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« on: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 16:00:33 » |
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Happened in the 80's. We won. Why was it played there??? Chalkies Shorts says: Police advice.  I say: Waterlogged pitch at Twerton (for a few weeks).  Who is right???  Pint of beer on this! |
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« Reply #1 on: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 16:20:59 » |
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IIRC it was to do with the transfer of Trevor Morgan from Rovers to City. As part of the deal Rovers got to play one home game at Ashton Gate. The original idea was to play City but this was thought to be too much of an advantage to City so they did the next best thing financially which was to play Swindon.
It was not long after they had been forced to quit Eastville. Seems unthinkable now for Rovers to borrow Ashton Gate but this would have been a only a few years after they played several games there after the fire at Eastville.
There was no police involvement, Rovers were not forced to play the game there it was a commercial decision.
Morgan scored both goals in a 2-1 win for Rovers at the County Ground that season and also scored for City on the final day when a draw stopped them getting into the play-offs.
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« Reply #2 on: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 17:40:09 » |
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I went to that, i thought it was because eastville had closed and Twerton wasn't ready? I think we won 4-3 but my memory isn't what it was and happy to be corrected on that
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« Reply #3 on: Monday, October 27, 2008, 09:43:28 » |
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I went to that, i thought it was because eastville had closed and Twerton wasn't ready? I think we won 4-3 but my memory isn't what it was and happy to be corrected on that
Eaatville wasnt actually closed as such but Rovers could no longer afford the rent. They played all their home games at Twerton that season except the one against us. It was indeed a 4-3 win. |
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« Reply #4 on: Monday, October 27, 2008, 10:21:21 » |
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I think that it was because of fire at Eastville which burned down the changing rooms. This came after the financial problems that were forcing Rovers to move. I think that Rovers hastily moved to Ashton Gate for what turned out to be 5 or 6 games, but there was uproar in the city and many refused to attend (except for the Swindon game). Rovers then agreed a deal to move to Twerton to appease the fans.
I was at the 4-3 game and can't remember a 90 minutes filled with such highs and lows! Brilliant!!
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« Reply #5 on: Monday, October 27, 2008, 10:26:03 » |
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swindon-town-fc is trying to put something on Youtube to show it was waterlogging....
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« Reply #6 on: Monday, October 27, 2008, 12:06:02 » |
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I went to that, i thought it was because eastville had closed and Twerton wasn't ready? I think we won 4-3 but my memory isn't what it was and happy to be corrected on that
I must admit thats how I remember it too, I was on the open bank that day and Rovers had a shed load of loanees playing that day and Twentyman being captain and playing either his first game or first few games for the Rovers that day.....and a pretty crap crowd of only around 8,000 as well when they were expecting a lot more IIRC with around 3,000 Town fans there. |
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« Reply #7 on: Monday, October 27, 2008, 12:16:17 » |
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I think that it was because of fire at Eastville which burned down the changing rooms. This came after the financial problems that were forcing Rovers to move.
The fire was in 1980, well before the match in question. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastville_StadiumThe financial problems were probably more a result of the fire than preceding it. Rovers were actually the senior team in the region for a while with us and City in Div 4 but they were always struggling financially, hence why we were able to sign Steve White and Tim Parkin from them as they were trying to cut costs. |
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« Reply #8 on: Monday, October 27, 2008, 20:21:26 » |
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I reckon they just fancied a change of scene.
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« Reply #10 on: Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 00:57:39 » |
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Good enough for me.......that pitch was a shit heap....chalkie get the beers in!
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« Reply #11 on: Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 08:49:49 » |
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Good old Roger Malone! A bumbling buffoon in anyone's book!
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« Reply #12 on: Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 09:28:17 » |
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HTV loved the City.........good old red Roger!
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« Reply #13 on: Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 10:18:45 » |
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HTV loved the City.........good old red Roger!
'Good' ? Nothing good about him! Is he dead yet? NMH |
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« Reply #14 on: Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 10:20:23 » |
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If he did there would be black armbands at city!
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