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v Supermarine 12th July 3pm KO.

Last seasons game was surely last time Alan Navarro pulled on a Town shirt lining up alongside Luke Roopney and Paul Benson playing at centre half. Kayden Jackson played too I think but no sign of the lesser spotted Agombar

Last season's game also gave us chucklesome performances from the Banbury 3

Rumour has it that Wolves is also lined up.

Don't know who this Rumour bloke is though.

A day before the World Cup Final then (I think). I love World Cup and European Championship summers.

Yate have announced a friendly, the day before Supermarine.

http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/yatetownfootballclub/news/pre-season-frendlies-1217473.html

Wonder who Rovers have got pencilled in?

Some big team from League Two no doubt..

I've been told we're playing Devizes again. Anybody know when?

Last years game vs Supermarine was pants. One of the worst games of football I've ever seen, even for a friendly. Having said that, i'll go if I can get a lift and have a few pints.

I thought they asked you Crispy when you could make it!!

Oh come on, seeing the Banbury 3 try and play football was pretty good fun.

Forest green and ciren the usual ones I go to.

Shush.  :suicide:

Are we playing Eastleigh?  Be good to see Peacock and a certain James Constable...

Its a shame Lee has retired now, he manages the kids there.

I heard we are away to Petersfield in July, wherever that is.

Eastleigh and now Peterfield. Is someone dreaming of a Hampshire pre-season tour?

Whoever that is, you can dream higher.

Pompey away next?

Thursday 24th July.

Eastleigh have also signed Jack Midson, ex scum player on a free, somebody that was linked to us a few years back.

I once ran out of petrol on the A3, just outside of Petersfield, at some very early hour of the morning with a hired van load of people on the way back to Pompey from a Hawkwind free festival in Harlow. Rolled to the outskirts and then pushed to a handy garage....of course closed....but wonder of wonders, a machine that would take, in 73 probably a pound and dispense petrol.

I reckon this was about the time of a boom in vending machines in GB....I knew of places where you could buy eggs, from outside farms, milk machines were available and I always liked shoe polishing machines.

But did you have paraffin heaters reg? Boom boom boom boom, ESSO blue.

Nah, Pink Paraffin was the way to go. No jingle though.

Certainly did...you could pick them up quite cheaply in junk shops, nice looking ornamental ones to boot......40's/50's retro style....amazingly you could still buy the wicks.

(http://www.1900s.org.uk/1940s-images/paraffin-heater.jpg)

The Esso sign means happy motoring

Pound notes Reg?  :sherlock:

My (great) nan used paraffin heaters in her bathroom until her dying day... And no she wasn't killed in a fireball home accident. Good knows how mind. She was well into her 90s.

There was a petrol garage on Station Rd, in Tidworth, that had an out of hours vending machine for fuel. As far as I remember it took pound notes and fivers. This would be the mid 70's (I was very young).

Marlborough had one too, early/mis 80s
Odd at that time none in swindon. Was a toss up whether to go Marlborough or Membury if needed fuel late on  

Yep....nice crisp oncer.  Just as well, because I don't think a moth eaten one would have worked.

Couldn't beat the fag vending machines, usually conveniently in shops right next to schools. Took 90% of my dinner money over the years and never a fake id needed.

Can remember the milk vending machines.
Usually to be found on railway stations and dispensed in triangular cartons which were cunts to open.
Lloyds garage on Fleming way and the one in Highworth had vending petrol pumps iirc.

On Belgian railways stations they have beer vending machines. Admittedly they mostly sell Jupiler but a beer is a beer when you need one :)

you would of been amazed at a 10 Bob note. Worth 50p at the point of decimalisation.

What a con that was.

After we kick Europe into touch, we can bring back 240 pennies to the £.

Power to the people.

The irony here, is that the original pound was based on the Roman libra.... a sort of 2000 year old Euro, used throughout the Empire.  Hence LSD and lb for mass, as the currency was based on a set mass of silver.

Just bought one of these this week to use in my shed. Anything I should know?

