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Post by eppinggas on Dec 16, 2020 10:27:08 GMT
Rex I found this one from the Glos Cup Final later in 1985 and BC82 is still printed on the programme itself. View AttachmentI want one! harrybuckle - do you have any sh*t programmes with any reference to their 1982 origins?
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Post by harrybuckle on Dec 16, 2020 12:52:13 GMT
Rex I found this one from the Glos Cup Final later in 1985 and BC82 is still printed on the programme itself. View AttachmentI want one! harrybuckle - do you have any sh*t programmes with any reference to their 1982 origins? yes have one or two £3 each PM
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Post by harrybuckle on Dec 16, 2020 14:32:28 GMT
No crossbar with tapes until at least another ten years later....lots of disputes about was it goal or not ….bless VAR I was hoping for a pic of the green and buff halves with black shorts but that was ten years later too apparently. Has it ever been confirmed, Harry? A quote from the excellent book Bristol Rovers the Definitive history published Amberley in 2014
"By the summer of 1895, Eastville Rovers were based at the Star Inn on Fishponds Road, a public house built around 1860 and named after the Duke of Beaufort’s coal mine, Star Pit, and played all their home matches at the Ridgeway Ground in a kit of buff and green."
Suspect there may be a photo out there ?
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Post by islaplanagas on Dec 16, 2020 19:19:09 GMT
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Post by eppinggas on Dec 16, 2020 20:57:15 GMT
Oh no! Got as far as the final checkout before encountering "This page isn’t working. If the problem continues, contact the site owner. HTTP ERROR 409". I want this programme. Cheers. UTG.
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Post by islaplanagas on Dec 16, 2020 21:08:22 GMT
Or on eBay (I have the app so cannot send the link from my phone) Search BRISTOL CITY V PETERBOROUGH UTD 12 FEB 1983 - BOTTOM DIV. TERRY COOPER DAYS ! IPG
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Post by eppinggas on Dec 16, 2020 22:56:05 GMT
Or on eBay (I have the app so cannot send the link from my phone) Search BRISTOL CITY V PETERBOROUGH UTD 12 FEB 1983 - BOTTOM DIV. TERRY COOPER DAYS ! IPG Thanks IPG, I will pursue this. UTG (1883).
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Post by eppinggas on Dec 17, 2020 9:36:36 GMT
Mission accomplished. UTG.
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Post by The Concept on Feb 2, 2021 10:00:47 GMT
I was hoping for a pic of the green and buff halves with black shorts but that was ten years later too apparently. Has it ever been confirmed, Harry? A quote from the excellent book Bristol Rovers the Definitive history published Amberley in 2014
"By the summer of 1895, Eastville Rovers were based at the Star Inn on Fishponds Road, a public house built around 1860 and named after the Duke of Beaufort’s coal mine, Star Pit, and played all their home matches at the Ridgeway Ground in a kit of buff and green."
Suspect there may be a photo out there ?
Hi Mike, Has there been any more investigation as to where Rovers (Black Arabs) first home ground was? In the book Bristol Rovers Football Club - The Definitive History 1883-2003 it says: "A pitch was found among those of local rugby sides, at Purdown, a mile north of the future Eastville stadium. The first ground could well have been on the site of the current playing fields at the junction of Sir John's Lane and Lindsay Road." I've been looking on the brilliant ' Know You Place' website, but can't see any mention on playing fields in that area (fields around 'Heath House') on any of the old maps: www.kypwest.org.uk/Purdown Farm would have been a bit further up the hill (now Haydon Gardens) off Romney Avenue, close to 'Purdown Percy' HHA Battery. Another suggestions I've seen has been Bell Hill, Stapleton. Once you get to the top of the hill there used to be 'Stapleton Park' off to the left, which is now 'Baileys Mead Road' - could that have been the site? The next field on is then called 'Beaufort Nursey' (now 'The Chine'), and the next on from that is Stapleton Cricket Club. If you look at the old maps 'Purdown' is signaled as being the area to the right of Purdown Farm (mostly slopes), and is only just north of where Stapleton Park was. Looking for level ground for playing fields, you'd either be at the foot of the slopes (Stapleton), or on the top (Purdown Percy area) which isn't too far from the current Lockleaze Training site, and only a short 15 minute walk on to Wallscourt Farm where the UWE Stadium was proposed. The M32 might cloud the modern mind, and cut once seamless land off - more difficult to picture in the mind now, that Stapleton is at the base of Purdown.
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Post by The Concept on Feb 2, 2021 10:23:14 GMT
If you're new to the 'Know You Place' website, you could quite easily lose a few hours exploring!: www.kypwest.org.uk/Scroll down --> choose 'Bristol' --> zoom in or out (left hand side) --> navigate to the are you with to explore --> click 'Basemaps' (right hand side tool bar). --> You can now choose which maps to look at - 'Main Map' appears in the main central area / 'Comparison Map' appears on the left hand side to give you your bearings. --> click 'Main Map' then say select '1894-1903' --> click 'Comparison Map' and select '2019 Q2 Basemap'. --> There are other features as well. You can view photographs and sketches that have been uploaded to KYP. --> click 'Information Layers' (right hand side toolbar) --> list --> then tick the boxes from the options you'd like to see. For instance 'Bristol From Above', 'Hartley Photographs', 'Vaughan Postcards', 'Braikenridge Drawings', 'Loxton Drawings' --> click on 'Key' and it will show the symbol for each option you selected --> to view any of the photographs or drawings click on the symbol where it appears on your main map.
