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Post by socrates on Apr 15, 2016 22:14:11 GMT
in fairness,football isnt massive in bristol but the potential is huge,,,am i mad in thinking that both bristol teams are on the up and up and could soon be attracting large crowds in the championship or god forbid the premier league??? its weird but strangely possible Definitely possible but it's been possible with Sport since Lansdown took over and he's been pretty clueless about how to make it work, I think the sh** were 10 the in the championship when he bought the club?! Could be wrong. Our lot on the other hand are in the early days or the " honeymoon " period. Remains to be seen , just because you've got the money doesn't mean you know how to run a football club.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2016 22:19:02 GMT
in fairness,football isnt massive in bristol but the potential is huge,,,am i mad in thinking that both bristol teams are on the up and up and could soon be attracting large crowds in the championship or god forbid the premier league??? its weird but strangely possible Definitely possible but it's been possible with Sport since Lansdown took over and he's been pretty clueless about how to make it work, I think the sh** were 10 the in the championship when he bought the club?! Could be wrong. Our lot on the other hand are in the early days or the " honeymoon " period. Remains to be seen , just because you've got the money doesn't mean you know how to run a football club. good point about lansdown,hes struggled in football its true but fear lee johnson is a shrewd appointment,,,,yes its early days with rovers but very interesting days at least
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Post by cradengas on Apr 16, 2016 0:39:43 GMT
Around 25,000 people watch football games in Bristol regularly and that ain't too shabby compared to some cities and towns. It is actually pretty shabby compared with just about everywhere else in the country. Depends even if it is this year/last year that's decent... add up the total capacity and divide it by the "regular" or average the OP is sugesting that's impressive.... although I wish the sh** would suffer
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Post by You can call me Al. on Apr 16, 2016 11:34:53 GMT
So should people who live nearer Bath, Gloucester, WSM etc etc really be supporting their bloody LOCAL clubs? and are those that do and choose to watch Rovers/City actually therefore be 'Plastic' fans too? (according to the holier than thou theory)
Interesting.
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Post by pirateman on Apr 16, 2016 11:38:08 GMT
So should people who live nearer Bath, Gloucester, WSM etc etc really be supporting their bloody LOCAL clubs? and are those that do and choose to watch Rovers/City actually therefore be 'Plastic' fans too? (according to the holier than thou theory) Interesting. You are right. I will stop supporting the gas right now and go and watch Highridge United.
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Post by You can call me Al. on Apr 16, 2016 11:40:35 GMT
So should people who live nearer Bath, Gloucester, WSM etc etc really be supporting their bloody LOCAL clubs? and are those that do and choose to watch Rovers/City actually therefore be 'Plastic' fans too? (according to the holier than thou theory) Interesting. You are right. I will stop supporting the gas right now and go and watch Highridge United. Good man. You will no longer be plastic and can take the sodding high ground!
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Post by Briz Red on Apr 17, 2016 10:00:17 GMT
How about when 40,000 gashead/sh1theads turn up at Wembley ? do they count as gloryhunters ? or are you proud of them for 'supporting' a local club ? Well in my OP I did talk about the 25,000 ish fans who regularly watch our two clubs, so when we pack our ends at Wembley it's not really the true fans at the time. But it's a good indication of how many would watch us if we were to finally find some real success from somewhere. Too easy to turn up at the national stadium for a one off game. Not so easy to go to a game in, say, Yorkshire on a Tuesday night in the snow...(and yep, we lost 2-1 when I did that!) The fans who really support our clubs when they can (personal circumstances allowing etc) deserve high praise. People generally love to be associated with success, but not so many associate themselves with loyalty at times. I hated suddenly seeing Blackburn shirts being worn in 1995 for example...
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Post by countygroundhotel on Apr 17, 2016 10:12:56 GMT
It is actually pretty shabby compared with just about everywhere else in the country. Yeah compared to Liverpool who have Liverpool, Everton and tranmere, which is about 80000+ Bristols attendances at the moment are pretty dire What a pair of miserable twats. Guess 2 of those teams playing in the Premiership may skew the figures a bit.
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Post by beaver132 on Apr 17, 2016 10:17:17 GMT
How about when 40,000 gashead/sh1theads turn up at Wembley ? do they count as gloryhunters ? or are you proud of them for 'supporting' a local club ? Well in my OP I did talk about the 25,000 ish fans who regularly watch our two clubs, so when we pack our ends at Wembley it's not really the true fans at the time. But it's a good indication of how many would watch us if we were to finally find some real success from somewhere. Too easy to turn up at the national stadium for a one off game. Not so easy to go to a game in, say, Yorkshire on a Tuesday night in the snow...(and yep, we lost 2-1 when I did that!) The fans who really support our clubs when they can (personal circumstances allowing etc) deserve high praise. People generally love to be associated with success, but not so many associate themselves with loyalty at times. I hated suddenly seeing Blackburn shirts being worn in 1995 for example... I have a confession. It was a difficult time for me... when I moved from Bristol to Sussex, it suddenly became apparent that, apparently I had a funny accent and supported a team that, to my surprise at the age of nine, wasn't covered at all in the local newspapers or on local TV. Also, people thought it was odd I supported such a lowly club. I became resolute not to conform. I deliberately rallied against losing my Bristol accent, and became defensively proud of everything bristolian. (this is the confession bit) and that included... er... bristol city (arggh - there I said it). I'm better now and hate them again. But the OPS point is well made, we should be proud. My new friends in Sussex supported Leeds (it was the early 70s)and London teams. Couldn't understand it. Never will. Proud to be gas, proud to be bristolian, proud of my funny accent (still got most of it) UTG.
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Post by lpgas on Apr 17, 2016 13:00:21 GMT
To be fair the situation of us and the Teds is down to history. If all those years ago when amateur clubs were merging to form our clubs had merged once more we would have one team in the City, and it probably would have been more successful. Regarding other clubs I watch: Frome if they are playing in the week, as they play their games on a Wednesday. It's more relaxing than watching Rovers, I can walk round the ground, have a drink, and sit or stand where I want and I don't have a know all telling me thinks were better in the 80's.
I also take an interest in Burnley as my Dad was from there and was his team. I still like the fact that they were a great club in the last century, came back from being bottom of the league to being in the Prem, and Old Trafford holds more people than the population of Burnley. If it wasn't so far I would have been a Burnley supporter
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2016 13:07:03 GMT
So should people who live nearer Bath, Gloucester, WSM etc etc really be supporting their bloody LOCAL clubs? and are those that do and choose to watch Rovers/City actually therefore be 'Plastic' fans too? (according to the holier than thou theory) Interesting. I may be wrong but I think people are talking professional football league clubs rather than non league? Just a bloody thought. And the difference is just that as plenty support their local non league sides as well.
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