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minimum criteria: 50 games and >50% success rate as per swindon-town-fc.co.uk. i've had to leave a few off due to the restraints of the forum, i.e. fred ford, ken beamish |
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Peter Venkman
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« Reply #1 on: Monday, January 7, 2008, 11:49:07 » |
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My personal favourite was Bobby Smith even though he got us relegated the 2 seasons preceeding were the best attcking football I have ever seen at Swindon and that includes under Ardilles and Hoddle.
But saying that, the best manager must be Danny Williams for me as he is the only manager to win a major honour at Swindon, the only ones that come close are Ardilles and Hoddle as they both got us promoted to the Premier League.
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From the station at Colchester
To the cells of Warrington
From the services at Leicester
To the slums of Northampton
We travel over England
And one day Europe too
Cos we all follow the Swindon
We're the famous Town End crew.
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« Reply #2 on: Monday, January 7, 2008, 11:57:46 » |
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sturrocks the only one out of all of those i've seen, so i had to vote him
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« Reply #3 on: Monday, January 7, 2008, 12:37:46 » |
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LOU Macari's Red and White Army!
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« Reply #4 on: Monday, January 7, 2008, 13:08:39 » |
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Ardiles easy.
Took the bunch of fairly average cloggers that Macari had recruited and had trained to play long ball football and, with the single addition of Kers, within one season had got a team pinging the ball about like they were Brazil.
Hoddle's side was good, but to my mind the Ardiles play off winning side played the better football. What's more, even with Moncur and Hazard in midfield, that Hoddle side never really played at it's peak without Glenn on the pitch.
Ok I never understood a word the man said in interview but I could live with that.
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« Reply #5 on: Monday, January 7, 2008, 14:10:32 » |
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Bert Head produced the best ever bunch of local talent this club has ever seen
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« Reply #6 on: Monday, January 7, 2008, 14:13:17 » |
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macari for me.took us from nowhere to the playoffs of the now championship.
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« Reply #7 on: Monday, January 7, 2008, 17:14:16 » |
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No Andy King. Ill have him before Sturrock
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ee the trick is only pick on those that can't do you no harm
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« Reply #8 on: Monday, January 7, 2008, 17:23:26 » |
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For me it was hoddle best football I think I have seen at the county ground and he managed to balance it out with a good defence..
The fact that I got to see someone like hoddle in a town shirt was a privilege by itself, doubt we will ever see as good a player in a town shirt again
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« Reply #9 on: Monday, January 7, 2008, 17:37:02 » |
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LOUUUUUUU MACARI WE'RE PROUD TO SING YOUR NAME SWINDON TOWN ARE GOIN' UP AGAIN!
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« Reply #10 on: Monday, January 7, 2008, 17:40:31 » |
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For me it was hoddle best football I think I have seen at the county ground and he managed to balance it out with a good defence..
The fact that I got to see someone like hoddle in a town shirt was a privilege by itself, doubt we will ever see as good a player in a town shirt again Completely agree with this. Its a tough call between Macari and Hoddle, but the football we played under Hoddle was a joy to watch. So many happy memories. And he was the manager to take us to the promised land. |
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« Reply #11 on: Monday, January 7, 2008, 18:12:31 » |
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Ardiles easy.
Took the bunch of fairly average cloggers that Macari had recruited and had trained to play long ball football and, with the single addition of Kers, within one season had got a team pinging the ball about like they were Brazil.
Hoddle's side was good, but to my mind the Ardiles play off winning side played the better football. What's more, even with Moncur and Hazard in midfield, that Hoddle side never really played at it's peak without Glenn on the pitch.
Ok I never understood a word the man said in interview but I could live with that.  Agree with all that; that was the best side i've ever seen. Those interviews on club-call were the best; like you said you couldn't understand a word he said! |
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« Reply #12 on: Monday, January 7, 2008, 18:23:39 » |
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it was a toss up between Lou Macari who literally rescued the club from oblivion or Glenn Hoddle who has us playing the most amazing football ive ever seen at STFC.
For football reasons I picked Glenn - some of my best memories ever were under Hoddle
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« Reply #13 on: Tuesday, January 8, 2008, 11:47:30 » |
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I voted Sam Allen, I thought he deserved at least one vote and he 's been dead for like 50 years, so would scare the shit out of the opposition.
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« Reply #14 on: Tuesday, January 8, 2008, 14:16:03 » |
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I think it has to be Macari, never really saw many games under him as I was too young and no one to take me, but for what eh done in getting Swindon Town several promotions, getting sacked and then re-employed due to a fan backlash, and he was the one that really got Swindon in the headlines (for on and off the pitch reasons), and I would say without what he done for the club we probably would not be where we are today.
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