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As per the poll, Paynter was the popular vote so I've bagged him for us.

Total price is £293.75 (£250 + VAT).

Included in the package is:

- One pass to the Member's Suite for a League One home fixture (subject to availability). Friends and family can also be accommodated in the Members Suite for an additional discounted charge.
- A fully signed and framed team shirt of your sponsored player, to be presented at the second 'An Audience With STFC' dinner.
- Two complimentary tickets to the bi-seasonal 'An Audience With STFC' dinner. At this event you will spend the evening with your sponsored player with photograph opportunities. This is scheduled to take place in February 2009.
- Two Complimentary Main Stand tickets to a Coca Cola home League One game of your choice
Acknowledgement of your shirt sponsorship on the shirt sponsors page in the Match Day Magazine for all remaining 2008-2009 home games.

I reckon we should raffle of the tickets etc. to all those who pledge, i.e. £5 gets you 1 ticket.

Stick us down for £20 sheets.

Easton or Paynter?

Ill put £5 in as skint at the mo

Ok, if we think this is going to take off I'll give the marketing folks a ring in the morning and find out who's available.

Might be worth making a shortlist now of who we'd preferably want so that I can 'reserve' someone when I ring.

Christian Roberts looks good value.....................

Haha, I thought that as well.

Stick a poll up Samdy.

I'd say Paynter would be a good shout. Get paid next Friday am willing to chuck in a couple quid. Already sponsor Malpas but the cash is going in the right pockets!

ahhhhh thats why you want him to stay.

selfish Gazza selfish

If you're going to do it, it's got to be Marshall I reckon.

Billy Paynter.

Poll's up.

Not really as the sponsorship transfers to the next manager (i THINK)

 Gazzza what has happened to your extra z  diddle-iddle-iddle-um? :zzz:

I second that.

don't mind who but count me in.

Im in

Im in too - Not Kanyuka though - he doesnt like me

I'm in.

£10 from the flash for Paynter

And can I start having pledges now please?

I'm in

£20

I'll put £20 in as well.

£20

£10....how do we get the money/cheque in???  please revert!

£20.00 if I can pay next Friday pay day!

I think the best way if people have online banking is to do a bank transfer. I'm keen to avoid PayPal if possible because of 1) fees and 2) delays getting money out.

If people want to give me cash then I'm happy for people to do that or if people want to post cheques then I can do that as well (no cash by post though - a bit too risky).

Just watch Paynter get sold to Plymuff in January

 :)

Can I pay next week as well? Im poor as a church mouse

Yep, no problem.

wooooo

i'll give you £20 at footy next tuesday sam

Can I give you 20 quid at the Millwall game? Or is that too late?

I'll bung a tenner in.

That's fine.

Can you PM me your sort code and account num. Not sure i will be at footy for a few weeks.

Deposit paid. We're up to £185 in pledges already so another £100 or so needed.

Come on peeps!

I'll put £10 in.

£20 from me.

£20 from me.

Cheers chaps.

Can I PayPal you the cash Samdy, PM me the details and I'll wire the cash.

Done.

Likewise Sam.  Bank details please.

Thanks.

I'll pop a cheque in the post if that's ok, so PM me your info please and i'll get it off to you asap

Cheers

how much more needed? I'm good for a twenty, can transfer online.

Still need another £60 so yes please!

I've having a moment, one poster asked for sponsorship regarding testicular cancer and got little to no take up on it.  Sam asks for donations to sponsor a players shirt and get nearly £300 in three hours.  For that reason I'm out and will sponsor tache boy a tenner instead.

No offence to anyone connected to this, I'm not having a go, just a thought entered my head and refused to leave it.

That's a fair shout actually janaage. Not suggesting the lads/ladesses here are wrong but you have a point.

Thats a good point but then i suppose alot of people donate to a fair few charitys throughout the year.

Yeah, footballs immoral, lets all go and do aid work in Africa.  :D

I guess having issues like this is why Edinburgh hasnt had a Scottish League Championship since 1960?  :P

Put me down for £10 Samdy, see you before the Millwall game? In the pub, no doubt

Count me in for 20 quid Samdy,can send you a cheque mate or if you email me your address will pop it round,either way email details.ie if a cheque who to make it out too....cheers.

Your going to have enough for two players soon

put me in for 10

That's true, and I wasn't being all high and mighty it was just a thought that occurred to me this arvo, that's all.

And you're probably right Spence!!  Edinburgh should fuck cancer and plough all their money into Hibs, bit like the great unwashed have done, forget about hygiene and luxuries in life and just spend all your money at Parkhead and Ibrox!!

Current total is £275.

Another £20 needed to seal the deal.

Please email me contact details and i will sort.........can also meet and cough up at Millwall match..?

Cheque sent to Samdy!!

Billy for a hat trick tomorrow!!

