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As nobody else has started one..

Forgetting all the behind the scenes bollocks, lets fooking have it and rack up three points today. Roar...........

2-1

..wish I was going :(

big swindon win. 3-0.

Lose 2-1

i'm contemplating giving this a miss, i've lost my voice and my lungs are full of shit.

1-0, last minute winner

2-1 to the town just about to catch the train cutting it fine  :?

I'm hoping for a win today - we've had some poor results recently so we need to get back on track.

2-1 to the Town

30 "fans" arrested

Has anyone got a spare STFC World Access that they can lend me for this afternoon's game?

PM please.

2-2. Thats my guess anyway.

Just got a text from Johno...

"We hate rovers and we hate rovers!
Run run run run rovers!
Come on town!"

....as I'm sure some of you are interested  :)

Hasney and Jerel passed fit .... some good news at last!

Peacock out injured

Brez
Comminges
Ifil
Aljofree
Smith
McGovern
Easton
Pook
Roberts
Cox
Paynter

Subs to follow

Smith playing as a left back then.... Comminges on the right?

It will not be a good day for the Town, 0:1.

I think it will get to the players and we suffer a terrible 3-0 home defeat by the dogs.

Given there's been goals in every game this season and only one clean sheet, I'll go for 1-1 draw, Rovers to score first

Mig left, Smith right.

Subs Corr, Zaboub, Allen, Tozer, Sturrock

Ed just interviewd 3 zombies in the Arkells!

My god, who were those goons in the Arkell's being interviewed by Ed Hadwin?

Did he have to remove the sprig of straw from his gob?

Sturrock not seen at the game, yet.......................0:3.

Are they serving drinks today, or was Bob Holt full of it as usual?

Sturrock in the stand,................................0:1.

Anyone else listening through STFC World experiencing regular feed drops?

I don't think it likes Arthur Hunt.....

Early news?  Having Sturrock in the stands is a start, I suppose.  The Daily Mail is a putrid rag, and I'd love their story to be wrong.

Rovers started better. Lambert hit the bar 1st minute. Pook tried to emulate him and hit the corner flag....

Roberts winding up Rovers fans  :D

From Birdy.... Lots of riot police with shields and police dogs. Sturrock in dug out.

Jogging on...

Good save by Brez....

Yep. Bloody annoying!

Already sounds like we're on the backfoot  :(

Christian will be right up for this.

fucking NormanCollier commentating again!

Good job we are not playing the Lions.

Why oh why did that ball drop to Ifil....

I listened to the Brunel commentary on STFC World for about 10 seconds, during which time it broke up about four times. And it sounds like the commentator is Arthur 'totally f***** useless village idiot' Hunt. :?

I've put BBC Swindon on instead. Just getting occasional updates from them is better than full commentary from Brunel.

Useless fuckers.

That is all.

Afternoon OST, you old factoid....

I can't wait until my STFC World subscription runs out and I can listen to BBC RS updates. Only another month to go....

Just spent the last twenty minutes cleaning the bathroom.

Haven't missed anything then.

If you can bear it,switch to the Rovers commentary on World-no hiccups!

Hmmm .. dunno, that's a strange looking stain near the plug hole!

That guy...

Norman Collier (born 25 December 1925 in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England) is a long-serving comedian. He is best known for his legendary 'faulty microphone' routine and for his amazingly lifelike chicken impressions.

Good job I'm not paying for the STFC World coverage ( 8) ) - it's terrible

And this weekend they are doing a 7 day access for 99p (+£39.99 Annual Repeating Automatic Payment thingy)
So if you do it make sure you know how to cancel (or use the credit card details as supplied by the Child Benefit Officers  :mrgreen: )

But you'd have thought their coverage would be top notch during the 'trail' period...

Quiet game then.  (Either that or there's a 14,000 crowd there and only about 5 of us stuck at home.)

I'm presuming there's not much happening, but I also presume that most people will have gone.

Not much happening, although the players are starting to get fired up

Cox booked for a bit of a lunge on Phillips the goalie

Swindon vs Bristol Rovers
Possession
46% 54%
Shots on target
1 5
Shots off target
2 3
Corners
4 4
Fouls
9 5

Trying to listen online through brunel....not happening...therefore stuck refreshing the BBC live score page..boring as hell, no subs at all?

