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Bristol City fan with local info for your visit in August

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  • Captain Peacock
    Captain Peacock Posts: 201
    Have never understood how Bristol has never sustained a premier league club.
    Arguably the capitol of the south west, Plymouth might have a different option of that, huge catchment area with good transport links to the rest of the country. 
    Get it that it is considered a football backwater but nothing money couldn't change.
    Rugby is thriving there, so would think there is an appetite for top level football too.
    Obviously City are the bigger club than Rovers but don't know the ambition and wealth of there owners.



  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 11,175
    Captain Peacock said:
    Have never understood how Bristol has never sustained a premier league club.
    Arguably the capitol of the south west, Plymouth might have a different option of that, huge catchment area with good transport links to the rest of the country. 
    Get it that it is considered a football backwater but nothing money couldn't change.
    Rugby is thriving there, so would think there is an appetite for top level football too.
    Obviously City are the bigger club than Rovers but don't know the ambition and wealth of there owners.



    Wonder if having 2 clubs held them back in a way, if all the resources of the city went into one of them they might be able to make more revenue, like Leicester, Coventry etc
  • Braziliance
    Braziliance Posts: 8,359
    Captain Peacock said:
    Have never understood how Bristol has never sustained a premier league club.
    Arguably the capitol of the south west, Plymouth might have a different option of that, huge catchment area with good transport links to the rest of the country. 
    Get it that it is considered a football backwater but nothing money couldn't change.
    Rugby is thriving there, so would think there is an appetite for top level football too.
    Obviously City are the bigger club than Rovers but don't know the ambition and wealth of there owners.



    If I was minted and a neutral, Bristol City, Charlton & Bradford would be the 3 clubs I would be eyeing up. 

    All have great potential. 
  • wmcf123
    wmcf123 Posts: 5,827
    Tunwellsaddick said:
    I can remember seeing John Ateyo play at the Valley many years ago. He was a big unit and had the ability to "hang" in the air when jumping for a header. Seemed to deny gravity. 
    Is he replacing Chuks ?

    I enjoy Bristol- excellent day out. 
  • EugenesAxe
    EugenesAxe Posts: 3,308
    Captain Peacock said:
    Have never understood how Bristol has never sustained a premier league club.
    Arguably the capitol of the south west, Plymouth might have a different option of that, huge catchment area with good transport links to the rest of the country. 
    Get it that it is considered a football backwater but nothing money couldn't change.
    Rugby is thriving there, so would think there is an appetite for top level football too.
    Obviously City are the bigger club than Rovers but don't know the ambition and wealth of there owners.



    Bristol is far ahead of Plymouth in terms of infrastructure, events, things to do, for music alone you can’t compare the two, Plymouth’s music scene is non existent, as an alternative and experimental scene at least Bristol is one of the best in Europe. Perhaps it’s geography? It is in the south west, but it’s kind of a lot further north than the rest of it, Exeter is an hour south, Plymouth is two hours! That’s without including the whole of Cornwall.
    Argyle seems to have a bigger catchment so perhaps this works against Bristol City?
  • Belv
    Belv Posts: 836
    Braziliance said:
    Captain Peacock said:
    Have never understood how Bristol has never sustained a premier league club.
    Arguably the capitol of the south west, Plymouth might have a different option of that, huge catchment area with good transport links to the rest of the country. 
    Get it that it is considered a football backwater but nothing money couldn't change.
    Rugby is thriving there, so would think there is an appetite for top level football too.
    Obviously City are the bigger club than Rovers but don't know the ambition and wealth of there owners.



    If I was minted and a neutral, Bristol City, Charlton & Bradford would be the 3 clubs I would be eyeing up. 

    All have great potential. 

     

    Bristol City are owned by billionaire supporter Steve Lansdown, he is also the owner of Bristol Sport who I believe manufacture their kits. A lot has been invested in Bristol City over recent years and they definitely underachieving given their resources.


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