CJGJ Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Swindon have written to the Football League to ask referees to protect their players from over-aggressive opponents. Chairman Jed McCrory fears his team are being "bullied" while trying to instil their own style of play, which he describes as "pleasing on the eye". http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24388093 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonraker Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Shaun Taylor, Scott Leitch, Ross McLaren, Duncan Shearer,Iffy Onoura, Mike Summerbee, and .....OK Fitzroy Simpson, must be cringing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwindonJambo Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Shaun Taylor, Scott Leitch, Ross McLaren, Duncan Shearer,Iffy Onoura, Mike Summerbee, and .....OK Fitzroy Simpson, must be cringing. You've forgotten to add those artful gents Steve White, Jon Gittens & Chris Kamara . Neil Ruddock was there for a while too. I once met Ross McLaren while he was still playing for 'Town and he told me he was a good Jambo and hid brother used to play for them (Stuart perhaps ?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonraker Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 I too talked to Mr McLaren in my early days in Swindon. I remember Ruddock was working with the "Centre of Excellence" for a bit as my son played there for a few years. He was not impressed when I won an England "Bench Coat" in a raffle at the County Ground and put it back in to be re-raffled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Spackler Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Through the looking glass. In the old days when players were genuinely hurt they would pretend they weren't as that let the opposition know they had caused damage. I'm not saying that doesn't still happen but a club now writing to a league to state they are being battered and its not fair? Shine a light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlasgoJambo Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Ruddock was working with the "Centre of Excellence" for a bit as my son played there for a few years. He was not impressed when I won an England "Bench Coat" in a raffle at the County Ground and put it back in to be re-raffled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neave Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Absolute nap they're going to be kicked to **** for the rest of the season. Pleasing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bilel Mohsni Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 I remember a Rangers manager asking the same thing for poor put upon Fernando Ricksen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brave Hearts Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 You've forgotten to add those artful gents Steve White, Jon Gittens & Chris Kamara . Neil Ruddock was there for a while too. I once met Ross McLaren while he was still playing for 'Town and he told me he was a good Jambo and hid brother used to play for them (Stuart perhaps ?) Was Donald McLaren and was a free scoring centre forward. Played in same Balgreen primary team as him. Due to get first team outing and was on bench at January game at East Fife when Ormond bottled the decision to put him on as a sub. Went on to have a career in Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 The English Hibs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonraker Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 The English Hibs? I have mentioned it before , so sorry if getting boring but there was a "Swindon Hibs" sponsored by Duff back in the 90's in the Swindon District Premier League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwindonJambo Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 I have mentioned it before , so sorry if getting boring but there was a "Swindon Hibs" sponsored by Duff back in the 90's in the Swindon District Premier League I remember noticing the name in the Adver back in the 80s/90s and thinking it was an odd name. Was it the same (David) Duff who bought Hibs in 87/88, took them to the brink and ended up in the clink for fraud ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwindonJambo Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 The English Hibs? Most certainly not In the late 80s/early 90s I used to watch Swindon regularly(before it went all seater) and in 1990 they had a pre-season game against the Hibs, who put out a full strength team with Goram in goals and the lovely Mr Paul Kane, who tbf got both their goals with future Aberdeen player Duncan Shearer getting both of Swindon's in a decent 2-2 draw. I met a Geordie in a Hearts top near the segregation fence and the natives asked me to teach them a Hearts song. Within 30 seconds most of Shrivenham Road were in full voice with a rousing rendition of "When the Hearts go marching in" with the 100 or so travelling Hibbies going mental. Old Bill waded into the crowd but I saw them coming and zipped up my jacket, kept my mouth shut and concealed all trace of being a Jambo or even a Scot and so avoided being lifted/ejected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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