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I've changed my mind about 50 times, but at the moment I've decided I'm going :)

Who else, what time and were are you going?

Going, getting there for about 7 I guess. Not really going anywhere as I am not drinking because I'll have the car,

Driving also, so will aim to get there for about 7.

I'll be going straight from here, so will be on my todd. It would be nice to meet up with some familiar faces......

Going, STFC Lady is going, I think Axs is as well if I rememeber getitng there about 6-630?

Financial restrictions stop me going today :(

im going, have got fuck all to do all day, so might pop early for a bit of shoplifting.

Is this today, is so what time?

Depending on whether or not a curfew is put in place meaning no work for me tomorrow then I might stay up to listen.

will you steal me some make up from Superdrug?

superdrug in oxford always used to be the easiest place to nick from, you can never get enough shockwaves wet look gel.

 :D
Or enough Rimmel Coffee shimmer lipstick! how else would you get into golddiggers aged 14?!

my mate got arrested in there for shoplifting a few years back. i think they might have tightened up!!

I didnt think you were allowed in diggers unless you were 14.  Many memories of my youth failing to kop off in diggers.  I think I probably went home and wrote bad poetry about it.

Thats where you went wrong. You should have had a wank instead.

i remember fingering some bird in the toilets in diggers and the doormen catching me and giving me a right kicking

Did that as well.  Didnt sleep much in those days.

Why did they give you a kicking?  was it his daughter / Mum?

they kicked in the cubicle and i was a drunken little shit and believe it or not thought they were embarrassing the girl so nutted one of them.

oh those were the  days.

They were the classic knuckledragging 'no trainers' gorrilas dressed in tuxes.  I remember them letting me, a 6ft 3 big bloke wearing brogues in but knocking back a skinny 5 ft 2 girl in pumps who was with us. 

 Bit of class there Mex...couldn't you have found a table to sit at...or you got a thing about toilets?

You needed waders to go anywhere near the bogs in 'diggers. Maybe it was the S&M overtones the knuckleheads took offence to?

fuck knows reg, i was probably after the nosh, actually the only memories i have of diggers is getting in scraps.

i remember djing at a goth birthday at chippenham town hall, it was fucking shit, left my mate in charge who had never dj before necked a pill and went down diggers, got back at 2am and there had been a power cut 20 mins after i left, he was sat outside and twatted me when i got there, i was all loved up and couldnt stop giggling.

haha ace

 Just think if you'd have bumped into the 14 year old JFW... :eatkf:

Just off now..bit of business then take in the game........see you there.im sitting down i reckon..

i am sitting down to. though i am considering standing up to go the barbers, upon which i will re-commence sitting down

Why did they ever knock diggers down?? it was a classy joint - I remember once - during some kind of England game some world cup years back -swapping my top for an England flag and wearing it into diggers it was supposed to be no football tops but they let me in!! - the foam partys in there were always immense.... and that funny little cocktail bar at the side... and snogging my boyfriend at the times boss upstairs whilst he was downstairs with his mates!  :D

ahh they were the days

you cheated on your bloke with his boss??

Im shocked!!!!!!!

YEARS ago - anyway he cheated on me with some bint from his work!

wow what a grown up relationship that was!

haha

Good luck finding anything worth stealing in Aldershot  ;)

there is a carpark - pay and display but pretty cheap - right next to the ground if you can get there early enough

Hard to call a winner in this game, depends on if we play a full 1st team what with us playing it Hereford on Friday night, I recon a mix of first teamers and fringe players is the order of the day.

If Aldershit play their 1st team they are very capable of beating us if 1. we are not playing the full first team and 2. if we arent up for it, which in recent years we certainly have not been!

2,200 crowd 200 Swindon fans and a 2-1 defeat AET. 1-1 full time with Cox being rested and Marshall playing from the outset. Paynter scoring our goal.

P Smith

Amankwah
Morrison
Kanyuka
Casal

McGovern (on the left)
Easton
Timlin
Marshall

Paynter
Peacock

I'm going. Train in an hour and hopefully I'll see some of you!

I'm on the radio with ed, can't wait!

im at work sadly :( hopefully my mobile picks up radio swindon at work.

