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Wemberly, Wemberly, We're The famous Swindon Town And We're Going To Wemberly!

(We're probably not though).

Cold, wet, miserable weather, no atmosphere, shit attendance, 4 hour round trip, can't wait...

I'm undecided whether I want to go or not.

A reminder that it's a 7.30 kick off tonight.

i aint going.

ive got the joys of a work night out to look forward to

I know have to be in Scotland tomorrow for 10.00 am so will not be attending. Do you want my ticket Sam ?

Got a cold but not been to football since Hartlepool match so will probably go!

Thought you went to every home game Gaz?

Slippery slope my friend.............

under the thumb...

No


He is just looking forwrd to seeing Sadie this weekend

:D

Probably going to give it a miss mate.

No Grant Holt tonight (suspended).

5 hour round trip, touch and go for a 7:30 kick off and it's going to cost a lot in fuel and ticket money.

I doubt I will go, though I thought I wanted to but Saturday's performance hasn't enthused me.

I brought my tickets last week so no choice - grrrrrrrrrr

In kind of hinges on whether I am able to purchase a warm coat at Luchtime - dont wish to sit feeling nippy all night

I'm going to the game, I see they are forecasting 'FOG' around 21.00 hours, could be a nasty return journey home.

I only missed Woking, because didnt want the embarassment of going out of the cup to another non league team ala Histon!

I'm going. Hope it will be a better game than Saturday. Which, to be honest wasn't very entertaining really was it?

I wish our fans weren't so quiet whenever the town end is shut.

Guffaw Guffaw

i have deja vu :)

i'm not going. i'm seeing seth lakeman tonight.

True, but Sadie knows who my first love is and its STFC. :D

Douglas straight back in and murmours of Macnamee & Ferry "injured" so I suspect he and Ferry will be rested, I'm hoping Easton is given match time tonight and Charlie Austin is given a decent run out, and perhaps see Henshall in the 2nd half.

I think there is a rule that you have to play x amount of players that have played during the season so far, so won't be many changes from either team.

One plus point is that it is Tope's last game though....

Another fucking part-timer! :D

ITS OK EVERYONE I HAVE A NEW COAT!  ;D

Congratulations! :hmmm:

I am only going to shout abuse at Cureton.

Yup only come out for the big matches like the JPT :D

Eugh I forgot about him
eugh I forgot about him

He will be playing tonight!!

Oh yeah - when i got the tickets today i had a quick moan about the Town End being closed.

Nice chap said something abaout saving money.

Did they see the gate on Saturday??

Does that mean the nippy feeling is off?

Hopefully - although this may be replaced by a queasy feeling at the site of Jamie Cureton!

i think i speak on behalf of all men that we're glad you won't be feeling your nipples tonight charlotte.

you love him really.

previuos encounter perhaps? ;)

 :dance:

Thanks Sonique!

I actually think it might be time to wear the new hat I brought ages ago but its not been cold enough to wear yet???? whoop!

To bring my Heat magazine or not is the next descion..........

I would ,you could light a fire and keep everyone warm.

bought, bought, bought, bought, bought.

I havent bought my ticket yet. Doubt I will bother.

Oh I do apologise Queen Daniel

the names dave...

In fairness, JFW might have brought the hat she bought to a game but it wasn't cold enough to wear it.

(And there's an apostrophe in haven't)

Have mine if you want it Dave

Looks like you can't even give it away Fred  :)

Consider yourself spanked


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Beilieve you me I would rather be there than getting up at 4 am and driving to that god forsaken place

I hope he gets done over tonight!

I still don't get all the Cureton hate.

i did at the time, not anymore...

Nippy wont mind!...ime going,feel its a big match for us...big bonus Holt being suspended....Douglas being back should be a big boost.....off to the County for a few now.

In the event of a draw does anyone know if it goes straight to penalties or extra time then penalties.

Straight to Pens I believe to make the competition "more exciting"

Thanks gazza much appreciated.. 

I hope we just win straight off then - cant be doing with sitting around in the cold more than necessary plus I normally go to bed at like half nine so its waaay past my bedtime!

