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these postponements are getting on my (man)tits, particularly as it is only one of two fixtures off in the professional leagues today.

however, as a result of Tranmere being a bunch of big blouses scared of a bit of cold, Bournemouth's home fixture against Crewe is the only fixture that affects us - but Bournemouth would need a victory of at least 22 goals to overtake us.

so what has everyone got planned instead?

and just because:

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Watching Soccer Saturday

Maybe we could turn this into a thread of our favourite gifs.

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Muff 1-0 up

Bournemouth winning- boo.

Oxford losing - yay.

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don't start a battle you can't win

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One for Yeo :)

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Oooooo a challenge!

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bring it

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I raise you with naked people.

New Manager...Same old Shitty. 1-0 down against Ipswich

have you seen the whole video and song?

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

100% record for SOD if it stays the same and shitty's 5th defeat in a row...sweet.

I actually hadn't till now :D

it's an excellent tune and a great video.

Alex McLeish is working his 'magic' at Forest again...

If we're doing favourite gifs:

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Looks like another postponement for town on the 16th feb. Franchise winning in the fa cup.

Oh fuck me. :suicide:

Bad news : Wovers are winning 3-0

Good news : It's against Rotherham. So that fat b'stard Evans will not be happy.

Luton beating norwich

Highly suspicious if you ask me...4 postponements can't  be coincidence.

Jigglybits has put 'boro 1 up against Aldershot.

::)

Some Consolation Today.

Big Club Fleetwood 3 - Bottlers 0.

Something to help fill the void.

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Tried to do an oil and filter change. Oil filter cap cracked and nowhere but Vauxhall sell the part.

Fair play. Luton fans deserve some good fortune.

Absolutely fantastic  :D

What about a breaker's yard?

Bit extreme, to scrap the car for the sake of an oil filler cap  :girlgiggle:
Seriously though,there is a new/secondhand  Vauxhall spares place on Cheney Manor ie.

With my day of no football, I watched this instead;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXwDe9Ihf-g

Great footage! Worth watching just to see the clear red-card offence that only got a yellow card in the 2nd half! Otherwise Town could have won it.

My old man always talks fondly of Peter Eastoe and now I can see why.

And now we've got another non matchday Saturday to look forward to as Franchise will be in the Cup.  Midweek away games, grrrrr.

Most seemed to be closed this afternoon. It'll be easier for me to go to Vaux in Newbury on Monday, as I work nearby.

here's Nicole Kidman dryhumping Jimmy Kimmel

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Brilliant - right from the LWT jingle at the start - Tommy Taylor would have been straight off these days.

Eastoe, Eastoe. Eastoe............That was my first ever Town team that started me off.

Trevor Anderson and of course the Witney boy David Moss.
As a kid playing football the player I always used to be  :)

Happy Days and thanks for posting this.

This clip has brought back some great memories, The Big Match Theme tune for me is even better than the MOTD one. All the kids in our area would be straight out after the big match for a game in the local park. Brilliant.

I loved every minute of that. Thanks.

I was shouting at the screen for their guy to be sent off after the rugby tackle. Of course though, there was no 'professional foul' rule back then.

Good viewing that.
I remember watching the replay - was never so crushed in the Town End as on that evening.

Thanks for that-that was brilliant!Mossy, Eastoe and Anderson what an attacking force they were.Frank Burrows what a man!No sponsors,no shin-pads,no cards!Also made me realise what a great commentator Brian Moore was compared to the drivel spouting tossers we get today.

That was the first Swindon team that I used to watch too, brilliant, great post thanks.

Nice! How quickly we forget things like the backpass rule and (as mentioned) the professional foul are relatively recent laws.

A few what would today be late tackles, no fee kick and the players just got on with it.

Oh and the classic muddy pitch too :) Groundsmen are just too good these days!

That pitch was awful, I forgot how much Clyde Best was like Akinfenwa in girth!

I had also forgot how good Brooking and Bonds were, and Eastoe...what a striker, would score goals in any team.

