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FINALLY... There is a new sign above the Town End entrance that says HOME OF SWINDON TOWN F.C and the badge. looks nice!


Just need a brick wall around the ground now  :wink:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/gary_stanley_uk/newsign.jpg

haha if u ask me it looks shit n tacky :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

What are you on about that looks quality, in years to come that could rival the legendary Anfield Gates.

I especially like the Strictly no parking sign, the E2 black little number and the boarded up windows.   Great work.  Oh and the barbed wire, nice touch.

Money well spent :-))(

Could have paid for a loan signing probably!

i like it. :|

Is this part of the Luggy getting his hands dirty scenario?   In one of his statements somewhere, he says the ground as well as the club feels tired...and that some cosmetic changes will be happening.

  All well and good, but it is such a valid point.....we know we need a redevelopment, but it is still a long way off.....and the current set up could be tidied up without vast expenditure, although some costs would be involved.

 Although I'm sure a whip round for a Gary Stanley memorial wall, might raise 3 and 6 pence on TEF....its not strictly necessary.

  Here's a few random things which annoy me....and would be good to sort.

  Floodlight bulbs......I've raised this at AGM's and forums, to be told that even with several bulbs missing, we meet the criteria to play, maybe so but I've a job seeing the SB from the TE too clearly.

 Tannoy.....never works, should be fixed.....Health and Safety.  

  The enclosure seats in the Arkells.....why oh why  weren't they built the length of the rest of seating,  the water butts and and laundry are an eyesore, and look tacky.

  Could this be sorted.
 
  The corner of the Stratton bank and Nationwide is a right mess,  the old gates and turnstyle facade a festering heap.....couldn't some  practical use be found for this patch?

   Advertising boards, its hardly surprixing there are few takers for these, as its money down the drain.....but the mish mash of odd takers and empty spaces is a mess, surely better to put them all in one place and  ditch the rest.

  Back to the floodlights....with new grounds etc....could these be the oldest example of English football ground floodlights......could we get them listed by English Heritage, and so get some grant money for maintainance?

  I'm sure others may have ideas....especially for match days. Years back for example there were flag poles on the Shrivenham Road and Bank.....and flags would be flown on match  day.....if you were unsure if the game was on, in the days before local radio internet etc, you had to go to the ground and see if the flags were up.

  Mex could be made match day flag monitor.

I like the flag idea Reg, when the flags are up it's time to get to the CG.

 These corny things all add to the match day ritual......Sturrock is right, that the club feels tired and it shows.  There is little or no leadership from the top, a demoralised workforce...and a disengaged fan base.   It could be so much better.

Love the flags idea - someone get onto the club about it and get it sorted.

I've had this discussion about the flagpoles/flags behind the Bank (and the one over the TE) with Ron Topp for L&P.

They are not used because they have fixed mounts at the top of the poles. Which means you have to take the bastards down to put the flags up and vice-versa.

I offered to buy the rotary mounts, pulleys, rope, cleats etc for them and Ron was happy with that - taking them down once to get them kitted up.

It will have to wait until after Christmas though as I'm skinter than Mr Skint until February.

Oh and we will get matching flags made as well. Might have to dip into L&P funds for those if the committee agrees.

Anybody got any ideas for the flags? I thought:

Union Jack - L&P Logo - STFC Logo -  ??? - St Georges Cross (SB)
STFC Logo (TE)

Unless Reg can remember what used to be up there?

there was a  premier league logo

How about flags with old STFC club badges on them.  Would mean more to the average fan than a Union Jack or L&P Logo.

Let's make the flags about the club and town, something unique to STFC, and the old badges would fit that criteria well.

Excellent stuff  
 
    JA like your idea.....but if L and P pay for the poles then I guess that buys them the right to a flag....maybe TEF could have a flag.