As you can tell Im really looking forward to tonight!  :D

I thought it was because they don't want little uns having to stay up late, hence the early KO's.

Yeah i hope we win it without going to pens aswell.

and the old before the time over worked 20 somethings???

Ands have 6 of your main starting 11 or something., I remember when this rule was changed teams were fined all over the place. I think We were fined when Sturrock was in charge for fielding an "under strength team" in the JPT despite winning against Brentford? 

Does anyone else get pissed off that whenever theres just 2 stands open we get outsung all game by the away fans who must go away thinking we are the quietest supporters EVER?  >:( ::)

Apart from big games we are the quietest supporters ever (slight exaggeration).

Yeovil Away, Bristol City Away......

When we go away...we outsing the away fans at most matches,its the way it is....on away matches the fans that sing are all stood together,home matches see the fans that sing spread around the ground.....its down to the team to get the fans singing(Southampton) sometimes.

 Scary to think it's now over 20 years ago, that we turned over Norwich 2-0 in the tin pot full members cup...10,000 + that freezing Feb night, cracking atmosphere, no need to shut the TE... fucking bands or owt.

 Norwich had some right cunts in their side....the sainted Culverhouse aside, and were topflight, we also did them in the cup at Carrow Road.  The likes of Steve Bruce and Mike Phelan..cocks of the first order....throw in the annoying sweatie Fleck, and it was guffaws all round as Shaun Elliot notched an og...as the Canaries crumbled under incessant pressure from the likes of Chalkie, Bamber and Quinn. I know it's not Obadeyi, Paynter and Revell... :)

Looking forward to this for some reason. Probably because it surely can't be any worse than Saturday.

What a night.....also remember a FA Cup victory at their shit heap....

Right laptop off..........im on me way...

Thanks for that my little ray of sunshine


(sadie got the painters in ?)

No and must you take the piss out of my personal life because finally I find someone who can stand and put up with me? I can take the shit on a forum about STFC but I havent dragged my personal life on here, is it necessary you must do? Think its a bit harsh personally.

Think Gazza's got his painters in!!

Oooh. I feel like I've missed something. Is there a thread where I can catch up on Gazza's personal life?

whoa whoa whoa

you need to desensitise Gaz

It was a fucking joke FFS

im with gaz on this one. :)

Gaz, my simple advice to you is if you don't want your personal life bought up in 'public' then dont splash it all over facebook...

Are you looking forward to seeing sadie this weekend?

Internet working again on this disease ridden laptop so tuning in.

People might poo poo this competition but the % of the people who would go to Wembley if we got there I suspect would be in the high 90s.

 :D

Is it the same Sadie that used to post on here a few years back?

In a word, no.

You're looking forward to seeing sadie at the weekend to?

Sharp Dan

smith
lescinel
greer
cuthbert
amankwaah
easton
douglas
mcgovern
revell
paynter
hutchinson

9 changes for City

Forster
Otsemobor, Nelson, Askou, Wiggins
McVeigh, Adeyemi, Tudor-Jones, Dawkin
Cureton, McDonald

Cureton <3

At last Easton gets a start.

stop in the name of love - the supremes.

an evening with radio wiltshire

I thought so.

Good to see Easton getting a start. That line up suggests he's out wide and JPM in the middle.

Is Austin and/or Henshall on the bench

It's not as cold as I thought it was, it will be empty today!

orient, leeds, swindon and bradford would bag me £112.50

no Henshall then

Jakububulivsicoskksbivi, Morrison, McNamee, Peacock and Austin on the bench

Fair play to tope, didnt have to be there as knew he wasnt playing but came down to support the team.

To me it looks like a central 3 with Revell and Hutch out wide

My thoughts exactly K.O.T

Yeah I realised that on a second read.

Although I think its more likely Revell down the middle so we can hoof it to him.

I am liking the line up

I am not but then I think a team should always have wingers. Whether its 4-4-2 or 4-5-1 you need two wingers.

There was a young man called Dave,
Who'd leave big gaps between an occasional Shave,
He'd whinge about wingers,
and whine about whingers,
Until someone got fed up and hit him in the face.

