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The opponent: AFC Bournemouth

There is something I don’t like about 3 sided grounds, can’t quite put my finger on it. January is well and truly in full swing with matt Ritchie off to Wolves/Charlton/Today’s Opposition etc.  An offer not deemed worthwhile by our board came in for Aden Flint from Bradford, in all honesty I’m glad he is still a Town player and I ask, would we find anything better than Aden Flint with zero money? I am not so sure. Another highlight of the week has to be the ex-STFC brigade dumping Oxford out of the JPT, well done Messrs Benyon, Timlin, Corr, Sturrock, and anyone I haven’t mentioned. I liked Luggy, despite his own personal problems he gives nothing but 100% in to everything he does, and I wish him and his Swindon Town reserves well this season.

I have had a few trips down to Bournemouth over the years, one that stands out for me was a few years back when Barry Corr scored an absolute corker, I’m sure we had the blue and white shirts on that day. One thing I would say to anyone driving down to Bournemouth who has not been before, parking can be a nightmare, especially when you are leaving. Try street parking just down the road from the ground and you will get away considerably quicker.

Bournemouth is the largest town in the county of Dorset, with some 175’000 residents. Perhaps a town best known for rest homes, lawn bowls and beige slacks, back in 2008, Bournemouth was officially the happiest place in the UK, according to a survey. The poll of 16,000 people discovered 82% of Bournemouth residents said they were happy. The least happy place was Walsall in the Midlands, with only 49%. Bournemouth's mayor put the town's success down to its "abundant shops and buzzing nightlife."  Boscombe FC were formed around 1890, although there is no evidence to prove this, it is generally accepted as 1890. To make the club more representative of the district, the name was changed to Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Football Club in 1923. During the same year the club was elected to the Football League. The first league match was in Swindon on 25 August 1923, Bournemouth lost 3–1. The first league game at Dean Court was also against Swindon, Bournemouth gained their first league point with a goalless draw.

Bournemouth has a few famous sons and daughters, such as the writer of Jerusalem, Hubert Parry, all round entertainer, Max Bygraves and TV personality, Amanda Holden. It is said J.R.R. Tolkien used to holiday in Bournemouth every year for 30 years, staying in the same hotel room, and eventually retired to the area.

What are they saying about us? –

Jimmy Quinn
“In my opinion, the only thing that will hold back Swindon is Di Canio. With him, it is not so much about the players, it is all about him. You don’t really know how to take him and if a bigger club were to come in, I think he would jump ship. He is very much his own man and very much of his own mind. He is a showman and it is all about shock treatment with him. That’s not most peoples’ style but it seems to be his. Eddie and Jason seem to want to be there as long as they can and have got a helluva team. Out of the two of them, I would back Bournemouth all day long. (11/01/13 Bournemouth Echo) The same Eddie Howe that jumped ship to Burnley?  Cheers Jimmy.

“Yep, if we win 9-0, we'll go above them in the table”.

http://www.bournemouth.vitalfootball.co.uk/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=55265&posts=16


Bournemouth Last 6 –  WWWWWD  (Bournemouth are currently 7th on 42 points)

The Threat – Is Grabban in or out? I have no idea. They have a few strikers down at Bournemouth, including Brett Pitman, Matt Tubbs and Lee Barnard. Grabban currently leads the goalscoring for Bournemouth with 10 goals.

A Warm Welcome Too – Eddie Howe. I’m sure I remember him being introduced to us on the pitch at The County Ground and his glittering career spanned all of 0 games.

The irrelevant stats – Bournemouth are on fire, unbeaten in 16 games, spanning back to October 2nd when they suffered an away defeat to Crawley. The Cherries have scored 25 goals at home this season and have conceded 11. If their form had not been so abysmal earlier in the season there is a good chance they could well have been a couple of points clear at the top by now.

Head to Head – We have met 101 times down the years, we have won 36 games, drawn 26 games and lost on 39 occasions.

The Odds –  Bournemouth 6/4   Draw 12/5 Town 2/1 (Bet 365).  Think its the first time in a while where we haven’t started as favourites.  For the optimists among us, 2-0 Swindon is a decent 14/1 at Sporting bet and a scoreline we have shared with Bournemouth on several occasions in recent times is 2-2, which is also 14/1 with most outlets. Bet 365 are offering 7/1 on Andy Williams to score the 1st goal which may well be worth a shout of his second half of season improved form is to be believed!

The Son Says – After nearly predicting last week’s slaughtering of the Jocks, he has made his decision for today’s result based on the score of his game of football at playtime at school today. His team won 4-0, so that is his prediction. 0-4 if you like.  A truly scientific method, and 100/1

The Prediction – All good things must come to an end, including Bournemouth’s rich vein of form. I am plumping for a 3-1 victory for us, with goals from Andy Williams, and a quick fire double from Chris Martin to open his account and begin a long and fruitful relationship with the Town faithful. Bournemouth are going to feel the full force of our Red and White tidal wave, I can feel it in my waters.

And Finally –  In Bournemouth on 12th July 1910, Rolls Royce co-founder Charles Rolls became the first British man to be killed in an aircraft crash. He was a true aviation pioneer, having crossed the channel by balloon in 1906, and made the first two-way crossing of those same waters in an airplane only a month before his fatal crash . Rolls made more than 200 flights in his Wright Flyer, made under license by Short Bros.

COYR COYR COYR

That Barry Corr goal was fucking mint.

" on: Today at 23:57:54 »"

Rosso, what have you done. Whhhhhhhhhhhhyyyy, whhhhhhhy.


We will thrash them, 2-1.

Blame the kitten  :cry:

Yes, we were in the perfect position to see it where they herd us away in the corner.

Weird reading a matchday thread on a friday night.  Only 7pm here in Atlanta.  Will be listening at 10am tomorrow.

was Howe injured when he was here or just surplus to requirements?

Injured apparently, which led to him retiring at the age of 29.

Fantastic write up Shaw, mucho respect, done with a flourish :clap:

3-1 Town, with some unsavoury pre-match bovver boys raiding local shops ;)

tsk tsk.

Your not a fan?

Appreciate your time and effort Rosso. This game has a draw written all over it but hope I'm wrong and we stuff um. That's it for me got to be up early for a day at the sea-side   ;)

Blake wrote the poem Jerusalem, Parry took it and set it to music.

I reckon whoever wins this will be favourite to win the league. I can see both teams featuring as the top two by the end of the season.

I meant Parry scribbled it down on a piece of A4 Basildon Bond  ;)

I like Yohan Blake though

damn good poet and bloody impressive athlete too

Link anywhere? Would love to see that again.

Is this game a sell out?

I think a point would be great down there, however because of what happened on my last visit I'm going to say 3-2 to the Town, with Danny Hollands getting the winner for us!

Last update from them today was a few hundred left in the home ends I believe!

I think that this is a brave prediction. 

