Swede deal for Town (From Swindon Advertiser)
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SWINDON TOWN: Swede deal for Town
7:00am Friday 8th April 2011 in STFC News By Gary Rose
SWINDON are exploring the possibility of setting up a player-exchange deal with a club in Sweden that could come into effect from next season.
Two youth team players from Swedish second division side Degerfors recently completed a two-week spell training with Town, and youth team manager Paul Bodin was impressed with the standard of their ability.
The link-up was originally organised by former Town chairman Cliff Puffett and Bodin would welcome the possibility of something more permanent being put in place, with players from Swindon also being sent on loan to Sweden.
He told the Advertiser: “There are links in place that hopefully we can forge even stronger over the coming seasons.
“We have looked at things that perhaps we can do in the future. Perhaps some young players can come over and maybe some of our first or second year professionals can go over to Degerfors on loan to enhance their understanding of a different culture, so maybe there are links for the future.
“One of the Swedish players has played quite a few games in the first team this year so that is the kind of level we are looking at.
“We could send one or two of our boys over there and enhance the level we have already got.”
Degerfors, who played in the top flight of Swedish during the 1990s, are perhaps most famous for being the team where former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson cut his managerial teeth.
Tord Grip also had a spell in charge of the club while former Aston Villa defender Olof Mellberg came through the club's youth system and Teddy Sheringham enjoyed a brief spell on loan there during the 1980s.
“They have won the Swedish Cup back in the 90s and that is the kind of level they are aspiring to get back to,” added Bodin.
The two players, Jesper Karlsson and Sebastian Bergenheim, both 17, return home today but leave with what they feel has been a valuable learning experience that will only aid their development.
“It has been very good to play for this big club,” said Bergenheim. “The football here is very physical whereas in Sweden there is more passing involved.”
Karlsson added: “It has been really good for us as young players to learn as we get close to playing for the first team in Sweden.”
Comments(47)
louiscassius
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7:14am Fri 8 Apr 11
Be nice to know in fours weeks who gonna be staying and leaving......includi
ng the Manager?
Has Trollop deffo been seen at a few home games??
Louis
louiscassius
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7:16am Fri 8 Apr 11
Lazaat wrote:Morning Mate,
Adver struggling for a story today to come up with this rubbish? How many young players are getting into the 1st team? We keep hearing about our promising youngsters yet none of them have been able to get into one of the worst Town team in our history, apart from Morrison who promptly left us for Reading reserves.
Yeah i know,. i was trying to be optimistic...Hahahah
aha....well said though, you've got broader shoulders than me......
Hope your well mate, look forward to cathing up again sson buddy.
Louis
umpcah
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7:30am Fri 8 Apr 11
Lazaat
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7:41am Fri 8 Apr 11
umpcah wrote:I like it umpcah, very funny. Hi Louis how you doing M8? See you at Accrington next season? Shameful isn't it? I think the club should apologise to the fans for this shambolic and embarrassing season, I thought we were a club on the up.
We`ve had to watch a few cabbages in the Swindon team this season so a swede could make a welcome change !
the wizard
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7:48am Fri 8 Apr 11
umpcah
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7:54am Fri 8 Apr 11
Davidsyrett
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9:04am Fri 8 Apr 11
louiscassius wrote:Louis, I've heard the same sort of rumours regarding Trollope doing the rounds, hope it's not true but a couple of people who arn't usually far of the mark have told me he will be our new manager next season. Suit the chairman, he's cheap and a "yes" man. As I said recently, better to keep Hart than allow our "assist stripper" of a chairman to make another chose of manager. Over to you LR!!
Well this can only be a good thing i suppose you only have to capture one or two good players and thats made it all worth while. Be nice to know in fours weeks who gonna be staying and leaving......includi ng the Manager? Has Trollop deffo been seen at a few home games?? Louis
Old-Stager, Hilperton
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9:18am Fri 8 Apr 11
Custodian
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9:41am Fri 8 Apr 11
The bitterness has kicked-in, sorry. Farewell Championship, hello football obscurity.
