New Supporters Club and Trust permanent bar

[Dollymarie]

With a new season upon us, the Bristol City Supporters Club & Trust is delighted to let you know that after two seasons of temporary arrangements we have now have a long-term matchday ‘home’.

The new SC&T bar is on the first floor of the Sports Bar & Pizzeria (in space previously earmarked for a museum). As you can see from the photo below, it has been starting to take shape over the last couple of weeks and for the speed with which that has been achieved special thanks are due to Mark Kelly and Ross Wormald of Ashton Gate Limited, who have pulled out all the stops to help us get the bar ready in time for Saturday’s game.

Not all fixtures and fittings will be in place on Saturday, but the bar will be open for business. So come along and see how it’s looking so far. Then enjoy seeing the final look evolve over the next couple of weeks.

Access to the bar is via the Sports Bar & Pizzeria (doors on the corner of South and Lansdown Stands). You then go through the main bar and up the stairs at the far end, as though you were heading to the loos. Our bar is on your left at the top of the stairs (the lift takes you straight there as well).

As in previous years, the bar is open to all qualifying members on a first come, first served basis (i.e. until capacity is reached). To check which levels of membership qualify for use of the bar and to join or re-join, please visit the Membership Page on our website. 
http://bristolcitysupporters.org/supporter-info/

If you have any questions about membership, want to check what level of membership you have or whether you are paid up, please contact our membership secretary, Mike Adams, at blagdonmike@gmail.com

[Welcome To The Jungle]

Um...what picture

[Dollymarie]

14 minutes ago, Welcome To The Jungle said:

Um...what picture

Sorry, I did a copy and paste. Here's the pic, there's furniture in there now, spent 3 hours down there this morning with a few others unpacking it all  

[CyderInACan]

So what happened to the museum then!? 

[Dollymarie]

1 minute ago, CyderInACan said:

So what happened to the museum then!? 

The club are reconsidering their options for that. 

[Bristol Rob]

7 minutes ago, CyderInACan said:

So what happened to the museum then!? 

Shame innit.

I was hoping to see some food vouchers in a glass case.

[CyderInACan]

Just now, Dollymarie said:

The club are reconsidering their options for that. 

No museum then. Not surprised mind. 

[RedM]

7 minutes ago, CyderInACan said:

No museum then. Not surprised mind. 

Or shop expansion.

[Bristol Rob]

16 minutes ago, CyderInACan said:

No museum then. Not surprised mind. 

Hardly imagine Destination Bristol would make it a day out for all the family.

We aren't exactly a success.

[RedM]

4 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said:

Hardly imagine Destination Bristol would make it a day out for all the family.

We aren't exactly a success.

True, but it would have been nice to see some old photos etc displayed for all to see. At the moment we've only got the Williams clock, minus it's hands I noticed last Friday.

[glynriley]

39 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said:

Shame innit.

I was hoping to see some food vouchers in a glass case.

Would have only been an artists impression anyway. 

[Bristol Rob]

5 minutes ago, RedM said:

True, but it would have been nice to see some old photos etc displayed for all to see. At the moment we've only got the Williams clock, minus it's hands I noticed last Friday.

Probably got caught stealing.

[Dollymarie]

6 minutes ago, RedM said:

True, but it would have been nice to see some old photos etc displayed for all to see. At the moment we've only got the Williams clock, minus it's hands I noticed last Friday.

The AG8 plaque is due to be relocated from the back of the Atyeo to near to the clock. It just needs a bit of a clean up first. 

[Pezo]

28 minutes ago, RedM said:

True, but it would have been nice to see some old photos etc displayed for all to see. At the moment we've only got the Williams clock, minus it's hands I noticed last Friday.

Have you been under the Dolman? Or the historic timeline under the SS?

[RaspberryRed]

22 minutes ago, Dollymarie said:

The AG8 plaque is due to be relocated from the back of the Atyeo to near to the clock. It just needs a bit of a clean up first. 

So the AG8 plaque will no longer be on Public display?

[CyderInACan]

I'm sure we've got Donnie Gillies' famous Tam O'Shanter,  John Atyeo's England Caps and Steve Brooker's dustbin to put on display somewhere else in the stadium.

 

Definitely worth a fiver (plus Gift Aid) of anyone's money. 

[Dollymarie]

6 minutes ago, RaspberryRed said:

So the AG8 plaque will no longer be on Public display?

It'll be inside the stadium. We wanted it moved from the back of the Atyeo given there will be away fans in that area from now on.  

[Phantom]

Would have been nice to put it somewhere near where the players etc enter, they should realise this part of the club's history and the privilege it is for them to put on a Bristol City shirt 

[CyderInACan]

26 minutes ago, phantom said:

Would have been nice to put it somewhere near where the players etc enter, they should realise this part of the club's history and the privilege it is for them to put on a Bristol City shirt 

It would actually be nice if it was more than a tiny plaque to be perfectly honest with you. I'd say it's a more important part of our history than beating Liverpool away in the FA Cup  and that is somehow given a huge space in the SS to help us remember it. A great result no doubt about it but not necessarily worthy of such a lasting memorial. 

Thst space would be much better served with a huge mural of this as a reminder to everyone that there very nearly was no Bristol City. 

