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Post by gasheadontour on Jul 28, 2019 15:51:44 GMT
If I remember rightly Rovers received a small sum of money to leave Eastville before the lease had expired. I wonder if it might have been better to stay at Eastville for as long as possible. Flook and Bradshaw sold out our rights that we had acquired as tenants for about 280k I think and then took a short term tenancy. Dunfords took over with a year of that tenancy still to run and moved us to Bath. Maybe Flook and Bradshaw should have fought for a better outcome I don’t know. We’ve always been the victim of short termism whoever has been running the show but there is little doubt that we would have had the potential to achieve a lot more and have a very decent ground had it not been for the 1940 decision. I think the ground was sold to the Greyhound co by the chairman without consent of the Board .
If I remember rightly the stadium company were willing to offer Rovers a new tenancy agreement but it would have been a higher cost than at Twerton. Rovers left Eastville a year earlier than they had to do so. I think the club should have stayed at Eastville for as long as possible to give as much time as possible to find a solution.
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Post by CheshireGas on Jul 28, 2019 17:42:04 GMT
We sold it for £10,000 at a time when you could but a packet of Woodbines for 3d Just checked on an inflation calculator and £10,000 in 1940 is the equivalent to £599,472.89 today... Not much eh?
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Post by althepirate on Jul 28, 2019 19:03:00 GMT
We sold it for £10,000 at a time when you could but a packet of Woodbines for 3d Just checked on an inflation calculator and £10,000 in 1940 is the equivalent to £599,472.89 today... Not much eh? No especially as the Stadium Co sold it for 19 million to Ikea.
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Post by althepirate on Jul 28, 2019 19:10:53 GMT
Flook and Bradshaw sold out our rights that we had acquired as tenants for about 280k I think and then took a short term tenancy. Dunfords took over with a year of that tenancy still to run and moved us to Bath. Maybe Flook and Bradshaw should have fought for a better outcome I don’t know. We’ve always been the victim of short termism whoever has been running the show but there is little doubt that we would have had the potential to achieve a lot more and have a very decent ground had it not been for the 1940 decision. I think the ground was sold to the Greyhound co by the chairman without consent of the Board .
If I remember rightly the stadium company were willing to offer Rovers a new tenancy agreement but it would have been a higher cost than at Twerton. Rovers left Eastville a year earlier than they had to do so. I think the club should have stayed at Eastville for as long as possible to give as much time as possible to find a solution.
The Stadium Co didn't want us there anymore and upped our rent on the new contract. Apparently we were already behind with our rent and because Eastville market was on the land it was easier to change the land usage from sports to retail. Without Rovers there they were able to sell the whole stadium for a huge profit as retail and as I said above for 19 million.
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Post by oldgas on Jul 28, 2019 20:14:10 GMT
If I remember rightly the stadium company were willing to offer Rovers a new tenancy agreement but it would have been a higher cost than at Twerton. Rovers left Eastville a year earlier than they had to do so. I think the club should have stayed at Eastville for as long as possible to give as much time as possible to find a solution.
The Stadium Co didn't want us there anymore and upped our rent on the new contract. Apparently we were already behind with our rent and because Eastville market was on the land it was easier to change the land usage from sports to retail. Without Rovers there they were able to sell the whole stadium for a huge profit as retail and as I said above for 19 million. You're quite right they didn't want us there. They so didn't want us there that they burned down the f@cking stand!
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Post by althepirate on Jul 28, 2019 20:23:58 GMT
The Stadium Co didn't want us there anymore and upped our rent on the new contract. Apparently we were already behind with our rent and because Eastville market was on the land it was easier to change the land usage from sports to retail. Without Rovers there they were able to sell the whole stadium for a huge profit as retail and as I said above for 19 million. You're quite right they didn't want us there. They so didn't want us there that they burned down the f@cking stand! The official reason was that it was a mouse that chewed through an electric cable. No joke.
