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Really not expecting anything from this game. As long as we don't play like twats, I'll be reasonably happy..

Considering we went there last time and won courtesy of goals from Ricky Shakes and Trevor Benjamin, we might be able to nick something. I'm not hopefull though.

A draw to carry on the unbeaten run would be good.

I have a strange feeling we are going to win today. Don't know why.

i'll take a point there. i will be happy with that.

i think a draw at best,and would be happy with that.im gonna pop along to the supermarine match

Ian Selley (ex arsenal) and Ian Cox (ex gillingham) play for Maidstone

i can see draw written all over this match

I'm not expecting to get anything, so a draw would make me more than happy.

I reckon we'll nick a draw. Don't know why, but I just feel confident about today.

Just saw the Southern Premier table this morning.  Supermarine top and my local side, Farnborough, third.  Would be quite interesting to see either in the Conference South.

I'd be delighted with a point today.

We're gonna win this. I can see it being a bit of an eye opener of a result. It'll be a clean sheet and something like a 2-0 or 3-0. Although in another thread i think it said 3-2, so got a few bases covered. :)

think we'll lose 1-0

I wish I'd gone, I'm bored shitless. Seems weird having a weekend with no football, especially after tuesday.

0-2 to the town

I would love a draw but in all fairness Scunny are a damn good side I cant see us getting anything from todays game.

good to marshall back in the squad

oh aye

one change, Phil Smith in then but Scunthorpe also missing their top scorer Gary Hooper

Its about time one of our tricky wingers scored, maybe today!!

i fancy us for a draw and smithy to have the game of his life.

good luck to supermarine as well

Come on town!

young sean morrison, he's only 17....

you dont say...

I don't give a fuck about the golf you twat.

COX!

woop woop!

Get in! :D

YES! Come on!

Nice little dozen goals for Cox. Get In!!!

Well I never!

Woohoo!
Coxyyyyyyyyyyyy

I am shocked! 1-0 Coxy...brilliant!

Only needs Aljofree and Timlin to score for a spot-on prediction!

Cox got 16 last season, 12 so far this season!

ace ,I might have another shower and see if we score again.

get 30 at this rate.

oh, I forgot he's being sold at Christmas.

Why is brezovan not playing?

injured

injured

erectpen - ace name

Cox scores and my PC crashes immediately, must have all been a bit much for my machine.

i prefer flaccid corner.

oh dear 1-1

arse.

Nooooooooo

Damn 1-1

unjust

soundelike a dodgy decsion.

Fucking ref giving a free kick when he shouldn't have done. tut tut.

under pressure now

Oh dear we're under the proverbial cosh

booooo

Holding on by our fingertips at the mo.

Ohhhhhh.....

Sound like Smith is having a good game. (Touches wood).

Yeah Smithy in goal, Macnamee and Coxy all sound like they are doing well.

Can someone link me to match commentary please?

1-1 is better than i expected anyway.

103.6 FM

How come's all im getting online is "due to contractual reasons blah blah blah"?

would love it if we can hold out, Scunny will come at us this half.

Bring on Marshall and hit them on the break.

Spud old son, its all due to the licencing rights fro transmitting games on the web through Premium TV (i.e. effectively forcing you to sign up to STFC World if you wish to listen online).

Ah ok, cheers for that. Looks like i'll be going without then robbing cunts.

and expose the flanks entirely, good idea

my prediction seems spot on so far

Who the fuck was that reporting on Supermarine?

We're going to be under pressure anyway tbh.

no idea but i couldn't folllow what the fuck he was on about

hello from not-so-sunny Spain - how are we getting on? Lucky draw or are we doing okay?

losing.

gay

scunny score offside goal

Offside.

sounds like another dodgy decision.

Fucksake. Offsideeee

I wish my predictions were less accurate.

2-2

cox

wooop! cox again!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

cox!!

COX 2-2

Sounds like he pulled a Frank Lampard.

WHAT A GOALLLLLLL
COXY CHIP!!!!!!

he's on a bakers now.

