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Have been allocated 2500 tickets for the game on the 22nd Jan.

Hopefully just the bank.

interesting

thought we had to provide cover for League games.

maybe they will split Arkells/bank in initial load, then open more of the bank when needed

Should just put a bit of plastic sheeting over a couple of rows at the back of the bank to fulfil any covered seating requirements.

They have the Arkells too.

Hope it pisses down.

Great money spinner and will make opening up the Stratton Bank for Man City tonight more  cost effective. Also makes Rovers look like a vindictive tin pot club with our paltry allocation earlier in the season.

Should have given them the same as they gave us,  wankers.
S’pose looking at the bright side,  take their money and show them how football should be played.

Should charge them £35 for every ticket over 750 allocation 😂

Think we may have been respectably close to filling the whole Arkells again.

No, make their fans part with as much cash as possible.

Had a quick look at their forum and didn't realise they hated us and Garner so much!

Be good to get that crowd from tonight for the gash, but alas 5k home fans will no doubt vanish again  ::)

They won't sell it, they're shite.

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Anyone know how many tickets they've been given in the Arkells   

They’re a queer bunch, for sure. They’re obsessed with former players and managers. God knows why.

They seem to have an inordinate number of both who have done well after leaving them.

My thoughts exactly and seem obsessed with Garner and for some reason they seem to think we're a vile club.

I enjoyed your post on the Bluemoon forum assuming it was you😀

I am surprised they have so much bad feeling towards us. I couldn't give a shit about Rovers and don't really see them as a derby.

As for managers I would sooner have Garner managing my club than Barton. How is Pitman doing for them?

The sooner we get a roof on the bank and return The Arkells entirely for home fans the better.

 Not sure why we would give them any of the Arkells surely we could sell this for our own fans?

It’s closer to chuck the seats

I think we have to give them so many tickets undercover in the league. I would give them 100-200 no more with the rest on the bank

Are the tickets on sale yet?
I've tried to buy, but they're not showing as on sale.
It's a nightmare trying to buy since I bought 6 match bundles, it doesn't recognise any of my accounts anymore. I have to go through the club, however a change of job, weekends all free, means season tickets from now on I think, to save the hassle.

As much as I would like to replicate what they did to us and give them a pathetic amount of tickets it’s extremely rare to get any form of away crowd these days so will make for a good atmosphere I’m sure.

I think the same can be said for a large section of our fans as well tbh

Quite, plus it’s hardly a shock they don’t like Garner given his record there

Agreed.

When do tickets go on sale?

From what I can gather - they are already available in store.

No idea why they aren’t online yet, they are leaving it later than normal.

After a new/redeveloped Stratton Bank, I'd imagine a new Town End would be on the shopping list. Hopefully we can give home fans the new roofed bank without the need for giving up even more Akrells seats in the interim.

Probably a long timeline on all of this though.

something to consider is the loss of seats in the DR to corporate boxes. Where are all those displaced fans going to sit? Or a more pertinent question is what rows will be effected from row Z downwards?

Rob A has confirmed Rovers have been given the Arkells due to the rule around needing to give some cover. That rule doesn’t apply for the FA Cup - hence Man City only getting the Bank.

Not only this but you could lose some capacity in a new Stratton Bank too as going by previous planning permission, a roof can only be as high as the flag posts currently are.

You could make up the lost seats with a vastly bigger new Town End though.

Only as high as an elephant’s Japs eye

Own goal by the club for not putting the tickets online just after the City game, whilst interest amongst the newbies at the game was still simmering.

Yep, not sure what's going on.

on the OSC Monday night panel RA did say tickets would be on sale soon, although he didn't specify when. The delay is probably down to getting everything ready for the City game. I am sure it was "all hands on deck" for that and there wasn't the space/time to get the Rovers tickets up as well.

Have you tried the ticket section of the official site? I can see the option to buy tickets for the Rovers and Crawley games.

I did Bob, although there wasn't the option for either game. I'll try again...

edit - yep, now on.

Cool. Better late than never huh!! :)

Seems someone at the club is viewing (or a coincidence)

Just bought mine  :toocool:

The gash have sold 700

Great they're on sale

Bad my Nationwide discount has disappeared

 :cry:


Edit: Been to the store and Nationwide hadn't been added or something along those lines. All sorted now and great service from the shop staff  :clap:

2,200 apparently. Will we give them any more? Nice to take their dosh  :)

i wonder why they wouldn't give us more tickets with a 1pm kick off at their place as Wiltshire police don't see it as high risk match otherwise would have restricted their numbers.

Apparently the police dont decide anything anymore.  Sue Gray told us we should have a 1pm kick off. 

1pm kick off is obviously a deterrent to stop the horses getting drunk before kick off.

Anyone know if the Legends is opening earlier on Saturday?

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You couldn’t afford me.

They shit less at midday too

Sold 2000 tickets evidently. Hope it rains

11000+ gate possible I guess

Checked tickets expecting to see loads left as still a week away. Surprised to see they've opened up the Arkells block near The Town End already. Didn't expect that.

I would say 11,000+ probable if they've sold 2,000 already as they'll probably sell all 2,500 or at least be close. I reckon around 12k for this.

Rain? Fuck offfffff. -5 with a swirling S Westerly hitting a biting N Easterly resulting in torrential rain and hail on the Stratton bank only. Followed by freezing fog and ice west bound on the M4. Everywhere else a balmy14 degrees Celsius and weak winter sun.

You might get part of your wish - forecast says freezing cold with top temp of 1-2c.

😁

postponed, frozen pitch!

Noooooo  ;)

bbc/met office both have it arrive 5 or 6 degrees, all good

Whatever the weather let's hope Barton gets a frosty reception.
Moaning amongst themselves about who sits where and about the state of the bank😀
https://gaschat.co.uk/thread/19074/swindon-uncovered-seating

Unbelievable, have they not seen the sorry excuse for a ground they have? One of the worst in the league.

They obviously aren't aware of the tents in their dump of a stadium or the small open terrace in the corner for away fans.

Looking at their attendances, I doubt many of them go to home games.

Worth reminding everyone that it is a 1pm KO.

We haven’t got a bad run of games coming up - on paper, anyway.

It’ll be important to get a win v Rovers to build on yesterday’s fantastic performance and to see if we have, indeed, sorted out our home form.

Not sure if I’m kidding myself but I think I detect a change in the ‘style’ lately. Less of the ponderous passing at the back, a more willingness to hit it long now and again. A few new bodies, Payne and JoJo back and we should be good to go.

Not sure if yesterday is a watershed game as Vale let us control the game from start to finish. Don’t think many teams will be so generous.

I still think it’s a coin toss as to whether we make the POs or not.

Also been told today that the Legends Lounge opens at 10.30 instead of 12 for those who fancy a pint or 3.

The gash haven't even sold out yet. Poor.

really? a shit stand is no excuse, but I guess post Christmas cash shortage may

Oh the irony  :D

https://gaschat.co.uk/thread/19074/swindon-uncovered-seating?page=3

Fruit and veg stall  ;)

They have 100 left, they will sell out.

Just under 2500 is a decent turn out considering where they are in the league

More importantly will I be able to buy and Advertiser outside the ground  ;)

Agreed. It is their cup final basically.

Exactly that and a few more than the 292 they took to Barrow a few months ago.

I suppose bringing a third of your fan base ain't bad going.

I'm not sure why it has to be a 1pm kick off they will just get here earlier if they want to get p****d up

Maybe they glow in the dark?

You really didn’t have to hide the word pissed.

Some get quite sensitive reading bad language😀

Oh fuck off dickhead. Next cunt who fucking hides their swears gets a fucking life ban. Wankers.

Tony Johnson?   :)

Excellent

Not on here they don’t.

Fuck um if you cant beat them join them :blowup:

That's the spirit!

Fuck me you've changed my name again :twat:

I remember when we played the piss stains at home a few years ago, the pub they had been allocated was going to open at either 7 or 9am.

It's like the police encourage bad behaviour

Oh no, not the "Q" word  :eek:

:D

UNLUCKY QUNT

I'm used to it as you only target me on here

Nah he doesn't, mine was Brian

Fair enough 😀

I remember Tom Punt (shitty fan) who posted on here a while back. His name was easy to change  :)

 >:D

The 7.17 out of Parkway on Saturday is sold out. Plod could be in for a very early start!

City are playing Cardiff at 12.30.
Parkway trains have to go via Temple Meads too  :D

Full allocation for the bank and arkells is 3,300. If they're close to selling 2,500 we should probably be cashing in and selling them more tickets if they think they can sell anymore.

I'd imagine there is going to be a buffer each side of em.

Christ, their fans forum makes them even more deluded than their City neighbours. Talking about promotion, beating the likes of Swindle and turning a corner after beating Hartlepool. If there was ever a game to sort out our ridiculous home form, this is it.

By all accounts Hartlepool should have won easily. Rovers were really poor - their keeper was MofM.

Just a warning that tickets will be taken off sale on Friday. None available on the day.

Yep, spread the word  :)

Weather forecast saying lows of -4 on Friday. Hopefully the match can still go ahead.

Don't we have pitch blankets or similar? Could always get the rovers fans to turn up early and put some hot air on the pitch.

pitch covers are usually fine down to this temp, assuming power didn't sell them/get them repossessed.

looks like it's the Thursday night into Friday that's the issue. it's chilly Friday daytime but hopefully above ground frost levels...

tldr: think we'll be fine

What does tldr mean? I hope we will be fine too. I am bringing 2 friends to their first game and one to his second.

its the "too long didn't read" . i.e. ignore the waffle above and this is the point

Ah I thought it would be something like that.

AKA ITIWBSLT :-)

FFS  :suicide:

Judging by the ticket site and the fact rovers have pretty much sold theirs, we're at about 11.5k. Be 13k by Saturday.

Covers are on, so game shouldn’t be in doubt Saturday.

Any way of finding out how many we've sold to date? Wonder if any of the 'extra' Man City attendees decide to return.  :hmmm:

Looking at the ticket site, we've already sold more than most league games this season. With Rovers bringing 2.5k, I'd guess at around 12k so far, so hopefully we'll get over 13k by Friday night. I guess we'll find out on Saturday  :)

Yeah it’s looking like it will be a very healthy attendance. I would expect around 12.5 to 13k.

Heard no matchday sales though. That'll hurt things slightly. Not been very well communicated.

deffo no matchday sales

https://twitter.com/Official_STFC/status/1483137039440572417?t=IKpHhUHZOyuNfZBQnXgLPQ&s=19 (https://twitter.com/Official_STFC/status/1483137039440572417?t=IKpHhUHZOyuNfZBQnXgLPQ&s=19)

https://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/news/2022/january/come-back-the-boys-against-rovers/

An old skool all ticket game

Same with the Man City game. People should know what is required.

I see we’ve given Rovers another 300 tickets, that’ll take them up to approx 2800 if they sell them all.

Nice of the Gasheads to help knock another c£50,000 off our debts.

Hopefully Exeter will also bring a good number in a few weeks.

Onwards and upwards!

Buzzing for this, should be circa 13k in attendance, will certainly be a tougher test that the reverse fixture. No idea if Payne is back in contention?

Cheer up Joey Barton
Oh what can it mean
To a, wife beating bastard
And a shit football teammmmm

I wouldn't bank on it, they have averaged well under 500 on their travels so far this season, I expect they won't even sell out the Arkells seats, they made a huge thing about the last game when they brought around 2,000, they haven't done so this time....yet..

I was surprised when they brought 2000 a couple of seasons ago as historically it's only ever been a few hundred.

Top of table clash though.

Agreed but still a massive turn out for them.

Ahead of this Saturday's match between @Official_STFC and @Official_BRFC, we are advising local residents and supporters that we will be closing Shrivenham Road between 10am and 3pm for crowd safety reasons.

#STFC
https://t.co/kubvmSR2KM

Did the same for the City game didn't they? I imagine a lot of the protocols practised for that game will be used here again due to the size of the crowd (and potential for bother from the nawty boys)

probably

just thought I'd post it in case anyone is affected

Is that to stop fans "mixing" behind the bank?

I see they've got the Great Western, and Cheekies on Fleet Street. Where on Fleet Street is Cheekies, never heard of it before  ???

20-23 Fleet Street, it look fucking awful https://www.facebook.com/CheekiesSwindon

Do you not have google down south?  ;)

 :bike:

Ah, the premises was Groves before.

Saw a video of him rehabbing his knee in the gym so I presume won't be back this weekend.

Formerly Lava Lounge I think

Nope.

Was previously The Groves company inn.

It's going to be windy on the bank after drinking Arkells for a couple of hours before the game.

Should mean being able to enjoy a couple of pints beforehand elsewhere without risk of infestation.

They tried this for Man City and got blow back from residents, surprised they're trying it again. How can you stop people accessing their house by car for 5 and a half hours!?

Surely residents can get in and out at the opposite end of Shrivenham Road - come out at Greenbridge.

Or are plod blocking both ends?

That part of Shrivenham Road has only been accessed from the magic roundabout for about 30 years since Tesco was built.

Ah, of course. I forgot. I used to occasionally nip up the busses only lane.

Being told similar to City, they'll let residents through. Just not communicating that the public. They did try to close it full stop for Man City and it didn't go down well at all.

Its one way or persuading residents to sell their houses at bottom dollar if someone was thinking about building a bloody great big football stand!  ;)

This was about the time I started attending football  :)
The bit that caught my eye was the fact that some Rovers fans had gatecrashed a wedding. WTF  ???

https://youtu.be/A1h6HV6nHgw

Probably all hoping to catch the bouquet. Always the bridesmaids, never the bride.

Oh dear....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63974471

Lovely family club🤣