Just finished work. Leaving in 10 minutes, should be there just after 6pm

no extra time in the jpt. straight to pens

I'm off in a minute. Yipppeee.

oooo my bad....going out on pens then :(

really? cool! oh bum I just remembered Im at spinning so wont be able to listen!! plus my spinning instructor is a Man City fan!

Swindon Town: Phil Smith; Kevin Amankwaah, Jerel Ifil, Patrick Kanyuka, Jack Smith; Craig Easton, Jon-Paul McGovern, Anthony McNamee; Lee Peacock, Simon Cox

Substitutes: Peter Brezovan; Mark Marshall, Chris Allen, Yinka Casal, Billy Paynter

goddamn wrong forum.

like the team. strong but gives wankaah and peacock a run out.

I wish we'd take it more seriously and start with 11 players.

Guessing Timlin is making his mind up about whether to start or not.

haha, strong team but there's only ten players. duhhhhhhhh

Hey, I merely copy and pasted mo'fos.

Chris Blackburn in the starting XI for Aldershot.

Barry Corr was due to start but got injured getting off the bus.

We're going to start with 10

I'm confused, why is this not in the matchday section? What pillock started this thread?

 My initial reaction was one of despair on seeing JPM in what looks a threadbare midfield.

 Think we're in trouble tonight.

Juddy?

woo woo

Timlin the missing man then....

Cunty cuntsticks. Can't listen on the net without World........boooooo!

So ALL STFC games are censored on tinternet? Not just League one ... horse shit and buggery!

McGovern in the middle, Easton on the right.

WHUT?

how comes Corr isnt getting a game in any shape or form...

Malpas why are u playing a Centre midfield player on the right and a Right midfielder in the centre. Baffles me.

There's a reserve game against Cardiff this week isn't there? He'll probably get a full 90 in that.

All except the FA Cup games.

why the fuck does he keep putting McGovern in the middle............he's average in his normal position yet alone central.

Whose captain tonight then?

My Johnstones paint pot accumulator

Leeds - Bradford
Aldershot - Swindon
Bournemouth - Brissle rovers
Exeter - Shrewsbury

£1 stake wins £70.51

Apart from our game I would have bet on the others in the other games...

Looking at the scores as they are so should i

yess get in

Goal, Cox probably.

coxy! Again!

yaaay

que sera sera....

First game I've missed this season but no too fussed really.......can still get radio Swindon in Tewkesbury so can listen to the match (Good riddance Brunel).

Hopefully we keep a clean sheet tonight so Aljofree doesn't need to come back in on Friday (no scapegoat just don't think he is a) very good or b) a leader). Still interested about who is captain tonight? as they'd likely always be when Aljofree aint there.

Good good 1-0 (Cox I think) hopefully tonight doesn't take much out of them as despite being away we've got to be looking for a win on Friday.

i might have a punt for Coxy for top goalscorer in league 1. 5 in 6. Yay

i already have, 66/1

Meh, more Cox....

He better not be sold on in January.

i should try and lie more often

I think you lie, the best price offered for Cox to be top goalscorer in Division One, not including cup goals was 40/1

few weeks before the season started paddy power had him at 66/1

Sorry no they didn't!!

I swear that during pre-season there were odds floating around like 66/1 - There's a thread somewhere.

I've just realised Leon Knight is playing for Rushden in the B SQ P!

Can't believe that, what a fall from grace!  Good for the cunt tho!

i saw in coral it was 40/1.

William Hill had Cox at 50s....

Never seen at more than 50s....

on 7th august i got odds of 40/1 with bet 365

the saturday morning before the first game of the season i was doin a football bet in william hill and Cox had been cut to 25/1

I've seen him at 50s, 66-1 is impressive but I wouldn't rule it out.

http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-one/coca-cola-league-1/top-goalscorer (http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-one/coca-cola-league-1/top-goalscorer)

15/1 looks to be the best you can get now.

oh Eastons captain - good choice should keep the armband too, leads by example unlike.......

1-1

Oh cock.

woooow

1-1 now

 ::)

Bollocks..............cross again what do they actually practice on the training ground?

Can't defend set pieces and can't take them either.

Ha ace!

So according to you two weeks before the season started he was 66/1 then 1 week before the season started he was cut to 25/1, ok, 41 points before we have kicked a ball in a league game!!!