 :D

I made myself laugh to be honest. That's some pretty good limmericking.

I like it :)

Turn the fucking music off then you numpties.

That's better.

Wow, they are actually leaving the interent on :)  Is it because its a cup game?

Paynters a bit wide. He should lose some weight.

billy is not exactly deadly is he

We should give paynter super fun ironic nickname. Like Billy "The Panther" Paynter.

I work with someone called harry panther. I want his name

my mate is called jack thunder, no really, he has a son called lenny buster thunder.

There was a you fella called Dave
Who fucked a dead whore in a cave
You'd think of him blunt
to fuck a dead cunt
but think of the money he'll save

I think I perfer Bens effort...

Phil King "the game is a bit of a nothing game really"

:)

He says it like it is.

In other Football news, German International Keeper Robert Enke killed in Car Accident.

Says that Enke threw himself under a train??? Only 32 and a good keeper.

Where do you see that? On BBC it just says accident. He would have been first choice at the WC as well, thats crazy if true.

Hooray, after 2 hours and 5 minutes v norwich we finally have a shot on target.

Maybe he was listening to the game

http://goal.com/en/news/1863/world-cup-2010/2009/11/10/1617005/germany-goalkeeper-robert-enke-dies-aged-32

Thats unbelievable, especially if it is suicide.

wahoo half time.

What an awful half of football! We seem to be holding our own, hopefully in the 2nd half somebody can make a claim for a first team place

Well that was rather dull

who is the deacon reporting from chippenham?

funboy 3 fucking tunnnneeeeee

My old man says its a better game than the game against Woking.

mine didnt, he said he nearly nodded off :)

Are the southern semi finals two legs? i know the final is

There are 48 teams which get to be in the JPT yeah? It guess it's still just north and south, so 8 of those teams will make a regional semi final. So teams should average about a semi every 6 years. Obviously you'd expect teams who spend more time in L1 than L2 to get there a bit more often due to quality, but I guess that gets averaged out a bit by the fact you can get a bye through the first round.

I guess we're due a semi then?

Im due a semi

Now having to explain to the wife why I'm laughing.  Not heard that expression for about 30 years.  Poor old Joey.

I'm going to walk to the shop to get some fags. Guarantee a goal.

revell and hutchinson off for macnamee and austin

I'm guessing no goal then.

I'm abandoning the game, in hope of some excitement for the rest of you.

That was a long walk!

Scores in the southern section.

Franchise 3 Cobblers 1
Orient 1 Hereford 1 (gone to Pens)

The bridge worked!

I just got in, sounds like I have missed fuck all!

This isn't Ed Hadwin?!?!

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Hereford won on pens

Did hodgetts used to do commentary all the time before hadwin, around the turn of the century?

   
            
  It might not be any use if it's between 2 legs !

oooh close from austin

does this go straight to pens?

yes

yep 2 minutes added on

Just read this...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_deacon

...and now feeling suitably chastened.  Amazing guy.

Edge of the seat stuff at the CG tonight then.

A good crowd really, just under 5k apparently.

Austin to bag the winning penalty then?

Penalties, it would be nice for Austin to get the winner

Is there a radio link? Can someone post it?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlive/bbc_radio_wiltshire/

Paynter Douglas JP McNamee Amankwaah

Thanks!

OTJ - Scores

Paynter 1-1

Smith so close!!

Phil smith ALMOST saves

I love how Hodgetts and King are so un-BBC and are completely biased towards Town :)

Austin-yessss

Austins first goal!

Nice one Charlie  :)

we seem quite good at pens now

"Fancy him to miss this...." - goal

Amankwaaaaaaaaah

We must've been practicing.

Damm - come on Easton!!

Shit.

disaster

Oh well

Fuck off midget cunt.

oh dear.

ghey

Fucking Cureton!!!! Hes gonna win it for them

game over.

cureton is dead

Fucking Cureton.

fuck sake!!! why am i never confident when we have penalties

Fuckin typical!

It had to be that cunt.

i fucking hate jamie cureton

Thats what happens when you have a team that cant score goals!

