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[Peter Venkman]

Greatest moments at the CG -

Swindon 4-3 Arsenal LC quarter final 79-80, we took the game to the arse who had a team consisting mainly of international players Jennings, Talbot, Devine, O'leary, Young, Brady, Stapleton, Sunderland, Hollins and Rix, the chant of Wembley 69 when we were 3-1 up was a great feeling for me a 13 year old at the time.

Swindon 5-0 Fulham 76-77 FA Cup 3rd replay, another thrashing of a team containing big name players, Moore, Marsh and Best...we were all over them.

Swindon 8-0 Bury 79-80, my first BIG win for Swindon, fantastic cold December afternoon, we want 9, we want 9 chants finishing off the game....wonderful!

Greatest moment away from the CG -

Clinching the championship title away at Mansfield in 85, memorable day with near 3,000 town fans there.

Lowest Moments at the CG -

Ipswich thrashing us 6-0 in 98-99, they were so good compaired to us.

Stevenage 2-1 defeat in 98-99, awful performance against a woeful non-league side who knew how to play in the awful wet and windy conditions.

Heroes of the turf -

Jan Aage Fjortoft, the man was such a classy player and scorer of some great goals.
Don Rodgers, total legend.
Shaun Taylor, would have died for the club, gave everything he had in every game, captain fantastic.
Chris Kamara, my first hero, great tackler, hardman, ball playing midfielder, hero.
Glenn Hoddle, even at 35 haden't lost the ability to play defence splitting passes and boss the game.
Coling Calderwood, antother great servant and fantastic defender.

Zeroes of the turf -

Joey Bumchum, just for being a big baby.
Leigh Barnard, despised the little idiot and still do.
McMahon, nearly killed the club.
Ruddock, overweight waster.
Cureton, too good for us, apparently.

Heroes of the sideline -

Bob Smith, for making us play fanastic football and getting us into the semis of the league cup.
Lou Macari, for making turning the club around when itt needed it most.
Glenn Hoddle, for being a great player and manager.
Andrew Fitton, for saving us in our hour of need.

Villians -

Mike Diamandis, Ruddock, McMahon, Todd, Beamish.

Obscure trivia -

The Stratton Bank clock is the only Rolex timepiece overseeing any football club in the country.

[dmob]

Just wanted to drop a quick line to say thanks everyone for taking the time and getting involved in the book!

[4D]

Well done JJ

[Fred Elliot]

Greatest moments at the CG -

Heroes of the turf -

Jan Aage Fjortoft, the man was such a classy player and scorer of some great goals.
Don Rodgers, total legend.
Shaun Taylor, would have died for the club, gave everything he had in every game, captain fantastic.
Chris Kamara, my first hero, great tackler, hardman, ball playing midfielder, hero.
Glenn Hoddle, even at 35 haden't lost the ability to play defence splitting passes and boss the game.
Coling Calderwood, antother great servant and fantastic defender.

nice one JJ

Completely agree with all of the above, but for me the influential players were ;

Alan Mayes
Peter Eastoe
David Moss
Andy Rowlands
Kenny Stroud
Dave Syrett (when he chose to turn it on !)

From a backroom point of view, I will always class myself privileged to play for Wilf Trantner for two seasons.

Albeit the bloke was an absolute cunt pre season

[leefer]

Should have been different Fred.......Smith and Trantner for that season were unreal......79 seaon was incredible for a young fan like myself..Stoke away,Wolves away...even Wimbledon away(i think) are ethed firmly in my memory along with Swansea away(boxing day)..we won that and should have walked the lge.
Syrett was class on his day and reminded me abit of Bamber...Roy Carter was a fav of mine but realy didnt go on to fulfill the promisehe had.

[Highland Robin]

Ideally, would have to include the whole team of 69 in the greats, but, while Don Rogers was the much loved star, he could turn it on one week and lose it completely the next.  Fantastic and disappointing in turns!  As a starry-eyed 13 year old, it was Thomas and Trollope, Harland and Butler (the Beardsley of his day, with a shot like a cannon) and Peter Noble especially who painted the canvass for Rogers to shine.

And away at school, where most people supported either Pompey or Argyle (surprise, surprise it was a naval school!) it was those two semi-final matches against Burnley that caused me most excitement, even more than the final.  Perhaps it was the anticipation of the final.....whereas the Final, even with winning, meant the fairytale was over!!

[Peter Venkman]

nice one JJ

Completely agree with all of the above, but for me the influential players were ;

Alan Mayes
Peter Eastoe
David Moss
Andy Rowlands
Kenny Stroud
Dave Syrett (when he chose to turn it on !)

From a backroom point of view, I will always class myself privileged to play for Wilf Trantner for two seasons.

Albeit the bloke was an absolute cunt pre season

Only saw Eastoe & Syrett play a couple of times so can't comment on them as they left the 1st season I started going regularly as a 10 year old.

Moss was the one thing that kept us up pretty much as Coxy did for us last season and on his day was a match for any winger/striker in the league at the time, classy.

Mayes, Rowland & Stroud.....3 great servants, Mayes and Rowland were the finest pair of striker I have ever seen at Swindon as a pair, they knew exactly where each other were on the pitch.

Stroud was calm and collected and so good on the ball, never wanted to leave Swindon and was offered a pay cut to stay and a salary double to sign for Brizzle Shitty, I know this because I was in hospital with his brother, he said Kenny never wanted to leave Swindon and still regrets doing so.

Admittedly most of my memories of good players came from the season Leefer says ...the 78/79 season when we took a lot of clubs to the cleaners, much bigger clubs at the time, Stoke, Wimbledon, Arsenal, Luton and Wolves....all were outlayed by us.

And Highland Robin.....I would be inclined to agree about the 69 team but cannot comment myself as I was only 3 at the time but my dad and grandfather tell/told me many stories of the team as has Joe Butler who I see and speak to often.

Good times....may they return one day in the near future.