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8 minutes ago, BRISTOL86 said:

With the greatest of respect, as much as I love a good Cardiff bashing, the entire affair is clearly considerably more complex than that. 

Is it really though? He either was a Cardiff player or he wasnt?

If he hadnt tragically died along with the pilot in that plane, would Cardiff have paid the money or would they had been holding out out they are now? That to me, paints the true picture.

1 hour ago, Montpelierblue said:

Apparently our hands are tied by legal and insurance matters, I wish we had paid up but obv the club have been told not to as this could make us liable for a far greater claim by Salas family for starters. Besides which, it was an agent who was employed by Nantes who put him in that terrible flight, not the club, who had arranged a scheduled one from Paris to London. It’s a horrible murky world of football transfers and agents, makes me puke.

How on earth are your hands tied by legal and insurence matters?

You owe Nantes money, pay the money. Cardiff made out like he was a Cardiff player regardless of who booked what Plane cardiff acted like he was a Cardiff player so pay up.

If he wasnt a Cardiff player why did you have all the fuss at your games, all the crying, Cardiff fans borrowing the bobby reid song and chanting youll always be a bluebird with me?

He was either a cardiff player so you pay up,

Or he wasnt a cardiff player which goes back to what was all the crying, forever a bluebird banners etc?

Taken from wiki. They loved them so much they stopped funding them and they would Have basically of gone bust.

Bristol Rovers, now in the bottom division of The Football League, found themselves unable to continue financing a women's team in 2006 and withdrew funding. Bristol Academy of Sport agreed to bankroll the team for 12 months, but there were serious doubts during the 2006–07 season that the club would survive beyond the summer. 

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it wasn’t until 7 years later that city got involved with funding them, how on earth that means we stole them in gas logic I will never understand.

30 minutes ago, BCFC11 said:

The BP are almost as bad as the Fewers with their views on the Sags support, not a week goes by without them saying how great they are 

Amazing travelling support

It was hard to know which side were the away team at the Pirelli Stadium as the travelling Gasheads dominated in the stands as their side did on the pitch. 

The blue and white quarter clad visitors may have been outnumbered, although only just with only 2831 in the ground, but they were loud and fully supportive for the full 90 minutes and then some, staying to clap off the Pirates players after the final whistle despite them making the long trip back to Bristol with no points to show for their efforts.

How can nearly 4 times the amount of home fans, to away fans be only just?

7 minutes ago, BanburyRed said:

Slightly off piste but still relevant to this topic, but not sure if already covered in previous 10+ pages.

Just looking at free agents on Transfermarkt, players out of contract, looking for a club - 

Forwards: JET, Gary Hooper, Chris O'Grady, Chris Dagnell, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake

Wingers: Will Buckley, Dean Bowditch, Matt Jarvis, Jermaine Pennant

Midfield: Peter Whittingham, Paul Anderson, Josh McEachran, Jack Rodwell

Centre Half: Michael Turner, Anton Ferdinard, Matthew Kilgallon, Roger Johnson

Full Back: Danny Simpson, Jordan Spence, Ryan Taylor, Adam Matthews, Alan Hutton

Goalkeeper: Jordan Archer, Boaz Myhill

With rose tinted glasses on and wishing that there was more compassion and understanding in the game, that some of these players would play for free for one more year and a combination with the young players at each club, give their knowledge to help with fielding a team and filling the stadium, reduced ticket prices etc, generating some income and PR.

Happy to be shot down for the idea.

Would you work for free for a year?

15 hours ago, wayne allisons tongues said:

It’s ok calling the game off saying player welfare, but they told the league they could fulfil there fixtures. It’s only now they decide knowing full well start of season the squad they had to decide on player welfare. 

More than likely after losing 5 0 Saturday they don’t want a repeat.

Am i the only one who is finding this under 18 not being able to play a bit insane? Some lads their age are working 50/60 hour weeks etc to provide for families.

11 hours ago, RedLionLad said:

I’m pretty sure these male footballers can look after themselves and not have to worry about old women taking a fancy to them.

Nice bit of sexism there, well done.

1 minute ago, RedLionLad said:

Opening your mouth isn’t thinking, is it?

No but there has been comments by female members on otib about male footballers looks etc. Surely that’s the same thing?

22 minutes ago, RedLionLad said:

She’s someone’s daughter and a footballer representing Bristol City Football Club......nothing else.

Surely it’s ok for people to think someone’s attractive? Are you telling me no women see any male footballers and think they are attractive?

On 25/07/2019 at 10:09, Mr Popodopolous said:

Tbh there are/have been quite a lot of City fans in Somerset- or borderline South Bristol/North Somerset. That is their local cricket team.