PENALTY!!!!!

Penalty to Swindon!!!!!!

Won by Roberts

COME ON!

Roberts is taking it.....

And Scores

:beers:  :beers:  :beers:  :beers:

:beers:
Get in there! what was the pen for?

Who cares? Was it infront of the Bank? I doubt it, but it would have been sweet!

15 minutes to go!

Those stats make very bad reading.  At least we're level on goals.

Just wondering seeing as there's no commentary!

Get in!!

I think we're attacking the Town End goal in the 2nd half...

The penalty was Roberts diving to win it... (so a foul on Roberts in the box)

Foul by Joe Jacobson (Bristol Rovers) on Christian Roberts (Swindon). Power penalty taken right-footed by Christian Roberts (Swindon) (bottom-left of goal), scored.Swindon 1-0 Bristol Rovers.

Punditry comes naturally to me.

We are. Roberts beautifully controlled a cross into the box and was clattered by the left back ... Styles thought for a few seconds then gave the pen.!

Who were those idiots complaining about Premiership referees?

 :--

Another good save by Brez - sounds like he's played well today. Good for him too.

I just hope some of the monkeys who were throwing bottles at us at the Inn on the Green last April were on the Bank and could see the whites of Roberts' eyes as he slotted the ball past their keeper.

Schadenfreude.

Barry Corr on for Billy Paynter

I'm only repeating what I've read elsewhere...but BBC Swindon are reporting that Sturrock leaves after the game.

Heywood  and Shakes are having a good day!

Fight, Fight, Fight

???

Ifil sent off!!!!!!!!

:shock:

There has been a massive fight on the pitch

Ifil has been sent off

Walker for Rovers has been sent offf

and it's chaos at the moment.....

And another red card for someone Elliott from Roverss

And another fight is breaking

Walker and Elliot off too for Rovers

9 vs 10   :D

So far it's been two seperate mass brawls

Ifil off, 2 Rovers players off....

And it's broken out into another fight... which is still going on...

3 game ban for Ifil though. Not good news.

And a couple of bookings I think.....

Substitution for the Town - trying to get another defender on (Ben Tozer)  and possibly Roberts off?

I think it's restarting now

Rovers have scored.....

but it's disallowed (Lino flags)

Haha how ironic that Roberts survived the red card!

Cloud with a silver lining maybe, he's carrying an injury isn't he?

Cue more fights.......

Fuck me, its all kicking off again now.

Rovers goal disallowed.

Jesus, I wouldn't want to be in town later...

Phil Kite the Rovers physio is now being spoken to by the 4th official and the referee....

It's sounds like a bit of nasty game now....

And the final substitution for Swindon is Zaaboub on for Mcgovern

(pacey man vs 9 players being the theory)

This sounds a bit crazy - wish I had bothered to go now!

Keep them on the bank until midnight ... then watch them all turn into pumpkins.

Be interesting to read the views of those at the match as to what triggered the Ifil/Walker confrontation.

9 vs 9  soapy tit wank

WHAT - Zaaboob RED - YOU FUCKING COCK!

Glad I'm not there.  Had enough of the aggro at the end of last season.  Come on...we need
1. a win
2. Sturrock to stay; and
3. Fitton in.

Good things happen in 3s.

Zaaboub has been sent off - for kicking out at the player

refusing to leave the field.....

He;s been on for about 1 minute!!!!

Sheesh.

Zaaboub off already?!! Ed Hadwin says it should have been yellow

9-a-side it is

to summarise the last 5 minutes:
1. Hansey Aljofree fouls a Rover on the halfway....
2. One Mass brawl
3. 2nd seperate mass brawl
4. Ifil sent off for Swindon, Walker and Elliott for Rovers (10 vs 9)
5. Another mass brawl
6. Roberts off, Tozer on
7. Game restarts
8. Rovers score immediately
9. Ruled out for offside - Ha-Ha
10. another bit of argy-bargy
11. Zaaboub on for McGovern
12. Zaaboub sent off for kicking out at a player, while on the floor.

(Stops for breath)

That cunt is a liability. Just proven my point.

Tits' sending off was ridiculous.

