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Post by GasMacc1 on Sept 26, 2019 13:50:43 GMT
At St Andrew's for the Coventry v Rovers game last month, I saw these banners were prominent around the main car park. Attachment DeletedWhere I was sat in the away end, the weapon of choice was not a razor-blade in the cap's peak, but instead vitriol directed at our own manager and players. I hope our lads saw that at least one person in the away end was showing support by applauding.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Sept 17, 2019 9:08:36 GMT
My main concern is increasing the gap to the bottom three, keep doing that and I’ll start looking up. I always think of Gills as a bogey team though I have no stats to back that up and will be happy with a draw. Definitely a bogey team at Priestfield over the last dozen years - until we beat them in March of last season. All Time | Rovers Wins | Draws | Gills Wins | League | 41 | 14 | 39 | FA Cup | 4 | 4 | 1 | League Cup | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent (since 2007/8, all League) | Rovers Wins | Draws | Gills Wins | Memorial Stadium | 2 | 3 | 2 | Priestfield | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Source: Soccerbase.com
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Post by GasMacc1 on Sept 13, 2019 12:51:04 GMT
Did no other bugger on here apart from me and Rex go to the play off game in 2007? One of the greatest ever nights watching Rovers for me. Yes, one of the best. Nobody sat down. Everyone stayed on their feet for the whole 90 minutes. Such was the excitement, I had to divide my time between watching the match and propping up a little elderly chap on my left who was constantly being buffeted by the line of swaying Gasheads further along! The Sky Sports cabin was just by the Away fans' entrance. Richard Money (then Walsall manager) was the studio guest. He'd already secured promotion...wonder what happened to him? (* see footnote). After Stuart Campbell's early wonder-goal, it was Rickie Lambert who scored one and showed typical control and composure to set up Richard Walker in the six-yard box. The last two goals were portents of the Sammy Igoe goal, with the opposition desperate to throw everything into attack and getting caught on the break. I remember thinking "this is great, but we won't beat MK Dons in the final. We never win at Wembley". I was right about the first part, of course, as MK fell to the Shrews in their semi-final! Another memory was the fact that the players were allowed to celebrate with the fans, but only as if we'd just won an ordinary away game, Trolls and Lennie sending the message that the mission would only be accomplished if we won the next game. I liked that. * Wiki: "After leaving Walsall, Richard Money managed Luton, Cambridge, Solihull Moors and Hartlepool. In January 2019, he took up a senior role at Hartlepool, overseeing strategy. After just five days in the role, Money departed the club after being verbally abused in a fish and chip shop". Further trivia: The referee at Sincil Bank (Graham Laws, Tyne and Wear) was the one who had refereed the JPT final against Doncaster at the Millennium Stadium, 2 months earlier.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Sept 4, 2019 14:54:15 GMT
Bolton shipped in 8 players today Now 9. Some of these players look quite good - how are Bolton able to sign and pay for them? Lucky Wycombe, Tranmere, Ipswich and Gillingham. (How did Coventry only draw up there?). Link to BBC Sport: Bolton Signings"Stoke winger Thibaud Verlinden, 20, has joined until January, as has Nottingham Forest midfielder Liam Bridcutt, 30. Northampton left-back Joe Bunney, 25, Ipswich right-back Josh Emmanuel, 22, Sheffield United centre-back Jake Wright, 33, and Doncaster's Ali Crawford, 28, have signed season loans. Daryl Murphy, 36, Chris O'Grady, 33, and Will Buckley, 29, have also joined".
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Post by GasMacc1 on Aug 31, 2019 8:23:21 GMT
I've listened to the last three Gascasts...all good!
