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Boom. Next game approaches this Saturday at the CG. Can't wait.

Swindon 3-1 FGR att: 8,987 (407 them)

Looking forward to my half time beefburger too  :)

Bought my ticket online, save my cash for a quarter pounder. They're good Paul, the van outside the town end.

Bought my ticket online, save my cash for a quarter pounder. They're good Paul, the van outside the town end.

Bought my ticket online, save my cash for a quarter pounder. They're good Paul, the van outside the town end.

Rissoles

He's so primed for the chop.

Wait, that's not vegan friendly.

He's so primed for the chop.

Wait, that's not vegan friendly.

We’ve played well, we’ve absolutely outclassed some teams - but we’ve not really pissed all over someone, really stuffed them.

Saturday would be a good place to put that right.

6-0

We're not quite clicking but still winning. (By 2 goals on Tuesday)

You can't help but feel that we will click one of these days, and I feel for whichever fans are going to be on the receiving end. It's going to be fucking brutal.

We have beaten FGR every time we have faced them in the league and I think that will continue again on Saturday.

We haven't....

Fancy another comfortable win. They've won two games since the end of November.

What happened to our natural pessamism under such circumstances?

We've changed.

One positive is Mills their LB and Capt? still out injured I believe. He tends to run things for them

Yeah he was decent for them against us. Wouldn't mind bringing him here.. home town and all.

I was talking to a fellow TEf'r yesterday about the same thing.

We aren't playing badly but we have not quite clicked into full gear yet, but we are still winning games at a canter.

If we all click on the same day somebody will get absolutely mullered 5 or 6 nil if not more.

We were at our fluent best when Fryers and Baudry lined up alongside each other.

We were at our fluent best when Fryers and Baudry lined up alongside each other.

100% this. The best we've played is with those two at CB... or Conroy.

*fluid. Unless you're referring to Baudry enhancing our French language skills of course :)

100% is way wide of the mark... our CB pairings have been to say the least interesting. At a conservative estimate we've used 9 different players, a couple like Ballard and Curran, not really significant as only getting a matter of a few minutes.

We've used 12 different pairings,  of which Baudry Fryers have 8 matches, Conroy Baudry next with 7.   Baudry Fryers have some decent results, but so have a lot of the other combos. For instance probably our best result thus far was winning at Home Park.... a Grant Fryers combo.

What makes it so interesting is that conventional wisdom is that in a successful side having a solid stable CB combo is a prime requirement.... and we've not had that.

No I’m more thinking the “smooth, graceful and effortless” definition.

I meant at the County Ground which we have. A slight slip of the finger.

100% is way wide of the mark... our CB pairings have been to say the least interesting. At a conservative estimate we've used 9 different players, a couple like Ballard and Curran, not really significant as only getting a matter of a few minutes.

We've used 12 different pairings,  of which Baudry Fryers have 8 matches, Conroy Baudry next with 7.   Baudry Fryers have some decent results, but so have a lot of the other combos. For instance probably our best result thus far was winning at Home Park.... a Grant Fryers combo.

What makes it so interesting is that conventional wisdom is that in a successful side having a solid stable CB combo is a prime requirement.... and we've not had that.

I find your figures to be a bit wide of the mark.

I make it out that we have had 10 different pairings at CB using 8 different players there.

9x Baudry & Conroy with w5 d2 l2 conceding 11 goals with 2 clean sheets.
8x Fryers & Baudry with w6 d1 l1 conceding 5 goals with 5 clean sheets.
4x Baudry & Zakuani with w1 d1 l2 conceding 6 goals with 1 clean sheet.
3x REG & Baudry with w2 d0 l1 conceding 4 goals with 1 clean sheet.
3x REG & Fryers with w2 d1 l0 conceding 2 goals with 1 clean sheet.
2x REG & Broadbent with w1 d0 l1 conceding 2 goals with 1 clean sheet.
2x Fryers & Conroy with w1 d0 ll conceding 2 goals with 1 clean sheet.
2x Fryers & Grant with w1 d1 l0 conceding 2 goals with 0 clean sheets.
1x Fryers & Zakuani with w0 d0 l1 conceding 2 goals with 0 clean sheets.
1x Broadbent & Caddis & Grant w1 d0 l0 conceding 1 goal with 0 clean sheets.