It's pissing down

We've slipped in recent weeks - 5-0 down to 4-0 - so I'm expecting the trend to continue

0-3

It really isn't good enough Town. Pull your fucking socks up!

Bournemouth flying at the moment but we're not to shabby either and all good things come to an end,muffs unbeaten record that is,2-1 to Town Collins with both goals

Saved! It was 3:57:54 here which obviously means Town will score early, picking the Cherries off at will. 0-3 to Town!

A reminder I'm still after a ticket for the away end if anyone has woken up today and can't make it for any reason.

PM me.

Big shout out to Leefer for his efforts so far.

We filled out the corner of the main stand for that game, forcing Bournemouth to open the stand behind the goal. Was stood right behind it as Barry's pearler screamed into the top corner.

I'm quite excited.

Would be very happy with a point, a win and we are looking really quite good...

Good news everybody. Mrs. Flashheart is making a stew.

My 3 year old has predicted 3-0 to us, which would be great.  A point would keep me happy though.  That said, Paolo has a track record of having us raise our game and getting wins against other promotion contenders (which Jimmy Quinn completely overlooked yesterday in his incisive 'er, yeah, right, Eddie's a lovely bloke, so they'll win' interview).

Last season we pulled ahead with doubles against most of the other top sides.  There's something in that, I think.  Hardly a guarantee of a win, especially against an accomplished side like Bournemouth, but the signs are promising.

Jimmy Quinn can suck my fucking cock. I don't care if he was a good player for us, all I know his as is some old twat who played for us a bit when we were really in the shit and then did a shit job as manager here and at Bournemouth. Talk about Paolo to remain relevant you old shit bag.

I think it'll be a 2-2 draw today, the game swinging in both teams favour. Us taking an early lead only to peg them back after some substitutional magic from PDC.

You have just given me an eureka moment.

1-3 to the Town.

It's in here, at about 1:10:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njIxeOOINXk

Despite the cock up in the timing of the official match day thread I still have a good feeling about this. 2-1 Swindon COYR

P.S. good work with the thread starting Rosso. Makes a good read.

0-2 ritchie with both  in front of 8,099 , 1200 from swindon and however many  get in the home end . i was right last week      (apart from goalscorers , and crowd )

Bit of a wibbly wobbly feeling about today, but I'm going to go for a 2-1 victory for the Town, Martin and Collins in the first 45, and then some south coast cunt in the 92nd minute, leading to a nailbiting finale.

I hope it'll be an interesting match for those going, but I fear it might be a bit of a stalemate and lead to some boring football.

Also fuck you Jimmy Quinn, you're not welcome back.

This is a great omen. All hail Mrs Flashheart.

Do you insist she makes one every matchday? Because you should.

My kitten decided to jump on the laptop last night, and managed to post the thread for me. If it happens again the deaf schizophrenic midget will be offered to Mrs Flashheart for the next victory stew.

For the first time in weeks, I am nervous. 2-2. Hope I am wrong.

I'm thinking we should save the 'big guns' for the bigger matches.

What's in the stew?  Is it a Thai stew, with lemongrass and chili and coconut and stuff, or a wholesome hotpot-type ex-pat-feeling-homesick type stew?  Either way, I'm feeling hungry.

Not a Thai stew, very much the Western variety. Potato, carrot, onion, peppers, beef and mushroom. It smells fantastic.

Fuck them and their form. No reason why we cant win this.

Let's not kid ourselves, they're a good team in the midst of a cracking run since Howe came back and a draw would be a good result.

Having said that if we can play like we did against Tranmere in the first half we will turn them over, as we would any other team in this division.

Personally think it will be 1-1.

This one comment on their forum really stuck out for me.

"Don't think this will be as tough as Brentford. Brentford turned up wanting to stop us playing, they pressed and made it hard for us. We did the same and it was something of a stalemate, yet we still should have won.

Swindon will be a lot more offensive I'd have thought. Any team that has tried to come onto us and attack has been ripped apart, it's the way we've been under Eddie in both spells. Peterborough for example, we ripped them apart 5-1 and no one expected that, not even us.

With a big crowd behind the boys, I'm confident. I'd back us to succeed if Swindon come out there all guns blazing. A point for them is better than a point would be for us at this stage, a win is crucial to continue the momentum and a few goals to stop the momentarily lapse would be ideal.

Looking forward to it."

I think we could all say the same about us this season.

Could be cracker today.

Just looked at my 3 tickets and they've all got the same seat number, which must mean that it's gonna be a free for all. Much better imo, those that want to stand can go up the back and not have to worry about upsetting the people with kids who want to sit. Really looking forward to this game!

i really would like to win this one, arrogant cunts. For the last few transfer windows they seem to think that Matt Ritchie is their's, then when we refuse to sell for the paltry pittence they offer us its a case of "well, we never wanted him anyway".

Tear them a fucking new one Town, wipe the floor with them, pick out every bit of flesh from their bones and shove it right up the cranky commie owners wifes minge, sideways. When the final whistle blows Paolo shall raise the red and white scarf aloft, and the reminence of Bournemouth fans can stand and watch the emergence of the champions elect.

Down in Bournemouth...and it is pissing down.

A point will do but i am looking forward to a nice big win

We always win when it rains*




*This is something I made up

"Swindon only sold their allocation because it's their cup final"

sure thing sparky :girlgiggle:

By all accounts, we've sold a fair few of the home allocation as well.   ;D

I heard this too, at least a hundred in the home end.

I know of a handful going in their end due to the poor allocation that we had, not for trouble, just to watch the game  :)

That forum made for a good laugh.

Brightened up an otherwise dreary morning, off to Tesco for supplies  :pint:

We might attack but I think comparing us to a team that plays with no one at the back (Peterborough) is a bit silly. I think they've overlooked the goals against column and have focused solely on our ability to score.

Had a butchers at their forum; they're quite an arrogant bunch. I hope we play well and the opposition, as has become the norm in the eyes of their supporters, fail to turn up/have an off day/play the worst they've ever seen.

This does seem to be a recurring theme. Must be coincidence, of course.

In recent years, we've always had a few in their end for the simple reason that demand exceeded supply in the away section.  My last trip to Bournemouth was like this for precisely that reason.  Bit of a bind not being able to celebrate our goals properly, but better than not being there at all.

Based on their form they have every right to be arrogant right now.  Quite rightly based on our recent form we are a bit arrogant right now.

2 good teams, has draw written all over it for me. 2-2

My Hereford-supporting mate came with me into the Town End for the match that ended 3-3 last season.

I thought I'd have to tie him to the fucking floor when the third Hereford goal went in. I have never seen someone disregard their own personal safety to celebrate a goal quite so much.

My worst (best?) away end game was the 4-3 win at Twerton Park in 1992.  We went 4-1 up at one point...and the locals around me (and my Rovers supporting mate) were practically in tears.  And then they got 2 late goals.  Very nervy final few minutes.  It was just after the back pass rule had been introduced, and I'm sure one of their goals was following a free kick after  Fraser had handled a back pass in his area.

