bristol. If we were playing Leicester City, for instance, would it be so wrong to refer to the teams as ‘Bristol’ and ‘Leicester’? Even if we weren’t playing another ‘City’, I don’t see it as a problem in this context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS2 Red Posted September 22, 2021 Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 18 hours ago, NOTBLUE said: Who are this ‘Rovers’ people are talking about. Forest Green, they play in Nailsworth. They are moving up the leagues and if they continue their momentum, they might be coming for us. I think it's a good thing, it's been decades since we had a local rival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offside Posted September 22, 2021 Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 49 minutes ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said: If people are just talking about a single match, for instance commentators or pundits, I don’t see what’s wrong with calling us Bristol. If we were playing Leicester City, for instance, would it be so wrong to refer to the teams as ‘Bristol’ and ‘Leicester’? Even if we weren’t playing another ‘City’, I don’t see it as a problem in this context. Fair points, but if we were playing against Man Utd I bet the commentators would refer to us as Bristol and them as Utd. Similarly, if we were playing Sheff Wed or Sheff Utd I bet they wouldn’t just call either of them Sheffield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Yorkshire CideRed Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 Having lived away from Bristol for so long, most of my conversations around footy are with fans of various clubs (Liverpool, Man Utd, Leeds Utd, Hull City, Burnley, Blackburn Rovers, to name a few...). I find there really is a sliding scale of knowledge, from those who have no regard whatsoever for any clubs outside of the Champions League spots to those who have in-depth insights into the Championship and below. With the former, you'll get "How did Bristol do at the weekend?" (which does annoy me a little, as it just displays their ignorance of anything below the Prem) and I usually jokingly reply with "Which one? City or Bears?". They also tend to use simply "City" and "United" to refer to the Manchester teams. With the latter, they might still refer to us as "Bristol" but will also often use "City" as well, as they know I use that term. At the end of the day, non West Country football fans will continue calling us "Bristol" long into the future, so we'd better get used to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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