City Rocker

For those watching in black and white, Liverpool are in the all red strip.

I'm waiting for the first edition of the Green 'Un.

I remember the days when those terraces were rammed every week. Crump, Gresham, Langli and the rest. Great team, the Bulldogs.

Indeed. Meanwhile the Socialist Worker was on sale at City games, and the East End regularly did the "Maggie Out!" chant. Perhaps this needs pointing out to the misguided Manc fella!

Shortly after Richard Gould's return to the club, I spotted Gould and Scott Davidson in a Clifton restaurant having dinner and a cosy chat. I thought then that maybe we might see SD getting involved again at some level in cub affairs, but it seems not. Though as mentioned above, he played a part in the formation of the Former Players Association.

Well quite. None of those theatrics when Gerry Gow broke Stan Bowles' leg, just make the tackle, get the man off the pitch and get on with the game. ******* drama queens these days!

I get your point, but don't really believe luck comes into it in the end. Often when watching a game I'll mutter "ooh, unlucky!", when what I really mean is "should have done better mate!" "The more I practice, the luckier I get" - Gary Player.

Got any Veras? Laaaaarvly ?

In the snow with an orange ball? Yeah I was at that one too, sat near the legendary Tony Harling who spent most of the game chanting on his own, as usual.

I used to be addicted to the hokey cokey, but I turned myself around. And that's what it's all about.

Top class attitude right there. Nahki speaks so well and is, as it turns out, an 'outstanding human'. Who knew?!

I still have my 12" vinyl copy of Specials, along with the Madness One Step Beyond LP, having bought both together down Virgin a week or so after they were released. It's still good to discover new music now, but nothing will ever come close to the sheer thrill and exhilaration of the 2Tone explosion as a 14 year old.

Shocking news about Terry Hall, and at such a young age. One of my first live gigs, aged 14, was the inaugural 2Tone tour at the Locarno. A huge influence, not only musically but also, dress code, dodgy haircuts and general outlook on life! RIP Terry

He could choose to donate the proceeds to an appropriate charity.

Pot/kettle? Indeed, I think you'll find that was @Lanterne Rouge's whole point wasn't it, given that so many of the so-called 'Family Club' have spent the past 30-odd years claiming City are 'all hooligans', while denying their own equally nasty thug element. We've never denied ours. You know some of yours will even try somehow to blame the Cheltenham incident on 'kin shitheads, don't you?

Made yer eyes water?

Sadly the Dug Out closed down in the 80s when the old bill opposed the licence renewal. I think it became a restaurant for a while. Was a brilliant place for a night out if you were a teenager back then, epitomising Bristol's ****-you nonconformity. Punks and rastas and The Wild Bunch. I didn't go this evening btw, as life's too busy and sometimes there are not enough hours in the day.

Yeah it's like when I went to see U2 in 1980 at the Poly. Where were all the fairweather fans then, huh? And yet you all came out of the woodwork when The Joshua Tree was released, didn't you?! I'd far rather my favourite bands - and football teams for that matter - stayed small-time and niche and crap forever, thank you very much.

Liam revealed that he has lost a few friends to suicide recently and he wanted to do something about it, to back a cause that would make a difference. Sounds like he knew someone who was a Talk Club member.

Anyone remember Joe Burnell? Often went unnoticed or unappreciated, even when he was man of the match.

Spot on, every football team needs that player and Matty James does it nicely.

Liam Gallagher has partnered with the BS3 -based mens' mental health charity Talk Club on his new single Too Good For Giving Up. Great song, really powerful video, aimed at preventing men from suicide.

I've noticed this as well. In particular "Thank yeuw". I don't recall hearing it pronounced that way before about 10 years ago.

Living close to the Tinpottery, I sometimes hear the vague drone of their Come On Eileen dirge, but absolutely nothing this afternoon. The Lincoln fans, on the other hand, were loud and proud. Interesting to note that's Rovers' second home game in a row where their visitors have sung 'Your City is red'.

It's a good one, but we locals in BS7 prefer The Tinpottery.