GasMacc1
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Post by GasMacc1 on Mar 21, 2016 18:21:10 GMT
The reality was that Day versus Flanagan (Hales did not play) was a no-contest, but less so than Day versus Steve Kindon (who ran him ragged every time he appeared). I blame Radio Bristol for the dropped point! I had had a 100% home record from the North Enclosure in 77-78 season but had been sucked into winning the Radio Bristol "Mystery voice" the week before and I was given a stand ticket as a prize. At 5-5, I jumped out of the Stand and back into the North Enclosure. However, only 65 minutes had been played when we equalised to make it 5-5. Not the greatest of Paul Randall hat-tricks, but they all count. The week after we beat Sheff United 2-1 (who had Alex Sabella of Argentina playing) and it was only Millwall who ruined our home record with a "sinister Eastville atmosphere: 0-3 loss" in Dec (9th), the year after the infamous Panorama (Nov 5 1977). Please note that we made it onto December 1st remembered in the same series. Another 10-goal thriller, but then we had Mike Green, not Graham Day. I was in the North Enclosure - I wondered who it was that jumped in from the stand! Just to emphasise your point about the home record from the start of that season (1978-79), and to contrast it with the away record in the same period: HOME 19-Aug-78 | Fulham | Won | 3-1 | 02-Sep-78 | Cardiff City | Won | 4-2 | 09-Sep-78 | Luton Town | Won | 2-1 | 23-Sep-78 | Wrexham | Won | 2-1 | 07-Oct-78 | Blackburn Rovers | Won | 4-1 | 21-Oct-78 | Orient | Won | 2-1 | 04-Nov-78 | Newcastle United | Won | 2-0 | 18-Nov-78 | Charlton Athletic | Drew | 5-5 | 25-Nov-78 | Sheffield United | Won | 2-1 | 09-Dec-78 | Millwall | Lost | 0-3 |
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22-Aug-78 | Oldham Athletic | Lost | 3-1 | 26-Aug-78 | Charlton Athletic | Lost | 3-0 | 16-Sep-78 | West Ham United | Lost | 2-0 | 30-Sep-78 | Cambridge United | Drew | 1-1 | 14-Oct-78 | Notts County | Lost | 2-1 | 28-Oct-78 | Leicester City | Drew | 0-0 | 10-Nov-78 | Fulham | Lost | 3-0 | 02-Dec-78 | Sunderland | Lost | 5-0 | 16-Dec-78 | Burnley | Lost | 2-0 |
And if that wasn't a stark enough contrast, we also beat Hereford 2-1 at Eastville in the League Cup First Round First Leg, but lost 4-0 in the Away Leg, and went out! Stats from "Bristol Rovers F.C. A Complete Record 1883-1987" - Mike Jay. (Used this version, as the results tables are in bigger print than in the 2014 volume!)
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Post by buktaboy on Mar 21, 2016 20:18:10 GMT
[quote author=" GasMacc1" ....And if that wasn't a stark enough contrast, we also beat Hereford 2-1 at Eastville in the League Cup First Round First Leg, but lost 4-0 in the Away Leg, and went out![/quote] I was at both those Hereford games. I seem to remember the first leg being played on a Saturday but I could be wrong. We were shocking in the return leg there, the only highlight was mocking their tiny floodlights by singing 'subbuteo!' lol
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Post by markczgas on Mar 22, 2016 11:10:40 GMT
Yes was there in The Tote - do I remember anything about the game ? No. Problem with being far back in The Tote was you needed binoculars to see anything !!
Actually I remember Charlton had a s**t-hot forward line ( Hales and Flanagan I think) and didn't the last goal go in with more than 20 mins to go ?? That is remarkable for a 10 goal game, eh ?
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Post by Bridgeman on Mar 22, 2016 19:36:39 GMT
Yes was there in The Tote - do I remember anything about the game ? No. Problem with being far back in The Tote was you needed binoculars to see anything !!
Actually I remember Charlton had a s***-hot forward line ( Hales and Flanagan I think) and didn't the last goal go in with more than 20 mins to go ?? That is remarkable for a 10 goal game, eh ? Take note those moaning about a jogging track around the pitch at the new stadium. That had to be one of the longest distances at any ground to see the play, it was bad enough during the day time to see what was going on, at night under the lights you needed night vision binoculars.
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Post by markczgas on Mar 22, 2016 21:10:36 GMT
Yes was there in The Tote - do I remember anything about the game ? No. Problem with being far back in The Tote was you needed binoculars to see anything !!
