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11 minutes ago, Robbored said:

It’s always been nonsense Phants. Bristol lost out having win the Championship in the play offs.The format was introduced in 2005/6 simply for tv money. 
 

Loads of sports use play off systems, and in the Premiership its been around for years so its a bit pointless bleating now. TV money is needed - now more than ever

How can he allow that try when he is still talking to the Briz players? 

48 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

I don’t necessarily think football grounds are safe yet, but if they aren’t nor are cinemas, etc. 1m+ indoors...what tosh.

Totally agree with that. Ironically the Cinemas are showing football matches now - you couldnt make it up

5 minutes ago, steviestevieneville said:

 It has to be policed properly 

You keep saying that, but to check everyone on the way in, make sure they adhere to social distancing, eject them if they start chanting etc, stop mingling, keep toilets clean is a LOT of policing. You would need more stewards probably = more money. Is that realistic ? Im not sure it is

19 minutes ago, steviestevieneville said:

the prime minister is openly encouraging people to go to cinemas

You dont generally get up and shout in cinemas though do you? Not unless you have tourettes.

I believe this is the prime concern - particularly if people have had a few

5 minutes ago, bcfc01 said:

WTF was all that about ? Blokes walking past in towels and flip flops 

Hehehe. I’ll be laughing at that clip for a few days 

6 hours ago, phantom said:

A major scheme to reopen the Portishead to Bristol railway line has reached an important milestone.

The Planning Inspectorate (PINS) has written to North Somerset Council confirming the date for the proposals for the reopening of the Portishead Branch Line to be examined. The examination is part of the complex Development Consent Order (DCO) process.

Nationally-significant infrastructure projects require a DCO before they can be built. As part of the process, the Planning Inspectorate is required to hold the examination, which takes around six months.

The DCO application to reopen the Portishead line is part of the MetroWest Phase 1 scheme, a West of England Combined Authority and North Somerset Council project delivered in partnership with Network Rail. The project was accepted by the Planning Inspectorate in December 2019.

The scheme involves reopening over 5km of railway which will be added to the national network, the construction of two new stations at Portishead and Pill and works to upgrade 9km of freight only railway. This will enable an hourly passenger train service on a reopened Portishead Line, while maintaining the current freight train operation to and from Royal Portbury Dock.

In addition, the wider Phase 1 proposals (not part of the examination), will bring significant train service improvements to two other railway lines – the Severn Beach Line and the Westbury to Bristol Line –  and will deliver train service upgrades for 16 existing stations.

During the examination, the inspectors will look in detail at the DCO application which seeks powers to build and operate the disused section of railway from Portishead to Pill,  minor works to the existing freight railway through the Avon Gorge and for the compulsory acquisition of land needed for the railway to reopen.

The 46-page letter received from the Planning Inspectorate (known as a Rule 6 letter) confirms the appointment of the panel of inspectors who will be undertaking the examination, the date of the first meetings, and timescales for the six month process. The process begins with a preliminary meeting which is being held online because of Covid-19 restrictions and will be in two parts on Tuesday 6 October and Monday 19 October.

After these meetings, the formal examination process begins, with an open floor hearing on the evening of Monday 19 October when interested parties can give the panel their views on the project.

West of England Mayor, Tim Bowles said: “We are making major investments in our public transport network to improve rail services right across the West of England, including the reopening of the Portishead and Henbury lines, new stations and more frequent services to Bath, Westbury, Yate and Gloucester.

“I welcome the start of the examination process for the reopening of the Portishead Line that will take us a step closer to connecting more local people to jobs, education and leisure opportunities across the region. Creating more sustainable travel options will help cut congestion, improve air quality and make our area an even more attractive place for people to live, work and play.”

The Leader of North Somerset Council Cllr Don Davies said the council was delighted that the public examination process was about to begin.

“This is a hugely complex scheme that has to go through many stages in order to progress. The start of the examination process is one of those key milestones, and we anticipate it will be a very intense six months for the project.

“The Portishead line is a key priority scheme putting jobs and infrastructure into the heart of our economic growth strategy. Despite all of the current challenges we are pressing on with a nationally significant project that will deliver wide ranging environmental and economic benefits to our region, and all aspects need to be considered by the Planning Inspectorate.

“Once completed, MetroWest Phase 1 will connect an additional 50,000 residents directly to the national rail network and improve the level of service for a further 180,000 residents on the Severn Beach and Westbury corridors.”

The upgrade for the Severn Beach and Westbury lines are set to see improved train services start in 2021 with the Portishead line re-opening in 2024.