The fruit market round-up was particularly clear and interesting.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Aug 16, 2019 6:53:18 GMT
Rovers at Portsmouth, v Millwall (who had had their ground closed for fan misbehaviour). I had forgotten that one, In a similar vein didn't Manchester United have to play at Plymouth once? I have a memory of them having to play a certain amount of miles away from Manchester and Plymouth being one of the few grounds that fitted the bill. You're right - I'd forgotten that one, as well! There had been trouble at United's first-round first-leg European Cup-Winners Cup match away at St Etienne, so UEFA ruled (after an appeal) that the second leg should be played at least 200km from Manchester. Excellent Grauniad write-up of United St Etienne at Home Park
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Post by GasMacc1 on Aug 15, 2019 11:08:28 GMT
Leeds v VfB Stuttgart in the Nou Camp, 1992-93 Champions League. Thanks - that's an interesting slice of history from Champions League 1992-3, which I'd forgotten about. Stuttgart had fallen foul of the rules by inadvertently playing too many foreigners in the second leg in Leeds - clubs were only allowed to field a maximum of three in one match at that time! (That rule has well and truly fallen by the wayside, hasn't it?) Leeds felt that VfB should have been thrown out of the competition, rather than giving them a second chance in a one-off game ...in Barcelona!
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Post by GasMacc1 on Aug 15, 2019 6:35:51 GMT
Rovers at Portsmouth, v Millwall (who had had their ground closed for fan misbehaviour).
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Post by GasMacc1 on Aug 8, 2019 12:42:33 GMT
Trolls seems to have not been doing so well at all. Still feel some fondness for him. Hope he finds someone who will give him a chance. At one point was being touted as one if the brightest home grown managers. I really don’t look for players who have gone not unless we may have a sell in clause I got the impression he was doing very well indeed! Two years assisting Chris Hughton keeping Brighton in the Premier League. Also in the mix was a job on the Wales coaching staff, helping get to the semi-finals of Euro 2016 in France. (We'll gloss over the time in charge of Cardiff). Many people were shocked that Brighton let Hughton go at the end of the season, and I suppose Trolls went as part of that package.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Aug 7, 2019 7:20:12 GMT
The last Rovers shirt I bought was in 2007, in the days running up to the 2006-7 Play-off win against Shrewsbury. The shirts (made by errea) for season 2007-8 were available before that Final. I would have bought a new shirt (also errea) in 2015 for the Wembley final against Grimsby, but they weren't available until shortly before the start of the 2015-16 season. Attachment Deleted
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Post by GasMacc1 on Aug 4, 2019 10:01:50 GMT
"We regret to announce that due to a failure by Errea, the manufacturer of the club’s playing kit, the in-store release of the 2019-20 home kit has been delayed". Not from Rovers...this is on Blackpool's website.
Still not available to buy from club shop so far as i can tell. Any word from club? In case I was too cryptic, my point was that Rovers are not the only club that has had problems (now or in the past) getting on-time supplies of new season's kit. Blackpool have had a worse problem this season (with Errea, Rovers old kit suppliers). Blackpool's replica home kit not ready
"We [Blackpool FC] regret to announce that due to a failure by Errea, the manufacturer of the club’s playing kit, the in-store release of the 2019-20 home kit has been delayed.
Errea informed the club at the end of last week that it is unable to fulfil the delivery schedule agreed several weeks ago because of production errors in its factory. We have been further informed that, notwithstanding that agreed delivery schedule, Errea has not yet commenced manufacturing the replica home kit.
The club is extremely disappointed by this news and feels very badly let down by Errea, given that until receiving this news it was fully expected that the kit would be on sale for this weekend’s game against Bristol Rovers. It is unclear exactly how a failure of this magnitude could occur, but fans can be assured that we will continue to ask questions of Errea in order to gain a complete understanding of the situation".
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Post by GasMacc1 on Aug 1, 2019 15:46:48 GMT
"We regret to announce that due to a failure by Errea, the manufacturer of the club’s playing kit, the in-store release of the 2019-20 home kit has been delayed".
Not from Rovers...this is on Blackpool's website.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Jul 27, 2019 9:30:25 GMT
Victor (21) was a regular member of the promotion-winning Barnsley squad in League One last season, named in their eighteen for 38 of the 46 matches.
Whilst only starting on two occasions, Victor also came on as a sub 23 times.
Of the 25 games in which he made an appearance, then, the average time on the pitch was just 17.5 minutes.
The single goal he scored in the League was away at Bradford in August 2018.
