Victory was never in doubt for Collins (From Swindon Advertiser)
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SWINDON TOWN: Victory was never in doubt for Collins
6:00am Monday 27th August 2012 in STFC News By Sam Morshead
James Collins in action for Swindon Town against MK Dons
TEN MEN or not, James Collins felt MK Dons were never in with a chance of beating Swindon Town on Saturday.
Collins, who scored the only goal of Swindon’s 1-0 win, thought the hosts dominated proceedings at the County Ground , where only a series of good saves from Dons keeper David Martin kept the visitors in the game.
Dean Lewington’s dismissal on 40 minutes could be partly blamed for the away side’s inability to fashion an equaliser, but Collins insisted Town were as much in control against 11 men as they were against 10.
“They went down to 10 men against Bournemouth in the week and got a late equaliser, so we just needed to make sure it didn’t happen to us and, if we’re all being honest, everyone knew they didn’t really deserve to get anything because we were the better side from start to finish.
“Three points were well deserved.”
The MK Dons management were unhappy with referee David Phillips’ decision to hand Lewington his marching orders for an alleged elbow on Simon Ferry.
But, having heard Ferry’s account of the incident, Collins backed the official.
He said: “I didn’t really see too much of it, I had my back to it and I turned around with the crowd’s reaction and apparently he’s given an elbow. I’m not quite sure what went on.
“Si’s an honest lad and he said he caught him in the head so he must have raised an elbow somewhere.”
A trip to Stoke awaits in the second round of the Capital One Cup on Tuesday, and Swindon will be going to the Britannia Stadium in a hugely positive state of mind – if Collins is to be believed.
“It will be a great game to play in, a Premiership side and we’re looking forward to testing ourselves against a team like Stoke who are in the top half of the Premiership,” he said.
“We’re going there full of confidence and we’ll see how it goes.”
Comments(25)
smirg kcab
says...
8:42am Mon 27 Aug 12
Still I suppose s.m thinks 18220. Was in the ground as reported on bbc website.
Onwards and upwards
Bring back Gary rose
the real Tosh man
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8:47am Mon 27 Aug 12
Rebel_phish
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9:03am Mon 27 Aug 12
Richie's goal - YES
3 more points in the bag - YES
Deserved the win - YES
18,299 ?????
Swindon1984
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9:23am Mon 27 Aug 12
Rebel_phish wrote:I had to laugh at the 18299 as well - we're doing well if we're getting in more supporters than the ground holds!
Sending off - YES
Richie's goal - YES
3 more points in the bag - YES
Deserved the win - YES
18,299 ?????
macca.y
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10:11am Mon 27 Aug 12
Northernmoonraker
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10:31am Mon 27 Aug 12
The podcast also includes an interview with former Town legend Nicky Summerbee, who talks about promotion, following in his father's footsteps and why the North East is such a great place to play football.
newburymike
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11:30am Mon 27 Aug 12
Stilloyal
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12:30pm Mon 27 Aug 12
macca.y wrote:8299 with about 470 from M.K. All the papers reported 18299 also , hope the tax man doedn't see that or he'll want the extra cash :-)
what was the attendance saturday?
Steve. Brentford
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1:01pm Mon 27 Aug 12
smirg kcab wrote:Fcuk G Rose, Sam is a Town fan Rose is a Northern Monkey, end of.Grim you don't do yourself justice with some of the **** you come out with.
Collins goal the steward was closer to the ball than him?
Still I suppose s.m thinks 18220. Was in the ground as reported on bbc website.
Onwards and upwards
Bring back Gary rose
smirg kcab
says...
4:13pm Mon 27 Aug 12
Steve. Brentford wrote:A town fan who split a large amount of grief for wray and co. regarding the McCormick situation.
smirg kcab wrote:Fcuk G Rose, Sam is a Town fan Rose is a Northern Monkey, end of.Grim you don't do yourself justice with some of the **** you come out with.
Collins goal the steward was closer to the ball than him?
Still I suppose s.m thinks 18220. Was in the ground as reported on bbc website.
Onwards and upwards
Bring back Gary rose
Give me a northern monkey any day. Wray was near walking through the bad journalism fsocage is so called town fan.
I think it was the majority who said how poor his facts regards the signing of LM was, you included end of
Onwards and upwards
Onwards and upwards
smirg kcab
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4:15pm Mon 27 Aug 12
smirg kcab wrote:Forgot to add so Collins did score then lol,and it was an alleged swipe at ferry?.and you call my post shiit lol?
Steve. Brentford wrote:A town fan who split a large amount of grief for wray and co. regarding the McCormick situation.
smirg kcab wrote:Fcuk G Rose, Sam is a Town fan Rose is a Northern Monkey, end of.Grim you don't do yourself justice with some of the **** you come out with.
Collins goal the steward was closer to the ball than him?
Still I suppose s.m thinks 18220. Was in the ground as reported on bbc website.