Unlucky......

Cox rocks.

U beauty. 2-2.

He's worth a fucking fortune

is he better than parkin?

as good as sammy was, he never scored goals like that

Parkin scored a fair few beauts as well.

this ref sounds shit.

What is the ref doing?

Oh for fuck sake

wtf

someone kicks easton then scunny score a free kick?!

3-2 Scunny, utter joke reffing by the sound of it.

Fucking joke. We never get luck with our refs.

so Mccann lashes out at Easton and then sets up the 3rd goal for scunny. Ref bottled it.

I still fail to understand how Easton getting kicked results in Scunny scoring.

Still time yet.

And I had to snigger like a little kid at the Bristol City scoreline.....

In other news, slave traders 4-0 down at home to Reading. And it sounds like Keith (whoever he is) is doing a fantastic job all on his own against his local garage:

Real score then Scunthorpe 0-2 Swindon. Fair play Malpas, really turning things around

But the dodgy ref must be MM's fault though Arnold.

of course!

according to the txt two goals from two Sean Morrison fouls - careful son!

Get in there fans.

sounds as if it's kicking off in the awy end

wonder who got kicked out?

I hope it was Bart.

herthab

sonic, posting on TEF from his blakcberry with one hand, swinging a haymaker at Scunny stewards with the other

What actually happened?

Penalty! Come on!

penalty??!

ooooh penalty to town

PENALTY!!!

who's gonna take it then? cox?

YES! Come on!

woooooooooohooooooo!

get the fuck in there coxy

YESSSSSSSSS
HAT TRICK!!!!!!!!!!!!

gyeassfndsvnfbv yes

Cox has three. Anything Lambert can do, Coxy is rapidly catching.

it is cox. 3-3. Fucking get IN.

Lovely.

SUPER, SUPER SI
SUPER, SUPER SI
SUPER, SUPER SI
SUPER SIMON COX

woot

Well done Coxy

Com on. hold on please.

Brilliant come on Cox!!! We want 4!

I took the dog for a walk at 2-2 and it's all gone bonkers! Get in!!

Just sat with the kids breathless listening to pen, then did a Samba round the kitchen table with the two of them singing "Simon Cox, Simon Cox, Simon Cox" - love it.

What a game it is today, whether we win lose or draw!

:nod: I blame Malpas

cox must be pissed off, he scores all these goals for the defence to fuck it all up

How have the defence fucked it up?

I quite agree.

ohhh Man u 4-3 Hull.

The defence and Malpas forced the ref into making bad decisions by giving him magic mushrooms before the game, obviously. Magic Mushrooms - MM. Coincidence? you decide

dirty fucking hallucinogenic wielding maniacs

Corr for McNamee....?!

yep

"McNamee defensively today has done a sterling job" ???
Fair play Macca

4 mins of adding time.

Hold on please Town.

Blow your bastard whistle ref

Yes! Happy with that.

awesome result

7 points from Northampton, Oldham and Scunthorpe.....nice job

good result, well done team.

Great result considering the ref!

very happy with that.

Well done Town and especially Maurice Malpas

yay wooty woot woot

And the Scunthorpe fans are booing? At least we are not the only team who have retarded fans.

7 points out of the last 3 is a bloody good return against any sides, but with Oldham and Scunny in there, that's fantastic. I hope those who'd been pointing out our previous bad run was relegation form will acknowledge the last couple of weeks has been promotion form. And no, I don't think either is likely.

At last .....Pre season form is coming back!!!

Im delighted with that. Feels like a win. Well done lads.
Credit to Malpas, he's really turning things around.

Great result, shame about the ref. Now onto more important matters. Do i cook or get a takeaway?

Order the ingredients to be delivered, best of both worlds

Malpas 'the ref was at times, their best player'

:)

Supermarine are fucking awesome!!

did they beat chelsea?

im ordering a lamb bhuna

Sounded a superb game and a great battling performance. Wish I was there.

