Miah Dennehy

Just now, bcfc01 said:

Hah. I knew you were lying.

We've not had any ice.

The ice bit was true, I was in Shrewsbury at the time!

46 minutes ago, RedLionLad said:

In comparison, City’s halftime 50/50 draw regularly pays out between £800 and £1000 every home game.

Weirdly, up until Covid, Rovers 50/50 draw was extremely popular and was nearly always a 1k prize.

Then they stopped taking cash and a few sellers left and now it's around d £300

37 minutes ago, Mike Stone said:

Hope your OK Miah, always enjoy your comments on here

Thanks , yes nothing too serious. Well, a very badly broken leg, but nothing life threatening. 

On 09/12/2023 at 17:27, Gazred said:

inc 500 odd away fans, on their 140th anniversary, new managers first home game and something of a local derby.

Must of been a jumble sale on in Filton or something.

Well I'm out of action for a while, so I wasn't there and I was going to be taking 2 people with me, so that's 3 accounted for

On 25/11/2023 at 08:01, 1960maaan said:

My inlaws live not too far away from Braintree , so I've been several times. 

I decided not to go up when you visited, even though my Brother in Law was keen. Shame really I like the bar & now you can take beer on the terrace , how did you get on up there  ?  

All part of life's rich tapestry

Can't believe no one has mentioned the likes of Alfreton, Braintree, Eastleigh, Nuneaton etc.

On 19/11/2023 at 10:44, 1960maaan said:

 

The thing I remember most about Gary Stanley, apart from him being virtually pointless. Was during one game ,which so so memorable that I've forgotten who it was against, he was on the bench and stood to warm up. Big shout from the crowd of "sit down Stanley" , in my memory he actually sat back down, though it was a long time ago.

In my opinion "Bang average" is being too kind.

I remember reading about this incident in a Chelsea fanzine of the time.  The author was quite upset and staggered that Stanley- who was apparently a bit of a hero in those parts- was so unpopular at Ashton.

1 hour ago, TV Tom said:

Been to more race course in Ireland than the UK,  Galway, Sligo, Listowel, Bellestown, Fairyhouse & Leopardstown

My horse racing gang are planning a trip to Galway, a place I really like but have never been racing to. I have done Ballinrobe though.

13 for me. Just had to guess on the foreign grounds and although I didn't recognise Upton Park, I though there was a bit of a clue in the question.

On 17/11/2023 at 19:56, Jim Davey said:

only been to about 50 grounds with city ,but ive been to quite a few with England and Rangers  , been to every race course in England scotland and wales though

 

I love a race course! I've done about 16 . I'll say nothing about The Rangers

On 17/11/2023 at 00:11, PHILINFRANCE said:

I am reading that Neil Lennon is being considered for the long vacant manager post.

Do you perhaps have any thoughts on this @Miah Dennehy?

I loved him at Celtic, although it all went horribly wrong in the last season . Another Marmite character, I'm afraid our increasingly divided society would make it very difficult for him at Rovers, I saw a couple of posts referring to him as 'English hating' , obviously with no evidence whatsoever  to back it up

What does seem clear now , is that our new owners just wanted Barton out, with absolutely no plan on replacing him. I won't get drawn into any arguments about Barton as a man, but , despite results, the huge majority of fans I know where happy with things on the pitch and don't understand why we got rid, a not too dissimilar situation to recent events at Ashton Gate.

2 hours ago, Oh Louie louie said:

Manchester United have played a home game at home park, Plymouth 

And Millwall at Portsmouth ( they played us)

1 hour ago, Flamin Groovy said:

Garlands header?

Ignoring you!

3 hours ago, italian dave said:

@Miah Dennehy - just looking through your list above: did you never see the Rovers play a home game at the Gate? And wouldn’t that ‘count’ as another ground? We’re all counting Coventry at Northampton and Northampton! 

I did, but I can't count Ashton Gate twice, it's the same ground.

3 hours ago, italian dave said:

Ah, but European competition! And if you’re going Isle of Man tournament, I’ll up you Anglo Scottish Cup and Welsh Cup (albeit the latter a little before my time!).

Which would make City seasoned competitors at a European level

We played in the Anglo.Scottish Cup too!

Older viewers will know why I try to forget it.

10 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

Kettering, when was that ?

DON'T MENTION KETTERING!

27 minutes ago, REDOXO said:

In my life time They have been at the dog track, Ashton Gate, Trumpton and now the tent village! 

We did actually play a 'home' game at Yeovil's old ground against Real Oviedo as well- unfortunately I wasn't there.

