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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2016 12:41:29 GMT
26 years ago today, we stuffed C*ty 3-0 (Thanks Bruno and Ollie). A few days later, we became champions after beating Blackpool away.
2 years ago Tomorrow, we were relegated out of the Football League. I know some will want to forget this date due to our relegation but with hindsight, the 3rd of May for me was a blessing in disguise and instead of it being forgotten, maybe we should put a positive spin on it and remember it as the start of a new beginning for us that has lead to us getting our Rovers back.
Just food for thought.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2016 13:54:17 GMT
It was the worst day in the history of Bristol Rovers Football Club. There is no positive to spin on it.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2016 16:48:04 GMT
Obviously nobody wanted to get relegated into the Conference,but I would argue that it actually has done the club some good,the feel good factor at times in the last 2 years has been great and the support has increased. Compare that to the South Stand fire,after that the club just seemed to go into freefall,gates declined,Eastville lost its atmosphere,an aura of doom and gloom for years. I have read comments from people with huge problems who have said that they reached rock bottom and then turned their lives around. I personally think that you should take something positive from every experience even the negative ones,learning from your own mistakes in life and hopefully not repeating them.
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Post by clockendgas on May 2, 2016 16:55:20 GMT
And about time the 2nd of may was made a national holiday in memory of that great night. Fantastic winding the teds up then on the pitch at the end, then back on the beer, massive hangover next day trying to work and feeling sick. happy days!!
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Post by harrybuckle on May 2, 2016 17:00:50 GMT
2 MAY 2001 Wycombe Wanderers won 2-1 at the Mem and relegated us to the basement division for the first time in our long history.
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Post by Igitur on May 2, 2016 18:48:33 GMT
Wycombe Wanderers can no more be blamed for relegating us than Stevenage being responsible for us missing promotion this year (possibly!) there were other defeats and draws in the season(s).
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Post by Foran for England on May 2, 2016 21:02:26 GMT
It was the worst day in the history of Bristol Rovers Football Club. There is no positive to spin on it. I disagree Stu, I think that if we had survived that season then last season and this season would have been mid table dullness. Not sure that NH would have felt the need to put us up for sale either, though if we had then they're is no guarantee we would have made it on to Wael's radar in any case.
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Post by lympstonegas on May 2, 2016 21:43:29 GMT
It was the worst day in the history of Bristol Rovers Football Club. There is no positive to spin on it. Sad - if it wasn't for that relegation WE would not be where we are now on or off the pitch FACT. Enjoy the misery I prefer the positive reality
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2016 21:49:22 GMT
It was the worst day in the history of Bristol Rovers Football Club. There is no positive to spin on it. Sad - if it wasn't for that relegation WE would not be where we are now on or off the pitch FACT. Enjoy the misery I prefer the positive reality That's not a fact, its an opinion. We could be top of League One right now if we hadn't got relegated FACT. How's that for positive?
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Post by kingswood Polak on May 2, 2016 22:40:27 GMT
Obviously nobody wanted to get relegated into the Conference,but I would argue that it actually has done the club some good,the feel good factor at times in the last 2 years has been great and the support has increased. Compare that to the South Stand fire,after that the club just seemed to go into freefall,gates declined,Eastville lost its atmosphere,an aura of doom and gloom for years. I have read comments from people with huge problems who have said that they reached rock bottom and then turned their lives around. I personally think that you should take something positive from every experience even the negative ones,learning from your own mistakes in life and hopefully not repeating them. Well said and I agree. It may have been the biggest humiliation we have had to endure but we had our backs to the wall and we found our true support & thrived both as fans & as a team. It's been a truism for me that you have to hit rock bottom before you can truly redeem yourself. We got OUR club back, we united in our support and we are the polar opposite to that club who went down without even so much as a whimper. Everything for a reason. We gained so much out of this experience and we are so much better for it.
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Post by DudeLebowski on May 3, 2016 6:26:55 GMT
As much as I enjoyed a year in the conference, getting relegated to it was the worst day in our history no doubts about it.
No matter where we go from here, nothing will change that.
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Post by c13 on May 3, 2016 10:11:27 GMT
It's neither here nor there. There IS a positive to being relegated to the Conference, just like there's a positive for any other thing in life.
