Thetownend.com

Finally released ticket prices,  £15 for all stands and Town End, reductions for old farts and kids.

TE same as sides? Thought they might have done a tenner

It should have been £10 for the Townend

I’m surprised all three stands are open, they can’t be expecting many more than 6000 home fans? Hopefully I’ll be proven wrong!

soapy tit wank. As if.

Last season some championship clubs were charging £10 in all stands when they were playing lower league opposition😁

Gotta think Aldershot will come out in droves for this being close, low ticket prices and a big game for them, so you'd have to charge them a tenner for the bank if we did tenner for the town end. Probably makes it not worth it overall.

Oi!

How much for "old farts"?

Give them more of the Arkells😁

£10

Think I'll take that!

Average home attendance this season so far is about 2,000. 2676 v Oxford City & 1758 v Lewis being the lowest.

Fucking hell that is a bit shit. Maybe the bank won't be in use then.

Is a big game for them though, brings out the casuals.

I’d think the DR corner will be enough.

For our fans ??.

I know a current Aldershot Town player. The club are very much up for it, having not made the First Round for five years. Over 800 tickets for the away end sold so far.

1,200 in that end isn't it? Would think just about enough unless they want to take a few more out for segregation.

It must be 1319

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Ah that'll be comfortable then you'd think, but very full.

They’re moaning about it being unallocated seating which, apparently, led to chaos when they played Exeter some while ago.

Just wondering if they will open up the bank as well.

You can't give that many tickets in just the Arkells and have it unallocated. That absolutely will be chaos with it being that full.

We cant afford to open the bank for a small number. The last time it was used for home fans one of the supporters groups covered the costs of opening it.

I’ve know idea then as I didn’t think they could get 1300 away fans in the corner unless they took more of the home space.

Keep an eye on their forum. I suppose their tickets will say if they’re in the Bsnk.

Yeah I was pretty sure the away allocations were 1,200 in the Arkells and 2,100 on the bank.

I thought the Arkells capacity for away fans was reduced after Bristol Rovers smashed up a load of seats several years ago.

From their forum:
“ Amazing really 800 + fans to swindon 1 week after 1300 + to dorking
the feel good factor really is back at the Rec, over 2000 for a midweek game
long may it all continue.”

1300 to Dorking but only 800 to Swindon doesn’t sound logical.

In a way it does. Look how far away from Dorking Aldershot is and how easy it is to get there. Plus there is the winnable game scenario and add in their average home gate figures I posted the other day. I’d expect them to fill Arkells away section. Adding a feasible number of extra bums on seats to make the SB a viable option is another matter. On what could possibly be a fucking cold and wet day in SN1 I’d think twice if I was a shots supporter and a SB ticket was the only option available. Still we shall see.

Can’t imagine Dorking had a covered area for 1300 though.

It’s a one-off game for them, get yer arses to SN1.

Aldershot to Dorking...20 miles. Aldershot to Swindon...60 miles.

Not on I follow so I wonder if a few will be tempted away from their vpn’s and Firesticks?

Na, I won’t be.  :)

No.

As of last night Aldershot forum saying they had sold 996 tickets.

If it wasn’t only a tenner I don’t think I’d be bothering after yesterday.

With them bringing a 1000+ we should get a crowd 7000 something :D

Last night without doubt the worst I have felt all season after a result.

Will be at the CG Saturday with my youngest lad hoping for a second round draw.

Giving this a miss.

I think the same disappointment at losing was there, but there was the added dimension that the tempo, energy and quality wasn't there - Apart for a 5-10 minute spell after we equalised. 

I thought it was like watching Scott Lindsey's Swindon team play.

Aldershot have now sold 996 for this according to their forum.

Impressive
https://www.theshots.co.uk/fa-cup-last-few-swindon-town-tickets-remaining/

Shuts down any conversations regarding opening the Bank for the match. Still a good effort from them TBF. I really hope there are no hostilities from either sets of supporters. A good natured game played in the true spirit of the FA. Cup.

Supports what I though that the Arkells corner is around 1,200.

Looks like it has been about right for demand. They should sell out but they never really had demand for much more anyway.

yeah, they put the seats back into the Arkells last year.

Actually was that the away section, or the home section next to it?

Presume the club are holding off saying whether Young/Kemp are available until the last possible moment so as not to affect possible (non) ticket sales.

I assume Flynn would be wanting to keep his cards as close to his chest as possible so as not to help Aldershot with their team selection. We might find out at the press release on Friday but if I was a manager I wouldn't be telling anyone.

Running scared of Aldershot!

What a time to be alive!

Home section used for extra segregation most of the time. That end has always been around 1,200

Swindon 3 Aldershot 0 att: 7,750 (1,200 shots) 

As a matter of interest. Aldershot Academy v Swindon Town Academy or on YouTube live as I type.

Winning 1-0. Watching now. Cheers!

According to the link Aldershot posted, looks like they have 1 single ticket left.

Miles Obodo subbed after about an an hour, should be in the squad for Saturday.

If the weather allows, I’ll be getting mine tomorrow.

Check its open before you leave, for fuck sake.

Can Kemp and Young play?

3rd time’s a charm!

And don't drown in the humongous puddle that's bound to be there by the shop!

If the weather is going to be as bad as forecast, game may be in doubt.

Didn’t we spend money on new pitch drainage?

...or Murphy, expect to know Friday earliest, refusing permission strengthens the parent clubs' bargaining position, so I expect Kemp and Young not to be playing.  Murphy's situation will be interesting.
 

It's only tomorrow that's supposed to be wank weather. I'm sure it'll be fine

Where do the players train when the weather is really bad Beversbrook or Supermarine maybe🤔

Where’s this storm anyway. It’s not around these here parts. Rained overnight, no wind at all.