Keep a fire extinguisher handy?

Yeah, make sure you have a bit of ventilation....and that you don't allow it to run out of fuel....burns the wick, so then doesn't work efficiently.

Oh and don't put your hand on it when hot, or worse still sit on it forgetting it's on.

“@BBCCambsSport:
Cambridge United are set to face Shaktar Donetsk, Espanyol and West Ham in a pre-season tournament at the Abbey on July 19th/20th.#cufc

What the actual fuck

Still, least we will have Petersfield  ::)

Did we not also play Espanyol one year in a pre-season friendly?  It would have been Hoddle era.  I think we may have had them one year and Sporting Lisbon the next?

Shame the Samsung sponsorship didn't get us a high profile friendly or two.

I was thinking that.....but I'm now wondering if the game v Los Periquitos actually happened, or if it was just proposed, and never materialised.

We  got completely mullered by Sporting, who if memory serves had Luis Figo playing.  We've also had friendlies v Real Sociedad and Sporting Gijon.

I think Lisbon had quite a vocal support that day too. I remember most of the play was at one end  :)

I've seen Espanyol play three times this season, they were lousy on every occasion.

You don't actually think that those teams will play more than 2 or 3 first team players do you?

It will be their development sides, last season we had Spurs at home who brought almost their entire first team squad.

Oh I don't know. You're not going to make three first team players travel with a bunch of kids. Espanyol will take a strong team as Espanyol B will have their own pre-season schedule.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02vv1yzpFhY

Enjoyed watching that JJ, not seen that before.

Doesn't the Bank look great with all those people standing on it?

Certainly don't miss those pillars in the shrivvy.

I did initially think it was a hell of a good turnout from Sociedad*


*then realised I was being a moron.

:D

Did any big names play for Gijon in our game?

David Villa. Sam Parkin scored more than him that day.

:D

The Spaniards don't travel that well in their own country, let alone to another. 

My brother had (might still have) a nice fan shaped scar on his arse where he stumbled and sat on the top of a hot paraffin heater when drying off after a bath when we were kids. Made his eyes water a tad :cry:

Wicks? Didn't know I'd need wicks. Where am I going to find those in rural France?

Not Wickes, obviously.

An ex-flame of mine is from Petersfield, the fucking bitch, let's arrive there in good number and deride the fucking mare.

I wish no good on that fucking whore, Nicola in Petersfield. When I attend for the pre-season friendly I will be throwing a brick through her window and shitting on her doorstep.

Why the hatred Dosser?

Was she a bit of a bike?

Thanks for the answer Abrahammer, she destroyed me and many others, and I will exact vengeance. Our pre-season friendly is the excuse I need.

My advice would be to shit on the doorstep (and clean yourself) before throwing the brick through the window.

That is, unless you want to be caught.

Dosser's threats of abuse against a woman really have no place on the TEF....I know it's likely fantasy, but not acceptable.

I have to say that Reg is spot on with his comments, particularly as her only crime was going to watch Shrewsbury play a couple of matches

Back on topic - Southampton on July 21.

Home or away?

Home

Imagine how well it would have gone down had it been at St. Mary's?

"We've lost the manager and sold Shaw, Lallana, Lovren (probably) and Lambert but here's a home friendly against Swindon Town... Because you're worth it."

oh well. At least we still have Petersfield.

We could always put out a weaker side  :)

Good test for us; don't normally bother with pre-season games but the mrs is a Saints fan - so will go for bragging rights...!

Might have gone along if a weekend but Monday evening doesn't really work for me.

 :( :(

http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/swindon-town-visit-orchard-friendly-7248728

Even within friendly fixtures, that one is random.

I might go to that one!

Surely will be a development team from town

On the linked page was a link to towns goals last term

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NmdeRRcR0g

Very few of those scorers here next season

Quite worrying when you think about it

looking at those goals. What the hell happened to NGuessan after about November??

You'd have thought so, but still a bit left field. Presumably a favour being paid back somewhere along the line?

