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Anybody know how many we have sold?

Never been before, should be a decent turnout.

not sure how many sold , should be getting mine tomorrow . Apparently we've got 1600 with a view to more if needed

edit: Their away end holds 6000 , would be nice to get half  of that

400 odd when I got mine on Tuesday.

Inital allocation of 1,100 but we can for get a total allocation of up to 3,300 if needed according to matey in ticket office.

Got a train ticket no match ticket yet though, think are a fair few like that, be 2k a ireckon, as it's a new ground for most

Got mine on Monday, went there for the Olympic Football & thought it was a decent stadium

I take it this will be pay on the day, not seen anywhere that it's all ticket?  Same with the Tranmere game, going to both but not got tickets?

Probably bit early to say but based on the potential size of away end i'd imagine you will be able to.

Tranmere 0% chance it will be all ticket for us. It's certainly my plan to pay on the night

Just got mine
Just over 800 sold

Just got mine, now over 1000 sold with another 1000 coming tomorrow.

Could be our one and only visit to the Ricoh...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-21464685

And Cov have just had their bank accounts frozen...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21475743

That sort of shit certainly makes ours look mild by comparison..

But but but... A big shiny plastic stadium is the answer to everything??  :cry:

It depends who owns the stadium, though.

They've gone from Highfield Road, which was a stadium they owned, to the Ricoh, which they don't !!

Over a million a year in rent, fucking hell.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21475743

got my tickets .1600 sold  now apparently

You sure? 14 hours ago 750 was the official figure sold. So 850 sold in a day...

looking forward to this game. One of our closer away games so the numbers should be good.

would love to get close to 3000 ,

Arrive Luton Airport 1245 so could feasibly hire a car and make this. Don't think I'll get an advance ticket though and I'll pray the plane is on time!

Why the fuck would you fly to Luton from Hitchin in the first place?  ;)

I wish it was because I could afford too, but alas no!

trying to find a pub near the ground any ideas?

Tesco.

Apparently there is a Grosvenor Casino in the stadium complex which you could use as a last resort.

Could be an option if the chips are down ?

You could have fruit salad.....instead of blackjack.

The Football Ground Guide quotes: 'Coventry train station is about three and half miles away from the stadium and really is too far to walk'.

Challenge accepted.

Get a bus...it is not only a long walk, but hardly the most scenic.

but you can eat some of the most awesome samosas ever in Foleshill

True...I still don't think it's worth the trade off, though.

so it seems to be Tesco surely their is a pub
Wonder how many wll go if we are still on a roll 2010?

what

i don't even

Just smile nod your head.  :nod:

Ticket bagged for this
Now for the hotel...

Got our Train tickets from Rochester. £20.00 return for me and the kids. Gert cheap. Get our match tickets today

968 sold as of this morning.

Two seats available on my minibus to Cov. Bring your own beer. PM me if interested.

If we get 2 good results against Preston and Bury, then I could see us taking around 2k to Coventry.

I think that could be possible but it will need a new manager to be in place by then (for the fans momentum to gain sufficiently with the appointment of a good manager) and I can't see that process being rushed TBH.

I think between 1 and 1.5k is more likely but am happy to be proved wrong.

1800 sold as of this morning.

I'm going with 2-3 others we are buying on the day I think a lot will do this so if 1600 have already been sold then it should be a big crowd

I can see 2100-2200 going.  :toocool:

I am impressed with that.

Getting my ticket tomorrow. Should be fun.

I would think we will have about 2,500 there.

I know a few guys going who dont normally go away I reckon it could be 2.5 k plus

I'm going  :toocool:

How can Coventry afford to sign players when they owe over a years rent on their stadium?

I thought I read somewhere that they had all their bank accounts frozen.

Is it definitely pay on the day? Doesn't say on the OS.

Agree OST, not too far away from Swindon and it's a new stadium to visit!

I'm going ....one space left in the flash mobile.....pm me if interested.