Ah well, concentrate on the league (and the FA Cup)

Dont think we'll win either

At least we kept a clean sheet

We dont seem to have the balls to win pressure games, like we used to.

At home against Norwich reserves!

Wiltshire Shield is surely in the bag though!

Another barren game in front of goal... Nice.

Was tonight a pressure game?

Any game which could go either way is probably more apt.

I suppose a lack of goals (from us) will lend to a certain amount of pressure i.e. if we concede first then there's a fair chance we'll not win the game  :(

I honestly thought were going to win this competion.

How annoying  >:(

I couldnt care less about the fucking PMT Trophy,who wants to go to a meaningless Wembley occasion when we've done it for real

Me! I was only at the Sunderland Play off final.

 :banging:

JPT would be hell of an anti-climax after that  game!

Me,cant see me going again until we go to Wembley. :D

I was 11 and to be honest only remember bits and pieces about the game! I remember the Leicester game but had to run home from school and listen to Extra time on Radio 5 with a crappy reception!

I drove to the Sunderland game  :( parked in some hotel car park next to loads of Sunderland coaches  :) . Alan Mac 1-0. If my memory serves me well he scored in front of the Sunderland fans. I was behind the goal near the front, not the best of views TBH. Got a coach to the Leicester game  :beers:

Just got back, and we played a lot better than Saturday. We controlled most of the game, and they only had two efforts of any note. The back four was solid and didn't give much away. I thought Douglas and Easton played very well together, and I would'nt mind seeing that midfield partnership in a league game. Paynter worked his arse off, and when Austin came on he showed more in 25 minutes than Hutchinson has done since he's been here, but their back four won a lot in the air all game.

The lineman on the Arkells side had a shocker, hardly getting a decision right all game, and you know that Cureton would not miss, even though he didn't have a particularly good night and celebrated like he'd won the Cup, the tosser.

So that's 2 cup competitions now knocked out on penalties.

Give me a wet saturday in Carlisle any day

Went tonight...very,very dissapointing for me,Cuthbert and Greer apart it was pants...passionless and full of players playing out of position....Douglas was sound but spent the whole match back peddling to pick the ball up....Paynter,Revell and Hutchinson were poor though to be fair Hutchinson was played in midfield!
Easton was rubbish...JPM was too deep..i for one is getting pissed off with these home performances.
Oh and Smith for the penalties just stood like a lemon and watched..no gamesmanship no real attempt to pt abit of pressure on the takers.
Believe me ime one of Swindons biggest fans but that was shit tonight for me...playing a game that would have looked negative away from home.
Austin should start next match,took his pen well and did more in 20 mins than Paynter Revel and Hutch...he looks very promising.
Very cheezed off.

I enjoyed the shootout to be honest. I think it was mainly down to the fact that I wasn't really too fussed either way. Shame we lost but oh well.

We played better than Saturday. Thought we deserved to win the game if i'm being honest. We were a lot better in midfield. Easton looked quite good and it was great to see Douglas back. Would like to see Easton in for Timlin. We passed it well but there were some dire hoofs mixed in as well. We seemed to plod along like we did against them at Carrow Road and didn't really create anything clear cut at all. Last 10 minutes was really good to see. We picked up and started looking like we really wanted to win the game. Better quality from Manks, JFL and Macca may well have seen some end product. All the players were decent enough although Greer and Hutchinson had poor games. Cuthbert was immense again and Austin looked very good when he came on. His touch is superb for a player who was playing at such a low level before he signed for us.

Agree with 69, thought we did ok until the final third, total lack of fire power and finesse in front of goal.  No guile or craft in that particular area.  Bill P put in an exceptional shift, Hutchinson was - well - crap.  Charlie looked quite bright when he came on, wasn't frightened to have a go, even if it was 30 yards out.  Not a bad tenners worth, just a disappointing result.

I think Leefer is being a bit harsh myself.

First half was fairly even, a bit ploddy but not many chances. A low whipped cross by JPM should have been scored by Paynter.

Second half we were the better team but didn't really turn the screw until the last 15 upping the pace and pinning Norwhich back. Still didn't create any clearcut chances but put in numerous crosses.

