Teigngas
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Post by Teigngas on Aug 31, 2017 6:55:54 GMT
What upsets me most about this thread is that I think Mrs Browns boys is funny and I didn`t realise I was so uncool.
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Peter Parker
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Richard Walker
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Post by Peter Parker on Aug 31, 2017 6:58:31 GMT
What upsets me most about this thread is that I think Mrs Browns boys is funny and I didn`t realise I was so uncool. Thanks for coming out, you have given me the strength to say
My name is Simon and I like Mrs Brown's Boys
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warehamgas
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Post by warehamgas on Aug 31, 2017 7:25:01 GMT
What upsets me most about this thread is that I think Mrs Browns boys is funny and I didn`t realise I was so uncool. Me too! Thanks for giving me the bravery to say I'm Spartacus! UTG!
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Post by Henbury Gas on Aug 31, 2017 7:51:32 GMT
Na Watching Dads army is funny Can't stand that Irish Twat ' WAAAAYYYCIIIIISSSTT' So what country is his place of birth so i can address him correctly ?
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Post by baxtinho on Aug 31, 2017 8:17:58 GMT
What term is acceptable? The thrust of the term is widely understood, no matter how unpalatable it may be. Supporter? Gashead? Both fit better At this risk of being a pedant; we're all Gasheads, we're all supporters, but we don't all choose to go and spend our hard-earned on a competition that has the potential to change the makeup of football in this country forever, by being the push towards B-Teams we all dread. So maybe they're not "better".
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Post by fatherjackhackett on Aug 31, 2017 8:50:00 GMT
What term is acceptable? The thrust of the term is widely understood, no matter how unpalatable it may be. Supporter? Gashead? Both fit better But wouldn't a true supporter not show behaviour that would or could be detrimental to the thing they purport to support? e.g. Attend a competition that could lead to the mid to long term reduced chances of the club being success?
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Post by alloutofgas on Aug 31, 2017 9:06:26 GMT
As this thread has progressed, I think what is needed here is a 'Pecking Order' of forum members. This is how it would work. You would be rated according to :
How long you've been supporting Rovers By supporting I mean attending matches. Extra points for youth/reserve games If parent/grandparents etc also did the same Watched Rovers at Eastville/Ashton/Twerton/The Mem Been to Bootham Crescent on a evening fixture in the middle of winter Extra points for Braintree away How many replica shirts you own How 'In the know' obviously How many years a member of the Supporters Club How 'right on' you are of course
So you can see, some posters on here would be way ahead points wise then this would allow them to pontificate to us mere plebs who will never be fit to lick their boots. Then 'scab' and 'racist' can be thrown around and be perfectly justified. Feel free to add any 'tweaks' chaps!
Oh, I quite like Mrs Brown's Boys too.
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Post by irishrover on Aug 31, 2017 10:26:26 GMT
As this thread has progressed, I think what is needed here is a 'Pecking Order' of forum members. This is how it would work. You would be rated according to : How long you've been supporting Rovers By supporting I mean attending matches. Extra points for youth/reserve games If parent/grandparents etc also did the same Watched Rovers at Eastville/Ashton/Twerton/The Mem Been to Bootham Crescent on a evening fixture in the middle of winter Extra points for Braintree away How many replica shirts you own How 'In the know' obviously How many years a member of the Supporters Club How 'right on' you are of course I did one of these years ago for Chewie's fanzine no less. No one liked it then and no one will like it now but I'm damn well going to take the opportunity to bung it up again.
‘There is an ongoing debate in t’internet forum looney land (a country in which I am an active and model citizen) about what constitutes a ‘true Gashead’. This has certainly created a great deal of argument and mashing of keyboards. Some people clearly feeling that their ‘level of support’ for Rovers means their views should carry greater weight, and others are of the opinion that this view is a big pile of steaming cowdung. However, it occurred to me that these ‘levels of support’ were subjective and before we can even address the substantive arguments what we are crying out for in this vibrant debate is an official empirical measurement scale which can be utilised as a basis for comparison. So, I have done a few mathematical calculations and experiments (in other words I’ve talked some rubbish in the pub a few times), and come up with what I consider to be the first ever scientifically accurate scale of Gasheadom. I call it the Ollie Scale.
Level 5: Gashead Achievements: Has been to a Rovers match and didn't leave before halftime. May have a mate who is a Gashead. May be capable of identifying a football if given 3 guesses. May have occasionally glanced at the football results and experienced a momentary twinge of pain, or more likely indigestion, upon seeing that Rovers have lost….again. Doesn't really know who Bristol City are.
Gashead Entitlements: Level 5's have very few Gashead rights and are often discriminated against by fellow Gasheads with comments such as 'What do you mean you don't know who Marcus Stewart is?' 'For the umpteenth time yes, we are the ones playing in Blue and White', 'No Ikea hasn't always been there and no it bloody well isn't a handy place for a shop’. Hope is not lost though, as they are allowed to stand next to fellow Gasheads provided that they fill in a Gashead citizenship form and promise to learn the words of Goodnight Irene within 5 years.
