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Title: Swindon feature in today's Times Post by: juddie on Friday, March 27, 2009, 11:04:26 quite interesting feature on how STFC can help lift the doom and gloom of the recession in today's Times. Pages 20-21 (haven't yet found it online)
Title: Re: Swindon feature in today's Times Post by: reeves4england on Friday, March 27, 2009, 11:29:00 A quick 12 second google search produced this: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article5983250.ece
I presume that's it? Title: Re: Swindon feature in today's Times Post by: Luci on Friday, March 27, 2009, 11:30:27 yup - just got sent this!
Title: Re: Swindon feature in today's Times Post by: Bogus Dave on Friday, March 27, 2009, 11:39:41 Did rikki hunt not use to be our chairmen?
Title: Re: Swindon feature in today's Times Post by: juddie on Friday, March 27, 2009, 11:42:02 that's the one and yes he did...
Title: Re: Swindon feature in today's Times Post by: Bogus Dave on Friday, March 27, 2009, 11:44:23 Quote and the £500,000 sale of a precocious young player fell through. ?? Title: Re: Swindon feature in today's Times Post by: Talk Talk on Friday, March 27, 2009, 11:45:43 I see there's a comment on there:
Quote Everyone if suffering, but the £1.2 billion regeneration plans have not been postponed, new cinema, shops and restaurants will start in the next few months. WH Smith have taken over the Woolworth distibution - it's not all doom and gloom and we have not reached the buffers. Swindon is still healthy peter james, Swindon, UK That will be Peter James, the Chief Executive of the New Swindon Company http://www.newswindon.co.uk/aboutUs/people.aspx?id=1 (http://www.newswindon.co.uk/aboutUs/people.aspx?id=1) I guess he would talk us up ;D I'm not so sure about his optimism at the moment though... Title: Re: Swindon feature in today's Times Post by: juddie on Friday, March 27, 2009, 11:50:43 Morrison? he's in this/next month's 442 in the players' a bit special section.
Title: Re: Swindon feature in today's Times Post by: strooood on Friday, March 27, 2009, 11:55:26 Got to say that the whole article is a touch churlish and you get the sense that a lot of the stuff about the town could be applied to any of the large industrial places in the country.
As for the 'getting away from it all' line at the end. That's a load of shit considering we're battling relegation in division three for almost £25 a pop. Title: Re: Swindon feature in today's Times Post by: juddie on Friday, March 27, 2009, 12:03:15 ha ha I thought that. It's hardly been a getaway from the misery this year has it.
Title: Re: Swindon feature in today's Times Post by: Spy on Friday, March 27, 2009, 12:05:09 To be honest ever since I've running Swindon down as a place for years but since I've really gotten into STFC again (was a bit into it when I was younger but not as much as now) I do find the club provides me with something to get behind about Swindon. As a result I'm now visiting regularly as a season ticket holder, seeing my family and mates who still live there more often and probably also less likely to run the place down for some reason.
Title: Re: Swindon feature in today's Times Post by: reeves4england on Friday, March 27, 2009, 15:54:00 There are much nastier places than Swindon, which are suffering much more heavily from the recession. I think it's just easy to jump on Swindon's back because people don't see it as being famous for anything other than a roundabout!
Title: Re: Swindon feature in today's Times Post by: ibelieveinmrreeves on Friday, March 27, 2009, 16:43:53 I've always retained a fondness for Swindon, but then I've never lived there. I'd suggest anyone who slates it to hop on a train to Newport, and discover something to really despair about!
Title: Re: Swindon feature in today's Times Post by: axs on Friday, March 27, 2009, 17:27:28 I fucking love Swindon.
Title: Re: Swindon feature in today's Times Post by: jayohaitchenn on Friday, March 27, 2009, 20:32:31 Me too. An unpopular notion in these times.
Title: Re: Swindon feature in today's Times Post by: axs on Friday, March 27, 2009, 22:02:56 Fuck 'em all.
Title: Re: Swindon feature in today's Times Post by: Talk Talk on Friday, March 27, 2009, 23:07:35 Fuck 'em all. The long and the short and the tall? Title: Re: Swindon feature in today's Times Post by: axs on Friday, March 27, 2009, 23:36:09 If you like.
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