Appearances playing at CB.

24x Baudry w14 d4 l6 including 9 clean sheets
15x Fryers w9 d3 l3 including 7 clean sheets
12x REG w9 d1 l2 including 3 clean sheets
11x Conroy w6 d2 l3 including 2 clean sheets
5x Zakuani w1 d1 l3 including 1 clean sheet
3x Grant w2 d1 l0 including 0 clean sheets
3x Broadbent w2 d0 l1 including 1 clean sheet
1x Caddis w1 d0 l0 including 0 clean sheets

It shows that Fryers and Baudry have easily the best partnership for keeping clean sheets with 63% of games they have played in as a pairing ending with us not conceding.

I can’t believe you’ve had to go to this length to prove what was obvious to 99% of people they Baudry and Fryers is our best combination as they are both very good ball players.

I find your figures to be a bit wide of the mark.

I make it out that we have had 10 different pairings at CB using 8 different players there.

9x Baudry & Conroy with w5 d2 l2 conceding 11 goals with 2 clean sheets.
8x Fryers & Baudry with w6 d1 l1 conceding 5 goals with 5 clean sheets.
4x Baudry & Zakuani with w1 d1 l2 conceding 6 goals with 1 clean sheet.
3x REG & Baudry with w2 d0 l1 conceding 4 goals with 1 clean sheet.
3x REG & Fryers with w2 d1 l0 conceding 2 goals with 1 clean sheet.
2x REG & Broadbent with w1 d0 l1 conceding 2 goals with 1 clean sheet.
2x Fryers & Conroy with w1 d0 ll conceding 2 goals with 1 clean sheet.
2x Fryers & Grant with w1 d1 l0 conceding 2 goals with 0 clean sheets.
1x Fryers & Zakuani with w0 d0 l1 conceding 2 goals with 0 clean sheets.
1x Broadbent & Caddis & Grant w1 d0 l0 conceding 1 goal with 0 clean sheets.

Appearances playing at CB.

24x Baudry w14 d4 l6 including 9 clean sheets
15x Fryers w9 d3 l3 including 7 clean sheets
12x REG w9 d1 l2 including 3 clean sheets
11x Conroy w6 d2 l3 including 2 clean sheets
5x Zakuani w1 d1 l3 including 1 clean sheet
3x Grant w2 d1 l0 including 0 clean sheets
3x Broadbent w2 d0 l1 including 1 clean sheet
1x Caddis w1 d0 l0 including 0 clean sheets

It shows that Fryers and Baudry have easily the best partnership for keeping clean sheets with 63% of games they have played in as a pairing ending with us not conceding.

I think we can safely say Baudry has a more positive influence when playing, whether partnered with Conroy, Zeki, REG or Broadbent. He's like a "mentoring" CB. Some of those he's partnered with have needed more guidance than others (Conroy/Broadbent). REG has been quicker to adapt/learn and of course, the golden ratio seems to be Baudry and Zeki. But Baudry is key here. It shows how "good" we are as we've still got results without him yet he does bring more calm to the defensive unit all round.

I can’t believe you’ve had to go to this length to prove what was obvious to 99% of people they Baudry and Fryers is our best combination as they are both very good ball players.

I'm all for someone who has evidence to back up their claims, and I'm a sucker for stats so I enjoyed the post!

When we have such great news about the stadium I so wish we had more interviews and videos about the stadium rather than more or the same nonsense from Mark Cooper.

Cooper has outstayed his welcome at this s great club now.

I'm right behind the players though, but cannot bring myself to hear anymore of Cooper's rubbish in interviews.

not mr Coopers fault, but 80% of the questions/time was devoted to the interviewers fawning over the opposition, it is swindon on saturday and not Juventus who fgr are playing ?