Cheers mate!!

Take you point but where do you draw the line?
I work hard for my money and i will choose who and what to spend it on.
I have a chosen Charity and they get my dosh....end of....(Its a Cancer Hospice so i really hope that chap doesnt need it!...good luck to him but he doesnt get my tenner this time).

I agree with the scot on this one, Sippo I will sponsor you in a second mate

Flash my post wasn't intended as a high and mighty dig at anyone.  I completely agree with your viewpoint, it was just a thought that crept into my head, which I then shared fella.

Apologies if anyone thought I was having a go, with regards to the shirt sponsorship.

I'll do the last £20

Whoop! That's us sorted then.

I'll make the full payment to the club by the end of the week and then we can sort out what we're going to do with the match tickets & signed shirt etc.

Thanks to all those that have paid and have pledged money. If I haven't got your money yet I'll be knocking down doors amd breaking kneecaps starting next week.

Jan.........its ok Jan........we are all happy now xx

Yahoooooo!   Well done Samdy!!

Cannot wait for the Raffle!

sam - cash tomorrow or online bank transfer, which is best for you?

Bank transfer would probably make life easier for me. I'll PM you details.

IF you are going to raffle the tickets/shirt etc., why not donate the proceeds to Sippo's tacheback sponsorship?

can you PM me details aswell Sam?

Cheers

Sounds like an ace idea.

The shirt you get given comes framed now and everything

Does it have one of those things for hanging your coat on too?

me too.

We've got the total now actually. I can put you as a 'reserve' incase someone doesn't cough up (as someone undoubtedly will).

stick me in as a reserve Sam - if someone pulls out

Can we have a Billy Payner TEF questionand answer session?  Eirther we submit questions or we stick him live in front of a laptop logged in for 15 minutes.

Haha, good idea. I'll put it to the club and see what they say.

Sam ive transfered the money to your account and put a reference on it so you know ive paid.

Since when has your name been spelt with a Z?

it aint, the bank fucked up with the name on the account. theyre supposed to be changing it. you would think the thick cunts would look at the ID i provided whilst opening the account wouldnt you

Tell them they're in breach of Principle 4 of the Data Protection Act 1998. They'll soon fix it pretty quick.

what does that mean?

It means they're breaking the law by not keeping your records "accurate and up to date".

ah i see

Put me down as a reserve reserve Sam.

If all the reserves drop out I'll stump up some cash.

This way it looks like I'm willing to part with some money without much risk.........

I'll come in for a tenner after Steve, then. :D

According to my ID card at Sport England, my name is Simom  >:(

For those who haven't paid, can I have your money by Saturday please. I need to get payment to the club by the end of next week.

If I haven't heard anything from those who've pledged money by Monday then I'll unfortunately have to take you off the list and call on the reserves (so axs and ron dodgers, I may still need some dosh from you).

uh oh I forgot - does someone want to take my place? If I was on the list? - I have to pay from my ETM course next month!

sorry to mess you around Samuel

Hertha

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

Didn't have you down for a pledge JFW.

From the top of my head (my list is at home) I'm still awaiting payment from:

Wood_Ayre
Gazzza
Village
Fred

Does this mean you have been pissed about two fold????

got it for you at home for tomorrow night mate

Good stuff.

And just a reminder for pauld and ghanimah, I'll try and find you on Saturday and you can cross my palm with the nice crispy folded stuff.

Oh thats OK then I feel less guilty now

I sit next to ghanimah, if he misses you Saturday I'll sort it out and pay you Tuesday if that is OK?

That's good with me. Cheers Batch.

JFW did have me worried for a while there....................

why? what did I do???

Sam got the cash with me, if I don't see you before game, text me at end so I don't forget and bugger off

Hey Samdy!
Is this all sorted?

Nope, still need money from Wood_Ayre, STFC Village, Gazzza and Fred. If I don't have their money soon then I'm afraid they're off the list.

pm me with you're account and amount if you need some monies old chap

Thanks. PM'd.

How much is needed...

I will stump up some more is required.

 :dance:

Well Wood_Ayre and STFC Village haven't replied to my last two PM's so I'm giving them until the end of today then they're off the list.

Fred has the best intentions of paying but everytime I've seen him lately we've both been completely rat-arsed and forgot about the money he owes.

Gazzza has been promising to send a cheque which still hasn't arrived, so I'll give him one more chance, I believe he's going away soon so if I don't hear anything within a day or so then he's off the list as well.

If I need more fundage then I'll let you know Flash.

 :-[ :harshfunny: :beach:

Deadbeat shirt sponsors :D

Right then, Wood_Ayre, Village and Gazza are now of the list. Sorry chaps, but I've given you plenty of notice.

We're £30 short if anyone else wants to chip in.

£10 received from Weasel, £20 needed now.

