Thetownend.com

So, this is it. The end of the phoney war, the end of the beginning, and the beginning of the end-game.

The Frog takes his fragile unbeaten thread-starting record on to Bramall Lane, along with himself in a few hours, to join the um, purple and black throngs and a skyful of red and white streamers to cheer our noble band of brothers and assorted mercenaries on to victory.

Sean Bean, Jessica Ennis, Joe Root, Chris Wilder (yup, apparently), the Human League, ABC, Heaven 17, Clock DVA, Cabaret Voltaire, Arctic Monkeys, Def Leppard, Jarvis Cocker… clear the stage for SWINDON TOWN FC.

We're mauve
We're black
We won't be coming back.
SWINDON TOWN. SWINDON TOWN.

PS. Remember to vote!

At work till at least 4:00, on a train at 9:25 via the polling station.

Fucking love the playoffs!

Sheff utd will probably have Davis up front kicking and elbowing trying to get one of defenders sent off so we'll need a stronger referee than our last visit.As long as we play like we can then I can see us coming away with a lead,2-1 Gladwin and Stephens

Was he that fat knacker who should have been sent off last time?

Think we'll get a draw. would take a one goal defeat though

Not sure what's happened, was extremely nervous about this one, but I'm suddenly not. Suppose its because it only the first leg, and its likely going to be tight (don't quote me on that).

COYR

Met the team coach just after 6 pm on the A419 last night, so at least they were safely to bed by about 10 last night, are they training at the Wednesday ground this morning?

And the nerves begin.

Have a look at Sam's letter, makes for some good reading http://totalswindonsport.com/2015/05/the-play-offs-an-open-letter-to-swindon-town/

Twas Higdon

No,that was Higdon,Davis is a slimmer thug but thug nonetheless

Wipes tear from eye

Already up and voted despite being on a late last night. London > Swindon > Warwick > Sheff and back in a day. Going to be a long one but worth it.

I really should be going to this but the mates I go with are staying overnight in the hotel next to the ground.

Instead I'll make do with The Merlin, Mrs Audrey and a box of Kleenex for whichever way it may go!

Way more nervous today than Brentford games, anyone else?

Leaving here 1 or 2. Looking forward to this. Sheff Utd a proper football club, a proper stadium and proper fans who know what its like to be fucked over by the authorities a la Tevez. The love stops there, however, as we need to get through. Should be a great atmosphere between two recently underperforming teams. Its not only a case of which Swindon turns up but also which Sheff Utd turns up. It really is a game that is impossible to predict. Hopefully it will be decided on the pitch rather than the whim of a ref or lino. I have a real feeling Luongo is going to be the man and Gladwin not far behind him.
I'm going for 1-2 with Luongo and Gladwin scoring with 1200 Town in a crowd of 27500.

I've got my tickets, just starting to get really nervous, mainly because my son is so confident and I don't want him to get crushed!!  Have they announced new numbers of tickets sold yet??

Voted /
Work
Drive up North
Town get a win

One down... 3 to go.

Due to travel commitments tomorrow I am giving it a miss....don't despair, I have been to The Blades three times and we lost every fucking one.... :suicide:

The 'jinx' will be watching the match from the comfort of Victor Mildews living room.

Mrs Mildew is supplying hotdogs and burgers.... :pint:

If we don't lose it will a result as far as I'm concerned...

I thought I'd resigned myself to missing this and Monday's game and that it wouldn't bother me much.....

......I am very much bothered. I feel dirty having to watch football on Sky, but the biggest feeling is one of huge frustration. Frustration that I won't be there, frustration that it's partly my own fault and frustration that I'll be on my own, with no like minded people around me to celebrate a victory or bemoan a defeat.

Just fucking win and give me the opportunity to be loud and embarrassing in front of lots of strangers!

Forgot to vote, A week of politic bollocks to look forward to, left me wallet at home and I have a shite day at work to look forward to.

Swindon, cheer me up today please  

Not a must win game, hopefully we can sneak a draw. Go Town!

Fucking COME ON town.

1100 away tickets sold so far.

COME ON!

setting off about 5:30 from Manchester Piccadilly just hope we perform and are still in the tie for Monday night a draw or narrow win would be ecellent

What time does the game start for you (local time)
, you getting sky over there?

About 1:45 AM, I'll be watching a stream.

Today is generally going to be a bad one, working, got a dentists appointment and everyone banging on about the election......

Can see beyond a standard 3-0 defeat - sorry.

There is no doubt that we can beat any side in this league with ease when we are on our game and motivated. Just as easily our heads can drop when we inevitably make one silly mistake at the back and gift the opposition a goal.

If we play as a team and attack them from the off we can get a result there, something no Town side has doine since 1970 when Trollope and Horsfield scored in a 2-1 win at Bramall Lane.

Am I confident? not overly, but quietly.

Do I think we can win there? yes if we play as a unit and not as a side of indivduals.

Hopefully its a great day out for Town fans and an impressive performance for a change on live TV, play well and score goals yet concede none....thats what it comes down to, oh and to all those going....sing your hearts out, wish I was there.

Does it require a download? My mates in OZ on biz (Melbourne) and fancies it.

There are always streams online of Sky Sports channels.

I recommend using Chrome with AdBlocker installed:

http://www.stream2watch.com/live-tv/gb/sky-sports-2-live-stream

Tell him to have a look on here
No download needed usually, although the links are not usually available until a few minutes before the game starts.

Come on you redssssssssssssssssssssssss

COYMR's
 :)

After the last few months and especially last 2 televised games, I just want to see us do ourselves justice. Go for it with all guns blazing and have no regrets cos we couldn't do any more. 1-3 luongo first goal.  COYR

Merlin for me too. Minus the mrs and kleenex

Many thanks.... JJ messaged me top info but I'm sure he cannot download on work laptop so this might be a better option. Anyway...done all I can for him now.

Decided not to go tonight because my record there is awful (4 visits, 4 losses). 

Come on boys.  You can do it!

Rearranged a screen repair so I can do it at the clients house thisevening because they have sky. We just don't want to lose. Let's go into the home leg on an even keel.

Mind you I won't complain if we completely dismantle them again...

If we play for a draw we'll lose. Let's tear them a new one at Bramall Lane!

Most indications suggest they're going to go for it.

Brace yourselves....

Which is probably the best thing for us. Bring it on.

I'm all for winning but I have bad memories of Bramall Lane. As I'm sure many here do.

I'm all for it.

Within the Wembley showcase final format, I think this is only the second time (out of six) where our first leg has been away from home so this is a different feeling from the most recent P-O attempts.

The optimist in me thinks that Town will click and greatness will be witnessed.
The pessimist in me hopes we can keep the score the down before the second leg.

COME ON TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWN!

Third. The other two we won. 3-2 against Wigan in '87 (after coming back from 2-0 down), and doing the conga in the away end, and winning 2-1 at Blackburn, after a Steve Foley special.

COYR !!

One of the best goals I have seen ever for the Town from Stigger in one of the best atmospheres I have been to as well, a great day out.

what became of him? Was a heavy drinker and a bit of a lad. Wasn't at the recent get together of the ossie play off squad(Ross MacLaren the other absentee)

As for tonight I'm hopefully that we can come away with a draw.

I know he drifted out of football only a couple of years after leaving us when his alcoholism got a grip on him. Such a shame and waste of talent.

Where he is now though I don't know.

Coincidentally we signed him from tonights opponents for £40k.

Currently sat in the Mecure in the city centre. Sadly i'll be on my way home at four. Watch out for 50mph ave cameras Northampton area and Nottingham - Sheffield area. There WILL be traffic congestion.

Last time I heard, he was in jail.

It appears we are definately the underdogs if forums are anything to go by.

Out of 120 votes in the Sheff Utd forum only 12 think we can go on and win promotion.

http://www.s24su.com/forum/index.php?threads/play-off-poll.39687/

Being underdogs could genuinely work in our favour with all the pressure on Sheffield, their fans are well known for being moaning fickle negative fans anyway.

And chucking all those clods of grass/mud that constituted the away end

I'd read little to nothing into that. Most seem unaware that we've been playing our reserves/youths lately. Not that a poll would make any difference anyway.

Nothing any of us write has any influence at all on the game :)

Reading all the forums (I was bored) of all the clubs in our division (and several that aren't)  I would say that in the eyes of fans of other clubs we are by far and away the least fancied of the 4 teams with most backing Preston (as the finished highest obviously) or backing the plucky, smallest fanbase, side Chesterfield, mostly because they don't like us, PNE or Sheff Utd it would seem.

