That thread is psychologically disturbing, I swear they all have stockholm syndrome or something. Or maybe a mass delusion brought about by the combination of out of date food and exposure to continuous long ball and bullsh1t.

That Glorious day is almost upon us, The proud warriors of Mansfield. Far from resplendant in borrowed clown outfits, came forth to repel the unclean unto the darkness of the Vanarama. Praise be upon Saint Colin of Daniel. Amen

They do have premier league fans, assuming its still called the Skrill Premier that is...

1 hour ago, Tinmans Love Child said:

My mates wife is attending a course at the Mem today, just had this message along with a picture of the empty stadium:

Friend - Complete Sh*thole

Me - What did I say, what a dump

Friend - In fact, I think I might smell of sh*t later

Me - Bigger crowd than normal

She’s a girl and hates football so completely neutral!

 

It would be the perfect place to run a course on how to Asset strip a lower league football club, before selling its stadium out from under them and walking away laughing.

14 hours ago, Bianconeri said:

3000 prowed and loyal away fans in a crowd of 2890 wasn’t it? 

Dont forget the 30 trillion who were locked out...

I keep thinking that one of the Legendary club destroyers will join their board, then I remember Hamer is there already. True karmic justice would see Sisu and Soccerdome join the gasboard.

3 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said:

Looks like it’s only 90 league clubs that still love dear old Bristol Rovers now then..! 

89, dont forget how well loved they are in Wycombe.

6 minutes ago, weepywall said:

Kicking off in the ground not the best thing to do these days with all the filming that goes on still at least it will keep them at the top of the banning order league.

We all know how much it means to them. We need a horse punching emoji...

21 hours ago, CiderJar said:

I can't quite make out what it says on on the flag ... I'm going to guess at "Make Us Red" ... any other ideas?

 

 

Make us Repay?

2 hours ago, wendyredredrobin said:

Wally will sell the stadium to Aldi or Lidl and get the hell out of it leaving the Sags begging to play in our shiny new stadium that they despise so much.  However, many Sags would never watch their beloved team at AG leaving a crowd of 4.5k and a hefty rent payable to Bristol Sport.

Alternatively, there is Twerton, Forest Green or Durdham Downs.

Cant see us letting those pikey vermin into the Gate, We would need to get locks fitted to everything that was not bolted down.

42 minutes ago, wendyredredrobin said:

Yet to see Dopey being amongst the favourites for the Barnsley job mentioned.  Would be quite a step up from the 15ers.

So who would be desperate enough to replace him?  To be fair, Dopey is about the only thing they have going for them, so it could be a bit of a disaster if he takes that step up.

They have no money to spend so marcus stewart will get it. Then he can finally show his true Colours, release all their goalkeepers and Quit the same day.

38 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said:

My theory is that because you were the first Bristol club to visit the new Wembley you picked up a heck of a lot of day trippers/neutrals/dare I say it the odd non-committed City fan. I recall at the time knowing a few people that were attending that had very little interest in football let alone Rovers but it was just a good opportunity to see the new national stadium.

That would also help explain why you took so few to the non-league play-off as everyone had already been for their big day out in 2007. Plus we'd been there a couple of times.

All pretty immaterial anyway, I don't think anyone is claiming Rovers have anything like 40k supporters that attend games on a remotely regular basis.

Things have moved on, we have over 15k season ticket holders and around 10k members. 

Rovers have what; 5k season ticket holders and a few hundred members?

I think we can Describe a lot more than a couple of hundred of them as Members mate.

1 hour ago, BanburyRed said:

The number of days we've spent above them needs to be celebrated, like the US debt clock in New York....

@Mods can we set this up on the site so we get a constant reminder without having to look for it?

I second this Wonderful Idea, and put it on this thread so everytime Henbury and the rest are here reading its the first thing they see.

30 minutes ago, weepywall said:

Suprising that as Yeovil are Rovers biggest west country rivals although Yeovil have been more succesfull over recent years and have a better ground and decent fans

Few years from now they will be looking at Manor Farm as the Big local Rivals. If they ever make it out of the Downs league of course.

25 minutes ago, DANWRENBCFC4LIFE said:

They have to have money first 

They stole Dopeys stash of Boneo's

4 hours ago, BTRFTG said:

Bellend Road?

I wish i could give this more than one Like, Well played sir!

3 hours ago, SirColinOfMansfield said:

"The proposed 21,700 seater stadium, a joint venture with UWE, was granted planning permission on January 17 2013 with a five year expiration date set on the consent.

That consent is due to expire on January 17 2018, meaning that work must begin by early next year at the latest if the club are to avoid having to reapply for planning permission."

So as The Gap prepares to come of age in 2018 and gets ready to celebrate its 18th birthday .... their planning permission for UWE expires today!

 

 

The Pipedream Arena, 2013 - 2018

It was never going to happen, they would have to have spent actual money after all. Btw how many Tilsons have they wasted on these proposed new stadiums?

I wonder if the sags problem is psychological? maybe they all need to sit down with a shrink for a while. "So Mr Henbury, how long have you been a pathological liar?" "Since 1883 doc, longer than those darn teds!"

35 minutes ago, Midlands Robin said:

Now I may be wrong on this but aren't Bristol City, Bristol Sport and all of the associated companies registered in England (head offices Ashton Gate etc) and are therefore subject to full UK business tax, cooperation tax etc?

So while SL's personal wealth is subject to Channel Island tax regulations all his business interests in relation to City pay their full dues.

Not only that but instead of hiding his money in a bank he's investing it back into the city of Bristol. Saving the Rugby club for example, after they were shafted by their ground share partners.

Now lets talk about Rovers, their Jordanian owners and their controlling company registered in the.... erm Channel Islands. How much tax does that attract?

#gaslogic

#gaslogic at its finest. just dont let it bother you, they are all space cadets.

Surely posting on a Teams forum when they are not even involved is a new low for the blue few. Get a grip lads I know you are reading this!

1 hour ago, SirColinOfMansfield said:

The Bristol Post is running an exciting new competition ....

The six big questions facing Bristol Rovers in 2018

When will work begin on the training ground?
What will a redevelopment of the Memorial Stadium look like?
Can the club keep hold of its best players?
Do Rovers have realistic Championship ambitions?
Will Clarke be given money to spend?
How do Rovers replace Bodin?

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/six-big-questions-facing-bristol-1026311

Answers on a postcard and you could win a free ticket to watch them play ... second prize, two free tickets ... boom boom!

 

1 Once the planning permissions have been approved we hope to get several apartment blocks on the site.

2 Housing. and a small park with a carousel of rubber horses so the sags can remember the good old days.

3 Never have, why start now.

4 in the same way worms have realistic ambitions of flight.

5 How?

6 Kidnapping?

Here is my go at it, hope i dont win!

23 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said:

He must have had a pay rise and been for a makeover. 

Where did they get the money, or did henbury liar whip it up for them?

4 minutes ago, SirColinOfMansfield said:

Someone on that thread said - " I hate City with their stupid gifs for their goals but at least it is outside of the box thinking."

...but they already have their own for when Sinclair scores ...

Thats not Sinclair! the clothing is too new.!

I am guessing they swapped bodin for 300 boxes of in date Crisps and Mars bars. Two birds one stone and all that...

Happy new year to henbury sag and all the other depressed horse punchers out there, I know you will be reading this.