More information about the DCO examination process can be found at the Planning Inspectorate’s webpage: https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/south-west/portishead-branch-line-metrowest-phase-1/

Benefits of the wider MetroWest scheme include:

• 181,000 fewer car trips in the opening year, increasing to 278,000 fewer car trips a year by 2036
• A reduction of 7.5 million car kilometres in the opening year
• 958,980 passenger trips by rail in the opening year increasing to 1,295,103 passenger trips by 2036
• Bringing more than 50,000 people within the immediate catchment of the two new stations at Portishead and Pill
• Providing better access to employment and educational opportunities
• Upgrading the existing train service at 16 stations across three rail corridors, directly benefiting 180,000 people within a 1km catchment
• Creating 514 new direct permanent jobs and temporary jobs during construction
• Providing £3 of quantified benefits for every £1 invested to deliver the scheme, putting the scheme in the high value for money category
• Enhancing the regional economy by £264m in the first ten years

TAKEN FROM: https://www.westofengland-ca.gov.uk/portishead-rail-moves-a-step-closer/

I dunno why the don’t stop ******* about and get on with it 

You can't blame them for asking for a handout - the NL/L1/L2 clubs are in the shite big time, but i agree the help should some from within football. There is enough money sloshing about. 

29 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Not having a go at you Triple-T, but why does everyone always suggest it’s the PL that should bail out the EFL clubs?

Why not the EFL itself, or the FA, or the PFA?

I doubt the EFL / PFA have the money. I agree re the FA - they should step in but the PL is where the cash is. We are in unprecedented times - they should make a contribution to saving clubs going out of business - call it morality if you want

22 minutes ago, downendcity said:

If this carries on for another 2 years I doubt there would be any other teams left for us to play,even if SL continued to bankroll the club! 

It is terrible. How many of the L2/L2/NL clubs are going to survive is beyond me. Maybe a solidarity fund from the PL clubs, but i cant see them doing it - they rather spunk 50M on players. If clubs do go to the wall, and the PL keep paying 200 grand a week and spending on transfers i will be disgusted. Football is our national game and must survive. The government wont help, so its either the fans / philanthropic owners or PL step in. 

FGR picked. Bit surprised really, considering Vegans have weak immune systems.......

10 minutes ago, Baldyman said:

Not sure about anyone else , but I’ve not yet received my season card for this season anyhow .

I’m not sure why you would be expecting one considering you can’t currently use it.....

10 hours ago, BS4 on Tour... said:

Agreed, especially when there were posts from the one who claimed extensive knowledge of what was going on in China and everything was apparently getting back to normal over there way back at the start of the year so there was basically nothing to worry about - what an idiot ...

12 minutes ago, phantom said:

Once this trial is up and running succesfully, this will be rolled out around the country

.....from the government who said they would have the tracing app up and running and it will be world class...

Fantastic partnership this. Can not turn it off !

Last 10 games : won 1, lost 7 at the business end of the season, having been around the playoffs all season and getting in a proven striker in January. 

What more is needed? Times up Lee

Sod this. I’m off for a slow **** in my shed

3 minutes ago, marcofisher said:

This is what happens when you have a 35 year old journeyman who is about to run out of contract playing ahead of an £8.5million signing on a long-term contract. 

Would Kalas have done that? Absolutely not.

Oh shush. Kalas has been pants 

I’m so frustrated. ******* hell

35 minutes ago, Maesknoll Red said:

You can’t just print money

Yes you can. If you have your own currency you can do this up to a point and the Bank of England have already said they will. Normally this would cause inflation but in the current climate who knows?

1 hour ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

 

Stock markets- and I mean globally as you can't have one nation shutting and leaving itself open- but should it be suspended globally for a period?

Whilst business is still functioning, which has to happen or we are all doomed the markets will remain open. 

The effect on pension funds is massive and tragic hence the scale of the central banks measures.

I know a bloke who is due to retire in June and he is in pieces. Poor bastard. Worked all his life and now facing either a poor retirement or working for another 10 years.

15 minutes ago, Wade Wilson said:

Genuine question, how many of you are still planning to go to upcoming City games? 

Mate - I genuinely don’t know. I’ve lost pension money on the stock market - the world has turned upside down in a few weeks. I’m 50:50 to sit inside a cupboard for a month, or say **** it and go to the game and shout out my support. 

These are unprecedented times. Thank **** for Malbec 

Nice to see people part of the care in the community programme now have internet access. Bless

With all the money sloshing around the top level of the game its mental a club the size of Bolton may go out of existence. I totally get that they have been mismanaged but owners of football clubs are largely transient - the fans are not. However it’s the fans who will suffer. Any club is one bad owner away from being in this position. Something very wrong indeed. I hope they find a solution

42 minutes ago, Andy082005 said:

Absolutely disgusting 

Both clubs should be ******* ashamed of themselves 

Not only did neither club front up for the private search , they are both now arguing over the transfer money. The poor ****** still hasn't even been found 

If you ever needed proof that greed and money had ruined the game....this is it. 

I am.genuinely disgusted by this . Vile

Agreed. I don’t think anybody would disagree that the transfer fee needs to be sorted out but do it after the funeral and behind the scenes. Playing it out now and in this manner is not cool

Two home games next. Blackburn and Sheff Utd. We have momentum now - could easily turn both those over

Great week for us - well done to the team and Manager