Will be interested to hear from our fans regarding the unrest with the stewards.

comparing their budget compared to the teams they been beating they have done amazing, long may it continue

I'm a bit worried about Keith tbh, not heard anything about him since the Mechanics got their equaliser. Anyone know where I can get Highland league results?

I feel really unhealthy because i've had a few takeaways over the last few weeks, but eh? I'm wanting something tastier than my cupboards could produce, so i think i'll order a chinese. Singapore Rice Noodles and some duck.

Fuck them-Get in Town!

Quite. But can you not bear to give Swindon Town the credit they deserve for what sounds like a fantastic away performance? Your contributions so far have been to bemoan the defence and big up a non-league side  ::)

Whisper it quietly, but there isn't a single negative comment on thisis.

Hmmm, quite pleased but also quite annoyed. If I was Coxy and I'd banged in 2 away hat-tricks in a month for 2 points, I'd be contemplating punching most of our defenders.

The fact we stuck it out and got back into it is very encouraging.

not at all, fantastic result for Town, and i hail Malpas for turning the corner

Bah, big Phil plays well and still gets stick on the texts!

The bloke who posted a massive rant about CLUMSY being in goal and how he hoped he shipped a load of goals today so he'd be dropped must be feeling a bit of a tit. Although sadly I suspect he isn't even aware of it

Just got back from Castle Coombe v Stockton and Codford Wilts Junior Cup tie (fucking freezing!) and listened in the Car.
Great point.....not many will get a bean at Scunny this year! ;D

he did ship a load :) played well tho by all accounts

WTF

"If smith had not have been in goal, we would have won"

There are right some cocks out there.

We've fucking gone down a place-unjust!

we'll make up the place when all the other teams lose to Scunthorpe!

Positive Deev-I like it!

who have we got next? I can't wait

I've been positiveish all season.

I said we'd turn it around if we started battling, Peacock and Pook in and it all comes together.

Just a little smug, got to keep it up though

leicester next in two weeks

Histon away

It's all right. Ended 1-1. Scottish Cup, no wonder no mention in Highland league

other than cups i meant

Happy with the result. Especially given Adkins comments last week when he pretty much said that on there day Scunny are untouchable. True maybe, but it was quite cocky.

Your fans were fighting with the stewards and police, feck knows what happened to start it off but it was all guns blazing in the away end."

wonder what that was all about

me to, but more importantly who do you post as on FF?

From the radio sounded like there was a surge from some of our fans taunting their keeper, then the stewards piled in heavy handed and it all kicked off. Who knows?

Which in context was probably what the OP meant. Score 1 to axs

Woop! I won something!

Speaking of Histon (which no-one was apart from me) does anyone know if tickets have gone on sale for this yet? (Cue flood of links to other threads in which this has already been done and dusted and I've missed it)

I think it's pay on the day only.

Swindon Town will face Histon in the FA Cup first round on Saturday 8th November 2008.

The Robins have been allocated a total of 1,492 tickets for the game with all tickets available on a Pay on the Day basis.

There will be 592 seated tickets with a further 900 terracing tickets.

Ticket prices have now been set and can be found right here.

Adult    £13    
Concession    £7    
Junior    £3

so much for this arrogant Cox guy

all he did in that interview was praise the other players

The swine! Lacks ambition, obviously

how very dare he

They may well be hypnotised going into the match, maybe they don't actually remember any of the match at all.

I heard the end on the radio. Very exciting. Have I missed much this week? Where was brez?

 TBF Paul, having dug ourselves into a deep hole, we needed something like this, our current form is staying up form and no more. We're still only 3 points away from the drop zone, so still plenty to do.

 Histon has all the makings of a nightmare.....Leicester should be fun.

Just sit back and have a nice evening Reg.

No sane soul is thinking a glorious turnaround is happening... are they?!?

It's just good to see the results not going against us.

 I quite agree, but we have to temper euphoroia with a bit of reality.

