Well, I know a few of you showed interest but couldn't come, but Swindons only fans team (as far as I'm aware) did a pretty good job at
WorldNet this year. For those of you who don't have a clue what I'm talking about, it's a competition where fans of teams all over Europe compete every year in Leeds' Boddington Hall (donkey started a thread on it earlier in the year). The top two teams go through to the cup, the bottom two to a plate competition.
Anyway, as per usual we were pretty short on players, with only 13 to our name and no goalkeeper. Despite that, we managed a 0-0 draw with Arsenal Nigeria, a 1-0 win against Halifax and a 2-0 win against Hampton and Richmond yesterday. For the first time in years, we won our group! Not a bad feat really, when you consider last year we finished bottom, with 1 goal for and 8 against!
We entered the next stage of the competition this morning against one of the favourites, Bury (they had just won the IFA league, and they play as a team every week which is obviously something we lack). Despite a pretty good performance, we went down 2-0. An own goal in the first half, and a second which was pretty dubious IMO, as I'm certain our centre back was fouled. Nevertheless we did ourselves proud I think, and we looked pretty good kitted out in last seasons home kit which was kindly provided by the club (BIG thank you to them for their help).
I know a lot of you won't care, but the main reason for me posting this is simple - we need players! The older boys in the team are really getting on, and it is leaving us short for players. If you would be interested in participating next year (it is always a great weekend, cheap beer in the student halls!) then keep your eyes peeled for threads during next season or PM me or donkey, as he is the manager. The banter is always really good, we ended up playing on the pitch next to Oxford who kindly attended our games with their megaphone and gave us a nice rendition of "The Swindon family". I think they were just bitter, as they lost all their 3 games yesterday, scoring 1 and conceeding 10.
We've got a few pics we'll be posting up shortly to give you an idea of what it's like, but if anyone is up for it please let us know!
