Jump to content

Reddrive

OTIB Supporter
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    350

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Posts posted by Reddrive

  4. Booking Fees

    in SLO Q&A

    Posted

    Hi Jerry,

    Can you confirm the following.

    My son booked two tickets for Cardiff, plus two coach tickets. Charged £2 per item booking fees, £8 in total.

    Is this correct? I understood the booking fee to be per transaction.

    Thank you.

     

     

  20. Bristol R*vers dustbin thread

    in Football Chat

    Posted

    7 minutes ago, Xiled said:

    I'm a believer that Bristol and its catchment area is big enough to support two successful football clubs.  And some of our most exciting seasons have been playing in the same division and competing with Rovers at the top of the table.  For that reason, I have no desire to see them disappear as a club.

    Last season, at various points, we were separated by just half a dozen league places.  In reality, there are light years between the two clubs.

    Unfortunately, that gap is purely down to off-the-field circumstances.  It's not because we have performed brilliantly on the pitch over a period of years/decades.  When I first started watching City in the early 80s, there was very little to choose between the two clubs.  Eastville and Ashton Gate were in similar states of disrepair and both clubs were struggling to make their mark in their respective leagues.

    The difference since the dark days of 1982 is that Bristol City have been more fortunate with their custodianship.  We have had a series of directors who have been prepared to back the club with their own money - each to a greater or lesser extent.  It has culminated in Stephen Lansdown pumping in tens of millions of pounds from his own personal wealth.  Rovers, by contrast, have been asset stripped from the sale of Eastville onwards.

    Do I have any sympathy for them as a club?  None whatsoever.  I hold no issue with Rovers' fans and I would rather they had a club to support into the future.  But the underhand process that led to Rovers (or their holding company) acquiring sole ownership of the Memorial Ground was almost a crime.  By progressively weakening the finances of Bristol Rugby and making it untenable for them to compete in the professional game, the Rovers directors of the time should be ashamed.  Whatever the specific details of the story, Bristol Rugby Club were effectively destroyed by Bristol Rovers in their attempts to profit from the site to finance a stadium in south Gloucestershire.

    The Al-Qadi owners were not responsible for that particular scam but they clearly bought Rovers for potential profit.  If they cannot bring about the UWE stadium project then that's their problem and I would not like to see Steve Lansdown offer any sort of olive branch.

    Great post. Enjoyed reading that and fully agree with the points you cover.

    • Like 1
×
×
  • Create New...