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2 minutes ago, JBFC II said:

Any sort of increase after relegation seems odd really.

Had we been relegated to league one this season, I heavily doubt people would have been happy with a 6.25% increase across the board

I'd suggest that it's the funding required to stay at Ashton Gate 

31 minutes ago, Person X said:

Hello. I don’t know if this is a good idea to post, but I’m the dad of the child - my son, Jay (not his real name) - that ran onto the pitch in the early stages of the match. First and foremost, I want to offer a profound apology to you all, to every fan, the players and clubs for Jay’s actions. I’d like to try and provide some context, if you’ll let me, to help explain what happened and why. 
 

Jay has just turned 11. He has autism and is suffering from PTSD after 3 years of physical abuse at school, being restrained by teaching staff (which was concealed from us). Both of these conditions create complex issues for Jay, one of which is he is heightened to what he may (incorrectly) perceive of as a threat, causing he to flee. This is what we think happened on Saturday. 

We were enjoying the game and then all of a sudden, he said he needed to go to the toilet. I asked him to wait and then before I knew it, he said ‘I’m going to the toilet’, for up and walked down the steps. I was about to go after him and then - out of nowhere, he turned and jumped the barrier. We were stocked and horrified. We couldn’t believe it. I tried to shout to him but he couldn’t hear me. At that point, I was really worried for him. He didn’t know what he was doing. As I ran to jump the barrier, I saw him fall. I (worryingly) thought he’d be tackled and - rightly or wrongly - I got protective of my little boy. When I got to him, he was petrified. I said ‘it’s ok I’ve got you’ turned to get him off the pitch but the Rotherham fans were shouting hateful comments, threats and abuse at him. Again, I should have reacted much better, but I responded to protect my child. I know it doesn’t look like he was scared - we do not condone he sticking his finger up - but this is a know protective response from children with disabilities like Jay. I felt exposed and vulnerable myself and so went into ‘fight’ mode. To be honest, it’s all blur. I was saying to him ‘it’s ok, I’ll get you out of here’. 
 

The stewards tried to direct me off the other side of the pitch but I was worried about my eldest son, who was all alone in the stand. I just ran off and left him. He was so scared too. The stewards then grabbed me and I tried to say I’m just protecting Jay. 
 

Again, I am sorry deeply sorry to you all. This shouldn’t have happened and I take full responsibility. I’m sorry. My family are devastated, for lots of reasons, about what happened. I’m worried about my job, Jay being identified and targeted. The ongoing social media hate is really hard to deal with. I get why people are so angry. Football is precious and match days are special and to be treated as such. What Jay did was not acceptable but I hope, by posting this, you might be able to understand it more. This was about disabilities and the difficulty of managing them daily. I messed up and let Jay down. It will take me a long time to get over this. As his father I must do better. 
 

Please accept my apologies. 
 

Took some real guts to write this 

5 minutes ago, When the river runs said:

They will have barely any fans next year at the HPC . 

When you know you know 

Oops.. 

Clearly you don't 

34 minutes ago, JBFC II said:

Why are season tickets prices rising despite relegation?

Are you seriously moaning about a £5 increase? 

Perhaps you would be better to understand how much the club loses by playing at Ashton Gate 

Great to hear that the ladies will be back playing at Ashton Gate next season 

44 minutes ago, Wedontplayinblue said:

I honestly think you live in a parallel world compared to the rest of us. 

That list is growing 

1 hour ago, Robbored said:

I don’t get why two shirts means that he’s not staying. I can only guess that they’re being put away as he’s no longer playing.

1 hour ago, BigTone said:

Dolly my beloved but why would she post !"m a little teapot short and stout ?

I'm sure every game I've seen Yanez play this season she's gone down injured with a glute injury

That friggin band are back in the ground again, fortunately the sky mics do not pick them up as much 

7 minutes ago, Robbored said:

Our ladies aren’t strong enough for the WSL but too strong for the Championship and it’ll remain that way unless some serious investment is forthcoming.

I'm not sure this current squad are good enough to challenge in the Championship 

5 hours ago, Robbored said:

Did anyone stay to watch the Wurzels? I didn’t even stay for the awards. 

