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  3. Congratulations to Scotland’s BCFC

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    3 minutes ago, Malago said:

    Brechin City won 2-0 today away to their main rivals Buckie Thistle to be crowned Highland League Champions

    Face the winners of the Lowland League, probably Spartans of Edinburgh, for the right to play the bottom club of the Scottish League 2.

    Still lots to do, but hopefully they will regain their rightful place in the Scottish League.

    They play in red and white too.

  4. Rotherham United at home match thread

    in The Havanatopia Match Day Archive

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    7 hours ago, Jerseybean said:

    Good day fellow- Reds, hope this finds you well.

    Our penultimate home game. On Tuesday they drew 2-2 with Burnley, with goals late in both halves, that point - which also denied Burnley a chance of breaking the Championship record for points won in a season - kept the Millers in 18th place four points clear of the relegation places.

    We played them away immediately after the World Cup break and it finished with us winning away against them for the first time in 27 years, with a 3-1 scoreline and Cam Pring getting his first City goal. Highlights:

     

     

    As NP said post-match it was scrappy….https://youtu.be/NaxnGcz5TEA

    Matt Taylor had this to say: https://www.themillers.co.uk/news/2022/december/post-match--the-second-half-needed-to-look-more-like-the-first---taylor/

    Over the years our record against them is lost 24, won 21 and drawn 10.

    Their media release pre-match: https://www.themillers.co.uk/siteassets/pdf/bristol-city-press-highlights.pdf

    Our game guTheiride: https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/match-preview-rotherham-united-h/

    In January they signed West Ham United midfielder Conor Coventry on loan until the end of the season. The 22-year-old played seven times for the Hammers this season, including making his Premier League debut against Manchester City in August. On deadline day Sunderland loaned ex-BCFC defender Bailey Wright to Rotherham United for the season.

    They are facing a goalkeeping crisis with the club exploring an opportunity for an emergency loan, according to club journalist Paul Davis. No1 Johansson has missed the last three games with a shoulder injury while back-up stopper Josh Vickers was injured in their last outing. Third choice Robbie Hemfrey, who has played just 45 minutes of senior football, could start in his place.

    In charge is Josh Smith, assisted by Jonathan Hunt and Akil Howson, the fourth official is Lee Swabey.

    History

    To say that the club’s origins are convoluted is a gross understatement. The current Rotherham United FC came into being in 1925 but the brown ball had been kicked around in town long before by a glut of clubs carrying Rotherham in their name.

    There’s an early mention of a Rotherham Football Club in 1870 playing at a field opposite Eastwood House, Doncaster Road. Rotherham Wanderers were around in 1872, playing on Jarvis’ s Field in Clifton Lane. The name of Thornhill Football Club, eventually becoming forerunners of Rotherham United, pops up in 1877 and one year later Lunar Rovers were founded. The name was derived from the many matches that were played by moonlight but one year later they changed their name to plain Rotherham, with Town added a few seasons later. In the meantime Rotherham Wanderers had disappeared from the town’s football scene to make place for Rotherham Swifts who folded in 1891.

    Thornhill (later adding United to their name) played at the Red House Ground, devoid of either natural or artistic beauty. It was located off Henley Grove Road and Park Street. Thornhill United played second fiddle to Rotherham Town who entertained their crowds at Clifton Lane Cricket Ground before moving to Clifton Grove. The perennial problem of poor attendances led to the downfall of Rotherham Town in 1896, now giving Thornhill United the status of the top team in town. However, the saga continues. In 1899, two minor clubs in town, Rotherham Casuals and Rotherham Grammar School combined to become Rotherham Club. They changed their name to Rotherham Town in 1905.

    At Thornhill they were not amused. Not to be outdone and seeing themselves to be the senior club of the two, and certainly the elder, the Thornhill Club, still playing at The Red House, became Rotherham County….. In 1907 Rotherham County moved to a patch of land described as a grass plot of not much practical utility. It was to become Millmoor Ground as we know it today. Meanwhile, Rotherham Town struggled on at their own Clifton Road Ground. By 1922 the club seriously faced extinction. At last, the two clubs amalgamated in 1925 to become  Rotherham United and a single club of senior standing was formed in the town. To prevent yet another town club being created the lease of the Clifton Road Ground was taken up and caused the demise of Rotherham Amateurs, which is another long and fairy-tale story….

