fgrsimon

Maidenhead United do actually have a "Bell End" I believe...

Agree, I think your best chance of staying up this season would have been to stick with Ben Garner. a) it was his team so the players were more likely to respond to the guy who signed them, rather than managers who consistently told them they weren't good enough b) When he was sacked, you were clear of the relegation zone despite having played several of the better teams in the league in the early fixtures. The buck has to stop at the top though, Wael has made several catastrophic decisions which has led to this relegation and it was entirely self inflicted, so blame ultimately has to lie with him. Same with Lansdown here, they both put too much trust in those below them and should have been a lot more hands-on. Bristol football really has been a total shambles this season and it's just not good enough for a city of this size, especially when you see how what the rugby club has achieved.

Incredible when you see it in black & white like that! Must also have had an effect on the players who played in more or less every game in a compressed and difficult season. Semenyo 49 Vyner 49 Wells 48 Diedhiou 44 Kalas 43 Hunt 42 Also for all their faults Wells and Diedhiou both got into double figures for goals. Some credit to them I guess, even though performances weren't always stellar, to say the least....?

Has there ever been a period of time when both Bristol clubs have been so bad? We last won a game on 13th March, since then they've won one game; Doncaster 2-1 and drawn 2. We've drawn 3. Both surrendered a 2 goal lead to lose 3-2 in that time etc etc Similar problems with both sets of players, particularly physically and mentally weak players. Do footballers just come to Bristol for an easy life? 1980-81 is all that comes to mind, finished bottom two of Division 2.

No real views on Lee Johnson one way or the other since he left here, but someone calling him "Bilbo Bellend" on that forum did make me laugh I have to admit.

Well hopefully it could very well be a long time before they "experience such a downfall", for a start they've got to get back to L1! "We are one million strong". We know that they're prone to exaggeration but this is a whole new level of delusion.

Amazing story at Torquay, 90+8 equaliser after being 2 down to go top and Sutton Utd now losing in the late fixture.

Really thought he would be a good fit for them and thought he'd keep them up when he was appointed. They weren't even in the bottom 4 at the time, so far from an impossible job. Instead he's gone in like a wrecking ball and pretty much trashed the place. Happy days.

The Hitman sends them to the bottom of the table. You couldn't make this stuff up!

Absolutely this. I think it's pretty likely Swindon will get a points deduction, so they need to finish below Rovers and to lose to the other relegation teams they have to play (Wigan and Wimbledon). That woud very likely send the Gas down regardless of any Swindon deduction.

It would just be so weird if they do go on a losing streak now. Streaky at 3 different clubs and over multiple seasons here but nothing really tangible to explain it, unless it's sort of become a self-fulfilling prophecy after say the first 2 at Barnsley and here. Do the players start to think 'here we go again' and are affected psychologically. I'm sure a psychologist would have a field day.....

I would guess that it's the word 'negligent' that's the problem. Quite a strong word in legal matters....

Yeah I did a second take when I read it!

:laugh: "HMS Piss the League is pretty much at the bottom of the ocean." https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/joey-barton-wael-bristol-rovers-5222982

What next, Gas celebrating blue sky over Ashton Gate?

Sadly I was just too young to see the proper Clash lineup (Strummer, Jones, Simenon, Headon) but was anybody at the Joe Strummer Rock against the Rich gig in Bristol 1988?. Lots of anarchist shennanigans going on, Class War supported the tour, they were a notorious anarchist organisation of the time. It was brilliant! and working for the NHS at the time, I was fully behind the sentiments of torching Porsches and yuppie flats that the organisers espoused....! Not the scariest gig I ever went to though - that was the Angelic Upstarts in Exeter around 1983, the day after Exeter City had played the Gas. All the neanderthal NF Gas skinheads stuck around for the gig and created mayhem. As a students we just were relieved to get out without getting a kicking having lurked in the shadows at the gig. The Upstarts, just like Sham 69 attracted,and for no real reason, far right morons to their gigs.

Special request for Bristol Rovers FC this evening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCrvxPUXsCo and RIP for Paul Raymond, Paul 'Tonka' Chapman and the inimitable Pete Way

University freshers week display complete with whiteboard that looked like it had been coloured in by a 5 year old. Open top bus parade along deserted streets to celebrate finishing 2nd in the Conference.

Err.. I was talking about the Gas! Sadly I can't see FGR's attendances ever being higher than the Gas. Even more sadly I don't think FGRs attendances at the new stadium will be any higher than they are in Nailsworth. At least after the novelty wears off. It will be 8 miles from the existing core supporter base and the support for the move is far from universal.

It will be interesting if and when restrictions are removed this season, to see how their attendances compare to Plymouth and Swindon. Guaranteed that Plymouth would be higher home and away, Swindon would be closer. 4th biggest club in the West Country anyone?

"The move to Twerton Park will provide supporters with upgraded facilities" Not a sentence that's been uttered by many I would guess!

To be fair, it's probably because it's the only thing that they could find to rhyme with 'blue'

Plymouth's last home gate over 10,500! Rovers now 4th biggest football club in the South West. :laugh:.

Another car crash interview for our enjoyment. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07y13wn From 17:00 onwards. "For reasons of confidentiality I can't comment on that"

Yes I was wondering about this too. Surely SL could chuck a relative pittance at it to make the team competitive, or are there financial restrictions? I would certainly be a whole lot cheaper to get the ladies to the top of the prem than the men! Would be good publicity for Bristol Sport too if they were up there challenging, with the push to popularize the Women's game at present. Of all the components of Bristol Sport the ladies team surely would be the easiest to get to the very top I would tthink?