Dell love, he was at least 50s before the season. Of course, by the time I got round to it, he was down to 20/1 but never mind.

first of all 2 different bookies, secondly they would have had lots of bets on coxy at 66/1 and 50/1which a few on here have had and realised they were to high and cut them

He was quoted on three sites at 50/1, every time I tried to back him they wouldn't accept the bet. There is no way he was ever 66/1 end of. I settled for 33/1

Seen as he scored a few in pre season its understandable that his odds dropped.

However, I saw him at 50s but never anything higher

dell you are a cock, i bet on him at 66/1, what reason have i got to lie?

Me thinks you'll have to scan in some proof!

Which bookmaker, by the way I am a bookmaker, tell me the date you placed the bet and I will check it out.

Now tell the truth, you have not got 66/1 unless of course it is for 50 pence.

The reason you have to lie about everything else?

haha this is ridiculous, if u want to think i didnt get them odds then it fine, ill just be a few quid richer than the rest of u when the season ends

Judging by comments on thisis, we're lucky to be in this game.

Have you not learned yet Rich? Its ThisIs FFS...............

As I can't hear anything, all I know is the JPC82 may or may not have got 66/1 on Cox being L1 top scorer. Oh, and its 1-1. I think.......

I got 34/1 on Cox (Betfair), can't remember when I put it on though.

Eastenders was crap tonight.

billy and honey bore me

Right, that's it, I want pictures of Pamela Anderson holding a Betting slip, today's newspaper and a sign that says "HI TEF" before I believe anything :D

For fuck sake.

Aw fuck, peno.

gonna be 2-1 then

Penalty. Ha ha ha ha.

2-1 ha ha ha ha. I really don't care.

Oh dear.

"High, up and over *gets excited* ...Phil Smith and into the net"

Bloody commentary :/

yaaay. now if exeter and bradford can force a few goals im laughing all the way to the bank

Wahey....out we go....

2-1 them then with pretty much a full strength team..........tis a worry no doubt about it. And no they are gonna knacker themselves trying to chase an equaliser and harm our chances on Friday

Fucking unbelievable.

Who's co commentating?

Juddie.

]

Our very own Juddie.

Pox losing to Northwhich.(sp)

Not over yet but I won't lose sleep over another early JPT exit - I wanted a run, but we're crap in knock out matches - no excuses but it seems to be the case.

Ahhhh, is he important then?

PMSL.

I would as at the end of the day it would suggest our full strength team isn't capable of beating an average team from a lower division than us.........concerns me greatly tbh.

Its what happens when we drop your best mate Aljofree out of the defence...

1 1 now. Balls.

yeah and we've been great at defending with him haven't we.

Yes, but that's been the case in this competition for years!

we did alright Saturday....

Infact we've won both league games where we've started Ifil and Aljofree as the middle two...

we don't usually play a full strength side in it though....

Allen, Cock and Marshall warming up. Glad to see Allen getting a game.

Lots of talk, very little to back it up I see..........

At the end of the day our defense appears to have no organisation and needs sorting out as it is has more holes than the average collinder.......you'd think with Malpas, Williams etc all having been defenders they might have sorted it by now.

Neither do the opposition :D

Wild lunge from Ifil for the penalty according to the OS.

Cock cocks up a one on one.

So surely we should have a better full strength team than the Blue Square champions?

I'm not going to argue with you on this one because it'll be a waste of both our time! Panic if/when we lose to Hereford, not for a tinpot competition where the winners a few years ago lost money by winning the competition (Swansea I believe), a moral boosting cup run would be great but we'd still moan.

Our cup form in recent years has been woeful, doesn't matter what opposition we play.

Bollocks, I want a day out at Wembley. The rest of you dissenting fuckers can stay at home and listen on the wireless............

yeah but what worries me is its the same Fragilities showing tonight as in the league which shows there is a fundamental problem somewhere.

Is the problem that we cant defend?

Hmm, possibly.

Guess so

Pox winning - Boo.

And they missed a penalty.

Yes, but we're not playing our first choice backline are we...

Whatever backline we play should be good enough to see off Aldershot to be truthful.

Yes, perhaps... but Leeds fans probably say that most weeks! We're not the best, we've got a shit load of improving to do and the usual traits have been highlighted, but this is not the end of the world!

Odd that practically our whole coaching staff were defenders, and yet we're better going forwards. This makes no sense to me.

maybe but Kanyuka hasnt impressed thus far, at all....