Swindon to have a field day against an increasingly frustrated and disgruntled set of players
STFC 6 FGR 0

Sorry my head is still ruling my heart, Swindon 3 - 1 FGR

Don't see anything other than a defeat, but I hope to be proved wrong. Swindon 3 FGR 0

Dread to think, probably a 4 nil drubbing and MC exiting the door (just a pipe dream I have). Feel for the players, in need of a good coach and MC back to the managerial lines.

going and dreading it but would love SWI 1-1 FGR

Im thinking ( hoping ) 1 1 You must be able to get a result sometime.
..and what better time than helping out your best friends and neighbours Chelts

After a dearth of watching FGR recently
I can only see a defeat 4.1 a s we get a late consolation......
Doyle is a class act and a hat trick beckons.
Do I go and watch the humiliation or listen to Bob Hunt going oh dear oh dear on multiple occasions

Waiting to see if Scunthorpe hack the Ginger Pele, or any other key Town players, to the ground before making my forecast.... I am not wildly optimstic about our hopes, but maybe we will rise to the challenge against the odds.

Back to my La La land: Swindon 0 - 1 FGR.

Can see a big defeat here - possibly 4-0 to the Reds.

Ok. I reckon our boys will do their best and fight hard, but injuries of key players (Faz being out of action now being the very last thing we need, presuming he still will be) will be our big problem. Actually reckon we might play better there than we did last year. Swindon 2 - 0 FGR

Really looking forward to this one, nothing like a proper against the odds, backs to the wall type away game. Real test of character for everyone on and off the pitch. Brings back some good memories, can remember lots of times when we've been written off and produced a big performance. Let's hope Saturday is similar. Reckon we can get something. 2-2

Lets just beat them. Then even if they naff off to Div1 we would have had the last laugh and that's always the longest.

Forest Green head coach Mark Cooper wants his side to play without pressure at table-topping Swindon Town

CALMNESS personified; Forest Green head coach Mark Cooper wants his side to enjoy themselves when they face champions-elect Swindon Town.

Cooper’s team were challenging at the top end of the table when the west country rivals last locked horns in December, fighting out a high-octane 2-2 draw. Rovers’ form has nosedived since – winning just two out of their last thirteen games and six defeats in their last eight games, but with 11 matches to go Cooper wants his side to play without pressure.

Cooper discusses the challenge of facing his former club, his admiration for Swindon Town boss Richie Wellens, playing on one of the best pitches in the league, latest injury news, Christian Doidge’s form at Hibernian and his personal coronavirus precautions.

I love stats too, I actually didnt mind collating it, it does evidently show who "appear" to be the best centre back pairing.

I also think it proves Wellens correct in letting go of Zakuani who was only on a winning side once in his 5 appearances with that game being the only clean sheet game he appeared in as well, the 4-0 at Crawley.

Guessing you mean Cambridge at home on Boxing Day? Crawley was Fryers and Baudry. Worth pointing out our 7 game winning run that took us top coincided with Fryers and Baudry coming together at centre back and they were a constant until the Cambridge game where Fryers was injured.

Guessing you mean Cambridge at home on Boxing Day? Crawley was Fryers and Baudry. Worth pointing out our 7 game winning run that took us top coincided with Fryers and Baudry coming together at centre back and they were a constant until the Cambridge game where Fryers was injured.

Benda also came in just before the Baudry Fryers debut, think a detailed analysis of your CB combo should look at the GK and holding midfielder as well.

I will leave that one down to you then.

A reasonable weather outlook too, so hopefully no wind tunnel issues.

Very nice to see a couple of very old mates of mine on BBC breakfast local news this morning about their 30 years of continuous following of every Swindon game. Derek Elston and Rob Hartley. Both well known to many TEF'ers. Derek based in Northampton and Rob who often does commentaries on BBC Swindon for away games.

I understand the feature is to be broadcast later on BBC Points West too.