I am going. How is everyone going to this?

u-bahn, plane, train

Train, s-bahn, plane and car (hopefully if tight connection from plane happens)

Minibus now full. See you there!

Seat available - Slinky do you still want it? See PM...

1900 sold as of this morning.

Should shift a few more tonight too.

Is Blackpool Red part of your crew Sat by any chance ??

 :nod:

He is indeed!

Oh Dear oh Dear....Ban that St Mirren.

Nice one Mate...........Top lad he is.

Just over 2k now! Would be great if we can take 3k...especially when we took 4k to Leicester last season and that was slightly further than Coventry!

2k is a great figure, is this pay on the day as well or all ticket?

Do we have the extra 1000 tickets on sale for tonight then? I understood that more were available if we sell the initial 2000, which we obviously have.

I am going out on Friday night and my flight leaves at 06:00 on Saturday morning, better regulate what I drink - don't want a Ralphy Walsall incident

The away end can hold up to 3k, with a further 2-3k if required (I remember Leeds taking 6k and West Ham taking 5k over the past few seasons). I presume tickets are still available until we sell as many of the 3k as we can.  

Okay, thanks. I guess we can take 20,000 and there'd still be empty seats  :D

We were 2500 tickets up front according to the ticket office Twitter, once those have gone its pay on the gate up to a max of 6000!

Source?

A friend who had bought his tickets this afternoon. Interestingly their highest league gate of the season is 15,185 at home to Shrewsbury then 12,640odd against Sheffield United! Not sure what the away gate was to these so could have bumped up that figure!

But surely you DO want to end up at the airport? In which case, a Ralphy Walsall incident is exactly what you need.

would guess Sheffield utd brought about 1500 (pretty certain the biggest away crowd In the league , brum brought about 4k I'n the league cup ) ! As you can imagine with the stadium usually only 1/3 full the atmosphere can be pretty poor so the thought of you bringing around 2.5 to 3 thousand should liven things up ! If we can get some sort of result at Bournemouth tonight can see the shrewsbury attendance being beaten ! Enjoy your trip to the ricoh Saturday !

then I shall proceed to drink as much as possible. I have to change at Amsterdam, so there is a big potential for problems

Sold 2,162, with 260 left on sale. Rest are cash only on the day.

Great to see so many sold, lets hope we have a manager before Saturday!

Excluding playoffs and cup games this will be our highest away league attendance since...

Plymouth or QPR in 2004?

Southampton away when Austin scored on the Tuesday night...we must have taken 2,200 there?

In recent years the best I can remember is the 2000 odd at Millwall, Wycombe, Southampton.

I'm pretty sure we took 3,800 to Leicester in the Cup last season.

Edit: Missed the bit where it said 'excluding Cup games'  ::)

I forgot about Wycombe/Millwall in that Play Off season...a toss up between those 2 and Southampton then...and then before that ??

Edit: Millwall 2,196, Southampton 2,046 and Wycombe 2,026

correct anyway!

http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/MatchCentre.asp?MatchID=20120604

Well thank you 8)

Just a shame that some of those people that went to Leicester won't be coming on Saturday, and possibly won't be going to another away game.

:hmmm:

Why?

I was thinking about this the other day, what is our biggest ever away attendance, including cups (but excluding Wembley)?

Didn't we take around 6/7,00 to Fulham a few years ago?

Just had a look at that myself Langers, official figure was 5,996!

Look at it from a numbers point of view. 3800, I would say that in that number you would have a lot of fans who go to home games but never travel away, apart from cup games and playoff games.

We took about 10,000 to Selhurst Park for the Play Off Final replay in '87. I would think it would be that.

Yeah, can't see there being anything higher.

Would love to be part of a following like that, it just doesn't happen any more. Not just from Town, but from any team.

It was fucking amazing. Pretty much all standing as well :nod:

How many did we take to Old Trafford in the League Cup about 15 years ago?

