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RB commentator: "Never have Rovers needed a goal like they do now"... err how about against Wycombe mansfield two years ago?

I caught a few minutes of his interview - his comment was along the lines that no single individual would ever fund a development of that cost on their own. Once again, thankyou SL....

Any turnstile is fine now

Another caption-style competition.... one word (so not the far-too-easy "laughed at") to replace "envied" My try: pitied

If any team fails to fulfil its fixtures, then all the results are expunged from the record - in effect the league retrospecitvely becomes a 23 team league from the beginning of the season. Not quite sure how that works with the ruling that all the final fixtures must be played at the same time though - it could potentially give an advantage if the team due to play them on the last day of the season was in the running for one of the promotion/playoff/relegation slots, but I can't see any way to avoid that

Quote of the day (with added marks for realism) from their forum. I didn't see what the fascination was with reading their forum until I looked at their high court thread linked to on here, and then clicked on a random topic from boredom. Now I might look a little more often!

I thought it was something to do with a deadline from UWE - or am I misremembering...?

I think I've got it They calculate their attendances by counting fingers and toes, then getting a calculator out to divide by 20 15 5 instead of 24

well to add some variety, we could sing Happy Birthday to Luke Freeman on the 23rd minute? Just seen the other thread - and for Dolly (should that be on the 21st minute Dolls? Safe answer whenever a lady asks you to guess their age )

yup, my mistake - I didn't look down far enough....

mathematically certain of playoffs now, even if we lost the rest...not that I'm expecting that!

only four in League one have conceeded fewer, so we're not doing too badly at the back...

Stuck in Bremen tonight.....so a no-show from me unfortunately

As opposed to being on 31 points on Valentines day last season....

If we can keep the clean sheet then I vote that EMB is granted 46 birthdays a year, by royal decree

I am in no position to judge that (or see the facebook posts yet - my work blocks fb too...). I do not see any problem with the stance shown in the statement (i.e. a lengthy or lifetime ban for violence/disorder). If people are receiving lifetime bans for minor offences then that would seem to be disproportionate - but I was not there to witness what did happen so cannot ultimately judge each and every case. I have never been kettled so it is hard to judge for sure - but I would almost certainly adopt a tactic of keeping my head down and my mouth shut, preferably nowhere near the edge of the group. The two extremes are "All I/he did was...." and "prison is full of people who claim they are innocent". The truth will almost always lie somewhere in between. For some of the cases at the derby match (e.g. the aforementioned flag throwing) I would agree wholeheartedly with a lifetime ban. For just going on the pitch and making no effortwhatsoever to aggravate the gas fans I would disagree wholeheartedly with a lifetime ban (although not necessarily with a ban of a more reasoned length). There are a whole range of activities in between the two - unfortunately the world is not quite so black and white as OTIB would have us collectively believe. But in general if somebody did something which would be construed as violent (including throwing coins) then they only have themselves to blame.

From the BCFC statement (bold added) I would agree (as would most) that while it is an offence a lifetime ban for "just" running onto the pitch would be disproportionate. But for me violence/disorder speak of more serious offences than that....and if found guilty of violent offences (such as the flag-for-javelin one) then the club is not going too far by considering a very lengthy or even a life ban in my opinion. The number arrested over the last couple of days is a tiny proportion of those on the pitch, so I very much doubt that they were all "just" running onto the pitch. If they were then the CCTV evidence is bound to show that which would give them a good defence for any more serious charge...which should mean them not being found guilty of violence/disorder... it is completely possible to be loud and passionate at a match without breaking the law to do so....

I believe that that is the first step to get a JR... you have to have contacted the organisation you are complaining about and give them the chance to take action to rectify the issue before you can make a formal JR application