Miah Dennehy

11 hours ago, Three Lions said:

That literally was not a flag for Scooter he helped raise the money for it with the old SC twenty odd years ago!!! 

But he wasn't mocking that was he? Certainly not how I read it.

10 hours ago, slartibartfast said:

Yes, I do !  (and less of the old )

I'm happy to say it was before my football watching time

I'm a mere spring chicken still- by a gnats whisker- in my 50s.

9 hours ago, Red Cloud said:

fair enough but for those of us who do, there's no way any other country would be expected to just accept this!

I'm very proud to be English and see this as yet another attempt to wipe out everything English

Like I said, can you imagine what would happen if the Palestinian Flag had its colours changed? or the Saltire going pink or the Welsh Flag ditching the Dragon

They changed the colour on the Saltire on a kit a while back, no one said a dicky bird. Do you honestly think this an 'attempt to wipe out everything English' . Does that not sound a wee bit OTT when you read it back to yourself? I don't see anything wrong with having pride about where you come from, but to hinge all that on a flag? I really, really don't get it.

Speaking specifically about Englishness, every year- I've seen once already this year- social media will carry a lot of posts about St Georges day, how everyone else celebrates theirs, but we aren't 'allowed' to, like and share etc etc.it absolutely baffles me, who is stopping anyone celebrating it, and do the Scottish and Welsh really celebrate theirs that much? I,ve been in Scotland on numerous St Andrews days and apart from a view 'St Andrews day special offers' things in shops, absolutely nothing else is going on.

I think many patriotic Englishmen have been well and truly conned and whipped into a frenzy by horribly skewed media.

6 minutes ago, Three Lions said:

Read it again and that St George flag and St Georges are part of our footballing culture and traditions something you our culture warrior mate to laugh at and look down but important to many.

He's literally just explained that he wasn't mocking the flag for Scooter.

33 minutes ago, ralphindevon said:

That sounds nuts. Was there an area where you were expected to go in the ground as an away fan or did you just go anywhere?

I can remember going to a Brentford v Exeter game in the 70’s where fans just swapped ends at half time and even that dog without a few scuffles .

I would imagine fans went anywhere then. Next month sees the 50th anniversary of my first game and there was no segregation at that game.

41 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

Does no one remember the 2-1 FA cup replay win at Eastville in 68 ? Galley and Crowe, THAT was a great night, completely took over the Tote. All ticket game, they sold any tickets to anyone, no segregation in them days !

I suspect some really old ******* remember it

31 minutes ago, Red Cloud said:

If the Palestinian Flag suffered the same treatment, would that still be "trivial"?

Like I said, I could not give a flying **** about any flag.

On 22/03/2024 at 08:31, Hayfield8 said:

Why do people play dumb when it comes to England and why this can be seen as disrespectful to the country the kit is suppose to represent?

If this were another country, I can't help but think those not understanding the issue would suddenly understand the concept of a national flag being a symbol of a nation, one that has specific colours that are key identifiers of that nation's flag.

This is also coming at a time where there is clearly an orchestrated push to erode English identity and pride, and from a company that is very deep into the identity politics culture war does make this seem more than a playful redesign.

Symbolism and its importance is a well known concept to the left, the pride flag, Palestinian flag, raised fist of power etc. so how come when it's with England they act dumb? 

To who though? I'm a bit of an old school lefty and could not give a flying **** about it.  The thing is, the voices heard on social media, from left and right, are people being vocal, because that's what social media is. I suspect that there are vast numbers of us- left and right- don't really get all that upset over such trivialities as a design on a football shirt.

1 hour ago, Redtrojan said:

Yes it was a dump,but I have mainly good memories of it compared to the crap that was going to Bath to watch the derby games ,when Nigel Martin usually ensured we had nothing to celebrate.

At Eastville I can so easily remember that 1-4 victory ,the infamous 1-0 down 2-1 up cup game(possibly my favourite ever),and the many and varied shenanigans associated with derby day and the precarious walk back to near Stapleton road station where my dad usually parked the car.
I liked going to Eastville and although we haven’t played them much since they left ,the mem i associate with watching Bristol(rugby),is nowhere near the same.