:shock:

9 vs 9

And we're still winning 1-0 by the way

According to Radio Swindon it was for a foul...maybe they missed the kicking out?

For a nearly bankrupt club, we're going to be fined after this game....

and they could do a minor points deduction if they think we really didn't control the players etc...

By the sounds of the Brunel commentary, Zaaboub was on the floor and the play was ongoing.
It sounded like Zaaboub had a lunge while on the floor - although the BBC say serious foul play....

It's all over - We've won, but how much will this cost us....

I'd stay clear of the Town centre for about 4 hours if I were you....

The radio said it's Zaaboub's had a wild swing at a Rover players...

And it's still going on....
Phillips is trying to start a fight as he leaves the field....

Thats how I read it too NR, from the chaotic commentary...

Good lord, what a last 10 minutes.

A points deduction for going down to 9 men? Don't be so fucking stupid

Good to get the win atleast! Just got to hope Sturrock is sticking around now

I imagine they'll throw us out of the league. I mean, no team has ever had two players sent off in a game before have they :roll:

Did you miss out a FACT! after that OST?  :wink:

3 points that will do for now

 :nod:

Luggy on BBC now.

Feels Ifil's card was harsh and only warranted a yellow. Will ask Styles to look again.

Paul Sturrock says Plymouth is NOT A DONE DEAL

No deal with Plymouth - confirmed by Luggy.

Just speculation again :o

Styles lost the plot in the last 15 mins. Philllips overeacted so many times and ref did not batter an eye lid. I can see why Zaaboob was sent off for which was Intent. But i am baffled about Ifill sending off

Everton beat Sunderland 7-1 ... maybe we should get a testicle as a mascot?

Dont give boob shit for his red card, it was not a red card, rob styles lost control of that game, on he may have gone in a bit hard but he didint even make contact, a yellow would have been give by some refs for intent, apart from that those who werent there stop blaming it on boob.

Brez back to top form, make some good saves looked confident.

It was a rather enjoyable game, i think there shuold have been police for the players not the fans

'Not a done deal'.  Have to say, I'm not hugely encouraged by that comment.  Does it mean he's trying to get Plymouth to pay big, or is he trying to get Fitton to show the colour of his money?  Hope it's the latter.

Ifil was sent off for laying on top of Walker. I thought it was OK between consenting adults? Maybe not in the open air though.

He went on to say stuff which SUGGESTED it's not even been talked about

Are you saying he was sent off for dogging?  That'll be a first for English football.

I'll bet Birdy was getting excited  :mrgreen:

if he wasn't going, then he would have said as much. as it is, all he's said is that nothing has been agreed yet.

anyway, first half was shite, two poor teams, second half wasn't much better in terms of quality but had a duious penalty and a goal, multiple-brawls, away fans getting wet, red cards, and a last minute equaliser disallowed for offside. brilliant. that's why i love football.

brezovan was abolutely fantastic as well. probably won us the game.

I can understand why Ifil was sent off, he was pinning their striker down which is just plain daft. Presumably he was provoked somehow but I don't know what they said or did to him. Couldn't really see for Zaaboub's red but didn't see anything out of the ordinary.

Brezovan was absolutely outstanding and kept us in the game with countless saves, back to his best.

Rover's fans were throwing coins at Brez near the end, rivalry is one thing but throwing coins at players is disgusting. Ref was a disgrace lost control of the game completely and once again we come away from a game talking more about the officials than the match itself.

At least it was only coins this time.  They're getting better.

 :D  :D  :D

Ifil says he was pulled over by Walker when trying to play the offside trap

Not dogging! It was missionary position according to Ifil.

He said Walker was holding him, not letting him off rather than him pinning.

Are we becoming seriously undisciplined?

just got back from the Rob Styles show .. not one red card justified .. not fit to referee at all ..

well done to town tho on the result .. i thought a draw would have been fair but we held on well for the win .. Brez was amazing again ...

What a fucking afternoon that was  :D

I hope we appeal against Zaaboub's red card, it was never a sending off.

Ifil probably deserved it for retaliation.

Boob did nothing wrong - Styles lost it big time

wasn't it a lot warmer in the second half?