How many teams would play nowadays with three wingers as well. Tommy Jenkins.Dave Moss and Trevor Anderson - Danny sure did love em.

Brilliant that.

Here's another good one from the following season which I remember watching on TV at the time.

3-3 v Palace at Selhurst Park, again courtesy of http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea8gG8AVIwA

Went to that game,bit of an eye opener to a 14 yr old "bovver boy" :)
Journey home on the Rimes coach was a bit draughty. . .was missing most of its windows.
Happy days!!

Two things i like about that video....the couple of young Town fans by the corner flag packed in with the scarves around the wrist.

And the bit of tight skill Jenkins did to get the ball back to the keeper.....and all the West Ham fans applauded it.

The pass back rule has to be the best rule change in footy.

I'm sorry to say I deserted the thread after dropping that gif. I should've tried to partake in the battle.

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it's too late, i've given up on gifs.

I was just using my well played gif. The game was won. :)

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Congratulations...you win! (fart, elderberries, hamster and so on). :)

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bump.

these non-matchdays are becoming an infuriating and frequent experience, made worse by the events off the field.

Coventry ahead at Bury.

Sheff Utd 1 up

I'm going for a walk up the hill now rather than fret about how our rivals are gaining points!

people do realise that we get to play these games in hand, right?

Preston beating Bouremouth.

Now 2-0

I doubt Ritchie enjoys playing up there

The Bournemouth-suck-up-to-fest can now be closed!

But the league is theirs to lose, don't you know?

 ha-yeah!even tho'we are 3 points behind with 2 games in hand and a goal difference that's worth an extra point! Right Benz? ;)

I hear their new left-back is shit though

I know, it's utterly hopeless and completely beyond us!

He is playing left-mid though :eek:

Yeovil's march up the league showing no signs of abating.

FT Preston 2 Bornmuff 0

So,after all this weekends results do people think we come out of it the best?I think yes.

Looking good. Need a favour from Crawley on Monday.

Late win for Hartlepool sends Pompey bottom.

Wow, down to 6th, but could be top or second with a win on Tuesday. Tight league innit!

I take it this is officially the end of the world then?

How did Paolo (sic) allow this to happen. Paolo out!

I blame Phil Smith.  Sorry, but it's been a while since he was blamed for anything.

Lose or draw on Tuesday and it's close to the end.  :)

It's that fucker David Duke, isn't it? Bastard!

Obviously Pook is to blame.

Drysdale should have cut it out. All this is his fault.

It's the way things are. Life can be hard sometimes, ruddy hard.

see what you did there wtrra! like it

Did you have your windows blown out by the meteorite?

I haven't been here long enough to qualify for windows. Our clingfilm bulged a bit though.

(Actually it landed near the Urals, a long way from here in Kazan)

http://dawn.com/2013/02/16/meteor-hits-russia-about-1000-injured/

Chebarkul is only 320 miles from the in-laws house. No idea yet if they saw it.

Russia seems to attract meteors...this one seems to be the biggest since the Tunguska event in Siberia in 1908.  Good job that other lump only came within 18,000 miles

Not really a surprise is it? Russia's massive. You'd be pissed off if you lived in Andorra and got hit by an asteroid

I'd be more annoyed if I were hit by a block of frozen piss dropped from an aeroplane.

True...nevertheless an interesting event.

Officially my favourite post of the year so far!

If we do go up it looks like we won't have a derby to look forward to. Shitty going down faster than Paris Hilton in a home movie.

Reading.

I'm not so certain

3 wins out previous 4 before a narrow defeat at runaway leaders

4 points from safety and played a game more than quite a few teams in the bottom half. Their results have improved with the new manager, but can they sustain it?

Not a derby. Not to us.

I'm not so sure!  We were playing derby games vs Reading and Bristol City decades before Oxford was even thought of.  I have a feeling that the next time we spend a few seasons in the same division as Reading will see the intensity of the rivalry come right back.

Depends where you live I hate the cunts plastic fans

Quite.  We're about 20 miles away from Reading here - just close enough that you see the odd shirt/car sticker from time to time.  I would love to get that fixture back.

