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I know this thread won't be appealing to many of you, but I've had some pretty good support and help from some of you chaps over the last year and a half of trying to put on displays and generally attempting to improve the atmosphere home & away.

Learned a lot of lessons over this time both positive and negative. But I'm hoping we're in a really good position to do some interesting stuff this season.

As requested by quite a lot of fans, we're focussing on home displays this season. Not only supporting the first eleven, but trying to have supporter days at Swindon Town Ladies and Youth games.

Anyway, @TownEndDisplays became Great Western Reds over the summer. And we're a group of 5 - 10 likeminded fans now :)

We've just started to try and raise funds for a little display against the Gas and a pretty large display against O*ford. If you fancy chucking a couple of quid our way to help out that'd be awesome.

Below is our contact information & social media stuff. Do with this information what you will :)

Website: www.greatwesternreds.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/greatwesternreds
Twitter: www.twitter.com/gwreds
Instagram: www.instagram.com/greatwesternreds
PayPal: www.paypal.me/gwreds
Email: [email protected]

You'd be better off putting this in the boardroom, unless you want lots of unwanted mail!

If it was unwanted, he wouldn't want it.  Would he?

But he'll get it, particularly from up the 320..

Good luck with all that you do!

Yeah, good luck fella, good to see some proactivity from our supporters. Fuck the criticism/doubters & keep it going.

Good shout! Can someone move this to the boardroom then, please ;)

Cheers lads.

No wonder they call us inbred ffs .

Seconded  :)

Website looks really good, ever considered doing it for a living?   ;)

Even the 420  ;)

Well whatever it's called. I live in Surrey and have never lived in Swindon, so all other roads bar the M25 and M4 merge into one.

Road n00b

Well it's a start.

Maybe try something like this at some stage.

Jay,

I am away for a couple of weeks but will contribute to the cause when I return.

Is there a target you are aiming for ??

Regards

Wills

Direct messaged, mate :)

This is the plan, but those giant banners are a pain in the ass to paint up or expensive thing to buy printed.

Might not be everyone's cup of tea, but would love to see something similar to the Crystal Palace fanatics fan group at Swindon.

Yes it is a bit choreographed, but at least there is some atmosphere for the majority of the game.

Although a bit of noise would probably upset those who prefer to watch football in reverential silence.

We're big fans of the Palace fanatics. We try and take experience from them as much as we can without copying them ;).

We moved to the Town End this season to try and keep moaning moaners at a minimum. People were stopping to take photos of our banners at the Coventry game, so it's looking promising so far :P

Just a heads up we're looking to raise some money for a streamer display for the first derby day of the season. More info here:

https://www.facebook.com/greatwesternreds/photos/a.593911497440527.1073741828.591053114393032/634347833396893/?type=3&theater

This is a much more worthy cause.

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/14683568.Help_us_bring_son___s_body_home__plead_family/?ref=twt

And there are plenty more worthy causes than that one. But it doesn't devalue either. If you don't want to donate, don't, but don't try to engage in some kind of donation oneupmanship.

This

Tis true. It's only my opinion.

I can't shift the mental image of a bunch of shirters turning up at a women's or youth football match with streamers and balloons.

OK dad  :D

I wish Mr Box and his chums well with their endeavours but a bit more vocal support from our fans during games would be just as likely to lift the team - and wouldn't cost anything.

We agree. So we're hoping to lift the atmosphere and hope that a few streamers and flags etc may be the catalyst that gets some fans a bit more up for the game than if there wasn't anything. We all sing as much as we can, so we're just trying to do our bit in encouraging others to get into singing.


So? :P Means more funding and support for the Ladies team. And means fans get another day out at the football! :)

Sorting out ordering the stuff for the Rovers display tomorrow. Looking for one last little push for stuff to make it as good as possible. Couple of quid if you can spare it :)

Hopefully we can help add fuel to the already flammable atmosphere. (Bad analogy, I know).

paypal.me/gwreds

just sent £10.00 hope it helps .

Just sent you £10, Jay.

Is this the new loud and proud? I tried to go on the Ono forum earlier but I don't think it works properly anymore. The babes are still up though. Sexy.

I remember all those balloons at Port Vale Hoboken

I'm still finding spares in pockets! See you on Saturday...

Jaybox, you seem like a nice guy, if somewhat misguided, but shouldn't you take your happy clappy nonsense back to ice hockey / basketball etc ?

90% of Oxford Fans are complete cunts and will laugh at your attempts to intimidate them with a flag.

Either get in their face properly or don't bother

(cue "dinosaur" comments)

I was thinking of something more along the lines of 'outdated twat'.

Couple of points.

1.) you are one person, so I don't see why Jay should listen to your opinion as if it's factual or representative.

2.) they had a banner so why shouldn't we?

3.) people are entitled to support their club in whichever way they see fit - if it's kicking the shit out of people that gets you off then fair enough, but some people don't enjoy that.

