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I do recall it being stated FL rules require rearrangement of the game at the earliest possible opportunity. Whilst this seems sensible to avoid fixture pile-up, it also ignores the fact that January is probably the worst month to rearrange long distance games midweek, as temperatures are...

A bizarre but elating evening's football. Never going to compare with the play-off games against Oxford, Torquay and Carlisle, but possibly the most ridiculous 'normal' away game with nothing much riding on it I've been to. Some fine finishing by Nombe - surely he has to start against Oxford...

Krysiak only played 10 league games in 2010-11. On loan Ben Hamer (who later played a CL game for Leicester) and Paul Jones played 18 games each, although Hamer was undoubtedly first choice at the end of the season. (I looked up the numbers obviously.) Hamer was a quality keeper but like...

1985-86 was the nadir of English football all round. The end of the 84-85 season saw Luton v Millwall in the FA Cup held up for 25 minutes due to hooliganism (with TV coverage), a teenager killed at Birmingham v Leeds, the Bradford fire (both the same day) and then the Heysel stadium disaster...

The best outcome by far is for the Gargs to beat Franchise 1-0 and Wycombe to beat Burton 3-0. The Frannies lose out on the autos; the Gargs finish a place lower than they started the day despite winning due to Wycombe going above them on GS, which will hopefully be devastating for them. The...

Indeed it did - I was close to them and there were 2 separate versions near the start of the game. It was then followed up by the Alan Nicholls chant and the one about the Torpoint ferry incident a few years ago. Classy stuff. Happily these chants then died out after 15 minutes only for the...

I too knew Gordon and like TMA I didn't know his surname, his phone number or much else about him frankly. But I understood he'd been watching City since the late 60s and certainly he'd been there for good and bad times since I met him in 2001. I've missed very few homes games since 2008 and nor...

I was a season ticket holder from 2009-2014 despite living in Bristol for most of this time. I usually stand with a season ticket holder since 2001 or earlier from Whimple and a former season ticket holder who lives in Pl*mouth and gave his up due to personal circumstances which have since...

I would like to report most of the Big Bank (including myself). The away end probably swears a lot most games - I can't hear them, but no doubt they do, so best sling them all out to be on the safe side. I'm fairly sure I've spotted a few of our players swearing, so I hope the stewards will...

The current definition of a Westcountry derby on Wikipedia at the time I write this is a game between Bristol Rovers and Torquay. Can't say that's the one that immediately springs to mind for me. Not that Wikipedia is ever trolled of course. Stupid comment if he did say that. Derbies like ours...

I think there was also the Anglo-Welsh element - if a few drunken Newport fans had started chanting anti-English stuff in the streets it could have become rather nasty rather quickly. Also Newport, like other South Walian clubs don't have the best reputation in the world, although not on the...

You know a Garg fan with a job? Oh hang on, got it... you must work in a Jobcentre and see them on the other side of the counter.

Based on the away games I went to last season and the one I've been to this: Oxford - from what I remember we outsung them for the first hour when we were 3 up, then they got noisier when they pulled it back to 3-2 and we got quieter, then the pendulum swung again when we made it 4-2. Singing...

Did we even sell out Torquay away last season when it was due to be held on the Saturday before Saturnalia until Zeus emptied his chamberpot over the Westcountry? I'm pretty certain we didn't sell out the rematch. It's been a while since I can remember us having any ticketing shortages and...

If Yeovil don't go up, then their best players will be snapped up by bigger, wealthier clubs / clubs paying unsustainable wages who'll be found out next season. See us and Rochdale 2011, Swindon 2010. At which point they'll be lucky to reach their traditional 17th next season. If they do go up...

If you really want to improve the atmosphere on the Bank give Cheltenham a small section of the Bank. When Sheffield United got one in the last game of the season the atmosphere in the first half was cracking as there was banter going back and forth. When they got escorted into the away end just...

The sun has to be a major factor - however it's much more of a problem from November to January when it's at its lowest (and therefore nearest the St James Road End goal) than at this time of the year. Another factor is surely that over the last 2 years we rarely lose if we score the first...

Given the fact our crowds are down on this time last season, it seems like it'd be worth looking at the remaining home games and trying to budget for them. 28th Jan - Charlton - should be fairly good numbers in theory as they're top of the table, slightly more glamorous than some of our...

I feel after today that anyone taking a c*cky penalty should be fined a week's wages even if they score to stop them trying it again. Players who run up and slow down before shooting simply severely limit the angle and power they can use. Keepers at our level do not move early - and if you try...

Given our problems actually creating any chances at the moment, I thought I'd check on Soccerbase what the results were in the games Harley missed last season. As far as I can tell he only missed 4 games: Bristol Rovers (h) 2-2 - early in the season. 9 players who started are still here - Jones...