Late morning early afternoon 40/50 mph winds forecast but nothing like they had along the south coast.

I expect all loanees to be playing. Its now quite unusual to refuse permission, and the loan contracts (which I would expect to last 12 months with a break clause if at least two parties agree) are for the full season.

I was always under the impression that all season long loans had a recall option in January

Tempted to go now, may see what my bro in law is up to  :hmmm:

Yeah I think that is the norm now. Season long loans in their previous form don’t really exist for lower league clubs anymore, it’s usually always with a review period in January where the loaning club can recall. Sometimes there is a small recall fee involved like Flynn mentioned for Young/Kemp but for Prem/Champ sides loaning development players down to our level, it’s usually structured by the club loaning the player paying X% of the players wage each month based on how much they play (the more they play, the less they pay) like Wellens mentioned.

What time is the presser today

The depresser...

That's a bit optimistic, we normally average between 10 and 20!!

Aldershot now sold out their entire 1,229 allocation.

Not overly enthused by the prospect of a non league side coming to the CG and beating us in the FA cup again.

Also pissed off we who can't get there cannot watch on iFollow as you get no idea how we are playing from just the radio alone.

2-1 defeat in front of 6,455 (1229 Alders).

No sign of a presser. Wonder why?

Aren't they Friday now?

It isn’t Friday

One 'enthusiastic' member of this forum seems to manage ok.

Fuck me, I thought it was!

that's probably the kind of thing that leads to driving to a closed shop

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

All 1229 tickets now sold just wondering if they could have asked for more as I thought away teams were allowed up to 15% of capacity.

Why ?, you going to make him suffer as well ?  You must dislike the bloke.

I doubt they would sell many more than the allocation they have TBH.

Aldershot have a home average attendance of 2,140 so they have sold nearly 60% of the home average, which is very good already.

Good definitive answer on that ends allocation then.

If 1,229 of them are happy being moved to the bank for the sake of a few more tickets sold, then they can crack on. But I doubt that will be the case.

hasn't the bank been condemned?

Ticket allowance rules for the FA Cup for those interested;

"How are away end allocations calculated in the FA Cup?

The calculation is quite simple in the FA Cup.

Prior to the semi-final and final, which are played at Wembley, visiting clubs are allowed up to 15 per cent of all tickets for the stadium they are playing at.

That is unless 15 per cent of the stadium exceeds 9,000. So clubs travelling to Old Trafford, the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the London Stadium and the Emirates Stadium will have their allocations capped at 9,000, unless the home clubs are willing to offer more.

Despite the calculation seeming quite simple, there are still a few stipulations.

The visiting club must make a request for the amount of tickets they would like for their fans within four days of the draw. More often than not, teams will request the full 15 per cent but, in some scenarios, they will take fewer tickets than they are allowed.

In the instance that not all away tickets are sold by the visiting club, the remaining tickets must be returned to the home club on or (preferably) before the day of the match.

The tickets in the away end are not the only ones that are accessible to the visiting club. They are also entitled to a third of seats usually reserved and known as “home and visiting directors’ seats” up to a maximum of 24 seats.

The disabled facilities must also be separated. The visiting club have the right to claim 15 per cent of those seats as well.

Visiting clubs will not always be guaranteed 15 per cent of the seats throughout the stadium, though.

The Safety Advisory Group (SAG) must also agree to the away allocation that has been proposed. The SAG is made up of representatives of services including the police, fire, ambulance and building authority.

For fixtures that pose risks to health and safety, they can choose to decrease allocations for visiting clubs."

So if the CG holds 15,718 as wiki suggests then 15% is 2,357 which means we would have to open the bank if they so wish. The club suggest that the away bit of the Arkels seats 1,314??

The club has it a smidge under that:

https://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/club/the-county-ground2/

Man City was a complete sell out yet only was 14,753. So I guess that would be the unofficial official figure for a full house.

Didn't we have to close (small) sections down in the City game to accommodate the TV cameras and other such TV accessories? So a full house that wasn't on the Roger Melly would potentially be able to get that 15k+ figure?

Yeah you have to take some seats out for TV production. Camera at the back of the bank is always a few of them.

Also I'm pretty sure the seats put back in the Arkells was done after Man City.

it was done just before the start of last season if you mean the ones near the away fans

I know because I was at fat camp running up and down the steps.

Aldershot fans debating whether they will have to sit in allocated seats :D
https://www.shotsweb.site/shotsweb/viewtopic.php?t=56018&sid=6e86d4efadd0712d3384063b74a792c3

Bit like Swindon fans on away days. We have some right miserable cunts.

I have said it before, some of our fans are rude and obnoxious especially when kids are involved.

I'm sure Audrey will be back on here at 2pm expecting team news, but for him and everyone else, here's the pre-match press conference.

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/23899061.press-conference-live-swindon-town-v-aldershot-town/

I’m off to the game soon!

The usual suspects have let me down.
I've got nobody to go with  :rain: :violin:

I went on my own last weekend fwiw. Had a great time (ish)

Says we will find out tomorrow about whether the loan players will be playing tomorrow.

Says there have been some ‘interesting conversations’

You won’t want to be seen with the likes of me!

Be in The Merlin from 1 ish. I’m the one in the tin foil hat.

All depends on who you find yourself sitting next to, had a couple of good chats with people at away games, but at the Morecambe game on one side of me I had two old guys who spent probably 80% of the game debating whether the Morecambe pitch was wider that the one at the Country Ground, whilst the other side of my mate was the most pessimistic lad ever who seemed to get very stressed and vocally convinced that every time we lost the ball in the Morecambe half they were invariably going to score, Jesus I thought I look on the dark side, but bloody hell it was hard going!

