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Post by fatherjackhackett on Jan 31, 2015 17:34:14 GMT
It's not our money so who gives a f, plus he's ckeared all that debt.. Maybe your plonker of a chairman should ask him for a £30 mil loan? Pocket change for us ? I just think of all the nurses, police and teachers Lansdown's money could, and should, have paid for.
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Jan 31, 2015 18:17:30 GMT
It's not our money so who gives a f, plus he's ckeared all that debt.. Maybe your plonker of a chairman should ask him for a £30 mil loan? Pocket change for us ? I just think of all the nurses, police and teachers Lansdown's money could, and should, have paid for. Bristol City is Care in the Community.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2015 19:18:57 GMT
I just think of all the nurses, police and teachers Lansdown's money could, and should, have paid for. Bristol City is Care in the Community. Well BCFC took in the rugby club after they were totally shafted out of their home by another organisation they in turn had helped. That's why I take the 1982 references with a pinch of salt given you hardly covered yourselves in glory in that situation.
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Post by Bridgeman on Jan 31, 2015 19:33:57 GMT
Bristol City is Care in the Community. Well BCFC took in the rugby club after they were totally shafted out of their home by another organisation they in turn had helped. That's why I take the 1982 references with a pinch of salt given you hardly covered yourselves in glory in that situation. Hello Kaiser 1982er, I'm also a long time Bristol Rugby supporter, there are many things Rovers can be accused of being besides being a non-league team but one thing they didn't do was shaft the Rugby club, trust me, I know. Now if you were talking of shafting local business, I guess that's something your club supporters would know a lot about. Get yer facts right before coming on here, up to now you've been posting quite sensibly on our forum, try and remain factual please, there's a good lad
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Post by clockendgas on Jan 31, 2015 19:35:05 GMT
Bristol City is Care in the Community. Well BCFC took in the rugby club after they were totally shafted out of their home by another organisation they in turn had helped. That's why I take the 1982 references with a pinch of salt given you hardly covered yourselves in glory in that situation. bloody hell change the record, nobody held a gun to the rugby boys heads did they? they chose to leave for mr lansdowns money etc, or am i wrong?
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Jan 31, 2015 19:37:04 GMT
Bristol City is Care in the Community. Well BCFC took in the rugby club after they were totally shafted out of their home by another organisation they in turn had helped. That's why I take the 1982 references with a pinch of salt given you hardly covered yourselves in glory in that situation. We didn't shaft them, they shafted themselves, and we helped them, and then they shafted themselves again. Just like we shafted ourselves by selling Eastville.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2015 19:43:05 GMT
Well BCFC took in the rugby club after they were totally shafted out of their home by another organisation they in turn had helped. That's why I take the 1982 references with a pinch of salt given you hardly covered yourselves in glory in that situation. Hello Kaiser 1982er, I'm also a long time Bristol Rugby supporter, there are many things Rovers can be accused of being besides being a non-league team but one thing they didn't do was shaft the Rugby club, trust me, I know. Now if you were talking of shafting local business, I guess that's something your club supporters would know a lot about. Get yer facts right before coming on here, up to now you've been posting quite sensibly on our forum, try and remain factual please, there's a good lad I'm no wind up merchant. I'll do as best to stay factual and honest as possible. I'm a fan of sport and the region - hence like you I want to see the rugby club do well. Hopefully under the Bristol Sport banner they will with the extra investment now.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2015 19:44:59 GMT
Well BCFC took in the rugby club after they were totally shafted out of their home by another organisation they in turn had helped. That's why I take the 1982 references with a pinch of salt given you hardly covered yourselves in glory in that situation. We didn't shaft them, they shafted themselves, and we helped them, and then they shafted themselves again. Just like we shafted ourselves by selling Eastville. Let's be honest, not sure you shafted yourselves there. I went to school in Fishponds when Rovers played there and had a couple of school trips there. Let's call a space a spade, it was a total s***hole wasn't it. Where you went wrong was not investing. I think time clouds the mind sometimes....
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Jan 31, 2015 19:48:46 GMT
We didn't shaft them, they shafted themselves, and we helped them, and then they shafted themselves again. Just like we shafted ourselves by selling Eastville. Let's be honest, not sure you shafted yourselves there. I went to school in Fishponds when Rovers played there and had a couple of school trips there. Let's call a space a spade, it was a total s***hole wasn't it. Where you went wrong was not investing. It doesn't make much sense to invest in something you don't own. Of course, we own the Mem now, and haven't invested in that, either.
