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Post by gazz on Jan 12, 2023 23:12:04 GMT
I'm really sorry to hear of your family loss, Lennie. Please don't worry about this, they'll still be here when you are able to update them, mate.
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Post by hatter_in_macc on Jan 12, 2023 23:38:32 GMT
My condolences to you and your family, Lennie.
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Post by dudleyhatter on Jan 13, 2023 6:02:09 GMT
My condolences on your loss Lennie. There are more important things for you to focus on at the moment than this thread. Looking forward to reading your discoveries when you are able to.
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Post by archie on Jan 13, 2023 9:10:44 GMT
Many condolences, Lennie.
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Post by bringbacklenwhite on Jan 13, 2023 9:24:59 GMT
My wife's sister died on Boxing Day, only 71 !
COPD apparently. Not unexpected but very sudden. Thanks for all the messages. Much appreciated.
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Post by ceefer on Jan 13, 2023 11:31:53 GMT
My wife's sister died on Boxing Day, only 71 ! COPD apparently. Not unexpected but very sudden. Thanks for all the messages. Much appreciated. Sorry to hear this. Condolences Lennie.
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Post by gazz on Jan 13, 2023 12:34:23 GMT
I am so sorry to hear that, Lennie.
My sincere condolences, mate.
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Post by hermannsays on Jan 13, 2023 21:30:44 GMT
Condolences to you and the family, Len.
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Post by bringbacklenwhite on Jan 18, 2023 18:35:57 GMT
Update:-
WBA 3 Chesterfield 0 (so goodbye to the National League side)
West Brom will now take on Bristol City at Ashton Gate on Saturday 28th January.
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Post by bringbacklenwhite on Jan 18, 2023 18:44:48 GMT
Bristol City
Managed by Nigel Pearson the Robins presently sit 17th in the Championship some nine points and eleven places behind the Baggies.
Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The club's home colours are red and white, and their nickname is The Robins — a robin featured on the club's badge from 1976 to 1994 and from 2019 onwards. Their main rivals are Bristol Rovers, with whom they contest the Bristol derby, and Cardiff City, with whom they contest the cross-border Severnside derby.
The club was founded in 1894 as Bristol South End and changed their name to Bristol City on adopting professionalism three years later when they were admitted into the Southern League. Finishing as runners-up in three of the first four seasons, in 1900 the club amalgamated with local Southern League rivals Bedminster F.C., who had been founded as Southville in 1887. Bristol City joined the Football League in 1901 when they became only the third club south of Birmingham (following in the footsteps of Woolwich Arsenal and Luton Town) to perform in the competition. Their first game in the Football League was on 7 September 1901 at Bloomfield Road, when Blackpool were beaten 2–0.
In 1909 they won through to their only FA Cup Final, though they were somewhat fortunate that a last-gasp spot-kick saved them from defeat in the semi-final versus Derby County at Stamford Bridge. In the final at the Crystal Palace (now the National Sports Centre) Bristol City lost to Manchester United 1–0.
In 1967, Alan Dicks was appointed manager, and things gradually began to improve, with promotion to the First Division in 1976, ending a 65-year exile from the top flight. In 1980, the City team went back to the Second Division in the first of three relegations, their debt mounted and their financial losses increased, with two successive relegations following. Thus, in 1982, they fell into the Fourth Division, and were declared bankrupt. A new club was formed and BCFC (1982) Ltd acquired the club's player contracts.
The club's current crest is a modernised version of the Robin which has long ties to the fans and the club. The club's previous crest was a simplified version of the coat of arms of the city of Bristol. The club's mascots are Red and Robyn, replacing Scrumpy the robin who had been the club's mascot from 2005 until 2022. The club's official anthem is One for the Bristol City by the Wurzels. First released in 1976, it is the tune the team run out to at home matches. A newly recorded version of the song reached number 66 in the UK charts in September 2007
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Post by bringbacklenwhite on Jan 28, 2023 16:58:01 GMT
Bristol City 3 WBA 0
Great home win for The Cider Army and into the bag they go for Monday's draw.
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Post by bringbacklenwhite on Feb 1, 2023 15:21:06 GMT
And it's THE plum draw for City as they take on (at home) City !!!
Bristol City vs Man City - Wednesday 1st March. No replays.
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Post by bringbacklenwhite on Feb 1, 2023 15:28:06 GMT
For those who don't know about our new team to grace these pages:-
Manchester City Football Club are an English football club based in Manchester that competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's (West Gorton), they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894. The club's home ground is the Etihad Stadium in east Manchester, to which they moved in 2003, having played at Maine Road since 1923. Manchester City adopted their sky blue home shirts in 1894, in the first season with the current name. Over the course of its history, the club has won eight league titles, six FA Cups, eight League Cups, six FA Community Shields, and one European Cup Winners' Cup.
The club joined the Football League in 1892, and won their first major honour, the FA Cup, in 1904. Manchester City received considerable financial investment both in playing staff and facilities following its takeover by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan through the Abu Dhabi United Group in 2008.
Manchester City topped the Deloitte Football Money League at the end of the 2020–21 season, making it the football club with the highest revenue in the world, approximated at €644.9 million. In 2021, Forbes estimated the club was the sixth most valuable in the world, worth $4 billion. Manchester City are owned by City Football Group Limited, a British-based holding company valued at £3.73 (US$4.8) billion in November 2019.
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Post by ceefer on Feb 3, 2023 10:33:52 GMT
And it's THE plum draw for City as they take on (at home) City !!! Bristol City vs Man City - Wednesday 1st March. No replays. I'll b e rooting for Bristol.
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Post by gazz on Feb 5, 2023 16:55:24 GMT
And it's THE plum draw for City as they take on (at home) City !!! Bristol City vs Man City - Wednesday 1st March. No replays. I'll b e rooting for Bristol. Same here, Ceef - come on, Brizzle!
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