First Town Game

[woolster]

I was in that very pub

a bloke on the door asked where you from lads, we said swindon, he winked and said come on in
quality days

[steveg]

Swindon 2 Brizzle Rovers 2 towards the end of the promotion season in 1969.
If my memory is correct we sat on wooden benchesnear the touchline on the north side before the Arkells (aka north stand) was built

Ditto and how strange? The second game I watched was against Gibraltar....8-0. Must of felt for them as I moved there for 18 yrs

[woolster]

this was a tasty one, remember rocks being thrown over from the carpark behind us

[chalkies_shorts]

Was at that one. I remember the bloody maasive ethnic minorities outside than the rocks.

[Notts red]

Was at that one. I remember the bloody maasive ethnic minorities outside than the rocks.

Was also at Eastville and remember the rock throwing , haven't seen that footage  Great memories. They were picking off smaller groups of Swindon coming away from the ground, we bumped into some Rovers supporters we knew and walked up the road with them, probably stopped us from getting a kicking to be honest.

[leefer]

this was a tasty one, remember rocks being thrown over from the carpark behind us

Remember it well.

[Foggy]

my first game was 1990 i think, league cup against southampton, 2-2 at home and lost 4-2 away

[Notts red]

Was at that one. I remember the bloody maasive ethnic minorities outside than the rocks.

Heard the presenter mention Rovers manager Terry cooper at the end of that clip, our new assistants dad  Is Terry best know for playing at Ipswich Town ?

[leefer]

Heard the presenter mention Rovers manager Terry cooper at the end of that clip, our new assistants dad  Is Terry best know for playing at Ipswich Town ?

Leeds i reckon....managed Brum for a while also.

[woolster]

my first game was 1990 i think, league cup against southampton, 2-2 at home and lost 4-2 away

was that the game where gittens tried to let the ball go for a goal kick, instead he fucked it and they got a corner & scored if so i was there, if i recall it was called of prior due to a waterlgged pitch

[leefer]

was that the game where gittens tried to let the ball go for a goal kick, instead he fucked it and they got a corner & scored if so i was there, if i recall it was called of prior due to a waterlgged pitch

A young Shearer crossed for old boy Rideout to equalise........then Saints scored two more in extra time...Alan Mac was brilliant and probably the reason the Saints paid a million for him a few months later.

[cheltred69]

A young Shearer crossed for old boy Rideout to equalise........then Saints scored two more in extra time...Alan Mac was brilliant and probably the reason the Saints paid a million for him a few months later.

It would have been a million if they didn't drop him after he played 24 games!

[Not that Nice If I'm Honest]

I remember Shilton running out expecting applause and getting a chorus of "Maradonna"

I was a bit torn on that one, 'cos I hated the hand-balling little cunt, but I put my petty issues aside and did my bit to wind up the opposition, for the benefit of STFC

[woolster]

A young Shearer crossed for old boy Rideout to equalise........then Saints scored two more in extra time...Alan Mac was brilliant and probably the reason the Saints paid a million for him a few months later.

do you remember the saints strange song, out of nowhere the chant of "you can beat this shit"

[leefer]

It would have been a million if they didn't drop him after he played 24 games!

Yep...remember that now,there loss was Pompey's gain,he had a great career for them.

No Woolster cant remember that chanting but i vividly remember the Gittens moment....i remember it was well juicy in the local streets before and after.