Septic Peg

Slut.

I always bet against City and then they prove me wrong and win...

So today I've got a nice little treble at 13/2 with Reading, Chelsea and Leeds to win...

Can almost guarantee it will be City cocking it up...

9 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

If only we had Adam Matthews to come in against Reading 

Would take Zak Vyner on one leg over Matthews!

Morning all.

Glad you and others are safe @havanatopia. Hope it turns outwards back to sea to stop further destruction.

Reading 2-1. But hope the City boys and girls make a huge amount of noise in the quietest stadium in the UK.

Edit: I know @One Team In Keynsham is out near Cuba so hope him and his family are safe too.

I always got 'sad gashead bastard' the wrong way around when Holloway came to BS3 many moons ago. Used to sing 'sad bastard gashead'... whoops.

An oldie but a goodie...

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/oct/31/his-bodyguard-looked-like-he-wanted-to-kill-me-abramovichs-german-ambush?CMP=share_btn_tw

My favourite quote from that article... (when quotes come back and bite you on the bum)

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“A new stadium has to be built. We cannot be sustainable if we stay at the Memorial,” Qadi says. “But we inherited this situation and we did find some issues which we had to address, and it takes time because UWE are a public institution; it’s not a private company where the CEO can say: ‘Let’s get rid of this condition.’ We hired Ernst & Young, they’re doing the feasibility study and they should be done very soon, so it’s a gradual process. But if we want to succeed, a new stadium has to happen.”

2 minutes ago, El Hombrecito said:

It is true indeed. To be fair though, Roy Cropper is more impressive.

I'd take Gladiator over some fella who nailed Tracy Barlow once any day.

12 hours ago, Silvio Dante said:

I believe David Neilson (the actor who plays Mr Cropper) is a Leicester fan but has been seen at the gas so they've claimed him as their own.

Think us and Russell Crowe, but much, much sh!tter and equally as tenuous....

Now now. After the infamous Photoshop April Fool of a few years back, Mr Crowe himself tweeted he loves the City. Us and Dirty Leeds. 

I don't think Roy Cropper went public...

9 minutes ago, RedM said:

Thanks @Septic Peg, just wondering really as I like to know how these people get these jobs, the reasons why they switch. I guess the commute was a decider with a young family so that's understandable. Don't recognise our lady's name, I guess she is new? Was this Billingham's role until recently?

Billingham was Chief Exec of BS. Essentially, Caroline's boss. Martin Griffiths was Chair of AG but is the new CE of BS. No idea who is chair of AG now unless our own @Mkelly has stepped up?

59 minutes ago, RedM said:

Has he come straight from Brighton to the Gas or was he 'released' from Brighton a while ago? I can understand him trying to get work if unemployed but to go to them from a Premiership club, no way. From what I saw at Brighton he got their name out there and the flag waving was good for their promotion match.

Im losing track with our comings and goings, who is our equilivent person here?

From what I read, he left end of Aug...

Had a few weeks off I assume and started at the Gas yesterday...

Our equivalent I guess would be Chief Commercial Officer of BS - Caroline Herbert 

13 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said:

Wally quoted in the Post saying that none of his players are for sale and there won't be anyone leaving today.

Hopefully this will provide more hilarity as they've not done something stupid for a couple of days.

Bodin is off to Cardiff then. Guaranteed now he's said that...

50 minutes ago, SirColinOfMansfield said:

CAPTION COMPETITION

 

Dopey: "I've just seen actual livestock in Stu Sinclair's beard. I think I'm gonna puke..."

2 minutes ago, Esmond Million's Bung said:

Come on SL 250k must be his release clause price, we need a another midfielder, surely worth a punt?.

Proven talent comes out of Rovers and do great things...

Taylor (work in progress), Stewart, Lambert, Roberts, Cureton (ok, maybe not him)...

Ok it's a Daily Fail reporter but here is why gasheads are currently suffering from squeaky bum...

Sign him up LJ. 

Woke up at 4, saw a few streams on Periscope, saw Mayweather dressed like he was off to a sex dungeon and turned it off.

I'll wait for the re-run.

