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For me the season has ended because, unless a vaccine makes a miraculous appearance, I do not want to put my life and my wife's life at greater risk than the present situation. And while I've already bought for next season, I don't expect to go. My only visits to places like supermarkets are a bi-weekly shopping trip. We get as much delivered as possible and stay well away from others when dog walking. I'll miss my friends at City and Bears but it's not worth the risk.

Is she? With daily death numbers over 400, that is at least 3,000 per week. Do you consider that this is acceptable? And if so, would this number increase quickly if the current lockdown rules were relaxed? It appears to me that a relaxation now, is based on economics over health.

Yes.

The selfishness, greed and don't give a damn about anyone else is showing how uncaring we have become as a nation. This is totally different to how we were during the second World War. People looking out for each other, helping others was a way of life that is sadly no longer with us. Reportedly, the Italians have shown that they can cope with a disastrous time without resorting to greed and selfishness. Those who bought trolley loads of toilet rolls need to learn to share the pain!

Firstly Robbored, this is not aimed at you personally. If your age is what I think it is, over 70?, you should already be considering what you do now. And for those under 60,, please consider all like me because, while you may have a few days off work and make a full recovery, in the early stages of your illness, you will be lethal to the elderly. You may be in good health for your age as I am. No respiratory problems like asthma, blood pressure normal, not diabetic and so on. Able to walk three or four miles without feeling any discomfort at all. I can you run up the stairs to my seat in Ashton Gate in row 25 without collapsing in a heap. In July I will have completed 77 years, which means that I am going to suffer this virus much more than if I was 40 or 50. My wife, 69 years, is asthmatic, and she was told this week that this is not considered as "underlying health problems". But I've seen her suffering badly with only a heavy cold. So if I catch it, I am almost certain to pass it on to her. Without being morbid, we could both be dead in next six to eight weeks. We are not in total isolation but are not taking part in our normal things like table tennis, line dancing, swimming, craft classes, football and rugby. We are now shopping early am and late pm in supermarkets when the place is not jammed with people. Using small local shops instead. and even not stopping for a friendly conversation with everyone we meet while dog walking. We may be over-reacting. But a more cautious approach to our live style for the next few months is a small price to pay to extend our stay on this planet for a while longer. I have just renewed my ST. Can my descendants get a refund if I pop my clogs?

I consider that you are acting sensibly. My wife is asthmatic and I am nearly 77 now. The flu or even heavy colds may not kill us, but would leave us a lot weaker and much more susceptible to the Covid-19. And thus with much less resistance. So thanks to everyone who is taking the cautious route at present. Get well soon. @RedDave

I was at the Reading game when City fans smuggled in some pick axes and started demolishing the terrace. Terry Cooper went to that end and pleaded with them to stop. The reply was short and sharp:- You sort the football and we'll sort the coppers! Scary times. Same season, we were kept in at Stockport after the match, only for the law to allow home fans to leave the ground by walking along side of pitch, in front of us. They all hurled coins at us, luckily wife and I didn't connect with any of them.

FC Deportivo Galicia? In North Western Spain or a club of Spanish migrants to South East England?

Yes, if my info years ago was correct. The tram system was powered from a generator in the building in Counterslip, which runs from Victoria Street to Temple Way. It was bombed and the whole system was shut down as a result. Never to return!

Replaced by Wigan, Salford, Macclesfield. Stockport also on the road to recovery?

I've been thinking the same for some weeks. Really puzzled why they went for Salford rather than Bury.

Like many on here, I'm totally at a loss to understand the technicalities of the business accounting world. Except that I have always understood that when money is involved, it is incredible how many ways there are for circumventing the rules. So just a comment on the valuation of a football stadium. When we were trying to get Ashton Vale new stadium approved, we had a purchaser, Sainsbury's, lined up to buy ours. I don't remember the value of the stadium mentioned at the time but it didn't appear to be extortionate. Surely the value of a stadium is not really measured by what it cost, except for depreciation in annual accounts. It has, in my opinion, minimal value as a stadium because unlike a residence or an office block, there will not be many, if any, purchasers. What does one do with a football stadium, if there isn't another football or rugby club in the near vicinity? Pull it down and use the land for another building? Thus, the true value is what it would sell for as building land. Correct? If so the value should be in line with other land in the immediate neighbourhood, if there is any.

