Am I The Only Gas Friendly City Fan?

[City fan 1982]

at the moment one of my hobbies is cheering on every gas defeat, even looking up their fixtures to see who they will lose to next, (YORK CITY) and cheering on teams in and around the trap door to the conference ie barnet ,afc wimbledon etc ....

[TRUEBRIT66]

I think we should stop this now.

We are more likely to be relegated then they are to go out of the league and if we go down and they stay up we will not hear the last off it. If we were top ten at the moment it would be funny, but we aint.

[Cunnyfunt]

Every gas head I know would love to see us go down. So I guess the feeling has to be mutual.

[WTFiGO!?!]

Not been able to sign in to ziderheads. Other then than that, let's not be sentimental about the problems in football etc.

[Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan]

We are more likely to be relegated then they are to go out of the league and if we go down and they stay up we will not hear the last off it.

Yes, we are more likely to get relegated than them, in fact I don't know any City fan who genuinely believes Rovers are actually going down, however at the moment they are in the relegation zone of the bottom division and we are in the Championship so why can't we have a laugh at them whilst they are doing so badly? They're quick to chant "Are you watching Ashton Gate?" when they are doing well.

Sorry but Monday mornings are so much easier when we have won and they have lost, even when they are so far behind us.

If some City fans want to poke fun at the same Gasheads who take the piss out of us when City have lost or are bottom of the Championship then just let us do it. If they can't take it they shouldn't dish it out.

[ciderup]

I have just had a look on their site and must tip my hat to Woodseat Wurzel, very level headed to be fair.

Still want them down but credit where credit's due, a very mature view of things.

On the point about our position, I took this thread to be about the 'other lot', not about our situation. Obviously, our survival comes first.

[Tall King Blox]

To be frank, or franceska, what the gas do or dont do is of no interest to me since they dropped out of sight, when we used to play them regularly in the same league it was a whole different situation, dunno, call it braging rights or just plain take the piss at every opportunity,

WE as a club and we as fans stand way above them, they do not deserve mention on this forum, different orbits, been a long flight, i rest my case!!

[glynriley]

I have just had a look on their site and must tip my hat to Woodseat Wurzel, very level headed to be fair.

Still want them down but credit where credit's due, a very mature view of things.

On the point about our position, I took this thread to be about the 'other lot', not about our situation. Obviously, our survival comes first.

Woodseat Wurzel ? Sounds like a City fan from the Williams stand to me.

[Super]

Fact is both teams are terrible.

[sunningdalered]

Can't be bothered to hate them - they have no bearing on our situation. So, No, I wouldn't be disappointed if they got relegated, OTIB.

[SecretSam]

Am loving seeing them at the bottom of division 4 but part of me misses the derbys. The build up, atmosphere and feeling when we score and win is unlike any other game. That's why, for me, games against Cardiff, Swindon can never replicate a real derby. My lads 11 and never seen one. He's desperate to experience a bristol derby but that looks a long way off yet.

This, a bit. I too really miss the derbies, a lot of the younger folk on here will never really have experienced one, but the atmosphere was usually quite something (well, at AG anyway, the Pikey-Gas temporary homes tend to lack a bit in atmosphere IMHO).

It's embarrassing for Bristol if the Gas go down, and as other posters have said, fair play to anyone with the cojones to support them rather than some prem team. Mind you, the same could be said for us.

I can't comment on their attitude to us during the 80s, although I know when I was a kid and City were in the old Div 1 (the Prem now), there was a kid who was a Gas at my school (the only Gas out of 200+ kids) and he took some stick, but we all respected him for loving his team.

My first game on my own was a Bristol derby, c.1984 (3-0! yes!) but back then the rivalry was frequent and fierce. I went to a derby game with an Arsenal fan once, and he couldn't believe how rabid the atmosphere was (it was 1-1, late Gas equaliser - IIRC the one where Tony Robinson swore on the PA at half time )

[The Dolman Pragmatist]

Sorry if this has been said recently by someone else but I would be sad if Rovers went down. I love Bristol and would much prefer the city to have two teams in the League than not. I do sometimes get the feeling on here that people want to hate the gas more than they actually do. What do you think?

No you're not alone. I accept the Gas as our rivals, but I don't hate them. I have friends who are Rovers fans and, amazingly, they are perfectly rational people. I used to watch the Rovers occasionally when I was a child, and while their present predicament amuses me, as the misfortunes of any rival would, I don't hate them.

[tom from sunny side]

Oh how bad of us, it's not like they wanted us to go out of existance in 82 and still mock us to this day

Let them rot in the conference where they belong.

yeah but they didn't collectively want that, just the ones you heard say that....there's a few people who agree with me about this on here and I know there's gas fans who would do so if situation was reversed, it's sad for a club to drop out esp if they're from your city and you know some of their fans

[tom from sunny side]

Yes, we are more likely to get relegated than them, in fact I don't know any City fan who genuinely believes Rovers are actually going down, however at the moment they are in the relegation zone of the bottom division and we are in the Championship so why can't we have a laugh at them whilst they are doing so badly? They're quick to chant "Are you watching Ashton Gate?" when they are doing well.

