Thetownend.com

Anybody going?

When is it?

Friday evening. It will be live streamed.

Just wondered if any of the northern-based supporters would be making the trip. Do we get an "end"?

I would assume so. Did United at our place?

Don’t forget this game is on this evening. Winner gets either Burnley or the 82ers in the quarters.

Notice our club press release has upset the locals with stating Sunderland is on Tyneside

Tbf we were calling them Geordies at Wembley in 90  :)

Is there a Sunderland TV streaming it?

What time does it KO?

Last one was 7 wasn't it?

I see the 82ers are at home to lids tonight too.

Be interesting to see how many pro deals we give out in the summer.

7pm and the club are streaming

Stream for game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq0ymSNNV8U&ab_channel=SwindonTownFootballClub

27 seconds on the clock 1-0

Cracking goal! We look very dangerous around their box.

2-0

6 minutes gone

Ticket said enter turnstile 5-8. Walked there. Closed. Back to 18 to get in and missed first goal! Saw second though.

Why has the game stopped?

Think one of our players claimed verbal abuse.

Clem asked for our goalscorers to be subbed so he can sell them before half time.

4th official was talking to Botan and the players were pointing to a spot in the crowd so assumed something along those lines…

This youth team is everything the senior team hasn't been for years. Bit of steel in them but still good football, winning the ball in their third even.

and organised more than the senior team could dream of. Impressive corner routine there.

How many of our fans are there and how many in crowd in total do you think? Can’t see from the camera angle. Heard a cheer when we scored. I’ve lost my audio now though.

Can't hear Hitchin Red leading the singing!

2-1 now.

All Sunderland at the moment

2-1 up at Half Time

Hard to tell. Maybe a thousand in the ground. Guessing by second goal cheer around 50 away fans.

That should have been 2-2

Looked harder to miss

Fantastic win well done lads :clap:

Job done

Great result

Hope it’s Bristol City next

Thanks for the link Ginginho,  really enjoyed that.

Congratulations to the players, coaches and all concerned  :clap:

This.  Maybe we should have been playing these in the first team the last few games !!.

Great news, they’re doing themselves proud.
Are they home or away in the next round?

Away to the 82ers or Burnley.

Sunderland fans calling us complete shithousers - brilliant.

Missing the Roker Roar😁

Another bunch of entitled cunts expecting us to just roll over.

Like their first team did against Newcastle in the FA Cup. Lolz.

They haven’t changed they were the same outside Wembley stadium in 1990 after we beat them in the play off final :D

Most one-sided 1-0 annihilation you’ll ever see in your life.

It was but I missed the goal when I went for a Waz🤣

The ones I spoke to in the car park after said the vey same, complete 1-0 hammering!! They were alright, not that the current fan base necessarily is. Well done ‘Young Uns’ 👏👏👏

We met different fans then completely different atmosphere on the Tube.

Baker Street!

That was before the game!

Think Hart might be in the team for reasons other than who his dad is, to be fair. Some.team, especially considering Kanu has been injured all season and he was the talisman. Should be contracting a fair few of these I think.

Gong to happen at a play off final. 35 or 40k or whatever is a lot of people.

Yeah. Expected another Taylor Curran/Harry Agombar but looks like there is some merit there.

Ameen getting some good reviews.

Disgusting he got racially abused after his goal

Luck of the draw which ones you bump into. Leicester was the same.

Ref seemed to be a Sunderland fan, just saying.

Theres the reason why the game was stopped

Ameen was released by QPR in the summer too.

Accept that. We went by coach and for whatever reason our driver took a different route and we ended up parked in the middle of the Sunderland coaches. Must admit we were a bit wary afterwards getting back to the coach but the Sunderland fans were (and of course should have been) magnanimous in defeat and the coach next to us even shared their beers with us. Clearly we ended up in the right spot ! As said that was then..  Good luck to the lads in the next round 👍👍

Racist abuse.
I know a few Sunderland fans who were there. They were very apologetic.
Only takes one sadly.
Decent Club and decent fans.