8,000 apparently...http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/MatchCentre.asp?MatchID=19970705

That wasn't an away match though.  It was play-off final at a neutral ground so would have been beaten by the PO finals at Wembley.

Dont know the exact figure but we had at least 15k at wolves in the LC semi in 80. Biggest away following  I've been in.

ah crap cup game derr

Apart from the result, that night was brilliant

How many did we take to Bristol City in 05/06?

Only a 1000 I think - our lowest following there I can remember.

Well then it must be our highest since QPR 03/04, 3186. Also that season we took 2684 to Bristol City.

http://swindon-town-fc.co.uk/MatchCentre.asp?MatchID=20040145

To us get robbed....Andy Gray...the cunt!

And Emlyn Hughes, he's being roasted in hell by WC Fields and Fatty Arbuckle for that foul on Mayes. Bitter, us....

Remember taking shit loads to Stoke that season we just about stayed up . 4-5,000 ?

Decided to head down for this after the appointment, crazy how quickly I feel optimistic again after a week of not being.

Rovers kept us up....cheers gasheads.

How many sold now?

I reckon a fair few will pay on the day, not just cos i'm one of 5 doing it, but everyone has known there will be thousands available on the day, so no pressure buying in advance.

Expecting to see a few on the Euston express.  Can't wait after this evenings news

Although we have our tickets quite a few lads I know are going to pay on the day. Would imagine a fair few hundred will also be doing this. Looking forward to it already.

really looking forward to this

Renewed optimism in your camp after the appointment..

That's putting it mildly. Everyone was slashing their wrists a couple of nights ago  8)

Yeah shocking result, but this league is currently crazy and football has lost the plot lately as whole with crazy scores everywhere.

Hope it is an entertaining game Saturday and both clubs continue to push on.

Exactly!  After Tuesday's performance I was really not looking forward to Saturday but now I am well up for it.

Damn all this optimisim, I'm tempted to head up on Saturday now.

We are crap at home - 5 wins all season, although battered a fair few but not grabbed the all important goal, so you have a good chance of seeing you take something back to swindon

Plymouth  ;)

Hows Leon cunt doing for you?

£68 and 5 Hours on the train says I won't be!

Plymouth, bloody hell best set off now haha.

Leon is on fire at the moment to be fair, 9 in 12, 5 in 5 last away games, and 20 for the season. Starting to adapt more to our style of play and beginning to work harder for the side. All in all a good league one forward oh and will most likely score if we do!

Student loan  ;) few cans on the train and all will be good!

10 in 13 for Leon sorry, so on form and in the mood for gooooaalllls  :D ;)

Leon Clarke is an absolutely massive cunt.

But will shut you up on Saturday in front of your end? you know it will happen when you all wind him up.  ;)

I won't be there but he will still be a massive cunt.

He has had his fair share of problems no doubt about it mate, but to be fair, di canio was portrayed as a cunt to every other set of fans up and down the country apart from yours, everyone to their own opinion though!

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Well I am in the Smoke and before todays news I wud not of bothered but now however??? Coyr's

yeah a fickle one but.have been let down too many times before !!

Nope he's been back a few times since he left and had a shocker! I expect no different this time! By the way, has he cried on your pitch yet and I take it when your lot train, they don't do running??

Clarke has scored 20 goals this season. Ok, he acted like a dick when he was here, but perhaps if we had a bit more of a tolerant manager, we could have been enjoying his goals. Seems managers in this league can get the best out of them.

I expect him to score on Saturday.

This was back in the day when I wasn't really paying much attention to what Town were up to, so I never really new what the hell happened there.

What did he do exactly?

It's strange, he's scored consistently since he left us yet has still played for 5 different clubs in that time. Clearly a good goalscorer at this level but the constant movement suggests there are some personality issues that outweigh his contributions on the pitch.

Or as SY more succintly put it, he is an absolutely massive cunt.

Uncommitted and lazy, so Di Canio got rid.