Onwards and upwards
Bring back Gary rose
Give me a northern monkey any day. Wray was near walking through the bad journalism fsocage is so called town fan.
I think it was the majority who said how poor his facts regards the signing of LM was, you included end of
Onwards and upwards
Onwards and upwards
the don69
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4:48pm Mon 27 Aug 12
smirg kcab wrote:Come on Grim!you can't blame young Sam for the grief J-Wray got over McCormack!that was down to him!give Sam a chance and we'll judge him after a season!!!!!!!!!
Steve. Brentford wrote:A town fan who split a large amount of grief for wray and co. regarding the McCormick situation.
smirg kcab wrote:Fcuk G Rose, Sam is a Town fan Rose is a Northern Monkey, end of.Grim you don't do yourself justice with some of the **** you come out with.
Collins goal the steward was closer to the ball than him?
Still I suppose s.m thinks 18220. Was in the ground as reported on bbc website.
Onwards and upwards
Bring back Gary rose
Give me a northern monkey any day. Wray was near walking through the bad journalism fsocage is so called town fan.
I think it was the majority who said how poor his facts regards the signing of LM was, you included end of
Onwards and upwards
Onwards and upwards
DarrenSTFCRomain
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4:53pm Mon 27 Aug 12
Stratton Red
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4:53pm Mon 27 Aug 12
the don69
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4:59pm Mon 27 Aug 12
DarrenSTFCRomain wrote:Well he's not going to Birmingham Darren,so who knows,maybe Paolo should play him at Stoke and see how he plays!!!!!!!!
Whats the latest on Caddis anyone ???
DarrenSTFCRomain
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5:17pm Mon 27 Aug 12
the don69 wrote:Thats what i was hopeing
DarrenSTFCRomain wrote: Whats the latest on Caddis anyone ???Well he's not going to Birmingham Darren,so who knows,maybe Paolo should play him at Stoke and see how he plays!!!!!!!!
smirg kcab
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5:26pm Mon 27 Aug 12
the don69 wrote:He opened up the debate without getting the facts right. Remember the site went into lockdown turning people against each other by keep winding people up, including jwray who I still believe was close to walking away from the club.
smirg kcab wrote:Come on Grim!you can't blame young Sam for the grief J-Wray got over McCormack!that was down to him!give Sam a chance and we'll judge him after a season!!!!!!!!!
Steve. Brentford wrote:A town fan who split a large amount of grief for wray and co. regarding the McCormick situation.
smirg kcab wrote:Fcuk G Rose, Sam is a Town fan Rose is a Northern Monkey, end of.Grim you don't do yourself justice with some of the **** you come out with.
Collins goal the steward was closer to the ball than him?
Still I suppose s.m thinks 18220. Was in the ground as reported on bbc website.
Onwards and upwards
Bring back Gary rose
Give me a northern monkey any day. Wray was near walking through the bad journalism fsocage is so called town fan.
I think it was the majority who said how poor his facts regards the signing of LM was, you included end of
Onwards and upwards
Onwards and upwards
Poor facts then.
now I see sm has give the goal to Collins. and I predicted 1-0 Saturday with Ritchie scoring, so why would anyone want to rewrite history?.
Onwards and upwards.
1-0
Matt Ritchie
Ask anyone over the age of 5
Steve. Brentford
says...
5:57pm Mon 27 Aug 12
smirg kcab wrote:No it was not me included you fukc wit.
Steve. Brentford wrote:A town fan who split a large amount of grief for wray and co. regarding the McCormick situation.
smirg kcab wrote:Fcuk G Rose, Sam is a Town fan Rose is a Northern Monkey, end of.Grim you don't do yourself justice with some of the **** you come out with.
Collins goal the steward was closer to the ball than him?
Still I suppose s.m thinks 18220. Was in the ground as reported on bbc website.
Onwards and upwards
Bring back Gary rose
Give me a northern monkey any day. Wray was near walking through the bad journalism fsocage is so called town fan.
I think it was the majority who said how poor his facts regards the signing of LM was, you included end of
Onwards and upwards
Onwards and upwards
Steve. Brentford
says...
6:06pm Mon 27 Aug 12
Steve. Brentford wrote:PS i didn't realise you had predicted Richie to score first, definitely Collins goal.
smirg kcab wrote:No it was not me included you fukc wit.
Steve. Brentford wrote:A town fan who split a large amount of grief for wray and co. regarding the McCormick situation.
smirg kcab wrote:Fcuk G Rose, Sam is a Town fan Rose is a Northern Monkey, end of.Grim you don't do yourself justice with some of the **** you come out with.
Collins goal the steward was closer to the ball than him?
Still I suppose s.m thinks 18220. Was in the ground as reported on bbc website.
Onwards and upwards
Bring back Gary rose
Give me a northern monkey any day. Wray was near walking through the bad journalism fsocage is so called town fan.
I think it was the majority who said how poor his facts regards the signing of LM was, you included end of
Onwards and upwards
Onwards and upwards
Steve. Brentford
says...