I will send another tenner - dont tell the missus..... :secret:

I will quote this for future reference

Im not talking to you shop........you called me scum last week and it hurt my feelings! :cry:

I am not saying sorry, i stand by that comment.

Thats just the point.......i come on here to get away from it!

Sam, I'm still good for some if you need it.

£20 will see the job done.

I'll bring some cash tomorrow.

Ok fella. Cheers.

A note to all those who contributed. Firstly, thank you all very much for coughing up your hard earned cash. Secondly, we now need to decide what to do with the 'extras' that come with the sponsorship package. They are:

• One pass to the Member's Suite for a League One home fixture (subject to availability). Friends and family can also be accommodated in the Members Suite for an additional discounted charge. I've checked with the club and this is two VIP tickets
• A fully signed and framed team shirt of your sponsored player, to be presented at the second 'An Audience With STFC' dinner.
• Two complimentary tickets to the bi-seasonal 'An Audience With STFC' dinner. At this event you will spend the evening with your sponsored player with photograph opportunities. This is scheduled to take place in February 2009.
• Two Complimentary Main Stand tickets to a Coca Cola home League One game of your choice

I'm open to suggestions on what we do with these extras.

One suggestion I've already had for the match and VIP tickets was to raffle them amongst those who donated i.e. 1 raffle ticket for every x pounds given. Another is to open up the raffle to everybody and sell tickets for example £5 and then put the money to charity.

The same suggestions could apply with the framed shirt.

With regards to the 'An Audience With STFC' dinner, I'd like to go to this myself because I did put the time and effort into arranging this and collecting the money etc. If anyone has an opinion on this please let me know.

The raffle idea for the people that contributed sounds good to me Sam. I also agree with you having the tickets to the dinner as you organised it.

When are you hoping to do it just out of curiosity?

Do what?

Sam - don't worry about having my name in the hat for any raffle etc.

And no problem at all with you attending the dinner.

sorting it out!

Well as soon as I've got a general census of opinion then I'll get it all sorted out ASAP because we are obviously running out of home games!

I think that Sam should receive one extra himself for organising all the shit.

Then raffle off the rest:

1 ticket per £5 or £10 donated..

Well done Sam for sorting it,no problem with what you intend to do..you defo have the VIP cos you put alot of effort into this....dont think you should collect anymore money just put everyones name in a hat and the people who donated have a chance of a real nice prize.

Happy with the raffle among those who contributed and you doing audience jobby.

Ditto

Same as

I don't agree

I don't mind - charidee sounds good

Sam did all the legwork on this so whatever he wants is good with me. But he should definitely get the freebie to the dinner. And if any of the rest of us go either on the remaining freebie (I have got that right, haven't I?) or as paying guests (I have got that right, haven't I?) we should buy him a pint. And stroke his thighs

Looks like most are in favour of raffling the shirt, match tickets and VIP tickets amongst ourselves then rather than open it up and give the money to charity.

If no one's got a problem with that then I'll get it all sorted out this week. I propose 1 raffle ticket for every £5 donated (that has to be the minimum rather than £10 because tans only chucked in £5 the tight bastard).

I await the results.......is there to be a draw venue??
Will the draw be on Youtube?......that would be good..
Samdy could be like that twat Kelly formally of the FA staring at the camera like a scared rabbit!!

I'll probably do it in The Merlin on Saturday, that way there'll be a few people who donated there and they can make sure I'm not cheating :)

I trust you ........ unless i dont win anything...... :nod:

bastard

Can't you fucking read? He called you a tight bastard.......

If anyone fancies a jolly up at the meet the players evening (Feb 19th) I can get extra guest tickets at a price of £25.

oooh Im going to that with Gazza and my dad

get Biancas number off him please

what off my dad?

Can you tell them they're all shit please.

yes of course - anyone in particular you would like me to single out for abuse? 

This is my dads Christmas present BTW and he will probably sit with Lee Peacock and be a geek like he always does!

Specifically target Lee Peacock then.

If he shows up  :cry:  ::)

I'm still scarred by having to eat a meal on the same table as [cock]Byrne, Moses Ashikodi and of course Gazza last year  :D

eugh and that repulsive women who was trying to cop off with Dave Byrne!! :soapy tit wank:

Was that Iris???

I think it was Larwood...

Booo don't diss your dad, He's ace! 8)

Cheeky fucker! ;)

If the match is off........will the draw be resheduled.....

Does Samdy covers for his hat??

It's ok, my hat has undersoil heating.

Will the draw be taking place this evening!!??

Bollocks. Totally forgot.

I just looked to see if I could do it tonight, but my list of who contributed how much is at home. I promise to get it done before the end of the week.

No worries......i didnt want to carry the signed shirt in frame into the town end anyway!

Right, I've finally got round to sorting this out and I'm going to commence a live draw if anyone's bothered (probably not).

