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Post by Cantankerous Gas on Oct 11, 2014 11:51:31 GMT
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Post by wsmjohn on Oct 11, 2014 11:58:00 GMT
What a load of rubbish, bad press and journalism.
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Post by RD on Oct 11, 2014 11:59:25 GMT
Haha that's ridiculous. Maybe they should have a word with Eastleigh
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Post by baggins on Oct 11, 2014 11:59:41 GMT
That can't be right.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2014 12:03:55 GMT
Shows what can be done with a few statistics and a bit of journalistic licence! Although the article is rubbish, the fact that Rovers were on their radar does give an indication that our club is becoming more known for off field activities in recent months.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2014 12:04:20 GMT
The average BleacherReport writer is usually poo at it, hence why they need a site such as BleacherReport of which the average audience must be about 13 years old.
You can't say this...
"in a detailed report by the Mirror the violent scenes of May the 3rd were described by District Judge Lynne Matthews as “There were hundreds on the pitch and only around 20 officers.""
and then this.
"Again this is frightening when you consider 20 officers were tasked with taming angry fans who have an average matchday attendance of 6,420. That means for every police offers there were potentially 321 disgruntled fans to control."
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Post by Rod1883 on Oct 11, 2014 12:11:48 GMT
Some extremely dubious reporting and use of stats here - and they even got the date wrong in the picture caption! The problem is that this generates a reputation and then a prophecy that is self fulfilling in that authorities go looking for trouble wherever we go and so the problem gets amplified. After the recent debacles at Braintree and on Tuesday night the whole fan base has to be careful now or we will get the club punished. Quite how the other lot get away with the pitch invasions and the goading our fans had to endure at the Gate I don't know, but it's our name in the spotlight unfortunately so we have to take heed.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2014 12:16:02 GMT
Genuinely laughed out loud at this. No Milwall, West Ham or Stoke City who have established violent firms. Whoever wrote that needs to go back to school.
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Post by BishopstonBRFC on Oct 11, 2014 13:03:25 GMT
First award since 2007!
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Post by aghast on Oct 11, 2014 13:25:40 GMT
I wonder if this might get a mention on the "Non-League Bristol Rovers" thread on some other forum?
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Post by BishopstonBRFC on Oct 11, 2014 13:51:55 GMT
I wonder if this might get a mention on the "Non-League Bristol Rovers" thread on some other forum? But I thought they didn't care about us?
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Post by Gas-Ed on Oct 11, 2014 14:07:13 GMT
At least we are top of the league somewhere!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2014 19:33:37 GMT
when they say;
"Memorial Stadium should perhaps come with a public-danger warning"
I assume they're talking about the flat lager and the frozen cheesy chips....
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2014 19:41:08 GMT
They cab look forward to being sued for slander by the club then
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2014 19:44:36 GMT
2 pitch invasions, an assault on an opposition player and a race related incident.
Yeah, it's all bollocks, let's laugh it off. We don't have a problem do we?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2014 19:49:00 GMT
And for the record, I don't think we have a problem, but people need to remember just how serious a dent our reputation has taken.
One more incident and I really fear for our club.
We WILL lose points.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2014 19:54:39 GMT
hugo....
this is based on last seasons findings, so the Braintree / Dartford incidents, wont count....
however, I do feel that they would've have been taken into account for the sake of journalism....
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2014 19:58:06 GMT
It's so bad they ought to pull it down and build a supermarket
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2014 20:01:44 GMT
its a load of tosh but silly incidents are damaging which is a shame,
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2014 20:05:38 GMT
I don't really care about the article to be honest Greg's, I'm just really concerned about a very small handful of idiots ruining the reputation of my club.
Sooner or later one of these selfish morons is going to cost us a big fine or a points deduction.
It's not a fair reflection of 99 percent of our fans but we really need to Dam wake up and stop making excuses for the people that have put us here.
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