Home to Barnsley next Saturday.

Definition of a relegation 6 pointer

Reading is a derby, particularly if you were born there, like a fair few of the London reds. Bristol who?

Never seen us play Reading, can't say I see it as a derby. Before my time.

Reading away in the late 70s / early 80s was always an interesting day out. For some reason or other they didn't tend to travel to Swindon in any numbers.

City is the proper derby for me.

Couldn't give a shit about Oxford or Reading, they are local games as far as I'm concerned

 Never forget the 3-1 at the madejski. Grazioli, invincibile, kuffour. Run run run run reading! Definitely a derby and would be a welcome return

A kind of local 'derby' as it were :hmmm:

As mentioned earlier, where you live/were brought up has a massive influence on what you regard as our main derby game.

Reading IS a Derby and always a great away day.

Many good memories from the 70's and 80's at Elm Park.

I used to like that ground.  (Early 1990s memories for me though.)  Not hard to see why they left, but it had something about it.

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used love away days at elm park I remember a very lively game on boxing day I think we won 1 nil Shearer

My first visit was a pre-season friendly.  Forget the score...but remember we had just signed Craig Maskell from them days before (asserting our dominance over them even before kick off!), so must have at the start of the 1992/93 promotion season.  Lovely summer evening.

one of their fat cunt fans got pelters that day too.

Jimmy Quinn

Nice unseasonably hot October day too...

Reading is still nothing more than a slightly more interesting than someone like Bury game for me.

Some fool I know decided Elm Park was a better bet than St Andrews for an Easter away day in the early 90s. Up there with the world's decisions.

The clutch on that Mini Metro was shagged, and I was forbidden from taking it (and you) as far as Birmingham.  Trust me, I did try.

I had to go to the club doctors that day cos they put the windows in on the buses from the town centre. Was pissed as a fart covered in blood. Nice.

the 3-1 game was certainly enjoyable.

As previously stated where you grow up sure has an impact on which games are biggest - I always love us to beat the Bristol team - having live near Bristol.
I don't give a toss about Reading, my distain for them comes from their 'fans' trying to belittle Swindon despite many of whom had probably never been to Elm Park and used to journey to watch Chelsea before Reading became successful

Memories is the word.....was a great awayday of the past.

Brisssle City is the main Derby for me, Reading late 70's early 80's interesting games, remember early 80's a Police documentary was being filmed and the police were wading in to our supporters
As for the Headington united  derby well no for me

My first trip to Elm Park was in 66....we beat them 2-0, the Don scored a couple of typical high quality goals. I seem to remember it as an evening game, which improved the atmosphere. We averaged 13000 at home that season. Elm Park had about 5000 more in than for a normal game, so you'd reckon that at least 4000 must have been Town fans.

I had a disagreement with a light bulb on the football special, so a bit like Sippo, I was covered in blood, and had a lump on my head for years after.

I went a few times....seem to remember a milk float incident marring one of the matches :eek:

Martins wine bar next to the station was a victim one year.
Must have been late 70's or early 80's.

I also remember going there one Boxing Day, no idea of the result but can remember a brass band & it being bloody cold

Reading equalised and it was disallowed!

"You thought you had scored! You were wrong....You were wrong!"

Was that the same match when the exit gates became "up and overs"?

Always the Pox for me, the Slave Traders also matter, but Reading have never figured on my radar... A local non-derby to me.

Our local derbies as any right minded person knows are (in no particular order)...

Oxford
Reading
Bristol City
Bristol Rovers


FACT!

Seconded. I couldn't give a fuck about reading. I'd think no more of playing them than I would Oldham or Bury.

or in order. Pox-city-rovers-reading

I concur, I'd add Cheltenham is just a place where we generally lose.

Going back to yesterday, good to see Bournemouth get beat...perhaps the start of a downturn in form? They have Sheffield United at home next week. Yeovil have come from no where and up to 3rd  :eek: I thought they were shite when we beat them before Christmas!