Sunderland fans I met were brilliant !  After the game a large group of Sunderland fans came running up to me and my mates, we thought we were gonna get pasted, but they just said 'why are you lot so quiet, you should be rocking, you totally outplayed us and deserved it' !!  Must admit I was gobsmacked at not getting smacked in the gob ! Always remembered that, and have a fond regard for Sunderland.

Meant the play-off final - not to be confused with this game !!

I’m also quite fond of them but as Chalky said there’s always going to be a few idiots out of 30k. Now Millwall in 2010 was completely different animals everywhere.

I know :D

I can't stand them or their shitty club.
Each to their own.

Travelled up to the play-off final on the coach along with Richie Howe (who later became my brother-in-law) and a couple of other Sunderland supporting Wildcats ice hockey players - strangely, they didn’t join us on the way back 🤣🤣🤣

What I remember most about that day was two things. 1) An absolute cockwomble/jizzhankie/xenophobic Leftie cunt (yes they exist) spilling vile diatribe towards that Argie dog shagging Ozzie Ardiles. In all fairness a few of his mates tried unsuccessfully to shut him up on the tube from Rayners Lane to Wembley Park. 2) The underlying feeling that we were going to be punished for the Brown paper bag payments and the extra straw for pitch protection etc, that inevitably saw us made a scape goat for what was widespread financial shenanigans in the world of football before the widespread reach of electronic accountancy and easily traced ‘paper trail’. And so it came to pass we were kicked down the stairs on our way to being a powerhouse in the footballl world. The rest as they say is history.

This.

I drove up  :doh: 5 of us in a Renault 5 Gordini. Stopped on hanger Lane for an off licence,  parked in a hotel for a fiver.

v

Just off the roundabout?

Just before it, on the left

The academy coaches called this at the start of the season. There's a definite glut of talent in the u18s at the moment, and the goes through to the u14s level. Great achievement for the U18S lot, hopefully a few from that lot go on to have professional careers.

Are they all the same year group?

Are they all U18s or is there a mix of U17s & U16s in there.

Be good to get them some involvement in the first team, dare I say it. If/when we are ruled out of leaving this division from either end and results aren’t important.

Fabulous result tonight.... Re. 1990, that was my experience as well. Sunderland fans who I ran into were exemplary and far more gracious in defeat than I could have been...

Wow... Is that really you Wobbly Bob, or has your account been hacked??  :eek:

Nah, just beer deprivation.
A situation that won't be greatly improved by an early exit from the pub today. >:(

Fabulous cup run. Interesting stat that the youth team have won more FA Cup ties this season than the first team have won in the last 12.

It's a little bit exciting that our academy actually looks like it's working, and that's testament to the fine work of Alan Mac. He'll be looking down, proud as punch.

With that said we now have to manage the futures of these guys. Bigger clubs are going to be taking note and looking to get what they can. It will be fascinating to see what professional contracts are offered to these lads.

I was thinking the same re: contracts. I hope Russell et al are giving serious thought to tying our assets down. We did it with Dworzak with a 2 year deal (which admittedly hasn’t quite happened in terms of realising potential yet) which suggests it may be a possibility.

Minturn and Dworzak seem to be the most recent academy guys that have come through. Dworzak needs a loan somewhere and Minturn is attracting interest higher up the food chain. It finally looks like the hard work in the academy is bearing a bit of fruit.

All hail our lord and saviour Clem!

‘They lost 9.0 last season’

Clemmy was there in Sunderland last night.

Yes, the commentator kept reminding us at regular intervals  :D

Weird how we all have different memories of the Sunderland fans at Wembley that day, we were shouted at pre game and threatened and after the game they threw bricks and bottles at our coach which luckily bounced off the windows as we had mostly families on the bus we werent even shouting at them it was a random attack on us.

In the stadium we had a young (18ish) Sunderland fan sat with us who paid £50 for a £15 ticket from a tout without realising he was in the middle of the Swindon fans, sat with facepaint on and in full Sunderland kit.

He was actually chatty and welcomed by Town fans warmly and not abused but when the goal went in he had his head in his hands and got up and walked out saving himself from any more embarressment.

