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The Voice - Match preview Bradford City vs Notts County Tuesday 19th March @ 7.45 (Rearranged)

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by The Voice, Feb 28, 2024.

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  1. Bigrod

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    I will go. However with little expectation. More to meet up with the dwindling number of friends who still go.

    A slightly different angle but a lot of local traders pubs/bars and restaurants probably depend on Supporters spending some dosh in their establishments before the match. Given the number of closures then people not going is just another nail in the coffin.

    We use to go to the New Beehive, which closed about 18 months ago. We walked past Haighy’s which closed in 2018 and was often worth a visit and then the Barrack Tavern which closed a couple of years ago.

    If the few remaining places close, then even if things pick up at VP, the pre match experience could be fairly forlorn walking past even more closed and boarded places and nowhere to go.
     
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    There used to be the westend bar, the Lancaster, Melbourne, star, Bell View, the office, and loads of others.
     
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  3. Ulysses S Grant

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    Despite your very kind invitation I'm afraid I won't be there on Tuesday to me your good self, @Tennesseebantam@Tennesseebantam & @Offcomedun@Offcomedun (plus others).

    The whole experience, including pre-match drinks when in the RNC has become a chore. I think for the remaining home matches (daytime at least) I'll be finding something else to do and maybe finishing off with a little drinky at the Ling Bob.
     
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    Go back a couple of years when my parents were still alive, i always walked from the B & M building to VP as my dad would always drop us off and pick us up there after. It's only the last year or two I've had to experience walking from the city centre as I have to get the bus due to not leaving my van around the streets of BD8. It's a pretty grim experience in all honesty, Valley Parade would be the last place you would stick a stadium these days as Manningham Lane becomes the land that time forgot.
     
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    I saw the thread you started about the future, but l guess this post straddles both issues. My last friend who actually lived in the old city of Bradford, moved out just over 10 years ago. We use to go out in town for a beer/curry every few months. The final destination was the Nee Beehive, a curry in the Sheesh Mahl and a taxi. However a lot of the places in Bradford have closed or changed out of recognition. If City folded, apart from driving through, l doubt l would visit Bradford again.
     
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    I work over the road from VP and don't finish until 7 so I'll be going. Hoping we can get a few early goals against their dodgy defence.
     
    #446 Chris Redfield, Mar 18, 2024
  7. SteveC

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    I think the Rose & Crown is now the only watering hole left in that particular vicinity. Quite lively before & after the match, and good prices too. Never had a bit of bother in there, people generally in good spirits regardless of the matchday result :joy:
     
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    Not been to Luton then Rog ?
     
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    Harp of Erin.
     
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  10. SteveC

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    There was only one place to look wasn't there?

    Oh those were the days
     
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    Thought you said Edin for a moment
     
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    Good news is that despite the state of the pitch it will indeed be able to cope with 3 matches in 8 days which many said it couldn’t. Bad news is that having lost the first 2 we will probably make it 3 in a row tomorrow night. Although I’ve forecast a dull 1-1 draw in predictions league.
     
    #452 Captain Grumpy, Mar 18, 2024
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    Same prediction here, unfortunately I later realised we are without Kav and more importantly JT, not confident at all but we will see!
     
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    If Oyegoke is one of our back three I might try and make a last minute alteration to my prediction.
     
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    I knew exactly where to look!
     
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    Post match on Saturday Graham Alexander said to Jamie Raynor " If 4 people turn up on Tuesday,we have to prove ourselves to those 4 people".
    So he realises that the home support will be minimal.
     
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    Not since 1987
     
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    Legue Cup 1/4 final was January 88 r'kid. Shit day has to be said
     
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    A month out. Delete my account.
     
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    Ha ha
     
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