4 hours ago, Robbored said:

I’m a SC holder. Tickets for the Wurzels. It was on the OS.

https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/the-wurzels-performing-live-at-family-day/

I see your mistake

Good to see the Emma Hayes farewell tour is ending as successfully as Jurgen Klopps 

All high jinks but the problem is if the referee mentioned it in is report 

The two that ran on a few weeks ago made it to the refs report 

7 hours ago, elhombrecito said:

How is this being shown live today? I thought it was illegal to show live football at 3pm on a Saturday?

The last of the 3pm blackout windows for the 2023-24 season expired last weekend.

There are six windows in total, with the blackout lifted during international breaks and the Christmas period

UK broadcasters were not allowed to show games between 2:45pm and 5:15pm between these dates

August 5, 2023 - September 2, 2023

September 16, 2023 - October 7, 2023

October 21, 2023 - November 11, 2023

November 25, 2023 - December 23, 2023

January 12, 2024 - March 16, 2024

March 30, 2024 - April 20, 2024

As per Uefa, the final window of the season ran between March 30 and April 20.

1 hour ago, petehinton said:

As if her previous post the other month wasn’t confirmation enough….

You could say it was one last time for all the players for this season 

56 minutes ago, winsleyred said:

shouldn't the title be Burnley not Hull

Good spot

Kick off 11am 

Seeing the above post reminded me I hadn't heard anything recently about the Somerset cup. 

I remember games were postponed, but are the dates below correct that this seasons competition will be finished in pre season for next season? 

I wondered if these dates were correct, as the kick off times clearly aren't ? 

There's a potentially crazy situation in the relegation battle in league 2

Bear with me on this.... 

If Sutton Utd were to win 3-0 this afternoon at MK Dons, and Colchester were to lose 1-0 at home to Crewe they would both finish on the same points, same goal difference and same goals scored 

The next decider - head to head results - well they drew both league matches 1-1

So it then goes to the most wins, Colchester have won 11 games and Sutton only 10

There are other score permutations but need the same swing in goal difference 

On 22/04/2024 at 19:43, Markthehorn said:

The National league seem to agree with the decision to dump replays .

https://twitter.com/MattHughesDM/status/1782429396046938457

Now we know why 

https://theathletic.com/5450014/2024/04/26/premier-league-national-league-competition/?source=emp_shared_article

23 minutes ago, exAtyeoMax said:

are they trying to drive STHs out in anticipation of installing rail seating in the near future?

Changes were purely done as a result of the high numbers buying seats and not using them, the only way to do that was to move the family seats

Not 2+2=5 here

My personal opinion is that in a years time they will be back on sale as normal again

1 hour ago, lenred said:

What’s triggered this sudden interest in atmosphere by the club? And how will supporters be able to feed in. Is it going to be an open and transparent process? 

It was initially raised by the SC&T

IF it is decided to progress with anything, all relevant supporters will be consulted with all the way through the process. If ultimately any suggestion doesn't have enough supporter buy in, it won't happen

It's far too early to raise on here, nothing to worry or discuss for a while yet

8 hours ago, Eco said:

Good news, Bunny Shaw not available for Man City on Sunday according to Lauren in her presser. 

I thought it was announced earlier in the week she was out for the rest of the season?

11 hours ago, BrizzleRed said:

Well, that certainly caused some interest and a bit of a feeding frenzy.  Final price of £454.00!!!

I was chatting to a friend about this shirt and she swears blind he gave me the same replica shirt about 10 years ago with lots of other old memorabilia, the problem being I have no idea what I did with it all

11 hours ago, Mike Stone said:

Something else ive missed then, i now know how Bas Savages used to feel.

Shame really as there will be people who would of left it late and will now miss out,  Combine this with the empty seats where season ticket holders dont turn up its a potential loss of further sales.

Never mind

To be fair it was in the Gavin Marshall interview on the Forever Bristol City podcast, the club have not released any comms on the subject

It is odd that they have not acknowledged the game being sold out either

11 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

What is the bigger project? Expanding the singing area? And by taking season tickets off sale this then makes it easier to expand it as less people to move? 

All I can tell you at this point is there are many things being raised and discussed under the banner of "Improving the atmosphere", some things are very easy and quick wins, but other things will need approval from the board before being raised with our fanbase

Anything and everything is on the table at this point

11 hours ago, Scrumpy Dziek said:

 

Are you surprised that nobody is feeding back or discussing that they haven't bought a ticket for a game because the cheapest ticket or their preferred view from a goal isn't available?

I meant the complete opposite, it is from feedback received