As for the kids, bloody great result that, well done them, every one of them, I forgot it was on TBH so may catch up later with it on youtube.

I was on ‘that’ tube at Baker Street. Town fans weren’t exactly friendly towards the Sunderland fans there.

With 30k plus fans for both teams in attendance there are bound to be both positive & negative experiences over a long day. That's with reference to Slumberland, Leicester & Chesterfield fans.

I'm willing to bet that encounters with opposing fans in 2010 will dig up negative memories for the vast majority that were unfortunate enough to have contact.

Not to detract from a really tremendous result last night.
Very tempted to travel to either Bristol or Burnley if circumstances allow.

82ers definitely

After being hampered by Covid in 2020, my visit last night was to tick off ground 80 of the 92. Hoping for Burnley which would take it to 81. Being stuck down in this division and having no cup runs of note (regionalisation doesn’t help), opportunities have been few and far between.

Would they play it at Ashton Gate or their state of the art training centre🤔

The problem started before Baker Steet as Sunderland were all around Paddington as Swindon were arriving.

For those interested Bristol City v Burnley under 18’s is this Wednesday and is being played at a sold out Robins High Performance Centre so doubt it would be easy to get tickets if we were to play the 82ers in the next round.

https://x.com/irak_fra/status/1753791350128947453?s=46&t=JFJ6WuyoqR937j03pvTFhQ

Rumoured that 2 PL teams have interest in Botan Ameen.

Same fella has put up a couple of tweets plus video of his highlights v Man Utd and now Sunderland. Can’t see how he would know anything tbh.

Got 1000+ followers tbf.

The Iraqi football socials lot are bonkers if I remember correctly from last time.

the young'uns beat Oxford earlier today 2-0. Sonny Hart was given his marching orders.

A few Sunderland fans were impressed with him last week.

We really do seem to have a very good group of young lads this season and it's great to see although as always, the acid test is how many of them make it through to the first team.

I tried to look up all their results for this season and as expected the coverage on the OS is abysmal. All they've got on there is the next three fixtures and nothing else (as far as I can see anyway)...

The results are on there, although it took me a while to find them. They've won 8 and lost 3 in their league this season.

I have to say that the youth team have been a shining light in a disappointing season. The fact that a level 3 academy side is playing in the quarter finals of the FA Youth Cup is quite remarkable  and they have beaten the Youth teams of 2 Premiership sides as well as a Championship team that included a couple of lads who have made first team appearances is noteworthy. The fact is that against Manchester United,  a side that's still unbeaten in Premiership U18 North league, Swindon created more clear chances and had the better opportunities.
Like many commentators on this page I would love to think that they could form the basis of the first team for many years to come.

Swindon Town U18  2 - 0  Oxford United U18


Bazinga!

Do we know who we have in the next round and where its being played?

Winner of Bristol City v Burnley who are playing tonight

Top man! I hope its City...

https://x.com/iraqxtra/status/1754526208128168158?s=46&t=JFJ6WuyoqR937j03pvTFhQ

Botan Ameen seems close to getting an Iraq U20 call up.

I doubt it will be played at Ashton Gate

Ameen contracted until 2025

As in he's a first year scholar right? He's not been given a pro deal that I can see.

Going by this

https://xyzacademy.co.uk/botan-ameen-signs-scholarship-with-swindon-town-fc/

Why wouldn't it?

Yeah, Sunderland game was at the SOL.  :sherlock:

Most of the Bristol City academy games are at their training centre, I guess because Ashton Gate is shared with the rugby and the pitch can only take so much.

Ah ok. I assumed as all the previous games, Luton (Kenilworth Road), Man U (home at the CG) and Sunderland (SOL) were at the first team stadia.

I checked and their game with Burnley is indeed at the training centre. It would be a bit rubbish for the youths to play there if Bristol City win.

Based on tonight’s game v Burnley

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwie46Df4ZmEAxXQ9AIHHWauA9UQFnoECBMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FBristolCityAcad%2Fstatus%2F1755226528852423065&usg=AOvVaw1dqIzb9XyzdmZj7mY-V6ns&opi=89978449

Could be at the CG?