I expect that to be turned around to make Di Canio evil and the whole thing political

Interesting. I had visions of you sat there in your pants watching Sky Sports News, hoping for Paolo to get sacked for gross misconduct.

I will be missing this due to a golf day at Brickhampton ???

Oh well i reckon it could be a good one with great support....hope you all enjoy it.

STFC Box Office ‏@STFCBoxOffice

Tickets available from the STFC Box Office for tomorrow's game at Coventry until 2pm today. 2,248 sold so far. Allocation of 6,000 #COYR

Clarke played the full ninety minutes as Southampton knocked the Town out of the Carling Cup in the Second Round - but as he left the pitch, the new Town striker was seen arguing with fitness coach Claudio Donatelli. As di Canio approached him with a consolatory arm, Clarke pushed the Town boss away as he continued to protest about the training regime - when the pair eventually got into the tunnel, television cameras captured pictures of an altercation in which it appeared that punches were thrown. Clarke made his way back onto the pitch, where he spent fifteen minutes talking to chairman Jeremy Wray before leaving the ground in full kit. After the chairman backed his manager, and TV footage proved di Canio's side of the argument, the Town boss was quick to state that Clarke had played his last game for Swindon - revealing that the striker had told his agent that he had wanted to leave two days before the game, and though he had seen Clarke's bad attitude first hand since he had signed, he had looked past it in an attempt to integrate him into the squad.
http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Person.asp?PersonID=CLARKELE


tl;dr - he didn't like training

Changed for you.

How odd. I mean clearly the actions are totally unacceptable, wrong time, wrong place, wrong approach. I wonder what his issue was? And why round on the fitness coach?

At a guess....running!

He didn't like the training at the club, specifically the large amounts of running. I guess he felt Donatelli was an easier target than Di Canio.

If you believe some rumours, he wasn't the only one unhappy with the training.

"You telling me I have to run again tomorrow? Fuck that"

Can be clearly heard on the Sky footage on youtube.

Anyway, 4 more paying on the day as we said to ourselves we would only go if we had a new manager in.

Optimism is up and a new gaffa in, Cov are under embargo and down in the dumps.
with 2500 sold in advance and the amount of people who say they are buying on the gate, I along with many others I think would be dissapointed if we didnt take 3000 fans.
Kevin Macs barmy army! :pint:

Following on from yesterday's question about our biggest away following, anyone have any ideas what our lowest is?

I'd imagine a game during the infamous 3-day week of the 70s(?)

Games played midweek in the afternoon cos there was no electricity for the floodlights.

As for a normal games I wouldn't have a clue - although my all time worst experience was getting a right stuffing at Bolton (7-0 I think). Never seen a Town team so devoid of effort or pride

Speaking of Coventry, they have been placed under a transfer embargo.

There were certailnty a few games when we first got relegated to Div 4 where there were about 50 of us. Hudders, Plymouth and Lincoln away were around the 50 mark

CHEATS!  DISGRACE! SCUM! etc.

That comes courtesy of talksport.  Or it would do if they were called Swindon.

I was at a Tuesday night game at Grimsby, think it was our last season in championship, there were only about 40-50 of us there that night

We took 22 to Blackburn for a Simod Cup Premlinary Round game at Blackburn in 1987 if that's any use to you. As you would expect, it was a midweek game.

Oh, by the way, that is a .....

FACT!

40 50 is poor by any standard of football.

Clarke had his issues at swindon but unfortunately we never get to see the full story, similar one with us, when we had Bellamy, he was dire and a right c unit but went on to bigger and better.

Clarke will give your defence a game tomorrow no question about it especially when you lot try winding him up.

Here is to a good game and atmosphere!

Magic, Bury had the same happen to them before we played them and look what happened!

Leon Clarke is a wanker, but will score

Are you saying you genuinely didn't know about Clarke?  Unless you didn’t read a paper, watch any form of sports news, listen to the radio, lived on the moon, I don’t think you’d have missed it.  At least you got people to explain when there was really no need to.