    So at last, Rotherham Town and Rotherham County had overcome their continuing and fierce rivalry, their bitter battles and their poor financial status. Luckily enough their sartorial saga is not as complicated. The first colours of Town were chocolate and sky halves, then blue shirts with white sleeves. County were clad in black and white stripes and later changed to white shirts and black shorts, adding a red belt.

    Their first strip after the amalgamation in 1925 was amber shirts with a black V and black shorts. The red shirts did not come into being until the 1928/29 season and inspired the early, albeit unimaginative nickname, of the Reds. Rotherham United have since been faithful to red and white and their fans seem to favour the Arsenal-style red shirt with white sleeves, a combination worn whenever Rotherham United have been doing well.

    The club’s first official badge from the ‘Merry Millers’ from Millmoor was the former Rotherham County Borough coat of arms, granted in 1947. The shield has a green background. The bridge across the centre is emblematic of the first Southwark Bridge in London, cast in Rotherham at the Walkers’ foundry, and of the war winning Bailey Bridge, designed by Rotherham born Donald Bailey. Above the bridge are two white Yorkshire roses and a bishop’s mitre, symbolic of Thomas Rotherham, Archbishop of York (1423-1500) and Lord Chancellor of England, who founded the College of Jesus in Rotherham and built parts of the Church of All Saints.

    The two bucks supporting the shield are also taken from the arms of Archbishop Rotherham. They wear golden collars from which hand shields charged with a bee, a symbol of industry. The black shields on which to lie are allusive to coal mining, and the black chains to iron and brass founding. Above the helmet is a hand holding a caduceus of Mercury, the god of commerce and emblematic of Rotherham’s trade. The motto, ‘sic virescit industria’ translates as ‘thus trade flourishes’.

    The present crest is a reference to Millmoor. The letters RUFC are depicted in white in mill wings set in a red shield with a football.

    Their nickname of the Millers comes from Rotherham’s strong industrial history of flour milling. Millmoor, Rotherham’s home for decades, was so named because it was built in the hub of the flour milling industry in Rotherham. Thus when Rotherham moved to Millmoor, they became the Millers.

    Well known fans

    Dean Andrews - Actor

    Paul Chuckle - Chuckle brother

    Howard Webb - Former referee

     

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    Surprised they've won this fixture more times than we have.

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  8. Chris Garland England U23 at Ashton Gate

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    54 minutes ago, Sir Geoff said:

    Yes I'm getting confused. Someone has muddied the waters talking about England v Wales. Yes Keegan and Macdonald were in the squad and Garland was on the bench. I can remember going to this game. Got all the England autographs 

    There was one Bristolian in the England team - Larry Lloyd, although he was a former gas player.

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  13. Nasty players

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    Alex Munro, dirty gas bastard. Broke his leg at AG in Glos Cup 1968 after colliding with the pitch side seats in front of the old enclosure after sliding in on Chris Crowe trying to clatter him. Karma.

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  15. Euro 2028 bid

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    Posted · Edited by Red Shadow

    1 hour ago, ChippenhamRed said:

    Never really understood why they have pointless rules like this for tournaments. If Anfield can host Champions League semi finals, I reckon it could probably manage a few tournament group games.

    It’s got to the point where all tournament games look virtually identical because there is so little variation in the stadia and they all have to fit a very specific criteria. Bit of a shame in my opinion.

    I still don't like all goalnets being the same these days. When I was a kid there were many different designs, each unique to a particular club. And the ball used to stay in the net in some of them no matter how hard the shot was. I used to like that. 

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  23. Bristol R*vers dustbin thread

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    Posted · Edited by Red Shadow

    53 minutes ago, petehinton said:

    They’re even looking at their transport routes already too for the “perfect location”. One of which being to get off a bus on bath road and walk through and industrial estate for 5 minutes that’s actually half an hour through an area that stinks and is so loud you can’t hold a conversation when walking down it ??

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    Er, I may be being whoosh'd here PH but the recycling centre ain't where the Fruit Market is. The Fruit Market is where St Phillip's Marsh is marked on the right lower part of your map ?

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