They are both closely followed by Jason Haines who I think is on 992 consecutive Town matches, although he is not on the BBC feature he is often on Channels 5's documentary series "Paddington Station 24/7" in which he is one of the head controllers at the Swindon signalling centre.

They didn't interview Football Phil then?  :D

I don't think Phootball Phil has managed 1 season of actually going to every game let alone 30 season!

Isn't he banned?

An interview with Football Phil could easily turn into a mini-series. Bit repetitive but compulsive difficult viewing nevertheless

An interview with Football Phil could easily turn into a mini-series. Bit repetitive but compulsive viewing nevertheless

Very nice to see a couple of very old mates of mine on BBC breakfast local news this morning about their 30 years of continuous following of every Swindon game. Derek Elston and Rob Hartley. Both well known to many TEF'ers. Derek based in Northampton and Rob who often does commentaries on BBC Swindon for away games.

I understand the feature is to be broadcast later on BBC Points West too.

They are both closely followed by Jason Haines who I think is on 992 consecutive Town matches, although he is not on the BBC feature he is often on Channels 5's documentary series "Paddington Station 24/7" in which he is one of the head controllers at the Swindon signalling centre.

Can you catch the corona Virus if you eat meat ?

I went to primary and secondary school with Jason.  He is indeed on 992.  Nearly missed one due to the Newport game ticket debacle but to keep the run going sorted out a table in hospitality.  

Looks like the home game against Cheltenham will be 100 for him.  Impressed that the family have let him do it.

I went to primary and secondary school with Jason.  He is indeed on 992.  Nearly missed one due to the Newport game ticket debacle but to keep the run going sorted out a table in hospitality. 

Looks like the home game against Cheltenham will be 100 for him.  Impressed that the family have let him do it.

Well done. Let's hope he makes 1,000. Is this just competitive matches? Does the boycott cup count in its various guises?

Let's hope the scaremongering doesn't force games behind closed doors. If it does then let him be a ballperson!

I went to primary and secondary school with Jason.  He is indeed on 992.  Nearly missed one due to the Newport game ticket debacle but to keep the run going sorted out a table in hospitality. 

Looks like the home game against Cheltenham will be 100 for him.  Impressed that the family have let him do it.

Astonishing achievement.  If you assume an average of 50 games/year, I'm guessing the 992 game run would have started around 2000...and those years were not happy ones for the club.  True dedication!

Not much chance of showing on Points brizzle as they would rather show a re run of the glory days.

It was shown all over the BBC West region.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000g09p/points-west-evening-news-06032020

16 minutes in, nice little article.

is Grant injured? somebody said hamstring

Cooper's statements are the linguistic equivalent of a "professional" foul, though at least that sometimes has the virtue of "taking one for the team" rather than only about oneself. Otherwise known as, "I'm on to a good thing here,a five year contract and a Board who are not football people. The suckers who bought season tickets can watch my terrified kids. Tenth or nineteenth, who cares ? Gimme the money, honey.
Get behind Swindon ! I would much rather lose five nil if it got rid of him than putter along with a few goalless draws and waterlogged pitches saving his neck.
Anybody remember the spirit of Revie's Leeds in the seventies ? Revie eventually dumped them for Saudi Arabian money. Perhaps Mark imbibed that spirit like maternal milk ! Can't Mark get a nice international coaching offer, perhaps from Iran or South Korea ? Or how about North Korea ? Tthey'd love his verbal manner, treatment of his players and management style there !

Sadly, unless he goes, I will be among those multitudes not renewing season tickets. I'd rarher watch Brimscombe. Not, of course, that I am of any importance: I am just one of the hapless pay-in-advance crowd. I'll still attend because the poor, desperate kids deserve our sympathy. They seem to have been signed or naughty-stepped randomly and en masse, knowing that they are dependent for their future on the whims of a man whose first act this season was to put his son at the top of the retained players list. Without becoming unduly political, Cooper is a phenomenon of the dictatorial fashion of the times which have produced Trump, Erdowan, Bolsanaro and worse. He will never walk. That takes honour rather than cupidity.
A one-trick coach whose tactics function, albeit rather tediously, as long as the opposition never score, he will eventually leave FGR without a backward glance. Not fit to lace his father's boots, but maybe that's his underlying psychological problem. He has kept himself in power by creating temporary alliances with those whom Lenin called "useful idiots" (no offence to Matt Mills intended). Reading the Journal piece with Chris Stokes this week, it reminds us that talking loyal rubbish to the press comes with the territory of being selected.
The beautiful game struggles on. All over the world, it has been harnessed and exploited by and for the few, not the many. Cooper is one of the flies noshing the sick body. Time for Blake, writer of the club anthem "Jerusalem" !

