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I've found the wifi a lot better this season

1 hour ago, slartibartfast said:

No, he hit every bloody one !

10 hours ago, Enclosure Old Timer said:

Remarkable how a sag p*sstake thread has now morphed into a thread about an obscure, eccentric novelty act from the late 60's. 

Not obscure at the time, he got married live on TV and broke the record for the world's largest ever TV audience!

20 minutes ago, Glen hump said:

Was just trying to remember was the last time we played them at home did Micky bell get 2 screamer free kicks

2 free kicks from almost identical positions in less than two minutes nonetheless!

I'm sure everyone of a certain age will remember John Noakes climbing Nelson's Colummn, but **** me, it's only watching it now you realise just how insane it was!

https://twitter.com/danbarker/status/1699517438952399195?s=20

On 02/09/2023 at 12:46, Henry said:

If you’re happy to do it, then why have you and another bored member just dismissed my questions?

I do have questions, they are in the first reply on this thread.

There is only one question on your original reply, and I think it's been answered in that nobody from the board will be at this meeting.

I don't think that anybody not involved in the Casuals scene gives a monkeys what particular brand or colours they are wasting their money on.

What is clear is that they are dressing and acting like they do because they are desperate to be associated with the perceived 'glamour' of the thugs that essentially destroyed the experience of being a football fan for the rest of us in the 60s, 70s and 80s.

It's a strange obsession, but so long as they stick to looking hard in abandoned car parks then I guess they are not doing anybody any harm.

I did the same last season. Jerry will be there with any uncollected tickets. There was a booth next to the away fans entrance.

48 minutes ago, Ian M said:

Years ago, in the early days of the internet we had a mailing list called City List where one of the fans went on to become pretty big in F1. Surely he has the contacts from years of being shoulder to shoulder with Team Owners and Sponsors to make something happen?

I think he's moved on beyond F1 now. Still see him post on here occasionally

1 hour ago, glynriley said:

"And is not an Arab" on it as well, just to please a few on here...

I presume that is a dig at my comment about not wanting owners like Man City, the fewers or Newcastle?

Funnily enough the Arab thing hadn't even crossed my mind until you remarked on it.

I would just prefer someone with a connection to the club and not an owner that is effectively a nation state looking to boost their profile, or anyone else that only sees us as an investment.

7 hours ago, Merrick's Marvels said:

So you wouldn't watch City if we were a Champions League club? 

This is as hypothetical as it gets, but just to be clear... 

I probably would, brand loyalty in football is as ridiculous as it gets, but I know for a fact that I would be much happier doing it with an owner who is here for the club as opposed to it being an 'investment', no matter how much money they were pumping in.

I would be willing to bet there are a lot of Man City fans from 20 years ago that hate what their club has now become.

1 minute ago, exAtyeoMax said:

There has been long debate in US about equal pay, and a lawyer on YouTube has gone through all the legal documents about how the national teams are paid. They are just paid differently… plus then someone in the comments pointed out that most national teams, especially in Europe, donate their pay anyway as they see it as an honour to play for their country, and earn much more from club level anyway

True enough about the donation,but don't the women deserve to donate just as much as the men? If they win today, they won't be far off the men's team in commercial value

For internationals undoubtedly there should be equal pay.

At club level, it's a free market wages wise and players are generally paid what their club thinks they are worth so no equal pay idea would ever work there.

1 hour ago, Slacker said:

Is Hot Air coming back?I hope so.He is my favourite one yet.

I expect his mum took him to Airhop for the day or something.....

1 hour ago, One Team said:

Anyone know how many City fans were actually there? Guess back then it was pretty much all train travel and can’t imagine that affordable. 

Back in the day I think trains were a lot more affordable than they are now

1 minute ago, TomF said:

And yet he was (and still is) an astute business man who bought and sold the likes of Trade it, Bargin Pages and Voucher Cloud. Probably for a combined profit of somewhere in region of £50-60 million. 

I always got the impression that the music wasn't much more than a hobby for him

11 minutes ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

This can’t be real? 

Tweet from the official club shop, I think they're located in the old toilets and not a portakabin now too!

I would suggest the very definition of tinpot is rush releasing a commemorative mug to celebrate winning a league match in August 2-1

Could part of the reason for the pro/anti LJ split be the fact that we were a much better away team throughout his tenure?

For his last year or two we seemed to be dire at home, but were regularly going away and nicking one nil wins.

Is it (in general) the people that went to away games a lot that remember him more fondly?

3 minutes ago, redkev said:

he either hasn’t got my sense of humour or has history for putting down people just having a little banter I guess

Not at all, I just didn't think there was anything wrong with what you said. I wondered why you started going on about the woke police is all

1 minute ago, redkev said:

Woke police to intervene soon 

what a strange comment to make

27 minutes ago, LondonBristolian said:

I find it very plausible I've got the time period wrong. Or the age

You're not thinking of Semenyo who Chelsea did try to buy when he was around 17 I believe?

1 minute ago, WinterstokeRoad said:

Genuine question here - how many do we reckon we’d have taken over there for that game? I definitely wouldn’t have been heading over there midweek with work, finances, and the fact we’ve been there plenty of times a few years back. What are the estimates for what we’d have travelled with?

200-250 I reckon

7 minutes ago, Cowshed said:

This player is not exactly a result of the academy. He has spent ninety percent of his development playing at BIC (Bristol Inner City development centre) from a early age for around eight or nine years.  

He's been in the academy for 3 years! Up to age 14 is hardly 90% of his development