On a more positive note, as I walked back to my car after the game I saw a Rovers player with a huge shiner on his right eye. Aceness.  :mrgreen:

ooh yes positively toasty

boob IS a cock I'm afraid, agreed it wasn't a sending off, but with the tackles/aggression being shown at that time, it was a time for a calm head  :shock:  and he was a twat.

Cox made a great run and a simple 10 yard pass would have put us 2 up but boob decided to try and dribble the ball around 6 of them.

Corr was lucky to stay on as well with the mood farmer giles was in.

Phillips is a CUNT. He started all the aggro by over-reacting when Cox went in for a 50-50 (never even made contact) and that simply gave the green light to make it the Rob Styles show.

Sturrock clearly stopped himself on the wireless early when he was about to say 'if&when plymouth make an approach' and no I don't know that for definite but he got as far as 'if' and I could name that tune in 1.

Given the amount of managers out of work at the mo, who else might the muff be interested in?? or who might be interested in the muff?...other than Sturrock obviously?

heard nigel clough was at derby today so he's in for Billy, and Billy heads south to muff  :?  8)

Rob Styles totally lost the plot, and in the end he sent off Boob to make the numbers up.

How Phillips got away without a booking is beyond me.

 :mrgreen:

Phillips is a Cunt especially for getting Cox booked, he could have easily got straight back up but knew if he stayed down then Cox would get booked.

Totally agree about the evening things out comment.

Did anyone else think Pook played excellent today. My motm.

I agree

Jack Smith was our worst player today be a mile. Jack shit more like on the performance

no, his tackling and getting stuck in was spot on.

his passing was awful and he got caught in posession too often.

Brez was MotM and I thought Paynter held the ball up really well and often got JPM into the game on the right before he was taken off.

yes i agree, pook was very good.

easton had probably his worst game. it can't be that hard to pass to a man in red, can it?

pook done good-easton looked a yard short of pace today imo, still we won who gives a fook!  :beers:

as its been said before, thats what footballs about and well happy I went.

my mom was brez easily

you're mum is Brez

I thought he was a dude!!

Chubbs mum was a dude?  :shock:

Agreed, he was different Gwavy.

Rovers fans are so fickle. Now they're calling for Trollope to be sacked.

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  pricks.

We were shit and we won, I love it  8)

 8)

hehehehehehehehehehe

brez is back- well at least until january.

i don't think so. the ref today and last week was far too card happy.

unfortunately, these stupid bookings may cost us both financially and in terms of results.

we weren't great, they weren't much better. brez made a string of excellent saves and looks back to his assured best.

pook had a decent game, easton drifted in and out at times. roberts and mcgovern were frustrating, showing flashes of ability but then disappearing entirely.

paynter was disappointing again, kept coming deep and isolating himself.

Other than the red cards (which added to the overall occasion) I completely enjoyed the game. We were crap and should have lost but were saved by a superb performance (back to his old best) by Brezovan, and won by a penalty that was won and scored by a 'shithead' (I don't think those twats understand that they have two in their team).

By the best moment for me was their 'goal', they score, the fans on the bank giving it all that to the Town supporters, only to realise that.. oh no the flag has gone up. FUCKING PRICELESS

Here here,thoroughly enjoyed 2nd half,its not often we get that sort of drama in the lower divisions and yes,seeing rovers celebrate that goal was the moment of the season so far at home.

i didn't realise it was offside and was fuming  :oops:

brez fucking superb!!!!
easton and pook were great but we need a midfielder who can unlock a defence more than anything else.comminges also had the best game i've seen him have.
roberts may have scored but was awful today,as was ifil.
oh and jp was crap too.
but we won so hey ho,and i wonder who the next boss will be?

Read this, they rip into Styles big time.
http://www.bristolrovers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10328~1175167,00.html

"Roberts fell over like a weakling" :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  OK is wasn't a blatent penalty but what about the shove on Cox in the box in the first half when their player was looking for him and not the ball

After they have had sack loads of penalties this season, combined with the fact that the wind seemed to blow over some of their players today (including that fairy Phillips) I don't think they can complain

It may have been slightly soft, but there was contact on the penalty. So tough shit.