And maybe an upturn in form for Preston - It would be just our luck ::)

 :doh: ...I like to think we owe them a drubbing after the 4-1 defeat up there!

They were shit when we beat them, but they have a lot of good players and Howe seems to know how to get them to actually play.

Assuming we have cash to strengthen with loans I still have absolutely no idea if we will finish top or just outside the playoffs. All the teams up there have looked good and shit at times.

I hope at the end of the season we don't rue the home games against Donny and Hartlepool. But I bet every team can say that about someone.

Some interesting games next Saturday as has been mentioned. The top 4 or all playing each other..

Bournemouth v Sheff Utd
Doncaster v Yeovil

also Brentford v Walsall

With that in mind, a draw at Tranmere would not be bad at all, although it goes against the grain for me to say it - I always want to see us go out and win every game.

If we could sneak a win there though and another next Saturday......easy tiger...one game at a time...

A month later and a non-matchday Saturday will once again rear its ugly head...

I'm going to head into Swindon anyway.

Early shift at work in the morning, couple of hours kip in the afternoon, football club ball in the evening.

I fucking hate not being able to listen to Swindon play on a Saturday when everyone is playing.

Really fucks me off

Once i get rid of the hangover in the morning, I'm off to chiselhurst caves, I might even have a poo when no one is looking.

Catch up on the formula 1 practice and qualifying that I sky +'d, and a bit of Gillette Soccer Saturday.

Or not!

Last 20 mile run before the big one in a few weeks. Hope the rain stops

Entertaining the kids whilst the wife is out this morning. Finish glossing the skirting boards (it's only taken 4 months so far) and then settle down to watch the rugby later this afternoon.

Off to a school friend's 40th in London.  Beer & rugby followed by a meal.  Massive day for the rugby today.  Can't say I'm confident, though.  I think Wales will edge it.

I see Paolo is giving another cum-and-get-me interview on Football Focus today.

We really should let him go

Same. Except I'm doing 22 next weekend also. You running London?

Nah Paris, which is a week Two weeks before I think. Left it too late to get into London

Yet another Saturday without a game. At least it gives the players a longer rest.

Few afternoon pints are in order me thinks

Are there any decent record shops left in Swindon?

there is a record shop recently opened in the tented market,no idea of it's any good though

Will check it out, cheers

Off to Bath for some beers and to watch the rugby with the missus... not sure I entirely agree with moving a game from Saturday to midweek just for the tv

I'm sure I totally don't agree with it!

Why is there no game today?

Moved for sky

Few beers this afternoon, free liqour tonight down the local as landlords birthday
Maybe indulge in a bit of naughtiness and get knees deep in a brass

Weather is shit and I'm full of man flu, so the planned jolly up town to watch the rugby with a few pints has been shelved in favour of a cup of tea and an afternoon on the sofa :(

How the fuck does Prutton play in the Championship for Sheff Wed most weeks, he is fucking useless

Tranmere 1-0 down to the dongs

Saturdays without football are dull.

Pox are losing at home again.

Sheff U 1 down.

Muff and Donny winning.

13 premier league goals for Lambert now, which is impressive seeing as I always thought the Championship was a level too high for him.

Sheff utd 2- 0 down

Sheff u now 3 down

A lot of results seem to be going our way either loosing or drawing at present. Also seen ritchie is on the bench which is criminal, come back ritchie!

Yep me too, and to think Dennis Wise didn't think he was worth £200k when he was at Rochdale and he ended up signing for Bristhole Rovers.

Sheff Utd 4 down now

Ritchie went off in the first half of their last game, not sure but I'd assume that was due to a knock. Explains his bench position now.

Stevenage thumping Sheff U 4-0
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Wolves having a shocker against City. Worst case it looks like we get a trip to Molineux next year, not a new ground though :(

Donny 6 points clear by looks of it. Could be as many as 9 teams in hunt for second!

As it stands of course.

Some massive 6 pointers coming up!

we cant be too far away from playing them, lets hope we catch them at the right moment

As it stands, win Tuesday, and we go second.

FFS, Oldham missed pen..

Who knows Ritchie might be back if we put in a cheeky bid especially after all the financial problems they seem to be about to fall into at Boremuff.....David James released from his contract this week because one more game and he would have been given a 1 year extention, the 7 staff given redundancies and this week the auditors have been called in by the club to have a look at the accounts.

Missed the auditors being called in ...

Walsall 2-0 down to Crawley.

wow, I thought they had big money backers are they pulling out too?

Trannies and Sheffield Utd goal difference going down the tubes too.

 :D

KMac out!

Just goes to prove how mental the TEF can get after a defeat. All we need is Preston to do us a favour at Brentford.

Tranmere to do a Stevenage and fall down the table. I thought Walsall had momentum but they are losing at home and hopefully we can deny yeovil's charge. Massive game on Tuesday.

Yeah, Wolves equaliser :)

#and now Portsmouth level at Donny!

And Pompey have levelled at Donny

Funny when we don't play the majority of results go in our favour, but when it comes round to us capitalising with games in hand we don't.  :hmmm:

final whistle now please. we just need to win Tuesday

Wolves 2 City 1 :)

And Shitty have conceded twice in a few minutes at Wolves to go 2-1 down...

L1 is fucked up!!

http://www.courtoffside.com/forum/showthread.php?t=178984

Not sure if their backers might be getting cold feet with their team sliding down the table and the fear that throwing so much money at it and till they may not get promoted.

Something is not right down at Dean Court.

A bit of as similarity in how we were I guess but the difference is that Swindon as a club were more open and honest with the fans about the financial problems than they seem to be.

I also hear that several clubs in our league are currently under an embargo from the FL its not just us thats flying close to the FFP ruling the only difference is that we (Paolo) have aired our problems with the public rather than keeping them in house as other clubs are doing.

Sounds to mew as though Mitchell has done a Wray and spent money that wasn't his to spend.

As it stands Yeovil too could go second if they win, talk about an open league!

Thanks 'Venks'. Interesting/worrying times for Bournemouth. Their spending isn't much different from what we did I suppose (just bigger), we'll see if it unravels for them as it did us.

do we have a buy back for ritchie?

maybe a cheeky bid :)

Thought Watkins said we were on or under budget, I suppose hitting the wage cap suggests otherwise? Not that it matters much now.
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Things that are funny on Sky Sports Saturday:

Sent Off : Edgar Davids (Barnet)


It still looks wrong!

I hope for their fans sake they don't but it must be worrying times, especially after a similar thing happened to us when we as fans were either a bit in denial of it or that we were blissfully unaware of any problems.

I think with the Muff its going to be a shit or bust season.

BTW, I meant to say "their spending isn't much different from what we did.

But yes worrying signs for them..

Ritchie on the bench for them today what a waste of money

celtic 4. aberdeen 3.

aberdeen were 3.1 up!

Walsall scored 2 in the last minute to get level with Crawley

Brentford 1-0 damnit.

Brentford get a late winner. Booooo

So in league 1 Muff, Brentford(90 min pen), Coventry win, everyone else lost or drew (Walsall levelled)

City lose, Oxford lose.

Was looking to be a good day for us until Brentford scored.

You could argue that them having Ritchie on the bench means he's still not playing for us, and that is of benefit to 'muff as, with him, it's possible we could have got more points than we have recently.

Not that I am saying that's the reason they bought, or that it's not a waste of money, but I've done it on Football manager before...

The table is mental:

Crazy times. What a win would do for us on tues.

A draw Tuesday and we are 3 points off 2nd with that mahoosive goal difference. A win and we go 2nd on goal difference.

Looks like Reg's 'miracle' could well still be on.

I got that wrong. A win and we'll be 1 point off 2nd

With top still to play, so promotion would be in our own hands :)

From what I can gather, other teams around us aren't playing well in general either (Dunno about Donny)

If we can manage to win on tuesday, then i'd hope the confidence would go through the roof. Couple that with some hopefully new decent loans and I think we'll do it. If we lose, it's still all to play for, but psychologically wouldn't be so great.

a lot of talk about how far off second we are but very little about how far off seventh/tenth. this board is more optimistic than i'd realised.