'League one giants'

Fucking massive

I was thinking we might be signing some of their 'better players'. Perhaps they have the next Charlie Austin among their ranks.

I reckon we're signing their winger, Seb Philogene.

Probably looking for a new Ranger....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqZvM8lqnJY

Andy Williams got 1....

It's all about perspective :)

TBF as far as League One goes, we've gotta be one of the 'bigger' clubs...

Preston and ourselves, are the only 2, in Div 3, of the 26 English clubs with a player at the WC.  We've all been told often enough by Thor, that Preston are massive, so exalted company.

I reckon it may be a reason why we tend to have so many financial difficulties. Not quite big enough for the 2nd, but too big to be content in the 3rd tier.

Mason,  Pritchard, Ranger, Ajose, N'Guessan... that's a LOT of goals to find next season! Only Luongo and Barthram left from that video!

No. No Brentford music. Not here.

Breaking News.....Fatbasher likely to be in the area on business that day....what a shocker.

Is that definitely the date ?
Cos I had 1st July pencilled in for some reason

It's definitely not July 1st.

Wheel clamper?   :)

They're taking their time with the official announcement are they not? (Court case blah blah blah)

Using other team sources, this is what we've got thus far (not including U18's).


11 July 2014: Yate Town (a)
12 July 2014: Swindon Supermarine (a)
17 July 2014: Eastleigh (a)
21 July 2014: Southampton (h)
24 July 2014: Bedfont & Feltham (a)

When do they report back for Preseason? 30th June?

I think I read that the players are reporting back for fitness tests on 30th June so I guess that date sounds about right.

15 July 2014: Fairford Town (a)

I didn't include U18 games, which I believe Fairford is.

Petersfield ??

Charlton will travel to Swindon Town for a pre-season friendly on Wednesday, July 30th (7.45pm)
Read more at http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/20140623-swindon-friendly-1661010.aspx#7eQdYUOUyau5Q8wE.99

Decent

Dull

A chance to maybe see WC star Reza Ghoochanneijhad in action....

I ran, I ran, I ran

Hope he never becomes a household name, wonder what song Charlton fans have for him? Probably best to keep him apart from Yaser, or are they all diplomatically friendly now.

Give us a G

Something on the theme of I am the walrus ghoo ghoo g'joob

Failing that.....Rez a jolly good fellow

Not one that has ever appeared in 'They Served Us Both', thankfully.

Also playing Peterfield Town on the 15th July.

Note the Eastleigh game is 7pm kick off (according to there website)

 ::)



Swindon's full pre-season schedule:

Friday, July 11 - Yate Town (a), 7.30pm

Saturday, July 12 - Swindon Supermarine (a), 3pm

Tuesday, July 15 - Petersfield (a), 7.45pm

Thursday, July 17 - Eastleigh (a), 7pm

Monday, July 21 Southampton (h), 7.45pm

Thursday, July 24 - Feltham (a), 7.45pm

Tuesday, July 29 - Leeds United (h), 7.45pm

From the adver

Not a bad line up that, some non leaguers to get us going, then we can rip the piss out of constable, and then finish off by stuffing leeds again

Rubbish pre season. Nothing local  doable for midweek. Can't even do supermarine this year. Clashes with riat.

Leeds Leeds leeds

I'll go to the Yate Town game.

I shall be the one full-kitted out, a scarf around my wrist and face, nay, war-paint applied.

Supermarine? Easy to get in or big queues?

I lived in Yate for 10 years. Used to wear my Town shirt out and about and got a few funny looks from the mainly Rovers fans.

Pretty easy to get into. i've not had much of a queue in the last 4 years. The PdC game was a bit crowded but last season was pretty sparse.

Those 'funny looks' are just the natural looks of your average Gashead, right?

My father-in-law managed a shop in Yate for quite a long time and have old college friends who lived in the area so I've been around there a fair bit.... Not my favourite place in the world!

Have to say the fact that Feltham is still on the list post-Jed is something I (probably quite unnecessarily) find a bit worrying. Sure it's just a coincidence and all that, but I'd be mightily relieved if someone could suggest a good reason why we're playing them.

