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funny how the spite towards them doesn't exist in the same way it does toward Bristol City
Its not as if there hasn't been bother between the fans in the past ......the battle of Eastville in spring 83 when Jeff Hemmerman was injured for example
But generally I don't mind Rovers
Seldom played them in 20 years, I’m fairly agnostic about them. Have a few Rovers mates and acquaintances, all living in Wales now or were at the time, sound bunch when it comes to the football. Have never really met a Bristol City fan strangely, definitely dislike them more as a club.
went down to twerton back in the day..we lost 2.1..and got ****ing soaked.
Rovers fans tend to come from the north of the city, nicer areas in my mind after living there, city to the south. It’s probably because they are seen as the smaller club that we never saw them as rivals but they always brought decent support and would take just as many away as city, particularly when they didn’t have a home ground in Bristol.
I’ve lived in Bristol for 5 years and have been surprised at how little I notice that there are two football clubs in the city. When working in Cardiff I would see city shirts, coats and scarfs being displayed on a regular basis, even on non match days. I’ve genuinely seen more Welsh rugby shirts around Bristol than any local football ones. Even in my workplace in the city centre I can only think of one BC fan, with the rest all part of the Man Utd / Liverpool bandwagon.
They are both rough and in the north but are sort of inner city areas....st. Paul’s wasn’t so bad to be honest, as long as you didn’t deal on the streets you were fine. Easton reminds me of Riverside, lots of hookers and street stuff going down.
redland, cotham, montpelier, St. Andrews, st werburghs, bishopston are all nice north off Gloucester rd which goes up through rovers territory traditionally. The south seems full of estates like knowle, knowle west, hartcliffe etc....
Same here Sludge, 3 years at Bristol Poly, 77-80 Easton, Ashley Down & Bishopston, all Gas territory. Some weeks I’d spend 4 evenings inside Eastville, Speedway, greyhounds & the Gas. With City & the Gas I had a double reason to dislike the red shite! They were also in the top division as well which made it worse.
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I did a post grad housing policy course at Oxford polytechnic .......which is shit by the way .....even back then it was full of wannabees saying they are studying at Oxford
I think apart from the cowley road , Oxford is crap for students
Pubs are expensive , very poor nightlife not really that much to do