FA Cup R5 | Bristol City (A) | Tue 28 Feb 20:00 | - Pre Match Thread

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Our record against Bristol City:

Recent times (since WW2)
P 13
W 7
D 4
L 2

Pre=WW2:

P12
W 2
D 2
L 8

None of which, I freely admit, affects the result of our upcoming clash. But our pre-war record v BC was pretty appallin g.
(John Motson would have rattled these stats off from memory)
 
Fordyboy46 said:
I don't get it, what am I missing?
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U ever been? The running joke is they put something in the water and usually after spending 5 mins there it is confirmed that they are quite an odd bunch - the accent helps! For the record I see this as a very good thing haha
 
Have just looked at the other fixtures and it’s a seriously weak round of 16.

If either Spurs or United go out in this round we have no excuse for not winning it
 
SCEtoAUX said:
A little tip for you northern chaps coming down to my neck of the woods.

When you get off the bus or out of the taxi, we say "Cheers Drive".

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Does anybody down in the south-west say "proper job!" or is that a fabrication, like saying scousers say “whack” at the end of their sentences to the person they're speaking to? (Never once heard the latter, but I seem to have heard the former in Devon and Cornwall in the distant pastl).
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
Does anybody down in the south-west say "proper job!" or is that a fabrication, like saying scousers say “whack” at the end of their sentences to the person they're speaking to? (Never once heard the latter, but I seem to have heard the former in Devon and Cornwall in the distant past!)
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Back in the 80s people used to say not to wear a watch to matches in Liverpool as the locals would say 'Errr..got the time whack?' to 'discover' your accent and whether this needed further 'action" on their part.
Back in the 80s I remember City fans would sing at fans they considered to be from more 'rural' areas (remember hearing it at a Ipswich and Norwich games , and probably a Bristol City one too?)this little ditty:
'I can't read and I can't write but that don't really matter, turn it left, turn it right , i can drive a tractor'
Nothing like a bit of regional stereotyping 'artistic licence' . Just like people from the East End of London all eat Jellied eels everyday or Yorkshiremen put ferrets down their trousers (actually, must ask my boss from Bradford about that second one!)
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I think there'll be changes but hopefully not wholesale as it'd be good to see how Phillips does in a largely full strength team rather than one like we played at Southampton.
 
For those who have no recollection, Bristol City are appalling wank stains. They have a crap ground, a crap rugby team and ugly supporters.

Happily, they've never been in the Premier League and never won the League Cup in 1969.

Unhappily, I recognise that jealousy is an unattractive personality trait which I'm not proud of. And Bristol is a nice city, although not a patch on the sheer magnificence of Swindon (which sadly is not even a city).

For the sake of West Country, come on the Blues.
 
I've just remembered that they even have inside toilets for visiting supporters. That's just flaunting their wealth. And there are no brilliant roundabouts in Bristol either.
 
Zapcity said:
Back in the 80s people used to say not to wear a watch to matches in Liverpool as the locals would say 'Errr..got the time whack?' to 'discover' your accent and whether this needed further 'action" on their part.
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I don't know whether they said “whack” but I can confirm that that was not a myth. I saw it in the 70s. Problem was, if you were in the paddock, along one side of the pitch, when you got out you'd have to walk past the Kop to get back to Lime Street. You were really corralled into it. Lads'd come out a bit early and just hang around in groups trying to pick out who didn't look local.
Just one of the many charms of going to Anfield. And we always bloody lost then, as well!
 
Idesofmarch69 said:
For those who have no recollection, Bristol City are appalling wank stains. They have a crap ground, a crap rugby team and ugly supporters.

Happily, they've never been in the Premier League and never won the League Cup in 1969.

Unhappily, I recognise that jealousy is an unattractive personality trait which I'm not proud of. And Bristol is a nice city, although not a patch on the sheer magnificence of Swindon (which sadly is not even a city).

For the sake of West Country, come on the Blues.
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Ah, but Swindon produced probably the most overlooked and underrated group in the history of rock music. I'm dead serious.
Oh, and Don Rogers, of course.
Trying to work out who Bristol have produced. Massive Attack? They're not bad.
 
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