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Team? Score? Attendance?

It's a shame this game has been overshadowed by the off field issues as I think it has potential to be a good game. Not sure what team they'll put out but they'll really need to be at the races as FGR will be well up for it.

2-1 Forest Green, 6,000 attendance.

2-2 draw, 6,144 attendance (1,655 FGR)

Paynter and Roberts scoring.

Not sure about the team due to so many injuries and suspensions.

I think the attendance will be nearer 8,000 - hard fought Swindon win.

I'd like to progress to the 3rd round.............................................

................But I've got a feeling we won't. 2.3, Tozer getting sent off to further compound our lightness in defence.

(Either that or we'll piss all over 'em :D )

I think we'll lose. Which might be a blessing in disguise, as more people will get involved in after-game protests if they're pissed off with the performance

2-1 either way in front of 6987

postponed

Team

Brezovan
Smith Tozer Aljofree Comminges
McGovern Pook Easton Roberts
Corr Paynter
Subs Williams Peacock Sturrock (are we allowed to boo him?) Mohammed Allen

why? is it raining in swindonia?

i'm kind of looking forward to the game. this is usually a sign that it'll be dross and we'll lose.

i'd be disappointed if sturrock jr was booed on the basis that he is his father's son.

Exactly SY - boo him because he's a useless cunt  :D

3-1  Corr,Paynter,Roberts (pen)   7,487

i'm boycotting this one-shame because this time last week i was realy looking forward to it.note swindon fans sholdn't ever look forward. :twisted:     1-1

he got booed when his dad was here.expect the morons to increase in volume and numbers now

I'm not so sure that he'll get much of a look in now Daddy's gone. I'm just annoyed he got a 2 year deal, he never deserved it and it isn't going to help his blossoming friendship with the fans in my eyes.

1-0

4,378

A win tomorrow may mean they hang around for longer- especially if they see pound signs from a third round tie

just a thought

Only 2K odd Swindon fans?!

That's the way Bart. Every Cloud..........................................

I wonder if Fitton will be at the game tomorrow?

I dont think its by any means certain he will be, but possibly under the circumstances he will be there.

Just curious really.

Still in talks at this moment according to the radio so if talks break down overnight I very much doubt he will be there and I dont think there will be any statement from the club if it has broken down.

Ooops! didn't realise FG were bringing that many.

Do Forest Green even have 1000 fans? I thought they all supported us?  :D

 Its interesting to read on their website, how many have been Town fans at one time but have lapsed and taken up supporting FGR.  I've always assumed we must have lost some historic support from areas like Stroud Stonehouse to other clubs.

You can change your wife but you can't change your football team , or so they say. My late father & my uncle followed Town but after having season tickets for years they got moved when we played Sunderland one year so ST could sell more away tickets !!! that was it they started watching FGR. Definetly got a few ex-town fans up there but still plenty round here supporting the Town. Been listening to local radio today and the've been plugging the game by asking FGR fans to phone in, first calls were from Town Fans !!!

 I've had a lot of connections with Stroud down the years.....used to drink in the Vic...I always liked it when on a football special to play some norvern monkeys and the train would stop at Stroud and hoards would board, then Stonehouse for a few more  :)

I predict a crowd of around 7,000

Swindon to win but probably make it as difficult as possible

FGR fans to be total happy clappers and not know any of their own songs

Oh and rain. Lots of rain.

It may be windy, which gives me Stevenage flashbacks.

2-1 to us
5555

Well lose 1 or 2 nil

Tom finally decides to take a vacation. He books himself on a Caribbean cruise and proceeds to have the time of his life - until the boat sank.
 
He found himself swept up on the shore of an island with no other people, no supplies... Nothing. Only bananas and coconuts.
 
After about four months, he is lying on the beach one day when the most gorgeous woman he has ever seen rows up to him. In
disbelief, he asks her, "Where did you come from? How did you get here?"
 
"I rowed over from the other side of the island," she says. "I landed here when my cruise ship sank."
 
"Amazing," he says. "You were really lucky to have a rowboat wash up with you."
 