The draw was done before the Sunderland game. Can’t think a change of venue would be allowed.

Is there any capacity for fans at their training ground?

I think the venue must be related to category of ground, as Man City youths haven’t been playing at the Etihad either

82ers 1 up at HT

3:0 after 72 min.

When do our tickets go on sale?  :)

To be fair, Man City have their own Academy Stadium which holds 7000 so no need to use the Etihad. Bristol City's training centre has a capacity of 500 so they may move the game for commercial reasons. Shame if they don't.

Add in the fact it’s local enough that you’ll probably get a few travelling fans. You know 74 year old grandad Roger probably hasn’t got it in him to travel up to Sunderland to watch his grandson play but an hour down the road? That’s do-able for him and Uncle Jack after he finishes work & their mates who have school the next day!

All about protecting their pitch I reckon. If they did use Ashton Gate they’d probably get 5000+ - would that be worth it for them?

In purely financial terms, probably not.  But it would be a good PR move.

I think in the rules of the competition the later rounds the games have to be played at the home teams first team stadium

I see Matt Hewlett’s son scored for City last night. Fingers crossed we do them in a few weeks

3k at a push. Bristol City socials haven't been pushing their 18s cup run at all for some reason.

None of the top 2 tier clubs even really publicise U18 cup fixtures until its quarter final, stage normally. Which it now is.

We’d take 1000 - or in Bristol Rovers parlance that means 10,000

https://www.otib.co.uk/topic/224049-city-u18-3-v-0-burnley/

The Guardian today has a feature about Manchester United Under 18s - p14 w14. No mention of a singular defeat at all ...

United Fans in the Press shock!!

I mean, there literally is a mention of defeats "in cup competitions" to Wolves and Swindon. It doesn't linger on them though!

I must read more carefully. Thanks for pointing it out. We get a mention, top right of the final column. I won't cancel my subscription in that case.

Here’s the goals from the victory over the piss stains

https://twitter.com/academystfc/status/1755558342469234740/video/1

Was it a scrappy tap in or an Andy Gurney style thunderbolt? 😉😉

Shows we can score from a corner, even if it wasn't one of ours...

Matt Hewletts' (probably ex) wife knows all about a Andy Gurney thunderbolt

Hawes suggesting the under 18’s v Bristol City will be played at Ashton Gate allowing many fans to go.

The rules of the competition are that it has to be played at the home teams actual stadium I understand from the QF's onwards.

Should take a big following down the M4

are you sure, I couldn't find that in the rules but may have missed it

hopefully an academic question anyway and city will offer AG

I heard Sean Wood repeat what JJ has written before todays game talking to Hodgetts.

great news then

I would imagine both sets of fans would be in the Dolman stand……..should be trouble free😁

Don’t think they could segregate that.

I've sat in the Dolman stand as a Town fan watching us before, in the League Cup when we won 3-0 at home in the first leg.
Also sat in there with Sheffield United fans in the play-offs.

Both times there were fights breaking out during the game

One of the behind the goals stands gets split right? Possibly the Atyeo, I remember arriving late at Ashton Gate, flashing my ticket at a bored attendant who promptly allowed me entry to the City side with my away ticket... made a quick retreat once I found my row and realised my seat number was on the other side of the wall.

Think they may be surprised at how many we would take - I reckon 1000 wouldn’t be out of the question.

The Dolman holds just over 6000 so in theory would be big enough to accommodate both home and away fans but……..there is still a lot of rivalry between the clubs and we haven’t played them at any level for a long time so you could easily see a few idiots from both sides turning up to cause trouble even if it is a under 18 game. Would Bristol City want to open up two stands for a crowd of 4000-5000 (maybe more) remains to be seen as Aud has stated they may be surprised how many from Swindon want to watch the game and 1400 travelled to Reading for a Mickey Mouse game with lots of youngsters on display.

Out of interest what was the attendance for the Man Utd game and why are people convinced lots of fans will travel to Bristol City?

2,800 I think. I’d go to Ashton Gate for sure.

There were 2,187 at the Man Utd U18s game and a fair few of those would have been there to see the opposition. The mentioned potential numbers of people going to Bristol City (a) are extremely optimistic.

I think that game, plus the victory at Sunderland, has fired people’s imagination regarding the U-18s.

See them before they’re flogged off!

I suppose its a new thibg, considering we didnt have a team 3 tears ago according to our fearless leader ;)

2,167 was the crowd v Utd

It’s like whatever the EFL trophy is called these days.

No one is really bothered about it at all but interest grows as you get further into the competition.
Same with this. I expect people don’t even know who we played in the rounds previous to Manchester United (I know I don’t)

Plus with our first teams season done & dusted - this at least gives people something to get behind, something that might be successful.

It's something out of the ordinary. 4 big clubs in there and we are there on merit

I had to look up who is left:

Leeds v Liverpool
Millwall v Chelsea
Man City/Reading v Spurs
Slave traders 82 v Swindon

Warming up for the 82ers, the U-18s beat the Gas 4-3 earlier today.

City away. Thurs 7th March, 7pm. £3.50

https://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/news/2024/february/town-u18s-quarter-final-tie-in-the-fa-youth-cup-away-to-bristol-city-will-be-played-on-march-7/

I’ll be there

Swindon's win today means that the Youth Alliance League will go down to the final day.

Argyle play Swindon on Saturday - if Argyle win or draw, the Greens win the division. If Swindon win, they'll be champions.

Can we watch that on iFollow rather than the Stockport game?

I thought the same. its only mid/late feb and the kids are the only thing left this season worthwhile watching.


Credit to them and shouldnt take anything away from their achievements, but just goes to show how rancid the main event is.

March 7 at Ashton Gate - I'll be there. Looking forward to it. Need another team talk from the Don. Fingers crossed.

Only one stand open so lumped in with the Teds. Should be fun.

Do we buy from STFC or the 82ers? Imagine we would get blocks.

Got to sign up with the 82ers and buy from them. Got all the makings of a disaster. Pain in the arse signing up for an account.

https://tickets.bristol-sport.co.uk/en-GB/events/bristol%20city%20u18s%20v%20swindon%20town%20u18s/2024-3-7_19.00/ashton%20gate%20stadium?hallmap

Are swindon fans sitting anywhere specific or just anywhere?

Millwall first club through to semis after beating Chelsea on pens

Do proceeds from FA Cup Youth ties also get split 50/50 like FA Cup Men's teams?

Doubt it even covers clubs opening their stadiums for the games let alone having any extra to dole out.

Anyone who went to Reading away in the pizza trophy will tell you that a cosy free for all could be a bad idea.

If we beat the 82ers we play either Spurs or Man City.

Also, we’ll be at home if we get to the final!

Over 400 sold already.

That’s superb

Not quite sure how they know the number as you order tickets direct from Bristol Sports who don’t  ask who you support and there is no segregation

Just wondering if that’s total tickets sold

Presume you can just rock up on the day.

Hope so.
Gave up trying to register account in the end.
Too many unexpected errors, might try again tomorrow.
Don't  really fancy sitting amongst people who can't speak the Kings English proper like what we do, but still keen to see how the youngsters get on.

Had the same problem and gave up.

Youths are 3-1 up at Plymouth and on course to win the league. Ameen, Keyes and Alston with the goals.

That would be a great achievement if they do.

Fair play to them.  I do find odd that Ameen who scores a lot of their goals hasn’t got anywhere near the first team whereas Obodo has yet he’s always on the bench for the academy.

…and with our season reduced to nothingness - ironically now would be a good time to get some in the first team…

100% this.

Blood him and see how he does, I have seen him play 3 times and very impressed with his pace and movement, for me he looks better than Abodo.

Can’t be any less effective than RHM

True that.

4-2 in the Plymouth game now to Town. Obodo has just come on.

4-3 to Swindon now.

Sonny Hart sent off again

30 mins to hang on with 10 men now and 1 defender down.

Lets hope they can finish a game better than the first team.

