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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2014 22:20:29 GMT
Look at the big picture though. If we get back into the Football League in May who is going to remember a little local skirmish like this? And if we don't go up and go out to Bath then Clarke will get slaughtered. For some he can do no wrong and for some he can do no right. How very typical of Rovers forums
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2014 0:05:56 GMT
Just ordered my tickets. So excited.
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Post by Mark Ash on Dec 12, 2014 7:48:35 GMT
Just ordered my tickets. So excited. Do you still get the early bird reduction for this one then?
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Post by Dirt Dogg on Dec 12, 2014 9:03:37 GMT
Just ordered my tickets. So excited. That's the spirit! Would love to win the FA Trophy as well as promotion, we've had years of sh*t, any competition we win is a plus.
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Post by BishopstonBRFC on Dec 12, 2014 10:03:44 GMT
For some reason I'm really excited about this game. Perhaps it's the Bath factor.
Or perhaps it's the magic of the FA Trophy.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Dec 12, 2014 10:17:18 GMT
The pure fact that the further qwe get the more money we get, the better player/s we can bring in.
Its hardly rocket science! Anyone that doesn't care if we win is off their rocker!
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Post by Lambert's Right Boot on Dec 12, 2014 11:06:32 GMT
Just ordered my tickets. So excited. Do you still get the early bird reduction for this one then? No, it doesn't. Club confirmed so on twitter. It's an FA competition.
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Post by EssoBlue on Dec 12, 2014 11:14:22 GMT
We should take this competition seriously and follow the example of Cambridge Utd.
They used the cup final as preparation for the play-off final. They actually managed to win both.
How many of our players have played at Wembley? Playing in the cup final will help settle the nerves for the game that really matters.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2014 13:00:54 GMT
Just ordered my tickets. So excited. Do you still get the early bird reduction for this one then? I'm not sure what it was. I paid £10 for North Terrace.
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Post by BishopstonBRFC on Dec 12, 2014 13:37:18 GMT
Do you still get the early bird reduction for this one then? I'm not sure what it was. I paid £10 for North Terrace. No early bird then as that's matchday price.
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Post by Mark Ash on Dec 12, 2014 18:07:07 GMT
I'm not sure what it was. I paid £10 for North Terrace. No early bird then as that's matchday price. Ok. Just wondered if there was an advantage to buying early instead of just rolling up on the day.
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Post by Mark Ash on Dec 12, 2014 18:57:08 GMT
We should take this competition seriously and follow the example of Cambridge Utd. They used the cup final as preparation for the play-off final. They actually managed to win both. How many of our players have played at Wembley? Playing in the cup final will help settle the nerves for the game that really matters. I still think it's a shame that we have to find reasons to win this trophy. Particularly puzzling is the philosophical (possibly existential ) point raised by some, that this competition is "pointless". I don't think anyone has discovered a point to any football competition, have they? Or to climbing Everest for that matter. HOWEVER, this one is a pretty good reason if you're looking for one, it seems to me. Maybe we could all get behind the team on this basis.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2014 19:17:01 GMT
I'm not sure what it was. I paid £10 for North Terrace. No early bird then as that's matchday price. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I just press buttons until the website says I can come.
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Post by seanclevedongas on Dec 13, 2014 7:06:34 GMT
Particularly puzzling is the philosophical (possibly existential ) point raised by some, that this competition is "pointless". oh but it is "pointless"!! Win the games and you get no points at all!
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Post by Mark Ash on Dec 13, 2014 7:38:52 GMT
Particularly puzzling is the philosophical (possibly existential ) point raised by some, that this competition is "pointless". oh but it is "pointless"!! Win the games and you get no points at all! Ah, very droll, very droll.
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Post by mehewmagic on Dec 13, 2014 11:31:07 GMT
I think this is a great time to remember the 1994 match.
I really like this from FabGas in the 'Away The gas' book.
When Home is Away
by FabGas
One of my best away day memories was actually when we played Bath City in the F.A. Cup First Round at Twerton Park in November 1994.
As we were officially the away team some Gas supporters went into the away end, but with almost 7,000 there Gasheads were spread out everywhere. Some, like myself, stood in the same place as usual, often finding a Bath City fan or two in ‘their’ space.
We crushed our hosts 5-0, with Paul Miller bagging four, and Vaughan Jones on the ‘wrong’ side, but that was almost not as important as the whole experience, which was possibly unique and will probably never happen again.