A great open game. Will be very tough but can see us sneaking it. Also hope Martin starts and scores.

Yeah it was. Paul Hardyman booted the ball into the net from the freekick about 3 yards out

Bournemouth would be nothing without that russian fella.

I used to like the days when they used to nearly go bust every week

Twerton Park was a fucking horrible little ground.

So you'd drop the in-form Collins or Williams for someone who's yet to score? I'd hope Paolo doesn't drop either if them for Martin.

2-1 defeat ritchie for us

From what I've seen with Martin he's the best support striker we have, in a game like this where we won't make as many chances as we usually do at home, I think it would be useful to start him.

I feel this too but you can never take into account the Paolo factor.

Pompey v Notts County called off at 1pm. County fans wont be happy, thats a pisstake

Waterlogged pitch isn't it?

Must be a possibility of ours being in doubt due to the heavy rain in the south.

I'm 7 miles east of Pompey and it hasn't stopped raining all day. I have doubts about the town game going ahead.

There's always that. I do have a feeling Ferry won't be starting though, although saying that he was taken off to save him in the last game wasn't he?

In which case he's bound to start, along with Hollands, who's also bound to score against his former club. Cue Paolo to start with Navarro and Miller in the middle!

I was at that one, but I thought we lost 4-3. Expect I'm wrong, as I'd taken an overnight ferry from Ireland and driven from Fishguard.

Only 200 tickets left for this in the home end apparently, so should be a crowd of around 9,144 then I recons allowing for noshows and segregation.

1 change of Miller for Ferry.

 Foderingham; Thompson N, Devera, Ward, McCormack; Ritchie, Miller, Hollands, Roberts; Collins, Williams

Subs: Bedwell, Flint, Navarro, Ferry, De Vita, Rooney A, Martin

No Ferry  :doh:

No surprise.

Albeit disappointing.

Agreed, no surprise. Not sure what he has to do to keep his place. Not been impressed with the Miller/Hollands partnership though!

No doubt we'll win 5-0 now!

But only after it ends 0-0 in the first half and Ferry comes off the bench in the 2nd ;)

ex-Slave Trader OAP David James seems to be in goal for them..

That is good news :)

I see Grabban is playing despite being touted that he is injured so may well not finish the game today.

Is this a "must win" game?

Nope, but we don't want to put the brakes on the momentum we build in the last 4 games.

Or were you joking, if so you need to add "6 pointer" and "top of the table clash in the race for automatic promotion"

Poor attempt at humour Batch!

why no Ferry?

I think we're looking to press and disrupt them, seeing as we're away from home and then Ferry can come on and inject his energy once they're a little more tired.

He only starts at home!

Not a bad idea at all imo.

Possibly, but as Batch said, the Miller and Hollands partnership hasn't worked so far.  Imo, they're too similar.  I would have started Ferry petsonally, he's been pretty fundamental in the last few games.

Miss by Rich Tea...good save from Calamity James.

For those in the west of England, commentary on BBC Solent, 103.8FM seems to reach a fair way west.

Also on 999 medium wave.

They've played like what? 2 games together. Not even enough time to form a partnership. Although I do agree about them being similar.

Hollands and Ferry definitely works, and I've not been impressed with Miller (or Navarro), but there is obviously some tactical justification, and I'd wager PdC has done more research than me!

Brentford 1 up against Oldham already.

Take your point.  It just feels as if Ferry and Hollands are quite different players, which works well and gives better options from midfield.

PAOLO DI CANIO! PAOLO DI CANIO!

Good to hear the Town fans in good voice.

Morning all! Nowt going on so far?

True true, I'd always start Ferry too, don't get me wrong. I can imagine he'll make an early 2nd half appearance.

A bit of activity in the first 8-10 minutes, not much since.

Bradford 1 Pox 0...

We sound a bit under the cosh at the moment.

Shitty 0 Leicester 2...

Scum and Slave Traders losing.    ;D

Scum drawing now 1-1.

Damn it.

1-0 to Bournemouth

Boooo

Oh dear. :-(

Bollocks

Bollocks.

Arse.

´Too much titting around in the box. FFS

arse

Cock

It had to happen sooner or later.. Now time to see how we react!! Let's GOO

Shit.  Knew it would be tough today.  Uphill battle now (obviously).  Sounds as if Ward should have done a bit better initially.

Don't panic . . . . Get Ferry on for fucks sake!

No one in their right mind thought this was going to be easy!

Come on Town!

Am I right in thinking Harry Arter is Scott Parkers Brother in Law?

Roberts seems frightened to shoot.  Wish he'd just let fly.

discussion on commentary about whether the pitch will hold up...abandonment possible

I reckon this will get abandoned if it carrys on raining

Call it off!

Wtf a game with this much rain doesn't make sense.. But what happens if they call it off?? Begin again another time from this minute?

His confidence is very low, so he's trying to make sure he does everything right

Full replay i thought

Nope, we'd start again another day from the beginning at 0-0.

No, replay the game. Think it's a bit early to worry about that though.

Call it off on 89 mins if we are not winning by then . . .    :nod:

That would be nice ehhehe..

It will only get called off if we manage to get in front ;)

Collins misses a sitter

Think it would be better to just win 1-2 rather than have the game called off!

FFS Collins!!!!!

Oh dear Collins.

Might not be a bad thing.  We don't sound as solid at the back today, which could be purely down to the conditions.

FFS.  Awful miss by Collins by the sound of it.

Collins is shit.

I know.  It's a real shame he didn't get a goal last Saturday.

Not only did Collins miss a sitter, it was a cracking cross from Roberts (radio) to get an assist like that could only encourage confidence

"Ex Villa and Tottenham keeper David James" Erm, no.

Sounds if we need to step up a little bit.

Ferry for Miller surely at half time?

City 0-3 Chris Wood (Leicester)

I think I am behind on the commentary.....if we don't sack Paul Hart we will get relegated.

HT

Sam Morshead ‏@SamMorshead_SA

Match assessor asked to go to referee's room at half-time. Pitch is deteriorating rapidly. Abandonment in the making? #stfcadver

No need to panic, made chances just need to sharpen up a bit, take a draw now.

It's finally time to fight thru adverisity. This team thrives when is winning, next team is to come back from a difficult result. Time to show some maturity! Let' s GOOO!!

Dont reckon there will be a second half ;)

How bad is it down there?

I'm all for calling it off now hearing u  :clap: that would be sweet  :girlgiggle:

Humph.

Match been put back 5 minutes according to me mate

won't that just make the pitch worse?

Just seen the pic on twitter from Chris Tanner. Pitch isn't looking too good, here's hoping!

http://t.co/LUryuAAy

Fantastic! That will give STFCPlayer time to catch up, or maybe even get in advance!

they're kicking off for the second half, doesn't sound as if they're hopeful to finish though

Game on!

