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Post by The Concept on Apr 11, 2024 11:34:24 GMT
Well the players can't complain they haven't been given a chance.
McCormick, Brown and Connolly started this game (and all off at half-time).
Wonder if Rossiter will get minutes, before the season draws to a close.
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Post by The Concept on Apr 8, 2024 19:33:30 GMT
I read the whole Bristol Post article. The Fan Banter link gave me a 404, which is apparently not a 1990s synth or drum machine, but a wookie link. Rovers never fail to baffle me. I think it's because the site automatically puts asterisks in B*****! Try copying the url, then changing the B***** bit for the 'arton' letters.
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Post by The Concept on Apr 8, 2024 18:24:39 GMT
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Post by The Concept on Apr 8, 2024 15:19:32 GMT
Sadly the best team (on the day, in my opinion) lost.
Feared we'd be thumped, and would watch 90 minutes of desperate defending. Pleasantly surprised to see us create more chances, and better chances, than Bolton - shame we couldn't finish any.
Still can't understand how their 'keeper kept out Martin's header. Thought is was past him and had gone in. When it was clear it hadn't I was scratching my head wondering whether it had hit the post.
Collin's goal I thought at the time both he and Dadi Bodvarsson were well offside. Unfortunately it's impossible to tell from the camera angle on the highlights.
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Post by The Concept on Apr 8, 2024 15:11:53 GMT
Admitted i didn't bother (again) to watch the second half but your view of the game was diametrically the opposite to mine. In all my sixty years of following the GAS this current bunch are amongst the most lackluster and lacking in character that i have ever watched. Brexiters got their country back. B***** out brigade got their club back.
Be careful what you wish for.There's not a day goes by without me being thankful we no longer employ our previous manager. So glad I got what I wished for.
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Post by The Concept on Mar 25, 2024 20:41:17 GMT
Happy to chip in.
Wouldn't want to take on an Admin role though. Going through a decluttering phase, and cutting back on my commitments.
Thanks for your sterling work, sir!
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Post by The Concept on Mar 24, 2024 18:57:18 GMT
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Post by The Concept on Mar 23, 2024 22:43:37 GMT
Should have taken it on The Repair Shop (if it was being aired when they first got it repaired) and had it refurbished for free! Anyone know where exactly it was at the Tote End? This article states: "... it was hung up above the Tote End at Eastville Stadium, Rovers' home ground from 1897 to 1986, alongside other clocks that toted up the odds in the greyhound races that the stadium also hosted until its demolition in 1997." But I've looked at old photos I have and can't see it showing on any of the Tote End boards. I think there were 2 free-standing versions (one white, one black), before the roof was put up and the board displayed on the facia (before finally being covered by The Hofmeister advert). Wondering whether it was inside so people under the roof could see it. Or around the outside of the bar somewhere? Plus 'alongside other clocks'? They weren't really clocks, surely?? Maybe best termed 'dials'? I want to say 'totalisers', but don't think they really could be described that way. Plus 'toted up the odds'? Has that just been made up because it's the 'Tote End'? Should that be 'totted up'? Tote is the company name innit? Would have been nice to explain how the clock was discovered. If it was up at Eastville until 1997, where was it living until it was repaired and installed at The Mem approximately 20 years later? Tote, the gambling company, wasn’t founded until 1928. Thanks. Would be interesting to know when exactly it was first referred to as 'The Tote End'. Just had a look in the dictionary and see 'Tote' = 'to add up'. I had no idea. Only ever heard 'Tot' ot 'Tot up' before. So 'Tote' and 'Tot are interchangeable; likewise 'Toted' and 'Totted' are interchangeable. And not being a betting person, and having no interest in horse racing, I only new 3. out of the following definitions... totalizator or totalisator; totalizer or totaliser 1. (Horse Racing) a system of betting on horse races in which the aggregate stake, less an administration charge and tax, is paid out to winners in proportion to their stake 2. (Horse Racing) the machine that records bets in this system and works out odds, pays out winnings, etc 3. (Mathematics) an apparatus for registering totals, as of a particular function or measurement
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Post by The Concept on Mar 22, 2024 12:09:09 GMT
Well it was first brought back in 2002. I still have my certificate and somewhere, probably, the programme feature about it. Can't remember the story behind how it was found though - memory says it was in someone's attic. Thank you!
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Post by The Concept on Mar 21, 2024 19:51:36 GMT
Should have taken it on The Repair Shop (if it was being aired when they first got it repaired) and had it refurbished for free!
Anyone know where exactly it was at the Tote End? This article states: "...it was hung up above the Tote End at Eastville Stadium, Rovers' home ground from 1897 to 1986, alongside other clocks that toted up the odds in the greyhound races that the stadium also hosted until its demolition in 1997."
But I've looked at old photos I have and can't see it showing on any of the Tote End boards. I think there were 2 free-standing versions (one white, one black), before the roof was put up and the board displayed on the facia (before finally being covered by The Hofmeister advert). Wondering whether it was inside so people under the roof could see it. Or around the outside of the bar somewhere?