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Post by Igitur on Feb 2, 2021 11:37:56 GMT
I think we have discussed this before and I said that that I had played football up on Purdown, no not in buff and green, to the left of St John's Lane as it goes up to the BT tower and the old anti-aircraft battery emplacement. There were at least two pitches there but there's no sign of them on the satellite images.
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Post by kingswood Polak on Feb 2, 2021 13:45:59 GMT
Rex I found this one from the Glos Cup Final later in 1985 and BC82 is still printed on the programme itself. View AttachmentThe Glos cup used to be a very well attended game. I used to look forward to that game each season. Always lively on and off of the pitch. I don’t know how it came to pass that it became devalued and both club putting their youngsters out. I imagine it was a decent money maker for both clubs. I miss it and I don’t see us playing them for a very long time, if at all
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Post by gastower on Feb 2, 2021 13:54:51 GMT
I remember Harold Jarman scoring at Ashton Gate in a 1 nil game attended by 18000,compare that with our youth team playng Cinderford in the same competition recently in front of 100
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Post by kingswood Polak on Feb 2, 2021 14:02:46 GMT
I remember Harold Jarman scoring at Ashton Gate in a 1 nil game attended by 18000,compare that with our youth team playng Cinderford in the same competition recently in front of 100 I remember crowds of 15k and more. It used to be a well attended game. I’d love to find out when & why it was deemed as not worthy because it doesn’t make any sense to have done so. I can only assume that maybe the police had something to do with it. Frankie Prince V Gery Gow always a lively battle.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2021 15:34:12 GMT
I think we have discussed this before and I said that that I had played football up on Purdown, no not in buff and green, to the left of St John's Lane as it goes up to the BT tower and the old anti-aircraft battery emplacement. There were at least two pitches there but there's no sign of them on the satellite images. Would that have been on the slopes? There was also another pitch up there which was a lot flatter know as The Plateau.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2021 15:36:19 GMT
Rex I found this one from the Glos Cup Final later in 1985 and BC82 is still printed on the programme itself. View AttachmentThe Glos cup used to be a very well attended game. I used to look forward to that game each season. Always lively on and off of the pitch. I don’t know how it came to pass that it became devalued and both club putting their youngsters out. I imagine it was a decent money maker for both clubs. I miss it and I don’t see us playing them for a very long time, if at all It was more of a money maker for the GFA than the clubs and most managers hated the fixture hence its demise.
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Post by Igitur on Feb 2, 2021 16:22:20 GMT
I think we have discussed this before and I said that that I had played football up on Purdown, no not in buff and green, to the left of St John's Lane as it goes up to the BT tower and the old anti-aircraft battery emplacement. There were at least two pitches there but there's no sign of them on the satellite images. Would that have been on the slopes? There was also another pitch up there which was a lot flatter know as The Plateau. The pitch I played on was quite flat and I am trying hard to recall a changing room, it was some time ago.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2021 16:34:36 GMT
Would that have been on the slopes? There was also another pitch up there which was a lot flatter know as The Plateau. The pitch I played on was quite flat and I am trying hard to recall a changing room, it was some time ago. The changing rooms were at the top of the sloped pitches and it was a bit of a walk the The Plateau. The hot water for the showers were powered by a coal boiler and if you weren't one of the first dozen of so into them you had a cold shower. We always pleaded with the Ref to blow the final whistle early.
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Post by The Concept on Feb 2, 2021 17:08:06 GMT
I think we have discussed this before and I said that that I had played football up on Purdown, no not in buff and green, to the left of St John's Lane as it goes up to the BT tower and the old anti-aircraft battery emplacement. There were at least two pitches there but there's no sign of them on the satellite images. I did ask Mike on a different thread some time ago. Wondered if perhaps he didn't see the notification at the time. Thought I'd try again, having been able to look up the wider area on KYP - a couple of years back they had fewer map options, with the older maps just focused on central Bristol. It was originally hosted on the Bristol City Council website, but now extended for more of the west, with Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire and Devon added. Were the pitches you mention now what is called Lockleaze Sports Centre, which the Community Trust use and the Gas Girls train and play at? There were more pitches there not long ago. Dings Crusaders played there, before moving to Frenchay, and Bishopston RFC still use a pitch. Some of the playing fields were sold and have now been built on; part of an expanded Cheswick Village into Lockleaze. When digging the foundations for the new houses, remains of a Roman Villa were found.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2021 18:43:46 GMT
I think we have discussed this before and I said that that I had played football up on Purdown, no not in buff and green, to the left of St John's Lane as it goes up to the BT tower and the old anti-aircraft battery emplacement. There were at least two pitches there but there's no sign of them on the satellite images. I did ask Mike on a different thread some time ago. Wondered if perhaps he didn't see the notification at the time. Thought I'd try again, having been able to look up the wider area on KYP - a couple of years back they had fewer map options, with the older maps just focused on central Bristol. It was originally hosted on the Bristol City Council website, but now extended for more of the west, with Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire and Devon added. Were the pitches you mention now what is called Lockleaze Sports Centre, which the Community Trust use and the Gas Girls train and play at? There were more pitches there not long ago. Dings Crusaders played there, before moving to Frenchay, and Bishopston RFC still use a pitch. Some of the playing fields were sold and have now been built on; part of an expanded Cheswick Village into Lockleaze. When digging the foundations for the new houses, remains of a Roman Villa were found. Most of the land you are referring to was farmland. Stanley Farm and Wallscourt Farm. The old Wallscourt Farm House is still there and within the Hewlett Packard premises. Stanley Farm was closer to Lockleaze near to what we called The Stoney Bridge off Kipling Road. The Purdown pitches were/are by the Telecom Tower that you see from most areas of Bristol.
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