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So the last two of these i've started resulted in wins.

Lets hope its 3 out of 3!


I think 1-0.

It would be good...but unlikely. However the beauty of football is sometimes you get unexpected results.

Former non league team = defeat. Proven.

We got a point there last time...I'd be happy with that.

I would take a point too.

Time to pick the best 11 and time said best 11 to man the fuck up and win

He says again.

Lazano (Smith is injured right?)

Caddis
Comazzi
Flint
Kennedy

Ritchie
Ferry
Smith
De Vita

Connell
Kerrouche

Keeper, McCormack, Magera, Gabilondo and the young colombian West Ham lad on the bench.

who honestly gives a fuck. we';ll be playing them nexty season anywho

2-0 defeat

We have enough players to field 3 teams and each one would lose
To accy.
I'll go for a 2 0 defeat. My main concern now is, how are we paying this huge sqaud?

2-1 defeat

1-1 for me. We will salvage a point in the last 10 mins. That's my guess anyway

The Accy keeper will have an absolute blinder this afternoon too, best game of his career to date. Cunt!

2-0 defeat. We could well have 5 of the 16 being loan players - that says a lot about our purchasing of players this season.

1-1

Time to sort this shit out. 1-0 win.

2-1 defeat. We (nearly) always lose away.

Cant see pasta (for Paolo!) 1-0 defeat today.

And we have never won away at Accies.

Well, 2-1 defeat is my default prediction every week. So I'm sticking with that.

We'll lose 3-1.

if we cant beat this shower we have no hope of getting out of this league :eek:

This shower which are one point behind us?

The fucking arrogance of our fans is as embarrassing as it is infuriating

Some of our fans Dave, some of our fans.

Feeling pretty optomistic about this game.....so I will go for a draw 1-1

I'm going for a 1-1, which I'd be fairly happy with given recent form (especially away from home!)

COYR

Too much negativity going on here today.  I'm always positive so am going for a 2-1 town win!  COYR

Time to knock that record on the head then.

3-1  The French/Algerian, the Colombian and the Czech all on the score sheet.

3-1 Town....De Vita to score again,Ritchie x 2 with the others.

But we should be beating them. They have the smallest budget and crowds in the football league. It's not arrogance.

Draw today even though we really need a win.

Heart says 2-1 win Kerrouche & Magera but my head says 2-2 so i went with it at the bookies.

Kerrouche to score first & a 2-2 draw pays 66/1 at corals £5 placed on it.

2-0 Cavani double

It won't be 2-2. That's what I put in the prediction league. And I'm hopeless at predictions this year!

Tweets from McCormack and Kennedy wishing the squad luck seem to hint at both being out for today... Surely Di Canio won't be making radical changes?

 3-3 ritchie 2 and new lad from westham to score

This is Di Canio...he makes radical changes every game.

Four changes and...interesting side!

Team: Foderingham, Flint, Caddis, McCormack (CB), Ridehalgh, Ritchie, Smith, Ferry, De Vita, Montana and Jervis

Sub: Devera, Risser, Cibocchi, Magera, Connell


Good lord this could be interesting.

Rubbish Fola,if footy worked like that why bother with any competitions at all?

It is arrogance if you expect to win a match because you have bigger crowds and bigger budgets...any team in this league and perhaps lge1 would find it tough at Accrington regardless of crowds and money,only a few weeks back Crawley got stuffed by six at Morecambe...enough said.

Where's Kerrouche?

Happy with this team, particularly Flint back in. Would have thought Devera would be in for McCormack, with McC in midfield and Kerrouche up front with Montana.

I do find it a bit off that a) both our loan strikers start and b) McCormack continues in centre of defence (not that he has done badly there)

Is Kerrouche injured?

edit: Just noticed the keeper change too. NO sub keeper on the bench.

Interesting indeed  :hmmm:

Nice to see Flint back in the side though. Still not sure about persisting with McCormack at CB though.

Well I suppose with such a big squad (37 by my reckoning including players out on loan) and only being able to name 5 subs, players who play one week will find themselves completely out of the squad the next. Still surprising though.

No sub keeper when the lad playing is making his professional debut is a brave one, and I'm not sure where Kerrouche is, but this does actually look a decent side- I was hoping for a chance to see Flint and McCormack as a pair.

Lanzano's injured. I guess McCormack will be a natural in goal, if needed  :)

Oh right thanks.

Any idea about Kerrouche? Must be injured too.

