Glad to hear we're civilized. I was actually thinking of watching the 6 Nations myself last Saturday but I painted the kitchen ceiling in the morning and decided to spend the afternoon watching it dry instead 😉
Ha ha, I guess I'm supposed to rise to the bait. The Ireland v France game, between the teams ranked #1 and #2 in the world, was an absolute belter, and also an object lesson for the Football authorities on how to use the video referee correctly to get the decision right, which seems to be an ongoing issue with VAR.
Getting back to the Bolton build up, obviously a win would be huge no matter who the opposition, but in this case it would bring Bolton back into our orbit, much like we did with Derby. Before the Derby game I had no real thought of catching them, given their roasting hot form and top two aspirations. Fast forward two games and we have gained five points on them in the blink of an eye! Beating Bolton would accomplish much the same thing, keeping all four current playoff teams well within reach.
I attempted to copy a single paragraph of a googled site about ground shares, sensing that I’d not be alone in my ignorance of the fact that Brentford share their Community Stadium with London Irish Rugby Club.
i must have hit the ‘select all’ equivalent of Michael McIntyre’s ‘send to all’ of saucy messages he puts in so-called “celebrities’” mobile phones because I was confronted with a red banner telling me that 4,890 words were too many for a single message. Hence, no doubt, @raminpieces’ need to write multiple posts (although one in particular must have been pretty close).
Trying to delete 4,500 of those words without inadvertently deleting the paragraph about Brentford was, well, trying. I was mortified by what came up in place of the deleted text. When it came to the hieroglyphics the delete function didn’t want to know.
I bet Chris or the good doctor could wipe out the whole schimozzle with a few deft touches on their keyboards.
I’ll think twice in future about copying stuff to the Gasroom.
Reading a couple of Bolton forums, they really do seem like a decent fan base with great attitudes. When even your online fans are great, it says good things about your club!
Sorry, I couldn't resist; just friendly banter and I've nothing against you or Rugby. If I see someone in a college scarf and chinos wandering around the Frank Adams stand on Saturday looking slightly bewildered, I'll buy you a drink. BTW, the ale is as good as you'll find - Rebellion IPA straight from the barrel.
Hi Shev, as one of those Wanderers fans I can say most are decent as you say though we have one or two morons like most clubs. As for the game tomorrow it should be a cracker, two clubs in good winning form looking to continue that. I suppose a draw wouldn’t be a bad result for either of us but obviously it’s a true six pointer in every sense. It’s always a tough game against the Gas and we respect you and your manager very much. We recall your fans applauding our makeshift bunch during our recent dark period and it’s still much appreciated I can tell you. Anyway we’ve had two really good refs for our last two games so let’s hope it’s 3 tomorrow and if there is a winner it’s the best team?
It will be a cracking game and I hope the Bolton fans enjoy the pee-match facilities but go back a bit disappointed regarding the result. I hope we meet them in the play-off final.
...and that is exactly the concern of us Bolton fans. Despite our recent wins we have played more games than the teams around us and whilst it's good to have points on the board, I can't see Barnsley not overtaking us and others are in hot pursuit.
Recently we've been playing some really good easy-on-the-eye football and scoring some great goals, but every game is different and we're just hoping we can keep it going and stay in the playoff picture. I have no doubt you'll be a great challenge but we're just trying to stay focused on our own performances and if we keep up the standard we'll be fine. Hopefully we won't slip up tomorrow :)
@FarmerCee Hi Farmer, It is Bristol Rovers who are known as The Gas, tougher to get them to play the fixture on the original date than to beat them, almost impossible to carry the three points deservedly in the eyes of their manager.
I doubt any England match at Wembley could sell out 4x over, maybe the final of the Euros but none of the others.
The Six Nations is giving some good entertainment this season, although it is very hard for an underdog team to win a match at rugby (both codes), so the results are often predictable.
@bargepole you would be welcome in the family stand another week. We have a few rugby fans and golfers in there who visit occasionally and we have less swearing than in the Frank Adams upper tier.
