basel
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Post by basel on Jun 14, 2014 14:35:15 GMT
Dear oh dear,cider with a touch of petrol!Lucky no-one blew up as I assume 99% of the gang smoked. I suspect people had 'guts of steel' in the 60s!Great days for your generation Swiss! The Primary School I attended had one of these buses and the green was darker and the buff a lighter shade,i think. It was an adventure Bas, football should be about adventures. Yep.
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Rex
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Post by Rex on Jun 14, 2014 14:35:17 GMT
I was brought up in Oldbury Court, and everyone was a Rovers fan, so I suppose that makes me a bit of a sheep.
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Post by cagastrophy on Jun 14, 2014 15:56:59 GMT
Because I like blue and fell in love with a young striker when I was a little girl...
*cough* Well I was taken along by friends/auntie a few times and wasn't that interested but my interest was really sparked when Ellington scored 3 against Derby, that was when I realised the magic and that we were capable of special things.
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Post by yorkshiregas on Jun 14, 2014 19:40:15 GMT
As i said on another thread i don't call myself a supporter, im a fan, too far away. I started following Rovers when they were still at eastville, just something about the club, but you will all know that better than me. Only seen Rovers a handful of times up here.
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Lazza
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Post by Lazza on Jun 14, 2014 19:44:25 GMT
Smash & Grab really, that simple.
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JeffNZ
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Post by JeffNZ on Jun 14, 2014 19:52:47 GMT
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zfc
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Post by zfc on Jun 14, 2014 20:11:57 GMT
Born and bred in Hillfields my parents didn`t like football I was football daft as a young boy always kicking a ball in the street.My neighbour was one of those blokes who would watch City at home one week then Rovers the next.Late 70s he took me to Ashton Gate my first professional game and I enjoyed it the next week he took me to Eastville for a midweek game under the floodlights and that was that loved it at Eastville and Rovers were my team.
Glad it went like that because I am sure if my Dad liked football and was a Rovers fan and tried to make me one I would have probably supported City or vice versa.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2014 20:43:57 GMT
I only went to my first Rovers game as a 12/13 year old when we moved back to Bristol, before that i just wanted to kick a ball around all day. I was bitten by the bug and been a glutton for punishment ever since...
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mrgas
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Post by mrgas on Jun 14, 2014 22:26:08 GMT
I moved to Bristol from abroad at 18 and a friend asked if I wanted to go to the football. Rovers battered Newcastle at Twerton in a 1-2 defeat. I went to several more games in that roller coaster season and got a season ticket for the following campaign after relegation. One game was all it took.
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Jester
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Post by Jester on Jun 15, 2014 1:05:32 GMT
Taken by my dad and uncle in March 1958 to watch Rovers demolish Liverpool 3:1 in front of almost 20,000 at Eastville. A Horfield boy, I've been hooked ever since. My 6th Birthday present was a season ticket for the South Stand. Used to go with Peter Hooper in his car. He lived just down the road and think he used to drink in the Fellowship on Filton Avenue with my dad. If we couldn't go with him, we would catch the 'football special' bus down Filton Avenue and Muller Road. Would love it if we could reach those dizzy heights again!!
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jozer
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Post by jozer on Jun 15, 2014 6:44:06 GMT
Rovers V Bournmouth 1972. Muller Rd end. Hooked.
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kingswood Polak
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Post by kingswood Polak on Jun 15, 2014 13:50:59 GMT
to be honest i don't know ! It started when at the tender age of 4 i was taken to my first football game at Eastville in the old muller Rd end by my Brother and his best mate Roger... Since then i've been brought up in the Bristol Rovers Family until this day For the last few years we stand with a great bunch of fellow gasheads and i think that's the reason i still go and watch my beloved Rovers Same here Henbury. My Dad took me in our side if the Muller road end. It was then a truly working mans game and Dad could afford to take us. My elder Brothers were 21 and 19 so were in the Tote by then but we would all go to the boozer under the M32, I think it was called the Masons arms then & a hungry Horse now. Dad and his workmates used to go to both teams home games in the 60's. I never wanted to go after the one time, they never had hot dogs ! Very important stuff to a young boy. As I got older then I used to get the bus fare to go to Eastville but would walk from New Cheltenham. We would start here with maybe 10-15 of us then would meet more through Hillfields, speedwell/St George and Clay hill. We would be some 150 strong walking through the back streets that led to the ground and the pub on the corner that was opposite the Black Swan. I also had an Uncle who left his Blue & White scarf behind so I claimed it. Highlights for me ? Watney Cup, Stoke, the derbies with Villa. More than anything it was being with my Dad. He worked all the hours he could so time with him was at a premium. I'll share an anecdote. Dad was hard as nails but not one to confront or bully. I never thought if him as a fighting man because he was the epitome of what a good Father is. We were playing Watford and one of their lot took my bobble hat. Dad asked him, in his thick Polish accent , " give my Son hat back and no trouble" well, this idiot was enjoying this. I then saw Dad do some kind of martial art moves which ended up with the guy on the floor with claret pouring from his nose and Dad holding his thumb so that any slight twist was met with howls of pain. He very quickly gave my hat back . I was so puffed up with pride ! My Dad, my hero. We were surrounded by their fans in the Muller road end. I will never forget that and how a good man will forget his own safety for his family. Dad would have been 52. I'm afraid it's no hope for me now. It's Rovers or no one. I think that is what upsets the she teds most, they would not benefit to any reasonable capacity, were we to drop out of the league. I started to go into the Tote end at around 12-13.
