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« Reply #510 on: Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 07:31:21 »

Thought the penalty was shades of Chalky and Kevin Poole in 1993. The Swindon gods are shining on us....

Looked closer to Schumacher and Battiston to me. Never in doubt.
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« Reply #511 on: Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 07:40:48 »

Looked closer to Schumacher and Battiston to me. Never in doubt.
Double celebration today, along with le quatorze juillet  Pint
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« Reply #512 on: Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 07:46:46 »

Just seen that decision by James Henry to pass to Taylor instead of shooting. That'll hurt.
So it should, completely bottled it.
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« Reply #513 on: Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 08:18:46 »

Don't forget that what goes around comes around. There will come another time when we are in Oxfords position. Im glad they didn't win, although I didn't particularly care for Wycombe, but I'm not going to rub their noses in it.
Merely giving back what they dished out to us in after our play off defeats. I could find hundreds of posts from their forum absolutely mocking us for both Millwall and Preston, I have zero sympathy for them, thats football rivalry.
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« Reply #514 on: Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 08:28:51 »

I'm the first to admit that I don't really partake in such 'banter' and/or 'dickswinging' but Oxford fans have hardly behaved in a way makes them immune from being absolutely roasted by Town fans for this.

I found it interesting how in the minutes immediately after full-time many were posting messages along the lines 'at least the Scumdon derby is back'. I don't get that. I'd happily never play Oxford again if Town were on an upward trajectory.

Having a derby instead of games against some of those Championship sides wouldn't act as a consolation to me in the slightest but I guess that says more about me than anything. They would have had Reading too, so...
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« Reply #515 on: Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 08:46:52 »

I think man-for-man both Millwall and Preston had better sides than us. 2013 was the opportunity though. That was the one.

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Yeah, 2010 and 2015 were strong years in League One when you think Leeds, Norwich in the auto places 2010 and the money Bristol City chucked at promotion in 2015. Plus getting pass Sheffield Utd in the play offs which left us mentally shot.

2013 was a mess up really, mucking about with a poor result on the last day of the season to end up with Brentford in the play offs when we'd comfortably dealt with Yeovil in the March game.

We always seem to have strong teams in strong years and don't take advantage in weaker years. One day.....
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« Reply #516 on: Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 09:09:53 »

I'm the first to admit that I don't really partake in such 'banter' and/or 'dickswinging' but Oxford fans have hardly behaved in a way makes them immune from being absolutely roasted by Town fans for this.

I found it interesting how in the minutes immediately after full-time many were posting messages along the lines 'at least the Scumdon derby is back'. I don't get that. I'd happily never play Oxford again if Town were on an upward trajectory.

Having a derby instead of games against some of those Championship sides wouldn't act as a consolation to me in the slightest but I guess that says more about me than anything. They would have had Reading too, so...
Definately this.

I am sorry to say that Oxford deserve all the shit they get for dishing out the shit previously.

Slavetraders and Gas do it but not to the extent that Oxford do it, and rightly so really, they are after all our fiercest recent rivals. 30 years ago it would have been either Bristol club that were stronger rivals.

The Oxford press haven't helped things in fairly recent years either. I remember one story about how great Oxford was and how awful Swindon was by comparison, making the Adver post a reply stating about how both Towns/Cities have their good and bad points.

Also things like...

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/18470833.fake-oxford-city-council-poster-bashes-swindon/

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/sport/14733275.john-lundstram-taken-aback-intensity-oxford-uniteds-rivalry-swindon-town/

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/5064176.oxford-faces-music-swindon-rivalry/

The hatred seems far more biased from them to us as the Adver often tries to print positive stories.

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/15709068.a-match-made-in-heaven-oxford-keen-to-be-linked-with-swindon/

A few more of the links to the rivalry from nationwide press.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17224115

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/2790804/swindon-oxford-violent-clashes-league-one-five-arrested/

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/row-zed/biggest-rivalry-uk-football-liverpool-5363972

https://smfyfe.wordpress.com/2019/11/23/uks-greatest-football-rivalry-part-3-the-top-ten/

https://blog.betway.com/football/football-league/ranking-the-8-biggest-derbies-in-the-efl/

http://wearegoingup.co.uk/2011/08/19/rivalries-we%E2%80%99ve-had-a-few-but-then-again-just-one-to-mention/

And finally from the Washbag.

https://thewashbag.com/2011/08/19/swindon-oxford-the-birth-of-a-rivalry/

Just a little light reading Smiley
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« Reply #517 on: Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 09:13:37 »

I get some of you aren't tribal/think local derby's are more hassle than they're worth...

but for the rest of us, it's open season!

what's the point of rivalry if you can't dish it out when the time comes. You know it's coming back when fortunes swing, and rightly so.
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« Reply #518 on: Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 09:15:23 »

I'm the first to admit that I don't really partake in such 'banter' and/or 'dickswinging'

I’m the same which is why I’d have had no issue with them going up therefore avoiding the tedious (to me) ‘banter’ next season.

Part of that though is down to fact I’d don’t think it’s a great rivalry anyway
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« Reply #519 on: Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 09:21:30 »

Looking forward to finally playing a club as big as Derby next season. I was worried it'd be a dull season with a league full of minnows like Pompey, Sunderland, Ipswich.
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« Reply #520 on: Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 09:24:07 »

I am also meh when it comes to Oxford. It might be due to the fact that I have never lived in Swindon and have not regarded Oxford as local to me.
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« Reply #521 on: Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 09:27:28 »

Looking forward to finally playing a club as big as Derby next season. I was worried it'd be a dull season with a league full of minnows like Pompey, Sunderland, Ipswich.
Talking of which...

The bottom of the Championship is getting tight as to who will join us next season in L1!

All with 3 games left to play.

Stoke 49
Birmingham 49
Middlesborough 47
Huddersfield 47
Charlton 46
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Hull 45
Luton 44
Barnsley 43
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« Reply #522 on: Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 09:32:46 »

Wouldn’t want Luton or Barnsley to come back down, they are the sort of clubs who would be right back in the promotion mix, yo-yo clubs.

Whereas the likes of Hull and Birmingham would have to shed the higher wage earners and may need a season or 2 to sort things out.
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« Reply #523 on: Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 09:40:09 »

I think Barnsley are gone but some of those other sides can easily get sucked in. Cowley brothers getting relegated with Huddersfield would certainly destroy a lot of their stock.

I wouldn't mind playing a team we haven't played in the League in ages like we have with Ipswich and Sunderland.

Come on down, Middlesbrough! Need to avenge the 'night of three braces'. Also, Birmingham.

* Forgot about Wigan's pending point deduction.
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« Reply #524 on: Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 09:41:02 »

Wouldn’t want Luton or Barnsley to come back down,

Assuming that Div 3 does go ahead in some form, it would be nice to get Luton at the CG for the opener as in 1920/21.  We could then revisit our first ever FL in the centenary season.  I doubt any other club has managed such a convincing win on their opening game.
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