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Post by bluestone on Oct 14, 2017 13:14:09 GMT
Nichols hat trick and Sercs to score against his old club. 4-2 to the gas. C'mon you blues....UTG!
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Post by bluestone on Oct 14, 2017 11:36:13 GMT
4-2 Nichols hat trick, tbf he's due a goal and when he gets one I reckon the floodgates might well open!
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Post by bluestone on Oct 13, 2017 18:26:05 GMT
Please, not another conspiracy theory thread
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Post by bluestone on Oct 13, 2017 18:16:33 GMT
As the new Scotland manager ? Lol. Starts watching from the stands you mean! If it were me then I would give Telford a go in place of Billy but I reckon DC will let Nichols start
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Post by bluestone on Oct 13, 2017 11:19:59 GMT
On Saturday I took my 8 year old son to his first game (yes, I will definitely take him again!). Of course, all future games will be a disappointment to him now despite me trying to explain that we won't win like that every week. We don't live in Bristol and I was prompted to take him by talk of wanting to go and see his local team (a premiership club), which I needed to nip in the bud. I'm pleased to say that he has declared himself to be a gashead now despite taunts in the school playground from his friends. I do realise that I could be condemning him to a life of football supporting misery and bitter disappointment when he could be watching Man. Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea etc. from the comfort of a nice stadium. Does that make me a bad parent? Probably. It was interesting on Saturday to see how he reacted. He loved the noise, the crowd, the chanting and, most of all, the swearing (I was in trouble at home that evening when he sang the 'cheer up Lee Johnson' song to his mum). What scared him though was seeing grown adults p@ssed up, aggressive, fronting up to police and stewards and one puking in front of him. That was mostly confined to a small group, which in hindsight I should have moved us further from but I guess that after going to so many games I see that behaviour as 'normal' and just take it for granted. It didn't really occur to me that an 8 year old might be shocked by it! I'm not being judgemental by the way; In my younger days I've not always been the best behaved or most sober at games. Anyway, the main purpose of this thread was to ask for advice. His grandad has offered to buy him a Rovers kit. He doesn't live in Bristol now either and so would have to order it and get it sent to us, so there won't be an opportunity to try it on or at least look at it and size it up. There was a lot on this forum earlier in the summer about adult shirts being a 'snug' fit and people finding that they needed to buy one or two sizes bigger than normal. Has anyone had a similar experience with kids' shirts? He's quite tall but quite thin. Should I take the 'he'll grow into it' approach and go really big? Any advice welcome! Fantastic to hear yet another gas head has joined the family! My lad is 9 years old and as thin as a rake, he's not really tall compared to his peers though. I bought him a 2xs size and it seems a good fit, not too tight/small but has enough room for him to grow into it over the next year or so, the length of the shirt seems quite good too, i.e not too short, the 3xs seemed really short in length. One suggestion for you is that the kit is made by Macron, I would imagine their sizing is standard across their range so if you live near another local club who also has Macron kit then you could pop in to their shop and check the sizing out for yourself, that way you know you are not making a mistake when you order online or over the phone. Good luck and UTG!
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Post by bluestone on Oct 12, 2017 17:23:08 GMT
Yeah, don't you start, as well. Anyway, Leads has the best arse of the Rovers team, apparently. I disagree, it's definitely Sinclair, I mean uhm..so I've heard! I've heard he has a beard on it too.... LOL
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Post by bluestone on Oct 11, 2017 20:12:37 GMT
Thanks for sharing this!
IMO the club are proceeding in exactly the right way by firstly engaging with the immediate residents and interested stakeholder groups such as FOMG before publishing any plans or proposals.
Get these people on side and you will make life much easier for yourself in the long run through the planning process.
"FOMG would support a community stadium, which is really beneficial to the neighbourhood, and is fitting, given the war memorial status of the sport ground and its residential setting."
This is very positive statement indeed.
A community stadium will be mutually beneficial to all parties, the community gain facilities that they don't currently have and Rovers can gain from the diverse revenue streams outside of match days as well as the fact that there will be an increase interest in the club which in turn will push up supporter numbers and gates on match days.
This is the first bit if encouraging news I have heard since UWE went down the pan.
I don't give a monkeys if the club haven't made an official announcement about this, they will do when they are good and ready. UTG!
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Post by bluestone on Oct 7, 2017 16:03:43 GMT
So pleased for Rollin today. His first appearance and a clean sheet, well done young man! UTG!
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Post by bluestone on Oct 7, 2017 15:53:55 GMT
Fantastic win...and a clean sheet away from home as well with a Rookie back line. Well done Rollin & all the boys! UTG!
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Post by bluestone on Oct 7, 2017 15:52:06 GMT
LOL! That game has completely wiped out our goal difference!
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Post by bluestone on Oct 7, 2017 15:51:33 GMT
YES GAS!!!
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Post by bluestone on Oct 7, 2017 15:47:31 GMT
Wow, Goal Rush should be interesting tonight, looks like they will have to give us some decent airtime for once!
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Post by bluestone on Oct 7, 2017 15:45:00 GMT
Telford show Nichols how it's done!
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Post by bluestone on Oct 7, 2017 15:39:25 GMT
Nichols has his best opportunity to score a goal today, c'mon lad you can do it!
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Post by bluestone on Oct 7, 2017 15:34:47 GMT
Sercombe!
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Post by bluestone on Oct 7, 2017 15:32:09 GMT
Just need Nichols & Sercombe to score now, oh and Lines as it's his 300th game.
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Post by bluestone on Oct 7, 2017 15:30:39 GMT
Yes Gaffers!
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Post by bluestone on Oct 7, 2017 15:19:26 GMT
Yes Ellis!
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Post by bluestone on Oct 7, 2017 15:16:03 GMT
Ellis, remember when you last played against the Cobblers? Another 3 please!
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Post by bluestone on Oct 7, 2017 15:15:16 GMT
Yes Ellis!
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