:) :) :)

It certainly does. The group around me were trying to create an atmosphere, but then the Martin Aldridge ditty got an airing and it was evident the older troglodytes were in town.

Sorry if I've missed this. With those based in the "Chateau" and or Ifollow. Is there a way to watch the game online tomorrow?
I've got a stick of fire but not sure it'll still be available to watch

Nope - at least no known broadcasts of the game.

Many thanks. In person or radio for me then.

I think I was near you, the Joey Beauchamp chant got going too, albeit re-worded to something else unpleasant to mark his passing :doh:

Pretty much as far right as you can get. (seat geography wise in the ground) I actually thought I heard a Joey Beauchamp chant but I was able to blank it out thankfully.

I would mind betting Kemp is a no and Young is a yes, cant see any reason Murphy would not be able to play, not close to the 1st team.

Suspect they will recall Kemp in January regardless unless he tells Franchise he does not wish to play for them, so he either gets sold to us or to a higher team which is a possibility.

Then Young having the caretaker manager step down to be replaced by another caretaker manager may help us and they may not be thinking about Young at the moment and concentrating on what they have got.

Until tomorrow when we find none of them have permission to play.

Considering Mark Hughes has been sacked and Franchise still allegedly owe us money for the Twine sell on, I was thinking if one was going to stay it would be Kemp.

We're probably being optimistic on either staying really.

If Aldershot managed to get a draw there’s a good chance the replay would be on the box.

What do you mean if *Aldershot* managed to get a draw? Have you seen us play in the FA Cup? :D

:D

I was trying to be optimistic and not show my true feelings :D

Aldershot have scored 32 goals and also conceded 32 goals this season.

5-5 then🤣

But, we have scored 33 and conceded 24 so that makes us 9 goals better :)

9-0 to Swindon it is then!

A little late
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFkBh0G-7W0

So from that, there will be additions if required. So can we say with any confidence that Flynn will have cash available.

If things were as bad as some want to believe why would he extend his contract🤔

Exactly! 

Would you leave a paid job if you had nothing to go too?

People seem to think lower league football is different, there are thousands of people around the country in jobs they hate. Unless you have somewhere better to go - you stick to where you are so you can pay the bills.

to protect himself from dismissal, to protect the club from being ripped off

I agree he's not going to sign if he wanted out asap. 

***it's good news.***

But in terms of showing intent of staying a long time it's pretty irrelevant.

Barnsley 3 Horsham 3
There goes any chance of a replay being on TV😁

good that cup replays still exist. this cup is still the heart of english football and needs to be retained as much as possible

I can remember In 1979 Arsenal played Sheffield Wednesday five times in a FA Cup tie.

I recall that but hadn’t realised 3 of the games were played at Filbert Street.
https://amp.theguardian.com/football/that-1980s-sports-blog/2020/feb/04/arsenal-won-fa-cup-four-replays-sheffield-wednesday

only for fans, particularly those of us in the lower mlleagues.

Top clubs largely couldn't give a fuck v Europe and league.

I remember when I realised. 2008 and teams line Reading and players like a Dave Kitson binning it off ...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/3016764/kitson-i-dont-care-about-cup (https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/3016764/kitson-i-dont-care-about-cup)

And Man Utd

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjQjbak9amCAxXmR0EAHbMvBAUQFnoECDkQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesportsman.com%2Farticles%2Fremember-when-manchester-united-killed-the-fa-cup&usg=AOvVaw3ppZxsEOw8AXUCvaihbtmj&opi=89978449

I think fans of every club only like the FA Cup when it suits them.
Our attendance will be a lot lower today than it was our last home game for example, because many don’t give a shit about watching us play Aldershot.
If we win today and get Colchester for example in the next round, no one will go.

Fwiw as of 3pm yesterday we had sold 3,200 tickets. Obviously there will be quite a few that will just POTD (no shit captain obvious)

I think Reading would be grateful of any cup run right now… they are being docked points for fun but the EFL…

Every cloud has a silver lining. That said the way L1 is shaping up if we don’t go up we will have two local away games there and Cheltenham. On the down side though away trips to Morecambe and Carlisle get thrown in too.

Apparently the game will be streamed live on here. Just copied this link from a FB poster on a FB post by the club, if that makes sense?

Game will be broadcast live on here👇
🎥https://kurawa.cpa-streamhd.com/soccer.php

Don’t shoot the messenger if this is a dud.

4-2 Town, 7500.

I'll eat 10 sprouts at Christmas if this is true

Isn’t it a hassle paying on the day, though. Never done it but queuing outside in what could be a downpour isn’t appealing.

I still haven’t got over the absolutely inept game v Eastleigh a few years back - worst performance I’ve ever seen. Can’t remember who was in charge then.

Drop the prices and no show.
Shite support from us.

This is my point, fans are quick to moan about the FA when they get rid of replays and that bigger clubs don’t take it seriously etc, but many don’t give a shit about going today, and I doubt many would look forward to Aldershot away in a replay either.

We are all hypocrites.

Bonfire Night/Fireworks for many today plus the back end of half term and miserable weather. Not as easy a sell as one might think.

Still should be 6,000-7,000 I imagine.

I've always thought any 1st and 2nd round cup draws should be included in the season ticket.

I'm off to see BTTF the musical.

#loyalSupporters

Luke Williams, though it was just after Tim Sherwood came in as ‘DOF’ and somehow he ended up on the touchline for the second half of the replay v Eastleigh. That went well.

For today only, you can buy a home shirt for £25

Odd timing?

Its superb by all accounts, other half took her nephew to see it

But according to Timmy the prick, it wasnt a job to him.

God i hate that wanker.

Yes & no.

I think fans of clubs like ours just look at the FA Cup as a means to make money.