    Q and A would be looking for a Wessex Wyvern

    http://encyclopedia.quickseek.com/images/Wyvern.JPG

Yeah have a flag dedicated to L&P (central one maybe) but I do think it'd be a nice touch to see the old bages fluttering in the wind on match days.

i want a flag with my face on it

Like that idea Jan

If I had the money I'd quite fancy a large St Georges Cross with the old badges in each quarter and something else in the fourth one.  Nice work Jan.

    Yep it would look cool.

     http://www.readyourselfraw.com/recommended/rec_nickabadzis/baxendale_plug.jpg

:mrgreen:  :fu:


I said me - not crouchy

Getting the floodlights listed would cause problems when they need to be taken down to build a new stadium. Otherwise I agree with everything you just said.

There are four old badges.... one was a robin

Was it?

I don't recall the prescence of it, the big ST, the crest and the current one are the ones Iknow, anyone have linkage to this?

   I did think of this but I'd like them to stay.....they are a classic piece of football groubd furniture.

Still think one badge per flag would be more effective.  STFC through the years.  Retro.

I complely agree with you as does the bloke who writes the football ground guide

"the ground also benefits by a striking set of four floodlight pylons. Once a feature across the country, floodlights are slowly but surely disappearing from the landscape, being replaced by rows of lights across the stand roofs. It's a shame really, if only because the floodlight pylons made it a lot easier to locate a ground in a town or city and were always synonymous with a football ground."

That's because you're old and your sight's going reg.

 I'll challenge you to a long distance number plate reading contest any time.

I can't read.

 Just do the the numbers then

The redevelopment is happening, just bit by bit :D

I can't count.

have a wanking competition instead.  :nuts:

 Come to the Beehive tonight and I'll buy you  5 pints.

"Come to the Beehive tonight and I'll buy you 5 pints."

Very drole Reg!!

:) I'd have to come up with some sort of crossing off squares method of keeping track. Unfortunately, I'm working tonignt.

 You could read that then   :shock:

no I can't.

This quoatage has got pretty impresive.

Can I have 5 free pints please Reg?

 If it could be lifted into a third dimension, we'd have a fine example of a  pyramidal frustum......if covered in chocolate it would make a fine example of a munchie.....which was a type of Rolo.....can you still get them?

I believe so, they're listed here anyway
http://www.nestle.co.uk/OurBrands/AboutOurBrands/ConfectioneryAndCakes/Chocolate+Sweets.htm
Of course Nestle should be boycotted for some good reason I always forget. THink it's to do with baby milk.

How many return quotes would it take to fill up one whole page, with just one post?  

If you know what I mean?

I think FB maybe the man to find out.

Or would it just make the page looooooooooooooooonger?

Think one post already goes off my laptop screen, Each page shows a certain amount of posts however big they are so you'd never get 1 post per page.

That's a shame, would have been a tremendous achievement and historic moment for the TEF'ers.

I thought maybe Munchies had lost their 50's innocence....when in the 60's and onwards hysterical stoners would develop "the munchies" .

I wonder how small the box in the middle will get though?

Pretty fucking small. I wonder it will get to one letter wide? I guess that it will start widening the screen before then.



I don't ever remember seeing them advertised otherwise I could imagine a clever play on words.

You can still buy them, had some the other day. They also did a mint variety called Mintola but they didn't have biscuit in.

8)  if you put 2 munchies back to back they make a fine example of a square bifrustum.

http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/images/Title/TitleBadgeHistoryWhite.jpg

Cheers Jock, That has to eb the least famous of our badges though.  Mind you probably better than the current one tbh.

I didnt know about it until i stumbled accross that site the other day

Those on a flag each would look quality behind the SB.

Yes, Yes they would.  I hope that's what Sturrock was talking about when he mentioned a facelift.  I know we all want a new ground byt tarting up teh old one for a few hundred quid wouldn't go amiss, practical things I'm sure could be done cheaply or by voluntary work from fans.  A proper sign for the club wouldn't go amiss, something a bit biger than one printed on the back of a fag packet.  I agree with Reg a few aesthetic improvements would be very pleasant, just to make the place look a bit more professional.