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So what do we think today?

I can't see past a defeat I'm afraid, 3-1 to the pikey cunts.

3-0 defeat and keep this promotion form going.

2 0 defeat

A very lucky 1-1

3-0, Curly Withers and Grubby playing at centre back.

Yeah Gillingham to comfortably win. 3-0. Can't ever remember us getting a result there.

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Batter us for 30 minutes...late tackle and Dack is off.

Williams changes it by sending on Penhill Primary 2nd eleven bench who turn the Pikeys goal into a Coconut shy.

The bastards hold on until the 89th minute when after a typical over zealous Rodgers tackle on the edge of the box sees the ball balloon over the keeper to send the town fans into a frenzy.

Flasheart feels like he is actually there due to the pin sharp quality of the STFC Player.

The title is still within reach.

Monday morning arrives and Power loans out Ajose and Beeks.

There is still no roof on the Stratton Bank.







Town win 1:0 .....wind assisted......

What still no roof? I don't believe it.

Losing to Port Vale 1 0 felt like a decent result, losing 3 0 to Jill, ditto

A 5-0 battering. Again.

Not feeling confident, but a game does not a season make.

Can't see anything other than a hiding. 4-1 to the pikeys

P-P due to their scaffold stand blowing down.

You saw this quote on the adver today then too i take it?

Nope...

Just the posts on FB that make me chuckle.

I want to just get over the line as soon as....

That's 72-73 points? That kind of form over a season could be enough to make the playoffs. 69 was enough last season. Teams have been known to get promoted by winning the playoffs.

A hammering today. 5-1 Gills.

Depends who is fit to play, if we are at full strength think we will lose by the odd goal.
If we are still without Branco & Turnbull it will probably be a bartering

An exchanging of goods or services? 

An upper class thrashing, methinks?

Well,I for one think we will get something.the alternative for me is just too terrible to contemplate.1-0 (robert)

Got a really odd feeling that we're going to win today. 2-1 with goals from Obika and Doughty

2-2.

It's going to be windy! Our tippy tappy style will prevail & we'll win 2-0

:)


Nothing upper class about the pikeys

Big game tomorrow.....Fleetwood v Shrews.

Unfortunately in recent history that doesn't apply to us  :(

On the 3 nil dicking bandwagon.
Can't see any other result

I'd get some money on that, then.

@Official_STFC: Town starting XI: Vigouroux, Barry, Thompson (C), Turnbull, Ormonde-Ottewill, Kasim, Rodgers, Doughty, Robert, Obika, Ajose #STF

@Official_STFC: Subs: Belford, Brophy, Marshall, Iandolo, Balmy, Hylton, Cooke #STFC

First XI looks better..

On another note Leicester are giving Man City a right cunting.

Better side out today for sure...

Watching it now.....could be 5 zip with Vardy missing two one on ones...

yup, better starting 11 but absolutely nothing on the bench. not much can be done about that though.

Is Louis T injured or deemed not fit enough? Not even a sub?

Went back at the beginning of Jan as he was injured. Still injured as far as I know of.

 ??? I thought we got him back on loan last Monday for the rest of the season. 

But he can't be anywhere near fit. He wasn't involved on Tuesday nor today.

Glad it's not one of those 6 a side tournaments where corners count!

Do I make that 4 CM's in the starting lineup?!

Half time. Goalless.

So no early conceded goal...

Pissed all over us and then we came back into it.

Positives..

Anybody else lost player? 

Yes I lost it but it is back on now

Nevermind, it's back

Julie still?

Considering all they've done is moan about the weather, player's actually been better for me today than it has for ages

Oh come on, be fair - they did mention the colour of their boots too.

Well come on ... don't keep the rest of us in suspense! What colour?

Landolo comes on.... From Chatham.... Get a goal son and rub their noses in it!

I think it was orange actually - and the boots belonged to BOO and Doughty - is that better now?  :)

He's committed two fouls in 3 mins according to the BBC feed.  Needs to watch himself.

Hang in there, lads.  A point here would be a decent return.

Thanks. I can stop holding my breath now. What about the weather?

Wind - not sure whether there is rain as well

Come on Town, keep em out.

Another youngin thrown on...

Kasim injured.

When is Louis due back?

Oh shit! What will we do without his midfield steel!?

Joking aside, can't afford to lose players...

4 minutes stoppage time...

Good point

Good result, I'll take that.

Look out Leicester, here we come! :)

Well ladies, that is a corking point.

Another one closer to the old 52....

Very happy with that - I expect the Pikeys expected to thrash us. Clean sheet too - good stuff.

Good point. Clean sheet a bonus.

Our first 0-0 of the season...

Nicely done, Swindon.

Glad to be wrong on the score
Superb result at the gypsy camp
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Happy with that.

16 more of those and we'll be safe ... theoretically.

Anybody who went kind enough to give us their thoughts?

Great point clean sheet too! One point closer to 52..

Wahooooo. Great point.And a clean sheet.

Hockaday gets all his idioms wrong.

 Fuck me a clean sheet  :wotjump:

If someone does fuck you Reg that sheets not going to be clean is it?

Didn't he say something like Gillingham were organised like a house on fire or something :D  Not only does that make no sense but how many of them know what a house even is?
I can't believe it.. Even Reg is happy. Well done boys  :yay:

Come on Ells, organised crime?...

Amateur.

Wasn't expecting a clean sheet so that's a bonus.

Hopefully we can take the confidence of this result into the next two games & pick up two positive results

Whoever would have thought that a team which has now conceded 3 in 6 away games would ever keep a clean sheet? Remarkable.

We've had 4 clean sheets this season, 2 have been without Branco...

BBC match report:



Oh do just fuck off  >:(

That's what I thought.

BBC Radio Kent wrote that one up.

No mention of the Pikeys losing pace at the top....

Scrappy game, mainly due to the strong wind playing a big part. Hoped we'd be able to take advantage of playing with the wind in 2nd half and nick a winner but we didn't create much.

Gills didn't impress either though.

We've had 4 clean sheets this season, 2 have been with Branco...

Maintained my record of not seeing us concede a goal this season! A creditable result which could have been better if some of our players had tried a bit harder ( Obika,Kasim,Robert) Whatever was said on the commentary,Gillingham were dire for a side top of the league and apart from hitting the post after a typical defensive calamity never really looked like scoring,for all their possession,pretty much a one man team,Dack although a whingeing cheat,being their only decent player.We could have nicked it at the end through Ajose and Obika.I am not Nathan's biggest fan but he was superb today and Turnbull looked more solid than apparently of late. Iandolo had a nice little 20 minutes at the end and Doughty was pretty efficient.
- Have to say again that is definitely the worst away end in the country.I said to one of the staff "they named THIS after Brian Moore?" He replied " I know,it's an insult".

Nathan Thompson was class today.

A point away from home against one of the top sides.
A clean sheet.
It didn't rain.

I'd have taken that if you'd offered it to me yesterday - thank you very much  8)

Knew someone would say that. My point being Branco has probably played a lot more than not, meaning we probably have a much better match:clean sheet ratio without him in the side

Unbelievable after today in Zwindon  ???

A home game today would have been pretty grim....reckon it would have been just about playable, but no fun for anyone.

Oh my life, As it was so dreadful out I decided to trawl around buying stuff. I went to Wickes and bought some plywood sheets to panel the gazebo in and as soon as I came out of the exit with the trolley it blew over. People are so helpful though, about four people jumped out of their cars/came out of the shop and helped. Big thanks to them.

B&Q's car park was so flooded I got a bootie walking to the entrance and again on the way back. Some of the puddles on Great Western Way were spectacular for the passing car spray.

Agree Reg. You wouldn't want to watch football in that, let alone play it.

I traveled to Merthyr today in the hope(?) of seeing Merthyr Town vs. Chippenham Town on their 3G FIFA praised pitch.

Nope. Called off just as we parked outside the ground. My fault.

Gone injun?

In other news, my old club, mighty Stockton and Codford FC reach the Wilts Junior Cup final after beating Hilperton 5:1.

Fingers crossed the final won't clash with a home game.

Nice to know, that all work and money spent  sorting out the drainage on Gt Western way was worth it.
Well done Sbc.

0-0 then. Probably a good outcome for us, keeps both at arm's length.

Interestingly as things stand, we've 10 games left v sides in the bottom half of the table and 6 against teams in the top half. Not sure if that means a great deal really as Barnsley have shown how you can get on a roll and motor up the table, it was only last week they were below us, and now can just about see the PO's.

I think BOO got lucky on that first-half penalty shout.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDossdJ6PpI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDossdJ6PpI)

What was the background to that first chance that hit the post, did Vigorous take a free kick or a throw or something (the ball appears from off screen and then he appears a few seconds later also off screen, suicidal approach whatever it was.

From those highlights our midfield seem to be neither helping the back 4 or trying to get up and help the strikers? I would hate to be playing behind a group that only seem to lumber into shot around 10 seconds after the chance has developed.

It was a bit odd. As far as I could tell, they had a corner which the guy was trying to take from outside the D. Therefore, the ref gave us a free kick right in the corner, which Vigs took and shanked a bit.

Do you think Gills deliberately got penalised, reckoning a better way to create chances was to hand possession back to Vigs and our back three?  It often seems to work ;)

Looked like a great save later by Vigs, tbf

The Gills player that hit the post is claiming that it was going in until a gust of wind blew it onto the upright.

Proof if it was ever needed that God is a Swindon town supporter.

Well he hasn't done that spectacular a job if he is...

Had many a battle v Stockton and Codford.nice to know they are still going.

If I were god, I'd do a bit more than helping us to an away draw at Gillingham.

I wouldn't be surprised if it was blown off course. I was nearly blown off the back of the stand in the gale force wind.

That'll be the mysterious ways, then  :pope:

Nobody plays junior football on Saturdays now.

Salisbury league 1.5 divisions, trowbridge 1.5 and I think Swindon has two just about... Used to be 5 divisions in Salisbury when I played.

Used to be three Wilts. league divisions, all amalgamated into one now.

Yep,started off as a 15 year old playing for fonthill sports in div5.

I was going to ask about this....years ago there was loads of youth Saturday afternoon football....a reason why midweek crowds were often high was that lads who played could go to a game on a Tuesday if not a Saturday. My instinct would be that there's not the same levels, but no real idea, so you seem to confirm it.