Even Angrier Monkey
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9:46am Fri 8 Apr 11
Are you really moaning that we're trying to look at good young players? You'll look like a bunch of **** if we managed to sign an 18 year old Olaf Mellberg on the cheap through this agreement.
oldandwise
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9:55am Fri 8 Apr 11
the wizard
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10:19am Fri 8 Apr 11
oldandwise wrote:Old and wise,
Lazaat,High Peak,What is this fascination with Accrington amongst Swindon Fans.If you and all the knockers of Accy. would care to divert their attention to L2 they would see that the much maligned Accrington Stanley are in an excellent position to be promoted this season.This by a club squeezed between Burnley and Blackburn,half hour ride from Manchester and a population not much bigger than W.Bassett.Where as we Swindon supporters are facing relegation with a catchment area of approx.200,000 and no competition in the immediate area.I think we should start looking up to them rather than using them as standard to be despised.By the way did you know they were one of the founder members of the league?Our town should be ashamed of the amount of support we give to our local team.AM I WRONG?
NO, you are not wrong, and don't forget, Accy Stanley have adopted their saying, the worlds favourite football club, and after their crash and rise through the ashes, you have to respect them, and even in the last few years supporters have been out with buckets collecting at other bigger clubs home games, and those donations have helped keep them afloat. their manager has worked miracles on a zero budget, best of luck to them I say, because football needs clubs like them. Fitton could learn plenty from them on how to run a club, and at least their players have WANTED IT, and are paid a whole lot less than ours. Plenty of lessons to be learned from them.
batch
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10:31am Fri 8 Apr 11
Ginger-nutz
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11:00am Fri 8 Apr 11
Lazaat
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11:02am Fri 8 Apr 11
oldandwise wrote:Oldandwise, I agree with your post and what you said about good old Accy and you have answered the reason whay i keep saying we shall be playing them again next season, but if it makes you feel more comfortable then i could instead say Morecambe, Stevenage, Aldershot, Burton Albion, Barnet or Crawley as none of these teams should be in the same division as Swindon for the very good reasons you have pointed out in your post! So i am not trying to be vindictive to clubs like Accrington Stanley as i admire them very much for what they have achieved with their small fan base, but as i said us being in the same division as them is like us being in the same division as Manchester United or Liverpool.
Lazaat,High Peak,What is this fascination with Accrington amongst Swindon Fans.If you and all the knockers of Accy. would care to divert their attention to L2 they would see that the much maligned Accrington Stanley are in an excellent position to be promoted this season.This by a club squeezed between Burnley and Blackburn,half hour ride from Manchester and a population not much bigger than W.Bassett.Where as we Swindon supporters are facing relegation with a catchment area of approx.200,000 and no competition in the immediate area.I think we should start looking up to them rather than using them as standard to be despised.By the way did you know they were one of the founder members of the league?Our town should be ashamed of the amount of support we give to our local team.AM I WRONG?
oxfordbristolunited
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11:29am Fri 8 Apr 11
hughcurran
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11:39am Fri 8 Apr 11
oxfordbristolunited wrote:Or even Ulrika Jonsson! its gettin even funnier up the a420 these days, we love you mr Fitton....
there's a saab outside your training ground with a load of old meat balls in it! looks like your excelent chairman is lookin for anyway NOT to to spend money then...maybe Thomas Brolin is gonna be your next manager lol....oh well at least things are lookin up...PMSL....
themoonraker
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11:48am Fri 8 Apr 11
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BUT............
It sounds to me like Fitton has his eyes on yet another cheap option......This is really going to work isn't it!.....Young foreign kids in Div.4 against a load of brutes and cloggers.....I'm sure they will absolutely love it!
It would be laughable if it wasn't for Fitton's track record!
