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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: rjp on September 26, 2012, 06:13:08 PM
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I'm still riding on a wave of positivity from last night so I'm looking forward to tonight's draw. Who do you want in the 4th round? Personally I'd like Carlisle so I can laugh at the Spurs fans but if not then I'll take Swindon at home as one of my mates is a big Swindon fan.
The draw takes place tonight after Man U v Newcastle.
Bradford
Chelsea
Leeds United
Middlesbrough
Southampton
Sunderland
Swansea City
Swindon Town
Wigan Athletic
Arsenal or Coventry City
Carlisle United or Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester United or Newcastle United
Norwich City or Doncaster Rovers
QPR or Reading
West Bromwich Albion or Liverpool
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I'd like Bradford at home, it will be a crap draw though, something like Chelsea away.
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Bradford or Swindon at home or if they get through Coventry away
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Maybe Chelsea or man u at home as its our best chance of knocking them out .
Much rather play them at home in a one game while they are in Europe than a 2 leg semi later in the draw.
The further they progress the stronger team they seem to pick so bring them on now.
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We shouldn't fear anyone after last night.
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Southampton - away.
Pay back time
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A home draw. Please, please, please. We didn't get home until 1.30 this morning and I'm knackered,
Now I've asked that it'll definitely be an away draw. As far away as possible.
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We shouldn't fear anyone after last night.
We should if Bent comes back into the team...
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A home draw. Please, please, please. We didn't get home until 1.30 this morning and I'm knackered,
Now I've asked that it'll definitely be an away draw. As far away as possible.
Carlisle away it is then.
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A home draw. Please, please, please. We didn't get home until 1.30 this morning and I'm knackered,
Now I've asked that it'll definitely be an away draw. As far away as possible.
Carlisle away it is then.
You can guarantee it.
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Southampton away, vengeance.
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Bradford at home please.
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A home draw. Please, please, please. We didn't get home until 1.30 this morning and I'm knackered,
Now I've asked that it'll definitely be an away draw. As far away as possible.
Carlisle away it is then.
You can guarantee it.
And we'll all know who to blame.
My guess is Leeds at home.
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Chelsea - Spurs
ManYoo - Arsenal
Liverpool - Sunderland
Villa - Bradford
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We shouldn't fear anyone after last night.
We should if Bent comes back into the team...
Is it really the place for that debate?
Coventry at home please.
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Chelsea - Spurs
ManYoo - Arsenal
Liverpool - Sunderland
Villa - Bradford
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Coventry away just to watch us beat them.
Never fully recovered after seeing them beat us, on boxing day, at highfield rd, with my then boss, in a corporate box, betting £50 we'd win and being stood up by my (then) girlfriend.
Bitter moi?
Actually dont really care who but home would be nice ;-)
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At home v Coventry with dirt cheap tickets so we get a big crowd please.
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At home v Coventry with dirt cheap tickets so we get a big crowd please.
Can't see them beating arsenal but coventry have sold 8,000 tickets for the game at the emirates and had asked for more the last I heard.
Not sure what arsenal are charging but the local rag reckons arsenal have sold all their quota too and arsenal website saying Sold out. Surely they aren't going to pull 60000 for a game like that?
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I think we will get Norwich (with the Lambert connection) away, but after last night who cares, bring anyone on!
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Norwich at home would be second choice.
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ManUre away. They'll shit themselves.
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Sunderland at home would be my choice. The media will love it for all the wrong reasons. An ideal game for Lambert to bury the insult.
Still think we'll get Leeds though.
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Wigan away for me but we'll get Man Ure or Spuds away..................
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We'll get Spurs at home.
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Sunderland at home would be my choice. The media will love it for all the wrong reasons. An ideal game for Lambert to bury the insult.
On the whole MON thing, when did his 'love affair with the league cup' start? The amount of times I heard that line last night was insane.
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At home v Coventry with dirt cheap tickets so we get a big crowd please.
Coventry would actually mean Arsenal, though, barring a massive shock at the Emirates tonight.
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At home v Coventry with dirt cheap tickets so we get a big crowd please.
Can't see them beating arsenal but coventry have sold 8,000 tickets for the game at the emirates and had asked for more the last I heard.
Not sure what arsenal are charging but the local rag reckons arsenal have sold all their quota too and arsenal website saying Sold out. Surely they aren't going to pull 60000 for a game like that?
Yes, they have sold out.
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You know it'll be ManUre away!
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Or Chelsea, or Le Arse, or...
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Chelsea - Spurs
ManYoo - Arsenal
Liverpool - Sunderland
Villa - Bradford
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not sure pool can beat the tesco bags yet .
Cov away for me. 12 min drive and Arsenal would be out then ;)
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Villa v Boro
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We will get Chelsea. If we make it to Wembley it will surely be in a trail of blood.
