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To the 7680

 
Kudos to you all. It’s going to be a monumental time for you all, making history becoming the largest ever travelling support in that wonderful stadiums 15 year history.

Tonight you represent so many kindred Brothers and sisters ,Fine people Who all worship at the same Temple that is Bristol City football Club

The diversity of the people you represent ranges vastly from those dotted around the world in some of the most far flung places to those too young or too Old.

Those that couldn’t get the tickets through to those that maybe suffering an illness, disability all the way through to those that couldn’t justify the expense or don’t have that spare money. Those that will be dotted around in pubs and bars in the UK and around the world. We are with you, we are unified we ARE Bristol City
 
We will be watching and listening, shouting and singing along with you to support those 11 (And subs and staff) who will be giving their all for OUR club
 
Have a wonderful night. Roar On the boys in front of a global audience and be proud that you support the Only Team in Bristol
 
COYR
 
Have a safe Night and a safe journey home
 
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2 minutes ago, RaspberryRed said:

To the 7680

 
 Kudos to you all. It’s going to be a monumental time for you all, making history becoming the largest ever travelling support in that wonderful stadiums 15 year history.

Tonight you represent so many kindred Brothers and sisters ,Fine people Who all worship at the same Temple that is Bristol City football Club

The diversity of the people you represent ranges vastly from those dotted around the world in some of the most far flung places to those too young or too Old.

Those that couldn’t get the tickets through to those that maybe suffering an illness, disability all the way through to those that couldn’t justify the expense or don’t have that spare money. Those that will be dotted around in pubs and bars in the UK and around the world. We are with you, we are unified we ARE Bristol City
 


We will be watching and listening, shouting and singing along with you to support those 11 (And subs and staff) who will be giving their all for OUR club
 
Have a wonderful night. Roar On the boys in front of a global audience and be proud that you support the Only team in Bristol
 
COYR
 
Have a safe flight and a safe journey home
 

Perfect.

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Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the seven thousand eight hundred and sixty
“Forward, the Red Brigade!
Charge for the Mancs!” LJ said.
Into the valley of Death
Rode the seven thousand eight hundred and sixty
 
Never knew Tennyson was a Red :)
 
Good luck to all those lucky enough to be there tonight and let's hope the team do you and all City fans proud, whatever the result.
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Huge well done to the support. Came across so loudly on the TV. 

Surreal yet proud to hear the 'Thatchers Gold' song loud and clear.

Support was magnificent tonight, you should all be very proud. 

Also such a nice surprise to see almost everyone stood for the whole game! That's proper away support. Makes a difference.

You all played your part in that result, a very honourable defeat with all to play for.

Well done to the 7860; the 12th man.

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25 minutes ago, Port Said Red said:

It sounded like Ashton Gate. I can't say anything other than that. Incredible.

It sounded like AG occasionally. I.e. big games Not like the library it is normally is.

 

Always much better away from home than at home.... pretty much like most clubs truth be told.

 

Cracking effort by all that went. I have no idea how much microphone placement played a part or not. But for 92 minutes you owned the etihad judging by tv coverage 

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2 minutes ago, TRL said:

It sounded like AG occasionally. I.e. big games Not like the library it is normally is.

 

Always much better away from home than at home.... pretty much like most clubs truth be told.

 

Cracking effort by all that went. I have no idea how much microphone placement played a part or not. But for 92 minutes you owned the etihad judging by tv coverage 

If anything, microphone placement would've been favourable to Man City.

Sky would've wanted 'Blue Moon' to come across as very loud.

I've watched many games on TV and live and can safely say we did very very well tonight as away support.

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1 minute ago, Phileas Fogg said:

If anything, microphone placement would've been favourable to Man City.

Sky would've wanted 'Blue Moon' to come across as very loud.

I've watched many games on TV and live and can safely say we did very very well tonight as away support.