The sooner Arbib and Black send this 'footballing amateur' back to Hungerford the better...otherwise,w
ith him as chairman it won't be long before we end up in the same league as them.
oxfordbristolunited
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11:51am Fri 8 Apr 11
hughcurran wrote:players runnin on to the pitch with abba music lol....it wont be 'money money money' tho will it...Fittons a genious as well as a comedian, luvin it hehe..c'mon brentford.
oxfordbristolunited wrote: there's a saab outside your training ground with a load of old meat balls in it! looks like your excelent chairman is lookin for anyway NOT to to spend money then...maybe Thomas Brolin is gonna be your next manager lol....oh well at least things are lookin up...PMSL....Or even Ulrika Jonsson! its gettin even funnier up the a420 these days, we love you mr Fitton....
oxfordbristolunited
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11:55am Fri 8 Apr 11
themoonraker wrote:sorry bud, you gotta laff...you can see it too....your club really is becoming a laffin stock, chins up...meat b4lls.
OK, so the article says it is Bodin's idea (not Fitton's)........... . BUT............ It sounds to me like Fitton has his eyes on yet another cheap option......This is really going to work isn't it!.....Young foreign kids in Div.4 against a load of brutes and cloggers.....I'm sure they will absolutely love it! It would be laughable if it wasn't for Fitton's track record! The sooner Arbib and Black send this 'footballing amateur' back to Hungerford the better...otherwise,w ith him as chairman it won't be long before we end up in the same league as them.
Inky
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12:03pm Fri 8 Apr 11
oxfordbristolunited wrote:Come on Huge Currant - even quoting yourself with your other alias now..
hughcurran wrote:players runnin on to the pitch with abba music lol....it wont be 'money money money' tho will it...Fittons a genious as well as a comedian, luvin it hehe..c'mon brentford.oxfordbristolunited wrote: there's a saab outside your training ground with a load of old meat balls in it! looks like your excelent chairman is lookin for anyway NOT to to spend money then...maybe Thomas Brolin is gonna be your next manager lol....oh well at least things are lookin up...PMSL....Or even Ulrika Jonsson! its gettin even funnier up the a420 these days, we love you mr Fitton....
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Keep 'em coming pal ... your improving on the humour today...
oxfordbristolunited
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12:05pm Fri 8 Apr 11
the wizard
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12:12pm Fri 8 Apr 11
WiltshireLeppard
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12:37pm Fri 8 Apr 11
Instead of looking to Sweden, why don't Swindon go and have a look for the best talent in the Wiltshire area, or maybe scout England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Rrepublic of Ireland?
There's enough young talent here, if you look hard enough!
Although if it's a Fitton idea, the closest we'll get is Swindon tops being sold in Ikea!
Tosh Man
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12:53pm Fri 8 Apr 11
batch wrote:Mmmmmmmmm meat balls
I can name about 8 of this years squad I'd happily exchange for a bag of Ikea frozen meatballs.
WiltshireLeppard
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1:51pm Fri 8 Apr 11
There's tremendous potential, but under the current regime it won't be realised.
P*ssed Off
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2:11pm Fri 8 Apr 11
WiltshireLeppard wrote:What do you mean 'won 't be realised.......'. It never has been realised under any previous regime although the size of the catchment area has never changed and the amount of people within it has only grown. Let us be realistic and admit that we will never get a large (honest) following, as most people are only looking for a reason to not attend the CG, as they always look for a scapegoat (e.g. manager/board/captai
As Oldandwise hints, we have a very large catchment area for fans and are the only league side in the county. There's tremendous potential, but under the current regime it won't be realised.
n/prices etc) to use as their excuse to moan about not attending.
hertz
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2:18pm Fri 8 Apr 11
Pewsham Red
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2:45pm Fri 8 Apr 11
WiltshireLeppard wrote:We do have a big catchment area but a lot of the people within it are only first or second generation Swindon, as the town has grown pretty quickly and would possibly support another team.
