BS4 on Tour... Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 I went to see Somerset v Durham in the recent one-day cricket extravaganza at Taunton and was very surprised at the number of Plymouth and Exeter fans in the crowd giving Somerset very vocal support.They should support cricket in their own county and leave us to support Somerset. They even had the cheek to sing "Drink up thy cider" !!!!There was also a big group of lads singing "We are Bude, we are Bude, we are Bude..." etc. How far will people come to see the mighty Sabres?!!!Cornwall and Devon have pretty good minor county cricket teams so b*gger off to watch them and stop glory hunting!Good to see that City shirts are still on sale in the Somerset Club Shop though!Just thought this post would make a nice change to all the anti-Tinnion stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesco Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 I have been down there a couple of times this season and noticed the same. I've even seen two Torquay fans down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Cornwall and Devon have pretty good minor county cricket teams so b*gger off to watch them and stop glory hunting!ER... is this a strange new usage of the word "glory" that I'm unaware of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich-TWSC- Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Yeah but really.... Minor League cricket isn't the same is it? I mean Wiltshire float around home grounds and they are sometimes playing at Sport Centres... I used to be a Season Ticket holder at Somerset because I wanted to see top class Cricketers... I met the best of the mid/late 90's cricketers at Somerset including a very good Aussie Ashes team (Warne, Waugh's, Healey, McGrath etc etc)Bristol isn't actually in Somerset either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redtrojan Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 What a strange post.I guess you could take it one stage futher and say that the only pro football team in somerset is Yeovil -so what were City fans doing there.But that would be ridiculous-like this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzel of Oz Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Bristol isn't actually in Somerset either!←Yes but gloucestershire is in Bristol!! I'm a glos fan myself so i don't mind so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keepers Ball Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 I love Test cricket but county bores me so I don't really know the set up.but one thing I've never understood.Why do so many fair size Counties not have top class teams ? Surely there are just as many Cricket fans in Wiltshire,Cambridgeshire,Dorset etc ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted August 30, 2005 Admin Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Yes but gloucestershire is in Bristol!! I'm a glos fan myself so i don't mind so much!←Are you sure ?Yes they play in Bristol, but Bristol is a county !County town of Glos is Gloucester ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scootered Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Yes but gloucestershire is in Bristol!! ←you sure!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StapleHillPhil Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Are you sure ?Yes they play in Bristol, but Bristol is a county !County town of Glos is Gloucester !←I'd be interested to learn why Glos CCC play in Bristol. Can somebody enlighten me as to why their home isnt in either Gloucester or Cheltenham? Has that area of Bristol ever been included within the boundary of the Shire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest filtonred Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Has that area of Bristol ever been included within the boundary of the Shire?←Before Bristol was given county status the boundary between Somerset and Gloucestershire was the River Avon, so Bedminster, Brislington and everywhere else south of the river were originally in Somerset and have never been in Gloucestershire. This probably makes City the first Somerset team in the league not Yeovil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheshire_red Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Bristol was given County Status in the 14th Century!Always amazes me how many sagheads support Glos CCC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest torquay red Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Bristol was given County Status in the 14th Century!Always amazes me how many sagheads support Glos CCC!← You learn something new everyday,i always thought Bristol was in the county of Avon,obviousely not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidergeorge Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Avon hasn't existed for a few years now. It was swapped for BANES, South Glos and all the others. But before Avon County existed, Bristol was a City with County status, however, traditionally south of the river was Somerset and North Gloucestershire.The C14th is very early, did we have a cathedral then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzel of Oz Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Are you sure ?Yes they play in Bristol, but Bristol is a county !County town of Glos is Gloucester !←It was a kng of joke, hence the " " at the fact that Glos play in Bristol yet Bristol isn't even in Gloucestershire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scootered Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 It was a kng of joke, hence the " " at the fact that Glos play in Bristol yet Bristol isn't even in Gloucestershire ←Cracking joke, a real rib tickler good job I'm wearing a corset or my sides would of split!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzel of Oz Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Cracking joke, a real rib tickler good job I'm wearing a corset or my sides would of split!!! ←i wasn't realy trying to be that funny, it's just a bit ironic hey?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scootered Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Wow, you certainly cleared that up, you really are a star, well done....all those people in Bristol supporting Somerset for all those years, what fools, if only they'd met you sooner, are you off to Iraq next, to clear that up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elhombrecito Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Simply put, I support Glos 'cause they play in Bristol. Simple innit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scootered Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Simply put, I support Glos 'cause they play in Bristol. Simple innit...←very simple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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