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1 hour ago, Bristol Rob said:

Surprised to hear that, I thought the LMA generally advised and guided when situations came to a head, usually resulting in compensation being paid.

I doubt very much if he walked away with nothing, he still has bills to pay

A ******* nuisance all those rugger buggers up North Street last night, the Masonic was awash with them and pissed as newts

7 minutes ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

The “pathetic tiny club” that dumped them out of the FA Cup (see SimonR’s post on this page). The same team that beat them to the Conference title.

Funny thing is, right above that comment slating Barnets support someone reckoned that taking 500 up to London was “pretty impressive” 

You can see why Barnet fans were mocking Gasheads on their forum.

I love their so called rivalries, we can now add Barnet to their list with Oxford and Wycombe

19 minutes ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

Hey, you can’t say that.

They don’t do that sort of thing, they’re the least arrogant, most likeable fans in the League apparently.

Am I being dumb or something? 1200 of their own fans, who is he on about?

7 hours ago, Red-Robbo said:

Jesus H.

One of the baad things about living where I do in the countryside is that very few pubs are open on Boxing Day night. 

Meeting up with a few old mates we choose one (name redacted to spare blushes) pub where I'd normally not be seen dead in.

The pub is dominated by two utter tools - one sort of looking like a weird middle-aged foetus and the other like Sonic the Hedgehog gone to seed - who are creeping out everyone at the crappy disco and karaoke they are running.

Flat, tuneless singing, dad dancing and spinning such "classics" as the Fast Food Song and Agadoo.

We avoid like the plague, but as the night draws to an end the gruesome twosome's finale explains everything.

Goodnight Irene followed by Sonic staggering about yelping "We hate City, we hate City, we hate City..."

Needless to say they were met by a volley of dissent.

This evening reinforces everything I think about Gasheads.  Social rejects; embarrassments; ugly; retards and - on a rare day when they should be focusing on their win - utterly obsessed with us!

 

That sounds about right, name the pub

7 hours ago, Miah Dennehy said:

This is my biggest bugbear. I was heavily involved in junior football when my lad played, and still watch a fair bit. The 'Respect' campaign, which started when I was still involved, is a nonsense. Putting the parents behind a bit of tape marking off the pitch and making the players all shake hands like they do on the telly, doesn't stop people berating 13 year old referees for giving -perceived- incorrect decisions. It's embarrassing and the only way it will stop is if enough sensible people tell the loudmouths to shut the **** up

My  boys played in the top division in the Hanham minor league then the Avon youth league and parents on the sideline were nothing but embarrassing 

9 hours ago, MC26 said:

It's not just about the red cards either - penalties are the worst. 

About 9-10 years ago, one of my gashead colleagues used to always have a joke about it. He used to say that as they had no one that could actually shoot, their strikers would spend 90% of their time on the ball running around in the penalty area until they got fouled. 

I seem to remember that Lewis Haldane seemed  to win a penalty every other game

5 hours ago, Miah Dennehy said:

I doubt it, and I can't be arsed to go back over 20 years worth  of fixtures

You’re biased where as I am not

1 hour ago, Miah Dennehy said:

In a stunning display of ' I really should find better things to do on a Sunday morning', I have looked through the BBC website to come up with the following

Rovers 3 red cards this season , Rovers opponents 4 red cards ( Its 2-3 in league games only)

City 1 red card, City's opponents 1 red card.

This conclusively proves , err **** all, but at least we know now

I think historically Rovers seem to have had far more opponents sent off particularly at fortress Mem 

42 minutes ago, Fatknacker said:

The only function of the gambling industry is to separate the unworldly and unwise from their money...why would you expect it to treat you fairly?

Harsh

38 minutes ago, alexukhc said:

I’m in Basingstoke so can’t talk for other shops

I appreciate it’s difficult working in the bookies these days, long hours for sh1t money, the days of locking the door at 17:00 with no night or Sunday racing and no fruit machines are long gone

13 hours ago, wood_red said:

Betfred are the worst bookmakers on the High Street, if there is a chance of not paying out and voiding a bet they will. Generally not the cashiers fault though, as they rarely employ anyone who know the rules (all bookmakers are the same). The main issue is the owner is just a man with no conscience whatsoever, and he passes that down the chain.