Plus 'alongside other clocks'? They weren't really clocks, surely?? Maybe best termed 'dials'? I want to say 'totalisers', but don't think they really could be described that way.
Plus 'toted up the odds'? Has that just been made up because it's the 'Tote End'? Should that be 'totted up'? Tote is the company name innit?
Would have been nice to explain how the clock was discovered. If it was up at Eastville until 1997, where was it living until it was repaired and installed at The Mem approximately 20 years later?
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Post by The Concept on Mar 21, 2024 16:49:08 GMT
David Goldblatt (shares his affections between Tottenham Hotspur and Bristol Rovers) features quite a lot. Interviewed in the documentary as an author and historian.
I wonder whether David has continued following Rovers? Whether he may have stopped under the previous management team?
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Post by The Concept on Mar 21, 2024 16:42:00 GMT
[ previously mentioned in the 'Rise & Rise of the Gas Girls' thread ] Went to see the film at Vue, Longwell Green last night. Very good. Enjoyed it and would recommend it to others (football fans in general, female sports fans and players). Seemed to be a lot of people there who I imagine are associated with women's football teams. Looks like the cinema run has been extended... The Watershed - Tonight Thursday 21st, Saturday 23rd, Sunday 24th: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/12452/copa-71Vue, Longwell Green - Monday 25th, Wednesday 27th, Thursday 28th: www.myvue.com/film/copa-71
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Post by The Concept on Mar 18, 2024 9:10:38 GMT
I didn't mention this at the time. Now is a good opportunity. Looked back at my messages and on 22/11/2023 I received one to say that Rovers had asked if they can have Joe Taylor on loan. I don't know the exact date of Rovers enquiry, and was told 5 other teams had expressed at interest.
He scored 11 in 25 appearances, in the first half of the season, on loan at struggling League 2 Colchester. He switched to Lincoln on loan, in the January window, and currently has 8 in 12 games (didn't score in the first 5), scoring a hat-trick against us.
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Post by The Concept on Mar 9, 2024 9:18:42 GMT
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Post by The Concept on Mar 7, 2024 19:54:04 GMT
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Post by The Concept on Mar 6, 2024 20:18:59 GMT
That's absolutely crazy! No way you could fit anywhere near 13 pitches on the site of The Quarters. A look at the plans, or google maps, or the aerial shot Swiss posted on page 1, shows that it would be a squeeze to get just 3 extra pitches on land not yet developed. To the east of the car park and clubhouse we could probably get the same as our current 2 pitches and goalkeeping area, that are now earmarked for housing, and maybe another full size pitch south of the gym. ... Unless we've also purchased land north of Horsham Lane, that Ed Ware had planned for a housing estate (ITB would know about that), google maps currently showing those fields are brown, rather than covered in grass. The original Rugby Club plans from 20+ years ago showed 6 full size rugby pitches and 2 half size which appeared to max out the area available. Taking away the two current football pitches for a housing development and allowing for the part lost where the reservoir has been constructed it would be a struggle to get more than two full size pitches plus an indoor pitch and a new multi purpose building on the remaining land. Might well need a bigger car-park as well, if the facilities are expanded, which will take up more space. Plus they can't use the entire footprint, as Hortham Brook flows around the edge of the site. There was talk of leaving part of the site as a nature area. I guess that will change if they want to ultilise as much as they can. Personally, one of the first things I would have done would have been to plant native trees around the perimeter. Arrange it with One Tree Per Child project (if South Glos do the same as BCC), or some similar scheme. Get local kids involved, or the Rovers Ability group, or Extra Time group. Would be nice landscaping while acting as a screen from the motorway and cut down on noise polution.
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Post by The Concept on Mar 6, 2024 20:08:18 GMT
Thanks for this...We bought 2 tickets and will be there, we watched the Gas Girls way back over 20 years ago with Steff Curtis and the mostly Welsh girls. They played Arsenal and Fulham at the mem when they were the 2 big teams of the day, plus great hard fought games v city. Yes, I went to those 2 games (both FA Cup Semi-Finals, if I remember rightly), and although a couple of decades back I was impressed with the level of skill on show. Around 3,000 in attendance to those games, which was mighty impressive back then.
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Post by The Concept on Mar 4, 2024 18:35:31 GMT
So how far off playing Chelsea and Manchester United in the Super league? Well going into Tier 4, and with the Super League being Tier 1, it would be 3 more promotions away. Scroll down to the 'Pyramid' section of this link: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_football_in_EnglandTier 4 = 4 divisons. Tier 3 = 2 divisions. Tier 2 = Championship. Tier 1 = Super League.
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Post by The Concept on Mar 4, 2024 17:18:52 GMT
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Post by The Concept on Mar 4, 2024 17:11:05 GMT
This article is from June 2022? What’s happened since? Would love to learn more about their current successes. See above. Promotion party on 24th March.
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