"Oh, this?" replies the woman. "I made the rowboat out of raw material found on the island. I whittled the oars from gum tree
branches; I wove the bottom from palm branches; and the sides and stern came from a Eucalyptus tree."
 
"But ... but ... that's impossible," stutters Tom. "You had no tools or hardware. How did you manage?"
 
"Oh, no problem," replies the woman. "On the South side of the island, there is a very unusual strata of alluvial rock exposed. I
found if I fired it to a certain temperature in my kiln, it melted into forgeable ductile iron. I used that for tools and used the
tools to make the hardware." Tom is stunned.
 
"Let's row over to my place," she says.
 
After a few minutes of rowing, she docks the boat at a small wharf.
 
As Tom looks onto shore, he nearly falls out of the boat. Before him is a stone walk leading to an exquisite bungalow painted in
blue and white. While the woman ties up the rowboat with an expertly woven hemp rope, he can only stare ahead, dumbstruck.
 
As they walk into the house, she says casually, "It's not much, but I call it home. Sit down, please. Would you like to have a drink?"
 
"No, no thank you," he says, still dazed. "Can't take any more coconut juice."
 
"It's not coconut juice," the woman replies. "I built a still. How about a Pina Colada?"
 
Trying to hide his continued amazement, he accepts, and they sit down on her hand-woven couch to talk. After they have exchanged
their stories, the woman announces, "I'm going to slip into something more comfortable. Would you like to take a shower and
shave? There is a razor upstairs in the cabinet in the bathroom."
 
No longer questioning anything, Tom goes into the bathroom. There, in the cabinet, is a razor made from a bone handle. Two shells honed
to a hollow-ground edge are fastened on to its end inside of a swivel mechanism. "WOW! This woman is amazing," he muses, "what next?"
 
When he returns, she greets him wearing 'nothing but vines' strategically positioned, and smelling faintly of gardenias. She
beckons for him to sit down next to her.
 
"Tell me," she begins suggestively, slithering closer to him, "We've been out here for a really long time. I know you've been lonely.
There's something I'm sure you really feel like doing right now, something you've been longing for all these months. You know..."
 
She stares into his eyes. He can't believe what he's hearing!
 
"You mean ...", he swallows excitedly, "We can hear the second round FA cup tie on Radio Swindon?"

it was worth the wait.

Maybe.

Sturrock will score 5 if he starts. I've got money on in.

For your sake I hope it is no more than £1!

ben's bet his life savings....so yeah, £1.

FGR's goalkeeping coach is no other than former england wicketkeeper jack russell.

i gave him odds of 3-1, £5 stake. easiest £5 ever.

Lets hope we win or the manager is going to have to go :wink:

this is going to be just like stevenage again. i have a feeling in me bones

You know, even though I'd heard this before, when I heard him interviewed on TMS in the summer, I still misread this post as

"FGR's GOALKEEPER is no other than former england wicketkeeper jack russell"

and spat tea all over the kitcheb table.

Bastard.

Ahhhh, how could I forget.

It's a cup match innit, meaning that the beeb can play the match live. COOOOLLLL.

So it's:-

Brezovan

J.Smith
Tozer
Aljofree
Comminges

Roberts
Pook
Easton
McGovern

Paynter
Corr

has anyone notice the welcome andrew fitton message on OS.

just seen that, bit fucking pointless if you ask me

Oh and welcome to Sonic Yoot who is also at the game today.

And the other 4000 folks there today.
We also have a new ticket holder by the name of IM Acoughin.

And I've lost the link to BBC RS  :-))(

Google search, easy as!

Sorry, I mean the commentary's gone quiet. God damn it!

Working okay on mine ...

Mind you - can also see the MOTD feed as well - happy days!

Christ we're lucky FGR are shit - they were in just then

FGR's no 5 just upended Roberts - nasty - got booked ...

Goal direct from corner - JP

Classy!

woop

Own goal, but a goal is a goal regardless

Ace. About time McGovern removed his head from his arse.

It wasn't - I saw it - direct from corner. Was JPs goal.

Yep, according to John Salako on SSN it was straight from the corner by McGovern.

Must have misheard it then, never mind. A goal for JPM, even better than an OG.