If football matches were the result of fans forum positivity then Chestefield would walk the play offs well ahead of us, Preston and Sheff Utd.

Both Preston and Sheff Utd have more than their fair share of whinging moaning negative posters that put ours to shame.

Whatever polls, stats, opinions or thoughts are on our forum, their forum, twitter or facebook...

just COME ON TOWN!

I did state that my stats were within the Wembley final format. 1987 had a the old format.

Apologies, didn't see that.

Yeah....but what about the ones within the Millenium Stadium format?

Leaving work at 2:00.
Nervous and proud to be cheering on the lads.

Sheffield United reduced to 10 men and a 1-1 draw.

Ah Reg. You do enjoy those windows of opportunity.

Same format and you know it ;)

Great new pic, mate!

Its now become pay on the door for tonight, so its not quite too late yet to make the game!!

The Spirit of Cammy Belford

What the format where you play a semi final....and then a final somewhere?

I'd be happy with no more than a two-goal defeat.

Blades 4 - 2 Robins

For those going, I hope it is a cracking atmosphere. Enjoy.

I fear tonights game will effectively decide the two legged tie either way. I'm hoping to swing by Brammal Lane later and pick up a programme before heading south.

The Play-Offs used to have a two legged semi and the same for the final (until somebody won).

Then the FA decided that a showcase final would be better. For the basis of my point I decided to count the current format only which applies to 1989 onwards.

 ::)

Whoever is a goal or two behind come the second leg will still think they have a good chance of taking the tie to pens (Town have come from two down in recent games). Three and its probably all over.

Right then... just leaving work now to start heading up North! See you all up there! I won't be able to reply to anything RE: streamers etc so tweet me @JayBox325 if you want to get involved or help hand them out (not that many of you go to games ;))

right, just got up after last nights shift sooo excited and positive about tonight  :clap:ive been exciled ooop north in Bridlington for a lot of years now so don't get to see that many town games been to 4 away games this year won them all so 5 out of 5 is my prediction  bit pissed off yesterday when I bought my ticket  was only £10 no booking fee  when I asked why they said I hit 60 a few weeks ago and was entitled to an oap ticket for this game" fuck"i nearly said no I want to pay full price "who wants to be 60" bus pass nxt . Anyway back to the match  back to the pre xmas form tonight  4-0 win for us  with Nathan byrne scoring 1st  950-1 ".we can all dream"  "COME ON YOU REDS" cant wait till nxt year when we beat leeds at elland rd "heaven"

I read that without taking a breath.

i ran out of breath - age catching up with me  8)

1122 sold in advance. Hopefully a few more will pay on the gate. Shame it's so far with such short notice. A Saturday game would have seen plenty more making the trip.

I've had to subscribe to a Norwegian TV channel to watch it online, £26.50 for both legs ain't too bad.

Can't follow the election mind...

Count me in...will pay on the gate as its only an hour across the Peaks for me.

COYR

 :)

Why bother though.....I could understand not including a 2 or 3 legged final, when you're looking at semi finals although the we did have home advantage last v Gills in the first final.

Incidentally for the first couple of years, one of the relegation candidates of te league above was in.

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Me also.

The game is being shown in the Legends.

http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/news/article/first-leg-live-in-the-legends-2441525.aspx

The large screens in there are total shite, though.

On the train from Manchester very nervous

Can we fast forward 2 hours please?

About to head to the Duke of Wellington with the fellow reds.

1-2 tonight I reckon. Williams and Turnbull.

Just sat down with a pint near the ground. Is it really 45 years since we won here? I guess these records are there to be broken, but a draw will do!

I'm not going to watch it, I'll follow on Twitter/TEF.

Emulate these guys, chaps.

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Yup, Feb 1970 was our last victory there.

16 games at Sheffield United, lost 12, drawn 2, won 2.

Not a great record there, to put it politely.

In prison apparently, no idea what for though.

Only been once. First game of our PL season.

Feeling good about tonight, though

Not sure which I am more nervous about tonight`s game or waking up to tomorrow to find the Scottish have a say in running my country....jeez....don`t feel optimistic about either outcome....

Yeah imagine another country having a say on your affairs, especially a party that you've never even voted for. Awful thought eh?

Rolling Police Roadblocks escorting Swindon fans to the ground apparently.

I remember being pissed on at Bramall lane whilst under police escort once. The officers fist checked none of them were hit then just laughed.

Surely there's another thread for this bollocks.

 :swordfight:

Just responding to a post, hardly crime of the year. In truth I didn't realise this was on the play off thread. So I do apologise.

Good luck to Town tonight!!!

Yes...

I saw Charlton defeat Ipswich in the first round.

Charlton were trying to stay up....and did after beating Leeds methinks.

How's that for momentum!?

aaaaahh,rodney desmeules

Just watched the clip of Ward's goal against Charlton in the first leg 2010. Now buzzing.

Yep. Starting to feel sick.

What a goal that was...

Can he finish?

You bet he can.

Please recreate this at Bramall Lane tonight, thanks.

https://youtu.be/2BdqQj63Tgs

Ha ha, just watched exactly the same thing along with the penalties from the 2nd leg. Watched the final aswell for a bit of balance!! That bobble gets worse every time I see it :crash:

Foderingham, Stephens, Thompson N (C), Turnbull, Byrne, Kasim, Luongo, Gladwin, Ricketts, Smith, Hylton

Belford C, Barthram, Marshall, Rodgers, Swift, Williams, Obika

smith starts -|

Okay, I can understand Hilton starting. Smith and Ricketts :hmmm:

indeed. think it means gladwin wide rather than central ?

Mahooooooosive pressure on Hylton.

Good luck to the guy.

I'd read that as Gladwin central & Ricketts LWB. Maybe wrong though!!!

I hope its Ricketts left wing back and not Gladwin.

Ricketts lwb. gladwin down the middle, c'mon gladwin bury some

Yes, as others have said hopefully the other way round, otherwise it's a waste having Gladwin out there.

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Toffolo obviously injured so surprised Randall not on bench, impressed in the few games he played.  Im guessing Hilton and Smith have looked the best partnership in training. Quite happy with that eleven.

Teams announced then, yep, getting nervy now.

Obika can count himself very unlucky not to start. Rest of the team picks itself.

Personally would have kept Obika in the side, looked like him and Hylton could have worked wel
Together.

Hopefully smith proves me wrong.

Two up front as well. A few were expecting Coops to go with one up front for this game.

Unless he's injured Branco has managed to play himself out of the squad for the biggest game of the season so far :suicide:

I know Obika is not 100% fit yet so that could be part of it.

Hopefully the confidence boost of getting picked outweighs the pressure...

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he has been shocking for the last few games

Thank fuck. I like him but there is no way we could risk him in these games.

Anybody seen their team?Can't see it on their forum anywhere.

JMac plays.

1 up front

Really dont want to sound negative but I would rather see any of the outfield subs picked before Ricketts

Or Thompson ;)

Harris, Brayford, Basham, Flynn, Murphy, Coutts, McEveley, Freeman, S.Davies, Holt, Howard.

Subs: Alcock,Doyle,Scougall, McNulty,Done,Adams,Turner.

Why? What's changed?

Teams attached. (oh OK, too slow)

I definitely didn't predict Smith and Hylton starting.

Assistant referee = Martin Coy = M Coy = McCoy = McCrory = Jed = WE'RE DOOMED

mean

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TV2 in Norway says that ourselves and Sheff Utd used to be big names... I'm not sure if this is just in comparison to the short names of Tippeligaen teams such as Odd.

IT AN anagram COYMR. 

Can we please avoid unclear posts during the game? Cheers.

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Back home from Sheffield. Got my match day programme at 3.00 today from the club shop. Saw three Barnes coaches heading north on the M42 near Tamworth.

Yes.  Get In.

Just opened a beer.

Hits the bar.

At the risk of sounding extremely stupid what does the M stand for in COYMR??

motherfu..?

cking

Peroni in freezer for accelerated chilling. Watch out for a Blades love fest tonight.

Dear Sky,

We've won the play-offs 3 times, not twice.

But twice in the showcase final format....

...I'll get my coat.

 :toocool:

Mighty.

ignorant cunts

 :D

They probably didn't count 1990 after Sunderland 'took' our place.