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Wigan away for me, good allocation, cheap tickets and not a million miles away.
Would love Cov, but cant see them winning tonight.
Saying that, the tesco bags have just gone one up, could be an interesting draw!
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You know its gonna be Sunderland at home,we'll do them though,if it is.
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Coventry to beat Arsenal (Nuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrseeeeeeee) so we can play them at home. He told us they'd be back.
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Sunderland at home would be my choice. The media will love it for all the wrong reasons. An ideal game for Lambert to bury the insult.
On the whole MON thing, when did his 'love affair with the league cup' start? The amount of times I heard that line last night was insane.
1997. I'm not sure about love affair. He's lost as many finals as he's won. The twat!
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Anybody at home so I can go to a game without having to get a day off work ;)
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A home draw. Please, please, please. We didn't get home until 1.30 this morning and I'm knackered,
Now I've asked that it'll definitely be an away draw. As far away as possible.
Carlisle away it is then.
You can guarantee it.
Looks like you're safe from this anyway.
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Hopefully get someone away i havent been to before. Bradford would do.
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A home draw. Please, please, please. We didn't get home until 1.30 this morning and I'm knackered,
Now I've asked that it'll definitely be an away draw. As far away as possible.
Carlisle away it is then.
You can guarantee it.
Looks like you're safe from this anyway.
Thank goodness.
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Only team we need to avoid is Chelsea I reckon. If we get them before the final we're fucked. Anyone else we'd have a decent chance against.
Reckon we'll get dirty Leeds away though.
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Anyone know what time the draw is?
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after the manure game on sky sports news I think
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Any minute now.
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Anyone know what time the draw is?
Someone,, somewhere posted 10pm.
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Villa v Boro
Yep. That's my bet too.
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Norwich away, I reckon.
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Damn, can't watch it live as can't find SSN online.
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Sunderland at home would be my choice. The media will love it for all the wrong reasons. An ideal game for Lambert to bury the insult.
On the whole MON thing, when did his 'love affair with the league cup' start? The amount of times I heard that line last night was insane.
Don't accuse him of having an affair for fucks sake, he'll probably sue.
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With 8 ties and Manu, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Spurs still in there it's more than likely we will get one of them!
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We'll get Blackburn (whether they're still in it or not), we haven't played them in the cup for months.
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Sunderland at home would be my choice. The media will love it for all the wrong reasons. An ideal game for Lambert to bury the insult.
On the whole MON thing, when did his 'love affair with the league cup' start? The amount of times I heard that line last night was insane.
Don't accuse him of having an affair for fucks sake, he'll probably sue.
Is Sue the woman... <snip>
I don't think it's a good idea putting things like that on the site considering his litigious past - Dave.
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There's a lot there i'd like to avoid! Teams in the draw.
Us
Bradford
Chelsea
Leeds United
Middlesbrough
Southampton
Sunderland
Swansea City
Swindon Town
Wigan Athletic
Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester United
Norwich City
Reading
West Bromwich Albion or Liverpool
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I'd like to avoid them all. I think we should be given a bye.
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We did everyone a favour last night. We deserve and easy draw.
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Sods law means, having put out Man City, we'l get drawn away at Man United next.
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Us
Bradford
Chelsea
Leeds United
Middlesbrough
Southampton
Sunderland
Swansea City
Swindon Town
Wigan Athletic
Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester United
Norwich City
Reading
Liverpool
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Sods law means, having put out Man City, we'l get drawn away at Man United next.
I thought that as their game ended. A lovely dark, wet night in Manchester to look forward. Won't mind though if we get a game and result like last night.
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If its united I just want a very lucky hotly disputed injury time penalty...not the excitement of last night.
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A home tie will do.
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Don't fancy a trip to anyone on that list so hope we get a bye, or a home tie
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Agree with that, aftab. Not sure the ticker can take it and can't be doing with getting back at 1.30 in the morning again.
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We haven't played spurs in a cup game in my memory...
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Draw imminent on Sky Sports 2...
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We haven't played spurs in a cup game in my memory...
'94 was the last time I think.
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Is it just me or is ferguson making no sense.
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League cup away in 94 I think.
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Is it just me or is ferguson making no sense.
He looks pissed.
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Who is this bloke, the pundit, John something?
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Here we go.
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We're number 1.
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Away to swindon
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Swindon v villa
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Not bad.
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Swindon v villa
Happy with that.
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That'll do nicely.
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We haven't played spurs in a cup game in my memory...
'94 was the last time I think.
A lucky omen than! But was that in the run to the final? No probably not as it would have been in the early rounds?
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Away to swindon
Tricky, but we should be winning that.
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that'll do for me
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Swindon should mean we can rest a couple of our current ever presents.
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I'm equidistant betwixt Reading and Swindon, happy with that draw.
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Gotta take that, Swindons piss easy to get to aswell.