Is a 1st round game against Aldershot going to bring in significant cash? Nope. Is it appealing? Nope. Is a mid week replay appealing, super nope.


Is a 3rd round tie at home to Newcastle appealing? Yes. Is a mid week replay away at St. James Park appealing, hell yeah. Are two games against Newcastle going to bring in significant cash for the club, absolutely

That’s why we want to keep replays but don’t really give a flying fuck about rounds one & two

Which goes back to my earlier point, we only like the FA Cup when it suits us. The same way the ‘bigger clubs’ only start taking it seriously when they get to the 1/4 or semi finals.

Bizarre. Cash flow?

That’s not just us, though. Every club’s fans in L1/2 don’t care much until they get into Round 3.

Yep, exactly, but if we got to Round 3 and ended up with a draw against Rotherham away, I can’t see us getting too excited.

I mean if it was cash flow you'd think you'd pick a busy game.

overstocked because everyone bought the home shirt instead?

£25 can't be far off cost price?

Tbf, that wouldn’t be exciting!

I went to MK last week but I wouldn’t bother if we had them in the cup.

As an aside, clubs get £40,000 for being in Round 1.

How can you talk on behalf of all fans though?
I love the FA Cup first and second rounds. Looking forward to today.
Let’s hope we don’t go out mind.

Got to pay for the turkey for the OAP dinner!

It is brilliant, we went to see it a few months back

6k would be a good turnout today.
The prize money for progressing would be handy no doubt.

I think it’s £41k for winning round 1
https://www.thefa.com/competitions/thefacup/prize-fund

6k Town fans would be a good turn out, not so much 6k including 1.2k Aldershot fans IMO.

Around 150 of their fans just descended on the Wyvern tavern in town. Looking for fights!

How did that go down? What happened? I imagine there won’t be too many up for a ruck in the Wyvern.

Isn't it hard enough already being a Town fan without loving the second rounds of Cup competitions?  ;)

4th December 2021 we took over 2000 to Walsall in the second round :eek:

They used to have a following of squaddies based in Aldershot back in the 80s and were always after a fight.

Police did okay, got them out before anything kicked off

Well Kemp was shown in the prematch player walk ups on twitter with his kit bag so would assume he is playing?

I have a feeling Kemp and Young will both be available today.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F-F8C3LXQAAxvQu?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)

Kemp and Mahoney start

No Young

No Young but 5 scholars on the bench!

Phil boring smith on the radio🤣

No RHM either.

Shade up front or a change in formation?

Three at the back, Shade up front with Chas.

Assume it’s Shade with FBT at LWB

FBT LWB?

Not a single attacking option on the bench is a shocker. Hopefully this is a level of opposition Minturn is more comfortable with as he was well out of his depth against Gillingham.

That would be my guess, relieved that Kemp starts.

He's certainly going for it but, wow, that bench. Do we have a worse bench than Aldershot...?

Presumably RHM and Caine are injured, who else is there?

Surely that suggests Young might be auctioned/wanted by Bradford in January while Kemp maybe not by MK?

No one. That’s the point.

Given the strength our bench, it would be pretty disastrous to get any attacking injuries today

Antoine van der Minturn up front?

Commentary is on Radio Wiltshire online isn’t it?

Aye.

Wasn’t sure if it was online or just on local radio.

Time to get turbo trainer ready, cricket on the ipad and footy on my phone.

Multi-tasking-r-us ! 😂

I've been stood up by 4D

I want to see Hubbard get some time

Fucking hell 0-1😡

Oh well.

Wtf happened there??

FFS!

Hutton take a bow. Could a player look less interested defending?!

Magic of the cup

Up for the Cup

Wembley is over rated.

Dreadful fucking team.

0-2🤣🤣

Magic of the cup x2

0-2

Concentrate on the league

Absolutely unacceptable.

I thought we were taking it seriously :D

Absolute shambles this. Why is Minturn playing right back, what was even the point in signing Genesini. Thank god there’s options on the bench. Absolute disgrace this.

McEachran down injured

They’re here already.

Get Obodo on…

Embarrassing!!

No leaders in the pitch.

Would be interesting to see FL clubs’ record v Non League sides in the FA Cup since 2010. Reckon we’d have one of the worst. Shocking

So er, what did I miss?

Did you get that bet on PV?

0-3🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Fuck off!

0-3

I go for a shower just on KO, come down and we’re losing 0-2 W T A F? Two showers today then mine and the town clowns.

OMG.

Just the three goals😡

Flynn got that new contract - now wants that bigger pay off

0-3

Flynn can take some of the blame for this as well. Back line is a shambles!

Pretty obvious we're the worst I would have thought

I haven’t even got on the turbo yet! 😳

Sigh. Pathetic. What a waste of a season.

For once Phil Smith is talking genuine bollocks!

Probably mate. Been some spankings in there too - Cheltenham (2014), today and Eastleigh (2016).

Pathetic

just got last minute tickets to Six. Fits just before BTTF

£140 sounds a bargain to miss the crap

Home tie v non league and 10 mins in we're out of the FA Cup already  :badmood:

Season really going rapidly downhill.....

Way things are no cup run, lower table finish

But Morfuni is the messiah!!!

Is he playing in defence

Is anybody today?

I'm hoping for a North Korea v Portugal type scenario!

Is Austin on the pitch not heard his name yet🤔

I am hoping for a not being thrashed at home scenario!

if we had strikers I'd disagree. 1 goal either side of the break and it's game on.

but not today

Any news on how fucked RHM is?

Err ... remember Birmingham.

I can see them scoring again.

Can’t see Khan doing the Glenn Hoddle role tbf

Young apart this is basically our strongest team. A real danger of our season falling apart this month on this evidence.