I've only just noticed we are playing feltham away, it is right next to where I work so will probably go along to that.

Does seem a strange fixture for us to have though

An associate of Tommy Agombar is a major player at Bedfont & Feltham, so...........

I do hope the motto of the town is 'warm and fuzzy - Feltham'

Hence my concern....

Supermarine this weekend is a pain with the Fairford traffic

Cupid stunt. Just playing the game with my call plan.

Not at 3pm it won't be surely?

It always used to be a nightmare trying to get into Swindon area the entire weekend from my ends. Only moved back after a few years so might not be as bad now.

Mrs is from Yate - one time largest council estate in europe
Lived and worked there myself for a time and yes indeed is gas country

Was thinking about persuading the mrs to pop down and see her family so I could go
 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Tho can see it being a lesser town team as playing saturday too

It'll be fine going in. More risk of a slow get away. Flying finishes at 6 but the reds are on at 2 something and the f35 may not make it so people may drift earlier.

Would have thought it wouldn't be too bad unless heading to m4 from A419 anyway tbh

I thought I read something about the feltham game being planned because it was on the way back from army training?? Nothing too sinister, though I'm almost certainly wrong

According to LP last night that was the original reason, however, Eastleigh cropped up which they thought would be a better test, but as a friend of his is involved at Feltham they said they would still send a "team" there, probably a development squad.

I think I should be reassured by that but for some reason I'm still uneasy. Depends who the "friend" is, I guess.

Rather than worry about Feltham links I'm a bit more worried that with £11 million to spend and having spent a lot of last season co commentating for Wiltshire Radio that the suddenly arranged pre season v Leeds might be linked to a bid for Wes or the Thompson twins.........

Agreed.

Who'd have thought a friendly against Bedfont & Feltham would cause concern?

Hockaday is a coach only tho could have put his two penneth worth in I guess,
Leeds have been linked with half a dozen Italian players inc a keeper so let's hope its just a decent game they are after

I'm fancying the Eastleigh trip even more if Oliver Risser signs for them. Along with Constable, Will Evans...  any chance of Lee Peacock coming back out of retirement again for another one last game?!

He may do, hes in charge of the kids there now. Top bloke is leepea.

If you can't wait until next friendly for some life football, the under 18s re playing at Fairford Town tonight, free entry, KO is 7.45.

Town starting XI: Belford, Thompson N, Vandesonpele, Branco, A Triallist, Thompson L, Luongo, Byrne, Barthram, Barker, Smith

Williams,Kasim and Gladwin sidelined

Interestingly sam's line up names the triallist as Rodgers but the official line up names him as a triallist.

Hope sambo isn't getting his knickers in a knot.

He's going to be sent to the naughty step again isn't he.

I am at Petersfield. Nice looking away kit

Barker sounding lively.

Woof woof?

Smith misses penalty.

He is doing well actually. Their keeper having blinder

First pen saved
Scored with second  :D

I was going to say their keeper sounds like he's playing out of his skin!

2-0 smith.

All he bloody does is score goals

Get rid.

3-1 will Randall.

4-1 Randall.

5-2 now

Barker got the 5th

 :hmmm: maybe the first of many in a Town shirt  :)

I'll wait until feedback from others who are there but it sounds like he played pretty well. Setup a couple as well I think.

Sounds like he should have got about 10 from sams tweets

Anyone go? Randall sounds like he played well again.

At least one regular poster went, so I'm sure there will be a report later

I left at half time as the kids have school tomorrow so can only report up to then.

Petersfield didn't offer up a great challenge so our players looked a class above. Town sat back a little at first but as the game became more stretched we started to take control, got down both wings and passed our way through the middle with ease - with better finishing and a lesser performance from their keeper it would have been a whole lot more.

