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Thats a line of a song, 10p to whoever gets it .

As most of you already know myself and Mex were banned today,something to do with health and safety..well it was the standard banning letter that we were given.We all know the real resons I suspect .We walked up to the Arkells and were told we were banned which was a bit of a bummer especially for him having traveled from Brighton :(

I kicked off for a bit but knowing that I had to work I walked off.At this point in time I couldn't give a fuck,ive had quite enough.I certainly wont be contacting anyone and begging to be let in.I guess thats a wasted 20 years of my life but hey!

So I guess I will see you at away games chaps.

why are you banned?

Is that a lifetime ban?  :shock:

Its the same ban they use for Townend Standers.

You have to write to them and ask to be let back in.I can only speak for myself but I wont be doing that im pretty sure ive done nothing wrong and dont intend begging to be let back in.Ive not been standing or ejected as the letter says.I think Mex has banned for speaking on TV to be honest.

but why did they single you out?
or did others get bans apart from mexico red and yourself?

Just us,I suspect (and its just a guess) because of being vocal on here/the telly.I was quite "in your face" Tuesdays but did nothing illegal as far as I can remember and Mex was on the telly,he certainly was never out of order he doesnt drink for christ sake :mrgreen:

maybe mex could go to the local press-tv saying he's been victimised?

I was fucking livid when Mex was having a perfectly reasoned conversation with an official about this, and a security bloke (no. twenty eight) said to his mate "I'd just punch him in the face".

Wankers.

I think it's an outrage and can understand why you feel demoralised.

If you do want to kick up a stink, I'm pretty sure the vast majority of fans will be behind you.

hmm the security guard said sandy grays husband who was stood my mex and this other guy anyway said he heard it, but what number 2 said was 'he thought Mex was going to punch the other guy in the face'

Which is stupid, because Mex clearly wasnt going to punch anybody and mr. sandy gray was no where near the ginger stewards.

I can get his name if anyone wants to write a letter of complaint.

I have his photo :D

what would be the best email to write to in regards to this?

went to the same school as me, few years below.

My mate will know his name......

He used to be short, fat and he always stank of piss....

i know who he is. He was in my year at school.

name and shame!!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums./v365/robus1971/fatty.jpg

Thats your man

Oooh he's pretty

i know what i'd do,but on a public forum i aint gonna say what

i'll have to look at home,... photobucket is banned at work for some reason

CUNTS! Well there's another couple of punters completely fucking alienated. And they wonder why the gates are shit. I hope these Betfair people ( and one of their ads is on telly as we speak) realise they need to be a lot more hands on if the whole town isn't just going to turn its back on the club)

Oh and the title........... it's the Grahme Green novel obviously, (I'm sure there was a shit film version in the last few years), and a single by the Field Mice fairly recently. I can also remember an old Prefab Sprout song. But I've looked and I can't find it on the track listings for any of the albums so I might have imagined it.


Do I get 10p?

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I was thinking of The Fieldmice

Google?

Absolutely fucking stinks. I hope you are proud Lambert.

Like to see him try and punch Mex in the face. Cunt would get floored before he got within ten feet.

Ho hum. Let's be nice. The Rugby's about to start.

 :D

That I could remember. Though I just googled them and FUCK ME THEY SPLIT UP IN 1991! Fuck me I thought I was demonstrating how in touch I was!

I did google the Prefab Sprout one but I can't find it. I can't have made it up? I can't be hallucinating obscure indie pop album tracks it's just stupid.

Maybe it was a b-side?

Shit I feel old.

The club died a bit for me today....not totally, but like Christopher Walken in David Cronenberg's Dead Zone. I've never witnessed such scumbaggery in all my life. I won't be going back until Oevil and Mex's bans are lifted and they receive a silver tankard with 'Sorry' engraved on it.....or maybe a free bar with guest option.

I didn't go today (or Cheltenham in the mickey mouse cup) and sorry to say I didn't miss it.  I've kind of decided to take a break from it for a while, voting with my feet if you like.