Shambles.

"Real deal". "Competitive".

We all know the budget isn’t competitive

This was a lie just to sell season tickets that will not work next time around

Club is going backwards fast on the pitch

I won’t be putting another penny into the club until Morfuni puts his money where his mouth is

Basically- fund a promotion push or get lost. He being a property developer is here for one reason and one reason only

Fuck off Hutton. That corner sums him up!

Two in a row then.

Looking forward to the Trust's "No Clemency for Clem" campaign a la "No Money, No Power."

what money?

Me done for the season. Waste of time and money.

Phil Smith is an absolute blithering idiot.

Our players bottle every single 50/50 challenge.

Wonder if anyone's left yet?

Accepting that he is considered the worst owner ever, was a Power squad ever this weak mid-season?

Not surprising is really? Stay injury free and you play and get your basic pay enhanced by appearance money.

18/19 season, perhaps?

Our “competitive” budget is so competitive we cannot compete with a non league team

Shameful Morfuni

Plenty of senior players in that squad though. In terms of depth we are definitely weaker now to my eye.

Should we pull off a stunning result one way or another, Young would be available for a replay if MK go out and they’re currently 1-0 down at the biscuitmen.

I realised my mistake.

Positive waves. We haven't conceded for nearly half an hour.

Realistically we need two before half time.  

Yeah, do agree. We’re fucked currently, need to find a way to scrap ourselves to a respectable points return until January

https://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/siteassets/2022-23/documents/advisory-board-april-2023.pdf

Some goals for the year ahead:

• Promotion to League One
• Cup runs in all competitions

Looking forward to that new Fanzone offering too.

Should be 4

Mahoney is dodgy as fuck today as well. Ball went straight through him.

Why?

The half time bollocking should sort things out :D

Ouch they hit the post.

If I was there I'd be back in the pub at half time. Useless and gutless.

Fear not. Kinsella's on

4

It is now.

Should of had a penalty one end, looked like an offside at the other for their goal.

Either way, no excusing this, beyond shit

Wow.

Question marks about Flynn now I think. Total humiliation. Yes, we have no depth but our first XI is absolutely capable of winning this game. He's won 6 from 19.

Rumour is they haven’t been paid in October

Flynns post match interview is going to be hilarious!!!

Why extend his contract?

Depth is shocking, yes, but this is effectively as strong of a side as we could’ve put out (apart from Young). To be so convincingly dismantled by a NL side is a huge, huge worry.

Exactly this. We were told Flynn struggled to pull a team up from a nose dive...

On the evidence of today and the last 6 games the early season form was deceptive. We’re in big trouble, this lot whilst clearly exhausted are completely spineless. Massive question marks over Flynn as well.

Anyone left in the ground?

Second half attendance likely to be about half that at the start of the game

Gutless.

Wouldn’t hurt to lose by another three or four when you’re four nil down at home at half time to a non league team.

Half down, 4 goals down and the score absolutely flatters us. If the  washbag was still doing it's hall of shame, this would make a fine entry

Experience for next season the rate we're going.

Flynn's bullish pre-match interview looks laughable now. This is our best available XI. Unreal. Is this the new all time low?

Think McEachran may have come off with concussion, in which case another injury for next week

Swindon Town always centre of attention…..no other cup shocks to report at half time!

Is this the players’ reaction to Flynn and Hatswell’s contract extension?

So since 2008. Histon, Crawley, Macclesfield x2, Cheltenham, Eastleigh, Woking, Darlington and now Aldershot. Any favourites in there? The Cheltenham one for me.

BTW Only managed 12.5 miles in the first half. Hoping a 1/2 time dump will help for the second half.

At the very least, when you take the embarrassment away, this is extremely funny

Histon was the nadir.

Cheltenham was redeemed by fish and chips at Simpsons for me. But one of only 3 games I've ever left early.

Think we then managed to beat an unbeaten Bristol City in the league, merely a week later

Don’t think I have ever left a Swindon game early before (if I have it has been in injury time). Seriously contemplating fucking off now. In the DRS concourse with a beer. No desire to go back. Might give it til 60 then leave. Or sooner if another Shots goal goes in. Probably worst first half performance I have ever seen from Swindon.

Well this has to be the worst home defeat in our history. Certainly in my 48 years of supporting the Town, Aldershot not even a league side.

Non league club, 4-0 down at half time, gutless performance by the sound of it, could be more down.

Last week I was berated for saying I would back Aldershot at the bookies against us, looks like I was right. I hate to be THIS right though, utter fucking shit. Sheridactyl level of shitness.

Hopefully the players buck their pathetic ideas up for the 2nd half.

Yep,I'm consoling myself with the fact that we reached the play offs that season!

Penalty about to be 5

I'm laughing now. Unbelievable.

Enjoyed a "Jesus" from Phil Smith. He's actually the man we need for this game.

oh.

Yes. Worst. Episode. Ever.

6

Liquidate.

Fuckers. None of this lot are good enough.

Okay, this definitely beats the rest.

For comedy value alone, this has been a great game

What kind of fuckery is this ?

Flynn out

It’s as if the game has been fixed :cry:

Clem would like you to know that season tickets for 24/25 on sale now.

Emphasis on the was.

All the players should cancel their contracts and fuck off

The youth team would do better!!

Has to be something going on here

Well I've defended players and manager to the hilt but this is down to absolute shitness of attitude. I can't believe they are superior players.

 :D

I'm actually laughing out loud listening to this on a train on my own. Getting some odd looks.

It’s not as if we’re playing without a goalkeeper

Yep.

Can't honestly see anything funny about this at all.

We’re in real danger of imploding this season, Stockport and Mansfield will run riot in our next 2 home games.

