jaxx
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Post by jaxx on Dec 21, 2020 9:15:06 GMT
Hi Fellow Gasheads....
Thought I would introduce myself....
Benn following Rovers all over the country since 1990....I was at Twerton Park when we beat City 3-0....a great day and great memories....
Would have loved to have been in the Tote at Eastville but sadly too young....
Favourite Managers...Francis, Holloway, Allison and the legend that is Darrell Clarke....
Favourite players....The Latvian, Mark Walters,Holloway,Penrice,Parkin,Mauge,Big Devon White,Cureton,Bodin,Hoskins,Agogo,Hayles,Tillson,Roberts and many more....
I have observed the forum as a guest for a long time....years in fact...
But with COVID19 playing a fundamental detrimental effect on most of us, I thought I would join the Gaschat community to allow me to speak with fellow gasheads and get some much needed contact, around my biggest passion...Bristol Rovers Football Club....
And to reiterate a very early post of mine....Big Jock is my hero....and in time I am sure many mire of you will be also.
Happy Christmas one and all
Stay well
UTG
J
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Post by gashead1981 on Dec 21, 2020 9:24:17 GMT
Welcome Jaxx...
Big Jock is a hero to all of us....!!
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Post by Gasshole on Dec 21, 2020 10:09:37 GMT
Hi Fellow Gasheads.... Thought I would introduce myself.... Benn following Rovers all over the country since 1990....I was at Twerton Park when we beat City 3-0....a great day and great memories.... Would have loved to have been in the Tote at Eastville but sadly too young.... Favourite Managers...Francis, Holloway, Allison and the legend that is Darrell Clarke.... Favourite players....The Latvian, Mark Walters,Holloway,Penrice,Parkin,Mauge,Big Devon White,Cureton,Bodin,Hoskins,Agogo,Hayles,Tillson,Roberts and many more.... I have observed the forum as a guest for a long time....years in fact... But with COVID19 playing a fundamental detrimental effect on most of us, I thought I would join the Gaschat community to allow me to speak with fellow gasheads and get some much needed contact, around my biggest passion...Bristol Rovers Football Club.... And to reiterate a very early post of mine....Big Jock is my hero....and in time I am sure many mire of you will be also. Happy Christmas one and all Stay well UTG J Welcome J ( long time listener first time caller ) 2 Forum rules - You’ll need circa 5000 posts before you’re eligible to start a Match Day thread. Attack the Post , not the c##t that wrote it.
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Post by Marshy on Dec 21, 2020 10:15:15 GMT
Hi Fellow Gasheads.... Thought I would introduce myself.... Benn following Rovers all over the country since 1990....I was at Twerton Park when we beat City 3-0....a great day and great memories.... Would have loved to have been in the Tote at Eastville but sadly too young.... Favourite Managers...Francis, Holloway, Allison and the legend that is Darrell Clarke.... Favourite players....The Latvian, Mark Walters,Holloway,Penrice,Parkin,Mauge,Big Devon White,Cureton,Bodin,Hoskins,Agogo,Hayles,Tillson,Roberts and many more.... I have observed the forum as a guest for a long time....years in fact... But with COVID19 playing a fundamental detrimental effect on most of us, I thought I would join the Gaschat community to allow me to speak with fellow gasheads and get some much needed contact, around my biggest passion...Bristol Rovers Football Club.... And to reiterate a very early post of mine....Big Jock is my hero....and in time I am sure many mire of you will be also. Happy Christmas one and all Stay well UTG J Forgive him o’lord, he know not what he does. 😁 Welcome Jaxx, watch out for the proposition from Bolders he does it to all the fresh meat!
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Post by warehamgas on Dec 21, 2020 10:16:23 GMT
Welcome. UTG!
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Post by Colyton Gas on Dec 21, 2020 10:23:28 GMT
Welcome young man.Would buy you a beer in Stafford tonight but we are in tier three sadly.I have been a Rovers addict for many many years.The match you refer to and also the Conference.Emotions in the extreme.Yes the Latvian was a class apart. Big Jock's pictures when we score are not quite up to his previous standards but I remain forever hopeful even at 75!!!!! P.S.Do make friends with GGMI.He is very special.
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Post by simonj on Dec 21, 2020 10:36:39 GMT
Every time someone mentions the Tote I feel strangely more emotional than ever (Covid is having all sorts of effects on people). What I would give to re-live just one of those days, any time the crowd was 10K+ the atmos was extraordinary. Most weeks a few away fans in, and being a young'un at the time, it was scary but exciting (not condoning a return to the violence btw).
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Post by gasandelectricity on Dec 21, 2020 11:24:32 GMT
Welcome Jaxx. Remember that anything written on here five times is equivalent to fact.