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If we couldn't get a home tie, that's the next best.
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Chelski Manu, good to lose one of those two next round.
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Anyone else think George Gavin looks like a broken man, being reduced to doing the league cup draw?
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We haven't played spurs in a cup game in my memory...
'94 was the last time I think.
A lucky omen than! But was that in the run to the final? No probably not as it would have been in the early rounds?
Yes it was. I was there. It was a very rainy night.
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Some great ties there. Villa will not be on TV.
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Swindon...gutted wanted zchelsea away hehehe haha
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Mancini, now Di Canio. Another drama queen.
Good draw.
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mad paolo will provide interesting opposition
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Preferred it to be at home but i'll take that.
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Could have been a lot worse.
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Not bad, but would have much preferred anyone at home.
We're Aston Villa, we're knocking you out!
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Anyone else think George Gavin looks like a broken man, being reduced to doing the league cup draw?
He must have been doing the same job for nearly twenty years. You'd think he'd take the hint.
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Didn't see them on the list, quite fancy a trip there, not been there since 87
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When is it as good draw for me, Swindon easy to get to!?
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Some great ties there. Villa will not be on TV.
Good just the way we want it.
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We haven't played spurs in a cup game in my memory...
'94 was the last time I think.
A lucky omen than! But was that in the run to the final? No probably not as it would have been in the early rounds?
It was the quarters we won 2-1 Houghton and Barrett with the goals.
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when is it?
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Anyone else think George Gavin looks like a broken man, being reduced to doing the league cup draw?
He must have been doing the same job for nearly twenty years. You'd think he'd take the hint.
He's always had a look of a broken man to me.
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What a shock, we're the one to watch for an upset.
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Anyone else think George Gavin looks like a broken man, being reduced to doing the league cup draw?
Just about to comment that he has been at Sky Sports pretty much from the start but is used so sparingly. I would have thought he would have been handy backup for Jeff on the Soccer Specials.
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chelsea v man utd yes
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its our year folks
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Phil Kings pub will be rammed!
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Didn't see them on the list, quite fancy a trip there, not been there since 87
Didn't go in the league in the 90's?
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when is it?
to be played during w/c 29/10/12
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So am I right in thinking that we're one game away from the quarter-finals?
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when is it?
Week beginning 29 October I think they said.
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Didn't see them on the list, quite fancy a trip there, not been there since 87
Didn't go in the league in the 90's?
Yeah, seem to remember that green and red striped shambles of a kit.
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Swindon should mean we can rest a couple of our current ever presents.
Noooooooooooo. Play the strongest available team. This is cup tie not just another league game.
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Might have done, did a lot of gear in the 90s.
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So am I right in thinking that we're one game away from the quarter-finals?
You are.
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The draws a fix!! Every tie has been done based on the proximity of the teams to each other except Liverpool (v Swansea) and Chelsea (v Man U) which’ll be on TV anyway.
Sunderland v Middlesbrough
Swindon v Aston Villa
Wigan v Bradford
Leeds v Southampton
Norwich v Tottenham
Liverpool v Swansea
Chelsea v Manchester United
Reading v Arsenal
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Anyone has the full draw to publish here?
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Pleased with that draw no complaints at all.
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Leeds Southampton local?
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Leeds Southampton local?
adjacent I would say :-)
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Wouldn't Norwich be about 100 miles from London?
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Would of liked a home draw but oh well can't complain too much. After all we did beat City away so we shouldn't fear nobody ;)
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Never had the pleasure of going to Swindon before, I think a little midweek break is in order, i never thought in a million years did i think i would be looking at the 4th round draw tonight!...
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I just took a look at a Swindon forum.
It's full of "we'll beat Villa" and "winnable" comments. One of them suggested the only good player we have is Darren Bent.
Honestly, these cheeky fuckers. Swindon are in League One, ALL our players are good compared to theirs.
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Bugger, am away at Haven holidays in Doniford bay that week (half term).
Google maps says 2 hours 9 minutes to the ground ;)
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Bizarrely enough we won at Swindon on 30th October 1993 - If the game is on the Tuesday, that will be the 30th October also.
I know this as it was my 22nd birthday back then...
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My Swindon mate has already agreed to go which means I have a lift sorted. Home would've been easier but it's a new away ground for me so I'm happy overall.
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I just took a look at a Swindon forum.
It's full of "we'll beat Villa" and "winnable" comments. One of them suggested the only good player we have is Darren Bent.
Honestly, these cheeky fuckers. Swindon are in League One, ALL our players are good compared to theirs.
They have enough fans to warrant a forum?
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I just took a look at a Swindon forum.
It's full of "we'll beat Villa" and "winnable" comments. One of them suggested the only good player we have is Darren Bent.
Honestly, these cheeky fuckers. Swindon are in League One, ALL our players are good compared to theirs.
