The Supporters Club Shop, Two Mile Hill.

[You can call me Al.]

Here's a different piece of news and may provide a break from all this counter arguing clap trap surrounding loan signings and sodding mines bigger than yours rubbish.

I was very impressed with the latest news surrounding our Supporters Club shop in the borough of  the Kings Wood. Not so much because of it's content but i thought it was a very informative update, extremely well communicated and kept our supporters up to date. I thank the Supporters Club and say bloody Good Work!

Now, off you go - bugger off back to work.

Lord Sugar



For some time now the Executive Committee of the Bristol Rovers Supporters Club have been considering the possibility of selling your supporters club shop at 199 Two Mile Hill Road. The vast majority of the funds raised by such a sale will form a major part of the Bristol Rovers Supporters Club contribution to new and improved facilities for supporters club members at the new stadium. Funds raised from the sale of the supporters club shop will be 'ring-fenced' and will only be available once building work on the new stadium has commenced. Any expenditure of these dedicated funds is also subject to a satisfactory agreement being reached between Bristol Rovers FC and the BRSC Executive Committee over the terms and conditions of the new supporters club facilities.

Selling the shop is our long term intention and we are currently in detailed negotiations and discussions with prospective buyers. There are still a number of key issues to be clarified before we are able to confirm any such sale or the precise way any sale will impact on you as a member.

We have considered a range of options in the last year and have been in discussions with a number of prospective purchasers. We have looked at buying other premises very close to Two Mile Hill Road and we have investigated the prospect of buying premises at other locations some distance away. We have also looked at the advantages and disadvantages of renting premises near the current shop, in the immediate vicinity and also elsewhere.

Throughout this process we have been actively trying to find a purchaser who was willing to allow us to maintain a shop presence on the ground floor after a sale. This option remains our preferred choice but the terms and conditions of any such deal need to be acceptable and reasonable. Planning permission to convert the top floors of 199 Two Mile Hill Road into flats was obtained some time ago.

There will be a short time period when conversion work of the ground floor will take place and it is anticipated that there may be a period of time when the shop will be closed. We are intending to keep this temporary closure slot to the minimum possible. A major part of our discussions with prospective purchasers has involved attempting to reach an agreement on the finer details of this transitional spell.

We are also involved in looking at selecting a specific time slot when the major work that impacts on members will occur. This is not straightforward when the outcome of any season is unpredictable. The possibility of reaching the play-offs this season is one of those factors we do have to consider.

[bemmygas]

It won't happen,but the flats could be sold,keep the cash and shop,open maybe a franchise in Doug hillards,and rent a shop in downend and keep the 5050 money. It will still be difficult but with potentially a 3 division difference in Bristol clubs, we have to have a presence in our heartland. Why worry about funds for the club, what have you and BRSC got for their £1 million, a few shares and a couple of blokes eating well every Saturday. Sod the money let's try and keep our North Bristol identity.

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I agree with Bemmy

On a different note, when we are enjoying better times i hope the club does the decent thing and put the supporters club shareholding percentage back where it should be prior to screwing over the share scheme.

[gasincider]

Never understood you're argument here Dinsdale.

If we had a 10% holding and someone offers to put in a million pounds in exchange for shares do you mean that we should turn it down because we will no longer have 10% of the bigger pie?

That's a recipe for disaster. No, the real point is that we should have been allowed to buy our shares at the same price as everyone else. Not at 12 times the rate. Now that is a scandal.

It seems noticeable that NH is saying he is looking for investors, but is not prepared to release shares in exchange. Wonder why?

Wonder if the fact that he holds just over 50% of the equity has anything to do with it.

[Topper Gas]

The vast majority of the funds raised by such a sale will form a major part of the Bristol Rovers Supporters Club contribution to new and improved facilities for supporters club members at the new stadium. Funds raised from the sale of the supporters club shop will be 'ring-fenced' and will only be available once building work on the new stadium has commenced.

Has anybody told the SC that Sainsbury's are refusing to pay up so the staduim can be built?

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Feb 4, 2015 14:02:56 GMT gasincider said:

Never understood you're argument here Dinsdale.

If we had a 10% holding and someone offers to put in a million pounds in exchange for shares do you mean that we should turn it down because we will no longer have 10% of the bigger pie?

That's a recipe for disaster. No, the real point is that we should have been allowed to buy our shares at the same price as everyone else. Not at 12 times the rate. Now that is a scandal.

It seems noticeable that NH is saying he is looking for investors, but is not prepared to release shares in exchange. Wonder why?

Wonder if the fact that he holds just over 50% of the equity has anything to do with it.

The share scheme kept us alive and then at the earliest opportunity they devalued the shares by 50% in exchange for even more loans that we would not have needed if we ran the club properly. There would now be a massive lack of trust in any future fans share issue.

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Sack the board.

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Higgs is a reptile, DC is a shithead, Sinclair has Ebola and spits on all the pasties, sack Horfield.