20 years ago, when I was 15 years old, I was the most dedicated scrapbooker of all things
#STFC
- here's a few images to set your hearts racing Town fans!
On this thread of tweets, through until May next year, I'll bring you the story of the 03/04 season in scrapbook form! Enjoy
Including Man City in FA Cup,
#STFC
have now had 8 attendances in excess of 10k. All of them in the year 2022.
Man City - 14,753
B.Rovers - 12,695
Exeter - 10,642
Salford - 10,153
Oldham - 11,390
Newport - 11,408
Orient - 10,624
FGR - 11,150
Superb backing! Club on the up 👍
Worth remembering how far
#STFC
have come post Lee Power...
Tuesday night's attendance of 9,325 against Newport - would have been our highest attendance of the season in the 2018/2019, 2017/2018 & 2015/2016 seasons.
5,100+ season ticket holders. Swindon public backing the club!
Di Canio
#STFC
period was fun, proper summer fling! Amazing highs & dramatic lows as it un-ravelled. Built on flashing cash + turnover of squad!
But Wellens is the guy who picked us up when life was at low ebb. Done it more organically. Car, house, marriage, kids - the works! ❤
Gutting to hear this morning that one of my old Ex Palace team mates Jamie Vincent has passed away suddenly with a cardiac arrest. Thinking of his family at this very sad time. 😢🦅❤️🙏🏻
Seen some short memories on Anthony Grant on here today, plain disrespect in some cases.
He's a Title winner & former player-of-the-year for
#STFC
. Lived through Power+Sheridan, and survived! Re-signed for the Town in the summer.
Good luck to him at Scunny, best wishes AG 👏
My club is their club
@Official_STFC
❤❤❤
Thanks to a nice chap called Pete on the Arkells stand gate, who let us in for a couple of snaps! Top man.
Caught a word with
@LeePeacock76
as we were walking along as well. Such a gentleman. 🦚🦚
Here we are then, past 9pm on the 55th anniversary of
#STFC
's greatest achievement... and unless mistaken, not a peep from the club's socials in memory of that amazing win. Which in the modern day, is staggering.
Club's at its lowest ebb ever. Shoddy shoddy lack of care. 😥
That's a shocking defeat for
#STFC
at Colchester today, worst of the season? Should be damning for Lindsey - given the standard of opposition, and given the blameless weather and pitch.
Anyway, I can't be arsed to type it all out again, here's my ranty thoughts on whatsapp...
Today's the day! Port Vale away. Play-off semi-final 2nd leg. Winner goes to Wembley on 28th May.
In lower league football, they don't come much bigger than this for nerves/tension. Come on
#STFC
🟢🟡🟢
Good luck everyone of a Swindon persuasion.
Harry McKirdy calendar year 2022 for
#STFC
:
15 starts (14 League, 1 Cup)
12 goals (11 League, 1 Cup)
6 assists (3 at Port Vale, 2 at Carlisle, 1 vs Exeter at home)
Man's on fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
#STFC
fans - unable to make tomorrow’s Carlisle home game, weather forecast looks okay, so my cricket match will be on.
Have an adult and an U11 season ticket going spare in Don Rogers stand. If you’re a Town fan on hard times, can’t afford to go, please DM me to have them free.
A tiring day of endless sweeping & lugging fizzy drinks up/down the Arkell's stand stairs! I got covered in decades old Arkell's stand dust from head to toe... but what a rewarding day!
Sharing conversation with fellow
#STFC
fans, of all different ages. Top bunch! 👍👍
If there's to be no minute's silence tomorrow for Steve Finney's passing
@Official_STFC
?
Then perhaps we as fans
@TrustSTFC
@LoathedStranger
@STFCSupClub
@GWReds
... should push for everyone to sing "Walking in a Finney Wonderland" during the 9th minute??
Or... both is great
Dion Conroy, servant to
#STFC
of 5 years now, overcoming several serious knee injuries during this time. League winner. Club captain.
...has felt the need to tweet this in response to another public hanging out to dry by the worst Town manager in living memory.