As Oldandwise hints, we have a very large catchment area for fans and are the only league side in the county. There's tremendous potential, but under the current regime it won't be realised.
Also, a lot of football fans would rather now watch a successful team and would look to watch the bigger teams on Sky and pick one of them, unless we could get to the Premiership.
What we would gain in bringing these types to the CG when we are any good, we would lose when we are crap as this lot will be the first that will become disaffected and the first to start grumbling.
Our catchment area is no bigger than Bristol Rovers (might even be smaller, despite having 2 teams) and they seem to be in the same boat as us and I think their average gate is a fair bit less than ours.
The only way we would ever get new fans to come along in consistent numbers and to stick with us for years to come, would be to be consistently successful - and that is a big challenge.
WiltshireLeppard
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2:53pm Fri 8 Apr 11
However, there is a lot of snobbery still in the game: I grew up in a poor part of South Wales and there were plenty of kids there who had the potential to be first class footballers, if their talents had been developed properly. Local clubs like Cardiff and Swansea would not look at them, as they were from bad areas.
One of England's best players of the last 10 years was born in a 'bad area' - Huyton's notorious Bluebell Estate. He was turned down time after time by clubs, just because of where he lived, but in the end he was given the chance by his home town club and became both a club and country favourite.
That player's name? Steven George Gerrard. 387 appearances for Liverpool with 84 goals and 89 appearances for England with 19 goals.
Who's to say somewhere like Swindon, Chippenham, Calne, Highworth, Warminster etc. doesn't have a potential Steven Gerrard or Lionel Messi waiting to be discovered?
SAPFanSTFC
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3:31pm Fri 8 Apr 11
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All too often our decent local prospects have gone to Arsenal, Spurs, Southampton, Everton etc....
they all want to play for big clubs and greedy parents don't have the nouse to keep them local for a couple more seasons and then they end up on the scrap heap as unwanted and neglected youngsters.....very sad!
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Having said that - if we don't start playing one or two of our current crop soon then we'll be losing a few more I think.....assuming they are as good as some think.
Pewsham Red
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4:31pm Fri 8 Apr 11
If you look at the lads that Arsenal and Man U send out on loan each year that have little or no prospect of ever making a career at their parent club, it is really sad.
Of course these clubs don't care because they can get the pick of the best youngsters around and discard the one's that don't quite make it, which would be the majority, I would guess.
The trouble is, a lot of these kids are from the modern era where they are constantly told they are the best and never appear to fail, like at sports day and when even the thickest kid gets 8 GCSE's.
The lure of fame and fortune seems to win, when all they need is a bit of sound advice telling them to stick with a club where they will at least get a game and that they really aren't destined for the top.
sagadude
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5:43pm Fri 8 Apr 11
Good on yer. See you at three sides ground next season.
mandate
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7:22pm Fri 8 Apr 11
Come on down scummers to League 2 football. The Oxford lads are gonna get ya!
Inky
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7:32pm Fri 8 Apr 11
mandate wrote:The first paragraph was mildly amusing then you let yourself down.
Talking of swedes and old Abba songs. I think the Swindon players should run onto the pitch to the Abba song 'what's the name of the game' Cos quite frankly this season they don't know that name of the game is football.
Come on down scummers to League 2 football. The Oxford lads are gonna get ya!
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Time in the outside world has moved on since the 'dark ages' and best left there, with regards to the childish 'we'er going to get you. na na nana. - pathetic is another description to that second paragraph.
oxfordbristolunited
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7:50pm Fri 8 Apr 11
Inky wrote:niky;
mandate wrote: Talking of swedes and old Abba songs. I think the Swindon players should run onto the pitch to the Abba song 'what's the name of the game' Cos quite frankly this season they don't know that name of the game is football. Come on down scummers to League 2 football. The Oxford lads are gonna get ya!The first paragraph was mildly amusing then you let yourself down. . Time in the outside world has moved on since the 'dark ages' and best left there, with regards to the childish 'we'er going to get you. na na nana. - pathetic is another description to that second paragraph.