Totally agree.  Connell has been really hard done by imo.  If Kerrouche isn't injured, then that's harsh as well.  Although McCormack has done well, it's a risk keeping him there against bigger centre forwards.

I'm getting bored of Di Canio's wholesale and at times, unnecessary changes.

Can't see anything changing in terms of results on the road.  We'll lose again 2-1.

Radio has just said Kerrouche is not in the squad for personal reasons.

Chanelling the spirit of Alan McDonald

Oh. Hope all is well, obviously.

Quite like the look of that side. Smith and Ferry is a good partnership, two talented forwards and Flint back. I feel quite positive.

Quite like the look of the team! Would have gone for Devera instead of Mccormack but hopefully PDC knows what hes doing!

2-1 win with montano and flint on the scoresheet!

COYR

Family bereavement according to the official Facebook.

I have a feeling that Paolo want's one of the Centre-Halves to be comfortable bringing the ball out of defence, and that's why he is persisting with McCormack as the choice is him or Comazzi.

It's harsh on Devera, as he has done well in since he came back, but I guess based on the feedback after last weeks game that given a choice between him & Flint that most would go for Flint.

The keeper is hardly a surprise, although not having one on the bench is a bit of a gamble.

Be interesting to see how the front two play, two young lads from a higher division trying to make a name for themselves. Its 50/50 between being inspired or a disaster, lets hope its the former.


Whatever happens, we NEED to get some kind of result today, even if its a scrappy draw.

BBC pumping out the stats now!

We've used thirty different players after today (Foderingham and Montano are #29 and #30) and nine different strikers: De Vita, Bodin, Clarke, Connell, Kerrouche, Storey, Magera, Jervis and Montano.

It's not even the end of October. This season sure isn't dull.

It was never going to be :nod:

There must be a lot of games of rock, paper, scissors on match day before the team is announced

i am glad we are going to be playing foooota boooola this season! :D

That interview was utterly brilliant.

Fuck knows why but i've got a good feeling about this game!

Seen a few Swindon fans in Plymouth town centre earlier as well, bit keen arent they?    :clap:

Close from Ritchie.

jervis ruled out for offside

Jervis offside on the follow up. Sounds positive start again..

goal....offside boooo

another corner

flint just wide from the corner, ooh deflected, another corner

flint over

This seems like a good start. So that means a loss is to come.

Sounds like we're on top but haven't scored. Similar story away from home. Let's hope we break the duck today.

corner

Come on get a goal.

now a kree kick juast outside the area

My first match day thread after moving to Florida and using STFC Player.  It is weird listening to this at 10.30 in the morning

This sounds like a lot of our away games this season.

On top at the start, but can't score.

Opposition finally get a shot a goal, and do score.

We huff & puff a lot but can't get a goal & concede another on the break

Is STFC Player always this stop start?

Have a beer, you'll feel more in touch with home!

Settling in OK?

It is for me, I don't like it at all.

mine's running ok today

BBC stats say we've had 73% of the possession!

zzzzzzzzz. It may be better than it sounds on the radio I suppose.

73% possession, 6 shots to their 0 and 5 corners to their 0.

Need to take our bloody chances

Yeah, and they have had no shots at goal and no corners.

Are you ready for the sucker punch :(


God I hate football when I'm not there

Goal!

goal jervis!!!!!

Jervis 1-0

goal

Jerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrviiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisssss 1-0


(sorry to spoil the laggy surprise Berniman)

Jeeeeeeeervis

YAY!!

Wooooooooooooohoooooooooo Jake Jervis!!! 1-0! Get in!

Boom! Shake the room that's good news.

NEED MORE GOALS.

JERVIS !!! You beaut, cmon town do us proud !

Just as i say we need to take our chances we did :D

Get in Jervis.  STFC Player is shit!

Only got here about 10 O'clock last night so haven't really settled in yet, lovely villa and sitting by the pool listening to stop start match commentary isn't a bad start.

HT

What part of Florida are you in?

We were on holiday over there a few years back & met a mate who I went to school with, who was living in Tampa

risser to come on perhaps?  no idea who for

Risser might be coming on. Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Someone must have a knock then.

Assume it would be Smith. It would be the closest to like for like.

You don't replace a player 4 minutes into the second half unless it's down to an injury, right?

Risser's naked!

Happy with that.

Score I mean not Risser being naked.

Unless it is a brilliant tactical plan to match up with their double change...

what, Risser being naked?