Glad I saw those times ,happy days.

That 4-1 was my first ever derby- we went 1 up as well I think? I still shudder about that and the - in my eyes- 1 nil up 2-1 down.

The OP being a bit sniffy about the attendance, may do well to check other crowds of the time. Yes, City have always had the bigger crowds, but just under 10k in 1986 would have been a good attendance by most clubs standards.

I'm normally pretty good on knowing players from the 70s and early 80s, but I just stumbled upon your lot playing Forest on the Big Match revisited and you had an Alan Nicholls playing for you. I have no recollection of him whatsoever and Google only showed one article which appeared to be hidden behind a paywall.

So, Alan Nicholls, who he?

Good for Wrexham. I work there a bit and there is a real buzz about the whole town now with a community fully engaged with their local football team, what's not to like?

The owners clearly have a real connection to the club and town and after the owners they have had in the past , the fans deserve a bit of good fortune.

Good owners are few and far between, I still don't get the hostility towards your own. Under him you know get what, 22/23k per game? Literally trebling our attendances  and a stadium that several Premier league sides would be envious of. 

1 hour ago, Open End Numb Legs said:

Thanks for correcting us Miah. I don't know anything about him but hope that if he was a long standing employee that he has been treated with suitable respect by the club.

 I don't know the answer to your second sentence, but I would hope that was true. He is far too decent a man to air any dirty laundry in public.

15 hours ago, slartibartfast said:

It makes me laugh, RB always introduce him as ex Rovers press officer Brookman........... how shit must he be to get fired from the slags ?

Keith Brookman, is a thoroughly, thoroughly decent bloke.

20 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said:

Has this actually gone through or is their fax knackered again? No lowballing or anything? 

No, signed, amusing video completed, ready to play tomorrow.

Unlucky da shit.

1 hour ago, ExiledAjax said:

Which has been trading at a fixed rate of Ti1 : £370,000 for the past 32 years I believe.

Had the rate not been kept artificially low by virtue of suspect economic policies and a closed currency, then adjusted for inflation Ti1 is now worth about £780,000.

https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator

So your latest signing/victim/hostage is worth roughly Ti0.4.

I'm still using old money.

Just now, Sarumred said:

What is their club record fee?

A Tillson, obviously.

2 minutes ago, bcfc01 said:

 

Okay, to satisfy the pedants, from what I have heard , the Evening Post were reporting on information given, rather than doing the actual exaggerating.

18 minutes ago, bcfc01 said:

So the arse licking hack exaggerated ?

I'm shocked.

Not.

No, it wasn't him. Has he been picking on  you or something?

As you were chaps, reliable sources tell me that our new man 'John' was priced at a very reasonable 81% of a Tillson.

It seems someone may have been exaggerating

11 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Hargreaves is a sycophant.

Can’t see any reason why this lad should cost more than £365k.

Bearing in mind his recent article about the owners, that's one thing he isn't.

Rumour has it, we may have just splashed out over a Tillson on a player .

**** me you're a miserable lot! What's wrong with a little reminder now and then of what must have been a great memory for a lot of you. Football's a bout having fun and memories, make the most of it!

FWIW younger viewers may not realise just how staggering your result at Leeds was in 74. It's fair to say hen you beat Liverpool , they weren't quite what they were- or even what they are now- but Leeds were undeniably the top team in the country at the time.

Anyway, I'm off to commemorate our play off win at Crewe in the 90s.

4 minutes ago, italian dave said:

Oxford fans still paying £29??

The EFL regulations appear to mean as little to the R###s as do the planning regulations. 

Ironic isn't it. I'm pretty sure I'm right in saying that a protest by the Rovers board led to the regulations being changed. We were away at Stoke who ran a promotion meaning we were  charged considerably more than their fans to sit in the same stand. The Dunfords and the rest of the board refused to take boardroom hospitality and sat in the away section. 

30 minutes ago, Malago said:

Quite.  The football world barely batted an eyelid when twice FA cup winners Bury FC went bust.  

Bury never won the Watney Cup though.