[Archived] West Brom V Rovers Preview 7th April 2012

[Robbo]

Last time I went to West Brom away I went to The Vine. I seem to remember lots of chicken tikka being cooked on large bbq's in the pub. It was a few years ago though...

[Ozz]

Just to put that pub into context....

[Clitherover]

Just to put that pub into context....

Wow, what a s***hole. If that's the sort of establishment on offer I think I'll drink in the ground.

[Mattyblue]

Come on clitherover, that's what away days are all about!

[A cup of beans]

sadly (or happily) depending on the result, i'm going to miss the trip to the hawthorns (on a stag in estonia!).

Absolute minimum, 4 pts needed over our next 3 games (wba, lfc, swans).

I fear anything less we'll be really up against it!

getting 3 pts at WBA would be huge!

[mickygray316]

That pub looks epic!

[Clitherover]

Come on clitherover, that's what away days are all about!

True but there's dives and then there's dives, I'd be worried about never coming back out of that pub if I went in.

[jim mk2]

What a sad sight. It actually looks a decent building, and must have been impressive in its heyday surrounded by decent terraced streets full of working-class folk all of whom had jobs and worked in local factories. Then Thatcher and the 1980s came along..........

Getting back to Saturday I'll probably be making a last-minute decision to attend so does anyone know if it is possible to pay on the gate ?

[Ozz]

You can Jim , see OP.

[Mattyblue]

What a sad sight. It actually looks a decent building, and must have been impressive in its heyday surrounded by decent terraced streets full of working-class folk all of whom had jobs and worked in local factories. Then Thatcher and the 1980s came along..........

[jim mk2]

You can Jim , see OP.

Thank you.

[adopted scouser]

Just to put that pub into context....

Royston Vasey ?

[jim mk2]

Deliberate ideological destruction of communities and manufacturing industries by a right-wing government. Yeah, very funny.

[imy9]

Bought my two tickets, looking forward to it now, hoping for a repeat of last year.

[Mattyblue]

Deliberate ideological destruction of communities and manufacturing industries by a right-wing government. Yeah, very funny.

Shame Wilson and Callaghan bankrupted the country and we had to beg to the IMF for a bailout.

[Doug]

Shame Wilson and Callaghan bankrupted the country and we had to beg to the IMF for a bailout.

And more recently Brown and Blair! Let's hope Ball's never gets the chance!

[Steve Kean's Hypnotoad]

There's something disturbing about the picture of that pub. Maybe its the way the black clouds are rolling over it and there aren't many other buildings about. Make a good set for a post-apocalyptic film.

[Mike Graham]

And more recently Brown and Blair! Let's hope Ball's never gets the chance!

the 3 B's.....sounds like a good name for a brewery.....mind you Brown, Blair and Balls sounds like the old pi$$ up in a brewery adage.

[Stuart]

There's something disturbing about the picture of that pub. Maybe its the way the black clouds are rolling over it and there aren't many other buildings about. Make a good set for a post-apocalyptic film.

+1

[SAS]

Massive game this, thought we would have had a decent following.

On the train for this one and will be drinking in Birmingham near to snow hill station as west bromich is a dive.

[Ricky]

Good food down there though Scotty. Think I went to the Desi junction previously. There's also another pub with an outside area which has always been fine for away fans.

[jim mk2]

Shame Wilson and Callaghan bankrupted the country and we had to beg to the IMF for a bailout.

Having inherited the mess left by Heath and the 13 years of Tory misrule 1951 - 64 before that.

Now explain why the Thatcher govt's destruction of the north of England economy (from which it has never recovered), the attack on the working classes and 3m unemployed in the 1980s was in your opinion funny ?

Three tickets for the match arrived this am - I'm feeling optimistic and I think we'll win.

[Mattyblue]

Having inherited the mess left by Heath and the 13 years of Tory misrule 1951 - 64 before that.

Now explain why the Thatcher govt's destruction of the north of England economy (from which it has never recovered), the attack on the working classes and 3m unemployed in the 1980s was in your opinion funny ?

Three tickets for the match arrived this am - I'm feeling optimistic and I think we'll win.

I was laughing at a Thatcher bash been hooked into a West Bromwich Albion match thread.

We never had it so good between 51 and 64.

[jim mk2]

I was laughing at a Thatcher bash been hooked into a West Bromwich Albion match thread.

We never had it so good between 51 and 64.

1950s boom after second world war had led to bust by 1964 - which was why Wilson govt had to devalue pound.

[philipl]

Will be arriving at the Hawthorns Station about 1pm if anyone is around then. Got to get my ticket at the ground.