Swindon who went there the earliest?

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

It doesn't sound like much of your post has anything to do with football - it was just violence (and using football as a hook to hang that violence on) that a small minority of people were involved with ........... without consideration or a thought towards the majority and of course to the detriment of the majority .......... and we (the majority) are still paying the price today for that.

To be fair, if you read it again, he's saying that he and his friend were run down to the turnstiles by three Swindon hoolies with blades flashing. Then at the end he is saying that he doesn't miss that side of the 70s.
So he wasn't condoning the violence, and he was the victim of it. He even said he's had more pleasant trips there since.

 

[Rattus Norvegicus]

To be fair, if you read it again, he's saying that he and his friend were run down to the turnstiles by three Swindon hoolies with blades flashing. Then at the end he is saying that he doesn't miss that side of the 70s.
So he wasn't condoning the violence, and he was the victim of it. He even said he's had more pleasant trips there since.

Well, I hope you are right and if that is the case then my comments were largely unnecessary.

 

[ColinMorrisWalksOnWater]

cheers TSNB, that was exactly the context that my post was meant in. :thumbsup:

 

[Suffolk Shrimper In Dorset]

I went twice in the mid 80's when living in Bristol.

First time was to see Southend lose and on way back down the M4 this car spun in the ice at 70 mph right in front of me, just missed the front of my car, hit the central reservation and flipped back across me to end up on the hard shoulder. Amazingly no one was hurt.

Second time was to see my 'second team' Argyle - on the way there in the street next to the one I was walking down an Argyle fan gor jumped on, was stabbed and died.

I'm not going to Swindon a third time. Ever.

Have a great afternoon everyone.

 

[Canterbury Exile]

Is Thommo Perry? If it is, I do not think back then he could punch his way out of a paper bag, the same applies to Hoggy. They used to travel everywhere with Sufc alongside Mark P.

 

[ozzie]

Wanted to go the 4.01.69 game,but my Mum would let me:sad:.I then wanted to go to the Shrimpers,if i remember ,it was shown there live...but no ..my Mum took me & sis to see "the jungle book"...I loved my Mum "über alles"...but she "done me up like a kipper "that day

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Following on from the "Longest Serving Supporter?" thread I, like many on here, made my first visit to Swindon just over 47 years ago:

4th January 1969
Swindon Town 0-2 Southend United
F,A. Cup Round 3
Goalscorers; Billy Best and Ian Hamilton
Attendance; 18,828

The question is has anyone been to an earlier match at Swindon?

Like you DODTS I made my first trip to Swindon 47 years ago (as a 17 year old) with my aunt driving and Alf Smirk as a fellow passenger.

 

[ozzie]

Went to the 1974 game,i think..my girlfriend at the time Linda, was allowed on the "Brother Grimm coaches",but i was banned,so i went by train,where i met ,again, the greats Gus&Micky.B. Dont remember anything about the game,but being on a train,with those two,ways always a good memory

 

[AndyT]

Second time was to see my 'second team' Argyle - on the way there in the street next to the one I was walking down an Argyle fan gor jumped on, was stabbed and died.

OMG, I vaguely remember that from the distant past.

Think it was a young kid, about 16, outside a pub, but I can't be sure.

All in all, desperately sad and a throwback to awful times past!

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

I went with the late Bob Jennings , met Harry for the first time had a mate with him called Trevor Jefferies .

'Trevor Jefferies', wonder what happened to him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

Went to the 1974 game,i think..my girlfriend at the time Linda, was allowed on the "Brother Grimm coaches",

Would that have been, the lovely blond Linda Pepper?.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Went to the 1974 game,i think..my girlfriend at the time Linda, was allowed on the "Brother Grimm coaches",but i was banned,so i went by train,where i met ,again, the greats Gus&Micky.B. Dont remember anything about the game,but being on a train,with those two,ways always a good memory

Is that Mick Brown from Leigh?

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

Is that Mick Brown from Leigh?

Ronnie, i'm sure Ozzie is relating to Micky Bowman.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Ronnie, i'm sure Ozzie is relating to Micky Bowman.

Oh O.K. Thanks. Just that Mick Brown was my best mate at one time. I miss him so much as he died young. I would have liked to hear any stories about him.

 

[Benfleet A1]

Well, I hope you are right and if that is the case then my comments were largely unnecessary.

They were a bit but never mind. I'm afraid my overriding memory of Swindon in the 80's was being threatened by some charmer with a blade. Sort of put me off returning as well.

 

[B.B.The Legend Lives On.]

I made the trip in 1969 and then the next round to Mansfield. My memory is of Mel Slack marking Don Rogers out of the game, he was a big player at that time. Mansfield I remember walking to the ground past all the slag heaps and being pelted with coal by the home supporters. A cold wet day and we lost.

You mentioned about how Mel Slack had marked Don Rogers out of the game at Swindon in the F.A.Cup, this was the same season that Swindon went on to beat Arsenal 3-1 in the League Cup Final at Wembley. However going back to Mel Slack this was without doubt one of his best ever matches for the Blues, all the more remarkable as this was his one and only appearance of 1968-69, apart from four substitute appearances earlier that season(2 unused). He joined Cambridge United in July 1969 and helped them get into Division 4 the following year.

 

[B.B.The Legend Lives On.]

Is that Mick Brown from Leigh?

Ronnie, i'm sure Ozzie is relating to Micky Bowman.

Not sure, but OZZIE may be talking about Mick Baugh who came from the Basildon area?

 

[LCBB72]

Not sure, but OZZIE may be talking about Mick Baugh who came from the Basildon area?

Come on OZZIE let the cat out the bag , which one was it .

 

[DoDTS]

Come on OZZIE let the cat out the bag , which one was it .

I'm sure that as Ozzie says "Gus & Micky" he is talking about Keithie (Gus) Summers and Mickey Baugh who actually came from Laindon.

 

[spoons]

I got there at 11-30 yesterday morning, anyone beat that:winking: