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Re: Match Day Thread: Bristol Rovers
While we all madly want to get to the Championship, the carnage around the ground, minimal busses and the likes of Birmingham charging huge ticket prices does loom large.

Re: Match Day Thread: Bristol Rovers
Presumably because they're under pressure to then get back for a later pick up? Although sounds daft.
But the last time I tried to take the last pick up time from the station the bus didn't manage to get back due to the traffic carnage.
Luckily some yoofdem had some app for uber, beckoned a cab and me and an old boy all hopped in.
The young gentleman was going to pay the whole fee but we wouldn't hear of it!

Re: Match Day Thread: Bristol Rovers
Superb stroke ward too. Which i was very appreciative of for a relative that could easily have been life or death.

Re: Match Day Thread: Bristol Rovers
I don't think it's ever too late.
Great to see the news that the Family Stand is almost sold out for Saturday's game v Wigan - Quid a Kid is a great idea and to me one of the most disappointing things about the Couhig era (even though he did good stuff) was the veto on Quid a Kid.
That kind of thing could be so vital to capturing the imagination of future generations of fans, especially at a time when we have this level of squad to offer.
I just think that if you even capture a few minds out of the kids that attend, that it gets paid back many times over in terms of the future support base.

Re: Match Day Thread: Bristol Rovers
With no factual evidence to support, I'll surmise that Sky+ and streaming has had an effect on crowds. Maybe only in the hundreds but significant nonetheless. Without those vehicles you'd think Tuesday's crowd might've been closer to 5k??? Fully understand why people would stay at home btw and that's been done to death already.
It's boom time for crowds throughout the pyramid. Sadly we haven't capitalised/we've regressed. Perhaps worth noting that it's the same stadium and location that regularly drew 5k+ in the 90s and even an average of 6.5k in the early 00s...yes, I know, lots of factors...I'm tapping out.
Re: Carpooling
Ok, I'm thinking I'll probably pass on this occasion, but I'll let you know if that changes. Moreover, I'd be very interested in a similar arrangement for future away games, and I hugely appreciate you reaching out to me :)
Re: Match Day Thread: Bristol Rovers
I've always thought Cambridge is one of the easiest. Never worried about driving to any London Ground, access by train, bus and tube is so easy
Re: Match Day Thread: Bristol Rovers
We don't need a new ground do we?
We certainly don't need a bigger one. I can't imagine how bad an out of town 20,000 stadium we can't even half fill would be. It would kill the club
Make Adams Park as good as it can be, would be my ideal. Yeah, put on some more buses and negotiate with all of the local businesses to open up their site for parking.
But just ask yourself, in 35 years at Adams Park, how many times have we ever sold out?..... 3?....4?
Celebrate what we are, don't moan about what we're not

Re: Match Day Thread: Bristol Rovers
But apart from the brilliant cardio ward, superb nurses, excellent doctors, superb stroke ward and life saving staff....
...what has Wycombe hospital ever done for us?
Re: Match Day Thread: Bristol Rovers
When a student in Manchester
The North, where public transport is an acceptable way of travelling.
Down in the South the car is king and the maximum number of people that can be in a car at the same time is 2.
Yet another reason AP is a difficult ground to access.