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37 minutes ago, jimtastic56 said:

Max Bird has put out a statement saying “ Ashton Gate is a great stadium and always rocking “. Really Max ? At least he didn’t say   “It was a No -Brainer “.

Ashton Gate is always rocking when he goes, it's because we're there!

10 minutes ago, i-Ram said:

Better than Fanny Adams I guess?

I don't know, I've heard she's sweet 😂

4 minutes ago, Ramant62 said:

Was it not confirmed on Monday that his loan had been extended till the end of the season?

I know the intention for that to happen was announced but I've not seen it officially confirmed - I could have missed something though.

From what I've read his loan ended after the Burton match so if he is staying, I hope we can get him everything sorted in time for him to play on Saturday 🤞

4 minutes ago, angieram said:

Last year some fans chose to stand down at the front in front of the seats and they never got moved, their appointed seats must have been empty somewhere! 

Thanks, I didn't go last season so wasn't aware of that, I'll keep my eyes open for that possibility if I don't get a swap 🤞

5 minutes ago, angieram said:

Good luck with people being reasonable! 😂

I hope you get your swap. We go higher for the same reason, even though we know we'll have to stand. 

Thanks, fingers crossed but more in hope than expectation 🤔

Please feel free to shout down to me if there's any spaces up in the gods😂

9 minutes ago, Foreveram said:

And I am hoping for World peace 😂

We can but hope 🤞

26 minutes ago, angieram said:

That's exactly what caused all the trouble at Lincoln last season. The Club not selling the front two rows until all other tickets sold out. Then sold them to people who then stood in front of the older fans who'd deliberately selected "front row" seats as they need to sit at games.

You would think the ticket office/Lincoln would have learned from that experience but no, they just repeat the folly. It makes me really angry.

I agree, you'd think they'd learn from previous problems/mistakes.

When the ticket office rang me yesterday they said that these tickets had been returned so I'm assuming that rows A and B had already been sold and not held back, I don't know if that's true or not though.

As for sitting, I'd rather sit than stand but if those in front stand up you have little option but to do the same unless you want to risk getting into an argument.

My reason for wanting to be further back has nothing to do with the standing or sitting debate though, I just prefer to be higher up in the stand so I have a better view of the game than that provided from the rows near the front. I know others prefer the opposite so I'm hoping that someone might want to swap, if not, then hopefully everyone on the first few rows will behave and be considerate to those behind them who can't stand throughout a game.

I got 3 today from being on the waiting list so I'm happy about that after laptop blips in Monday - unfortunately they're on row B as I prefer to be higher up, nearer the back so if anyone has 3 further back tickets and wants to be at the front, please let me know and I happily swap - they're in block N5 if anyone is interested 🤞

11 hours ago, i-Ram said:

I see we would have been away to Liverpool in the cup 4th round if we had been prepared properly to beat Crewe. Warne out out.

I'm not sure that's true, I think the ball numbers would've been different if we'd got through.

Ah, the 70's, the good old days 🙂

Has he been sacked yet 😂🤣😂

28 minutes ago, jimtastic56 said:

Going to Wigan , but I have to say the prices at Orient & Wigan are disgusting , when Florist fans are going to  “State of the Art” grounds like Spurs for £30. It’s taking the P .

I know what you mean but I don't see it that way, I'd happily pay £30 to see us play at the shittiest sh*thole of a ground but I wouldn't be willing to pay a penny to see f****t play at the best ground in the world.

8 minutes ago, DavesaRam said:

@Carl Sagan?

I wondered about him but he said he wanted a couple so I didn't contact him - I'm pleased to say I've just sold it though but thanks for the thought 🙂

One of my mates can't make it today so I have a spare adult ticket if anyone is interested - £30 face value.

One of my mates can't make it today so I have a spare adult ticket if anyone is interested - £30 face value.

10 hours ago, Foreveram said:

It says the next round is the week commencing the 4th of January but that is a Thursday.

We are at home to Peterborough on the 1st of January and away to Fleetwood on the 6th .

Yeah I noticed that on the EFL website last night too - concrete proof that they haven't got a clue what day it is 😂 🤔

25 minutes ago, StarterForTen said:

Round of 16 is the last one to be regionalised. If we get through that one we could draw any remaining team in the quarters. 

In case anyone doesn't know, the draw for the next round is on Sky at 6.30 on Friday.

https://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/2023/11/bristol-street-motors-trophy-ticket-information-fleetwood-town-h

5 hours ago, SKHunter said:

What he's saying is that if you don't know who it is personally you could be passing them on to a reet nutcase and the ticket has your name on it. ⚽️🍺

That's true but really all I was getting at was that in my opinion any unwanted tickets should go back to the club for those on the waiting list rather than people trying to get them by circumventing the system.

4 hours ago, Colombo King said:

Long shot I know, but does anybody have two tickets they want to sell for the Orient game?

No but if I did I wouldn't sell them to anyone, I'd return them to the club for them to pass on to someone on the waiting list. 

1 hour ago, Rich3478 said:

Didn’t know barrow were in the league before! That leaves Sutton and Harrogate as the two we’ve never played away?

I've just checked and the last time we played Barrow away was in 1956.

22 minutes ago, Foreveram said:

I would have gone to Yeovil but my daughter decided that was the day she was getting married. 😧

How dare she 😂 we got married on a Tuesday so I didn't miss whatever the weekend match was 🙂

21 minutes ago, SKHunter said:

I've done 72 of the current 92 and 256 grounds all told. Footballgroundmap.com is how I know that but I may have forgotten a few through a haze of drink. I watch a lot of non league too. Don't give myself much chance of getting orient in though. Just a mere season ticket holding pensioner. ⚽️🍺

256 grounds is very impressive, I wonder if anyone can top that?

15 minutes ago, Rich3478 said:

What happened to rushden and diamonds? Seem to disappear as quickly as they rose.

Am I right in thinking the 92 is impossible with derby currently, we’ve not played Sutton, barrow or Harrogate have we? Barrow we did at home in the league cup but not away.

I'm pretty sure you're right thinking that nobody could have seen Derby play at the current 92 unless there's been some friendlies over the years that I don't know about. I've done 87 and think it's possible that someone out there could be on 90 being as I didn't go to Crawley when we played them in the cup a few years ago and Barrow and Wrexham were both league sides in the 70's and or 80's. 

As for Rushden and Diamonds, they got expelled from the league if I remember right and then went bust only to reform as AFC Rushden or something similar.