|
Post by peterhooper57 on Jul 16, 2019 19:28:03 GMT
The MEM is a ******* awful stadium, l have been to every ground in the EFL and ours is definitely in the bottom 5. With no training ground and a Chairman who does not give a ****: BRFC have no chance of keeping it’s better players, while attracting so called “marquee players” , unfortunate but true. The only premier League thing about Rovers are the magnificent supporters.
|
|
|
Post by blueridge on Jul 16, 2019 19:32:24 GMT
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! For the overwhelming minority - it's a blot on the landscape of Bristol and should be demolished !!!!
|
|
|
Post by Henbury Gas on Jul 16, 2019 19:34:46 GMT
The MEM is a ******* awful stadium, l have been to every ground in the EFL and ours is definitely in the bottom 5. With no training ground and a Chairman who does not give a ****: BRFC have no chance of keeping it’s better players, while attracting so called “marquee players” , unfortunate but true. The only premier League thing about Rovers are the magnificent supporters. Don't hold back tell us what you really feel
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2019 19:37:55 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. As far as supporters go, there's some truth in this. I'd much rather stand than sit down at football. But that doesn't take away the fact that to progress as a club, we need a shiny new stadium. Guess it depends what we want for the club.
|
|
|
Post by warehamgas on Jul 16, 2019 19:48:16 GMT
And one of the best views in football. Seriously! UTG! For the overwhelming minority - it's a blot on the landscape of Bristol and should be demolished !!!! .....in your opinion! 😉 UTG!
|
|
|
Post by rovers5charlton5 on Jul 16, 2019 22:14:05 GMT
Off on a tangent here, but has anyone seen how the new pitch is bedding in, will it be ready for the next pre season friendlies?
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2019 0:23:45 GMT
Off on a tangent here, but has anyone seen how the new pitch is bedding in, will it be ready for the next pre season friendlies? I've heard they've used the wrong seeds and had to start again so we'll be groundsharing with Shortwood Utd for the first 6 weeks of the season
Anyone confirm
|
|
|
Post by gasandelectricity on Jul 17, 2019 0:29:09 GMT
No I’ve heard the turf had a release clause which had been met by Wembley and Wael has sold it all off to the FA
|
|
|
Post by purdownpoacher1 on Jul 17, 2019 10:08:03 GMT
The MEM is a ******* awful stadium, l have been to every ground in the EFL and ours is definitely in the bottom 5. With no training ground and a Chairman who does not give a ****: BRFC have no chance of keeping it’s better players, while attracting so called “marquee players” , unfortunate but true. The only premier League thing about Rovers are the magnificent supporters. How right u are .. and no chance of anything changing anytime soon . Utg
|
|
|
Post by poorblue on Jul 17, 2019 10:33:37 GMT
The MEM is a ******* awful stadium, l have been to every ground in the EFL and ours is definitely in the bottom 5. With no training ground and a Chairman who does not give a ****: BRFC have no chance of keeping it’s better players, while attracting so called “marquee players” , unfortunate but true. The only premier League thing about Rovers are the magnificent supporters. How right u are .. and no chance of anything changing anytime soon . Utg What a strange statement you both make IMO. You either haven't been to every away ground as I have or have a hidden agenda to denigrate Rovers (Teds?) or are frustrated by what you perceive others have (but haven't actually) and you would like.
|
|
|
Post by poorblue on Jul 17, 2019 11:07:10 GMT
I started watching Rovers at Eastville. Great time there which went sour at the end as we were forced to leave what was the best site in Bristol of any football stadium. What if we still owned it now! We were forced out because we didn't own the site. Exiled for 10 years in Bath we crept back to Bristol as tenants of Bristol Rugby. So what did Geoff Dunford ever do for us? L3 Champions beating some other team to it. Promoted to tier 2 with an ex England manager. Every player from that squad went on to play in the top tier of English football. Has any other local team achieved that? Dunford then achieved the near impossible at that time and we now own a stadium. First time in my life that has been, you have to be in your late 70's to be able to say you saw rovers play on their own stadium prior to the Mem. What happened to Rovers is still happening now to other clubs regarding stadium ownership. Coventry in the mire. So who is at risk well see attached link and thank Dunford for his foresight and doggedness in his achievement. www.propertyweek.com/news-analysis/who-owns-premier-league-stadiums/5090883.article. Who knew that the likes of Man City, Newcastle Swansea Coventry Brighton Huddersfield Leicester etc to name a few didn't own their stadium. The image of York City new stadium posted on here as an example of others expectations leaves me cold i'm afraid I would rather the tents! Envy is not good for you it makes you angry and frustrated if you can't get what you think you and others want. Fans who IMO continually expect owners to throw money at infrastructure and players and then complain about the cost of tickets and pasties are not living in the real world and thankfully not the owners of Rovers. Money is the route of all evil and has cost Rovers dearly in the past like so many other clubs. When will financial reality return to English football.
|
|
|
Post by BelieveItWhenIAmSatInIt on Jul 17, 2019 13:01:57 GMT
I was once walking past the tip down on the Feeder (abacus) at approx 7.00pm one evening when I heard a bell ringing.. I looked into the tip and spotted a little kitten wondering around looking very distressed, after some 20 mins or so of beckoning I managed to get the kitten over to me and I grabbed him through the gap in the gate. Understandably the cat was in a real state, shaking and just not happy at all! I was eventually able to calm the cat down and just as I was starting to think about what on earth I was going to do with this poor cat that I had just rescued from the tip a car pulled up alongside me and out jumped a young child and her parents with looks of sheer joy on their faces.. It turned out that this family was having some work done at their house by some builders whom whilst clearing rubbish from site had completely accidentally managed to take the family cat to the dump (they think he must have jumped in when they were loading up unbeknown to them) . When the builders got to the tip and started to empty their load said cat sprung out of the back of the van and disappeared into the tip before they could do anything it and despite their best efforts they could not beckon the cat back out.... Alas, the builders returned to the property and had the horrible task of explaining to the distraught family that they had essentially skipped the beloved family pet! The family did what I guess anyone would do and jumped straight into their car armed only with a can of tuna and headed to the tip to try and beckon their cat out themselves probably more in desperation than expectation, but in their situation, what else could they really do? So imagine their sheer elation to pull up at the tip fearing the worst only to spot a complete stranger who had seemingly already rescued their cat and was petting him to keep him calm. The family explained all of the above to me and thanked me profusely as you would imagine, we had a quick chat and then went on our own ways with one of us beaming with joy at the miraculous survival of their beloved family cat and me feeling pretty darn chuffed with myself and the good deed I had done. It is a story that will live with me for the rest of my days and the point of this story in this context? Even in an actual stinking, rodent infested dump you can still create lovely memories. Just because our stadium is a sh**hole it doesn't mean that we haven't been able to create fantastic memories that we will all hold forever, but please do not allow that sentiment to cloud the fact that our stadium is a dilapidated mess that is holding us back probably more than any of us appreciate. Dam it! At the start of the thread i let myself believe it would end with you saying you saw land surveyors with Rovers badges on their lapels! Dam you blind hope! Dam you! Funny you should say that, I was told by a friend last night that he had heard from a pretty reliable source that we have in fact purchased land at the Fruit Market. My mate who told me said that Wael himself was at the fruit market a few weeks ago with a large consortium of suits walking the site. The person who told my friend (my friends Dad) and claimed that when Wael was asked about the reasoning for his visit he had said that the club were 'exploring the idea' of purchasing land at the market and asked all he spoke to if they would kindly refrain from spreading the news of his visit. Interestingly my friend had absolutely no idea of the huge rumour of said deal that did the rounds on here a few weeks ago.. I also have absolutely no reason think he is BSing as he just is not the type to do so. I am only passing on what I was told, please do feel free to take the info with a pinch of salt if you wish, but just don't shoot the messenger!
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2019 16:34:02 GMT
Noooooooooooooo!
|
|
|
Post by Antonio Fargas on Jul 17, 2019 18:28:37 GMT
The person who told my friend (my friends Dad) and claimed that when Wael was asked about the reasoning for his visit he had said that the club were 'exploring the idea' of purchasing land at the market and asked all he spoke to if they would kindly refrain from spreading the news of his visit. Maybe he should have asked Wael what refrain meant, or looked it up.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2019 18:35:06 GMT
I started watching Rovers at Eastville. Great time there which went sour at the end as we were forced to leave what was the best site in Bristol of any football stadium. What if we still owned it now! We were forced out because we didn't own the site. Exiled for 10 years in Bath we crept back to Bristol as tenants of Bristol Rugby. So what did Geoff Dunford ever do for us? L3 Champions beating some other team to it. Promoted to tier 2 with an ex England manager. Every player from that squad went on to play in the top tier of English football. Has any other local team achieved that? Dunford then achieved the near impossible at that time and we now own a stadium. First time in my life that has been, you have to be in your late 70's to be able to say you saw rovers play on their own stadium prior to the Mem. What happened to Rovers is still happening now to other clubs regarding stadium ownership. Coventry in the mire. So who is at risk well see attached link and thank Dunford for his foresight and doggedness in his achievement. www.propertyweek.com/news-analysis/who-owns-premier-league-stadiums/5090883.article. Who knew that the likes of Man City, Newcastle Swansea Coventry Brighton Huddersfield Leicester etc to name a few didn't own their stadium. The image of York City new stadium posted on here as an example of others expectations leaves me cold i'm afraid I would rather the tents! Envy is not good for you it makes you angry and frustrated if you can't get what you think you and others want. Fans who IMO continually expect owners to throw money at infrastructure and players and then complain about the cost of tickets and pasties are not living in the real world and thankfully not the owners of Rovers. Money is the route of all evil and has cost Rovers dearly in the past like so many other clubs. When will financial reality return to English football. Every player from what squad went on to play in the top flight, certainly not Gerry Francis squad. Phil Purnell, Vaughn Jones, Boris, Billy Clarke, Parkin, Saunders, Reece, Nixon to name a few that didn't.