im suprised you have'nt got all this yet lol....
you dont seem to remember we've put up with crap from your numpty fans for a few years now & the tide is slowly starting to ebbe the other way!
we'l be at your delapidated ol ground next year with our colours on & drinking in all your numpty pubs!
but we know for a fact you wont dare set foot in our pubs n clubs round our three sided ground! let alone show your colours round it!
you will all slither in & then slither out again as you have always done before, FACT.
p.s i'll have money ON that we have FOUR stands well before you get your nice new shiney seats too!
maybe see you & a few of your fans in the ol bullnose! never know lol...We doubt it very much tho haha....
Inky
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8:01pm Fri 8 Apr 11
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Come back with the jokes and humour not these school boy threats and ideas you have stored up for all these years.
My, is this all you can think of and spend hours on this site with. .
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I've got better things to do now - so I'm for a drink or two or three or more.
Chin up pal .... toodle-pip sunbeam !!
oxfordbristolunited
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8:11pm Fri 8 Apr 11
Inky wrote:threats; just looked thru the last Quote! could'nt find any! you getting paranoid or wot haha...just stating facts sunbeam, or is it mr paranoid? chin up & enjoy ya arkles lol....
You sad sad person ... moving on. . Come back with the jokes and humour not these school boy threats and ideas you have stored up for all these years. My, is this all you can think of and spend hours on this site with. . . I've got better things to do now - so I'm for a drink or two or three or more. Chin up pal .... toodle-pip sunbeam !!
hughcurran
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8:15pm Fri 8 Apr 11
oxfordbristolunited
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8:29pm Fri 8 Apr 11
hughcurran wrote:yeah, gone for a pint of swedish ''MEAD'' in abba town! wot a load of ol Meat B4lls....build it up with yellow n blue....
ABBA town...
SAPFanSTFC
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9:42pm Fri 8 Apr 11
oxfordbristolunited wrote:Why on earth would we even want to drink in your pubs?....the wretched stench of you lot is enough to keep anyone half a mile down the road - my 8 month daughter's nappies smell better than you....and she's on solids now.
Inky wrote:niky; im suprised you have'nt got all this yet lol.... you dont seem to remember we've put up with crap from your numpty fans for a few years now & the tide is slowly starting to ebbe the other way! we'l be at your delapidated ol ground next year with our colours on & drinking in all your numpty pubs! but we know for a fact you wont dare set foot in our pubs n clubs round our three sided ground! let alone show your colours round it! you will all slither in & then slither out again as you have always done before, FACT. p.s i'll have money ON that we have FOUR stands well before you get your nice new shiney seats too! maybe see you & a few of your fans in the ol bullnose! never know lol...We doubt it very much tho haha....mandate wrote: Talking of swedes and old Abba songs. I think the Swindon players should run onto the pitch to the Abba song 'what's the name of the game' Cos quite frankly this season they don't know that name of the game is football. Come on down scummers to League 2 football. The Oxford lads are gonna get ya!The first paragraph was mildly amusing then you let yourself down. . Time in the outside world has moved on since the 'dark ages' and best left there, with regards to the childish 'we'er going to get you. na na nana. - pathetic is another description to that second paragraph.
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....oh and we wouldn't be wanting a bottle of milk in your creche either - as I doubt you're old enough to go out without your Mum.....who is probably your sister and aunt all rolled into one
smirg kcab
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10:41pm Fri 8 Apr 11
mandate
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8:23am Sat 9 Apr 11
Now the tables are turned, and you start getting your red and white knickers in a twist because a few Oxford fans are having a laugh on this forum.
