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Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: DerbyRed on Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 16:16:33 12 years ago, and at the tender age of 11, me and a few mates decided we were going to start going to football games and decided we would head to Reading as being in Hungerford it was easiest to get to, with a direct train line there, and Elm Park not far from the station. However, my Mum decided I was too young to be doing that, and wouldn't let me go! As a compromise though, my Dad took me along to see Swindon, as they were closer and he knew the area, and the rest as they say is history!
And so if things had been different I could be a plastic Royal now, enjoying life in the Premiership rather than watching years of Town being rubbish, getting relegated and always having off field crisis'!! Having said that, I wouldn't change anything and love supporting Town! :) I had this chat with my cousin, a Wigan fan, and he said he almost ended up supporting Forest before getting into the Latics and it got me thinking, are there any other of you guys that nearly ended up supporting another team, but in the end went down the path of Swindon Town? Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: Johno on Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 17:41:25 Nah, my dad took me to watch swindon when i was 5 or 6. I do support calne town though :-))(
Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: Ralphy on Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 19:15:03 My dad took me to Swindon when i was 6 years old and the love affair started there.
Everyone at my primary school supported Liverpool (who were ace in the 80's) or Oxford. Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: mr ian on Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 19:43:56 my dad took me aswell at about the same age
so do we love are dads more or less? still wouldnt change a thing Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: Sussex on Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 19:44:44 Fatbury supports Arsenal, but goes to Swindon games because he can't get a lift to Laaandaaan very often.
Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: mattyswinboy on Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 19:59:08 my dad supports bistol city and he used to take me up when i was little :oops: but i rebelled and became a swindon fan:D
Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: Bogus Dave on Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 20:34:41 i supported leicester till i was 14. then i saw the light
Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: DMR on Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 20:36:52 My old man got me in to Swindon since I could walk, didn't particuarly know what it was all about but learnt to love it.
Still follow Leeds and to a lesser extent Boro. Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: Tails on Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 20:56:37 My dad took me to Swindon as soon as I was old enough. Funnily enough there was actually a lot of Swindon fans in my school anyway so I always had a mate to take with me.
Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: STFCBird on Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 21:07:25 Nice sig Tails :mrgreen:
I should be a Villa fan really, ho hum Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: Bennett on Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 21:10:15 i was taken to the game vs hull years back. i think duncan shearer scored and it started with that. amusingly my grandad tripped up and cut his hand quite badly in the car park
Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: STFCBird on Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 21:11:45 :o you evil cunt
Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: Bennett on Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 21:13:07 well what could i do? other than laugh like he was
Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: STFCDude on Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 21:19:33 ALways been a Town fan, never anyone else for me! Although, I do recall a conversation I had with my dad when I was about 10 years old. It went something like this.
ME:"Dad, why do we support Swindon, how come we don't support a big club?" DAD:"Because son, Swindon is where we are, we'll always support Swindon. We were both born here" ME:"Why couldn't we have been born in Madrid or something then Dad?" DAD:"Because even if we were, we'd probably have been Athletico Madrid fans!" Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: Leggett on Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 21:21:02 swindon vs west ham in the premiership, i came with the Cubs, we had a tour round the ground beforehand, it was ace.
my dad dislikes football, so i was never into it as a kid! Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: Amir on Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 22:29:58 My dad supports Fulham but hasn't been since the 70's so I was taken to see Bristol City at Wembley in '87 or '88 as my mum's side mostly support them. Thought they were shit, and when I was older started jumping on a train with some mates to go and watch Swindon. Never looked back.
Just think what a huge club I could be supporting now. Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: mr ian on Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 22:30:19 Quote from: "Tails" My dad took me to Swindon as soon as I was old enough. Funnily enough there was actually a lot of Swindon fans in my school anyway so I always had a mate to take with me. i was about the only swindon fan in school thats why i was bullied Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: STFCDude on Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 22:36:59 Quote from: "Amir" My dad supports Fulham but hasn't been since the 70's so I was taken to see Bristol City at Wembley in '87 or '88 as my mum's side mostly support them. Thought they were shit, and when I was older started jumping on a train with some mates to go and watch Swindon. Never looked back. Just think what a huge club I could be supporting now. You are supporting a huge club ;) Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: Cookie on Thursday, September 28, 2006, 08:25:09 My cousin from Gloucester, a Spurs and Swindon fan, took me to Gloucester City v Swindon friendly in '88 when i was 9. This was my first experience of live football.