It was all good natured and proved that it is possible to have a match where all fans can behave without the need for segregation (like those rugger fans manage to do every match).
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Post by mehewmagic on Dec 13, 2014 11:54:46 GMT
And a great article on the excellent Bath City website bathcityfc.com/news14.htm#1012Preview 2: Landlord v Tenant FA Cup clash (10/12/14) Although City and Bristol Rovers had met four times in the Somerset Premier Cup during the first half of the 1990s plus a Coronation Cup match in the early 1960s it was the draw for the 1994-95 FA Cup 1st Round that gave the two clubs by far their highest profile clash. City’s cup exploits the previous season – reaching the 3rd Round proper where they drew 0-0 at 1st Division Stoke City before losing the replay – saw them bypass the qualifying rounds for the only time in their history and when the draw paired them with tenants Bristol Rovers the delight amongst players, officials and supporters was obvious. There was initial disappointment when the game was surprisingly overlooked by Sky for one of their televised games – denying both sides a £48,000 windfall - but this was quickly forgotten as the clubs began preparing for the 12 November tie. Although City had been drawn as the home side – meaning tenants Rovers would be in the unusual position of using the away dressing room for the day (they even took a coach to the game to replicate a normal away match) - it was clear that the majority of supporters at the game would be backing the Pirates and it was decided that there would be no segregation in any part of the ground. Prices were set at £10 for the main stand, £9 for the family stand and £6 for a place on the terrace. On the pitch the form of the two sides couldn’t have been more contrasting. City had begun the 1994-95 season promisingly – they briefly topped the table during September – but a dip in form had seen hopes of a sustained title challenge fade and they came into the Rovers game on the back of six successive defeats – the last three without scoring a goal. Rovers had only lost three of their opening sixteen Division 2 games and, although eight draws meant they were in mid-table, their last outing was a 4-0 win over Bradford City at Twerton Park. However, once 6,751 fans had found their way into the ground the clear quality gap was forgotten and for 20 minutes City held their own against the Pirates. City manager Tony Ricketts had already produced a surprise in his starting line-up, fielding a back five for the first time that season, with former Rovers skipper Vaughan Jones at sweeper on his return to the Romans. City were frustrating Rovers and could have grabbed the lead on 11 minutes when top scorer Paul Adcock was put through on goal by Nicky Brooks only for a defender to close him down before he could test keeper Brian Parkin. Slowly, though, Rovers began to gain the upper hand and City suffered a couple of nervous moment before the deadlock was broken in the 19th minute. City keeper Dave Mogg initially did well to keep out Paul Miller’s shot but after Justin Channing’s follow up hit the bar he was powerless to keep out Marcus Stewart’s diving header. Any worries that the floodgates would open proved groundless at that stage and City reached the interval still very much in the game. Within six minutes of the restart, though, it all began to go wrong for City. A two-footed tackle by Grantley Dicks on Rovers’ Justin Pritchard earned the left-back a straight red card and the game shifted relentlessly in favour of the ‘away’ side. It took them just five minutes to make their man advantage tell, Miller cutting in from the left before shooting past Mogg from 16 yards out. And this time the floodgates did open – although City’s heads never dropped and they kept battling right to the final whistle – Miller turning in Pritchard’s cross on 73 minutes before completing his hat-trick eleven minutes from time with a far post header from Lee Archer’s cross. And the former Wimbledon striker then netted his fourth and Rovers’ fifth in the 84th minute, Archer again the provider with a great low centre. Remarkably City were back in action just two days later when they finally ended their losing streak with a 2-0 home win over Farnborough but it was Rovers whose FA Cup adventure continued with a win at Leyton Orient in the next round before 1st Division Luton Town knocked them out at Twerton Park by a single goal in a 3rd Round replay.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Dec 13, 2014 19:38:17 GMT
Totally agree with you, this season is about promotion I'm sure out chances of promotion have increased after today...
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Post by Mark Ash on Dec 13, 2014 19:45:20 GMT
Totally agree with you, this season is about promotion I'm sure out chances of promotion have increased after today... I'll grab that as a silver lining.
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Post by dmacca65 on Dec 13, 2014 19:53:44 GMT
Where is Paul Miller now, prolific striker could help us out big time? Bath have come on leaps and bounds since those days, Rovers well, make your own mind up?
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