They might have called it wrong on the radio ... I've got the MOTD feed here so I got a better view :)

how do you wangle that working for the beeb?

aye

Is it not on Brunel FM today? the bastard thing wont work.

Spub - the BBC are doing the FA Cup for free today ... www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire

I'm listening to Bungle FM, as I can't get RS to work.

Ah ok, yeah im on there now.

Rushden and Diamonds' goal is well worth watching out for later - Phillips got chipped from almost the half way line!!!!!

Happy days!  :mrgreen:

Couldn't have happened to a nicer cunt  :soapy tit wank:

This ain't going well - Forest Green are all over us.

Swindon - Off the post

Ooooooooooooh! off the post by Bazza Corr.

Looks like Aljofree's hurt his ankle here ...

Miles offside

wtf? does Ed Hadwin call Comminges?  :?

sounds like minge

Yay. We're winning.

Oh, and I'm listening to BBC commentary. Makes you realise how truly bad Brunel is.

Got to say we had a few dodgy moments in the first half. FGR will fancy their chances in the second ... Let's hope this doesn't go the way of Notts County a few seasons back.

As obvious as it is, we need an early second to kill the game off.

Yeah reckon FGR's heads would go down then. As it stands they know they're still in with a shout ...

They seem to be targeting Comminges a bit down the right as well. He's given the ball away under pressure a few times and needs to stop that.

Easton has been the best player on the pitch in the first half IMHO.

ps3 time for me, going to keep the radio on though.

It sort of goes Homminguez-he thinks he's fucking Spanish!

Im well pissed off this was going to be my first match of the season today.  Got to paddington to find all the train were cancelled because some penis had jumped in front of a train.  Just got home now, the game been any good?

Okay in patches ... FG giving it a good go but not found the net. We need to be careful not to stand off here ...

hard times when we need to put the lights out in the press box to save on the leccy bill

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuckin hell ...

They should have scored then

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Fleetwood Equalises!

 :cry:

balls

arse and feck

Stevenage B all over again

Good god, fucking rubbish....

When are we going to sign Fleetwood.

Stevenage B all over again

embargo and the fact they want money could hinder us currently!

FG just missed another sitter

We're all at sea here.

I'm not enjoying this....

Oooops. Behind the the Arkells will be interesting  :?

I wonder when we'll wake up...

Is Roberts still playing?

I forgot about that, only technicalities though.

No, we're playing like utter shit at the moment. Can't keep hold of the ball ... just punting it upfield when we get it. Comminges having a shocker.

Thats a good point. There might be a more voiciferous protest with higher numbers if we lose. Also, without the prospect of a big tie with a Premiership club (payday) the current board might budge.

Every cloud and that...

Besides that, are we doing alright?

Roberts going off ...

Allen on. I suppose if anybody knows how good he really is, it would be Byrne.

Chris Allen on for Roberts

And not happy about it.

Well pull your fucking socks up Roberts and learn how to play for the whole match and not a minute here and there!

I think the pie sales in the Arkells have been "brisk" today.

He really did trudge off slowly

Tension is rather too much, time for a cup of tea.

Ed Hadwin - Commanje, pronounced like Blancmange.

Nice.

Still better than Brunel.

oh bollox

bollox

OH FUCK!

We're fucked.

Double bollocks.

bloody hell

I've just had a thought. Will the protesters really fancy it in the driving rain?

this is a joke, im actualy mildly amused.

didint they knock us out a few years ago, by a few i mean about 7 or so.

or was that stevenage borough?

Sounds to me like we just can't be bothered!

To be honest we've got what we've deserved today - they've been an utter disgrace.

GET IN!

Wooo

GET IN!

get in

woohoo

GET IN!

CORR BLIMEY!

Aljofree credited with the goal.

come on! please dont conceed another

Get innnnnnnn :beers:

That was Stevenage-very similar,pissing down,gale-force wind,1-0 up at half time etc.etc.My lad threw his Town shirt into the bin that day-think he might be doing it again!

I never though that I would say this but WOW, we equalised, so what I ain't bothered.

I'm more worried about the takeover and that myself.

P.S. GET IN BILLY!!