Possibly not for the distance though from some of the txts I have had from people at the game!

if you're having a delay on STFCPlayer, click on the link that says "Prefer the old Player commentary? Listen here":

[url width=900 height=448]http://i.imgur.com/b8DRY.jpg[/url]

Can someone clarify what are the rules in league 1 of calling off a game?? would it be replay from 0-0 no matter when they suspend it?

 am I right in thinking the result stands if it gets past 80 mins?

YES


NO

so which is it?

BOTH ;)

okay, so the game will be replayed from 80 minutes with the next goal wins rule.

We'll replay the full game starting at 0-0.

Yep, and if there are no goals then the team with the most corners will get the points

I vote for immediate abandonment.

Thanks for the tip Sonic about old player :)

And no the result will only stand if we are within sight of 90 minutes, it will be replayed at any time up to 89 mins.

why don't they just wait for the rain to stop?

Shitty 4 down now, I feel a sacking coming on!

Because we have a game next Saturday :)

co-commentator thinks the referee will halt the game when the ball stops in the air.

if that happens, i think football will be the least of our concerns

I think he said when the ball stops on the surface?

Martin on for Collins.  Collins goal run is over then.  Shame.

I thought he said air too , also earlier he said "takes him slowly from behind "

Home team is up by one.. time is going.. I'm afraid they not gonna stop at this point. At least we will have the excuse of the pitch  :cry:

Half an hour to go yet. Don't be such a drama queen.

I'm italian, it's in my veins  :badmood: :badmood:

Are bournemouth playing on a different pitch then?

Sounds like the players were hoping it would be abandoned, they don't seem to have come out for the second half yet.

Well, usually if u r the better team, that plays more with a passing game u have a disadvantage on a bad pitch  ;D

Jon Walters on for a hat-trick against Chelsea.

.....appears from the commentary we do not have the stomach for this

fixed

He didn't.

Indeed.

Can you fix our match now?  It seems broken.

Goal for Barnsely, puts City rock bottom.

Sheffield Utd and Doncaster both losing.

Fuck it

Bury have scored vs MK too, chance missed today

Another great chance...

RITCHIE!!!NO!!!!!

(So far)

Game's not over yet.

Yeovil 2-0 up at Sheff Utd

What's happening?

we playing well?? missing chances?   :cry:

Is it still raining there?

FFS! Not going to happen is it.

FFS take our chances

It's not going to be our day I fear  :(

Can't understand why Ferry hasn't come on.  I don't think Miller or Hollands have been mentioned second half?

FFS Martin.  Never going to score.

That's three great chances & we have missed them all.

Doesn't look like we are going to score today

Martin heads straight at the keeper. We're creating the odd chance here and there.

Then they go close at the other end.

Definitely not our day

Ritchie and Martin both miss sitters Alessandro

Fuck off bournemouth

Oh well, suppose reality had to come calling at some point  ::)

1374 Town fans. Probably a few more really.

Sods law after scoring so many recently.  Still creating chances though, would rather Collins was still on tbh.

Ferry coming on.

beginning to be apparent to me that our best starting 11 contains De Vita and Ferry

Keep the faith . . .

Both on now.

Come on Town, lets stick one in.

Ferry on for Miller

Shit happens  :doh: At least we r creating some chances, which is really important.. This opponent is really in top top shape.. It's important to keep doing good performances. Points will come in the long run, and the league is very long..

Still I'm hoping for a brilliant finish. This team gives it all till the last second  :beers:

Why didn't Ferry start dammit. COME ON TOWN. FINGERS OUT.

Could still nick one, given that both sides creating chances.  But sounds as if we might get beaten by a better side.  Hasn't happened often this season, thankfully.  Fingers crossed for a lucky finish.

I fancy a last gasp equaliser

To be fair, De Vita was poor against Portsmouth and Roberts was good when he replaced him and last week against Carlisle.

Miller has been pretty rubbish since returning from injury, can't understand why he started in front of Ferry.

COME ON TOWN

Ferry wasn't too good last game, looked a bit jaded.

Reality can fuck right off.

Poor finishing has cost us again today, but the conditions haven't helped the game.

De Vita was ill against Portsmouth.

And De Vita got subbed at H/T against Pompey mostly due to illness, I believe.

Ah I remember that being mentioned after the game now.

GET INNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

Get the fuck in!

that do?

Yessssssss! Cheers James!

Get in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Goaaaaaaaaal you beauty

Nice one Calamity.

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssssssssss

Calamity James strikes again!

Most pleasing. Still time for another?

Let's not jinx it eh?!

GTFI...

B e a utiful.

FUCKIN GET IN THERE!!!!!!!!!

Didn't think that was coming at all !!!!

Now lets win this bloody thing!!!

Get the fuck in!!!!!

ANDIAMO CAZZZOOOOO..

FORZA SWINDON!

AND NOW LET'S WIN IT!!  :(

[url width=448 height=189]http://i.imgur.com/OqbpI.gif[/url]

yesss

You little beauty. Momentum, Come on Town, 3 points please!

Told ya

"85 - Andy Williams capitalises on a dreadful goal kick from David James. COYR!!! #STFC"


Lovely.

Happy Days!!!!

Thank you Calamity

Like I said, fuck off Bournemouth  :D

Can't listen to this.....

 COME ON YOU REDSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS :clap:

brilliant

Well blow me down. Been out all day and at the very split second I put Player on we equalize.

Well played Calamity James by the sound of it :clap:

We're playing in blue today....

Thank you James!

Town fans in great voice  :clap: :clap: :clap:

What happened? I missed it as I went to remove a chicken from the oven.

♫ ♪ are you watching Jimmy Quinn ♪ ♫   :smugfu:  :dance: COYR

cmon lads , last minute goal pleassssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Cock up by Calamity James...Nuff said !!

David James happened.

All I can hear is the town fans singing "There's only one David James" :D

Well I assume it's us..

COME ON TOWN, Get another one

Come on Swindon!

3 mins added time

DAVID JAMES, USELESS GIT, DAVID JAMES, USELESS GIT!

Get the fuck in Town!!!! Let's win this and stick one up Jimmy Quinn.

Corrected for you

3 minutes to hold on or grab a winner.  I feel slightly sick.

Has James just been given motm?

This would b a great point ....

Come on Town!

Town Free Kick, 10 yards o/s the box.


Come on Town

Let Martin take it!

Donny have taken the lead. Bit of a shame.

Wide, corner, full time. Good point.

They're cunts for that

Well, all in all that was a great point

Thank Fuck for that, Happy with that would have taken a draw at the start

Ah well, happy with that.

Well done the lads and those that made the trip ... and David James.

Great draw really against a team now 18 unbeaten.

Bring on the Shrews.

Good result, crap conditions doesn't suit our game or theirs so not too surprising.

Good point, thought we'd score when he said it was deflected, I was ready to scream the house down.

Take that.

Good point that

Very happy with a draw, well done for the come back lads.

