City Rocker

3 minutes ago, chinapig said:

Nice Clash reference btw.

That was the only reason I gave it a like, TBH

Although like thousands of others I've been on the pitch now and then, (Chester in 1984 being one of my favourite moments) and miss old school football days, I still think this is (regrettably) the right thing in the current climate. 

Players, staff and officials are being put at increasing risk, even if it is only a tiny proportion of fans who go on with bad intentions. Do we just carry on until inevitably something really horrific happens?

Awfully sad news . Rest easy Stoney.

2 hours ago, Renaissance Williams said:

Tell me it ain't so, Geoff......

'tis true. I discussed football rivalries and loyalties with Geoff B years ago, and he admitted that he actually used to watch City at the Gate for a while in the mid 80s, but turned away from them because of what he perceived as a hooligan problem at the time. So he ended up going down the Rovers. 

I reminded him that the only reason Rovers didn't have a similar hooligan problem at that particular time was that they had such tiny crowds back then. I hardly needed to point out their record of ill-behaviour over several decades since, so we drew a line and got back to talking music, which to be honest is generally a happier place to go!

Let's not forget the celebrated former Tory MP, novelist, philanderer, liar, convicted criminal and Bristol Rovers fan, Jeffrey Archer.

I'm shocked and saddened to hear Happy Mondays bass player Paul Ryder has passed away  

16 minutes ago, sinenomine said:

I can't decide if I love it or hate it. It's definitely one of the two. 

I'm nonplussed. 

New Balti King, via Just Eat. I've had their lamb tikka balti probably far more times than is strictly healthy, but it makes me happy. 

6 hours ago, bris red said:

Are they banned at other mass gatherings then i.e concerts held at football stadiums or festivals like Glastonbury?

Just an innocent question as they seem to be rife at these sorts of events. Are festival/concert goers lungs more immune to them i wonder?!

Pyro and smoke bombs are neither legal nor considered acceptable at concerts any more than than they are at football, except by the selfish few, of course.

Liam Gallagher, after this horrific incident at one of his shows: "it’s not cool people need to chill the **** out with the flares"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-50490458

On 05/06/2022 at 15:57, The Horse With No Name said:

Ok, so there is a growing number of Jesus Loves You type signs along many of our local main roads, and me being me, always try to think of a witty sign to place next to it. One on the Link Road by the Long Ashton roundabout says " Jesus Saves " and I would love to place one alongside which says " Sign Him Up For City Then ".

Another I saw today on the Longwell Green Ring Road says " Only Jesus Saves " and it would be fun to put  " But Bentley Does Try "  Anyone else have the same humour as me ?

There are signs outside a school near us which read, "Show you care, park elsewhere". Which is all very worthy.

I've so far resisted the temptation to scrawl underneath, "You're out of luck, I don't give a fu k".

9 minutes ago, Ronnie Sinclair said:

So then, the general feedback is the new kit is bloody lovely and bloody vile  
 

I would have to disagree. It's a perfectly adequate red and white kit as they are every season, and the team will look fine in it.

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2 hours ago, Old Rascal said:

My old man kept taking me down Eastville, but I never felt the love. His sister, Deb was a mad city fan and took me along to Ashton Gate. 23 October 1971, vs Leyton Orient. I always remember us being 0-3 down at half time, but John Galley came on for the second half and we won 5-3. 

As an 8 year old it was manic, amazing and I was hooked. Didn’t miss many matches for about 8 years. Joined  The Army and for the next 24 years got to as many games as I could. Season ticket holder again as soon as I came back to Bristol. 

Same as that but a bit later, in 1976 my mate's dad started taking us to Ashton Gate and Eastville on consecutive weeks. He was one of those blokes who just likes to watch a live game regardless of who is playing, which is fair enough I suppose.

But hold up, I'm 10, I'm not having any of that grown up, even-handed impartiality. Rovers were shit, their ground was a ramshackle shithole, the football was awful, their crowds were tiny and there was more atmosphere on the fricking moon.

Meanwhile City were playing top flight football against the finest teams in the land, in front of big crowds, with the East End making a deafening racket every week. And then they signed Norman Hunter. Well, let's just say after the first couple of weeks I started to become busy or otherwise unable to attend on the 'Eastville' weekends. 

48 minutes ago, Harry said:

His kid goes to school in Clifton so you probs saw him after the school run 

Well he was in a tracksuit so I'm guessing he was heading over to the Downs for a cheeky kickabout with his mates.

Well LJ's not in Edinburgh today for an interview, as I've just seen him out walking in Clifton,  having a lengthy phone conversation. Probably with Dale Vince I should think 

5 hours ago, GrahamC said:

Read that as SL checking on him when he had Covid, but nothing since.

Not sure their relationship would be too great, even now.

Pretty sure Cotts would be the first to tell us if he had an issue with anyone, including the Lansdowns. Yet he specifically offers up in this interview that he has a good relationship with them.

So, nothing to see here, disappointing though that may be for some.

I too saw them in 1980 at the Locarno (it didn't become the Studio until 1983, and no, I didn't have to google that!), having been to see The Jam on the same stage a few days earlier. What an amazing time to be fifteen.

Living Through Another Cuba was always a favourite of mine, thanks to its great bassline and desperate mania about the impending nuclear war. "If we get through this lot alright they're due for a replay in 1998..."

I vaguely recall there was a City fan on one of the forums years ago with the user name Colin Moulding. Would that have been you, @AppyDAZE?

Good venue the Trinity.

I think I first went there to see New Order in March 1981, one of their earliest gigs, less than a year after Ian Curtis' death. 

2 minutes ago, redsince1994 said:

Disgusting finish 

Shades of Cantona

Pure filth.

7 hours ago, Davefevs said:

Different gravy

I see what you did there!

[*tries to come up with an Oxo-based pun]

Great memories of pre-match dancing on the table at a pub in Wembley with this banner, all singing dooby dooby doo, oooooooohhhhh!!

England oh England, a country so great 

RIP Mensi. You'd never win any singing competitions. Not that you would have wanted to mind! 

13 hours ago, CyderInACan said:

Should have gone for ATA when they had the chance in the 90s (?) 

12 hours ago, TomF said:

Possibly late 80s. Remember seeing plans in school library around 91

Try 1979, when I recall first reading about Advanced Transport For Avon and their exciting plans for our future.

City were plying their trade in the top flight and we all looked forward to the huge concert arena that was destined to be built alongside our state-of-the-art tram system pretty darn soon.

Can't really see what can go wrong to be honest.

Not sure whether I'm more disinterested and non-plussed about City's kit manufacturer announcement or the England game I just watched, or just the whole world of Modern Football.

It's all just a bit...