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Post by Finnish Gas on Jun 15, 2014 15:43:17 GMT
My uncle supported Bristol City and my father told me when I was a three year old little boy that "that was very bad" as we all support Bristol Rovers. I wonder how many other fans were swayed by early indoctrination.
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Post by stevethepirate on Jun 15, 2014 16:41:07 GMT
Because we came from there. Me and my dad ( he is a gashead for over 65 years) are a small breed. I have only met one other since I have lived in Shropshire. We were here before Telford was an we wear our colours win, lose or draw. We get down to the mem at least once a month ( it is an 200+ round trip for each game)and go to the local away games.
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GasPanic!
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Post by GasPanic! on Jun 15, 2014 18:02:13 GMT
to be honest i don't know ! It started when at the tender age of 4 i was taken to my first football game at Eastville in the old muller Rd end by my Brother and his best mate Roger... Since then i've been brought up in the Bristol Rovers Family until this day For the last few years we stand with a great bunch of fellow gasheads and i think that's the reason i still go and watch my beloved Rovers Same here Henbury. My Dad took me in our side if the Muller road end. It was then a truly working mans game and Dad could afford to take us. My elder Brothers were 21 and 19 so were in the Tote by then but we would all go to the boozer under the M32, I think it was called the Masons arms then & a hungry Horse now. Dad and his workmates used to go to both teams home games in the 60's. I never wanted to go after the one time, they never had hot dogs ! Very important stuff to a young boy. As I got older then I used to get the bus fare to go to Eastville but would walk from New Cheltenham. We would start here with maybe 10-15 of us then would meet more through Hillfields, speedwell/St George and Clay hill. We would be some 150 strong walking through the back streets that led to the ground and the pub on the corner that was opposite the Black Swan. I also had an Uncle who left his Blue & White scarf behind so I claimed it. Highlights for me ? Watney Cup, Stoke, the derbies with Villa. More than anything it was being with my Dad. He worked all the hours he could so time with him was at a premium. I'll share an anecdote. Dad was hard as nails but not one to confront or bully. I never thought if him as a fighting man because he was the epitome of what a good Father is. We were playing Watford and one of their lot took my bobble hat. Dad asked him, in his thick Polish accent , " give my Son hat back and no trouble" well, this idiot was enjoying this. I then saw Dad do some kind of martial art moves which ended up with the guy on the floor with claret pouring from his nose and Dad holding his thumb so that any slight twist was met with howls of pain. He very quickly gave my hat back . I was so puffed up with pride ! My Dad, my hero. We were surrounded by their fans in the Muller road end. I will never forget that and how a good man will forget his own safety for his family. Dad would have been 52. I'm afraid it's no hope for me now. It's Rovers or no one. I think that is what upsets the she teds most, they would not benefit to any reasonable capacity, were we to drop out of the league. I started to go into the Tote end at around 12-13. Derbies with Villa?
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Post by The Man from Del Monte on Jun 15, 2014 18:16:28 GMT
Football in the community half term/bank holiday courses back in 92/93/94. Terry Connor (Ipswich Assistant manager) ran the programs and they were absolutely brilliant. At the end of the week you would get a goody bag and I remember one time Andy Tilson came and gave out awards. Free tickets to Twerton as well. Wonderful stuff. Hooked for life.
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Post by Bath Gas on Jun 15, 2014 18:35:07 GMT
When I was a little 'un, my Dad used to take to me Bath City and Rovers, and my Uncle used to take me to Bristol City. With age, came wisdom, and I gravitated towards Rovers, it just felt like the right "fit" for me.
I bought my son his first season ticket when he was 5, to ensure that he didn't get led astray.
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Post by rightsideofbristol on Jun 15, 2014 18:51:41 GMT
Folks weren't into football but got taken to Twerton park when i was with the Beavers. Being a kid that was enough for me to hang my hat on.
On another note its also a good reason to offer free tickets to schools etc, some kids don't get the chance to go any other way
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dagnogo
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Post by dagnogo on Jun 15, 2014 18:54:15 GMT
Taken to Twerton as a 10 year old by a family friend. Not sure I'd subject a future mite of mine to it.
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kingswood Polak
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Post by kingswood Polak on Jun 15, 2014 19:41:16 GMT
Because we came from there. Me and my dad ( he is a gashead for over 65 years) are a small breed. I have only met one other since I have lived in Shropshire. We were here before Telford was an we wear our colours win, lose or draw. We get down to the mem at least once a month ( it is an 200+ round trip for each game)and go to the local away games. It was always a big crowd at Eastville V the Villa and the history with them having Graydon always made it exciting. The songs about Andy Lockhead. I remember going to their place too. They were every bit as much of a derby atmosphere as any othet I remember
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