The co-commentator for Bournemouth said we're the best team they've come across.

Christ! I thought Martin had scored from the free kick at the end.

Good point there.

Stfc player still has the free kick to take

Take that you negative nancies

That point keeps us 3 points and a lot of goals ahead of Bournemouth too. Massive.

Nice one

Great point!

Bournemouth commentator just said we're the best team they've played up until now.

Would have taken the point before the game.. we can't always win.. stealing 1 point in the end, in these conditions is great. Doncaster and Tranmere are flying high at the moment, but there are so many games to play..  Just need to be consistent, keep making points and will be fine

Still a chance!

Never forget it only takes a minute to be back for good.

Martin0 sounds like an italian to me ...good point though . Not many teams will get owt from here

They seem to grab a winner late on quite regularly.

Very very good point.  Would have taken it before the game and even more so at 85 mins.

Ferry and De vita make the difference

Got to be happy with that, especially with those conditions and the very late equalizer.

Twas the co-commentator.  The commentator knows we are the best team they've played, coz he's a Town fan!

Not often that a point feels like three...but it does today.  Bournemouth will be smarting from that, no mistake.  Have an image in my head now of PDC doing a victory dance in front of Jimmy Q and making the 'L' sign.

Jimmy who?    Never heard of him!

Actually, make that a draw dance.  Such a thing does exist, so I am told.

I'm not going to disrespect Jimmy Quinn. He was a 'legend' as a player and did his best as our manager in very difficult times.

The voices inside your head do not speak the truth.  A draw dance indeed!

The boss is happy

Quinns tactics were, go a goal up then stop attacking & shove everyone behind the ball straight away. Pure shite

Soon to be (officially) the best in the West once more?

Very happy Paolo today. Great praise for the support. Sounds like another signing in the next few days perhaps.

It's a completely different sort of confidence they can take from today than the past few weeks - we hung in there by the sounds of it, and got something out of a game that we could quite easily have missed out entirely.

I'll be enjoying my few ales this evening.

PDC:
- Fantastic point
- Bournemouth one of the best sides in league at the moment
- Proud at the way we came back at them
- Need to carry on and keep going
- Didn't give up
- Don't think pitch suited us and PDC was a bit worried about how we would be able to perform
- Disappointed that we had a couple of chances and thought we had wasted the opportunity to get something from the game
- Two situations in the box in first half that we should have scored. Need to be more clinical
- We played too 'tippy tappy' (A phrase he hasn't used for a couple of weeks!)
- 1-1 at Bournemouth is a fantastic result
- This is a good group with quality and determination
- Williams goal: Difficult to take as he had lots of time to muck it up
- Highlighted Chris Martins endeavour to force James into a mistake
- Half time referee talked to assistant manager to say that he was thinking of abandoning. wanted to wait 5 mins. Ball didn't bounce properly in some places, but this is England, and PDC has played on much worst pitches
- Travelling 1400 supporters were very enthusiastic. Thanked them for amazing support
- Hope that we can go to next game with adrenaline and maintain position
- 1-1 is fair in some ways. If this was a boxing match we would have won on points
- On the squad: Shame if we lose some players. PDC is really positive that something can happen in the next few days.
- Now there is a group and a team of quality. We have to hope that we can extend Martin and Hollands to the end of the season as they help bring out the best in the rest of the team.
- PDC knows he won't get help from the board (Not a criticism, just a fact that there is no more money) but we are working on a way to keep H & M.
- PDC reiterated he wants to do this. It would be a 'shame' to lose these two players as the club has worked hard to get where it is and in the grand scheme of things, it wouldn't take much to keep them.

In some ways, this was a better result than the three thumpings we dished out. I'm a happy man tonight!

Brentford are the form team at the moment. Tranmere have won the last 4 since we dicked them.

Shrewsbury won't be easy, but we have a chance to make ground on one of those two. They meet next weekend.

Next game is a must win.. after that is 4 in a row away.. Unless we can put 4 Doncasters it's not gonna be easy

Williams:
- Very critical of the pitch which was heavy, difficult to play on and didn't result in a good game
- Good point
- Talked about 1/2 time and potential for abandonment
- Thought we had time to score a winner
- Anyone can beat anyone in this league
- Need to make sure we don't slip up in next match
- James Collins miss: Disappointed. Not sure what happened. Could blame the pitch

Fodderingham
- Would have taken a point before game
-  We had a few chances then a defensive mistake
- Could have cleared it earlier. Could have punched it.
- Have been a spectator in several games. Pleased to have been able to make a couple of saves
- Grinding out result says much about team. Wouldn't have done that earlier in the year
- Great to shake hands with James at the end of the game, who was an idol when growing up

Eeek, that fact somehow escaped me. Not easy indeed.

That said, our away form isn't bad.

Standings say we r similar away and at home, and we were a better away team before the recents amazing results.. Anyway today in an away game against a very very good side we managed to fight back in difficult conditions. I'm optimist we can do well.. Paolo also has turned 180 degres.. from pessimist beyond reasoning to perennial happy, always praising the team maturity.. Who knows if he is playing mind games or he just sees a different team now

I honestly thought our hammering would be the start of a dip for Tranmere.  Have they honestly got a good enough squad to still be up there at the end of the season?

It's a shame we dropped points at home to Brentford and Doncaster.

I think it's way too early to think about missed chances. They r like 20 games ahead. We can really think about ourselves. If we keep being consistent I think we have a chance to do great things  :clap:

Spot on.  It's all in our own hands.  Must admit though, I had recently started entertaining prospect of the play offs.  If we don't manage a top two finish, can you imagine anyone better to lead us in to the madness of the play offs than PDC?

Fuck the playoffs

We're going up automatically.

OK then.

Yes

I couldn't deal with another trip to Wembley after the last two times.

Drying out at Daves house...very strange match indeed with both teams having some decent chances..Foderingham made two brilliant saves before we scrapped like hell for a deserved point....should have nicked it in the end,,,Caddis is missed no more Thompson is as good as i have seen in this division,
I am just off to warm me nuts up,,,,great turn out by Town fans,
Celebrated wildly with Flash when the goal went in.....feel privelidged to be a town fan when Di Canio  put that big red scarf up in the air.

UP THE tOWN,

This

Anyone notice any pockets of Town fans celebrating in the home end?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3-eavMSBnk

Seconded

Right now we r in a good position to be in the playoffs, but looks like we just clicked recently, with incredible results and performances. We were very inconsistent thru the whole season, but now we look really solid.. Also Di Canio, as I said earlier is changing dramatically his view on the team(or at least he is changing the way he is speaking about the team).

I personally believe it is possibile to go up automatically, because momentum is good, defense solid, moral is up..   but overall playoffs wouldn't be bad considering Swindon comes from League 2.. but if it's playoffs it's all about the journey u take to get there.. I'm a fatalist.. it's all about the mentality u go into the playoffs.