Other than that Styles was awful and the game descended into glorious farce!
MArvellous.

we had 1 shot on target  :soapy tit wank:
Fucking shambles

Plus points - We got 3 points and Brez seems to be back to his best.

Minus points - We were shite and didn't deserve the win.

Stiles was a complete wanker and seemed to be completely clueless.

I hope the club appeal both red cards as from what I saw neither were justified.

Rovers also seem to have more than their fair share of chavvy little cunts....

the last rovers match rob styles reffed was against Reading in 2000, on that day two Bristol Rovers players got sent off?

what was the last game we had styles? was it that one against Bournemouth where he sent of Andy Gurney for us and Josh Gowling for the muff?

No, Brez was my MoM by far. We would've lost today without him.

:nod:  :nod:
 :D

Ha, from Rovers site:

'The match saw one extremely suspicious spot-kick, four red cards, a splattering of yellow cards and one shamful refereeing display'.

They are bitter are they? 8)

In fact this whole article's a quality read :mrgreen:

http://www.bristolrovers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10328~1175167,00.html

tbh from the far endish of the kingswood the penalty look a bit soft, but meh

SHITHEAD, SHITHEAD, SHITHEAD

 :D

Now that was funny. They were celebrating, for ages AFTER the flag had gone up. The  :wanker: signs they were getting all over the ground, soon made them realise that they goal was disallowed.

Can't remember the last game, but I can remember the first, against Birmingham.

George Ndah, gets elbowed in the face, causing a dislocated cheekbone...Rob Stiles books him for 'diving' !!

He hasn't improved. :shock:

Thats actually one of the most entertaining match reports I've read on an official site.

Difficult to make an objective assessment given I only have Brunel FM's commentary to base an opinion on, but it doesn't seem too far wide of the mark.

But their still bitter inbred chavvy cunts.

Or maybe it was for nutting Corr? Haven't laughed so much in ages as when the Wovers wankers were celebrating their non-goal - they just went on and on, we were pissing ourselves.

Loved the comment...Roberts collapsed like a weakling!  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

What's quite funny on that site is the nickname for Paul Trollopes is "Trolls"

Thus "Trolls unhappy with Referee" etc...

In think Trolls is a good way to describe most Bristolians - especially the ladies...

There's a reason why I look at the linesman pretty much every time anybody scores a goal  :D

Wish I could have seen it, sounds hilarious

I saw the flag quite early, but noticed the on-going celebrations, and wondered if he'd been overruled. The town end sounded like we'd just scored when it was finally ruled out :D

Seeing those thick Worzel's celebrate for 2 minutes only to see that the flag had gone up for offside was priceless.

not forgetting them celebrating ifil getting sent off, then going very quiet when 2 of their's followed him in. brilliant.

That article is a great read.

Sometimes I think the reports on our OS tread too far on the side of caution. That Rovers report's just 100% honest opinion (even if it is a teensy bit biased!)

Ditto. I saw the flag as it went up. My heart was in my mouth at the time though, they definitely deserved more from the game.

As for the penalty - I thought it was the correct decision. A bit like Aljofree's at Leeds, although I was saying it wasn't a penalty at the time. A mix of sour grapes, drunken perspective and without seeing it on tv.

Final whistle seeing Phillips go for Roberts amused me.

Surely Phillips should be used to losing! I'd love to know what Roberts said to provoke him though!  :mrgreen:

I thought Cox did an excellent job of winding everyone up without actually doing anything wrong, save the booking incident.

 :D

I was talking to Cox after the game about our shared hate of Philips!!  :soapy tit wank:

I haven't forgotten you punching me in my back madam. You're so gonna get it at the next game you little hoolie  :wink:

it took you ages to realise I was doing it - cant of hurt that much!  :P

It didn't hurt at all, and yes, it did take me an age to realise  8)

http://www.football.virginmedia.com/page/bristolroversvideo/0,,12555~1175741,00.html


Highlights up. The incident where the 2 players got sent off looked spot on, didn't see the other red for Rovers. Zaaboub's is an absolute joke...have a look again, I actually had to laugh at that one.

OMG he didn't even go down. Contact was minimal to say the least. A booking at best.

All except Elliot's red are being appealed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_2/7113830.stm

the rovers twat hobbling away after the boob tackle was properly comical