Port Said Red Posted April 5, 2023 Report Share Posted April 5, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, CiderJar said: Trouble at Swindon in 1981 On the subject of Plymouth.... POP!!!! Good to see Jan Möller with his great throws and kicks. Williams of Swindon apparently "unlucky to be booked" for a two footed lunge on 12 minutes. Edited April 5, 2023 by Port Said Red 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderJar Posted April 5, 2023 Report Share Posted April 5, 2023 21 minutes ago, Port Said Red said: Good to see Jan Möller with his great throws and kicks. Williams of Swindon apparently "unlucky to be booked" for a two footed lunge on 12 minutes. Indeed! I also get very nostalgic when I hear the "Jimmy Mann, Jimmy Mann, Jimmy Mann!" chant at every free kick, even when they are most likely to get fired straight into the wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted April 5, 2023 Report Share Posted April 5, 2023 50 minutes ago, cidered abroad said: The size of a city or town had only a minor relationship with the standard of football from the club before Prem arrived. So today's football is dominated by the big city clubs who have accumulated mega millionaires to buy their glory. As for the rest of us, it's how the football club is run that determines the success. Clearly the south west of England is lacking in determiniion to succeed. Clubs from Southampton, Brighton, Bournemouth, Norwich, Ipswich, Nottingham, Sunderland, Birmingham, Stoke, Sheffield, Portsmouth and others have all been much more successful than City, Rovers and Plymouth. I leave the best example till last. Burnley is smaller than Weston Super Mare yet they have spent more time in the top tier than a helluva lot of other bigger towns/cities. Admittedly there is a lot less to do in a total dump like Burnley than Weston, Bristol and Plymouth! WSM bigger than Burnley, well that surprised me, which makes their success even more amazing and only makes me sad that we cannot seem to emulate it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weepywall Posted April 5, 2023 Report Share Posted April 5, 2023 18 minutes ago, pillred said: WSM bigger than Burnley, well that surprised me, which makes their success even more amazing and only makes me sad that we cannot seem to emulate it. Surprised me too. Burnley is a proper football town tho, sure I read that about 20 percent of the population regularly attend the football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted April 5, 2023 Report Share Posted April 5, 2023 2 hours ago, CiderJar said: Trouble at Swindon in 1981 On the subject of Plymouth.... POP!!!! Thanks for posting that. Can't remember seeing it before. Was only talking about Gary Williams on another thread recently. Oddly...Swindon and City both had a Gary Williams playing at LB that day. That can't happen very often. White, black and a dash of red will always be a City away kit imo. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted April 5, 2023 Report Share Posted April 5, 2023 3 hours ago, CiderJar said: Trouble at Swindon in 1981 On the subject of Plymouth.... POP!!!! This was the first away game I drove to, passed my test 2 days before. I had been waiting years to have my own car and be in charge of what games I could attend instead of relying on buses and trains as I lived in West Somerset. Finally at 17 I passed my test………just as the club was in the biggest doldrums in it’s history. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted April 5, 2023 Report Share Posted April 5, 2023 2 hours ago, cidered abroad said: Burnley is smaller than Weston Super Mare yet they have spent more time in the top tier than a helluva lot of other bigger towns/cities. Admittedly there is a lot less to do in a total dump like Burnley than Weston, Bristol and Plymouth! Aaah but have they got a pier that burned down in mysterious circumstances . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted April 5, 2023 Report Share Posted April 5, 2023 2 hours ago, pillred said: WSM bigger than Burnley, well that surprised me, which makes their success even more amazing and only makes me sad that we cannot seem to emulate it. 2 hours ago, weepywall said: Surprised me too. Burnley is a proper football town tho, sure I read that about 20 percent of the population regularly attend the football. Sorry I was going on old figures. Current is Burnley at circa 94,000 and WSM at 84,000. Burnley had about 20K increase over last 20 years as I remember it same as Shrewsbury at circa 76,000. WSM expected to be over 100K by 2030. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted April 5, 2023 Report Share Posted April 5, 2023 2 hours ago, spudski said: Thanks for posting that. Can't remember seeing it before. Was only talking about Gary Williams on another thread recently. Oddly...Swindon and City both had a Gary Williams playing at LB that day. That can't happen very often. White, black and a dash of red will always be a City away kit imo. Mark Hughes v Mark Hughes in a pre-season match against Man Utd way back was another. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted April 5, 2023 Report Share Posted April 5, 2023 What a game that was Dave, there was two gary stevens in the England squad for the 86 world cup, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted April 5, 2023 Report Share Posted April 5, 2023 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Oh Louie louie said: What a game that was Dave, there was two gary stevens in the England squad for the 86 world cup, There was a Trevor Stephen and a Gary Stephens in the same England team, I was on holiday in Greece when a game was played and televised in the local bar with Greek commentary. The only bit we could understand were the players names and any time these two passed to each other the commentators seemed to find it highly amusing and giggled away. "Stephens ........ Stephen" Edited April 5, 2023 by Port Said Red 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted April 5, 2023 Report Share Posted April 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Port Said Red said: There was a Trevor Stephen and a Gary Stephens in the same England team, I was on holiday in Greece when a game was played and televised in the local bar with Greek commentary. The only bit we could understand were the players names and any time these two passed to each other the commentators seemed to find it highly amusing and giggled away. "Stephens ........ Stephen" There was Gary Stevens (Everton RB) and Gary Stevens (Spurs CM). Both appeared for England in 86 WC, Morocco and Paraguay matches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted April 5, 2023 Report Share Posted April 5, 2023 One of the dirtiest teams i have ever saw that Paraguay team, they kicked and elbowed the whole 90 minutes Beardsley got the worst of it, another cracking game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted April 5, 2023 Report Share Posted April 5, 2023 Ive gone from Plymouth to Paraguay thinking I'm going a bit of course 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 5, 2023 Report Share Posted April 5, 2023 4 hours ago, cidered abroad said: Sorry I was going on old figures. Current is Burnley at circa 94,000 and WSM at 84,000. Burnley had about 20K increase over last 20 years as I remember it same as Shrewsbury at circa 76,000. WSM expected to be over 100K by 2030. I`m not surprised Burnley`s population has gone up such a lot. It`s probably one of the few places left in England where anyone can afford a house. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northsomersetred Posted April 6, 2023 Report Share Posted April 6, 2023 On 30/03/2023 at 12:00, archie andrews said: Was it an old sports hall with seating going up both or one of the sides im talking about 89/90...... No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northsomersetred Posted April 6, 2023 Report Share Posted April 6, 2023 On 30/03/2023 at 14:13, Robbored said: Plymouth is lovely My daughter was at uni there and I used to visit her regularly. I knew Plymouth pretty well before she went there and it’s a great place.. We almost moved there with work about 30 years ago but circumstances at that time dictated that we ended up not going A more balanced view of the place! I was born in plumduff and moved up here when I married a lovely young lady from Bedminster, it's a bit of a story as to why I support City! Like any town/city it does have it's rough areas It'll funny to hear the chant 'you dirty northern b@5tards' again They also have an inbuilt hatred towards Swindon as a supporter was killed during a fight there in 87. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted April 6, 2023 Report Share Posted April 6, 2023 20 hours ago, Oh Louie louie said: Ive gone from Plymouth to Paraguay thinking I'm going a bit of course One is third world and frequently under the thumb of the military. The other is Paraguay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 7, 2023 Report Share Posted April 7, 2023 Eight straight wins for Ipswich today and they go second behind Plymouth who came from one down to win at Morecambe. Owls held at Oxford and Barnsley look to have shot their auto chances by losing at Burton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted April 7, 2023 Report Share Posted April 7, 2023 Massive win for the Janners, 1-1 with 5 minutes to go & they’re down to third, 2 goals later & they’re top again, game in hand on Wednesday, too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 7, 2023 Report Share Posted April 7, 2023 1 minute ago, GrahamC said: Massive win for the Janners, 1-1 with 5 minutes to go & they’re down to third, 2 goals later & they’re top again, game in hand on Wednesday, too. I`d love them to get promoted v the blue few at Home Park but I fear it will be a bit early given how tight it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted April 7, 2023 Report Share Posted April 7, 2023 7 minutes ago, GrahamC said: Massive win for the Janners, 1-1 with 5 minutes to go & they’re down to third, 2 goals later & they’re top again, game in hand on Wednesday, too. Some character shown going a goal down after the Wembley thrashing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loosey Boy Posted April 7, 2023 Report Share Posted April 7, 2023 Great result for them in the end today Gonna need Barnsley to do is a favour vs MA’s lot though - sadly, they are on some run and SWFC can’t seem to get a win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 10, 2023 Report Share Posted April 10, 2023 Losing 2-0 at home to Lincoln, Owls 2 up at home to Stanley, Ipswich drawing at Cheltenham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 10, 2023 Report Share Posted April 10, 2023 Ipswich winning. Bollocks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 10, 2023 Report Share Posted April 10, 2023 18 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said: Ipswich winning. Bollocks. 1-1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted April 10, 2023 Report Share Posted April 10, 2023 Sir Alfie of May 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderingred Posted April 11, 2023 Report Share Posted April 11, 2023 I want to go *********POP********** 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted April 11, 2023 Report Share Posted April 11, 2023 On 05/04/2023 at 13:29, Davefevs said: Mark Hughes v Mark Hughes in a pre-season match against Man Utd way back was another. Who can forget when we had both Anthony Rouiger and Tony Rouiger in the same squad… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted April 15, 2023 Report Share Posted April 15, 2023 Massive win for them today after such a poor result last week. For those who think they’ve blown automatic, after playing Charlton at home today Ipswich visit Peterborough then Barnsley. Let’s see what the table looks like then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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