Financially a draw would probably be the best result as the replay will probably be on sky,  unless sky show the swansea game again

2-2 Cripes. Fuckers don't make it easy do they..

soapy tit wank at Billy Painter   grrrrrr :evil:

Paytner just missed a sitter

argh! bloody pook

I doubt they'd show Swansea again.

Has Paynter done anything special today? Or anything at all?

Pook you fucking spastic  :evil:

I suspect his mind is still on what shade of grey to re-paint the dressing room

Missed a sitter just now but has been mostly quiet.

Two goals while I was brewing a cuppa, might make another.

what did he do(or not do)?

According to Match Live, its 43/57% possession in favour of FGR.....

Sturrock coming on ...

Fleetwood on, hattrick scorer from last week on.

Corr off

Sturrock on.

Blair on!

Interesting...

Fucking moronic fans booing Sturrock.....

Blair   :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Sturrock scores   YEH

get in THERE

well well well, i bet that shut up the boo boys

get in! you beauty!!!

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: Sturrock Junior scores.  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

BOO THE FUCKER NOW YOU CUNTS  :soapy tit wank:

Fair Play to Blair!
Middle finger well and truly raised!

Do you think he's forgiven now?!?! Come on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :D

how comes sky sports soccer saturday reported the goal a good 30 seconds before I got it on the 'live' commentary?!

The king is dead.....long live the king!

Flippin Sturrock   :twisted:

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Hmmmm...

Get a new radio!

 :soapy tit wank:

Found his level...

phew! lets get a big pay day next round with a bit of luck

Well Done boys - good to see that they can just about prove themselves after a cr@p week.  :beers:

Didn't expect to be in the hat.

Yay

Roberts must be pissed off.

Anyone know how many FGR brought?

I really thought they'd fuck that up!

Well done FGR - they really were a half decent side.

Most of the enclosure and about 100 on the Bank.

Did Tozer impress the watching Everton scouts I wonder?

Is the next round draw tomorrow avo, does anyone know plz

3.15

Euro 2008 draw at 11.30 also  :wink:

dave byrnes red n white army  :|

Have they played the Fitton interview again yet? I want to listen.

No not yet

Bbc1 ow may show the goals

are you allowed to say twat at 25 past 5 on the radio  :D

http://www.yourdictionary.com/twat


I wonder if that will be edited out.

even Kingy never said twat on the radio

who said it? i cant hear as at work

Byrne was quoting a fan regarding a comment when subbing.


Twat has various meanings, clearly dependent upon which regional dialect. It is generally used as a vulgar synonym for the human vulva,[1] vagina, or clitoris, and is be used as a derogatory epithet. In British English, "twat" is often pronounced /twæt/ (to rhyme with bat). In other areas (eg. Australia, New Zealand and North America) it is also pronounced /twɒt/ (to rhyme with watt), as was common in British English usage in the past.

The word possibly originates from the Old Norse thveit meaning cut, slit, or forest clearing.


Highly appropriate in the circumstances.

Jesus what an afternoon not to mention the cold and rain!

FGR deserve a hell of a lot of credit.  Came here never stopped running and their effort was superb.  I hope they get into the football league sooner rather than later.

I was pleased with Pooky today, did well however JP and Roberts seriously need to improve as wingers, not making runs for Smithy or the Minge and drifting in filed far more than they should.

Fair play to Blair.  Must have been an awkward week fror him and should have had 2 today!

Thought FGR looked a pretty good side tbh. I reckon they'll be up there come May in the conference. As for us i think we looked very good times but also very poor at times. Bit of a mixed bag really. We went to pot when they equalised and we finally woke up when they scored their second.

More importantly for those of us who were out 'playing' in that weather what happened before and after the game?

terrible performance and the substitutions were unbelievable.
how we won that i'll never know as we didn't deserve to.

I thought Allen looked handy when he came on, two of the best crosses from any of our players.

Why Roberts came off though, who knows.

"We are no-ones red and white army" - highlight of the day. Fucking shambles of a game. A relief to have scrambled through.

Phew. Sturrock is gonna be a goal machine now, his dad was holding him back.