Found this absolute gem on Twitter.

Enjoy folks. NSFW...

Morning Hav and all.

4-2 to us but gonna be scrappy I feel.

I personally haven't been in Chatbox this season much but I'll be in there today with the usual suspects... feel free to join us from 3pm...

11 hours ago, GrahamC said:

Love the one on there about the pasty hut being closed today because it has been condemned..

Here ya go...

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oldgas Fans' Favourite 14 hours ago bravefart, gasandelectricity, and 1 more like this

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I sometimes wonder what it will take to drag this effing club into the 21st century. I thought the take-over would sort things out but we still appear to be run like a Sunday league side.

Today, as we approached half time my lad announced he wanted a hot chocolate. Rather than say no and endure endless whining for the rest of the match I decided to go straight to the 2 huts behind the East Terrace and get him one before the half-time rush. When I walked down the steps from the Dribuild seats I saw this queue snaking from ONE open refreshments hut. I joined the end of the queue and got served about 10 mins into half time. 

I asked the girl behind the counter why the other hut was closed and she told me it had been condemned and had to be pulled down. So, it can't have escaped the powers that be that the hut was a shithole that wasn't fit for purpose. They've had a 2 month break, plenty of time to replace said hut but no, they are quite content to let CUSTOMERS wait in line for refreshments for a goodly length of time when they've paid good money to watch the football.

That says to me that the club really couldn't give a flying **** about their CUSTOMERS, and as result I'll bet a good number of customers thought "**** this, I'm not queuing all this time for a poxy tea and pasty" and went without.

Well done Rovers, another opportunity to p1ss people off and lose money in the process well and truly grasped!

Thinking about it, I'd like to amend my opening sentence to the 20th century. As a club we're many years away from that landmark.

Just found this old beauty.

Seems the dog infatuation started back in 2014...

http://gaschat.co.uk/thread/1668/gasheads-dogs-teds-fish?page=1

Just a beauty including the aforementioned post...

http://gaschat.co.uk/thread/10434/wael-hope?page=2

I inherited the stadium situation... course you did Waelly. You had no idea what water tight meant did you? What a horrible git Nick Higgs is...

@bert tann I think it's time to ask... Have we converted you? 

1 hour ago, BSRED said:

I think SL will go into partnership with the UWE and develop it for Bristol's second biggest football team - Bristol City Women. Maybe he could also move the under 23 and 18 squads there as well.

UWE already use AG as a base for their sports management degree.

I think there might be something to this cunning plan...

15 minutes ago, gl1 said:

bluebutterly, you recently questioned why this thread has survived so long. So, Ifyou're reading, these events are why this thread goes on, and on . It seems not a month goes by without more comedy gold.

Firstly Sainsbury's pulled out and left Rovers offering olive branches all around, and now Bristol Rovers have pulled out and the UWE are saying a deal can still be struck...you couldn't write it.

 

Add in the wilderness non league year, the 'I've lived through the Thatcher years' and 'I would rather see my dog die than rovers go down' phone ins, the cup exits to brickies and plumbers, the swooping in of the richest man in the universe only to find he's left his wallet back on planet Wally, the 'we are the 6th richest club in the country but we have a stadium made up of tents, and portaloos and we don't buy anyone' 

Sprinkle in selling your best player for peanuts to us, the completely empty streets on your victory parade, the 'tick tocking' and the 'we're coming to get you' quotes. Mix in your "oh yesssssssss" thread which ended with us staying up and rovers going down. Your ever so 'prowed' fans. The huge and legendary fan base, the lock outs and invasions, the horse punching, and the pictures of the self confessed 'family club' fans pulling opposition players through the goal net.

Stir in your terrible dirge of an anthem which I believe is about a prostitute.  Bake for 2 hours on a medium Gas and serve with a running away Higgs, the infamous Wonga loan, the creation of Dwayne sports that whipped the ground you whipped off someone else away from you, saddled it with charges and gave it back with new curtains.

all of this is more is why this thread keeps building. And for that, I thank you...

You forgot the court cases via Wycombe, Sainsbury's etc...