Hello all

[Lumps]

Says the man who studies football statistics in his spare time  

I'm not convinced he does you know  

Whisper it quietly but I think that Reg might sometimes have another window open to www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk when he posts on here, giving him access to a vast resource of STFC trivia.

I'd never do such a thing  

 Nah....back in the day, Mr Banyard approached me to contribute to his site, when he was getting it up and running.  But as stated I'm not in the least bit nerdy, so declined.   I did point out to him, however, there were quite a few errors, and other bones of contention.....but that I couldn't be arsed to list them.

 It is nevertheless a first class effort deserving of nothing but praise.

I'm sure you're right. There are almost certain to be a few cock ups in that amount of information. It's huge. He's got player profiles, including lists of clubs played, for no mark 2nd year scholars from the mid 90's that never actually signed for the Town. The man must be obsessed.

It's a nice site for when you've got some name on the tip of your tongue, or a vague memory of a game from 15 years ago niggling away at you

[Reg Smeeton]

Think you need to be a bit obsessive to undertake such a task, and having first class IT skills obviously helps.  

   In the past I've discussed with other like minded fans  the need for an authoritative all in one book, which combines elements of the written history stuff of the legendary Dick Mattick, and the statistical excellence of Paul Plowman.

   Swindon-Town-fc   goes some way to meeting this in web form,  but you can't beat a good book.

[Rich Pullen]

Think you need to be a bit obsessive to undertake such a task, and having first class IT skills obviously helps.  

   In the past I've discussed with other like minded fans  the need for an authoritative all in one book, which combines elements of the written history stuff of the legendary Dick Mattick, and the statistical excellence of Paul Plowman.

   Swindon-Town-fc   goes some way to meeting this in web form,  but you can't beat a good book.

There was a time in the late 80's/early 90's when a publishing company (Breedon) co-operated with fans to make several comprehensive stat books (I know Exeter City were one of the clubs).

[Reg Smeeton]

What interests me beyond the basic player profile...stat approach, is what might be termed the narrative of social history....Mattick has addressed this to an extent....but from his time as a director, as he had access to old board records etc .

   However, you have to be driven by obssession rather than whim....and I'm too much the dilettante for such an undertaking.