Home games have lost the appeal, maybe I'll go to a few away games instead.  The politics and board have diminshed my enjoyment of match days, shame really.

Sorry to hear about the bans fellas, absolutely disgusting way to treat supporters.

 Think there are any number treading a similar path away from the CG....the treatment of Yeovil and Mex is nothing new,  Diamandis isn't going to go down without a fight...and the club has always been willing to use its banning powers, for fans who get a little too politically active.

  At least they haven't looked into the Sheff Wedneday route yet.

anyone remember years ago when they threw loads of fans out of the shrivvy road for nothing?
i'm sure it was against oldham around 89-90.
now that was bizarre

They havnt got any money to go the Sheff Weds route.

Just have to me smarter than them and faster than them.

By the way, other lads, you will be back soon. Take it easy.

Another example of how this club has become a complete joke!

If i were in their (Mex and Yeovil) position i'd say 'fuck em.' If thats the way they treat the fans of the Club then they don't deserve the support of those people who turn up week in week out.

Why should they write a grovelling letter?

Yep, agree Jan.

Since way before the end of last season I have refused to pay this board any money. I'm not going to waste my Saturdays even being anywhere near now.

I can see attendances dropping even further.

I'm looking forward to Leeds away with my mates though  :D

i heard that as well. older guy, stood on the corner of the arkell's / townend whilst the protests were going on.

you only have to look at them stewards though.what a fucking rabble of retards they are!
your bottom of class school failures are in charge of thousands of peoples safety :evil:
imagine if there was a real emergency at a game?

To be honest ive got alot of time for the Chief Steward bloke that Mex was ranting at (despite losing my temper with him earlier in the day) hes always been civil and sensible in any dealing ive had with him.Its a waste of time argueing with Puppets in Orange jackets though I can understand why it happens.

The comment from that fat ginger fuck is completely out of order and I hope its taken further.Though i wouldnt be suprised if Mex does fuck all hes feeling pretty let down by STFC on quite a few levels.

the head steward guy was just doing as he's told.

I expect he's been told to be unhelpful and he was....

the name and number of the ginger one is known and you have his photo.

Alot of us heard the comment and I dont buy the story that this random bloke here who happens to be sandy grays husband who wasnt actually anywhere near the ginger bloke heard the whole thing and the ginger guy actually said 'I think that guy(mex)is going to hit him in the face'

Not sure what Yeovil or Mex actually did, but I am assuming it was Mex who spoke to the media, cant see a lot wrong with that and Yeovil was one of the guys who made his way into the executive lounge and said he wanted to go in and talk to a board member and only left when BL said he would talk to him. Is this correct?

Nah I was stood at the front Tuesday and a bit in their face thats about it really,didnt go in or owt.Yes Mex was on Telly and at the protest.

Then you have every right to be pissed off.
I would imagine one phone call and that ban would be lifted Yeovil and Mex.

i was with yeovil on that tuesday and both of us ended up at the front, neither of us were trying to cause trouble. i made the stupid mistake of trying to calm things down. mex certainly did nothing untoward and it's safe to say neither yeovil or mex did anything worthy of getting banned, unless of course the club intend to ban everyone who was outside after the cheltenham game.

i wouldn't be surprised if it was a planned and calculated move to be honest, ruling with an iron fist...

if that's how home fans are going to be treated, not to mention the aggressive attitude of some of wiltshire's constabulary, then i think it speaks volumes as to how much we're valued by the scourge of this club.

i wouldn't let the wankers stop you going yeovil. fuck em.

It wasn't just you 2 Yeovil, to quote the head of security when he was talking to my dad before the game.
'We've got about a million banning orders because of last Tuesday'
I can give a name if anyone wants it.

It's all about supporting the Swindon Two.

It seems like they're drawing lines before it gets too bad for them.