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Post by justin blue on Jul 28, 2019 21:13:15 GMT
We sold it for £10,000 at a time when you could but a packet of Woodbines for 3d Just checked on an inflation calculator and £10,000 in 1940 is the equivalent to £599,472.89 today... Not much eh? Just to split hairs Eastville was sold for £12,000 at the time Rovers were in a desperate financial situation and they had already agreed in 1932 to give first option to buy to the Greyhound company for a sum no more than £13,000. There was even a board of trade enquiry into the dealings between Rovers and the Greyhound company. I think the whole sorry saga is best forgotten as agonizing over what might have been just makes me depressed. As for leaving Eastville I still think it was the best thing that happened to us, we thrived at Twerton and were eventually able to purchase the Mem. It may have been a bumpy ride since and I'm sure it will be in the future, but we are starting our fourth season in League One and although we might not be in the greatest shape there are plenty in worst. At the end of the day whatever has happened in the past we are still here and while we are there is always hope.
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Post by aghast on Jul 28, 2019 22:44:08 GMT
As I recall, the Concorde cinema at the entrance used to show Swedish films. I was too young to be allowed in to see them, but I suppose they must have been about IKEA.
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Post by Gasshole on Jul 28, 2019 23:22:58 GMT
You're quite right they didn't want us there. They so didn't want us there that they burned down the f@cking stand! The official reason was that it was a mouse that chewed through an electric cable. No joke. A mouse FFS. All these years I ‘ve hated those red tw@ts and it was a feckin rodent. We should apologise to those cnunts right now.
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Jul 28, 2019 23:38:56 GMT
In that pic the near goal is about the same distance as the half way line from the back of the Thatchers.
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Post by althepirate on Jul 29, 2019 1:55:02 GMT
As I recall, the Concorde cinema at the entrance used to show Swedish films. I was too young to be allowed in to see them, but I suppose they must have been about IKEA. Yes that's right. They were about suppository furniture, you put it up yourself.
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Post by althepirate on Jul 29, 2019 1:56:38 GMT
The official reason was that it was a mouse that chewed through an electric cable. No joke. A mouse FFS. All these years I ‘ve hated those red tw@ts and it was a feckin rodent. We should apologise to those cnunts right now. Are you thinking of the Twerton stand? Don't worry you can still hate them.
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Post by bradfordmeyerbiggs on Jul 29, 2019 12:37:44 GMT
Ah, the flower beds!
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Post by EssoBlue on Jul 29, 2019 20:02:02 GMT
Flower beds and pitch invasions - oh the joys of being an Eastville ball boy in the 70's!!
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Post by aghast on Jul 29, 2019 22:30:27 GMT
And let's never forget Oscar the programme seller.
Last I heard he was in sheltered housing, not in the best of health, sadly.
He was a real character walking around the pitch, and much loved by all.
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Post by brads213 on Jul 30, 2019 16:52:07 GMT
And let's never forget Oscar the programme seller. Last I heard he was in sheltered housing, not in the best of health, sadly. He was a real character walking around the pitch, and much loved by all. Now Oscar is a gas legend
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2019 17:05:22 GMT
And let's never forget Oscar the programme seller. Last I heard he was in sheltered housing, not in the best of health, sadly. He was a real character walking around the pitch, and much loved by all. Must be well into his seventies now, a real character seen home and away.
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Post by Gashead73 on Jul 31, 2019 0:43:25 GMT
We all have memories of Eastville, it's sh** I know but it's ancient history now guys. I loved the place but it's the past, let's remember everything but let's move on hey!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2019 1:13:30 GMT
My childhood memories of eastville mainly focused on the league cup runs of the early 1970's when i went with my dad and stood right at the front in the north enclosure. Amazing atmospheric floodlit nights against mighty opponents newcastle utd,norwich city,sunderland,birmigham city,andy locheads aston villa and the slick one touch passing marvel that stoke city were at that time. Bill dodgin was the manager and later i got to know ex rovers player dave stone very well and would ask him all about bill,harold jarman and bobby jones. As a kid anything and everything seemed possible but sadly thats not really true in football or society in the main. Bobby jones and ray graydon were so bloody fast but didnt really seem to know what or where they were going but they were good to watch.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2019 6:55:19 GMT
As I recall, the Concorde cinema at the entrance used to show Swedish films. I was too young to be allowed in to see them, but I suppose they must have been about IKEA. I can recall when the cinema was called His Majesty's, can't remember when the name changed.
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