If we don't even get to the playoffs it would be a great disappointment.. When u see a team trashing opponents in a great fashion game after game your expectations are high!

indeed

Me neither. Hate the cunting place.

yep!! Three of us cheered much to the bemused Bournemouth suprise!!. Shame about the rain, would of been a classic?!

Good work, did you get much stick? Notice any other pockets of fans celebrating?

There was pockets everywhere. it was more evident at halftime in the drinks area. were not greeted with open arms but they were ok.

You can always tell we've come away from a positive result when this thread is quiet. If we'd of lost today and Di Canio had a rant about the players and/or we'd be on our 52nd page.

harry arter has told the press our players were putting pressure on the ref to call the game off.

This is the same bloke who am informed was telling the ballboys not to give the ball back to us to waste time.

Pot kettle black you bitter cunt.

He's just sore we never offered him a contract.

Just saw the goals on SSN.  Bloody hell the pitch looked awful.  Williams was a fair way out and there were a number of players in between.  He did very well to score.

Bitter we turned him down after his trial.

Agree

Wonder how may Bournemouth players/staff at H/T were wanting the ref to NOT call the match of, despite the state of the pitch?

My guess is all of them.

Did anyone meet dossy?

Read the pages before we scored...Ref Ferry. Everyone on here knows best.

Without Ferry: 1-0 Bournemouth
With Ferry: 1-0 Town

TEF knows best. Always.

Must say I am also in the why did Ferry not start camp.

Still a great point though so maybe the gaffer got it right.

I know everyone wanted Ferry to start today, but I thought Di Canio made the correct decision stating with Miller due to the heavy waterlogged pitch situation. Having played football on many shitty pitches, usually it's the bigger/tall players that benefit with the conditions. Yes, Ferry did well when came on, but we did create clear chances with Miller also.

Ferry is our best player. FACT!

I rate him, but hes really not.

Anyway, happy with a point today

...because there would be more to talk about.  No?

Unfortunately not and believe me I had a really good look

On another note

Great point in difficult circumstances, ref was a bit of a clown so was the linesman. Everyone has gone home happy I think

Just back and enjoyed the day, we were lucky enough to park in a side street near the ground so only got a bit wet walking back to the car. A mate of ours who had ordered tickets by phone for the Bournemouth stand was refused them when he went to collect but they gave him a refund so he went and bought his and another from the ticket office and popped up in the stand opposite us. He went unnoticed until we scored, although he wasn't thrown out he got a bit a stick from the home fans. Under the conditions it wasn't a bad game and thought we deserved a draw or possible more. Our players celebrated the goal right in front of us and you could see how much it meant to them. Boscombe is dire but the little bar next to Wetherspoons was a good crack before the game. Spoke to Leefer by phone but he was drinking in up market Christchurch whilst we were slumming it on Boscombe high street so will get to have that pint another time. Felt more like a win scoring late on and special celebrations  :)

He really is.

Haven't read through yet.

Slightly frustrating but what an emotional outpouring when that ball hit the back of the net!!!!

Thought we would rue those chances.....

Ref was shit....linno on far side even worse....what a pair of cunts.

Pitch was terrible in that home end quarter but you can't moan as if we had been winning we would of wanted the game on.

That was as poor I have seen Ritchie play for us.

Martin off the pace (again) ....no where near that DeVita cut back...made my mind up...not keen on him I'm afraid.

What a fucking save from Fods.....Gordon Banksesque....

Old bill were great.
Stewards good.
Catering? What catering? How the fuck can you run out of pies at 3:20pm in a pre sold match.....it beggars belief. I thought our catering was a joke but FFS.

Pissed wet through but it felt like a win!! Onwards and hopefully upwards!

Good shout LR, and anyone else who was spot on. Liked it after we scored and started singing "We want five "

Ritchie. Goals and assists. If ferry ever learns to shoot, it would be much closer.

If Ritchie was consistent I would agree, but he can go missing in games. Ferry always has a big impact on the game and is scoring goals this season.

Oh yeah and I want spazzo with Leefer at the equaliser....and I'm sure me and Victor Mildew will be on the box tonight....

So Paolo broke the dugout and their twat of a chairman is making a big issue of it. Maybe he should take it onto Jeremy Kyle or judge judy? I thought they were supposed to. Be rich.

ha ha.

What a twat (Mitchell).

It wasn't you with the pork pie hat on was it?

Indeed! Glad of it today...

Conversation piece...."look at that cunt with that stupid hat on!"

victor mildew is the swarthy pikey looking cunt with me...

Think you have that synopsis the wrong way round.

Can't let the last ten minutes cloud our perception, we were lucky to get a point today. Lost count of the number of times great build up play was ruined by a poor final ball. Bournemouth adapted to the conditions better than us and too many players weren't at their best, notably Ritchie and Macca.
Having said that, we kept going and got a bit of luck. Celebrations at the equaliser were mental.

He knows a bit about things that go bust

Great day out, got interviewed by BBC crew outside the ground. Hopefully it will be on the football league show later. I mentioned the Town End forum and our adoration for Paolo. Thanks to the guy Steve from Pewsey who bought me a beer at h/t.

Oh, is that right stfcinBournemouth? I don't take kindly to veiled threats  :smugfu:

Couldn't disagree more. Their goal was against the run of play and they were lucky to get a point. The weather ruined the potential for a great game but in no way did they adapt to conditions better. Apart from a 10 min spell in the second half I felt we controlled possession but the weather just made things difficult. We really do look class and are playing great football. I can't understand why Rafa is on the bench though. And Ferry for that matter. On a normal surface we would have definitely won today. On a negative note, I thought most of the game our fans were very quiet. Still a great point, but feel the weather stopped us getting 3 points.

As for Macca, feel so sorry for him. Such a great talent playing completely out of position! Not his fault.

According to Eddie Howe we are a very direct team.

every game i have seen this season we have tried to play good football, pass and move etc but seeing as i don't go every week was wondering is what he said is correct?

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great result for the town today by the way , very happy with a point

I sort of see what he means in that we try and get it out wide quickly and into the box. And sometimes we play it long (in a controlled way). But I really think that sells a short, because we can play football too - just not too much tappy tappy :)


Please shut up, or at least start a thread in general discussion..

Left straight after game and got back to West Dorset at 8pm - three roads closed due to flooding!

Well that was a satisfying point!

I was sat in the East stand with my Bournemouth mate and (also proud to say) my now Swindon supporting wife. She came back from the bog and told me that some woman was down there saying "Did you see all those cocky Swindon fans coming down here like they're something special, they ain't anything special" - My wife came back and said "that's rich coming from poxy Bournemouth". Good lass, she's starting to understand!!

Anyhow, it was very strange sat in amongst the 'enemy' - When we scored I didn't jump up and down but kept fairly quiet ('cause I'm a pussy!). The missus was grabbing hold of me wanting me to run about screaming like I normally do at home when we score. One thing for sure - I'll do my best to get in the correct end next time as I so wanted to scream and shout and flick my V's at Boremuff.
I didn't see any pockets of Swindon but I was too intent of watching the players celebrating.

