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asl
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Apparently these are the football results the day after we went to war in 1939. Check out the Cheltenham score!

Also Boscombe v Northampton :shock:
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asl
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To answer my own unasked question, Boscombe became Bournemouth in 1972.
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RegencyCheltenhamSpa
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Can anyone confirm the Rovers vs Barry score?
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Si Robin
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RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote: ↑27 Sep 2023, 08:06 Can anyone confirm the Rovers vs Barry score?
I can't but I found this quite interesting:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939%E2%8 ... all_League
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RegencyCheltenhamSpa
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Si Robin wrote: ↑27 Sep 2023, 08:13
RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote: ↑27 Sep 2023, 08:06 Can anyone confirm the Rovers vs Barry score?
I can't but I found this quite interesting:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939%E2%8 ... all_League
I see Gloucester were above us when WWII started, but then didn’t return to the league when football started again.

Who knows, maybe if it wasn’t for the war, City would have grown to be the biggest and most successful Gloucestershire side.
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asl
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"Gloucester City's chairman, the self-made millionaire and former postal worker, announces plans for a new stadium to help cement the ambitions of the League 1 club, currently sitting top of the league after 8 games , having scored 27 goals, already. Meanwhile, top scorer Christian Norton is being closely tracked for a January move to Man City."

Sliding Doors moment.
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Jerry St Clair
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Did we ever find out the final score at Bristol Rovers v Barry Town?
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Jerry St Clair
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asl wrote: ↑27 Sep 2023, 07:18 To answer my own unasked question, Boscombe became Bournemouth in 1972.
The were actually Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic after the First World War and commonly known as "Bournemouth". Odd that they are referred to as Boscombe in the classifieds.

I appreciate this matter may not have been uppermost in minds they day after WWII started,
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Shade
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Si Robin wrote: ↑27 Sep 2023, 08:13
RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote: ↑27 Sep 2023, 08:06 Can anyone confirm the Rovers vs Barry score?
I can't but I found this quite interesting:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939%E2%8 ... all_League
Sack the board!
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plymrob
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Dare I say... A club's heritage should (and does) matter to some of us. I'm also thinking that's why the 'Nest' began?
Take the p#ss if you like. Ups and downs... certainly hard to take, but it happens. I'm equally sorry if you missed the the last fifty years but it would seem you have loads of other things to look forward to.
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Shade
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Am I the only one who doesn't know what plymrob is on about most of the time? :lol:
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RegencyCheltenhamSpa
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Shade wrote: ↑27 Sep 2023, 22:11 Am I the only one who doesn't know what plymrob is on about most of the time? :lol:
It always looks like he is replying to posts and threads I can’t see.
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Ihearye
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RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote: ↑27 Sep 2023, 22:43
Shade wrote: ↑27 Sep 2023, 22:11 Am I the only one who doesn't know what plymrob is on about most of the time? :lol:
It always looks like he is replying to posts and threads I can’t see.
Tad harsh, is it not obvious he is commenting on the Rovers v Barry match? Keep up at the back
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Si Robin
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Back to Bristol Rovers v Barry - it must have been the Rovers "B" team because they were in Division 3 South as well for the 39/40 season.

I've not given up searching for the result though.
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asl
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Was Chris Kamara doing the reporting...?
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Red Duke
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It was stated on twatter that Barry Town scored two goals in the match.
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