Echoes thoughts of so many. The normal local footie fan who just turns up at 3 to watch a match are no longer either wanted or cared for it seems. I’m just attending various different Stroud league matches and seem to be enjoying that more than attending TNL. Very sad to say.

Mark Cooper not ingratiating himself with the FGR fans still.

Todays League 2 fixtures of the top 9 sides, TBH I don't see too many slip ups on paper, but football is not played on paper as they say.

Swindon (WDWWW) home to 11th place FGR (DLLDL)
Crewe (WLWDD) home to bottom club Stevenage (LLLLL)
Plymouth (WDDLW) home to 2nd bottom Macclesfield (LLDLL)
Exeter (WWLDD) away at 15th place Walsall (LWDWD)
Cheltenham (WWWWW) home to 7th place Port Vale (WWWDD)
Northampton (LLWLW) home to 21st place Mansfield (DDLWL)
Colchester (WWLWL) away at 20th place Carlisle (DLDDW)
Bradford (DWLLW) away at 10th place Salford (DLWLW)

Pretty much the polar opposite to us.

Imagine having a club managed by Cooper, owned by Vince and sole purpose for existing now is to be the marketing department of the owners company....

I see the form book working except for Exeter (D), Nam (D) & Bradford (D)

Anyone else noticed the wind has suddenly got up! Well it is Saturday and football at the county ground wouldn't be the same without it!

I think today will be -

                   Benda
Caddis    REG    Broadbent    Fryers
           Rose/Grant/Palmer
      Doughty            DJ
Isgrove        Doyle        Yates

As it seems Grant may be out and its still too early for Hunt and Baudry today.

Strong looking team, looking forward to seeing more of the Keshi we saw earlier this season

Fingers crossed we get early this season Anderson and not last season Anderson!

Decent starting line up, reinforces the point made after the Scunthorpe game that ball playing centre backs are an absolute priority for Wellens with Broadbent dropping out again.

If ever you wanted a barometer of how well the Club is doing this season, it's the 8 pages of chat in the Match Day Thread before the game has even started.  We used to struggle to get on to page 3.

Can't be there today, having screwed up my ankle earlier in the week.  But looking forward to following things on here.  Encouraging starting line up.

I think we'll see some game time for Hope today. 20 mins or so.

They’re actually holding possession better than us now.

Walsall beating Exeter.

Someone complain to ifollow about the fucking replays. I’m missing half the game

They are truly awful, it’s all about us, they aren’t even doing a job on us, as soon as we play any football game we’re straight in on them.

1) We'v been sloppy at times, but we're still the better team. By some margin.
2) The ref's a cunt
3) The cunt doing the replays is also a cunt.

That’s a very one-eyed view of that half.

See, I think you take their goal away and that was better than we have played in a while.  Their goal has changed the context of the game though, and the crowd are allowing that to cloud their view as well.  We should be 3-1 up and the last 10 mins has been all us.

As possession wise I would say yes we have easily been on top, but I think too few of our passes long and short have not found their target. Our finishing too hass been below par, hardly testing the keeper who looks quite poor from what he has shown when under pressure.

Anderson and Yates off - Isgrove and Woolery on. Push DJ up asides Doyle.

Beaten the keeper twice.  Yates cleared off the line and if he puts any height on it he scores.  Anderson back off the bar.

