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3 hours ago, Shaun Taylor said:

Not a hoodie, baseball cap or stone island in sight!

Its 87. 

Another year and there would have been.

And she when in the enclosure was mates with those who would wear it.

12 hours ago, Harry said:

Call the police. There was loads of them about today 

To be fair to them they missed a staue being carried a hundred metres across thre centre in broad daylight.

It is quite gloomy in the Atyeo.

10 hours ago, Tin Soldier said:

Reading away made national headlines at the time.

Patrick kagoule ahoy!!

19 hours ago, ralphindevon said:

 

After all, if you were at Reading, Millwall, Corinthien Casuals, Swindon etc a flare up in a pub, club or whatever would feel like a quiet night compared. 

 

By the time I was twenty I had seen numerous riots.

City.

Gigs. 

Protests.

80's life was a back drop of windmilling pugilists.

I think it changes you ... Has to.

When I see the odd fight, the arms out and the silly bounce.

Not much to see there.

You've always seen better and more threatening and more dangerous. 

16 minutes ago, Nbafc said:

Never quite made the 1st round, lost 1-0 at Newport iow in 4th qualifier, think that's the one u mean?

Season or 2 before took Martin O'Neil s Wycombe to replay (3rdor4th qual) losing in 97th minute.

Frome Road under John Murphy (88 to 93?) was the best value £3 you could spend. Loud and colourful crowds,  4 2 4 attacking with the fittest team about. 

Freeguard was key man in that team often. Adie Harris, Mark Adams(from Larkhall?) Danny Iddles (from Yate), Paul Rose, Nigel Tripp, Marcus Bray and too briefly Dave Dennison, brother of Wolves' Robbie. Jeff Meacham, Graham Withey brief spells.

Saw Mark Lawrenson as pl/man of Corby, and Alan Brazil scored for Bury St Edmonds as pl/man but lost 5-1.

Murphy left when he saw no progress off field and it was a slow inevitable death after that including a season or 2 with Twerton as home ground. They had a great deal with Beazer Homes, their sponsor, who would purchase current & build new ground. Nothing like that happens in Trowbridge, tescos blocked Sainsburys buying ground it's now houses 

90-91 season promotion from Southern to Premier (2nd) Vase semi final defeat to Guiseley & league Cup semi final. In April they played around 20 games. 2 subs then. 

One of first games in Premier League we beat Burton Albion 9-0. They had to wear our white kit. 

Watched the likes of Crawley, Rushden, Cheltenham at Frome Road. They went one way, we went the opposite.

Happy, happy days though

I know Freegard was up top.

Paul Rose magnificent perm?  

Twas at Frome Road.

Behind the goal people passed lager cider spirits  through the holes of the corrugated fence.

Trowbridge didnt score .. I know that much.

1 hour ago, 2015 said:

My hometown and it's a pretty sad sight to see many of the other local Towns have decent sides (Melksham, Frome, Chippenham) whilst Trowbridge Town barely beat their Reserve sides.

They went out of business in the 1990s and had to move out of their old ground on Frome Road and now play on an old farmers field by North Bradley. 

The Town itself is not the most glamorous but could do with some of the funding Melksham have had in their Football club.

Years back used to work with a Trowbridge player.

Watched them first round of the FA cup lost one nil ... They were conference (?) with John Freeguard up top.

Went out with the players in the town with my mate telling players I had played with him.

True five a side.

I was a half decent player.

Hopeless outrageous lie.

Anyway they were top lads.

Order used to be summat like Trowbridge - Chipnumb - Melksham/Frome,

Then Bradford /Devizes /Westbury.

What division they in now?

If you see where we come from you know why we are here – Melksham kiddies.

Used to be some proper Lads coming from Melksham and Trowbridge who managed to put a side windmilling the opposing towns inhabitants to get along and watch City.

Good to see rubber towns team doing well.

Question what happened to Trowbridge Town FC?

We also sort of supported Vice Squad at Warminster back in the day.

As local yokels attacked anything with spiky hair we fought them off as the Vice Squad loaded up their gear.

And then the Vice Squad buggered off leaving all.  

Stand strong stand proud Vice Squad.

Stand strong stand proud.

Ernie.

Cider.

