Red_Alligator

10 hours ago, Fordy62 said:

Morning all,

I’ve done a little reading of our greatest ever matchday thread author’s posts and I’ve attempted to write this tribute in his unique style. Truth be told his threads take one of two forms; reminiscing about fixtures of years gone by, or Marvelous historical references that appear to Segway out of nowhere. With history not my strong point I shall attempt the former.

It feels entirely fitting that it’s likely that at a little over 1,600 miles away, I’m probably in with a good shout at being the OTIB member who’s geographically closest to Havana, Cuba.

 

Today’s game sees us rekindle our favourite love/hate relationship with Ken Dodd lookalike Neil Warnock and his Middlesbrough team. 

To reminisce about our fixtures with the kings of smog, I’ll take you back to the 06/07 season. Plying our trade in league one, we’d eventually win promotion back to the championship, finishing second only to a A Scunthorpe team spearheaded by 30 goal Billy Sharpe (wonder what happened to him?)

But the 4th round draw of the FA Cup that year would see us draw Gareth Southgate’s Premier League Boro (wonder what happened to him?). 

A pasting was on the cards as we fell 2 behind to two early goals at Ashton Gate - Yakubu and Malcolm Christie - seemingly irrecoverable, until 50 something minute goals for a player made famous for shouldering the blame in a drunken car crash in Derby and another who didn’t enjoy a short holiday in Reading would score to take the replay to The Cold & probably wet Riverside Stadium. 

This time we’d go ahead through David Noble only to be pegged back by Mark Viduka. The game would go to extra time, and a late Boom-Boom goal would cancel out Yakubu’s extra time goal to take the game to penalties, which we lost 5-4, the decisive penalties missed by Craig Woodman and scored by future Paedo in the making Adam Johnson. But plucky Bristol City had done a job in those two ties and given themselves the confidence to have the consistency to climb into the Championship. 

Today’s opponents are a different kettle of fish to that of 06/07. We’re up against our favourite pantomime villain, only this time managed by our own. Not unlike ourselves, Middlesbrough have established themselves as a championship team, only having done so by coming down through the trap door, rather than our upwards trajectory (although this trajectory is somewhat questionable!). 

I invite you to raise a toast to Hav and all of our other OTIB friends who are now supporting from way up higher than the upper tier of The Lansdown Stand.

To those who are no longer with us.

COYRs. 

Nice job Fordy, a very fitting tribute.

34 minutes ago, SouthS22 said:

We can only dream about having Lee Johnson back at this point. At least we did occasionally win games then. Even Holden was better than this 

Your dream is many people's nightmare South. Please show some sensitivity in these turbulent times.

Well ginger is definitely something I've never knocked out. Thank goodness.

Just now, Southport Red said:

Is Janneh the new Bobby Reid?

No.

Well, we had the chances! Very disappointing, NP must be fuming with that.

Lovely header! COYR!!

Good luck lads - lets get off to a solid start! COYR!!

Wouldn't put it past them for the first song played at the minimal next season to be Britney Spears "Hit me baby, one more time".

Oops, they did it again......

Tinpot to the last.

5 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

Something Jamie Carragher often says, although he is referring to defending rather than club statements, is if you make one mistake don't follow it up with another. All they have to do is retract the statement, make a grovelling apology explaining that they simply got it wrong and move on to an extent. How the hell can such guff still be on the website over 12 hours later?

Rovers the "family" club, Everton the "peoples" club.................where do these people get this bollocks from? No, you're just a FOOTBALL club same as everyone else.

Sadly the "family" club has never seemed more ironic.

What shame that club continue to bring (on and off the field) to our city.

The sooner they go the better. Nobody needs them.

3 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

Yet here we are, 12 hours and literally thousands of comments on social media later telling them how appalling their Statement is, AND IT STILL REMAINS ON THE WEBSITE!!

Priceless. Cue the BEP - "Ever popular Gas go viral!", meanwhile "City ticket fiasco!". Or similar. 

On 22/07/2021 at 23:02, IdliketoRogerMoore said:

This got to number 1 recently! 
 

I said, certified freak
Seven days a week
Wet-ass pussy
Make that pull-out game weak, woo (ah)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, you ******* with some wet-ass pussy
Bring a bucket and a mop for this wet-ass pussy
Give me everything you got for this wet-ass puss

Never liked that Susan Boyle. 