First up is the 2 match tickets... and the winner is...

Bedford Red

FIX !

Next up is the 2 VIP tickets... and the winner is...

ron dodgers

I have my wife as my witness!

Here's the big one then, the framed signed shirt. The lucky winner is...

THE FLASH

Boooo Sam Out!

:)

Thanks for the organising Sam.

Well done Sam...congrats to the winners.

Booooooooo

Ace.

What did I win then?

Err... nothing.

FIX

shushutup you slag - I'll probably get booted out anyway!

Get in there!!!!!!

Wahoo, i won something

Cheers mate, i've pm'd you.

Pah, I thought this place was supposed to be cliquey, I don't know any of the people who won stuff.

we've got our own clique of winners

Well said Ron and may i add i do like your picture......says 'winner' to me...

it's a looker alright - where's Bedford when you need him?

I was at work with no internet access!

But happy to be in this own clique of winners!

Well said Bedford.....and may i say that i also like you're picture!

why thank you!

I also like your picture, Dave Syrett scored in the first game i ever went to, Shrewsbury at home in April 76, not that i can remember.

Well done on winning.

Remember his hatrick for Mansfield on debut v Spurs on the box?

Never seen that Leefer, wouldn't mind though, i'll have a look on you-tube.

What happened to him in the end, any ideas? Did he finish his career at Mansfield or go elsewhere?

Think he did Bedford...think you can see the goals on a stags link...with Hoddles late equaliser also.

Got this off the Swindon-town-FC.co.uk

SWINDON TOWN
Mansfield Town
Walsall
Peterborough United
Northampton Town
Salisbury
Brackley Town


He finished his total football career at a little village team in Wiltshire called Heytesbury who play in the Trowbridge league - Junior/Amateur footy.
My brother played (as i did) for nearby Stockton and Codford in the Salisbury league and the rivalry was fierce as Heytesbury in those days was the Man United of the wylye valley.
Big brother broke his nose in a clash of heads.
I later lived opposite Dave when i lived in Warminster and he used to pop over alot and borrow stuff etc etc.
He worked with my old man at Warminster School.
He also lent me a vhs match of the day video from a game where he scored a hattrick against Terry Venebles Crystal Palace.....that was good vieing.
Dave always suffered with his back and told me that when he played he regularly had cortosone injections in his back, which in time fucked him up and he has had a few operations since.
Dave tends to follow Saints with his daughters but his missus is ardent Swindon and i have bumped into him at odd matches....the last being the away game at Bournemouth in the Div 2 promo season.
He also told me that whilst he was at Swindon he was lined up to join Plymouth...he travelled with the manager to meet but Plymouth changed their mind over the fee and the manager stood up and walked out taking Dave with him....how times change!

Dave now works at a public school in Salisbury.

A very nice bloke he is too!!!

Syrett,Anderson and Moss...good memories,...good read that Bedford.

Bit before my time as i started to 'follow' the town halfway through the record points Macari season.
First game i saw was Town v Exeter boxing day 1979...Town lost 3-2.....before the magic roundabout!

We were having a great season untill the Exeter setback...because of the cup runs we ended the season with three away games in hand and had to win all three i think...won at Brentford with a Mayes winner,we had about 5000 fans there,brilliant,then onto Sheff Wednesday ware we lost and the promotion dream was over...think we lost got hammered 6-2 in our final match...can remember Swansea away on the boxing day,took over 4000 ther and was the only team to win there...they won the league,got to the semis of the lge cup,and was 7 mins away from the fa cup quarter final..losing in a replay at Spurs....the 4-3 win over a great rsenal team is the best match ive ever seen.

http://www.swindonweb.com/index.asp?m=11&s=16&ss=962&t=Swindon+4+Arsenal+3


And Handy Andy Rowlands got the winner in front of 24,000 i think.

My old man and brother went to Wolves.....old man was fuming!

I still am,good goal chalked off..2 good penalty appeals turned down,there was talk of the lge replaying that match after they had seen the refs performance....he was and still is the worst and crooked ref i ever saw.

A big thankyou to Samdy.

Picked up the shirt last night and it is awesome if a little large but i am sure it will go somewhere...

Nice to meet some of you boys......I am sure i saw DV turning water into wine to avoid buying a round!

Is it matchworn? It would be difficult to tell to be honest though....

Dunno...

Do you fancy a top gear style burn up to Colchester....i hear you struggled to keep up on Saturday?

To be fair, I had Sam and Gazza in the car.

I had Chilly (Big - hes the guy who looks like Ron Jeremy) and Streeto ( Grizzley Adams with a gland problem).

Just wanted to say thanks again to Sam for sorting out the tickets for the Hereford match, i hadn't sat in the Arkells for about 15 years so it was nice to have a change.

Good seats so thanks again for sorting them out and getting them to me, cheers.