There has got to be some kind of underlying context around the club at the moment

Please no MOTM vote today🤣

Yep, the best scenario is the instruction "Don't get injured", otherwise it's a major falling out.

Yep - real downward trajectory. Not just the defeats, but the manner of them. Today. Reading. Fuck all effort against Bradford and Franchise. 

Pathetic club. Pathetic players.

Salaries haven’t been paid

Seconded.

7

Just looked on betfair 250-1 to win its only 7-0 have we any chance

If that's the case then I have zero respect for Flynn signing that contract and smiling for the cameras.

Okay, it’s sort of past being funny now Town.

What’s our biggest ever defeat?

Pathetic

1-10 to Man City

I have backed Flynn and the players but FFS this needs a public apology by Flynn and Clem and the players.

Agreed

Absolutely this. We have better players and they don't give a fuck. Gives the "non payment" of players theory much credence

We’re in a fight for league survival on this evidence

Wtf is going on?

Just managed to get back to my phone with a shit load of sky sport notifications  >:(

I will not be turning up again at the County Ground again until this team does.

Apologise for what?
Giving a chunk of fans exactly what they want. A humiliating defeat.
The match day thread is booming. A certain section of our support is loving this.

TBF based on this they should all be fined a months wages anyway

Will you just fuck off! Some of us have actually paid to witness this! It’s a fucking disgrace and the club needs calling out. Easy to criticise people going mad when you don’t attend games!

This.

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You keep sucking on Clems knob and be happy with a humiliating thrashing by a non league club...

Didn’t say I was happy with it.
Some clearly are they. Yourself included.

Can mods not lock this forum for a few days for everyone's sake

No ones happy with this result!!

Read the fucking forum

The fans are fucking fuming at a humiliating performance by so called professional players...

Who in my belief are losng deliberatley.......

You have to chuckle at this score really

A narrow defeat would have been boring

11. And wages not paid. And the Town End has collapsed into a sink hole.

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Yep all the best match fixers decide to make it a score that stands out

Wonder if many of the £25 home shirts were sold today?

1-7. Kemp

Fight back begins

Kemp the only player in this team with any sort of credit.

A real low point in this club's history.

2-7. Kemp again.

Where’s the rumour of players not paid come from? Someone ITK or just a guess?

Do we presume Kemp is still being paid by Milton Keynes then

My money would be on a guess

Maybe he’s been paid  ?

6,372 in attendance, wonder how many of them saw Kemp’s goals?

3-7. Austin.

None of these goals should diminish the shame of today.

1,229😁

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Shamefull.

Well, it's a game that will live long in the memory.

We won the second half. Good response from the players.

Didn't reach that level, at least Tooting and Mitcham can be forgotten about.

And it wasn’t at home :eek:

Flynn straight down the tunnel. He can fuck off as well.

Lost in the replay, yep.

Don't expect a post-match interview for an a hour, unless Hatswell does it.

I've always maintained my fear that we're going to struggle when we come up against a good team and that fear seems to have been realised today.

Don’t tell me there was a MOM today.

Lost 2-1 if memory serves me right

Stayed until the end. The score absolutely flatters us, deserve to be out and dreading Stockport next weekend

Yep.

Left after the 6th - earliest I’ve ever left.

Now, that wasn’t a ‘normal’ performance - it wasn’t just a shit performance, it was a couldn’t give a shit performance by the majority of players.

It was telling for me when the players were sent out early for the 2nd half. FBT stood out as wide as he could away from all the others looking 100% disinterested. Whatever team togetherness there was early on in the season has completely disappeared.

So, what’s changed from a poor, but understandable performance at Franchise, a half decent performance v Gills - albeit a defeat and that abomination I witnessed this afternoon.

Flynn gets a new contract, player training under dubious circumstances and the rumour (unfounded) of non payment of wages.

After that we, the fans, deserve an explanation, no matter how difficult it may be to be open about it.

That was not just a poor performance.

Oxford v Maidstone 4,094   :D

Can’t even say “I wasted £X watching that”, I knew full well a loss was coming when I bought that ticket, no preparation for that though  :clap:

Big shoutout to Aldershot. Clearly did their homework, stuck 3 attackers onto our back 3 and we shit it completely. More hunger, fight and desire. Really liked their striker Tolaj, wouldn’t mind a move for him if he’s not convinced we’re a clown show club after today.

Sad to see so many other clubs get their house in order whilst we turn further and further into a circus.

Ironically Harries is better than what we have based on current form.

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/23901169.no-swindon-town-players-will-taking-fa-cup-lightly/

So Mr Flynn, how did that pan out?

Superb, that’s made me forget about todays defeat already  ::)

Flynn just said 2 players can just about hold their heads up. Didn't say which!

If only they had taken it lightly instead of not at all

Did he specify that they play for us?

Did he say as a group we will watch the game back to see where we went wrong and will work hard on the training ground :D

