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Post by darkbluegas on Apr 9, 2023 18:32:57 GMT
In fairness, I've planned a Bus Route to Temple Meads. 20 Minute Walk to the nearest Bus Stop, Bus into Queen Square, then another Bus to Temple Meads. Even if a Bus was waiting for me at each stop and we left the second I stepped aboard, that's an hour's journey, and the chances of that being the case is zero. So as it stands I'm looking at an hour and a half journey at best. And then I need to do exactly the same to get home. 3 hours travel? I guess it's not too bad getting home at 6.30 - 7pm on a Saturday (as opposed to currently getting home at 5.15pm), but getting home 11.30 - 12pm on a weekday evening game? I don't think so. And where are these extra buses coming from? Just interested. Sorry But I cannot believe why anybody living in Bristol would moan about travelling to watch the Rovers. I'm coming up 70 and my fortnightly trip to the Mem starts with me walking for 50 mins to the train station. Then nearly an hour on the train to TM. Then a 20 minute bus ride from TM to Horfield. Coming back I get a bus from Horfield to the centre then walk through Queens Square to TM ( 20 to 25 Mins walk ) then catch train . Walk for another 50 mins and arrive home for about 8pm. I say if you want to watch the Rovers you'll do it. Blimey you sound more mobile than our back three at times this season. |
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Post by gashead1981 on Apr 9, 2023 18:48:27 GMT
Isn’t this new south stand going to have more accessible seats ? Hopefully you’ll be able to go with your son and suffer like the rest of us ! 😂👍 Yep, I read that with interest so hopefully. Mind you, according to Swiss on the other forum Wael is being badly advised and making promises he can't keep. 🙈 But being advised by fans too 🙈🙈 |
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Post by gashead1981 on Apr 9, 2023 18:48:47 GMT
Sorry But I cannot believe why anybody living in Bristol would moan about travelling to watch the Rovers. I'm coming up 70 and my fortnightly trip to the Mem starts with me walking for 50 mins to the train station. Then nearly an hour on the train to TM. Then a 20 minute bus ride from TM to Horfield. Coming back I get a bus from Horfield to the centre then walk through Queens Square to TM ( 20 to 25 Mins walk ) then catch train . Walk for another 50 mins and arrive home for about 8pm. I say if you want to watch the Rovers you'll do it. Blimey you sound more mobile than our back three at times this season. Not hard to be fair … |
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Apr 9, 2023 19:06:07 GMT
I didn't say Mem was spiritual home, I said it was close to our heartland. When we moved out of Eastville in '86, the Mem guys and gals didn't want us! It was only when rugby turned professional and Bristol were struggling we then became an option for them to ground share. But for the generations that can only remember the Mem, it will feel like a spiritual home. Totally agree with Eastville comments, and as for the last paragraph, you may have to wait a bit of a while for that!? The tract of land between muller and Gloucester rd was always the sporting zone for the city. Rugby,Cricket and football. Trashton was the odd one out. Now Lansdown is trying to make Traston area the home of Bristol sport leaving Rovers the odd ones out. Envy ? Control freak ? Unknown revenge...who knows why. Wouldnt surprise me if he built a cricket ground for Somerset to play some games at nearby. Where a club play in your childhood and young adult years always will seem the best i guess. Those who went to Twerton in those years will hold that dear im sure. A new stadium location will always not appeal to some. I remember the first season at the Mem and thinking i dont like this place at all. It doesnt feel right in any way...but you get used to it and it grows on you until eventually it feels like home. Excellent! |
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Post by stuart1974 on Apr 9, 2023 19:27:41 GMT
Yep, I read that with interest so hopefully. Mind you, according to Swiss on the other forum Wael is being badly advised and making promises he can't keep. 🙈 But being advised by fans too 🙈🙈 Nothing wrong with that, just the wrong advice from the wrong fans. Allegedly. |
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Post by Henbury Gas on Apr 9, 2023 19:35:02 GMT
In fairness, I've planned a Bus Route to Temple Meads. 20 Minute Walk to the nearest Bus Stop, Bus into Queen Square, then another Bus to Temple Meads. Even if a Bus was waiting for me at each stop and we left the second I stepped aboard, that's an hour's journey, and the chances of that being the case is zero. So as it stands I'm looking at an hour and a half journey at best. And then I need to do exactly the same to get home. 3 hours travel? I guess it's not too bad getting home at 6.30 - 7pm on a Saturday (as opposed to currently getting home at 5.15pm), but getting home 11.30 - 12pm on a weekday evening game? I don't think so. And where are these extra buses coming from? Just interested. Sorry But I cannot believe why anybody living in Bristol would moan about travelling to watch the Rovers. I'm coming up 70 and my fortnightly trip to the Mem starts with me walking for 50 mins to the train station. Then nearly an hour on the train to TM. Then a 20 minute bus ride from TM to Horfield. Coming back I get a bus from Horfield to the centre then walk through Queens Square to TM ( 20 to 25 Mins walk ) then catch train . Walk for another 50 mins and arrive home for about 8pm. I say if you want to watch the Rovers you'll do it. Well i'm coming upto 65 years old and watched Rovers from the age 6 or so and NO i will not being going to the new stadium if it ever gets built because unlike you being super fit and the age of 70, alot of us older gas heads have some form of mobility issues , in my case a back that needs constant hi dose pain killers of a barbiturates type coupled with a persistant AF and type 2 diabetes. so the thought of using any form of public transport is out of the question unless the club provide some form of disabled parking. Going the current setup at the mem for disabled parking i wont hold my breath. my place will be infront of the TV watching a Streaming service of any game |