There's only one Jimmy Greaves....

Come the fuck on Town.

No way a full house for the home fans.

Best of luck folks.

Let's do this...........................

McEveley and Brayford at centre back is interesting, neither are that tall are they? Could explain Smith...

McEveley not exactly fast...could explain Hylton....

Here we go

I actually feel sick.

Wish I was there.  It's awful watching a game of this magnitude on tv.

Come on Town!

That kit really is something else.

Hold on tight everyone, it's going to be quite a ride I think.....

Preston 1 up

"Automatic promotion is gone, this (the playoffs) are the best way of guaranteeing promotion"

Insight at its finest from Don Goodman

Oh yeah, Preston.

How the fuck are we going to negotiate our way through this?

 :popcorn:

Sounds like Sheffield United should've had a penalty for deliberate handball on Stephens.

Penalty claim against Stephens for handball, arm was down but away from body. Seen them given.

Is Luongo playing? I've not seen him kick the ball yet.

All united atm :(

Any streams available for this?

giving the ball away a bit cheaply at the moment

not a great start from any of them. Sheff utd look shit but are well on top

Very cheaply

yes I'm watching one at the mo - see 2nd or 3rd page of this thread for the links

Who's marking Murphy?  He's getting acres of space.

We haven't settled at all.

http://footballstreaming.info/streams/todays-links/index.html

Our central midfield is completely anonymous when we're defending.

Ta  :)

Why are all our players being so fucking greedy?

Nate Dogg shifted to the right hand side of the 3, think between him and Byrne

utterr bollocks

Fuck

At last. Might fucking wake us up now.

1-0. Utd it was coming. Pile of shit so far . Not getting near them.

Completely unmarked. Shocking defending (again)

Sighs all round.

Long way to go.

another shit pass

It was coming

That's the worrying thing

The tie's going to be finished tonight the way they are playing. Absolute fucking rubbish.

why can't Byre beat players any more, he is forever losing the ball

All one way traffic.. This could be very bad!

C'mon folks.

BELIEVE

Sussed. Tricky but not dazzling and repetitive.

Tell the players....

Byrne pissing about with the ball too much.

Has Luongo even touched the ball?

Sheffield United players have spent the majority of the game falling over.

our ball retention is practically nil.fucking stop giving the ball away

Pen Town

come on

ALL THESE PENALTIES.

Hmm looked a bit lucky that one.

Oooo

Shit!

Penalty Town

Penalty!!

cunts

Blatant.

Bugger

Lost my stream

Byrne dived anyway....FFS

Another fucking miss. Fml.

Fucking hell, we never do anything easy do we?

oh dear,penalties

FFS I thought we had solved our shite penalty taking

fucking brilliant

He looked for it sure, but he's gone over a whole leg, it's not even close to a dive.

What a fucking shambles.

soapy tit wank never looked like scoring. Need to be 1-0 down at worst at ht

So did Cooper.

this is fucking shit swindon

We actually getting into the game more though.

Penalties are a cruel son of a bitch.

Sheff Utd crowd really loving Byrne now!

diving cunt

no w get into the final third and fuck it up

Will be a bit shit if the only thing we're remembered for this season is being a bunch of diving cunts

5 missed penalties out of 13 this season.

Crazy.

If not sure smash the cunt. Not fucking side foot it.

We're Swindon...We NEVER do things easy.

We're playing like we have for the last few weeks.

We're pants.

Thought Byrne was one of the top kiddies? He's terrible. As for Hylton, whoever he is... Is he on as a joke?

We'd be up or playing Chesterfield right now had we scored them :)

Put Clough up in the stands, the moany cunt.

The ref been good. Got every thing right. Players need to do their part  

Watch the cricket

Hylton and Brayford look like they've smashed their legs together horribly

kasim is starting to look impressive

Byrne chance saved . Painful clash of knees. Still look unwilling to cross at any point

Another sidesplitter.

Do you think we've been decent then?

Sorry but Ricketts is shit.

What the fuck is Rickets playing for?

without any of the midfield doing their bit and making chances for the forwards then they're not going to even get into the game

you are not alone in that thought unfortunately

was just going to say exactly that.awful

I think it's more to do with the fact you never have anything positive to say. Hell ain't freezing yet though,  is it?

No.

COME ON LUONGO WHERE ARE YOU TODAY?

That's because every time I watch us, we're shit. Perhaps I'm cursed.

great move shocking finish mass

That would also explain the cricket...

You aren't the only one, I have seen us live once this season. Yeovil at home. Say no more  :)

Luckily we're only playing Sheffield United tonight, they aren't very good either.

A lot better after their goal, but we got lucky on the handball, and to state the obvious that penalty miss could be the difference.

Despite the mediocrity, it should be 1-1. That gives me hope.

Keep the score down and people might turn up on Monday :)

I'm going to get cunted

God I reckon Luongos valuation has probably decreased by about 2 mil in 45 minutes!

They're just hoofing the ball upfield and picking up the pieces, like how the 82'ers play.

We're in the game and 3-4 players have been anonymous. If Luongo turns up to the second half, we'll turn this around no problem.

I am however, getting another drink. Morrison's had Pimm's Cider on offer, it's actually quite nice if you're into Pimm's.

I don't like having a pop at Cooper but his team selection leaves you wondering sometimes. When was the last time Smith had  a good game? And as for Ricketts - he's been a complete disaster in every game he's played.

Yup. Wonder what Clough Senior would make of it?

will be very disappointed if ricketts comes out for the 2nd half.Stick willo out there or even barthram

I've had a patchy stream to watch at best but from what I have seen, Luongo had might as well not be there and Ricketts is shit.

Too many players not at the races again.

On this showing Luongo won't be getting any taker at the end of the season.

Yet another missed pen  :crash:

Ricketts  :crash: His playing days are surely over

Giving the ball away  :crash:

Hilton's done OK but I would really like to see Williams or Obika up front with Smith.

Ricketts has been crap, Luongo equally so. Kasim superb best player on pitch. We'll get a draw

Yep, Kasim has been excellent. Byrne has been a mixed bag but is definitely worrying them, especially with the right back now on a yellow.

He's playing like he's already got one......as are half the team.

cos he's better than branco. even if he is shit

I'm also fairly certain that some of the other players turn inside instead of passing to Ricketts when he's wide open.

Trouble with sticking Willo out there is we'd get even less cover, and we look exposed as it is.

That was shit. I think we all knew which way Gladwin was going with the pen.

Luongo has been a shade the player he was earlier in the season. Don't think I've seen him play really well since Port Vale at home. New Year's Day?

Good thinking

Since Luongo became King of Asia, he's not been the same.

Very unsettled early on, But... we looked to have settled a bit, and we are looking ok, Bryne needs to learn when to pass the fucking ball!!!!

Sheff Utd look dangerous when they break, their defence is committing, so a quick turn may pay off

We still in this, but we must not concede early on the 2nd half! If we start brightly then im sure we will get back into the game

He was superb in the home game against Bradford...but I cannot remember another time since he came back.

And Fergie Junior is still a cunt.

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My half time team talk.

Kassim has found it hard too, though he's not started as much. Excellent thus far though.

Ricketts: why?

Is Randall on the bench?

I'm beginning to think I'd take 1-0 at this stage, we need to still be in the tie at the County Ground.

Luongo needs to turn up second half. Rested more than he's played since coming back from Oz and still playing at about 30% of his effort and ability.

Oh to have Louis Thompson fit ...

No

Just bought my ticket for the second leg. Don't fuck this second half up now please.

Starting to boss this now. Just need a clinical finish

soapy tit wank!

good job he's shit

RICKETTS !!!

That's why !!!!!

Hahaha Ricketts!

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!

He's so shit its unbelievable!

RICKETTS YOU PILE OF SHIT EOOOOO

don't we all just love Ricketts!

Ricketts. Legend.

Ricketts is great eh :)

hahaha rickeeeeeettts

I always knew Ricketts was a great player

ricketts has made me look a cunt_and im well pleased!

Fucking yes.

Ha ha, you and me both

ditto

Ecstatic! Come on lets turn the screw and make this count!

8) :wotjump:

It was coming

JayBox's streamers are on the pitch

Please realise  crossing the ball helps you score. Stop fucking about especially at corners

Smith not doing enough.  I'd take him off now.

Obika and williams on now please. We can win this.

100% agree

I wish Byrne would get to the byline to cross in

The most frustrating part of how we play.

just tuned in....

