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I've started a discussion in the Positive Promotion Thread about a new huge banner for the home leg of the play offs.

Basically going to be a giant banner a few meters wide for about £40-£50.

Please vote on the two most popular options above. An example of what I'm thinking is attached below.

Voting closes on Thursday so I have time to paint it over the weekend for Monday.

Thanks!

What about a good old plain fuck off oxford

I'd rather not spend donated money on something about... them. Seems like a waste of money! I'd rather make something supporting our boys.

Would be funny though

I think you need to canvass for more ideas before putting up a poll.....

I'm more than happy for more ideas! I am a bit bound by time for this one to get it done for Monday, that's all.

Furry muff

Is that your suggestion?   ???

Why not? It'd save some cash.

 :)

Why not go one further and just paint a black triangle?

Neither. Both are overly earnest and should attract ridicule.

Superswindongoballisticbladesyouareattrocious.

This

But I thought you last one was great.

:P Lets not do anything then incase someone, somewhere laughs at us.

Just like our players, we've only borrowed this banner!

Whatever it is, can you print "Songs not included on this banner may still be sung during the game" underneath it?

Quite. Go for laughs with, not laughs at.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B4RI_qdIAAACFJb.jpg)

Something along these lines would be great.

The poll's level at the moment.. does this go to penalties?

KUTGW, Jay.

Salubritas et Industria

:nod:

This.

Cheers, mate. I just need to work out the funds to pay for it... I have all the paint no problem, but the fabric may be another £30-£40 on top of the balloons and streamers.

EDIT: I HAVE UPDATED THE POLL OPTIONS

Looking very tight in the poll! I guess if there are 2 or 3 popular suggestions you could just pick one for next week and keep the others in mind for another time.

Exactly. It's not just one choice. It's just one for Monday night.

Salubritas et Industria. It's classy, it's accurate, and it works nicely with the style of football we play.

May as well have Carpe Diem

Or "This banner is on loan from Spurs"

Now that would actually be quite funny.

Or "Our Chairman picked our banner"

THIS

If we want to go all posh then I'd accept fuck off oxford in latin

Just quoting this again because I think it would be an excellent idea. I think that many would agree.... a poll?

Our other banner is in the wash

Irrumabo ex Oxonium

Now there's a lovely sentiment.

You're a posh cunt for knowing I but I think its got a touch of class.

Oxford, in sempiternum in umbra

He googled it

Whilst that translation is correct word for word, I don't think the phrase actually makes sense in Latin? Somebody more educated than me can decide.

You cynical git.

Alright he's a bloody plagiarist but it sounds good although 4d has something different. I'm confused now. what do I say to a Scummer in Latin next time I see one.

A correct cynical git?

This, in black and white. Can we at least have one self-mocking option? Everything else makes us look like teenage Bayern Munich wannabes.

SWINDLE TOWN FC

Warmer.

'Red Brick Dream'

es et tu eh ville eh logicila eh non

This is brilliant. It has to be this. Or something equally derogatory. I love the idea of a banner that's a piss take.

Not suggesting that I voted for it, but in Option 1, why not omit the word "THE" ?

"forever in our shadow"

This is also very good.

Option 3, make sure you spell it right, not that anyone would realise mind!

I'll definitely do a 'this banner is on loan from Spurs' one next season. Has to be done.

But as it's the play offs I'm thinking something more supporting than jokey this time around.

Erithacos obtusum laminis.

I knew my o level Latin would be useful.

Branco's Elbow Says Yes Yes Yes

Dont you mean Villa?

This!

You've said the size will be a few metres wide and I think I recall you saying 5 metres maybe??that banner in the picture I'm guessing is probably over 25 metres wide?taking that into account, I'd be mindful how a lot of letters will look on something that's only 5 metres wide

Win for Audrey

Winner winner chicken dinner.

This is a good point actually. I've just paced it out and 5m ain't massive. From afar there is a danger that it looks like you're unrolling a piece of bog roll and the font will need to  be about size 12 fit it all in.  You might be better to see if you can rally round, get a few more donations and try and upgrade to 15 to 20m.

Salubritas et Industria the clear winner for me.  It would stand out.  And the other two just don't feel very inspiring.

Ditto.

In regards to the size, the issue we have is that most of the time we will only have under 10m wide of fans. So I'm thinking maybe buy a 1m tall by 5m long length of fabric, cut it up the middle so we have 0.5m tall by 10m long.

That would work better. I bought 8m of fabric for the Fjortoft banner and that was around £80.

Sadly it isn't and it doesn't. It means "I fuck from the Oxford". Which isn't quite what Nemo had in mind.

Oh, and I'd vote for Salubritas et Industria as well. Which, for the record, translates rather better as "Good Health and Hard Work" than the more often quoted "Health and Industry" which sounds like a manifesto slogan.

(http://www.thelin.net/laurent/cinema/films/tt0079470/27928.jpg)

Would our players even know what that means?

I am a little unhappy with the voting system, typical first past the post skewed results!

I think that Salubritas et Industria is a great idea although will it need a supporting banner with a subtitle translation to pass through the stand 6' below the main one!

Probably not I'm thinking. But I don't think they'll take time to read it. Maybe just the Red & White display in itself is the sole purpose, I'm happy with any of the banners. Personally "WE ARE THE RED & WHITE ARMY" is my favourite.

I'm definitely going to need extra help to make this banner. I'm happy spending my weekend painting it, but I'll need a hand with affording the fabric. With all the balloons and streamers and whatnot! I know a lot of you have contributed already, but if we have 5 people give a tenner or 10 people give a fiver that'd be awesome. It's something we can re-use, too.

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Banners are just as much about our identity as fans than they are about giving the players support. I like the motto.

We need more permanent/regular banners dotted around the CG.

I'll be bringing this to every game next season when I'm in the DRS.

Swindon ^This way up^ Wembley

Me too, the 'Red and White Army' one doesn't feel uniquely 'us' enough for me. Swindon Town Will Never Die is better, but is it a bit 'defeatist' for going into games we need to, and can, win?

Sounds good to me! If I end up getting an extra £20-£40 in donations I'll buy the fabric and get to it!

EDIT: Just got a donation from someone. Thanks!

From what I witness in the Town End, "At Death's Door and Can't Remember the Last Time I Did a Full Day's Graft" would be more appropriate.

50x500cm is pretty tiny when you think about it. Look at the picture in the original post and think just how short that would be. Probably not even possible to read it from half way across the pitch. If possible, 80x800cm should be a minimum in my opinion.

I think I've found somewhere that sells it in 1.5m widths. So I could buy 5m of that to make a 75cm tall and 10m wide.

That'd definitely work.

I've just been donated a good amount from someone on Twitter. Not going to name names. So that's pretty much covered. I'll get some of the fabric on Friday!

Much better. Well done on all this mate.