Personally I thought JPM had a good game.Lots of good crosses and a decent work rate.

Good turn out for Norwhich too.

Look...i said our defence played well...Smith didnt have a shot to save,but thats probably down to the fact that our midfield in Douglas and Easton were playing like defenders too...the rest was pants....JPM did ok but again he was too deep.

Neither team was ever going to score. Was still a fairly entertaining game. i can't help but think that if Charlie Austin got a run in the team he may come good!

Hmm, personally I got home a lot happier after losing tonight than I did from the win on Saturday. Pretty entertaining game and thought it was a much better performance all round, especially second half. It wasn't a game I expected to win or a competition I'm particularly bothered about, so I was just pleased with what seemed to me a much more coherent performance. And Austen gave me some hope for the future - he looked pretty lively when he came on.

I thought it was an ok game to be honest,I've been to a lot worse Simod autoglass and whatever name it's been in the past.I dont think these games are ever likley to be fantastic unless we draw the pox.Im not sure if it's me but it had that friendly type feel to it although both teams wanted to win it i did't see any crunching full blooded tackles except for when douglas looked like he was going to be injured.

It was something to do on a tuesday night,although it's a shame we did't win, it wasn't crucial and that's how i feel the players viewed it.

Surely austin deserves a start in the next game.

Whereas DW said he wanted to win the game, i'm not so sure or alternatively some of our players didn't give a fuck. As Russ says there was no tackling, no great desire to beat Norwich reserves. In the last 15 we just weren't committing men forward and were always outnumbered. It very much had the feel of a friendly rather than a must win game to bring in revenue.
On the positive side, Austin had some very good touches and looked lively. From that 20 minute cameo he's ahead of all the loan strikers for me.

Anyone else think that Revell should go back to Southend. He had one cracking game but since has looked pretty shite.

I thought it was a good game. Agree with most of the comments, Austin looked good and Hutchinson was utter rubbish. Austin deserves a chance, nothing to lose. Another thing was that I thought Lescinel had his best game in a Town shirt tonight. Got forward more and looked more composed.

Yes

town looked solid, then began to dominate when mcnamee and austin came on. until then we just didn't have any pace going forward. cuthbert is quality.

when was the last time we won on pens?

Aldershot?

agree

Exeter. Last round.

ahhh yes!

No. Go an post on Thisis because that post sounded like one of those idiots. I think he's been pretty decent. He's offered us something different to Billy but they just can't play together. He's like a better Barry Corr for me. But of course our fans would rather have Corr...

We looked pretty decent when we went 442 for the last 15 minutes surely Wilson can see that Austin and Paynter is our best pairing, Hutchinson should just be sent back now and I can not make my mind up about Revell. It was also good to see Douglas back in the middle doing the simple things that Timlin struggles at.

I just have a real sinking feeling when we get pens. I've mentally packed up and gone home. I'd love to see our record over the last 10 shootouts to see if my defeatist attitude is justified or not.

I might go and nerdily check this out now.

It's 2 or 3 wins from the last 10. No more than that.

I fucking despair sometimes some of the comments on the Advertiser website are just plain laughable. Half those mongs posting clearly didn't go to the game tonight and some are even saying their running out of patience with Danny  ::)

I thought we did alright tonight. Decent game of footy and i though Douglas, Easton, JPM, Paynter & Cuthbert were all my pick of the bunch tonight.

Charlie showed some decent stuff when he came on and i have a feeling he'll play a big part in our team next season but for now he is doing well with the sub appearances

I like Revell but like already said he is too much in the mould of Paynter they just can't play off each other.

I guess i must be the only person who thought Hutchinson looked better tonight and at times was quite menacing.

Phil Smith did a decent job tonight and looks so much better under the new coach.

So, over the last 6, we've won just 2 and those were against Exeter and Aldershot.