I've only seen him play the once since he signed and I thought he was trash. I hope he proves me wrong because my lad told me he was a great signing last year.

Marshall skins Blackburn and draws a decent save out of Bull.

Ooh yeah, it's straight to penos if it's a draw, no extra time.

Brizzle Rovers losing 3-0 to Bournemouth, ooooh

2-2 IFIL

FUCKING HELL IFIL!

how ironic a defender scores from a setpiece

Time to embaress ourselves on penalties again like against Barnet :D

Wooo. Go Jerel! :D

Thus proving how erratic JPT results can be.

we need a winner now, we dont do penalties...unless we can have Cox take them all....

"Ifil didn't even have time to miscontrol it before he shot there"

Owch Juddie, that's just mean :D

Ifil. Fucking hell. Ace.

 :nod:

Rich, where are you? (not Pullen btw)

Penalties here we go. Gotta love our spot kick record.

 It's been a very long time since we've had a side that you'd feel any confidence about winning a game like this...certainly our current team doesn't have a hard to beat look about it.

 The mere sight of JPM playing in centre mid, should be enough to tell you there's trouble ahead.

I'll give you 66/1 that we lose on pens.

(not really)

You don't want me anyway - I took part in 3 pen shoot-outs and although I scored in all 3 we lost every fucking one (still bitter)

Easton could of scored. our record on pen shootouts is poor.

We can't even score from the penatly spot in open play :D

Ifil now averaging a goal every 50 games. Goal machine.

I hope one of the sides scores a goal soon just so it's over with. Really don't fancy adding to our terrible penalty record of the last few years.

Hahaha (sorry)

COME ON SWINDON!!!!!!!!!!

yabba dabba doooo!!!


We can just lsoe on penaltys instead

"Warning - while you were typing a new reply has been posted. You may wish to review your post. "

arrrgggghhhh i've been trying to post this for 5 minutes now.

Are we on to penalties now then ?

If so, can we have some text commentary please?

NMH

Not yet, 5 mins.

Thanks Nemo.

NMH

Ooohhh, we can still lose in normal time then and save the embarrassment......

:D
You can turn that off in Preferences... it's under 'Look and Layout Preferences'.

I'll probably just turn my radio off on full time and asume we lost as don't have much confidence in us winning the shoot-out

Thanks for that, really helpful

Full time + Penos.

Can you turn off the 'Start game optimistically and score a goal only to concede two and fall into absolute depression before a glimmer of hope equalizer followed by a defeat on penalties' option ?

NMH

OK how many are we going to miss?

Pens.

booo penalties.

Its about time we won one... think positive.

Mon Phyllis.

oh well that's the JPT over for another season then

I dont remember us ever winning a penalty shootout.

I am sure we have but not for many many years.

Ahhh, there you are.....

All of them.....

Millwall about 8 years ago i think.

Who is going first ?

NMH

Who's on the pitch to take a pen?

Cox
J Smith
Easton
?
?

Was pretty much all youth players that took the penalties IRC

Paynter and Cock? Maybe Marshall.

I reckon we will score at least one penalty.

I'd be pleased with that, shows we are making progress after the 0 at Barnet.

peacock
paynter
marshall

Paynter doesn't strike me as a penalty taker... he'll probably have to take one though.

So whats happening ?

NMH

Paynter, Cox, Ifil, Smith and Easton to take.

ifil taking one. oh god.

Ed says Ifil is taking one! POWER!

Shots first

IFIL!

Paynter, Cox, Ifil  :eek: Smith & Easton

1-0 Shots

1-0 Shots.

i remember Ifil scoring one against Brentford. Straight down the middle

Ifil? The world has gone wrong.

1-0 shots

1-1

Jack Smith scores

1-1

1-1 Smith

1-1 Smith saves second Shots peno

Smith saves.

Save! OMG we're winning. We're winning. OMG.

saved

WOOP

CMON !!!!!!!!

NMH

2-1 Cox still hasnt missed

save from smith

shit a brick. could it happen?

2-1 Swindon - Cox

2-2 Shots, is it Ifil's turn?

2-2

2-2

reading these updates is the worst way to watch a penalty shoot-out ever.

Easton. 3-2.

3-2 Easton. exhale

3-2 we have scored them all so far.

3-2 Easton

3-3

Im enjoying it !

NMH

Here comes the beast.

Fuck, Ifil.

3-3

here comes Jerel....

.....scores

SCORES! 4-3

4-3 Ifil

Corr, that was a beast of a penalty.

Never in doubt !

NMH

come on billy

Massive blast down the middle, great!

Either of the last two go for us we win. Shots score, all down to Billy P

Boom. Boom.

4-4

come on billy

Cock

save from bull :(

Missed. Sudden death!

Billy has missed yay i knew something was wrong.

Saved.

Oh christ Ifil.....

wanker

this is the one were we lose then

Shots score...yep, we're fooked. I'mawanker.

.....scores

Scores.

5-5 from 6.

get in 5-5

Shots score.

chris allen

chrissy allen up next....oh dear

Come on Allen!

Chris Allen...scores.

Get in!

Good for him.

Cock has pulled an Anelka here.

Shots miss!

come on marky mark!

Ace. Marshall for the game....

misses. come on.

Missed!

allen my son

Come on MM MkII

Marshall for the winner...

IN! CMOOOOON! We've won a shootout!

We won, we won, we won a shoot out!

WE WON A PENALTY SHOOT OUT!!

we finally won a penalty shoot out

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

WE FUCKING WON A PENALTY SHOOT OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My connection let us down.

We're through - we need to improve - but we're not humiliated.

Onwards...

Woo!!!

 :D

Ahem !....Never in doubt !

NMH

What he says!

Historic!

:D

MALPAS OUT. WE SHoulD OF WON DA GAME IN NORMEL TYME!!!!11111oneoneone

I REALLY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE RESULT, BUT CAN ANYONE BELIEVE WE WON A PENALTY SHOOT OUT?!

Thanks lads for keeping the updates on the penalty shoot outs going, it was flipping exciting. Great stuff

We're on our way to Wembley........

I know I can't.

Marvellous.

 Get in :wotjump:

Quite good that.

I quite like Malpas but his voice makes me want to kill myself.

can some reg like statto tell me the last time before tonight we won a penalty shoot out?

millwal away in 2001 i think. ldv trophy

How many have we had since then?

Brighton, Leeds, Barnet, Millwall again?

Yup 2000/01 season - Did Kevin Halliday score the winner?

 Yup Kevin Halliday scored the winner....before that we beat the scum and before that we beat Bormuff...

brentford in the carling cup 2006

Did we lose one to Millwall, or am I dreaming that?

S'obvious then ... matches that will be decided by penalty shoot out should have the thread incorrectly started in Away Days.

Shit ... what happens if we get drawn at home in the next round?

At least it's been acknowledged. Now kindly sort it :) Thank you.

http://www.swindontownfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Interview/0,,10341~1382915,00.html

Barnet, brentford, brighton, leeds. It doesnt seem many

Paynter missed his then. No surprise.

I know, just a big fucking donkey

Barry Corr would have scored his penalty no problems.

won - oxford (91) b'muff (87)

lost - torquay(84)

thats as far as i can be bothered to look back. i assumed penaltys werent used in the 70's

But we defied the rules too - a local lad scored in sudden death and a normally goal shy centre back got one too!

If Corr came on instead of Paynter, it wouldn't have gone to penalties!

Any reason Casal didn't play? I thought it would be the type of game he would start in.

 That Bormuff game was ace...it was about 10:30 0n the Stratton bank clock when Charlie Henry put in the winner and the CG was covered in a white hoar frost....still had winters back then....I was safely in the warmth of the pub, fucking hate extra time and the pubs closedd at 10:30 mid week back then  >:(

 I know it's Micky Mouse and that, but winning this shoot out I'm sure will give the players a bit of a lift....MM said that they were taking it seriously...despite apparently being cack, going out would have been damaging.

Good point, didnt think of that.

Why didnt Corr play anyway. We need Paynter out the team ASAP.

Paynters pen was a little relaxed but it was fairly close to the corner so the keeper had to get down well to get it...

not that an exciting performance as mr malpas said, looked a little lost at times...thought for spels we looked good followed by spells of shitness....

right im normally a pretty sensible poster when it come s to reviewing games but im sorry to say this but i hope lee peacock never starts another game for swindon, he was a fucking liability tonight he had two chances on a plate and fucked them both through lack of control. he was 2 yards off the pace and when paynter came on we came alive as we had a fucking target man who could hold on to the ball.

