11:39am Wednesday 1st September 2010
By Anthony Marshall
SOUTHAMPTON may have banned all press photographers from St Mary's this season - but that didn't stop the Advertiser from bringing Town fans all the action from last night's game.
And while sometimes fans and clubs are labelled as 'plastics', it was the players who yesterday took on the form of the artificial substance.
As Swindon thumped the Johnstone's Paint Trophy holders 3-0 on their own patch to progress to the second round of the competition, we were left unable to print images of the match unless we paid Southampton for their own copies.
But, along with almost every paper - regional and national - across the country, we boycotted that idea and decided to come up with something original and innovative instead.
That was where Subbuteo came in. Several members of the sports desk raided their parents' attics and came up with quite a collection of items from the childhood game.
And after a quick paint-job we were able to go back to our youths and recreate the key moments from Town's drubbing of the Saints.
Pictured right are some of the best images from last night's action.
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