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....................16th August. Who's up for an evening sampling all that it has to offer?

No, sorry.

Unfortunately i am away.

Got a honeymoon around that time.

Any real Swindon fan would ensure their marriage and honeymoon was during the close season.

Fucking lightweight amateurs....................

Not my honeymoon i might add.

I will either be in Mexico or Cuba.

In preference to a 3rd division football match against cheltenumb?

I question your loyalty and priority's................

I dont  8)

I might go for a repeat of last years event.

you're going on someone elses Honeymoon?

Came within an inch of being best man.

Ill meet you in Cheltnumb after the reception.

I'll make sure Sam is with me as its my duty as best man.

(start as you mean to continue Samuel)

 :mrgreen:

will be all be squishing into 2 train carriages again?  :soapy tit wank:

If there are any old ladies or children occupying table seats, chuck them out !

 :mrgreen:

Haha, good plan  8)

Now remind me, is Cheltenham away the same day as your wedding Sam................

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

No.

I meant im going on a honeymoon (as in Sams).

Meeting them out there, going to gatecrash  :wink:

:shock:

I'm away! SO annoying - I've never seen us play at Cheltenham and we are well overdue a win there

Cheltenham don't like us still because the old regime didn't pay them last season.

I don't recognise them as a rival but it's a good one for a sunny weekend.

They never liked us anyway. They see us as their main rival except maybe Hereford.

Only joking mate.

Seriously though we are aiming to go to Cuba on the 18th.

The alast time I went to cheltenam it ended with half the train being beaten out of the train station by wiltshire police not fun!

on the plus side I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!! wooooooooooo football is getting closer to being back! god how i've missed it!

Perhaps you got the friendly welcome back because some of the idiots you were with decided to smash up the train?Just a hunch like  :roll:

Hang about with idiot hoolie wannabes and thats what happens to you,no sympathy for you or anyone else who was hanging about with those twats on the train.

GFM and Bushey aren't wannabe hoolies, they're mental! They're old school vicious!

 8)

They are pussies

Fancy beating a train!

I heard Bushey likes pussy! :oops:

i love reading larwoods anti hoolie rants 8)

Thats what he wants you to think, he is a gay deep down.On saturdays he can be found mincing it with Gfm at Milton Keynes hottest gay sex spots.

Bushey has actually told me he loves me  :oops:

Yes I did come out of the closet however it was cold and there was a fuck off lion and a group of snotty kids so i quickly got back in!

Train tickets sorted for this (early I know)but bring it on  :beers:

How much did they cost Lady?

Somebody suggested a limo for this one, but just in case............

About 6 quid with my railcard so about 9/10ish without?

I propose a hummer limo for somewhere like leicester............. :mrgreen: Alternatively for one of the games over the festive period?

It's normally £7 for a day return on a Saturday

They have offers for £4 return and special singles but at specific times so you can risk getting on a different train or just pay the right price for the right time!  If I remember rightly some didnt even pay last year!

I just had a check. £6 for 2 advanced singles, £7 for the return ticket which allows you more freedom with trains.

Think I'll sort it out nearer the time. Apparently £4.60 for a return with a railcard, think mine runs out by then.

6 quid!!!..can we play you every week!

http://www.robinsnestforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=21451

 :doh:

Anybody know when our tickets go on sale?

You know.............you really should be working for Pricechecker.com

With over 4000 season ticket sales, getting tickets for this game may be tough.

I know, it's amazing the amount of people who haven't learnt how to use the nationalrail website.

I wish I didnt have to !

I got 4 returns for £14 on a group save thing

We get 2,000 which will be about right.

Isn't Cheltenham only 1,750?

Tickets go on sale for this next week apparently.  :wotjump:

great use of smileys there lady!

Couldn't resist!  :1st:

 :alien:

Probably best to get them next week as people will still hopefully be getting their STs.

I think last season, we had very close to 2,000 tickets - not sure about this season though

Any idea when these go on sale? I was hoping they'd be available at tomorrow's game.

No idea I am afraid, I would think it would be fairly soon

Was in the ticket office getting tonights tickets and the cheltenham ones are on sale now.... Can't find any information on them anywhere, but they are on sale to season ticket holders only.

Is there a limit as to how many each season ticket holder can buy?

2 normally.

It's one at the moment per ST, just got mine.

just got mine....whoop whoop

i still dont have mine!

Got mine today 

I got mine yesterday. I also forgot to use my NUS card. Stupid me.

Got mine yesterday too, though I remembered to use my studentness for reduced fare.

I really need to find three season ticket holders that aren't going!

1,100 apparently that's pathetic. Got mine as well.

i think ill get mine tomorrow

Is the ticket office still open late on Thursdays?

And can you order ticket online yet?

Is that all we're getting in total?

I would think that is an initial allocation

http://www.swindontownfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/AwayTickets/0,,10341~1354281,00.html

It doesn't mention anything about being an initial allocation. General next tuesday, whats the chances of there being any left?

got mine yesterday £18 fucking quid.

With 4,500 ST holders not much of a chance you'll get hold of one. There's always the home end.

Just got 4.

i need 4, chances of me getting em are fucking slim at best i think

If you go onto the Cheltenham site it says the following:
"You will be allocated tickets in both the Carlsberg and In2Print Stands"

I would therefore say we would get more as and when required.
A cunning ploy to get people to buy their season tickets by initially outlining a low number, knowing full well we will sell that easily.

There may be a wee chance then

Yeah according to Num fans we might get another 600.

So what you saying is, we will get the same amount of tickets in exactly the same stands as last time. Well I bloody never. Who would have thought it  ::)

think i better get mine tomorrow

Gutted I'm missing this game again! Was on holiday last year and am on holiday again this year!!

Especially with the whole "no changes to the ground" thing going on....

This will be just like Northampton last season.Everyone gets all in a tizz about getting a ticket but they will go on general sale i'm sure of it.

Of course the fact i've got a season ticket does make me feel a bit more assured of getting a ticket if i can go  though :D

I've got a ticket. Now to tell the Mrs.

just got mine

Going to get mine my ticket monday. Not too expensive on the train front either  :o  No wonder Ben went last year  ;)

I was employed and buying rounds and stuff at the time.

And I was a comedy genius on the train back. Even kept Alan amused.

Drugs are bad. Apart from when they are not bad and are ace.

:wacko:

Dont suppose theres any chance of unallocated seating then?

Poxy titchy shitty ground.

how much be tickets? cant see anything on the os

£18

Fucking rip off for Cheltenham really.

Away fans sitting in the pissing rain at the Stratton Bank may think the same Onion....18 quid aint bad by todays standards.

and for students...

No one gives a fuck about students. Or at least they shouldn't.

 :cry:

Don't listen to him Dave, he can't afford a haircut. More to the point, neither can I :(

Can you afford anything?

12 quid

What day do they go on general sale?

Tuesday.

The OS isn't the easiest to navigate to find the information though!

http://www.swindontownfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/AwayTickets/0,,10341~1354281,00.html

ah cheers

Yes, just not a haircut.

wreeyy got my ticket just now

Cant be bothered to check if there is another thread on this, if not Nicholas is on trial at Cheltenham.

They didnt ask for any id when i asked for a student ticket either. may be worth trying it if your youngish looking

...on a side note - Andy Nicholas is on trial at Cheltenham at the moment. Apologies if we knew this already!

I've just found out andy nicholas is on trial at cheltenham too. good luck to him

Ha Cheltenham really are shite.

Andy Nicholas was on trial at Salisbury but (apparently) wanted more to play for them than he was on at Swindon. Apparently he wasn't any better than they already had anyway.

just got mine, looked like they had shit loads left

i'll see how we get on againts Tranmere before deciding to go to cheltenham or not.

went last season good atmosphere shame about the big fat steward.

After careful condiseration I have decided I cant be bothered with this one

too many matches all in a row plus having to work every Sundays means no time to see friends etc etc

Booo... i wanted to touch you up again under the guise of putting Match magazine stickers on your boobs!

Pfft, last time I talk to you.

  :D Ace - Me and Zoe were talking about that at the weekend - I still have the A and the X stuck to the back of my old mobile!!

You can touch me up at other away games I promise :nod:

Hehehe, good times!

Sweet, i'll hold you to that... shame Walsall is a Tuesday night!