I would have thought that most Swindon fans would have developed a sense of humour, considering your team has been a joke all season.
oxfordbristolunited
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8:48am Sat 9 Apr 11
SAPFanSTFC wrote:blimey;
oxfordbristolunited wrote:Why on earth would we even want to drink in your pubs?....the wretched stench of you lot is enough to keep anyone half a mile down the road - my 8 month daughter's nappies smell better than you....and she's on solids now. .... ....oh and we wouldn't be wanting a bottle of milk in your creche either - as I doubt you're old enough to go out without your Mum.....who is probably your sister and aunt all rolled into oneInky wrote:niky; im suprised you have'nt got all this yet lol.... you dont seem to remember we've put up with crap from your numpty fans for a few years now & the tide is slowly starting to ebbe the other way! we'l be at your delapidated ol ground next year with our colours on & drinking in all your numpty pubs! but we know for a fact you wont dare set foot in our pubs n clubs round our three sided ground! let alone show your colours round it! you will all slither in & then slither out again as you have always done before, FACT. p.s i'll have money ON that we have FOUR stands well before you get your nice new shiney seats too! maybe see you & a few of your fans in the ol bullnose! never know lol...We doubt it very much tho haha....mandate wrote: Talking of swedes and old Abba songs. I think the Swindon players should run onto the pitch to the Abba song 'what's the name of the game' Cos quite frankly this season they don't know that name of the game is football. Come on down scummers to League 2 football. The Oxford lads are gonna get ya!The first paragraph was mildly amusing then you let yourself down. . Time in the outside world has moved on since the 'dark ages' and best left there, with regards to the childish 'we'er going to get you. na na nana. - pathetic is another description to that second paragraph.
i take it thats a NO then...why did'nt you just put NO in the 1st place?....still, thats typical of you numptys i spose.
Inky
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1:42pm Sat 9 Apr 11
oxfordbristolunited wrote:I think it was because you went into 'ramble mode' and you lost the plot somewhere along the way.
SAPFanSTFC wrote:blimey;
oxfordbristolunited wrote:Why on earth would we even want to drink in your pubs?....the wretched stench of you lot is enough to keep anyone half a mile down the road - my 8 month daughter's nappies smell better than you....and she's on solids now. .... ....oh and we wouldn't be wanting a bottle of milk in your creche either - as I doubt you're old enough to go out without your Mum.....who is probably your sister and aunt all rolled into oneInky wrote:niky; im suprised you have'nt got all this yet lol.... you dont seem to remember we've put up with crap from your numpty fans for a few years now & the tide is slowly starting to ebbe the other way! we'l be at your delapidated ol ground next year with our colours on & drinking in all your numpty pubs! but we know for a fact you wont dare set foot in our pubs n clubs round our three sided ground! let alone show your colours round it! you will all slither in & then slither out again as you have always done before, FACT. p.s i'll have money ON that we have FOUR stands well before you get your nice new shiney seats too! maybe see you & a few of your fans in the ol bullnose! never know lol...We doubt it very much tho haha....mandate wrote: Talking of swedes and old Abba songs. I think the Swindon players should run onto the pitch to the Abba song 'what's the name of the game' Cos quite frankly this season they don't know that name of the game is football. Come on down scummers to League 2 football. The Oxford lads are gonna get ya!The first paragraph was mildly amusing then you let yourself down. . Time in the outside world has moved on since the 'dark ages' and best left there, with regards to the childish 'we'er going to get you. na na nana. - pathetic is another description to that second paragraph.
i take it thats a NO then...why did'nt you just put NO in the 1st place?....still, thats typical of you numptys i spose.
Good luck sunbeam, happy days...
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Who does these passwords eh ? .. goal -goal ... we ain't scored 2 in a match for ages. must be ol Huge Currant Bun up to his tricks again... how are you are HCB - missing you .....
Inky
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7:40pm Sat 9 Apr 11
hughcurran wrote:At last Huge Currant Bun it is WINNA Town now as well....
ABBA town...
click2find
Lazaat says...
7:12am Fri 8 Apr 11