4.) getting behind the team DOES help performances.

5.) I hate OUFC as much as the next Town fan but if you truly believe that 90% of them are wankers you must have been kicked in the head too many times. They're a group of people who go to watch their local football team and there's fuck all reason why they'd be any different to the bunch of twats we get at the County on a derby day.

Does this argument have to happen every time?

tis true to a degree, could we not use the balloons and banners to plug up the tannoy system to stop that bloody awful music at the start and after a goal :-[

I've never met the guy but fair play to him. He's supporting the town the way he knows and others enjoy it. Others may take a dinosaur aporoach and I do t gave a problem with that either as long as all combatants are willing and no innocents involved

The 'dinosaur' approach has got nothing to do with supporting the football team though.
Jay's not advocating arranging a meet with Oxford's top lads and waving a flag in their face. He's trying to create a visual display during the match that looks decent and/or encourages people to join in with supporting the men on the pitch.

Jay box - I salute you. An enthusiastic town fan who gets off his arse and shows a lot of initiative and helps the atmosphere at the game. You are a credit to the club and i would ask all those who are negative towards you exactly what have they done for the club beyond supporting the team on a match day - I certainly haven't contributed what you have.  Good on you Jay and I for one will be very thankful for your efforts on Saturday.

Can we just leave at 'outdated twat'? You're only going to encourage the tool otherwise.

I do attend the occasional game if that counts for anything ?

(http://i.imgur.com/Ckgy8Jk.jpg) (http://imgur.com/Ckgy8Jk)

Keep working hard Jay, anything that improves the atmosphere at a game is only going to help the club and the players.

Oooohh a Flag fight, that's a new one, is that where they stand and see who can wave their flag the most, I'm sure the old bill would be happy to allocate some resources to that, is that a individual event or a team event







Sorry couldn't resist  :D

Mr Box should take a leaf from our sub-continental friends....and fly STFC kites. I'm sure Not That Nice would approve of possible outcomes v Oxford.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-37115032

They should create a band. With multiple drums and a brass section. The banners can then be waved in time to the music.

Still, we've got countless renditions of the most boring song ever sung at a football match to look forward to endure on Saturday.  :suicide:

Cheers for the positive replies, guys. When I saw it had a few responses, I did fear the worst. :P

A few hundred streamers arrived today for Rovers and we'll be taking 20 1.5m waving flags to Peterborough too, so look out for those on the TV!

This.
Well done Jay!  👏

What do you do in your spare time ?

Lots of it is taken up by Great Western Reds. Lots and lots of emailing!

+ eating Grillstock and getting drunk

Grillstock is massively overrated.

There. I said it.

You are right. Bath used to be amazing when they had the old chef. He lives and breathes BBQ. He's since moved on and he's taken the quality with him, so I'm less impressed now.

my one and only grillstock was ace. in bath. old chef.

We have just worked out what the Oxford fans are doing on Saturday for their display. As far as we can see it's just a flag for every seat in the home end stand. Although there may be a banner that goes with it.

We're taking it easier this time around, it's hard to enjoy an away day when you have bags and bags of stuff to carry around. Although we do have some little bits going on, nothing OTT. We're settling to just blow them away at home come February.

Their last display was quite impressive for a JPT fixture (or whatever it is).

I want this losing streak to end so badly that I'd happily take a draw.

I still think just putting up a banner that says "Banner Wankers" would do the trick!

(https://media.tenor.co/images/a1b9877b40e0221cc971ce3b65329f8d/raw)

Haha! Using rubbish A4 print outs.

I vote for a massive 'Banner wankers'. The yellow piss stains would feel a bit silly, anything else is just going to make them put more effort in next time (and let's be honest, they do things better than us when it comes to displays.)

It's pretty rare for English football banners to be funny, or dare i say witty.  Buck the trend jaybox.

Another vote here for 'banner wankers'.

Another vote for banner wankers

I think banner wankers applies equally to both sides.

I'm aware of this

Bear in mind they have the backing of their club helping them do everything whereas we have to work very hard to get the club to allow us to do anything (STFC didn't even allow us to throw streamers at the Rovers game). They've also been doing it a lot longer than we have.

But your opinion will change come February. Our tifo in the Town End with own theirs.

Part of being an Oxford fan is an unhealthy obsession with STFC.

I guess it came about through a sense of inferiority, Headington arriving late on the football scene, finally giving us a game 86 years after we started.

Then proceeding to mostly get stuffed in the subsequent occasional encounters just reinforced that sense of inadequacy.

We've seen in recent years how that obsession works as a motivation, like the last time we played them in the league...for them beating us twice made a memorable season even though they failed again to reach the FL play offs for a first time, whereas we went on to win the league reasonably comfortably......I don't think many of our fans would have traded positions.

They're alright Oxford fans. We used to play friendlies against them every year and they're a good bunch. But yeah... it definitely means a lot more to them than it does us. I guess it's been easier for us as we've (generally) had the better of them for the best part of 25+ years. Certainly in terms of league positions.

Beating them would be good for a bit of peace and quiet.

Testify!

Don't get yours hopes up, I'm yet to see us beat them and I've been to every game we have played them since and including the FA Cup fixture that was live on BBC, I'm going again Saturday so that's the end of that.

Would somebody please kidnap Quagmire and lock him away in a basement for the weekend?

Thanks.

:D
It can't happen again, Shirley.

Is Shirley a new nickname for Williams?

If we lose both games and finish above them, I don't give a fuck. Equally if we win both games and finish below them, I won't be lauding over our derby victories.

The last time we were in the same division as Oxford we lost all 3 games we played against them.

That season panned out quite nicely.

I find tribalism in football tiring. For years, I tried to hate them but couldn't produce the levels of hate that others can.

Again, beating loud opposition simply means a couple of weeks, months and years of quiet.

I'm all for it to a degree. I like the rivalry. Beating 'them' means more than beating other teams, as does losing to them.

What irks me though is when people go calling them 'scum' and the like. Terrorists are scum, child molesters are scum, people that support a club that just happens to be a rival team? Nah.

I can go with that.

What about terrorist child molesters who support a rival club?

And me. Although I'd be equally happy with "Flag Twats"

That depends. Do they have a season ticket?

For the club, the terrorism or the molestation?

FUCK YEAH...?

A mate of a mate is an Oxford fan, was at a wedding with him the other day. Obviously, any sane human being understands that an Oxford fan or a Rovers Fan or a Swindon fan is ultimately the same as a Pompey fan or a Barnet fan or whatever. As likely to be a prick or a decent bloke as anyone else.

He's a decent bloke. We had a bit of banter. Made a bet. Took the piss out of each other and move on. Surely that's what's it's all about.

As an aside... he'd rather beat us twice and us go up than the other way round. Fool.

Fool? Sounds good to me :)

This is probably a great example of how the rivalry is definitely stronger on one side

http://www.yellowsforum.co.uk/thread/24452/road-decision-time-save-saut

TBF the whole forum is quite childish.

With all the love breaking out all of a sudden, perhaps ticketing arrangements should have seated Ox & Swindon in alternate seats plus a mass issue of half & half scarves.

A red and yellow chequerboard effect. Nice.

Fuck me, that's pathetic

What a bunch of fucking pumpers!

If love to take my boys to watch us play a derby game but feel they would be put off for life by all the neanderthal fucktards from both sets of fans. 
But for fuck sake town, we're well overdue a win.
Enjoy it,  those that are going,  and stay safe 👍

I particularly like the comments along the lines of, 'hope they liquidate' etc

Who else are they going to pull one off over if that ever happened?!?

Well stop going 😀

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I went to a wedding with an Oxford fan a few years ago. It's one of the things that's sullied my opinion of them.. (Seriously (http://www.primeperformersagency.co.uk/uploads/images/speakers/Timmy-Mallett.jpg))

This is precisely it.  Oxford had to carve out a territory for themselves when they were founded circa 1960 from an area previously occupied by Swindon and Reading.  Until they came on the scene, they used to run buses from Oxford to Reading and Swindon on match days.  Their club identity is coloured by a need to show that they're equals now, and it explains perfectly why they focus on local rivalry more than anyone else.

Have you actually met any of them ?

Cunts

What about people who choose to live in countries popular with child molesters ?

It's tempting to censor.

But I say we allow them to speak, that way it's easier for the rest of us to identify them.

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

He must have managed to play friendlies against them for years without actually meeting them. Impressive.

Could it not say Banana Wankers with a picture of Julian Alsop?

I feel like 'banner wankers' may be a bit rich coming from us :P

https://www.instagram.com/p/BIxfU0JgUzm/?taken-by=greatwesternreds

That looks more like a gonfalon to me

We've started a fundraiser for our next tifo. Should be a good one! Read about it on the olde blog:

http://greatwesternreds.com/

It's focussed on Remembrance Sunday which is the day after the Charlton fixture, and it just so happens that this game is televised, so we could get to do something for Remembrance Sunday on national TV. :)

what does tifo mean?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tifo

"Football League Trophy for Football League Teams"

Il chuck in money for this banner for the Oxford game. A derby game will already have media attention why not build on it.

In February or for the EFL Trophy match?

(https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a195e9753e3d287fbe78da290a5015d11a331ddb/0_0_5184_3226/master/5184.jpg?w=1920&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=1fa09de3d3a00bcaa1542bde0bbdc6e5)

My favourite one of the season so far! Absolutely love the video of them putting it out. Just look at the sheer size of it. Incredible to think that was painted by them.

No doubt it was a different lot  :)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37385485