Nice to know. Massively out sung them al night until they scored to make it 2-1

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Amazing night.  It will live long in the memory. MCFC fans saying to us afterwards what a credit we all were to the club. Amazing night on and off the pitch. Extra proud to be associated with our great club tonight. Up the City! 

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5 minutes ago, Betty Swallocks said:

Everyone stood up, everyone gave it their all. We looked like a proper away crowd tonight. 

Hopefully more get the away day bug now. 

Exactly. If anyone ever tries to argue that there’s no difference to atmosphere when you sit down at an away game - this will be the example for the counter argument.

Really proud of our support tonight. They did their bit. 

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Was at the other end. City loud throughout and  very, very loud at points. Must have kept the 11 on the field going as their legs started to turn to jelly.  

Didn’t think Man City were all that bad, just a typical home crowd when team playing rubbish (by their standards). A few decent choruses of Blue Moon, but Red City won the singing battle easily.  

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Wow !!

Been a member of this forum for a year or two now but never posted, more of a voyeur me!!

That support was absolutely phenomenal, an absolute credit to the club.

Safe trip home for all of you.

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Was watching from a "neutral" non-West Country pub tonight and I just want to amplify the OP comments .

You've done us proud, babbers. 

Bloke stood next to me said: "Jesus! You boys make some noise don't you? !"

Making Bristol proud in the most genuine way ever!

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Best night I’ve had watching City away for many years. The wall of noise from the away end was relentless, I don’t think it stopped at any point all night. Absolutely fantastic. 

I’ve never been prouder to be a red than I am this morning. With this team, coach and the togetherness throughout the whole club we’re really going places this season. 

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Interesting (And was thinking about your views on Away fans @Phileas Fogg :thumbsup:) how , even with 7600 they tried to minimise our impact - upper two tiers up in the Gods 

and

Unless I’ve gone crackers - our two tiers was the only part of the ground not ‘lit up’

Am I Right ? Or gone crackers ?

 

I was amazed that as far as I could see every City fan was stood roaring the side on for every second from when the players emerged until the final whistle

Amazing and awesome to see

:clapping:

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7 minutes ago, BCFC_Mike said:

A night I won't be forgetting anytime soon. 

Got back shortly after 3am, and watched it back on the box straight away. 

Thank you fellow reds, for a very special night. :clap:

Up there with the best away support I’ve ever witnessed

So many striking similarities to the Forest Away Semi (Hich shades over Anfield) for me , in not only the support but the gutsy performance

 

( I knew we were loud but when I watched my sky recording I couldn’t believe how loud we sounded and how we totally bossed the support battle - Well done all , never seen such a high percentage of fans getting stuck in :clapping:)

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20 hours ago, RaspberryRed said:

To the 7680

 
Kudos to you all. It’s going to be a monumental time for you all, making history becoming the largest ever travelling support in that wonderful stadiums 15 year history.

Tonight you represent so many kindred Brothers and sisters ,Fine people Who all worship at the same Temple that is Bristol City football Club

The diversity of the people you represent ranges vastly from those dotted around the world in some of the most far flung places to those too young or too Old.

Those that couldn’t get the tickets through to those that maybe suffering an illness, disability all the way through to those that couldn’t justify the expense or don’t have that spare money. Those that will be dotted around in pubs and bars in the UK and around the world. We are with you, we are unified we ARE Bristol City
 
We will be watching and listening, shouting and singing along with you to support those 11 (And subs and staff) who will be giving their all for OUR club
 
Have a wonderful night. Roar On the boys in front of a global audience and be proud that you support the Only Team in Bristol
 
COYR
 
Have a safe Night and a safe journey home
 

Touch of the Shakespeares there, methinks ;) Seriously, I agree with every word. You did us proud, as did the team.

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5 hours ago, BobBobSuperBob said:

I  was amazed that as far as I could see every City fan was stood roaring the side on for every second from when the players emerged until the final whistle

Amazing and awesome to see

:clapping:

Correct, we’ll stood all game, only sat down at half time. 

