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10 minutes ago, BrizzleRed said:

…. so how is the ‘marked as not being renewed’ relevant at the moment, as surely that won’t be known at present?  

Isn’t it the case that existing ST holders have until the beginning of May to secure their current seat, before they are then made available to new takers?

Correct Brizzlered, existing season card holders have until May 3rd to renew existing seat 

1 minute ago, Rob k said:

I went to watch Farm yesterday - brilliant club, always enjoy going there 

Rob K , I totally agree, been there numerous times and thorough enjoyed every visit. Great place to enjoy a game with a very good standard of football 

1 hour ago, BanburyRed said:

Is it because the Welsh have never seen a train before?

Did you never see Ivor the Engine as a kid?? Jones the steam on the foot plate and Dai StationIt was the early days mode of transport for the soul crew

48 minutes ago, Shaun Taylor said:

The welsh hate being left out

 

All happy on train , 30 Cardiff and 100 Newport. Newport got off in Swindon then Cardiff threw cans and bottles at them Newport reacted and threw some back. Cardiff fans disgusted by this behaviour on their forum and wanted those who were identified to be outed. 
CCTV on train will have footage and those who are identified could well be punished. 
 

1 hour ago, Robin101 said:

Went to Wembley for an England friendly a few weeks ago. That was dreadful experience - full of coked up morons in knock off stone island too. 

This was a good article on the subject: 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/5a7cb68c-8a54-11ec-8600-c48a9935f856?shareToken=a801a9794310c0ef237d5957db835c7c
 

If you’re fed up of it, I really can’t recommend giving a non-league game a go enough (ironically yes, the above is technically non-league).

Totally different atmosphere, but no less passionate. Entertaining games, enjoy a drink as you watch. I’ve done a couple away games and you’re generally made very welcome by the home team and supporters, plus you’re generally visiting some nice places for a few Saturday afternoon beers (rather than Stoke). You’d be surprised at the standard too. 

Agree 100% with non league football, I watch it fairly regularly with my nephew who ground hops a lot. It’s so much more relaxing to enjoy a few beers pitchside with the banter of locals  and as you mention the standard is very good. I am laid up after hip surgery otherwise I would be down the Creek today.

The rise in the reappearance of violent incidents at football is a nationwide problem and this has been well documented on here in the recent past, and also in the National press. It’s never ever gone away at City and I doubt it ever will as sad as that may sound .

Was working in Somerfield as a 17 year old. Finished shift and walked home , put TV on and sat in total silence with my parents trying to take in what we were witnessing , tears rolling down my cheeks. 

Not sure what people want to hear from them?? They can’t influence the shart being dished up on the pitch , only NP and the players can do that.  Our hands are tied financially next season and although it’s bad decisions by SL and JL that have contributed massively to this situation they are not going to come out and take the blame.

We have gone backwards since LJ was sacked, no doubt at all , but we are a Championship club again next season and who knows what next season will bring. 
 

I personally don’t like the Bristol Sport branding , I feel we lost our identity with that and I have also said many times that I think that it may be time for a change of owners. SL and his investment has held this club together but for too long now I feel there has been no ambition to make the final push on the pitch. NP was appointed 2 years too late in my eyes, and we are paying for that big time now.
 

3 hours ago, Gillies Downs Leeds said:

Heard him on soccer Saturday. He is going to do after dinner speaking. Said that he had bookings for Cardiff & Sheffield. Then said really I should be doing places like Bristol. I think he really enjoyed his rivalry with us. Happy retirement to him, in my opinion one of footballs great characters, far too few of them around these days.

I honestly believe that he wanted to manage us at some stage in his career and that he loved coming to Ashton Gate. Great character in the game and love him or loathe him he will be sorely missed. Affectionately known in our house as “the eyebrowless one”
have seen the Cardiff /,wolves game on Sky recently from a couple of years ago when he kept telling Nuno to fark off after the final whistle as Nuno followed him around to shake hands

2 hours ago, sticks 1969 said:

I think they had half the open end 

also the time when inflatables were all the rage 

Only the  usual section that away fans had in those days , granted i worded it wrong when I said corner bit .

 I remember the City fans in the open end dancing about like loons in the rain when they were let into the middle section next to the forest lot 

Torrential rain all day , I was in East end that day. Seem to remember Forest only having the corner of open end nearest Dolman. 33 years, jeez seems like yesterday. So near yet so far. 

6 minutes ago, 1960maaan said:

Probably been on here before, but I just saw this on Twitter. Can't help thinking the "I Can do what I want " decoration, and being single , are linked somehow 

Yes indeed, many more years of manual manipulation ahead for this prize bellwhiff. 