You never know with PDC! However, if McCormack's injured then bring on Devera. If it's Smith or Ferry, still bring on Devera and move McCormack to the middle.

smith off, groin niggle it seems

Wonder how long it takes Risser to get injured

To me it's like going down to 10 men. I hope he proves me wrong.

they have a free kick in a dangerous position - new keeper 'gobbles it up'

Yeah, but if he did that and we conceded a goal, the message would be why fuck about with the defence when you have a replacement on the bench.

If you don't want to play Risser, then don't have him on the bench

Goal!!!!

montano goal!!!!!!

goal!

2-0 Montano

2-0 Montano, must win this now.

'what a strike' apparently

HURRAY!

MONTANOOOOOOOO!

2-0!

ooh, and oxford go 1 down too

get in !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just cut the lawn. Great news, get in new bloke

It just gets better  :D

fucking get in there. I notice from the stats Montano has given away a few fouls. I hope this is a good thing in a Shearer 'puts himself about' way rather than the Dossevi 'utter gash and doesn't know how to challenge properly' way.

Lovely.

Now please Town push on for a third and not sit back!

How long do we have Montaro?

1,663 at Accrington, which is their second largest crowd of the season

stopped for blood - risser...

Risser's injured  ;)

and just made another

I see Shitty are losing...again !!

Mine practically went dormant over the summer but now it won't stop growing.

Oh, and back to the football.  Yes!!

I didn't realise Montano played for Notts County as recently as last weekend. Someone at West Ham has done Di Canio a massive favour.

I'd be well pissed off if I was a Notts fan. But I'm not so

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at Martin Allen 8)

Nice. That is nice.

Same here. Did mine last week and have to do it again after the game!

Connell set to come on according to Town Twitter.

Yep for Montaro.

Cmon Connell! Really want to see this lad succeed. Would love to see him come on and net one or two.

Completely agree with this.  One for the future is our Alan.

Yep a 28 year old player for the future.

need a flint goal personally.  50p on 14/1 for him to score and us win

To some extent he reminds me of Brian Wade

Sounds like were going to win our second away game in a row! Incredible.

Shut up, shut up, shut up.

I was thinking more along the lines that I think he could make his mark in League 1.

Fair enough, thought you meant something else.

Magera coming on surely for Jervis.

Just in from work - looks like a good result.

balls, oxford 1-1

Scum equalised last minute.

Get in! FT. Lets win agaisnt Plymouth and we can end this away day jynx!

Up to 11th. 3 points off the play-off's. Very comfortable by the sounds of it! Well done Town.

Well done lads.

Although it should enable us to go up the table above Macclesfield

Really? In what way?

4 points off 3rd as it stands

Table looks very bunched up above us, few wins on the trot will see any team flying up the league.

Pox's equaliser sent them from 8th to 3rd.

Only consolation was it moved us up a place!

We closed 2 points on them today.  Reeling them in.

A good day.

We're 11th.

3 points behind the P/O places.

The fact that he always put in 110% but was never quite good enough to consistently make it into the starting 11.

We've now won 4 times away from home this season...all wearing our black away kit. When we've worn red away this season we've lost every single time !!!

The black shirts have it then....

Away wins are always good....here's hoping for a repeat next week.

Ah, I see. I certainly couldn't see any physical similarities  ???

I personally think he is good enough but there's obviously something about him which Di Canio doesn't like.

Ferry's getting some love from Di Canio.

Fair play to him for turning things round and fair play to Di Canio for keeping an open mind.

We must wear black at Plymouth!

Good solid win...10 weeks untill Xmas and i have said many times on here is that is when you can have a good idea of where we are going.
Glad for Paolo because he gets a lot of stick for his team changes(rightly so at times) but i keep saying it but i believe he will be taking us up,unlike past managers he wont hang around if he dosn't think you are pulling your weight,Ferry has shown a strong manager reapes dividends and the early season kick up the ass has done him good....i like that.
I think we will be top three by Xmas,i hope we are,will be a happy week for us all this week.

Just got in! Great result! Was Montanos goal any good?

Sounds like it, yes. I will watch the Football League Show tomorrow morning with interest. :nod:

Steady, what if we get to Wembley this year, remember the White shirt cock up.

Great to see the negativity at the start of this thread turning into a big happy smiley love-in. Well done Swindon, keep it up.

I have had a second half footballing epiphany, I now get PDC.

Went out to play football  for the half time with my lad for 20 minutes. Just got back in so totally missed the second half.