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Post by WeAreTheGas on Dec 21, 2020 11:51:32 GMT
Welcome Jaxx - great to have you on here.
UTG
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Post by wider on Dec 21, 2020 12:33:47 GMT
Welcome Jaxx Like you I ‘lurked’ for a long time before joining a few years back. I’m still ‘youth team’ as I don’t post a lot (and I’m old enough to like being called youth 😀). However, I’ve spent a lot more time on the forum since the pandemic struck - and it has helped to know others feel the passion for Rovers. I’m old enough that I grew up at Eastville South Enclosure talking about Rovers or Pirates - the term Gas came later (but I am undoubtedly a Gashead these days). I felt the loss of Eastville so strongly that even though I moved to Bath in 1981 I refused to attend Twerton - we are Bristol Rovers not Bath Rovers was my justification. I used my season ticket money to join the Share Scheme and was delighted to notice my name on a plaque in the bar at The Mem years later as an original share scheme member. Missed out on some great matches but I did get to some away grounds I probably wouldn’t have done. Don’t let people misunderstanding you put you off - some seem to do it on purpose but I expect you’ve noticed. Also how some people never take time to look back a few posts to check what’s been said already or to try and see if what they’re reading is rumour or truth. A recent less controversial example being how many Season Ticket Holders do we have. One poster says 1,500 as apparent fact, then we have various comments about how it’s more than that - 2k, 3k, 3.5k, 6k! Etc.. Despite Commercial Director (and now full board member) Tom Gorringe stating it’s 3,500 the speculation continued for quite a while. Luckily the correct figure probably was posted 5 times before any other so the correct figure became ‘fact’. Yes, as you have probably seen, it really does work like that one here. It’s part of the charm.
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Post by lympstonegas on Dec 21, 2020 12:36:39 GMT
Omg do you really know what you have now let yourself in for !! I’m surprised you’ve not been accused of being a shithead bringing up that famous victory and lulling everyone in a sense of nostalgia re the Tote end in your opening post. Didn’t you know BCFC took it every time we played them at Eastville lol. Welcome aboard !!
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Post by wider on Dec 21, 2020 12:39:01 GMT
ON here! Blimmin predictive text! Oh and I was lucky enough to get to the Tote End (and North Enclosure plus Muller Road End - never got to sit in any Stand though! Money eh?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2020 12:50:16 GMT
Hi Fellow Gasheads.... Thought I would introduce myself.... Benn following Rovers all over the country since 1990....I was at Twerton Park when we beat City 3-0....a great day and great memories.... Would have loved to have been in the Tote at Eastville but sadly too young.... Favourite Managers...Francis, Holloway, Allison and the legend that is Darrell Clarke.... Favourite players....The Latvian, Mark Walters,Holloway,Penrice,Parkin,Mauge,Big Devon White,Cureton,Bodin,Hoskins,Agogo,Hayles,Tillson,Roberts and many more.... I have observed the forum as a guest for a long time....years in fact... But with COVID19 playing a fundamental detrimental effect on most of us, I thought I would join the Gaschat community to allow me to speak with fellow gasheads and get some much needed contact, around my biggest passion...Bristol Rovers Football Club.... And to reiterate a very early post of mine....Big Jock is my hero....and in time I am sure many mire of you will be also. Happy Christmas one and all Stay well UTG J Hi j. Nice to meet you. X
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Post by oldgas on Dec 21, 2020 13:00:06 GMT
Welcome Jaxx. Remember that anything written on here five times is equivalent to fact. X5? That's gone up a bit, it aways used to be x3. Thats inflation for you.
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Post by oldgas on Dec 21, 2020 13:04:51 GMT
Welcome Jaxx Like you I ‘lurked’ for a long time before joining a few years back. I’m still ‘youth team’ as I don’t post a lot (and I’m old enough to like being called youth 😀). However, I’ve spent a lot more time on the forum since the pandemic struck - and it has helped to know others feel the passion for Rovers. I’m old enough that I grew up at Eastville South Enclosure talking about Rovers or Pirates - the term Gas came later (but I am undoubtedly a Gashead these days). I felt the loss of Eastville so strongly that even though I moved to Bath in 1981 I refused to attend Twerton - we are Bristol Rovers not Bath Rovers was my justification. I used my season ticket money to join the Share Scheme and was delighted to notice my name on a plaque in the bar at The Mem years later as an original share scheme member. Missed out on some great matches but I did get to some away grounds I probably wouldn’t have done. Don’t let people misunderstanding you put you off - some seem to do it on purpose but I expect you’ve noticed. Also how some people never take time to look back a few posts to check what’s been said already or to try and see if what they’re reading is rumour or truth. A recent less controversial example being how many Season Ticket Holders do we have. One poster says 1,500 as apparent fact, then we have various comments about how it’s more than that - 2k, 3k, 3.5k, 6k! Etc.. Despite Commercial Director (and now full board member) Tom Gorringe stating it’s 3,500 the speculation continued for quite a while. Luckily the correct figure probably was posted 5 times before any other so the correct figure became ‘fact’. Yes, as you have probably seen, it really does work like that one here. It’s part of the charm. I think its incredible that 3.5k went ahead and bought ST's knowing we would probably not get to see many games. I seem to recall we had around 6k following our unexpected and incredible last day promotion to League 1 under DC.
