Open End Numb Legs Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 6 hours ago, bert tann said: 7468 ( 512 ) South Stand 62% Yep, thanks for posting, as painful as it probably was. A reality check for fans and owners alike. Between you and me I expect that if this test event had been on a warm Saturday in September, with the cheaper tickets, 75% fill would have been achieved. Hence this comes down to the back room planning of the stand. If the stand had been planned correctly you wouldn't have a test event in the middle of a storm in January. There is probably a joke somewhere about the stand being busy due to cattle being kept indoors in winter, but as it is you Bert, we will leave that for another time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 Attendance now being reported as 8543. No indication yet of the Exeter support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 How could the away numbers have only been 512 when they’d sold 803 2 days before the game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unan Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 It’s not just transfers. As 81 says there’s contractors not being paid. The facilities at the new south stand were a joke last night. Food outlet closed as no way of making payment. New toilets with barely visible signs on them and no soap or paper towels to wash and dry your hands. No coffee as there was no hot water. The milk in my coffee at the Blackpool game was off and absolutely rancid. These are just the basics. Then you have the state of the recruitment department and the ever shrinking number of staff causing people to take on the work of 3 people. It’s early days but the signs aren’t good. 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Harry said: How could the away numbers have only been 512 when they’d sold 803 2 days before the game? Is the 512 the ones counted into their cowshed ? Dunno, they don't post attendance figures as far as I can make out - unless its 10k+ of course. Edited January 24 by bcfc01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WessexPest Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 27 minutes ago, Rudolf Hucker said: Attendance now being reported as 8543. No indication yet of the Exeter support. Yes. That’s what I’m seeing too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topper 123 Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 28 minutes ago, Rudolf Hucker said: Attendance now being reported as 8543. No indication yet of the Exeter support. Exeter saying they sold 902 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 £32 for a concession ticket to watch 3rd division football ? No wonder their attendances are abysmal. "Seniors ticket for Oxford game - Sat 27 Jan - seat in West Stand. Sell at face value - £32. E ticket. Perhaps DM me." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topper 123 Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 The bluenose move from other parts of ground to new stand leaving the other parts devoid of any atmosphere due to gaps in stands , I don’t get it I thought that was the away end or is it the other end now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 From their forum; Overall attendance : 8,543 Travelling spectators : TBC Exeter saying they sold 902, so 7641 home crowd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 7 hours ago, bert tann said: 7468 ( 512 ) South Stand 62% So, “we go again next game” Most teams say that, or something like it, after a defeat. But most mean on the pitch! Not desperate attempts to achieve a 75% capacity in a new stand! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gert Mare Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 Asschat Honestly, it's better than therapy over there. More pennies dropping than the Weston Amusement Arcade Team is shit, Ground is shit, Nobody wants to join them (players or staff), no talk of the play-offs just the fear of relegation, infighting on the board, selling the ground and Da Quarters for profit, it's the end of the world as they know it. We've known it for decades.....thick inbred *****! 4 4 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 2 hours ago, Bristol Rob said: Living local to the Mem, I can assure you that 'most Gas live local' isn't true. You see more kids wearing City shirts walking around Gloucester Road than you do kids in Fewer shirts. Having also lived near the Mem I agree, it was great to see other City fans on Gainsborough Square waiting for the bus to the Gate and I never saw too many Gas shirts around. When I said ‘local’ though I meant Bristol in general, ie they didn’t have to drive up the Motorway or worry about the last train south being cancelled due to weather related issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Watts Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 1 hour ago, BrizzleRed said: Fair shout for posting those figures BertSerious question as you’re of the blue and white persuasion though. I thought the fans were getting really excited about their first new stand in literally generations, so would have been clamouring to actually try it out. How the hell after announcing it as a test event with the benefit of a local derby, then reducing ticket prices to try to get people in, do they still manage to fall so far short of the 75% minimum? You always come across as sound as a pound when you come on here and are always welcome. The following comments certainly don’t apply to you, but what you thoughts are on how that went so badly? That stand debacle last night just typifies what I detest about gasheads in general. Constantly bigging themselves up and telling anyone who’ll listen that they’re so much better than ‘da shit’ and are the loyalist and bestest fans in the world, then when they have to actually put up or shut up, they fail dismally like last night. We constantly hear them claiming they take more fans away than City, or if they had a bigger ground, they’d pack them in. How can they then fall so pathetically short of getting a small but brand new stand even 75% full in a test event in a local derby? Your fans have shot themselves in the foot so many times over the years, but this one takes some beating. As I said, absolutely no reflection on you but, as for your fanbase And prowedest, Briz....can't forget prowedest! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 37 minutes ago, Marcus Aurelius said: It’s not just transfers. As 81 says there’s contractors not being paid. The facilities at the new south stand were a joke last night. Food outlet closed as no way of making payment. New toilets with barely visible signs on them and no soap or paper towels to wash and dry your hands. No coffee as there was no hot water. The milk in my coffee at the Blackpool game was off and absolutely rancid. These are just the basics. Then you have the state of the recruitment department and the ever shrinking number of staff causing people to take on the work of 3 people. It’s early days but the signs aren’t good. Their new owners “Premiership dream” is looking on track.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myol'man Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 So the bloke in charge is called Abdul Laf-at-it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natchfever Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 Hopefully, the new owner is an asset stripper who moves them to Cheltenham or Swinetown for a few years whilst the ground is being redeveloped, then announces an about turn and flogs the lot leaving them homeless all the while reducing spend on the club as they fall back towards being #nonleagueroverzz# Yes, I hate them that much. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLionLad Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 BBC are saying 8543 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilRascal Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 Oddschecker.com is currently reporting odds of 66-1 for Rovers to get relegated (Bet365, 888sport, Unibet) - worth a quid or two before they shorten over the next few weeks! (hopefully!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwwtk Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 2 hours ago, Bristol Rob said: Wonder how much of this is true, and how much in bobbins. Cellino Al Saeed | Bristol Rovers GasChat Forum There is talk on there of them making a bid the doesn't meet the release clause in some lower leasgue players contract and have missed signing him as a result Apparently the release clause was less than a Tilson. Is it normal for players below the Premier League to have a release clause? If so, might some of our players have release clauses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLionLad Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 It’s 2024 and there’s no soap in the toilet. Grim. I tried to get a coffee but there wasn’t any hot water. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 1 minute ago, richwwtk said: There is talk on there of them making a bid the doesn't meet the release clause in some lower leasgue players contract and have missed signing him as a result Apparently the release clause was less than a Tilson. Is it normal for players below the Premier League to have a release clause? If so, might some of our players have release clauses? I'd only think that someone using a club as a stepping stone, someone sure he's better than the level of the Club he joins just to make sure he can not be held to ransom when there is interest. Like Matty Taylor when he was with them , clearly thought he was better than than and if they waited for the £10m they valued him at, they would still be waiting now . But they could have kept him until the end of his contract. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwwtk Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 4 minutes ago, 1960maaan said: I'd only think that someone using a club as a stepping stone, someone sure he's better than the level of the Club he joins just to make sure he can not be held to ransom when there is interest. Like Matty Taylor when he was with them , clearly thought he was better than than and if they waited for the £10m they valued him at, they would still be waiting now . But they could have kept him until the end of his contract. I had momentarily forgotten the hilarity that was meeting the Matty Taylor clause! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judah_Eskendar_Tafar Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 Say what you like, a little bit of ground development and suddenly you see Horfield very differently. The stadium really (ah-hem), stands out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selred Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 Surely Rovers didn't post this job spec: https://www.fish4.co.uk/job/15758607/financial-controller/ Bristol Rovers Football Club (BRFC) dates back to 1883, following a meeting of five young men at a restaurant on Stapleton Road, in the Eastville district of the city. Since then, we’ve won the Gloucestershire Cup 32 times, the Third Division South Cup in 1932, the Watney Cup in 1972 and have been Football League Trophy finalists twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 1 hour ago, Rudolf Hucker said: Attendance now being reported as 8543. No indication yet of the Exeter support. Peak Les Kew vibes.. ”Today’s attendance is 13,208, BOO..” ”Today’s attendance is 14,823”… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwwtk Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 6 minutes ago, Selred said: Surely Rovers didn't post this job spec: https://www.fish4.co.uk/job/15758607/financial-controller/ Bristol Rovers Football Club (BRFC) dates back to 1883, following a meeting of five young men at a restaurant on Stapleton Road, in the Eastville district of the city. Since then, we’ve won the Gloucestershire Cup 32 times, the Third Division South Cup in 1932, the Watney Cup in 1972 and have been Football League Trophy finalists twice. They are looking for some to elevate their financial systems to Championship levels, it won't be just the sprinklers for long! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattredrobin Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 20 minutes ago, richwwtk said: There is talk on there of them making a bid the doesn't meet the release clause in some lower leasgue players contract and have missed signing him as a result Apparently the release clause was less than a Tilson. Is it normal for players below the Premier League to have a release clause? If so, might some of our players have release clauses? If what that poster is saying is true then they seem to have got themselves into a little bit of a pickle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 Would love to see Chris Martin signing for someone else on deadline day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miah Dennehy Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 11 hours ago, slartibartfast said: No news of the attendance, then ? It MUST be shit ! Between 9 and 10,000 . Guaranteed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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