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6 hours ago, slartibartfast said:

Only fair Brucie was tupping RS's Anthea !

I tried but she wouldn’t give me a twirl

37 minutes ago, petehinton said:

Fair play to her. And even worse of Gormridge and Wael for not addressing this at all publicly. They’re so cowardly it’s unbelievable. 
 

Can’t run a club and seemingly can’t even treat human beings properly either. Hope it comes home to roost for them next summer when they don’t go up, and them being hugely over budget this season comes back to bite them. 

Alf Saeed thought Rovers would be a nice plaything for young Abdullatif but the more he delves into it the more he realises what a mess he's landed himself with.

What if it turns out he's not such a lovely bloke as Mr Al-Quidi and decides to liquidate ? 

31 minutes ago, Port Said Red said:

Sorry? Who could have built? When their Chairman suggested a super stadium there in the 60's he made it clear that it was going to need to be funded by the Greyhound Company and "local businesses" if it was to work. The "temporary" bus shelter they are building right now is the closest they got to ever paying for something permanent with their own money in the last 100 years.

It’s been financed with a secured loan from Nationwide. Finance Ltd.

If Alf Saeed is extremely wealthy why hasn’t he paid that off or refinanced at a lower rate than 12% ?

Rovers midweek game in doubt due to inadequate floodlighting.

29 minutes ago, bcfc01 said:

Penny has finally dropped with a few, but there are still the bell ends like this creature (calls itself amgas);

"Not sure why people think lack of planning permission will stop us using it - once it is finished bums will be on the seats. None of the small stands people have been sitting in over recent weeks have planning permission".

I believe "amgas" is the nom de plume of Mr Al-Quidi himself.

 "Finnished bums will be on the seats" is a well known phrase in Amman as well as Helsinki.

41 minutes ago, SirColinOfMansfield said:

The new regime has really got its act together and a series of announcements have just been made ...

 

Under the new stand, there will just be one massive food concession which is being brought to you by ... 

 

For those fans locked out on match days, there will be food available in the car park kindly provided by ...

 

The fleet of coaches providing travel to away matches are about to be upgraded and there will be a new hostess service providing refreshments en route ...

 

Car Boot Sales are returning to the Mem on a Sunday morning with a whole range of services provided including ...

 

Watch out for more announcements soon!

Thank goodness for that I thought they'd buggered off back to Kuwait.

17 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

I'd quite forgotten the Kitty song.............could have been Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) singing Smelly Cat !

You still haven’t told us why that old lady swallowed a fly.

2 hours ago, slartibartfast said:

5)  Did nobody notice the secretary gagged and bound in her office chair ?

We kept all that behind closed doors in my day.

6 minutes ago, Lrrr said:

Apparently Rovers had 2 hours to get what they needed to done so 

a) why wasn’t everything in place to assume it would be a yes to save time 

or 

b) if you’re running close to the deadline and as Barton put it ‘seconds out’ then why not submit an extension form to the EFL/FA that allows you a little extra time so long an agreement is in place 

Because the lady acting as Rovers club secretary has no experience in football.

She runs her own business providing HR services to small companies in Bristol, Somerset, Gloucestershire and S Wales.

https://www.louisesmith-hr.com/

Deal off.

Our fax machine broke down.

Mr Johnson Jnr has just been spotted at LHR boarding flight KU102 to KWI.

1 hour ago, RedRaw said:

They clearly just do not get that regardless what the greens may or may have done, the reason for the complete fudge up is due to the club completely disregarding the due legal planning process in producing the bare minimum documentation for such a development and then expecting it to fly through planning without any scrutiny. The fact they appear to have also commenced some form of construction is nothing short of contempt of the whole planning system. If BCC let this fly, I would imagine there could be a case for a judicial review

A few weeks ago I jokingly posted about ARRRSE (Alton Road Residents Resisting Stadium Enlargement) just for a bit of fun.

But it's actually now come to pass that there is a group of articulate and motivated local residents which is determined to make sure the Council follow the planning regulations to the letter of the law. These people are mainly non-political and not connected to the Green Party so Rovers trying to shove all the blame in that direction is another howler which will more than likely backfire. 

7 minutes ago, View from the Dolman said:

Bit of a cryptic one from a Post reporter... He's not yet expanded on it. 

 

Has work stopped because of the serving of an enforcement notice ?

11 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said:

Does Alf see the opportunity Wally missed in terms of prime land and zero interest in the beautiful game?....

Well it is confusing when we were told young Alf is a director of a professional football club in Kuwait but he doesn’t mention this on his LinkedIn profile.

https://kw.linkedin.com/in/abdullatif-alsaeed-006535b7

2 hours ago, Topper 123 said:

Imagine they were to build without permission and say **** the council and someone had a injury whilst no safety cert in  place  

Our liability insurers would walk away leaving Mr Gorringe and Mr Al-Quidi to face the music.

Alf Saeed is lurking in the background but he's not currently an officer of the company. 

24 minutes ago, pongo88 said:

He probably thought it was as true. Unfortunately some people have equivalent memory of a goldfish. I’m old enough to remember when Rovers actually had a good team that could compete in Division 2 (the equivalent of the Championship). Their current squad might be the best in the last 5 years or so, but that’s not saying very much. 

Thank You

 July 29th 2021

The letter of the club’s president read: “The past four days have been tough for us all and I have seen first-hand that there is a division within the fanbase which is not what we want heading into a new season.

“Firstly, I think it is really important to confirm that as a club we stand firmly against any form of violence.

“Any individual that is found guilty of any such offenses will be dismissed immediately.

June 26th 2023

Bristol Rovers have signed forward Jevani Brown on a two-year deal following his release by Exeter City.

He admitted one charge in March and is awaiting trial on the second, which he denies, in July.

2 minutes ago, Hot Air said:

By Arab standards, Jordan is relatively democratic, free and prosperous. If you trying to shoehorn some sort of comparison between Wael's backing of Rovers and the Saudi bankrolling of Newcastle, then you are misguided and misinformed. 

People are malnourished and lack food in the UK. Are you suggesting that countries that receive money from UK investors should reconsider? 

You mean more democratic, free and prosperous than Kuwait ?

Isn't it about more than tax loopholes though ?

There are bread riots in Jordan, tens of thousands are living in squalor in refugee camps and the government has just passed a law allowing them to imprison those who protest about corruption amongst the country's elite.

So in these circumstances wouldn't the supporters of an upstanding Jordanian citizen who has chosen to spend £30 million on a third division football club in a faraway land while his fellow countrymen starve be best advised to keep quiet about it ? 

3 hours ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

To be fair, JB isn’t the only one.

I wasn’t aware of @slartibartfast’s existence until a couple of years ago.

We arranged to meet, however, and whilst I didn’t recognise him at first as he wasn’t wearing his hat, he turned out to be quite a nice chap.

Didn't Slarti poke you in the eye with a Wills Whiff ?

10 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

You always seem to be the bearer of bad news !

But the Führer hasn't taken account of losses on the eastern front ( Olney, Buckinghamshire)

Nationwide Finance Ltd still have their multi million pound loan outstanding for the bunker that never was.

11 minutes ago, pongo88 said:

It could, theoretically, roll all the way to Ashton Gate in one hour twenty eight minutes 

 

The ball would roll faster if it stopped for a quick shine at Blue Ginkgo Massages.

I know I did.