9/10
Wolves 0-0 Lost 6-5 League Cup
Exeter 1-1 Won 4-3 Paintpot
8/9
Aldershot 2-2 Won 7-6 Paintpot
7/8
Barnet 1-1 Lost 0-2 FA Cup (this one was embarassing)
6/7
Brentford 2-2 Lost 4-3 League Cup
3/4
Leeds 2-2 Lost 4-3 League Cup

Tonight wasn't too bad for a tenner. Should of won the match in normal time though.

We still need a striker. Cunt that he is, Cureton is exactly the type of player we are desperate for.

Austen looks promising. I hope he builds on tonights performance but that we don't ruin him by asking him to do too much too soon.

Whoever decided to shut the town end for the last two games needs a swift kick in the bollocks (or cunt). Two matches with no fucking atmosphere must have an effect on the players, and the penalty comp tonight in front of an empty stand was a disgrace.

I really dont give a fuck about how much the club saved on police or stewarding with this wanky decision. If we'd gone through tonight the income would of exceded those costs - and some.

The Arkell's has to be open for hospitality etc, which is fine. Why the fuck didn't they just shut down the Don Rogers stand and fill up the Arkells and Town End though?

Ace as our new board have been, they need a bit of fucking nouse in the football world as well as general business accumen.  A hostile Town End may of been the difference tonight.

You're not the only one. I've been one of his biggest critics but thought he looked a different player tonight and our best striker until he went off. Not sure what it was, but he seemed to have more confidence.

Its the first time I've seen Austin play and I was pretty impressed. He won most, if not all, of the headers he went up for which was surprising as it didn't look like he had a chance with some of them. His touch on the ball was excellent as was his passing - the best I've seen from one of our strikers this season. He had probably our best chance with the header but it came to him a bit awkward and he couldn't get any power on it.

My only criticism is that he got pushed around a lot by their defenders, maybe he doesn't have the upper body strength yet or maybe he just needs to get used to playing at this level. Though that's not really a criticism, as its to be expected and I'm sure he'll get to grips with it.

Not sure he is ready to start yet but then I'm not sure he is any worse than the other options we've got.

Paynter's scored a few recently

I agree, I thought it would make sense to open the Arkells and TE, instead of Arkells and DRS.

You must be having a giggle, a hostile Townend? We've not had one of those for years and we certainly weren't gonna get one in the fucking Tin Pot trophy against a bunch of Norfolk inbreds.

Unbelievably, I find myself agreeing with you DMR.

By the same token, if we'd have won tonight, would everyone be demanding the Town End closed for all cup games ?

I thought we were pretty good last night.  I know they were at half strength, but we had the much better chances, just kept hitting them straight at the keeper.

Hutchinson was very lively in "the hole" and seemed to have a bit more confidence about his play, actually wanting the ball and moving it on, not afraid to have a shot when it opened up.  I don't think he's up to much, but he was good last night. 

Revell was also good, I thought.  Won most things in the air and linked up well with Lescinel down the left flank a few times.  He also won us a fair amount of possesion just from chasing down their keeper and defenders and forcing missed passes.

Cuthbert and Greer were, as always, top quality and very solid.

It was my first time in the Don Rogers Stand and I hated it.  I hate not standing and singing, and for a cup tie I think you need that, even if there were only 500 in the Town End, at least we would have made a bit of noise instead of just clapping every now and then.  A shootout in front of an empty stand is just plain wrong.

Overall, a good effort and good display.  Unlucky.

Safe to say it wasn't a classic but was a hell of a lot better than saturday.

I have no idea if it was because the town end was shut/it was only a tenner a ticket/or whether i was just plain unlucky but i seemed to have more than my fair share of moaners sat near me (in my usual seat) last night.

The highlights were an old boy complete with his family shouting at Wilson to sub Douglas after 15 minutes because he is shit and then following various inane ramblings during the game shouting at Wilson to resign after we lost the penalty shootout because his team is shit.

I thought others may object but then there was also a bloke in front of me who shouted at Greer to "get off the pitch" after he cleared a ball (his job) but overhit it out for a goal kick.

For crying out loud if people are going to get on Wilson, Dougie's and expecially Greer's backs after a 0-0 draw with Norwich then there is no hope.

I'm seriously starting to not enjoy going to the County Ground. It's not due to the football, it's the ever increasing air of negativity that is permeating in a large number of the home support.

