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Post by peterparker on May 28, 2015 8:42:22 GMT
Ignore Rovers/City/Lansdown for a second If a businessman hadn’t of bought their ground in ’96 they would have been turfed out and bust. They still went tits up, but luckily they had a place to play. 20 years later said owner of ground want to sell the stadium for a supermarket, pocket the cash and move on. Result Bristol turfed out and probably bust. In that time said Rugby club have financial problems and another businessman comes along to bail them out and gives them a home somewhere else If not for different people at different times, they would have become Bristol amateur Rugby, lost their home and probably playing at Clifton in their Blue and White Hoops. Bristol Rugby’s mismanagement over the years as far as I am concerned has cost them a lot. And if it wasn’t for Bristol Rovers and Bristol Sport/Steve Lansdown they would have been nothing many times over |
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2015 9:10:02 GMT
If we had lost at Wembley,the sympathy from the Bristol supporters would have been overwhelming of course
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Post by newmarketgas on May 28, 2015 9:14:01 GMT
Peter, explain why they love SL and hate us ? We saved them, he saved them, were is the difference ?
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Post by peterparker on May 28, 2015 9:24:07 GMT
Peter, explain why they love SL and hate us ? We saved them, he saved them, were is the difference ? I don't know and personally I don't care |
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2015 9:25:59 GMT
Peter, explain why they love SL and hate us ? We saved them, he saved them, were is the difference ? I don't know and personally I don't care It's a bit like the French hating the British for saving them in WW2. |
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Post by newmarketgas on May 28, 2015 9:26:56 GMT
I wont support anyone who dislikes us so much, just a choice I guess.
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Post by newmarketgas on May 28, 2015 9:27:55 GMT
Cheese eating surrender monkeys ! Darn those French.  |
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Post by fanboy on May 28, 2015 9:34:33 GMT
f**k Steve Lansdown, f**k Bristol Sport, f**k Bristol City, f**k Bristol Rugby, f**k Dino Zagasomethingorother, f**k Bristol Flyers, f**k Bristol Academy Ladies.... f**k THE FRANCHISE!!!
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Post by Antonio Fargas on May 28, 2015 9:37:18 GMT
Without SL their would be no Bristol Rugby or Bristol Ladies Football team, because their was no one else to put the money in. And yet there was Bristol Rugby and Bristol Ladies Football before he turned up. |
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Post by phillistine on May 28, 2015 9:53:13 GMT
Peter, explain why they love SL and hate us ? We saved them, he saved them, were is the difference ? This is my understanding of the situation - but it may be wrong. : You have to remember that the Rugby Club owned the Mem before we became their tenants when we moved out of Twerton. The joint ownership thing was to enable Rovers to take advantage of large ground improvement grants from the Football league but then an agreement was put in place that if either BRFC or Bristol Rugby went bust - the other could buy the remaining half of the ground for a peppercorn amount. The belief was that Rovers were more likely to go bust than the Rugby Club. This protected both sides This was how BRFC came to own the whole of the stadium. The new Bristol Rugby felt that in the spirit of the agreement they should be allowed to buy back their half of the ground for the amount that Rovers paid them but Rovers disagreed and refused. The rest is as they say.... |
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Post by newmarketgas on May 28, 2015 10:14:52 GMT
I am asure some will put me right, when the Teds went bust they never repaid all those out of pocket when re formed under SL, did the rugby club repay all those that lost out when they went bust ? Interested, as I really don't know the answers.
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Post by Antonio Fargas on May 28, 2015 10:32:01 GMT
I am asure some will put me right, when the Teds went bust they never repaid all those out of pocket when re formed under SL, did the rugby club repay all those that lost out when they went bust ? Interested, as I really don't know the answers. Did they ever really go bust/bankrupt? I think they were just in financial crisis but got bought out before that could happen, both times. |
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2015 11:34:41 GMT
I am asure some will put me right, when the Teds went bust they never repaid all those out of pocket when re formed under SL, did the rugby club repay all those that lost out when they went bust ? Interested, as I really don't know the answers. Did they ever really go bust/bankrupt? I think they were just in financial crisis but got bought out before that could happen, both times. Fairly sure they went properly bust in 82 before the FA started penalizing clubs. They were one of the last clubs to get away with it scott free. |
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Post by baggins on May 28, 2015 11:47:17 GMT
Did they ever really go bust/bankrupt? I think they were just in financial crisis but got bought out before that could happen, both times. Fairly sure they went properly bust in 82 before the FA started penalizing clubs. They were one of the last clubs to get away with it scott free. I think you'll find it was Scott Davidson not this Scott Free chap. |
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Post by Gastafari on May 28, 2015 11:56:29 GMT
I am asure some will put me right, when the Teds went bust they never repaid all those out of pocket when re formed under SL, did the rugby club repay all those that lost out when they went bust ? Interested, as I really don't know the answers. Did they ever really go bust/bankrupt? I think they were just in financial crisis but got bought out before that could happen, both times. They were renamed Bristol City(1982) plc. BCFC went bankrupt and a new club was formed. |
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Post by britishgas on May 28, 2015 12:02:02 GMT
Let's be honest. Bristol Sport-the whole lot of them-will grow in strength and size. The associated clubs will get better and achieve success in the long term due to investment and a well put together operation. The small satisfaction on here won't last long because I expect the teds, the rugby and the others to do pretty well again next season. Us on the other hand, have fewer guarantees and our future and success is largely based on luck and chemistry. At least that's how I see it. I used to play alot of monopoly and he with all the properties usually goes on to win in the end. If SL bought out Rovers and changed the shirts, I don't care if we'd be in the prem, I'd be the first one on the Bristol Rovers AFC bandwagon. There's more to supporting a club than how successful said club is |
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Post by Antonio Fargas on May 28, 2015 12:09:23 GMT
Did they ever really go bust/bankrupt? I think they were just in financial crisis but got bought out before that could happen, both times. They were renamed Bristol City(1982) plc. BCFC went bankrupt and a new club was formed. Yeah, I was talking about the rugby. |
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Post by baggins on May 28, 2015 12:11:07 GMT
They were renamed Bristol City(1982) plc. BCFC went bankrupt and a new club was formed. Yeah, I was talking about the rugby. Well don't. |
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2015 12:11:52 GMT
I bet William Blessings feels like TRASH today...Karma can be such a lovely bitch.
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