There were two escaped chihuahua out the back, clearly tagged up with a name and address. Spent most of the time trying to entice them over so we could read the tag. One was a bit yappie, a nasty chihuahua. One was nice. They were both scared of their own shadows though and any time they got near a slight movement sent them scurrying away.

In the end one was captured by a neighbour. Enticed with chicken. The owners were out on a trip to Worcester when rang! The other one was lead into said neighbours house by using their big dog as a pied piper (of Haydon), only using ass sniffing rather than a pipe.

All the time I was wishing they were proper big fuck off dogs that would do as they were told,  not nervous nellies.

I swear that this is the truth.

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edit: Well done town, sounds like an excellent professional away win.

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:)

I could tell you about hanging my wireless digital thermostat on the wall after meaning to do it for 2 years too. But I fear the excitement may push some over the edge.

good result, time to motor on now and get on with getting out of this shithole

he says again.

A truly eventful afternoon then Batch?   :D Do you live in Haydon Wick by any chance? (reference to Haydon)

Back to the football, always delighted to be proved wrong when I make a negative prediction.  Genuinely couldn't see anything but a defeat after last week's second half sheninighans.  Good to see we were able to put it behind us and move in the right direction.  Only listened to parts of the game as I was in and out the car, but seemed like we were in control and playing some good stuff?  String a few wins together and we're right up there.

As an aside, was the site down for a while, I haven't been able to get on for about an hour?

Yes it was Jo..

Well happy with the result today. Did Boo go leefer? Didn't text him this morning as I was a bit ropey

oooh I'm jealous  :)

Edit : I'm serious !

Who got kicked out then?

ish


They mentioned a bit of a kerfuffle between stewards and Town fans in the Adver. My money is on Crispy, if he went.

That's the first person I thought of 8)

Yes he did....was in the Weatherspoons pub at 11 oclock :eek:

Told me they played well with Jervis outstanding,and the goal dissalowed was miles onside :D

No surprise there then. I'll text him in a mo.

Poole got whacked 6-1 by Salisbury in the FA Cup

Good outfit,beat Supermarine in the last round.
I was thinking of going today but still a tad sore...maybe Plymouth next week.

Well my last northern fixture before Crewe in March. Great performance from the boys, Jervis and Montano looked a handy partnership and there was only ever gonna be one winner. Weird to see us dominate so much and Ritchie hardly be involved and also the 1st goal was the 1st time we's had to respond to an attack from them.

What was disappointing was some on of our away following. I love a bit of banter with opposition fans and staff but kicking off with stewards at accrington has got to be a lowlight in any wannabe football hooligans career. Ginger cunt whose cap got knocked on the pitch, no one is laughing with you mate, you're a cunt. The guy whose foot is in plaster but still thinks he's an extra in Green Street, seriously,sort your life out. As for the chant of , "We're Swindon and we'll do what we want" is it just me that thinks thats a tad embarrasing at a 3000 capacity stadium playing a team thats been out of the football league for the last 30 years? Hate to rant but I felt a little ashamed to be linked with some of the full on mongs there today.

crispy it is then.  was him involved in a scuffle with another of our fans at macclesfield too

Sounds like it

457 Town fans went today, evidently.

Haha good old crispy

I've never met Crispy but had a rough guess it was him as he was ginger and wearing Stone Island like a proper hard nut, winner

if it was crispy then I would have thought the word fat would have appeared before ginger cunt

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

haha crispy

The absolute worst chant I've ever heard us sing. Anyone who sings it is a cunt, simple as.

Agreed, not quite as bad as "Wanky, wanky Oxford" though, the most cringe worthy shit I've ever heard at a football match

'shit refs' has to top the list of shit football chants.

worst is 'oxford fan on a piece of string' - hate it

Bloody good turn out, well done all those that went.

even the shittest Oxford related chant has the saving grace of being derogatory towards Oxford.

Translation provided above.

Good following of Swindon fans.  Shame some idiots had to tarnish it for the majority.

Will be interesting to hear Crispy's version of events ie the stewards were wankers and I was provoked etc. No doubt he'll post a load of nonsense at whatever time he rolls in.

:D

I like the oxford fan /tommy mooney on a piece of string song.

Probably stopped of in burnley on the way back ;)

Maybe some fans went with their aggressive heads on today knowing that there was a good chance of bumping into other fans visiting Macclesfield. Not on my list of " things to do " though.

