City Rocker

Well quite. Bristol Sport is the servant, not the master.

Yeah I saw Vice Squad at the Granary a couple of times, the mosh pit was ******* insane ?

We were a couple of years too young to go to gigs in 1977, I didn't get to my first one until May 79 (The Undertones at the Locarno), but my mates and I became totally obsessed with the 'new wave' in the summer of 77 and nothing was ever the same again. In fact I can still remember the Sunday afternoon when the epiphany happened. Taping the top 40 show off Radio 1 on my cassette player (* HOME TAPING IS KILLING MUSIC!!), I heard for the first time in quick succession Pretty Vacant, All Around The World and Something Better Change. The sounds and the attitude blasting out of my little transistor radio that day absolutely blew me away and the world did indeed change, forever.

I remember their then stadium manager Ian Holtby smirking knowingly at the camera, as he described his disappointment at the postponement. Strangely it wasn't mentioned in that local news item that Stockport staff had actually seen the pitch being watered when they arrived for the game! I wonder what became of Holtby? He seemed such a trustworthy fellow.

You'd probably have to be over 50 to get it. Fulton McKay was the nasty bastard prison warder in Ronnie Barker's Porridge.

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Nah, that was Adam Webster, baby. That much is true.

One of my best and oldest friends is a Bristol Rovers fan. For the past couple of decades he has lived in Spain and these days hardly ever gets to see his beloved team. The perfect lifestyle for the committed gashead. Lucky ***.

Noooo! I feel parentally protective of our Mark. If those c. ts aren't going to look after him then they don't deserve him and can't be trusted. Let's have him back in the fold where he is loved. Though as BCFC11 mentions, the lad can look after himself to be fair.

There are loads of City fans at Glos and always have been. And why not? I'm not sure I've ever been to Taunton, a remote little town somewhere miles away down south, while Glos are about five minutes walk from my house!

Well quite, Chilwell's adequacy or otherwise will have no impact on Bristol Rovers, ever. They don't occupy the same football universe.

On a mission from SoD? Jesus H Tapdancing Christ, they have seen the light!

Being a fan of the Derry City Rockers, we'll have none of that talk!

You'd rather be 'the shit' though, wouldn't you? Cooler, sexier and far more popular.

Well let's hope so, the prospect of a 'Riot House, Ashton Gate' is rather a compelling one. Invoking the ill-behavior of yer Morrison/Moon/Page/Plant/Hendrix/Richards et al may not sit comfortably with the Bristol Sport image, but would be quite iconic for the kids on the street. I'd stay there.

I'm watching England v Aus, the first Aussie wicket has just fallen. I wish Somerset best of luck though, from a (part time) Glos fan. The rivalries in cricket don't really matter like football, do they?

Jimmy Mann you mean?

There were plenty of City fans in Patchway and Little Stoke when I lived there 40 years ago. Probably helped that we were in the top flight at the time. I imagine there's a lot more now though.

Why is it always Dairylea (when in the contract it stipulated brie)?

Bit rude. We Horfield residents are generally rather cultured I'll have you know. Whilst we do have to put up with a handful of ill-mannered scruffs dressed by George at Asda wandering our neighbourhood every couple of weeks or so, most of us simply stay indoors until the frightful oiks have returned to their caravans. Either that or we go and watch City away. I do have one neighbour who goes to Rovers games occasionally, but he's an exiled Palace fan from South London who finds it, frankly, all a bit shite to be honest, but can't be arsed to travel further afield to watch a game.

'the new licence effectively changed the football stadium into “an arena of sorts."' Presumably the sort that comprises a few marquees and sheds surrounding a field. Sounds like a game changer for Marvin Rees then.

Perhaps they both heard it down the Cat & Wheel from some fella called Rob, from Bristol?

One day son, all this will be yours! What, the curtains?

Heard a rumour that former Rovers director, the housebuilder Ed Ware proposes to buy a majority share in the club from Al Qadi, with a view to developing the Mem for housing to fund a new stadium elsewhere. No idea where that 'elsewhere' might be or how the numbers would stack up, but it's certainly a prime residential development site. Could be connected to the above rumour or could be rubbish, who knows?

Ooh! Ooh! I think I know this one! Is it Seventeen Years? We know a song about that, don't we boys and girls?