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Hopefully my starting of these threads will work for stevenage too.

line up for poxford

Flapper
Wanker
Cunt
Donkey
Flid

Spunkwaste
Greypube
Dogfart
Gaylord

Loosefanny
Dirty-Cockring

subs
the oompa loompas

 :D

Come on Boro !!!

Let's hope Stevenage stuff them.

Fuck off will I ever play for those cunts.

Apparently Stevenage haven't lost at home for about a year.

Oh great that's a loss tonight then. Thanks Ralphy.

:D

You numpty.

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: I fucking love you.

ps Donkey expected to clear up cunt's mess.

To be fair, it's usually someone else clearing up my mess (in a football sense of course).

Rubbish and Dustbins are winning :)

This.

 :)

As I'm in West Oxon I can pick up BBC Radio Part-Time-Cunts-FM, so I'll pause Bayern/Mancs every now & then & have a listen. If there's anything funny/interesting I'll obviously post it.

Just heard the yellow cunts singing "You're supposed to be at home", & "Top of the league - you still don't sing". & they keep wittering about the greasy slippery surface. Sounds even so far. Pox are over-hitting long-balls, Boro playing more football.

Where in West Oxon are you? I'm a native too.

Ralphy:

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One F In Fitton:

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Fucking pakis.

Ouch.

:D

Luton are winning.

Gnapka scored again!!!

He's a goal machine! That's 6 goals in 3 games isn't it?

yes

2-0 now.

I'm flying the red & white flag in Witney.

 :D nice one. He's got more hair than me. And wrinkles. And my feather is up my arse.

H/T summary from the Pox commentators;

 - Pox battled well, they've had to because Boro have been impressive;
 - Boro getting a lot of joy down their right (Pox LB getting a pasting, by the sounds of it);
 - Lots of crunching tackles, not a night for the faint-hearted;
 - Boro hit the bar after a good flowing move;
 - Pox main threat is quick long balls on the counter.

 :D :clap: :smugfu:

Not many of them round here. The only ones we let in are the ones that knock up a ruby murray for us.  :I'm a complete mofleakin Deak

Has no-one put the clocks forward on this?

I'm 15 miles north of you.

You have to do it yourself, in your profile settings.

1-0 a penalty :)

I still hate Stevenage after that cup tie.  Want them to win tonight, though.

if it stays like this they will be 8 points behind :)

Their now 8 points clear of Pox :D

They're :-)

Luton are currently 2 points ahead of them as well.

Luton 3-0 up.

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:   Pox fans singing "1 nil to the referee". Commentators said it was a foul.

St. Evenage winning?

Aah, Chippy, somewhere round there.

Got it in one.

I live there too :)

Luton look unstoppable.

Hopefully Stevenage can get a second.

Nice  :)

WE'RE HERE
WE'RE THERE
WE'RE EVERY-FUCKING-WHERE
SWINDON FANS
SWINDON FANS

Luton 4 up. Munchen equalise (can't see them going through though). Pox putting pressure on now, Boro looking more & more nervous, 10 mins left. Pox fans singing "We'll see you all outside". Twats.

Boro backing off, protecting their lead, inviting Pox onto them. Tired limbs everywhere (part-timers  :soapy tit wank:), mistakes expected, 7 mins left.

The Pox performance has been "almost heroic". At Stevenage  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

The Pox fans have been "absolutely magnificent". This I will never agree with.

4 mins added time.

Boro fans - "We can see you sneaking out." How the fuck can any of them leave.

2 mins left.

FULL TIME HAHAHAHAHA 1-0 STEVENAGE.

Well done KOT for kicking this thread off.

FINAL SCORE.

Youve cocked it up again scummers!

Ha oh dear. Play-offs for them and even then they could face either Rushden or Luton who'd you'd fancy to beat them.

York winning 4-0
Luton Winning 4-0
Rushden winning 3-0
Stevenage winning 1-0
Oxford losing 1-0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm-zWDaoCtI

You get the idea.

If it's Luton you could see them sticking 6/7 past them over the two legs. They do have two legs in the Dog & Duck League don't they?

shame :) they truely are the non league leeds.

