Gerrumonside ref Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Interesting angle on the developments with Messi being tied in to a revival of the Super League. Worth reading. https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/lionel-messi-barcelona-transfer-la-liga-b1898096.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yanto Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 16 hours ago, Methven Hornet said: Honestly, I'm convinced I fell into a deep slumber around about January and that I'm dreaming all this. Winning the League Cup, the Scottish Cup and now holding a side like Galatasaray to a draw away from home. It's certainly a great time to be a Saints fan! Someone just joked on social media that you can measure the relative stature of the two clubs by their sponsors: Turkish Airlines v Binn Skips, a local waste disposal company. St Johnstone,Dundalk,The New Saints,Shamrock Rovers, Glasgow Celtic. The small clubs from Scotland, Ireland and Wales all excelled last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 1 hour ago, yanto said: St Johnstone,Dundalk,The New Saints,Shamrock Rovers, Glasgow Celtic. The small clubs from Scotland, Ireland and Wales all excelled last night. The New Saints are a ghastly cuckoo club from England. 1 Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meast Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 50 minutes ago, gingerjon said: The New Saints are a ghastly cuckoo club from England. They've certainly got an identity crisis and certainly come a long way (well, not geographically speaking) since the days of dancing in the streets of Llantsantfraidd Huddersfield Giants Supporters Association Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiltshire Rhino Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 (edited) A month ago it looked like my home town club might not start the season. In fact they might have ceased to exist. Court case over ownership, potential points deduction from EFL (still might happen), players and staff unpaid, our new management team left after a week, only 5 contracted players on the books (plus youth players), fans boycotting putting any money into the club until our owner had gone. I won't say what I think of him. Then the court case went in favour of our Aussie "saviour" and in the last two weeks we've had more fan/club engagement than in the previous 8 years (probably ever). Our new CEO is an actual fan, there will be fan representation from the Official Supporters Club and Trust on the board. A new management team brought in, new players brought in, we now have the possibility of having quite a good starting XI (squad still short of cover apart from the kids). The changes have brought a real positivity around the town/county. Sales of season tickets and shirts are going well. About 1000 of us are heading to Scunthorpe today, realistic that this season could still be a struggle, but so pleased we have our club back! My brother is picking me and 3 mates up in about 3hrs to head north. We haven't all travelled together to a opening game for 25 years. Win, lose or draw - WE ARE SWINDON! C'mon Town! Edited August 7, 2021 by Wiltshire Rhino 2 2014 Challenged Cup Winner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yanto Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 21 hours ago, gingerjon said: The New Saints are a ghastly cuckoo club from England. Hmmm any different than Cardiff or Swansea playing in the English system or even Colwyn Bay who played in England at Northwich and Ellesmere Port from 91 to 2019. Mergers ,buy outs happen. What I know or remember TNS Llansantffraid were the ones who instigated the buy out of Oswestry Town ( an English club playing in Wales) Not sure how you can call them a cuckoo club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 8 minutes ago, yanto said: Hmmm any different than Cardiff or Swansea playing in the English system or even Colwyn Bay who played in England at Northwich and Ellesmere Port from 91 to 2019. Mergers ,buy outs happen. What I know or remember TNS Llansantffraid were the ones who instigated the buy out of Oswestry Town ( an English club playing in Wales) Not sure how you can call them a cuckoo club Because they are a full time moneyed outfit based in England playing in a mostly part time Welsh league purely as a way of guaranteeing themselves European football. Cuckoos. 1 Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiltshire Rhino Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Just got back from Scunthorpe. What a day! Yes, it's a long season but today was just amazing. 1 2014 Challenged Cup Winner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17 stone giant Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Wiltshire Rhino said: Just got back from Scunthorpe. What a day! I remember Gordon Strachan once talking about how Scotland had provoked a sleeping giant when they dared to score first against Brazil. I think Scunthorpe made the same mistake today against the mighty Swindon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUBRATS Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 So Mr Messi is blaming the financial rules of La Liga for Barcelona's inability to pay him his 100 million a year ? No wonder I've lost interest in the sport 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidi Fidi Gold Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Isn't it great to have fans back at league games again . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yanto Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 On 07/08/2021 at 14:50, gingerjon said: Because they are a full time moneyed outfit based in England playing in a mostly part time Welsh league purely as a way of guaranteeing themselves European football. Cuckoos. sorry didnt get back to this .Busy weekend, Anyway TNS and their history shows they are not "an outfit based in England playing in a mostly part time Welsh league purely as a way of guaranteeing themselves European football." Llansantffraid were quite successful in the early mid 90s and attracted the attention of Total Network Solutions an Oswestry based computer / IT company who became head sponsors. Name change to TNS Llansantffraid then later to just TSN. 2003 TSN merged / bought out a struggling Oswestry Town who despite being an English club played in the Welsh leagues. TSN (the company) were then taken over by BT and the sponsorship of the club stopped. To keep the TSN name, for which they had become known, they changed to The New Saints which reflected The Saints....... knickname of the old Llansantffraid club. You proberbly know all this but the " Cuckoo" part of your post is wrong. The New Saints are a Welsh club ,who have ALWAYS played in the Welsh leagues, that attracted a sponsor, due to their on field success which in time allowed them to go full time (Barry Town were also full time). They then merge with another WELSH league club ( Oswestry Town) who happen to be 8 miles away in England and decided to play out of Oswestry. So never opted to play in the Welsh league "purely as a way of guaranteeing themselves European football." They have always played in the Welsh league (as did Oswestry Town) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Top notch stuff from The Mirror 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Evans Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 MOT Lads!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbruce Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Great win for Spurs with Kane out as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiltshire Rhino Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Love a good anagram! Premier League Championship League 1 League 2 C'MON DOWNTOWN SIN!!! 1 2014 Challenged Cup Winner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearman Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Wonderful gesture https://www.nwemail.co.uk/sport/19540020.aston-villa-donate-gate-receipts-barrow-afc/ Ron Banks Midlands Hurricanes and Barrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 This is .. something ... Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 And they did it without drawing Rangers in the qualifiers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiltshire Rhino Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 It's official! Ronaldo will not be signing for Swindon Town 2014 Challenged Cup Winner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17 stone giant Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 On 27/08/2021 at 18:26, Wiltshire Rhino said: It's official! Ronaldo will not be signing for Swindon Town Bit of a shame that Messi didn't go to Manchester City. That would have made for a good story. Not that the EPL is short of publicity and attention. Glad he signed for Utd the week after Saints had to play them, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiltshire Rhino Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 My brother and I were out last night, discussing old grounds. We found out that by following Swindon Town we have been to 23 grounds that no longer exist. M***r G****d, Elm Park, The Dell, Upton Park, Highbury, White Hart Lane, Griffin Park, The Den, Roker Park, Victoria Ground, Maine Road, Highfield Road, Ayresome Park, Burnden Park, Leeds Road, Vetch Field, Filbert Street, Baseball Ground, Boothferry Park, Bootham Crescent, Goldstone Ground, Gay Meadow, Millmoor. Made us feel old. Goodison Park and Kenilworth Road to be added at a later date. 2014 Challenged Cup Winner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommygilf Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 On 27/08/2021 at 13:25, gingerjon said: This is .. something ... This also does well to give context to this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Arteta in trouble, wants old job back( probably true). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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