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To be honest must say that Nigel Bennett is an absolute spoon, saying that Mike Wilks doesnt represent a large part of the fan base he is talking absolute bull and will get a wake up call the large majority of fans are right behind the consortium, perhaps he should realise as chairman of supporters club that he bairly represents any supporters and that the minimum share his views he should practically live in Newbury.  So hypocritical of him to say lets not divide the crowd what is he attempting to do by condemning the revolution?? exactly hes trying to get more people not too.  Mr Bennett I consider myself a true fan and I can assure you I will be wearing Orange because I want a future for this club, bring on the Orange Revolution I really hope its a sea of orange so that before you start speaking on behalf of fans you think a little first, rant over!

Bring on the Orange Revolution  :beers:

Nigel's not the SC chairman, he's their press officer. Personally, I've got a lot of time for Nigel, who works tremendously hard to raise funds for the Centre of Excellence etc but on this, sadly, I suspect he's badly out of step not only with the fanbase as a whole, but with most SC members. Ho hum, onwards and upwards. Viva!

Where has he said this

Where has he said this

Todays adver disgraceful comments made me angry  :evil:

Cheers mate.we should have a fans divide powers supporters in the arkells and the ones who dont in the nationwide

The stand with the most wins :D

I think you could fit those who don't in a corner of the Stratton Bank, macca, we'll need the Nationwide for the majority who do. :D

Ha Ha and they would get wet and rightly so.

Yes good shout I shall certainly be in the arkells, reckon the support for the current board though you should be in the stratton bank for 2 reasons 1 its smaller so should fit all of them and 2 they should be made to freeze there asses off for backing such a crooked bunch of greedy cunts!!

The actual quote from Nigel Bennett was 'with the prospect of the local derby tomorrow I cant believe any true fan of the team would want to wear any symbolic colour other than our traditional home colours of red and white.  "what is more the campaign is backed by Mr Wilks who recently claimed 99.9% of fans wanted change, which in pure numbers means that just five people out of the last home crowd did not share that opinion.  "that is clearly nonsense and with Paul Sturrock who recently presided over one of the best performance in years calling for the retention of status quo it is unhelpful when certain groups try and divide the fans and spread the gospel of mistrust.  "I hope all fans get behind the team tomorrow and show there true allegience to the badge of Swindon Town and hopefully roar them onto three points".

Ironic that he says true couple of times in there whilst backing the current board, does Bob Holt write his statements now.

How sickening sweet

"show their true alliegience to the badge of Swindon Town and hopefully roar them on..."  he just needs a "yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaahhh" and a high five at the end there and we'd we well away.

Personally, Nigel Bennett should be SACKED....end of.

He seemingly has his own agenda, as proved by his comments regarding BP letter signed by the Personal Banker of Lloyds of Mayfair.

He is now the unofficial club spokesman, and for that the SC should get rid of him.

Thought the SC was supposed to be non-political?  So is this a personal comment from Bennett or an official SC statement?

Either way it is a shame to have the SC get involved and risk alienation by some fans, this would be detrimental to the undoubted good work the SC do.

Mr Bennett, I know you read this forum. How dare you imply I am not a true fan for wearing Orange. You are an intelligent person but that is a stupid thing to say.

and what's to stop me wearing both Orange and Red?  why would wearing orange impact on my vocal support of the team on the day, unless the colour has magical powers that prevent use of voice and nobody has told me.

Seems with Mr Bennetts comments that the current board have suceeded in turning fans against each other - and Im losing patience with fans who are backing the current regime by doing nothing - a laissez faire attitude will lose us our football club Mr Bennett.

- Also TBH if Mr Bennett is saying people who wear orange arent true fans then quite frankly he is totally wrong - how can someone reperenting the supporters club even suggest this!

- I am wearing Orange AND RED anyway!
Power 2 to the People Comrades!

the phrase out of step springs to mind.

I'm not very happy with the "true supporters" dig either to be honest.

But that's life.

Nigel Bennett is wanker.

That is all.

when i am king he will be first against the wall!

in fairness though, he's entitled to his own opinion, and if he disagrees with the orange revolution then that's up to him. the challenge is to win these people over.

nigel bennett makes some valid points.
also just because his opinion differs to most on here doesn't mean he deserves some of the bile written in this thread about him.

Theres no bile on this thread..this is a worrying development and possibly more damaging than the Sturrock comments.

are all fans behind the orange campaign?
has sturrock came out and critised the take over talk?
is there tension between supporters and the board?
 alot of what bennett said i disagree with, but some of his points are valid.
fans need to unite fully one way or the other,or large numbers are needed to have an effect.i'm all for the orange protest but can see why others ie bennett are not

The whole point of the orange reveolution is so it does not detract from the performances on the pitch or distract the team. Would he rather we had sack the board chants which would distract the players?

are all fans behind the orange campaign? vast majority of fans who know about it are behind it, the popularity of the campaign will grow in the coming home matches.
has sturrock came out and critised the take over talk? sturrock publicly came out yesterday and said that he would prefer stability, fans have not criticised him for this they are merely disappointed that he chose to comment on the situation.
is there tension between supporters and the board? I think it is obvious there is tension and its only get worse.