That said from where I was sat (near their North stand end) B'muff were creating a good atmosphere. My mate said it was the best attendance this season (their cup final obviously) and that it was noisier than usual.

Had to laugh when James got sponsors MotM!! And what a miss by Collins - looked easier to score than miss!

Anyhow, at the end I overheard various conversations;
"The most work James has had to do in weeks"
"They (STFC) were physically stronger than us but we were technically the better side, on a dry pitch we'd have done 'em"
"They never gave up - so competative" etc etc

So good day out, first game for 10 years - enjoying my beer now and want to get back to going to games again!

(PS PDC is a fucking star - the B'muff fans couldn't get enough of him)

I agree, and I haven't read one comment from a Bournemouth fan who thought they deserved to win.

If Ferry and De Vita had started the game we would have won comfortably. I don't know why PDC insists on playing Miller and Hollands together as we're nowhere near as effective. Agee with others that Ritchie and Macca had off days, although Macca came alive when De Vita came on. Fucking awful miss from Collins. Thankfully James saved the day, and we could have won it with that clearance that nearly looped in and the deflected free kick.

At least we managed to get into the ground dry! Great effort from both teams in terrible conditions. Whilst running back to the car I stepped in a lake up to my knees. It made the drive home uncomfortable.

Don't get anyone saying it was a poor game. I thought it was a remarkably good quality game considering the circumstances with some very good passages of passing/ control/ dribbling/ tackles/ and general endeavour from both sets of players in amongst the inevitable slips and slices.

Reckon they edged it on possession and we edged it on chances and a draw was a fair result in the end. There is a very good write up of the game by a Bournemouth fan on their forum.

http://www.bournemouth.vitalfootball.co.uk/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=55298&posts=19 (http://www.bournemouth.vitalfootball.co.uk/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=55298&posts=19)

Who was it that said Bournemouth and us would make up the top two? I agree with that.

We had more possession than them (51%). Not bad for a direct side.

Thank God for Swindon Town FC. It's days like these you learn to live again. We need to cherish every moment of this roller coaster.

As our Italian contibutor said earlier

Forza Swindon

Good report mate , and nice to hear you're other half is now a fan . Still think we could of won if the weather had been better as it probably evened  the game .

Also Bournemouth fans saying we celebrated like we'd won the Champions league. Can't see much harm in a trial run  8)

also seemed they were happy with a point in the end

That kind of accusation always makes me laugh - like they wouldn't celebrate getting a late equaliser against another team towards the top end of the table?

Taunts like that are meaningless.

Celebrate wildly...
'OTT, like you've won the Champions League.'
Don't...
'You're passionless.'

Sell your allocation of tickets (and take up a few in the home end)...
'It's your Cup Final!'
Don't...
'Shit club, no fans.'

he wasn't the last time you said that and still isn't.

Ritchie is far and away our most consistent (attacking) player! If he's quiet, it's because the opposition have given him extra attention.

Did you go today?

Best player...probably but not today.....extra attention doesn't make you spoon 70% of your passes.

Bad day at the office Moonraker.....End of...it's rare but there it is.

No, I didn't, but saying he isn't the most consistent on the basis of one bad day at the office doesn't stack up either. I'd rather judge him on the basis of his other 100 other games for us! Judging someone as the best/worst/most consistent means you need to generalise...

If he could shoot then you would be right.

Well say what you like...he wasn't shit because some defender had him in his back pocket..he just was...piss wet through pitch didn't help him.

Hens teeth...rarity he will be on fire on Saturday.

I think you missed my point! All I'm saying is, more often than not, if he goes missing, it is because the opposition have set up to nullify him. He scores a fair proportion pf our goals and our assists - any scout is going to suggest to any manager to focus attention on him. Of course there will be occasions where that isn't the case - it sounds like today may have been one of them, but the original post was about consistency, hence a judgment over time, not just this afternoon! No offence meant.

Paradise Paolo. Avanti Swindon!

Grazie! / (Molte grazie)!

We are so proud to have Paolo in charge of our team. He is such a character. I adore him.  :D

Forza Lazio and forza Swindon.

DV hasnt been to a game since 2010 remember, probably stuck in a time warp

Uh yeah if you say so...has Pericard scored yet?

It's very clear that our team struggles to keep itself ticking without Simon Ferry in the middle of the park. It's clearly noticeable when he isn't there.

Bar wasn't open at half time?????

Doubt it would surprise anyone to learn he wasn't actually there

This is bollocks.....he was with me yesterday and was shouting for Bobby Barnes to come on and rip em a new one.

I see you called it right Notts Red..... :clap:

Usually in football this means you hoof it, but I don't think he means that. We are direct in the sense that we don't fuck about in trying to create chances.

He's right to be fair. We can be very direct sometimes just not in the vein of hoofing the ball up from the back line.

Rafa came on and made a difference no doubt,but lets not forget he was up against tiring players who had just put a 70 min shift in already...its easy to say that players like Rafa and Ferry should have started after seeing them put in a good cameo from the bench(though Ferry didnt yesterday).
Also for a team that was lucky i can count 5 clear cut chances yesterday not including the harder chance Williams netted.....including miss of the season from Collins.

We were not lucky in my eyes,draw was about right.

Nothing wrong with being direct, infact it should be encouraged

Especially on a pitch like that....the effort both teams put in yesterday has to be admired.

Saw the FL highlights. Got some sympathy with JC's miss to be honest.

As for the pitch I think the BBC summed it up nicely, you wouldn't start a game with a pitch like that.

More or less all teams in the lower divisions play direct football....and most in the Prem as well. It's the English way, to play possession football, you need technical players and we don't produce very many.

Also the fans mostly want to see up and atem stuff.  However, there are degrees of directness ranging from say "directness heavy" Stoke, to "directness lite" Chelsea.

In the days of Lou Macari, direct was a quick lump up front for the forwards to run onto.  Nowadays, it is much more controlled with an emphasis on breaking with speed.

Although I wasn't at the game yesterday so couldn't comment on how well the ref performed, from all reports and watching the highlights, he did well to get the game finished.  The number 1 concern is player safety, and when the pitch is as flooded as it was it would have been easy to call it off and few players/coaches would have complained.

Yesterday was brilliant, despite a very bizarre game on an unplayable pitch.

Draw was probably a fair result. Great character from us to get back into it, Wes kept us in the game on a couple of occasions. Two very good teams who should be there or thereabouts.

Decent atmosphere from Town fans, loved the celebrations when we equalised  :)

Very happy with a point, onwards and upwards!

I watched it and couldn't believe AW scored from so far out. He/we was/were very lucky as the defender could have easily cleared it on a different day.

A draw is beautiful when you come from behind, especially in the dying minutes. It's a bitch if you are the team in front.