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Post by LJG on Dec 21, 2020 15:10:55 GMT
Welcome Jaxx. Remember that anything written on here five times is equivalent to fact. X5? That's gone up a bit, it aways used to be x3. Thats inflation for you. Agree. Five is Lore if not Gospel. Three is easily fact. Some forum facts make it in as little as two. It's important to take account of the "Topper Repetition Factor" which will often have the result of propelling something into fact status much sooner than if it had been regurgitated by someone else.
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Post by gasandelectricity on Dec 21, 2020 15:31:34 GMT
Welcome Jaxx Like you I ‘lurked’ for a long time before joining a few years back. I’m still ‘youth team’ as I don’t post a lot (and I’m old enough to like being called youth 😀). However, I’ve spent a lot more time on the forum since the pandemic struck - and it has helped to know others feel the passion for Rovers. I’m old enough that I grew up at Eastville South Enclosure talking about Rovers or Pirates - the term Gas came later (but I am undoubtedly a Gashead these days). I felt the loss of Eastville so strongly that even though I moved to Bath in 1981 I refused to attend Twerton - we are Bristol Rovers not Bath Rovers was my justification. I used my season ticket money to join the Share Scheme and was delighted to notice my name on a plaque in the bar at The Mem years later as an original share scheme member. Missed out on some great matches but I did get to some away grounds I probably wouldn’t have done. Don’t let people misunderstanding you put you off - some seem to do it on purpose but I expect you’ve noticed. Also how some people never take time to look back a few posts to check what’s been said already or to try and see if what they’re reading is rumour or truth. A recent less controversial example being how many Season Ticket Holders do we have. One poster says 1,500 as apparent fact, then we have various comments about how it’s more than that - 2k, 3k, 3.5k, 6k! Etc.. Despite Commercial Director (and now full board member) Tom Gorringe stating it’s 3,500 the speculation continued for quite a while. Luckily the correct figure probably was posted 5 times before any other so the correct figure became ‘fact’. Yes, as you have probably seen, it really does work like that one here. It’s part of the charm. I think its incredible that 3.5k went ahead and bought ST's knowing we would probably not get to see many games. I seem to recall we had around 6k following our unexpected and incredible last day promotion to League 1 under DC. For me it was about supporting the club at what could have been it’s darkest hour. Was not expecting Wael to be so charitable and thought we were in real trouble. I actually wanted to protest vote on the ST as I didn’t believe in BG!
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Post by Midsomer Murderer on Dec 21, 2020 15:57:29 GMT
Hi Fellow Gasheads.... Thought I would introduce myself.... Benn following Rovers all over the country since 1990....I was at Twerton Park when we beat City 3-0....a great day and great memories.... Would have loved to have been in the Tote at Eastville but sadly too young.... Favourite Managers...Francis, Holloway, Allison and the legend that is Darrell Clarke.... Favourite players....The Latvian, Mark Walters,Holloway,Penrice,Parkin,Mauge,Big Devon White,Cureton,Bodin,Hoskins,Agogo,Hayles,Tillson,Roberts and many more.... I have observed the forum as a guest for a long time....years in fact... But with COVID19 playing a fundamental detrimental effect on most of us, I thought I would join the Gaschat community to allow me to speak with fellow gasheads and get some much needed contact, around my biggest passion...Bristol Rovers Football Club.... And to reiterate a very early post of mine....Big Jock is my hero....and in time I am sure many mire of you will be also. Happy Christmas one and all Stay well UTG J Don't do it - Leave now before it's too late !!!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2020 16:17:50 GMT
Can you attach photos to pm's? Asking for a friend. X
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Post by Westy on Dec 21, 2020 16:59:40 GMT
X5? That's gone up a bit, it aways used to be x3. Thats inflation for you. Agree. Five is Lore if not Gospel. Three is easily fact. Some forum facts make it in as little as two. It's important to take account of the "Topper Repetition Factor" which will often have the result of propelling something into fact status much sooner than if it had been regurgitated by someone else. I thought it was 6 times? 😜 Oh, and welcome J!
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