Actually I remember Charlton had a s***-hot forward line ( Hales and Flanagan I think) and didn't the last goal go in with more than 20 mins to go ?? That is remarkable for a 10 goal game, eh ? Take note those moaning about a jogging track around the pitch at the new stadium. That had to be one of the longest distances at any ground to see the play, it was bad enough during the day time to see what was going on, at night under the lights you needed night vision binoculars. Jogging track might be just about acceptable - I'm sure you remember there was not only the Greyhound track but also a lot roses, hoardings and turf before the actual pitch from the Tote End. To be honest by the age of about 16 I gave up with the Tote for this reason and migrated to The North Stand. I have to say I liked Notts County ground recently even being quite high up on the halfway line - great view and it seemed you were pretty close to the action (20,000 capacity I believe).
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Post by Bridgeman on Mar 22, 2016 21:36:58 GMT
Take note those moaning about a jogging track around the pitch at the new stadium. That had to be one of the longest distances at any ground to see the play, it was bad enough during the day time to see what was going on, at night under the lights you needed night vision binoculars. Jogging track might be just about acceptable - I'm sure you remember there was not only the Greyhound track but also a lot roses, hoardings and turf before the actual pitch from the Tote End. To be honest by the age of about 16 I gave up with the Tote for this reason and migrated to The North Stand. I have to say I liked Notts County ground recently even being quite high up on the halfway line - great view and it seemed you were pretty close to the action (20,000 capacity I believe). Yes, I agree the site lines were quite good at Notts County and much preferred watching from the side than behind the goal this time.
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Post by gasgasgas on Mar 22, 2016 21:51:49 GMT
Take note those moaning about a jogging track around the pitch at the new stadium. That had to be one of the longest distances at any ground to see the play, it was bad enough during the day time to see what was going on, at night under the lights you needed night vision binoculars. Jogging track might be just about acceptable - I'm sure you remember there was not only the Greyhound track but also a lot roses, hoardings and turf before the actual pitch from the Tote End. To be honest by the age of about 16 I gave up with the Tote for this reason and migrated to The North Stand. I have to say I liked Notts County ground recently even being quite high up on the halfway line - great view and it seemed you were pretty close to the action (20,000 capacity I believe).
I seem to remember one match where the fog came down. Eventually the referee abandoned the game. On the Tote End we had no idea that this had happened, we could still see the dog track and a murky outline of the rose bushes but none of the pitch. A member of the Eastville groundstaff had to walk down to the Tote End a few minutes after the abandonment and shout up to the crowd to tell them what had happened!
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Post by Bridgeman on Mar 22, 2016 22:19:34 GMT
Jogging track might be just about acceptable - I'm sure you remember there was not only the Greyhound track but also a lot roses, hoardings and turf before the actual pitch from the Tote End. To be honest by the age of about 16 I gave up with the Tote for this reason and migrated to The North Stand. I have to say I liked Notts County ground recently even being quite high up on the halfway line - great view and it seemed you were pretty close to the action (20,000 capacity I believe).
I seem to remember one match where the fog came down. Eventually the referee abandoned the game. On the Tote End we had no idea that this had happened, we could still see the dog track and a murky outline of the rose bushes but none of the pitch. A member of the Eastville groundstaff had to walk down to the Tote End a few minutes after the abandonment and shout up to the crowd to tell them what had happened!
I know it might sound sacrilege to say this but I often wonder what the attraction was for the Tote End when most of the time you couldn't see what the bl**dy hell was going on and what with all the testosterone rage being displayed, outright expressions of racial discrimination/prejudice plus negative views of sexual orientation no wonder its popularity waned towards the end of our occupation at Eastville. Certainly my two elder brothers voted with their feet during the 1970's and never returned as they no longer wanted to be associated with the outright discrimination that was allowed to be verbally voiced from the terraces and seemingly condoned by the club. Strangely enough although neither have attended any game since those days they still both consider themselves as Gasheads and hate the other lot with a passion. I guess in their case the saying still rings true for them "Once a Gashead, always a Gashead"
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Post by Teigngas on Mar 23, 2016 8:01:58 GMT
I seem to remember one match where the fog came down. Eventually the referee abandoned the game. On the Tote End we had no idea that this had happened, we could still see the dog track and a murky outline of the rose bushes but none of the pitch. A member of the Eastville groundstaff had to walk down to the Tote End a few minutes after the abandonment and shout up to the crowd to tell them what had happened!