After reading your posts from the last two days, I’m pretty sure you’re just an attention seeker.  And it seems to be working for you, as proved by me discussing you.  Anyhow, you're back. Most are now aware of this.

We did. It played out live on TV.

Similar other than Clark hasn't gone on to bigger and better. In fact, not that similar at all.

2250 sold. It annoys me when people make up figures.

2,248 sold actually. Stop making figures up.  :)

http://swindon-town-fc.co.uk/MatchCentre.asp?MatchID=20061202

In the last 10 years probably this game.

Didn't we take about 50 to this game?

http://swindon-town-fc.co.uk/MatchCentre.asp?MatchID=20000136

Granted, it was more than 10 years ago.

A little over 10 years ago, but I was at this game where the away attendance was given as 111...beating (or not beating) your total by a single supporter!

http://swindon-town-fc.co.uk/MatchCentre.asp?MatchID=20011201

???

We took loads there that day.  Didn't we?  Seemed a decent away crowd anyway.

I went to that game, even though I was only 6 I'm sure it was more than that.

Well played.  :D

The last time we took less than 200 to game was the 189 that went to Exeter for a JPT tie in 2009/10.

The last time we took less than 100 to a game I don't know.

http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/AttendanceStats

Some quite interesting stats on there. Our away attendance last year was very good, beating all but 4 League teams.

I suspect it did have something to do with the fact we were quite successful.

Interesting, although i assume you mean 4th outside of the Championship?

Yes, I automatically excluded the Championship for some reason.

Yeah I was there also, If i'd known how cold it would be that night when i set off, it would have been 1 less :)

I'm sure we took about 75 against Norwich midweek in 2000 in the season we got gubbed. Won 3-1 aswell!

I went too. Defo much more than 50.

Me too. Was an absolute classic, coupled with the fact that i didn't know the time of the last train off South Bermondsey so was bricking it that i might be standed while extra-time and pens was being played out. I can think of a few nicer places to spend the night.

(It was fine in the end - there was one).

Trains booked arrive in coventry at half 11, just in time for the pubs  :D

We best bloody win.

Look at the Championship league table for that game - 2 sides now in the Conference!

Stockport and Grimsby. Shows how easily and quickly it can be to fall out of the League structure

You do realise how far away Cov station is?

Well up for this. Going to the JK English pub/balti house first. Beers and a curry before football!

FFS, where are you sitting?

Fair enough, I remembered completely wrong then!

Hopefully won't have to sit. Let me know where you are and I'll endeavour to 'share' my balti experience. .

I'm going to this. First away game since stoke. Looking forward to it woooo

Sorry Visočan, my fault.  I should have stayed at home, and then the best Ardiles could have done is equalled you.  It was a shit game and we were all in the one stand, too.

I doubt there were many Town fans at this game in 2005. Total attendance of 958

http://swindon-town-fc.co.uk/MatchCentre.asp?MatchID=20061202

I can remember going to Cov for a youth fa cup match. Swindon fans suprised the locals with the numbers we took. Creditable 1-1 there and then. got dicked at 4-0. Anybody else remember this

Quick question, is there a limit to the pay on the day or have we been given the full 6000?

Pay on day up to the full 6000 according to official fb page yesterday.

I seem to remember round about 112, but I might be wrong ;)

Fair play for going from Plymouth!

Dave was clearly mesmerised by the fact that THREE Saint Kitts & Nevis internationals played that day.

Cheers, no need to rush to the ground then.

Ugh. Not with it.

There was a massive Caribbean feel to that game by the looks of things

I'm going to the Greyhound pub and then walk along the canal towpath to the match....ca Ra pub...check it out...

hoping to get up there around mid day so will go with the flow. A few cans on route and hope to get into a pub with enough staff serving behind the bar for a change.

Hey Flash - aren't you missing out on the "Kevin MacDonald" T-shirt opportunity ?

haha I went to that, mex was there to