Those who live in Bristol outright, it's the team with their HQ in the city (and county) of Bristol.

So on your logic, anyone north of the river should support rovers and not city? As that is their local football team?

Its county cricket though, not city cricket?

So the county cricket club of Gloucestershire play in the county of Bristol, now whos the confused ones there? Yet people support them as they are the "local club", how does that make sense?

Surely the county lines should be what is classed as local, not where the team plays? Otherwise surely MK Dons are still Wimbledon FC etc.

7 hours ago, wendyredredrobin said:

Gloucester CCC are a Bristol based CC club

Bristol City are a Bristol based Championship football club.

Who the **** are Bristol Rovers

Somerset is a 2 minute drive from Ashton gate. How far is Gloucestershire?

Support your local club. 

Might aswell support rovers if you are supporting glos at cricket. 

3 hours ago, BCFC11 said:

1994: The John Atyeo Stand replaces the old away-end terrace, at a cost of £1.8 million.

 

https://www.bcfc.co.uk/fanzone/club-history/potted-history/

So all those years so it cost nearly £2mill, and they think now they could build that and a lansdown stand for 10 to 15 mill 

3 minutes ago, TomF said:

I reckon the Lansdown stand alone must be around £20m 

On that note, does anyone know how much the Atyeo cost to rebuild in 1994? I cannot seem to find the data anywhere online.

Like you could build all of that for £10-15 million, they are so out of touch with modern football its crazy.

9 minutes ago, Miah Dennehy said:

most of our season tickets sold are to existing season ticket holders most people would have paid £285. 

Poor people.

2 minutes ago, Nibor said:

It's a significant investment.  The more telling point is that after paying £7m for Kalas, £2m for Dasilva, £750k for Smodicz and maybe £3m for Bentley we are still £2.25m in the black from transfer fees given we got £15m from Kelly.  So we can afford to spunk 17.5 Tillsons on the best defender in the Championship.  Must make both their brain cells ache.

It is a big investment but it isn’t an obnormal purchase for a championship club to make, we are just a bit slow as a club to pay these kind of fees.

3 minutes ago, Unan said:

sh**ty make club record buy Views 212 Replies 0

They are so withdrawn from reality of life in the higher leagues that they do not understand £8mill for a defender isn’t anything now days. 

2 minutes ago, RedM said:

I wondered this myself. 

@CliftonCliff, again I am wondering this too regarding the Agents. But if they can state they hired this pilot ( the one that has been arrested) in good faith on the belief and assurance he was qualified to transport their client and they had no idea it was going to be passed to a third party, then they are clear aren’t they? 

The law is really weird though at times, the onus might fall to the Agents to seek assurances such a thing wouldn’t happen, not merely assume as much.

What you state there, what if it was a taxi driver?

You call club cars, who send Darren a taxi driver who has shown them documentation for a Vauxhall Zafira with all the correct paperwork etc. When he turns up to pick you up, its not Darren but his mate who Darren has palmed the job off to who hasnt got a taxi licence or even insurance who's fault is that?

6 minutes ago, JulieH said:

They are not all rovers

Have football banning orders been applied for?

7 hours ago, Bar BS3 said:

It wouldn’t need investigating, if some people weren’t such ******* idiots. 

They should be the ones to clean it up. 

I’m sure you’d want something done about it if your house was vandalised. 

The police wouldn’t even come if my house was broken into, let alone if someone put spray paint down the side of my house. What makes a football club different?

37 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said:

Ridiculous agreement. So any crime less than murder shouldn’t be an issue, because people aren’t dying..?!

You don’t agree that this is Embarrasing and stupid..? 

Oi that was my plan for next week..! 

No I agree it is embarrassing and stupid, but there are a lot more important issues going on in Bristol for example. 

Jet wash out, clean it up, job done. Does it really need a police investigaton, or let them deal with more pressing issues?

It Doesn’t need internet hysteria over it, go back 30 years no one would of known about it and everyone on here would have been a lot happier. 

People are getting killed daily in this world and people are worrying about a bit of spray paint....

7 minutes ago, phantom said:

So what happened to the Bristol City womens team from 25+ years ago?

Can remember watching them in an FA Cup semi final against Liverpool at Mangotsfield back in the early 1990's

City pulled the funding for them, it must had been a period in mid 2000's when clubs stopped funding the womens game and now its got "popular" again.

City found life at the top of the women's game difficult, and their stay in the National Division lasted for just a single season. They ended the 2004–05 campaign with just 9 points and were relegated straight back down to the Southern Division.^[3] Two years later, in May 2007, Bristol City announced that they would no longer fund a women's team. The club moved to Bath and became part of the TeamBath group of sports team