HOW LONG HAS SAM RICKETTS PLAYED FOR YOU?

gladwin is a yard off the pace now.

Time to make a change Cooper.

Yep looks disinterested. He gave up when he lost the ball a minute ago.

Swift for Gladwin...interesting!

cooper is reading this

Good timing Swift on 4 gladwin

about 2 minutes

Not if he was reading the comments about Ricketts at half time !!

 :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcYppAs6ZdI

Fuck me..... Welcome back OF.

Oh, and I think he's played about 4-5 games

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32000628

RIP Flashheart

Welcome back Mr. Oxford Fan, I hope you are well.

Willo coming on.

Let's smash and grab this joint.

i hate it when thompson goes on " one of his runs"

I hate it when he does that

well done hylton. played well

'It doesn't take much for modern players to go down' - 'Diving' Don Goodman

Referee receiving the freedom of Sheffield after this game I think...

shocker that one, it was immediately on down the wing

refs had a relatively decent game, should have given sheff u a pen and pulled up early for an advantage to them but all in all, not been to bad for league 1

what the hell is up with Luongo today

Suspect the view from the home end may be a little different mind.

Jesus fucking christ, come on Town, weather it, weather it...

Close.  We're under pressure now.

everybody stop fucking panicking and get your foot on the ball

:D not my problem

This.

stop fucking around on the ball

Greedy for lazy!

I'm watching this in the pub with some dire live music in the next room. Surreal.

Just get the fucking ball in Byrne for christ sake.

Byrne's annoying sometimes. Runs until he loses the ball.

This Doane chap looks dangerous. Very dangerous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jm-_5CjY34

Just imagine if we had an Austin, Cox or Mooney up front. Would be immense

What a run by Stephens.

Pity he couldn't finish.

Stephens on the other hand...

Why doesn't he do that more often I wonder?

Okay, I'll take the whistle now. Partially because they look threatening, but mostly because I really need to pee.

Not much good if we don't get the ball in the area. Our strikers get no service.

BYRNE !!!

fuckingh get in

yesssssssssssssss

HOLY SHIT!

BYRRRRRRNE!

Wait what I'm behind, have we scored?

Goallllllllllkkkkklkllllll

WE'VE SCORED ON THE IPAD FUCK YAHIADWNDWPAIUDWNUAWNADW!!!!!!!111!!!

FUCKING FUCK YES

Get the fuck in.  Hold it now Town.

Unbelievable. Massive bonus.

nice for Byrne to silence the boo boys - get in there!

have fucking some of that

And I said to my Mrs. Don't worry about the pressure, we'll hit them on the break and sneak a win....

45 years of not winning at Bramall Lane has gone...

And in the purple kit....

love it

Yes . Get in.

Good time to break the curse of Bramall Lane.

Monday is going to be torture.

I'm sure it's the ref's fault but get the fuck in.

Cooper a genius again then?

i had a fiver at 22-1 at half time on 2-1  - BOUNCING

My word. Yesssss

And if we had scored the penalty..............

Great result ;D

Got a bit excited during that!

Im happy.

You fill up my senses, like an away win in Sheffield, like a header from Ricketts, and a long shot from Byrne....

Well done Swindon, cracking result :clap:

Get the fuck in....great stuff. Makes sheff come out and have to play on Monday.

Couldn't handle watching the match on tele tonight so went to speedway instead. Got back for the last 15 minutes....bloody torture... Alls well in the end though. Sounds like we were equally good and shit before that?

Fucking hell. That was somewhat intense. Not sure I'll survive Monday. Finely poised.

Its only half time and all that, but first 20 minutes aside we came back strongly. We have every chance, but it ain't over until its over. Very proud to see us come back though.

Can't sit back on 2-1.
Should've been 3-1.
We're only half way there.
Fuck it... Until then....

I FUCKING LOVE YOU
SWINDON TOWN
(right now)

FUCK YEAH!!!

you redssssssssssss  :beers:

I've gave Byrne so much shit this year but I fucking love you now :D

To use the current popular vernacular.....

FUCK YEAH!!!!!

 :pint: :pint: :pint: :pint: :pint: :pint: :pint: :wotjump: :wotjump: :wotjump: :wotjump: :wotjump: :wotjump:

And that's what happens when you shoot

Looked like some proper shit keeping from the Sheff U stopper?

It's okay Negative Nellies from earlier, come join us. Show some love.

He'd made some good saves up until that point. Hopefully his confidence has gone going into Monday.

FUCKING GET IN!!!! That was ace, halfway there though. Bring on monday!!!

Clough said that they should've had 3 pens...Fuck off !!!

Sorry yeh, I meant for the goal. Can't judge from the angle whether he was near it or not. Didn't seem like the hardest shot in the world.

Ooooooooh yeh, it is cider night x 10.  :pint: :pint: :pint: feck in brilliant  :beers:

I would have taken a 1 goal deficit as a decent result.......

#twitterblades is top notch comedy for those who enjoy a side dish of schadenfreude

Genious

Clough you twat  :gay:

There's a hotel full of people in Edinburgh that know, emphatically, where my loyalties lie. FUCKING HAVE IT! Not going to get carried away though (much) Still 90 minutes to lay and only a single goal in it.

Paha....how was that not a hand ball? Jesus.

I thought the ref had an OK game  ;D

Let's think about that tomorrow.

Clough is being a complete and utter wanker on sky ,moaning about s "disallowed goal" when the whistle has gone about 30 seconds before the ball has ended up in the net.bellend!

Lets go fucking mental lets go fucking mental la la la la la la la la

Just run like fuck to get back to station for last train to Manchester

He's a bit Steve Evans isn't he? Must be something about playing Swindon which brings out the cunt in other managers.

And Fergie Jnr is still a cunt...

Take it as a compliment.

Would have been pleased with a draw before the game and after going behind and missing a penalty, not conceding again would have been good enough.  A win is massive.

Well done Town, they never gave up.

Monday won't be easy, early goal to settle the nerves please.

Bit of a Sheffield utd love fest as predicted.

Surely the fact we won 2-1 AND MISSED A FCKN penalty means we didn't play that bad. Show us some lurvin' then.

Fuckers in the pub switched to darts at half time  :suicide:

Let's fucking nail this

Jay your streamers are all over sky sports, well done that man, awesome effort - sorry if this doesn't make sense I am drunk

Great result, but only half way done. Really looking forward to Monday night now.

I am. I thought I'd try and appear sensible and level headed, but fuck that! Wish I'd been there, but embarrassing myself in Edinburgh will have to do.

Change your local.

Massive credit to jay. Passion passion passion

Pages 13-17 of this thread are pure comedy.

We were never going to control the game for 90 minutes. The first half wasn't great but we still looked in it at 1-0 down. Great second half performance.

On to Monday...

Now, who thinks the purple kit is cursed?

Oh don't worry I changed it at half time  :pint:

Magic....

Very professional performance.

COYMR's

My nerves are shot. I just know it won't be straightforward in the second leg but will fucking take that result all day long!

Mass was useless. Byrne fell over a lot. Ricketts terrible.

But those twos west magical moment and I forgive them of it all.

Clough - manager of big club under big pressure. Bound to want to blame someone else!

Great to see Kasim back to his best tonight. Luongo was poor tonight though.

Thought he was slightly better in the second half (not hard) and that defensive header was massive.

Bloody magnificent. But expect a different starting 11 on Monday. Or will it be ?

hope not too many,maybe toffo for ricketts and one different striker

anyone else got cramp?

I can see Williams and Obika starting.

Same. It would make alot of sense.

Iv'e a feeling that Randall and Barthram may be considered.

let's wear it at Wembley !

Goal saving even  :nod:

Shall I go Monday  :sherlock:

Don't you dare.

Anyone think that maybe our better 2nd half was down to resting our players?

Nor me DMR putting babestation on won it.

Wow, just wow. It's been years since I've been so excited about going to the next game. Can't wait for Monday.

All I'm going to say is

WHEN IT MATTERED THEY STOOD UP.

Superb performance

Average performance, but a hell of a result! We ground that out.

The good: Foderingham, Kasim, Hylton, Ricketts' header, Byrne's guts to shoot.

The bad: Ricketts in the first half, the back 3s distribution, Luongo (where on earth was he?), Byrne running down blind alleys (until the end).

