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I'm sure that if this deal is not completed by Saturday, it will be dead in the water. Then all we will have to look forward to is a firesale in January, with huge "Admin" costs, followed by liquidation.
I have therefore reached the conclusion that the only thing we as supporters can do is to stop the cashflow, so that the bloodsuckers at the club are no longer maintained & given sucour by our gate receipts.
I therefore intend to stop attending all home matches, until the club is in safe hands. I do intend to be at the county ground, but outside protesting.
Trouble is that any protests inside the ground, means that we have to pay for the privelege. They get our money, & won't give a fig about any FA fines, because the club won't be about to pay them.
I hope that this is unneccesary, but am raising the subject now, as a warning to the present owners. Sell or lose our financial support.

I will deffo boycot

The last league game I went to was Rovers at home and wont be attaending another until takeover is complete.

50 or sixty fans boycotting isn't enough. Unless you can reach large numbers and persuade them to boycott, its futile.

i honestly believe a boycott in terms of stopping cash flow will have no effect whatsoever.

the only way it would be effective was if those boycotting spend the entire game outside the ground chanting and attempting to disrupt the game in whatever way possible. block the players/directors entrances for example.

another option would be for people to leave on an agreed time, halfway through the second half perhaps. this is something else brighton did and it was pretty effective.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMQfTFPKtrM

Hmm... can anyone get hold of some 10ft concrete blocks and a heavy-lifting crane?

I haven't been to one home game all season.

Tramp

I've started a poll on Thisis, not generally the most radical of sites & so far 90% are supporting a boycott.
Obvoiusly it needs large numbers to be effective, but even the threat of it might concentrate some minds.
As for the disruption outside of the ground, totally agree. I'd also suggest a picket!
http://forum.thisisswindontownfc.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=2191

Agree with you there. It's got to be on Brighton scale - ie, the vast majority - or it just won't work.

It is something that would be much more effective than a on-the-pitch protest partly because the media can run the pictures without worrying about rights etc. It also, of course, would hit them in the wallet which is where it hurts.

Money is the only thing that they are concerned with

The biggest issue Swindon have, is that we simply can't seem to get the same numbers that they had at Brighton. In that clip, they had a crowd of just 3,500, but managed to get around 1,000 outside protesting. We get 6,000 in the ground, and 200 protest after the game.

We need to make the average Swindon supporter, who doesn't spend their lives looking at internet forums, understand what the repercussions of all this could be if it isn't sorted out very soon.

Can't see a boycott having any effect either. In many ways, i personally see it as the easy option. i didn't attend the last home game and it was a case of out of sight, out of mind.

Going to the games will get me worked up. We need to be worked up to generate some negative emotion towards this board and help fuel any protests.

That's another reason why i want Byrne and Williams to continue to manage. I couldn't really give a shit about results at the moment, positive or negative, i still feel shit.

If we lose more and more, i can only hope that it causes other supporters to get off their lazy arses (i'm one) and join the protests and show real anger and hatred towards this fucking board.

Isn't your lunch break up yet Bazza?

People shoul dhave got off their asses 18 months ago.

I have been warning about Diamandis for the past 2 years- but it fell on deaf ears

Oh stop trying to take the moral highground, ive done this, ive done that blah blah blah whatever.

Bart you pedantic cunt shut the fuck up, stop telling people what they should of done and help with what we can do

To be fair, Bart, I think most here have known of his reputation for the past couple of years - you're not unique in either warning about him or raising concern about him.

Your knowledge is in no way unique and neither are the people here stupid - which you seem to believe.

I understand exactly what you are saying, but  it's also a personal thing. ie I refuse to give any more money to Mike Diamndis & croriies, & don't even see why I should pay for the right to protest.  BUT, it's not a case of just not bothering to get a ticket,  I WILL BE OUTSIDE THE CG Protesting.

 :wall:  floghorse  :fatbury:  :rain:  :suicide:

what do you want? a medal?

stop repeating yourself and offer some constructive suggestions for once

me

Somebody needs to contact the Adver about this.

This isn't just a protest after the game, or a march before the game. This needs to be several hundred fans choosing not to buy a ticket to watch a football match, and instead choosing to stand outside, voicing their frustrations.

The more people that know about this, the better.

I dont think now is the time for "I told you so"

so can I politely suggest you shut the fuck up ?

I've got a season ticket, but if the takeover hasn't gone through by Saturday then I really can't be arsed to go to the game. I'd rather stay in the pub.

The correct answer would be yes. But i will say no, as i have extended it indefinately because i'm not getting anywhere with the distraction of the internet knocking at my door! :D

I'm gonna log off now actually and crack on. It's clear nothing's going to happen around here for a while.