I have a spare students ticket available, if anybody wants it they can have it for £10

Getting a train ticket for this tomorrow morning,i'm assuming it'll be a return ticket for the train not going via Bristol that i'll want :D

i have a few questions for those in the know. are tickets available still? how far is the ground from the station?and any do pubs allow kids in near the ground?
ta very much

I think there are tickets still available.
Ground is a trek from the station, 30 mins ish maybe more.
Pubs wise, not sure if the Midland does (next to the station) but think it did last year. Everyone was out in the sun anyway so could be why.

thanks lady.

Theres a pub really close to the ground but not sure what its called if anyone can remember?

last year the Midland were giving free minibus shuttles to and from the ground, saves the walk!

The Midland 01242 234293

I went to a pub near the ground. Cant remember what it was called though. Had a nice beer garden out front, mixed fans but quite freindly til about 2000 old bill turned up in riot vans because a few of our lot started singing. twats.

Rob T likes ringing the Midland!  :D

whats it like for parking near the ground?i dont fancy a trek from the station

Not sure if this has been mentioned but we now have 1700 tickets for this, they've given us a side bit as well.

I won't bother with the walk from the train station, bloody long way.
You can always take the bus from the train station ;)

Is there any point buying a train ticket in advance for this? I was planning on just picking one up on Saturday...

I checked yesterday and there were some £7 returns,depending what train you want to get.Which saves you about a tenner,suppose it depends how rich you are?

Loads of people did that last year and the queue was back to the front door of the Queens Tap.

10.14 train for me... £9.10 with a railcard

Any reason you got 2 singles?

theres a wetherspoons near the staition isnt there?

street parking is plentifull arriba

I was going to say thats gone up a bit in price since I bought mine!

Hmm I just paid 7.00 return

Was thinking about training it for this one, but if parking is good I might drive after all.

It was £7 for times i didnt want...

God knows what train Yeovil is on then!  :D Mines an open return anyway!

It's £7 for a day return, I just wondered if there was a reason you couldn't use one, but it seems you can.

And my railcard doesn't expire until the end of the month. Penny pinching goodness.

If only all away games were this cheap!

Im on the 10.14 returing at 18.01  :)

The 10.14 is going to be rammed, ace.  Women and children out of the way!!!!!!!! :D

I'm looking at booking trains, do we have tickets left? Christ knows how I'm gonna get down to the ticket office, what times are they open tomorrow?

I believe that if we sold out of tickets they would put it on the OS!  Just call them and get them to post them to you.  I believe they are relatively efficient nowadays.

My train is also 10:14 but returning at 19:01

The ticket office deliver? I never knew that.

Are you serious?

There is a nice little off license at the end of Whaddon Road that I urge you all to visit throughout the course of the day. It is important that little businesses such as these are kept alive during the credit crunch.

Also lamb, chicken & fish.

I appreciate it's probably an obvious thing, but I can't connect STFC and helpful in my brain for some reason.

What's their number, I can't find anything on the bloody awfully organised OS.

On the subject of the credit crunch, I am reliably informed, by one of the players, that we are in recession.

Ive been debating what drinks to bring for the train.  Im getting bored of the traditional Corona or Becks vier but don't think theres any other option apart from that bottled pimms stuff  :-[

And Nemo, I thought you were messing as Im normally the one that falls for stuff on here - ask Jan  :-[ :doh:

IS IT YOURS?

are you allowed to drink on the train?

sure

yippee. im going to get spannered :)

No. The wetherspoons, The Moon Under the Water, is in town. Midland is the only pub near the station, unless you walk 10 minutes away from Whaddon's direction.

Don't know about the pubs round the ground, but the Midland is as good a starting point as any - it's a dump, the beers shit, but its next to the station.

There are pubs in Montpellier which is about 15 mins away from the station but they aren't really the best pre match pubs tbh and you'll find it pretty pricey.

I'm just a dickhead then, I couldn't find how to do it for less than what i paid! Doh!

I got 3 returns for £13. Not too bad!

Anybody know how many tickets we have sold?

My daddio is going on his own - please can someone look after him

would you really want anyone from here looking after him  :eek:

Warlord get off this site you fucking retard cunt

[url width=450 height=300]http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2007/10/keeganrant_450x300.jpg[/url]

I would love it if we beat Cheltenham, they have some retarded supporters who run their mouths about how they are bigger than us - so I would love it

:)

Ha ha yeah what an idiot. He's going to be in Wehterspoons before the game so i hear...

How many tickets do we have left for this? any ideas people?

Is the end behind the goal covered or not? I can't remember despite being there sober both times we've played them.