Not really, we’ve basically missed 2 sitters and they’ve had one attack. As soon as we play any football we are right on their back 4, it’s our poor play at the moment that is the reason we are behind.

get Yates off.

:hmmm: Not sure I’d trust Muskwe over Yates. We’ll see.

Isgrove was fouled, apparently.

Didn't see a thing because of the FUCKING REPLAYS.

Frustrating game. Swindon haven’t really looked like scoring tbh. Forest Green scored the early goal and got Swindon where they wanted them to be

Onwards to the next game.

Imagine getting tactically outdone by Mark Cooper.

I don’t think we were, we played badly and missed some sitters. More our own shortcomings than opposition.

Just going by comments on Twitter. They came with a game plan that worked. Onto the next.

Just going by comments on Twitter. They came with a game plan that worked. Onto the next.

Just going by comments on Twitter. They came with a game plan that worked. Onto the next.

One of Yates worst game in a Town shirt.

He was still way better than Muskwe. Was unlucky with his chances today. If that one that hit the post had crept in it would have been a brilliant improvised strike.

No positives from the game today.

They pressed us from the start, got a lucky early goal and we never got going.
We hit the post twice and had a stonewall penalty decision go against us.

That has to be the worst referee we have ever had at the County Ground, what an absolutely useless cunt.

That aside, we deserved nothing from the game today.

Forget it and move on.

quite what Muskwe adds at this stage of his career is a bit of a mystery. Woolery is miles better right now, though I guess he's not being played because he's off.

Forget it and move on.

Penalty would have been a red as well wouldn’t it, denying a goal scoring opportunity. How the ref ignored that is beyond belief.

Highlight of the afternoon was probably the shenanigans in the TE...a fair few made a hasty retreat when they saw the size of the plain clothed meat heads who turned up as reinforcements behind the goal!

It looks as if the club has employed the pick of the local bouncers who are on standby in a nearby location if it ever kicks off...they should probably don a hi vis though :D

No positives from the game today.

They pressed us from the start, got a lucky early goal and we never got going.
We hit the post twice and had a stonewall penalty decision go against us.

That has to be the worst referee we have ever had at the County Ground, what an absolutely useless cunt.

That aside, we deserved nothing from the game today.

Forget it and move on.

I've just watched it, and it looks to me that the defender has gone through Doyle - who had a tap in

no, the 'double jeopardy' rule would have seen a penalty and ayellow

Why don't we seem to have the balls for derbies or cup games? Don't want to be a doom merchant but a shit run now would be catastrophic

what happened then? it looked to one of our group as if the TE were throwing the ball around, a fan has gone to pick it up and beardy has tried to aggressively punch it out his hands, missed and cloked the fan?

How come players still get sent off as last man then?

"
Where a player commits an offence against an opponent within their own penalty area which denies an opponent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity and the referee awards a penalty kick, the offending player is cautioned if the offence was an attempt to play the ball; in all other circumstances (e.g. holding, pulling, pushing, no possibility to play the ball etc.) the offending player must be sent off"

Gave one against Grant that flicked up off his foot

Same ref as Northampton home game.

Useless cunt.

I think that was Yates akshually

Same ref as Northampton home game.

Useless cunt.

Aaaaand there we go. Fucking choke artist cunt deserves to be hung. Zero control over that game.

Why don't we seem to have the balls for derbies or cup games? Don't want to be a doom merchant but a shit run now would be catastrophic

10 games to go.... it now starts to get difficult,as you can't just conjure up wins on a whim. 4 home 6 away.  Of the 4 home games.... Numb we know about, Crawley are hard to beat get a lot of draws and Salford are like FGR better on the road than at home. Orient probably presents a good opportunity. We'll need to cash in on the 4 away at the sides with dodgy home records..... Oldham who are up next aren't the worst at home, and probably still have a terrible pitch.

Still in the mix but a very long way from a done deal.... prepare to fret.

Or maybe, just maybe, we had a bit of an off day today. You know, like all teams do. We're still in best form of the top four. 4 points clear of 4th, with a game in hand and despite your panting predictions of doom, we actually have the easiest run-in of all the top 5 (not easy, but easier than the others). So maybe some small glimmers of hope among the despair.