Level 4: Gashead Achievements: Tries to go to at least 1 game a season but normally fails. May come from a Gashead family but not have much interest in football. Alternatively, may think they have an interest in football because they 'watch Arsenal on the box'. Checks the Rovers result in the paper and thinks that'll make their Gashead mates happy. Would happily go and watch City, but doesn't have any City fan mates and has never been South of Stokes Croft. Has been to Wembley, Cardiff and maybe Fulham but hasn't a clue where Walsall is. Always asking 'how are the Gas doing?' or 'why don't City and Rovers just merge and then Bristol could have a Prem team and I could watch when they play Arsenal?'
Gashead Entitlements: Level 4's are begrudgingly accepted by Gasheads on the grounds that 'we need to expand the fanbase'. They are reluctantly allowed to attend games but only in the company of higher level Gasheads who can tell them when to speak, when to cheer and when to sing. They are allowed to voice limited opinions and ask questions. Likely to say things like ‘I think Jo Kuffour would make a good right back', 'I don't rate Lambert he's too slow', 'Why is there nowhere to sit down like at Wembley?’. They are strictly not allowed on internet forums.
Level 3: Gashead Achievements: Goes several times a season. Sadly now your average Gashead. Likely to be either a formerly higher level Gashead who has become in some way disillusioned, or a once committed Gashead who has somehow managed to acquire a life. But, could also be a family looking for something to do or a man (or woman) not particularly into football desperately trying to avoid spending Saturday afternoon with his wife (or husband). The latter individual often appears to be under the impression that the referee has been sent on a direct mission from hell to destroy all that is good and pure. Has sort of supported the club through thick and thin, but mainly from a distance either geographically or emotionally. Doesn't like Bristol City much though doesn't really know why anymore.
Gashead Entitlements: Allowed to wear shirts, allowed to shout at referee (particularly important to some of them), begrudgingly allowed in the bar afterwards provided they don't drone on about when we used to be decent under Bobby Gould. Level 3's are not allowed to instigate chanting, start threads on message boards or look directly into the faces of the directors.
Level 2: Gashead achievements: Season ticket holders and people who check the fixture list before they book their holidays. Either football or Rovers obsessive’s, bordering on the deranged but not quite there yet. Will be able to count the number of games they attend by looking at all the programmes purchased. Will support Rovers home and away and until they die or ‘it looks a bit nippy out and isn't Carlisle along way and oh Star Wars is on the telly this afternoon’. Could name most Rovers managers and heroic players, has an opinion on the ‘Ollie question' which could keep fellow Gasheads arguing with each other for a couple of weeks. Refers to the Atkins/Graydon era as the 'the dark times'. Dislikes Bristol City to a slightly unnatural extent.
Gashead entitlements: Allowed to purchase home, away and goalkeeping shirts, allowed to receive naff Rovers merchandise from relatives every Christmas, allowed to moan about manager, players and board. Allowed to instigate chants, but not make them up. Allowed to start threads on message board.
Level 1: Gashead Achievements: Completely unhinged Rovers lunatic. Has painted house blue and white quarters. Has 2 goldfish named Smash and Grab. Has called 1st daughter Irene and second daughter Ollie. Goes to all home, away, reserve and youth team games. Attends all club functions, even the ones he wasn't invited to. Could name every player to ever play for Rovers, their family histories and their current home address. Prays at a shrine to Geoff Bradford. Has decorated the living room with design schematics from all Rovers past stadium plans. Does not believe South Bristol exists and has attempted to declare autonomy for the Peoples Gashead Republic of Horfield.
Gashead Entitlements: Entitled to do just about anything in the desperate hope it'll make him happy and that he'll shut up about the classic reserve team game at Eastville in 1967. Can write for the programme, can marry one of the original blue flames, can train with the side and can claim a free meal and a drink off Nick Higgs any time he wants.
Please remember that we are all Rovers fans, we all want the best for the club and we are all entitled to an opinion whether we go to every game or once in a blue (and white) moon. There is no such thing as a ‘True Gashead’ because we are all truly Gasheads. I will now step off the Soapbox.’
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Post by brizzle on Sept 1, 2017 13:49:32 GMT
. . . did you deal with the term ''scab,'' or did I miss that?
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holmz
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Post by holmz on Sept 2, 2017 9:54:23 GMT
I did one of these years ago for Chewie's fanzine no less. No one liked it then and no one will like it now but I'm damn well going to take the opportunity to bung it up again.
<snip> tl;dr
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Post by scotsgas on Sept 11, 2017 12:14:28 GMT
So where does a bloke ejected from our ground for being drunk and incapable rate against one of these 66 so called scabs ? Or the 3 consuming drugs ? Or the one ejected for making racist comments about a Walsall player? These 5 are doing ACTUAL harm against our club.
Well done to whoever reported the racist comment maker.
Just Surprised that people had so much to say about the 66 seem to have failed to notice the 5.
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Sept 11, 2017 13:51:51 GMT
How do you know the 5 weren't part of the 66?
Both deserve criticism in my book.
To me it's not binary, they have all posed harm to our club, and have just thought of themselves with disregard for the majority of others and even what our club stands for.
But, to keep in perspective, we are talking about less than 1% of our average home gate, and way below that percentage as a fanbase.
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