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Hi all,

I know a lot of you have donated before for things and it's much appreciated! But I'm looking at a total of £6,000 for a wembley display and any fan donations would be very much appreciated. If all the regular posters on here donated between £5 and £10 we should be able to contribute a sizeable chunk.

Need to know more then see here: http://totalswindonsport.com/2015/05/local-businesses-asked-to-contribute-to-wembley-display/

If you can, please help here:

https://plasso.co/[email protected]

No worries if not, I'm sure some local businesses will be contributing, but I thought it would be more impressive to have a good chunk to be taken by Swindon fans themselves.

Thanks,
Jay

Done

Done

Cheers guys. Much appreciated. Looking forward to it.

£10 done. Looking forward to seeing the result!

Is there a paypal option? I cant check being at work at the moment

Just chucked you a tenner Jay! Least you deserve for all the hard work. We have quite a few of us in Block 113 so make sure any display makes it our way too mate.

C'mon TEF, get your wallets out!

Yep. I can confirm 100% it will be in block 113. ;)

Top man!

Also, the companies in Swindon that have already donated are as follows:

Beesleys Tools
SwindonLink
Total Swindon: Sport
SAS Travel
Barnes Coaches

There are 2 or 3 more ready to go on the list once I get confirmation. Feel free to go and give them a follow or thanks over social media. Give them some recognition for it.

Jay,

Good to meet you the other night.

Fair play to the adver for getting behind your Wembley plan.

The atmosphere for both games was amazing and a lot of that is down to you.

Take another bow !!

Time to get donating again !!

Fair play, but can I ask what it is? 6k would buy a bloody big banner.

Mosaic

What's the mosaic going to say/show? Sure you've got it sorted, but a big version of the flag on Monday would be ace. Failing that, 'oxford United, forever in our shadow'

I'd like it to say "Defence? Deeefence? We don' need no steeenkin' deeeeefence"

So the target has been reached
 :clap:

Well done Jay. Cant fault you enthusiasm or commitment
Even on BBCWilts tomorrow too  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

 :beers:

Will transfer some money when I get home tonight

Well done Jay, a brilliant job you're doing

http://totalswindonsport.com/2015/05/target-reached-for-wembley-display/


Hahaha. BBCWilts on Friday morning at 8:20.

Damn keep thinking its thursday, not used to a game on a monday.

Nice one whatever  :beers:

That is superb. Great effort Jay. And (if I've not said it already) well done on Monday too, really good

Time to up the target...................... £10 k ??????

Ooooo we have a celebrity on our hands. Don't forget your roots Jay. :-)

Well done once again young man!

Do you have time to do your actual day job at the moment?

Wow, that was quick. Have to a company someone stocking red and white streamers in bulk with the excess cash?

Put in a bid for Messi if you carry on.

Good effort Jay. What's happening with the surplus cash? Is it all going on Wembley or can be saved for future matches?

Seriously well done chap - a wonderful job. Your enthusiasm has even rubbed off on some of the more negative town fans.

I'll be saving it for next season. We should have a hundred or so left!

Thanks for all the kind messages though. Could do with a few regular helping hands next season!

Hi Jay,

A mate managed to get a bit of the Fjortoft flag off his sons mascot pictures (we cropped him out).

Been going to Town for 10 years and that atmosphere on Monday was up there with best I've seen along with Leeds at home, Charlton. Both Wembley games have been flat and disappointing (due to performance), honestly think if we can generate a similar attitude at Wembley as Monday night we have a much stronger chance. Top work Jay

I've got some space in Devizes which could be used to store/make banners. Closer to Swindon.. If it's any good just give me a shout at anytime!

Nice. I use my work's garage in Bath for painting banners ;). Hands on the day would be welcome though! (Not for Wembley, that's all sorted)

We could use the spare money to make song sheets for day trippers?

We don't give a crud!

I can just picture a bunch of tipsy 'daytrippers' trying to figure out how to pronounce "Allez allez allez oh" while the whole of block 111 sings it at 100mph with super fast, out-of-time clapping.

I'd suggest putting any extra towards additional materials like streamers etc, unless there's plenty already being purchased. The alternative is to save it in a pot for next season. Jay seems to have his head screwed on so I'm sure he'll use it well.

It's more the "Arsenal went to Wembley" one. That's relevant and almost nobody will understand it. Hahaha

Good luck trying to find a printable version of "fucked the bastards up" ;)

We farmed the bustards up?

We could put a balloon on each seat for people to blow up and release at the start of the match.

