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Post by swissgas on Dec 28, 2018 23:04:59 GMT
That's exactly what they called the first Ichthyostega to crawl out of the sea 400 million years ago. Most of them said "why bother, we like it down here, the surface ain't great but the creatures are friendly enough and in any case there's more of us than them" There we go, had to be one of the first Ichthyostega didn't you.... Well, I did crawl out of Yatton ampg so there might be something in what you say  |
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Post by a more piratey game on Dec 28, 2018 23:59:21 GMT
Unless they were planning on putting the new stadium on the colony site... H'mm you are not far away from the truth Interesting.. |
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Post by richmace on Dec 29, 2018 8:11:23 GMT
H'mm you are not far away from the truth Interesting.. If you wanted to build an out-of-town stadium in the South Gloucestershire area, I would say that the Colony site is perfect from a location point of view. The transport links are excellent (with both motorways on the doorstep - a link road would be needed), there is loads of land around, and the local population is quite small (but the wealth of some of those residents is extremely high).
The trouble is that I would say that gaining planning permission would be next to impossible. The locals would oppose it an have the cash to throw at the opposition, and I'm sure there would be an environmental issue or two to overcome. It would never be a realistic option.
Having said that, if Dwayne Sports had enough cash, then who knows... They don't, so it's a non-starter.
These sort of stadiums get built elsewhere, but not in the Bristol area.
It is perfect for a training facility though, which is bloody annoying.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2018 9:10:40 GMT
If you wanted to build an out-of-town stadium in the South Gloucestershire area, I would say that the Colony site is perfect from a location point of view. The transport links are excellent (with both motorways on the doorstep - a link road would be needed), there is loads of land around, and the local population is quite small (but the wealth of some of those residents is extremely high).
The trouble is that I would say that gaining planning permission would be next to impossible. The locals would oppose it an have the cash to throw at the opposition, and I'm sure there would be an environmental issue or two to overcome. It would never be a realistic option.
Having said that, if Dwayne Sports had enough cash, then who knows... They don't, so it's a non-starter.
These sort of stadiums get built elsewhere, but not in the Bristol area.
It is perfect for a training facility though, which is bloody annoying.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2018 9:13:11 GMT
Anybody who enjoyed Rovers being a non league club leave me feeling numb. You aren't alone though, I was shocked when supporters got over excited at out numbering Woking in their own ground. we're in it for the football, sounds like you're a bit of a glory-hunter phil  I hailed Higgs's "success" at making the club a non league one a total embarrassment. Now I realise that the guy punching the horse after the Mansfield game was just celebrating the clubs new found fortune. |
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Post by a more piratey game on Dec 29, 2018 9:51:43 GMT
we're in it for the football, sounds like you're a bit of a glory-hunter phil I hailed Higgs's "success" at making the club a non league one a total embarrassment. Now I realise that the guy punching the horse after the Mansfield game was just celebrating the clubs new found fortune. True. But once we were there it was more fun than I expected Seeing your comment on the Colony site above, do u have any theories about the recently-abandoned site plan? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2018 12:58:09 GMT
I hailed Higgs's "success" at making the club a non league one a total embarrassment. Now I realise that the guy punching the horse after the Mansfield game was just celebrating the clubs new found fortune. True. But once we were there it was more fun than I expected Seeing your comment on the Colony site above, do u have any theories about the recently-abandoned site plan? I don’t think another plan existed. |
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Post by kingswood Polak on Dec 29, 2018 14:55:31 GMT
I think a lot of people were amazed by how enjoyable it was I remember that we were treated very well as 1) clubs didn't have the budget for much security 2) we presented a bit of a payday to some of them and 3) with the exception of events on one day in Essex, the Gas behaved appropriately and 4) having a 'big club' away support like our rock up made it something of an occasion also I remember it was cheaper and the fact that we won enough to squeak to promotion probably helped on the downside, I was truly shocked by the standard of refereeing (made me appreciate League levels tbh), and the standard of some of the pitches (one in South-East London springs to mind - the one that wasn't Welling, I think), which wouldn't even have been OK in the 70's Anybody who enjoyed Rovers being a non league club leave me feeling numb. You aren't alone though, I was shocked when supporters got over excited at out numbering Woking in their own ground. To be clear, I didn’t like being non league but I enjoyed feeling like I had found real football again and we were treated very well, in the main. |
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Post by kingswood Polak on Dec 29, 2018 15:05:19 GMT
If you wanted to build an out-of-town stadium in the South Gloucestershire area, I would say that the Colony site is perfect from a location point of view. The transport links are excellent (with both motorways on the doorstep - a link road would be needed), there is loads of land around, and the local population is quite small (but the wealth of some of those residents is extremely high).
The trouble is that I would say that gaining planning permission would be next to impossible. The locals would oppose it an have the cash to throw at the opposition, and I'm sure there would be an environmental issue or two to overcome. It would never be a realistic option.
Having said that, if Dwayne Sports had enough cash, then who knows... They don't, so it's a non-starter.
These sort of stadiums get built elsewhere, but not in the Bristol area.
It is perfect for a training facility though, which is bloody annoying.
Please don’t quote me on this but I’ve heard this a few times now, that the soil had a toxicity problem. As I say, I can’t verify it but it’s been said and written on various social media |
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Post by richmace on Dec 29, 2018 15:12:24 GMT
If you wanted to build an out-of-town stadium in the South Gloucestershire area, I would say that the Colony site is perfect from a location point of view. The transport links are excellent (with both motorways on the doorstep - a link road would be needed), there is loads of land around, and the local population is quite small (but the wealth of some of those residents is extremely high).
The trouble is that I would say that gaining planning permission would be next to impossible. The locals would oppose it an have the cash to throw at the opposition, and I'm sure there would be an environmental issue or two to overcome. It would never be a realistic option.
Having said that, if Dwayne Sports had enough cash, then who knows... They don't, so it's a non-starter.
These sort of stadiums get built elsewhere, but not in the Bristol area.
It is perfect for a training facility though, which is bloody annoying.
Please don’t quote me on this but I’ve heard this a few times now, that the soil had a toxicity problem. As I say, I can’t verify it but it’s been said and written on various social media That would make sense, you would not want to continue if that was the case.
I would have expected that to have been known as part of the planning permission process though. I'd would hope that a survey of the land would show that up.
If that was the case, the club could issue a statement presenting the facts and we would all get off their backs...
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Post by kingswood Polak on Dec 29, 2018 23:26:05 GMT
Please don’t quote me on this but I’ve heard this a few times now, that the soil had a toxicity problem. As I say, I can’t verify it but it’s been said and written on various social media That would make sense, you would not want to continue if that was the case.
I would have expected that to have been known as part of the planning permission process though. I'd would hope that a survey of the land would show that up.
If that was the case, the club could issue a statement presenting the facts and we would all get off their backs...
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Dec 30, 2018 8:02:29 GMT
I think a lot of people were amazed by how enjoyable it was I remember that we were treated very well as 1) clubs didn't have the budget for much security 2) we presented a bit of a payday to some of them and 3) with the exception of events on one day in Essex, the Gas behaved appropriately and 4) having a 'big club' away support like our rock up made it something of an occasion also I remember it was cheaper and the fact that we won enough to squeak to promotion probably helped on the downside, I was truly shocked by the standard of refereeing (made me appreciate League levels tbh), and the standard of some of the pitches (one in South-East London springs to mind - the one that wasn't Welling, I think), which wouldn't even have been OK in the 70's Anybody who enjoyed Rovers being a non league club leave me feeling numb. You aren't alone though, I was shocked when supporters got over excited at out numbering Woking in their own ground. I've always enjoyed being a Rovers fan. Put it this way: Has there ever been a time in your life where your closest has been down in the dumps, or ill or unhappy? At a real low? Maybe their lowest? If you stayed. If you helped. If you supported through it all, would that have given you some satisfaction? Rovers needed us and I was proud to say I was there. It helped heal what I thought was unforgivable, allowing us to be relegated. I did enjoy going away. There weren't police with dogs and horses waiting at train stations. There weren't bully stewards. Pubs, hotels, restaurants, take away places all welcomed us. As did most of the opposition support (anyone remember the Eastleigh chairman writing to us applauding our support?). Very horrible place to be for us, non league, but we made the best of it. Like in true Gas form, we turned adversity into strength and that helped us to be where we are now. Never forget. |
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Post by The Concept on Dec 30, 2018 9:54:33 GMT
Virtue Et Pannum Lapides Sacculi My thoughts, precisely. I realise now that google translator doesn't work exactly both ways round … - Put 'Rag Bag' into translator and Latin comes out as "Pannum Lapides Saccule". - Put 'Pannum Lapides Sacculi' into translator and it gives the English as 'Cloth Bag'. - Put just 'Rag' into translator and the Latin is 'Menstruatae'. |
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Post by dido on Dec 30, 2018 10:19:11 GMT
