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Post by Dirt Dogg on Jul 16, 2019 13:24:55 GMT
Do people still have a competition in the bogs at half time? Who can water highest up the walls? I was king at that. That’s only for the amateurs, the real challenge is who can turd highest up the walls.
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Post by gasheadontour on Jul 16, 2019 13:45:37 GMT
As far as traston hate goes it's not just a football stadium it's a arena for all things sport and entertainment Plus conferencing. Which is what we need to aim for and exceed as just having a new stadium at the Mem won’t be sustainable, and we will never be able to do those things at a redeveloped Mem. Regards whatever York are doing? Whatever Southend are doing? Luton? Wimbledon? It’s still plans and they have been in the pipeline sometimes for almost as long as we have been trying to improve our facilities. The York stadium is currently under construction.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2019 13:46:41 GMT
Do people still have a competition in the bogs at half time? Who can water highest up the walls? I was king at that. That’s only for the amateurs, the real challenge is who can turd highest up the walls. Does Robert Wadlow still hold the world record?
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Post by Marshy on Jul 16, 2019 13:50:13 GMT
Do people still have a competition in the bogs at half time? Who can water highest up the walls? I was king at that. That’s only for the amateurs, the real challenge is who can turd highest up the walls. You’ve heard of the bloo loo right? Well, take the top off the cistern have a crap in there put the lid back on and you’ve got the new brown loo. I do this in Sainsbury’s every time I go in there.
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Post by Henbury Gas on Jul 16, 2019 14:21:17 GMT
The rugby club were already owned by Pantsdown, so it was obvious they would be moving to BS3. Many of their fans initially boycotted games; indeed some friends of mine only reluctantly attend these days.
They're attendances of course doubled they have been in the rugby premiership twice since he pumped his millions into them, he developed his "EGO" project to accommodate them.
I like the Mem; it needs massive work on the infrastructure as Henbury said but can be intimidating to opposition teams on a good day/night when the crowd get behind the team. Oxford have a better stadium than us & their atmosphere is sh*te.
Be careful what you wish for - UTG
As seems increasingly likely that we're going to be stuck at the Mem for the next 5-10 years (which will probably see me out) I feel a starter would be to demolish the eyesore Dribuild (or whatever they call it now) and replace with a semi - permanent covered stand covering the whole length of the east side of the ground. It would probably accomodate the best part of 2200 people (150 x 15 rows) and generate enough income over 3/4 years to pay for it. Just means a capital outlay (or even rent maybe) of £2 million or so - these structures are available. Interesting concept, but can you answer me one thing please ? Why would you demolish one of the few facilities that provide us with some week day income from the function room ?. How whould you replace that income and how would you provide the pre match meals for the paying punter which is always full and sold out ?
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Post by philbemmygas on Jul 16, 2019 14:24:40 GMT
As seems increasingly likely that we're going to be stuck at the Mem for the next 5-10 years (which will probably see me out) I feel a starter would be to demolish the eyesore Dribuild (or whatever they call it now) and replace with a semi - permanent covered stand covering the whole length of the east side of the ground. It would probably accomodate the best part of 2200 people (150 x 15 rows) and generate enough income over 3/4 years to pay for it. Just means a capital outlay (or even rent maybe) of £2 million or so - these structures are available. Interesting concept, but can you answer me one thing please ? Why would you demolish one of the few facilities that provide us with some week day income from the function room ?. How whould you replace that income and how would you provide the pre match meals for the paying punter which is always full and sold out ? Echo's my post old chap; might get over with my desktop this Friday
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Post by Henbury Gas on Jul 16, 2019 14:33:47 GMT
Interesting concept, but can you answer me one thing please ? Why would you demolish one of the few facilities that provide us with some week day income from the function room ?. How whould you replace that income and how would you provide the pre match meals for the paying punter which is always full and sold out ? Echo's my post old chap; might get over with my desktop this Friday Quite happy to give it either the last rights or a dam good service !
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Post by Marshy on Jul 16, 2019 14:46:48 GMT
Echo's my post old chap; might get over with my desktop this Friday Quite happy to give it either the last rights or a dam good service ! I bet you say that to all the women?
