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Great to see a toilet roll lobbed onto the pitch after one of the Norwich goals yesterday.

Great height and trajectory, made me feel very nostalgic and yearn for those days of yore when a lob and a charge down the terrace celebrated our notching another.....

Well played the man from Norfolk prepared to get rid of his Izal Bronco "spread it around" hygiene tissue.

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Anybody know what happened to Oscar the popular programme seller in the seventies and eighties???? He was part of the Ashton furniture??

His brother was a city fan, they lived in Hungerford Rd Brislington.

Oscar was a Rovers fan and was always known for being at Eastville not Ashton.

I do remember him walking around the front of East end at one match though.

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Im probably going to get shot down for this, but I miss Bristol derbies.

Why would you be shot down for that???? I'm just glad i got to see 1 (now watch me get shot down for only seeing one!)

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standing up, taking the tote, nicking light bulbs on the football special ,standing a yard away from the away fans at the park end throwing pies and punches.

Gerry Gow, beating man u, police escort thro stapleton rd, the list goes on and on

PROPER DAYS!

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Im probably going to get shot down for this, but I miss Bristol derbies.

I hated the pre match nerves of a Derby match, the feeling of sickness at the thought of losing.

I never want to play them again, if that's possible.

Unless we are so far ahead of them we could get results like Norwich had against Paulton.

Sorry if that sounds selfish Marie but I think they've held us back for years with this rivalry.

It was the only match that was really important to them when we were in the same division

and most of their efforts went into that match.

After 40 years of occasional rivalry I'm really enjoying their absence.

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Rich and myself know eachother well enough to know we are not saying what we both are with any bad feeling towards eachother, but the reason he has stated is why I thought I would get shot down.

I would not in a million years (underlined three times!) want us back "down there" and I really and truely 100% much prefer where we are now, BUT (and Rich will also know I am not trying to start an arguement) there's just something exciting about beating your nearest rivals, especially when they are just up the road.

I still wouldnt want to be back where we were 5 years ago though, so I guess sometimes things have to fall by the wayside on the way up.

:)

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Got to be terracing.

Forget the new-fangled safe terracing, I'm talking about the sort where you're crushed in, can't move and you sway with the rest of the crowd.

A few matches that spring to mind are, Leicester Away in the FA Cup (the Jacki game) where we were on the terracing under the double tiered stand (we also had the seating down the side of the pitch as well).

I also remember our first season back in the second division when Lumsden took charge and we had to beat Watford away to stand a chance of the play-offs, crikey that was packed too.

I'm not really old enough to remember the East End in it's prime, but the Louie Donowa derby provided one of the last packed terraced East End games.

Also had fond memories underneath the double tiered stand at Brentford as well.

For sheer scaryness, the old terracing behind the Wolves goal was bloody steep and seemed to stretch miles back. I would have loved to have been in that stand when it was packed to the rafters.

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standing up, taking the tote, nicking light bulbs on the football special ,standing a yard away from the away fans at the park end throwing pies and punches.

Gerry Gow, beating man u, police escort thro stapleton rd, the list goes on and on

PROPER DAYS!

:chant6ez: miss being able to go in our own home end without having to buy a season ticket :nono:

The good old days have gone roll on good old new pc times ahead, not knowing what stadium you are in as they will all be the same.

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Got to be terracing.

Forget the new-fangled safe terracing, I'm talking about the sort where you're crushed in, can't move and you sway with the rest of the crowd.

A few matches that spring to mind are, Leicester Away in the FA Cup (the Jacki game) where we were on the terracing under the double tiered stand (we also had the seating down the side of the pitch as well).

I also remember our first season back in the second division when Lumsden took charge and we had to beat Watford away to stand a chance of the play-offs, crikey that was packed too.

I'm not really old enough to remember the East End in it's prime, but the Louie Donowa derby provided one of the last packed terraced East End games.

Also had fond memories underneath the double tiered stand at Brentford as well.

For sheer scaryness, the old terracing behind the Wolves goal was bloody steep and seemed to stretch miles back. I would have loved to have been in that stand when it was packed to the rafters.

remember running on the pitch when Louie Donowa scored & we finally beat the gas after years of trying. Put my arms round Mark Aizlewood at the end & he said calm down mate it's only a game. Went into work the next morning & people had seen me on the pitch & were tutting that as a 25 year old at the time I should now better. They were right but who cares there's nothing like beating the gas & i miss it.