Yeah it's covered and Spud last i heard it was 200 but not sure if that was true.

1,100 behind the goal and another 6,00 or so along the side.

Cheers Rich, i hope i manage to get behind the goal because it looked much better in there than the side stand i was in last season.

Yeah atmosphere was better behind there thats for sure.  Im suprised we havent sold more tickets to be honest.

Still got a students ticket for sell if anybody wants it

Jennison Myrie-Williams just signed for Cheltenscum on loan will play tomorrow against us.

anyone know if tickets are available on the day?

wouldn't have thought so unless you want to sit the home end.

call 'nam box office and ask.

just called them, no their not.

ah...there goes my chance of getting a ticket then!

Diving git

 Diving twat....they've also signed Barry Hayles, good result and draw in the CC, so it now looks a bit more difficult.

300 tickets left according to the official website

My brother has brought some away end tickets over the phone which he's [apparently] going to pick up in cheltenham tomorrow.Maybe you could do that?

Looking forward to this :banana: Weather forecast is a bit rubbish though sadly.

Just booked my ticket! think its a shit seat tho, never mind! Looking forward to it!

Cheltenham have given us 1600 tickets according their OS, not quite as many as last year but hopefully we will take at least 1500 so should be good noise I just hope the roof keeps most of the rain out as the forecast is very wet and windy tomorrow.

Poor Sam

 :(

His weddings not some sort of marquee affair is it?

No, it's not.

Well that's alright then. As long as there's some breaks in the weather to get some pictures taken who gives a fuck whether it's raining outside once the reception begins and the drinking gets underway.

Exactly, that's what I've been saying/thinking all week.

True

Good point well made

Well have a good one. And do try not to get too falling down drunk eh?

Shocking if we don't sell out really

just looked at my bank account, think i've probably dodged a bullet!

I can confirm that me and the mrs bought 2 tickets over the phone which we are picking up in Cheltenham tomorrow.

Where are poeple drinking? I'm planning on the Midland, by the station and then the Sudeley Arms on Prestbury Rd, ten mins walk from Whaddon Rd

Depends on the weather. The Midland, maybe Wetherspoons in town and possibly thr Sudeley.

Prob the Midland and if its crap then somewhere else but not Montpellier as don't want to go into those pubs in footballing attire :D

I won't be wearing football attire. I don't think the locals liked the Swindon badge on James' top last time.

I really was referring to my trainers as don't wear shirts.  I imagine the drowned rat look will be popular tomorrow.

What's wrong with trainers? Is Montpellier one of those wanky wine bar places? I wouldn't want to go there before football, I might bump into JFW or something crazy.

Sudeley for me.

Your not my brother are you  ;)

most of them were fine...

i'm still mentally scarred :(

Probably midland, hope they have the same deal on as last season with the minibus

Dunno wasn't that pre-arranged by someone?

im not sure just thought it was good, if not will just get a taxi to ground

are you and rich coming to groves at 9 si?

Yeah seems the safe option given the weather :)

Probably. Rich is going to be out all night but I'm going to wake him up. He's bloody slow at getting up though.

Just threaten to cut his hair  :D

After yesterdays match,i walked with my mate through the town centre,up the Promenade to the
Montpellier area of Cheltenham.Great restaurants and bars in this area and a good way to forget
about the match  :)

I saw a busker playing the violin!

 Did you notice the Marchant's double deckers....quite smart I thought.

 Not a patch on the yellow trolley buses that you could get in 50's and 60's Bournemouth mind....of course now long gone, but Bournemouth buses are still yellow....shame they got relegated I always like an away day there.

 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-n6qfSHpUNg

I dont remember seeing any double deckers. I may have done though, my memory went a bit hazy between about 2 and half 3

I saw that. How posh is that, the best we can do is the old chap with a Harmonica outside Primark.

 Slippery slope yound Dave....being pissed should never distract from a bit of bus spotting, or maybe it was the shock of discovering you're being stalked by Larwood.

 I was interested in buses toing and froing from Whaddon Road, becasue last season they were offering free buses from Ciren and Stroud, to people who bought a ticket....that be traditional STFC territory.

 

with business cards to boot

He was a helpfull busker. He pointed us towards the ground

Have you ever considered applying for a job on TMS? You could keep Blowers entertained for hours with your bus related trivia.