A drunk chap on a chair.

Deep meaning and humour.

Excellent flag work.

Everybody knows he wont get a look in for Ingerlund due to Harry K etc up top.

But if he wants to play for Scotland why not just ask?

25 minutes ago, S25loyal said:

No-one among the new ownership group was in any way offended by the attire of the fans who chose to celebrate in this way. It was a gesture that was acknowledged as positive and welcoming in its intent.

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no one was actually offended then....

You can't go around telling Geordies not to wear something.

These people already go bare chested in winter.

Newcastle United - Newcastle United issues guidance on matchday attire (nufc.co.uk)

31 minutes ago, Puckle_red said:

Agree with a fair amount of this. Although the corner was named a 'Singing Section' by the club retrospectively. It was not something people requested as far as I am aware, I certainly didn't move to a designated 'Singing Section'.  

What would BS need to do in your opinion? 

I'm not part of the S82 group, but I see it as they are trying to make the best of a bad situation. If there is something others can offer to improve it, surely it's worth doing it?

BS look at this S82 as the leaders of their SS in the SS. 

Its control. 

S82 have been used to say you cant put that there or stand there or sing that because it has to be put there in the SS and you can stand there in the SS where you can sing that with S82 in our official SS.

And this S82 went along with it. 

What would BS need to .. Change that mindset.

Totally.

8 hours ago, The Constant Rabbit said:

It's Apples v Oranges

Bristol is now very affluent, and the fanbase reflects that.

 

Go back to when AG was a fortress that away fans were terrified to come to unless very mobbed up.

The difference - mass unemployment, Miners strikes, Thatcher years, Falklands - plus youth had identity then - not like purely 'chavs' now - skinheads, Punks, Mods,Scooter Boys New Romantics, Goths etc

 

The streets were a cauldron of combat - skins v mods, punks v scooter boys. Us oldies remember Broadmead - Reggie Boys and Punks at Virgin Records, running fights between punks,skins and mods.

The huge mod / punk fight on Gloucester Rd (about a 3rd of future CSF lads were at that one) - Cardiff in town every Saturday night.,

 

Bristol was an angry aggressive City - the riots showed that - so Football was a release for that rage.

England in the 80's was a divided, angry country, socially, politically, racially - and football wise.

 

It can never be the same again, as Bristol has moved on to become a staunchly left / green affluent city.

The rage has gone.

 

Certainly though - bung the away fans up in the gods, and let the singers / chanters gravitate to the middle of the SS - hopefully the rail seats will help.

But yeah - 'designated singing section' says it all. Dont forget your square to wave your flag in.

 

The future is here, and the future is chardonnay with prawn sandwiches. At least for Bristol Sport.

Interesting.

Lions flag day and the Wessun all dayer get together shows there still something.

Days of celebrating fan culture.

That there culture isn’t wanted by Bristol Sport though.

They have homogenised match day.

Debollocked it by creating their singing section.

This Section 82 have helped the homogenisation and debollocking of Ashton Gate along.

Outside of the authorised singing section the homogenisation and debollocking of Ashton Gate was accelerated because there is an authorised singing section.

In the Dolman whats was the A is now a weedy E you can’t stand to sing or even put a flag up cos that’s for the authorised singing section.

Hope?

There is still chaps out there with pull.

They can get hundreds of the right noisy sorts together.

But for Bristol Sport to want help they have to go well what we have done here is a bit S in the BS .. That is unlikely to happen.

This authorised singing section is a problem.

As chaps say a singing section says it all.

18 minutes ago, MarcusX said:

What swerve? This thread is specifically about the cenotaph. If you'd like to discuss the Newcastle take over, start a thread on it...

 

Step over?

Side step?

Start a thread more rools.

You introduced bending the genu. 

Newcastle take over and bending the knee.

Here at St James park their bending the knee in poweful statement against inequality.

In todays news Amnesty international condemn Saudi Arabias appalling human rights record.

Woke is a tool for the elites.

Create woke wars.

Create a woke monoculture. 

Create a woke batshit crazy language full of ism, ists and obias that bears no relation to the lives of good people.

Discuss nothing outside of the chosen woke narrative

Attack those who wont bend and take the woke narrative.

Divide Western Societies.