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Post by Tilly's Thighs on Apr 9, 2023 19:44:09 GMT
Good for you. Try making that journey when you find it difficult to walk, to get about, can't stand in one place for long without leg and back pain, and when you're 88 years old. So don't ever talk to me about moaning about getting to the Rovers. I sympathise with the situation you and your father may face Bags. However for Rovers to progress, survive, thrive, compete, grow and mature, we need a move. It will suit some, it won’t suit others. The sad fact is younger people will make the effort and get there. Perhaps the disabled supporters group can extend help to the elderly? Does their work include transport to and from games? If not maybe it should. I'm not aware that they get involved in transport issues. The group are fans, like ourselves, and I believe most of them have a disability, any work they do is in a voluntary capacity, so fair play to them for giving up the time. I know that John Kayes/Tote End Old Boys provided hooded ponchos this season, for fans in wheelchairs, or sitting in the disabled section. There are also unseen disabilities, which can have physical and/or mental constraints. I was also pleased to read that the new South Stand will look to provide an improved area for disabled supporters. |
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Post by axegas on Apr 10, 2023 0:40:43 GMT
By my calculations, if Rovers were to move to the Fruit Market site, Rovers and City would have the 4th closest grounds in England at 2.2 miles apart.
5 - Aston Villa/Birmingham City 3.5 miles
4 - Bristol City/Bristol Rovers 2.2 miles
3 - Chelsea/Fulham 1.9 miles
2 - Everton/Liverpool 0.8 miles
1 - Notts County/Nottingham Forest 0.7 miles
City/Rovers currently sit around 9th at 4.8 miles.
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Post by Gastafari on Apr 10, 2023 3:13:30 GMT
By my calculations, if Rovers were to move to the Fruit Market site, Rovers and City would have the 4th closest grounds in England at 2.2 miles apart. 5 - Aston Villa/Birmingham City 3.5 miles 4 - Bristol City/Bristol Rovers 2.2 miles 3 - Chelsea/Fulham 1.9 miles 2 - Everton/Liverpool 0.8 miles 1 - Notts County/Nottingham Forest 0.7 miles City/Rovers currently sit around 9th at 4.8 miles. I think Villa Park to St Andrews is only about 2 miles not 3.5. London Stadium to Brisbane Road is only about 2 miles too. Stamford Bridge to Loftus Rd is 3 miles, as is Hillsborough to Brammall Lane in Sheffield. |
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Post by gas2 on Apr 10, 2023 5:18:53 GMT
By my calculations, if Rovers were to move to the Fruit Market site, Rovers and City would have the 4th closest grounds in England at 2.2 miles apart. 5 - Aston Villa/Birmingham City 3.5 miles 4 - Bristol City/Bristol Rovers 2.2 miles 3 - Chelsea/Fulham 1.9 miles 2 - Everton/Liverpool 0.8 miles 1 - Notts County/Nottingham Forest 0.7 miles City/Rovers currently sit around 9th at 4.8 miles. I think Villa Park to St Andrews is only about 2 miles not 3.5. London Stadium to Brisbane Road is only about 2 miles too. Stamford Bridge to Loftus Rd is 3 miles, as is Hillsborough to Brammall Lane in Sheffield. Dundee Dundee united how far apart ? |
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Post by RD on Apr 10, 2023 5:23:41 GMT
I think Villa Park to St Andrews is only about 2 miles not 3.5. London Stadium to Brisbane Road is only about 2 miles too. Stamford Bridge to Loftus Rd is 3 miles, as is Hillsborough to Brammall Lane in Sheffield. Dundee Dundee united how far apart ? Tbf they're not in England 😀 |
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Post by Qatar Gas on Apr 10, 2023 6:33:53 GMT
In fairness, I've planned a Bus Route to Temple Meads. 20 Minute Walk to the nearest Bus Stop, Bus into Queen Square, then another Bus to Temple Meads. Even if a Bus was waiting for me at each stop and we left the second I stepped aboard, that's an hour's journey, and the chances of that being the case is zero. So as it stands I'm looking at an hour and a half journey at best. And then I need to do exactly the same to get home. 3 hours travel? I guess it's not too bad getting home at 6.30 - 7pm on a Saturday (as opposed to currently getting home at 5.15pm), but getting home 11.30 - 12pm on a weekday evening game? I don't think so. And where are these extra buses coming from? Just interested. Sorry But I cannot believe why anybody living in Bristol would moan about travelling to watch the Rovers. I'm coming up 70 and my fortnightly trip to the Mem starts with me walking for 50 mins to the train station. Then nearly an hour on the train to TM. Then a 20 minute bus ride from TM to Horfield. Coming back I get a bus from Horfield to the centre then walk through Queens Square to TM ( 20 to 25 Mins walk ) then catch train . Walk for another 50 mins and arrive home for about 8pm. I say if you want to watch the Rovers you'll do it. A stadium at the FM would be the perfect opportunity to improve / upgrade rail routes into Temple Meads. The Portishead line being one example, but that's still as much as a pipe dream as it was when I was growing up in the town 30 years ago. |
