Former Pirate

Read about this today and wanted to pop in to add my condolences. I seem to remember interacting with her a few times on here/social media over the years and she was always very friendly and good humoured. RIP Lisa, thoughts with all of your family and friends from the blue half of Bristol

The ‘old’ tent stand at the Mem circa 2004 genuinely got taken down and taken to Wimbledon every summer ?

Away fans and fictional City fans who’ve changed allegiance I’m told.

No fork needed for Irene’s pasties mate

The one positive is that I know someone in the planning department of BCC and it definitely has been submitted. Not sure on exact date though and their portal is abysmal for updating things. Either way they aren’t getting approval this side of September absolute best case.

In fairness though he’s not in the first team, he’s joined to look after the youth team. Wait…

Still not a fork in the ground… no chance of planning in time for September.

Lots of deleted tweets tell a different story. A lot of people have seen it and she issued the obligatory ‘I was young’ defence to the racist and homophobic tweets that have since gone.

Ah the ‘can’t comment for legal reasons’ argument. You most definitely can comment on things like that but you need to tread carefully. They may well have complained to the club about the Jacqui Oatley thing but I don’t recall it once ever being mentioned publically. Come to think of it I’ve never seen said apology either. Not a good look for the campaign to remain silent on these matters. The whole point of awareness is for people to see it. Complaining in quiet does absolutely nothing.

I’ll ask one question which might shed some light on my comment to which you reply. Did you ever see HGT comment on Barton being arrested and charged with hitting his wife? Or Barton telling BBC commentator Jacqui Oatley that women shouldn’t comment on men’s football? In my opinion being pictured with club directors and the manager himself I believe while remaining silent on such matters makes it perfectly acceptable to question the motives of those concerned.

…and I haven’t done that either. I have my view, you have yours.

Questioning the motives when someone accepts freebies but declines to comment on issues which the very cause SHOULD take issue with is justified IMHO.

Fella you have no idea what I base my opinions on, but for the record I agree that baseless internet bullshit is not good and it isn’t a laughing matter for young women to be relentlessly targeted and lied about. My personal opinion has been formed on said persons behaviour in the past towards and impacting people I know. I’ve not said what, when or who but you say you know that person. If you really know that person you’ve probably got an idea so I’ll leave it there.

Quelle surprise. I’m out.

I don’t disagree with your post at all fella, I completely agree that the cause is fantastic and has done an awful lot of good at some clubs. The first part I also agree with however and forms part of my issue with them as a cause.

Thanks for the personal attack but I’ll leave it at this - elements of your post are not factually correct. No interest in an argument but there definitely are people in the cause out for their own gain and nothing else. That’s before we get to racist, homophobic Amy the Swansea fan. But sure, you can’t criticise anyone if they’re doing ‘good work’ can you.

Agreed. To clarify a bit I guess that was a generalisation. The cause itself I’m right behind however the people behind it, a few of them at least, have proved to be entirely hypocritical and therefor the message is somewhat lost. You’re absolutely right to say any attack on women in football is abhorrent, I wholeheartedly agree, but dig a little into the people behind that particular cause and a couple of them are not entirely wholesome.

I’m calling one (or more maybe) particularly notable people within the cause that, yes.

Can we do both? I mean pour scorn on some vacuous, arrogant grifters who are doing this for their own ends and the corporate freebies AS WELL as the bastard who hit a woman? Asking for a friend.

Fair point. The longer it goes on though the wider the disconnect I feel. Not sure if that gap can be bridged when Barton goes.

There is more chance of plaiting fog than that stand being anywhere near in place by August given how long planning is taking. Absolute farce.

Nope I’m just sick and tired of what the club has become and cannot or will not ever, ever support anything to do with Joey Barton. The latest news just backs up my view. This isn’t the club it was when I first became a fan. It’s a rich man’s plaything and he doesn’t give a toss about any of you. But sure, you can be as condescending as you like. I just have morals.

No - in fact there’s a thread on there titled ‘Fordingbridge’ dedicated to little old me and calling out the clubs bollocks on Twitter ?

Morning Chaps/Chapesses, Long time no speak. Thought I’d drop in to see what was happening, bit quiet in the world of BRFC isn’t it? I’m officially done with this club now and consider myself an ex-supporter. Done with the constant bullshit from the Merseyside Mafia and every decision that’s made being further and further away from the club I grew to love, that used to be a genuine family club (stop laughing). Barton can do what he likes for all I care now, the reaction from a lot of fans shows me they deserve him and his band of merry *****. Rivalry aside I hope you’re all keeping well, and if anyone can help change my profile name from ‘Fordingbridge Pirate’ to ‘Former Pirate’…! Much love, FP