Swindon Town Vs Crawley Official Matchday Thread

[ghanimah]

"They scored at the right time and it killed us a little bit," he continued.

Hmm, not quite sure when the wrong time to score is...?

[Peter Gibbons]

Pao-mow, it's Pao-mow

[reeves4england]

Hmm, not quite sure when the wrong time to score is...?

"Unfortunately for us, all of Swindon's goals came after the game started and before the final whistle, whereas we scored all of ours in the warm up. It's quite hard to take, but there's not much you can do about it really."

[Batch]

 

Pao-mow, it's Pao-mow

 

What was I thinking. .

[nevillew]

Pao-mow, it's Pao-mow

You deserve a medal for that,  Oh......

[Ginginho]

[jayohaitchenn]

You deserve a medal for that,  Oh......

Haaaaaaaa!

[I love di Canio]

Hi Swindon fans,

Crawley fan here. I’d thought I’d put my thoughts on the game of the other night and my over all experience.

First up, going to the County Ground as away fan is an expensive day out. £25 and the food and drink is pricey too, although the alcohol is bizarrely comparatively cheap. The stewards inside were a friendly bunch but the bouncers outside were way over the top. I think they need to realise that mostly respectable people and families got to football. They treated it like a nightclub. Tone it down.

Once inside I thought the ground was excellent. Good facilities and a fantastic away section. The ground is built to keep the noise inside which was good.

On going to the game I think most sensible Crawley fans would have been very happy with a draw. We steamrollered the Conference, did well in League Two although slightly limped over the line at the end. Most of us realise that this year is about consolidation. Some newspapers are still inclined to call us the Big Spenders which is ludicrous when put up against the spending power now of the likes of Sheffield United, Coventry and to a certain degree yourselves. I don’t think we’ll go down but we’ll by no means challenge for promotion.

On the game itself, until you scored an extremely fortunate goal I thought it was level pegging. After that we were totally outplayed and you deserved your win. It’s frustrating though that the other two goals were also somewhat defensive gifts from us. On another day we might have scraped a (admittedly undeserved) 0-0 draw. Also, on another day you might have had your player sent off. A yellow card was probably the correct decision but I’ve seen them given.

From what I’ve seen of your team I think you’ll make the play-offs. You play good football, move the ball around well and are defensively sound. Ritchie looks like a very good player; it’s a shame he goes to ground so easily. Such is football.

With regards to our singing. You’re an ex-Premier League side. Remember how proud you were when you got there. It was the highest you’d ever been. League One is the highest we’ve ever been. We never thought we’d get here. I certainly didn’t and I’ve been going for twenty years. We’re going to enjoy every moment. I thought your crowd was very quiet although I appreciate most clubs’ fans are noisier away from home.

It irks me that SOME supporters of clubs like yours have the audacity to call Crawley not ‘proper’ and tinpot. A history lesson will show you that Crawley Town Football Club is only seventeen years younger than Swindon Town Football Club. It’s total ignorance and arrogance to say such things. It’s the ignorance that made the Football League such a closed shop for such a long time that you had to be voted in and up until very recently you had only one in one out.

Another think that irks me is SOME fans from larger clubs such as yourselves taking the mickey out of our attendances and away following. We’re a small club. Less than eighteen months ago we were non-league. The infrastructure of our club is still fairly non-league but it’s a steep learning curve and we’re learning. I was at a game about three and a half years ago when we had 600 people in. We’re now averaging over 3,000. Now that may not seem big time for you with your Billy Big Balls 7,500, but for a lad from Crawley who’s seen truly dark days at the club that is amazing. So an ex-Premier League club taking the mickey out of our attendances is bit like Tesco taking the mickey out of the thriving local corner shop: pathetic.

Paolo Di Canio. I don’t like the man. I don’t like his politics. I don’t like the way he likes to be the centre of attention. I do understand why Swindon fans like him though as he’s brought success to the club.

Steve Evans. I didn’t like the man. I didn’t like his history. I didn’t like the way he likes to be the centre of attention. I did like him as manager of Crawley Town though as he brought success to the club.

Paolo Di Canio still manages Swindon; Steve Evans now does not manage Crawley Town.

Anyway, football internet forums are a dangerous thing as it’s always the trolls and the unreasonable people that get the most attention and give club’s fans bad names. I’m sure the vast majority of Swindon fans are thorough upstanding decent people; I know Crawley Town fans are.

I’m pretty sure we’ll meet again in the league next season, although you’ll finish higher in the table than us.

All the best,

Born in Crawley Hospital aka BICH

[Shaw Rosso]

You really have changed my opinion of Crawley and their fans, well done.

Does the other Crawley fan know you posted this?

