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cidered abroad

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Yesterday I travelled from my seaside villa in Burnham on Sea into deepest, darkest Somerset. I had rented a lovely red van to bring back my purchase of a piece of furniture advertised on eBay.

The seller turned out to be from Brizzle and a red hot City fan. He can't get to too many games because of personal commitments and the fact that if he could get away, the tickets have sold out then.

Just thought I would post this as a little reminder to any WUM's from other clubs, that the City's fan base is a helluva lot  bigger than many realise. All we need is a little bit of continuing success to have SL scratching his head and wondering how to turn The Gate into a 40,000 seater!

 

PS. Russ if I ever know of a spare ticket, I'll text you.

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cringe, has anyone seen the abuse we give the gas for saying they have a larger support than they actually do.

The OP wasn't saying we have larger support than we actually have. He was saying that there's a larger fan base than many people realise and that, with a more sustained successful period, people actually attending games would increase.

Can't see anything wrong with that theory to make you cringe. Perhaps you need to apply a little restraint before having a pop at what appears to be a genuine poster, telling of his experience and thoughts. 

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cringe, has anyone seen the abuse we give the gas for saying they have a larger support than they actually do.

you really are a bitter poster, why rubbish the originator for bigging up the city catchment area. My old mum says if you do not have something good to say, say nothing at all.

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The OP wasn't saying we have larger support than we actually have. He was saying that there's a larger fan base than many people realise and that, with a more sustained successful period, people actually attending games would increase.

Can't see anything wrong with that theory to make you cringe. Perhaps you need to apply a little restraint before having a pop at what appears to be a genuine poster, telling of his experience and thoughts. 

So what your saying is with more success more people will attend - thanks for clearing that up!

It wasn't meant as a pop (it certainly wasn't personal) it was meant as an observation.

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The OP wasn't saying we have larger support than we actually have. He was saying that there's a larger fan base than many people realise and that, with a more sustained successful period, people actually attending games would increase.

Can't see anything wrong with that theory to make you cringe. Perhaps you need to apply a little restraint before having a pop at what appears to be a genuine poster, telling of his experience and thoughts. 

Thank you Rich.

I was walking with my dog on Berrow beach this afternoon and spent a good half an hour chatting with another dog owner, who I had never seen before. He told me he lived in Midsomer Norton, has a City ST and rarely misses a home game. 

We are everywhere!

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So what your saying is with more success more people will attend - thanks for clearing that up!

It wasn't meant as a pop (it certainly wasn't personal) it was meant as an observation.

I thought the point was if we had a bigger capacity more people would attend - and given that most home games have been sold out this past year, it's not  surprising the fella can't get a ticket. 

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Years ago, I was in a bar in Bangkok and I saw a guy in a Hirerite red City top- I couldn't believe it- also that I recognised him.

As we approached each other I realised it was a mirror. I was so pissed.

 

I'm here I'm there I'm bloody all over the place

Ha, not quite the same thing but...whilst stumbling pissed into the bogs of a Benidorm nightclub I bumped into a bloke who, at the time, sat a couple of rows in front of me in the Atyeo. A quick chat confirmed it was definitely him. I appreciate this is not the same sort of thing that the OP is talking about but 13 years on the sheer coincidence of it still amazes me.

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A while back I was in Darwin (Northern Territory, Australia), sat in a bar with my City shirt on.  I was talking to an Australian couple and the woman asked me if it was a Bristol City shirt that I was wearing. It turned out that she was related to the owner/manager ( can't remember which) of the Wedlocks pub. Sure enough a few months later I bumped into her in Wedlocks where she was helping out at the bar while in the UK visiting her family. Small world!

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Yesterday I travelled from my seaside villa in Burnham on Sea into deepest, darkest Somerset. I had rented a lovely red van to bring back my purchase of a piece of furniture advertised on eBay.

The seller turned out to be from Brizzle and a red hot City fan. He can't get to too many games because of personal commitments and the fact that if he could get away, the tickets have sold out then.

Just thought I would post this as a little reminder to any WUM's from other clubs, that the City's fan base is a helluva lot  bigger than many realise. All we need is a little bit of continuing success to have SL scratching his head and wondering how to turn The Gate into a 40,000 seater!

 

PS. Russ if I ever know of a spare ticket, I'll text you.

Does he know there are tickets available for today's game..?

surely any red hot city fan can get a ticket for pretty much any home game they want. 

He foes infect sound like the typical apathetic type of "fan" that can't be bothered most of the time and exactly the type that hold us back from getting any bigger. 

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Had been up all night in Ibiza a few years ago and when walking on the beach a group of lads noticed my City top and came over. They were American and said Bristol City was their team as well. They said they had watched City on TV in the states and followed them ever since, new all the players, managers, songs etc. Thought that was a novelty. 

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A while back I was in Darwin (Northern Territory, Australia), sat in a bar with my City shirt on.  I was talking to an Australian couple and the woman asked me if it was a Bristol City shirt that I was wearing. It turned out that she was related to the owner/manager ( can't remember which) of the Wedlocks pub. Sure enough a few months later I bumped into her in Wedlocks where she was helping out at the bar while in the UK visiting her family. Small world!

