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  7. Bristol R*vers dustbin thread

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    Open letter to the board of Bristol Rovers Football Club
    820 have signed. Let’s get Tom Metcalfe started this petition to Wael al qadi and 1 other
    We the fans of Bristol Rovers Football club are writing this letter to you; the board to try and mend our broken relationship.
    It is now nearly 12 months since we were told that the club was about to submit a planning application for our training ground to South Gloucestershire council and it is not acceptable that the fans only discovered that plans had been shelved due to cost nearly a year later in a damage limitation interview by Steve Hamer in the wake of the Barnet defeat nearly a year later. We now have a plot of land in Almondsbury sitting doing nothing. It's inconceivable that the owners appear to believe this doesn't warrant some kind of official statement underlining what they intend to do going forward to finally provide this club with fit-for-purpose training facilities.
    The same is true for the stadium. Since the club pulled out of the UWE Stadium project, many feel that no adequate reason has ever been provided and are left bewildered that any deal could possibly be worse than an indefinite stay at the crumbling Memorial Stadium, with yet another tent thrown up haphazardly to improve spectator experience. We know many parents who are hesitant to bring their young children to the Mem because of the derelict conditions at our ground which puts us in serious danger of losing a generation of fans as the rest of the football world modernises around us. It is not unreasonable to expect updates on the owner's stated goal of redeveloping the Mem, unless of course the new tent is the extent of these plans.
    Finally, whilst we understand that the owners can not be expected to come and and quash any and all rumours around the club, the strong and consistent rumours that the club is up for sale and there will be no more investment in the club until any takeover is completed are troubling and paired with the lack of progress in infrastructure or any meaningful communication from the board create a self-perpetuating atmosphere of unease around the club that we believe is beginning to have an effect on the pitch.
    We are not writing to you to demand that you immediately progress on the training ground and stadium. The reasons there has not been progress may be complex and varied. What we are demanding is communication from the club on a regular basis on what is being worked on, what direction any future plans are going in and any delays that have come up.
    We see this taking one or more of the following forms:
    - A monthly fans forum where fans can ask questions directly to the board
    - A monthly written statement from the board on the work it is doing
    - Regular interviews on club channels on the work the board is doing
    - Immediately putting out a statement if there is bad news to announce
    We believe the above would stop the current cycle of radio silence and then bad news slipping out in BBC Radio interviews. This would also go some way to stopping wild rumours circling around the club and building trust between the board and the fans.
    Bristol Rovers fans are used to having our backs against the wall and no one expects overnight success or massive unsustainable investment but we do demand is to be kept informed and whenever possible involved in the direction of a club many of us have supported for 50, 60 even 70 years of our lives. Let's work together to ensure there is a competitive, modern and sustainable Bristol Rovers football club for our children and grandchildren.
    Yours sincerely
    Gasheads everywhere

  8. Bristol R*vers dustbin thread

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    32 minutes ago, BTRFTG said:

    In your dreams. Best they might hope for would be the Western League (somewhere pyramid 9-10,) though Hellenic would be more appropriate given their similarity to the Greek economy and the fact they've both lost their marbles......

    If they did go pop and start up in the conference south or lower would this thread have to end?

  12. Bristol R*vers dustbin thread

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    18 minutes ago, Unan said:

    Hahahaha 

    Question, how many real Bristol Rovers and Bristol City fans are there overall?

    What I mean is if you were to ask the people of Bristol and beyond what football club do they support, how many first clubs would be either Rovers or City?


    You cant go by current gate averages alone as many fans from both clubs cant get to games due to work,family,lack of money, living away etc..etc. Im also not asking for either clubs diehard support core which is around 6,000 for us and 10,000 for City when things get bad at either club over the years.

    You also cant go by the support that either club takes to wembley as apart from our conference final we always take 35,000/40,000 as do City. We still took 31,000 in 2015 when our club was at its lowest ever point.

    Im talking about the fans that Rovers or City are the first result that they look for on a saturday at 5pm? 

    Those who turn into the radio for games, read the evening post match reports, go online to see the hightlights,read on either clubs forums.Banter with the oth

     

    http://gaschat.co.uk/thread/12965/bristols-clubs-fanbases

    Wow! 

  19. Bristol R*vers dustbin thread

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    18 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said:

    If they had lost to the gas-h I could understand it but wasn't it FC Eindhoven the scum beat? Just been promoted from the Dutch 3rd division.

    Blimey, if they had beaten PSV we would never hear the end of it!

     

     

    I believe a few of the fewers believed it was PSV there were playing and got a lob on!

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  20. Bristol R*vers dustbin thread

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    1 hour ago, Red Army 75 said:

    I would love it if they moved to bath and shared their ground. Would be the end of Bristol Rovers. They would surely change their name to Bath Rovers. Please let this happen. Be funnier than NLBR . 

    They didn’t change it last time they moved to bath!

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  22. Bristol R*vers dustbin thread

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    10 hours ago, Unan said:

    Utterly hilarious, pure delusion 

    "What you have overlooked is the capacity seems to be limiting the potential gates, as if we were playing in a stadium with a 18/22,000 capacity our average home gates would probably be pushing 15,000 at the start of this season. For a club of our size/potential we have clearly outgrown the Mem to suggest otherwise is simply nonsense and contradicts what the previous and present owners have suggested."

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    So by using Gas logic basically doubling up what your attendences are we would be getting we could be getting 40000 odd! 

    Even in fantasy land mind the ******* gap!

     

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