Or maybe, just maybe, we had a bit of an off day today. You know, like all teams do. We're still in best form of the top four. 4 points clear of 4th, with a game in hand and despite your panting predictions of doom, we actually have the easiest run-in of all the top 5 (not easy, but easier than the others). So maybe some small glimmers of hope among the despair.

Or maybe, just maybe, we had a bit of an off day today. You know, like all teams do. We're still in best form of the top four. 4 points clear of 4th, with a game in hand and despite your panting predictions of doom, we actually have the easiest run-in of all the top 5 (not easy, but easier than the others). So maybe some small glimmers of hope among the despair.

Anyone hear Wellens comments after the game ??.

Along the lines of:
- They had 2 chances and took them well
- If you're going to lose a game, that's the way to do it. Players never gave up right to the end
- Ref was poor and completely lost it for 10 minutes of the game. Mentioned the left back who couldn't hold a ball that the ball boy passed it to him
- Players have been brilliant, especially at home to not lose since September. Will bounce back at Oldham
- Rued chances we had (Anderson bar, Yates cleared off the line and post), would have been a different game

Can I ask anyone who uses ifollow to complain on the official site about the ridiculous use of replays. The more of us that do then they might actually do something.

In regards to yesterday’s game , fryers was at fault for the first goal. He was totally oblivious to their striker and left him in loads of space.
The second was a cock up between Caddis and reg.
Was t our day and the ref was nearly as frustrating as the ifollow replays

Also, why do they have to cut the post match commentary so quickly? Surely they could let the commentary run, as it used to, so we can hear the manager's post match summary!

Simple solution. Just switch to BBC Sounds and you can listen to all the post match on there. No restriction bollocks. Sometimes get it as soon as the whistle goes too.

Only available in the UK, which means switching to VPN for ex pat fans. 

Must admit yesterday was shit, the referee ruined a poor game and our luck was just out.  As already stated,  2 off the post,  1 off the bar, 1 off the line and a stone wall penalty not given,  don't know where the ref was looking even a blind man could have seen that one,  another day and one of those chances gone in it would have been a different game.  Not panicking yet, just need to carry on where we left off and write this one off.

Maybe mixed me up with China Red who I hope is safe and well. I am in Russia.

Highlight of the afternoon was probably the shenanigans in the TE...a fair few made a hasty retreat when they saw the size of the plain clothed meat heads who turned up as reinforcements behind the goal!

It looks as if the club has employed the pick of the local bouncers who are on standby in a nearby location if it ever kicks off...they should probably don a hi vis though :D

the tall guy with grey hair that went into the crowd (peace keeping) a while after the first incident used to be a bouncer at the Rock in ciren.

Loved the TE chanting you will be sacked in the morning as he was escorted out of the ground, the stadium manager going nuts at it as well.  My understanding is that the blue vests are professional bouncers with the required SIA training which a lot of our dopey stewards are not.  A tad over the top and they are always confrontational whn placed in those sort of positions.

Loved the TE chanting you will be sacked in the morning as he was escorted out of the ground, the stadium manager going nuts at it as well.  My understanding is that the blue vests are professional bouncers with the required SIA training which a lot of our dopey stewards are not.  A tad over the top and they are always confrontational whn placed in those sort of positions.

So is all the stuff from that Jaxbox character on Twitter nonsense then? He was making it out that Power has thugs in plain clothes that waded in and laid into Town fans?

They are the heavies I mentioned - they were plain clothed, however they certainly didn’t wade in to anyone or even enter the stand. They were just stood behind the TE goal.

Jay isn’t Power’s biggest fan so it would appear he has added his own spin to it!

He was far up Power's arse until he was told he wasn't allowed free storage space on club grounds.

Easily influenced some would say. Wasn’t he responsible for all that refugees welcome bollocks as well?

