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If Swindon folded, who would you support?

Obviously going on geography, these clubs are closest to me..

1) Oxford - No way on earth would i ever follow the scum, never.

2) Reading - For me further away than some midlands team and i don't like them!

3) Wycombe - Non league rubbish

4) Birmingham City - Close to me and a possible option should the unthinkable happen

5) Aston Villa - As Birmingham City

6) Coventry City - Agian only 45 min drive for me

7) Franchise - No way, a joke club

The poster formerly known as mickey hazard was god is going to setup AFC Swindon, I'll support them.

Yeah why do you have to support a new club? Make a new Swindon and get behind it!

And endure dire non league football?

there is no way in hell i could conjure up some sort of unreal 'passion' for any old club
there is only one club for me so i'd have to say no-one, which would suck.

I'd take up bowls.... :old:

I couldn't bear a saturday without league football though.

Your right no club will ever be more in my heart than Swindon but i would 'follow' someone else should a disaster happen.

i think i would become disillusioned with football  :|

Horrible thought

If Swindon ceased to exist I wouldn't support anyone. I'd probably go and watch Supermarine.

I'd go to see the Cobbs, Franchise are closer but I'd never support them.  Most of my mates are Cobbs fans, so I'd probably go and watch them.

Q.P.R. as all my family are from and live round the Sheperds Bush area so i could stay with them instead of rushing back after matchday.

my options would be...

Bristol city-No chance even though I have loads of friends and relatives that support them and its closer to me than swindon!

Bristol Rovers-I think I'd support them because they hate city too :)

Southampton-Not really.

Also possibly Cardiff or reading.

Swindon won't fold though will they :?

Maybe Basingstoke  Town & Cirencester Town, local and home town teams.

Closest league club is Reading. I wonder if they would sell me an away end season ticket. It would be like having a guest club to support every week.

In all honesty I don't know whether I'd go to matches any more :(

 :mrgreen:

I'd probably support Highworth :oops: either that or just give up watching football altogether. I really do think I'd be that gutted

couldn't dream of supporting another club.
ok i could watch loads of clubs round here but i would never follow them the way i have swindon.

would rather not go than support someone else.

not even worth thinking about

Oh yeah, I'd never even consider going to Carlisle to watch the Cobbs, but given that it's league football only 15 miles away I think I'd go to their home games.

I'd probally support Banbury United  :mrgreen:

13 miles from me and up and coming.

I went to primary school just outside Banbury (Overthopre), don't think I'd watch them though, too far now.

Banbury is the nearest big town to me, went there on saturday night, Exchange pub serves cheap beer but the club is shit.

the whole place is a shit hole.
i've heard they have twined it with Fight Club as thats all that seems to happen on a night out.

well it was last time i went out there.
birds are easy but all look like Vicky Pollard, beer is flat, too many chavs.

Good footy team though Magic, their 4th in the Southern League Premier.

Nationwide Conferance South next season all being well.

yeah i used to play with a couple of the guys when they were at Middle Barton. Obviously they were too good for them hence they moved on.

I've heard Banbury is on the rough side too.

Not really, just a few asians and the odd chav.

Like any British town.

I've never felt threatened there in 24 years.

majorly.
it's an absolute dive.

best thing about it is Prodrive

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pull the other one Ralphy

Come off it, it's not that bad.

Castle Key is a nice shopping centre and they've built some nice houses.

Haven't you been for a while?

Why??  :?

It's not that bad IMO.

Never seen a fight there ever in all my years.

Carterton, Witney and Bicester are worse.

Always get trouble in Bicester.

a few nice houses doesn't make it a nice town.

everytime i went out in Banbury there was a fight.
too many pubs full of chavs.

ok last time i went was 3 years ago but it's a shit hole.

i feel safer walking round birmingham

It's changed alot, alot of new bars.

I never feel safe in big cities ever.

 :shock:  i went to Birmnigham a few months back with the other half and i didnt feel safe at all.

 :?  :?  :?

Carterton yes. full of so called hard squadies and the rought lot from Bampton :wink:

Witney is a relaxed town with a good atmosphere.

Bicester is ok. worked there for over 2 years and met some pretty ace people. My mum still works there and there is hardley ever any trouble

Banbury is nowhere near as bad as Manchester, London, Liverpool or Birmingham.