What a mess 😐
Enjoyable evening at the County Ground - low pressure game and a 1-0 win for young/mixed
#STFC
side. Thought the two debutant central defenders Minturn and Winchcombe were tremendous! 👏
My boy's first ever night game - he was buzzing to stay up late! Good lad! ❤
We met some
#STFC
rockstars this afternoon! Told our
@ellis_iandolo
he has to stay forever 😂
Ben Garner - big spiderman fan! 🕸
My youngest's first time inside the County Ground too. Lovely afternoon for it! ☀️☀️☀️
Seeing a mixture of understandable disappointment / giggly excitement at prospect of Man City bringing understrength side to
#STFC
tomorrow.
Whatever your views, a lot of credit should be directed towards Man City themselves - wanting to fulfill fixture regardless. Thank you!
Well done to every one of the 577
#STFC
fans up at Barrow, great numbers! Let down by the performance/discipline today.
We've had 14 "proper" away days this year (excluding Plymouth Papa John's). We've taken 12,284 fans on the road in those games, at average of 877 per game 👏👏
Reminder
#STFC
fans - last 15 league games:
W 3, D 2, L 10, Pts 11
In the bloody 4th tier. Any other Town manager on that run, sacked. No doubt.
That Flynn is under seemingly no pressure, tells you what a shit show Swindon are off field.
Clem to fix it in Jan? Do f*ck off.
An Open Letter to the Chairman of
@Official_STFC
We write this open letter, not only out of a sense of deep frustration but also through a duty to look after the best long-term interests of Swindon Town Football Club.
🔗
#STFC
As many of you will have heard from Rob Angus on tonight's Monday Night Panel:
#STFC
got initial £150k from MK Dons for Scott Twine. Another payment of £150k due in March. Plus, crucially, a 20% sell-on clause included!
At current rate, that sell-on could be worth £1m plus? 👍
I despair. A horrid interview for
#STFC
fans. Just a complete doubling-down from what SD-M said in the summer. No learning, no pragmatism. No hope.
Bring in young players, develop, SELL 🤑, go again. He fetishises selling. League 2 forever.
Winning football? Promotion? Fun?
Fiddly little drive to Cambridge that... but we're here at the Corner House boozer and I've got a pint of cider in my hands! Happy away days are here again!!
#STFC
🔴
Car crash TV,
#STFC
style.
Another alarming hour of club out-reach/comms. Aggy, dismissive, defensive. Really on top of his numbers 🙃
Anthony Hall is the CHIEF EXECUTIVE of a business turning over £6.9m last year. Which is inspiring really, never give up kids.
If John Sheridan had a swear jar at
#STFC
, a lot of our money problems would be significantly eased! 💰
This was just the audible ones from the first 15 mins and 20 seconds (pictured below!).
And the right hand column - players/officials he fired off at! Laughable...
Three generations of Hunt (
@bighunty58
) on show at the Supermarine vs
#STFC
friendly tonight! My eldest's first proper Swindon game - he loved it - and I loved sharing the new beginning for OUR club, together! ❤❤
#FanPowerNotLeePower
wins the day! 👊
Feeling physically & emotionally knackered today. Losing on pennos is such a cruel way to go out. Pitch invasion & player abuse after game were further dampeners - scenes like that, inexcusable.
Mainly though, I'm proud of players, club & fans. Fun season, top bunch
#STFC
🔴⚪️🔴
Good luck to young Mo Dabre, who's going on loan to Chippenham Town in the National League South. He joins Harrison Minturn there.
Ricky Aguiar (7 goals) & Harry Parsons (5 goals) also enjoyed good loan spells at Hardenhuish Park earlier this season. More of the same 🤞
#STFC
More absolute tripe served up by
#STFC
today. This time managing to give away 2-0 lead at home to one of the worst teams in the country! In fact, the entire 2nd half was embarrassing - ran out of legs, sat off, clung on... then eventually succumbed in a 94th minute mess.
Rotten.
Lindsey goes and
#STFC
win a cup game. Can only think Lindsey has taken the twitter passwords with him though...