The Blades are a decent side. Fantastic energy and commitment early on. They should have had a penalty for the handball. They won all the 50/50s in the first half hour and their directness troubled us. It took their goal to wake us up, but even still (and missed penalty aside) we were lucky to go in one down.

But we perked up and they got sloppy. Matt Done looked fantastic when he came on.... We were no better than them. I'd say they shaded it, but as an away side, you've got to hand it to our boys. Half a job well done.

And he also played the pass to Byrne.  Two key moments.

We just did that didn't we?

Holy.

Shit.

I haven't gone that mad over a goal since 'that' header against Brentford in the last playoffs.

Very true, but a passenger otherwise. Gladwin was unlucky to be the one subbed. Let's hope he can do himself justice on Monday and get back to his best, driving us on and controlling the game.

Totally agree.  He was disappointing and has been since the Asia Cup.

Gladwin is a real confidence player, if that pen had gone in it would've made all the difference

I thought they were shit , a better team would of stuffed us  but this is league one and we are all pretty similar.

That result certainly improved a rough week. Onwards to Monday!

Byrne was back to his best tonight

If by best you mean running himself into trouble then yes.

Hope the fact we rested our better players will really pay off on Monday, they seem to have a few injuries after tonight as well.

Gonna be nervous and could still go either way but if we can score first even their fans can't see them scoring three!

Another away ground hoodoo broken, been a great season whatever happens, especially away from home.

COYR

A great opportunist strike by Byrne, should have been dealt with.

Hooray.

Like the time he ran himself into trouble to win a pen and the other time he did to score? :D

It's all very well looking at specific incidents and "key moments" but, largely, tonight we weren't very good. Luck was on our side at times. Some players need to up their game, especially if we move on a stage and encounter Beckford and Garner at Wembley. That's if we get there. We still have some problems to address.....let's not count our chickens...just yet.

Can't agree with that. He's been really lively recently, but tonight he have the ball away too much mostly by holding onto it too long.

But even so, he scares defenders. He won a penalty and he scored the winner. So its not exactly all bad :)

We fucking won, who cares about the other stuff.

Just got back home from Sheffield. Amazing second half, amazing atmosphere, amazing result. Fucking have that you Blades.....

They still care soapy tit wank

And the other 90 times he ran down the wing and lost the ball.

Don't get me wrong, he was better tonight, but he's still not at his best.

I am so pumped for Monday now.

I bet you go down a storm at parties...

Only when he's MC ing.

He makes some good points to be fair.

Buzzing after that.  The epiotome of a game of two halves.  I would happily have taken the one nil and gone home at half time but Cooper sorted them out at the break.  We looked sharper,  hungrier and more aggressive After sleepwalking through the first half.  Burned deserved his goal,  he was our only real threat.  Kasim was a much needed calm head when it was all getting a bit frantic in the middle.  Massive result,  buyit ain't over yet!

We all do really. It isn't about winning a particular match. It's a 3-game strategy to try and achieve promotion.

Byrnes bit of magic glossed over his frustrating ability to run into defenders and give the ball away cheap....beat and cross should be the order of the day.

Not the sort of game for Paris tonight...

Gladwin neat going forward but struggled to defend.

Smith squash court control fucks me off...just bounces off him. Willow and Beaker for Monday for me.....but Cooper seemed impressed with Smith.

Um bongo missing for the whole game apart from goal saving header near the end.

Ref missed a pen for them, defo, Clough not happy but we should of had one in the league game so fuck off.

Davis getting booked early doors for kicking the ball away fucked his style of play right up.

Ginger bearded sub was a handful.

Ricketts hasn't impressed me much but that goal was epic....real clunker...

Kassim was excellent...

Pissed over them til 78 and then went to rat shit again and let them back in it.

Looking forward to Monday...its game on, job a third done.

I think we may of used up a few lives tonight and also some ref shouts went our way...more of the same please.

Not read through. Just stopped for a sneaky mcflurry on the drive home. Loved every minute of tonight. Jay did a great job with streamers. We sang from start to finish including throughout half time. We had 12 men. And we won at Bramall Lane.

Epic.

Also just spoke to some PNE fans. They say they scored early, played badly and clung on for dear life.

Well done everyone . Now lets all do it Monday .

Sometimes. It depends on whether Reg is up at Barbury Castle on his bike or whether I'm just a party pooper. Such a conundrum.

yeah thats the kind of stuff we dont often pay attention to - guess what watching yor team on tv does to you :-)

You can't spend your whole life being objective.

Sometimes you need to just enjoy the moment.

I moved to the usa to work, and cud only start going again in January.

So I've never seen what youve seen... not sure if that's a blessing or not !

People who frequent the pub on my road were singing that Flint song at kick-off, I could hear it from my living room. Silent at FT.

Long may that continue.

I am  :pint:. Cheers.

But.......

Yup. It's like that girl you fancied for years, and finally got to shag her. Do you just enjoy the moment. Or do you consider the possibility of it turning into a meaningful long-term relationship ?

I'm glad the wurzels have got Cardiff next season, their obsession with us was starting to get a little tedious.

more like being stuck in a frustrated marriage for decades,
then getting winked at by the gorgeous young coatcheck lass when down the oap bingo  8)

What a top night in central London, would have cost me less to go to the game. Mehhh, good work STFC.

Just got in and need to sleep.
What a fantastic end to the game.
One point though and I have always been critical of our fans.
Not many in numbers tonight but sung throughout. Fantastic I thought.
Had a real go a moaner having a go at Byrne. Bet he fucking enjoyed that strike :)

Never has the term 'game of two halves' been more applicable. Superb result and I am happy to ignore the clear faults with the team if they get the results. Maybe, just maybe it may be our year.

Very nervous during the first half but we controlled most of the second half and I'm at a loss to understand why so many negatives re Byrne,Hylton and Luongo. On the whole I thought they all had decent games and I was particularly impressed with Hylton bar his shooting which was poor. For such a young team to play so well in a hostile atmosphere was very impressive,first victory as well in six visits so buzzing right now

Think criticism of Luongo is very harsh. He wasn't effective and influential in the usual sense of making decisive passes and creating chances, but he did a lot of work to keep possession ticking over and to move United players out of position, which was key to a lot of our expansive passing.

We've just won at Sheffield United for the first time in 45 years! There's your perspective there chaps! Other than the first 20 mins when we needed a good kick up the arse I think that was a bloody good away performance. Whoever isn't enjoying the moment needs a good slap!

Only just got back, have to be up for work at 6.30 but couldn't give a shit, what a brilliant night.

Haven't celebrated a goal like that winner for a very long time, great scenes and puts us in a great position now for Monday.

First 20 minutes were poor, looked lathargic and generally didn't put much effort in and they deserved their lead. But it did at least seem to kick us into gear.

Much better second half, Kasim, Stephens and Bryne get special praise from me. We did ride our luck at times and the ref wasn't the best but I think we deserved the result.

Great effort from the town fans and fair play to Jay, the away end looked awesome, I've got some videos that I will try to put up tomorrow. Made plenty of noise too for 90 minutes.

Now just don't fuck it up town...

Strange what beer does to your perceptions.

Watched it in The Merlin and I thought we were fantastic - first 20 notwithstanding - pissed all over them.

Cloudy vision of Smith being terrific, Kasim back to early season form, Luongo (Lord Lucan performance), Byrne prob MoM.

Hylton has defo got something - find out what next season.

'Kin brilliant and please don't say 'it's only  half time'

Special mention to Jayboy on here.
Take another bow Son.
Your efforts lifted the support and I am sure the players were impressed.
Seeing the streamers on the goal before the game brought a smile.
Well done you.

Yes but most of the time he had two players dragged out of position.
Good game in my opinion.
Kasim showed a few touches of class.
Monday another exciting night but it is certainly not over.

Amazing night.
No doubt that the atmosphere was cranked up a notch by the steamer display.
Fair play Jay

What a night...

Hmmmmm, can I sneak out of work 3 hours early on Monday? Working til 10pm is a real pain in the arse!

How to get no sleep on a work night - watch the Town away in a pulsating encounter. First 20 mins was never going to be easy at a place like Brammall Lane, but we grew in confidence and stature as the game went on and to win like that in the last minute was something else. All objectivity goes out of the window so far as I'm concerned, I thought our boys were fantastic. Still buzzing and makes the poor performances at Scunny, Macclesfield,Cheltenham or wherever else worth putting up with.