I just have

Im with you Samuel

Ive already said on another thread - I have a season ticket but I shant be attending until the takeover is completed

Goodbye and Goodnight to the Diamond Mike Era as far as im concerned ..

Which address did you contact? I think if they get several e-mails, they're more likely to take notice.

Strange, I don't recall you mentioning it. Perhaps you should start a thread to let us all know.






I guess Bart's heart is in the right place.

i think the dismal gate this saturday will speak volumes.
i might turn up and protest. aint decided yet

emailed Andy Cryer

i hope that wasn't aimed at me.

Can we not leave posts like this until we KNOW its not happening!

I like Bart.

I think he's funny!!!

I agree, but the majority are just not informed enough. Even last Saturday, I had people tell me whilst they supported the Fitton Deal, they didn't want a red card "because it might upset the board".

BART

If we are to Boycott then I seriously think it needs to be done properly, Do a interview with tha Adver and radio wilts etc and maybe all organize to meet up on the field behind the ground , not just all say im going to the pub etc

Maybe this could make a difference

Usually I agree yeovil  but its gone too far, it will get to Friday evening then its too late to organize anything

Fuck me the deal hasnt even gone dead yet......

Riots and mass dissorder dont need organising do they? :mrgreen:

Well I'm up for a protest ...

We need for as many people here, on the Adver website and MOS to say they're in as poss. Then get the publicity machine going to encourage others. Perhaps to gauge numbers we should get people to 'pledge' they'll protest? That way we can tell the Adver x number of people are going to do it and we want more. Just an idea.

i'm quoting this so that i can keep it for easy reference in case you moan that nobody's organised anything ahead of saturday.

Then maybe we should think of the protest as plan 'b'? These things can be cancelled ....

I'm not too fussed by the fella either, just can't see why people can't ignore him if he winds them up so much, he's only :fishing:

bart has a point.

Hes not fishing.

Personally I think he has an OCD.

He's no more boring than some other of the Boardroom only lot.

Thanks

repetition is boring

people who repeat themselves are boring

repetition is really boring.

thats what i keep telling the mrs

You seem to be a big fan of Bart's point.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Wake me up when it's all over ..

not always but he's right about mikey d.his greed is stalling everything.i heard it from a very reliable source that has been spot on for me time and time again.diamandis wants a big cut for himself

Fred you post in General Discussion.

How else would I know about your adventures?

You are not a Boardroom Onlyer!

How the fuck do you load a piccy with your responses on this thing

I'll give him a big cut if this deal doesnt go through!!! :twisted:

I was being sarcastic!

I wont moan about it, im just sick of everyone saying its all other when its in teh hands of the solicitors.
By the way Santa isnt real

Fucking Liar

Considering the deadline has been the same as jumpers as goalposts I am now concerned.

Lack of communication from both parties does not help.

Ok it might not be a dead deal Bushey but there is fuckall wrong with trying to prevent it becoming a dead deal

I think boycotting the game and protesting is a good idea. If we get a gate below 5,000 it will look bad and everybody will know is anti-board feelings that have caused it.
Of course, the deal might go through this week, but there's nothing wrong with planning for every eventuality. Especially one as likely as this

I know I said after my last protest I would not do it again, but if this goes tits up I'm coming back.

I think petrol bombs could be the order of the day.

Maybe just in the car park on the cars?

It would make the club look silly for making everyone sit in heir cars until everyone on foot has left, they'll be like sitting ducks and we'd get some serious publicity.

Just my two penneth.

An online petition might work here.  If you could have upwards of 2,000 people signing up and pledging not to darken the turnstiles of the County Ground until Wills and Diamandis have left for good, it would turn the screw and perhaps galvanise the boycott numbers as well.  The trick would be to set this up so that it was credible (ie no one able to sign annonymously or as 'M Mouse' etc) without asking for sensitive name/address details.

I'm not sure whether this alone will help.  One way or another, the situation is about to become a great deal more militant than it has been to date.

The one thing about online petitions is that they're a joke and even with 10,000 signatures the board would rightly ignore it.

I could sign a petition to say that I won't be attending games, but then... Oh!

Slightly irrelevant but I had a response from HMRC today, which read along the usual lines of blah, blah we cannot disclose information on an individual case via email.  However, they had simply forwarded the email back to me kindly leaving a paper trail that spoke volumes.

No surprises but our “case” (not paying the CVA) has been allocated to a regional office and investigating officer which I would imagine is tantamount to the issue of a WUP order.  Meh no surprises really but it hits home that if the arse falls out of today’s deal we’ll have a pebble dash of a bathroom to clean up.

On another note does anyone buy the fact this is due to solicitors?  Sounds like a monkey/chimp/skeleton/bill/Bill has fallen out of the closet and they are drastically trying to pave the way around it.