Has anyone ever said to you "DON'T LOOK DOWN" before?

Or maybe just "SSssshhhhh"

At this stage of the season, it's about grinding out results..often the margins are fine, a dodgy pen here, a 90th winner there. There's probably a few on here who can recall the 68/69 season when in Feb/March we won 4 home games on the spin 1-0 on mud heaps, with late or lateish goals in 3 of the 4 from Peter Noble.

Yep can remember these Reg. I can remember one night game when I thought we would never score against Barrow, their goalkeeper was Fred Else the ex Blackburn keeper who had a stunner.

The season before...at the time it was considered the finest display by a visiting custodian at the CG in living memory.

If just looked at the table after today's results. In about two weeks time we could be top or we could be tenth!!!

That's why tues is mahooooosive. Win and we still have game in hand over the chasing pack, with two very winnable home games to follow (yes, I know we've being saying that for the last 4 home games). Sheff Utd have Brentford next week aswell.

Haha, Bollocks. If it wasn't for chris wise and morshead digging, we wouldn't have known half as much as we do. And then they got bollocked for it

The bottom of league 2 is pretty interesting aswell
19       York City          39    8    17    14    41    56    -15    41   
20       Torquay United    38    9    13    16    42    50    -8    40    
21       Plymouth Argyle    38    9    13    16    39    49    -10    40
22       Barnet FC      38    10    10    18    41    52    -11    40    
23       Aldershot Town    39    9    13    17    35    50    -15    40    
24        Accrington Stan    38    10    10    18    39    60    -21    40

We're only 3 points off the chasing pack.. We should be looking down as well as up.

 :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

 Another one of these. Shit innit. Today's main focus then is on whether we drop from top 6...with Tranmere at Doncaster should avoid it.

Do you know if we've ever had a season with so many non-matchday Satursdays?

How about 1962/63 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_of_1962%E2%80%931963_in_the_United_Kingdom#Sports_fixtures) Reg?

 
 :hmmm: This would be a job for a proper nerd (DV Canio).   I'd offer up 2 seasons as candidates that I've seen, 62/63 when only 4 league games, were played in Jan/Feb, and 85/86 when we ended up playing 6 away games in a row, as the CG was fucked after the notorious "strawgate"

Back then though, it was only really the weather to worry about...apart from when the Tory inspired 3 day week meant some games had to be played early afternoon midweek.

Now it's all sorts of shit...Sky, pointless International breaks, police advice, JPT  then throw in the some of the worst weather since 62/63, and it feels like it should be this season.

That must have been quite surreal, what were the crowds like?

The weather in the UK seems to have gone mental since I left. The winter here has been quite mild apparently but the football season started a couple of weeks ago, contemplating popping along to my local side tomorrow night

There'd be a couple of thousand on a Tuesday afternoon

2,600 for a Div 2 game v Looton. 3,284 the week before v Notts C. We were crap mind.

Games were shunted to mid week or Sunday....they kicked off early to avoid using floodlights, and there also had been petrol rationing because of the Arab oil embargo.

At the time weird shit seemed relatively normal...having been a kid in the 50's you were used to austerity, the parents had been through a lot of the shit of the 20th Century....30's depression, WW11...so this was nothing. 

Further being a bit political, seeing the downfall of a Tory government is always sweet...

Ah 62-63 was a decent season as I remember.  Wasn't that the season we played on a snow covered pitch in baseball boots, one of the few clubs in the league who staged games for a week or two.  Was that the season we went to Luton in the FA cup, the Hatters were a top flight team in those days and we beat them on their own ground, in front of the Match of the Day cameras.  Ernie Hunt absolutely ran the game, when interviewed he was asked if there were any more like him at home, he replied "We've got a lodger who tries!"  That lodger was Mike Summerbee!!!  I'll be happy to stand corrected if that was not the season.

