Bristol Rob Posted October 16, 2023 Report Share Posted October 16, 2023 2 hours ago, redsquirrel said: i see they have acquired their new toilets for the away fans barn Portable loos stolen from Ludlow racetrack - BBC News Police have nothing to go on.... 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open End Numb Legs Posted October 16, 2023 Report Share Posted October 16, 2023 3 hours ago, redsquirrel said: i see they have acquired their new toilets for the away fans barn Portable loos stolen from Ludlow racetrack - BBC News I am sure they will flush out the culprits. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderJar Posted October 16, 2023 Report Share Posted October 16, 2023 Let's all laugh at the gas. 6 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redsi2 Posted October 16, 2023 Report Share Posted October 16, 2023 (edited) Chelmsford City or Whitby Town have the pleasure of a trip to the mem in the FA Cup. I expect chelmsford or whitby are looking for a bigger draw in round 2 Edited October 16, 2023 by Redsi2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted October 16, 2023 Report Share Posted October 16, 2023 1 hour ago, CiderJar said: Let's all laugh at the gas. Yeah, yeah. City have 10,000 for a home game, but the gAss managed a creditable 1-1 with Pucklechurch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted October 16, 2023 Report Share Posted October 16, 2023 6 hours ago, Redsi2 said: Chelmsford City or Whitby Town have the pleasure of a trip to the mem in the FA Cup. I expect chelmsford or whitby are looking for a bigger draw in round 2 At the very least, a decent league ground , they play in that sort of Memorial Ground standard every week of the year ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippycar Posted October 17, 2023 Report Share Posted October 17, 2023 10 hours ago, Bristol Rob said: Police have nothing to go on.... All hail the Two Ronnies 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Watts Posted October 17, 2023 Report Share Posted October 17, 2023 14 hours ago, 1960maaan said: Yeah, yeah. City have 10,000 for a home game, but the gAss managed a creditable 1-1 with Pucklechurch Why do they have a member of the Village People on their badge, young man? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted October 17, 2023 Report Share Posted October 17, 2023 Ragass Rovers would love a stand like the main stand at Chelmsford. Not a pillar in sight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted October 17, 2023 Report Share Posted October 17, 2023 30 minutes ago, Steve Watts said: Why do they have a member of the Village People on their badge, young man? Construction Worker. It's that one that is overseeing the new stand at the Mem, the new stadium at the Fruit Market and err, cleaning the curtains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted October 17, 2023 Report Share Posted October 17, 2023 49 minutes ago, bcfc01 said: Ragass Rovers would love a stand like the main stand at Chelmsford. Not a pillar in sight. After seeing this I had a look at their stadium on a football ground guide website. One comment was: “The main drawback to spectators in this stand as you would expect at an athletics stadium, is that the stand is set well back from the playing action….” For Rovers this would be an advantage as, ideally, if you’re watching them you would want to be as far away as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted October 17, 2023 Report Share Posted October 17, 2023 1 minute ago, pongo88 said: After seeing this I had a look at their stadium on a football ground guide website. One comment was: “The main drawback to spectators in this stand as you would expect at an athletics stadium, is that the stand is set well back from the playing action….” For Rovers this would be an advantage as, ideally, if you’re watching them you would want to be as far away as possible. My "second club" as I lived there for years and my kids were born there. The club played at New Writtle Street and had a proper stadium with covered stands on three sides, average gates of around 2-3k in the Southern League, record crowd of 16k back in the day. Then, as often happens, new owner sold the ground and it now has houses on it. Club were forced to share Billericays ground for some time until they rented the current stadium from the council. Big non-league side, more than capable of operating in the football league if they had a proper stadium. Hope they get to play Ragass Rovers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted October 17, 2023 Report Share Posted October 17, 2023 14 hours ago, slartibartfast said: At the very least, a decent league ground , they play in that sort of Memorial Ground standard every week of the year ! In most cases, the grounds they play at are no doubt vastly superior to the tented village. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted October 17, 2023 Report Share Posted October 17, 2023 5 hours ago, bcfc01 said: My "second club" as I lived there for years and my kids were born there. The club played at New Writtle Street and had a proper stadium with covered stands on three sides, average gates of around 2-3k in the Southern League, record crowd of 16k back in the day. Then, as often happens, new owner sold the ground and it now has houses on it. Club were forced to share Billericays ground for some time until they rented the current stadium from the council. Big non-league side, more than capable of operating in the football league if they had a proper stadium. Hope they get to play Ragass Rovers. The current ground is ok for where they are now. Looks good when you look at the stand , but the other side does scream Council owned. Popped up there last year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted October 17, 2023 Report Share Posted October 17, 2023 7 hours ago, 1960maaan said: The current ground is ok for where they are now. Looks good when you look at the stand , but the other side does scream Council owned. Popped up there last year. Doesn't matter, it's Whitby. Got a nice sound to it........... a sort of Sutton, Hayes or Hitchiney sound to it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fgrsimon Posted October 18, 2023 Report Share Posted October 18, 2023 31 minutes ago, slartibartfast said: Doesn't matter, it's Whitby. Got a nice sound to it........... a sort of Sutton, Hayes or Hitchiney sound to it ! Northern Premier League, Step 3 instead of Step 2 for Chelmsford, so bigger potential embarassment. Decent away record too......... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted October 18, 2023 Report Share Posted October 18, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, slartibartfast said: Doesn't matter, it's Whitby. Got a nice sound to it........... a sort of Sutton, Hayes or Hitchiney sound to it ! Where Dracula landed on our shores in Bram Stoker's book. I wonder if he chose it because it sounded nice? Edited October 18, 2023 by Port Said Red 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Fred Posted October 18, 2023 Report Share Posted October 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Port Said Red said: Where Dracula landed on our shores in Bram Stoker's book. I wonder if he chose it because it sounded nice? For the fish & chips?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open End Numb Legs Posted October 18, 2023 Report Share Posted October 18, 2023 2 hours ago, Son of Fred said: For the fish & chips?? He could have got a decent pasty in North Cornwall and the beaches are nicer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse With No Name Posted October 18, 2023 Report Share Posted October 18, 2023 5 hours ago, Son of Fred said: For the fish & chips?? Mate, that's a myth. They are bang average apart from one restaurant/takeaway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted October 18, 2023 Report Share Posted October 18, 2023 3 hours ago, Open End Numb Legs said: He could have got a decent pasty in North Cornwall and the beaches are nicer. or sausage and chips,had some nice food down there last week, going for 2 weeks next october so i can do more . philps lamb and mint pasty is one i want for lunch more than once next time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted October 18, 2023 Report Share Posted October 18, 2023 7 hours ago, Son of Fred said: For the fish & chips?? Doubt it. You know what chippies are like for using wooden cutlery. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted October 18, 2023 Report Share Posted October 18, 2023 9 hours ago, Port Said Red said: Where Dracula landed on our shores in Bram Stoker's book. I wonder if he chose it because it sounded nice? It was probably chosen by him because of the annual goth festival that is held there. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NcnsBcfc Posted October 18, 2023 Report Share Posted October 18, 2023 On 16/10/2023 at 18:18, 1960maaan said: Yeah, yeah. City have 10,000 for a home game, but the gAss managed a creditable 1-1 with Pucklechurch Got a bit of a slope there haven't they. Looks like one of those wonderful Junior football pitches of old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted October 18, 2023 Report Share Posted October 18, 2023 3 hours ago, NcnsBcfc said: Got a bit of a slope there haven't they. Looks like one of those wonderful Junior football pitches of old. Bit of a slope? If you want a bit of a slope try playing on the football pitches at Purdown, assuming they are still there. They had a massive slope from side to side so that if you took a corner at the upper side you just had to kick it horizontally to reach head height in the penalty area. Trying to take a decent penalty from the lower side was an impossibility. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted October 18, 2023 Report Share Posted October 18, 2023 On 17/10/2023 at 09:02, bcfc01 said: Ragass Rovers would love a stand like the main stand at Chelmsford. Not a pillar in sight. It's probably got the further significant advantage of having planning consent? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted October 18, 2023 Report Share Posted October 18, 2023 As Mrs Pongo was watching Bake Off on TV I decided to have a look at the Rovers forum. I actually found someone who posted a sensible comment: “Only QPR, Sheffield Wednesday, Bristol Rovers and Grimsby Town out of the 92 haven't built a new permanent stand or stadium in the last 30 years. Board after board after board have bullshitted the supporters with drawings, designs, campaigns, videos and appointing stadium advisors. How can 95% of the Football League something that is apparently not achievable for us?” Come on, which of you have joined their forum and pretended to be Gashead? 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLionLad Posted October 18, 2023 Report Share Posted October 18, 2023 2 hours ago, pongo88 said: Bit of a slope? If you want a bit of a slope try playing on the football pitches at Purdown, assuming they are still there. They had a massive slope from side to side so that if you took a corner at the upper side you just had to kick it horizontally to reach head height in the penalty area. Trying to take a decent penalty from the lower side was an impossibility. Yep, the sideway slope near the tower. If you crossed the ball from the lower side you ended up receiving it straight back ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted October 19, 2023 Report Share Posted October 19, 2023 On 16/10/2023 at 17:40, Open End Numb Legs said: I am sure they will flush out the culprits. And wipe them out for good 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilRascal Posted October 19, 2023 Report Share Posted October 19, 2023 16 hours ago, pongo88 said: As Mrs Pongo was watching Bake Off on TV I decided to have a look at the Rovers forum. I actually found someone who posted a sensible comment: “Only QPR, Sheffield Wednesday, Bristol Rovers and Grimsby Town out of the 92 haven't built a new permanent stand or stadium in the last 30 years. Board after board after board have bullshitted the supporters with drawings, designs, campaigns, videos and appointing stadium advisors. How can 95% of the Football League something that is apparently not achievable for us?” Come on, which of you have joined their forum and pretended to be Gashead? And the stadiums of Sheff Weds, QPR and even Grimsby are far, far superior to theirs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.