Here we go then, current grounds unless otherwise stated. So this is different grounds that I've seen Rovers  first team on and that includes friendlies

Current Prem teams

Bournemouth  Arsenal (Highbury)  Viila  Brentford (Griffin Park)  Brighton (Goldstone & Withdean)  Burnley  Chelsea  Everton  Fulham  Liverpool  Luton  Man City ( Maine Road) Newcastle  Forest  Sheffield Utd  West Ham (Upton)  Wolves

Current Championship teams

  Birmingham  Blackburn  Da S**t  Cardiff (old & new)  Coventry  Huddersfield (old &new)  Hull (old &new)  Ipswich  Leeds  Leicester (old & new)  Middlesbrough (Ayresome)  Millwall (old & new)  Norwich  Argyle  PNE  QPR  Rotherham (Millmoor , Don Valley and the current one)  Wednesday  Southampton (old & new)  Stoke  Sunderland (old & new)  Swansea (old & new)  Watford  West Brom  

Current L1 clubs

Barnsley  Blackpool  Bolton (old & new)  Rovers (Eastville, Twerton & The Mem)  Burton  Cambridge  Carlisle  Charlton  (Selhurst and Valley)  Cheltenham  Derby (old & new)  Exeter Fleetwood  Orient  Lincoln  Northampton (old & new)  Oxford (old & new)  Peterborough  Port Vale  Portsmouth  Reading (old & new)  Shrewsbury (old & new)  Stevenage  Wigan (old & new)  Wycombe

Current L2 clubs

Accrington  Wimbledon (Kingstonian )  Barrow  Bradford  Colchester (old & new)  Crawley  Crewe  Doncaster (old & new)  Forest Green (old & new)  Gillingham  Grimsby  Harrogate  Mansfield  MK Dons  Morecambe  Newport (old & new)  Notts County  Salford  Stockport  Sutton  Swindon  Tranmere  Walsall (old & new)  Wrexham

National League clubs inc North & South

Aldershot  Altrincham  Barnet (old & new)  Bromley  Chesterfield (old & new)  Dagenham  Eastleigh  Halifax  Gateshead  Hartlepool  Kidderminster  Oldham  Rochdale  Southend  Woking  York (Bootham Crescent) Alfreton  Boston (York Street)  Chester (old & new)  Darlington (Feethams and Darlington Arena)  Gloucester City (Original Meadow Park)  Hereford  Scunthorpe  Braintree  Dartford  Dover  Torquay  Welling  Weston Supe Mare (old & new)  Weymouth  Yeovil

Others in pyramid

Macclesfield  Telford  Hitchin  Kettering (Rockingham Road)  Nuneaton  AFC Totton  Dorchester  Salisbury  Melksham  Yate  VS Rugby  Mangotsfield  Clevedon  Wisbech (Fenland Park)  Calne  Keynsham  Bury

The Rest

Runcorn (at Widnes) Rushden & Diamonds  Ayr United  Wembley  Millenium Stadium  Peel (Isle of Man) Ramsey (Isle of Man) AFC Stapleton and if I include the grounds of Frenchay Hospital where Rovers played a 1st team friendly against a Guest Frenchay team (which included Kevin Mabbutt) its actually a total of 177.

I have done the  92 at one point , but with the new grounds I am down to 89 and my grand total of all grounds (not just with Rovers) is 233 (definitely at least that- maybe some I have forgotten)

Now can I PLEASE have that medal!

3 hours ago, italian dave said:

I’d never really thought of it before, but the number of ground changes now makes a big difference. I’ve seen City play 15 clubs at two different grounds and 3 clubs at three different grounds.

@Miah Dennehy ‘s record is impressive none the less. And although we’ve all rightly pointed out that they have the benefit of a spell in non league, there’s another equally significant issue that is also to be celebrated and that no-one’s yet mentioned - they’ve never been in the top tier. I was lucky enough to see City in the first division days and ticked off quite a few grounds there.

I’ve seen City at 83 of the 92 current league clubs. But adding in those no longer in the league, 2/3 grounds, Wembley etc, that goes up to 110 grounds.

Edit: and I forgot Pisa! 111. Miah doesn’t have the benefit of European competition either

That's where you're wrong! Isle of Man tournament gave me 2 new ones with Rovers and a pre season at Ayr

That's european football in my book

Just now, FNQ said:

Yea, even you would struggle to whip up a meaningful spreadsheet based on that limited data Dave .. 

And I hate to make it worse for him, but Wembley only counts as one- it was a rebuild not a new stadium. 

8 hours ago, And Its Smith said:

Don’t think he’s lying but I’d love to understand how! 

Well without boring everyone with the entire list, I've seen Rovers on 3 different home grounds, Brighton the same, Swansea on 2 etc etc. plus all the friendlies and- you may not be aware of this- but we dropped out of the league briefly, so that put on a good number

9 hours ago, Kid in the Riot said:

That's a remarkable number to do with one club, must span over quite a few decades?

I've done around 70 grounds with City and 167 in total. 

Started watching in 1974- I think my total ground count is around 250.

11 hours ago, TV Tom said:

How have you done that many with only 92 teams in the league? admittingly teams come and go out of the league and you also  have the advantage of once being a non-league club but 176 seems an awful lot, can't ever recall Rovers going to the likes of Man U, Everton, Arsenal and maybe a few more either

Not just league grounds, I've seen them play on 176 different grounds. So for example I'm counting Wembley, The Millenium, pre season friendlies on the IoM and Scotland etc. And I have seen Rovers at Arsenal (Highbury) and Everton, and they have played at Old Trafford a couple of times in my lifetime(even won there) but I didn't go to those games.

12 hours ago, Silvio Dante said:

Anyone with kids this is a great product. Got my 12 year old one and he scratched off every ground he’s visited from the poster on his wall:

Kids? I'm 60 next year and I want one!