(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/82838000/jpg/_82838978_sam_ricketts.jpg)

One of my favourite away days of the last 25 years great atmosphere well done Jay the streamers were awesome I was front row right behind the goal and got covered in them. felling absolutely knackered at work to day but is it worth it hell yeah.

And for those sad 82ers still posting threads about us on OTIB, still banging on about dirty, niggly, divey Swindle, I suggest the look at the other PO game.

Darn sight more of that in that game - but, then again, the blinkered fuckers are still obsessed with us.

Bristol City fans have volunteered their opinions to me at work this morning. Which is nice.

I thought the win would have given me at least two days grace from their irrational craziness.

Why were they all watching us? I thought Aden Flint was having a party?

It's because

1. We have really rattled their cage this season.
2. They really want that Aden Flint prediction to come true.

Just had a look on the Sheffield Utd forum, they are so enthusiastic...

'You know when we were kids and some 'disaster' befell us? Your mum would soothe you and say 'It's for the best.' That's exactly how I felt when their second went in. We are certainly not good enough to win the play-offs and the thought of this shower in the Championship would be frightening'

 :smugfu:

If we were in the same position, i couldn't imagine many town fans with that attitude. Even if it was the truth..

And they are worried that our achievement, if we were to get to the championship, would outshine theirs. No money, small town, no fans, loanees etc. :-)

Nah, that would make sense... It's that 1-0, Nathan Thompson and the Aden Flint alliance that fuels them.

Sheffield United vs Swindon Town 1-2 Highlights League One

http://sportyhighlights.com/sheffield-united-vs-swindon-1-2-highlights-league-one/

Interesting reading some of the comments back. Some of them are very very strange indeed. Between 20th and 80th mins we were fucking ace. Immense. Dealt with huge pressure and dominated for long periods in a massive game. Maybe that didn't come across on the box

Absolutely knackered this morning and with a bit of repair bill to car after hitting a badger on the way home.  I've been critical of him since X Mas but Byrne tore them a new one yesterday. He put in a hell of a shift and it was great to hear the northerners opinion of him on the way back to the car. Not sure where the Luongo commwents are coming from. In the second half I thuoght he was really good. Hylton is a tough little bugger and ran them ragged. Kasim, on form, is an absolute joy to watch and he loved it at then with the guys with the Iraqi flags.
A great evening and up there with the best. Totally unexpected.
Great to hear the home fans slagging the ref and I felt we did get the "rob of the green" last night.
Hopefully Monday we finsih the job but this is Swindon..

soapy tit wank

"Take a long hard look at what you've become"

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Vaguely successful? How dare he.

We were obviously watching different games. I thought Byrne was poor, except for the goal and if it had been against us I would have been disappointed with the goalie. He ran into trouble on loads of occasions, I can't recall him going past a man once and in my opinion he dived for the penalty. Apart from a couple of through balls Luongo was so quiet he might as well have not bothered turning up. He didn't look interested.

Kasim, on the other hand, I agree was back to his classy best.

Any pictures of these streamers in action?

....was piss-poor, but then the Sheffield United players knew what to do and did it well. They pressed up as soon as the back 3 had the ball and none of them knew how to cope other than to pass it sideways to one of the other 2. How many times did Stephens lose the ball by fannying around with it? He was lucky on a couple of occasions that a foul was given! Then again, who was looking for space when they had the ball? Both wing backs were pushed too far up as well so there was nowhere for the 3 at the back to go with it except up the middle.....which is asking for trouble when they, inevitably, give the ball away.

Highlights on SS1 at 1pm...

Why does Byrne never go outside of his man? Every time he cuts inside. A better side will shackle him I fear.

So a normal performance that's been repeated for the last nine months.  Our results come down to how many times we give the ball away and how often we are punished for it.  You'll need to live with it I'm afraid.

(http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab225/mark_woolhouse/streamers_zpsouiipv61.jpg)

That one from the DM who got it wrong - was town fans not sheff utd

(http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab225/mark_woolhouse/streamers1_zpsxefqgrsw.jpg)

I think the cat shat itself and the mrs almost dropped the kiddie there and then when that 2nd went in!!

Great shot by Bryne, but im sorry, hes frustrating, lost the ball god knows how many times, ran into trouble constantly.

Superb header by Ricketts.

Kasim, just oozed class, composed, deserved MoM.

Still can't see anything in Smith, but after moaning about Byrne for the best part of 90 mins last night, I fully expect Smith to bang in a hatrick come monday :)

Run by Stephens, like Sol Campbell against Argentina in 98!

My 5 year old keeps talking about 'Sam Crickets'.  It's very, very cute and I haven't the heart to correct him.

Being critical of a badger since christmas is no reason to run him down in your car! There was a government sanctioned cull for this sort of thing... leave it to them!

Smith was immense last night,won just about every header and managed quite a few flick ons.He works his bollocks off dragging defenders out of position,holds the ball up well and chases back to put defenders under pressure.Its a team game and he more than plays his part. I'm not a Williams fan but we all have differing opinions.

That must be the first game where Fods never made the short goal kick to Thompson et al with all the heart stopping that goes with it.

Yet, we still had our share of possession and played in our 'style' - SO KEEP IT THAT WAY!

I think Smith played cos their makeshift CBs were on the small side and he duly battered them all game - good shout Cooper.

McEveley isn't small! I actually thought he had a good game considering centre-half isn't his strongest position.

We did win a lot in the air when it went long and I think Smith was largely responsible for that

neither forward had a sniff of the goal though. This is a concern. Always look vulnerable at the back too. Will be some feat if we do get promoted

FINALLY. Someone saw it correctly.

Our second goal was a long ball from Foderingham. Smith (who apparently offered nothing) brought it down under pressure, laid it off to Luongo (who apparently offered nothing) who passed to Byrne (who apparently was poor) who scored.

I'll be a little disappointed if any of them don't start on Monday.

Disagree. Smith worked and closed down at every opportunity.
Last night we were prevented from our normal walking the ball out from awes.
Smith was utilised as the outlet higher up field at did well and took some heavy knocks in the process.
Ha'way Smiffy.

Having a look at Preston's forum, they were poor last night and lucky to win. If they make it to the final we have a great chance (assuming we make it also, of course)

I think you'll need to look at the first half again.  There were periods when Smith won nothing in the air and couldn't keep the ball stopping us from building up the play. In the second half he improved as did our play.

Bigger issues with our defence the first half.
Going forward we were ok but team moved up another gear second half.
Smith and Hylton had a real battle first half with the midfield having to cover the defence.

 :shutup:  :shutup:  :shutup:

Ooops, sorry.

What I mean to say, of course, is that it'll be a miracle if we go up.

I really think the people who moan about Byrne, don't have a clue about players. Even if he doesn't score or create a chance every time, they aint down our end, he panics sides and forces them to double up. So at the worst someone else now has space. He doesn't have to play a blinder every game or every ball to be effective.

It was frustrating that Byrne often gave the ball away so cheaply, but still he was a major pain in the arse for Sheffield last night.

All 4 teams still have a pretty even chance, no one's out of it, and we know both games will more than likely go the distance.

Great atmosphere,banter ,singing ,streamers (well done jay)tense nervy1st30 mins then we kicked in both nathans did ok smithy.worked hard and was great with his head Massimo worked hard 2nd half 2 on him most of the time yasar motm pie and beer at half time ok ,I never thought we wouldn't win it.drove home "buzzing"oh yeh had £10 on byrne to score anytime @8-1 so that payed for the night.came on here "JESUS"doom and gloom  we are not barca well not yet.we have them back at the county ground on Monday with a 2-1 lead and will take them apart at will with a strong ref.dirty bastards.lets be optomistec(maybe spelt wrong look it up and the meaning)"WE ARE SWINDON  WE ARE GOING TO WEMBLEY""COME ON YOU REDS"

All I want to add is

Aye, Aye, Aye, Aye,
Aye, Aye, Aye, Aye,
Swindon Town FC,
From the West Country

Still ringing in my ears now :D

QPR striker Charlie Austin has clearly not forgotten his time at Swindon, as this tweet  after their 2-1 first-leg League One play-off win over Sheffield United shows: "Nice win for Swindon but only half the job done, will be a great atmosphere Monday night at the county ground."

He wants to come back really.

'sigh' I suppose if we have to have him back...

No way, man. He's a choker.

 :)

I tweeted him to come and meet the London Reds last night.

He didn't show. Loser

Could not sleep with that in my ears and seeing the goal.

Buzzing. Still buzzing.