To be fair I think the stewards went a bit OTT when we scored and it wasn't the fat ginge's fault that someone knocked his cap on the turf, but he milked it for an hour, there was a seperate scuffle and someone stole the stewards tie which led to 30 minutes of, wheres you're tie gone chants. Anyway, fuck them lot, we're going up

Couple of points 1) it might not be Crispy, he can't be the only wannabe stone island wearing fat ginger in a crowd of over 400 Town fans, 2) waaaanky waaank wanky Oxford is quite catchy.

Anyway, it probably was Crispy.

Sure it wasnt this guy?

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Got back and had a chinky...so thought I would put something on here.
Had an enjoyable day...flew up the motorways, parking a piece of piss, nice fish n chips, pint and man u match, cheap ticket and good view in old fashioned ground. We won, played well and flew back down the motorway....excellent.

Thought jervis should of gone off as he didn't seem to be at the races but then he scored! So what do I know.

Accie were piss poor.

View on stewards: over reacting to schoolboy antics and it got nasty.
Saw the steward twat some bloke who wasn't even involved with the main crowd....funny how he seem to disappear after it all calmed down.first game I have ever been to with NO old bill in sight.

they didnt have any ambulances the other week !!

Spot on, it was being sung at Burton by a bunch of kids, I died inside a little.

Just got back.  Good day out at a friendly little club. Town played well and were not troubled. Aden Flint was immense. New goalie was good and Caddis/Ferry were good too. Nice to hear Aden Flint and Paul Caddis making lots of noise!

Just got back. Great to get the win away from home and in the end it was very comftable.

New keeper looked really good, very vocal and commanding, something we have missed this year. He caught and punched a lot of the balls that came into our box really well, reckon he could be a great signing.

Defence was solid but really had nothing too challenging to deal with. Flint was as impressive as ever, don't think he lost a single header, McCormack continues to impress me at CB and I completley understand why PDC keeps playing him. Caddis and Ridehalgh were solid and did what they had to do.

We bossed the midfiled today, Ferry and Smith broke the play up really well and they never really had any time on the ball. Ritchie played well. De Vita did ok, end product was sometimes lacking but did a good enough job, still amazes me how much he wins in the air.

Jervis had a good game, held the ball up really well and took his goal brilliantly. Montano looked livley, looks like he can beat a player aswell, again took his goal really well.

Overall, solid performance but Accrington really offered nothing but very happy to get the away win and hopefully we can build on this.

I didn't really see what happened with the stewards, apart from the fact it had kicked off. Pretty sure I saw Crispy in the ground at the end of the game, so don't think he was kicked out. The stewards were a bit quick to respond to the taunting they were getting.

Roll on Plymouth!

"We are the Red and White army" is by far and away my most disliked song. Its just pants. Although I agree songs like "shit refs" get my back up too.

Really enjoyed today, liked the look of Hannah Montano, Jervis won me £5 as first goal scorer and they Accrington were poor - just like Burton and I imagine Dag & Red and Macclesfield (didn't go to latter two) difference today? Took our chances, didn't look as shaky at set pieces.

I'm sure when I went to Walsall on the little kids coach with Zoe last season crispy got kicked out then (he was on the little kids coach!!)

He's watched too many Danny dyer films. Thinks he's pwoppa nawty and gotta keep his nut down

He's a cunt, i thought we knew that anyway?

Just saw the goals. Two decent finishes, but crucially, if you look behind the goal for the second goal, there is an ad for 'Culverboxes', which may well be Ian Culverhouses's new home storage-based-lifestyle-box-solution-empire. If it is, good luck Ian, you deserve box glory. 

I enjoyed that.

Crispy is getting hosed, he stayed there last so he will be a bit shocked when he see what you lot have been saying.... He is a wannabe though

Look again on iplayer. It was actually cleverboxes.com

Thanks for the match reports from all those that contributed, sounded like a good workmanlike performance by the whole team, onward to Plymouth and 3 more points.

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What would Chris Montano do if he was here right now? He'd probably score a goal or two, that's what Chris Montano would do.

Well, after a bottle of celebratory red, it looked like Culverboxes. I may try and contact Ian to see if he has considered national horticultural domination. 

Great day out yesterday. I took the Mrs (again) and my 2 young lads (8) & (4) and enjoyed a very long day.
Laughter from the seats when my 4 year old suddenly chants "you don't know what your doing" to the Ref.

Accrington is such a friendly proper football Club.

A few takes from the game:
Very comfortable and as soon as Jervis scored we maintained shape and discipline throughout the remainder of the match.