I also got a picture of Sandy Grays other half star of "Pie in the Sky" and "Withnail and I"  Richard Griffiths :mrgreen:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v365/robus1971/saccc.jpg

Fucking acest thing ever.

i would

You're not alone, Jan.  I wasn't there yesterday either.  I was getting updates from my brother and the goal sounded a cracker, but I'm not getting the 'right, get up & go to football' feeling I used to get on Saturday mornings.

I've also spent far too much time spouting off on internet forums, and to be honest I'm starting to realise there's bugger all point to that as well.  I think I'm just going to give the whole thing a rest for a while.  If the boardroom squatters do eventually leave and there's more than a carcass left for us to support after they've gone, then I'm sure I'll be back one day.

Too many people seem to be talking about things without getting them done, which is why the majority of the 'spouting off' is ineffective.

i spoke to one of the guys who lives across from us who's a steward in a the arkells...he said they had two picked out for banning following the paintpot cup.

not the most interesting piece of info ever, but it proves they knew what they were doing and didn't turn up saturday morning and have a vote on whether to ban you guys

knew who they were looking for more like. Fucking disgrace it is.

oh yes...and apparently there was someone from betfair there yesterday

did you get that info off the same person bennett?

What happened to Mex and Yeovil is out of order.  As far as the ginger retarded steward goes I will be kicking up a stink about that. Not just because mex is a mate but also because this idiot shouldn't be able to get away with making a comment like that about anyone when he is supposed to be there for people's safety. What a cunt.

p.s dv what is his address, might get a ton of horse manure dumped on his drive.

Its fucking out of order - fuming, Mex is the supporter of the year, he drives from Brighton (a phone call would of been nice) and ploughs money via sponsorship into the club.

Yeovil has been going for years as well, whatva  fucking joke.

Swindon Town is a fucking joke and I for one am considering erasing it from my life.

Im just furious.
I wont be giving them anymore of my money.
I dont think either of these guys have done anything wrong so i hope it will be taken further as in my opinion they are innocent.

No you are not.

I would have to say that bad as this is, the treatment of the standing supporters who were thrown out (like Andy Ings) was equally as bad. This is a shoddy business. I wouldnt take it too personally.

:D

Certainly wouldnt expect anyone even to consider not going,I wouldnt stop if it were the other way around to be honest.


I reckon I could get in the Nationwide if I kept quiet
but as a matter of principle I wont be trying.Its quite liberating,the perfect excuse not bother until the current so and so's are gone with the added joy of doing a few away games I normally wouldnt be arsed with :D

Has mex or you got the media involved?

You should both go to the adver. Nice little head line. "Fan of the Year banned from CG".

To be honest, and shameful, I haven't been to one home game all season. I know its bad, but the whole saturday thing has lost its appeal to me. Away games, meeting in the pub, are where its at. I shold get back into going again..

That is the way to see it. There are a lot of fans outraged at this, many also on the thisisstfc board. But I think it will all blow over relatively quickly. Andy Ings got the Adver involved, and Im sure they would love to cover it, because after all they are just as much victims of the clubs policy, perhaps much more so. Anyone remmember when they banned the WDP for something or other? They do this because they are afraid of the truth. Its a weakness, not a strength. You may not want to get them involved, quite understandably.

My advise to anyone else who they try this on is to refuse to take the letter. The club chief officer (Doyle) does a good blag, goes to get on his radio etc, makes it look like he's going to get the police involved (hes an ex bobbie himself). But they cant do nothing, and he knows it. Just walk away. If they turn you away next game, then fair enough, but refuse the letter again, go back to the pub.

Scab!

Easier just to take it, no?  I got mine overturned after just one game, and at the time I was thinking of doing the same as Yeovil and just not bothering.  Plus if you go for a meeting they've at least got to explain to you why.

which should at least provide some amusement :)

Yes, just what mexico needs - another 250 mile round trip to be patronised, or to find out that "something else has cropped up, meeting postponed"

Meeting would be with the Chief Safety Officer or his Deputy, if you ask at reception before a game they send for one of them.  For what it's worth I wasn't suggesting Mex does this - and besides it's patently obvious he's not going to - I was just querying the wisdom of walking away and trying your luck next game.