My Dad hates football but luckily a neighbour went regularly and took me along to the County Ground, been hooked ever since. I remember getting my knee stuck in the railings at the front of Shrivvy road stand the first time I went. Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: Bushey Boy on Thursday, September 28, 2006, 08:37:39 My old man is a workaholic and isnt into any sport. He wasnt about as a kid so my mum arranged for a friends dad to take me when my mate was away. First game was swindon vs newcastle and there were 3 penalties, 2 being saved, that was it I was hooked for life. In fact my mrs keeps seeing the bloke who used to take me and keeps saying he has alot to answer for.
The bloke was sound, took me to every game even had a season ticket for about 5 years with him and his son. I remember once all three of us were walking along Queens Drive to the game, he said ..lads walk on the inside so im closest to the cars...I asked why, he said if a car comes off the road it will hit me and not you...I asked where our season tickets were, he said in my left pocket why? I replied If a car hits you we dont want to miss the game. A truely great man who I will always respect. Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: SwindonTartanArmy on Thursday, September 28, 2006, 09:42:24 Got free tickets from Dave Mitchell and my dad started taking me along in the early 90s. Would probably have taken me to Ibrox if we hadnt lived 360 miles away from there! :soapy tit wank:
Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: Piemonte on Thursday, September 28, 2006, 10:01:03 I supported Liverpool as a boy, mainly because my dad did although it did help that they were the all conquering side at the time :)
The 1st game my dad took me too was The play off final in 1990, after that he started taking me fairly regually. Thanks to this he pretty much supports STFC and liverpool equally now. I've never seen him look so confused as when we played LFC at anfield in the premiership(we were sat in the STFC end) , when Barnes equalised late on he didnt really know weather to be happy or pissed off! Secretly I think he was pleased it was a draw and Swindon did themselves proud. Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: spacey on Thursday, September 28, 2006, 10:26:31 Up until the age of about 6 my dad used to take me to go and see Bolton.It was at this time that my Grandad took me and my brother to one side and said " look lads, I think you should know neither of you were born in Bolton, and in my opinion you should be supporting the club from the Town you were born."
the following conversation with my mum is exactly how it happened :wink: Me: Mum, where was I born? Grandad reckons I should support the club from where I was born. My lovely mum: Did he now, your dad's not gonna be pleased about that. Me: well where was I born then? My lovely mum: Swindon Me: No seriously, where was I born? My lovely mum: I told you, Swindon. Me: I'm not laughing here, just tell me honestly. My lovely mum: You were born in Swindon (sound of my Grandad pissing himself laughing in background) Me: oh for fuc...... My lovely mum: Get to your room! My father has never recovered from me turning my back on his team, and can now be found festering in his own filth in a maximum security home for the hard done by. Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: Bushey Boy on Thursday, September 28, 2006, 10:32:20 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:
Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: Devon Red on Thursday, September 28, 2006, 11:55:21 My dad is a rochdale supporter but due to us living in swindon, he used to take me to swindon games as it was too far to travel to rochdale. Even though we moved away from swindon when I was 5 i've kept supporting them due to these early games I don't have huge memories of.
Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: Leggett on Thursday, September 28, 2006, 12:12:16 with any luck, saturday i shall be sat in the family enclosure (no swearing for james then) with my brother-in-law, and my 4 1/2yr old nephew, for his first game!
Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: DiV on Thursday, September 28, 2006, 12:23:47 swindon, its in my blood...
my dad took me, just like his dad took him, just like his dad took him, just like his dad took him x4 Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: SwindonTartanArmy on Thursday, September 28, 2006, 12:57:39 Quote from: "mr ian" Quote from: "Tails" My dad took me to Swindon as soon as I was old enough. Funnily enough there was actually a lot of Swindon fans in my school anyway so I always had a mate to take with me. i was about the only swindon fan in school thats why i was bullied explains alot! :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: quinnismyhero on Thursday, September 28, 2006, 14:08:38 First game -v- Port Vale in 1977 on the Bodmans coach from 'Vizes been hooked ever since although born a scouser and am still a fervent follower of the Reds.
Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: McLovin on Thursday, September 28, 2006, 14:20:09 Italia 90 was my first real footballing interest when i was 6. Gazza was a hero, and he played for Spurs. As a large section of my family came to the westcountry from London, they had a penchant for the Yids too, so i supported them. A year later, they won the 1991 FA Cup final and that was it. They were my team.
That was until 1993, when my Swindon-born Gramp decided i should start watching 'proper football' and took me along to the County G. I loved the buzz of the live game, and at the end of that season, he treated me to the playoff final. Ever since then, i've only missed a handful of home games, and try to make 6 or 7 away games a year, finances and effort permitting. I still look out for the Spurs results, and maybe go to the Lane once a season, but over the last couple of years, i've become less and less bothered with them. Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: mattboyslim on Thursday, September 28, 2006, 14:35:17 I've always been swindon, my dad's gone for well over 40 years and my grandad watched Harry Morris. I started going when I was 7 in 1990 and before that my dad would ensure I was interested, I remember the whole financial fiasco of 1990. I had a friend with a passing interest in Liverpool but to be honest i was never more than passingly interested in them, as people have said they were very much du jour at that time.
Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: fatbury on Thursday, September 28, 2006, 15:41:19 My first interest in footy was in 1978 when I saw Paul Mariner on MOTD - FA Cup semi Final Ipswich v WBA and he cut his head and still scored a winner ... so for 2 matches I was an Ipswich fan - Mariner still is and always will be one of my heros.
My first game of footy was when I was 8 and still living in London - I went to Highbury to see Arsenal play Swindon in the League cup - 1979 ... it was a 1-1 draw .. My mum was an Arsenal fan and my dad a Swindon fan. My 2nd game was the replay and my first at the County Ground .. 4-3 to Swindon!! Since then Ive always supported both (was thrilled to see Mariner appear in the Swindon v Ipswich centenary match at the County Ground in 1980).. but when my mum and dad went to the replay they spent the day in Swindon and found a house to move to .. hence 2 months after it I was here ... The following season I was going with my dad to a number of games in John Trollopes final season as manager - we ended up relegated .. so naturally I fell in love with STFC and have been going ever since. Of course I still supported Arsenal and eventually got a silver membership in 1998 - so i started going to home games of both Arsenal and Swindon for about 5 years on and off .. the Arsenal stuff really was expensive tho so I tend to not go so much these days - tho ive been to a couple of games this year to see the new stadium ... I do however have a STFC season ticket again ... So i guess like most of you who i supported was down to my parents - but its been a brilliant ride and a top couple of sides to support .. never a dull moment. I always find it funny that Swindons finest hour was one of Arsenal's worst tho!! :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: janaage on Thursday, September 28, 2006, 16:14:10 1985 - (and this is a true story)
My grandad is in hospital, we go to visit him on a saturday afternoon, "whilst your mum stays with grandad we can go and watch the football" says my old man Me and my brother are well happy, we get to the hospital around 1.30 and for whatever reason dad decides against taking us, not sure why just didn't happen. What hosptial was my old grandad in? The John Ratcliffe in Oxford, thank fuck that we didn't go, I could have been a scummer. A Hibs/Scotland/Oxford fan. I'd have been Mr Popular living in Swindon. Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: spacey on Thursday, September 28, 2006, 19:13:19 Quote from: "fatbury" My first interest in footy was in 1978 when I saw Paul Mariner on MOTD, the sight of his flowing locks and short shorts awakened something inside me. Once I'd cleaned myself up with my trusty sock I knew that footy was for me... so for 2 matches I was an Ipswich fan - Mariner still is and always will be one of my heros. My first game of footy was when I was 8 and still living in London - I went to Highbury to see Arsenal play Swindon in the League cup - 1979 ... it was a 1-1 draw .. My dad was an orangutan and my mum was the lingerie section of a littlewoods catalogue My 2nd game was the replay and my first at the County Ground .. 4-3 to Swindon!! Since then Ive always supported both (was wanking like a chimp on speed to see Mariner appear in the Swindon v Ipswich centenary match at the County Ground in 1980).. but when my mum and dad went to the replay they spent the day in Swindon and found a house to move to .. hence 2 months after it I was here ... The following season I was going with my dad to a number of games in John Trollopes final season as manager - we ended up relegated .. so naturally I fell in love with anything with a pulse and have been going ever since. Of course I still supported Arsenal and eventually got a silver membership in 1998 - so i started going to home games of both Arsenal and Swindon for about 5 years on and off .. the Arsenal stuff really was tedious and shite tho so I tend to not go so much these days - tho ive been to a couple of games this year to see the new stadium ... I do however have a STFC season ticket again ... So i guess like most of you who i supported was down to my parents - but its been a brilliant ride and a top couple of sides to support .. never a dull moment. I always find it funny when the Chuckle brothers are on telly, My hero is brilliant as well!! especially now that gay fella is in it. Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: McLovin on Friday, September 29, 2006, 11:44:03 Arf!
Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: flammableBen on Friday, September 29, 2006, 12:46:25 aceness, fatbury just got served.
Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: mexico red on Friday, September 29, 2006, 16:46:40 my great grandad is qpr my grandad is qpr my dad is qpr and at the mexico reds family do last year i got made to stand up in front of 40-50 family members and explain why i dont support qpr.
cunts, my family the lot of them. being brought up in mexico city it was very hard to watch english football, but due to a strange satellite placing areas of the city stretching from polanco to chauptepec park and right down to xochimilco we could pick up a small signal run by a company called swindon cable, that is why swindon has a fanbase of 32 million in mexico. Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: SwindonTartanArmy on Friday, September 29, 2006, 16:57:05 Quote from: "mexico red" my great grandad is qpr my grandad is qpr my dad is qpr and at the mexico reds family do last year i got made to stand up in front of 40-50 family members and explain why i dont support qpr. :soapy tit wank:cunts, my family the lot of them. being brought up in mexico city it was very hard to watch english football, but due to a strange satellite placing areas of the city stretching from polanco to chauptepec park and right down to xochimilco we could pick up a small signal run by a company called swindon cable, that is why swindon has a fanbase of 32 million in mexico. Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: fatbury on Friday, September 29, 2006, 19:02:19 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: to Spaceys take on my history ...
TO Mex - What appeared on Swindon Cable footy wise? The footy highlights from STFC? I never had it so ive no idea Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: janaage on Friday, September 29, 2006, 19:38:43 well stfc are quite the latino americano english team of choice now that Gus is here. And with Ossie in the early 90's, so that's Mexico, Argentina and Uruguay covered.
Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: pauld on Friday, September 29, 2006, 23:34:53 Samba Swindon!
Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: pumbaa on Saturday, September 30, 2006, 01:24:52 Neither of my parents have never really been interested in football, so I guess my interest in the game in general was very much self-generated through playing the game at school. My formative years were spent in the 70's with Liverpool the dominant force in England and Europe, but somehow I remember watching MOTD sometime around 1978 and seeing Spurs thump Bristol Rovers 9-0 - I started to become interested in Spurs - I had a couple of Spurs mugs that I used to wash out paint brushes :oops:
I started pestering my old man to take me to a Spurs game. Sadly at the time, he was more interested in Swindon Speedway rather than football, but I remember him taking me to the CG to watch the Town play Sheffield Utd some time in the early 80's. I think we won 3-2, but Reg will put me straight. And from then on, I have been a dedicated and passionate Swindon Town fan. I don't know what might have happened if my old man had taken me to Trashton Grate - a lucky escape me thinks :wink: I still keep an eye out for Spurs results, and I enjoy playing with them on FM, but I'm a STFC fan through and through. Title: Football Supporting Crossroads Post by: jayohaitchenn on Saturday, September 30, 2006, 10:00:44 My dad fucking hates football but i've always loved it. I first started going to the Town games when kids could go for £1 but then i grew up and couldn't afford it anymore. :-(
Then this year my lovely wife bought me a season ticket for my birthday and I'm back on the swindon train! get in |