pillred

8 hours ago, Monkeh said:

400k a season in rent gate food bar receipts 

Surely it's a lot more than that.

5 hours ago, TomF said:

Didn’t actually realise the coal handling depot at Portbury is completely closed now - the whole site has been sold off.  As such nothing in terms of freight is running down the line, it’s almost as abandoned as it was in the 80s! 

I live less than 50 metres from the line can't remember the last time I heard a train, what a wasted opportunity, but is anyone really surprised this is Bristol council we are talking about

44 minutes ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

Certainly off the pitch and in supporter numbers the gap has never been bigger.

Can’t imagine our manager dumping us for a club at the bottom of L1 either.

League 2.

1 minute ago, BS3City said:

Massive...

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Is that it!!

Just said a very poor turnout from rovers fans.

4 hours ago, BanburyRed said:

Hope the Fewers have their eyes glued to the screen from 7pm tonight and their fingers crossed, as this is where we come into the competition at round 2 - apparently! 

The BIG clubs (us) only come into it in round 3.

And the earliest it will be running is January 2024, that's Bristol for you.

28 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Interesting line on it this morning.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/11/03/exclusive-cardiff-city-face-three-window-transfer-ban-fail-comply/

Update.

 

Cardiff City are not coming out of this saga very well are they, would like to think we would have acted in a very different way.

7 minutes ago, CotswoldRed said:

This is no particular opinion on the homophobic chanting at the Mem, but I firmly feel we are but a few years away from almost everything being deemed offensive and therefore illegal. 

What was mildly annoying in 2000 will be a jail sentence for someone in 2030. There is no end to it. 

Chanting someone has a "slaphead" will be construed as offensive. Pointing out someone is a speccy-tw** will earn you a conviction for hate crime - a new law from 2028 which doesn't allow you to make any comment about someone's appearance.

You might think I'm talking crap, but you'd have said the same about current laws 15 years ago and the relentless influence of social media will see the shift continue. 

Glad I'm not the only one who thinks the world today is a lot nearer George Orwell's 1984 than I would like.

27 minutes ago, Super said:

We've been sent this heartfelt message from a Bury fan.

Sadly they didn't leave a name, but I couldn't not post it.

From the times when i first watched the club in the manny road end at a stupidly young age moaning about how **** we were (my first ever game), to the times when Liam Robinson and David Lee were dazzling us, travelling to Bolton at both grounds for the glorious (and some not so) derbies, watching Lucketti, Butler, Johnson and so many other stars, missing the promotion match as season ticket holders, listening to the match in the swan and then somehow blagging our way into the players bar after the promotion ceremony with Stan Ternant and Sam Ellis to celebrate going up with the team, beating City at Maine Rd and seeing a fan tear up his season ticket, the volcano hot coffees in the main stand, the great songs, the familiar faces, the moments celebrating with Neville Neville, the realisation I should have worn thicker socks and gloves on another Tuesday night being snowed on as my season ticket seat was at the front of I block and had no real cover from the wintry weather. The celebrations, the defeats, the highs, the lows. The 'what the' moment as Baichung Bhutia seemed to cling to the referees legs at Blackpool in his debut like he didn’t quite know the rules, the rivalry with Rochdale, watching us play at a old Trafford, eating some god awful food at some truly great grounds, the annual trek to Radcliffe for the friendly. Wondering how Peter Swan could have such a large turning circle, to Ryan Lowe, to the Barmy Army, to Hugh Eaves funded it how??? To some stunning goals, to the hoof it upfield straight from kick off, to the chants of Brazil, it’s just like watching Brazil as the ball spent five minutes in the air being headed back and forth. To the joy of hugging random fans in a big piley on as we belted in the winner vs Dale to trudging home after losing on a Tuesday night away to Plymouth. To all the past players and staff and fans I salute you. All those moments are now lost to time, never to be felt again in the same way

Like tears in the rain.

2 hours ago, Unan said:

Brighton 2-1 Murray 92’

And what precisely has that got to do with either Bolton or Bury?

Oh! what a shame.

could be as early as Wednesday as latest buyout fails sad news if true.

2 hours ago, Numero Uno said:

Since Wally came with his mega millions (of pence) and since it has dawned on the Campers that he was a bit of a fraud in terms of the investment department that club has been nothing but a basket case.

Not happy campers then!

3 hours ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said:

I had 2 Triumph Heralds, 1 Vitesse and a Mk1 Morris Cooper 1275S (not all at same time). Also started out with a popsicle purple Yam FS1E.

Put a Mk3 Spit engine in one Herald, and it was pretty quick.

Wish I kept the Cooper and the Fizz.

A decent fizzy is worth upwards of £5,000. but I have seen them on sale if they still have the pedals and in mint condition for £10,000. If only we knew then what we know now.

58 minutes ago, NOTBLUE said:

Did you take any photos.

My friend at school did when they had a similar thing on coronation road in the early seventies, as you can imagine he became quite popular with us lads crowding around in the playground.

3 hours ago, Jim Davey said:

one of the most funniest days in my life ,mind the gap you bunch of fcu.king weirdos

Not ashamed even at my age danced a little jig around the front room that day!

2 hours ago, Hillzider said:

The obvious way around this would be to build an new park and ride  station next to the Portbury motorway junction.

Drop down off the motorway park up, and in the middle of Bristol in twenty minutes.

Just as needed as a new station at Ashton Gate but far to forward thinking for our transport planners.

thought exactly the same myself, don't even know why they need to extend the line as far as Portishead, a park and ride at Portbury would kill two birds with one stone be handy for Portbury and Easton in Gordano, and is less than 10 minutes from Portishead, would slash millions off the overall cost as well ,if you and me can see it beats me why the people responsible for the project can't.

As someone that lives only 50 metres from the station, on a purely selfish note hope to god they bring in a resident parking scheme as people will flood into the village from Portbury, Easton in Gordano, and ham green, it's bad enough trying to park now god knows what it will be like when the station opens.

3 minutes ago, WessexPest said:

Scum fans crying fix as the EFL got the final it wanted - I.e. one without the pox-ridden Horfield filth.

Not that they care of course, it’s a stupid, irrelevant tournament. But it’s still so unfwair on the Gas - waaaaahhhhh!

Well done Mackems.

wouldn't be surprised if there weren't 75,000 for the final now, let's be fair it's a lot more attractive fixture now.

7 minutes ago, Unan said:

Goal 2 https://streamable.com/jd20f

just get a sad looking bloke how do I get it to play?

8 minutes ago, Unan said:

3rd time lucky 

http://live.harleyquinnwidget.com/freelivematch/6736182646421000.html

 

2-0 Sunderland 46 mins, get in

where is the play button a picture of the joker is in the way and if I click on the cross I get warnings of pornographic spyware.

1 minute ago, dave36 said:

Are you using a VPN?

what is a vpn?

2 minutes ago, Unan said:

Try this one.

https://t.co/eUIu9Gz84h

thanks for trying all I get is error unsupported video.

8 minutes ago, Unan said:

This is what comes up for me. Click the big arrow, and another page will open, just close that as it's an ad. Then click the play button again and it should start.

sorry I must be thick after clicking on the big arrow all I get is a larger version how do I close that sorry but you make it sound easy and i'm having a nightmare.