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Joined the masses today in town, did anyone else bother?

After a couple of pics with the kids, my 6 year old son decided to ask PDC a question (The rehearsed question was how is Aden Flint doing), except it came out as "will you still be our manager next season Paolo?" The reason for his question was because he has got his first season ticket for next season. Paolo at first bent down and said "what was that Thomas", so he repeated the question and his instant response was "If the board want me here", this is where i braved up and assured him we all want him here, he shook my hand, he has a very firm grip, and all i managed to come out with was, "well done mate", he winked and said thank you.

After £120 of Wembley related paraphenalia we spotted Raffa De Vita checking out the Wembley Car Flags and he and Paolo were discussing something in Italian accross the shop, Paolo's stern looking PA took some convincing when we tried to get a just purchased STFC school bag signed by Paolo, but fair play to PDC, he stopped what he was doing, and signed my boys school bag, although we had already been through the queue, asked what we wanted writing on the bag and gave us the thumbs up. As you can imagine, the boy is buzzing about taking his bag to school tomorrow, all of a sudden a few kids in his class are starting to follow STFC, rather than the normal Man Utd/Liverpool etc.

I got to see the PDC effect first hand today, if anyone from the Board does read these forums, do whatever you have to do to tie PDC down until he is pushing daises, can you imagine lining up in the streets of Crawley to see that fat cunt Evans? We have a gem on our hands and you get the feeling he is a loyal sort of guy to those that keep there promises.

Great time to follow STFC aint it  ;D

Nice post and chuffed to bits for your lad.

Nice story. Massive kudos to Jeremy Wray for appointing him. In all honesty, I would have gone for Didi Hamman - thank God I'm not Chairman of STFC.

What we're going through right now is close to 'football nirvana'. It doesn't get that much better as a football fan than it is right now (although some people it would seem find it a bit 'boring' ::)) It sure as hell has been a long time coming.

Personally, I'm pretty confident that Paolo will be here for another couple of seasons at least (as long as Big Sam keeps doing the business at West Ham).

I don't think i've ever wanted another team to keep winning as I do with West Ham at the moment.

Keep up the good work Big Sam!

Totally agree. I remember the Lou Macari, Ozzie Ardeles, Glen Hoddle era's and this is right up there with them. Enjoying every minute. Boring, this is not.

To be fair we didn't interview either of them. I personally think we would have come up with the same answer.

Great story, great man and great time to be a town fan.

Chairman's office just after Paolo's interview: "Cancel the interviews for God and Didi ... WE'VE GOT PAOLO DI CANIO!"

Great time indeed .... I might even unemigrate.

My mate designed a load of t-shirts that were going on sale today.  Apparently Paolo's pre-ordered loads for all his friends and family coming over from Wembley.  My mate's chuffed to bits because he had a personal thanks from him.

It's nice to see him doing his bit out and about round the town mixing with everyone and seeming to enjoy it.

I'm slightly ashamed to say I thought he was a very risky appointment last summer and was convinced it would be a disaster.  As somebody else said, good job Mr Wray took that risk and gave us the journey we've had so far this season.  The best is yet to come ........

Great post and great for your lad.

Both my boys still treasure the photo they have of Paolo after the Accrington away game as well as the kiss he gave my Mrs !!

I remember when we sponsored the Bradford game this year and met Paolo for the first time.
As we walked into his office he was about to shake our hands when I told him that we are not a Company but normal Supporters who have sponsored the game today and we all felt honoured to meet him.

Well........is if you would have known him for years. He just suddenly changed and laughed and said we had passion he was so happy to talk about the players, sign autographs have photo's.
I remember Adam (Marketing) was trying to get us out the door but Paolo seemed so happy to talk to us as we were Supporters. Adam said after, that up to that game he has never seen Paolo so open as in that meeting probably because we were Supporters.

We are the Matchday Programme sponsor for the last home game against Port Vale. What a party that could turn out to be !!

This Di Canio era is fantastic and loving every minute of it.

The Open Day pre season was when i thought....WOW,this is going to be good and i havn't been wrong.

And long may it continue.... When it was my 10yr ols girls turn for a photo he whispered in her ear "you are beautiful", didnt find this out until i was queing up for a Happy Meal, wondered why she went a bit red!

Sounds like Port Vale will be a great day for all

I dont get this whole 'boring' to be a Town fan nonsense. Fuck that, as a lifelong and mostly long suffering Town fan, i fully appriciate when the times are good.

A big part of this is Paolo. He obviously loves the club and the fans and really goes for the interaction, everyone is behind him from the Chairman to the tea lady. And whilst occasionally over the top, I love his passion for the club. I love the Di Canio 'circus' and im loving this season.

I'll say it again - I don't find the season boring, I don't find Paolo boring, I didn't find Northampton away boring, it's merely the nature of most of our home wins. Hence why I've found myself doing a lot more away games this season. They tend to be more difficult.

I think thats probably what I was getting at with my thread the other day. That and the fact that it is only league two, which tones it down a bit for me. Still enjoying the season as a whole though

Paedo Di Canio?

Theres a guy who stands a row behind me in the TE, who said that he wanted to celebrate a goal that 'meant something', I did kind of get that, i mean scoring the second against Shrews, your guna go more mental for that than Bensons tap in against D&R.

Nothing this year has been as mental as the Alan McCormack winner at Northampton.

I must've nearly blown out my vocal chords. I don't think I've ever celebrated like that.

I missed that game :(

I think it was akin to Ward's goal at Charlton..