Pook was good, jp did ok, roberts ran around and wasted crosses, allan came on didn't do as much running and put in the two best crosses of the game. Tozers distribution was poo. and billy paynter, hang your head in shame.

why does roberts take freekicks?

i can't remember ever seeing him hit the target, never mind actually score?!

once again his set-piece sailed over the bar into the stratton bank...

Pook was shiiiiittttt!!!

what about paynters point blank header miss?and the fact he did fuck all for 90 mins?
and comminges?fuck me the lad must be colour blind

What about paynters free header miss from two yards out huh? Sturrock did ok. He's missed that sort of chance he scored from in the past so give him credit for that. And he gave us something different up front, their defenders could cope with target men, but didn't like it in behind them. so get off his back. I bet you were one of those that boo'd him before he even came on

thanks spuddy 8)

we were pretty rubbish but at least both sides looked to play football in horrendous conditions. we were lucky late on, i think our fitness levels gave us the edge - they had no subs to bring on late.

fleetwood looked like an excellent player.

oh well, onwards and upwards etc etc etc

Any preferences as to who we get in the draw tomorrow?

Liverpool away would be my first choice, I'd like to go before they move ground. Or a London team away, QPR or Spurs perhaps. Failing that a lower league team at home, so we have a chance of progressing.

Anyone at home, preferabbly poxford or one of the "big four" TM

arsenal away please

i'd forgotten we're in the third round. that's depressing :(

when was the last time we made the third round of the fa cup two seasons running? i'd like havant and waterloovile.

Bury away please.

Did anyone think Forest Green deserved to win today?

A lot of people did... But I really didn't.. They had 20 minutes when our midfield disappeared and they had the wind on their side and they played brilliantly... But apart from that their game plan was through balls to Fleetwood who was either offside or well marked.

The difference in attack and defence was noticeable IMO. Forest Green knocked it about well and you can see why they are doing well but if we'd stepped up a gear today we'd have slaughtered them.

Im probably in a minority with this opinion though..

i did tails!

i did too. i was impressed with the way they approached the game, despite the conditionjs and early injuries they approached it with a desire to play proper football. fair play to them.

we were diobolical imo.

I thought a draw was fair. The weather and pitch favoured Forest Green more.

I had about 20 Forest Green fans sat by me (south stand) shouting their gobs off when going 2-1 up, I had the Last laugh! cunts.

why did you sit in the away end pippy?

no  :shock:

South Stand = Kingswood.

I had quite a few around me in the Arkells as well, I'd imagine they didn't fancy facing the elements on the bank.

Was quite funny when they scored, the chap next to me couldn't decide whether he ought to keep quiet and respect the fact he's surrounded by town fans or go mental because his team were winning. In the end he sort of waved one fist in the air while hovering a foot or so off his seat. It's probably one of those occasions where 'you had to be there'. :|

i thought they played well, it was just their final ball that kept letting them down. they looked a decent enough side though

FGR seemed to have more possession, and short passed much more accurately than us. We were lucky to win. Only slightly better fitness and strength brought us through later, IMO.

Aljofree led by example today, captains job an all, shame that few followed him mind. Also encouraging to see him lead the huddle on the pitch after the whistle. Not an easy week week for the players and they should be credited for coming back as they did.

A proper old fashioned cup tie played out in awful conditions. I quite enjoyed it...although I'd be well hacked off if I was an FG fan tonight!

I think people are being quite harsh to be honest.

Okay it wasn't a classic performance but my view was that we played well in patches and had a spell when the weather got really bad) where we switched off. Obviously that's not a good thing but the rest of the game we did okay!

Fair play to FGR they played brilliantly for a Conference side but we seemed to have more of a cutting edge. When you think about it, Paynter and Sturrock should both have scored simple goals and we also hit the post.

As for the protests...I wasn't there after the game but the coffin procession was IMO a minor success. Not many people joined in because of the weather but people seemed to support our point and at the end of the day we raised some awareness. Shame me and Lady were the only ones willing to start chants!
As for the next round, I quite fancy Oxford but the flip side would be the possibiliity of playing Southend. A chance to see us at Anfield would be nice before Liverpool move!

We'll probably get Colchester away or something  :|

I think we will get a league two team soapy tit wank for some reason.

oi! I tried my best!