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Post by tomylil on Jul 16, 2019 14:49:37 GMT
Whilst I respect other fans opinions I do wonder why IMO it is sometimes overstated in rather strong language the state of The Mem. This crops up everywhere on different threads coming from all angles on many diverse matters. On the matter of players who would not sign for Rovers (20 year old Irish college player Liam Scales the latest) based on "poor crap disgusting vile" etc comments as a description of facilities I make the following comments Eastville Stadium following South stand fire and greatly reduce capacity. Training ground Eastville Park? and Hambrook Terry Cooper ex England full back signs as player and later becomes Rovers manager. Alan Ball ex England midfielder and World Cup winner signs as player Mike Channon ex England striker signs as a player. Different class but same point Booby Gould ex 1st (premier) division striker signs as player and then as manager Etc Bath City Ground (Lovely antiquated family ground!) training ground based in a portacabin on a flood plain at Fry's Gerry Francis ex England midfielder signs as player then becomes manager. Gets Rover promoted to 2nd (championship) Carl Saunders Championship striker signs as player. Kenny Hibbitt ex England U23 signs as player Memorial Ground (Stadium) rented uncovered undeveloped ground becomes owned and better covered over time. Training grounds The Beeches, Clifton Rugby Club Vitalijs Astafjevs Current midfield Latvian international Mark Walters ex England wide midfielder signs as player Jermaine Easter ex Welsh international and Premiership signs as a player As the facilities didn't appear to put those above players off why would the likes of Liam Scales be quoted (without ITK) as he wouldn't sign for rovers because of current facilities? Talking about totally different generations of footballer thought aren't you ?
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Post by tomylil on Jul 16, 2019 14:54:23 GMT
I think people sometimes get carried away with the character of the ground ie tents, weird shaped stands etc. The condition of the interior isn’t as bad as we make out. I certainly remember going to The County ground for a soaking a few seasons back and whilst the ground is more conventional and there is the odd decent stand I certainly left thinking it was all a bit of a sh** hole. Granted, they’re not in the league any more but going to York I was afraid of touching anything in case I left needing a tetanus jab. I’m lead to believe Kenilworth Road is similar. Roots Hall wasn’t pretty. Yes it needs flattening and yes it’s down there with some of the worst but surely the Mem is up together compared to those few examples even if the stands are a bit odd? The poster made a good point as well that this won’t nexessarily stop players wanting to play for us as it gives our heritage and identity a disservice. They’re draws for the right player (those we want signing for us) Luton will soon be getting a new 23,000-capacity stadium, Southend have plans for a 21,000-capacity stadium and Swindon recently purchased the County Ground for £2.5mil in the hope of improving it (probably not tents or like that embarassing eyesore of a 'stand' we have for families). Lets be honest. If a player had the option of going to either Rovers or a comparable club in terms of league position for the same wages (remember its pricier to live here than most places) and the other club had a far better stadium and training facilities they would be stupid to come to Rovers over the other club surely ?
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Post by tomylil on Jul 16, 2019 14:57:47 GMT
I love the location of the mem.. but it just doesn’t feel like a football ground to me . Will always ‘ spiritually ‘ belong to Bristol rugby club utg Then why did the rugby club abandon it to play at Trashton? They’re supporters hardly kicked up any fuss when it happened. They went where they were told by Lansdown and thats the best thing that ever happened to them to be fair. Also remember a big proportion of them hate the Rovers for what they see as ground stealing and general shafting .
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Post by Westy on Jul 16, 2019 15:03:33 GMT
The rugby club were already owned by Pantsdown, so it was obvious they would be moving to BS3. Many of their fans initially boycotted games; indeed some friends of mine only reluctantly attend these days.
They're attendances of course doubled they have been in the rugby premiership twice since he pumped his millions into them, he developed his "EGO" project to accommodate them.
I like the Mem; it needs massive work on the infrastructure as Henbury said but can be intimidating to opposition teams on a good day/night when the crowd get behind the team. Oxford have a better stadium than us & their atmosphere is sh*te.
Be careful what you wish for - UTG
As seems increasingly likely that we're going to be stuck at the Mem for the next 5-10 years (which will probably see me out) I feel a starter would be to demolish the eyesore Dribuild (or whatever they call it now) and replace with a semi - permanent covered stand covering the whole length of the east side of the ground. It would probably accomodate the best part of 2200 people (150 x 15 rows) and generate enough income over 3/4 years to pay for it. Just means a capital outlay (or even rent maybe) of £2 million or so - these structures are available. Almost gets my hopes up to have a new stadium in 10 years then lol!
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Post by keygas on Jul 16, 2019 15:11:13 GMT
Over the last 18 months I have spoken to at least 3 fans who moved to Bristol with their jobs, none of them had any alleagence to either of the 2 Bristol clubs but as football fans visited both grounds. Whist they said Ashton gate was premier league standard they all preferred the match day experience & atmosphere at the Mem , one of them even now travels on the supporters club away coaches , so perhaps state of the art stadiums aren’t everyone’s cup of tea.