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Sometimes with such a large support spread across the whole end AND two tiers, the atmosphere can suffer - often you’ll have one group singing one song in the top left, another group singing another song bottom right etc. But for some unknown reason it just all seemed to come together last night, with almost every song spreading across the whole away end. Very very good. 

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5 hours ago, BobBobSuperBob said:

Up there with the best away support I’ve ever witnessed

So many striking similarities to the Forest Away Semi (Hich shades over Anfield) for me , in not only the support but the gutsy performance

 

( I knew we were loud but when I watched my sky recording I couldn’t believe how loud we sounded and how we totally bossed the support battle - Well done all , never seen such a high percentage of fans getting stuck in :clapping:)

Forest away definitely, they passed the ball well back then, some decent players as i recall, we weren't expected to get anything, get thumped in fact, just like last night - under pressure for long periods, but able to have the odd spell of possession and try and create, just like last night. Dogged, gusty, determined, just like last night. Scoring first sending the massed hordes behind the goal into ruptures, just like last night.

For the young un's last night, that's what Forest away was like. 'Bouncing round the ground' the equivalent of all the surging on the terraces. Magical nights that we'll never forget.

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7 hours ago, BobBobSuperBob said:

Interesting (And was thinking about your views on Away fans @Phileas Fogg :thumbsup:) how , even with 7600 they tried to minimise our impact - upper two tiers up in the Gods 

and

Unless I’ve gone crackers - our two tiers was the only part of the ground not ‘lit up’

Am I Right ? Or gone crackers ?

 

I was amazed that as far as I could see every City fan was stood roaring the side on for every second from when the players emerged until the final whistle

Amazing and awesome to see

:clapping:

If it wasnt lit, dont tell Mark Kelly!

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7 minutes ago, nickolas said:

If it wasnt lit, dont tell Mark Kelly!

Quite amazing how there seems to be a totally different rule book for stadium safety at different grounds.

Maybe @Matt Parsons BCFCSLO can help.

Hi Matt, 

You might be aware already, but many people are pretty frustrated by the apparent rules we are bound by via SAG which apparently mean it’s unsafe to have the stadium internal lights lowered during play at night games.

In mine and I believe many other people’s opinion, it makes the football viewing at these night games a far worse experience. You can’t fully relax and concentrate. It’s distracting and sometimes the glare can be really offputting.

I appreciate the club has stringent health and safety rules to abide by, but this one seems really unnecessary. To add insult to injury, far big stadiums than ours (like last night) seem to manage fine.

Is there any scope for looking into reviewing this rule? 

Cheers

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What pleased me the most last night, was how much the fans got behind the team, when Man City were bossing it around our box and knocking it about trying to find an opening.

We were so organised and composed. The more we closed a move down, the more the fans reflected what they were witnessing with loud raw passion.

The fans felt like another defender on the pitch.

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9 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said:

Quite amazing how there seems to be a totally different rule book for stadium safety at different grounds.

Maybe @Matt Parsons BCFCSLO can help.

Hi Matt, 

You might be aware already, but many people are pretty frustrated by the apparent rules we are bound by via SAG which apparently mean it’s unsafe to have the stadium internal lights lowered during play at night games.

In mine and I believe many other people’s opinion, it makes the football viewing at these night games a far worse experience. You can’t fully relax and concentrate. It’s distracting and sometimes the glare can be really offputting.

I appreciate the club has stringent health and safety rules to abide by, but this one seems really unnecessary. To add insult to injury, far big stadiums than ours (like last night) seem to manage fine.

Is there any scope for looking into reviewing this rule? 

Cheers

And btw PF the steepness of the top tier was as steep as I’ve seen ;)

 

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23 hours ago, Dolman Block B said:

Steve Lansdown said that Man City did release more tickets at the death and there were over 8000 there

Plus a couple of hundred in hospitality 

There were loads of City fans in the hospitality areas so the actual number was probably well over 8,000. When we scored we we all politely sat there and said "yep". (With apologies to Jasper Carrot). 