Goals per minute played = 1 goal per 5 match equivalents.
Victor also scored away at Oldham in the trophy many of us boycott (to deter the EFL from ruining the integrity of the lower league competitions).
From the show-reel, his goals for the Barnsley first team were close-range tap-ins, although he scored some spectacular goals for various development sides.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Jul 22, 2019 23:02:07 GMT
How often have we finished above them in the last hundred years i wonder? The straight answer is - very rarely. We did so in 2017 (10th versus 13th in the third tier). Before that it was 1991. Six times between 1973 and 1981. 1959. And four times in the 1920's (or five if you count 1920-21 when Charlton were in the Southern League). Click on the image to view it. Note that the graph treats a Div 3 South position pre-1959 equivalent to a Div 3 position post-1959 (ignoring clubs in Div 3 North). So the drop into Div 4 (and below) post-2000 is exaggerated.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Jul 18, 2019 12:01:39 GMT
12:00-ish BBC Radio Manchester tweeted:
It is understood that the CVA meeting proposed by #BuryFC has been adjourned for an hour as they try to strike a deal with one of the largest creditors, Mederco.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Jul 17, 2019 18:30:53 GMT
Attractions in Blackpool? After Rovers have gone there won't be a lot left. A poor version of the Eifel tower, some dodgy lights which probably don't have a safety certificate and a mile of golden sands for drunks to fight on every warm evening. See above.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Jul 17, 2019 18:30:15 GMT
GasMacc1, you've clearly lost the plot on this (and every) one. Anything and everything BRFC is sh*te. it's not that hard to get, is it now? Wise words, which I will ponder whilst taking Afternoon Tea at the Tower Ballroom, whizzing down the 18 slides in the Sandcastle Waterpark (UK's largest) and journeying through "1000 years of Lancashire's gruesome ... history" in the Blackpool Tower Dungeon.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Jul 17, 2019 10:51:32 GMT
The club is listening. From the OS: ... Changes made will also now enable season ticket holders to purchase tickets for away games online prior to the general sale window. Work is in progress in the background to add friends and family feature so supporters can purchase tickets in bulk together for away games when travelling as a group. Supporters who have existing accounts to use the online booking system will still be able to use the same email address and password to login enabling access to manage their account and purchase tickets on the new platform. OK - that's good. Especially for those of us who often don't know if we'll be able to go till quite late.
Moving to online tickets sales is sensible and clearly the way most events are going now. But not being able to buy them on the morning of the game while cutting back on provision for walkup sales was bad and counter-productive to the aim of encouraging more people to buy online. This way more of us will buy online and those who want to buy tickets at the ground on the day should see the queues go down somewhat.
I used the Rovers system yesterday morning to order two tickets for the away game at Blackpool. Twenty-four hours later they arrived here in Gasworks Lane, Macclesfield on my doormat, together with some complimentary fixture lists and a leaflet advertising attractions in Blackpool! P.S. I ordered an item from a global firm last Friday, being transported by a well-known courier; I'm still waiting for it to be delivered.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Jul 16, 2019 19:12:38 GMT
As far as I remember, not only did AMPG provide a link and cite the author, he also added value by highlighting (in bold blue text) the most relevant paragraphs. To me, that followed old-school etiquette, which would be appropriate in print media as well as on the internet.
The original author seemed to be more concerned about losing out on "clicks"...almost akin to demanding payment for providing unsolicited content.
I'm with AMPG on this!
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Post by GasMacc1 on Jul 14, 2019 7:42:30 GMT
From BBC Sport, 4 days ago: Link to BBC SPort article on Bury CVA planBury's creditors have asked for more time to consider a rescue plan to clear some of the League One club's debts.
Owner Steve Dale put forward a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) proposal in June which would see the club's football creditors paid in full.
Unsecured creditors, including HM Revenue and Customs, would be paid 25% of the money owed.
Creditors will now hold further negotiations before meeting on Thursday, 18 July.
If approved, the CVA would qualify as an insolvency event under English Football League rules, which would see Bury deducted points.
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