STFC Fixtures 2011/12

[Simon Pieman]

I've been invited to a wedding in Wilts which is on Opening Day.

I haven't seen this guy for 10 years... Whirlwind trip to the CG for Di Canio's opening game is far more tempting.

axs?

[Costanza]

N'ah Somene down Westbury way.

[No Longer Posh Red]

What season was that then?

It will have been 1988/89, (although having checked it wasn't Reading).

If I remember we were due to play at home on either the opening Day, (or the Tuesday night after), but we couldn't play at home because the Stratton Bank didn't have its safety certificate after the terracing was re-built.

To be honest I can't remember if the game was postponed or whether we switched and played away, the only for sure was that we didn't miss a home game

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

I remember that. It should have been Palace but it took Hilliers' Building Contractors all summer to put down a bit of concrete on the Stratton Bank. Our first game was away to Barnsley on the Bank Holiday Monday.

[No Longer Posh Red]

I remember that. It should have been Palace but it took Hilliers' Building Contractors all summer to put down a bit of concrete on the Stratton Bank. Our first game was away to Barnsley on the Bank Holiday Monday.

Yep, that was it.   

Irony was that I missed the play-off games with Palace at the end of the season because I was on holiday in Spain with the lads.  Still the only Town play-off games I haven't been to.

[tans]

Scummers are looking into getting a temporary stand for our visit.

How nice of them

[Ralphy]

Scummers are looking into getting a temporary stand for our visit.

How nice of them

Makes sense. Wouldn't have to worry about segregation in the north stand and could potentially have a 14 to 15k crowd.

[magicroundabout]

crewe don't seem too bothered about playing us first game of the season

http://www.crewe.vitalfootball.co.uk/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=9425&posts=17

[leefer]

Scummers are looking into getting a temporary stand for our visit.

How nice of them

Well its only going to be a temporary visit.

[matt_jada]

"But yes, I'm sure we'll rough 'em up, Comazzi, Lanzano and Kerrouche will have nightmares about facing tough guys like Griff, McCombe and Clayton Mac."

"I think a blind sloth could pick out better signings than Di Canio."

"my only hope for this game is if Di Canio hasn't done his homework and tries to play football against us."

Idiots Do they know something we don't, I think every other league two fan is playing the "foreigner's wont be able to play in the lower english league's card" because of weather &

playing style etc.

Hopefully we can prove them all wrong.
I agree there's going to be alot of pressure on PDC from the off

[Dr Pierre Chang]

The Port Vale fan on that site is talking out of his arse and seems to think Micky Adams is some sort of football genius - I guess he didn't watch him closely at Sheffield United.

[herthab]

crewe don't seem too bothered about playing us first game of the season

http://www.crewe.vitalfootball.co.uk/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=9425&posts=17

They seem to think that because a lot of the players we've signed are unknown to them and are foreign then they must be shit.

They also think they won't like the rough and tumble of league 2.

I hope they are in for a major surprise.

[RJack]

Happy to be seen as the underdogs as it can only be a good thing for us, if teams / fans are writing us because of the nationality of the player we have signed then they do it at their own peril

[Bob's Orange]

"But yes, I'm sure we'll rough 'em up, Comazzi, Lanzano and Kerrouche will have nightmares about facing tough guys like Griff, McCombe and Clayton Mac."

"I think a blind sloth could pick out better signings than Di Canio."

"my only hope for this game is if Di Canio hasn't done his homework and tries to play football against us."

Idiots Do they know something we don't, I think every other league two fan is playing the "foreigner's wont be able to play in the lower english league's card" because of weather &

playing style etc.

Hopefully we can prove them all wrong.
I agree there's going to be alot of pressure on PDC from the off

I originally had a bit of a misgiving about foreigners not adapting to league 2 and the cold weather etc but these guys we've signed have been playing in lower leagues in France, Belgium, Germany and Italy etc so its hardly that much of a culture shock. Had we signed 11 players from Dubai, Miami, Delhi etc then we can worry. Let them write us off and we'll do our talking on the pitch.

[matt_jada]

Searching through most of league two club forum's, Its pretty much the opinion of all of them

Like above, were just a bunch of useless foreigners who wont be able to cope with the rough, physical side in which League two brings.

I hope/believe that a few games into the season that opinion will quickly change