johnshez Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 A true bristol city fan ronnie thomas passed away yesterday,i,m sure most people from south bristol has come across ronnie at some time you were an absolute legend and we,re all going to miss your match day antics rip city legend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev_1963 Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 R I P Ronnie had many many good times with you you will be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 A true bristol city fan ronnie thomas passed away yesterday,i,m sure most people from south bristol has come across ronnie at some time you were an absolute legend and we,re all going to miss your match day antics rip city legend Absolutely.I came across Ronnie when I first started going away in the very early eighties, fair to say things were a bit "different" watching football back then...Ronnie was a proper red, City through and through, RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartolona Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Rip Ronnie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leader Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 top man ronnie ill miss you mate ..................... from a fellow red angus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frome Valley Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Great bloke Para. West street and City have lost a true character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southside Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Got a text this morning telling me what happened, what a shock, I've known Rodney for 40 years, never met a bigger Red. RIP mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex#40 Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 RIP Ronnie. A big mate of my Dad's back in the day, he was a bit shaken up when I told him this morning. Was he ill or was it sudden? Thoughts and condolences to his family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Yes, many a long train trip enlivened by yer man ! RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolman Block B Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 One of the funniest and top City lads i have ever known! Always seen home and away matches, full of beans to follow his favourite team. R.I.P fella, always remembered Arn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Always Ashton Red Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Poor Fella... Be really missed...Was very shocked this morning when i heard this. RIP Mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basshead Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 rip ronnie many happy memories from a lot of away grounds . couldnt believe you hitchiked to carlisle to see city play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderup Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 That's one of our best gone. RIP to a great character. We'll miss you Ronnie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider head Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 R.I.P Ronnie Para Thomas sadly passed away on Tuesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliftonville Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Sad to hear about this as he felt like he was an ever present since the seventies. Cracking bloke Ronnie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ispep2012 Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Known ronnie for many years and am gutted to hear this... We had much rovers city banter... Rip ronnie..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCAGFC Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Known Merv for around 30+ years and have so many great memories following BCFC. Ronnie & I spent many a saturday night, completely bolloxed, stuck on random train stations trying to get home......sometimes we didn't make it. Sadly due to my health problems I haven't seen so much of him over the last couple of years & the last time I spoke to him was christmas. RIP Merv......I'll see ya soon. BCAGFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weymouth red Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Top man verry sad to hear this news always a laugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f.r.r. Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 ronnie - para- thomas top bloke will be sadly missed by all from bristol and torquay/police, r.i.p.from briz reds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafarms Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 RIP Ronnie, you were a true City legend,drank with you at quite a few City away games, and was always a pleasure, gutted when my old man told me this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punnett Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Sad to hear, won't forget him getting us into big bovver with Blackpool bouncers in early 80s, a real character from all K.W. reds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTR Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Sad,sad news,known Ronnie since the seventies, always on Beanies coach to away matches.Had some absolutely mental times back then.RIP friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Sad news, Met him at many games in 70's 80's always had a laugh. Remember one match at Torquay back in the 80's, after playing 30 a side on the beach, Ronnie decided to help himself to a boat for a quick row. After a 100 yds the boat started sinking( big hole in it) Ron was screaming he couldnt swim, until he realised he was in water only knee deep. One hell of a City fan. RIP my old friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinsof76 Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Very sad to here the news late last night .. A great character and a smashing fella ... Never a truer red ... Some good memories of him over the last 25 years .... R.I.P.. Ron ..pleasure to have known you .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTR Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Just remembered a massive beer fight at a Glos v Somerset game at the county ground Ronnie was there with a load of city fans and we were there supporting Glos,and yes we were mostly city fans as well,Ronnie definately started it,very messy.The police on the other hand didn't see the funny side,and stepped in to stop it,yes thats right police at a cricket game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i hate you butler Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Just remembered a massive beer fight at a Glos v Somerset game at the county ground Ronnie was there with a load of city fans and we were there supporting Glos,and yes we were mostly city fans as well,Ronnie definately started it,very messy.The police on the other hand didn't see the funny side,and stepped in to stop it,yes thats right police at a cricket game. gobsmacking news- thoughts and condolences to ron's family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Sad news, Met him at many games in 70's 80's always had a laugh. Remember one match at Torquay back in the 80's, after playing 30 a side on the beach, Ronnie decided to help himself to a boat for a quick row. After a 100 yds the boat started sinking( big hole in it) Ron was screaming he couldnt swim, until he realised he was in water only knee deep. One hell of a City fan. RIP my old friend. Gawd, I'd quite forgotten that,must have been the ale! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bs3 Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 I was very sad to hear this news. He worked behind the bar at the P and W and there was always a lot of banter going on when it was his shift . Underneath all the banter and joking I found Ronnie to be a real gent. He loved City with a passion a true fan in every sense of the word . I know me and my mates ( who never post on here) will miss Ronnie on match days and various drinking holes in Bemmy . RIP Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksy Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 top man ronnie ill miss you mate ..................... from a fellow red angus Very sorry to hear the sad news. I lost contact with Ron for quite a while but bumped into him a few times over the past year or so. He really hadn't changed, if anything he was worse ? will never forget when we all got nicked up at Derby in the early eighties. That was a bad day out ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Very sad to hear this news. RIP Ronnie - you were a total legend. I remember the first time I met him, away at Pisa in the Anglo-Italian Cup back in 91. He came into the ground about 10 minutes after kick-off, bloodied and bruised, and came up to me and asked me for a fag. I duly gave him one and asked what the hell had happened to him. Apparently he and a few others had been set upon by the local police on the way to the game. He was taken to the holding cells underneath the stand, given a bit of a beating and then let in for free!!! He was really pleased as he didn't have a ticket for the match. He said he was happy to have taken a bit of a hiding to have got in for nothing. After that, I met him many a time up and down the country and he was always an absolute laugh, every single time. The world is a sadder place without Ronnie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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