Ska Junkie

10 minutes ago, 42nite said:

The lad's passionate, and I must say I don't dislike him at all.

But I do pity him!

 

 

FWIW, I agree with you. The old man is a right plum though.

2 hours ago, Doozerchris said:

Anyone got a link to that gas belter singing the Matty Taylor song.?

No but go to 2 minutes and listen to the 'dad' on this beauty. What a belter!

1 hour ago, NOTBLUE said:

Was driving through Gainsborough Sq in Lockleaze the other day,there was a group of young lads playing football,3 had city shirts on and 1 had a r***** shirt on.so that means that Lockleaze is 75/25 percent City ? I'm using gas logic here mind,

Not by gas maths, that's 50/50 by their reckoning! One of them 'gert sheeds' was really a rovers fan but was forced to wear red by city fans in the away end making it 75% gas, obviously! 

As for the 'bus' argument, is that why no bugger turned up for their 'we're not non league anymore' celebration? 

11 minutes ago, Miah Dennehy said:

I was brought up in Fishponds which was solidly Gas when I was there, and have pretty much lived in St.George/Hanham most of my adult life, and it's fair to say there has always been a fairly even split in those two areas, I have discussed this with a few City mates brought up in the area, and the general concensus as that while Eastville may have been geographically closer, bus routes made it easier to get to Ashton. I do think it's a fair point that if you asked the entire population of Bristol to express a preference, it may come out evenish, but what really matters of course is getting people to games, which- certainly in my lifetime- City have always had the upper hand in,

I think we did miss out on a whole generation while we were in Bath, and that has certainly changed the traditional north/south split for the foreseeable future (especially while you remain in higher divisions). Bizzarely, I think Rovers biggest hope of being 'top dog' in this aspect won't lie in any new stadium (which btw I will believe when I'm sat in it), but more in people turning their backs on the ridiculous pricing and increasingly sterile atmosphere in the top two divisions, and look for a cheaper/more nostalgic way to watch football.

Anyway, anyone walking down my lane in a City shirt runs a very real risk of me shouting out 'Sheeethead' from the safety of my living room

 

I can't disagree with that Miah apart from the highlighted bit. As a nipper, my cousins lived on the Hillfields estate and that was pure gas as I remember it. I also agree about missing out on a whole generation while you were in Bath. You survived, that's the only positive of your time at Trumpton, the rest is pure romanticism as it was, and still is, an absolute hole!

The problem about the 'more nostalgic' idea is that the £££ in the top 2 divisions is obscene nowadays, more so in the Prem, but even our division seems to be awash with cash nowadays. To compete at championship level over more than one season demands higher turnover and 'nostalgia' won't bring that.

The next time I hear the cry of 'sheethead' from a house, I will know where you live but make sure it's quite loud as I'm getting on a bit!

Old Icegas bit like a snapper didn't he / she /it?

Good work people. 

1 hour ago, sglosbcfc said:

I've lived in Hanham-Kingswood for most of my life and I'd say it was pretty solid Rovers in the 80s, maybe 80-20 in their favour. It is nothing like that anymore, I would guess maybe 60-40 in their favour if not closer to 50-50. I also work in Fishponds and I'd say that is more solid. 16 years ago before they really fell miles behind us I'd say it was 90-10 Rovers, now I would guess maybe 75-25 Gas.

Spot on South Glos. 

As a youngster growing up in Kingswood in the 70's, I rarely saw a City shirt although the football special buses from Kingswood park to Ashton Gate were always packed. We were very much in the miinority in those days by a vast number. Nowadays, all I see is kids in City shirts. An example, my road in Barrs Court, has loads of kids under 14 and every single one is a City fan and I mean every single one of them.

My post about 50/50 was probably a tad optimistic but it's nowhere near the 99% gas our methane snorting chum has mentioned. Go in Hanham Wetherspoons on a Saturday night and there are loads of City fans in there. The Flowerpot and the Lamb are staunch gas pubs but the rest are pretty even TBH.

12 hours ago, Cheesleysmate said:

According to one of their latest threads about Points West being riddled with "Ted's" they are saying that Bristol is 50% blue. Official attendances would suggest otherwise? Might have to make a quick phone call to HMRC?

I'm not even sure Kingswood is 50% blue anymore let alone Bristol. Loads of red on this side of town now, especially amongst the younger generation.

11 minutes ago, red84 said:

Great atmosphere down there, helped along by the pantomime villain who was Wayne Barnes!

It was '5hit or bust' for Bris today, a loss would have meant more than probable relegation hence the improved atmosphere. Compare that to one of our play off games and it was nowhere near the atmosphere we generate at a similarly important match.

Good as it was today, the last 2 rugby games I have been down to, both Sale games, have had such a depressing atmosphere, really, really bad. It was better today but it was a 'must win' game.

8 minutes ago, pride of the west said:

They've had a history of shitting themselves whenever they are granted planning permission. Always looking for someone to blame when they can't build a new ground. For years they blamed the council. 