Wait... is this a serious suggestion from Simon Pieman?.. Must mean the apocalypse is here.

Be the apocalypse if it was tried. The Maths are: 30k swindon fans + 4 hours in the pub= about 10k balloons full of beery spit. Or worse, beery whizz., which are then used as water! bombs. It would happen..

Any telling what the mosaic design will be yet?

"Did the 82ers expect us to get to Wembley? No, no, no"

That's easy. It'll surely be FUCK YEAH!

 :D  Wouldn't that be just great?!

©

This is the final idea: https://twitter.com/s_maisey/status/598532098841059330

I like all the displays and stuff. I just like taking the piss a bit more :)

See you in block 111

No worries. As always just let me know!

I just got told that stewards on the turnstiles will be searching us for streamers after what they saw of us in the Semi Finals. They're not banned in the rules and regulations but they suspect they will be a trip hazard. Ridiculous.

So if you fancy taking some... sneaking them in is as good as you're going to get.

The good thing is that we are allowed flags on poles... so maybe we need a good thousand behind the goal... ;)

Scarf twirling then? I've probably still got a 20 year old scarf at home  :D

10 quid sent across... I know you've hit around the 7k mark by this point, but it's a matter of principle.

Congratulations to you good sir  :sherlock:

Cheers! Well, I'm still looking ahead to keep the money for a season opening atmosphere away or at home... ;)

Do we need special clearance for vuvuzelas?

According to the club... flags or musical instruments  = yes.

But they are also selling them on the club shop ;-)

I'll hide all the streamers in my drum if you want

Yeah. Might as well leave it at home...

Other teams rent out venues pre Wembley, been to Watkins Folley and Silver Spoon for hired events pre Wembley games with Arsenal before now, we should do something similar, all fans can meet pre game and get into fine voice, I appreciate renting somewhere would possibly be not worthwhile but if not that then perhaps all fans who want to raise the atmosphere in the stadium all meet at a specific pub prior to the game? Singing pubs..? :pint:

Are spoons classed as musical instruments?

There ain't 'alf some jobsworth cunts around.

They won't search everyone.

Trim your moustache, and wear a good bowler hat and you should be fine  :beers:

Twitter blocked at work....anyone?

"AGOMBAR"

I'm thinking Christopher Walken in Pulp Fiction...

I thought you and your bro may just bring along your guitars along for a jam session with the fans inside Wembley :D

They even stole our forum thread title right down to the capitalisation.

http://www.pne-online.net/forum/showthread.php?94445-Wembley-Display/page6

Your ownership of STFC Entertainments might be going to your head you know.  ;)

My first look at a PNE Forum - though they've clearly been all over ours. Liked this comment:

Also, looks like they'll be bringing drums.


I know I'm going out on a limb here, but are drums really that bad? If we're talking about generating atmosphere, perhaps we need a few to rouse the Wiltshire masses into song. Why are drums the antichrist to the TEF?

I think people get fed up of the sum total of noise from the away end being "Boom boom boom de boom" for 90 minutes when teams bring one

Yes drums are that bad.

Oh dear  :D. http://www.pne-online.net/forum/showthread.php?94512-Analysing-Swindon-Town

Yes, yes they are. They're fucking terrible.

30,000 kazoos would sound good.

We should all practice armpit-fart harmonies

Smith - big galoot?

Fuck me, if the fans' opinions are representative of their clubs, no wonder they have bottled 9 previous play offs!

They are the personifaction of evil.

Pretty decent assessment overall. Interesting that we haven't started thinking about a PNE thread yet.

I just got a reply to my asking about Streamers...

they want me to send them a sample to make a decision. I'll send them one and let you know how it goes. Feel free to buy yours early!

http://www.partypuffin.co.uk/party-supplies/81ft-Crepe-Streamer-Red/194355/viewDetail
http://www.partypuffin.co.uk/party-supplies/81ft-Crepe-Streamer-White/194356/viewDetail

Call me cynical but I reckon they're more worried about the extra cleaning post match...  :hmmm:

Well they pay cleaners regardless of how messy it is so that won't change much.

Jay, how will that work if you're also supposed to be holding a card up in the air?

Streamers for certain sections only?

How many blocks need to be opened up for this display to work ?
Is it whole of our end or just a certain area

It's a certain area.


I'm fairly sure those who hold their card up won't be throwing streamers at the same time. Common sense ;). But those above or elsewhere in the ground can throw them.

I've just tried holding a photo frame and a piss filled balloon. Doesn't work.. Might need a re think Jay.