I dont feel Mr Bennett made any valid points he felt he could speak on behalf of all true fans but just made himself look a mug, personally I know a large number of Swindon fans and not one shares his so called view, he might as well have a seat on the board.

I think Mr Bennett has just done more to split the fans than anybody else so far.

Seething about what he's said - there is no split, or at least wasn't until he claimed that there was! Everybody is united behind the team, just not the board. The anti-board feeling does NOT detract from the players - he's perfectly free to make his points, but not as to whether I am a true fan or not. That is bloody insulting and plain ignorant.

And no matter what his opinion is, if thats the one he's choosing to take then he is burying hs head a good few hundred yards below the sand.

Fool.

An apology is required if you've got the balls.

Seething about what he's said - there is no split, or at least wasn't until he claimed that there was! Everybody is united behind the team, just not the board. The anti-board feeling does NOT detract from the players - he's perfectly free to make his points, but not as to whether I am a true fan or not. That is bloody insulting and plain ignorant.

And no matter what his opinion is, if thats the one he's choosing to take then he is burying hs head a good few hundred yards below the sand.

Fool.

An apology is required if you've got the balls.

The quote was 'with the prospect of the local derby tomorrow. I can't believe that any true fan of the team would want to wear any symbolic colour other than our traditional home colours of red and white'

For starters, I dont think wearing red makes you any more of a fan than someone who doesnt wear colours.

There are plenty of people who turn up to all the games and probably dont own a Swindon shirt.

Secondly, I cant believe that any true fan of the FOOTBALL CLUB can would want to support this current board after 5 years of moving backwards both on and off the pitch, having still not paid all the bills. Having got no where with the stadium and lieing to the share holders....

...but each to their own.

I dont know if its Nigel personally or the supporters club but their fence sitting is a bit annoying. They dont really want to say anything about anything ever

His other quote

'I hope all fans get behind the team tomorrow and show their true allegiance to the badge of Swindon Town and hopefully roar them onto victory'

well what else are we going to do?

also, anyone with the name Bennett is an idiot  8)

Has the Supporter's club site alays had an Orange background or has it changed colour?   8)

http://www.swindontownsupportersclub.com/1.html

And what's this about skeet about there being previous between Nigel and Mike Wilkes?

Site was redesigned this season and the new colours were introduced then Dazza

http://www.antennas-to-heaven.com/minorthreat2.jpg

How good is that background??  If they change it, that'd be class.  At the end of the day we've had a good start to our campaign, thanks to Mr Bennett the radio and the Adver a lot of people will know why we are doing what we're doing, and that was the first hurdle to overcome.

People going to the game will know that us in orange are annoyed with the current board.  Which will make a nice change from when I wore my orange ribbon last home match and had some weird looks.

What follows from here is anyone's guess.

Supporters club  :wanker:

Not to mention the  :arsekisser:  going on.

All in all.  :fu:  You speak for no one Bennett.

you're not my mum

Any reply from the SC regarding Bennett ?

Has he been booted out yet ?

i'm sticking put damn you, what's the SC?

supporters club you gay

That's a bit unfair, Spencer - I don't think Nigel's comments represented the views of the Supporters' Club at all. Which is what infuriated so many people - that he passed off his own views, deeply insulting to at least 1500 people at the game today, as those of the SC. The SC do some fantastic work and I'd hate to see them get tarnished by some ill-considered comments by one individual.

Beat me to that Mr Davis

It would be nice if the SC press officer told the press to emphasise this was a personal view and not necessarily that of the SC then.

How many members do the supporters club have?

200? 250? at most? Most of those are grannies. They'd go anywhere with Barnes' coaches. John O'Groats for tea and scones.  Yes please. Just make sure we have 600 piss stops for my ageing bladder and the radio on volume 10 for my hearing aid. :mrgreen:

Harsh but fair.  :soapy tit wank:

No, not fair and, in any case, not relevant - I know a lot of SC members across the spectrum young, middle aged and "more mature". All of them are passionate town fans, and that's what counts. We've got no grudge against the SC - please let's not let Nigel's silly comments create a divide between fans - Newbury are actively working to create splits in the fanbase and would be delighted if this helped them to achieve it. Let's just accept Nigel was not speaking for the SC, was a bit silly, and put this to bed.

Still only got 200 members though.

From what I can see the make up of the STFC fan base is that around 40% of fans want the new consortium. 50% are totally apathetic and just want to watch football. And 10% want them to stay out of some blind loyalty to anything STFC.

Apathy is the enemy. And peace and love comments dont really help.

Ive got a grudge against the supporters club. They are BORING!  :mrgreen:  But then Im a drunken disgrace most games and I can say whatever I want without any hang ups!

 :D

Dont be so hard on yourself Spencer, it will all come good in the end.!! :P
 :beers:
Millom