Bizarre lack of comms in last 4-5 days, even by Town's standards.
Promo of Grimsby tickets? Promo of key Trust vote? Promo of Stephen Darby fund-raiser? No?
Might sound mad, but despite the historically bad result yesterday, my 6 and 3 year olds had a lovely afternoon out with Dad! Thank god.
Bus journey, chippy, Halloween do!Young & RH-M were a credit to the club. New Junior Reds room was nicely renovated & fun! (Thanks
@Laney1879
)
BREAKING: Oldham Athletic can confirm that this evening John Sheridan has agreed to return as Head Coach with immediate effect.
More details will follow next week but the club would like to thank Selim Benachour for his time in interim charge.
#oafc
Sunday 9th January.
County Ground, Swindon.
A truly original/unique chant that I want to hear 11,000
#STFC
fans blasting out towards the Man City fans!
Get it in early, before we go 0-4 down! 😂😂😂
Happy anniversary
#STFC
fans...
John Sheridan - shit bloke, hired by Lee Power - shitter bloke. To SABOTAGE our wonderful club!!!
Year is a flipping long time in football.
I'm not too chuffed with the Man City FA Cup prices that were announced today by
#STFC
- in these couple of videos, I explain why I'm feeling this way.
Comms/transparency are great, really are, but it doesn't takeaway from the fact that the prices are rubbish. IMO
@stfcbrandon2
Hey man,
It's a free world, do what you like.
But from a
#STFC
point of view, not cool. Ellis is a human being - has good half hours, and bad half hours. And a long servant to the club since 2015.
Call me a negative nelly. Lindsey picks a B side for proper fixture. Irritating.
Fair play to young/fringe lads, for 70 mins they were well in an even game 👏
Then Lindsey removes 2 best/most senior players from the pitch, condemning
#STFC
to 0-2 loss.
Worrying from new boss.
Raw, tenacious, fearless, and no baggage. A great full league debut at RWB, gave everything up against a much more experienced opponent on his side of the pitch (3. Liam Gordon).
We've got a player on our hands
#STFC
fans. Imperative that he gets next two games also.
What a week for young striker Abu Kanu! Replaces
#STFC
legend Charlie Austin on Saturday in front of 11k... then scores a hat-trick for the U17s against Plymouth Argyle last night. Big prospect 👏👏👏
Thanks again to
@GCAFCofficial
for hosting our U17s vs Plymouth last night, an entertaining 7-0 win from our players at a brilliant stadium. Kanu 3, Keyes, Alston, McGregor & Adam’s with our goals on the night. Our U17s next game is Bristol Rovers(H) details to follow 🔴⚽️
On Sunday afternoon, my amazing wife gave birth to another little boy (Marshall Hunt). Mother & baby are doing well, and Marshall's big brother Anderson is relishing his role as big brother!
Another
@Official_STFC
fan &
@UtdChurchesCC
cricketer safely into the world. Happy days!
Morning all!
Quite a January deadline day by recent
#STFC
standards. McKirdy back on loan will grab hearts and minds - my eldest is certainly delighted!
But the permanent additions of Drinan and McGurk will be better business I reckon. Finally another central striker too!
Here's the full
@bbcpointswest
feature with
@alidurdenBBC
from this evening. Essential viewing for
#STFC
fans ahead of tomorrow's nerve-jangling last day up at Walsall! Classy touch with costume change Ali 👏
Secure a playoff spot? Dare we dream...? how you feeling Town fans?!
This Charlie Austin lad is useful by the way. 40
#STFC
goals in 60+7 appearances now.
"Nice one Charlie, nice one son, nice one CHARLIEEEEEEE... let's have another one!"
What a flipping cross by Hepburn-Murphy too - Austin's dream.
I'm biased of course, but having worked along Rob on a voluntary basis for
@TrustSTFC
since 2017ish... I can say this:
- intelligent & very considered
- passionate fan, you'll find him in Town End with his son
- business savvy & people person
Our loss is
@Official_STFC
's gain!