The new keeper - Not very tall but I liked him. Most notable point from me was his distribution, hardly put a kick or throw wrong and this helped us maintain the ball that has been lacking in away trips this season.
Liam Ridehalgh - I thought had a great game and stopped any wing threat which forced Accrington the play the long ball.
Aiden Flint - What can you say ? Just what has been missing. Thou shall not pass.
McCormack - Took a good whack first half but was tidy and efficient.
Caddis - Another great performance with some intelligent passing.

Wee Simon Ferry - Great game. Tacking, short passing and all over the park.
Smith - Gets stuck in and had a good game whilst on the pitch.
De Vita - Done O.K. but I would not be surprised if he gets moved out of the side with the next "tinker."
Ritchie - Quiet game in terms of his usual high standards but he is always a threat.

Montano - Very quick feet, liked him and a good strike.
Jervis - Steady game, a few stray balls but a good shift and well taken goal.

Risser - Took another whack and done a job when coming on as did Connell, with Magera just getting a short run out.

We stayed behind after the game and met Nick Watkins and the players. My lads got a photograph with virtually all of them which made their day. I have to say they are credit to the Club and were very polite and accomodating.
Had a real laugh with Connell, Ferry, McCormack and particularly with Risser who was in fits of laughter when talking about "another" injury, "Welcome to English football" with a smile.

Then out came Paolo with a mob of keen autograph hunters. My Mrs shouts "Paolo" and he came right over to us all shaking our hands and the boys had their photograph so they happy lads this Morning.

Before we left Accrington we went in the Pub (The Crown) next to the ground and were made to feel very welcome by the natives, mainly Accrinton fans who said we were a good side that plays football.
We then stopped in Warrington for a Chinese and then the made the rest of the journey home.

Another interesting event was stopping for a coffee at the services. I was wearing my Swindon top and having a pee with the oldest when in walks some right old pissed up yobs (Villa fans). One of them obviously spots my Red top and then starts singing "You kill your own fans, you kill your own fans you dirty scousers you kill your own fans"
Just loved it looking at him with his twat Mates and saying "We're Swindon Mate"  :)

Great day then which makes the Weekend, unfortunately can't go to Plymuff but lets hope we can build the away form on this result.

COYR's.

/thread

Great effort by those who went. The sort of game we've not been winning so far this season so a valuable 3 points.

SuggWillSugg to start all matchday threads while his 100% record remains intact.

Culver clogs.

I went to the game.
My hat got thrown on the pitch.
I didn't have a micky mouse outfit on.
I wasn't fighting with Swindon fans at maccelsfield.
I wasn't kicked out at Walsall last season.
The Stewards were out of order yesterday, and I was just asking 1 for his number because he was throwing punches (As other people have posted on here who saw the incident)
It turnt out the Steward infact didn't have a badge to be working in the ground at all.
Yes I was the fat ginger one in the stone island.

All your questions answered?

Did you get kicked out?

Nope.

so it was some bloke who turned up in a fluorescent yellow jacket to punch Swindon fans?

SO what happened then.

Your hat ended up on the pitch (was it your shoe at Brentford too?).
Some sort of scuffle.
Steward got a bit punchy
You tried to get his number but he didn't have one
It all calmed down

Is that it?

Did you have a lovely time?

David Prutton? ;)

Or it could be the bloke who sits a few rows infront of me in the DRS?

:D

Wasn't my shoe at Brentford.

Pretty much..

Did you kick the shit out of any muslims - plenty of opportunity around those parts.

Nope

Do you sing "we are Swindon, we'll do what we want"?

and if so, why?

Did he go to Bangor?

Yep, because I was quite drunk and found it all funny at the time. That and I'm young, immature, fat, ginger, wannabee, nazi, racist, facist...

Spot on.

Are you PaulD/Sonic/Lumpy/Mex/FB in disguise?

fuck you I won't tidy my bedroom!

Haha, still own a Che Geuvara t-shirt Sonic?

Views from the accies forum.

'Thought Swindon were a damn good side, never sat back on a 2 goal lead,played footy until the death.! having said that i saw no commitement at all from stanley this afternoon, Balls played up in the air,which only the giant No4 fer swindon was ever gonna win, apart from n obvious penalty,that was ignored by the ref n pillock of a linesman,( who must be training to be a ref)we never created a worthwhile chance in the game, agree Guthrie aint up to league standard so far, thought Proccy n Murphy were abysmal, my Man Of Match would have to be De-Canio, cos he entertained me if nowt else.'