Yep, was the season, but would have thought it a bit early for MotD, which didn't start til 64. maybe some sort of feature on Grandstand.

Cheers Reg, was definitely some sort of feature of tv, possibly the news!!

Good research shocker on Sky Sports "Sean Morrison once scored a winning goal against Southampton when playing for Swindon"

Muff losing

Yeovil winning 1-0

The table's here Dossy: http://www.sportinglife.com/football/live/league-tables/league-one

Thanks. 'Muff equalise.

It had to be Ritchie didn't it!

Pox losing 1-0 to local rivals Wycombe. Pleasant if the last vestiges of their promotion hopes are finally extinguished infront of a jeering mob of Chairboys  :nod:

Looking at the foot of league 2. That's a cluster of teams nervously looking over their shoulder  :eek:

FFS

'muff 2-1 ahead

Yeovil back ahead. Not loking good for automatic

Cov 1-0 Brentford

if Doncaster lose I will cry

Walsall 1-0 Sheff u

When McGhee was sacked as manager of Brizzle Rovers they were in danger of being dragged into a relegation battle, they are now above the Scum in the league table.   (Maybe this should be in the trivial things that amuse thread :) )

we wont make automatic. FACT

Where've you been for the last couple of months?  :D

Bournemouth and Doncaster are irrelevant to us now.

It's Tranmere/Orient/Walsall we should care about

Ritchie gets a second for 'muff. Now 3-1 up

Shitty are getting closer to L1...getting beat by Burnley 3-1

Pikey's have been promoted back into league 1.

A few people wrote Bournemouth off when they lost 5 on the trot.  Dropping 15 points should have seen them out of contention, but the league is so poor, it didn't.  Looks like they blipped at the right time and it will turn out to be a good move for Ritchie.  I'll be surprised if them and Doncaster don't take the two auto spots.

It doesn't take a genius to work out our dire home form over the last couple of months has cost us dear. 

We'd need to win all 5 for a chance of autos IMHO. Ain't going to happen. Sheff U could yet pip Muff to that second place.

What odds on Ritchie to put us out the playoffs :(

If we make the playoffs, i would prefer that Bornemouth/Donny got auto places as i think either of those teams would be tough over 2 games.

Would be confident that we could beat Yeovil, Tranmere or Brentford over 2 legs.  Sheff Utd would be harder and would prefer in the final.

none of it matters as Jed and Co are succeeding with their plan to prevent us from getting promoted

Why would you be confident we can beat Brentford, when they've done the double over us this season?

Given our record in the new Wembley I'm not sure it matters who we play in the final

I think Donny are all but up now. Bouremouth must fancy 2nd given their run in. If you look at Sheff U's remaining games they still have to face us and Brentford and failure to win either of them would see their chances of top 2 severely dented.

At least after today's results we know that 7 points will all but guarantee us a top 6 finish. 2 wins will probably be enough and 3 wins will mean the teams below cannot catch us at all. It's not out of the question we could make 2nd though but it would mean we'll have to win at least 4 of our last 5 games and hope other results go our way.

I'd want to avoid Brentford over 2 legs personally. Of all the sides i'd want to play in the play off semis it would probably be Yeovil. We've shown we can go there and beat them and we hammered them at home. They play an open style unlike Brentford and Sheffield United. I'd like to avoid Bournemouth full stop so hopefully they finish top 2.

Not quite up to Tans' standard, but it hasn't gone unnoticed  :wink:

I'd be happy if the top 8 stay exactly as they are

We battered them at their place for 70 odd minutes and then lost concentration and conceded 2 goals in the away game.  Fair enough a loss is a loss, but i just fancy our class would previal against them over 2 games.

The fans could be the difference as well.  They brought around 600 fans for the game at the CG on a Tuesday.  We took around 1,500 to theirs on a Tuesday.  We'd sell out our away capacity at Griffin Park, not sure they would do the same at the CG.

They would for a playoff game, surely. Its just down the road!