We have one very excited 33 year old and one very excited 4 year old here!! Wow, what a draw for
#STFC
!
Four of England's finest - Stones, Walker, Foden and Sterling potentially gracing the hallowed turf at the County Ground! Cannot wait.
This is what our fanbase deserves
Oh dear. An opportunity wasted. Way too cosy and over-familiar from a Trust working for the club, not the fans. Why?
So, what did the accounts show? How on earth are
#STFC
racking up £8m+ a year in costs?
The Trust have lost my £5 a month and my membership. Shambles. Sad.
Hello...? Is that the beginnings of unlocking a club's full potential I can hear?
I've been waiting for this moment for years, I still can't believe that we're actually rid of him!
I cannot wait for the next few years, as the club, fanbase and whole Town pulls together!
#STFC
Sheridan's
#STFC
reign reminder:
P19, W4, D3, L12, F19, A35, Pts15
Failed to score - 8 times
Clean sheets - 2
Home - 7 points from 10 games!!!
Away - 8 points from 9 games!
1 goal in last 5 games. Zero shots on target in last 2 games!
Players who dissent, bombed out (Grant)
Despite the penalty shoot out defeat at Cambridge this evening, another really positive performance by
#STFC
and some of the new/fringe lads.
My post-match thoughts in the images below (from the infamous
@LoathedStranger
WhatsApp group!) for your perusal.
Impressive 1st
#STFC
presser from Morris today. Easy to say things that fans want to hear, but JM comes across with such seriousness & conviction.
Loved his comments about playing possession football, mixed with healthy pragmatism - intensity, hard work, nasty to play against ❤️
Few snaps from tonight's
@Official_STFC
Player Sponsors evening. Had a great time on the
@LoathedStranger
table with
@LouieBarry6
(very friendly/humble young chap).
But must say, everyone from
#STFC
was very forthcoming and a pleasure to talk to. Thanks all! ❤️
The majority of the local press don't have Lee Power's phone number...
But those famously quiet/annonymous fans who want to praise Lee Power have his email address! Handy that.
Dear
@kaiyneewoolery
Just want to say very well done for today. You absolutely worked your bollocks off. We supporters appreciate it! Great to see and keep it up, the goals will follow for sure.
#STFC
Football and
#STFC
- kicking us when we’re down since forever…
Garner to Charlton, taking Lindsay and Marshall with him. Payne/Egbo to follow him?
Got to say well done to everyone involved, not a drop of speculation/rumour. Then bang!
Bugger! Just one stable year please?
I'm on
@LoathedStranger
podcast duty tomorrow night, so I don't want to give too much away in advance...
However, that was 10th League away win of the season (from 17 games) for
#STFC
. 33 away League points out of our total of 55. Incredible!
561 travelling reds - well done 👏
Join new
#STFC
manager Mark Kennedy and Tom Brewitt from TSTBL (The Sir Tom Brewitt Lounge) in sponsoring me for the 65 mile charity bike ride tomorrow!
Thanks to everyone who's sponsored so far! Love you all ❤️
Hey twitter people /
#STFC
community 👋👋
On Thursday I’m cycling 65 miles around the Cotswolds, fundraising for the brilliant
@OvarianCancerUK
charity. Wonder if anyone might think this worthy of some sponsorship?? Anything you can donate, appreciated!
Well done
#STFC
fans, another fantastic home attendance of 9,310 at home to Rochdale. Tremendous!
Also, hearty congratulations to Ben Gladwin, who made his 100th appearance for
@Official_STFC
today, scoring his 18th goal for the club in the process.
Look at that photo! 😍😍
Yesterday's
#STFC
football offering was sadness inducing...
But my little lad will never forget the day he got to don his Sondico goalkeeper gloves and play in goal on the County Ground pitch!
Thanks to Brad, James, Grace and everyone at
@STFCfoundation
for making it happen 👏
SUNDAY ROAST! 💥💥 😍😍
Cooked this monster while wife was asleep upstairs, and the boys played downstairs. I'm so proud of my efforts, I had to share a picture.
