Match of the Day

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

So Cardiff go top if they win but the stadium looks half empty.

[jimmy_onions]

When Swindon lose, I do find my interest in any football somewhat diminished for a couple of days.

same...just switch off from all things football until about tuesday. Best way to deal with the dissapointment is to try and kid yourself you are not really bothered.
(whereas if we win tend to embrace everything, highlights, MOTD, tables, crowds etc etc)

[Bob's Orange]

So Cardiff go top if they win but the stadium looks half empty.

Was 20k there.

[Reg Smeeton]

On a hugely related note, there are some greywethers in lakeside and a road named after them.

There are some impressive stones in The Lawns. 

Here's a nice pic of what remains of the Stone Circle at Day House Lane.

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There was once an impressive monolith on the triangle of land between Marlborough Road and Broome Manor Lane....I've always thought it must have some link to Day House Lane.

[leefer]

Nice pic Reg...ive always wondered how many people know when they are playing golf that there was once a great mansion there with acres of grounds...ive hunted for a picture or a painting of it but never been able to find one...all that is left is an old stone column near the entrance of the clubhouse.

[oxford_fan]

I just checked how many live football matches we get at present, this week there is a staggering 34 live matches and that doesn't include any multi-screen, as live coverage or club specific channels (you can double the number if you did include them). That's practically 5 matches a day, I remember when we got 1 a week if we were lucky.

How many on terrestrial/freeview though?

[Reg Smeeton]

Nice pic Reg...ive always wondered how many people know when they are playing golf that there was once a great mansion there with acres of grounds...ive hunted for a picture or a painting of it but never been able to find one...all that is left is an old stone column near the entrance of the clubhouse.

I suspect you can't find owt about a manor house Leefer, because there wasn't one 

A manor in medieval terms could apply to an area of land...in the case of Broome, the manor was held until the 13th Century after The Conquest by a French abbey at Martigny. Late in the 13th century it passed to the priory at Monkton Farleigh, when it was reported to be a caracute in extent...roughly 120 acres.

 The manor eventually ended up bought by the Goddards in the early 19th Century, about the same time as the 10 foot high Longstone and as reported by Aubrey an associate stone row, were broken up, to be used for paving stones in Cricklade.

[Arriba]

i'm guessing in the most recentish years before the creation of the golf course it was pasture land for grazing cows?
there is the odd trough in the hedgerows around the course still.
never really thought of broome manor as a manor.was there really a grand mansion there many years ago?
where abouts was it?

[leefer]

Thats strange Reg....i was led to believe there was a house...but you could be right as there is nothing about it at all anyware.