Although not "leads" :) (at least not after Christmas)

How many seasons have they been down there now? Will this be their 5th season if they don't go up again?

Yes.

Well established non league outfit now then.

It is their natural home.

Some Pox fans' texts;

Only got the Oxon Senior Cup to go for, & prob won't win that........Fans can take us to Wembley victory........Why do we never win the big games........Forget winning the play-offs, we're staying in the conference........cheated by the ref when there were no tv cameras there (!!!!)........Why do we always blow it........Luton & Stevenage will go up, we're not good enough........We had it wrapped up........We're not good enough to go up........Luton will win the league........cheated by a dodgy pen........not enough goals in our squad to go up........we can't blame the ref - we're not good enough........

they have found their level

I fancy Luton to win the league and Dustbins for the play offs.

Massive club though (snigger)

Ho ho ho this cheers me up.

Luton have scored 18 goals in their last 3 games.

I think they might have a bit of confidence at the moment.

It's Stevenage v Luton this weekend....

Local derby. Big crowd I reckon :D

This is getting embarrassing. Having that bunch of useless scumbags as our main rivals reflects badly on us.

Funny as fuck, though.

I must admit to being more interested in the Conference scores last night than anything that was happening in the Champions (sic) League.

There is a growing number of Town fans who want the pox to get back in the league so we have more chance of playing them. I'm not one of them. I hope they rot in non-league shiteness forever.

:thumb:

I'm not bothered as to whether we meet them anytime soon. Seems like they're clinging onto their good size for non-league fanbase which means sod all unless you acheive anything.

It is funny when they stay down. I appreciate that. But overall they've been away too long nd I'd prefer them to be a bit closer to us i.e back in the league.

I hate non-league football. I fucking hate it.


Last night I had a treble on Stevenage 5/6, Rushden 11/8 and Wrexham 17/5.

AFC Wimbledon got a penalty in the 98th minute to equalise.

Fucking piss-pot league.

I've heard some of the younger Oxford fans are now singing 'We hate Stevenage' regularly at games, much to the annoyance of the older fans who remember games against us.

Next season won't just be their 5th consecutive season outside the League (if they fail to win the play offs); it will also be their 10th consecutive season playing in a lower league to ourselves.  Sounds more like an ex-rivalry to me.

Sounds like Stevenage got what they deserved last night ...

http://www.twohundredpercent.net/?p=4916

It will never be an ex rivalry. Any Town fan currently over 20 ish will always hate the yellow and blue wankers down the A420.

Look at Other clubs who are leagues apart, the rivalry is still intense.

Try telling a Port Vale fan they don't have a rivalry with Stoke!

My elder lad is 23...he missed the last home game v O*frod, playing football for the U13's or something.  He dislikes Cheltenham rather more, and wants them, like O*ford back to their natural terrain, in non league.

I'm somewhat ambivalent to them...on the one hand it's handy for away travel, on the other it's been a bit of a nightmare fixture. Home hasn't been too crash hot either.

i fucking hate oxford

Seriously????

Just a request but can KOT please start a Millwall Vs Brentford match day thread on friday!

I've never seen us play Oxford at the CG either. Fortunately, I was able to experience the delights of the Manor Ground before it was laid to rest.

This is the 12th year in a row we've finished above them in the league standings.

I imagine the majority of Oxford fans would love to see a Swindon Town decline. I'm quite happy to see them remain outside the Football League.

We've done well this season and we've not missed them like we seem to do when we're having a dull season.

Were just better than them. Full stop.

They have an awful record at the CG :D

I have horrible memories of being stuffed 3-0 at the Manor and then O*ford bought those gay B.S.E (Beat Swindon Easily) t shirts out.

It doesn't happen too often so they have to make the most of it.

Until the McMuck years, we had a better record at the Manor than they did.

It's been nearly 40 years since their one and only victory at the CG, and at the rate they are going, that record to be extended for a number of years.

I love playing Oxford. If it happens again it will be massive, I for one can't wait.