Just an average English town with a few beer boys and slappers, nothing unusual.

did you walk round the town centre?? where did you go?

Witney is the town i dislike the most, trust me, i've drunk in all these Oxfordshire towns and Bicester, Carterton and Witney were the worse by far.

but look at the difference in size your comparing banbury too.

Yeah i know but you said you feel safer in Brum, Banbury is nowhere near as bad as that.

when i worked in Eynsham i was out in Witney every other night as my mate was living there and i did this for over 2 years.
Not once did i see a fight or feel threatend.
Carterton i never went out in cos i know it's a dive.

Bicester is ok. Not really a night out though is it

WHEN you come up you will agree with me mate. Top quality night out

Yes but thats Halesowen, not Birmingham.

Central Brum is a fucking shit hole.

I went to school in Witney and there are rough areas, generally it's easy to avoid them and the people from there.

not at all. it's brum.
waterfront near dudley is ok too



never been have you

Woodgreen or Henry Box ?

Yep. Been to St Andrews and shopping there.

then you'll know Blues is in Small Heath not birmingham and the city for shopping is fucking supurb. posh as fook

Just wouldn't feel safe there at night.

you don't know till you've been.
it's safer than chippy mate and you should know all about that

henry box

abingdon's the roughest place i know actually, never felt intimidated there though.

Now that is a joke, sorry.

Small cotswold town or huge city.

Birmingham for a night out is really good with an excellent atmosphere.

for a quiet drink chippy will do but not for a night out

I don't think chippys that bad.I Think it quite a nice place,and the people seem very friendly.From what I have heard its only a certain bunch of kids that are the trouble makers and you get that anywhere.

exactly but banbury (which was the real disscusion) is for me a lot worse than Birmingham for a night out. FACT

It's a lovelly town.

But apparantly more unsafe than central Birmingham.

You haven't been for 3 years!!

don't be a twat.

as i said the first discussion was Banbury.
you can't comment on Birmingham until you have been there for a night out.
Watching the blues or shopping with your mum doesn't count

A twat? thanks.

ladies please

i know the subject has moved on! but i would seriously go and support calne town!  :beers:

All the fucking lifts i've given you Magic and you call me a twat.

Thanks a fucking lot.

I've changed my mind I would support westbury united!!! 8) the greeeeeens.

i said don't be not you are!!!

booooooo.... :x

Id feel safer in Birmingham than Banbury.

 :D

Who are ya?Who are ya? :D

again as i said

I don't feel safe anywhere when your mates call you a twat.

Hearts and Harchester United

yawn.

see above :roll:

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Robbie Lardners Barmy Army!  :beers:

I have  afew options, arsenal as been to a fiar few of their games, villa same reason, watford as lived and watched them for 6 years but if that really did happen is get down supermarine.

In my opinion it is already set up as a new swindon town, ex chairman owns them, loves town through and through has big backing owns teh land and have big plans.  If that wa sthe new swindon id still go however if town went down I would be totally lost in life, sad but very very true.

They have been in my blood since I was 6 never will change!

I think id follow Q.P.R. tbh as you cant beat a good piss up in London. :beers:

if town go under, and i hope to god they dont, i wouldnt have a fucking clue. i'd probably pop along to supermarine, buit it wouldn't be the same...

I'd probably just watch more Spurs games to be honest, but that would get pricey.

In all seriousness, i would probably pop to the Madejski if i wanted to see a reasonably priced game of footy locally, as i don't really see them as rivals.

I'd build my own team....AFC Vowles... 8)

Banbury is in da ghetto innit.

i haz seen dr1vebys and sta88ins der

Itz where itz at boi  :wink:

Can you have a stand called the  a e i o u stand?

Maybe  :roll:  :twisted:

I'd have the Glenn Hoddle stand, Jan Aage Fjortoft stand, Shaun Taylor stand and Sam Parkin stand :D

I'll do the scoreboard.

Nah, getting a fully automated robot score board....sorry

you'd come to scumsville and you know it. who can resist.

We're not that desperate. 8)

i would rather eat your shit than watch oxford

deal

only if you include walrus he is so pretty