COYR

Our celebrations is something people have commented to right back to when we won at Plymouth away last season under Paolo where similar comments like "celebrated like they won the champions league" I just don't get it.

So you're a poxy club with no ambition where winning doesn't mean anything because deep down you know you're always be shite. We're not. This is football and winning means something, I wouldn't have it any other way.

Damn straight. Unless I'm missing something and it's actually a compliment to how much we love seeing our team score, especially seeing them score an equaliser late on against a team we all fully expect to be competing with til the end of the season.

Nothing has beaten Northampton away last season yet.

Our own fans aren't excluded from this either, they said the same about Villa fans. I agree with you, if anything it's a compliment to Bournemouth as it was a compliment from Villa to us. If we'd just beaten a generic league two team away in the JPT we wouldn't have celebrated in the same way because it doesn't really mean anything.

Noticed the alleged comment from one of their team that our players were in the ref's ear to get the game called off at half-time.  Wonder how much work would have gone on the pitch if we had been 2-0 up at half-time!!

Highlights on player now.

Since no-one else has really mentioned it the last few games, I thought I should flag up how much Roberts work rate has improved since being dropped. Don't think he's hit his top form but good to see he isn't sulking about being left out and is responding in the right way by keeping his head down and working twice as hard. Did a lot of pressing and running 50 yards back to win the ball which was essential in that game as McCormack went walkabout.

Having said that, De Vita looked lethal when he came on. 

I absolutely love the 'direct' style of football we're playing at the moment. End to end football, played at pace, attack - counter attack, lots of chances - the most exciting form of football in the world. Spanish football may be more effective but there's a reason why more people watch the Premier League.

People like to watch Barcelona because their first team contains 11 of the most technically gifted players in the world who can make their style of football exciting.

But when technically inferior teams like Brentford try to imitate that style, which translates at this level to 'passing it around defence' with none of the penetration that good total football teams will produce, it sucks the life out of a game. And then at the end the fuckers try to say 'they're 'playing the game the right way.' Fuck that. ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK.

My twopenny's worth on the vogue for 'passing' football in the football league and the deluded self-importance complex this creates amongst the fans.

Think this was the best away game I've ever been to

just watched the highlights on STFCPlayer.

Collins miss in the first half was an absolute sitter, he did all the hard work and absolutely spooned it - massive surprise given his run of form
The pitch looks awful even on the highlights, how was it playable in the second half? The ball clearly doesn't bounce or roll properly
Williams took his goal incredibly well, not an easy chance even with the time he had to cue it up but owes a lot to the condition of the pitch

I was there and that goal was one of absolute sheer delight and relief - as the players were very near to us it only heightened the reaction toward our players and their efforts yesterday... they NEVER gave up and kept slogging it out until they got something..it was a brilliant end to a genuinely pulsating and exciting game... U Redssssssssss...

If there wasn't a few rows of seats in front of us you would of been on the pitch ! I saw one Town lad get thrown out for getting on the pitch but apparently There was only 4 arrests in total yesterday so not bad at all.

I absolutely lost my shit.

 Easy assumption to make if you weren't at the game, but there was no beer on sale at ht.

Great game / celebrations. As has been said, felt better than the previous four results.

Or fucking pies...useless fucks!

Yesterday was a great day out, train from Swindon at 10 and into Bournemouth for 12.15, few beers in the centre then went to Boscombe...it was rammed at the bar so after waiting 20 mins and not getting served decided to nip next door and grab a few cans instead! As for the game, we more than deserved the draw and after getting the equaliser I thought we'd nick it! The pitch got worse and worse, so coming back from 1-0 down on that was a credit to our lads! Williams finished well after calamty James cocked up! DeVita has really come on this season, Roberts also improving! What was the groundsman doing at half time?! That soak up thing he was using did nothing, and he was doing it on one of the better areas of the pitch, both penalty boxes were drenched (no surprise Pompey was off up the road either)...Anyway, great support, was right next to them and felt I had a score to settle with that drummer from the 3-2 defeat 2 years ago, so gave him a few of these at the end... :smugfu:

Happy days, onwards to next week!

Not sure if I'm qualified to comment on the away game at Northampton as I wasn't there but

coming from 2 down away at the Manor and from 4-1 down at Brum were a couple of my favourite (if a little booze induced) away-day memories

and I would imagine the Zulus were a bit more miffed than the Cobblers!!!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jan/13/david-james-bournemouth-swindon-league-one

James changed from a green to yellow shirt during the half time break, bet there wasn't many fans who noticed that yesterday.

I did! Friends laughed it off as me being too hungover to remember what colour shirt he was wearing in the first half!!

Fair play, was going to say a few of their fans would of noticed but none of ours.

obv allowed then?? Seems questionable to me even if they asked the refs permission. Plus they were the home team. Re James when I saw them come out I found myself staring at James?! I now realise why? Bar the rain it was a good day.

Although it felt like we could have won given the chances we missed, can't lose sight of the fact that a draw was a very creditable result against a good side in shocking conditions. Keeps this little unbeaten run going, hopefully we can get the right result against the Shrews next week to give us a bit of leeway going into that tough stretch of away games.

Lot of people around us slating Roberts all game - even laughably haranguing him after McCormack gave the ball away - personally thought he played well and has improved markedly since December. Ditto for Martin.

Also special mention for Foderingham - regardless of the missed chances he kept us in the game with that incredible save in the second half. Given he's barely had more than the odd cross to catch in about a month it was pleasing to see him react so quickly - easy to forget what a difference it makes having a top drawer keeper like him.

Never thought of it like that, good point and well made.

best touch of the match in hazardous conditions?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=7U0kjyLby2I&feature=endscreen

and the great man at his eccentric best following the Harry Arter goal?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=UY1r7HiR-v0&NR=1

those are brilliant

Excellent....gutted they didn't have the breaking incident or after we scored!

Sky match highlights here :

http://www.skysports.com/video/inline/0,,26947_8395202,00.html

I'm sure that Sonic is going to edit the second one to make one of his nice visual statements!

I wonder if any of the Bournemouth supporters sat there noticed who actually smashed the plexiglass and how?

They seemed to be enjoying our manager anyway...

[url width=229 height=188]http://i.imgur.com/gXzEk.gif[/url]

It's asking for rave music to be added!

That second ones been sped up surely. No-one makes hand gestures that fast. Thats Benny Hill-esqu

On the subject of Di Canio's touchline "antics", I'm sure I read somewhere (on thisis dorset i think) a Bournemouth saying Paolo should be "stopped" because his actions do is "put off the players and opposition manager"

What a fucking joke.  Would they prefer all personality to be sucked out of the game?  Managers sitting on their hands?

They have Eddie Howe as a manager, seeing Paolo in action could have been a culture shock for some of them

Actually I think i read somewhere that some slapper in a Bournemouth pub may be faster.

The FA tried that last season, and to quote the great man - "I give them permission to ban me for the rest of the season.  We will win the league anyway"

'nuff said really!

:D