 I'm thinking Coxy is the first player since Bill Stephens in 46/47 to score 2 away league hat tricks in the same season, although I haven't checked it.
  Dennis (Bullets) Brown scored 2 in successive seasons, which is rare enough....his 4 at Bormuff, a fond memory as I was there. We sold him soon after...

 STFC Dave spent 150 notes on a cab from Bath to Bristol, apart from that no.

 

Dave is a legend.

chuffed with the result and hatrick for cox.
supermarine impressed me today too.

Im loving it, come on malpas keep proving me wrong

Hypotherapists Red n White Army!!

Brilliant..Cox is the biz...but for those saying about his hat tricks and the defence letting him down

Missed Pen probably cost us and Cheltenham away he missed a hatfull...not knocking him just saying it works both ways,the defence still looks shaky but its starting to look good,lots of praise for MM,the jury is still out about him but that was a great result today.
As for Leicester i cant wait...lets hope our fox bangs in another hat trick.

Just got back....

What a fucking game! Fantastic for Cox to get his second hat trick in under a monthj. Our fans were quality today. even when we weren't down they kept singing COME ON SWINDON..... I see the pessimists have decided to fuck off from away games. GOOD .

Phil Smith was simply fantastic today, kept us in the game with his shot saving. The real Phil Smith has returned?

SWINDON FANS V STEWARDS AND COPPERS.... well as some mentioned it kicked off in the away end. What happened was Joe Murphy the Scunthorpe keeper had some words with the Swindon fans who then went up to him and a load of stewards and coppers who were extremely heavy handed took some bloke out and it kicked off with punches etc flying but I believe only 2 people got thrown out. The stewards are twats. The police said after the game they were reporting Murphy to the club to report to The FA.

Anyway 3 points and pints for £1.65 you can't go wrong! UP THE TOWN!

Video of Simon Cox Penalty to come....

Sadly Gazza you only get 1 point for a draw, even when away to the league leaders. :)

Glad you enjoyed it. It sounded a cracker from the radio. I think the negativity has lifted now we have started to play well. I think largely the same people are going but can now see the effort being put in so are supporting the team. And rightly so, long may it continue.

People weren't just ejected.

There were arrests.I know as i've had to ring up sCUNThorpe police station in the last few hours.Apparently along with my other STUPID FUCKING IDIOT half there are others.

I meant 1 point, I meant 3 goals :D

Cox penalty video to come....

 Getting arrested doesn't mean you'll be charged.

  Any off here?

We were at the back so wasn't too sure what happened. I saw 2 ejected... Didn't see any arrests however that's not to say there wasn't any.

Was the pen at the Swindon end Gazza?

Yes just uploading video...

Eeek, hope a banning order isn't on its way. Though by the sound of the heavy handedness of the OB I wouldn't be surprised.

I can't think of a more depressing way to end good away day like this than being banged up in the cells by Lincolnshire's finest.

Yes.My other STUPID FUCKING HALF as already mentioned.

He might not be charged but he's stuck in Humberside for the rest of the night isn't he?I have no idea what is going on,i have work tomorrow and won't be able to sleep for worrying about him and all cause the keeper might have called them names ffs.

The coppers and stewards laid right into people punching them etc instead of trying to calm the situation from what I could see. It got pretty nasty.

Dont worry...they will be let out with a warning...if they are drunk not for at least 8 hours though ime afraid!

Sorry for the quality.. , Cox Penalty

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JtEEF5u02X0

Oh dear,im sure he'll be fine.

Quality Gazza....impressed with the Town fans,sounded a good atmosphere.

To be honest the atmosphere was a bit flat until all the commotion and then the stewards wouldn't get anywhere near Swindon fans or ask them to sit down.

Could hear town fans on the radio pretty much throughout, helped that the commentary box was towards your end, but certainly didn't hear scunts fans.

Technically, no.  The much unloved county of Humberside was abolished in the local government reorganisation of 1996.  The territory that used to fall within its boundaries now, for the most part, forms parts of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

This, of course, will be of no comfort to your other half.

