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I think that's just acts as some sort of truism for life in general.  
Every aspect of our world (including this forum to a degree) is full of old farts saying 'These youngsters just don't understand how things work' , when of course the truth is the youngsters are just seeing a better way to make things work.

Rovers seem to have an ageing support . I grew up on the Oldbury Court estate in Fishponds where, at a guess, I would say 90% + of people interested in football would class themselves as Rovers fans . I haven't lived in Fishponds for years but when I do go there, I regularly see City shirts  and the same in Kingswood. I live in Hanham now and it is definitely more of a City area as are most parts of Bristol.

If we could just find some way of getting more young people involved in the running of - I'll say a supporters club, but I think it needs to be a modern version of that- then we might be able to find some way of stopping Bristol becoming a one team city.

That reminds me of the only time I ever met him. I was involved with a boys football team and at the time Peter Aitken used to get such teams to appear on the pitch before the game have a tour of the stadium, meet the players type of thing.
During this tour , I heard a man who I now know to be Ken, ask our star striker (who was about 10 at the time) if he knew who he was. Our little goal machine who was more interested in joining the rest of the team for pre match chicken and chips didn't know but  Ken continued that he was  a director at the club and did he know what a director did.
I managed to rescue our man before he got a full on lecture about Ken's exalted position within the club, but I thought at the time it was a bit cringey.
That star striker of ours did go on to become a pro with Bristol City although I have no proof that the two incidents are connected

In the interests of balance a mate of mine who used  to travel to a lot of the games with the WSM branch of the supporters club , apparently Ken was pretty active with the branches outside of Bristol, attending meetings etc, and my mate spoke quite highly of him.

Just sent the pic to my Plymouth mate. Apparently the player in the background is Alan Welsh.

I did exactly the same thing- I hadn't noticed they were two different poster until I read your post!

Ah well, luckily I have enough time on my hands to go back and re- read the whole thread. Or I might not

It looks like Paul Mariner to me, who was at Plymouth around that time.

I went out of the front door for the first time in a week yesterday, we were out of bread. milk and butter , so I got that and a few other things (not booze btw) was it essential I got the milk and bread? I guess the government would say yes, but the fact is I could do without them. I have running water in my home and always have had a good stock of tinned foods plus 2 freezers, so I wouldn't starve for a while yet.
So really it's just a case of where do you draw the line and I assume alcohol deliveries are allowed to keep some sense of normality about the current weird situation.
Anyway, it's probably the wrong thread to start a debate on what is and isn't essential and I might start ranting on couples going shopping together often with children in tow!!

My gigs would be

The Clash at the Locarno when they had the Sikh Elvis impersonator supporting and the drummer from The Police walking round videoing everything (That was a strange night)

Madness at the Pavilion in Bath and we ended up in a row with local skinheads, got chased all round the place and ended up having to walk home to Bristol along the cycle path.

The Smiths, at some club in Bath which ended up being a REALLY strange night not suitable for family viewing.

The Damned (who I saw so many times) at their 10th anniversary gig in Finsbury Park.

AC/DC on the Back in Black tour at the Colston Hall as a star struck schoolboy.

Motorhead in Hammersmith , just for the memory of a mate falling asleep close to a speaker and missing the whole show.

Glastonbury early 80s must have been good. I was the only one of my mates who bought a ticket, everyone else just went over the fences and I have absolutely no memories of any of the bands so it must have been good! Although I was disappointed to find out later than Ian Dury was there, I thought he was brilliant and would love to have a memory of seeing him and the Blockheads.

ZZ Top in Cologne, catching the coach (which had no toilet) from London was an experience!

Another one that still makes me smile was the Psychedelic Furs at the Colston Hall, there used to be a bar at the back and we realised we could stay there drinking and still hear the band- so we did just that .

Well known bands used to play in all sorts of venues, as opposed to the arenas of today. Gloucester Leisure Centre, Gold Diggers in Chippenham. the Oasis in Swindon even Barton Hill youth club!

That is actually true though

The thing about Browning , was that he worked so hard, he did his 'some bloke' role, incredibly well. There is nothing wrong with being a workmanlike footballer btw.

Stewy was the best I have seen.

I think this will be the main problem for most.  I have been a ST holder for around 30 years ( I even bought one when I had use of a box for a year, just because I wanted to be an ST holder), but I changed jobs 3 years ago which meant a very large pay cut and now face a further , enforced, one from next month. Add the fact that the pensions I was about to cash out have pretty much been wiped out by the recent falls in the stock market, then buying a season ticket (which I normally end up giving away for 8 or 9 games) just isn't something I will consider at the moment.
I still want to get one and if this awful situation changes I hope I will be able to and a renewal deadline extension would probably help with that.

Mind you, if you offered me  the chance to watch just one more game and know that all of my friends would be there to have a beer and a moan with, then I'd snatch your hand off.