I think FGR deserved a replay tbh but thats football  :wink:

Any Premiership side away will do...get a draw... bring em back ere & turn em over...alternatively, Plymouth at home  :|

As people often do on here, here is my post mortem of individuals performances and anyone not mentioned simply did ok : -

Minge-defensively superb, not so great going forward
Smith-still not at his best
Tozer-poor distribution but still young so can't knock him too much altho I would personally snap everton's hand off if they put any kinda offer in that was in the region of what we got for Lucas
Easton & Pook - difficult conditions yes, lots of endeavour yes, distribution awful
Paynter-probably missed cox buzzin around him  :shock: but no excuse for his inept display-shouldve been subbed with half hour left
Corr-he'll come good again

I boooed.......coz I wanted Paynter taken off instead of Bazza and I clapped Lionel & told my mate he was gonna get the winner  :mrgreen:

Think the difference between Hasney's celebration & Lionel's spoke volumes imo and will expand on that if necessary  :)

It did seem a bizzare substitution but Byrne said he took Big Bazz off instead of Paytner so he would be OK for Tuesday night

He also said a rude word when we were recording him - think he was also live on Radio Swindon!  :soapy tit wank:

Yet scored three goals and won, and bar a 20 minute period kept them at bay fairly comfortably.

I'm not having this played off the park rubbish. It was a massive game for them and they were bound to play out their skins. We never got out of first gear yet still had too much quality going forward and defending.

If we played like we do in some league games, it would have been humiliating for them.

Agree with most of that. Although to be honest I wouldn't say we were stuck in first gear....we just never looked at our best. Had Paynter and Sturrock put away those two piss easy chances the scoreline would have been much more convincing and nobody would have complained anywhere near as much

Bez did ok for me, Aljofree was pretty good, Easton did ok, Allen when he cam eon out of position did well...the rest were well bellow par, but I put a lot of that down to the conditions, some of the worst I have seen since the fateful Stevenage game a few years back.

FGR did enough to win but we got more goals....thyey were up for the game and we had alot of suspensions and injuries.

We are in the next round, Cambridge away next round?

Jack Smith concerned me a bit as he kept drifting infield leaving their guy free on the wing.  Thought the minge did 5 or 6 great tackles with his heel! but struggled to pass it to anyone in red.  FGR seemed to move the ball quicker and know where their men were whereas there were a few embarrasing occasions where we had no idea where to play it, so booted it long.    That said, when we did get it right we looked a class apart.  Didn't think Tozer was that bad but had trouble working out who was who when the rain came pissing down.  Shame Luggy wasn't around to comment on that wind  :D

I'm really starting to dislike Paynter. He just seems to react so bloody slowly to everything and generally look lethargic. He also wins virtually fuck all in the air for a fairly big bloke

The adver report got it wrong also-  people wernt booing blair coming on , they were booing Corr being taken off, not Paynter

I have to disagree with that, where I was stood in the town end there were a huge amount of boos lasting much much longer than when Corr went off, and shouts of fuck off Sturrock from a few as well, 2 people sat behind me questioned my parentage when I clapped Sturrock coming on and said prove a point.

It may not have been a vast majority but it was certainly enough to make themselves known.

3 points.....1, Sturrock is our player...I wont ever boo a player just for playing (Pook and Sturrock 2 players in question)....2, Blair Sturrock is not his dad, he has not quit us....3, surely Sturrock has a point to prove to those booing fans that he can merit a position in the team not just for nepetism.

i made a point of cheering him, pissed me right off hearing all the boo's.

Some of the twatty kids in the corner off the Kingswood actually starting chanting "sturrock is a wanker."

I was quite drunk at this point so i turned round and had a go, Sturrock then scored and i turned round again and shouted "boo him now you stupid cunts!"

some people laughed and others chanted "there's only one Blair Sturrock"

I'm never going in that shit stand again, was a fucking joke.

I hope for the sake of decency that you're right!

What's with the football related post?

Don't you know what fucking time it is?!!

Leave Flash alone. He saved every one of us.

aaah ah ah ahhhhhhh. king of the impossible!