I'd settle for renewing the City rivalry next year. True enough they are more concerned with Rovers, but its better than nowt.

I quite enjoy the yellow submarine sinking to the bottom.

If we go up, surely the main 'reunited' rivalry, will be with Reading?

No, the plastics have always come a very distant third at best (or should that be worst). In fact I'd put them below Rovers too now, and some may put them below the Gills.

From the Waccoe site:

"Oxford are the Leeds United of the BSP."

http://www.waccoe.com/index.php?showtopic=178716


The thought of witnessing Oxford's last away win at Swindon on February 24th, 1973, only 37 years ago is still something that is disturbing, but life must go on.

One thing that I am certain of is that they've been getting more & more wound up about us - which is an achievement in itself - since they went down. The internet is a big part of this, plus Town fans (like myself) living amongst them, just generally belittling them.
 
The anti-Swindon feelings seem to have been on the increase around here, & that's gone hand in hand with their growing frustration/anger/embarrassment with being stuck in the non-league. They're going to be ready to explode if/when we play them again.

For me it's important that both rivals have each other at the top of their 'hate-list' - THAT'S a proper rivalry, and it doesn't dissipate just because they've been in different divisions for a while. City & Rovers without doubt have each other at the top of their lists, Reading have always hated Aldershot more than anyone, whereas Town & O*ford feels like THE one to me (although I do take into account where I live), and many other people.

As I've said before Oxford are our number 1 rivals and IMO anyone who says any different is talking rubbish.

Reading and Bristol City, certainly.  All this 'Hating Oxford is in the blood if you're a Swindon fan' nonsense gets on my nerves.  They didn't even exist until 50 years ago, and for the last 25% of that time we've barely crossed their path.

Our traditional rivals were the two Bristol clubs and Reading.  Read Dick Mattick's book...it's all there.  Oxford were a non-League outfit who came along much later on.  Like Cheltenham.  Only more yellow.

What matters is the way it's been in peoples lifetime that they can remember. Not what happened 75 or 100 years ago or whatever.

Don't think rivalry was intense until the 60s or 70s anyway when football violence started happening and crowd segregation was brought in.

We've had this discussion at length before.

Do you seriously think Oxford aren't our main rivals even though we sing songs about them at almost every game even though we haven't played them for nearly a decade???

The last season we played O*ford at the CG was 00-01, the crowds for the visit of both Rovers and Shitty were bigger....much bigger in the case of the Shitheads. Which might indicate the O*frod fixture is of lesser interest to a lot of Town fans, or possibly their away support is not very good.

Depends where you live , out our way they are a very close second behind the Pox . I dont really feel much hate towards either Brizzle team as I never really come across any of there supporters whereas we are surrounded by plastic mockney supporting Reading fans who probably dont even know they had Elm Park before the Mad Stad

The Scum
The Shit
The Gas
in that order
then probably the plastic biscuitmen

It's an interesting stat. It  doesn't change anything tho.

This is a great survey on rivalry...

http://www.footballfanscensus.com/issueresults/Club_Rivalries_Uncovered_Results.pdf

According to this us and Oxford are part of one of the "requited" rivalrys. Both sets of fans surveyed considered the other team their number 1 rivals.

We are 13th in the list of who most fans named in their top 3 rivals. Which considering there's 92 teams I think is pretty impressive.  :D

Reading named us as their number 1 rivals and Gillingham considered us their number 2 rivals. City and Rovers both named us 3rd rivals after each other and Cardiff.

I've read that book, but I didn't need to do that to know the history. And that's exactly what it is - history.

Anyone that regularly went to games (and was aware of what was going on in the streets, pubs and terraces) from the mid-70's onwards is well aware of the gradual rise (to the top) in importance of the Oxford rivalry. They used to smash the place up every year, pretty much unopposed by us because they didn't matter then, but things changed.  I'm not exactly a local, but I know a lot, and every single one of them says it's Oxford. Then you've got all the singing - barely a mention of anyone else.

Their previous non-league life is a long time ago and therefore irrelevant - the key factor is what went on in the period that I previously mentioned, when we played them a fair few times.

Seeing as how you say you live somewhere knowing a few O*frod fans, you probably believe their "urban mytholoogy" a bit like Gillingham.

Take a season like 73/74...crowd v Shitty 13,991 v O*frod 4 weeks later 7,537....also slightly less than  the 7756 for a game v Millwall 2 weeks earlier.

We didn't play them again until Boxing Day 76/77 when a decent CG crowd turned up to see Don Rogers' last game for Town.

Following season there were more at the CG for a fixture v Preston 3 weeks earlier.

Reality is, that the proximity of the fixture will always add a few to the gate, but O*frod never sell their allocation, and down the years they been seen as a pretty unattractive dour side.

So a season like 78/79, we could have 16000+ for a game v Taylor's Watford, and couple of weeks later 8000 for O*frod....more or less the season's average.

Growing up in West Wiltshire I'd say the biggest rivalry was Bristol City. There's a lot of City and (and Rovers) fans in Westbury and Trowbridge.

...to hell with it, lets declare war with Supermarine :)

That first bit is so patronising and incorrect that I'm struggling to take you seriously.

I was present at all of the games through this whole period, and I know what I'm talking about. If you've lived amongst that lot THE OPPOSITE is true - you learn to ignore what they say. You're making a random and unfounded statement about something which you know nothing about, ie me.

Your stats all come from the period from when they were still not considered a rival. Your stats are from the times when it was a one-sided affair still. The hostility from our side started after this period. Plus it's not just about numbers - surely you're aware of the gradual change in attitude towards O*ford of the Town fans during the 80's & 90's?! Do you know how many people were put off by the trouble when they came to town? We've had plenty of paltry attendances vs Reading & Shitty too, by the way.

Anyone that swats this rivalry away is living in the past - simple as that.

what would our allocation be now for a match at the county ground?

About 2500. You get to sit in our 4th stand. How novel!

You posted on the beard thread, that you were 40....which would have made you 3 or 4 for the 73/74 match and 8 or 9 for the 78/79 match.

Without wishing to be patronising, but simply trying to get accuracy of information, I'd suggest your historical analysis is wrong.

Reg, did you ever have any trouble at the Manor during the 70's and 80's?

I went to the first match in 65/66....subsequent games in the early 70's, including going in the London Road , and others in the 80's and 90's.  Only ever seen the odd skirmish, nothing on the same scale as games v the likes of Shitty, Rovers, Pompey even Plymuff.

Growing up in West Oxon, I've never come in contact with many City fans but lots of Oxford fans.

I despise them immensely.

I only knew one Oxford fan and he was Spurs fan when it suited him best.

Spot on comments Fitton. I only started in the mid 80's, but it will always be the Pox.  Can't imagine a day when it's anyone else.   I'm happy for them to have a few more years of pub league, but next time we do play it will be fucking awesome

I see what people mean when they're describing you! No offence, I find you quite interesting, and debating is good. But I must stress that just because someone disagrees with you it doesn't automatically make them wrong.

You are correct, and as I said a few posts ago I started going to games in the mid-seventies. I was very young, but I have many Town & O*ford supporting friends/family of all ages who have been watching games since the late 1940's, so I have first-hand accounts from both sides which cover a long period of time.

Without wishing to repeat myself, if you aren't aware of the growing hostilities in said period then you either haven't been to these games, or you've been a heavy drinker for decades. Can I politely suggest that you ask people about the running battle up & down the Shrivvy Road in 96/97 (which I saw from close-quarters), or the other running battles around Manchester Road/train station year upon year? My best mates' Dad got a proper pasting in the London Road End in the early 70's. I've seen many a battle in the grounds of the John Radcliffe Hospital behind the Cuckoo Lane End, and in the streets of the Osler Road, London Road, further down the Headington Hill, in the centre of O*ford, Paddington Station......

Sorry to disappoint you, Reg, but this isn't me just believing stories from spotty teenagers. And the stats that you lift out of your smelly old books don't tell the whole story.

Im with one f in fitton on this, i got battered by six of the cunts in regent circus and ended up in hopsital in about 87.