[myol'man]

Dolly, slightly off topic, what is happening with the bar and balcony behind the new singing section?

[Mkelly]

Work in progress but great joint effort from the Sc&t and the ops team.  Good pressure from all in getting in over the line for tomorrow.  Can only get better over the months 

[Dollymarie]

1 minute ago, myol'man said:

Dolly, slightly off topic, what is happening with the bar and balcony behind the new singing section?

I'm not sure sorry, you'd have to ask @Mkelly about that. 

[Mkelly]

Open for private bookings 

[Dollymarie]

Just now, tinman85 said:

So is the upper area where the supporters club used to be now available for general use? 

Which area do you mean? If you mean the mezzanine in the sports bar, that's for Lansdown Club members. It was all of last season as well. 

[Phantom]

Believe they mean the old area in the dolman stand, upstairs 

[RedM]

1 hour ago, Pezo said:

Have you been under the Dolman? Or the historic timeline under the SS?

Yes, but I meant more actual old stuff, not just graphic reprints as such. Even a collection of shirt designs from years gone by would be nice to see side by side. 

[Dollymarie]

Just now, tinman85 said:

Probably. The area with the sofas as you walk up the stairs to your left near the toilets 

Yeah. That's for Lansdown Club members.  

[RaspberryRed]

3 hours ago, Dollymarie said:

It'll be inside the stadium. We wanted it moved from the back of the Atyeo given there will be away fans in that area from now on.  

Congrats on the move but horrified as to why this uber important item is being hidden away.

Too quickly forgotten as there would be no new SC & T room or shiny new stadium without them

The lack of recognition to them around the new stadium is an utter disgrace imho

[The Wild Bunch]

Should take pride of place in players tunnel.

4 minutes ago, RaspberryRed said:

Congrats on the move but horrified as to why this uber important item is being hidden away.

Too quickly forgotten as there would be no new SC & T room or shiny new stadium without them

The lack of recognition to them around the new stadium is an utter disgrace imho

 

[Robbored]

So the bar is the main downstairs bar or us there one in the new SC&T home?

[Dollymarie]

5 minutes ago, Robbored said:

So the bar is the main downstairs bar or us there one in the new SC&T home?

There's one upstairs in the room. Tomorrow and Tuesday we have a temporary bar. The permanent one will be in before the Milwall game. 

[Robbored]

1 minute ago, Dollymarie said:

There's one upstairs in the room. Tomorrow and Tuesday we have a temporary bar. The permanent one will be in before the Milwall game. 

Thanks Dolls! Thats great news.

[Dollymarie]

For what it's worth I personally agree that the AG8 plaque should be somewhere prominent. The weather has not been kind to it outside for all the years it's been up though, and we'd hate for it to be damaged any further. We need to contact the manufacturers as it is, to see if they can restore it to how it was when it was new. 

[Die Hard Red]

3 hours ago, CyderInACan said:

It would actually be nice if it was more than a tiny plaque to be perfectly honest with you. I'd say it's a more important part of our history than beating Liverpool away in the FA Cup  and that is somehow given a huge space in the SS to help us remember it. A great result no doubt about it but not necessarily worthy of such a lasting memorial. 

Thst space would be much better served with a huge mural of this as a reminder to everyone that there very nearly was no Bristol City. 

We could also do with improving that godawful ending to the  'tore their contracts up so we could go on' song'.

'We're Bristol City, the City is ours' is a slight improvement on 'We're Bristol City, we're Championship' but only slight and the thing always seems to finish off like a damp squib.

[RaspberryRed]

16 minutes ago, Dollymarie said:

For what it's worth I personally agree that the AG8 plaque should be somewhere prominent. The weather has not been kind to it outside for all the years it's been up though, and we'd hate for it to be damaged any further. We need to contact the manufacturers as it is, to see if they can restore it to how it was when it was new. 

I agree 100% that it was now out of place behind the Atyeo. This is my pic from last Summer and hardly that damaged it needs hiding away in a private room.

If investigating condition/restoration why not place in storage rather than squirrel away to a private members room?

[Septic Peg]

3 hours ago, phantom said:

Believe they mean the old area in the dolman stand, upstairs 

Yeah what's happening with that @Mkelly? The old supporters bar in the Dolman I mean?

I believe it was used as a mess room for the contractors on the build so is in a bit of a sorry state now but once tidied up, will the museum go there maybe?

[richwwtk]

4 hours ago, RaspberryRed said:

I agree 100% that it was now out of place behind the Atyeo. This is my pic from last Summer and hardly that damaged it needs hiding away in a private room.

If investigating condition/restoration why not place in storage rather than squirrel away to a private members room?

Didn't Dolly say it was going to be with the old clock? That's in the South Stand concourse, not in a private room.

[Dollymarie]

1 hour ago, richwwtk said:

Didn't Dolly say it was going to be with the old clock? That's in the South Stand concourse, not in a private room.

Exactly. The plan is to put it in the South Stand concourse, near the old Williams Clock. The information about the fact it needs some work doing to it came from the guys who took it down from its spot on the back of the Atyeo yesterday morning. 

Also, on the point about the "shiny new SC&T room," we have paid for that ourselves. Flooring, walls, furniture etc.