SecretSam

24 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said:

Aside from seemingly having a good working relationship with Pearson and helping to steady the ship financially - how can we know for certain how good he was at his role? 

We only see the tip of the iceberg

Apart from the roads, the sanitation, the streets being safe, education...what have the Romans ever done for us?

4 minutes ago, phantom said:

Never going to happen, Alex Scott would be more likely 

Next !

I never got a chance to say "Hello"

Sigh

Title amended for clarity

Any chance we could get him back as our first transfer window signing?

1 hour ago, phantom said:

Only for about the last 5 years

I genuinely never knew, how do you access it (genuine question)?

52 minutes ago, redkev said:

Watching it on tv using a fire stick      Please keep up

Crap - is that an option? bugger

14 hours ago, GrahamC said:

Andy Llewellyn certainly stayed in the first team beyond one season, as he played about 300 games for us.

Rob Newman?

15 hours ago, TBW said:

2 of 16, made it to regular first team football and one of those didn't come all the way through it. Academy showing its value. 

That's about average, I'd imagine. It's not like FIFA

On 16/12/2023 at 10:45, W-S-M Seagull said:

The BBC is like the NHS. Resources are poorly spent. 

Got some evidence for that? I can wait...

On 16/12/2023 at 10:14, luke_bristol said:

Funding radio shows that ask what the punishment for blasphemy should be instead of continuing to fund QoS is a choice well within their scope, the blame lies nowhere else.

"Funding apples when it should be funding pears! I demand absolute comparison between all BBC outputs!!!"

Radio costs buttons to put out, particularly discussions stuff.

I didn't realise it was still going. It was crap when I used to watch it as a kid, the ultimate proof of which was Berhard Langer admitting he'd seen the 'mystery person' segment being filmed.

I'm combining the Boxing Day traditions of football and family by dragging my two to (T)Watford.

Sigh.

I'm a Bristol City fan.

I'm always worried.

135 points???? FFS

Drive to Amersham on the Chiltern line and take the Met Line into London.

18 hours ago, Boston Red said:

Yeah, here it is.

 

Me and a (West Ham supporting) mate came down from Brum for the game, not realising it didn't kick off at 3. 

We were so upset, we went out and got absolutely battered in town.

14 hours ago, TV Tom said:

Spoke to a gashead today and he says that if they beat Crewe Rovers could sell 10,000 tickets for Norwich away in the next round ,  should be fun on the London bound trains !!

So, if all 10k are going to be accommodated, under the 15% away fans rule, that means that Carrow Rd would need to hold 66,667...not sure it's that big

Regardless of when it is, it is absolutely essential that we get Moyesie to give us his big two-armed wave, like back in his playing days

On 27/11/2023 at 18:04, The Journalist said:

Whatever kit Rico Lewis is wearing.

Who?

53 minutes ago, Curr Avon said:

A lovely tribute to Terry Venables....

https://www.theguardian.com/football/picture/2023/nov/28/david-squires-on-terry-venables-doing-it-his-way

A truly wonderful tribute. Squires is a legend (sadly, also a Swindle fan)

7 minutes ago, pongo88 said:

Didn’t you mean infamous? 

Nah, he means "Shit"

For some context, I used to work with the Wycombe doctor, and we borrowed the team's kit occasionally, under some deal with the kit man. Admittedly, this was a while back, but no doubt still rings true.

Apparently, said kit man was 'much loved', a 'nice guy' and 'the soul of the club'.

I think it's pretty much the job description for what is probably not a well paid job.

And I imagine it extends way beyond looking after kit. Although that is, let's be honest, quite a responsible job - remember the odd time when some team's turned up with the wrong kit? It hits the national news (think it happened to one of the Sheffield teams not so long ago).

18 minutes ago, Curr Avon said:

You'll need a sick bucket after viewing some of these.....https://www.shortlist.com/news/50-worst-football-kits-ever

Some of them are OK - I quite like the Jackson Pollock one and the Tartan one, Heerenveen's is great

42 minutes ago, Never to the dark side said:

Thanks for that,

These were the games played in March 1980 the last season in the top flight

sat 1st march                  Bristol C	0 - 2	Crystal Palace			L
	Tu 11Mar 1980		Arsenal	0 - 0	Bristol C		D
	Sa 15Mar 1980		Bristol C	1 - 3	Liverpool			L
	Sa 22Mar 1980		Derby	3 - 3	Bristol C

 

I was at that Liverpool match, my second ever game. I'd not long turned 11.

20 hours ago, LilRascal said:

Isn’t it universally agreed that Coventry’s chocolate brown away kit from the early 80’s is the best kit of all time? (Apart from our own purple and lime kit, obviously)

No, because it's vile. And I'm not wild about Cov's kit.