In the Net

1 hour ago, Bar BS3 said:

Very true. What's the excuse at the Mem then..?

No excuse - just a fact of life for us at the moment. Cheapest way of increasing the ground capacity I presume?

2 hours ago, Bar BS3 said:

Ah yes. They did used to have a little tent stand there as well didn't they. 

It must be their thing. I can't think of many/any other clubs that have such an affinity with tents. 

The only time we had a "tent" at Twerton was when some idiots burnt down the Grandstand, so a temporary stand, with a canvas roof, had to erected on part of the Bristol end terrace to accommodate the displaced fans.

On 31/12/2016 at 13:50, 1960maaan said:

Is this true, if so they're both scum of the lowest order. I don't give a shiney shit about them ripping of the squatters , but pretending to be disabled is low even for a gAss.

Surprised to read about that. There is quite a strict criteria for getting disabled tickets. A friend of mine had to produce documentation to show that she was registered as being disabled, plus a current letter from her Dr confirming that she needed a carer to help her attend games.

12 hours ago, Cheesleysmate said:

Watching from a Gazebo, loss of memory post 1990.

A Gazebo is open on all 4 sides - I'll have you know that we've got a feckin' tent!

Actually, we've now got 2 feckin' tents since the new owners rolled into town.

4 hours ago, TinMan's left peg said:

The idea that the Rovers can be successful by catering for fans looking for "nostalgia" seems a bit odd. We've been in our home for over 100 years where as they've been at the rugby stadium for about 15 years. 

"Nostalgia" - as in getting soaking wet standing on the terraces, wading through urine to use bogs that don't flush, queueing for 20 minutes to buy a burnt pasty, listening to a tannoy system that is either uninteligable or deafens you, etc etc.

On 24/12/2016 at 00:06, Bonkey Dollocks said:

I originally thought the guy with the Liverpool jacket on had a really sh1t pony tail to complete his look, but it seems that hair belongs to a woman behind him. 

Still looks like a top bloke though.

Thought the same - had to scroll back and have another look. Bad idea - there are some things that you just can't unsee!

13 hours ago, slartibartfast said:

Yes, they were in there and would probably stayed undetected EXCEPT a couple of them paniced and ran for the Dolman/ EE exit ! What a mistake-a-to make-a. The lucky ones scaled the gates, the unlucky ones never made it that far!      sigh... different times....different life. 

How would you rate the EE with regard to difficulty for other fans to take it, back in the day? I remember reading in a book that Arsenal fans got a nasty surprise, and came out a lot quicker than they went in.

From memory, the EE had a tight, compact feeling, which created an intimidating environment.

2 hours ago, Andy082005 said:

Rovers fans fighting amongst themselves in the South Stand today to.

So much for 'the best fans' in the world 

If you knew the demographic of those who sit in the Tent, you'd realise how hilarious your post it.

A few Barrow fans overdid it on the ale, and were a bit lairy in their block - nothing to see, move on.

20 hours ago, Dark Wood Covert said:

Just seen they finished bottom of the group which included a youth team...

Shame.

Mission accomplished!

21 hours ago, Robert the bruce said:

Shanks's pony???

Heard he had to take early retirement after a punching incident a couple of years ago.

21 hours ago, bs3 said:

I thought they had to build a car park this month at UWE otherwise they will have to reapply for planning permission. 

Tick tock

Work had to start on the site this month in order to retain the planning permission, the car park is first on the agenda, so a few diggers have been active for the last couple of weeks.

Q&A session with Wael + the Chairman tonight. I'm not expecting to learn anything new at the moment, usual soundbites and everybody will go home happy.

1 hour ago, Loon plage said:

Get the **** off our forum you unwelcome pr1ck

Are you related to Peggy Mitchell?

2 hours ago, RobArnold10 said:

Family club at it again!

As for on the pitch they're only four points off relegation, division's tighter than a ducks backside. So I wouldn't be getting over excited yet if I were them!

Final thought, all these penaltys and red card decisions(that red card was pretty dubious yesterday I thought) I'm shocked the Telegraph haven't popped over to the Mem yet! 

Linesman had just taken over the whistle from the original ref, who had pulled a muscle or something. People think that's a can of line spray tucked into the rear of his shorts, maybe it's a roll of dodgey £50's.

2 hours ago, glynriley said:

These are the fans fans who booed during the minutes silence for Des Williams mind...

 

**** 'em

Mickey Barrett ?

Both clubs have an element of morons who don't know where to draw the line.

On 20/09/2016 at 21:19, Monkeh said:

Roles reversed rovers would charge Swindon full price while playing the victim card 

Our fans charter states that tickets will be half-price for fans attending an abandoned match, when the fixture is re-arranged.

6 hours ago, bs3 said:

How old is Weal ? Mid 40s? So when he was a young teenager Rovers were forced to move to Bath because they struggling to get crowds of over 5000 at Eastville. 

He may well have been supporting Chelsea when we played them for the final time in Division Two of the old Football League. No doubt we took the Shed End in the away game, and he's never forgotten how we travel in numbers!

6 hours ago, Port Said Red said:

That's just incredibly ****** up. I would like to think that a large majority of his own compatriots would think the same surely?

To be honest, I couldn't even make sense of what he was trying to say!

23 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said:

Far too intellectual for the average Rovers fan, who is probably sat at home picking left over spaghetti hoops off of his T-shirt and rubbing their groin over Louis Walsh whilst watching X-factor on catch up. 

Ooops - must remember to switch my web-cam off in future!

13 hours ago, GrahamC said:

Course it was.

Strange your forum says that your "fans" were slagging off your new goalie Roos as well, bet that abuse was meant for the ref too, eh?

Yes it was - one fan on Radio Bristol said it was aimed at the team, maybe he was not situated at the tunnel end of the ground.

Several idiots started chanting "Mildenhall" when the 2nd goal went in - of course, that was really going to boost the young lad's confidence wasn't it - they are idiots.  He got lots of calls of "Roooooos" when he handled the ball, unfortunately not everybody is familiar with the "Luuuuuuuke" support which golfer Luke Donald gets, so didn't get the gist of it. I am sure that Roos did though, as he probably would have had the same chant at previous clubs.

When our fans are idiots, I have no problem in saying so. Similarly, when something has been misinterpreted or mis-reported, and I was at the game, I'll also say what I saw/heard.

3 hours ago, sglosbcfc said:

Rovers booed off at half time according to their fans on radio Bristol. Disgusting that once again our fans are clearly infiltrating the Mem and making it seem that the 'loyal and Prowed' Gas are not the best fans in the world after all.

It was the Ref who got booed off, not the players.

2 hours ago, View from the Dolman said:

The Sainsburys charge is against Bristol Rovers (1883) Limited and shown as still outstanding: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04501223/charges

The accounts appear to be filed correctly but the confirmation statement (the new 'annual return' - just a minor piece of admin work) is showing as overdue: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04501223

Cheers for that - my finance expertise is limited to the price of handbags and shoes!

On 07/09/2016 at 11:58, Monkeh said:

I've been bored (waiting for a meeting)

so been having a noise on the companies house website,

I see Rovers accounts are overdue and they haven't settled Sainsburys legal bill yet (also overdue), surely with their Billionaire owner (who is the only family member registered) these should of been tied up long ago (like ours have been),

Maybe the rumours that they have no cash are true

Not sure what you are looking at - the Companies House website shows:-

Accounts

Next accounts made up to 30 June 2016
due by 31 March 2017

7 charges registered

0 outstanding, 7 satisfied, 0 part satisfied

Apart from a few weeks, the accounts currently filed cover the final period of Higgs ownership, so, except for the Wonga loan being paid off, we won't see any hard evidence of what the new owners have done until accounts are filed in March 2017.

I'm no expert on financial matters, so, if I'm looking in the wrong place, please enlighten me!

6 hours ago, awbb said:

What?! How dare you! 

The mere thought of a gas head in the away end at Ashton Gate when it isn't a derby makes me want to punch a horse.

It did feel a bit strange, but my son was very young and he wanted to see Liverpool play.

2 hours ago, JamesBCFC said:

How would you know, closet city fan?

Ha ha - in the away end that night, as usual.

49 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said:

The game stopped in the 60th minute i.e. fractionally before an hour had been played - however that's not really the point. The club should do the decent thing rather than hide behind the letter of the law.

Would you be happy to pay again having paid once for a match that was ultimately null and void, having watched only two-thirds?

Incidentally does anyone know if we had to pay again after the floodlight failure against Liverpool?!

From memory, the tickets were really cheap for the re-arranged game.