Zookeeper WSM

11 hours ago, MattWSM said:

how many support the seagulls on here?

I go fairly often

I do. Went to Worthing yesterday, great day out but we were always going to lose this one. Weston are the opposite of City this season, struggle against teams in the top half but will normally beat the lower teams.

1 hour ago, Roadrunner said:

I was thinking the same thing or they must have someone lined up as the timing is unbelievable.

Warnock was at Torquay v Weston yesterday. Was also apparently at Torquay's previous home game.

35 minutes ago, !james said:

This was discussed earlier on in the thread from @Silvio Dante

If you go on your Personal Details there is a section for Relationships. If your daughter is down as “Friends and Family” then you can’t get access to buy her tickets. I had to delete my kids relationships, then readd them as “Customer to Customer” - that then meant their seats were available to purchase.

Thanks for coming back to me. I've checked and she's already shown as 'customer to customer' and it says 'strong relationship'. Are you saying that I should delete her and then re-add her? Thanks again for your help!

Has anyone else had an issue with one or more of their group's tickets not showing as available? Mine and my son's are available to select but not my daughter's.

On 20/12/2023 at 17:36, Red Exile said:

We've got no tickets but we're taking the train to Cologne and then travelling around Germany by train, which is comfortable and reliable and a good way to see the country. We did the same back in 2006, but had tickets to England v Paraguay in Frankfurt that year.

The German railway tickets for next June have just gone on sale this week. Decent discounts if you book early. The pricey bit is the return Eurostar to Brussels - change there for Cologne. The Man in Seat 61 website has all the details.

Thanks for that, didn't realise train tickets had gone on sale this week. Got my ticket from Amsterdam to Essen (where I'm staying for the Gelsenkerken game) for £18 which is a bargain! Looks like some tickets still aren't available yet (eg I want Frankfurt to Berlin after the 2nd game) but maybe will  be available next few days.

1 hour ago, BCFCGav said:

For me, honours is the first and foremost metric in the ‘club size’ debate. That’s what this is all about after all, winning things. But all the metrics you’ve mentioned do also play a role, just to a lesser extent imo.

For me the only metric to define a big club is attendances (consistently over several years whilst taking into account success / lack of). I actually think that honours and recent years in the top flight reduce how big the club is relative to their attendances. Ie, a club that averages 21/22k consistently over years like us despite no honours or recent top flight exposure is bigger than one that gets the same crowds but has had some success (eg, Burnley, Cardiff, Watford). There's definitely a spreadsheet asking to be created to measure this!

2 hours ago, redsocks said:

He must be pretty pissed sat on the bench when cornick starts.he offers nothing why he starts amazes me.

What pearson sees in him I don't know.

So on to next season.new gk ch mf and a striker to play alongside tc.

I also thought cam pring was close to player of the season.

100% agree - Pring has easily been our best / most effective player this season for me.

On 19/04/2023 at 10:23, phantom said:

I think that I am still drunk, blimey that was some celebration with the team last night. 

I didn't get home until gone 1am and I wasn't the last one to leave 

 

It felt proper non league when the trophy arrived in an old card board box and then had to be put together by the bloke presenting it!

We went last weekend to watch the Napoli Lazio match. Some parts of the city feel a bit old and dirty in places and is very hectic but never felt unsafe there at all. Certainly didn’t feel like it deserved the reputation it has. They are also obsessed with Maradona. Never been somewhere where everything seems to be so devoted to one person!

45 minutes ago, Leveller said:

Might take a while, I'm guessing!

Process seemed very easy until the system said there was a problem with my card payment. Except there isn't - my online banking says it's gone through! So now I've paid and have no ticket.

So, do I pay again and hope to sort out a refund later, or try the long wait getting on the phone?

 

I get that every time I buy a ticket, but within a second or 2 get the payment confirmation. Never needed to pay again, just assumed it’s a glitch they’ve never fixed.

3 hours ago, Lordofthebling said:

Depends what your after and where - boxpark was brilliant during the euros, but quite pricey and a struggle to find anything after in terms of a GREAT night out...

Best bar I have been to was the three kings over West London, a load of craft beers, plenty of space.

Agree with Famous 3 Kings - easy to get to from Paddington too - right outside West Kensington station.

12 minutes ago, Lrrr said:

Unless you get a big team away in a replay then replays are just a pain for lower league clubs as well, having another midweek game and potentially another overnighter with the associated costs if you get someone at your level where there's minimal benefits from ticket revenue etc. Also more chance of upsets if ties are only 1 game.

I agree, can’t believe they still exist.

Even more so in the early stages of the competition. For example, If Weston draw with Helston in the next round, they will need to travel to the tip of Cornwall on a week night - time off work for the players etc, crazy and unnecessary in my opinion.

3 minutes ago, lenred said:

Fan f’ing tastic! 

Quite jealous of Logical-City now!

1 minute ago, lenred said:

Strikes are between 1-5th aren’t they? 

New one just announced for the 8th

I guess the nation-wide rail strike just announced for the day of the Birmingham game may have spoilt a lot of peoples’ (including my own) plans for this game.

1 hour ago, Davefevs said:

I seem to recall that SkyQ shows it at HD quality and SkyHD at SD quality, and therefore a lag for HD. My dad would often text me before I’d seen the action. 

Thanks - That makes sense as I was watching on SkyQ yesterday and was probably on SkyHD last time I used the red button.

I noticed last night watching a bit of the Cardiff game, it was a good 90 seconds behind Flash Scores for the goals going in. Hadn’t noticed this much of a delay before on red button games.

I’m sure the Miners will be open from 10.

7 hours ago, MattWSM said:

was never going to last they are a not a southern prem club, playing above their level, bit like Rovers. We dont like them in Weston

Weston were excellent yesterday at Poole, winning 3-1 to stay equal top of the league. Adding Reuben Reid (ex Plymouth) up front to an already solid squad for this level really looks to have given them the edge - real promotion contenders this year. I always think finding genuine quality up front at this level is incredibly hard but Reid and Marlon Jackson look so dangerous as a partnership and work well off each other and Dayle Grubb in behind them still must be the most talented player on the league (although now into his 30s I assume).

8 hours ago, phantom said:

Unless you live in Weston that is  

Cracking weekend of football coming up - Poole v Weston on Saturday, City v Cardiff Sunday!

Thanks for this Dave - really interesting. Is this information freely available from Opta / Wyscout or do you have a subscription for this?

9 hours ago, harrys said:

I don’t know about that, 5000 more home fans than last seasons opener with all the merchandise/food sales that go with that, anyway, I’m not suggesting they do it for every game but if they did it wouldn’t bother me despite the fact I have a season ticket, that was my point 

I agree and I think the fact that it’s the season ticket holder that can bring the mates at the discounted rate works well. It’s a benefit to the ST holder to have the option to bring a mate along, so doesn’t devalue the season ticket I don’t think - certainly wouldn’t stop me getting mine.

Id like to see them do it much more often if the commercials stack up - ie, the extra beer, food etc sales outweigh the missed full price ticket sales.

On 03/08/2022 at 09:30, OliOTIB said:

Brilliant stuff mate. Keith Stroud is a massive helmet, but we will see how it goes. 

Looking forward to the game, especially due to the fact over 23,000 tickets have been sold! Nice to finally see the Dolman and lower lansdown full again. 

Sunderland bring a lot. From what I can remember they bring thousands more then their allocation. First away game back in the Championship, they will be up for it. Lets send them back up to scumcity with what they say as ‘nout’.

Hopefully not as they haven’t sold their own allocation yet and they are on general sale.

2 hours ago, weepywall said:

Yes it was.

Yes it was and I think I remember Andy May scoring the winner for us.

1 hour ago, Norn Iron said:

A great article.

https://theathletic.com/3372897/2022/07/28/the-92-club-football-grounds/

I also bought the Simon Inglis book in 1982. It would often go with me on Coach 2 back in the day. 

The rules are interesting for qualification purposes re joining the 92. However, how many have done the 92 clubs with only one rule, that Bristol City were playing there at the time?

In that case, I have done 73. Old Trafford doesn't count as I was watching England in a World Cup qualifier.

But then what about visiting the grounds that are current for the particular club? I went to Roker Park in mid 90s (we drove. 0-0 btw). That won't count even though I'm scheduled to go to Stadium Of Light in Feb 23. Using this rule I am nearing 50 clubs. 

The 2 clubs demoted from the EFL were visited by me but then so are the new clubs to re-join League 2. 

I am sure there are some otibers that have achieved 92 status. If he hasn't, Slartibartfast would be pretty close.

So, how many clubs have you visited (old stadium counts) purely to watch BCFC?

How many current league grounds have you visited purely to watch BCFC?

It’s 75 for me watching city (only counting each club once if I’ve been to old and new). Also including Ashton Gate! Also slight cheat that I’m counting Wimbledon but know it’s not the same club anymore (FA cup replay early 90s).

Total grounds is 178 with the others being City games against teams not in the 92 anymore, Weston matches, England trips and a few European football road trips.