Hahaha our next two home games are Stockport and Mansfield

Flynn:
- One of top 3 most painful moments for Flynn. The others were play off defeats.
- Hurt and embarrassed
- Aldershot came here and worked as a team. Out worked, out performed us, out fought us and out played us at times
- We looked like a team that hasnt played together before. Thats inexcusable
- We were 3-0 down after 9 minutes. And the ball was out of play for 3 mins! Thats against a team that is non-league
- And it got worse! The worst game hes been involved in in pro football
- Had to change formation after 10 mins for personal pride
- Players weren't doing their jobs
- Told the players at half time they could still get something from the game
- Then they gave away 3 more in the first 15 mins!
- It could have been even worse. It was almost damage limitation!
- If you want to say its Flynns fault he'll take it.
- We win together and we lose together
- Cant do anything when they cross the white line!
- Hawes said you sound lost to explain it: Have you got any ideas? Did you see that coming? Flynn said he didnt
- Yes we have given sloppy goals away, but not like that
- Only 2 players can potentially hold their heads up - just!
- No one else was nowhere near. Noone wanted to take responsibility. Everyone looked at someone else. We need some characters in to change it
- Missing RHM and Young. Lots out injured. We are light on the ground, but that had nothing to do with them being out
- That was the players who went on a 9 game unbeaten run
- If they want to keep turning in performance like that, but as soon as I can get more players in, they will be comfortable sat next to Flynn
- Cant be any splits in the team. We all lost that. Flynn, the senior players and the youngsters (but Flynn wasnt blaming them)
- If you dont improve you dont last long in football
- Players should be embarrassed. Flynn is. And he's hurting
- Rest and recovery tomorrow. Can't bring them in and punish them. That wont help.
- They have to show that was a one off
- RHM slipped in training and hurt his hip.
- Young denied permission by Bradford.
- We were diabolical. No excuses
- Flynn was really sorry for that performance for the fans. Fans dont deserve that. The players need to come out and show the fans that it was a 1 off and wont happen again. If the players dont put in the hard graft for this club then they wont be here for long.

Macari would have had them running on the down tomorrow morning not resting and recovering😁

I could have said that.

Now, what’s the real reason

This was your chance to mix it up NMH!

"Proud of the effort"
"Looked good in spells"
"Made a game of it"
"Clem is a wealthy man"

we were 7 (seven) nil down?
To fucking Aldershot
At home.

fucking fuck

Go back to 1985 mate

Brewitt:
- Embarrassing performance from start to finish from everyone
- Terrible first 10 mins from us
- Didnt compete with them
- Can only apologise to the fans
- We are all good enough players to play anywhere across the back. We were just poor today
- Scoreline and start suggest we underestimated them. But Brewitt didn't feel that
- Just didn't get going and cope with their quick start
- Everyone has a plan until you are punched in the face. We were punched hard and didnt recover
- Worst game Brewitt feels hes been involved in. Brewitt said he has to look inwardly as a leader in the team
- Wasn't a lack of fire from him - No
- Just unacceptable to concede those goals
- Need to bounce back on Tuesday
- Have to take frustration into Tuesday's game and put it right
- No time for argument in thge team. We have to stick together and hold eachother accountable

Politely, you'd have to say it's an opportunity to redeem themselves.

Hawes implied that. Flynn put him right and said that players these days aren't brought up to respond to that. It would only end up in more injuries. With a paper thin squad that already has injuries, we can't afford that. We need to plan professionally for Tuesday.

If we can, somehow, get money for Hutton, I’d grab it at the first opportunity. Fucking shocking.

Indeed!

My reply would have been players were super fit then played on muddy pitches and didn’t get as many injuries!

Just the 3 assists for him today

Lot of good they did after fucking about all game. Lazy arsed bastard.

I thought Hawes and Smith said he was playing LB. I remember we tried that before (in a game I watched) and he was dreadful.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxvT739h3P8

Get rid of our most creative player? Don't think that's a good idea to be honest

Starting with Dokes at RWB, Hutton at LWB, and Shade up front (or anywhere near the starting XI) was a huge mistake. Why is he afraid to try Hutton - Dokes - Brewitt - Clayton - FBT?!

That aside, every last one of the senior pros was a disgrace. No effort, no basic technical ability, no desire, no accountability, no good.

Easily the worst and most embarrassing performance I’ve ever witnessed. For a while, this club can fuck right off.

Is that until Tuesday? 😝

Not read back

Made a move after no 5.

A day of shame that needs to be fully owned by the club from the boardroom down through first team management & to the playing staff.

Pointless banging on about the budget.
Waste of time until 31st Jan 2024.

Will expect a massively positive response from the team on Tuesday night.

Depends if they’re owed money or not. Maybe todays result reflected the players attitude to the alleged fiscal error.

Unless there’s a clique behind the managers back I don’t believe the players deliberately didn’t try unless someone can prove me wrong. If the wages scenario did happen or hasn’t been resolved I’m sure Flynn would have been aware and reassuring the players that it would get sorted.

You could have put any combination of players out there today, they’d have got battered

Aldershot we’re fit and motivated, we weren’t.

In a way,I hope so. Surely there's no way their players are that much better than ours?

‘I need to get to January. There are some players that need to move on. I need to freshen things up’

Hopefully Flynn can do it.

Can't wait for an absolute abortion of a January transfer window and still have to be arguing with a bunch of pricks that think that shit is normal.

I look forward to the idiots chiming “don’t judge things till 1st Feb” followed shortly after by “well Flynn has said we will bring free agents in”

Judge me in 5 years Lee Power

soapy tit wank

Fucking cretins.

Was anything said post match about McEachran?

No

Also….if things don’t change behind the scenes who an earth will want to sign for us apart from players without a club!

Left at 48 minutes or goal six. Have never left before 90 in my life. Total embarassment. Haven't read back because I'm still too angry. Now hearing shirts sold cheap and players not paid? Clem can go fall off Uluru.
Protest time?

Bad day at the office. Ok terrible day the office. Well worse than that.

Personally I was over it after 10 minutes. Not great we’ve missed out on a few quid but a competition we were never likely to go far in as per usual.

Let’s see if/how we bounce back in our next couple of league games before we slit our wrists and talk about relegation (we need 29 points from 31 games fwiw)

it's a fucking disaster financially, let alone sporting wise

Just seen the goals. I do not know where to begin. Embarrassing does not cover it.

I mean is it?
Did we really budget using future money from the FA Cup? A competition we’ve done poor in almost every year in the last 30.

