Selred Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 So it's been awarded to Bristol, interesting to see Colin Sexstone was involved in the project. Don't want to sound ungrateful but what is it, and did anyone know Stoke was this years City? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 Wonder if Uncle George will be as willing to disclose the accounts for this as he is for the Green Capital year. Hopefully he won't be in charge any more by then at any rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Cyril Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 What a ridiculous choice. Apart from Ashton Gate, there is no facilities to watch sport in Bristol. Apart from the Downs and a few golf courses, there is next to nowhere to play sport. Are the panel being ironic??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 5 minutes ago, Mad Cyril said: What a ridiculous choice. Apart from Ashton Gate, there is no facilities to watch sport in Bristol. Apart from the Downs and a few golf courses, there is next to nowhere to play sport. Are the panel being ironic??? No problem. They've identified a patch big enough to host any sporting event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 So the council - who've spent the last 30 years screwing up any plans City, Rovers and Glos have to improve there facilities - are celebrating this annoucement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London expats Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 No doubt uncle George will take all the credit, The council have done nothing but screw all sports plans for this city for years. Now they have the nerve to celebrate this ! Sorry just seem to have rewritten Tomarse reply !!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 3 minutes ago, London expats said: No doubt uncle George will take all the credit, The council have done nothing but screw all sports plans for this city for years. Now they have the nerve to celebrate this ! Sorry just seem to have rewritten Tomarse reply !!!!!! Well its what we're all thinking. Excuse my french but an absolute f**king joke this is. Up there with the Green award. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selred Posted March 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 23 minutes ago, Mad Cyril said: What a ridiculous choice. Apart from Ashton Gate, there is no facilities to watch sport in Bristol. Apart from the Downs and a few golf courses, there is next to nowhere to play sport. Are the panel being ironic??? Well they did pick Stoke before us..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 Just now, Selred said: Well they did pick Stoke before us..... To be fair, they probably felt sorry for anyone who lives there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lack of Action Man Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 Has no one else thought that this can be used as propoganda in Ferguson's re-election campaign? Think about it, european city of sport title would also allow him to shut our roads for plenty of cycle related events, at the taxpayers expense and the majority of Bristolian's inconvenience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCARLETFEVER Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 Why the negativity - this could be the precursor to the Winter Olympics followed by the World Surfing Championships Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 Not surprised we won. We DID have a water slide on Park Street. #Sport4All Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 2 minutes ago, SCARLETFEVER said: Why the negativity - this could be the precursor to the Winter Olympics followed by the World Surfing Championships Ice scatting on Ashton Vale for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadredfred Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 Well, looking at Stokes team this year, does it mean that next season we'll have a side of Barcelona rejects? Yes please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dollymarie Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 My biggest gripe with this is that certain people at the club seem to be slowly getting into bed with red trousers. I appreciate that pretty much everyone who was around back when he played a major part in stopping AV is no longer with us, but surely it should have been passed on to current staff all that he did, and what a two faced back stabber he is. The sooner we get that man out in May the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric04 Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 Some important background to this. There is no competition to "win". You APPLY to become a European City of Sport. In fact I'm led to believe they are something like 17 of them across Europe in 2016. George is electioneering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverRed Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 We'll win the "City with the Best Public Transport" award next!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMS Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 Well done Guy Price ... Yes that one. Anything that could potentially bring in extra finance for Sport in Bristol should be welcomed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiale Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 Maybe a good time to put those proposals for new academy and training facilitites forward.. can you imagine the city of sport turning down huge investment and state of the art sporting venues/facilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selred Posted March 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 29 minutes ago, deadredfred said: Well, looking at Stokes team this year, does it mean that next season we'll have a side of Barcelona rejects? Yes please! I think the Gasheads will laugh their heads off if we signed their rejects..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 27 minutes ago, eric04 said: Some important background to this. There is no competition to "win". You APPLY to become a European City of Sport. In fact I'm led to believe they are something like 17 of them across Europe in 2016. George is electioneering. A pretty quick google confirms exactly that. "City of Sport" is actually just one of a number of titles awarded by the non-profit organisation known as the European Capitals and Cities of Sport Federation (ACES Europe). The main award is the "European Capital of Sport" this is awarded to municipalities of over 500,000 population - the current capital is Prague and in 2017 it is Marseille. To be a "European City of Sport" you must have between 25,000 and 499,999 people - there are currently 17 across Europe, mostly in Spain and Italy but...OMG IT INCLUDES TILBURG...QUICK GET A FRIENDLY SORTED...sorry, got carried away. Anyway, it basically seems meaningless, you don't actually get a prize, you're not special and you're behind Marseille. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 It'll be a fitting opener for 15'ers brand new 50k seat stadium ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 16 minutes ago, slartibartfast said: It'll be a fitting opener for 15'ers brand new 500k seat stadium ! Fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 1 hour ago, Tomarse said: Well its what we're all thinking. Excuse my french but an absolute ******* joke this is. Up there with the Green award. I actually thought that it is a bigger joke than the Green award. We are after all a city with a lot of Green councillors and an obvious focus on environmental issues. What we certainly are not is a city that places any emphasis on sport whatsoever, either in participating or spectating. As others have stated no comparable sized British city has inferior sporting facilities for either. Have a guess who the lead Bristol city councillor is for sport? Daniella Radice! A total ******* joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septic Peg Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 32 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said: A pretty quick google confirms exactly that. "City of Sport" is actually just one of a number of titles awarded by the non-profit organisation known as the European Capitals and Cities of Sport Federation (ACES Europe). The main award is the "European Capital of Sport" this is awarded to municipalities of over 500,000 population - the current capital is Prague and in 2017 it is Marseille. To be a "European City of Sport" you must have between 25,000 and 499,999 people - there are currently 17 across Europe, mostly in Spain and Italy but...OMG IT INCLUDES TILBURG...QUICK GET A FRIENDLY SORTED...sorry, got carried away. Anyway, it basically seems meaningless, you don't actually get a prize, you're not special and you're behind Marseille. Best post all day. GF will go around shouting it from the rooftops, adding how he managed to achieve it and what it'll do for Bristol... Sweet FA. #GeorgeOut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivorguy Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 WG must be spinning in his grave with hearty Victorian laughter ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 Much of the credit for this award should go to SL and Bristol Sport probably. The mayor and council deserve nothing. Anything good in Bristol or the vast majority anyway is DESPITE the Mayor/Council. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverface Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 2 hours ago, ForeverRed said: We'll win the "City with the Best Public Transport" award next!! Don't forget the "cleanest beaches award" is to come also !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bs3 Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 2 hours ago, Dollymarie said: My biggest gripe with this is that certain people at the club seem to be slowly getting into bed with red trousers. I appreciate that pretty much everyone who was around back when he played a major part in stopping AV is no longer with us, but surely it should have been passed on to current staff all that he did, and what a two faced back stabber he is. The sooner we get that man out in May the better. Who should we get behind? Going to be a crowed field again. I was a Labour party member for 25 years but I can't bring myself to vote for Marvin while Corbyn nasty party is running Labour. I fear am not alone has a Labour supporter who won't be voting this time around , so I fear GF may get back in due to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingswood Robin Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 They will be holding a conference next year, you might want to look out for that. I'd be interested to know what the average Stoke on Trentonion thinks of it The lady on Radio Bristol interviewing Colin Sextone about it was desperately trying not to laugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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