Sorry but Monday mornings are so much easier when we have won and they have lost, even when they are so far behind us.

If some City fans want to poke fun at the same Gasheads who take the piss out of us when City have lost or are bottom of the Championship then just let us do it. If they can't take it they shouldn't dish it out.

There's nothing wrong with the rivalry and taking the p**s, what I'm saying is that I don't want them to go down

[tom from sunny side]

Sorry Tom but, I have never known a city fan start a sentence mentioning both teams, while not putting city first, unless they were mentioning a fixture where Rovers were at home.

I even go spare when the local media refer to a derby at AG, as Rovers vs City.

In relation to the demise of that other club, not worried in the slightest. Although some might enjoy the rivalry, I hate it,

I hated the build up to those matches and was sick of always being seen as Bristol City vs THE ROVERS.

There was always a tendency to big up their meagre achievements by the local media, while at the same time knocking our meagre success. I guess they were always considered as the underdogs. Let's go and see how "THE ROVERS" are doing, "let's go over to the MEM". I'm sorry but the family club (ha ha, family from hell) can go to the wall for all I care, though I will feel sorry for some of their more decent supporters.

Remember, this is the club that tried to buy AG on the quiet and really put us out of business.

The club that refuse to sell their players to BCFC

The only sporting club in the whole of the region that did not support Bristols world cup bid.

The club that demanded our city council found them a site for a ground.

The club that blamed the council for not helping them in any planning applications, even though they never made any.

The club that leaft Bristol for ten years, paid their rates to Bath and then set up a political party to oppose the city council at the local elections.

The club that stole the memorial ground from the Rugby club.

And the club that plans to move out of Bristol again, while still using Bristol in their title.

No I wouldn't miss them.

The thread is about me not hating Rovers. I also don't see why I have to check my sentences to make sure I didn't mention Rovers before City.....oh done it again....twice! Not a real fan then clearly.

[tom from sunny side]

Thanks for taking the time to prove my point Friendlya

yes, because they were/are interesting rivalries to talk about..but.Liverpool Everton is nothing compared to Liverpool Man U in terms of hatred today...Man U Man City is taking a whole new shape, Rangers Celtic is politics/religion....City Rovers just isn't a big deal any more, in my opinion. Sorry but that's how I see it

[tom from sunny side]

just realised I've written 4 consec posts...I'll shut up now........sorry!

[Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan]

There's nothing wrong with the rivalry and taking the p**s, what I'm saying is that I don't want them to go down

That's fair enough, I haven't criticised you for feeling that way the same as other people shouldn't criticise any City fan who would feel no sympathy for them if (I appreciate its highly unlikely) they get relegated to the Conference.

[RedYoshi]

I definitely think there's a distinct difference between them getting relegated and them going completely bust - I'd happily take the piss out of them for any relegations etc., it's all part of the rivalry, but I don't think I could ever wish upon any supporter that their club go out of existence entirely.

They might have done as such and said some things back in '82, but that clearly wasn't right then and therefore clearly is not right for us sink to that kind of level now.

A Conference Rovers would be bleedin' hilarious though

[Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan]

They might have done as such and said some things back in '82, but that clearly wasn't right then and therefore clearly is not right for us sink to that kind of level now.

I know plenty of Gasheads who get very excited by the amount of debt we are in now, maybe they see us going bust as the only way they can become the biggest most successful football club in Bristol. Check out the post by FriendlyGas earlier in this thread as an example of how much they will be laughing if Lansdown 'pulls the plug', some of them cling on to the hope SL is going to get pissed off and demand his money back just so we will be left in the financial sh*t.

Like I said, I've got no sympathy for them.

[glynriley]

yeah but they didn't collectively want that, just the ones you heard say that....there's a few people who agree with me about this on here and I know there's gas fans who would do so if situation was reversed, it's sad for a club to drop out esp if they're from your city and you know some of their fans

The custodians of that club wanted City to go bust. Had they got their hands on Ashton Gate as they tried , we would almost certainly not be here having a debate.

I don't want them to go bust , but relegation to the conference would do me just fine.

[the frampton balti]

If it wasnt for the robins i'd be gas. I think if most people were honest about it they would say the same. Certainly if city had never existed!!!

[Red-Robbo]

This is a funny topic, because i feel many City fans hate Rovers fans but not actually the Club itself.

Many work and socialise with Rovers fans and get fed up of the childish banter that comes both ways.

Actually, it's vice versa for me- I don't hate Gasheads. Like most of us here, I know many. In fact I was once even 'romantically linked' with a Gas supporting lady (they don't call them the 'dirty Gas' for nothing, hehe ).

I pity and laugh at the Gasheads. Fancy choosing to support a side whose only claim to glory is that they beat us a few times aeons ago. Imagine going round with a permanent chip on your shoulder about your bigger, better supported and more successful neighbour. It'd be like choosing to be Scottish!!!