That said, I don't think the relegation itself was the "blessing in disguise", but what happened after it. We've been relegated before (L1-L2), but were way less vocal of our frustrations. The stress from a whole season of John Ward Hoofball Party, the chances we've squandered of saving ourselves, the closing of the old forum, the constant delays on the UWE... The fans' patience reached boiling point. We decided to do things differently; starting by backing our current manager. Even if many people wanted DC out, the fact that a significant part WANTED him to stay already shows where the change in Bristol Rovers started to occur.
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2016 12:40:02 GMT
Isn't it both, as stated above?
Relegation from the league WAS the lowest ebb for BRFC. We have SINCE derived positives from the experience and are thereby hopeful for the future NOW.
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Post by warehamgas on May 3, 2016 19:39:41 GMT
Had we not got relegated I am pretty sure DC would still be our manager, he would have done what he's done this season only it would have happened last season. He would have got rid of the dross who couldn't give a monkeys, would have brought in hungry, younger players wanting to play for us. And we would have had a good season. Can't prove anything but I do believe we would have had a good season in League 2 last year. Going into non league wasn't good in any way. That it's turned out ok is fortunate but it could have been so much worse. Stockport, Halifax and others are proof of what can happen. I know it didn't but phew just imagine if Manse had missed!! Anyway onwards and upwards, come on Rovers. UTG!
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Post by lostinspace on May 3, 2016 20:02:06 GMT
Had we not got relegated I am pretty sure DC would still be our manager, he would have done what he's done this season only it would have happened last season. He would have got rid of the dross who couldn't give a monkeys, would have brought in hungry, younger players wanting to play for us. And we would have had a good season. Can't prove anything but I do believe we would have had a good season in League 2 last year. Going into non league wasn't good in any way. That it's turned out ok is fortunate but it could have been so much worse. Stockport, Halifax and others are proof of what can happen. I know it didn't but phew just imagine if Manse had missed!! Anyway onwards and upwards, come on Rovers. UTG! when Ward took over toward the end of the previous season he got the team playing some more open flowing football which saved the day...what baffles me is... then... WTF did he revert to boring dross with a team he knew could play some decent stuff.. this is what lead to his demise... he created his own exit warrant
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2016 20:40:07 GMT
Had we not got relegated I am pretty sure DC would still be our manager, he would have done what he's done this season only it would have happened last season. He would have got rid of the dross who couldn't give a monkeys, would have brought in hungry, younger players wanting to play for us. And we would have had a good season. Can't prove anything but I do believe we would have had a good season in League 2 last year. Going into non league wasn't good in any way. That it's turned out ok is fortunate but it could have been so much worse. Stockport, Halifax and others are proof of what can happen. I know it didn't but phew just imagine if Manse had missed!! Anyway onwards and upwards, come on Rovers. UTG! when Ward took over toward the end of the previous season he got the team playing some more open flowing football which saved the day...what baffles me is... then... WTF did he revert to boring dross with a team he knew could play some decent stuff.. this is what lead to his demise... he created his own exit warrant It would be nice to hear Ward's version of what went on behind the scenes during that season, especially the last transfer window.
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Post by mangogas15 on May 3, 2016 20:43:12 GMT
O'Toole voted northamptons player of the year this week. Not a patch on our current midfield group.
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on May 3, 2016 20:45:33 GMT
when Ward took over toward the end of the previous season he got the team playing some more open flowing football which saved the day...what baffles me is... then... WTF did he revert to boring dross with a team he knew could play some decent stuff.. this is what lead to his demise... he created his own exit warrant It would be nice to hear Ward's version of what went on behind the scenes during that season, especially the last transfer window. Mmm, indeed. I think a certain NH got him signed into a confidentiality clause on his departure.
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on May 3, 2016 20:47:36 GMT
O'Toole voted northamptons player of the year this week. Not a patch on our current midfield group. Fair play, he turned his career around and matured from being a petulant kid. Is he still transfer listed?! Imagine a player of the year that's on the kicking out list!
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2016 21:00:09 GMT
It would be nice to hear Ward's version of what went on behind the scenes during that season, especially the last transfer window. Mmm, indeed. I think a certain NH got him signed into a confidentiality clause on his departure. Odd wasn't it, somehow a man who had been in the game his entire life couldn't find anybody to bring in during the final window. And was then slated in public for it and 'moved upstairs', whatever that means? At the time I took it all at face value, but with what we now know about watertight contracts, and 'not knowing of any reason that Sainsbury's shouldn't complete' it makes you question everything you heard and half of what you saw.
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