6:09pm Mon 27 Aug 12
Steve. Brentford wrote:Richie with a "T"
Steve. Brentford wrote:PS i didn't realise you had predicted Richie to score first, definitely Collins goal.
smirg kcab wrote:No it was not me included you fukc wit.
Steve. Brentford wrote:A town fan who split a large amount of grief for wray and co. regarding the McCormick situation.
smirg kcab wrote:Fcuk G Rose, Sam is a Town fan Rose is a Northern Monkey, end of.Grim you don't do yourself justice with some of the **** you come out with.
Collins goal the steward was closer to the ball than him?
Still I suppose s.m thinks 18220. Was in the ground as reported on bbc website.
Onwards and upwards
Bring back Gary rose
Give me a northern monkey any day. Wray was near walking through the bad journalism fsocage is so called town fan.
I think it was the majority who said how poor his facts regards the signing of LM was, you included end of
Onwards and upwards
Onwards and upwards
jayden
says...
7:30pm Mon 27 Aug 12
Steve. Brentford wrote:Hi steve how you doing?Me and Mbiker are going tomorrow should be good.Whens your next game ?
Steve. Brentford wrote:Richie with a "T"
Steve. Brentford wrote:PS i didn't realise you had predicted Richie to score first, definitely Collins goal.
smirg kcab wrote:No it was not me included you fukc wit.
Steve. Brentford wrote:A town fan who split a large amount of grief for wray and co. regarding the McCormick situation.
smirg kcab wrote:Fcuk G Rose, Sam is a Town fan Rose is a Northern Monkey, end of.Grim you don't do yourself justice with some of the **** you come out with.
Collins goal the steward was closer to the ball than him?
Still I suppose s.m thinks 18220. Was in the ground as reported on bbc website.
Onwards and upwards
Bring back Gary rose
Give me a northern monkey any day. Wray was near walking through the bad journalism fsocage is so called town fan.
I think it was the majority who said how poor his facts regards the signing of LM was, you included end of
Onwards and upwards
Onwards and upwards
Steve. Brentford
says...
7:53pm Mon 27 Aug 12
jayden wrote:Hello Jayden, i'm good mate.
Steve. Brentford wrote:Hi steve how you doing?Me and Mbiker are going tomorrow should be good.Whens your next game ?
Steve. Brentford wrote:Richie with a "T"
Steve. Brentford wrote:PS i didn't realise you had predicted Richie to score first, definitely Collins goal.
smirg kcab wrote:No it was not me included you fukc wit.
Steve. Brentford wrote:A town fan who split a large amount of grief for wray and co. regarding the McCormick situation.
smirg kcab wrote:Fcuk G Rose, Sam is a Town fan Rose is a Northern Monkey, end of.Grim you don't do yourself justice with some of the **** you come out with.
Collins goal the steward was closer to the ball than him?
Still I suppose s.m thinks 18220. Was in the ground as reported on bbc website.
Onwards and upwards
Bring back Gary rose
Give me a northern monkey any day. Wray was near walking through the bad journalism fsocage is so called town fan.
I think it was the majority who said how poor his facts regards the signing of LM was, you included end of
Onwards and upwards
Onwards and upwards
I am looking to be there tomorrow,i phoned up and enquired on Friday to confirm that i could pay on the door, fingers crossed,i will be out of Nottingham in time to make my way to Stoke.I hope so it took a lot of chopping and changing of work plans just to give me a chance.
who am i
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9:38pm Mon 27 Aug 12
smirg kcab wrote:that exliudes you then lol
the don69 wrote:He opened up the debate without getting the facts right. Remember the site went into lockdown turning people against each other by keep winding people up, including jwray who I still believe was close to walking away from the club.
smirg kcab wrote:Come on Grim!you can't blame young Sam for the grief J-Wray got over McCormack!that was down to him!give Sam a chance and we'll judge him after a season!!!!!!!!!
Steve. Brentford wrote:A town fan who split a large amount of grief for wray and co. regarding the McCormick situation.
smirg kcab wrote:Fcuk G Rose, Sam is a Town fan Rose is a Northern Monkey, end of.Grim you don't do yourself justice with some of the **** you come out with.
Collins goal the steward was closer to the ball than him?
Still I suppose s.m thinks 18220. Was in the ground as reported on bbc website.
Onwards and upwards
Bring back Gary rose
Give me a northern monkey any day. Wray was near walking through the bad journalism fsocage is so called town fan.
I think it was the majority who said how poor his facts regards the signing of LM was, you included end of
Onwards and upwards
Onwards and upwards
Poor facts then.
now I see sm has give the goal to Collins. and I predicted 1-0 Saturday with Ritchie scoring, so why would anyone want to rewrite history?.
Onwards and upwards.
1-0
Matt Ritchie
Ask anyone over the age of 5
who am i
says...
9:42pm Mon 27 Aug 12
LionelHutz says...
7:49am Mon 27 Aug 12
A great performance though, keep it up Town.