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you know, the small things. the trivial things that you enjoyed, made you smile etc.

when that millwall player was down injured for ages in the second half. it was dead silent and then this piercing shout of "give 'im a plaster!" came from a young kid sat a couple of rows behind us.

that coca-cola blimp thing with the massive town badge on would look great on the stratton bank (obviously without the coca-cola branding).

the build-up to the game was great. not the pre-match stadium bollocks but getting to the ground.

lots of leg room. great seats courtesy of christy.

i had a really good curry when i got home.

I got to see Swindon play at Wembley. Nothing was ever going to detract from that.

The general day was alright. That Eddies Bar pub was pretty decent. Good atmosphere and all. Good night out afterwards. Aside from the game it was a good day.

the piri piri chicken takeaway.

pre match banter was immense. tinnies outside the greyhound and the crack with other fans was fucking hilarious

driving up the m4 in the morning was good fun seeing all the red and white so much optimism heading east!!

post match takeout from blip blop was excellent as always

didn't have to queue up for a programme or for food/drink which was nice

 All round good day....a win would have made it a great day, but it's football and shit happens.

 Saw loads of random people...some old faces others current, but no TEFers...maybe just as well, given the negativity on here  :badmood:

 The Hoover building on the A40, in a decent light....art deco masterpiece, brilliant.

Club Wembley food is a bit nice. Not £200 quid a pop nice mind.

Although the tacky Tesco sign coul do with being ripped off.

Drinking before breakfast.

The pub beforehand.

Taking a mate's son to his first game at Wembley.

Seeing the lads come out on to the pitch.

The copper who tried to vault a fence at the tube, and ended up on his arse.

I'm with sonic, no queues for food/drink  :D

I've been Wembley before but to see Swindon there for the first time was great.
Stopping off at a beefeater near Slough for a few drinks at £1.99 a pint :D

True, but if it helps the thing not get bulldozed I can live with it.

brilliant!

had a laugh with a few tefers after the game. it made the journey back to paddington more bearable.

seeing two women trying to walk along the train carrying plants from chelsea flower show.

i saw some good natured banter between swindon and millwall fans near the ground, i was pleasantly surprised.

doctor who was good.

Why did you need a doctor?

i got stabbed by millwall innit

Didnt go to any pubs..baught cans and mingled on the streets with both sets of fans and no aggro,just banter.
Mr Patel giving me a free can of Vodka and Cranberry juice.
Seeing whole families together enjoying themselfs...in blue or Red.
The sun peeking out during the match and warming and drying my soacked body.
And to finish off last night watching the BBC lge show and them showing my mini interview and my wife agreeing i didnt make a complete twat of myself(for once)

Apart from the result i took alot of positives from yesterday.

HAHA that was my little step bro. He was sat with my Dad, his Mrs and my bro. They told me about that when I met back up with them at the car.

For me, seeing all the coaches, cars, mini buses, private coaches on the M4, that feeling that washed over me when the arch came into view. "Shit, this is real now"
Singing in the green man, singing in the streets, singing in the concourse with my mates and random groups, all arms round eachother, absolutely buzzing.

Got to see my beloved Swindon at Wembley. With all the shit we've been through pre Fitton, I thought I'd be lucky to see us play again.

he's a legend!  my girlfriend and i both turned around to see who had shouted it and he was sat there with a massive grin on his face.

Hopefully just a flesh wound...

Haha, I've got him hooked. Tbf I think he looks up to me, he's only a single child, so I'm his big big bro I suppose.

Nothing, it was a truly shit day.

i ended up in old town last night.got talking to some blokes in the prince of wales who it turned out were sat directly behind me at wembley.i didn't know that until they told me.
anyway.one of them was a 66 year old,and he went into great detail about the team in the 60s.and tales from the time.it really was a great conversation, and it was the best part of the day for me.he even helped me carry my bro in law home down the hill to his house, who was absolutely blotto by the end of the night.

It was my 8 yo daughter's game and despite the performace she really enjoyed it. In fact she wants to go to the CG next season and is still wearing her swindon t-shirt today.

Apart from that, fuck all!

Once it got to 3 then yeah, nothing. But I did enjoy myself beforehand. Went downhill from then on though.

The Burgers were Nice!

Speaking seriously for a second (sorry!), but I thought Lucas had a good game (apart from a couple of dodgy attempted cross claims) , I thought Cuthbert completely carried the other 3 at the back (who were all crapm although I forgive Sheehan as he clearly wasn't 100% fit) and I though Douglas was committed and industrious as ever.

Also, my chicken and chips was alright, as was the beers in the ground (although £4 a pint is a bit steep!).

Eight cans of 1664, a cold Ginsters AND change from a tenner.

A pleasant surprise compared to Dublin prices.

Bloody expensive though!

Very true.  (Sadly, the singing in Thirsty Eddies was 50 times better than the singing in the ground.)