I do however hope the club descends into the deepest hell of Western League amateur clogging. Every time I see that horrible shirt I shiver with revulsion. I watched Hot Fuzz again the other night and when I saw the fat, thick one in a Rovers' top I nearly upchucked.

[Barrs Court Red]

If it wasnt for the robins i'd be gas. I think if most people were honest about it they would say the same. Certainly if city had never existed!!!

Not true....

You might be a Warmley fan, who were at one time the biggest club in Bristol*

*That might be stretching it

[the frampton balti]

your formative years must stretch back much longer than one would reasonably expect! ...What is that picture???

[Barrs Court Red]

Historical information about Warmley FC The Warmley Football Club was founded in 1882 and is recorded as taking part in the very first organised match in the Bristol region against St. George. The following year three more clubs joined the League, Wotton-under-Edge, Clifton and the Black Arabs. In 1886 the Gloucestershire Football Association was founded. The first four clubs being Clifton, St. George, Warmley and Eastville Rovers. The last club was originally known as the Black Arabs who then changed their name again to Bristol Rovers. (Bristol City Football Club had yet to be formed.) Warmley, who played in white shirts and blue shorts, are still, even one hundred years later, remembered with some pride in the East Bristol region and quite rightly so. In the season of 1897/8 they actually won the Southern League title against some remarkable opposition. Until this time their home ground was behind the Tennis Court Inn at the bottom of Warmley Hill but with their new found fame they moved to the Chequers ground behind the public house in Ingleside Road. This move saw a drastic change of fortune for Warmley and that season they incurred debts of £900 and were losing £22 each playing week. Any hope of saving Warmley F.C. vanished following an F.A. meeting at the Royal Hotel, Bristol, banning the club from using its own ground for four weeks due to an incident against Millwall on 7th January 1899. The last match of this great side was on 21st January that year when the club was disbanded. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A fixture list exists of their final season 1898/99, which includes: Tottenham Hotspurs Home Lost 5-1; Oxford Cyguets Away Won 2-9; F.A.C., 1st qualifying round Swindon Town Home Won 1-0; F.A.C., 3rd qualifying round Bristol City Away Lost 4-2 (5,000 crowd); Southampton Home Won 1-0; Millwall Home Athletic Away Lost 1-0; Reading Away Draw 1-1 (9,000 crowd). This should have been Warmleys Home match but they accepted payment to change venue. Brighton United Away Lost 3-2 (3,000 crowd).

[the frampton balti]

Historical information about Warmley FC The Warmley Football Club was founded in 1882 and is recorded as taking part in the very first organised match in the Bristol region against St. George. The following year three more clubs joined the League, Wotton-under-Edge, Clifton and the Black Arabs. In 1886 the Gloucestershire Football Association was founded. The first four clubs being Clifton, St. George, Warmley and Eastville Rovers. The last club was originally known as the Black Arabs who then changed their name again to Bristol Rovers. (Bristol City Football Club had yet to be formed.) Warmley, who played in white shirts and blue shorts, are still, even one hundred years later, remembered with some pride in the East Bristol region and quite rightly so. In the season of 1897/8 they actually won the Southern League title against some remarkable opposition. Until this time their home ground was behind the Tennis Court Inn at the bottom of Warmley Hill but with their new found fame they moved to the Chequers ground behind the public house in Ingleside Road. This move saw a drastic change of fortune for Warmley and that season they incurred debts of £900 and were losing £22 each playing week. Any hope of saving Warmley F.C. vanished following an F.A. meeting at the Royal Hotel, Bristol, banning the club from using its own ground for four weeks due to an incident against Millwall on 7th January 1899. The last match of this great side was on 21st January that year when the club was disbanded. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A fixture list exists of their final season 1898/99, which includes: Tottenham Hotspurs Home Lost 5-1; Oxford Cyguets Away Won 2-9; F.A.C., 1st qualifying round Swindon Town Home Won 1-0; F.A.C., 3rd qualifying round Bristol City Away Lost 4-2 (5,000 crowd); Southampton Home Won 1-0; Millwall Home Athletic Away Lost 1-0; Reading Away Draw 1-1 (9,000 crowd). This should have been Warmleys Home match but they accepted payment to change venue. Brighton United Away Lost 3-2 (3,000 crowd).

All very interesting , but that makes you 136 years odd if they were around when you were choosing who to support!...and........What is that picture?

[Red-Robbo]

If only they'd kept their name as the Black Arabs. They'd probably be in for a share of the Abu Dhabi billions....

[Barrs Court Red]

Yeah but if City had never existed Warmley might have kept going.....or we might now be supporting Bedminster with the sad sags claiming to be the one true football club of Bristol.

What picture? My Avatar?

[the frampton balti]

Yeah but if City had never existed Warmley might have kept going.....or we might now be supporting Bedminster with the sad sags claiming to be the one true football club of Bristol.

What picture? My Avatar?

rather gas than man united thats the message although sometimes i think im a glory hunter for supporting city when the rovers were more local .

Yes ...that picture???