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3 hours ago, pongo88 said:

Back to square one is an old footy phrase you don’t hear very much these days. The phrase originates from the days when football was listened to a lot on the radio. To help the listener picture the scene, the pitch was divided up into a grid of imaginary squares, square one being around the goalmouth. Thus, whenever the ball went out of play for a goal kick, or someone made a boring pass-back (of the type no longer allowed), the commentator would groan: "Back to square one".

Not a lot of people know that 

It was first used for the 1927 Fa Cup final Cardiff City v Arsenal .The Radio Times printed a grid with numbers 

Tickets from Eventbrite or Manor Farm 

Geoff Twentyman & Gary Owers 

Bristol Manor Farm Football Club 

May 3rd 

pie & a pint £15 

guests Gary Johnson  and Lee Mansell (Ro**rs)

If the previous shows  are anything to go by this should be a cracker 

5 hours ago, Never to the dark side said:

heard a  that the unveiling of the murals in the BS3 at midday ish Friday 2 February has been postponed.

Can any one confirm and if so let others know

Thanks

Not sure where this came from but the mural near the Rising Sun will be unveiled in the next few weeks . There was never a date for it’s unveiling due to the weather and other things that needed sorting , so I have no idea where the date of 2 nd Feb came 

9 minutes ago, REDOXO said:

Jonathan Pierce once told me he didn’t do City games. I’m hoping he’s doing the commentary for the US audience! 

Hes doing this one 

JP is doing the commentary 

Credit to the Former Players Association for organising

A real sad loss .Trevor came to Ashton Gate as a fifteen year old with his Plymouth mate Kevin Griffin .They both had a weeks trial and both travelled with the city reserves to a game away at Chelsea  .Although they never played at  Stamford Bridge Alan Dicks and John Sillett were keen on them both .Trevor had already agreed to go to Birmingham City the following week .After their time at City  ,the club  offered an apprenticeship to both Trevor and Kevin but Trevor would not let Birmingham down and went for the week trial with them , and the rest as they say is history ,as for Kevin he signed for City and made a few appearances before moving on to Bath City .According to Geoff Merrick Trevor was his most difficult opponent .RIP Trevor