To be fair, I can easily see why any fan who doesn't keep a close eye on us might think that.
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To be fair if I were a Swindon fan, and thank fuck I'm not a carrot crunching inbred, I'd be happy with the draw, we are inconsistant and veer wildly between good and abysmal.
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Never had the pleasure of going to Swindon before, I think a little midweek break is in order, i never thought in a million years did i think i would be looking at the 4th round draw tonight!...
Don't think anyone has actually ever found Swindon pleasurable!
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I just took a look at a Swindon forum.
It's full of "we'll beat Villa" and "winnable" comments. One of them suggested the only good player we have is Darren Bent.
Honestly, these cheeky fuckers. Swindon are in League One, ALL our players are good compared to theirs.
To be fair, I can easily see why any fan who doesn't keep a close eye on us might think that.
But the day after we scored 4 at Man City?
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I just took a look at a Swindon forum.
It's full of "we'll beat Villa" and "winnable" comments. One of them suggested the only good player we have is Darren Bent.
Honestly, these cheeky fuckers. Swindon are in League One, ALL our players are good compared to theirs.
To be fair, I can easily see why any fan who doesn't keep a close eye on us might think that.
Not fans of a League One club.
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Never had the pleasure of going to Swindon before, I think a little midweek break is in order, i never thought in a million years did i think i would be looking at the 4th round draw tonight!...
Don't think anyone has actually ever found Swindon pleasurable!
Place full of roundabouts and keepers with no hair if my memory serves me correct!
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Never had the pleasure of going to Swindon before, I think a little midweek break is in order, i never thought in a million years did i think i would be looking at the 4th round draw tonight!...
Don't think anyone has actually ever found Swindon pleasurable!
I found it very pleasurable watching us win promotion there.
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Just checked. No do-able by train. Last train back 2133.
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I just took a look at a Swindon forum.
It's full of "we'll beat Villa" and "winnable" comments. One of them suggested the only good player we have is Darren Bent.
Honestly, these cheeky fuckers. Swindon are in League One, ALL our players are good compared to theirs.
To be fair, I can easily see why any fan who doesn't keep a close eye on us might think that.
Not fans of a League One club.
I meant more about the 'One of them suggested the only good player we have is Darren Bent' bit, but they probably will fancy us at their home ground. We'll slaughter them though, of course.
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Deluded twats. They do actually realise what we did last night don't they?
"Villa are pretty low on confidence. We can do them."
"Another very winnable tie. They won't fancy coming here and we should be well up for it. Was hoping for Liverpool or United away as it would mean I could get there but we can always have them in the quarters!"
"we'll beat villa"
"Definately a winnable tie. Only really good player they have is Darren Bent"
"Can i just say, we'll beat villa"
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Never had the pleasure of going to Swindon before, I think a little midweek break is in order, i never thought in a million years did i think i would be looking at the 4th round draw tonight!...
Don't think anyone has actually ever found Swindon pleasurable!
Place full of roundabouts and keepers with no hair if my memory serves me correct!
Keepers with no hair was Oxford I think
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Last time we played a cup game there.
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Oxford it was, I felt a little sorry for him in the end. He was a shell of a man.
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Never had the pleasure of going to Swindon before, I think a little midweek break is in order, i never thought in a million years did i think i would be looking at the 4th round draw tonight!...
Don't think anyone has actually ever found Swindon pleasurable!
Place full of roundabouts and keepers with no hair if my memory serves me correct!
Keepers with no hair was Oxford I think
Yes I think you were right on that one - memory playing tricks...
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What allocation will we get for that?
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Oxford it was, I felt a little sorry for him in the end. He was a shell of a man.
He made the mistake of taking it really serious and not just having a laugh at the first song. Everyone I was with spent the whole game thinking of songs that could have a hair or comb reference in them.
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What allocation will we get for that?
Probably 2,200
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Will be a chance to see the 'good' James Collins again.
Funnily enough they will be playing here on Saturday; will be a bit of a 'needle' match as it was adjudged a week ago that Swindon will only have to pay Shrewsbury an initial fee of £140,000 for their acquisition of Collins in the Summer.
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What allocation will we get for that?
Just guessing, may be approx 3k. Also guessing priority will be given to those attending both Tranmere and Citeh.
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Apparently, according to wiki, it'll be 3,300.
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Apparently, according to wiki, it'll be 3,300.
Which is what I meant to type, sometimes I try and type too fast!
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Realistically, for a midweek game like this, that should be enough.
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Will be a chance to see the 'good' James Collins again.
Funnily enough they will be playing here on Saturday; will be a bit of a 'needle' match as it was adjudged a week ago that Swindon will only have to pay Shrewsbury an initial fee of £140,000 for their acquisition of Collins in the Summer.
You doing any scouting?