I wouldn't fancy our chances of beating Brentford. I give you Clayton Donaldson. I'd have no problems saying we'd batter them twice but I don't think we'd win. Yeovil or Tranmere, yes, Brentford, Sheff U or Muff, no.

The Brentford away match could have ended up in a 5-1 defeat. We got absolutely battered second half and a combination of Wes and the woodwork kept us in it.

Would rather avoid them, wouldn't want to go to Sheffield United and would fancy us against the others.

Looks like Bournemouth are going up then - they have shown ambition with their transfer dealings and fair play to them it looks like paying off.

Being honest, I think our top two chances went with PdC.

Corrected for you.

+ Ritchie + lack of a striker in the window.

We were starting to get ropey under PDC. His loss was a significant factor but we were hardly romping home. I'll lean towards the embargo and the loss of Ritchie if and when the time for excuses arrives.

I don't know about you folks but I for one cannot wait for a summer of 'who is to blame' shit-chat.

Fingers crossed Kevin MacDonald inspires us to promotion so we can spend the summer discussing how early we'll get relegated instead.

There's a lot riding on the spurs lads coming good - COYY!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbHf4GMjYjk&feature=player_embedded

 

The Brentford away match could have ended up in a 5-1 victory. We absolutely battered them first half.

Let's not forget we could have Benson and Caddis back for the playoffs

Paul Caddis will not play for Swindon again.

Potty mouth.  Doesn't look the type.

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We don't need to go up for that to happen  :)

:D

Quoted

I know who my money is on.

another scoop?

Oh man, this is going to get good. :popcorn:

The only chance we have is getting Sheff Utd in the PO final.

With Wilson as manager, his record in play-off finals is worse than ours ;)

Even if we did, we'd lose Rooney at the same time.

Millwall's and Kenny Jackett's was shite until they met us.

Benson went off injured for Cheltenham today. Sounded like a season ender.

Cunty cunt balls.

Walsall could be the team to watch in the POs.  They played OK at the CG, I'd give them more of a chance than Tranmere & they're the form team.

Not necessarily.

Maybe end of season includes the playoffs. Brum aren't in the playoffs so their season is over but our's isn't (touches wood).

Anybody know the official rules?

If Walsall make it the chances are it'll be at our expense.

Exactly. Top 6 has been decided, unless we royally fuck up.

Rooney is here for the play offs, should we make them. That was confirmed when we signed him.

However, Caddis' loan runs alongside it, so when Rooney goes back - Caddis returns. Meaning should we make the play offs, Caddis will be unavailable anyway.

With Benson, people seem to be forgetting that:

1. he is no better than what have already got

and

2. It is likely he will be playing in the play offs for Cheltenham.

People

Does anybody that really knows, know the score with Caddis?

Where is CHRIS_STFC when you need him?

Ha ha

I just asked Morshead, he doesn't know either.

I remember hearing/reading somewhere that Rooney's loan wasn't connected to Caddis. It was a swap, yes, but sending Rooney back wasn't linked to Caddis' return, and Caddis' loan running out wasn't linked to Rooney either. There's also some kind of pre-agreed contract if Rooney stays.

However, I could have misremembered this/dreamt it. I'm not as insightful as Chris.

I'd argue he has different qualities to what we have already got. Good point on #2 though! I don't think we'll see Caddis or Benson again anyway.

 I swear Benson must have voiced an opinion on Caddis situation that PDC didn't like..

From FL rules:

53.2.2 A Player whose Standard Loan expires (or terminates) on completion of his Loaning Club's League Matches will not be eligible to play for his Parent Club in any remaining League Matches in that Season notwithstanding the fact that such expiry or termination occurs during a Transfer Window.

Suggests that Caddis wouldn't be eligible. 

Also, Rooney is out of contract at season end so dont see how any future deal for Caddis could be linked to Rooney as suggested by some.

I think that's the generally accepted theory although Di Canio always spoke positively about him in the press, just commenting that Benson didn't fit the new system.

I think Benson would be starting games if he was here. I don't think he's anything special but we aint scoring enough and he's clinical in comparison to what's here. Don't think what we have is good enough to get us promoted.