Poxford Fans In Sense Of Humour Shock!

[jimmy_onions]

And Ayr United pre season friendly - 6 pissed up jocks scared the bejezzus out of the TE in the late 70's / early 80's.

Only time I recall a full TE clearing was when Millwall charged just before KO from Stratton Bank straight across the pitch-1973. One bloke sounded a bugle charge and over loads went......it was like the 7th cavalry charging....! TE cleared in a flash apart from a few hardy souls. That season I was a ballboy and was right by the tunnel. Was one of the few games we didn't get in for free then bunk over the stand to watch the matches.

What is this, the charge of the fookin light brigade?

Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of the county ground
Ran the six hundred.
"Forward, the 'wall!
"Charge for town end
Into the valley of county ground
Ran the six hundred.

North stand to right of them,
South stand to left of them,
Town end in front of them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they ran and waddled
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Ran the six hundred.

[Navyred stfc]

69er is 100% telling the truth.

[farmer61]

What is this, the charge of the fookin light brigade?

Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of the county ground
................


..................
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Ran the six hundred.

Not quite the Jaws of death as I recall though....!   

[Peter Venkman]

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;
Or close the wall up with our Swindon dead.
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility:
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger;
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage;
Then lend the eye a terrible aspect;
Let pry through the portage of the head
Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it
As fearfully as doth a galled rock
O'erhang and jutty his confounded base,
Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean.
Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide,
Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit
To his full height. On, on, you noblest Swindon.
Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof!
Fathers that, like so many Swindonians,
Have in these parts from morn till even fought
And sheathed their swords for lack of argument:
Dishonour not your mothers; now attest
That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you.
Be copy now to men of grosser blood,
And teach them how to war. And you, good yeoman,
Whose limbs were made in Swindon, show us here
The mettle of your pasture; let us swear
That you are worth your breeding; which I doubt not;
For there is none of you so mean and base,
That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot:
Follow your spirit, and upon this charge
Cry 'God for Paolo, Swindon, and Saint Don!'

[Ginginho]

69er is 100% telling the truth.

Meh, I don't believe a word of it.

[TheMajorSTFC]

Is that taken from the film SwinHeart JJ?

[ghanimah]

If I should die, think only this of me. That there is a corner of the County Ground that is forever Millwall

[Peter Venkman]

Is that taken from the film SwinHeart JJ?

The speech of King Paolo the 1st

[ReadingRed]

Only time I recall a full TE clearing was when Millwall charged just before KO from Stratton Bank straight across the pitch-1973. One bloke sounded a bugle charge and over loads went.....

I remember that. The scariest thing, for me, was that they weren't your average hoolies, they were all 30 and 40 year olds - probably dockers - who just looked bigger and bigger as they got closer. Like something out of Zulu.

The Town End got taken by Leicester too, they popped up in the middle of us, maybe half an hour before kickoff, all boots and braces, and chased most of the Town End right round to the far corner of the Stratton Bank - it got proper nasty - some of the Town Enders were trying to climb out of the ground to get away from them!

[bobby barnes jink]

Thoroughly enjoyed reading this thread. Normally I quite like living in Singapore but tomorrow night I'm sure I'll hate it. It's always been so hard to describe the Swindon Oxford thing to outsiders so the empathy is comforting. I was never much of a scrapper but loved the fear and the loathing. I once copped a hefty golf ball in the back whilst getting on one of those special escort buses outside the Spanner ground, that's the only time it physically hurt. Didn't matter because we'd just thumped them 4-2 away. So many great memories. Funny how the rivalry permeates our lives - I'm nearly 40 years old and still don't like the colour yellow; I hate teams who wear yellow and blue, I support Cambridge in the Boat Race even though I don't like rowing, and I still find it hard to believe that Radiohead come from there.

Come on boys.

[WR5]

Didn't matter because we'd just thumped them 4-2 away.

Was that the time when they went 2-0 in the first 5 minutes or so?, Good day out that was

[Saxondale]

Thoroughly enjoyed reading this thread. Normally I quite like living in Singapore but tomorrow night I'm sure I'll hate it. It's always been so hard to describe the Swindon Oxford thing to outsiders so the empathy is comforting. I was never much of a scrapper but loved the fear and the loathing. I once copped a hefty golf ball in the back whilst getting on one of those special escort buses outside the Spanner ground, that's the only time it physically hurt. Didn't matter because we'd just thumped them 4-2 away. So many great memories. Funny how the rivalry permeates our lives - I'm nearly 40 years old and still don't like the colour yellow; I hate teams who wear yellow and blue, I support Cambridge in the Boat Race even though I don't like rowing, and I still find it hard to believe that Radiohead come from there.

Come on boys.

Did you not know?  Thom Yorke is actually Eric Read.  Thats how he got the dodgy eye.  It was when some schlagggg cut him when he took the town end on his own whilst still fetal in 1967.  He still carried on though, despite the eye hanging out.

[bobby barnes jink]

Was that the time when they went 2-0 in the first 5 minutes or so?, Good day out that was

That was the one. Fitz had a great game and Big Dunc' celebrated his first in front of their end. Funny what you remember - I distinctly recall thinking Dave Bennett could easily be Michael Jackson on Stars in Their Eyes. I'd had a few to be fair.

[Coca Fola]

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;
Or close the wall up with our Swindon dead.
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility:
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger;
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage;
Then lend the eye a terrible aspect;
Let pry through the portage of the head
Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it
As fearfully as doth a galled rock
O'erhang and jutty his confounded base,
Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean.
Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide,
Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit
To his full height. On, on, you noblest Swindon.
Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof!
Fathers that, like so many Swindonians,
Have in these parts from morn till even fought
And sheathed their swords for lack of argument:
Dishonour not your mothers; now attest
That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you.
Be copy now to men of grosser blood,
And teach them how to war. And you, good yeoman,
Whose limbs were made in Swindon, show us here
The mettle of your pasture; let us swear
That you are worth your breeding; which I doubt not;
For there is none of you so mean and base,
That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot:
Follow your spirit, and upon this charge
Cry 'God for Paolo, Swindon, and Saint Don!'

[animalwilliams]

Timmy aka (john lennon) very quiet today, the phones have been non stop.He looked very sheepish this morning, we put a abingdon warrior sign on his desk..........

   I reckon he's "Just a Jealous Guy"