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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2014 20:04:22 GMT
Mine is a weird story. Neither of my parents are/were into football. When I was young they divorced and it was uncommon at the time but my dad and grand mother won custody. We then moved to the Rhondda Valleys, mum lived under the M32 (well a house along that road, I got bored (I was 9)and went to Eastville. I used to look in Awe at the Tote! I used to wait and get players signatures and a see and speak to a hero of mine Paul Randall ( a real gentleman and a boys hero), that hooked me! Funny years later and we have had some good players (and god forbid some crap ones) but a few years back I smiled when I noticed a young lad doing exactly the same and the player taking time out to answer all his questions (that player was Rickie Lambert).
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Post by pirate49 on Jun 15, 2014 20:39:34 GMT
When I was a nipper two good family friends, one a Rovers fan and the other City, living in our street in Knowle West used to take me on alternate weeks to Eastville and then Ashton Gate. Quite a few used to do that in those days. Luckily because of that I was able to see both Bradford and Atyeo regularly. At Eastville I used to stand at the open end opposite the Tote and at Ashton Gate on the terrace which became the East End. When I started to go on my own I just decided Rovers were the team for me. It just felt right!.. travelling on the 4A bus......
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Post by gas4life on Jun 15, 2014 22:07:12 GMT
Think it was 1973/74 season,day after my 8th birthday 24th march v watford we won 2-1 went with my grandad,always remember two watford lads in tote end keeping quiet then they were approached and asked where they came from, laugh ....in a london accent and seeing sign above M32 "we come from fishponds mate" then they were escorted out of our end.
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Post by Thatslife on Jun 16, 2014 9:41:45 GMT
In the street where I grew up,in about 1960, there were only 21 houses and from that there were enough kids to make a football team, which eventually morphed into Henbury Athletic. The street team players were split between the Rovers and the City, mostly City I seem to remember, I was a Gashead having watched my first season at Eastville in 1959. Now some 55 season tickets later, I am still a Gashead, but unlike some people, I am still proud to be one.
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Post by ThisCharmingMan on Jun 16, 2014 10:27:54 GMT
Played for Bristol Rovers Supporters Club as a youngster and attended my first game before setting off on football tour. It was a 1-1 draw with Notts County... the rest is history.
Edit: Add to this the rest of my family are sheeds.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2014 11:19:12 GMT
I'm a fifth generation Rovers supporters, the fifth generation on the trot to have a season ticket.
It's a horrible hereditary disease.
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Post by kingswood Polak on Jun 16, 2014 12:59:28 GMT
I'm a fifth generation Rovers supporters, the fifth generation on the trot to have a season ticket. It's a horrible hereditary disease. That made I laugh. As much as is try to convince myself that I am done I then feel just unable to let go. Reminds me of Al Pacino in the Godfather 3. The immortal lines that were used to comedic effect in the Sopranos by Silvio, to make Tony laugh " just when I thought I was out, they drag me back in" It really is an affliction but it really is not the same club nor even a pale facsimile. Like it or not our support is very much like the dark side now. I always felt that fellow Rovers fans were family but family I picked. I always felt safe in the company of our fans. I can't say that I feel that same sense of belonging to something so much bigger now.
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Post by brizzle on Jun 16, 2014 15:42:45 GMT
To answer the question (Why do you support Bristol Rovers ??), the answer must be that it's either in your blood, or it's not.
There's no room for negotiation or prevarication, you're either in . . . or not.
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Post by wsmjohn on Jun 16, 2014 19:22:20 GMT
I'm a Rovers fan due to the area I grew up in W-s-M, the other side of the river Weston-super-Mare and in the 70's. Some of you may not know but a big council estate called the Bournville was Gas. My Father was a West Brom fan as he came from the Black country, my first game was at the Hawthorns at the age of six years but my next door neighbour who was an older lad called Nigel Stanley brain washed me in the Rovers. I remember doing a wax work scratching of Rovers beating Albion and my Dad said this would never happen, the following season Albion got relegated from the first division and Rovers got promoted from the third and we beat them. Fair play to my old man he used take me on the train, we would get the connecting train to Stapleton Road and I still have visions of him coming off the train in front of a load of skin heads from the Bournville and Rovers Fans believing we were away fans because there were so many. My lads are all Rovers fans second generation, and I am a Foster parent and for some strange phenomenon all the kids are Rovers fans who stay with us!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2014 19:29:21 GMT
I'm a Rovers fan due to the area I grew up in W-s-M, the other side of the river Weston-super-Mare and in the 70's. Some of you may not know but a big council estate called the Bournville was Gas. My Father was a West Brom fan as he came from the Black country, my first game was at the Hawthorns at the age of six years but my next door neighbour who was an older lad called Nigel Stanley brain washed me in the Rovers. I remember doing a wax work scratching of Rovers beating Albion and my Dad said this would never happen, the following season Albion got relegated from the first division and Rovers got promoted from the third and we beat them. Fair play to my old man he used take me on the train, we would get the connecting train to Stapleton Road and I still have visions of him coming off the train in front of a load of skin heads from the Bournville and Rovers Fans believing we were away fans because there were so many. My lads are all Rovers fans second generation, and I am a Foster parent and for some strange phenomenon all the kids are Rovers fans who stay with us! I saw someone with a Rovers shirt walking about on the Bournville yesterday. Good to see the quarters about Weston.
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Post by kingswood Polak on Jun 16, 2014 19:45:07 GMT
I'm a Rovers fan due to the area I grew up in W-s-M, the other side of the river Weston-super-Mare and in the 70's. Some of you may not know but a big council estate called the Bournville was Gas. My Father was a West Brom fan as he came from the Black country, my first game was at the Hawthorns at the age of six years but my next door neighbour who was an older lad called Nigel Stanley brain washed me in the Rovers. I remember doing a wax work scratching of Rovers beating Albion and my Dad said this would never happen, the following season Albion got relegated from the first division and Rovers got promoted from the third and we beat them. Fair play to my old man he used take me on the train, we would get the connecting train to Stapleton Road and I still have visions of him coming off the train in front of a load of skin heads from the Bournville and Rovers Fans believing we were away fans because there were so many. My lads are all Rovers fans second generation, and I am a Foster parent and for some strange phenomenon all the kids are Rovers fans who stay with us! Mate, That is the best story I've read so far. Thank you for sharing that and for turning out new Rovers fans. I often wondered what the deal was with Weston having so many Rovers. Much appreciated
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Post by wsmjohn on Jun 16, 2014 20:02:06 GMT
Thanks kingswoodpolak,I respect so much you write. Even the dog supports Rovers and he's called Pirate, up the GAS.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2014 20:03:42 GMT
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Post by wsmjohn on Jun 16, 2014 20:24:02 GMT
Thanks gasheadwes, HTV or as it is known now as ITV did a documentary about the Squad and all the characters which I grew up with, they were about 5 years older but all Rovers fans. I'm still a fanatical Rovers fan but no longer live on the Bournville but live just outside W-s-M.
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Post by dinsdale on Jun 16, 2014 20:55:11 GMT
I jumped on the Scene at the Leyland Daf Trophy final 1989 aged 9. My dad is a big fan and i first took an interest seeing how happy he was at stuffing city to get promoted. Been going ever since, some years more then others depending on life.
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