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Rich and myself know eachother well enough to know we are not saying what we both are with any bad feeling towards eachother, but the reason he has stated is why I thought I would get shot down.

I would not in a million years (underlined three times!) want us back "down there" and I really and truely 100% much prefer where we are now, BUT (and Rich will also know I am not trying to start an arguement) there's just something exciting about beating your nearest rivals, especially when they are just up the road.

I still wouldnt want to be back where we were 5 years ago though, so I guess sometimes things have to fall by the wayside on the way up.

:)

Marie, I don't want them up here either.

I can't stand the pressure.

PS. You weren't fidgeting too much the other night.

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"Got to be terracing.

Forget the new-fangled safe terracing, I'm talking about the sort where you're crushed in, can't move and you sway with the rest of the crowd."

Great shout there Beaverface

Those were the days when football was a social occasion as much as a sport. You'd be in the pub before the match with your mates, walk to the ground together, through the turnstiles and stand wherever you want. If you want to move around during the came to maybe have a chat with someone, then no problem. Nothing like being in the crowd surge behind the goal when we scored either.

None of this sit in the same seat for years. Ok it's nice if you get in late and there's your seat waiting for you, but we've lost so much more in the process.

Give me standing any day.

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Loved the East End in the mid eighties when my dad started taking me when we scored i started at the back and ended up down the front but he always knew where to find me! Also the fraser digby song can remember giving him loads during a cold night game!

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I hated the pre match nerves of a Derby match, the feeling of sickness at the thought of losing.

I never want to play them again, if that's possible.

Unless we are so far ahead of them we could get results like Norwich had against Paulton.

Agree with that!!!

I could never enjoy the game because I was so nervous of losing.

I dont need that worry in my life!

Onward and Upward... :city:

And Down with The Gas... :pray:

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I miss being met at the designated 'away pub' by rows of police, including the whole mounted and dog section.

The having to drink up and leave when the police tell you, to be then escorted to the ground with the rows of police, horses and dogs at set sections.

Doh - That is what we had to put up with on Saturday!

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Rosettes, bobble hats, rattles - I don't miss them in the sense of I wish we had them now ( I am sure rattles would cause H&S a heart attack) but they are part of the memories of my early days at Ashton Gate.

I do miss proper muddy pitches, 'cause I'd love to see just how good today's overpaid players would be on the sort of pitches they played on in the '70's, especially iof they ahd to use the heavy leather footballs they used back then. Derby and West Ham's pitches resembled Weston Super Mare beach for most of the winter in those days.

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I remember when Stanley Matthews played against City it was the highlight of the year to see the great man.now a days if a top team is playing against a smaller club you get a load of second string players put in the team which undermines the game and robs the fans of smaller club to see the stars up close.

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I miss the old open end terracing, but most of all the old characters that used to stand by the railings about half way up that seperated us from the away fans (including the large empty section of terracing).

Merv the swerve and all of his old mates, they would be stood there slagging each other and Merv would often through out a good put down to the referee who would just smile knowlingly.

As a kid I would look forward to the atmosphere as much as the match as there were so many characters that would stand on that bit of terracing. The pies I seem to recall tasted good as well as thermos flask of coffee my grandfather would bring in (wouldn't be able to do that now)...

Nostalga aint what it used to be...

Irish Red

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Looking through a book on the history of football, I showed my son of a player shoulder charging a goalie. I explained that if you kept your elbows in you were allowed to shoulder charge an opponant (goalie or outfield player) who had the ball.

Tony Cook once stated he could never have got away with walking round holding the ball like Ray Cashley did, so presumably the shoulder charge which is still legal, disappeared sometime during Mike Gibson's tenure.

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I miss the old open end terracing, but most of all the old characters that used to stand by the railings about half way up that seperated us from the away fans (including the large empty section of terracing).

Merv the swerve and all of his old mates, they would be stood there slagging each other and Merv would often through out a good put down to the referee who would just smile knowlingly.

As a kid I would look forward to the atmosphere as much as the match as there were so many characters that would stand on that bit of terracing. The pies I seem to recall tasted good as well as thermos flask of coffee my grandfather would bring in (wouldn't be able to do that now)...

Nostalga aint what it used to be...

