BS3_RED Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Today was for you. CITY TIL I DIE AND THEN STILL CITY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Amen to that mate, amen. Would give anything to be able to share the news of this season's successes with those that have left us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBobSuperBob Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Out of likes BS3 But great post - think a lot of us probably had private thoughts of missing loved ones today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Don't worry.They had the best seats in the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 We can all think of Reds who've passed on (I have one in particular in mind) who we'd love to have been around to see today. Great sentiment, OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Amen to that BS3. Moving and very true. My mate Noel would have loved to be there today. He was faithful through the lean years, and My God, there were plenty of those. RIP all those City fans who didn't live to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonL Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Today is for everyone associated with City,past,current here or in a better place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Grovesy Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Yep. My dad first took me to see city in the mid 60 ' s. Sat me on the wall in the enclosure. Died 11 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dollymarie Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Yep. Took a moment to look up at the sky after the final whistle today. One of my very good friends who was a Reading fan died of cancer last year. He'd adopted City as his second team, and when he wasn't well enough to make the drive to Reading, he'd come to the Gate with me. The last game he saw in fact was a City game. I'd like to think he's played a part in our luck this season. Thanks Phil, still miss you mate. I hope you're up there smiling down at how well my team have done this season. Thanks for helping us out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS15_RED Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 I take an 86 year old guy to games, from Yeovil on Boxing Day until the Barnsley game a few weeks back he couldn't make it to the Gate because of ill health. So glad he got these final few games in and was there to see us lift the trophy today. One of the few people about who could remember our last league title. Days like this are even more special for people like them. Let's hope we all go and see us move on to even better things over the next few years. Come On You Reds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magunn Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Yes This ones for you dad. Shed a tear tonight that I couldn't revel in this with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 What a beautiful idea for a thread. RIP those fallen reds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I BELIEVE Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 What a beautiful idea for a thread. RIP those fallen reds. Absoultely. What a passing thought, to end a very emotional day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsofclay Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Thinking of you dad who died 13 years ago next Monday. Still remember with fondness our times at the Gate and following City away via Ceefax. Also to the grandfather I never met who was a regular at City for years. Both seen the last Championship winning side of 1954-55, and I would like to think they've been looking down in admiration, along with other fans who've departed this life, at the exploits of these new gods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bissellredhead Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 My dad passed away two weeks ago. We clinched the title the day before he passed, although very ill, when I told him his face lit up - a special moment that I'll never forget. For me today was for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe jordans teeth Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Today was for you. CITY TIL I DIE AND THEN STILL CITY.[/quote nice touch] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordofthebling Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 My dad took me to my first city game back in the late 80s, promising me I could swear only at Ashton Gate. He passed away a day after my birthday in December... Well dad, we did win the league like you said we would. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 Like Dolly, I looked up to the clouds on the final whistle. Dad got me into all this malarkey and he'd be turning back-flips if he was around now (and able to!) RIP Dad - and all those loyal reds who have gone on before us. Days like yesterday reinforce that we might all have different views, but we're all part of a one big family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRed Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 Couldn't be at the match but I raised a glass for grandad who first took me to Ashton Gate, he'd seen the last champions. Football and family. COYR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up The City! Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 Most us us are supporters of this great club due to our family and certainly in my family I'm either a 4th or 5th generation supporter. All the generations before me have now passed and being a red just makes me feel close to my loved ones. Knowing they watched from the same stands etc. Because of them I feel a huge part of this clubs past present and future. It's just that emotional connection that a Bristol born Liverpool/Man u/Arsenal fan will never experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTFiGO!?! Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 Weird, my folks are still here but it made me appreciate them in a present/hindsight kind of way. City is the unifying factor! Oddly also a gashead I consider a friend was back in touch today. Who says it's no longer the people's game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusX Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 For my grandad x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Exile Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 Great days for the memory bank - mind you, I can hear my late brother (who regularly posted on here) asking where the title wins and 6-0 and 8-2 thrashings were when he was still with us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldstandrobin Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 For Grampy Coombs, Dad, Robert Coombs and especially Uncle Alex who used to take me to the gate when dad was working xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 My first visits were with my grandad and he would of been proud of this season but knowing him he would of not been happy yesterday conceding 2!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grove park city Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 From the far off days of Harry Dolman and a rusty leaky old 70's East End thanks to our dear departed Dad for taking us to watch the team that Alan Dicks built and still my favourite ever City side. Well done Cott's and a truely great Bristol City team our dad would have loved it to have seen this special season. COYR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TETBURY MASSIVE Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 Also took a moment today at the final whistle to salute the legends above. The great Lord Dennis Neal, the honourable president of the Tetbury Supporters Branch will have been celebrating since about the Swindon game and will be for a long time yet..... We thank you Lord Dennis for making us into City fans! Enjoy this buddy. This one is for you and Jean! We all miss you both. X x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 If my Dad had not taken me, maybe I would never have been City. He died in 1987 but was very much in my thoughts yesterday. Also my Mum, who had always promised to buy the tickets if City ever got to Wembley. As she died in 1981, she could not fulfil that promise but even so, Dad honoured the promise even though by that time, he was unable to travel himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 I know my Dad is jumping in the sky as we speak with a pint of bass, whilst Mum watches him with a Gin and Tonic, Up the city! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFC II Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 My grandpa died yesterday morning after 93 years as a red so I am sure he tried to get up there as soon as possible to watch the boys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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