My main issue is they void many bets but no customer gets to know about them until they go to pick up the winnings, any other bets that are voided never gets a mention to the customer who thinks they have 'lost' - they won't get told and the money will just get kept by the bookmaker.

Agreed, I had a tenner on a dog which won and when I went to collect she said the bet was void because I put it on too late!! I would of been none the wiser if it lost and would of thrown the ticket away, I was in a no win situation, both situation I have quoted happened in the Bet Fred in Broadmead, miserable bar stewards, (don’t even get me started on the miserable Bet Fred staff at Knowle, luckily there’s a William Hill around the corner)

2 hours ago, alexukhc said:

You don’t put the name or meeting then it’s not our fault, a lot of races go off at the same time, so we aren’t mind readers, the operator should’ve looked at the bet before accepting it so equally as wrong, so both customer n member of staff were wrong 

gotta feel for those poor dogs now Dopey is free though 

Appreciate what you’re saying Alex, I know there would be plenty of players who would try it on and say they meant the ‘cartoon race’ if it came in, anyway they split the stake so he had four quids worth, the thing is is if the cartoon race did come in he would of been none the wiser and threw the ticket away, either way he’s learnt a lesson, in regards to the cashier knowing what race it should of been is laughable as the ones I come across are usually to busy watching Jeremy Kyle or painting their nails

18 hours ago, alexukhc said:

nah mate build your bet match acca, Betfred mate

Hi Alex, seeing as you are in the bookie trade see if you can answer this query, a mate of mine had a bet in a Bet Fred shop on Saturday Morning, he put an £8 forecast intended on a dog race in the 11:59 (3 to beat 1) which came in, it transpired there was also an 11: 59 cartoon horse race, being as he didn’t write trap 3&1 or didn’t put the name of the meeting how would this be resolved? Just for your interest William Hill policy is that they pay out on the main meeting

2 hours ago, BCFC11 said:

By stubborn I meant wouldn’t change his 352 formation and only naming 6 subs just to ‘prove a point’ which helped no one.

Dead right about his stubbornness regarding the formation, Little in particular was way out of his depth in that formation at Championship level yet he constantly persisted with it, still got the upmost respect for Cotterill though for that great season

19 minutes ago, BCFC11 said:

Cotts once he’s realised he’s actually the only one who’s shown an interest in the job...

There is absolutely no chance he will go there.

Paul Hurst down to 6/1, he’s yer man

Will be amazed If Cotterill applied (despite still living down the docks) I reckon Hurst is your man

19 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said:

It’s in my top two H - absolute mayhem on that away terrace, we were on our way back!

I get why many would say it’s their best away day and have no argument with that but for me Cov’ ‘77 beats it hands down, also Newport & Chester away were memorable for various reasons, Swansea and Brum in ‘89/‘90 were good fun as well, all my best away games seem to be at least 25 years ago !!!!

52 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said:

On the Muller Rd end for that one, bedlam, absolute bedlam! 

They were trying to lord it over us beforehand but we soon showed who Bristol's better club was and have continued ever since.

Terry Cooper is an proper legend, end of. 

That was a crazy day, in my top five of best ever away games

34 minutes ago, BTRFTG said:

He originates from Withywood - I went to primary school with his father.

The Dean of Divvywood?

4 minutes ago, Gillies Downs Leeds said:

Think it was aimed at Stoke manager Rowett by Derby fans.

That’s correct, a lot of bad feeling there

3 hours ago, The Gasbuster said:

And also "the ball has gone in MY net"

Was he the substitute goalkeeper as well as the manager, then ?

It’s all “my” with him, “my net”, “my club” “my fans” I think he actually believes it

5 hours ago, Kodjias Wrist said:

Good post mate.

My wider family is half and half. I find it strange when i see immediate families also split but everyone has their own story as to why. I hate that club as a whole (more pity in recent years) but i have decent mates of mine who love their club as much as we love ours.

When the initial banter is out of the way I generally have very good and down to earth chats about both clubs with gasheads.

The Gas are like the OB, as individuals they are fine but as a collective they are vile

Hate Clarke’s arrogance “my fan base” he says, no it’s not your fan base