And the elite and corrupt hoover up democracies, economies and freedoms.

20 minutes ago, lenred said:

You don’t half talk a load of shite. No one on here is claiming any of the items you have listed in your post.  Your post is verging on the hysterical (not in a funny way to be clear). Why do you feel the need to make things up? Would it not be more helpful to people on both sides to simply just engage in a grown up discussion as opposed to spouting your utter nonsense?  

White privilege.

People who know nothing about me telling me I and my family are privileged.

Its guff.

Afua Hirsch..

Rich parents.

Private education.

Brought up in Wimbledon.

Skiing holidays for school trips.

Writes about white privilege.

Err ...

14 hours ago, Ska Junkie said:

Makes sense, as do the other explanations.

I don't do 'woke' so find this all rather anal tbh. If they 'want  compliance', they can damn well do one. They will grow up eventually.

You can't say this, even though it's correct, as it might upset someone making pretty much the same point. WTF is that about? 

Thanks for the explanations peeps.

No offence to anyone's beliefs btw.

Some of the extreme woke have arrived.

They will utter white privilege .. Hiss it.

It’s in the eyes ... You can see their madness.

They have been radicalised by the books of critical race theory.

Telling everybody what they are.

What you must believe.

Don’t do that and even don’t wear that cos its cultural appropriation.

Putting you in their boxes,

Society is systemically racist.

All white people are racist and have privilege.

Black people can’t be racist.

Prejudice from people of colour to POC is colourism not racism.

Your white kids are racist at birth.

History should be decolonised.

Whites have to atone for their history.

To disagree out comes the you’re a racist card .. A fave on the politics forum of the cult of woke.

These people are batshit crazy.

Some can be saved but some are too far gone now.

If a far gone one approaches you identify as black lgbtq+ Eskimo its the top trump (steady) identity card and cannot get be merked yet.

Stay safe out there.

2 hours ago, Ska Junkie said:

Without getting political, why is 'all lives matter' provocative? I don't get it Marcus.

Because it is political.

Woke culture decides its provocative.

They want compliance.

You cant say that because we say so.

Its rotten.

Alan Sharia. 

Way aye man, we'll have fancy players and all the money like and the trophies an well keep bending the canny knee for equality and beheadings Tooooooooon.

On 07/10/2021 at 20:29, TomF said:

Are they still doing sandwich fillings? 

Did anybody try to buy their sandwiches?

Operator can you give me the number for?

What do you mean it doesnt exist theres an advert at Ashton Gate ...

1 hour ago, richwwtk said:

Without context and on it's own, it is just a slogan and not at all offensive, after all it encourages people to treat everybody equally.

The problem comes when it is used as a response to "Black Lives Matter" - BLM came about as a way of saying black lives shouldn't be worth less than white, and this was very much seen as a problem in society. When the response to this is "All Lives Matter" then it is about dismissing these fears and effectively saying things are fine as they are.

Andy Bennett did not call the protestors Far Right (I believe Right Wing was what he said, and being called Right Wing does not mean you are being called racist), so the banner was wrong and misguided from the beginning.

You would give Johnathon Edwards a challenge with your hop skip and jump.

The context was on the banner.

WE ARE NOT FAR RIGHT.

People of all races.

Your saying that context doesnt matter. 

The sketch was what the OB said.

The OB sketch was right wing.

No hop skip and jump needed.

Anybody knows what was meant.

As people pointed out at the time that right wing don't let all races in. 

1 hour ago, richwwtk said:

their blatant use of the "All Lives Matter" slogan which is undeniably a racist slogan 

An opinion

Not a undeniable fact.

Which is a fact.

An undeniable fact was that there were other words written alongside your undeniably a racist slogan.

And those words were?  

22 minutes ago, grifty said:

Theres a lot of middle aged men obviously in peak physical condition on here making fun of someones weight who, lets face it is going to be in better shape than 99.9% of you.

I agree.

Well said.

Jokes about weight have upset the woke on the politics sub forum.

When I stated Tomlin could be the next James Bond I was 110% serious.

It more than time that a person of girth was represented in cinema as a trained to kill superagent killing all the baddies, saving the world and getting the girl.

I wont be the only one thinking this but he could be the next James Bond.