Council eventually gave them permission to redo the mem after no site could be found after 20 years of half hearted attempts to find a place. No money higgs then delays and delays things, blaming everybody but his bank balance. Eventually finds a get out clause by talking to uwe. 

I swear he hoped planning wouldn't be granted but unfortunately for him it was. Again delay after delay. With nowhere to go he sells up.

Same thing with new owners. Everything in place yet delays due to the flimsy excuse of needing a feasibility study. Looks like they're are now gearing towards another excuse to pull out. 

But of course the gas heads need to be appeased somehow. So plan B will likely be another pipe dream with ready made excuses in the back ground whilst the fans are spun a yarn for the next 5 years. 

I'd feel sorry for them if they actually woke up to all the BS. 

Let's be honest here, they were getting the UWE land on the cheap, as usual, in exchange for the stadium naming rights. Now the UWE actually want market value for the land they're up in arms about it and saying UWE are holding them to ransom. Why should the UWE give them the land for less than market value? Would they sell their houses for 1/4 of the actual value if any of them actually owned one? I think not.

There is no way they should be given anything cheap, they're the 6th richest club in the world aren't they or something like that?

Now I'm sure Whale Alquaida previously said they 'were only looking at the UWE site and have no interest in any other'? Now, by all accounts, he has tweeted  'A merry xmas and reassuring that we will DEFINITELY be getting a new stadium, if not at uwe then somewhere else'.

Curtains for UWE then? There's a surprise.

50 minutes ago, Super said:

Massive news......

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/breaking-news-bristol-rovers-given-green-light-to-press-ahead-with-training-ground-plan/story-29997614-detail/story.html

So their new level 3 facility will mean they are 'coming for us' again even though we've had a level 2 facility for years then?

YAAAWWWWNNN. 

OTIB

Also, didn't they have a habit of giving out good news before some bad news? Hmmmm, I wonder.

10 minutes ago, Murraysrightplum said:

In other news, just seen on Facebook that there is a big rovers giveaway for Christmas and one lucky person can win a free... wait for it... mitre football!!!!

(All of 8 quids worth)

I thought you were gonna say a season ticket. The second prize would be 2 season tickets!

They beat a wildfowl trust? They must be so prowed!

48 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said:

Summat over-excited voiceover man was on about. One kid at the game whose mum was called Tammy Abraham was interviewed and mention was also made of John Atyeo from Belgium  (forget whether it's Big John's son or grandson ) who was also at the match.

I bet you were still in the bar!  

Was I in the bar?

I might have been TBH.

Actually, I probably was..

I was in the bar Robbo. 

55 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said:

We won that for Mrs Tammy Abraham and the Belgian John Atyeo.

There. That will totally mystify those not at the match.

I was at the match RR and I haven't a clue what you're on about! 

9 hours ago, phantom said:

Are we on for another Bath / Chesham humiliation on Sunday?

Oh, I really hope so. 

28 minutes ago, lenred said:

4 years and counting then. How long are UWE prepared to wait?! 

How long does planning permission last for? I thought they had to start a car park or something by now to keep it?

Coming for us mind. Don't forget Charlton got stuffed by Swindon!

8 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

If I was feeling benevolent, I would say £2m at most !

I thought he had some sort of clause inserted when he signed his contract in the summer but that might be rumour. IF he only signed a 1 year deal, I would imagine less than £2M would suffice.

9 hours ago, BS4 on Tour... said:

You didn't take anywhere near 3,000 to Brum, over 600 less than that.

Anyway, we took 5,283 to West Brom when we last played them away....same sort of distance....what's your point?

That's 7,000 in gas speak! 

I know this is bollox but how funny would this be if it was true?

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42 minutes ago, Smaller than a flea said:

I'll quote you on that when we beat you home and away next season. Unless DC has gone by then.

You couldn't beat an egg at our level, not that you need to worry about that.

Please can you get to the 3rd round and draw us?

14 hours ago, Coombsy said:

 

Not claiming to be genuinely ITK or anything because this comes from chatting to Wael at half time on Saturday and nothing else. No idea if he's telling the truth or not, but he was complaining about how UWE were asking for residential prices for the site of a sporting venue. Basically the issue seems to be that they think they can get a massive windfall although we're the only interested party. Said both sides know it'll get done at some point but they're dragging it out by not being realistic with their asking price.

To be fair to UWE, why wouldn't they ask for market value for a premium piece of land? None of us would flog our houses cheaply, unless it was to family. Another case of rovers  stealing / wanting things on the cheap again maybe?

3 hours ago, glynriley said:

Totally agree, never a red card as long as I have a hole in my pipe.

******* funny though.

Yep, totally agree. Never a red but as it's the rovers, I think it was a superb decision!  

I found the whole occasion quite depressing tbh. No passion on the pitch apart from Lemi and Hurrell and even less in the stands. Most people by me in E29 weren't even watching the game, just chatting. When the team needed the support to lift them, nothing at all.

I felt there was a resignation to defeat tbh.

The only positive thing was a Bath supporting mate came with me and the stadium blew him away.

I won't be going again.