That could be a case of separating the football club from the stadium. Like we did many years ago. Not sticking up for Villa, by the way but it could be totally innocent.

The Cheats from Sale managed to avoid defeat. And some rugby fans still believe that it's only footballer's who cheat.

When you go to pay, it takes the 10% off then. My ticket, OAP, is £140 - £14 = £126.

Well done Bris. Five points tomorrow please as celebration.

I believe the following to be factual. The Ashton Gate stadium was owned by Bristol City Football Club until just after the 1982 financial fiasco of which all City fans are aware. I believe that the ownership was transferred around 1983/4 to ensure that if the Football Club ever got into similar financial problems, the stadium would not be lost as an asset. I also suspect that the rental paid by City and Bristol Bears is simply to cover the admin such as tickets, and ground maintenance, as all such employees are now working for Bristol Sport rather than the clubs. The stadium share should halve these costs for each club.

What is your favourite breed of dog? Or do you prefer mongrels?

Are you trying to upset my wife. She spends much of her waking hours, quilting, dressmaking, knitting, crochet. Our dog has a specially made quilt to sleep on. If it was a serious question, quilting is making a quilt with small pieces of material, originally invented to use up scraps and make something useful. But don't start this new hobby on this coming Saturday. Get down The Gate and support Bristol as they fight to gain another win against a side below them in the table, to help avoid the dreaded drop. PS. Three of us City ST holders were at Wales v Ireland. Great atmosphere but one of the three wasn't very happy, cos he's got Irish in him.

You know that for a fact that 50% of the opening match were from or supported Bath? I was there and would guesstimate a 75% Bristol / 25% Bath.

IMO, any good news about any of our clubs is good news and helps to promote the City of Bristol. I wonder how much the fact that the Bears are in the Premiership, makes the City squad more determined to get there? And with both City and Vixens in the 5the round wouldn't an FA CUP Final be great, whichever gender?

I learnt soon after I joined a packaging company at the age of 23, that if the alarms sound, you get the hell out of the factory without even thinking about it. Look silly if it's false alarm? No, just plain common sense. What if the Emergency Services decided not to show up because a false alarm had occurred previously at the same company? Everybody gets fried alive!

I have only flown once in such a small plane, in New Zealand, and was terrified without reason I add. A tragic loss of life that could easily have been avoided. Club owners sanctioning a multi million deal for a player, yet allowing said player to travel by the quickest route at probably peanuts compared with value of player and value of player to the club's efforts to stay in Premier League. The cost to a billionaire owner to hire a decent size plane with a full crew, or a chauffeur driven limousine to Paris and then fly by scheduled air line, is negligible compared to the loss of life and loss to the club.

Totally agree RedM. I thought we were robbed or perhaps mugged by a ref who got a lot wrong all afternoon. It's amazing how much cheating by rugby players goes unnoticed by refs and line judges. Obstruction, deliberate wandering around in offside positions, clear forward passes, crooked lineouts and even more crooked feeding at scrums. The only bright side was that apart from a few, 99% of the fans were in their seats, watching the game and giving both teams lot of vocal support. A good match with atmosphere, even if we got the rough end of the luck. It proves once again for me that cheap tickets for Micky Mouse cup ties at rugby have a significant number of attendees who are just on a social piss up and don't give a toss about the match.

The S21 area that I sit in is normally, for ST matches, well populated by other ST holders and genuine rugby supporters who watch the game and vocally support the team. (See note below) On Friday, so many in the South stand, were too busy making regular visits to bar and toilet, chatting with friends, coming in late and going early, to have any real interest in the events on the pitch. I don't understand why people pay an entry fee and higher prices for drinks than a local pub. They appear to have minimal interest in the match. I suspect that a significant number had no interest in the result. Just a social evening. (The regulars near me, probably did not realise it wasn't an ST match until a short time before the game so had to sit elsewhere.)