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Thats my birthday game anyone up for a good drink before and after. Still aint got my ticket yet but probably sit in the townend

DRS - I will be there if you remind me - you know what im like! Mrs is even working so thats surely an excuse to get blindo

Good lad

I would,but i can't..so I wont.

Ill be there DRS sober as a judge I hope

Whats the team for the Stockport game ? anyone

Swindon Town V Stockport County

Brez J smith Timlin Jerel or kanyuke New loan Mcnamee Peacock Easton/new loan Mcgovern Cox Paynter Just a guess obviously though

Looks ok what about Kennedy after Tims last performance didnt think he deserved to be left out imo.

Isnt Paynter still suspended?

Brez, Smith, Ifil, Kanyuka, Timlin, JPM, Easton, Peacock, McNamee, Cox, Corr at a guess....

Paynter is ok i think he served his 3rd game against Brighton

Agree about kennedy and he certainly helps mcnamee when he overlaps. Just think its time for some experience and tbf timlin has done well bar that game.

Fair comment

Ile be there DRS and will defo have a southerny drink with you....and dont forget ware up north the following week.

Oh aye off to huddersfield. Look forward to it

this game will be called off due to a frozen pitch

But you would rather see Sturrock than Corr,yes?

Ime hoping the new manager plays our players in there rite positions...Timlin is a midfielder so lets hope he plays there...Timlin was awfull the last match because he is a ball player and kept trying to play his way out of trouble,for me alot of our troubles the last few seasons is MM or Byrne tinkering every week and playing players out of position.
Timlin has done ok in midfield so leave him there.

Yes, but I managed to lose a game (our only win as it happens) over Xmas I'd pick Paynter over both of them though.

I'd perfer Sturrock to Corr because hes a better footballer and probably fitter but similiar to McNamee and JPM we need to get the ball to him for him to be effective.

If we're just going to play hoof ball game we might as well start Corr because hes tall!!!

Paynter to make a scoring return!

I would like to make a rash prediction-if Corr starts against Stockport,he will score

My prediction is he wont start adje.

I will make every effort gipsy boy.

i will buy you a whiskey or two Mr Dean, however im on crutches with my leg in plaster so no pub crawl for me.

Brings a tear to my does this.

stop pooking it then!

Or putting vodka in it.

Its my birthday game too!!! when is your birthday DRS

Im not going to the game though - Im having a pool inflatable party instead - its the best and only way to celebrate being 28!! wooo

28!!! If I could only remember that age .... happy birthday inadvance.

It's a good job I've bought you an inflatable cock for your birthday then.

The 14th jfw. Hope you are talking to jfw si i already got one of those

I kept the receipt.

Best christmas ever

No bother she can have it instead.

I never get anything decent

Hmm I just got invited to go and see some old uni mates instead of going to football. Tempting.

You fucker i was going to sit with you saturday

wow cant wait to recieve 2 inflatable cocks - I hope your going to wrap them up nicely for me!

The games is about 99% certain to be called off unless we suddenly get a heatwave from Thursday onwards - pitch is frozen solid and covering it will not help... Back to home renovations for the weekend I guess...

Not surprised. Just been out for lunch and the ground is like concrete even where in the sun.

The met office aren't exactly predicting a warming until after Saturday so it looks like it's off! I wonder if we can fit a game in on the days we were supposed to be playing Milwall and Hartlepool? Otherwise January is looking a bit barren on the football front.

On the positive side it bides Wilson extra time to get some bodies in and sort out our squad!

I wonder how much training is being done at the moment.......

loads I expect, they'll be at the arena in Ciren.

What's The Arena, Dan? I was a bit worried that the weather would affect the amount of time spent on grass. That's where the problem is after all!

Indoors on astroturf 3G-4x4-ghia 2000, the best artificial rubbery aproximation of grass money can but.

As Batch said its a massive indoor astro turf pitch at Ciren, probably cost a fair bit.

When Andy King was here I think it was, he struck a deal that we could use the arena in winter and as/when we wanted within reason and in return we would pay a small fee and have a friendly with Ciren every season.

YOU CAN ALL COME TO MY PARTY!!!

Not really we havent got enought lifeguards as it is
(oops -fb)

If Paul Sturrock was still here we wouldn't hear the end of how bad the weather has made the training ground!

He was a bit of a whinging cunt wasn't he...

I'll lifeguard for you.

I also just tried to reply to your post by editing it which was silly.

wow thanks Ben - will you let us do naughty stuff like jump of the side of the slide and try and climb up the pirate?

Of course. Just nobody blame me if someone drowns.

See this is what is annoying me - everyone at the party is a qualified lifeguard so I dont see why we need to get two people to have to lifeguard as well as that means they cant join in the fun!!

surely we wont all drown together at the same time?

I'd say there is more chance of you all gagging to death on my inflatable cock.

Pool party, inflatable cocks, drownings, is Barrymore your party coordinator?

I'm heading back from London for Saturday. If it's called off I'll have to actually spend my mum's birthday with my mum, which was not the plan! Ah well

http://www.thisisswindontownfc.co.uk/news/headlines/4024726.Stockport_clash_in_doubt/

This was to be my first game since Bristol Rovers and the start of the 'orange' revolution - that seems a long time ago  :nod:

Another Saturday away from football. gives DW more time to sort the squad before we charge up the table!

You might do if I'm lifeguarding.

i used to be a lifeguard, ace fun was to be had aswell as lots of flirting with the ladies :)

I had my lifeguard licence revoked.

is that a fact fB?

Where do you lifeguard JFW?

I was going to invent some immense story about how I carried on rogue lifeguarding on the side, but I can't really be arsed.

So err. nah, I'm afraid it's not. Sorry.

it was the "lifeguarding licence" that gave it away! i like the sound of a rogue lifeguard! what would that involve!?

Just heard the game will be off if the forecast is correct....

Fuck that.....im not staying in again like last Saturday......

Have you ever seen Licence to Kill, the Bond film?

Would have been like that but instead of Kill, Lifeguard.

I dont see how this game could be on unless it gets a lot warmer in the next few days.

We're going to end up playing 1 game in january at this rate!

Calne! didnt you work at Corsham? how long ago did you leave?

There's some great Lifeguarding jobs going on the continent in good five star hotels JFW, good money, free accommodation, free food, free soft drinks and every night off to party.... now thats got to be tempting.

I wish! Im a bit old for that now I think Dell :(

Cornwall for me this weekend, I've gambled on the heatwave needed to thaw out the pitch will not arrive by Saturday! 

So Walsall on 27 Jan it is then.

It's expected to get a little warner tomorroe but only to about 4 or 5C which i don't think will be enough.

would have struggled to motivate myself to go if it was on saturday.looks like the weather will make my mind up anyway

So say, they're looking at getting it rescheduled for next week or the week after if it does get valled off, in an effort to actually get some games played.

Don't know if I'll be more annoyed if the game gets called off or if the snow doesn't stick around so I can go sledging with the kids. Each would be a compensation for the lack of the other, if that makes sense. If I get no game AND no sledging tho I shan't be happy and may stalk Michael Fish as vengeance;

If it rains can't you just go sledging in the mud? Good times.

It has definitely got warmer here in Berkshire, a bit of sleet but no frost at the mo 18.15 hours.
So maybe game on, I hope so.

The paths are ice in Grange Park. Don't bank on it.

Its going to warm up a bit then get colder.......im not confident!

Is anything going to go our way this season??????????

Problem is it's been cold for so long it would take a dramatic rise in temp to get rid of the ground frost.

With temp of 3 or 4C t ain't going to happen.

I refer to it as 'daytime' and 'night-time'.

Friday day: 0C
Friday night: -4C

Saturday day: 2C

Don't see it thawing out at all with that forecast, which means January is going to be an empty-looking month on the fixtures front unless we can get it rearranged for sometime soon

This game is definitely going to be off.

I have a source.

We are unable to get covers for the pitch as the horse racing tracks have got them all.

triseros - get marcus cassidy to post on here - we could have a compost corner and ask him grass related questions and what's his favourite cheese?

I don't really give a shit if we play or not to be fair. If we do great, if not gives DW more time with the squad, admittedly if we don't play and we are still shit in 2 weeks time I will be a bit concerned.

If the game doesn't go ahead, then cash flow (or lack of) becomes a huge problem for the club. People have to be paid somehow, and we are not cash rich.

I wanna get drunk!

Can't all the townend pop down to the country ground and rub the pitch thus warming it up?

I suppose that's why it's good for the club that 70% of our fans have season tickets.

We could all piss on it to thaw it out?

Its warmed up a bit today, but the game is still going to be off

Triseros will update us all soon with the state of the pitch.

http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10341~1512709,00.html


^^^^^ Now with added Dell proof highlights ^^^^

Cant find an update on the state of the pitch anywhere or if there will be inspection Thursday, Friday or Saturday morning ...

I live only 50 odd miles east of Swindon and there is no frost in the ground whatsoever here, so can anyone update.

look a post up!

It's off then isn't it

**he says hoping that's the case as I've just agreed to go down to Cornwall this weekend**

:-[

stfc are obviously not expecting the game to go ahead as they have already re-arranged for Tues, but just have to go through the proper channels.

I expect Wilson is desperate for the game to go ahead though.

Another game on mine and the kids ST missed working in Manchester for the next 3 weeks, the strange thing is it is relatively mild up here no forst for a couple of days is it still frozen down South ?

It's currently thawing out down here LR, but the groundsman said the frost was pretty severe in some areas of the pitch.  Think the problem will be it's gonna freeze again tonight, and not warm up enough in the day to properly defrost the surface.  I think it's gonna be a chilly one on friday night too, which ain't gonna help.

Calling a game off Saturday afternoon in the hope it will be better on a Tuesday evening (the cold snap isnt going away next week according to Met Office) means that Tuesday will probably be called off as well.  Just postpone it until March!

incorrect. The met office say it will warm up significantly from sunday onwards.

The problem I expect as normal will be down by the DR stand as the roof keeps it shaded so it won't thaw as quick as the rest of the pitch

Well the snow and ice seems to have melted round these parts. I don't know what the CG pitch is like and has been said there is the issue of the DRS. Yesterday they were looking at calling it off tonight or tomorrow so maybe a midday inspection means there could be some hope.

Haven't noticed enough bright sunshine for this to make a difference to be honest Ptp

on a more positive note I have enough lifeguards for my party!  woooo

So judging by what it looks like outside, I'd say it's 100% off.

I must have looked a right mincer walking into work today, my shoe have zero grip and it was like walking on an ice rink this morning.

Please note I don't work at the link centre in the ice skate hire booth, I just mean it's slippy outside!

It cannot be on. If Walsall was called off, this is 400 million percent worse.

sub zero in Calne,,,,,,,,,,,i reckon this is off!

Tuesday night it is then!  Prepare to FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE!

It's off!! Confirmed by groundsman.

still bitter ?

Spending over an hour in the car with Seb and Bennett is enough to send anyone bitter!!

eugh - hopefully It will stay cold till Wednesday

Tuesday night's ideal, I booked the time off to go to millwall so it's not a total loss.

I'll still be pissed off tomorrow though.....

What's wrong with Seb?

Saturday games helps work go fast. It's all about getting through the day - sigh.

Yippie midweek fun.

on the plus side - someone could get my birthday read out at half time!!

we've not lost a mid week game yet this season!

ah not bothered haven't seen football at the County Ground on a Saturday for a while so.....

in the league dv.

thats what I meant I dont include cup games as they are pointless.

Another boring Saturday..........i will fuck off out into the shed out the way!

Paynter has been named in the Chippenham reserve squad game for Monday ... this must mean Kyle to sign today on loan and debut on Tuesday night :)