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We'll, I'm off for a curry and a couple of beers, then football.  Hope for more Walsall, less Salford.

It's not until Saturday mate. HTH

Their words not mine! (I see its been changed from fire sale too flash sale now!) although I hadn't even noticed until you said!

Out of decency I will change it, I do not wish to cause any insult :)

I know you weren't.

I suspect someone in their marketing/PR team rather panicked when they read back!

I truly never even noticed at the time!

Anyway.....get yourself an hour or so on the train and go to the game on Saturday....on 2nd thoughts you haven't had much luck when watching Swindon lately have you? :D

No mention of Conroy then

What about Barrie ? Any news ??

Said to be 5 to 6 weeks out.

Bollocks - I missed this. Whats the injury ??

I was told last night at the sponsors evening that Barry is out for 5/6 weeks

The Bradford fans seem a right wrist-slashing lot - still worried about relegation!

I like them as a club and don’t deserve the succession of tosspot managers and wanky recruitment. About time they were on the rise.

Seems we may have another Grant situation going on with Conroy.

Seems we may have another Grant situation going on with Conroy.

TBF at least Grant sat on the bench. Seems Conroy is either a play or nothing kind of guy

Conroy is an interesting one isn't it. He's club captain so you can imagine his chagrin about being dropped/replaced by 2 loanees. There has been these rumours of him throwing toys out of the pram when dropped or not picked and if true that can't be good for morale etc and also not great for management who ultimately pick the team and should be respected and not undermined.

In my eyes Conroy deserved to be dropped and O'brien and Cooper are our best centre halves currently.

Said to be 5 to 6 weeks out.

I bet you are, 3 train stations and a bus station  :)

Nothing compares to the delights offered by Swindon's public transport facilities.

No mention of Conroy then

New manager bounce today.

A very kind lady just donated an untouched pint of Thatchers.
Never one to say no, so departure  to Bradford  will be delayed.
Who said Yorkshire folk were tight.
It remains to be seen if the pint included an acid tab.
Turn on, tune in, drop out

I bet you are, 3 train stations and a bus station  :)

There are indeed a few town that do amazing curries and Bradford is one, alongside Southall, Birmingham, the curry mile in Rusholme in Manchester and Brick Lane in the East End.

Enjoy!

Aye, and living in Leicester, I'm well catered for.

Never had a curry in Leicester yet, the rest I can recommend though!

We had one in Leicester after the cup tie under Di Canio. It was excellent.

Not feeling optimistic. 0-2

0-2 is a win, surely

We very very rarely do very well in Bradford, only 3 wins there in 20 meetings all 3 wins eded 2-1 to Swindon in 2014, 2005 and 1958. We have managed 8 draws there though.

We have lost our last 3 visits there and our heaviest defeat was a 3-0 loss in 1998.

Not one of our happy hunting grounds as they say.

….was at that 2005 game.

We only won that because due to injuries Kingy was forced to play Grant Smith in the middle…

Is it not possible to watch on ifollow today ??,  only getting the audio option.

Not without a VPN on a Saturday.

Hawes & Hodgetts saying Conroy is fit

Grant Smith had a few good games in midfield for us, quite an under rated player on the left.

I have never seen Swindon play at Bradford in person.

I always assumed he looked terrible in training, as he couldn’t get a game until we had no other option, but once he got in the team played really well.

Grant Smith had a few good games in midfield for us, quite an under rated player on the left.

I have never seen Swindon play at Bradford in person.

Did I miss something?  Akin in.. 

We need to get through this period

Shitheads 2-0 down at home already.

Didn't see that coming!!

Lot's of red smoke

Bradford players straight away surrounding the ref though - they know he is to be pressured

Great save by Jojo again.

Has Williams gone off? My football app doesn't have him on the pitch  ???

And again we're lucky the loose bal fell to our defender

Has Williams gone off? My football app doesn't have him on the pitch  ???

Akin is struggling - you can see he's not up to speed yet

Has Williams gone off? My football app doesn't have him on the pitch  ???

Akin is struggling - you can see he's not up to speed yet

I bet Mark Hughes bears a grudge against Swindon.  :D

****** should have done better with that TBH.

Davison down injured.

Davison

EDIT:  Quick work JJ

Got a say it's great home support.

HT 1-1

Started poorly but grew into the game, pretty even.

McKirdy the best player on the pitch for me.

think we were lucky not to be behind by more early on but you're right, we've weathered the awful storm at the start.

Iandolo hasn’t looked at all comfortable on the ball today. Marginal presence.

Williams and McKirdy the 2 best players for us for me so far.

Perhaps we can get Iandolo at lb hunt back to RB and Payne on if AK is fucked

Yep. I think Cooper has coped well with their attack too.