The sign said North Lincolnshire ;)

I got a number of a mate [who has been brill tonight!]and it was for Humberside police who put me through to Scunthorpe.Thats why i assumed it was Humber fucking side  :)

Obviously if i have to ring them again i will mention the fact Scunthorpe is in Lincolnshire now  ;)

Don't do that. They'll take it out on your other half when they beat the statement out of him later :)

Cheers for those kind reasuring words Batch!

I'm sure they would appreciate that.

I think you can still get a Thamesdown bus in Swindon.  Same sort of thing.

Seriously, Larwood (never realised you were a Doris, by the way) I hope your fella makes it out quickly and with the minimum of fuss.  Can't have been a pleasant day for you.

Sounds like things just boiled over. I guess to get anyone they'd need the CCTV and if it shows the stewards/coppers dishing a bit out first may work in his favour?

At least it's only Scunthorpe and not some dodgy prison in Turkey. I'm sure he'll get back fine. On the bright side, you won't have to cook him dinner tonight.

Larwood's a great name, by the way.  It immediately puts me in mind of Harold Larwood, the England and Nottinghamshire fast bowler who gained notoriety during the 'bodyline' Ashes series in the 1930s.

Ditto Ardiles...he was a brilliant bowler.

Just got back. Thought we showed brilliant tenacity and team spirit to lose a lead and fall behind twice, and keep going. Signs of good team spirit and I think we can be very pleased wit hthe performance today.

However. Set pieces - its been said time and time again, but we really need to improve on our defending.

Also, Hertha I left you a present in the back of your car, hope you like ready salted crisps!

how bad was the ref ian? radio had a very bad opinion of him.

I've seen worse. Bit of a homer though, gave some pretty baffling decisions against our lot.

Radio said their first goal wasn't a free kick, second was off side and third was after one of theirs should have been sent off.

Also said the paynter pen was a bit soft.

Sorry, just trying to lighten the mood as you are understandably upset.

He'll be home safe and sound tomorrow, remember it was all their keepers/stewards/police fault!

We've been back an hour or so now - ref was awful yet again.
Great display by team, Cox was brilliant as was Phil Smith.

I thought the stewards and police were heavy handed and needn't have gone in like they did.  I felt they weren't interested in calming things down and were looking for a fight.

Their goalie Murphy was a disgrace and I hope he gets what's coming to him - mouthy arrogant git.  The police said he is being reported.  If enough people complain then hopefully he will be really in the shit.

Can't remember the incident for the first goal, you're right on the second, never a free-kick and couldn't see if the last was offside as it was up the other end of the pitch. Paynter penalty was soft, never saw us getting that.

Of course i hate cricket and had no idea of the connection  ;)


He's been released.Now residing in a pub in North Lincolnshire.
Where frankly he can stay for as long as he likes in my opinion,he may as well cause he ain't going on no more away games for a while.Mull it over my fucking arse!!

be easy on him, take my word for it people were getting picked on and arrested for no reason or for just being stood in the wrong place, he may be innocent!!!!

haha that made me laugh a lot, sorry. :)

ha ha.Fair enough.He ain't going to happy when he reads the fourm back tomorrow or notices the dent in his Warsteiner  :blowup:

Hope there aren't that many people wanting to join the library tomorrow i'm not going to be very helpful :(

Maybe so.But you don't know him or who he hangs about with.Don't get me wrong he's not like an extra from ID but he hangs about with people who are,or who like to think they are.

All i know is he won't be home tonight  :(

Still good result,seems we've finally turned the corner.Can't see Cox staying though.

Larwood, blame Ash. He's such a bad influence!!

Ash is a wannabe Gumbo.

I'M HOME!

Fantastic game today, thoroughly enjoyed it. Phil Smith was excellant, as was Coxy. Disappointing turnout from Swindon, but those who were there made themselves heard.

Murphy is a cunt.

290 odd apparently.