You speak the truth bart :x

i agree dazza, this aint solicitors, cunt face is behind this.

Fred?

The solicitors bullshit is just an excuse........thats just a smokescreen.....if that was the reason it would have been sorted by now.....there is more to this and obviously only one or two people are behind this........fuck off you greedy slimey thieving bastards.  :evil:

 :mrgreen:

It's easier to change protests & boycotts into celebrations than vice versa.  Would anybody put money on the outcome at the moment. ?

The poll on this is shows well over 95% will support a boycott. How do you do a poll on this site.

I don't mean to piss on your fireworks Phil, but that forum is not good to use for any reflection of how supporters feel.

I'm behind what you say, i just think you shouldn't respect the opinion of the 'special ones'. Afterall, they listen to Jeffery ffs, to say that kid is a blatant fucking mong is like saying the pope is a bit religious.

But eh? If the deal ain't done, i'll be outside the ground if i can drag some lonely friends along.

I know, but I feel I've got to do something. I'm just so pissed off with it all. I've e-mailed the adver, on their link basically saying what I'm doing & urging other supporters to do likewise. I would copy it but I sent before I copied (doh).
Can the Trust also call for some action? If we do anythging we need to move NOW, even the threat might help things along

The trust should back a boycott of all games until the takeover is completed, the loyal 2,000 or so will still attend but if there's only 2,000-3,000 fans in the ground it will make a big point.

PM PaulD Phil

This was going to be first game since Leeds, but oh well.  Im sure i can join you lot!

i'm getting deja vu on some many levels

any protest outside the ground at this stage isn't going to make much difference. the board haven't taken any notice in the past & the two people that matter won't be at the game anyway. why don't we all drive down to newbury after the game & protest outside someones house? might make the message clearer if it's on his doorstep?

    Some of us have already been boycotting.....don't care if it does any good but its all I've got left.   After 45 years of loyal support, this sham no longer feels like my club.

    BTW Bart two years of Diamandis warnings puts you way to the back of the queue.

no cunt will be at newbury either.

Done Fred

if all those that boycott stand out the back of the arkells making as much noise as possible, it will have an effect for sure.
bollocks to the team need our support etc.as we are, we will be in a relegation battle as well as on the brink of financial ruin anyway.

I was thinking the same.....fuck the game......we won't have a club left soon anyway at this rate.....all boycott and stand outside the arkells for the whole game chanting and getting our point across.

arriba even boycott's the forums  :wink:

I'll boycott and sit in the pub, but my spirit will be there.

We really need to push this boycott thing......i and plenty of others have emailed Andy Cryer.....i will happily contact the bbc, all newspapers, sky sports etc, the message needs to get out to everybody and also hopefully other swindon fans will follow suit.....we need a few thousand to boycott and stand outside the arkells protesting......this is what it has come down to.

numbers boycotting wont be a problem.getting them to stand outside the ground will be.i still reckon numbers could be decent mind

We have nothing to lose. HRMC wre only stopped from winding us up, by the arrival of AF, so will certainly do it if they see the owners have wilfully refused to sell.
Relegation is not an option, if the takeover doesn't happen.

I think the numbers will be good, after having 800+ behind the arkells last saturday, if we can get 1,500-2,000 behind the arkells that really would have a good effect.

i think you'd struggle to get a couple of hundred.

I won't be going until this lot are gone now.

   Without wishing to piss on your party, you've no chance....if people boycott like me they'll just do something else....

Count me in.  If those who feel they want to go to the game hear enough singing outside, they may organise a walkout 10 mins before the end?

Agree Reg. If i don't go on Saturday (and it's looking that way now) then i won't be showing up at th CG at all.

Well hopefully just the boycott will be enough then but if only a few hundred boycott then it will not be enough.

pardon?

A boycott would work if enough did it but as the past protests have shown not enough people will do it. In my mind maximum disruption needs to be caused even if it means getting the match delayed or stopped altogether....

I think the idea of running on the pitch and delaying the game would be good, it would get national media coverage on Sky Sports News, BBC etc, even if only around 500 people went onto the pitch, right now a ban wouldn't worry me as we have nothing to lose and the police won't arrest all those people.

you don't even go to games.

anyway, you wouldn't get 500 people on the pitch either. 50 odd would be plenty to delay the game if everyone ran to the centre-circle

Just a thought -  if people were outside the ground protesting this would dilute the security making it easier for those inside to get on the pitch

The protests have taken a long time to gather momentum, a boycott would take longer.... and time is something we don't have.
I just think we need to become as disruptive as possible

I go to away games.....i live too far from swindon to go to many home games....when this lot have fucked off then maybe i would make the effort but not while they are still here.

