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Gimme Shelton

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  1. 23 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said:

    You must have..! 

    Wycombe away is quite unique,  if you go to the right pre-match pub..! 

    Pedant alert incoming,but there's no such thing as quite unique.Its either unique or it isn't.

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  2. 21 hours ago, RudiRed said:

    To say the only difference is a lack of diving is stretching reality. Everything about it is inferior to mens football which is why I find it such a hard watch - the lack of pace, lack of quality on the ball, decision making etc makes it unwatchable for me. Find it far less enjoyable than let's say womens cricket or golf which I do sometimes have a watch of.

     

    I was one of the few who watched the 2009 game.I found it slow,boring with little skill and a naive approach,like watching an under 12 boys match. The difference to this year's tournament is astounding.I found the England games entertaining with a high skill level which I enjoyed.

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  3. 17 hours ago, ralphindevon said:

    I’ve seen one team play on 4 different home grounds.

    I won’t mention their name but… Eastville, Twerton Park, Memorial stadium and of course………Ashton Gate. 

    My Gas supporting cousin persuaded me to watch Rovers play Newcastle I think it was at AG,just a weird feeling all round,like a parallel universe.

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  4. 5 hours ago, Bristol Oil Services said:

    They didn't manage to finish top half of the old Second Division once in their 75-81 effort - best was 15th. Didn't manage top half in 91, 92, 93 either (best was 13th). Last time Rovers managed top half of the second tier of English football was before sexual intercourse began,1960.

    Fair enough,I may have been informed by my gas supporting relatives. Unfortunately they eff you up,your mum and dad. I'm a firm believer that you can't have too many Larkin references in a post.

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  5. 35 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

    I was there, very funny.

    Youngsters have absolutely no idea how huge the gulf in standard was then, our side was in the midst of a 4 year top flight spell, we were just miles better than them.

    Obviously we didn’t play them in their non league era of a few years ago but I doubt the gulf was any bigger.

    To be fair to the gas they were in the 2nd Division and mostly top half at that time

  6. 6 hours ago, chinapig said:

    Ernie Bevin then? A remarkable man but there's no chance of somebody from his background getting to high office these days. All lawyers, PPE graduates and the like now, not even vaguely reflecting the population.

    He rose from delivering lemonade to my grandfather's shop in Soundwell Road, Kingswood to one of the very few foreign politicians that Stalin respected, recognising in him a proper man who rise from nothing like himself.

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  7. 19 minutes ago, Port Said Red said:

    But most of them won't live long enough to watch them being washed away, politicians aren't well known for their long term planning.

    I take your point but they always seem a lot more careful with their own money!

  8. 18 minutes ago, Port Said Red said:

    At the risk of upsetting our Luton counterparts any further, I see little improvement in that stadium, it's ugliness is only surpassed by Chelsea's in my opinion. Maybe the new Chelsea owners will have better ideas.

    I like some of the King Power, I wondered if a clear roof on the Atyeo was an option that might be acceptable to the house owners in Ashton Road and allow for that part of the ground to be developed to the standard of the rest of the ground?

    Everton's look amazing, although very daring to build not next to, but actually on the water, with rising sea levels and climate change ramping up over the next few years!

    Surprised that the FGR eco friendly stadium is not included, and disappointed to see a lack of "renewables" in these designs.

    When American presidents stop buying beach front properties then I'll start worrying!

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