Worth remembering too, that when the first Wasps takeover went belly up, and Hayes threw his toys out of the pram, that the WWST decided to prop Wasps up by funding them for 6 weeks until a new buyer could be found. Otherwise Wasps would have disappeared back then.
Oops, my sincere apologies Ed, of course it’s Bristol Rovers what was I thinking? From reading the earlier posts in the thread it’s pretty clear where the site name came from and the “questionable” facilities available to fans but never mind it’s what we see on the pitch that keeps us coming back. High hopes of a good match today between two good footballing teams who’ll both be looking to win so let’s see who wants it most?
Great photo of the gasworks. Bolton's old ground, Burnden Park had a railway line and signal box on top of the Embankment end. That's the end where so many people died or were injured in the Burnden Park disaster of 1946
”A little under half an hour after leaving the pitch, the game was restarted, with a new sawdust lined touchline separating the players from the corpses.”
Not that bothered about golf, but after Rugby my next favourite sport is definitely F1. Been to the British Grand Prix at Silverstone many times, with seats near the starting grid. When the lights go green, and 20 snarling monsters drop the clutch, the noise and vibration hits the stand like it's the end of the world. You don't get that experience watching it on TV.
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@micra - I agree with most of your post, but:
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was just uncalled for, really.
Glad to hear we're civilized. I was actually thinking of watching the 6 Nations myself last Saturday but I painted the kitchen ceiling in the morning and decided to spend the afternoon watching it dry instead 😉
Ha ha, I guess I'm supposed to rise to the bait. The Ireland v France game, between the teams ranked #1 and #2 in the world, was an absolute belter, and also an object lesson for the Football authorities on how to use the video referee correctly to get the decision right, which seems to be an ongoing issue with VAR.
Getting back to the Bolton build up, obviously a win would be huge no matter who the opposition, but in this case it would bring Bolton back into our orbit, much like we did with Derby. Before the Derby game I had no real thought of catching them, given their roasting hot form and top two aspirations. Fast forward two games and we have gained five points on them in the blink of an eye! Beating Bolton would accomplish much the same thing, keeping all four current playoff teams well within reach.
Certainly wasted a lot of my time @mooneyman.
I attempted to copy a single paragraph of a googled site about ground shares, sensing that I’d not be alone in my ignorance of the fact that Brentford share their Community Stadium with London Irish Rugby Club.
i must have hit the ‘select all’ equivalent of Michael McIntyre’s ‘send to all’ of saucy messages he puts in so-called “celebrities’” mobile phones because I was confronted with a red banner telling me that 4,890 words were too many for a single message. Hence, no doubt, @raminpieces’ need to write multiple posts (although one in particular must have been pretty close).
Trying to delete 4,500 of those words without inadvertently deleting the paragraph about Brentford was, well, trying. I was mortified by what came up in place of the deleted text. When it came to the hieroglyphics the delete function didn’t want to know.
I bet Chris or the good doctor could wipe out the whole schimozzle with a few deft touches on their keyboards.
I’ll think twice in future about copying stuff to the Gasroom.
Reading a couple of Bolton forums, they really do seem like a decent fan base with great attitudes. When even your online fans are great, it says good things about your club!
Sorry, I couldn't resist; just friendly banter and I've nothing against you or Rugby. If I see someone in a college scarf and chinos wandering around the Frank Adams stand on Saturday looking slightly bewildered, I'll buy you a drink. BTW, the ale is as good as you'll find - Rebellion IPA straight from the barrel.
Hi Shev, as one of those Wanderers fans I can say most are decent as you say though we have one or two morons like most clubs. As for the game tomorrow it should be a cracker, two clubs in good winning form looking to continue that. I suppose a draw wouldn’t be a bad result for either of us but obviously it’s a true six pointer in every sense. It’s always a tough game against the Gas and we respect you and your manager very much. We recall your fans applauding our makeshift bunch during our recent dark period and it’s still much appreciated I can tell you. Anyway we’ve had two really good refs for our last two games so let’s hope it’s 3 tomorrow and if there is a winner it’s the best team?
It will be a cracking game and I hope the Bolton fans enjoy the pee-match facilities but go back a bit disappointed regarding the result. I hope we meet them in the play-off final.
...and that is exactly the concern of us Bolton fans. Despite our recent wins we have played more games than the teams around us and whilst it's good to have points on the board, I can't see Barnsley not overtaking us and others are in hot pursuit.
Recently we've been playing some really good easy-on-the-eye football and scoring some great goals, but every game is different and we're just hoping we can keep it going and stay in the playoff picture. I have no doubt you'll be a great challenge but we're just trying to stay focused on our own performances and if we keep up the standard we'll be fine. Hopefully we won't slip up tomorrow :)
https://twitter.com/i/status/1626180547524415489
Having studied the code, I believe @micra has activated the T-1000 again...
It’s doubly significant because we have two games-in-hand on Bolton. A win tomorrow could be our most important of the season so far.
There you go, bringing up our less than perfect toilet arrangements again.
@FarmerCee Hi Farmer, It is Bristol Rovers who are known as The Gas, tougher to get them to play the fixture on the original date than to beat them, almost impossible to carry the three points deservedly in the eyes of their manager.
Certainly an apt nickname with all the hot air their manager spouts.
@FarmerCee and just to explain why this is nevertheless the Gasroom, the home end at our previous Loakes Park ground was called the Gasworks End
Excellent!
@bargepole is making some good points.
I doubt any England match at Wembley could sell out 4x over, maybe the final of the Euros but none of the others.
The Six Nations is giving some good entertainment this season, although it is very hard for an underdog team to win a match at rugby (both codes), so the results are often predictable.
@bargepole you would be welcome in the family stand another week. We have a few rugby fans and golfers in there who visit occasionally and we have less swearing than in the Frank Adams upper tier.
Didn’t London Irish used to play at Reading?
Yes, they were tenants at the Madejski Stadium for many years, but were struggling to fill the seats.
They seem to be doing much better at the Brentford Community stadium, both in terms of attendance and results.
Probably helps to have London Irish play in London. Trek out to Reading would've been tough, especially pre-Elizabeth Line.
Worth remembering too, that when the first Wasps takeover went belly up, and Hayes threw his toys out of the pram, that the WWST decided to prop Wasps up by funding them for 6 weeks until a new buyer could be found. Otherwise Wasps would have disappeared back then.
Because...
this was the view towards The Gasworks End.
I don’t think I’ve heard any swearing the the FA upper for about a decade. Unless you count ‘tosser’.
Golf and rugby fans in the family stand. Any F1 fanatics lurking to complete the holy trinity of sports horror?
Oops, my sincere apologies Ed, of course it’s Bristol Rovers what was I thinking? From reading the earlier posts in the thread it’s pretty clear where the site name came from and the “questionable” facilities available to fans but never mind it’s what we see on the pitch that keeps us coming back. High hopes of a good match today between two good footballing teams who’ll both be looking to win so let’s see who wants it most?
Great photo of the gasworks. Bolton's old ground, Burnden Park had a railway line and signal box on top of the Embankment end. That's the end where so many people died or were injured in the Burnden Park disaster of 1946
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnden_Park_disaster
From the Wikipedia article @wanderlust linked to
”A little under half an hour after leaving the pitch, the game was restarted, with a new sawdust lined touchline separating the players from the corpses.”
sorry @micra , but Jesus Fucking Christ
That is absolutely amazing! They actually played on with people lying dead by the side of the pitch? Terrible.
Not that bothered about golf, but after Rugby my next favourite sport is definitely F1. Been to the British Grand Prix at Silverstone many times, with seats near the starting grid. When the lights go green, and 20 snarling monsters drop the clutch, the noise and vibration hits the stand like it's the end of the world. You don't get that experience watching it on TV.