I know it might sound sacrilege to say this but I often wonder what the attraction was for the Tote End when most of the time you couldn't see what the bl**dy hell was going on and what with all the testosterone rage being displayed, outright expressions of racial discrimination/prejudice plus negative views of sexual orientation no wonder its popularity waned towards the end of our occupation at Eastville. Certainly my two elder brothers voted with their feet during the 1970's and never returned as they no longer wanted to be associated with the outright discrimination that was allowed to be verbally voiced from the terraces and seemingly condoned by the club. Strangely enough although neither have attended any game since those days they still both consider themselves as Gasheads and hate the other lot with a passion. I guess in their case the saying still rings true for them "Once a Gashead, always a Gashead" Rose tinted glasses (binoculars in this case maybe). I have fond memories of the Tote but you`re right, it really was a shocking place, although I am sure most grounds were back then. I stopped going regularly when we left Eastville (not because of the move so much but because of marriage/family/bugger all money) so I never really felt part of it at Twerton or the Mem like I did at Eastville, so yeah, rose tinted for me.
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Post by Lazza on Mar 23, 2016 9:08:45 GMT
Yes was there in The Tote - do I remember anything about the game ? No. Problem with being far back in The Tote was you needed binoculars to see anything !!
Actually I remember Charlton had a s***-hot forward line ( Hales and Flanagan I think) and didn't the last goal go in with more than 20 mins to go ?? That is remarkable for a 10 goal game, eh ? Take note those moaning about a jogging track around the pitch at the new stadium. That had to be one of the longest distances at any ground to see the play, it was bad enough during the day time to see what was going on, at night under the lights you needed night vision binoculars. Aye, from my fading memories from yoof the only ground that I remember being slightly worse than the Tote would have been away end at Stamford Bridge. Same problem as Eastville, that stinking dog track!!
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Post by Lazza on Mar 23, 2016 9:11:00 GMT
Jogging track might be just about acceptable - I'm sure you remember there was not only the Greyhound track but also a lot roses, hoardings and turf before the actual pitch from the Tote End. To be honest by the age of about 16 I gave up with the Tote for this reason and migrated to The North Stand. I have to say I liked Notts County ground recently even being quite high up on the halfway line - great view and it seemed you were pretty close to the action (20,000 capacity I believe). Yes, I agree the site lines were quite good at Notts County and much preferred watching from the side than behind the goal this time. I always forget those damn flower beds in front of the Tote for some reason. Like you, I abandoned the Tote very early on for the North enclosure which had a much better view.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2016 9:31:11 GMT
I was at all the games on that list except Oldham and Sunderland away ( I think that we were on our way to Sunderland and it got called off and we ended up at Wigan v Stockport). I hardly ever saw the Rovers win away in those days and yet I really enjoyed following them that season and the season before,away travel was a lot more difficult then and there were not that many Rovers supporters that went to away games except when there was a special train. I think that was the season that Rovers won at Hull on the last day of the season to stay up.
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GasMacc1
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Post by GasMacc1 on Mar 23, 2016 12:45:06 GMT
I was at all the games on that list except Oldham and Sunderland away ( I think that we were on our way to Sunderland and it got called off and we ended up at Wigan v Stockport). I hardly ever saw the Rovers win away in those days and yet I really enjoyed following them that season and the season before,away travel was a lot more difficult then and there were not that many Rovers supporters that went to away games except when there was a special train. I think that was the season that Rovers won at Hull on the last day of the season to stay up.
Good on yer! I saw all of the home games in the list, but only went away to Charlton (3-0 defeat) and Hereford in the League Cup (4-0 defeat). The Hull game was the last game of the previous season (1977-78).
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2016 17:01:02 GMT
I was at all the games on that list except Oldham and Sunderland away ( I think that we were on our way to Sunderland and it got called off and we ended up at Wigan v Stockport). I hardly ever saw the Rovers win away in those days and yet I really enjoyed following them that season and the season before,away travel was a lot more difficult then and there were not that many Rovers supporters that went to away games except when there was a special train. I think that was the season that Rovers won at Hull on the last day of the season to stay up.
Good on yer! I saw all of the home games in the list, but only went away to Charlton (3-0 defeat) and Hereford in the League Cup (4-0 defeat). The Hull game was the last game of the previous season (1977-78). I went to a few more away games in 78 / 79 but I only saw Rovers win twice. Crystal Palace,where I missed the Rovers goal as our special train was late arriving and Swansea away in the cup. As you say the Hull game was 77/78 and that season and 78 / 79 were my favourite seasons following Rovers...and last season odd as it seems.
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