Rugged and versatile is the donkey jacket.

Much like myself, some might say.

So it's a "Yes" from me. 

1 hour ago, OneCity said:

Quite frankly that is unbelievable. That's not a forum at all is it, but a private little (emphasis on the word little) fraternity of fanbois whose only remit is to accept new members only if they fall inline with their self-constructed echo chamber. Could there even be another football club forum anywhere on the web like that one?

And the temerity to question whether the poster is a genuine Rovers fan! as if the idea of a 'genuine Rovers fan' is grounds for actual debate! Jeeeez. Imagine if every new poster here had their City-supporting credentials immediately put under scrutiny. Not welcomed onboard as one of us, free to post whatever they wish, but jumped on, cross-examined, and then arbitrarily tossed out the door.

This really says everything there is to know about them.

"As above, so below." That whole club is rancid through and through.

Their forum reflects their club. Shabby. 

The mods are paranoid about any form of criticism and that's why you rarely see posts from fans of other clubs. Simply because all they'd get is stick.

As a City fan you'll get banned before you can blink. 

Still great fun to read though. They are a bunch of chumps.

Yes. Derby will probably get away with it. Always worth a risk where the EFL is concerned!

Glad it's not just me then. I definitely wouldn't want them anywhere near my privates.

On 19/05/2021 at 19:22, Gert Mare said:

I took the Tote End with the missus earlier today. As I was leaving I saw a Neanderthal with a ‘FTG’ number plate drive past the IKEA end.

I had a little chuckle to myself.

Needs to change that ‘U’ to a ‘D’ though.

I visited this morning Gert. The only retail outlet anywhere on the planet where I walk around with a permanent grin. Got a couple of sour looks from the locals when they saw my City pin badge. Needless to say I smiled knowlingly back. All good sport.

1 hour ago, Bazooka Joe said:

Just like the sexual preferences of the Blue Few?

The family club. Literally.

On 16/05/2021 at 20:44, PHILINFRANCE said:

Thanks for that - it would appear our Rovers friend may be right, i.e. a Category 3 offence, albeit aggravated by previous convictions for same, but given what appears to be a marked reluctance by the Courts to impose custodial sentences, I suspect you will be proved correct.

Incidentally, a 97% success rate in your department is pretty impressive .

I'm one of those who really enjoys the true crime stuff on TV. It's particularly gratifying how many cold cases are being re-opened and solved thanks to the advances in technology. Compelling stuff. Must be fascinating, rewarding  and I guess often heart breaking to be working such cases. 

4 hours ago, havanatopia said:

Well there is only stand up for grabs so you will just have to settle for who took City up with the most points, least defeats and who stayed up the longest. Thicket or Dicks? Terry will have to wait his turn.

Still Mr Cooper for me. 

1 hour ago, BS4 on Tour... said:

Spot on! The South Stand should be renamed “The Terry Cooper Stand” with immediate effect - and, I’m gutted that Des Williams’ immense contribution and recognition seem to have been erased with the renaming of ‘his’ stand - I know a guy who is married to his granddaughter and the Williams family is very upset that his name has apparently been ‘dropped’ from our history. 

But, if you put that issue to one side, having four stands named Dolman, Atyeo, Lansdown and Cooper would not be too shabby in terms of reflecting people who seriously influenced the standing of our club ...

Yes, this! He did an incredible job as player and manager (along with Clive Middlemass of course) to get BCFC resuscitated and back on the football map. My favourite City manager. We owe Terry Cooper so much. 

I see over on SagChat they're showing pictures of the new player's bar at the theatre of tents.

O

56 minutes ago, BRIAN WILSON said:

NO Poety is 'F*$k OFF ROVERS' 

Well, if you put like that Brian......

2 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

Yep!  We`ll be playing (and hopefully competing) with the likes of Forest, Boro, Blades, Baggies & Fulham whereas they`ll be welcoming footballing giants like Barrow, Harrogate, Scunthorpe, Crawley, Stevenage and Mansfield to the tented village.

Pirates hoisted by their own petard. Now that's poetry. 

However bad things get for us, there's always them. The gift. Cheers Joey, you're a belter!!

Five points adrift! What joy.