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Post by gas2 on Apr 10, 2023 6:36:46 GMT
Walking to football matches in the years gone by was the norm I used to walk from the cross hands fishponds to Eastville every game in the years past ok not everybody an do this i am 71 and I walk most mornings (30 minutes) to get my bus to workn Life's moved on, most kids used to walk to school now they all seem to arrive by 4x4 at my local primary school. As well as the plans for the stadium the club needs to look at how fans from N Bristol are going to travel to it. Although how fans travel to the ground may well have to be part of the plans.P Loads of options from North Bristol to town or temple meads loads of buses to old market from Kingswood fishponds staple hill Emerson green downend trains from yate Parkway new stations at filton Ashley down etc |
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Post by gashead79 on Apr 10, 2023 6:52:20 GMT
Life's moved on, most kids used to walk to school now they all seem to arrive by 4x4 at my local primary school. As well as the plans for the stadium the club needs to look at how fans from N Bristol are going to travel to it. Although how fans travel to the ground may well have to be part of the plans.P Loads of options from North Bristol to town or temple meads loads of buses to old market from Kingswood fishponds staple hill Emerson green downend trains from yate Parkway new stations at filton Ashley down etc It can't be anymore difficult to get from kingswood to the fruit market, than to the Mem? I think you'd have to get a bus into town to then get up Glos Rd. There might be buses down muller Rd to Fishponds? I'm not certain but it isn't straightforward. You also don't see many people on bus stops around kingswood on a matchday, which pretty much confirms it is a ballache. If I go to the mem, it's by taxi or a lift to the general area, then taxi back. |
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Post by gasandelectricity on Apr 10, 2023 7:58:36 GMT
I think there’s a lot of unnecessary worry about transport.
This area is scheduled for wholesale redevelopment. There will be retail, evening and work opportunities there amongst others. The goal looking at what the council have put out is to shift the city to the east and over into these areas.
At worst I’m sure there will be match day busses running.
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Post by clovis on Apr 10, 2023 8:55:40 GMT
I was on the train from Leeds to Manchester recently and saw the Huddersfield ground nestled nicely in the town and thought that if Huddersfield could do it (no disrespect to them)!then surely there was enough land and money in Bristol for us to get a new ground somewhere. I so hope the new plans work out.
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Post by Topper Gas on Apr 10, 2023 9:02:45 GMT
Life's moved on, most kids used to walk to school now they all seem to arrive by 4x4 at my local primary school. As well as the plans for the stadium the club needs to look at how fans from N Bristol are going to travel to it. Although how fans travel to the ground may well have to be part of the plans.P Loads of options from North Bristol to town or temple meads loads of buses to old market from Kingswood fishponds staple hill Emerson green downend trains from yate Parkway new stations at filton Ashley down etc Loads of public transport options but how many fans travel to the Mem using public transport now, less than 25% as a pure guess? |
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Post by gashead1981 on Apr 10, 2023 9:17:37 GMT
I don’t use PT to get to the Mem now because it’s too much of a ball ache with a 5 year old in tow as well so I drive in from the outskirts of WSM.
If we move to St Phillips, then I can get a train from Worle to BTM return for £7 and Id do that every home game.
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Post by yattongas on Apr 10, 2023 9:21:46 GMT
I don’t use PT to get to the Mem now because it’s too much of a ball ache with a 5 year old in tow as well so I drive in from the outskirts of WSM. If we move to St Phillips, then I can get a train from Worle to BTM return for £7 and Id do that every home game. I will be joining you as it comes through Yatton . Currently drive but def take the train if we move to the fruity . ( Apart from the fact you’ll be in first class and I’ll be sat with the peasants) |
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Post by onefindunford on Apr 10, 2023 9:23:29 GMT
Sorry But I cannot believe why anybody living in Bristol would moan about travelling to watch the Rovers. I'm coming up 70 and my fortnightly trip to the Mem starts with me walking for 50 mins to the train station. Then nearly an hour on the train to TM. Then a 20 minute bus ride from TM to Horfield. Coming back I get a bus from Horfield to the centre then walk through Queens Square to TM ( 20 to 25 Mins walk ) then catch train . Walk for another 50 mins and arrive home for about 8pm. I say if you want to watch the Rovers you'll do it. A stadium at the FM would be the perfect opportunity to improve / upgrade rail routes into Temple Meads. The Portishead line being one example, but that's still as much as a pipe dream as it was when I was growing up in the town 30 years ago. We moved to Portishead 5 years ago and am surprised how many Rovers supporters are down here. The promised railway line from TM to Portishead would be fantastic but am not holding my breath!!! |
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