So if we're not in the streamer section... we can throw our cards to join in and be part of the moment?

will the cards have mong proof instructions as to when to hold up the said piece of card.
Given some of the speed-clapping I have witnessed in the TE, don't underestimate the ability of the average town fan to fuck this up

I really hope it doesn't make us look like a bunch of inbred inept cunts.

this

It's a card display. It won't work miracles.

there are some instructions. But either side that gets held up should work well enough.

 :stupid:

We manage that perfectly well on our own at our times...  :doh:

Ha. I was more referring to when. Didn't even consider the possibility of holding card backwards. See. This is my point exactly. The permutations of getting this wrong are huge. 😊

Is the idea to hold them up when the team comes out? I'm going to make an aeroplane with mine....

Just checked and it says "When our team walk out". :)

I'm going to stick mine to my forehead, I want hands free to clap the team out!

There will still be 12,000+ to clap us out ;)

Where are the cards gonna be? 

Wembley! You really should pay attention more    ::)

If the cards are having company logo's on the back, then is there going to be a townend one?

Afraid not. The fans are thanked which is what we are. But the Town End aren't a business that's put in £500 from their profit margin to help it happen. I did think about it though.

Is there going to be one that says "Sippo is a cunt"

£500 would be a drop in the ocean when one considers the sort of profit this site must make...

I won't be there darling to see it.

Unless that's the mosaic...

Ok, so as the team comes out, I hold the card(?) up with one hand, throw the streamer with another, and click my heels together? This is gonna get confusing!

On a serious note, I assume that all of the seats will be sold where the display cards will be placed?...

As I said before... I'm not giving everyone streamers. I'm simply sorting the mosaic. If people have streamers it's up to them to either learn how to multi-task or just do one. Not hard.

If they're not all sold I'm sure that one missing card in each stand (which is how it's looking like) will be fine.

That's a bit harsh, Jay - I'm only asking a question!  :D

So are we supplying our own streamers? I'm happy to do that before i get publicly lynched  :crucified: :crucified:

phahaahhaha, yes we all drive super cars

I'll bring the sharpies

You can bring your own if you want but I'll be bringing some to hand out behind the goal after the mosaic. I might be talking to some people in the Tier above so they'll be given some hopefully.

If anyone is in the second tier, feel free to buy 12 or so and hand them out around you!

I'll pay for them.

Isn't it leased mercedes all the way?

I see in the adver that there will be 8,000 cards for the mosaic. At least we have enough attending to make that look good.

So have Wembley cleared the streamers?

Haven't heard back for this, yet I'm afraid.

The moderators consider it a really bad month when we don't clear £500 each a month

http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/news/article/raise-the-scarf-at-wembley-2462903.aspx

 :hmmm:

Ooh, do we get a free scarf?   8)

No. Just a free plastic bag. Don't expect anything to be inside it.

It's a bag because wembley didn't allow card because it's flammable and people make paper aeroplanes out of them so plastic is the only option and carrier bags are cheaper than plastic sheets. Besides, it's a free souvenir.

What do they think programmes and food boxes are made of?  :hmmm:

pah, lower tier hits. I'm still bitter about my lack of Paolo mask from last time.

I gave mine toi my 10 year old nephew for his halloween outfit last year.

I think the European clubs use plastic sheets. Cheaper and less hassle. With the elf and safety concerns though, do we need to keep them away from small children to avoid suffocation?

Makes a lot of sense because plastic doesn't burn

Ahhh but Wembley sell them so it'll be ok.

Think you might be a bit quick to judge there and might have to eat your words. Judging by the price I paid for my french bread pizza soggy long piece of flavourless bread like stuff, I'm assuming the packaging was expensive flame proof cardboard.

What did villa hold up for their mosaic? £6000 for 8000 carrier bags I'm a bit confused. Hope it looks good on the day

They used proper PVC sheeting which made theirs way over £6000.

I might have missed it, but I'm in 113, what time is this due to happen?

You won't have missed it, it's not happening until Sunday.

Same here, which row and seat?

I'll take some photos from 224

Anyone in blocks 108 - 115 will be a part of the display. It's as the players come out the tunnel, so make sure you're there in time!

For the warm up or for the actual match? 

Just kidding.





But seriously which...?

Dunno we've got 52 I think.

Row 23, seat 40.

I'm confused?

From what I gather everyone in 113 will still be in the Torch

I'm in block 113, row 32 - Look forward to being a part of this. Great work Jay.

