mattjb

2 minutes ago, View from the Dolman said:

Email took 17 minutes from my transaction completing until coming through so looks like the Bristol Sport e-mail postie is feeling a bit lethargic this morning.

3 minutes ago, TV Tom said:

Got my tickets but no confirmation email !!!!!

Same here!

7 minutes ago, downendcity said:

Early/mid 70s district league.

If it was Ryley's grandad it would be a sliding doors moment...........or is it wheels?!

A good chance it was then! 

29 minutes ago, downendcity said:

I always wore shin pads until one game (at Wick I think it was) when I unpacked my bag to find no shin pads.

Sod's law, 5 minutes into the game I knocked a through ball past the centre half. I was quick, so he raised his foot to bring me down. The edge of the sole of his boot (screw in studs) ran up the front of my shin and peeled the skin off like a pencil sharpener.

Cue everyone pointing out that I should have worn shin pads!

 

 

How long ago are we talking and which league? Could well have been ryley towlers grandad !

1 hour ago, Davefevs said:

First “screw ins” were Mitre in late 70s.

Remember having some Adidas Zephyrs, Puma Dalglish Silvers, Adidas Beckenbauers…never had World Cups - wasted on a CB!

Majority of senior playing career was Puma Kings (screws and Moulds) as they tended to have a wider fit, until they suddenly became narrow, and I got a pair of Predators (blades) and Mizuno moulds (which were probably the comfiest boot I ever had).  The Preds and Mizuno never got much wear as I was always injured!

@mattjb the managers son used to clean mine for a £1!

Was all good at the end of the season, all the fine money was given out as free beer tokens on the last home game . Free drink in the clubhouse followed by a pub crawl , deadly! 

My first boots were probably of the winfield variety from Woolworths! Remember having golas and Patrick’s after that. Used to buy Lotto ones later on , never spent much on boots , never cleaned them , pulled them out of the bag on a Saturday with mould and grass growing out of the mud on the bottom = £1 dirty boot fine every week without fail!

This thread made me look up some of the footballs of yesteryear , anyone remember the orange plastic mitre mouldmaster balls that they used at schools? Thick orange plastic with dimples on . The sounds of the day were a ‘poink’ as someone put their laces into one , closely followed by a loud smack and a scream as it impacted on someone else’s inner thigh! Brutal they were!

Remember those and also had the orange captains ball as a kid.An uncle gave me one of the old leather lace up balls , weighed a ton when wet but our lane was lined with hedges .Punctures were no problem though , undo the laces , take out the bladder and stick a bike repair patch on and away you go!

If you’ve got young un’s that play football Saturday lunchtime kickoffs means either struggling to make it in time for games or missing them altogether 

5 hours ago, Bar BS3 said:

Have you tried just carrying it in your pocket..?

It probably hurts quite a lot when he has to straddle the turnstile to get it to connect 

Giving abuse to 8 year old kids? As a father it makes me feel sickened. What’s wrong with these idiots, makes you wonder whether the next day when the booze/drugs have worn off if they feel any remorse. I doubt it. 

3 minutes ago, Scrumpty said:

It would be interesting(?) to track the smell of a football dressing room through the decades, for me it’s 

 

1950s.   Brylcream

1960s.   Dubbin

1970s.   Brut (Thanks Mr Keegan)

1980s.   Insignia

1990s.   ????

2000s.  ????

2010s.   ????

2020s.  A posh fragrance of some kind

Deep heat , SD beat me to it. You never forget it when you are towelling yourself off and some bastard let’s go a can at your crack and sack = Great balls of fire 

7 hours ago, CiderJar said:

Probably the best place for a gas head to sit at 90 +3mins last night 

3 hours ago, SydneyCity said:

I didn’t see it. I have no egrets.

Maybe your blackcap dropped a bit obscuring your vision? 

Classy response from Nige , top bloke. 
I’m glad that after the whole sorry mess of this week that he can see how much the majority of the fan base were behind him and appreciated what he was doing. 
Time for him to enjoy the time out, the countryside and get well.

6 minutes ago, One Team said:

Correct. It’s like if someone cheats on you, or betrays you. You can move on to a point, even have the resemblance of normality, but deep down you know. 

Yep, I think they massively misjudged how this whole thing would go down with us fans and they’ve made a complete mess of it. There’s no going back now unfortunately 

  Voted ‘sell’ . Can’t see any way they can turn this around now, even if the new man does well and we win games. The mistrust would still be there. 

52 minutes ago, Open End Numb Legs said:

All a bit difficult to believe. Rovers have a media room?

The word ‘room’ is probably used loosely, I’m betting it’s more of a shack,shed or tent

39 minutes ago, 1960maaan said:

I have defended the Club/kit/ONeils where I thought it was warranted , 
*not sure the quality was as bad as some made out. 
*The yellow isn't as bad as some said
*I like the City round logo
*O'Neils aren't a market stall knock off company that some made it sound like
*the splat Robin would make a great feature on kids ranges

Now the one thing that is wrong, and @RedM flagged it up earlier. While the 3 kits have to vary in colour, and I don't mind designs being different across the 3 , but there has to be some consistencies. 

The Club badge HAS to be the same, it's the Clubs identity . As it stands there are 3 logos across 3 kits, 2 have different badges , 2 with splat , one with just the badge. 
WTAF was the design team thinking ?? 
This is where I would question if O'Neils queried the jumble of badges, or if Jonny Crayon just demanded his drawings had to be used.

Stick with the Club badge on the front, it would have stopped a lot of moaning.
If you need to use the splat back of the shirt at most. Maybe the kids range as I said.
Then the round City in the 3rd kit isn't an issue for me.

This all feels a little Lee Johnson and his formations. Lots of ideas, but no focus. Just feels messy.

I do like the away kit though.

The splat robin on the yellow kit was a big mistake, would have sold many more if it had the round badge. I don’t think the yellow colour itself is so much of a problem 

They have stock in the shop, my mate got a shirt for my girl that is showing sold out online so they’ve obviously got separate online stock and instore stock. I’m guessing the in store stock will sell out quickly though if it’s showing sold out online 

Just now, alexukhc said:

Looks like it’s sold out almost already 

What a joke,you’d expect they’d have more stock than that. There are no shirts of any of the 3 kits in 10-11yr olds size now. Surely it can’t be that hard to get these things right?

17 minutes ago, CyderInACan said:

We should claim Bristol Blue as ours. That would ruffle a few whassnames. 

A deep blue like the Scotland shirt would be nice I reckon 

What’s going on ? Have the gas finally got their act together? Must be at least 2 days since they’ve provided us with any entertainment which is unusual 

Just now, BasSavage88 said:

We must be the only club in the entire football league to not announce an away kit yet.

Wish they’d hurry up, my daughter has a season ticket voucher for a shirt. No home kits in her size and the yellow splat robin special looks awful so she’s holding out for a hopefully better away top. The chances of it being both better and having one in her size are probably remote though!

3 hours ago, phantom said:

 

People are confusing the meaning of "Temporary"

It's not "temporary" as in only being used for short period of time

It is "temporary" as in it is not a fixed permanent structure, as in the stand "could" be taken down and moved to another location

As an example anyone that has been to Weston FC, the stand behind the goal is "temporary" as they had originally planned to move stadium again in a number of years and the plan was to take it with them. 

Ultimately the stands will no doubt be in place for a very long period of time

Without looking into it, I suspect there are many similar structures around the lower leagues and non league

Yep that’s kinda what I was implying. They are calling it temporary,it’s all they can afford to build but really it’s long term