Curr Avon Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 Choose your own tired clichés that'll be trotted out endlessly by BBC commentators, when our backwater team address the populace against West Ham. I'll start with... They've only spent 2 periods in the top division in their entire history! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 Sleeping giant. Premier League ground. Beat Man Utd. If Andy King and/or Matty James play then many references to Leicester`s PL win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numero Uno Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 Like watching paint dry, boring Wurzel *****…… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded_red Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 Are they always this ******* boring? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galley is our king Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 Why oh why does Jonathan Pearce support this lot..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open End Numb Legs Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 Moyes, who once played at Bristol City..... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 15 minutes ago, Curr Avon said: Choose your own tired clichés that'll be trotted out endlessly by BBC commentators, when our backwater team address the populace against West Ham. I'll start with... They've only spent 2 periods in the top division in their entire history! That's one more than Arsenal. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRobin Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 Referring to us as Bristol as no one has heard of Rovers 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 Just now, LondonRobin said: Referring to us as Bristol as no one has heard of Rovers Certainly Liverpool hadn’t. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patchway ciderred Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 2 minutes ago, Sleepy1968 said: That's one more than Arsenal. Arsenal were relegated in 1913 and dubiously elected to the First Division after WW1 when the divisions were reconstituted 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigate Red Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 "Premiership ready" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 9 minutes ago, Open End Numb Legs said: Moyes, who once played at Bristol City..... ...versus Manning, who once worked at West Ham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 "West Ham may be missing out on their winter break due to this fixture, but to be fair their keeper might as well be on the beach somewhere." 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 2 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said: ...versus Manning, who once worked at West Ham. …and was instrumental in the development of Declan Rice (note: DR has mentioned LM once that I can trace, in amongst numerous coaches on his goodbye statement to West Ham. However it seems to be a regular fixture on LMs profiles) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curr Avon Posted January 13 Author Report Share Posted January 13 Liam Manning wasn't even born the last time Bristol City beat West Ham! (For the record, City won 2-1 at Upton Park on the 11th February 1978) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 West Ham weakened due to injuries sustained in the first tie (Read, bunch of dirty bastards) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globe Trotter Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 Only Fools and Horses / Nelson Mandela house reference 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NP76 Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 JP is doing the commentary 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out of his pie crust Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 Cider, and lots of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 42 minutes ago, patchway ciderred said: Arsenal were relegated in 1913 and dubiously elected to the First Division after WW1 when the divisions were reconstituted Thanks. The story I heard was they got elected to first division over Spurs, who'd finished above them, and have been there ever since. I didn't appreciate they'd been relegated previously Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe jordans teeth Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 Bristol city have been languishing in the lower divisions for years and it doesn’t look like changing but they did make the cup final once 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 "Of course the last time these two teams met here at Ashton Gate West Ham fielded an ineligible player...let's hope they've not done so today." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open End Numb Legs Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 '.....and the roof has just come off at Ashton Gate...' Well, we can hope. Not sure this team is as good yet as that one was. 31 minutes ago, Globe Trotter said: Only Fools and Horses / Nelson Mandela house reference Good quote from a 'Trotter'. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe jordans teeth Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 Let’s not forget those flats behind is where only fools and horses was filmed when del chucked grandad over the balcony to his death head first,I might of made the last bit up but the first bit will be definitely in there 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 Just now, Open End Numb Legs said: '.....and the roof has just come off at Ashton Gate...' Well, we can hope. Not sure this team is as good yet as that one was. Agreed, not likely to happen. At the mem mind, anything over a breeze on Wednesday ... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticks 1969 Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 Pictures of the suspension bridge in the background and a amazing part of the country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Colby-Tit Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 "Premier League aspirations" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelksRed Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 Lowly Bristol City defeat Premier League Play-off contenders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Geoff Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 Bright young manager. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-S-M Seagull Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 Seems like Pearce is gonna be on the commentary. 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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