That was mental. I jumped up and down so much I lost my car key!

I think i might go proper mental if we score and win tomorrow!

Nothing beats Charlie's goal at St Mary's.

Thought my ticker was gonna pack up on me.

Bodins penalty at wembley easily beats it

the last 25 minutes at elland road comes close

Charlie Henry in the Gillingham play off game was a good'un.

I fell over the seat in front of me and landed on some bloke :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

first time i ever climbed the town end fence

I know what you mean regarding goals that mean something - but that's in the context of a 90 minutes - whereas i'm enjoying being a fan all week at the moment, looking at the table. A lot of those goals meant a lot for that game, but then you'd get back and see we were 14th with little prospect of going in either direction.

Some randoms that stick from very recent memory (last 5 years or so) are Craig Easton's late winner in front of the Town End v Luton, and Greer's equaliser v (I think) Norwich at home - header in front of the Town End. The goals against Wigan were pretty damn good as well...and obviously Invincibile's Peterborough goal.

your turn to go up in the air isn't it?

Town End crowdsurfing is the best!

Never been done, not a chance

You can fuck right off!!

Ummm, would you like to place money on that?

This.

I broke a seat in the aftermath of that goal.

For me the 2 early goals in play off semi at home to Tranmere....

The only time i have hugged a male ... and i didnt even know him..!!!   :-[

The CG went mad...!!!

Most nervous...???

Last 10 mins in second leg at Tranmere....the longest 10 mins of my life....!!!!!  :headhurts:

how about any of the 5 goals vs Sunderland after they came back down after taking OUR place ??

I am sure my voice never revcovered from singing "Whats it like to be out-classed" at full pelt.

That was some game...and some great goals.

I forget the goal but once the guy behind me in the DRS jumped on my back.

1st goal against leeds at home 09/10. mini pitch invasion...... slightly tinpot

The whole gound went absolutely mental when that went in. I remember that like it was yesterday. Easily my best moment as a Swindon Town fan. We were in the TE and my mate just went up to a total stranger and kissed her on the lips. Great chatup line.

So gutted I don't live in Swindon otherwise I would of been in the que to meet Mr Di Canio. I am determind to meet him before the season ends!!! Absolute Gem. He is passionate and dedicated and there are great times ahead for us. So many friends that support other local teams have admitted they are slightly jealous. I loves it!!

Also Paolo has a full sleave ?! Is he becoming sexier by the minute!!

Billy Tucker at Arsenal,also remember a Gilchrist goal at Swansea on a Boxing day,Parkins goal at Leeds and my favorite goals of all time was any one of the two we scored at Anfield in the Prem v Liverpool....we battered them and i went mental.

2nd leg of the Bolton league cup semi-final. We went one up early on and we all went mental (I mean at 3-1, surely we'd be playing Liverpool at Wembley - God I hate Mcginley!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTZudY579Zs

That was a similar feeling to when we went out to Wolves over the 2 legs, was some real ups and downs in that Semi final too.

Even better...us outclassing Man United @ Old Trafford and still lost 4-2..!!!

If your weren't there you will not believe what i have said.....even Fergie said we gave them a footballing lesson..!!!!

think i Read somewhere we were the only team to score four past United in the league that season, not that it helped us much.

Correct...drew 2-2 @ home...remember Cantona getting sent off for stamping on Moncur's rib cage..dirty manc bast#rd...
a defelcted Nijholt pile driver leaving Scmeichel grasping thin air and a lste equaliser fron Jan the Man Fjortoft....oh and somebody in the shrivy road side slapping taffy Hughes...soapy tit wank

Happy Days...!!!

Pretty sure he was French rather than a Manc! :)

To be fair we weren't outclassing them when we were 3-0 down quite early.

Although the natives were getting very restless when we deservedly got back to 3-2, and even more so when we should have got another penalty.

Anybody that puts on that shirt is a Manc Bast#ard..!!!

And who could forget Easter Monday @ Birmingham City... 4-1 with 17 mins to go...
Hoddle moves into midfield and 4-2, 4-3 , 4-4, 4-5....4-6..!!!!!

If you get a chance of seeing video look at the reaction of the Blues fans behing their goal as the goals start flying in..

Priceless..!!!!

 :pint:

I remember those Brummie cunts trying to brick our coaches at the end, sporting chaps that they were!

At least they didn't bring their dogs along though!

Do you remember the pricks on top of the garage roofs behind our end as we were stopped by police waiting to come out..
Some of our lads started to climb and they shit themselves and run like scared rabbits..!!

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

The Moncur goal!  I cleared the seats in front and went mad!!!!

How about the extra time winner in the FA Cup replay against Arsenal at the CG 1981, was it 'Animal' Williams who scored?? Town won 4-3 26,000 crowd. I came down from college in London for the day with some mates and the train back to London was unbearable. A bit like being at a funeral but really wanting to laugh your head off and dance around!!

I hugged a stranger when we got a leveller against Walsall in 2007/8 season.

Thats a bit sad really isnt it.  Over excited.

I smacked the guy next to me in the face when benson scored against wigan. Not seen him back since

A bit - because our leveler would have made it 1-1. Then Easton scored 2 minutes later to put us 2-1 up then a minute later it was 2-2.

I just remember hugging someone.  Maybe it was when easton scored to go ahead.  I dont know.  It was just the feeling of slight emabarrasment.

Very nice! Thanks. Hehe!

Met John Moncur in the club shop yesterday and got a signed photo of him and Cantona mid tackle.

John Trollope was also in the club shop and got a signed copy of his book.