hoxton casual

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/former-bristol-rovers-boss-reveals-734228

They cadge off everyone. Also look at the comments, they can see it coming..

2 hours ago, hoxton casual said:

I wondered what happened at their AGM last night? 

From their forum about last nights AGM.

"They said what you would expect them to say which basically rubbishes the rumors (but nothing new that hasn't been said before)

Family in it for the long run
Dwane sports own the club
Colony is on track owned by Dwane Colony which is an offshore company which means there are additional tax issues that they have been working through, expect to be all sorted by February
SH pushing for 18k minimum stadium but hopefully 20k
Expect to be constructed stand by stand so no need to move out during construction"

And then this beauty 

it must have got pretty heated. I hope Wael had his monagrammed tracksuit on.

I wondered what happened at their AGM last night? 

On 28/09/2017 at 12:36, myol'man said:

Would you, as a football club owner, post photos of your children wearing another football teams shirts on social media?

Weird!

Please, please post a link!! Was it before or after he got involved?

1 hour ago, myol'man said:

It's for real 

https://bristolroverssc.co.uk/2017/08/30/our-dsa-have-been-busy/

Don't want to be a kill joy, but I do feel sorry for disabled fans of Rovers, but respect them for trying to do something to help the situation. It does however, show what a really parlous financial state that club is in,  if the DSA have to resort to building this.

1 hour ago, Cheesleysmate said:

This is the disabled area for the away fans, so I suppose that it is a bit of an improvement?

that is a joke right?

1 hour ago, 22A said:

In the 94 seasons Rovers were in the League, they finished above City on 25 occasions.

1933, 34, 35, 37, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62 then a twenty year gap to 1982, 83, 84, 89, 90, 92, 96 and the last time 2000

1 season out of the league, 2 and a bit seasons back in since.

Thanks 22A great research. Wow I would have hated to be around in the 50's. The 30 and 80's were not much cop as well. My family starting supporting in about 1920, so a good clear run for 13 years...

50 minutes ago, chucky said:

Had to do a double take.  Did someone really colour in a wipe board?

And are they really showing themselves getting a hammering. The still on the tv seems to show their defence all over the place and they are about to concede

22 minutes ago, WessexPest said:

Any idea where one could purchase this glorious item?

Yes weould love to get one

38 minutes ago, SirColinOfMansfield said:

What is special about 17 years ago (next month)?

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/soccer?iso=20001028T1645&p0=299&msg=CITY+above+rovers

Genius. How long over history have we been above them. I would be very intrigued to know that.

just wanted to be on the 500th page. my day is complete. 

2 hours ago, Kodjias Wrist said:

Drunken racist posts. Im surprised how many are flying around on social media but not surprised its from a gas head.

Wow, what a digusting man.

4 minutes ago, WhistleHappy said:

That's the *'Special K' .... mate,

 

* (of the breakfast variety btw)

ooh that sounds nice, and for a man of my size, very low calorie. yes please.

5 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said:

Woohooooo from a ski resort in the Andes

a bloke called Radio Bristol from Chicago just now!

5 minutes ago, RaspberryRed said:

Post of the day for managing to shoehorn 'knosh you off' into the matchday thread 

Agreed brilliant , but I would rather she nosh me off rather than knosh me off. Unless the added K, means something special I was not aware of.

0 -1 I think to them. That is progress imho. Love to get rid of that 1931 record.

8 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said:

Ska Junkie - I am forever in your debt. Christmas has come early.

So in the sit-com who will play Dopey, and who will play The Delusionist?

On 9/9/2017 at 09:45, steviestevieneville said:

I love how none of them has picked up he is the only owner in the country that walks around in his own initialled training gear . The blokes as delusional as his fans 

 

Please tell me this isn't true?! OMG if is, that is just out of this world hilarious. This is turning into the best sit-com ever.

On 9/8/2017 at 09:14, Welcome To The Jungle said:

Play football with plenty of them. Obviously nice people and loved the banter last year with Matty Taylor. I want to see City do better than Rovers and I want us to beat them when we play more than any other fixture, but I'd never ever wish they went bust. 

Going to leave this here

 

A bit late watching this. I knew the incredibel story of Divvy, but I have never seen this before. What an incredible bit of footage. Thanks for sharing. Puts EVERYTHING in perspective. Love football, love where you are from. No other sport comes close.

4 minutes ago, B block said:

If 50% of the rumours are true their looking at the Newport county scenario not league 1 or 2.

i don't see any other way out of it for them, it's simple math, if expenditure exceeds income with no prospect of that changing then once any asset values are equal to the losses it's game over, unless they strike oil at the mem.

But havent newport survived and got back in the league. Can you name a longstanding league club who have go e out of existence?

Its really does seem like a slow motion road crash. However much we laugh they are a club with passionate support over generations and they will not die but i could see them becoming a non-league/league two yo yo club. They wont do a Brighton because Bristol is a two club town.

49 minutes ago, Eddie Hitler said:

I can't believe this; I'm actually feeling sorry for them.

Not ******* like Henbury Gas obviously; but the decent fans. the ones I've known at work.

The club is being filleted like a mackerel and they can do nothing about it.  They are nine months from administration or sale and that will mean Division Four and a ground share again.

They're ******; and they thought it was a new dawn.  One team in Bristol is ringing true.

I have a lot of gas head friends, and I agree that this analysis makes me feel sorry for them. It gets worse and worse on the evidence of the great research done here.

5 hours ago, havanatopia said:

All this talk of Rovers 'stealing' the Mem was always and remains troubling to me. I never really believed such rhetoric.

Reading the rather level headed remarks below from poster 'Holmes' on the Rovers forum might be worth further analysis:~

When the Memorial Stadium Company purchased  the Mem from Arthur Holmes it was for £2.6m. Bristol Rovers were liable for half and the Rugby club the other half. When the rugby club went bust Rovers acquired their share of the stadium and the debt for £10k. Funded 50% by Barclays with a mortgage secured on the stadium and 50% by preferential shareholders. Read the accounts, it's all in there

There is more to this. Holmes was made life President and he probably knew that the rugby was on the verge of bankruptcy. Sly old fox  Mr Holmes.

1-0 to City. Need a convincing perfomance to put Brentford behind us. Maybe Odwda will get a start? I assume Woodrow will come on for Famara after 65-70 mins.