Dazza - you should post that, or pass on the exact wording to Andy C/Ed H ... HMRC have been very careful not to talk, but if they've done it accidentally it would be good to read it.

especially if things were synchronised.

people outside trying to get in one of the entrances, people inside jump on the pitch

chaos ensues.

I'm sure they've called in extra stewards since reading this.

Exactly the sort of thing I had in mind we need to hit them on a number of fronts, getting a ban is of little consequence to me as either Fitton takes over or I won't be at the CG anymore anyway. Chaos is an absolute must.....

oh well nevermind then.

Spot on Sonic.  Group in one place, sing "we're not paying anymore" etc disperse and walk round to the other side of the ground and group up for more singing.  We'd all stay warm and they would have a fit not knowing what was happening next. If we could get a chant going with those inside it would be brill - like "we're the car park, we're the car park, we're the car park  over here"

Good that means that Not selling the club is already hitting them in the pocket

FAO Paul D, did you get my PM ?

All sounds good in theory, but I'm not sure how many you'll get stood outside the ground for the whole match. If you did get a decent number then chanting at half time etc when it is quiet INSIDE the ground would be quite effective.

As for the pitch invasion, who ever said it "only" needs 500 is clearly deluded as to how many people will resort to illegal measures.

Good point - we could do the first 15 minutes, then bugger off for a pint/xmas shop/shag/spliff then turn up at half time, sing a bit then off for another break then all back together for the last 20 mins and post match

You're going to be hard pushed to do all that in half an hour - unless there's a one-stop "Beer and Christmas presents and Shagging and Spliffs" shop opened near the CG. If there is, I want to know!

:D

will you be going on?

I would yeah.
Would you? :D

Well we need to decide on what is happening. As it stands, I won't even be in the ground, so am not likely to be on the pitch

nope. but i have and will continue to join in all other forms of protest. i wasn't having a go, just a bit bored of a lot of people demanding or suggesting disruptive action but then not actually wanting to do it themselves.

Might sound silly and it probably is, but to dilute security wouldn't breaking into Stratton bank provide a great solution and create a serious problem for the club?

I'm quite happy to help out with anything aswell.
If you need a cunt of a 17 year old helping out anywhere i'm here.

can you fetch me a bottle wine from the shop please.

i will not be going-along with my dad ,my boy and his mate.take that diamandis :evil:

everyone take in a whistle....and keep blowing it....get enough doing it and they wont know which is the refs whistle.....complete chaos and game delayed.....

that'd be class!!!

Didn't Brighton do this, and you're right it did cause confusion. Is there a way of handing them out before the game?

Easy enough to smuggle in, easy enough to do during a match, you're not breaking any laws.

DO IT!!!  (For those that go).

Dance music and some glow sticks would be class!

Good plan, I'd be up for that. Having a season ticket I'd rather use it than stand outside, plus three friends have already bought their match tickets so they might as well use them.

The odd one or two dotted around isn't going to work would need alot of people.

I believe Brighton did do this, I certainly didnt think of it myself Im sure I've read it somewhere before.....

Bit short notice though. How would you get all the whistles to the fans?

http://www.bosuns.co.uk/store/showpartnumber.asp?PartNumberID=86275&source=googlebase&utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=cpc

I think TUMDFC still have some funds, get a job lot of these and hand them out? Not sure they'd get here in time though.

good idea

It is a good idea but are we boycotting or taking whistles

Confusion reigns!

Here we go again  :D

TBH I think this is a much better idea than boycott, because for the boycott to be effective you'll need most people not to go and unfortunately this won't happen. Also it'll look like we just don't care (by not turning up) and it'll be put down to xmas shopping etc.

Mass civil disobedience that creates publicity is the way forward imho. You'll only need a few to use the whistles for it to be effective.

You could also incorporate a minute's whistling after kick off or something!

if you havent already bought a ticket, boycott

if you have a season ticket or have bought a ticket and already handed some money over to the crooks, take a whistle

Every person will searched for a whistle now

Stick it in your pants no one will look there!!!  Not even Fat Pat.

but mlone might wanna have a feel!

our stewards only ever search bags anyway....

Not if the think you have a whistle though Dv

ive paid already and i have a season ticket but until the current lot go and the takeover is complete I shall no longer be attending any Swindon Town match ...

ok

Seriuosly they aren't allowed to search your pants, you could easily smuggle a whistle on your person into the ground.  Fair enough if you're trying to get a pocket full in you might run into a bit of bother!

i know they wont search my pants :D

I have a whistle as a keyring, they can fuck right off if they think they are having that off me.

They wont be searching for whistles. They will try and confiscate them in the ground.

Im going, got a free ticket from Carlisle.

No way am I blowing on something that has been stuck down my pants, especially as my Mrs keeps telling me how unpleasant it is.