Saintees! Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 Why are Rovers known as the gas? Very funny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dollymarie Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 Why are Rovers known as the gas? Very funny! See other thread you asked in. Ground used to be by a gas works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenn Loyal Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 Because there old ground at Eastville was next to a gasworks, started as a slang word by City, but the six fingered ones thought it was so good, there now proud of the name. A very confused bunch of no marks them sags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 Because there old ground at Eastville was next to a gasworks, started as a slang word by City, but the six fingered ones thought it was so good, there now proud of the name. A very confused bunch of no marks them sags. is it always 6 on each hand or do they get 4 and 8s etc?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redtucks Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 Not only was it next to a gas works, you could always smell gas when you were in the ground (normally only once or twice a year at most, fortunately). For many years, whenever I smelt gas I always had a throwback (or maybe should have been a throw-up!) to Eastville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiale Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 Not only was it next to a gas works, you could always smell gas when you were in the ground (normally only once or twice a year at most, fortunately). For many years, whenever I smelt gas I always had a throwback (or maybe should have been a throw-up!) to Eastville. The gas work employees used to complain about the smell but were told it was only for 2 days a week, apparently the football club and fans were very sensitive so the Gas Works just endured it so as not to create ill feelings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintees! Posted December 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 The gas work employees used to complain about the smell but were told it was only for 2 days a week, apparently the football club and fans were very sensitive so the Gas Works just endured it so as not to create ill feelings. One can only imagine how horrible the smell was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenn Loyal Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 is it always 6 on each hand or do they get 4 and 8s etc?? Four and eight as i understand it, explains why they tend to lean to one side when seen in public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pride of the west Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 One can only imagine how horrible the smell was! Oh christ yeah. And they took on the micky take name not as irony but as a genuine nickname they love. Idiots. Also their club song, if you can call it that, is about a bloke whos about to commit suicide as hes started to feel guilty about being a peadophile. Can you see what we have to put up with. As danny baker once said, 'bristol rovers, the most pointless club in the football league' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dollymarie Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 As danny baker once said, 'bristol rovers, the most pointless club in the football league' although possibly not for much longer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robofwells Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 the first time they were called the gas it was during a Glouster cup final the flood light failed and we were singing Megson Megson (Don gas manager dad of Gary Megson Sheff W manager)turn on the gas taking the p out of them. The thicko's thought from then on called them selves the gas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Do Southampton have gasworks next to their ground? I notice on google earth there are two big tanks next to their ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murraysrightplum Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Because they flippin stink! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42nite Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 the first time they were called the gas it was during a Glouster cup final the flood light failed and we were singing Megson Megson (Don gas manager dad of Gary Megson Sheff W manager)turn on the gas taking the p out of them. The thicko's thought from then on called them selves the gas. I can remember them singing it to Bert Tann....probably before your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatchers Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Their ground backed onto a Gas works. The smell of Gas used to waft down across the ground. As the blue few used to huddle together,playing pocket billiards, this left exposed their shoulders from the neck up.The smell of the Gas would then attach itself to their scarf, hair or their wolly bobble hats. Making their HEADS SMELL OF GAS. Anyone who was unfortunate to get on a bus that passed Eastville dog track after a gas game had just finished can tell you that they could Smell which ones had been to the game just by the smell of gas which seemed to stick like Dog Muck to their haeds. Hence the name Gas Head. For many years they didnt like the nick-name,but now the less educated blue inbreds seem quiet proud to be known as Smelly Puke. The Gas even planted flowers behind the goals to help with the smell, but that didnt help. Partly because what they saw On the pitch matched what they smelt off the pitch as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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