I wonder if that keeps Hart out of the FA cup game? If there was one youth I’d actively want to sell rather than keep, it would have to be the son of the dealer. Might keep his Dad away.

5 mins left still winning 4-3 currently.

Penalty last min for Plymouth.

4-4

Too late for that? Didn’t they need to win?

Needed the win.

Need to win for the title, draw not enough !

Hartbreak

98th minute penalty conceded🤣

 :clap:

well Swindon'd!

Good preparation for any of them that make it in the first team, it always ends this way for us

Any match highlights anywhere?

Man City youths came back with two late goals to beat Spurs in the quarters so we’ll be away to Man City if we get past Bristol C. The other semi is Leeds vs Millwall after they beat Liverpool and Chelsea respectively…

And that game will be 7pm on a Saturday

Repeat of 2010 play off?

Revenge!

I can see two blocks on the City Website W13 and W15 ...where are the Town fans going?

In there with the Teds

1000 tickets sold - is that in total or just STFC. No streaming on the club’s YouTube channel.

Tickets are only being sold through BCFC and no segregation so I imagine it's the total

POTD too

Any news on YouTube coverage (or not) yet?

not on YouTube. possibly on ESPN+

edit: oh, there's money to be made. Step forward FA - actually don't know if there's a cost, fa player is down for maintenance

https://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/news/2024/march/fa-youth-cup-quarter-final-to-be-broadcasted-in-the-uk-and-internationally-on-thursday/ (https://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/news/2024/march/fa-youth-cup-quarter-final-to-be-broadcasted-in-the-uk-and-internationally-on-thursday/)

Thanks, Batch!

Fact.
STFC as a club simply does not deserve the dedication and loyalty of "us" as supporters.

I don't see much dedication or loyalty on here. Quite the opposite. Fuckwits anonymous.

ANOther
You really are a masterpiece of work.

Being shown on FA Player apparently

And the odd gullible twat

What a cunt.

Complete and utter...

I wish I could be less dedicated and loyal to the point of not giving a rats arse. Is it quite liberating?

Well that's one of the more successful obvious fishing trips you'll see!

No, posts are consistent.

Back on topic :) has anyone used FA player before?

Thanks for setting that group up, how do I join or is it just for mardy old crusties?

I haven't but I've just registered for it and it seems fine...

https://twitter.com/BBCWiltsSport/status/1765333193253625910?t=iBmUY5rcHej1nSkhEwFUtw&s=19

On BBC Sounds for commentary

I am 1000% sure that is not a fishing trip or wind up, just expressing himself.

Agreed JJ, probably one of the several who sit in front of me who is silent all game, regardless of the result.

I’m still hoping to go tomorrow. Presume it’s POTD. Still not feeling 100% though.

Don’t go anywhere near the park after the game😁

Any idea if I can get the fa player via my fire stick?
The other option are laptop (which I doubt could handle it) or phone…

Theres an iphone app if that is any good

I mean watching it on my phone is definitely better than not watching it but a small screen I’ll have to hold is not ideal

If you have a firestick look up the foreign channels that are showing it that someone posted earlier in the thread

United Kingdom   FA Player
Africa   NWTV
Australia    Network 10
Baltics   Viaplay
Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia   Sport Klub
Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Phillippines and Thailand   beIN Sports
Canada   Rogers Sports
Hungary    TV2
Latin America   ESPN
Malta   Multiplus (GO Malta)
Malaysia   ASTRO
Myanmar    Sky Net
New Zealand   Sky
Scandinavia   Viaplay
Singapore   Singtel TV
United States   ESPN
Vietnam   FPT Player

Could always stream it to your TV.

It’s on Bristol City’s YouTube which makes it easier than everything else mentioned.

That post the club did saying they weren't allowed was bollocks then i take it

to be fair it may have been City blocking us. That or there's a cost!

I suppose the FA might have used common sense and relegated. seems unlikely

What time is kick off and any links would go down a treat

Got it on USA ESPN channel 782

New Zealand Sky Sports 4 for anyone that has it on the firestick (i do)