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4 hours ago, trickytimes said:

I would think Eddie Hapgood.

Larry Lloyd won more trophies than him surely.

46 minutes ago, WolfOfWestStreet said:

We're sailing dangerously close to gas levels of tinpot right now 

It is very bad, but nowhere near that bad!

4 minutes ago, Malago said:

Birmingham Alabama would be better.

Interesting that you chose Alabama, because it is a little known fact that Bristol Rovers are everyone's second favourite sports team in Alabama.

What's your tactical knowledge like? There may be a place in the managerial dug out available.

Let us have a really good display and a thumping victory on Friday and then nobody will make any comments about his interviews. I really can't see that happening by the way and I am far from convinced he will be in post for much longer, but really hoping for City's sake and his sake he can turn this mess around.

8 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Wrexham being Wales and relative proximity to Merseyside. That will have been one of the harder bit areas in the 1980s..think I heard a stat that a lot of the jobs were lost in a given area. Wales would've been one, parts of the North another, Scotland likely another, Midlands to some extent.

As well as hooliganism and decaying facilities, this was another factor in specific areas.

I remember City supporters in the 80s at away games up north, particularly the likes of Tranmere, singing 'we got loadsa money, loads and loads of money' and waving £5 notes at their supporters. Bristol certainly had it better than many places under Thatcher's Britain.

4 hours ago, spudski said:

Average league attendances for football league clubs. 

A real eye opener.

 

Wrexham 1800, where were Hollywood film stars then? And the glory hunting North Wales boyos were off to Anfield or Goodison on a Saturday.

27 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

Never mind plastic pitches, they could do with a decent set of lights, went Thursday night, could hardly see a thing , surprised they are deemed suitable !

are you sure that is not your old eyes 

4 hours ago, GrahamC said:

If you were around then (& I was), not really.

This was the year of Heysel, the Millwall riot at Luton on TV. Pretty sure our one at Reading was the year before.

Football was seen as violent, an almost exclusively male pursuit in crumbling, dangerous stadia. Definitely not cool.

A lot of the 80s was like this.

Whatever any of us think about the Premiership, Sky’s influence & the rest, the rose tinted nostalgia for that time is to a great extent, misplaced.

 

I remember needing a pee at Blackpool away in the 80s and being shown to a wooden wall with a trench underneath, that is what you had to pee against. No taps or basin either. Different world now, even at the smallest League Two clubs.

4 hours ago, ralphindevon said:

As I said on the other thread, our ave attendance now would put us in the top 10 in the country and Torquay have an average almost double now in the 6th tier than they did back then in the 4th.

Amazing that a few years after Hillsborough, football went from being looked down on and the fans treated like scum to being THE place to be seen.

Thatcher hated football fans but I almost preferred that to seeing the likes of Cameron, Osborne, Sunak all trying to get on the bandwagon pretending they’re loyal supporters of teams they know nothing about. 

Very unfair, if you remember the days of the Old Dell, Rishi Sunak was seen as one of Southampton's top boys. never missed a game home or away, often jumping on moving trains to avoid paying the fare and climbing over the wall at away ends as he couldn't afford the ticket price.

31 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

This certainly seems like a dig. 

“I am now at a club that still has a chance of promotion and where we will hopefully make the playoffs.”

I get that his contract was expiring and that starting him in games would have triggered an extension. But the reality is neither party would have been keen to extend his stay here.

So what strong leadership should do is sit down with him and say "both parties would like to go their separate ways in the summer, you want to return closer to your family and we would like to go in a different difection however right now we consider you a really important player on and off the pitch so how about we make a mutual agreement to scrap that clause? We get the benefit of being able to start you whilst you get the benefit of being able to attract interest from a club that can offer you a longer contract, win win" 

He also said that Manning is the new Klopp and our squad could compete with most in Europe...oh no sorry that was Tinman and Jon Lansdown

5 minutes ago, steviestevieneville said:

No. He didn’t say it was our fault. He said the atmosphere has been building since Pearson was sacked. 

Which is true, I can't remember such a popular manager being sacked. I would estimate that at least 80% of the City support were against the sacking of Pearson. If you ran the poll again now, the number would be 95%.

12 minutes ago, Sleepy1968 said:

I've always got the impression that the presenter is a city fan. I'm sure I remember him doing temporary stints several years ago. I quite like him, but obs GT is a near impossible act to follow.

he is, for over 40 years, he said so himself on the show.

Big question, how much???? And did they get in contact with Jon Lansdown for the design???

9 hours ago, cidercity1987 said:

Babestation

40,000 locked out

Santa's grotto

Mansfield kit and horse punching

The list goes on

They are anything but dull

You forgot boob cricket!

Are we playing Southampton in that run of games?

'Have you ever wanted to be a player-manager Andi?'

8 hours ago, Superjack said:

Chin up. There's always Katherine Jenkins.

https://youtu.be/BR7EaHbPe54?si=_q49aXvk19uchZDS

Appoint her as manager, she always goes with 2 big uns up top 

This is so depressing, I am just going to check the Lincoln v Rovers score to see if 'they're coming for us'

He can enjoy watching the 'highlights' of Lincoln 5 Rovers 0 now

or Imps 5 Gimps 0

5 defeats out of 6 and a huge downturn since Nigel was dismissed, surely the club don't expect everyone to be full of the joys of Spring. that can't be the reason for you being banned.

Three men on a cross - J Lansdown, B Tinnion and L Manning.

Jon Lansdown ' forgive me father, I didn't know what I was doing'

30 minutes ago, Randy Marsh II said:

Came off the bench against.....

 

 

 

 

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SOUTHAMPTON 

Out of interest, how did we get on it that fixture, I don't recall!

23 minutes long, but it could have been condensed into 5 seconds - 'we beat Southampton'

I am so pleased you were with her Scott, may she RIP, thoughts and prayers with you at this sad time.