Only a fool would have done that.
We’ve lost earning potential but so have I by not winning the lottery this week but I had the foresight to not expect to win it anyway…

This season 1st round prize money was £41k and 2nd round was £67k. Obviously there would have been gate money for the 2nd round as well, but getting a big tie in the 3rd round is realistically the only way we would have made a lot of money out the cup.

That said, in our position it sounds like every little would help.

Their goals were the sort we were scoring for fun a few weeks ago. All quality finishes to be fair albeit the result of poor defending in most cases

I have to say, their finishes were fantastic. Credit where it is due.

Quite. On an annualised budget plan you can reasonably expect as a minimum the money for losing the first round proper tie and the subsequent prize money that would guarantee, outside of that nothing as the gate money share would include so many variables such as home or away tie, standing of the opposition and only an estimated guess of attendance and ticket prices. However you look at it, yesterdays debacle an unknown and much needed financial opportunity has gone begging. Good luck to Aldershot I wish them well in the next round and a huge payday in the third if they’re fortunate enough to get that far.

We have to move on now, don’t look back in anger you cannot change the past. The ‘revelations’ of the last 24 hrs are there for others to fight over and sort out. I’m sure we all have bigger fish to fry in the grand scheme of things and in my case a long train journey this pm up north for a week’s induction and training for my new job.

The players and management have Tuesdays rearranged Colchester fixture to put things back on track before facing not only our home fans a week after the Aldershot humiliation but the league leaders. Saturday is going to be so hostile if we get turned over by Colchester without a fight.

yes it is.

didn't really matter what we've budgeted does it. If we aren't paying debts we need cash pronto. This was a good source

even on budget it wasa way of closing the losses a bit

After the first ten minutes of being sat there in total bemusement I could not understand how the same players that showed so much early season promise of better things to come, failed in every respect to show that same resolve.

The final score was a total embarrassment, but having witnessed some other diabolical displays over the years, this one, although going into the record books apparently, seems to have that worrying element more of things not being right for reasons hinted at elsewhere than lack of footballing ability. Tuesday’s game will be a definite litmus test of where we are heading.

100%.  Talent wise we are better than Colchester, will it be enough?

Quite relieved that it wasn't line on national TV!

Missed out on getting beaten at home by Stockport

Twice within three weeks :D

Imagine Aldershot v Stockport and Eastleigh v Reading will be on the box

What pub is this🤔
https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/23902856.police-update-swindon-towns-aldershot-fa-cup-clash/

I'm looking forward to the LS pod tomorrow. We need a record breaking Dan Hunt sigh-fest.

Really difficult to tell. Try my best not to frequent any pubs in the town centre, occasionally look in the savoy or sir Dan’s if I’m unlucky enough to be in that area, and it’s neither them. Rolly possibly, but doubt they get many football types. It’s a mystery!

It’s The County isn’t it?

Bet ChalkyWhite is there somewhere though!

Just kidding, honestly I’m sorry, don’t call me a cunt. Scared now 😬

Could well be right. Haven’t been in many times over the years but now you say it I think it is.

Who and how?

I guess someone like Shade?  but we don't really have a glut of pointless players taking up space on the bench do we?  If anything, we need to keep what we have and add to it, it's fucking obvious.  That goes to the how bit - if we need cash injections to get through one of our busier fixture months in a season, we are fucked.  I really do not see how any of the foundations currently in place support adding to our wage expenditure, plus we likely lose at least two players from loans.

A little odd that the pub wasn’t named. My initial thought was the county ground but would have expected bouncers on the door.

I don’t know many of the Swindon pubs but someone posted in here yesterday that they (Aldershot) had try to get into the Wyvern Tavern, is it there?

That video is the CGH

Definately 100%.

Only 2 of the Aldershot goals make the BBC top goals of round 1 compilation.

Is Swindon losing to Aldershot more embarrassing than League 1 Charlton drawing at home to 8th tier Cray Valley PM?

They have the opportunity to put it right. Do we?

I think we've been a but lucky with media coverage of this nightmare. Seems to have thankfully passed under the radar a bit this weekend.

If Charlton win - then no.
They’ll still be in the cup & might be financially better for having the replay (assuming it’s on TV)
…I mean who is to say they didn’t fix the draw purely for the extra finances.

A missile rather than a bullet dodged.

I did feel a defeat was on the cards simply because it was home to non league. So gave it a miss. Also, im at Colchester tomorrow night.

I didnt expect that disaster though. My phone bleeped all fxxxxg night and the next day with piss takes.

They were lucky I decided to stay at home  :)

Ha, I typed this before is even seen the equaliser…

They were well up for it😁

Aldershot fans not happy with our stewarding even tho it was their own fans who weren’t sat in the correct seats and chose to stand in the aisles.

https://www.shotsweb.site/shotsweb/viewtopic.php?t=56073&sid=3fcd1f6423c0f463f2fcd61bf5b0b471

In a couple of years I hope we can look back on the game vs Aldershot and say it was pivotal in our turning point in our promotion season.

Pushing us onto bigger better things with a new wealthy owner funding our push to the Premier League with masses of funding and a rebuilt County Ground to boot.

"You got to have a dream, If you don't have a dream, How you gonna have a dream come true?"

https://youtu.be/291ET6Py6H8

I would say that Saturday was THE lowest point I have had in nearly 50 years of following Swindon, kicks the 5-0 loss at MKD under Sheridactyl into touch.

"we coulda been someone. we coulda been a contender. Instead of being a bum, which is what we are"

Saturday was/is a double edged sword. If the players were, indeed, trying their best and still got butt fucked then God help us.

If they downed collective tools on purpose they’re a bunch of cunts.

Cant argue with that, tonight will be a big test of character and professional pride for them.

A very important game. Not so much winning or losing it but attitude, character and commitment

And winning ;)