Irish Red

I'm pretty sure that there are fans down Ashton Gate who still take flasks or tea/coffee/soup etc.. into the ground.

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Not sure many can remember the 50s.

I started watching in the open end around the promotion season of 1953ish.

Their used to be a blind guy who would shout his head off giving intructions to the team.

I suppose someone would give him a running commentry.

Can anyone else remember him. :rolleyes:

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I remember when Stanley Matthews played against City it was the highlight of the year to see the great man.now a days if a top team is playing against a smaller club you get a load of second string players put in the team which undermines the game and robs the fans of smaller club to see the stars up close.

If i remember our full back (cant remember his name) had a blinder first half.

In the second half Matthews tore us to pieces, happy days.

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Not sure many can remember the 50s.

I started watching in the open end around the promotion season of 1953ish.

Their used to be a blind guy who would shout his head off giving intructions to the team.

I suppose someone would give him a running commentry.

Can anyone else remember him. :rolleyes:

Remember him?

Doesn't he sit in the Williams just behind Gary?

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Great to see a toilet roll lobbed onto the pitch after one of the Norwich goals yesterday.

Great height and trajectory, made me feel very nostalgic and yearn for those days of yore when a lob and a charge down the terrace celebrated our notching another.....

Well played the man from Norfolk prepared to get rid of his Izal Bronco "spread it around" hygiene tissue.

I miss the scolding hot bovril to warm your hands. I remember buying a cup of it on a cold winter's Saturday in the 1970's and getting scolded by it when we scored. :winner_third_h4h: They'd never sell it that hot these days without a lid due to nanny state health and safety legislation.

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Looking through a book on the history of football, I showed my son of a player shoulder charging a goalie. I explained that if you kept your elbows in you were allowed to shoulder charge an opponant (goalie or outfield player) who had the ball.

Tony Cook once stated he could never have got away with walking round holding the ball like Ray Cashley did, so presumably the shoulder charge which is still legal, disappeared sometime during Mike Gibson's tenure.

Oh yes... miss the good old fashion tackling. OK some we're completely over the top, but it seems now that football is quickly becoming a non-contact sport.

Also cheaper ticketing and being able to stand (as many have said).

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Not sure many can remember the 50s.

I started watching in the open end around the promotion season of 1953ish.

Their used to be a blind guy who would shout his head off giving intructions to the team.

I suppose someone would give him a running commentry.

Can anyone else remember him. :rolleyes:

There used to be a blind man behind the goal at the open end he would follow the game by the crowd noses and people around him telling him what was hoppening.Me and my Dad would stand just on the right side of the goal just along from him.

The Full back that gave Sir Stan a hard time was Mike Thresher who knew how to tackle

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Ah the good old Ship & Castle ..... some good times and a few gallons of Taunton traditional were had in there.

Remember a time when they tried to crack down on how many people they had in there, so stationed a couple of people on the doors to stop more going in. No problem though, as all we did was go round the side, bang on the window and someone would always open it so you could climb in. That place used to be rammed on match days and you'd be wearing as much cider as you'd drunk, with all the pints being passed over heads, as there was no chance of squeezing through the mass of bodies in there at times.

Talking of bodies, does anyone remember the two girl flashers in there that ended up in the Sun after giving a display of their considerable assets when they got in the ground as well and got banned?

Happy days :D

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(Gonna show my age now)

I miss that little sign/blackboard thing with the letters of the alphabet on that they used to post other people's half-time scores on and going through the programme to find that letter 'T' (which ALWAYS showed as a 0-0) was Newport County versus Port Vale. Why I miss it I have absolutely no idea, it may just be 'cause I wasn't grey and fat then!

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Oh yes... miss the good old fashion tackling. OK some we're completely over the top, but it seems now that football is quickly becoming a non-contact sport.

I agree. It's difficult to believe that the game we watch today - where players are ofter booked or sent off for next to nothing - was once played by Norman Hunter, "Chopper" Harris, Eddie McCreadie, Billy Bremner, Tommy Smith and Dave Mackay. These guys would never stay on the pitch until half time in today's game!

And Robbie Savage thinks he's a hard man - some kind of self-styled enforcer. He would have been quickly put right in the company of these blokes.

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There's always been a higher class of fan in the Dolman. :innocent06:

That explains why they leave early - the chauffeur has the car waiting round the back of the stand so they can get away before the hoi pollloi pile out and can then be back in time for cocktails!!

