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When did this start and is it part of the new 'Swindon Experience'? It needs to stop. Immediately.

(Not sure what the right section is for this but it's important - to me at least - so I've stuck it here.)

It doesn't bother me in fact I quite like it.  Most other teams do it anyway.

Agreed, it was probably inevitable it was going to happen, but I never understand the need for it. We know we've scored, thus we're cheering, in what way does having music playing contribute to anything? It's not ice hockey.

Always hated this, always will.

If they must do it then they should at least try to personalise it to each player and have a bit of a laugh with it like we did in the late 90's if i remeber correctly

Signing I I iffy iffy I
HAY!  you've got to hide your love away

Cant remember any others. I think we were shit and never scored then

And I always enjoyed the sense of moral superiority I gained from the fact we didn't.

If I wanted to listen to that, I'd watch ice hockey.  Sheesh...they'll be rolling out a Hammond organ next.

We've been doing it for years, at least 11. How can you only notice it now?

I've not noticed this!!  Do we really play music when we score?

We did on Saturday: I Feel Good by James Brown. I was appalled.

I can only hope a swift death befalls these latest efforts to plasticise the County Ground.

We also play a big train horn.

We've been doing this for ages though

Really? I've done a remarkable job of blocking it out then. Maybe I noticed on Saturday because it was so quiet.

My point still stands though: it's embarrassing and I'd like it to stop.

Write a letter to the club then?

I don't mind it tbh, quite like the horn.

we play music when we score??

The Mighty Quinn was always played just before the teams came out under Jimmy Quinn i think?

I heard it for the fitst time on Saturday too, probably because I normally go in the Townend and the PA is a little bit shit in there but had tickets for arkells on Saturday.

For the record, I hate it.

We've been doing it for years. Always used to be 'eat my goal' which I quite liked, but the James Brown number is a bit cringeworthy and just reminds me of Jeff Stelling making a tit out of himseld on Soccer Saturday.

It could be worse. A lot of teams recently have been playing Chelsea Dagger by the Frattellis. And a lot still have Tom Hark, which has to be the most annoying song ever.

 I used to hate that with a vengeance.

  It was a perfect example of how the club  lost its connection to the fans in the McMahon years.  Jimmy Quinn wasn't especialy popular amongst the hardcore, after the manner in which he jumped ship to Leicester,  after a good season in 87/88.  This was, of course, the second time he'd done this , after going to Blackburn..

  He was one of the few ex players from that era, who got fearful stick from the South Ciders.  Most others eg Kammy, Bambi got their due approbation..

  Coincidentally, he pitched up twice the following season, firstly with Leicester, then with Bradford City, we beat them both, which added to the stick he got.

  The following season, or maybe the one after, he played for the Hammers at the CG, bagged a brace, one of which included a blatant foul on Digby.  Didn' t notice the muted celebration thingy. It ended  2-2.

  By the time Quinn arrived as boss, there was no one left at the club,  other than Eddie Buckley, who knew anything of these days.

Was Eddie Buckley still there when Quinn was in charge? :shock:

That's fine, music is a no-no.  The same applies at cup finals after the final whistle...we can make own noise without singing along to Queen.

I've just realised I'd love the chance to be annoyed by this, as it would mean we've won a cup final (and yes I include the Paint Pot...be delighted to win it).

I can't remember music ever being played after a goal in the last couple of years. I don't like it.

 Eddie was still around in Kingy's latter days.

the bloke on the mike is a bellend. and the music sounds diobolical coming out of the pathetic speakers in the ground.(when they work!)
either sort it out or just leave it all switched off!

I think the bloke is just trying to get the crowd a bit hyped up. However it never really works

"Good afternoon the Arkells Stand"

name the teams,give us some scores, and shut the fuck up!
we dont want some tosser who thinks he's jimmy tarbuck!

has anybody noticed the dancing man that pops out of the digital scoreboard for about 5 seconds when we score?

No, but Colin Hendry comes out when there's a yellow card.

wow thats cool ive never noticed that. who comes out for red? dave kitson...???

The cunt on the mike sounds like that bastard who used to say: IIIIInn One' etc on Bullseye, only he drags each vowel out loooooooooooonnnger and loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooongerrrrrrrrrrrrrr in that faux wiltshire carrot-crunching burr that he's made his own. Said before that he is a fucking embarrassment and makes us sound pikey.

The music celebration thing is just shit. I don't want the cg to emulate a plastic ground like the fucking Reebok, ffs.

It would be ace if we just did the basics right. Clear announcements about the teams etc, birthdays if they really have to, then just shut the fuck up, as someone else said. Music before and after the game. Drop the plastic / pikey elements and let the crowd create the atmosphere.

The crowd wouldn't make the atmosphere. And then people would moan about the lack of atmosphere

maybe, but I don't see anyone getting whipped into a frenzy by the current match day announcer Dave :wink:

Im sure the kids like it. I don't have much of an issue with it.

I agree it's shit, but to play a bit of devil's advocate...

I suppose with the state of the tannoy system there's not much he can do apart from to emote (fuck knows if that's the right word) what he's saying. So pretty much long drawn out words and shizzle to show the sort of suspense that he can't do with words that nobody would here.

But yeah, at the moment we'd probably better off with nothing. Although if people could actually hear him properly then I reckon that there could be a place for someone who could be genuinely a bit funny and witty about what they were saying. As long as they knew the club and fans, joking about previous meetings between the two teams and stuff could be ok. As long as it wasn't over the top and getting in the way. Subtle if you will.

Good shout FB. The wanker (I forget the fixture) who deliberately mis-pronounced Tozer as Tosser, is the sort of announcer we need. He's a cunt when you're an away fan listening to him take the piss out of your players, but if you're a home fan, you're going to be hanging on every word.

