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Lou:
Aged 10, I stood at Craven Cottage and gave my heart to the right and white. I watched Macari draw magic from the likes of Bamber, Rambo, Digby, Calderwood... Mesmirised. Town won, I didn't sleep that night.

Ossie:
Aged 13 I cried for the first time under the twin towers. Tears... of joy shared by waves of Ossie's red and white army. I buried myself under my quilt that night shaking with joy. Dreams of Alan Mac and deflections... and facepaint on Wembley Way. Seven days on my parents drew back the same quilt - sodden with tears of a different kind. Dreams shattered by unreasonable men in suits.

Glenn:
Aged 16 and Hoddle, Maskell, Taylor and Bodin took me on a roller coaster ride. Justice delivered. No tears under the towers but the sweetest of dreams that night... of one touch football destroying Mark Hughes, Ian Wright, Alan Shearer, Sir Alex, King Kenny... and Joe Kinnear! Joy unbridled.


Ups and downs came and went, Gorman, Macca, Quinny, Todd, Iffy, Wisey, Luggy, Maurice and Danny carried my hopes, made me smile, punch rain soaked air, reaffirm my love again and again... but curiously never dream.


Paolo:
Last night I dreamt... of red and white, of smiling faces from a dimly lit Town End, of glorious laps of honour from exhausted heroes in red and white, draped in our scarves, flags... and curly wigs. The buzz in the CGH as the Guinness flowed, pool balls cracking in the background, drinkers pointing to framed icons yet to be superceded by the classes of two decades.

I'm sure you're quite puzzled... but I've this sense - not a feeling - that we're about to emerge... with not just promotion but pride and passion. With skill and flair mixed with West Country air.

I'm off to bed to dream again... like my 13 year old self.

COYR

Ahhhh that's quite a lush post

That sort of thing will get you locked up Mark.

On a serious note, great post.   I feel like I am slowly emerging from a general fall out with football and starting to feel the old tingling again.  Not that I lost the love completely but post world cup and general shiteness it was more like a loveless marriage.  

As for Paolo I think it’s too early to tell.  It will either go spectacularly wrong or it will be just plain old spectacular.  Bit worried by the backroom staff and lack of experience and knowledge of the game at this level although look at Wise and Poyet both had as much experience as the new team and it didn’t do either of them any harm.  

Gay

Cracking post  :toocool:

Love it, brilliant post.  Let's hope the dream becomes reality?!

I think we should make every managerial appointment as risky, yet as sexy as this one.

Football's not about winning stuff, it's about dreaming about winning stuff. Or at least it is for Swindon fans.

Utter soppy bollocks,banned.

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Cracking post!

Sort of sums up how I am feeling too..... I've not felt this excited about Swindon for years :clap:


I am definitely coming up to the CG next season - not been there for donkey's years!! I can't really afford it but sod it - I feel the buzz again. Yippee!!!

Jonah 

Yep, Paolo has got me all excited aswell, i'm glad the board have taken a gamble on him, i think it's what we all needed after last season, he is the spark that will hopefully reignite our glorious club, COYR.

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Saucy music by the Cranberries,some may think the record a Turkey.

I'll twunk my dream later @McPhlea - it's beer o'clock in the good ol' US of A...  woooooo hoooooooh!

Xxx

Again?

6pm happens every day in my calendar! :D

Good man.  ;)

I'm waiting for the drunken rambling to start.

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Sozry late on prade

Can't b fooked to repet myself you cab follo me on twatter @mcphlea

Gay. Anyone, of any age or sex who actually cries over football is a cunt.

Swindon's Laureate!  Fantastic post.

I've stolen this. Thanks.

To those that said I was in cuckoo land... And making excuses all the way to the Conference... I'd like to say a big thank you for your time. A beautiful season irrespective of Wembley and the remaining games.

Cheers, Paolo. Il Mura Inpenetreble.

You should reissue a Wembley special edition of that!  I'd forgotten all about it.  Fantastic piece of writing.

Anyone who accuses a 10 or 13 year old of 'being a cunt' is not really worth communicating with.

It's all part of learning how to deal with life kicking you in the balls, but you grow out of that.  Obviously, if you had said 'any adult who cries over football...' you'd have had a point.

Football's not a matter of life and death, it's much less important than that.

Last time I remember anyone saying something like that it was Nelson Mandela, and he didn't do too bad for himself either!!!

Brilliant OP. This season has made me fall back in love with football again.

Oh dear.  On May 31st 1993, I blubbed like a little girl after the final whistle at Wembley.  I was 20.

Spot on, away games have been fantastic this year too