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Am I right in thinking our last trip to Home Park was Gary Johnson's last game before he got sacked?

2 hours ago, CyderInACan said:

 

I'd think that it's still worth clearing the site whilst the legal case proceeds. If SL decides to give up on the project and sell the land, the land would probably be worth more as a clean slate ready for other developments.

And if the case goes our way, we're not too far off schedule.

On 14/01/2024 at 14:40, ralphindevon said:

In the past he’s said he wouldn’t do City if they got to the Premier League but may consider doing an FA cup tie.

I think he said if City go to the Premier League, he'd go to watch all the games and wouldn't want to work at them.

I'm pretty sure it was briefly used when we had a second disallowed, it was clearly offside but I remember seeing the ref signalling that there was a quick VAR check.

To play Devil's Advocate, I'm guessing their thinking was that it's more likely to get trashed by United fans if it's all red & white with Sunderland stuff. By putting some united stuff up, they might not trash it.

Some photos from the game...

19 minutes ago, Shauntaylor85 said:

Be prepared to spend a fortune on food and beer in the concourse, probably the most expensive concourse in London. Pubs in Stratford few and far between, the Cow in Westfield is decent but not a football fans pub and gets booked. 

I used to live above the row of shops where the Spoons is in Stratford so know the pubs well. Spoons won't have an issue with Away fans and probably the cheapest pint around there and will be open early. Most of the nicer pubs don't open til midday.

The Cow is very much a home fans pub. Went there pre-match when me and my Forest supporting mate went in the West Ham end for their match, plenty of hammers fans in there. Same for Tap East that was standing room only (it's a CAMRA Good Beer Guide pub). 

What pubs are people aiming for?

I'd normally recommend the pubs around Hackney Wick, but they all don't open until 12 on a Sunday.

The best option in Stratford I can find that I'm pretty sure are open to away fans is The Sportsman (Formally known as The Goose) https://www.greatukpubs.co.uk/sportsman-stratford
It's about a 20-25 min walk away from the away end.

Other options are the spoons in Stratford (Golden Grove) or Liverpool St (Hamilton Hall).

The pubs/bars nearer the stadium like Tap East, Bat & Ball and The Cow are Home Fans only, but you'd probably be okay without colours on.

3 minutes ago, BCFC1512 said:

2 just came on site but could only select ST holder option, so frustrating surely should be on sale to members too! (I already have one ST holder but a member mate is after one)

I must have been lucky as non STH options came up for me.

20 hours ago, nholman said:

I’ve just managed to get a couple on the website, just keep refreshing. They’re on general sale so no issues with purchasing more than 1. 

Thank you so much for the heads up! Just managed to bag 2 as well.

Though awaiting an e-mail from the club to say it was an error or something!

If my West Ham friend wished to buy tickets NOT sat around Bristol City fans going incognito in the home end... what blocks would people suggest he didn't buy tickets in...  

Looks like there’s a good chance I’ll be in the home end. Surely this is selling out before Monday

16 minutes ago, EmersonsKev said:

My punt is they are a former supplier of Bristol Sport with beef over losing a contract.  There site is at the bottom of an industrial estate flanked by David Lloyd and a Car Auction.  Seems all very fishy to me!

 

 

Yeah, I'm pretty sure they sponsored the Dolman Stand after it was redone.

Surprised at the lack of Wrexham games. Would have expected them to take up most International break slots.

5 hours ago, Olé said:

Normally 00:30 although when it used to run it was quite unpredictable on timing, anything from 00:10 to 00:50. On time, in midweek, it is too late for tubes / Elizabeth line but you've got the 205 bus outside to East London 24/7. I get the 36 bus as did at least one or two other City fans in South London, which luckily for me has its final stop at the bottom of my street (gets me home by about 1.45am on a school night!)

Cheers!

There is a 0022 Elizabeth Line to Whitechapel now, so might be able to catch that on the odd time it's early. Thanks for the heads up about the 205, should get me close enough that an onward taxi journey to Barking isn't too expensive if I don't fancy then hopping on a N15.

What time does it get in at? Need to figure out whether I can get back to Barking. Hopefully the Lizzie line makes that easier now.

4 minutes ago, Olé said:

On the basis that no others are reported as terminating early and assuming City's first team does not get through shirts at a much faster rate than other clubs, there is something not being said here.

So following logic, the only unique thing to  us versus other clubs as far as I'm aware, is that our shirt sponsor has changed their logo and knowing how stage managed brand transformation is, they would quite likely have offered to pay to replace all the players shirts even if each have a supply of 6 per player for the season.

City call in the request, supplier no longer solvent and can't accommodate a whole new line of printed player shirts, City cite breach of contract and take Huboo's new brand cash to O'Neils to get it done.

Unless other Hummel clubs change shirts mid-season then I can't see a more logical explanation especially as training gear for non matchdays (ie stuff without huboo Huboo on it) doesn't seem to be affected.

Reading between JL's statement, and Coventry's... I wouldn't be surprised if Hummel kept telling City a new distributor was coming, City gave up on waiting (or couldn't wait any longer) and pulled the trigger and now Hummel have found a new supplier City had already started work with O'Neill's.

Have we given Man City all of the Atyeo? Unlike the League Cup games where we had a little corner of our fans?

I quite like the Chemical Brothers montage intro. Should go from that, to the Trumpet fanfare and then into One for the Bristol City.

On 14/06/2022 at 18:48, Sleepy1968 said:

Worldwide righs. but the main audience will be US based. It's a new service which currnetly has zero subscribers so will be interesting to see how they market this outside of the US. It's all games all the time with no local blackouts. I bet the price compares very favourably against our options for just watching streaming City matches.

I've been a subscriber to Apple TV+ since launch, but pay for it bundled in with other Apple services like their Fitness thing and Music streaming. I doubt they'll bother marketing it too much outside of the US, except to help boost the wider offering (ie. we have amazing tv series, movies and sport). I'll be interested in how they present it and what the coverage is like. 

Sorry… half price… not free!

Just spreading the word that Thornbury Town in the Hellenic League Premier are playing Roman Glass St. George this Friday night and all City ST Holders can get free entry (Normally £5 inc programme). 7:30 KO.

I could see us having a situation like Coventry where the station wouldn’t be able to open on match days due to crowds and capacity.

You’d need a high frequency of trains passing through, and a large area outside the station to hold people to stop platforms overcrowding.

Id like to think however Bristol Sport would be happy to contribute money to put all that in place.

7 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said:

Having said I don't care about football at the moment, I did have a little idea for next season that I thought I'd share.

If this season finishes late, how would people feel about a 23 game Championship next season where you only play every team once?  You'd have either 12 or 11 home games.  Plus playoffs, relegation and promotion in the usual manner.  Yes, it's not perfectly fair - but might it be an acceptable compromise if there simply isn't time to complete a full schedule of matches before the Euros?

I said this as well.

You finish this season in the normal fashion asap, then you curtail next season to make it finish in May as usual.

You could have a 23 game season by playing each other once. If you had more time, you could play each other once, then split off into the top half play each other, and the bottom half play each other. If you had less time, you could split leagues regionally, or randomly in half and have top teams from each get promoted.

Plenty of creative options possible. Another was to try and finish the season by November, and then change to February-November seasons until the 2022 World Cup.

Planning on going to the Exeter Chiefs game in April. First home game in ages, mostly see them in their London away games.

Where’s good to sit at AG?