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To be fair if I were a Swindon fan, and thank fuck I'm not a carrot crunching inbred,
That made me laugh, well done PW
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Bizarrely enough we won at Swindon on 30th October 1993 - If the game is on the Tuesday, that will be the 30th October also.
I know this as it was my 22nd birthday back then...
I love those type of stats. That would have been our last trip there given that was their only season in the top flight. Without checking it up can anyone recall the game/result?
Happy 41st in advance by the way.
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Bizarrely enough we won at Swindon on 30th October 1993 - If the game is on the Tuesday, that will be the 30th October also.
I know this as it was my 22nd birthday back then...
I love those type of stats. That would have been our last trip there given that was their only season in the top flight. Without checking it up can anyone recall the game/result?
Happy 41st in advance by the way.
5-0 I think. They were awful.
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Bizarrely enough we won at Swindon on 30th October 1993 - If the game is on the Tuesday, that will be the 30th October also.
I know this as it was my 22nd birthday back then...
I love those type of stats. That would have been our last trip there given that was their only season in the top flight. Without checking it up can anyone recall the game/result?
Happy 41st in advance by the way.
5-0 I think. They were awful.
That was the home game. I think it was 2-1 at their place.
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Bizarrely enough we won at Swindon on 30th October 1993 - If the game is on the Tuesday, that will be the 30th October also.
I know this as it was my 22nd birthday back then...
I love those type of stats. That would have been our last trip there given that was their only season in the top flight. Without checking it up can anyone recall the game/result?
Happy 41st in advance by the way.
5-0 I think. They were awful.
Wasn't the 5-0 at home with Deano getting a Hat trick? 2-1 away I thought.
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Bizarrely enough we won at Swindon on 30th October 1993 - If the game is on the Tuesday, that will be the 30th October also.
I know this as it was my 22nd birthday back then...
I love those type of stats. That would have been our last trip there given that was their only season in the top flight. Without checking it up can anyone recall the game/result?
Happy 41st in advance by the way.
5-0 I think. They were awful.
That was the home game. I think it was 2-1 at their place.
So it was. I could have sworn we battered them there as well.
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Will be a chance to see the 'good' James Collins again.
Funnily enough they will be playing here on Saturday; will be a bit of a 'needle' match as it was adjudged a week ago that Swindon will only have to pay Shrewsbury an initial fee of £140,000 for their acquisition of Collins in the Summer.
You doing any scouting?
Probably not as we're playing Sunday. I'm embarrassed to admit I've not been to the New Meadow since March last year (apart from Sunday lunch in July), even though I have alot of dealings with the Chairman.
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t=33m00s
Think this was in the FA Cup.
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Derfinitely going to this! Local tie for me!
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Bizarrely enough we won at Swindon on 30th October 1993 - If the game is on the Tuesday, that will be the 30th October also.
I know this as it was my 22nd birthday back then...
I love those type of stats. That would have been our last trip there given that was their only season in the top flight. Without checking it up can anyone recall the game/result?
Happy 41st in advance by the way.
5-0 I think. They were awful.
That was the home game. I think it was 2-1 at their place.
So it was. I could have sworn we battered them there as well.
I think a young Stephen Froggatt scored in that game as well IIRC
Oh and thanks Eamonn
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Froggatt scored the winner in the FA Cup match.
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Shaun Teale and Dalian Atkinson so a quick search tells me.
A Paul Bodin penalty for them.
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Bizarrely enough we won at Swindon on 30th October 1993 - If the game is on the Tuesday, that will be the 30th October also.
I know this as it was my 22nd birthday back then...
I love those type of stats. That would have been our last trip there given that was their only season in the top flight. Without checking it up can anyone recall the game/result?
Happy 41st in advance by the way.
5-0 I think. They were awful.
That was the home game. I think it was 2-1 at their place.
So it was. I could have sworn we battered them there as well.
I think a young Stephen Froggatt scored in that game as well IIRC
Oh and thanks Eamonn
If my memory serves me right, we played them in the FA Cup one or two seasons before they got promoted into the Premier League and that is the game in which Frogatt scored the screamer. If I remember rightly, it was a really tricky tie and we were fortunate to get away with a win. It will always be the ground on which we got promoted for me though!!
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Living not to far from Swindon I have quite a few Swindon supporting friends. They are already discussing on facebook who they would like in the next round.
I hope we stuff the bastards, Swindon is a shit hole.
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Living not to far from Swindon I have quite a few Swindon supporting friends. They are already discussing on facebook who they would like in the next round.
I hope we stuff the bastards, Swindon is a shit hole.
Is Swindon near here?
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So we faced the strongest team from the third round and won now we face the weakest from the fourth round draw...hmmmm
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So we faced the strongest team from the third round and won now we face the weakest from the fourth round draw...hmmmm
I didn't know we'd drawn Bradford City.
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Oh ok didn't realise they were still in it. Are they fourth division?
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Oh ok didn't realise they were still in it. Are they fourth division?
Yep. Have been for a while I think. That second year in top flight killed them.
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Am loving that fans in general seem to focus on the Saints second half debacle and the Everton and West Ham early season defeats.
I'm quite happy for them to igore the Swansea home win (who were flying until then), Newcastle away draw (should have won but a great result) and of course the Man City win, which was of course a freak result against thier youth team / reserves (err Barry, Milner, Sinclair, Kolorov, Tevez, Lescott, Balotelli, Toure...)
Hopefully by the time the tie comes around we will have racked up a few results and they'll be thinking....errr maybe it wasn't such a good draw after all.
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Coventry away just to watch us beat them.
Never fully recovered after seeing them beat us, on boxing day, at highfield rd, with my then boss, in a corporate box, betting £50 we'd win and being stood up by my (then) girlfriend.
Bitter moi?
Actually dont really care who but home would be nice ;-)
Have you been on the worst away days thread?
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Decent draw, I expect this'll be televised what with Sky's love of Di Canio.
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Could be a tricky tie, as I'd guess di Canio will have them well up for it, but we will see them off if we play as well as we have against Citeh and Swansea.
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Decent draw, I expect this'll be televised what with Sky's love of Di Canio.
Hope so, otherwise it's going to be another match thread courtesy of R5 Sports Extra. Think I'll stock up on Reggae Reggae sauce just in case
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I think it will be tough, At least Man Ure or Chelsea will go out
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Could be a tricky tie, as I'd guess di Canio will have them well up for it, but we will see them off if we play as well as we have against Citeh and Swansea.
There's very little point in trying to predict this one. Or possibly any game with us this season.
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Coventry away just to watch us beat them.
Never fully recovered after seeing them beat us, on boxing day, at highfield rd, with my then boss, in a corporate box, betting £50 we'd win and being stood up by my (then) girlfriend.
Bitter moi?
Actually dont really care who but home would be nice ;-)
Have you been on the worst away days thread?
I tried to put that one to the back of my mind MIckey QuinnFFS
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I think we should beat Swindon if we play like we did against Swansea and Man City.
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Aah Swindon, scene of the most glorious 0-0 draw since Anderlecht. Also the team that won 4-6 at the sty after being 4-1 down.
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...as we were beating Arsenal on their own muck heap.
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That was the day Tony Daley scored and we won 1-0 I think ;D
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2-1 definitely, Saunders and Townsend I think.
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It was the Daley 1-0 game, 12/04/93. We won 2-1 there in Nov following season with Whittingham and Townsend scoring.
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Well I never. Went to both, obviously got mixed up.
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A rare headed goal by Tony Daley. That was the season Arsenal had the north bank closed for redevelopment and they had that mural behind the goal.
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Will Don Rogers be playing for them?
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Bizarrely enough we won at Swindon on 30th October 1993 - If the game is on the Tuesday, that will be the 30th October also.
I know this as it was my 22nd birthday back then...
I love those type of stats. That would have been our last trip there given that was their only season in the top flight. Without checking it up can anyone recall the game/result?
Happy 41st in advance by the way.
5-0 I think. They were awful.
That was the home game. I think it was 2-1 at their place.
So it was. I could have sworn we battered them there as well.
I think a young Stephen Froggatt scored in that game as well IIRC
Oh and thanks Eamonn
If my memory serves me right, we played them in the FA Cup one or two seasons before they got promoted into the Premier League and that is the game in which Frogatt scored the screamer. If I remember rightly, it was a really tricky tie and we were fortunate to get away with a win. It will always be the ground on which we got promoted for me though!!
I watched it on the owner's dodgy TV in a little bar in Cyprus. Forgotten till I saw the date in the post from er (counts back) lion in essex! That was a good holiday...
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Deluded twats. They do actually realise what we did last night don't they?
"Villa are pretty low on confidence. We can do them."
"Another very winnable tie. They won't fancy coming here and we should be well up for it. Was hoping for Liverpool or United away as it would mean I could get there but we can always have them in the quarters!"
"we'll beat villa"
"Definately a winnable tie. Only really good player they have is Darren Bent"
"Can i just say, we'll beat villa"
That's a comfort.
For a minute there I thought it was just Villa forums that were fulll of 'deluded twats'. :P
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Chelsea v man Utd and arsenal v reading on sky
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Here's someone who's not too happy we're in the next round:
https://twitter.com/footballacca/status/251079593136627714
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Pretty impressive result predictions non the less!
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Confirmed as 30th October 745
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Chelsea v man Utd and arsenal v reading on sky
Arsenal v Reading? Ahh, the romance of the cup. Watching Arsenal's 3rd team.
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Di Canio's BBC column (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19749668)
I still think he's a box of frogs.
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You would think Middlesbrough and Sunderland would be decent, local derbies and so on.