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9 hours ago, Phileas Fogg said:

Quite amazing how there seems to be a totally different rule book for stadium safety at different grounds.

Maybe @Matt Parsons BCFCSLO can help.

Hi Matt, 

You might be aware already, but many people are pretty frustrated by the apparent rules we are bound by via SAG which apparently mean it’s unsafe to have the stadium internal lights lowered during play at night games.

In mine and I believe many other people’s opinion, it makes the football viewing at these night games a far worse experience. You can’t fully relax and concentrate. It’s distracting and sometimes the glare can be really offputting.

I appreciate the club has stringent health and safety rules to abide by, but this one seems really unnecessary. To add insult to injury, far big stadiums than ours (like last night) seem to manage fine.

Is there any scope for looking into reviewing this rule? 

Cheers

Morning all, 

First off I thought we were all incredible on Tuesday. The noise, atmosphere, positivity and general good nature was brilliant to be a part of. I’ve had Man City fans contact me to say the same.

People have also commented about how good it was to hear our fans rally immediately and get behind the team when Man City equalised. It does make a difference and I think on the run in for the rest of the season we should all keep that in mind to give the boys that boost.

Regarding the lights I’m aware of how fans feel about this. Some of my earliest memories coming to Ashton Gate in the 90’s was when the strip lights would turn off at the start of each half and on again before half time and full time. 

 I have mentioned a few times I’m in the process of compiling buckets of feedback to then sit down with the right people to discuss further. The lighting question is already on there so rest assured it will be addressed by me. Just bear with me as for the next few weeks I’m just listening to fan feedback (of which there is lots!) and will then open conversation with the right people. 

Matt

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Regarding the lights I’m aware of how fans feel about this. Some of my earliest memories coming to Ashton Gate in the 90’s was when the strip lights would turn off at the start of each half and on again before half time and full time. 

I have mentioned a few times I’m in the process of compiling buckets of feedback to then sit down with the right people to discuss further. The lighting question is already on there so rest assured it will be addressed by me. Just bear with me as for the next few weeks I’m just listening to fan feedback (of which there is lots!) and will then open conversation with the right people. 

Matt

Hi Matt,

Thanks. I appreciate that and the fast response. It’s good you can relate to the issue as a spectator because in my opinion it really detracts from the viewing experience.

I’m sure you’ve got lots on your plate all at once but would be great to have this raised when you get the chance to pool together all the feedback.

Thanks again. I must mention that I think you’re doing a really good job in this new role and it’s great to have you so easily contactable.

Cheers

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8 hours ago, Matt Parsons BCFCSLO said:

Morning all, 

First off I thought we were all incredible on Tuesday. The noise, atmosphere, positivity and general good nature was brilliant to be a part of. I’ve had Man City fans contact me to say the same.

People have also commented about how good it was to hear our fans rally immediately and get behind the team when Man City equalised. It does make a difference and I think on the run in for the rest of the season we should all keep that in mind to give the boys that boost.

Regarding the lights I’m aware of how fans feel about this. Some of my earliest memories coming to Ashton Gate in the 90’s was when the strip lights would turn off at the start of each half and on again before half time and full time. 

 I have mentioned a few times I’m in the process of compiling buckets of feedback to then sit down with the right people to discuss further. The lighting question is already on there so rest assured it will be addressed by me. Just bear with me as for the next few weeks I’m just listening to fan feedback (of which there is lots!) and will then open conversation with the right people. 

Matt

@Matt Parsons BCFCSLO

Hi matt regarding the lighting issue, SAG have come up with an excuse that they leave the lights on to help the fans see down the steps. Could you find out why this group have allowed the club to paint the edges of the steps black? which are now wearing away. Before the redevelopment they used to be yellow for health & safety reasons. In the event of a powercut during a night game it helps fans see more clearly down the steps. That's why the emergency gates on the pitch are painted yellow. Could you ask SAG to get the steps repainted in either white or yellow please? I do feel they have overlooked this issue. Cheers!

 

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