Woosh! The point I was making was that both reactions are equally over the top. We're no more likely to get promoted than we are relegated this season

Larwood, hope the old man's all right. From what others have said, does sound like the coppers went well OTT.

 :D

Poor fella,clearly did nothing wrong.

Pub in north lincs?? He's in the cgh worried about his second battering of the day, i know i would be!

Sssshhhhh!

I said 300...I rock (a bit).

Just in case that my laughter was taken the wrong way earlier, i was laughing at you larwood not your other half :)

from what i have gathered from people inside the club they are furious about the behaviour of the stewards towards our fans, the exact phrase was similar to the man u fans in the stadium of light in portugal a few seasons ago.

Hope he is ok and gets home safe.

Chicken, you've just read that Mr. Larwood is a nutter or a wannabe nutter and you're shitting yourself in case he comes looking for you! :D :D

Sorry to hear about the arest Larwood, not uncommon though at away games, I've had the pleasure of being chucked out on more than a couple of occasions when I did absolutely nothing but defend myself and also detained once by the cops for knocking a guy down who was throwing punches at my head. They released me without charge a couple of hours later after watching the vid.

It's easy to say it's not their (The fans) fault.

Just as it's easy to say it is.

Didn't really see what kicked it all off, but let's not pretend the police and stewards waded in for no reason. People may have got caught up in it by accident, then again the supporters may have overeacted as much as the authorities did.

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From what I saw it was a total over reaction by the stewards, who I thought were looking for trouble and the police, person to blame imo is Murphy, I hope he gets charged, incidentally great performance by Town.

Don't mess with Mex

Thoroughly enjoyed my day out yesterday :)

Great performance from the team. I think we've definitely turned the corner, Leicester will be the acid test.

From what I remember, it kicked off like this: Murphy was time wasting so some Swindon fans were giving him some stick. Stewards pick one bloke out for obviously saying something a bit naughty, then 30ish fans rushed forwards. A couple went over to Murphy to give him some mouth and two stewards legged it in from the other end of the stand and literally grabbed one (probably innocent) bloke and dragged him out. Cue mayhem. Swindon fans got a bit argy but were pushing people around at worst then stewards come flying in with their fists as do the police - some with batons drawn.

I don't condone what the Swindon fans did, but the stewards and police certainly didn't help the situation.

Sounds a bit like when it kicked off at Walsall last season

Probably shouldn't dish it out if you can't take a bit back, I quite like any sportsman who abuses his/her abusers.

Sounds like Walsall away.

Innocent victims were targeted and still traumatised by that walsall game.

Some people didnt get in

Just fuck off tans

 :bye:

Very much so.

Just seen highlights on Virgin.  Lovely second goal from Cox, looks like gamble to play Macca away worked as he was involved in some decent build up play for 2 of the goals.

I might be a little harsh here but for their second goal I would question the keeper, to be beaten near post is a bit annoying, but that's only if I'm being really picky.

Looked like a decent day away.

Great atmosphere for a small turn out.

Iris and crew were sat directly in front of us, so we serenaded them with: Maurice Malpas Sexy Football!' Didn't catch on though.........

Yeah Iris said "fuck off Malpas Out" :)

just seen the goals. the 2nd is fucking brilliant.

Sorry Cox Penalty video from You Tube has been removed :(

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Nice Gazza.................Nice

have you gone into hiding yet ?

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GAZZA:  Dear U Tube - Dont come the high moral ground with me you hypocritical fuck sticks......alright to have people being killed, religious bigotry, happy slapping and countless music videos but not a football clip....go and get fucked!

upload it again from a new account gaz.

Run run run Gazza ;)

Incredibly funny how the local rag totally misquotes a post on a message board. WANKERS. i have already written to B Perrin.

What did you say then Gazzoid?

To:
[email protected]
Dear Sir,
I am writing in response to your article "trouble at the match" in respect to the Scunthorpe United V Swindon Town match at Glanford Park Saturday.