Where in Darwin ? I lived in Palmerston for a while before starting my business in Katherine ?  Great memories of watching Darwin Olympic playing Darwin Hellanic and watching the Greeks in their best nightclub fashion finery knocking 7 levels of crap out of each other. Sounds crap I know but was actually great fun. I was working for a Greek company where one brother was Olympic and the other Hellanic. Would I stir the pot .......................................... who ME !!!  Never

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Where in Darwin ? I lived in Palmerston for a while before starting my business in Katherine ?  Great memories of watching Darwin Olympic playing Darwin Hellanic and watching the Greeks in their best nightclub fashion finery knocking 7 levels of crap out of each other. Sounds crap I know but was actually great fun. I was working for a Greek company where one brother was Olympic and the other Hellanic. Would I stir the pot .......................................... who ME !!!  Never

Can't remember the name of the place but was staying in the YHA in the centre and it was a bar pretty much next door. We're talking about 12 years ago but had a good week in the area before heading to Kakadu National Park. Funnily enough it is a place I was considering heading back to on a longer term basis - my wife is a teacher and there are some good jobs for her around there (not for me unfortunately!).

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So what your saying is with more success more people will attend - thanks for clearing that up!

It wasn't meant as a pop (it certainly wasn't personal) it was meant as an observation.

No, what I'm saying is that your response was rather critical of a posting that made sense. Perhaps not to you, as you then responded to mine, in a condescending sarcastic way, inferring that I'd made the statement, when all I was doing was explaining it in a way you might understand.

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Are you nearly there yet?

...can you see the sea?

...is the tide high and is the blonde girl movn' on?

enjoy your day, weathers great.. :)

Weather was indeed good.Tide was in.Chavs were fighting as per usual! Stood in the queue for five hours,then told no more walk up tickets. Came home again!

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Weather was indeed good.Tide was in.Chavs were fighting as per usual! Stood in the queue for five hours,then told no more walk up tickets. Came home again!

....lived up to the dismal billing then, hope the chavs stuck to slapping each other and no donkeys were punched.. At least you saw the sea which for a WSM visit is a bit of a result. 

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I used to think I was the only City fan in Ireland.  I'd joke that I was going over to a match with the Irish branch of the supporters club and that we were taking over an entire single hotel room for the weekend.  A couple of years ago I was in the Coopers Arms before a Leeds match and heard Irish accents that turned out to be two City fans from Limerick, which is the other end of the country from where I live.  They had two Leeds fans with them, who had their coats zipped to the throat to cover their Leeds shirts.  It turned out one of them had been to my own little town a couple of weeks earlier at the wedding of a Limerick guy to a local girl I had worked with a few years ago.  Small world, but I wouldn't want to hoover it.

Yep... We're here, we're there, we're every****inwhere... 

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Years ago, I was in a bar in Bangkok and I saw a guy in a Hirerite red City top- I couldn't believe it- 

That's nothing to the shock I got last time I was in a bar in Bangkok.

Easy mistake to make, but christ, I don't want to think about it. 

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Does he know there are tickets available for today's game..?

surely any red hot city fan can get a ticket for pretty much any home game they want. 

He foes infect sound like the typical apathetic type of "fan" that can't be bothered most of the time and exactly the type that hold us back from getting any bigger. 

"The seller turned out to be from Brizzle and a red hot City fan. He can't get to too many games because of personal commitments and the fact that if he could get away, the tickets have sold out then."

 

I go to bed, organise a lift, buy a ticket then have a seizure during the night, what a ****** I am, 

 

To quote you "He foes infect sound like the typical apathetic type of "fan" that can't be bothered most of the time and exactly the type that hold us back from getting any bigger."

 

When when someone says personal circumstances the conversation ends there IMHO.

Oh to live a **** a way from AG.

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We were playing on TV about 4 years ago and I went into the Sports bar at Manchester Piccadilly station to watch it. Just as the game kicked off, 3 lads came rushing into the bar trying to look at the screen, saw me in my shirt and came over for a chat. They were city fans too.

Also saw a gashead wondering round the uni inns shirt almost everyday. I once closed the lift on him after he asked me to hold it and I shouted "No chance gashed" just as the door closed. I felt quite cool.

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The manager of the Betting Shop on the quay in Bideford is a City fan.  I was confused/delighted to see our odds on the board in the window next to Premier league games.  Saw him in the pub for a live game with about 6 others, all city fans.  We're here 

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Well I live in Hong Kong and am a season ticket holder. I've been to 4 games already this season, next one will be Forrest at home. Long way to come for such suffering, it was much easier last season!!

You clearly have the finances to afford the journey, but as one who lived in Portugal for some years and made the journey to the Ashton shrine about six times a season, I know how tiring such travelling can be.

So top man (or woman) for your support of the greatest club in the world.

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I played in a 5-a-side tournament in Leeds last Friday, wearing a black City training top. All was going reasonably well until the referee yelled at me in a thick Bristol accent to "take that *&%*ing %$*& shirt off, mate". He actually refereed reasonably well for a gashead. I think he enjoyed the higher standard of football provided by our company 5-a-side tournament compared to his usual team.

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