You could avoid these embarrassments simply by learning Latin.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2018 13:41:02 GMT
Anybody who enjoyed Rovers being a non league club leave me feeling numb. You aren't alone though, I was shocked when supporters got over excited at out numbering Woking in their own ground. I've always enjoyed being a Rovers fan. Put it this way: Has there ever been a time in your life where your closest has been down in the dumps, or ill or unhappy? At a real low? Maybe their lowest? If you stayed. If you helped. If you supported through it all, would that have given you some satisfaction? Rovers needed us and I was proud to say I was there. It helped heal what I thought was unforgivable, allowing us to be relegated. I did enjoy going away. There weren't police with dogs and horses waiting at train stations. There weren't bully stewards. Pubs, hotels, restaurants, take away places all welcomed us. As did most of the opposition support (anyone remember the Eastleigh chairman writing to us applauding our support?). Very horrible place to be for us, non league, but we made the best of it. Like in true Gas form, we turned adversity into strength and that helped us to be where we are now. Never forget. Fortunately I was banned so wasn't able to enjoy the embarrassment of how you say, allowing the club to be relegated. |
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Post by Colyton Gas. on Dec 30, 2018 14:11:38 GMT
Braintree and Alfreton were so awful,it must have been a bad dream.Browner stayed though.Really was a dreadful day losing at home to Mansfield.Mansell's Pen wasn't a dream though!!!! Have to say I felt very let down by the Board at the time for allowing it to happen.
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Post by davehuddscousin on Dec 31, 2018 15:37:36 GMT
I thought Alfreton was OK, an old fashioned ground, but a couple of decent pubs and a chippy!....and at least we didn't lose, or have to stand in the rain.
Luckily I wasn't locked out of Woking, though climbing that bloody hill up to the concrete pitch at Dover was not great for an asthma sufferer. Freezing at Nuneaton was worth it as we won, and we clung on at Eastleigh when I watched the game from a tin shed that seemed to have been constructed from a big Meccano set! These are all fond memories now because it ended well, and visiting these places and more had a certain novelty value. Not sure I'd have wanted to revisit them again for another season in the Conference, though watching the steam trains with a bar full of Gasheads at Kidderminster was fun....
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Post by kingswood Polak on Jan 5, 2019 21:23:49 GMT
Anybody who enjoyed Rovers being a non league club leave me feeling numb. You aren't alone though, I was shocked when supporters got over excited at out numbering Woking in their own ground. I've always enjoyed being a Rovers fan. Put it this way: Has there ever been a time in your life where your closest has been down in the dumps, or ill or unhappy? At a real low? Maybe their lowest? If you stayed. If you helped. If you supported through it all, would that have given you some satisfaction? Rovers needed us and I was proud to say I was there. It helped heal what I thought was unforgivable, allowing us to be relegated. I did enjoy going away. There weren't police with dogs and horses waiting at train stations. There weren't bully stewards. Pubs, hotels, restaurants, take away places all welcomed us. As did most of the opposition support (anyone remember the Eastleigh chairman writing to us applauding our support?). Very horrible place to be for us, non league, but we made the best of it. Like in true Gas form, we turned adversity into strength and that helped us to be where we are now. Never forget. Very well written and I wish I’d have written it as I’ve nursed 4 family up until their end but never thought of it as an analogy for supporting our club. Nice one fella. Made me a bit emosh |
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Post by a more piratey game on Jan 16, 2019 10:30:56 GMT
H'mm you are not far away from the truth Interesting.. so, lest we forget all the bigger-picture longer-term stuff, where are we now? - 3 years into Al Qadi-dom? - a division above where they started - with a nice new tent, turnstiles, posher bar, posher shop, academy team, tons of staff - according to WAQ, much money spent on consultants/UWE/the latest mystery destination which didn't work out - according to others, a blind-alley of a further takeover/investment undertaken as Haircut 100 put it, 'where do we go from here'? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2019 14:00:51 GMT
so, lest we forget all the bigger-picture longer-term stuff, where are we now? - 3 years into Al Qadi-dom? - a division above where they started - with a nice new tent, turnstiles, posher bar, posher shop, academy team, tons of staff - according to WAQ, much money spent on consultants/UWE/the latest mystery destination which didn't work out - according to others, a blind-alley of a further takeover/investment undertaken as Haircut 100 put it, 'where do we go from here'? Personally I'm hoping for Buzzfeed to do an update on the consultants we were told had been hired as part of the Bodin deal **** sandwich.... "What the Bristol Rovers consultants from January 2018 look like now WILL BLOW YOU AWAY" etc... |
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