I'm near Leamington Spa now

Easily influenced some would say. Wasn’t he responsible for all that refugees welcome bollocks as well?

in context his tweet was taken from steward comments

"Scrap in the town end over a steward grabbing a fan. And some meat heads in casual gear turn up and get involved. Talk from the stewards is “they’re the directors people”.

So power has yobs of his own to have a pop at his own fans? That’s all I can take away from that."
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while I'm  sure power doesn't employ people to have a go at our own fans, it seems fair enough to question what said
 'plain clothes' were we doing in the town end.

is that normal at football?

I'd kind if assumed they would have to be accredited/clearly identified. But what do I know.

OB didn't stay long when they went.

he tweeted his musings on Twitter, he didn't take a 2 page open letter from the fans advert out in the Adver.

So?

So he's hardly speaking on half of the fans.

It doesn't grate me, I don't read it.

He does it often. "Swindon fans think" etc. The platform is irrelevant, he still does it, and it grates.

People post all kinds of shit on their personal twitter.

If he'd been using the GWReds account I could better understand the point.

Isn't he just basically Celms bitch now?

It seems that way.

Possibly just Clem stirring the shite through his puppet again then?

Why would Clem be stirring shit though really? Him and Power have a good business relationship.

So is all the stuff from that Jaxbox character on Twitter nonsense then? He was making it out that Power has thugs in plain clothes that waded in and laid into Town fans?

I would suggest that was bollocks.  The two guys in "plains clothes" were in fact the Stadium Operations Manager and his sidekick.  They never went into the TE, but directed the Deputy Safety Officer to escort one of the blue vests out of the ground.  It was all caused by Rocking Robin throwing a ball into the TE which eventually landed on the pitch at halftime, one of the stewards refused to give it back but it was eventually handed back by one of our subs who was having a halftime warm-up. Quite what went on after that but blue vest apparently waded in and got a fan in a headlock, that was when it all kicked off.   The Stadium Manager did not appear until it looked like getting out of hand!  Quite what caused the second bit of aggro during the second half I have no idea but I am pretty sure no fans were thrown out.

you got your luminous green vest stewards, and your blue vest stewards.

no idea what the difference is

you got your luminous green vest stewards, and your blue vest stewards.

no idea what the difference is

you got your luminous green vest stewards, and your blue vest stewards.

no idea what the difference is

My understanding is that the blue vest guys are the professionals, ie fully SIA certificated whilst the others are merely "volunteers" who get paid for watching the footy

I would suggest that was bollocks.  The two guys in "plains clothes" were in fact the Stadium Operations Manager and his sidekick.  They never went into the TE, but directed the Deputy Safety Officer to escort one of the blue vests out of the ground.  It was all caused by Rocking Robin throwing a ball into the TE which eventually landed on the pitch at halftime, one of the stewards refused to give it back but it was eventually handed back by one of our subs who was having a halftime warm-up. Quite what went on after that but blue vest apparently waded in and got a fan in a headlock, that was when it all kicked off.   The Stadium Manager did not appear until it looked like getting out of hand!  Quite what caused the second bit of aggro during the second half I have no idea but I am pretty sure no fans were thrown out.

As an aside.
When did stewards first start appearing at footie matches ?
Most of them look like they were bullied at school or they are ex traffic wardens.

https://www.fsoa.org.uk/history-fsoa-2/

That's an appallingly designed website - floating ads and tweet boxes directly over the text rendering the actual article unreadable

Its surprising how many websites are awful, often the older ones, no excuses.

And I should have also added, thanks for the info - the other links were readable and interesting!

Seems we are not the only club with 'security' issues... https://twitter.com/KidsOfColourHQ/status/1237074702297968640

Probably when football fans started behaving like twats.

Isn't PaulD from Preston?  :)

Isn't PaulD from Preston?  :)

Southport isn't it? posh Scouse indeed :)

Southport isn't it? posh Scouse indeed :)

Nah that's Formby, where the scousers move to when they have 'arrived'.

My dad lived for 20 years in Runcorn, if you want plastic Scousers then look no further, proper woolly back country.