Wouldn't it be 1000 in the Arkells on top of that, ie what Soton & Leeds had?

Didn't we just give Gillingham the SB a few years back cos of potential trouble?

Oxford United became big rivals because they were non-league upstarts joining the league in 1962 following the demise of Accrington Stanley who resigned and had their record expunged.  Had it been a case of reelection, maybe history would have been different.  Personalities were large at Oxford with Ron and Reggie Kray, er I mean Ron and Graham Atkinson being at the club. Gerry Scummers was the manager for some time, who I recall complained about his team not being physical enough although they seemed to do more than their fair share of shoving and clogging.  Scummers of course later managed the Pikeys with a similar style.

History would tell us that Oxford United's league history is merely a blip and they remain in non league where they have spent most of their time since formation as Headington United in 1897.

Having been pelted with stones at Elm Park, I believe there is a fierce rivalry between Reading and Swindon fans, however on that occasion I was the victim of friendly fire.

Yeh we did, but this season they were in the Arkells (and chucked a fair few coins at us - some of which just missed me, and Mr Fitton behind me).

But yeh you're right, I suppose the Club & police would make a joint decision at the time.

Fitton was behind you? That's disgraceful, he should have taken his place in the front lines repelling the hordes instead of using fans as human shields. Fitton Out! :)

Isn't 2500 our maximum allocation for away support? Or was it 3000?

In any case if Oxford came to town some of the away seats wouldn't be used because of buffer zones.

Local people I speak to around here seem to think that Oxford are paying big, big wages. How long can they go on before the bubble bursts??

3,600 is our full away allocation which is 1100 in the arkells and 2,500 in stratton bank. If the Pox ever came to town I would imagine that they would only get the stratton bank and they we would have to pray it pisses down.

I love the fact that Oxford are playing against teams like Tamworth and Grays Athletic week in week out.  With every passing season they fuck up it becomes ever more hilarious.

Best memory of games was beating them at the Manor ground when they took a 2-0 lead in the first ten minutes and then we came back and beat them 4-2(may have been 5-2 my memory is getting bad).  Seeing Steve Robinson score a couple of goals in our last game at the manor was also good.

I once had a Scottish girlfriend who spent about ten years living in Oxford.  Every time she mentioned Oxford I said scum.  Unsurprisingly she dumped me pretty quickly.

Trying threads on a Plastics, Wovers, Shitty or Gills match might be a rivalry measure?  Shitty in the plays offs could arouse some interest?

Coming from Newbury, Reading was always the County team and even though I have ambled through missiles and fighting at Elm Park (plus a little at the Mad Stad) I have never really been too bothered about them though the latter day plastics deserve a little contempt. Rivalry? Historically perhaps but seeing some of their fans try and talk it up just brings out pity really. 

Gills.  It is true there were a couple of genuinely explosive matches which lingered a bit and I quite like the fact that the Gills fans try and keep the flame burning.  We went our separate ways after the play off final and that was that for us really.

I do accept that the Shitty rivalry must be big out west - I have felt it at matches, we do sing about them sometimes and I do check and get pleasure when they lose.  I have never had to live with it though but I can accept that for some it could be equal No 1.

Which brings us to the Scum.  This is not about banter or joshing.  Reg and others may have a point on history and certainly gates  (no one said Milwall attract the biggest crowds at Chelsea or West Ham) but its about intensity.  If seeing the yellow and blue scummers on the pitch or the terraces doesn't arouse a uniquely intense feeling of hatred then, suspect though that attitude may be in some ways, IMO (and no insult intended) you would be missing one of the essential facets of being a Town fan.

Good post....the bit in bold sums it up...it's not really hatred, but pantomime villainy for the majority of Town fans. Nowt wrong with that, and anything to encourage a bit of atmosphere.

There'll always be a few knobheads on either side who'll get into a skirmish and then probably not be seen again.

Scum away to Hayes and Yeading today. Is KOT gonna do another thread?

3,300.