Wycombe away

Our fans moan about everything. Someone complained about the paintwork on the roof of the town end a few months ago. Who the fuck cares?

I seem to remember Joey Beauchamps name being deliberately mis-pronounced on his visits to the County Ground.

No one can be worse than Hull Citys announcer, he is cringeworthy.

mc hammer when Bouazza scored

best announcer was the guy who said something along the lines of "I have seen some bad decisions in my time but that was fucking terrible!" :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Ah Pete Lewis against Bolton

Sacked on the spot, as I recall.

Never been wound up by an announcer as much as the one at Bolton, when we lost in the league cup semis.  He just kept on about that ****** McGinley scoring, especially saying it was his 100 hundred league goal - we were playing in the cup for christ sake.

I'm sure it got featured on the Big Breakfast the following morning. Ahhh.... the memories are flooding back.
The ever dashing Gaby Roslin always ensured I had semi as I trotted off to school all those years back.

As for the game in question was McMuck or someone sent off in it?
I'm sure that dopey c*** Jason McAteer played a part as well.

 I'm not sure  it was the game in question, but I recall the game when Mcmahon got the red....he did the now dodgy studs showing single foot challenge,  it was a dirty wet night and the pitch was soggy....he ploughed a furrow fit for a team of medieval oxen.  MacAteer tripped  over the divot.

 Cunts then scored a winner in the last minute....was it Wanker John?  I wont be too unhappy to see them get relegated....funnier had it been Newcastle, mind

Pretty sure it was that game Reg, hence the announcer's comment. Looked like a red from where I was sitting mind. Can't remember the result or the scorer if you're correct

Hmmm Suprised it was the bloton game. I was definitely there, but dont remember the comment.

Didn't one of the Wovers blokes get sacked for calling Gary Flitcroft Gary "Flipflop"

It was Alan Thompson-we played brilliantly that night but it was just another step towards relegation

  That's one of those seasons, which I've tried to forget....on the one hand, we had a fairly decent squad, but all belief seemed to drain away. Nevertheless came within 13 mins of a cup final, and wouldn't have gone down except for it being 4 down, rather than the usual 3.

  Winning 5-2 at the Hawthorn's was fun too.

That Bolton game :evil:   Couldn't see 1/3 of the pitch thanks to the Supermarket at our end.  Snow, 2nd attempt, and that fucking announcer.

I remember the Pete Lewis game as well, we outplayed them and then some, wasn't it the same season we mullered Reading 0-1 as well? or am I mixing them up?  We started that season so well, Fjortoft and Scott scoring goals, decent football etc.  Still can't get my head around how we managed to get ourselves relegated.

Music after goals is horrific, Middlesborough being the worst offenders as their fans have now been fully trained like dogs in responding to their goal music.

On a tangent, one of the better recent additions to the football experience was the Wolves mascot having a full on scrap with the Coldseal 3 Little Pigs when Wolves played at Ashton Gate a number of years back.

Dunno about that, but I remember an announcer at the Gas getting the bullet for introducing the arrival of Shithead substitute Junior Bent with the words "and he probably is".

One of the most bizarre seasons in living memory.  I remember the opening game at home to Port Vale, sitting in a brand new 'Intel' Stand and thinking 'this is going to be easy'.  How wrong.

  My memory of that is being in the new Intel, thinking this is going to be shit, I want my terrace back.  There were still 4 or 5 of us then all sat in a line....so you could only talk to the kiddy next door.  Gone were teh fellas who I only ever saw at a match who used to congregate on the half way line.

 We'd share flasked coffee, and someone would whack the whiskey in when it was cold...

  We didn't always get on, one fella being a particularly gobby sheight, but words were always forgotten next match.

  It didn't take long for the lot of them bar one, to drift away...just no fun any more.

They don't want your sort at football any more, Reg.  (Smiley thing, smiley thing.)

 This place provides a similar thing....a muster in the Merlin or CGH is decent enough, but then most people go and sit, or stand somewhere different.  

  That kind of community spirit hasn't gone completely though, as can be seen by the number of friendships, which have developed from here.

Reg I take a flask - Ill share my tea with you if you like? sometimes I take some cake or somehing too!

 That's very kind of you JFW, but where would I find you?  This is my dislike of seating....on the old Shrivenham Road terrace or before that the TE, you could wander up, get straight in and go and stand with who you wanted, where you wanted.  

   My present pet hate is getting grief from the stewards in the TE, when I'm trying to get to my spot towards the DRS....the last time, the explanation was, they have to see my ticket because it gets very crowded over there. :)

  As I pointed out...no it doesn't.  There's plenty of room for everyone in the TE.

Oh I dont sit in the Townend anymore

When my dad got to 60 and realised he qualified for an OAP rate season ticket we moved to the Intel stand!

 Fair enough....I hate sitting, so prefer the TE, but you do get as better view, from the sides.

  Do you have a blanket to cover your legs, when its cold?  They used to be de rigeur amongst the sitting ladies in the old seated bit of the Shrivenham Road.

No but Id like one - my boyfriend says taking a flask is bag enough and If I take a blanket I may as well bring some knitting -  I actually fell asleep briefly during the first half on Saturday so perhaps having a blanket wrapped round me would be tempting fate

I wonder how the two old dears are I used to sit behind in the Townend - I love those old girls

You and me both, Ardiles.  Lovely sunny day, too.

 First game of the season is always a lovely sunny day.  Its one of the few dependables left.

Like northampton this season, lovely weather.

Peter Thorne and Ty Gooden  :bow1: