To save you lovely Swindon (Swindle how fucking original) fans from reading the pages of utter hatred they have towards us, which shocked me as I thought they were pretty sound minded fans, blatantly not!
Here are the lowlights of that thread.
God I hate Holloway. He's an absolute knob who actually manages to make things even worse whatever he says. I feel a bit sorry for Swindon ( the place) because I went trainspotting there once when the works used to make trains. I think it's a retail park now. I also hate the club because of the 'no fuel available' saga. Knobs. I think they're my new division Pish.
They are Oxford's Pish, and that's good enough for me. Often mistaking for caring about each other, where we're brothers in arms rallying against new town cesspit dwellers, local councils, and for the Father, the gown too.
What a horrible club they are. I hope we smash the bastards and then give George a message to pass on to his second cousin.
They’re a vile piece of crap club. I knew Carl Hoddle really well and it was truly a tragedy when he died. His cousin Mark is also a decent guy. Glenn, well Glenn is a scumbag. The karma he claims to believe in is clearly bollox.
Obnoxious manager. Obnoxious club.
Holloway has always been a melt and in Swindon he’s found the perfect club & town.
I stayed in Swindon 2 weeks ago… it’s a fecking cesspit that makes most northern towns seem glamorous…
Lots of old beef with Swindon over petrolgate and Hoddle v Beck.
If the rumours about their financial situation really are true, getting in £200k and getting several thousands of pounds a week off the wage bill would be rather tempting I'd have thought.
Seems to have switched from a seller's to a buyer's market though. I doubt it would take a doubling of our latest bid. Especially if the money is needed to keep the club going, money that the owner might have to find himself.
This time next week Smith will be ours.
Yup. I'm increasingly thinking so too.
here's a thread 'Is part of the Town End closed' on one of their fans' forums (The Town End) but I wouldn't be rushing there to gain any (new) information. All very understated.
The New Beginnings thread is where all the doom merchants have gathered
Oh thanks, that's quite a read!
My understanding is that most Swindon fans do their chat via "The Adver", which seems a thoroughly uncivilised way of doing things. There's a recent article on there, which gives me the impression that there's lots for them to sort but that it should be done in time...
am I right or wrong to think if Swindon can't put game on its a 3-0 walkover to us
They will get fined for failing to fulfil the fixture and the game will be rearranged for a Tuesday evening, which isn't what the travelling team (or fans) would want!
I would reverse the fixture, we go to them later in the season on the Saturday Easter Friday our home game is planned for, and make them come to us on a Tuesday.
Just play the game behind closed doors. Fxxx them.
The upside is that they seem to be struggling big time with lack of money.
They might be very happy to accept the next bid for their star striker.
None of this playing behind closed doors or rearranging the game on a Tuesday nonsense for me, I think the game should forfeited. If the ground isn't safe that means they can't fulfil the fixture...
Cue Smith signs for an undisclosed fee before the window closes. Significantly less than 6 figures! It’s so Swindon, years later, still tin pot, crook and the arm pit of country!
It seems that every season some random set of opposition fans take a dislike to us, happened with Wigan and Shrewsbury a few years back IIRC.
Ah well they must see us as a threat or they wouldnt be so pathetic.