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Post by Dirt Dogg on Jul 16, 2019 15:16:18 GMT
Then why did the rugby club abandon it to play at Trashton? They’re supporters hardly kicked up any fuss when it happened. They went where they were told by Lansdown and thats the best thing that ever happened to them to be fair. Also remember a big proportion of them hate the Rovers for what they see as ground stealing and general shafting . Ground stealing? If it wasn’t for us they’d have gone into the liquidation and the Mem would now be a housing estate.
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Post by tomylil on Jul 16, 2019 15:56:12 GMT
They went where they were told by Lansdown and thats the best thing that ever happened to them to be fair. Also remember a big proportion of them hate the Rovers for what they see as ground stealing and general shafting . Ground stealing? If it wasn’t for us they’d have gone into the liquidation and the Mem would now be a housing estate. That's the view of plenty I know though, bringing into question the involvement of Mr Holmes . Water under the bridge now but having watched the rugby plenty over the years the only fans I knew about who didn't want to go south of the cut were gas.
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Post by tomylil on Jul 16, 2019 16:00:06 GMT
Over the last 18 months I have spoken to at least 3 fans who moved to Bristol with their jobs, none of them had any alleagence to either of the 2 Bristol clubs but as football fans visited both grounds. Whist they said Ashton gate was premier league standard they all preferred the match day experience & atmosphere at the Mem , one of them even now travels on the supporters club away coaches , so perhaps state of the art stadiums aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. Did they say who they supported before moving here ? I would imagine coughing up £35 to watch that lot would put most people off if used to lower or non league stuff. Watched the rugby there and a fine stadium now but sterile, so probably appeals to a different demographic of new fans
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Post by justin blue on Jul 16, 2019 16:30:13 GMT
Over the last 18 months I have spoken to at least 3 fans who moved to Bristol with their jobs, none of them had any alleagence to either of the 2 Bristol clubs but as football fans visited both grounds. Whist they said Ashton gate was premier league standard they all preferred the match day experience & atmosphere at the Mem , one of them even now travels on the supporters club away coaches , so perhaps state of the art stadiums aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. I can see how that could happen. A huge monolithic like stadium is great to visit on an away day with loads of fellow fans, but if you are on your own could be intimidating. Whereas a cosy little stadium might be less so. Also with terracing you can move about and find somewhere where you feel comfortable. Nice stadiums and facilities are great, but there is more to enjoying a game of football than that.
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Post by aghast on Jul 16, 2019 17:58:58 GMT
Over the last 18 months I have spoken to at least 3 fans who moved to Bristol with their jobs, none of them had any alleagence to either of the 2 Bristol clubs but as football fans visited both grounds. Whist they said Ashton gate was premier league standard they all preferred the match day experience & atmosphere at the Mem , one of them even now travels on the supporters club away coaches , so perhaps state of the art stadiums aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. They all say that, and it's very nice when they come and visit our quaint little stadium and praise it. But not a single one of them would want it as a home ground. They'd choose Trashton every single time. I don't want us to be a stopping off point on an English Heritage coach tour.
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 16, 2019 18:34:32 GMT
York are currently building a new stadium. It is being funded by their local council.
Just imagine having a half decent, modern stand like that rather than some tents, aren’t York in the Conference North now? Looks tidy. Swansea, York, Reading, Chesterfield, Cardiff, Oxford have had new grounds. Some of these clubs and others have had support financially from their local councils and good luck to them. But they are all one-club-towns/cities and I doubt many clubs in a two-club city would get any financial help for obvious reason. I know it’s not the whole reason but neither does it help. And I’d rather be at the Mem and in League 1 than have the above and be in National North! 😉 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 16, 2019 18:43:01 GMT
As seems increasingly likely that we're going to be stuck at the Mem for the next 5-10 years (which will probably see me out) I feel a starter would be to demolish the eyesore Dribuild (or whatever they call it now) and replace with a semi - permanent covered stand covering the whole length of the east side of the ground. It would probably accomodate the best part of 2200 people (150 x 15 rows) and generate enough income over 3/4 years to pay for it. Just means a capital outlay (or even rent maybe) of £2 million or so - these structures are available. The (East Stand) eyesore as you call it is where hospitality is currently housed; and from where I sit gives some of the best views of the pitch in the ground. You would like to replace it with a semi-permanent structure. Where would hospitality, clubshop and Butcombe bar be relocated to, also the loss of terraced places would decrease not increase capacity? Not decrying your idea; but another tent style stand is not what we need in my opinion And one of the best views in football. Seriously! UTG!
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