I was at the game and the situation DID start with Joe Murphy taking too long to kick the ball. The article did however fail to mention that Murphy had said something to the Swindon fans which the police after the match confirmed the keeper would be reported to The FA and to Scunthorpe United Football Club.

The article was written in such a way that blamed Swindon Town fans. It failed to mention what part the stewards, police and Murphy himself had been a root cause for problems escalating.  The article also quoted “STFC Gazza” blaming Swindon fans for the problems. I am actually the person in question. I noticed how you failed to note that I had actually stated that “the stewarding did nothing to ease the situation between the fans and Murphy however I am not sure what was said but I would probably say Swindon fans were not totally innocent either. Swindon Town fans behaved impeccably up until that time and sat down when the stewards requested. Not once did Town fans lash out at stewards or police until the Murphy incident. "

After the Murphy incident it appeared as if the police and stewards started assaulting the Swindon Town fans however I cannot confirm for sure whether this was the case however BBC radio apparently said the stewards were heavy handed and a steward had punched a Swindon Town fan. I know this because a mate text me saying "Radio are saying it’s kicked off with stewards punching a fan"

Stewards are there to protect the fans and ensure safety at games. The behaviour of the stewards was shocking. They should have stepped in there to try and calm tensions down with Town fans and Joe Murphy the Scunthorpe Keeper not jump in and start a shoving match with the fans.
Fans were actually encouraged by the police after the game to report Murphy and the stewards to Scunthorpe United FC and Swindon Town FC who can then raise a complaint to the relevant people.
It would be useful to get facts correct before blaming and pointing the finger at Swindon fans. Yes Town fans played their part no doubt as they were involved but there is no way this incident was initiated by the travelling Town support.

I noted none of your photos in the article showed stewards or police being heavy handed only fans being ejected as I am sure it makes a better story and sells more papers.

I in no way condone violence at Football. There were women and children there and the Stewards should have done more to ensure a family atmosphere at the ground instead of retaliating and causing more problems instead of trying to ease tensions.

Swindon Town have no history with Scunthorpe United and to not mention the key point about the stewarding or lack of is poor.


PS What's your favourite cheese?

The actual comment was on Vital which no one reads and was removed as they do not want "comments regarding violence at matches on the network"

I can see the headlines tomorrow "STFC Gazza slates own fans shock!"

You should be ashamed of yourself Gary.

The bit about the women and children was a nice touch.

How true How true is that... wankers.

Disgraceful. I read about Gazza's slur on our own fans in the paper. So it must be true. Why would the paper lie, it's a direct quote.

Now the witch hunt for Malpas has died down let's start one on Gazza!

Gazza Out! :bye:

when i was just a little boy, my grandad gave me a brand new toy, gazzaSTFC on a piece of string...




doesnt quite work... d'oh! :D

Gazza is a wanker la la la

does though!

You should of finished off the email with "i will stomp on you're face at the next game"

soapy tit wank

Had a phone call from the adver. They are retracting "my" comment tomorrow! They admitted they had no information and couldn't get in touch with anyone so were using bits of things on message boards.!

I love this quote

That retraction will be buried in the classifieds!

Apparently not, they are running an article with facts now apparently tomorrow.

That's not wholly true. I had a call from Ben Perrin yesterday and told him basically what you'd said Gaz - ie that from my understanding what had started out as a comparatively small incident of verbals between fans and the keeper had been escalated out of all proportion by heavy-handed stewarding. But as I wasn't at the game, I wasn't prepared to go on the record about it, having not seen the incident myself or (at the time) spoken to first-hand witnesses. So albeit they couldn't get direct quotes, they could have reflected what they were actually told in their "the Advertiser understands" bit. Fair play to you for complaining, hope the retraction does you justice.

Just seen the highlights-I have to say Jack Smith doesn't really seem up for the baby-rocking thing

He might be impotent

He is - otherwise we have to pick Amankwaah

I think that is disgracful of Gazza to blame our own fan's.....we should send him back to Scunny for their stewards to practise with !!!!!

Blaming your own fans without the facts. poor.