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« Reply #60 on: Friday, March 11, 2011, 19:27:54 » |
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No chance of the Scum selling out never happens.....the reason for the JB thing was purely down to McMahon who being a bully took exception to Joey so got his boys to bully him.
Nowt to do with players who largely only have the vaguest idea of this game....as I posted about Turbo, he told me he didn't even know it was considered a derby....for him that was Villa v Brum, Notts C v Nottm F that sort of thing.
...and to be fair, he's right. Outside of the fanbase, our rivalries have as low a profile as a Football League club can. |
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Spencer_White
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« Reply #61 on: Friday, March 11, 2011, 20:20:45 » |
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Two town derbies are as violent as inter city derbies, if not more violent.
But not as competitive on the pitch.
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« Reply #62 on: Friday, March 11, 2011, 21:11:06 » |
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There was time when they wouldn't let us play on a Saturday - the games had to be midweek.
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oxford_fan
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« Reply #63 on: Saturday, March 12, 2011, 00:42:11 » |
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Are you not thinking of the last time we met in the league, the 10th anniversary of which was yesterday? Oxford 0-2 SwindonSteve Robinson scored both goals. Whitehead did get sent off, as did Matt Murphy later in the game for a second yellow. But it took the ref a good 10 seconds after issuing the 2nd yellow (and some vociferous calls from the Town fans present) to realise this before ordering Murphy off. That defeat was pretty much the nail in your coffin that season. [Edit: Memory playing tricks with me. You were more than 20 points from safety at that point!]That's the one. My memory is worse than I thought - didn't remember Murphy getting sent off and I was sure Alexander scored (though I can still see him parallel to me in the London Road, blowing a kiss; that part definitely did happen). Like you say we were well on our way down when we met. Our squad that day was a fucking disgrace. Almost all of them either retired, joined small local sides, or became builders, as soon as the season ended. Hatswell went to Kiddy, Patterson failed at assisting/managing us and Rovers, and Dean Whitehead went to Stoke via Sunderland. All the rest were utter dogshite. Not trying to make any excuses though. I can't find any youtube clips of it. |
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« Reply #64 on: Saturday, March 12, 2011, 00:49:52 » |
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That last game at the manor was my first Oxford away game, it was a great little ground, it's a shame you ruined it with a shite three sided stadium that nobody could ever care about.
My favourite memory about that final manor 2-0 win wasn't the coins thrown at mildenhall, but the coins and stones thrown over the back of our stand, and a policeman giving the kids a good bollocking. Fucking hilarious.
Also, your programme writers were a bit amateur, and did the classic stoke mispelling of Pot Vale. Lots of laughs.
Turbo is swindon's 22nd best player of the last 10 years. We need a terrier like him right now.
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« Reply #65 on: Wednesday, March 23, 2011, 09:57:11 » |
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What a load of old bollocks that is....makes the standard of Adver journalism look decent.
I once had a conversation with "Turbo" Robinson....saying well done for scoring a couple of goals at the Manor. He didn't think there was any significance to it, other than 3 points.
Just to say, this incident that has happened in Witney, is what the squads of City rivals have to put up with all the time. Should have opened the players eyes a bit more to what the scummers are like. |
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oxford_fan
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« Reply #67 on: Thursday, April 28, 2011, 16:49:53 » |
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Good little thread that, particularly the newspaper clippings. We sang 'One Joey Beauchamp' at Upton Park this season but the majority of the U16 crowd there that night didn't get it. |
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« Reply #68 on: Thursday, April 28, 2011, 17:30:35 » |
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I can remember this fiasco, but never saw him play. was he actually any good? f*** knows - we never saw him either - farts have lingered longer at the club !! haha, that made me larf  |
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« Reply #69 on: Thursday, April 28, 2011, 17:52:45 » |
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I was gonna go but I got homesick and changed my mind.  |
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« Reply #70 on: Thursday, April 28, 2011, 22:08:31 » |
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I know this is full of wrong, but didn't JB have a blinder for us against Oxford at home in his short stint? he also played a part in our semi final run in the League Cup. Other than that, he was a fuck wit of the highest order.
West Ham got burned twice, once by JB and once by Marco Boogers who had a mental breakdown shortly after signing if memory serves me.
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« Reply #71 on: Thursday, April 28, 2011, 22:23:57 » |
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To be fair, being named after a kids' name for snot can't do anything for your mental stability from day one
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« Reply #72 on: Saturday, June 25, 2011, 16:43:51 » |
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I wonder if he'll be getting a ticket for the match at the CG, slumming it on the bank?
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« Reply #73 on: Saturday, June 25, 2011, 19:57:29 » |
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Didn't David Unsworth also sign for them and then decide he wanted to stay up North?
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« Reply #74 on: Saturday, June 25, 2011, 20:53:01 » |
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Didn't David Unsworth also sign for them and then decide he wanted to stay up North?
he signed for aston villa because he thought it was in london and a few hours later signed for west ham |
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