Plus ifil was fucking hopeless, totally lost and for there first goal it was almost like he couldnt be arsed. A really crap team performance against a poor team who made us look ordinary. we were very lucky.

Well that was interesting, got there  at 7.44 to find around 150 town fans still queueing and only one turnstile open, so missed first 10 mins. Also missed the penalty queueing for a coffee! Quick summary, overall it was pretty even, couldn't have complained if they won. Good atmosphere, I reckon 5-600 townies, their fans were pretty loud 2nd half. Cox and Ifil were probably our best two, and Smith made a cracking double save first half. Macca was pretty anonymous, marshall came on again and showed him how to do it. Time to throw him in at the start to see if he can do it for 90. JPM wasn't good, and Peacock was dross, missed 3 good chances by being to slow to shoot. All in all a good £12 spent even if i only saw 70 mins.

ifil was fucking hopeless

Was it him that ballsed up for their 1st? I couldn't be sure but thought that was Amankwahh?

Comedy thread, just been reading it all back!

I was utter gash on the radio. Good fun, so hard not to swear.

All in all, it wasn't all bad:

Good
1. All our penalties, even Paynter's was decent
2. Easton, looked good in the middle
3. Smiths: Phil and Jack both awesome
4. Cox, little service, still scored and could have had two more
5. Marshall: really, really played well when he came on.
6. Awesome old-school ground, and parked right outside!
7. Ed Hadwin - he's awesome at the whole commentary thing
8. Peacock's head band after he cut hi head
9. Best chips in the league. Fact.
10. My old man sneaking in for free.

Bad:
1. McNamee: hello, anybody there? No? Ed and I decided we should drop him for away games!
2. Playing JP in middle, easton on right. Terrible decision. Doesn't work. Stop it.
3. Back four looked dodgy. All played ok, part from wankwaah, but not together. No cohesion or owt.
4. Wankwaah: great penno, but jesus - he gave their left winger so much time and space, he was generally terrible. Made one ace sliding tackle which almost got me out of my seat until I realised I had loads of radio cables around them.
5. Timlin, not at his best, quite lairy
6. Peaock, looked off the pace and looked lost in attack.
7. Got a cold.

That is all I have to say on this matter,

i stood behing goal for first half and yes it was him, second half i went and sat in seats, ifil's positioning was laughable he was 2 yards in front of the other 3 defenders and kept trying to get offside, he was wandering all over the shop, and i havent mentioned the fucking penalty he gave away. thank fuck he scored.

and dont get me started on peacock, sturrock would be a better option than that useless cunt.

I don't th9nk peacoj knows how to play up front anymore.

I thought paynter was mint when he came on.

Ifil, not his best game, but he was better thank amankwaah. I had my head in my hands when he took his penalty, but it was a goodun! Smith was the only defender to come out of tonight's game with any credit.

There centre forward was good though, they're a decent side...

Im sure its not just me but Peacocks a midfield now - not a striker.

Same old same old for most of the match, an inability to impose in midfield and desperate defending at times, but with Cox working hard and Peacock doing OK as support. McNamee double marked and ot the game as we failed to get the ball to him.

The changes in midfield (Marshall and Allen) sorted our 'shape' out, the midfield and defence started to do their jobs and we got hold of the game. Would have won in normal time had Peacock not missed two sitters.

But we are through. That's what counts.

it was atoss up between paynter and marshall for man of the match and they only played about 10 minutes. easton was all right, jack and phil  smith were ok, cox scored and set up peacock a couple of times the rest were fucking shit.

Sort of agree - it could have gone either way, but I would hardly call us a "poor" side (as one of you mentioned).

Two episodes of "lack of ability to defend" cost us dear tonight - especially for the first goal, the second one we simply gave your player enough time to control the ball, look up, pick his spot and whack it in which is a pain considering how many players we had back at the time.

Penalties can go either way so wasn't upset to go out to them, but we really should have finished you off sooner - but it wasn't to be.

I know some of you have said that you missed two sitters, but on the opposite side, we missed a fair few and Smith made one or two half decent saves too.

On a positive note, it was nice to see that you had fewer fans than Bradford at the weekend, but made twice the noise (which is strange because I was at the Blackpool v Swindon game a few seasons back where Town filled the whole side of that ground and didn't make a sound!)

Best of luck in the next round though, it's been a fun evening.

Sounds like i missed all jerel's bad bits. I'm off for an eye test tomorrow. Shots site is saying 385 from swindon. That has to be wrong, unless they got the figure at kickoff when there were still loads of us outside?

I thought you looked pretty useful, and wouldn't have complained if the result was the other way round. One thing though, have a whip round and get the drummer some music lessons! What a fucking racket.

Just seen the goals on SSN.

Comedy defending. Kanyuka, Peacock both missed the first header. Amankwaah got the second one but headed straight up. McGovern wasnt tight enough to the man who crossed it back in and Ifil seemed to just stand there.

As for the penalty, clumsy but where was the right back no where to be seen.

We've finally got a black player who can do some fancy flips

That was enjoyable after the game, but fucking agonising to get there.

I hate drummers.

That is all.

As well as sorting out the defending of set pieces, we really need someone who can get 20-25 yrd free kicks on target, what was it another 3 or 4 tonight, and not one went close or beat the wall.

Most has been said already but all in all, we looked unimpressive. We still look worrying at the back. It seems like the two full backs are too narrow, possibly covering for the centre halves, giving their wingers all the time in the world and we still cant defend set pieces properly!

Cox played well and P Smith was good, Marshall and BP improved us when they came on and we could have nicked it in the last 5.

Finally, that end is immense and we should build one exactly the same

Glad I went! The football on offer wasn't the best, but the atmosphere great. A real old school ground, give me a choice over that and Stadium MK and I'd choose Aldershot every time.

Won't go into individual players performances, but as a team we're not clicking. There were some passages of play that showed glimpses of the side we could be: neat interpassing and good link ups, but on the whole it was a poor performance.

But who gives a fuck? WE WON A PENALTY SHOOTOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!

malpas out

The ground if it had another stand would be a tidy little ground to be fair, Most of the stuff about the game has already been said,

The away area shared with the home fans has excellent acoustics for sound to carry. No problems at the ground, the la fontaine pub was nice enough.

Poor performance in all and hope the pens were not used to gloss over the fact we are dreadful defensively.

Im really worried about our defence as were a thrashing waiting to happen.

On the postive, thought Cox played well as usual, Marshall looked very good when he came on and I think we could see him closer to the first team on a regular basis than first thought.  We missed Paynter up top, Peacock was useless, Ifil a shambles and Kanyuka didn't seem to have a clue in general.

Easton should be one of the first names on the team sheet in future also.

J Smith I think did ok, as did Phil Smith.

Part of the problem with the defence is, it's never the same 5, usually due to injury. what we need is a run of games with the same players, question is which 5?

Play Peacock in goal

He hasn't got the legs for that anymore either.

he looked class at h/t at Franchise.

Does the wee ground still have that HUGE trawler net behind one of the goals to stop the ball going on the road?

Don't recall seeing it, but it must have.

What it does have is a port-a-cabin bogs. 2 urinals, 2 cubicles. good job I wasn't busting for a piss or anything.

There were also several large trees behind the burger hut! One thing that hasn't been mentioned, is that was the first small outbreak of "we are malpas red and white army" i've heard.

Its a right old mouthfull that, though. We also managed to change a later cry of 'Fittons red and white army' to 'Malpas'. Sort of. Some of those lads last night weren't putting much thought into their songs.

There was one at Cheltenham.

I'm too lazy to read the thread and have been too busy to bother with such silly things as the TEF and football (been drinking cider with Ally).

What was the score?

Hurry up. I'm on 118 stars on Mario 64. Only need 2 more. Ally won't go home until we get them and I'm fed up of him.

Ally is a boy!

7-6

which 2?

It was one a toadstool dude just gives you and 8 red coins on the last bowser level.

We'd done all the 100 coin ones so it was nothing hard.