[tans]

You'll meet us in the league this season fella, unless weve played you twice already

[tans]

Also, we were the 10k fans that mysteriously appeared when you played Man Utd in the cup

[Ginginho]

Paolo Di Canio. I don’t like the man. I don’t like his politics.

What politics? I don't think it's been discussed on here before.

It'll probably take at least a season for you to shake off the Steve Evans stigma.

Please can you shoot the drummer, thanks in advance.

[jonny72]

Also, we were the 10k fans that mysteriously appeared when you played Man Utd in the cup

Probably the same place as the 30k fans that mysteriously appear whenever we play at Wembley.

[Peter Venkman]

Very nice, thanks.

All this coming from the same man that posted on the Crawley forum this....

Your fans were a disgrace. 3-0 up and you still didn't sing.

Your manager is a fascist too.

We went up last season, as did you. We will not go up this season, as you will not. We put you out the cup, you did not go on to the last sixteen two seasons in a row and play at Old Trafford. Given the choice, I'd take our lot.

[ghanimah]

Hi Swindon fans,

Crawley fan here. I’d thought I’d put my thoughts on the game of the other night and my over all experience.

First up, going to the County Ground as away fan is an expensive day out. £25 and the food and drink is pricey too, although the alcohol is bizarrely comparatively cheap. The stewards inside were a friendly bunch but the bouncers outside were way over the top. I think they need to realise that mostly respectable people and families got to football. They treated it like a nightclub. Tone it down.

Once inside I thought the ground was excellent. Good facilities and a fantastic away section. The ground is built to keep the noise inside which was good.

On going to the game I think most sensible Crawley fans would have been very happy with a draw. We steamrollered the Conference, did well in League Two although slightly limped over the line at the end. Most of us realise that this year is about consolidation. Some newspapers are still inclined to call us the Big Spenders which is ludicrous when put up against the spending power now of the likes of Sheffield United, Coventry and to a certain degree yourselves. I don’t think we’ll go down but we’ll by no means challenge for promotion.

On the game itself, until you scored an extremely fortunate goal I thought it was level pegging. After that we were totally outplayed and you deserved your win. It’s frustrating though that the other two goals were also somewhat defensive gifts from us. On another day we might have scraped a (admittedly undeserved) 0-0 draw. Also, on another day you might have had your player sent off. A yellow card was probably the correct decision but I’ve seen them given.

From what I’ve seen of your team I think you’ll make the play-offs. You play good football, move the ball around well and are defensively sound. Ritchie looks like a very good player; it’s a shame he goes to ground so easily. Such is football.

With regards to our singing. You’re an ex-Premier League side. Remember how proud you were when you got there. It was the highest you’d ever been. League One is the highest we’ve ever been. We never thought we’d get here. I certainly didn’t and I’ve been going for twenty years. We’re going to enjoy every moment. I thought your crowd was very quiet although I appreciate most clubs’ fans are noisier away from home.

It irks me that SOME supporters of clubs like yours have the audacity to call Crawley not ‘proper’ and tinpot. A history lesson will show you that Crawley Town Football Club is only seventeen years younger than Swindon Town Football Club. It’s total ignorance and arrogance to say such things. It’s the ignorance that made the Football League such a closed shop for such a long time that you had to be voted in and up until very recently you had only one in one out.

Another think that irks me is SOME fans from larger clubs such as yourselves taking the mickey out of our attendances and away following. We’re a small club. Less than eighteen months ago we were non-league. The infrastructure of our club is still fairly non-league but it’s a steep learning curve and we’re learning. I was at a game about three and a half years ago when we had 600 people in. We’re now averaging over 3,000. Now that may not seem big time for you with your Billy Big Balls 7,500, but for a lad from Crawley who’s seen truly dark days at the club that is amazing. So an ex-Premier League club taking the mickey out of our attendances is bit like Tesco taking the mickey out of the thriving local corner shop: pathetic.

Paolo Di Canio. I don’t like the man. I don’t like his politics. I don’t like the way he likes to be the centre of attention. I do understand why Swindon fans like him though as he’s brought success to the club.

Steve Evans. I didn’t like the man. I didn’t like his history. I didn’t like the way he likes to be the centre of attention. I did like him as manager of Crawley Town though as he brought success to the club.

Paolo Di Canio still manages Swindon; Steve Evans now does not manage Crawley Town.

Anyway, football internet forums are a dangerous thing as it’s always the trolls and the unreasonable people that get the most attention and give club’s fans bad names. I’m sure the vast majority of Swindon fans are thorough upstanding decent people; I know Crawley Town fans are.

I’m pretty sure we’ll meet again in the league next season, although you’ll finish higher in the table than us.

All the best,

Born in Crawley Hospital aka BICH

Your backhanded complements have been noted, though don't flatter and don't get above yourself - we play Franchise Scum Saturday - now there's a club that should really be put out of business