Perhaps we can get Iandolo at LB Hunt back to RB and Payne on if AK is fucked

From what I just saw, AK is definitely not fucked.

Sounding more like a rugby match to me.

Fucking Ifollow replays infuriate me

Fucking Ifollow replays infuriate me

don't think I'd use Payne today

don't think I'd use Payne today

Williams is chasing everything down.

Was about to say something similar. He’s been surprisingly valuable in defence.

Sounds like McKirdys not having a bad game.

baudry. oh lordy

McKirdy and Williams both looking decent.

Just need that one lucky break and we’ll win this.

I’d take the draw tbh.

Payne! Well, he's got to come back sometime I suppose.

thought Williams has a good game, but tiring

For those watching, how's Aguiar done today?today?

For those watching, how's Aguiar done today?

For those watching, how's Aguiar done today?

I thought Williams might have finished the game TBH.

Solid if unspectacular

Thought he might be the subbed one rather than Williams

Me too. I thought Williams looked fair fresh still.

Sorry but Aguiar delivered two poor balls there.

He looked very tired

Att: 15,008 (561)

Sounds like we’re going for it but wouldn’t be unhappy with a point. 

Sutton now only 3 points behind the vegans -  what happened to the uncatchable 10 point lead ?.

That looked like handball in the area from the Bradford lad

Sutton now only 3 points behind the vegans -  what happened to the uncatchable 10 point lead ?.

Sutton now only 3 points behind the vegans -  what happened to the uncatchable 10 point lead ?.

That was fucking handball by the defender int he box.

Bradford rubbing off on PV. You've gone all norvern mate :)

Eh? They’re 11 behind!

Ee by eck.

Fair fucks to Garner.

I don’t think any of us would have gone back to 3 CBs once AK was injured.

There was no reason for the keeper to leave his line like that. Suicide.

Looked like we were going to get battered early on; what a result!

wow! did we see l deserve it? probably not.

do I care

definitely not.

you beauties

We look far far better than Swindon, the movements great it's just the ability to find the back of the net

First 20 mins I thought "going to be a fucking long afternoon". :)

Do you still want Garner out?  :beers:

How many away wins so far is it 11ish

13 in the league

From the Bradford forum early 2nd half.....this aged well....

Cheers Hunk just wondering what the record is for a season

they were right at that point

Actually it might be 12, attempted to recount but I’ve had a few sherbets. But it’s definitely 12 or 13. Or perhaps 11. But it’s a fair few.

Clear as mud

How many away wins is that now? I’ve lost track.  :banana:

oh bollocks...

mcKirdy suspended?!

2 games

So no Harry or Barry for Tuesday... Very thin up front for a big game.  :(

So no Harry or Barry for Tuesday... Very thin up front for a big game.  :(

So no Harry or Barry for Tuesday... Very thin up front for a big game.  :(

yup. and probably no Tomlinson or AK

Baudry did well, you'd think of Conroy isn't in the squad Tuesday is the end (injury accepted)

W 10 D 3 L 4 F 30 A 22

2 games

Injection next week.

Lots of Swindon fans in Halifax lunchtime anyone know why they would stop off there

To pay tribute to Peter Downsborough?

Maybe a case of how's yer luck for Bradford, but guess what?
I don't care. One of The. Great. Away. Days.

Not sure what the locals made of the nutter clenching his fist every 10 or 15 paces on the way back to the station.
Guess what, don't care about that either.
Eta Swindon about 22:30.

How many did we take Bobster? Total crowd 15,008 but they didn't give the away figure

Bradford 1-3 Swindon att: 15,122 (583 away)

The way it's been described, McKirdy's yellow sounds appealable,surely?

JJ gave it earlier 561

Could swear PV said it was more like 850 away fans?!  :hmmm:

Edit: Ignore. I clearly read the 5 as an 8  ::)

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Stay off the booze until the evening 😀

Don’t think you can appeal yellow cards

I find Mark Hughes an odious twat so that was a lovely win

Today's attendances and look away now if you don't want to see Oxfords...you will laugh😀

https://www.espn.co.uk/football/fixtures/_/date/2021000305

4th in league one  :hmmm:

I don't normally really care about the pox attendance, but it's a bit suprising given they are on a worryingly good run of form

is there something going on that's keeping it down?

I didn't think you were interested😀 Maybe because Sunderland, Sheffield Wed, Bolton & Franchise were playing away!

I take an old fashioned approach. I favour position in the football league pyramid over attendance stats.

It's just a little fun lighten up!

Agreed...

There is just something about him eh? One of those faces that gives you the impression he thinks the world owes him something

Iandolo you beauty - sucked the GK into that one

4th in league one  :hmmm:

Yep. It was a letter of the law booking. Deliberate handball, even though it was just flung out casually. A more reasonable ref would have let it go, but it was up to Harry not to give him the choice.

Haven't looked back as on holiday with limited access...Enjoyable game. Our midfield looked lightweight today. Iandolo with some neat passes and touches but very little else. Reed had a good first half and disappeared a little in the second. Williams didn't do anything magical, but was neat, today and drew fouls. Game passed Aguiar by and several players got a little frustrated with him in the second half. O'Brien looked a bit clumsy today and the defence looked poor without Tomlinson on the left. Davison put himself about but was poor today.

McKirdy is a hell of a player! Cooper also played very, very well today. Dirty when he had to be and very reliable. His best performance so far.

Good to see Payne back, but not sure he was 100% fit.

Pre match Курва Путін in an imaginatively named pub somewhere in Leeds Station.
Need to fuel before heading off to the deceptive pleasantness of Lids sister city.
Always like a bit of faded Victorian grandeur.

Seventh visit here, first one in 1989.
7 or 8 of their matchday 13 went into management, less so from our team.
However we did have Tony Galvin playing that day, worthy of comparison with our Harry, less svelte, possibly more scholarly but equally as scruffy.

Fear of the new manager bounce today but hoping they'll be Hughesless.
Doubles against are to be avoided in football, ok in a pub though.
So 4 point from the next two games would be a very good return.
A meeting of the 2 best supported teams in the division today & arguably the 2 biggest clubs.
A comment that the much missed Reg would probably have poured cold water on.
Still, it's a fixture that could well be repeated next season.

Just hoping for a decent game & an enjoyable respite for everyone from the difficulties of making ends meet & the horror unfolding in the East.

Pitch looked poor
https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/12558764/bradford-city-1-2-swindon-town-league-two-highlights

7th trip to watch the town at valley parade, first was in oct 1996. but then it's an easy 1/2 hr drive for me. respect to wobbly bob and others who make these trips to the frozen tundra wastelands of the north every other week season in season out. first game for me since salford away in nov 2019, absolutely loved it. no better feeling than a last minute winner. all the players are new to me, no point me commenting, others know the game way better. suffice to say loved watching WOOOAARRRHHH HARRY MCKIRDY - what a livewire!! next one up for me harrogate away, great to be back watching the town on the road and cant wait for the next one.

Lots of Swindon fans in Halifax lunchtime anyone know why they would stop off there

Good job you got a company car Dukey with the miles you do!

Not anymore mate 😂
Not worth the tax but the petrol tank bloody expensive.
Mind you a breeze in the park after that Carlisle adventure. That will be a late one Tuesday.

You know we won right?

I still want Garner out  :beers:

Leeds Phil with us today - Marching on Together 👍

thought he might be, kept an eye out, difficult with the red flares. see you hopefully at the next one duke, rochdale away

Duke any reason a lot of Town fans were in Halifax lunctimev

W 10 D 3 L 4 F 30 A 22

If that tackle had been made by an outfield player I would have expected a red card.

McKirdy might be a total tool, but in the last five minutes you could clearly see he wanted the win more than any other player on the pitch. He still looked fresh and still had pace, and kind of ran us down.

I'm just appreciative of seeing a damn good game of football where we played possession football, restricting a good footballing side of the ball.

They played the cynical game better than us. We were totally on top with them giving the ball away and suddenly their RB gets cramp, flaps around for five minutes for the team, momentum stopped.
And then there was the guy who took Cook out.
We're simply not streetwise

Can't yet work out how their player got booked for handball in penalty area but no penalty...?

Definitely not handball, even though I screamed for one like all the kop.

Really enjoyed the match today,plenty of entertainment for a change despite the result.

Swindon were 8th, weren't good but they have talent in McKirdy who they only need to give one chance.

Result obviously a kick in the balls because Swindon deserved nothing from the game

We played pretty well and were unlucky to lose.

Over all excellent performance and the display from the lads was miles better than anything under useless Adams.

Very good overall performance can’t really knock it other than weak defensive errors for the goals. But really enjoyable game

Best I've seen us play all season

Undeserved result but far more positives than that.

Thought McKirdy just came across as a poor man’s Jimmy Bullard.

A draw would have been a far fairer result.

And their no.20 (Williams) looked like a poor man’s Pukki. Was still class though to be fair

Thought he (Williams) was the best player on the pitch.

McCurdy was a handful. Moaned loads and tried a couple of swan dives. Pain in the arse but a threat. The exact type of player we lack.

Maybe Conroy will be back in contention

Looks like Conroy could be on the bench if Frenchy starts in a 3:5:2, if not he will have been "Granted".

Maybe Conroy will be back in contention

About time we played poorly and won.

If we’re lacking in numbers, as seems likely, on Tuesday can’t seeing us getting anything.

Was Odimayo taken off for an injury or just cramp. Tomlinson felt his groin tweak, Barry out for a few weeks, McGirty no doubt suspended.

No idea how Garner will set up with those missing. Flood the midfield and Davison on his own up front I suppose.

If fit definitively need him back.
Looking short on options once again, the challenge with playing 2 games per week.
Will be the same for other clubs.

Reckon we will start with 5 at the back Tuesday as need to limit their threat from the off.

Going with what's available and hoping tomlinson pulls through, team picks itself surely?     
       
                       Jojo
 Tomlinson  coop obrien hunt

          Iandolo Reed aguiar
     
   Williams     Davison    Payne       

Going with what's available and hoping tomlinson pulls through

He’s been fit for weeks, Duke.

Loving the furore on Twitter/Insta from Harry McKirdy, he has upset a lot of Bradford fans with the "shit hole" comments, although he may need to be pulled back a bit by the club if he carries on as it may result in some problems for him at clubs we visit in the future!

For the time being hes loving the attention it seems and so many ex players joing in with the comments and laughs especially Simpson, Crichlow and Grant. Even several ex team mates loving it too.

Apparently he looks like a "homless lesbian" according to one comment, he is certainly a character, but he is our character.

Loving the furore on Twitter/Insta from Harry McKirdy, he has upset a lot of Bradford fans with the "shit hole" comments, although he may need to be pulled back a bit by the club if he carries on as it may result in some problems for him at clubs we visit in the future!

For the time being hes loving the attention it seems and so many ex players joing in with the comments and laughs especially Simpson, Crichlow and Grant. Even several ex team mates loving it too.

Apparently he looks like a "homless lesbian" according to one comment, he is certainly a character, but he is our character.

I would disagree with your point playing poorly.
You sometimes have to give credit to the opposition, they had their tails up supported by a vocal crowd.
Despite being under pressure we always looked capable of springing a counter attacking move. Two decent sides yesterday that made it a very entertaining game.
Would have been happy to come away with a point.
Bradford will take a few points off clubs challenging, I’m confident with that.

We were all over the place at the beginning of both halves - play like that against Exeter and we won’t get away with it. No point playing well for 60 minutes if you’re dreadful for the other 30.

Have you done the Brum weekender yet mate?

He hasn’t.
Should be fit for tomorrow.

There is if you still win. God knows how many games we have dropped points against teams who played well for a lot less than 60 minutes this season

Well that would be convenient wouldn’t it.

Could have gone very differently indeed. I was at the game but when I watched the extended highlights there were a few chances we had that I had forgotten about. Saves from JJW early on were key. It was an entertaining game of football from 2 good sides who were both trying to win. Really enjoyed it as a day out and there are few things in football sweeter than an injury time winner. I had brought some friends with me who often joke that I support Swindon (of course they are all premier league fans) but I think they had a good day out and maybe are starting to appreciate the passion and the attraction of lower league football and away days!

Davison missed an absolute sitter with the header.

Sill grates with me the 2 points we dropped away at Colchester.
That was utter madness and felt like a loss as we dominated throughout.

Less convenient more than a necessity.
Picked up some casualties from Saturday and need the squad.

No, convenient he just so happens to be fit when there is space for him in the team yet all the while he wasn’t good enough to get in the team he was ‘injured’

Homeless lesbian, soapy tit wank. That’s great

Typical Town.

Drop points and then get them back.

The lack of draws means that we seem to gain more points...crazy.

A draw against Salford and Bradford would of been deemed good results and here we are with an extra point...madness.

😂conspiracy theory based on bollocks.
Not been available for the last week and not deemed to be risked.

Just be positive that we have decent players that can step up.
Lucky to have both Payne and Baudry back in contention.

Actually, looking at that photograph, that's exactly my idea of what a homeless lesbian would look like.
My experience of homeless lesbians is limited to say the least.

This League though all about your own performances.
Even The Forest have hit some bumps. Teams will continue to take points from each other.

We just need to avoid those monumental fuck ups like Colchester away and get Walsall type performances at home.
Oldham The games you simply have to win and Exeter avoid defeat.

😂conspiracy theory based on bollocks.
Not been available for the last week and not deemed to be risked.

Just be positive that we have decent players that can step up.
Lucky to have both Payne and Baudry back in contention.

What has happened in the 2 weeks since this for him to become not available ? https://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/news/2022/february/team-news-latest-updates-on-payne-conroy--gladwin/

You would have thought based on what Garner said, and given that Conroy is club captain that he would have at least been on the bench for the Salford and Bradford games. Perhaps he picked up a small knock in training prior to this to set him back? He'll almost certainly have to be involved tomorrow night given the lack of fit players.

We need him tomorrow