|
|
|
Post by purdownpoacher1 on Jul 17, 2019 18:48:25 GMT
How right u are .. and no chance of anything changing anytime soon . Utg What a strange statement you both make IMO. You either haven't been to every away ground as I have or have a hidden agenda to denigrate Rovers (Teds?) or are frustrated by what you perceive others have (but haven't actually) and you would like. I am not a ‘ted’ . As u put it . And I don’t particularly want a new out of town sterile stadium .. however I do not like the mem and have no affection for it whatsoever. Nor am I fan of the al quadi’s, I personally agree with peterhooper57.100%. Utg
|
|
|
Post by poorblue on Jul 17, 2019 21:00:23 GMT
I started watching Rovers at Eastville. Great time there which went sour at the end as we were forced to leave what was the best site in Bristol of any football stadium. What if we still owned it now! We were forced out because we didn't own the site. Exiled for 10 years in Bath we crept back to Bristol as tenants of Bristol Rugby. So what did Geoff Dunford ever do for us? L3 Champions beating some other team to it. Promoted to tier 2 with an ex England manager. Every player from that squad went on to play in the top tier of English football. Has any other local team achieved that? Dunford then achieved the near impossible at that time and we now own a stadium. First time in my life that has been, you have to be in your late 70's to be able to say you saw rovers play on their own stadium prior to the Mem. What happened to Rovers is still happening now to other clubs regarding stadium ownership. Coventry in the mire. So who is at risk well see attached link and thank Dunford for his foresight and doggedness in his achievement. www.propertyweek.com/news-analysis/who-owns-premier-league-stadiums/5090883.article. Who knew that the likes of Man City, Newcastle Swansea Coventry Brighton Huddersfield Leicester etc to name a few didn't own their stadium. The image of York City new stadium posted on here as an example of others expectations leaves me cold i'm afraid I would rather the tents! Envy is not good for you it makes you angry and frustrated if you can't get what you think you and others want. Fans who IMO continually expect owners to throw money at infrastructure and players and then complain about the cost of tickets and pasties are not living in the real world and thankfully not the owners of Rovers. Money is the route of all evil and has cost Rovers dearly in the past like so many other clubs. When will financial reality return to English football. Every player from what squad went on to play in the top flight, certainly not Gerry Francis squad. Phil Purnell, Vaughn Jones, Boris, Billy Clarke, Parkin, Saunders, Reece, Nixon to name a few that didn't. The point I was trying to make was that a complete balanced team of a to be Premier squad had played for Rovers at Twerton. If only we could have kept them altogether. Nigel Martyn, Tim Cater, keepers John Scales, Nicky Tanner Richard Dryden defenders Ian Holloway, Gary Penrice Devon White midfielders Marcus Stewart, Gareth Taylor, Bob turner Strikers. Can't wait for all the whingers to say they were all crap
|
|
|
Post by rex on Jul 17, 2019 21:13:55 GMT
Every player from what squad went on to play in the top flight, certainly not Gerry Francis squad. Phil Purnell, Vaughn Jones, Boris, Billy Clarke, Parkin, Saunders, Reece, Nixon to name a few that didn't. The point I was trying to make was that a complete balanced team of a to be Premier squad had played for Rovers at Twerton. If only we could have kept them altogether. Nigel Martyn, Tim Cater, keepers John Scales, Nicky Tanner Richard Dryden defenders Ian Holloway, Gary Penrice Devon White midfielders Marcus Stewart, Gareth Taylor, Bob turner Strikers. Can't wait for all the whingers to say they were all crap You do seem to be saying in your original post that all of the 89/90 squad went onto to play Premiership football though, which of course they didn't. Just to be pedantic, I assume you meant ex England player not manager
|
|
|
Post by spiess1 on Jul 17, 2019 21:26:28 GMT
Ah that wily old midfield schemer, Devon White. Who can forget his silky probing through balls to the forwards?
|
|
|
Post by amgas on Jul 17, 2019 21:41:13 GMT
Agree 100% view is spot on. In all honesty it is not the east stand that is the problem, other than the fact it does not extend the length of the pitch ( and the state of the toilets ) the stand is fine. The refurbished bar is as good as anywhere, the club shop is a big improvement and the hospitality area is functional.
Best improvements would be a new south stand, build something like the 5000 seater we had plans for on the Blackthorn end and extend the west stand to run the whole length of the pitch and it would be a decent stadium. After this worry about the east, although if you could extend it full length of the pitch you might avoid knocking it down ......
|
|