T R Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 I was reading this article a few days ago. I don't know how many of you have already read it. I thought some of you who haven't may be interested. My firsts thoughts after reading it, were that they are a perfect match for each other, as the guy who wrote the song turned out to be a murderer (he got away with just 2 years). Also I didn't know about the 19 year old teacher who founded the club in a restaurant, probably because I wasn't interested. Anyone know what sort of restaurant it was? Some of the old youtube videos do not work, no surprise. I couldn't bring myself to play the last video clip at the bottom. http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/02/16/the-old-weird-everywhere-bristol-rovers-and-goodnight-irene/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Skin Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Interesting read. Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esmond Million's Bung Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 I was reading this article a few days ago. I don't know how many of you have already read it. I thought some of you who haven't may be interested. My firsts thoughts after reading it, were that they are a perfect match for each other, as the guy who wrote the song turned out to be a murderer (he got away with just 2 years). Also I didn't know about the 19 year old teacher who founded the club in a restaurant, probably because I wasn't interested. Anyone know what sort of restaurant it was? Some of the old youtube videos do not work, no surprise. I couldn't bring myself to play the last video clip at the bottom. http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/02/16/the-old-weird-everywhere-bristol-rovers-and-goodnight-irene/ Listen to Bourgeois blues and Gallis pole (later covered by Led Zeppelin as Gallows pole) by Leadbelly to see the times he lived in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingswood Robin Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Interesting stuff. Looks like he sang a version of Black Betty as far back as the 1930s too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Ideal song for the Gash. Dated, popularised by a pissed-up criminal and with lyrics about wanting to kill yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tezOfCity Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 And stolen from another club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS3 GAS Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 sure i saw you singing it at wembley in 2007 ? Ideal song for the Gash. Dated, popularised by a pissed-up criminal and with lyrics about wanting to kill yourself. And yet im sure i saw you with 40,000 + others in the Rovers end singing it in 2007 ? :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 sure i saw you singing it at wembley in 2007 ? And yet im sure i saw you with 40,000 + others in the Rovers end singing it in 2007 ? Interesting point about 2007. Why do you think nobody watches you anymore? I'm genuinely interested in your thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 sure i saw you singing it at wembley in 2007 ? And yet im sure i saw you with 40,000 + others in the Rovers end singing it in 2007 ? You won't find me mouthing that dirge, NC. The line about wanting to jump in a river must resonate with you guys this season... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 You won't find me mouthing that dirge, NC. The line about wanting to jump in a river must resonate with you guys this season... No need for Gasheads to jump in the river - they've got their own swamp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS3 GAS Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Interesting point about 2007. Why do you think nobody watches you anymore? I'm genuinely interested in your thoughts. same reasons as the 2 other visit to wembley and same reasons as you arent followed by 40k + like at Wembley........ days like that are 50% hangers on.... a load of mates of mates.... cus all club get that on big game days out... cus Bristol Has the most active saturday football leagues outside London, cus its bloody expensive to watch L2/L1 football, because moneys tight for most of us, and the future of Bristol football looks ropey at best till new infrastructure is built.... amongst other things why do you think City & Rovers can take 50k to wembley but not even hope of getting half that for a league game... im mean 11k for city nowadays.. after a chairmen spends 40m and the wages are huge but the players rank average .... at our place we fight for 6k watching basement rubbish in a mish mash ground with good tryers as players but lacking in skill.... hardly a big sell at either place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin1988 Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 You won't find me mouthing that dirge, NC. The line about wanting to jump in a river must resonate with you guys this season... I think he meant Robbored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS3 GAS Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 I think he meant Robbored. apologies ... i did indeed mean robbored.... ..my genuine mistake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 same reasons as the 2 other visit to wembley and same reasons as you arent followed by 40k + like at Wembley........ days like that are 50% hangers on.... a load of mates of mates.... cus all club get that on big game days outs Bristol Has the most active saturday football leagues outside London, cus its bloody expensive to watch L2/L1 football, because moneys tight for most of us, and the future of Bristol football looks ropey at best till new infrastructure is built.... amongst other things why do you think City & Rovers can take 50k to wembley but not even hope of getting half that for a league game... im mean 11k for city nowadays.. after a chairmen spends 40m and the wages are huge but the players rank average .... at our place we fight for 6k watching basement rubbish in a mish mash ground with good tryers as players but lacking in skill.... hardly a big sell at either place After a lot of thought I think its down to no sustained success for either club during the post war pre 80s era. I honestly believe tbat if Bristol onky had one club pre war, the city would boast one the best suppirted succesful teams in England. The pride of the Siuth of England outside of London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R Posted February 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 No need for Gasheads to jump in the river - they've got their own swamp. One thing in common with Gasheads and a swamp is they both produce a lot of methane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 same reasons as the 2 other visit to wembley and same reasons as you arent followed by 40k + like at Wembley........ days like that are 50% hangers on.... a load of mates of mates.... cus all club get that on big game days out... cus Bristol Has the most active saturday football leagues outside London, cus its bloody expensive to watch L2/L1 football, because moneys tight for most of us, and the future of Bristol football looks ropey at best till new infrastructure is built.... amongst other things why do you think City & Rovers can take 50k to wembley but not even hope of getting half that for a league game... im mean 11k for city nowadays.. after a chairmen spends 40m and the wages are huge but the players rank average .... at our place we fight for 6k watching basement rubbish in a mish mash ground with good tryers as players but lacking in skill.... hardly a big sell at either place Post of the Year so far, even if it is from a Gashead. So what do we do to change it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Do The Dziekanowski Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 apologies ... i did indeed mean robbored.... ..my genuine mistake Too many Robs who are red on here!! They are either always angry or haven't learnt how to breathe yet The one your after has his own Smiley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1ackbird Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Post of the Year so far, even if it is from a Gashead. So what do we do to change it? Thank god it's only February! (Only joking Tom) Success breads success, the closer you get to the premiership, the higher the amount of fans who'll attend The 40 million we spent isn't a lot in the championship when you consider religated clubs get that before they start plus overseas hobby owners have (almost) unlimited funds to invest in players... When we went up in the 70's it was down to the manager having time to build and develop a team, not now when a player can sit in the reserves of a premier club on 10 x the wages we can pay.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS3 GAS Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Thank god it's only February! (Only joking Tom) Success breads success, the closer you get to the Premier League, the higher the amount of fans who'll attend The 40 million we spent isn't a lot in the championship when you consider religated clubs get that before they start plus overseas hobby owners have (almost) unlimited funds to invest in players... When we went up in the 70's it was down to the manager having time to build and develop a team, not now when a player can sit in the reserves of a premier club on 10 x the wages we can pay.... spot on Mucker me ol mate.....Time is something managers are rarely allowed these days.. players have the power now ... back then Managers where the big shots who had the power.. agree about 40m not being loads in the championship as well but it is loads for a club fighting relagation in L1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldstandrobin Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 No need for Gasheads to jump in the river - they've got their own swamp. Aiz, when I left the RAF in 1972 I got a job with Reed and Mallik of Salisbury as a Structural Engineer on the M32. I designed all the reinforcement in and around Eastville Stadium where the River Frome runs. being a City boy I had to think of a devious plan and used strengthening rods around the Frome culvert, designed to last about 40 years with the end result of the area all falling into the Frome taking the Stadium with it. Thankfully the fire took care of the stadium but I wouldnt go to Ikea or Tesco's for a while if I was you :thumbsup: :gasmask: :innocent06: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Do The Dziekanowski Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Aiz, when I left the RAF in 1972 I got a job with Reed and Mallik of Salisbury as a Structural Engineer on the M32. I designed all the reinforcement in and around Eastville Stadium where the River Frome runs. being a City boy I had to think of a devious plan and used strengthening rods around the Frome culvert, designed to last about 40 years with the end result of the area all falling into the Frome taking the Stadium with it. Thankfully the fire took care of the stadium but I wouldnt go to Ikea or Tesco's for a while if I was you :thumbsup: :gasmask: :innocent06: Some poor old bugger (Not Aizoon) has been lost in Ikea for 15 years and is going to get a hell of a surprise when the floor eats him up!!! Could be worse imagine if he was stuck in Eastville being forced to watch Rovers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R Posted February 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Aiz, when I left the RAF in 1972 I got a job with Reed and Mallik of Salisbury as a Structural Engineer on the M32. I designed all the reinforcement in and around Eastville Stadium where the River Frome runs. being a City boy I had to think of a devious plan and used strengthening rods around the Frome culvert, designed to last about 40 years with the end result of the area all falling into the Frome taking the Stadium with it. Thankfully the fire took care of the stadium but I wouldnt go to Ikea or Tesco's for a while if I was you :thumbsup: :gasmask: :innocent06: http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/03/29/eastville-stadium-flowers-fire-gas/ Reading this other article on the pi site about eastville stadium. It said the river often threatened to swamp their ground and did on several occasions. This word swamp keeps coming up with the gas. It follows them around like a bad smell. Even their current ground has been called a swamp, perhaps this is where our crocodile friend came from. I think we ought to start calling them, swamp gas or gas swamp. Whichever way I don't mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 You won't find me mouthing that dirge, NC. The line about wanting to jump in a river must resonate with you guys this season... Haha he's got the wrong "Robbo" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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