Hayes and Yeading got dicked 8-0 by luton t'other week. Not even a royal thread will see oxford fail to win that

I dunno Dave, we pulled off a 2-1 loss at home to them on the 3rd March.


Not true, we've got a tight budget and wage controls. Though up until a season or two ago we were still paying silly money.

Non league is where you belong

Oxford down to 10 men against Hayes after 12 mins. Ooooh!

Surely it's game over for the scum regarding auto promotion if they fail to win this game?

And ColU losing - could lose their place in the place offs pretty soon.

ColU being replaced by Huddersfield is highly likely....and probably not desirable from a PO point of view.

The outside shot is that Charlton might implode, and be replaced by Uddersfield, and ColU by 1 of Woverss MKD or Soton

And one up which i guess is a reflection on H&Y

1-1 maybe a reflection on Poxford.

I saw Hayes and Yeading earlier this season. They were shit awful and the ground is a dump

From the Poxford forum:


Marvelous stuff

 :) I know - I reckon his wealth has gone to his head eh.

Rovers down to 10 men and losing 2-1 at Carlisle.

I've got the commentary on, and I can well-imagine how shit their ground is. Sounds like it's being played on a council-owned pitch that's covered in dog-shit.

HAHAAAA AS I TYPE THIS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME NORWEGIAN BLOKE WHO'S SCORED HIS 2ND GOAL FOR H & Y!!!

2-1

Fucking hilarious!!

the scum are going to stay in the pub divisions forever aren't they

Dear oh dear, that IS a low point - Hayes & Yeading fans were just giving it the "OLE!" while they popped the ball about.

And they just decribed the Pox fans as "crestfallen".

Now 3-1 and Colchester losing as well.

So looks like Huddersfield Franchise and Southampton might be fighting for sixth place, yeah?

I think Soto and The Gas are out of it after this weekend..can't see Franchise pickin up enough points to get there either..Colchester are faltering but will cling on...but their dip in form bodes well for when we play them. Huddersfield will be grand..

Southampton will have to go some, their 11 points behind Colchester.

Colchester 2 down, a Huddersfield win tomorrow and they will go sixth - a nightmare for Leeds if they finish third and Hudders come sixth.

Interesting to see Exeter beating Colchester 2-0 at this moment.
Have to play both very soon

Indeed! Exeter's away form is atrocious.. won twice away all season..Colchester aren't in form evidently either! Good for us..if Exeter keep racking up points...then they will have less pressure when they face us.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Pox lost!!!

Exeter have hit a bit of form...I've always been wary of them since 79/80, when we beat Bury 8-0, had only conceded something like 6 goals at home, then lost to them 2-3 on Boxing Day in the next game  :(

I think it can be summed up by saying age has a lot to do with it. People who are old enough to remember games in the 60's or earlier, still like to look down on O*ford and pretend that they don't REALLY matter to Town fans - wrong. It's not just on here, I've noticed this for years with friends/family of mine. It seems to be older people that are pretty much out of touch with the younger generations of Town fans that think like this.

The reality is that - although everyone still loves to look down on them - they ARE hated (and not pantomime hate) by pretty much all Town fans that grew up from the late 70's onwards.

With Colchester seemingly falling away it's a good time to play them next week. By all accounts Tranmere and Exeter are poor away from home as well so I really do think we could get 9 from those games. That means tomorrow would be a huge bonus if we get anything at all. I'll certainly take 10 from the next 4.

I'm probably a youngest like yourself ;) - been watching Town for 40 odd years.

Even though Oxford were a rival when they came on the scene, Bristol City always held my real hate and still do.

Brilliant. Bang on. This is exactly how I - and many others - feel.

Ha, yeh I reckon we're sort of in-between young & old eh. You started going just a few years before me.

I totally understand & respect that Swindonians & those West of Swindon grew up hating City the most (& still do). But I also feel that surely it loses something when they are far more concerned about their city neighbours than us.

Overall though I think it's great that we've got so many enemies. It makes the whole thing more interesting, and it means more games with an atmos & more £££ for the Club. And more potential for clobbering someone in the mush and kicking them in the bollocks, for those that enjoy that sort of thing.