Bring Monday the fuck on!

:D

We were bloody marvellous for large chunks of the game last night although as it went into the last 10 of normal time I was worried we'd rue not getting the goal our play deserved. Momentum? Pah! Who needs it?

Has anyone got any fan videos from last night's game? Would love to see some reaction to Byrney's winner!!

I don't have any of that. Here's one of mine and one of the streamers:

https://twitter.com/JayBox325/status/596418854043127808

https://twitter.com/Lee_D_J/status/596418656097140736

Also, search for #STFC on instagram. A good few on there.

I've seen quite a few variations on those first two lines..what are they exactly?

Don't want to be singing the wrong words!

https://twitter.com/charlie99archer/status/596633435759845377

Sounds like ally ally ally oh, ally ally ally oh to me

I think it's pronounced as above but it's actually this:

Allez allez allez oh,
Allez allez allez oh,
Swindon Town FC,
From the West Country

[repeat]

Nice work last night. Well done again.

thanks !


what tune is it sung to ?

a remarkably fair report here  :clap:


what with this and the Orient one recently, they set a standard we'd do well to strive for.


http://www.network54.com/Forum/651079/thread/1431042751/United+1+Swindon+2+-+report

Cheers mate. Buzzing for it.

This: https://instagram.com/p/2b_D6bnouE/?taken-by=jaybox325

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

:)

Jay, quality effort on Thurs, really made for a rocking away end.  Pity a few more didnt turn up imo, anyway, all of us who were there will never forget it.......still singing THAT song in my head even now! :clap:

I hate trash talk via the press. It just comes off as petty and desperate.

Stick this on the dressing room wall, or something like that.

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-u/they-think-it-s-all-over-but-we-ll-see-about-that-clough-1-7252439

Yes, because if the boot had been on the other foot and they'd won 2-1 at the CG with a stoppage time winner the Sheffield Utd players wouldn't have celebrated at all would they??

Fuck off you bitter northern cunts.

Wasn't the first thing Nathan Byrne said when interviewed: 'it's only half-time and not over yet,' or words to that effect? And didn't the Sky comms praise the players for not over-celebrating when the final whistle went?

Thought the celebrations, such as they were, were rather subdued seeing as it was a last minute winner.

Clough knows he's in the shit and is just trying to distract from the fact he is a useless cunt of a manager.

With a big club with a big budget and fantastic fan base, he's a total cock

Oh, and BTW our 82er chums have now lumped Middlesbrough into the cheaty, divey league with our good selves

Byrne did say that and so did the Sky commentators. Then there's Clough's comments about the Ref and decisions given against them.

Clough and Sheff Utd are just trying to generate a sense of injustice and something to 'kick' against on Monday night. Fair enough if he thinks that will help his team. I doubt it will.

Yeah but why let facts get in the way. Bloody hell, that Freeman has got plenty to say for himself hasn't he. Sounds like they should have won by about 6 the way he's banging on. Yes, you pressed us, and we made a few mistakes, well done. You were perfect and it was all the ref's fault!

Oh and I particularly like the bit where he says the gaffer told us to go out and score one, and then another. Inspirational stuff! Cloughie for England.

must have the dickhead gene

Spot on.
What were we meant to do.
Raise foam hands to the sky without noise and players all trot back to the halfway line with a few back slaps on the way.

Stick their greasy chip butties up their arse.

Sounds like a manager (with a stupid budget) and a team under real pressure to me. Lovely stuff.

To be fair, if you're going to stick a chip butty up your arse, you'd want it nice and greasy. And nice soft bread too, no baguettes or crusty rolls. Not that I'm suggesting anyone should do such a thing, just saying the greasy aspect might be quite handy in that particular circumstance.

There's a man talking from experience :)

*fixed for you.

thanks and well done jay. the streamers and stuff were very good.  COYR

allez allez allez oh...

Thanks. Got that and more for Monday night.

http://totalswindonsport.com/2015/05/highlights-sheffield-united-1-swindon-town-2/

Nice :)

It will be vitally important to score first on Monday. Conceding first will obviously hand the momentum to SU.

As long as Swindon don't try and defend the one goal lead for 90 minutes, I'll be content.

The Play-Off pendulum probably has a few more swings in it yet, we've seen some heavy defeats at the CG this season. This isn't over.

First chance to post after the game, so here goes

I thought the atmosphere was brilliant, the streamers really set up the fans for the game, I think that as fans if we can get the tempo up at the start it keeps going, but if its sluggish it can stay that way too!  Although now that the bar has been set us lazy fans are going to expect this level of dedication and hard work from those committed few but definitely take a bow Jay Box.

With regards to the players I as impressed with Smithy thought he led the line well, did loads of donkey work that help the team, I thought Hylton grew into the game and showed promise.  I thought that Byrne didnt attack the byline enough, but he was always available, and took 2 or even 3 players out of the game by sucking them in which freed up more space for others, also he scored, won a penalty and crossed for the first goal!  My MOM though was Kasim who looked back to his best and just tidied up all game!

When the second goal went in the roof (well the netting above) almost came off through sheer relief and excitement, but I would have been disappointed if my lad hadnt at least got a hand to that shot though.

I thought the players celebrations at the end of the game was fairly muted, possibly because Branco wasn't there.

I am still a bit concerned because of our home form, but they will be forced to attack so I am hopeful that we can pick them off and if we get one I think we can really turn it on and get a morale boosting performance ahead of the big W    

The usual Iraqi made video of Kasims touches in that first leg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EcO8aeymGM&feature=youtu.be

Spot fucking on.

I think Jay has won as many plaudits from this as the players themselves. Not unwarranted either. Good job fella.

Another slight rehash with different wording from the Norvern Monkeys.

http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/sheff-utd/sheffield-united-town-are-warned-they-ve-written-the-blades-team-talk-1-7251992

TBF I didn't think we celebrated enough at the final whistle and as stated above Sky complimented us for not over celebrating.

The way that Nigel Clough lost his composure in the latter part, and after the game; coupled with the calls for his head on Greasy Chip Butty fan forums really shows the amount of chaos around this Sheffield United team, in stark contrast to the always calm and collected (When he's not jumping around the technical area) Cooper. I think if we get an early goal and get Clough all red faced and whiney again, we can take them apart.

Ok we rode our luck at times and may have been a bit smash and grab; however Freeman's comments would suggest he was playing in a different game to the one I was watching. Don't think we overcelebrated at all, after the final whistle there was a line of stewards facing us lined up across the 18 yard line and at one point I didn't think our players would come any nearer than that. Anyway a few of them did but for no extended length of time, don't recall Cooper coming across at all. The only person who lingered was Yas but he'd (a) just been given MoM and (b) saw a couple of guys with an Iraqi flag in our end - if he'd found a couple of his countrymen 1000s of miles from home, can't blame him really. Compare all this with Juventus players running arms linked from the halfway line to their fans the previous night (ok it was Real Madrid!) - that's overcelebrating at the end of a first leg. Reaction from Clough and Freeman - it's sour grapes, that's all.

Although we knew it already that really does highlight what a classy player he is. Calmness and control in spades.

I love the translations of some of the comments "Baser Qasim Commander Orchestra team Lions of Mesopotamia , worth playing in the best clubs in English"

We should get that on a banner.

Reading the Sheff Utd article towards the end you'd think they were some small minnows who put in a David vs. Goliath effort against the footballing might of Swindon.

For the first 20 mins we need to play possession football and tease them until they crack by the sounds of it.

Listening to Sky Sports you'd have thought it was Manchester United vs Chippenham Town, basically making it out we're minnows who have never done fuck all and Sheffield are a world footballing powerhouse who are down on their luck.

Get your win/win bets on fella's, PP offering 4/1 on Sheff Utd to qualify, with additional free bets. so Town get to Wembley or you earn yourself a decent return, insurance gambling at its best!

Those of us who were fortunate enough to see the utter destruction and new arsehole tearing of SU at SN1 won't forget that display in a hurry. Interestingly enough, neither will Clough. Clearly that does not guarentee anything tomorrow (OMG, tomorrow), however, in whose shoes would you rather be, Cooperman or Clough?

Suprised no posts on the other playoff match today. Beckford 1 nil so far, both him and garner (little runt) on yellows early doors. IF we make it to the final would certainly help to have one of them banned. Gary Roberts playing well

Yeah watching it, Chesterfield look pretty handy going forward. Hope Beckford gets a second yellow, would be lovely.