It's fucking depressing and ruins what used to be a great day out.

There seems to be a lot more people who go with unrealistic expectations, who demand fantastic football every week, who expect all our players to be premiership standard, who believe we should be in the Championship, etc, etc.

I go in the hope of seeing a good game, in the hope that we'll get a good cup run, in the hope that we'll secure promotion and in the hope that our players will put in 100% effort.

But I also go realising that our players aren't world beaters, we are a lower league side, we have no divine right to be playing in a higher division, we aren't the richest or best supported team in our league, we will lose/draw games, we will sometimes play badly.

Not so long ago all supporters of teams outside the elite few had the same views, hope countered by realism. Now it seems everyone expects and demands.

I feel a bit depressed after reading your post.

Can I suggest you move to the centre of the DRS stand around row M, we are a nice bunch of happy clappers who support the side, have the odd grown, very rarely do you hear abuse thrown at Swindon players.

Re the match: I thought Hutchinson had one of his best games last night, tremendous piece of skill on the left hand touch line in the first half.

Austin looked very good, he must start in the next game.

Second half was quite entertaining, especially the last 20 minutes, good value for a tenner.

Must say the second half started a bit boring but picked up. My Uncle came along as it was a cheap match. Was great to haer almost the whole ground chanting COME ON YOU REDS at one time. Didnt feel like a JPT match to me. Fair Play to Norwich, their fans were very loud at times.

Although it sounded a bit depressing i think herthab summed it up pretty well,fair play to the guy who tried to get the crowd going by standing up and singing give us an S,at least he was being positive and trying to get everyone to get behind the team.

Totally agree with what you say. Was it Herthab who stood up near the Town End?
The atmosphere, well there was no atmosphere for 80 minutes of the match, very low-key can't help the players when it is that quiet.

Gazza for the amount of Norwich fans in The Arkells I thought they were pretty poor, they only came out in song every 15 minutes.

Good post Steve and one I agree with. I just feel it needs to be pointed out that it was Fitton himself who claimed Championship football in 3 years and it was Wilson himself who at the start of the season was talking about the play offs.

I know there is a fine line between being ambitious/deluded and unambitious/realistic but I don't think those types of comments help.

This is my thinking as well. I've started to leave matches early because i HATE hearing the team booed, which from what i understand, is any result other than a resounding home win.

Our fanbase is full of thick, knuckle-dragging idiots who are ruining my enjoyment. I remember when i could leave a draw, or even a loss, and find the positives and not always feel bad. Now i almost always leave angry or even livid at some of the mindless shit the idiots around me talk or shout about. It's like a virus, too much negativity just spreads and affects everyone in the end.

What we need are armed stewards. Anyone who shouts negative criticism without justifying it, or makes squawking sounds, gets their face blown through the back or their skull.

Yep, agree with that, although sitting in 8th place it's possible we could get into the playoff places come May and I hope we do. Fitton just said what he believes is possible, as did Wilson.

I believe it's possible as well, I just don't think we should be demanding it. Bigger clubs than us struggle to get out of this league.

I TRY to find the positives out of games. Back of the Town End , Terry (who complained to the adver about not fitting in the new shirts) and the guy that looks like Beano, every play, or touch they complain and start shouting at the players. Its ridiculous. I for one am very happy were we are. Just remember where we were last season? It could be a lot worse especially after losing Coxy.....

Explain why they have not helped? Last time i looked we were 2 points of the playoffs and at no point bar gills have we been totally out classed by anyone.

Of course we could still actually make the play offs and I hope we do but I don't expect us to.

Say we finished where we are now 8th I'd class that as a bloody good season. Others wouldn't.

I was trying to get some back at the Naaaarch fans and could only come up with "you're gonna drown in the the North Sea - drown in the North Sea" - bring on the global warming I say!

If they had made the Town End £3 a ticket for both matches it would have been full for both matches....and bums on seats brings atmosphere,food and drink sales,club shop sales,program sales,i for one was very very disapointed with the Town End being closed...it made watching Woking and Norwich like reserve fixtures.

