Promotion. Finals at both Wembley and the Millenium Stadium, all whilst sporting a cracking tan, this man has done it all in the blue and white quarters. No, not Ryan Green, no, not Sammy Igoe, no, not Chris Carruthers, no, not Sean Rigg, BUT Super Lewis Haldane!

Jack spoke to Lewis about his early breakthrough at The Gas, his struggles with matchday nerves, his debut goal, being frozen out by Ian Atkins and then a cracking couple of seasons under Paul Trolloper - beating City, playing in a JPT final in Cardiff and getting Man of the Match, that end of season form and to top it off, promotion at Wembley. 

We also talk about how the end of his Rovers career left a sour taste, and how two freak injuries at Port Vale ended his career. The first even nearly ended his life after being bitten by an insect and a year later he suffered a double-leg break to end his professional playing career. Lewis also faced your listener questions!

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Having been relegated to League Two, Bristol Rovers found itself in a non-league nightmare. Failure to bounce back at the first time of asking would surely lead to financial ruin, and could see the club trapped in non-league for many years to come like so many former football league sides before us.

Step in Darrell Clarke. The man given the task to get the club back into the football league at the first time of asking not just succeeded, but went one better with back-to-back promotions straight to League One. 

In an exclusive interview with GasCast Podcast, Harley Thorne spoke with Darrell Clarke one-on-one, to hear the man give his account of those many phenomenal years in charge. From just how he went about building those promotion winning sides, his man management of certain players, and much more, tune in to an hour-and-a-half of uncut DC. 

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In the words of Brenda, from Bristol, “YER JOKING, ANOTHER ONE?!”.

This time Jack spoke to Trevor ‘Poison’ Challis to discuss the massive highs and massive lows of his five year Rovers career which spanned from 1998 to 2003. 

Trevor played under Ian Holloway, Garry Thompson, Gerry Francis and Ray Graydon. He speaks favourably about the start of his time at The Gas but as the team’s form dipped and the stars of the late 90’s left, things became very different.

We discuss what went wrong in that infamous 99/00 season, how good that squad was, what Holloway was like, the player exodus, 00/01’s relegation and being managed by Gerry Francis and later Ray Graydon, as well temporary spells from Garry Thompson. There’s also special mentions for Derby away in the F.A. Cup and Everton in the League Cup. Challis also faced some listener questions.

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Nathan ‘1 nil’ Blissett was our latest interviewee and the cult hero joined Jack to discuss his legendary status, how his move to the Gas came about, what he made of his stickers, promotion to League 2, that shocking offside call in the play-off final, missing out on Magaluf with the squad, his disappointing end to his Rovers career and his goal-scoring return to the Mem.

Bliss shared fascinating insights into the promotion winning dressing room and what it was like to play under Darrell Clarke and he also faced your listener questions. 

This was a real fun one to record and all of us at GasCast would love to see Bliss back at The Mem sometime soon! 

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On the 1st of April, Ken Masters resigned as a director of Bristol Rovers. To dissect the fall out to all of this, Jack was joined by Gary Marks, a Gashead since the early 70’s and founder of the Gas Trust which was formed in the early 2000’s to provide a fan's voice and to pursue shares for fans. Gas Trust disbanded in 2006, during which time there was a boardroom split.

We discuss what Masters resignation actually means, the share scheme, Rovers fan activism, the clubs role in all of this and what the hell happens next.

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Jack spoke to Adam Tutton, CEO of Bristol Rovers Community Trust, to discuss their efforts during the Coronavirus crisis, how it’s affected their existing work and we look back at the success of the Memorial Stadium Sleep Out event. 

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In the debut episode of our new GasCast time machine series, the lads travel back in time to talk about Rovers’ eventful 2010/11 campaign.

The Gas had given Paul Trollope the reigns after letting Lennie Lawrence go, but Rovers ended the season having been managed by four different coaches.

The GasCast lads discuss the highs (Will Hoskins), lows (John Akinde) and share some of their memories from a season full of twists & turns.

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Mets is joined by football finance expert Kieran Maguire to go over the latest accounts published by the club.

The good news for the Gas is that revenues are up, but so too are costs which pushed the clubs losses to nearly £4m. Player sales of Ellis Harrison and Tom Broadbent have softened the blow, but the total debt sits at nearly £25m.

Martyn Starnes expects a £1.7m reduction in costs to show in the next set of accounts, Kieran goes over how this can be achieved and he compares the clubs losses to other League One clubs.

They discuss the disruption caused by Coronavirus and the ramifications for all clubs financially. The EFL have promised a £50m relief package and Kieran describes how that will work in practice.

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Jack spoke with Gas Girls Portugese maestro, Rossana Rocha, to discuss the breaking news of the season being cancelled, their 100% winning record, what it means to be a Bristol Rovers player and hoping to inspire the next generation of female footballers.

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Jack spoke with Rovers legend/pantomime villain Jamie Cureton for a candid and open conversation about his mammoth career, growing up in Bristol, his spell at The Gas and his thoughts on retiring. 

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