And/or Garner.

Gallagher off injured - nothing trivial hopefully

I know we havent sold out our 15k stadium yet but


You would have thought the massive powerhouse of Preston would have sold more than 14k for a game they went into 1 up

Doesn't look the biggest turn out for the game, I know it can hold 23,000 but that looks only about 3/4 full at most.

Chesterfield giving as good as they are getting but I can't see them scoring 2 goals today, PNE have better finishers but Chesterfield taking the game to them.

Game over 3-0 on agg.

Pen to Preston
Game over I would have thought

Chesterfield have goals in them still but I can't see them getting 2 let alone 3 to draw the tie.

Watching Preston I just don't get how they are up there, just clog, hoof, foul, break the game up and score!

Guess it works but glad I don't have to watch that every week.

Let's hope we can rip them to pieces at Wembley if we get there.

Dirty fucking bastards.

That Daniel Johnson is a handful, looks like he is being taken off to rest him and make sure he doesnt get injured for the final.

Sounds a bit like the 82ers. Soak up the pressure and play it to your one playmaker (Freeman for shitty and Johnson for PNE) to do the damage, bully teams off the ball at the back and soak up the attacks of the opposition.

Nonsense. City have some quality players and won the league for a reason.

PNE are set up like every other Simon Grayson team in history. Play it long, dig the elbows in pull the shirts, clip the ankles in, and give it to a decent striker to score. The sad thing is that not enough teams work out how to stop them.

Should we go through tomorrow I don't fancy us to beat Preston at all. They're a better side than us and their forwards are in form whereas ours are not currently offering any goal threat. I'm hoping that changes tomorrow and they are bang at it and bag some goals. I'll feel more confident then if they do

Preston 3-0 now, they look pretty good but we have beaten them once this season so who knows, if we can get through tomorrow of course.

Worldy from Beckford, glad that's out of the way!

Worldy from Beckford.

Sky sports: Preston have top flight strike force.....I disagree because Beckford didn't make it..he's found his level and he's lethal in it....On loan from super season Bolton.

Disappointed that Chesterfield haven't put the boot in.

Odds are most definately against him getting another goal like that this season.

Our first team are unbeaten against Preston this season. They came for a draw at our place and got what they deserved.

I did hear a little rumour last night that made me chuckle  for the sheer left fieldness of it , apparently Sherwood has told Power he will recall Johnson if it is a Preston vs Swindon final.

Johnson is a Preston player, he signed for them earlier this season for £50k, Callum Robinson is the Villa player on loan there now..

Preston fans celebrating like they have beaten us already....hang on...we're not there yet...

Never let facts ruin a good rumour post.

Beat them once and played the kids in the other.
This team lost to Colchester, and were very lucky to win the first leg by all accounts.
A strong side, yes. Unbeatable, no.

Still need a result tomorrow first though.

This.

Absolutely true.

And don't forget that Preston have NEVER won the play-offs, and they lost at Colchester on the final day of the season, when autos was in their hands.

I found the continual references to how Grayson wraps Beckford up in cotton wool a bit nauseauting.  It was like they were talking about a youngster needing protection.  He's hardly that.

Beckford is a quality player and whoever gets to Wembley will have to keep him quiet.

The assassin.

Cheers Geoff.

Perhaps we should despatch that ice skater who kneecapped her opponent to take out Garner

Preston fans covering themselves in glory

Kick them out and make tomorrow's game a final.

Seems fair.

Well they just tweeted a pic of loads of boxes with the caption " The tickets for Wembley have arrived " so thats not gonna happen

Who has? us or Sheff Utd?

Preston...

PNE

Ah, they didn't hang around long.

Glad it wasn't us or Sheff Utd as that would be tempting fate.

Probably pre-delivered to Preston, and the winners of the tie takes the tickets with them as the final is only 2 weeks away.

I wouldn't be surprised that there has been a delivery to the CG and the winner takes the tickets.

Ref tomorrow is Keith Hill - no, not that one.

Card happy fecker

FL HQ is in Preston anyway is it not?

Does this mean the home/away ends have been allocated already then? I thought that was done on the toss of a coin.

Perhaps the tickets get printed at the club.

Edit: I mean the detail on the ticket, not the main body of the ticket itself.

It is, but the tickets would've come from Wembley.

Maybe the sides of the stadium have already been pre-allocated.

Could be, hadn't really thought about it TBH. I know last time in the JPT it was all handled by Ticketmaster and (probably wrongly) assumed they printed and dispatched them.

this is decided by the police, we will 99.9% be in the same seats that we were in for milwall and chesterfeild as we are coming in from the west

Interesting, I would not have thought the Police chose.

I assume Ticketmaster would have to get them on sale as soon as possible on behalf of the club(assuming we get there).

It's usually based on where the fans travel from.

I'd assume we will get the same end of the stadium that we had the last two times, as the tube from Paddington arrives at that end of the ground, whilst the tubes from Kings cross arrive into Wembley Park.

Both times we have been in recent years we have ended up arriving with mostly Millwall & Chesterfield fans

they choose which pubs are allocated, which means what route fans take from said pubs, I already have 2 coaches booked into the greenman, just in case we get there :hmmm:

Clare Scarth tweeted something before the first leg about the fact that they had spent most of the day on Wembley preparations, and was hoping that the time wouldn't be wasted.

I'd assume the other three clubs have done the same due to the limited amount of time to sell 30,000+ tickets

Anyway....I am not about to get premature in the Wembley talk, just hope we do get there tomorrow with a good battling performance.

I did think 2 weeks was a short time period to sell so many without a lot of preperation before hand, just hope ours wasn't wasted.

Due to the lack of time between the semis and the final, I would've thought that the sides have been pre-allocated.

In the Championship, the final is 9 days after the second leg is completed.

You've fucking jinxed it now Gary. When I got back to the car at Sheffield there was a flyer in my car about coaches to Wembley. Thought I'd ring them if we win to see if they were still running or how they knew it was a town car.

Both PNE and Blades fans have said they'd only expect to sell 25,000

Interesting that you say that, because there were only 12 days between the Charlton Semi-final & the Final and we had the same end that we did for Chesterfield.

I do think they decide on it based on travel arrangements, to try and prevent all of the fans crossing outside  the stadium

From recollection it's very tight for PNE supporter's (and thus any NW based town fans) to do it by train without an overnight stay in London due to the later kick off.

Also incredibly expensive from up here! That said, if we get there I doubt I'll get the train as I don't fancy lumping myself in with the opposition for 3 hours each way, whatever the result.

You Preston? If so get tickets from Lancaster all our trains are always off peak (apart from silly early ones) standard walk up return is about  £85!

:D ive been informed that there are no trains running between reading and swindon that weekend, so say coaches take you to reading then you get on the train there, also network rail are hiring all coaches as far as brizzle, thats why i got them early

It is of course half time and we will know the outcome of the above tie in less than 30 hours.

It may be illogical, but I for one would be a lot more comfortable if posters avoided talk about ticketing and policing for the final at this point and at the very least on another thread with "IF" in the title.

It's 'WHEN' not 'IF'.

Andy Cryer getting all emotional. Fuck knows why.

(http://newparadiselaboratories.org/uploads/response_images/1336364503hmmm-gif.gif)

Did he leave this neck of the woods under a cloud or something?

Even if it is true, which it is, he is only a bench warmer.

Done, with Sporting Bet with cashback through quidco to cover my bet itself, so no loss.

and Travelodge Park Royal booked.  Need to keep Karma balanced.  Just hope I'm not the gibbering wreck I was watching the first leg tomorrow.

Andy Cryer always gets a bite.

I posted earlier that I heard about this last night although the guy who told me got the wrong player which a few people put straight earlier. I think the guy is only a sub most of the time but none the less would upset there preparations.

Well he is an 82er !!

He knows that one message can unleash his Twitter disciples and the same applies to Morshead.

Annoying thing is that Swindon aren't even at Wembley just yet. Be cool, everyone.

What every 82er needs.

(http://i.imgur.com/5gSQXPY.jpg)

Would be great to get this going between the DRS and the Town End.

It reminded me of this... https://youtu.be/1500bBMpbk8

Absolute must for the Cooper chant tomorrow night too. It's been too long since a good proper sing off between Town End and DRS

Swindon Town vs Sheffield 5-5 Highlights League One


http://sportyhighlights.com/swindon-town-vs-sheffield-5-5-highlights-league-one/