Great to meet so many faces I knew from over the years.  There was one chap in Eddies who had flown in from Belfast for the day and who I last saw at the London Reds beer nights about 6 or 7 years ago.

We were in Thirsty Eddies as well and loved it. "We are the South Side we are the south side we are the south side over here"........Was really buzzing in there and some real football banter.
Sadly it all started to go downhill after...............

The bloke at the bar in Thirsty Eddies who got a round in for me because it was too rammed to get near the bar.

Good Day apart from coming out of the Tube at Wembey park with the wall wanting to fight everyone
Positives of the day
Played better in the second half
Taking my lads  13 and 9 to Wembley for the first time , more importantly they told me forget Man United they are going to follow and watch Swindon (quote) there words "a real football club" at last they understand :)
If we can build on this season and attract more supporters then we will do well

Glad they've seen the light!

There are lots more people to fight in Manchester.
My lad brought 6 undecided mates to Wembley in his car and bought their tickets. I am very very proud. I think 1 of them will be coming back. This is support.

1) Not having to live in South East London surrounded by angry people with "issues" who don't know how to celebrate.
2) Seeing a vast sea of red approaching the ground.
3) Sitting in my seat at Wembley before kick off taking in the scene, being full of hope & proud thinking about how far we have come in the last 12 months.

Positives for today - going to Dagenham (who needs West Ham!) instead of Rotherham. There's really nothing to fear in L1 next season.

Leaving my house 2 hours before my train came,just "because" and realising the Pub was open.

Seeing lots of Tef people at the train station and GW all excited.

Sitting on my own.

Really helpfull happy staff.

Having 6 double JD's at the Argyle while I waited for my rubbish mates to turn up and just taking in the world while getting squiffy and chatting to randoms.

Being with my friends and family all day
club Wembley seats
being chatted up by funny London people with no shame!
The look on the 2 Millwall fans faces when Andrew Fitton came up to me and Zoe and asked us "where everyone was going tonight??" Zoe replied Town and Andrew Fitton replied "Whats town??" the 2 Millwall fans were like "isn't that the bloke we just saw on Sky??" we just turned round and went "yep!"

Oh and getting in the lift with the funny camp bald man off the football league show
oh and Reg I agree with you about the Hoover building it's beautiful I want to live in an art Deco house!

multi-cultural swindon following, as opposed to millwalls

Spending a day with my dad and brother.

Awwww

Fantastic wasn't it

So here's one I found for you down near me in Poole

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/81325

There was also one up for sale a few years ago on the Blue Lagoon in Lilliput(near Sandbanks) for 1.9 mil, unfortunately my pocket money would not stretch to it

I dont understand why that is a good thing?

I think he means Millwall have no black fans etc which he would be wrong on

 Incorrect, was on the tube from Baker Street stood next to a Jamaican guy with his son, both in Millwall shirts, and he was in a very weighty conversation about the team with a skinhead guy. Don't believe the hype.

I know you were...we were talking for a good 5 mins!

Another small silver lining - yesterday will be the last day ever that the 'We've never lost at Wembley' chant got an airing.  I've never liked it, and I'll never again have to worry about getting jinxed by it!

Welcome to "We've rarely lost at Wembley"

I was surprised and pleased to see several black Millwall fans given the asylum abuse given to Manky at the CG.  To be fair, i saw no abuse or aggro from these fans. It was the honky's who were the problem.
I'm more than happy to have all nationalities supporting Town - the more the merrier.

Anyone know what happens to the Wembley big  Swindon/Coke flag that the blimp held up before the game? Could be a positive to have that to put on the bank (minus the advertising bit).

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My sister and I got T-shirts made up for wembley which we wore yesterday as a tribute to the ledgend that is danny wilson. Some TWAT who did have a swindon shirt on snarled at us after the game 'Ohhhh what a gutter, getting custom t shirts made up for the occasion and then swindon losing'. Um no not really mate! I am one of the few here today that WILL be back season and I will be wearing it again you moron! Oh sorry to bring something not positive to the thread....

Also my beer in wembley before the game tasted like watered down shit :(

steal my idea won't you :(

fair play i take it back, just going from what i saw

Spending the day with my old man after he flew in from China.
My little bro's face walking in to Wembley
The pre-match scenes in JJ Moons
Sharing the day with 5 uni mates who are all converted Town fans after three years
finishing three years at uni by celebrating at wembley

I had a lovely breakfast at home and pint of Guinness in Hillingdon.

bombing down the m4 at nearly 90 mph,overtaken by a blue peugeot and then a bmw.About 2 miles further the bmw(unmarked police car)pulled over the peugeot.lucky escape.

i saw quite a few people i aint seen for ages yesterday.twas nice to catch up with folk

Oh yeah, sorry. It was in the first post as well. Doh!

