Category Archives: World Cup 2018

Development Control (South and East) Committee (part 1)

Sharp eyed observers may have noticed that a special meeting of the Development Control (South and East) Committee of Bristol City Council is scheduled for 6.00pm November 4. And the Bristol Blogger can confirm that this will be the planning … Continue reading

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World Cup footBALLS: jolly news

By our Chief Football Correspondent, Sell Outter See the Evening Cancer on Tuesday? Unfortunately its World Cup “fluff” piece of the day wasn’t considered worth putting on their internet site … But essentially it was about a World Cup jolly … Continue reading

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World Cup footBALLS: parklife

Still wondering where this £100m in revenue the city council reckons can be made from hosting a World Cup is actually going to come from. We already know that all the big money from TV rights goes to FIFA, not … Continue reading

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Blattered!

“For the game. For the World.” Rich with symbolism, this. Just a shame the old bastard didn’t break his neck. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJHuY_8yz0c]

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What a difference a day makes …

This new local online news thingy, Bristol 24/7, reported on Tuesday: Simon Cook – executive member for the culture, sport and tourism projects executive – told a press conference held at the Marriott Hotel, College Green, that the costs of … Continue reading

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World Cup footBALLS: part two – the marketing case?

Saturday’s Comment in the Evening Cancer about the World Cup bid went on to claim, “there is the invaluable prospect of fantastic publicity for the city” Really? In September 2007, Egbert Oldenboom from MeerWaarde Sport and Economics in Amsterdam published … Continue reading

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World Cup footBALLS: part one – business case?

By chief sports writer, Sell Outter Has the Evening Cancer realised it might have made a mistake believing senior council officer Stephen Wray’s absurd estimate that £100m could come into the city as a result of a successful World Cup … Continue reading

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Bristol City Council’s frantic fact-free analysis-lite World Cup fantasy PR campaign in the pages of the Evening Cancer, fronted by Eddie Large and supported by an increasing cast of financially ignorant nobodies, continues apace. Latest news is that the usual … Continue reading

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News release: BEDMINSTER RESIDENTS AGAINST TESCO’S EXPANSION INTO ASHTON GATE (BERATE)

NEWS 5th July 2009 Greater Bedminster Residents meet to form “No-Superstore” Campaign Group More than 70 people from Greater Bedminster packed into a meeting room at the Southville Centre on Friday night, to hear more about the proposed Tesco superstore … Continue reading

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Tesco: value range vagueness from the Dim Prawn

Lucky recipients of South Bristol MP Dawn Primarolo’s ‘Hear From Your MP’ e-newsletter will have already read the Prawn’s fence-sitting on Tesco’s at Ashton Gate. But here it is for the rest of you: ASHTON GATE SITE Several residents have … Continue reading

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