Happy weekend all. Roast well...
Heads up
#STFC
fans - just finished chatting on Zoom with
@RossArnottITV
from
@itvwestcountry
sport. He's compiling a feature on
#STFC
/ Morfuni / EFL charges for tonight's show (18:00-18:30). Make sure you tune in....
Thanks Villa, son's crying 😭
(He's not, he's watching Lego YouTube videos!)
So, Kesler-Hayden leaves
#STFC
. Leaves a large hole to fill at RWB. Been great for Town, but can't help thinking we were about to see the best of him in coming months.
Best of luck KKH, go well 👏
Cycled to County Ground about 30-45 mins ago, to grab Walsall away tickets. We'd already sold 1,807 of the initial 2,000 allocation at that time.
Incredible response from
#STFC
fans with 6 weeks still to go! Staff in club shop said they'd do their best to get more allocation.
#STFC
terrible for 89 mins.
Played off the park by the mighty MK Dons. 18th in League 2. 10 wins, 14 defeats.
I bet
@LoathedStranger
will still pump out some negative rubbish on the pod. For God's sake, try to be more positive RPU and whatever poor sod has to talk about that 😘
Jody Morris
#STFC
era has lift-off at 4th attempt - with a 2-1 W at play-off rival Salford. Now 4 points behind them with game in hand.
Big relief & a big rot-stopper. Superb support from 715 Town fans 👏👏
McEachran good again ✅️ Chuffed for Wakeling ⚽️ worry about FB-T 🤕
Chuffed with this! At age 29, and with 115
#STFC
appearances under his belt, "Gladders" is a club stalwart by modern standards.
As he showed at Vale Park, when he's on form, he's such a Rolls Royce footballer. Cool as a cucumber from 12 yards as well. 👍
A very merry Christmas message from me, in the style of an on-loan star player who's on the verge of returning to my parent club
#STFC
🥂🥂🥂🥂🧑🎄🧑🎄🧑🎄🧑🎄
#STFC
stat for you:
18 goals contributed by Town midfielders so far this season - a great return!
Payne 7 goals, 20 apps
Gladwin 3 goals, 18 apps
Reed 3 goals, 18 apps
Williams 3 goals, 13 apps
Lyden 1 goal, 5 apps
Dabre 1 goal, 3 apps
Strongest part of the squad no doubt 👊
I'm really not saying that Ben Garner is the greatest manager in
#STFC
history...
...but using
@STFCcouk
Success Rate (SR%) percentage, he's currently tracking that way!
Ben Garner - 69%
Paolo Di Canio - 67%
Dennis Wise - 66%
Paul Sturrock 61%
Lou Macari 60%
Danny Williams 60%
Game day! Wish this was a beer 🍺, rather than a brew ☕... but on Daddy duty until 6pm-ish when the grandparents rock up!
Come on you Reds!! Anyone else ever so slightly excited?
#STFC
🔴
Big night at the County Ground in front of 2,187! Famous 2-0 win for
@academystfc
U18s against giants of the Youth game, Manchester bloody United!!
Enjoyable, but freezing, evening of
#STFC
chatter with RPU (
@LoathedStranger
),
@KeithC43
and our eldest! Come on you red men! 🔴
Feeling tired this morning! Despite the defeat on penalties, a really encouraging night for
#STFC
under Flynn/Hatswell.
Pre-season work paying off, look an organised and cohesive unit. And that's with plenty of new signings still settling in.
Kemp - cracking little player ♥️
Well well... what a cracking celebration of our club's season at Walsall today! 3,590
#STFC
fans making such a noise across the two stands.
Now on to Port Vale home and away in the playoffs, what a brilliant away end to fill (4,000+ allocation hopefully!). COYR! 🔴⚪️🔴
Farewell Eoin Doyle, beautiful summer fling! Will never forget. No way he can turn down 3 year deal on more money in 4th tier.
#STFC
are right not to gamble club's future on matching that kind of contract length/wages.
Use the money wisely, perhaps on Yates + Jaiyesimi? 👍