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 31, 2015 19:52:05 GMT
We didn't shaft them, they shafted themselves, and we helped them, and then they shafted themselves again. Just like we shafted ourselves by selling Eastville. Let's be honest, not sure you shafted yourselves there. I went to school in Fishponds when Rovers played there and had a couple of school trips there. Let's call a space a spade, it was a total s***hole wasn't it. Where you went wrong was not investing. I think time clouds the mind sometimes.... Why would we invest in a ground we didn't own, it's a bit like suggesting you should fit double glazing to a rented flat. The mistake was selling it instead of just going bust like the 82er's and taking the easy way out of financial problems.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2015 19:52:29 GMT
Let's be honest, not sure you shafted yourselves there. I went to school in Fishponds when Rovers played there and had a couple of school trips there. Let's call a space a spade, it was a total s***hole wasn't it. Where you went wrong was not investing. It doesn't make much sense to invest in something you don't own. Of course, we own the Mem now, and haven't invested in that, either. Well that's cos you have your new all seater UWE stadium right?
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Post by Bridgeman on Jan 31, 2015 19:55:05 GMT
We didn't shaft them, they shafted themselves, and we helped them, and then they shafted themselves again. Just like we shafted ourselves by selling Eastville. Let's be honest, not sure you shafted yourselves there. I went to school in Fishponds when Rovers played there and had a couple of school trips there. Let's call a space a spade, it was a total s***hole wasn't it. Where you went wrong was not investing. I think time clouds the mind sometimes.... Unfortunately we'd long sold out to the Greyhound Company around 1939 as we were in debt. There was little incentive for them to invest but you're right it was a right sh!thole but it was, sort of 'ours' ! And you're right, listening to some on here you'd think it was the equivalent of the Neu Camp ....lol....
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2015 19:59:29 GMT
Let's be honest, not sure you shafted yourselves there. I went to school in Fishponds when Rovers played there and had a couple of school trips there. Let's call a space a spade, it was a total s***hole wasn't it. Where you went wrong was not investing. I think time clouds the mind sometimes.... Why would we invest in a ground we didn't own, it's a bit like suggesting you should fit double glazing to a rented flat. The mistake was selling it instead of just going bust like the 82er's and taking the easy way out of financial problems. I was actually meaning general investment into the clubs future at the time - be that Eastville or elsewhere. But to your point, you must be nuts if you think 1982 was an easy time or the club looking to take the easy option. The club took measures to stay alive in desperate times. Before my time but my dad and granddad certainly paint a bleak time they had. i think calling it easy way out isnt realistic.
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Post by Curly Wurly on Jan 31, 2015 20:33:07 GMT
Perhaps if we had held on to Harry Dolman (by not selling Eastville) and not had the gall to ask Lansdown to travel and extra 7 miles to go to Twerton, things might have turned out very different.
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Post by swissgas on Jan 31, 2015 20:53:53 GMT
It is simply not true to say that a business would only invest in premises which they owned.
Thousands of businesses, large and small, lease their premises but invest heavily in those premises to make the business more successful.
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Post by Bridgeman on Jan 31, 2015 22:28:58 GMT
It is simply not true to say that a business would only invest in premises which they owned. Thousands of businesses, large and small, lease their premises but invest heavily in those premises to make the business more successful. That's very true, and in fairness we did slap a bit of paint on the stands at Twerton and put a roof on the North Stand (sometimes known as the Blackthorn, Bass, Filton Bank, Kop, Club or Popular End....take your choice). I've not noticed that it's made us that much more successful, although I could have been looking the other way and may have missed it
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Post by Peter Parker on Jan 31, 2015 22:49:47 GMT
It is simply not true to say that a business would only invest in premises which they owned. Thousands of businesses, large and small, lease their premises but invest heavily in those premises to make the business more successful. That's very true, and in fairness we did slap a bit of paint on the stands at Twerton and put a roof on the North Stand (sometimes known as the Blackthorn, Bass, Filton Bank, Kop, Club or Popular End....take your choice). I've not noticed that it's made us that much more successful, although I could have been looking the other way and may have missed it The shop next door to me has just reopened. It is rented/leased but they will only succeed by what they make it
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2015 23:39:07 GMT
It's not our money so who gives a f, plus he's ckeared all that debt.. Maybe your plonker of a chairman should ask him for a £30 mil loan? Pocket change for us ? I just think of all the nurses, police and teachers Lansdown's money could, and should, have paid for. Im sure it would help if we all, including you, contributed a bit more...but surely SL has no particular liability because he isn't a UK resident.
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Post by alloutofgas on Feb 1, 2015 11:58:07 GMT
Having a bit of banter on FB and a City friend of mine got incredibly agitated with the Bristol Sport thing. They are very very twitchy about it
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Post by laughinggas on Feb 1, 2015 12:23:07 GMT
I just think of all the nurses, police and teachers Lansdown's money could, and should, have paid for. Im sure it would help if we all, including you, contributed a bit more...but surely SL has no particular liability because he isn't a UK resident. That's his point he left the country to avoid paying UK taxes. Makes you wonder how much money someone wants as tax is only on income?
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