As mentioned before Barker looked very eager and keen to impress, good feet, good skill but was lacking a good final ball. Not sure if this was in part to do to with erratic desperate defending. Byrne was good going forward as we know he can be - he linked up well with Luongo and Smith. I am glad Smith scored his second penalty and it was a good pen - the first wasn't bad it was just a great save. I think confidence will play as big part with him this season (as it will with Williams). Branco looked solid and at the back, Rodgers showed some touches of class (is he replacing Ranger in our token rape charge role ?).

Luongo was his usual skillful self but..dare I say it....looked a little disinterested. World cup hangover, Brazil to Petersfield too much of a shock ? Or wanting to move ?

I think,if it was likely he was going to move, Cooper would not have chanced playing him.

Is this the first Anton play for us - over to you Reg. I know we've had an Antoine.

Wasn't the fella in May to December called Anton Rogers?  :sherlock:  Starred opposite Julia Mackenzie in Fresh Fields?

Jed may have gone, but his spirit lives on…  :headhurts:

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TOWN v Eastleigh: Foderingham; N Thompson, Gladwin, Branco; Barthram, Rodgers, L Thompson, Luongo, Byrne; Smith, Williams

Glad win at centre back

It's a funny old game, whereby we go into a fixture v Eastleigh as underdogs as they have a bigger budget than us.

Presumably that's a guess expressed as a fact. There's no point in arguing about it, but it's obvious that a good few of our players are not on peanuts.

Sure, we need a couple of centre backs and a bit more depth (in the way that most lower league clubs still have incomplete squads in mid July), but nobody with a shred of common sense would suggest that they have a better squad / team than us. By suggesting that they are favourites, I assume that's what you are doing.

Behave

I base it on what the manager said...

Eastleigh are a bit like what Forest Green are/were. We lost to Forest Green and didn't matter. We might lose tonight, it won't matter.

Of course it won't matter, it's a pre-season friendly....I just hope we don't get them in the FA Cup

1-0 Down.

Giant-killing looking unlikely.

the world is ending...

I thought Cooper meant they had a bigger budgie than us.

They've got a Peacock.

Did we win?

2 down. Into injury time now.

I'm lost or senile, who are Jones and Marshall?

Jones is a first year pro, Tom Jones' son.

Marshall is a 2nd year YTS (I think)

Either way they're both youngsters.

Boo. Cooper Out!

Cheers

Shows how thin our squad is at the moment. Apparently Nathan Thompson limped off tonight.

Hopefully we can bring in these loanees soon, Gladwin had to play makeshift centre back tonight I think.

Eastleigh have a lot of recognisable players, wouldn't surprise me if they go up this season.

Glad about Thompson.

Nobody wants a crock!

Barker sounded lively again! He could be my new cult hero!

Our season is going to hinge on what sort of reinforcements Power can get in the loan market. 

There must be about 3 weeks to the KO, so a bit of time to sort something, and then we'll have a better idea.

You would have thought we were the non-league team tonight, only a friendly and we'll be better when we get some more bodies in.  Eastleigh looked good value for their win and should have  good season.

How did Lee Marshall play?

Fuck off! But I hope you are right and he sheds his skin...

COPPEH OOUT!

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It's not unusual

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Flash,  you've put Ted Rodgers in the wrong thread  ;)

We were really shite. We need 2 center backs and replacements for the Thompsons/Massa.

ASAP.

Interesting retweet from Wes


Yet another friendly added to the list ??

EDIT

 Retweeted by Swindon Town FC

A friendly 10 minutes from my house. Good work town.

Yep tram to Beckenham jct. A few beers at O'neills, and a bus to the ground. Lovely stuff

Going to a game on a tram?

Don't forget your Brylcreem

Ha you don't know me but I am the bryl cream king, never without it. Next retro insult please :)

Will you be wearing your grey flannel suit?

Stop taking the piss, he fought in the Crimean War for us.  If it wasn't for him we'd all be speaking Russian.

Niet

 :)

You're mixing me up with Jacko!

 :D  Couldn't mix anyone up with Jacko! 8)

Think he moves back to Swindon next week or two. apparently to a short crawl from the gluepot!