110 ten seats away from Jutty and his yobbo mates.

I am in 110 too.

Super wide graphics just tweeted this

3m x 12m banner for playoffs Sunday

(http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab225/mark_woolhouse/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150520_210633_zpsituavqqz.jpg)

Oh good a competition:

One single fucking
Goal would be nice
#justonceatnewwembley

Our County
Ground is nicer than this shit
#justasquietthough

Suggestions?

theres no more letters, its a tribute to Oliver Rissers performance last time we were at Wembley

OH
GOD
#JESUSNOTAGAIN

OH
GOOD
#Jutty'sbuyingthebeer!

Hopefully it's not going to be hung up in front of us...

Yeah, it's nice the sponsors are getting involved, but we don't want to be their advertising board.

OH
GOD
#JUSTWINYOUCUNTS

Oportet
Gaudium
#Jugiter

 :)

If the millwall game was anything to go by, they raise them in the centre circle at the opening ceremony

Constantly Must Joy? Eh?

Are you becoming Nev or something?

It must be joy # forever

#JustFuckingImagine

Just had BBC Points West interview me...

They asked about the Nathan Thompson flag I made... and there's loads of shots of it in the clip. That is going to be shown in Bristol... hahahahah

Genius

He asks about it and I just rambled about "he's our captain & a local boy. But this image is a silhouette of him celebrating a win over someone a few months back."

good work jay.

That should ruffle a few feathers.

Good work, any idea when that's going to air?

It's going to be on their FaceBook as a 1 minute film. And it'll be on the BBC Points West broadcast on the telly tomorrow night at about 18:30.

I look forward to the intellectual debate that follows in the comments section.

Yeah... I'm not even going to look. I'll get sucked in too easily.

Be yet another thread on otib no doubt

RE: Nathan Thompson: my City supporting work colleagues still absolutely loathe the guy to the point that it's very funny indeed! As I point out to them, football has clearly changed when Nathan Thompson, Jack Stephens and Harry Toffolo are considered footballs evil, VILE, embarrassing villains. After the 0-3, one of said work colleagues waited to shout abuse at the Swindon players as they boarded the coach. Apparently a women shouted something abusive at Nathan Thompson and he responded back, I'm told it didn't go down too well  :bye:

RE: OTIB: I haven't been on there for a while but the last time I braved it there were a few City supporters highlighting the contradictions of the current hatred.

Statement: 'SWINDLE WE'RE SINGING VILE SONGS ABOWT FLINT. ITS EMBARRESIN.'
Response: We always sing similar songs about rival players.

Statement: 'GIT GLADWIN IN FROM SWINDLE HE LOOKS QUALITY'
Response: We slag them off all season for being diving, immoral cheats yet we won't stop talking about signing their players?

There's rationality in there if you look hard enough.

Well done Jay about the only positive from the day was the display on the big screen from that point on I want to erase from my memory

It was the best thing on display today

Agreed. well done Jay

Are there any pics of the display? Looked great on the big screen. Well done Jay.

Jaybox you did us all proud with that display. Proud to have taken part. Me old man snuck in 20ish balloons which we blew up and handed around, and we even saw the odd streamer.

http://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/11217741_1042473685780182_5459258574906770517_o.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9

Cheers. It was the only highlight for me. I have got 2 red and 3 white bags to keep, probably going to frame them with my ticket as a keepsake for what was done. :)

I am tempted to put one on for the first home game in the DRS but that's a way off yet.

Great work Jay. Keep it up next season

I kept a couple and a ticket to send to my nephew in New Zealand. Good work btw.

Well done, Jay. Keep it up next season please!

I dont want you to feel any pressure Jay but...

http://lockerdome.com/bbcsporf/6169461380096065/7713142654378516

Saw this on Twitter. Pretty impessive!

I'm trying to think of something I'd be able to sort out for the DRS. But that's another level!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ngtwJgk3c0

We could do a fan based BYOB (bring your own... bog roll)? :hmmm:

Does anyone have a seating map of the DRS? I need to know how many seats are in it. Already planning for 2015/16. ;)

Club will know obv but I think around 5000.
End sections rarely full as you would have spotted from your Arkells seat

Yeah. I'll be moving over to the DRS next season. Can't wait.

I'm thinking of just spending £365 on foil sheets to display some stripes, alternating in Red & White from block to block. This way it doesn't matter if the stand isn't full. But I could try and team up with the Trust and work on a ticket initiative to fill out the stand more. But this is a good few months away ;).