bristolmoose Posted September 4, 2021 Report Share Posted September 4, 2021 4 hours ago, Shaun Taylor said: That's terrible for such a big club They've got Hartlepool away next Saturday wonder if they will beat the 293 that travelled to Barrow! Ooh, I'm staying near Hartlepool next weekend. Wonder if I should become an honorary Monkey Hanger for the day! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Taylor Posted September 4, 2021 Report Share Posted September 4, 2021 8 minutes ago, bristolmoose said: Ooh, I'm staying near Hartlepool next weekend. Wonder if I should become an honorary Monkey Hanger for the day! Most definitely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS2 Red Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 A photo of @bristolmoose next weekend: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seventeen Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 13 hours ago, Bristol Rob said: This thread has some double-top #GasLogic. If you were buying a one-of-a-kind bit of art, how many examples of this work would you expect to see. The clue 'one of a kind'... https://gaschat.co.uk/thread/18511/signed-rickie-lambert-artwork Come on lad, it doesn’t say “one of a kind”. “We’ve got 100 of these one off Rickie Lambert pieces” Meaning it’s a one time run of 100 pieces. Once they’re gone, they’re gone. It’s for charity. Give it a rest. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderingred Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 2 hours ago, Seventeen said: Come on lad, it doesn’t say “one of a kind”. “We’ve got 100 of these one off Rickie Lambert pieces” Meaning it’s a one time run of 100 pieces. Once they’re gone, they’re gone. It’s for charity. Give it a rest. What does the seventeen in your username mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wealwayseatcheese Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 17 hours ago, Shaun Taylor said: We left it late and had 67% possession and took over a 1000 today Was talking to a Swindon fan at Gloucester city last week, a mate of Gerrys, he said there is a real feel good factor at Swindon since that weasel Power left. Away support is up and fans are enjoying their football again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Taylor Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 7 minutes ago, Wealwayseatcheese said: Was talking to a Swindon fan at Gloucester city last week, a mate of Gerrys, he said there is a real feel good factor at Swindon since that weasel Power left. Away support is up and fans are enjoying their football again. It's like the club has been reborn again since Clem took over and the feel good factor Is definitely back. We're never going to have your support home or away but over a thousand yesterday at Stevenage, nine hundred at Scunthorpe and eight hundred at Salford is pretty good going considering none of them were local. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanburyRed Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, Shaun Taylor said: It's like the club has been reborn again since Clem took over and the feel good factor Is definitely back. We're never going to have your support home or away but over a thousand yesterday at Stevenage, nine hundred at Scunthorpe and eight hundred at Salford is pretty good going considering none of them were local. Never ceases to amaze me some of the support that clubs get in L1 & L2 for away games......fair play on those 3 away turn outs! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Taylor Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, BanburyRed said: Never ceases to amaze me some of the support that clubs get in L1 & L2 for away games......fair play on those 3 away turn outs! That's why I was surprised Rovers took less than 300 to Barrow considering most of their loyal bunch wouldn't have been there before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Davey Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Shaun Taylor said: That's why I was surprised Rovers took less than 300 to Barrow considering most of their loyal bunch wouldn't have been there before missed a 0 of f that total . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weepywall Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Shaun Taylor said: That's why I was surprised Rovers took less than 300 to Barrow considering most of their loyal bunch wouldn't have been there before Didn't surprise me....they big up their "massive away support" but we all know its just another fantasy in their tiny minds. "bang average away support" is a better description. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellfire Corner Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 Creepy 1 Crawley 0 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 4 hours ago, Shaun Taylor said: That's why I was surprised Rovers took less than 300 to Barrow considering most of their loyal bunch wouldn't have been there before they did take 3000 to barrow, unfortunately, when they got there, all they found was a derelict hospital 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 I see they succumbed 19 shots and 14 clear chances against (keeper needing to make 7 good saves) to scrape that 1-0 win. Quite enjoying the papering over the cracks it seems to have made for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodjias Wrist Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 5 hours ago, Shaun Taylor said: It's like the club has been reborn again since Clem took over and the feel good factor Is definitely back. We're never going to have your support home or away but over a thousand yesterday at Stevenage, nine hundred at Scunthorpe and eight hundred at Salford is pretty good going considering none of them were local. I would say thats fantastic away support seeing as you just got relegated as is the home support. Been quite surprised myself but then you have a decent catchment area. Are you looking to relocate too or refurb your stadium? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Taylor Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 4 minutes ago, Kodjias Wrist said: I would say thats fantastic away support seeing as you just got relegated as is the home support. Been quite surprised myself but then you have a decent catchment area. Are you looking to relocate too or refurb your stadium? We tried to relocate 20 years ago up by junction 16 but at the last hurdle the council opposed as they found great crested newts on the land. A couple of years later the young announced they were building a couple of thousand homes!! All sites in and around Swindon have been developed so I can't see that there's anywhere to build a new stadium as Junction 15 has the GWH hospital plus new houses and all along the A419 is built up or allocated for another 8000 homes. There are plans to redevelop the County ground with the new owner once he's sorted out Powers mess but it won't happen overnight. Ideally it would be great to turn the stadium around 90 degrees but the cricket ground is the problem as the pavilion has heritage protection so we may have been to build a new Townend and redevelop the Stratton bank and put a roof on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, Shaun Taylor said: We tried to relocate 20 years ago up by junction 16 but at the last hurdle the council opposed as they found great crested newts on the land. A couple of years later the young announced they were building a couple of thousand homes!! All sites in and around Swindon have been developed so I can't see that there's anywhere to build a new stadium as Junction 15 has the GWH hospital plus new houses and all along the A419 is built up or allocated for another 8000 homes. There are plans to redevelop the County ground with the new owner once he's sorted out Powers mess but it won't happen overnight. Ideally it would be great to turn the stadium around 90 degrees but the cricket ground is the problem as the pavilion has heritage protection so we may have been to build a new Townend and redevelop the Stratton bank and put a roof on it. You could start off by just putting a new light bulb in the away end toilet. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 4 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said: You could start off by just putting a new light bulb in the away end toilet. They`ve tried but building control said no. They were worried about the impact of the extra weight on the structure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Taylor Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 12 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said: You could start off by just putting a new light bulb in the away end toilet. Gasheads will only pinch it later in the season! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, Shaun Taylor said: Gasheads will only pinch it later in the season! They would and take it home with them to worship it. All hail the bringer of magic light! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 21 minutes ago, Shaun Taylor said: We tried to relocate 20 years ago up by junction 16 but at the last hurdle the council opposed as they found great crested newts on the land. A couple of years later the young announced they were building a couple of thousand homes!! All sites in and around Swindon have been developed so I can't see that there's anywhere to build a new stadium as Junction 15 has the GWH hospital plus new houses and all along the A419 is built up or allocated for another 8000 homes. There are plans to redevelop the County ground with the new owner once he's sorted out Powers mess but it won't happen overnight. Ideally it would be great to turn the stadium around 90 degrees but the cricket ground is the problem as the pavilion has heritage protection so we may have been to build a new Townend and redevelop the Stratton bank and put a roof on it. There always seems to be a lot of potential brownfield area near the "back route" into the Outlet Centre, I would have thought it would be possible to find something there? If you're council is anything like BCC, they will be looking at the County Ground as a great spot for development. Do you own it these days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Taylor Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said: They would and take it home with them to worship it. All hail the bringer of magic light! They may use it to light up one of their tents during the winter months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 Just now, Shaun Taylor said: They may use it to light up one of their tents during the winter months They might. I believe the council have said they have to stop using candles. Not anything to do with the fire risk, they`re worried some of the dribblers might eat them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Taylor Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, Port Said Red said: There always seems to be a lot of potential brownfield area near the "back route" into the Outlet Centre, I would have thought it would be possible to find something there? If you're council is anything like BCC, they will be looking at the County Ground as a great spot for development. Do you own it these days? There was an agreement for the STFC trust to purchase 50% with Power buying the other half so I'm assuming that the new owner will carry that on. There is a covenant on the land saying that it has to be used for sporting purposes only so it can't be developed for houses etc. The problem we seem to have with brownfield sites is the locals always complain about the potential traffic it would create. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 Just now, Shaun Taylor said: There was an agreement for the STFC trust to purchase 50% with Power buying the other half so I'm assuming that the new owner will carry that on. There is a covenant on the land saying that it has to be used for sporting purposes only so it can't be developed for houses etc. The problem we seem to have with brownfield sites is the locals always complain about the potential traffic it would create. Shame about that covenant, but I guess that makes it easier in some ways, it has to be development where you are. I never feel there is much of a "footprint" outside of the confines of the ground to develop into though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Taylor Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, Port Said Red said: Shame about that covenant, but I guess that makes it easier in some ways, it has to be development where you are. I never feel there is much of a "footprint" outside of the confines of the ground to develop into though. You're right there's not really anywhere else within the current footprint to develop. Swindon is now heavily populated on the North side with thousands of new homes & families etc which many won't be aware of so there's maybe potential off the A419 near Cricklade but it would be a few miles away from the Town centre. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 When your mashed up food and pills are delivered by the retirement home orderlies… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Davey Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 18 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said: When your mashed up food and pills are delivered by the retirement home orderlies… did he play for swindon ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42nite Posted September 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 42 minutes ago, Jim Davey said: did he play for swindon ? Probably, this thread does seem to be turning into a Swindon worshiping experience! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Taylor Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Jim Davey said: did he play for swindon ? 2 games in 2011 before his much publicised fall out with DiCanio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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