Fiale Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 When the Basketball have their arena, maybe they can start pushing for the slot if third most supported team in Bristol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 21 minutes ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said: I think this says it all.. Pretty accurate though tbf Beginning? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Shadow Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 14 minutes ago, Fiale said: When the Basketball have their arena, maybe they can start pushing for the slot if third most supported team in Bristol Back in the late 70s they were out-supported by the Bulldogs (they were a speedway team for you young 'uns) at their own ground (I know, it wasn't theirs but they like to think it was). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 12 minutes ago, Red Shadow said: Back in the late 70s they were out-supported by the Bulldogs (they were a speedway team for you young 'uns) at their own ground (I know, it wasn't theirs but they like to think it was). I never understood motorcycle speedway as a spectator sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Bas's perfect hattrick said: Intimidating in that you have a genuine chance of injury, after the stairs collapse or the roof caves in on your head I must admit that "Santa's Grotto" looks an intimidating experience on top of the painful dihorrea enduced stomach cramps endured from the fake fanta and stale crisps and then fondled and fisted by their best Jimmy Saville impersonator. Yes; a very daunting place to visit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 39 minutes ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said: I think this says it all.. Pretty accurate though tbf have these belters got no limits of depravity.......obviously not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanburyRed Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 56 minutes ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said: I think this says it all.. Pretty accurate though tbf Peadophiles (sic)...? Like Captain Birds Eye? Petite pois, marrowfat, mushy, garden, sugarsnap? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC11 Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 The Fewers chatting about the ‘Gas Hard men’ over the years..... https://gaschat.co.uk/thread/17784/football-hard-men?page=2 One of the belters seems to think David Pipe (bald midget) is a ‘Hard Man’ the same bloke who got sent down for smashing a Wine bottle over someone’s head on a night out. Yeah proper hard that is. F’ing Coward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Bristol Rob said: I never understood motorcycle speedway as a spectator sport. Really? A loud, noisy spectacle with risk and close racing. I'd sooner understand your view if you were talking about horse racing. Spend all day at a track and see horses run past maybe a dozen times, while stood next to idiots on the pi**. Of course, all IMHO. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Swede said: I must admit that "Santa's Grotto" looks an intimidating experience on top of the painful dihorrea enduced stomach cramps endured from the fake fanta and stale crisps and then fondled and fisted by their best Jimmy Saville impersonator. Yes; a very daunting place to visit. you forgot the 1970s vids of gary glitter on their big screen with the porn saved for half time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 2 hours ago, Bristol Rob said: I never understood motorcycle speedway as a spectator sport. Have you ever seen it live? It’s not my thing either, but I did go to watch it at Eastville a couple of times, and must admit it was quite exciting. Noise, smell speed etc. Feel the same about powerboat racing: not something I’d ever watch on TV, or go out of my way to, but in Bristol Docks it was something else. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StGeorge Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 2 minutes ago, italian dave said: but in Bristol Docks it was something else God that was good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 2 minutes ago, italian dave said: Have you ever seen it live? It’s not my thing either, but I did go to watch it at Eastville a couple of times, and must admit it was quite exciting. Noise, smell speed etc. Feel the same about powerboat racing: not something I’d ever watch on TV, or go out of my way to, but in Bristol Docks it was something else. i saw it once,shame it got shut down,the boats were amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 wasnt it deemed too dangerous to continue? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 17 minutes ago, redsquirrel said: wasnt it deemed too dangerous to continue? Not just ‘deemed’: it was! There were several fatalities I seem to recall. Misjudge slightly and they’d hit the dock wall at 100mph. I know we grumble about health and safety gone mad sometimes, but that was the other extreme! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redysteadygo Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 32 minutes ago, italian dave said: Have you ever seen it live? It’s not my thing either, but I did go to watch it at Eastville a couple of times, and must admit it was quite exciting. Noise, smell speed etc. Feel the same about powerboat racing: not something I’d ever watch on TV, or go out of my way to, but in Bristol Docks it was something else. Even more exciting at the Knowle track. Shorter straights and tighter corners. Oh, and we made a relative fortune returning discarded lemonade bottles to the kiosk and pocketing the deposits. Profitable Friday nights. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 17 minutes ago, italian dave said: Not just ‘deemed’: it was! There were several fatalities I seem to recall. Misjudge slightly and they’d hit the dock wall at 100mph. I know we grumble about health and safety gone mad sometimes, but that was the other extreme! I remember reading that an American champion (Seebold?) came to see the track for the first time and thought it was just where they practiced, asked where the real track was. My dad was in the RNR at the time and we used to get on to the HMS Venturer and watch from the deck, it was pretty hair raising seeing the Formula one boats going past so close to the hull! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRFTG Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 3 minutes ago, redysteadygo said: Even more exciting at the Knowle track. Shorter straights and tighter corners. Oh, and we made a relative fortune returning discarded lemonade bottles to the kiosk and pocketing the deposits. Profitable Friday nights. Christ, and I thought I was getting on. Saw the remnants as a kid but believe it shut up shop shortly before I was born. Recently came across an old map of now defunct racetracks (both dogs and speedway,) and unbelievable how many there were and also where they were around the UK. I recall my old man saying just how big the dogs and speedway were in comparison to football, at how folks used to GO OUT to spectator events all the time rather than sit at home. Different era. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 1 hour ago, redysteadygo said: Even more exciting at the Knowle track. Shorter straights and tighter corners. Oh, and we made a relative fortune returning discarded lemonade bottles to the kiosk and pocketing the deposits. Profitable Friday nights. Clearly someone from my era Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WessexPest Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) Cmon you Doncaster Utd! Or Doncaster racing meet, avoid the Slags landing any punches like the Ipswich horse badge did. Edited April 5, 2021 by WessexPest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 3 hours ago, WessexPest said: Cmon you Doncaster Utd! Or Doncaster racing meet, avoid the Slags landing any punches like the Ipswich horse badge did. more blue g (l) ass souvenirs for the bin ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, TomF said: Potentially one of the more winnable games for the fewers, Doncaster form is pretty dire Trouble is that none of the other dead men down there have particularly winnable games either: Wimbledon v Fleetwood, Burton v Swindon, Hull v Northampton, Rochdale v Ipswich and Wigan v Portsmouth. At least they ought to still be in the bottom four at 5 o`clock even if they do win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 11 hours ago, CotswoldRed said: Really? A loud, noisy spectacle with risk and close racing. I'd sooner understand your view if you were talking about horse racing. Spend all day at a track and see horses run past maybe a dozen times, while stood next to idiots on the pi**. Of course, all IMHO. I'd certainly go and watch if it was local and draw a proper conclusion as in general, I enjoy watching motor sports (although this is always 4 wheeled), as for Horse racing... been to Cheltenham twice and have NEVER seen an actual horse there in the flesh. Spent the entire time in a bar (which says a lot more about me than it does the sport of kings). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 10 hours ago, BTRFTG said: Christ, and I thought I was getting on. Saw the remnants as a kid but believe it shut up shop shortly before I was born. Recently came across an old map of now defunct racetracks (both dogs and speedway,) and unbelievable how many there were and also where they were around the UK. I recall my old man saying just how big the dogs and speedway were in comparison to football, at how folks used to GO OUT to spectator events all the time rather than sit at home. Different era. Indeed. Greyhound racing used to be so big, that Wembley Stadium refused to cancel a pre-planned meet back in 1966, causing the World Cup group match between Uruguay and France to be played at the White City. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED4LIFE Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 11 hours ago, TomF said: Yep fair few fatalities, v8 boats going around at 80mph + and concrete walls. Some great stuff on YouTube from the era Lovely to hear Murray Walker commentary on that clip. Also, brings back memories of when the harbourside wasn't filled with over-priced apartments too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gert Mare Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 Meanwhile, over at ‘The Colony’. They have built a permanent structure at their ‘game changer’ of a facility. A little toilet block I think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, Gert Mare said: Meanwhile, over at ‘The Colony’. They have built a permanent structure at their ‘game changer’ of a facility. A little toilet block I think? Yeah I saw that on sagchat where they`re all creaming themselves at how big it is! Mind you, anything bigger than a portacabin must seem big to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banjo Island Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 9 minutes ago, Gert Mare said: Meanwhile, over at ‘The Colony’. They have built a permanent structure at their ‘game changer’ of a facility. A little toilet block I think? They got one of those at cadburyheaths ground Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 6 minutes ago, Gert Mare said: Meanwhile, over at ‘The Colony’. They have built a permanent structure at their ‘game changer’ of a facility. A little toilet block I think? Thanks. Didn't realise the waste disposal site was open this Bank Holiday Monday. Heading there later to dump another truckload of junk. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gert Mare Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 15 minutes ago, Banjo Island said: They got one of those at cadburyheaths ground I bet they don’t have Championship ready sprinklers though? Apparently the clubhouse is the size of 2 70’s semi’s. I know a few Sags still stuck in the 70’s who get semi’s when City lose. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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