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standing up, taking the tote, nicking light bulbs on the football special ,standing a yard away from the away fans at the park end throwing pies and punches.

Gerry Gow, beating man u, police escort thro stapleton rd, the list goes on and on

PROPER DAYS!

And singing "your going in the river" :yes: As you say, Proper days.

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MISS - In the 60s getting in the ground early to bag a spot at the pitch side railings otherwise couldn't see a bloody thing.

DON'T MISS - freezing cold hands and feet (gloves were poncy) thank everybody for global warming.

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I miss a forward as good as John Atyeo, a left back as good as Mike Thresher, apart from that..... well Roberta was something else........mmmmm. The rest were replacable.

Roberta.......mmmm, I was only 15. Thats enough now, I'me getting worked up to a single malt.

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Mike Thresher doesn't get a mention but Norman Hunter is in at number 18 and right in the thick of football's greatest 50 hard men :englandsmile4wf: .....

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/foo...icle2215721.ece

In at number 1....I've never heard of this bloke but his write up is superb.....Andoni Goikoetxea (Athletic Bilbao)......

Everyone expected the Spanish Inquisition when they faced this mean hombre. The Butcher of Bilbao was plainly at least one prawn short of a paella, and delighted in reducing star names to rubble. Pride of place in the living room of El Sod was a glass case, containing one football boot. The boot he had used to destroy Diego Maradona’s ankle ligaments. Aye caramba! :winner_third_h4h:

This is, I believe,

and is the sort of passion you don't get these days.
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Another thing I sort of 'miss' is as a small lad - standing in the East End and constantly struggling to be able to see over everyone's head who was much taller than me. I'd climb the fences at the front from time to time to get a batter vantage point until I was told to get off.

My last memory of this was hanging off the fence and singing "Jimmy Lumsden's red and white army." The fences came down at the end of that season.

I'm glad that fences have now gone forever.

I miss entering the East End from the old entrance, now used by the away fans. I used to get goosebumps as I came up the short slope and caught glimpse of the pitch for the first time.

.... and the crap P.A. system in the EE ..... no my mistake, we still have that.

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50p programmes and a cuppa for less than a quid.

Oh yes, and reasonably priced tickets (not BCFC's fault though I guess).

I used to enjoy paying £2 to get in. My first adult ticket was £7.50. This doesn't seem too long ago, maybe 1994?

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50p programmes and a cuppa for less than a quid.

Oh yes, and reasonably priced tickets (not BCFC's fault though I guess).

I used to enjoy paying £2 to get in. My first adult ticket was £7.50. This doesn't seem too long ago, maybe 1994?

50p in the schoolboy enclosure was the cheapest I remember.

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This sort of action on the pitch at half-time thanks to Avon and Somerset's 4-legged maulers.

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Interesting also that our Police have been buying in dogs from Germany that only answer to commands in German.....

A quarter of all police dogs in Derbyshire are German, and handlers have learnt commands including "sitz" (sit), "platz" (down), "aus" (let go), "holen" (fetch) and "bissen" (bite).

The German dogs cost £2,000 each but police bosses say they are good value as they are already trained in obedience and biting to apprehend criminals.

One dog-handler from Derbyshire constabulary said: "If you say 'let go' in English, they just look at you like you are crazy."

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/157...orted-dogs.html

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Benches around the inside of the pitch, they were there werent they :unsure: my red and white wooden rattle :violin: scarfs tied around wrists, :me?: DM`s, butchers coats, etc, Wedlock Pub :drunk2: and the real Eastend :(

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Looking through a book on the history of football, I showed my son of a player shoulder charging a goalie. I explained that if you kept your elbows in you were allowed to shoulder charge an opponant (goalie or outfield player) who had the ball.

ernie peacock!

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Great to see a toilet roll lobbed onto the pitch after one of the Norwich goals yesterday.

Great height and trajectory, made me feel very nostalgic and yearn for those days of yore when a lob and a charge down the terrace celebrated our notching another.....

Well played the man from Norfolk prepared to get rid of his Izal Bronco "spread it around" hygiene tissue.

has to be standing in the east end,as in my youth,

back in the east end now,

but miss the sway of the crowd,

and ending up down the front of the stand,although

you were stood at the back. :bonkers::bonkers::hug:

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