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Why put Chelsea and Man United on telly? Does anyone really want to see their reserves play each other? Us and Swindon or Sunderland and Middlesbrough would have been much better games with four teams who are actually likely to be up for it.
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Why put Chelsea and Man United on telly? Does anyone really want to see their reserves play each other? Us and Swindon or Sunderland and Middlesbrough would have been much better games with four teams who are actually likely to be up for it.
because half the country support Man Utd,
and yes they will want to see any Utd team rather than anyone else, its all about viewing figures, thats why in the last few years i think 10 or more every single Man Utd FA cup game has been televised.
its not going to change any time soon
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£29 a ticket I'm led to believe.
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£29 a ticket I'm led to believe.
That's shocking if it's true. £29 for a Division 3 club!
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£29 a ticket I'm led to believe.
Then they can ram it firmly up their collective arses.
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£29 a ticket I'm led to believe.
Then they can ram it firmly up their collective arses.
Four quid more than their normal price.
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This is what Colchester are paying. £25 for a division 3 match is crazy imo.
Adults: £25
Senior Citizens (60+): £19
Young Adult (16-18, with proof of DOB): £17
Students with NUS Card (in advance only): £19
Juniors (15 and under): £12
Wheelchair (Helper free): £19
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I have never read a more delusional load of shite than on that Swindon forum.
They must be high.
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Lovely people:
"Agreed. Two clubs of similar stature aren't going to appeal to the neutral."
"Mind you, this is probably the best draw we could wish if you ask a Villa fan. They are all deluded."
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Does having a loonatic facist for a manager make you a big club or something?
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Surely I can't be the only person who hopes that we beat them 8-0 and injure all of their players, manager and population
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It's something I'd forgotten until the draw, but when we played them in the second division I've never seen a team turn up with so many of their own stewards and their attitude was that they were doing us a favour by being there.
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All I remember about them is conceding a hundred goals in one season.
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I won £557.46 that season on a pre season 50p accumulator bet based on Swindon being relegated, finishing bottom and conceding 100 goals. I was convinced that would happen as they conceded I think 64 in the Second division on their way to promotion.
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Didn't they get stuffed 9-0 by Liverpool or United that season too?
EDIT: Just checked and that was Ipswich the season after. They did get spanked 7-1 by Newcastle though and ship plenty of 5s and 6s that year.
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Clubs of similar stature?! that is one of the most deluded things I've ever heard.
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They are similar to, maybe, Oxford United or Watford.
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They could make a better claim to be of similar stature to Newcastle.
Neither have won a proper trophy for 43 years.
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They are similar to, maybe, Oxford United or Watford.
and Walsall. The only difference is they managed to disgrace themselves in the First Division one season and a solitary League Cup win.
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Clubs of similar stature?! that is one of the most deluded things I've ever heard.
Surely the poster meant Chelsea & ManU are of similar statue, so therefore not as interesting a cup-tie for TV.
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Here's someone who's not too happy we're in the next round:
https://twitter.com/footballacca/status/251079593136627714
That's a mate of a guy I work with. Gutted in't the word.
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Here's someone who's not too happy we're in the next round:
https://twitter.com/footballacca/status/251079593136627714
That's a mate of a guy I work with. Gutted in't the word.
That's a shame
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A bloke I used to work with would have won £20k had we beaten Blackburn on a Monday night game that we drew 0-0 (Houghton hit the bar). He stopped going the Villa after that. Last time I saw him he was easing himself back into it at a reserve game.
My mate's son won about £8,500 (£2 stake) the other week, with Villa to beat Swansea one of his bets.
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Wasn't there a story in the paper that some knob would have won a £150,000 accumulator if City had beaten us the other night?
If he'd had a Villa win he'd have won over a million quid. Penis
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Wasn't there a story in the paper that some knob would have won a £150,000 accumulator if City had beaten us the other night?
If he'd had a Villa win he'd have won over a million quid. Penis
Yep, and they showed the betting slip so it looked genuine. It cost a bloke at work a few hundred quid as well. A Man City fan as well, just for an extra bonus.
Don't they pay out on the full time result though? So in our case it would have been the draw that would have won.
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Ticket details from Swindon Town OS here http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/news/article/villaticketdetails-401602.aspx
It mentions we will get the corner of the Arkells stand and the Excalibur stand (Stratton bank open end) so should in theory mean 3,300 tickets.
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Our tickets are £20, which is cheaper then their usual league prices but still seems to be more than their own behind the goal stand.
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Any idea when they go on sale ?
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http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2935448,00.html
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Any idea when they go on sale ?
http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2935448,00.html
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Good size allocation, don't think we'll have problems selling it. Prices are ok saw talk of £29 before.
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Many thanks, getting tickets seems a more and more complex process.
What happened to the good old days when you could just rock up at the ticket office and get the Spanish inquisition ?