Things like that usually go to the sponsors. When I was at school I knew a kid who's Dad worked at Nationwide, he managed to get hold of one of the banners that says "XXX - Play Off Final Winners 200X/200X" (I forget the team and year).

it's ok, you just confirmed to me that nobody reads my posts even when i start a thread  :D

Got it now bud .......The Cockney Reds.
Great to talk to you yesterday..........downhill after the pub.

That's a shame.

Car parking at Hillingdon was only £1.

Breakfast round a mate's house first thing.

Football wise - pleased that Lucas improved with the game and made some good saves at 1-0 late on which kept us in with the smallest of shouts of getting back into the match.

The 500k that the club got for getting to the final.

Sensible speculation resulting in a decent reward. Just a little bit more could result in a windfall of 4m for playing in the Championship.

My positives of yesterday were

Not having any arguments with anyone

Having a good sing and supporting the lads

Seeing Alan Sheehan knock the linesman over

The walk from Wembley Central to the stadium, surrounded by red and white.

My kids - born and bred in the smoke - going to Wembley for the first time, decked out in Swindon shirts.


And they sang more than any other cunt around us.

Seeing old mates.

Knowing that thanks to AF and DW we've got a bright future.

Oh, and meeting Jonathan Douglas's uncle from Ireland before the game.

Having a beer in Leicester Sq in the evening and seeing a passing Harri Krishna parade getting a load of extra 'guests' as they passed a pub packed with celebrating Millwall fans.  The tourists  around didn't know wether to shit themselves and run or take photos, fucking funny.

But Swindon related, can't think of any.

My kids enjoyed it because the youngest it was his first game so didn't know what to expect and the oldest has been going for 3 years so is used to disappointing performances. And they were both too young to realise what an embarrassment we were.

The DuckHeads.

Other than that, a total waste of over 400 quid.

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Fair play, I'll take that. 1-0 to the Smeeton :)

Heh! heh!



A second appearence on the forum from Jonathan Douglas' uncle 8)

Highlights for me were managing to overcome my Friday night hangover on the train down from Manchester with ham buttys and a can.

Spending a good 45 mins sheltering from the rain at the side of Wembley arena, drinking cold beers bought from tesco express and chatting crap with my dad. Then same again next to the tesco express on the roundabout with a good 50 or so town fans having a good sing song pre game. There was 90 minutes of crap but a good day out either way and I know what pub i'll be in next year pre-game, yep, tesco express!

Tesco Express was the way to go!

fuck me paul d you have the cheek to call me a moaner.stay away from them multi story car parks eh.

or we could encourage him to visit some.

I think I met the Poole Town Chairman. We were chanting Charlie Charlie Austin at the tv before the game and some old fella in a suit and Poole Town tie came over and started chatting to us. Massive grin on his face.

That'd be Chris Reeves the Vice Chairman and very nice chap

I just saw that. :D

Although he's actually from a pub called The Bell on The Green in Feltham NW6! ;)

We should have an 'Uncle Dougie Watch' thread or something 8)

Is this the pub? I might pop in for a pint 8)

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&gbv=2&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=The+Bell+On+The+Green+Staines+Road+Feltham&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=The+Bell+On+The+Green&hnear=Staines+Road+Feltham&cid=0,0,8050480373916298391&ei=3ZoDTJ3pN4HS4ga9gfHLDg&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQnwIwAA

I know I'm getting into stalking territory now but meh! The football season's finished :shrug:

There was about 8 of us, all individually who had never met on the 6.50am flight from Belfast! That was a highlight..as I had assumed for a fair few years that Im the sole Swindon fan from Belfast!

Loads of people wanted pictures with my Ulster flag with Belfast Robin on it...that was defo a highlight, although my mates said i was crying on tv at the end.. but i think theyre bullshittin me cos i dont think i cried..mayb a tad teary eyed tho..heart went out for Charlie after seeing him and JFL was absolutely inconsolable..

The bouncer at the Bear was tiny! Really wanted to see him fight! But wasnt too keen on being the one who kicked off with him! And they say Gary Coleman is dead?

That's where i picked my mate up from, so i believe it's the one. :)

The Green Man.
DRS buying a me a beer
Ralphy molesting Adam Le Fondre
Magicrounadbout going up to a Rotherham player in the bogs and saying "you aint gonna be playing tomorrow" and said player saying "too right ive done my metatarsal"

I've not read the thread because I'm lazy and tired.  However, my personal positives for the day...

The excitement building up to it - its been years since I felt like that the night before the game

The "special" element of the day - I got up at 3am and left at 4am - this made it feel special.  I didn't get home until midnight either.

Soppy shit - I had a great day out with my Dad, just me and him.

Football club pride - sod the result, to see this club after everything we've been through over the past 17 years, to see us competing at Wembley made me so proud, I can't even describe it.

I managed to mediate my alcohol consumption in a text book manner and I was IMO optimumly half cut. Just enough to be really enjoying myself but not so much I needed a slash every 3 mins (re Colchester) or acted like a prick in any sort of way.