6 hours ago, Fodbarmyarmy said:

There was defo something in the air that night, the atmosphere was electric, we all wanted blood for that defeat in November and boy , for once, we got what we wanted....

Evening Kap, deffo something in the air that night, natch cans and traffic cones when the Swindon escort entered Ashton roadOne of the best nights ever at Ashton gate. 

5 hours ago, Oh Louie louie said:

Good to see enoch.

Scored some good goals for us.

Whats he up to now never?

What’s that coming over the hill is it Showumni, is it Showumni!!!!!

used to love it when we had big Enoch up front in the promotion days. 

1 hour ago, Port Said Red said:

Wrexham seem to love a late goal. 2 today in additional time to win the FA Trophy semi final.

That’s why they paid the money for Mullin and reportedly 4K a week . 

9 minutes ago, Elruliri said:

I remember that game 3-1? To Swansea. They also had Tommy Hutchinson on the left wing he was about 42. He ran Andy Lou ragged.

Andy Llewelyn is still about, I have just come out of hospital in Newport, was in their with a  County chap who chipped his firestick for him recently

3 hours ago, Shaun Taylor said:

Wow that's impressive. Did it take you long to book it all up separately and how did you get the match tickets?  

Hi Shaun , 

booked hotel quickly on booking .com then Let flights stew for a week or 2 to see how much they fluctuated and they didn’t drop so nailed them on easyJet website.

most German clubs will have translated English version of their websites so it’s easy to book tickets .We picked Hertha as they only sell out against Bayern, Dortmund, and Berlin so tickets are easy to get. Once purchased they are sent straight to your email as print at home. Voilà. 

6 minutes ago, Shaun Taylor said:

That's a very good point about being treated as a fan and not a cash machine and would love to experience a top German match one day.

Shaun, 4 nights hotel, return flights from Bristol and match ticket was £175 and match ticket gives you free train and tube travel so many hours before and after match.  All booked separately by us. It was on my bucket list . I would recommend getting out there if you can , it’s well worth it. 

4 hours ago, harrys said:

Was a good day, won 3-1 after being 1 down at ht, plane times were perfect as well

Was over 1300, great day out, cracking third from Bradley Orr. Remember seeing Leader under the stand saying that a lot had flown into Newcastle. Anyone remember Jasper sitting on the roof of that jeep with a City flag as it pulled into the pub car park

38 minutes ago, Shaun Taylor said:

It's really impressive and must have been a privilege to be in the stadium.

i also remember when Liverpool played Dortmund away. Total respect all round

 

The Bundesliga matchday experience is a world apart from this country. You are treated like a fan not a cash machine. Looking forward to going back next season with hopefully a delve into Poland aswell

Shaun , it was taken as Hertha fans had just began to sing their anthem Nur Nach Hause just before KO. Schalke dropped the banner , up went the scarves and off they went. 

4 hours ago, RoystonFoote'snephew said:

I'd be interested to know what the away figures were. I imagine pretty good for Notts County/Chesterfield but not so for Wrexham/Dover. Away fans can make a real difference here but not so elsewhere, although they can travel in reasonable numbers in Germany, Italy and Poland for the big rivalries. 

I went to watch Hertha v Schalke in Feb 2020 on a Friday night and Schalke brought around 5-6k. for a 4 hr journey. It was impressive when they let the smoke off. 

Wrexham are currently limited capacity due to the old Kop end being derelict and unused. They have recently submitted plans for a 5k seat Stand on that end with conference centre to tie in with the councils project of regeneration of the station. In a few years capacity could be 14-15k, something the it’s what we do rabble from South Gloucestershire can only dream of.

32 minutes ago, sticks 1969 said:

There were Cole not gas t shirts 

Yes there were Sticks , I remember going to watch us at Luton when Andy Cole was playing and saw a bloke wearing one. This same bloke got up and shouted at Steve Claridge when he came to retrieve a ball for a corner “ Oi Claridge, pull your socks up you feckin scruffy Kent”

Only show at the gate when no game on. Embarrassing. Pair of oxygen thieving bellsniffs 

10 hours ago, Offside said:

Shelton was such an excellent player. He scored City’s first goal in my first ever away game (3-0 win at Cardiff in 1989 in torrential rain, a game when Super Bob scored a screamer of a volley). 

That was one lively game before and afterwards. I was in top corner of grange with a blue and white golf umbrella, came in handy as not only kept rain off but also the hundreds of coins coming over the back wall. Absolutely pisched down all day long .