Jump to content

cider head

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    11584

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    5

 Content Type 

Posts posted by cider head

  8. The Family Club....again

    in Football Chat

    Posted · Edited by cider head

    IPB Image

    Drinkers caught in football violence

    The Queens Tap pub after football fans cause chaos

    RIVAL football fans caused chaos when they clashed at a Swindon pub on a day when neither teams kicked a ball.

    Twelve people were arrested after the trouble which involved up to 100 people at around 5pm on Saturday.

    Men believed to be Bristol Rovers supporters smashed all the windows of the Queens Tap when they threw cans and bottles at Swindon fans inside the pub.

    The landlord who had only opened the place two days before the flare-up says it was the worst trouble he has seen in 12 years in the trade.

    Bristol Rovers' game away at Oxford United was cancelled at 11am on Saturday and with no game to watch their fans descended on Swindon instead.

    Town's game against Tranmere had also been cancelled.

    Sergeant Carly Stevenson, from Swindon police, said is had been a frightening experience for those in the pub at the time.

    "We received a lot of calls from concerned members of the public," she said.

    "Every single window in the pub was smashed and upon arrival there was about 50-100 people still outside showing signs of disorder.

    "They dispersed and we managed to track some down.

    "They splintered off and tried to run off down the back alleys.

    "It was not a pleasant incident. They had gone to the Oxford match which was cancelled and on the way back they decided to stop off at Swindon.

    "I feel sorry for the people in the pub. It must have been frightening for them."

    Licensee Graham Simpson, who has just moved to the town from Cambridge, said: "It's Welcome to Swindon' as they say.

    "The locals have said the last time something like this happened was 15 years ago but it's a bit of a shock.

    "There was quite a few in at the time and it was a shock for them too.

    "I had only been open two days.

    "Luckily it was only me working. My other half and two children, who are four and eight, had just got back from the park and they were right outside when it happened.

    "They don't want to see that. I have been in the pub business for 12 years and this is the worst incident I have seen.

    "Bristol Rovers' game at Oxford was called off so I think they stopped off here and thought we'll have a go at Swindon'.

    "They had been in the town all day and then when it's time to go home they go to the train station and we're right here.

    "There's extensive damage to the windows and luckily the police response was pretty quick."

    http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/display...ll_violence.php

  13. Carling Cup V Wycombe Wanderers

    in Football Chat

    Posted

    don't panic burnell will be in a wycombe shirt :dunno:

    carling cup 1st round ties

    lincon v derby

    sunderland v chester

    darlington v barnsley

    hull v wrexham

    notts forest v scunthorpe

    rochdale v wolves

    bradford v notts county

    bury v burnley

    tranmere v shrewsbury

    crewe v blackpool

    mansfield v preston

    sheffield wednesday v walsall

    sheffield united v stockport

    hartlepool v macclesfield

    doncaster v port vale

    oldham v stoke

    grimsby v wigan

    rotherham v wigan

    leeds v huddersfield

    colchester v cheltenham

    peterborough v milton keynes dons

    gillingham v northampton

    brighton v bristol rovers

    leyton orient v bournemouth

    wycombe v bristol city

    boston v luton

    watford v cambridge

    Q.P.R v swansea

    kidderminster v cardiff city

    west ham v southend

    oxford v reading

    ipswich v brentford

    rushden v swindon

    yeovil v plymouth

    coventry v torquay

  15. Peacock

    in Football Chat

    Posted · Edited by cider head

    Another type of workhorse is a 'mule' or 'donkey' etc. We don't need too many mules/donkeys upfront we need thoroughbred strikers up front to bang home all the chances that Peacock and Miller can't convert.

    Up the City

    yeah i agree to a point but what i can see peacock is over working

    ie: going to the wing to get the ball to much when we have sod all

    coming down the flanks for him and miller, we can see millers strong

    point is his heading so why are we not getting decent balls in on

    to his head or take a leaf out of peterborough and sheffield wednesday

    who could clearly see we struggled to cope with the long throw in's, if

    we have 2 big men upfront then we have to start to play to their strenghs

    and get the ball in on their heads more, i can understand our ground play

    if we were playing roberts and lita but as i've said peacock has come

    far to much to the wings to get the ball, why oh why don't we

    play goodfellow on the left and roberts on the right :D

    i'm sorry a.brown is just to inconsistant :rolleyes:

×
×
  • Create New...