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Players and coaching staff to personally refund fans
           
           


  MARK Cooper has confirmed that Swindon Town's players and coaching staff will personally refund the 305 fans who traveled to Macclesfield on Saturday.

           

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Nice touch.

Nice gesture from Coops and the boys.  At about 80 mins on Saturday we did start a round of "we want our money back" which for me was more about letting the team now just how bad their performance had been than a serious demand for reimbursement. Not going to turn it down though :clap:

Respect for this...

I was the first to suggest it I think, didn't even go.  :)

Great gesture though.

 :clap: I was there, fans deserve something back

Nice touch, dangerous precedent.

 :nod:

Anyone daft enough to go to Macclesfield for a nonentity of a cup tie needs fining, not reimbursing.

Agree.
Also there maybe players who dont want to cough up,which may lead to problems.
That said it is a good gesture by the the manager and players if it comes to fruition.

Judging my the highlights, Ward and Hall should be footing the lions share of the bill

Top price Wembley ticket against a s***e League 2 team could mean a trophy or your money back?

Neither me or my lad want reimbursing but if the management and players want to put their hands in their pockets,they could make a donation to Children in Need on behalf of STFC supporters.

Fair play to Cooper, I went and I don't earn that much so reimbursement won't be turned down - thanks guys, now put it right on the pitch tomorrow and Saturday! C.O.Y.Rs!!!

Me neither. Should send mine to the Philippines. Much more needed there.
Puts it into perspective today.

Best post of the entire discussion.

Money back if your team lose? Fucking ridiculous

It's not about losing is it.....I am sure we all wouldn't be following the Swindon if that was the case.

It's about your club/ team/ officials / players etc putting in a shift not just playing badly.

They didn't....not even fucking close.

Are the Players included in this?  :D

You know there's more to it than that.

This isnt because of the our performance its because of the scoreline. What if Maccesfield hadnt taken their chances and say only scrapped a 1-0?

As mentioned above the, nice gesture, dangerous precedent is spot on.

If we're going to refund fans for abject/humiliating performances, I'd like my season ticket refunded for 2010-11, 2005-6 ......... I must be owed thousands. Or maybe that's just the chance you take when you buy a ticket?

What? We got smacked in a game we expected to win. It happens and aint that what the FA cup is all about?
Maybe Arsenal fans should ask for their 1969 league cup final ticket money back?
It's a fucking stupid decision. We will get a few more tankings yet this season so what then? You can guarantee the mongs will be moaning for their money back.

 Pauld has it right.

We got smacked in a game against a Conference side. It's not rocket science is it. If we'd lost 1 or 2-0 then no, but we got dicked. By a Conference side. Who are in the Conference. Which is in the Conference. And they humiliated us. Smashed. Ruined. Kablamo. Raped. Destroyed... Conference..

You get it yet?

Got it all along. Shit happens.
They are 2 divisions below us. The same as we were when we had the greatest day in our history beating Arsenal.

Yep. That's why people like the Cups. Because stuff like that happens. That's football, to coin a phrase

I'm not feeling so great about it to be honest!

I think your opinion would be different had you made the effort and the spent the money. To say it's fucking ridiculous to refund the fans for losing a match is absolutely spot on, but we all know full well that losing 4-0 to a Conference is abysmal and the fans who made the effort deserve to be refunded. Can't see why anyone thinks otherwise.

No more abysmal than the two seasons I quoted. The surrenders in 05-06 and 10-11 were abject, humiliating, abysmal and all of the above. And made all the worse by being a season-long surrender. And yeah, if I'd gone on Saturday, I'd be fucking fuming too like I was after all the similar times where I have gone. But I wouldn't think I "deserved" anything. Other than a performance on the day that I didn't get and that no amount of ticket refunds, half-time Bovrils etc etc would get back. That's football (sometimes)

Losing is losing.

Putting a shift in is another thing.

Fact is, Saturday was our worse loss to a non league side in the whole history of our club....

I think 1 refund in over 125 years is reasonable......

I wish I could get those sort of stats as a sales guy !

No one deserves a refund. We all know the risk v reward when we buy the ticket. It's still a nice gesture by players/management who put up a shocking display on Saturday. I'll readily accept it as I'm struggling to think of a more disappointing performance from a town side. Yes, I've seen plenty but I can almost forgive CCP and Micheal Pook in midfield and Ricky Shakes on the wing. They were not very good players. All of these players are better than that. Flash has it spot on!

Very well put IMO

I'm not bothered about their non-league status... it isn't like losing to a group of PE teachers, plumbers, and electricians - proper non-league set-ups. The 7-1 at Forest was pretty poor... if anything was in contention for a refund, it was that game!

That Forest away game kind of turned quite enjoyable though, if only in a gallows humour/united in the face of adversity kind of way. The atmosphere in the stands was brilliant.

Yeah, true... I didn't even leave early (unlike that beatings Rovers gave us home and away the other year - the only times I've ever left prematurely). To me, not being up for those derbies was worse than pretty much anything I've seen following the Town.

Cheltenham away under King when the crowd turned on Heywood/Gurney and vice-versa occupies a special place as probably the most horribly dejected I've felt leaving a game. Although it's a crowded field!

I agree with Paul D here.

I've seen enough crap at the CG over the years, including us conceding 6 at home aginst Ipswich (when two of our players had a 'disagreement' on the pitch) and losing 6-2 against Blckpool in '85, let alone losing to Stevenage on that windswept day.

You just have to put up with the crap...the good times feel sweeter.

Not strictly true in FA Cup terms....in 1900 we get dumped by Wovers 5-1 in the 5th qualifying round....when we were both in the Southern League Div 1...which equals the deficit of Saturday. In 1896 we went down 8-3 to Soton St Marys in 3rd qualifying round, who were like us a Southern League Div 1 side.
 
The last time we had such a disgraceful outcome against a team below us in the pecking order, was the 5-0 defeat to Uxbridge in the 3rd qualifying round of 1895, when they were Southern League 2, whereas we were SL 1.

I agree. Yes I am gutted but thus us why so many people love a cup match.

We were chiwawas again ! :'(

Gone very quiet on this...has anyone got a refund?