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Many thanks, getting tickets seems a more and more complex process.
What happened to the good old days when you could just rock up at the ticket office and get the Spanish inquisition ?
The system is fair, bit of a ball ache if there is a big group of u going with various levels of attendance.
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Good allocation, do you think we'll sell out for this one?
Their forums a bit ridiculous isn't it? They'll beat us easy and its a dream tie for us. Errrrm
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Ah well 10 day wait for me before I can apply for tickets
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Just wondering what time the Villa coaches will take off from Villa Park for the Swindon game. Hopefully booking off a half-day from work will suffice.
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Just wondering what time the Villa coaches will take off from Villa Park for the Swindon game. Hopefully booking off a half-day from work will suffice.
I'd imagine around 3pm ?
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Apparently:
if you want t wind up the Vilers
Sang to the tune of 'My Old Man's a Dustman'.
Oh, Stephen Carr's a Bluenose, he hates the Vila fans.
He called the North Stand w*****s, ad got a one match ban.
Cheryl Cole is stunning, she wears a red G string, and when she goes out nightclubing she asks for Marlon King.
repeat
are they all on glue?
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Apparently:
if you want t wind up the Vilers
Sang to the tune of 'My Old Man's a Dustman'.
Oh, Stephen Carr's a Bluenose, he hates the Vila fans.
He called the North Stand w*****s, ad got a one match ban.
Cheryl Cole is stunning, she wears a red G string, and when she goes out nightclubing she asks for Marlon King.
repeat
are they all on glue?
Well that's me well and truely wound up..
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Why I oughta!
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I'm so annoyed I could crush a grape.
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I hope he directed that at the North Std lower and not the family section ?
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Cheryl Cole is stunning, she wears a red G string, and when she goes out nightclubing she asks for Marlon King.
repeat
A Bluenose colleague told me it was "hides from Marlon King". Which is a better song.
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Not to sound picky, but you'd think the blues fans would change it from a red G string to a blue one, or am I thinking about this too much?
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Cheryl Cole in a G-string? I can't think enough about it.
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Stephen Carr's a Bluenose
He likes to be obscene
He shaved all of his hair off
And looks like a baked bean
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Stephen Carr's a Bluenose
He likes to be obscene
He shaved all of his hair off
And looks like a baked bean
Damon you are wasted on News at Ten!
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Stephen Carr's a Bluenose
He likes to be obscene
He shaved all of his hair off
And looks like a bald ******
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Stephen Carr's a Bluenose
He likes to be obscene
He shaved all of his hair off
And looks like a bald c***
See, what you have then is a natural progression of people cutting out the words between Stephen Carr and c***, until you arrive at:
Stephen Carr
c***
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Why would she ask for Marlon King? He doesn't usually need an invitation.
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Stephen Carr's a ******
He looks just like a ******
And when he acts like a total ******
It's only because he's a ******
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No no Sir Downing is a c***.
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Stephen Carr's a bluenose
But he's shit at football
Yet he knows if he ingratiates himself with their moronic crank fans
They'll think he's good and keep paying him.
The rhyming scheme will reveal itself when I write the second verse.
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Stephen Carr's a footballer
Who wears some f*cking tat
He gives it large to the family stand
he's a prick, he's a cock, he's a twat
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Stephen Carrs a wanker
he knows the wanking sign
he gets a lot of practice and
he waves it all the time
He waved it at the North stand
the North stand waved it back
Stephen thinks hes clever but
hes just a blue nosed twat.
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Stephen Carrs a wanker
he knows the wanker sign
he gets a lot of practice and
he waves it all the time
He waved it at the North stand
the North stand waved it back
Stephen thinks hes clever but
hes just a blue nosed twat.
The winner
But who is Stephen Carr and why him out of god knows how many Blues players?
Sorry, Swindon players?
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Excellent, bones.
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Word on the street is that we have sold all our tickets.
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Ooooh little Villa going to the mighty Swindon. I'm sure their websites will be full of posters believing we've sold out because we want to see them. 'come to the see the Robins, you've only come to...' you get the picture.
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Ooooh little Villa going to the mighty Swindon. I'm sure their websites will be full of posters believing we've sold out because we want to see them. 'come to the see the Robins, you've only come to...' you get the picture.
To be returned with 'my garden shed'
But yes, confirmed as a sell out
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Two clubs of equal stature, battling it out.
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I saw Stephen Carr about 20 mins ago, seems to be in a bad way with his left leg.
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I saw Stephen Carr about 20 mins ago, seems to be in a bad way with his left leg.
shame
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I saw Stephen Carr about 20 mins ago, seems to be in a bad way with his left leg.
seems to be in a bad way with his f#cked head
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I saw Stephen Carr about 20 mins ago, seems to be in a bad way with his left leg.
Let's hope it's nothing trivial