Which is nice.

Never owned one in the first place.

Che's face would look all spastic across my man boobs.

Che's face was designed to look cool on overweight communist socialist left wing mens chests. He just has a face that was designed for computer playing, socially inadequate, sexually stunted, loners with a perverse perception of reality.

Not saying you're one of them of course, I know you've left university and actually have a "girl"friend these days  :).

Time for a semi-relevant but amusing pie chart.

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Why on earth would you think that?

I sell lots of Che Guevara t-shirts!

Crispy - were you topless at the Crawley game?

He's just a gobby chubby teenager though isn't he?  ??? Comeuppance springs to mind! (Apologies if this is hearsay crispy)..... not the band by the way  :)

SWMBO and I went to the game.

Easy journey via many motorways and the ground was easy to find. Parked near the ground and walked into town for a wander. Found a new 'Northern Delicacy' as we bought a Butter Pie from a bakery stall at the covered market. Potato, onion and butter layered in a shortcrust pastry case. Fecking lovely :chef:

As for the game, on arrival at the gorund I initialy thought "what a dive" but I soon changed my mind on that. Yes it is a bit basic and the leg room in the seating area is a bit restrictive but, the non existant distance from the pitch makes for ace viewing. When you are close enough to grab a handful of shirt or get sprayed with sweat as someone goes up to head a ball, you really bet to see how sweet the moves of De Vita and Montano were.

It also gets gut bustingly funny to see the look on the oppositions faces when they can actually hear some of the comments thrown their way :D

A good performance all round and I think McCormack has found his niche. He and Flint worked well together.

Jonathan Smiths treacle was sat a few seats away from us. She looked uncomfortable when SWMBO let him know exactly how low he is in her estimation.

What's your mrs problem with Jonathan Smith? I think he is ace.

Just watched the highlights on BBC. Jervis' finish was top class after he looked like he was about to fall over taking an excellent through ball! Great flick from Jervis for the second, lovely finish by Hannah Montana, quick feet and a deadly finish!

Montana can play out wide and up front......best of both worlds.

Jonathan Smith is a vital cog in my eyes! If he's fit, he's got to play. The problematic decision should be Ferry or McCormack for who gets to play next to him.

Just noticed the Adver still haven't done a match report. What's that all about or does the matchday report/paragraph now suffice?!

It's in the centre pages of the paper, even though the Adver has the opposition down as Barnet under the ratings.

So it's just online they don't have one then. Maybe they're delaying it 24 hours to try and sell a few more papers? :deadhorse:

It is indeed hearsay, I was infact splitting it up at Maccelsfield, and both the people involved appologised to each other at Accrington, and both thanked me.

I didn't go to Crawley Walrus.

Fuck me, is there another fat, ginger, gobby, racist cunt at Town games? One is unlucky, two is unbelievably bad luck.

 :girlgiggle:

I think there is another ginger fan who is quite rowdy, i remember him getting thrown out at Brentford, and before the game he was in the Griffin pub singing

Def not crispy i think

Very commendable Crispy, have you ever thought of applying to become a steward at the CG ?  :D

Good.  A chubby ginge of about 15 kept knocking into my missus with his shirt off.  She was fuming, I had to calm her down - she's a terrier when she's pissed!

Just because I know both the people and it was just in the heat of the moment, one person slagging off the team and the other praising. If I was a steward both of them would of had to have been kicked out, which would of made the situation worse - I'll give it a miss.

There wasn't a fat ginger kid thrown out at brentford (If your referring to last season). But I was in the Griffin!

Can't say I've ever seen Crispy do anything naughty at a home game, I think some of you lot beat down on him because of a few spazzy posts he made a while back.

She thinks his tackling often leaves a lot to be desired as does his distribution and shooting. Basically, she thinks there are other players in the squad as capable as Smith is and worth taking a punt on.

She has been watching the Town for 30 years or more with her only real break being shortly after we got married and she joined me in married quarters in Gibraltar for 2 years (we still got to games when leave in the UK coincided with the football season and her take on the abilities of players is pretty solid. If she doesn't rate someone, they are generally pretty poor, though she occasionaly gets a bit rabid about someone for no particular reason other than they are a bit of a cunt off the field or had one bad game.

Fair enough if her credentials are good but shouting abuse at any player wearing a town shirt within earshot does no good at all IMO. Not surprised Smith's Mrs didn't know where to look. Probably wondering why someone would take the trouble to go all the way to Accrington to shout abuse at her fella.

SWMBO went all the way to Accrington to follow her team. Those players she thought deserved it got the praise she thought they deserved i.e most of them.

Those that didn't got advised to buck their ideas up i.e. Smith.

Isn't that what being passionate about your team is about?

Think we'll have to beg to differ on this. No room for "abusing" town players in my book although you could argue some deserved it last season.

Smith doesn't seem to have given anything less than 100% in all the games i've seen. If your wife's view is that he's not good enough then that's fair enough but obviously differs from the manager's. Can undertand people get frustrated if a player isn't giving his all but from your post you simply implied that she doesn't like him so told him so.

It may = passionate but doesn't = supporting IMO.

Giving players stick if they are showing fuck all effort is one thing, giving players abuse because you don't think they're good enough is totally out of order. As long as they're trying their best, they should be encouraged, not slagged off.
From what I've seen of Smith this season no one can criticise his commitment or effort. Unfortunately a lot of our fans will get on players backs at the slightest opportunity and then stay on it regardless of whether the player improves.

It's not passion, it's fucking pointless and counter productive.

Im gonna give you stick tomorrow you old cunt

Who said anything about abuse?

I said-


I think her words were somehwere along the lines of "Come on Smith- that was Crap!" followed some time later by "Smith- CRAP AGAIN!"

Honesty- yes.

Abuse?

I think as a fan, she, I and everyone else has the right to express their opinion. If that opinion is negative, the player needs to know. Sometimes we spend too much time blowing sunshine up their arses in order that their feelings aren't hurt.

In the event that the team as a whole is going through a difficult period, she keeps her disdain under tight rein in order to not make the situation worse. She certainly didn't join in with the much deserved post match booing that we experienced last season.

In these circumstances, she feels Smith isn't cutting it in comparison with the rest of the team and lets him know.


If Smithy improves in her mind, she will get right behind him.

Example- Early this season, her opinion of De Vita was that he was lightweight and not up to it. He is currently her favourite player.

As for giving someone stick for showing fuck all effort- who decides what the evidence of effort is? You may think someone is showing the requisite fuck all in the effort stakes and give the player the much deserved (in your view at that time) stick. Another fan (SWMBO perhaps) may have a completely different view of that players effort/ contribution and come to the conclusion that your stick is totally undeserved.

Example- Phil Smith gets loads of shit on a frequent basis. He got a right earful off some fans away at Shrewsbury for their equaliser when he parried Ainsworth's shot and Gornell headed in the rebound. Now, from where we sat, that shot was a fucking belter and was moving all over the place. To keep it out was a result. That Gornell got to it wasn't Smiths fault. Smith looked devastated at the goal and the reaction of some of the fans. SWMBO expressed her opinion that Smith was not deserving of the stick. It was however just that- her opion but she stuck up for him.

In conclusion, she gives praise where she thinks it due, defends where she thinks it is needed and advises those she thinks need it that they need to pull their finger out.

Tell me you don't- ever?

Your mrs is a cunt.

I quite like Smith, and want him to be good. He seems to be improving with every game he plays as he adjusts to life in League 2.

Agree with this. Over the last couple of matches I'm liking him and De Vita more and more.

He's adjusting to the pace, I think technically he's a good midfielder, maybe could do with reigning in the tackling a touch but he's thinking quicker and moving the ball quicker than he has been. Him and Ferry are forming a good partenership imo.

What fucking good does that do?? In what way does that benefit jonathan smith or the team as a whole??

Like most of us, I've travelled 300+ miles to watch Swindon but I've never bought into the notion of "I've come all this way and I'll shout what I want". Perhaps I'm just being soft.

Some players can be knobheads (Hasney Aljofree) and some can be frustrating (too many to mention) but Jonathan Smith? He's a hard working player who is only months into his first job in the Football League.

Risser taking shit at the Cheltnumb game...out of order!

De Vita has been our most consistent player the last six matches,nothing special but putting in a performance and obliging with the odd goal and assist.

You going tomorrow leefer, get you a beer for those programmes

No tans....still in stitches so will be leaving it,but will be going Tuesday and Saturday....dont worry about it bud and thanks anyway.

Hope you still won't be limping on the 29th

Next week Dave,want me to get your ticket?

If your getting your's and Boo's in advance, yes please

Just yours?

Parkin is coming with me possibly can I let you know on that one?

No probs..get them towards the weekend.

I am sure the feeling is mutual.