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« Reply #15 on: Saturday, September 3, 2011, 22:09:06 » |
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This has nothing to do with Brighton and Swindon uniting, this is about Plymouth and their struggles. I understand your bitterness, to an extent, but I don't see why that should stop any Swindon involvement. We are working hard behind the scenes to make this happen and with any luck, we'll be able to get some national media coverage in the next week to two weeks. We actually have two live games in the days before the 24th, for the Leeds game on the friday we're organising a "Green Day", we're hoping to turn Falmer green to get some attention for what we're doing the following day.
I hope to see atleast one Swindon shirt at Home Park on the 24th, whatever has happened between Brighton and Swindon down the years shouldn't cloud your support of the fans of Plymouth.
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« Reply #16 on: Saturday, September 3, 2011, 22:26:02 » |
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If that's a picture of you ninja on your profile I'll sit by you on the coach down to Plymouth and back.
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« Reply #17 on: Sunday, September 4, 2011, 03:46:16 » |
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Good luck with your efforts
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« Reply #18 on: Sunday, September 4, 2011, 06:37:19 » |
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Always liked Plymouth, great club with a good support.
I'm in Newcastle that day watching Toon vs Blackburn (yes i'm missing the Barnet game) but all the best with it.
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« Reply #19 on: Sunday, September 4, 2011, 10:12:23 » |
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Ninja Elephant,
I'm out of the country on business, but wish you the very best of luck with this.
I'm sure there's lots of clubs with lots of fans that have axes to grind - but I hope you can be a shining light amidst all the fog.
I don't think you were referring directly to my comments but just to elaborate that my point is nothing to do with a Brighton fan trying to help out a fellow Football League club. I'm not bothered about Albion. However, when we were at our most vulnerable dire situation nobody rallied behind us... If anything (in my experience) fans outside of Swindon Town found it all quite amusing etc. Perhaps it's because I was younger back then but I always remember the feeling from back then when I read/hear the sob stories of other clubs. |
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« Reply #20 on: Sunday, September 4, 2011, 10:13:43 » |
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Spot on Rich
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« Reply #21 on: Sunday, September 4, 2011, 10:45:39 » |
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I agree with some of what you've said in this thread, but making this about Swindon and Brighton uniting is kind of missing the point...
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« Reply #22 on: Sunday, September 4, 2011, 10:55:08 » |
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One thing I will say (sober) is that football in its current state cannot continue and there will be casualties as we move towards a sustainable professional national game.
Hopefully one of them wont be us, and our current owners will see us through. Fact is that Swindon is a working class Town that suffers from a lack of investment in everything and without our current owners it is very difficult for us to compete or even survive in the Football League. As fans we cannot currently do it on our own, we need football to return to a level where if the owners back out, the fans can keep the club going.
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« Reply #23 on: Sunday, September 4, 2011, 11:10:43 » |
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I think I'm doing my hair that day...
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« Reply #24 on: Sunday, September 4, 2011, 11:24:41 » |
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I don't think you were referring directly to my comments but just to elaborate that my point is nothing to do with a Brighton fan trying to help out a fellow Football League club. I'm not bothered about Albion.
However, when we were at our most vulnerable dire situation nobody rallied behind us... If anything (in my experience) fans outside of Swindon Town found it all quite amusing etc.
Perhaps it's because I was younger back then but I always remember the feeling from back then when I read/hear the sob stories of other clubs.
This. It was exactly thus. |
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Bob's Orange
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« Reply #25 on: Sunday, September 4, 2011, 11:30:51 » |
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I wish you luck with this ninja. I'm friends with a Plymouth fan and despite what may or may not have happened historically with us, I don't want to see Plymouth go out of business.
I'm in Galway that weekend but hope you get a good support.
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we've been to Aberdeen, we hate the Hibs, they make us spew up, so make some noise,
the gorgie boys, for Hearts in Europe.
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tans
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« Reply #26 on: Monday, September 5, 2011, 13:14:15 » |
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Dr Pierre Chang
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« Reply #27 on: Monday, September 5, 2011, 13:55:27 » |
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Gillingham?
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tans
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« Reply #28 on: Monday, September 5, 2011, 14:13:22 » |
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I know that. How can you say you dont know how bad the problrms were?
I played against him in my schoolboy days, he was a twat then. Fit bird though
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« Reply #29 on: Monday, September 5, 2011, 14:50:29 » |
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It was a Plymouth fan who came up with the idea of Fans United in 1997, we feel a debt of gratitude and that is a large part of why we are getting involved. Be honest, had we tried to help in your struggles, would you have let us? After 2004, there was just a little bit of animosity directed at us from you, but it is a fair point. You had to fight alone, I understand that. But you had people organising your efforts and you got things done, Plymouth are struggling with that a bit. Hopefully someone will see this and decide to turn up on the day in their Swindon shirt.  This has absolutely nothing to do with Swindon or Brighton, but we were in the shit long before that fateful night at the Withdean... For the record, I live in Crawley, and I still hate BHAFC. Don't want to see Muff go under, but I wouldn't lose any sleep. |
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