I thought it was great in the town end for the 2 games! We didn't create too much atmosphere though.

Im getting a teeny tiny crush on Charlie Austin  :-[

Please can someone tell me hes over 18 at least?

He's 20/21 isn't he?

I think you'll find i got dibs on him first... and i was told he was 19 last night as john n my boyfriend were taking the piss out of me ;)

We could share him??  :D

Not sure I would have the stamina for a full time 20 year old any more anyway!  :soapy tit wank:

Heheh! Good Plan!

That is a bloody good idea

Oh yeah, I heard squaky kid last night. Even had a mimic/piss taker cpying him.

Does anyone know him? Does he have an unusual form of tourettes that means his tics are vocalised as parrot sounds, or does he have a mental illness?  If not then shooting doesn't sound too harsh.

everyone in my row is dead then!!! My dad would be shot first I fear!

It's not a kid! He's been in the Town End making that noise (I'm guessing it's a peacock sqwark?) for a few years now, and I've heard him at away games too.  He stands fairly near to me in the Town End and can get some serious volume on that sqwark!

i said a while back that the county ground experience wasn't the same for me anymore.
the football is of a poorish standard and rarely entertains.this is coupled with the absolute cretins that call themselves fans.they shout loudly but have no fucking idea about the game of football.
i didn't go last night but heard some of the texts read out on the radio as i was trucking through past swindon.they were fucking embarrasing.
have to say i've yet to see a decent game this season.i usually walk away from the ground wondering why i bothered nowadays.
i know the answer.habit.

the squaking bellend is in his 40's for sure by the way.

You lot should do what I do then.  Go to about 4 games a year, 2 to 3 of which are away day beerfests.  And follow the club mainly via the medium of the TEF.  It has its merits.

You're kidding i was thinking he may be an immature 17 or 18 year old,but a grown man for christ sake.

Im guessing he's a townender as i've ony heard him the last two matches at home. 

  I've been going more years than most, and nothing has really changed. Insofar, there have always been periods when the football, atmosphere etc is dire, and periods when it's been on an up.

 What tends to happen, is that in a lull, many fans flake off, as can be seen with many on here.  Oddly it's often those who seem most partisan who drop off first.

 When it picks up, then new fans are gained...some last the course others don't. Occasionally during an up, a few lapsed fans return, but it's not common.

 There will always be maybe a thousand or so, who are impervious to changes in fortune, who will go come what may.

There will always be moaners and its up to the real fans to drown them out with chants and encouragement.

Last night was cracking value in my opinion, but all too much fans do feel short changed by football. Football used to be unbelievable value for money, something cherished by the working classes. That has gone now, and its changed the mindset of fans for good. Its games like that you really miss standing, because it feels so much more acceptable shouting your head off for a JPT game when you are standing up.

I thought Easton did well when he came on. Austin also showed some good touches and I dont think he gave the ball away once. Douglas was brilliant. Revell and Paynter as a partnership looked OKish for a while then went stale. It was quite a good game, even if some players were taking it a bit easy and standing off each other.

Obviously dissapointed to be out because we finnished the tie by far the stronger side. Still need more guile (as was mentioned before) and creativity up front.

Didn't Easton start the match?

oh yeah! For some reason I thought Hutchinson played in the middle and Easton replaced him!

I think Easton did pair up with Douglas in the middle when Hutchinson came off for McNamee? He looked much better there, didnt really notice him before then!

Easton and Douglas look very similar on the pitch don't they.

Maybe that's why DW doesn't select Nature Boy to play more often.

That was Wilts from Wotton Bassett......

I kept telling him to shut up.

Oh yeah.....i saw JFW filling her face again at the Legends counter......

hahahahahaha yep! that was my dinner!

Next time i WILL introduce myself......

"Ahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa - I am THE FLASH!!"

I've not read all this thread but my father said to me yesterday that this match was one of the best he has seen out there for a while, and he's always moaning

i wouldn't go that far, but entertaining enough for a JPT game if a little devoid of clear cut chances.

I thought it was a bit crap apart from the last 20mins or so...


It was better than the Woking game though.