We got the result and we are in the hat on Saturday.......but it was poor.
We only really started playing in the last 15 minutes and could of snatched it at the death but for Eastons miss.
Problem: Defence is poor......no shortage of blood and guts tackles and commited headers but clueless distribution and no game plan..........we hoofed when we should of passed and dallied when it should of gone into row F (Aldershot do not have a row Z).
Aldershot were good value for their part and will feel hard done by no doubt, dangerous going forward but luckily for us they tired in the final third.
Paynters inclusion was decisive and although his pen was saved his aerial power caused the Shots problems....
We have an International standard defender as manager and an experienced defensive coach....but we are still seeing the same schoolboy errors week after week!!???

 fB is more cider with Ally,  than cider with Rosie...

IS that fancy talk for gay?

pork in cider mmmm

 Nah it means he doesn't read Laurie Lee books  ;)

what!! Reg you are making no sense to me

A bit like Rosie and Jim but in the olden days. sort of.

I bet Reg has drunk in the Woolpack in Slad. Do you have a tale about it Reg?

But with frollicking in haystacks.  In Gloucestershire.

I went to Slad once, and recognised Laurie Lee's house purely from the description he gave in the book.  True story.

I also went for a pint in the Woolpack.  There was an old local fella in there who, quite rightly, sussed me for the sad literary tourist I was.

Im completley and utterly lost

but I like the word frolicking

Did it go all quiet followed by a solitary voice telling you "Don't straaaay ooffff the  paaaath". I'd imagine it to be a bit webbed feet yocalish round there.

 It was probably Laurie Lee, who was given to taking the piss out of tourists.

  I've only really used the Woolpack for quizzes....the team based there moved along to Rod Thomas's Foston's Ash, so haven't been in a while.

JFW - go out and buy 'Cider with Rosie' by Laurie Lee.  It's a right rivetting read, seriously.  Laurie Lee grew up near Stroud in the 1920s & 1930s and the book is an autobiographical account of his childhood and vividly describes how rural Gloucestershire was changing at that time (advent of the motor car etc.)

If I've made it sound boring, I apologise, because it's a great book.

He wrote two further autobiographies.  As a young man he went to Spain and 'As I Walked out One Midsummer Morning' describes his travels there (on foot).  Also a great read.  He then returned and fought on the side of the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, which he describes in 'A Moment of War', which he wrote much later and is (understandably) a lot heavier.

the last book I read was called Wags diary - I think that says it all really!  ;D

If I read that book you said would people think I was brainy?

Only if they don't see your copy of Heat magazine hidden inside.

I'm sure there's an easier way to get some intelligence inside of you JFW. Giving up on the footballers would be a good start.

I read that, it came free with a magazine! Not my usual type of read but i really enjoyed it and thought of you the whole time for some strange reason :D
I even got the follow up "wag abroad" it's really funny, you must read it! You can have my copy if you like

A lady I know turned around when her old man lost his job and said 'You cant take anything under 90k a year as I am not changing my life' when it was suggested she gota  job too she said 'me, get a job? um no'

I would bin here, wannabe wag

I remember that book from when I was younger.  Was a program on it a few years back too.  Ahh memories.

As has been said we were awful.Still enjoyed it,was a laugh,although if we'd lost the shoot out i very much doubt i'd be saying the same thing!It has lessened the pain of going through the awfullness of Barnet last season.

I enjoyed the drumming :-[ Sounded as if the bloke playing it could actually play it and wasn't some 15 year old desperate for attention.And big up the Aldershot Shout chant too,nothing like a Lulu homage at a football match  8)

I've seen a stage version of it, twas shite. and it was in a barn.

Oh wow thanks thats really kind - My friend brought me the book for my birthday as a joke and I read it on holiday and loved it - I even cried when her nan dies! I did see it was free with a magazine a while back and told my friends to buy it!

I'll bring it to next home game n pass it onto someone who knows you :)
I got it to read on holiday but ended up reading it all before i left... it made me laugh out loud just as the first one did.

aww thanks!! everyone is being really kind today!

Apologies if posted before, link to the penaly shootout   http://www.livevideo.com/media/playvideo_fs.aspx?fs=1&cid=43FCC11B54744BA4A2ED87D062AD1D8E

He didn't half baloon it that Aldershot lad. Nice flip by Marshall at the end too... Hmm.

Excellent penners.

Cox is a good lad isn't he?

Got right in the home fans' faces when he roofed his pen.

Reading/Aldershot rivalry of course.

i really like the fact we got all of ours on target, makes a change from Barnet.

ooh, thats 8000 posts. I should get out more.

Yes, you should.

(Says the man with 9200+ posts)