| Do you remember the days 12:28 - Dec 18 with 14257 views | swancity |
When there were just 3000 fans dotted around the Vetch Field?
When Prosser used to wheel up and down the track along the South Stand making funny faces
When away trips to places like Rochdale, Hartlepool, Cambridge and Chesterfield were to be cherished
When you were ankle deep in piss in the North Bank toilets
When you knew at the games you were surrounded by genuine fans of the football club and not people with a passing interest who have jumped onto a bandwagon
Where you could smoke a cigarette if you wanted one
When the pasties were lovely and the tea like hot water
When you could pay cash at a turnstile to go in.
When Robbie James would stride purposefully from the halfway line before unleashing a thunderbolt
When the players were not vastly over paid. Really can any footballer be worth a salary of a cool £1m a month? Or even £1m a year.
Our story has indeed been an incredible one....but there was also something special about supporting our Swans through the bad times as well. The FA cup draw at Oxford brought back some good memories of standing on the terrace behind the goal at Oxford when I think we beat them on pens?
Good old days....
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| Do you remember the days on 15:38 - Dec 18 with 1679 views | jack247 |
| Do you remember the days on 15:22 - Dec 18 by dgt73 |
Cry me a fooking river. They weren't the "good old days" on the whole they were shite, with fans dreaming of reaching the promised land one day.
Well we are there....if you want to go back to that....Newport county isn't that far. |
Part of that is true, there was a camaraderie in those days that a lot of our current fans have never experienced and we will probably never see again.
But, and it's a big but, we all dreamed of being where we are now, we just didn't even consider it a possibility. I certainly miss aspects of watching the Swans when we were shit, but I'd never want to go back there. | | | |
| Do you remember the days on 15:42 - Dec 18 with 1674 views | dgt73 |
| Do you remember the days on 15:38 - Dec 18 by jack247 |
Part of that is true, there was a camaraderie in those days that a lot of our current fans have never experienced and we will probably never see again.
But, and it's a big but, we all dreamed of being where we are now, we just didn't even consider it a possibility. I certainly miss aspects of watching the Swans when we were shit, but I'd never want to go back there. |
Camaraderie ? How do you know the new fans don't have it with PL football and the liberty. |  |
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| Do you remember the days on 15:47 - Dec 18 with 1664 views | jack247 |
| Do you remember the days on 15:42 - Dec 18 by dgt73 |
Camaraderie ? How do you know the new fans don't have it with PL football and the liberty. |
They probably think they do. If you were a fan back in those days, you will understand exactly what I mean. If you weren't, then you won't know what you missed out on.
Overall, I'm agreeing with you, I would never want to go back there, but there won't be many who don't look back at those days with fondness. | | | |
| Do you remember the days on 15:48 - Dec 18 with 1662 views | Neath_Jack |
| Do you remember the days on 15:26 - Dec 18 by pencoedjack |
They might not of been good for you but they were certainly good for me .....
I far more enjoyed my 'whole football experience' in those days than I do now. |
Aye, and me.
And as for dreaming about getting to the Premier League, as someone else said? No, never entered my mind, the draw for the 3rd round of the FA Cup was the boy (if we got that far). |  |
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| Do you remember the days on 15:50 - Dec 18 with 1657 views | swan65split |
I remember crowds of less than 1400
I remember being ankle deep in piss and being drenched in the open roofed bogs on the open bank.
I remember going to Oxford City in the Cup where Dai Gwyther scored a hat trick on his 21st Birthday.
yep pasties were great, and some times warm! |  | | |
| Do you remember the days on 15:51 - Dec 18 with 1653 views | dgt73 |
| Do you remember the days on 15:47 - Dec 18 by jack247 |
They probably think they do. If you were a fan back in those days, you will understand exactly what I mean. If you weren't, then you won't know what you missed out on.
Overall, I'm agreeing with you, I would never want to go back there, but there won't be many who don't look back at those days with fondness. |
There was camaraderie in the trenches of the Somme. | |
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| Do you remember the days on 15:52 - Dec 18 with 1650 views | Jackfath |
| Do you remember the days on 15:51 - Dec 18 by dgt73 |
There was camaraderie in the trenches of the Somme. |
You weren't there either though. |  |
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| Do you remember the days on 15:53 - Dec 18 with 1643 views | jojaca |
| Do you remember the days on 15:32 - Dec 18 by Rico1983 |
This is going to degenerate into a "I'm a bigger fan than you" pissing contest sooner rather than later... |
It does not matter if you have been a fan for one day or eighty years, we are all still fans. Some fans devote more time like following them home and away and other fans will have higher priorities in their lives and following the Swans is down on their pecking order.
There is no comparison between the Liberty and Vetch Field for me, today's match day experience wins hands down, the fans who prefer the Vetch are also reminiscing their youth. I used to dream standing on the North Bank to be where we are today, the only negative is the prices increase the higher up the league you go. [Post edited 18 Dec 2015 15:55]
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| Do you remember the days on 15:54 - Dec 18 with 1641 views | swan65split |
| Do you remember the days on 15:51 - Dec 18 by dgt73 |
There was camaraderie in the trenches of the Somme. |
wasnt he the Italian full back in Trotters school? | | | |
| Do you remember the days on 15:57 - Dec 18 with 1633 views | jack247 |
| Do you remember the days on 15:51 - Dec 18 by dgt73 |
There was camaraderie in the trenches of the Somme. |
Are you just trying to pick an argument? Given your track record it won't take you long to make yourself look stupid.
No one is having a go at you for only getting interested when we were good. I'd much rather us sell out than play in front of 4000 every week. I was agreeing with your main point anyway. | | | |
| Do you remember the days on 16:06 - Dec 18 with 1610 views | dgt73 |
| Do you remember the days on 15:57 - Dec 18 by jack247 |
Are you just trying to pick an argument? Given your track record it won't take you long to make yourself look stupid.
No one is having a go at you for only getting interested when we were good. I'd much rather us sell out than play in front of 4000 every week. I was agreeing with your main point anyway. |
What's stupid about saying the football then was crap ? | |
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| Do you remember the days on 16:13 - Dec 18 with 1597 views | jack247 |
| Do you remember the days on 16:06 - Dec 18 by dgt73 |
What's stupid about saying the football then was crap ? |
Nothing. The football then was crap. You were arguing about the camaraderie | | | |
| Do you remember the days on 16:22 - Dec 18 with 1589 views | ItchySphincter |
| Do you remember the days on 15:22 - Dec 18 by dgt73 |
Cry me a fooking river. They weren't the "good old days" on the whole they were shite, with fans dreaming of reaching the promised land one day.
Well we are there....if you want to go back to that....Newport county isn't that far. |
Go to the Vetch did you?
I can guarantee you the 'promised land' rarely even registered in our thoughts. |  |
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| Do you remember the days on 16:23 - Dec 18 with 1584 views | dgt73 |
| Do you remember the days on 16:13 - Dec 18 by jack247 |
Nothing. The football then was crap. You were arguing about the camaraderie |
Camaraderie has nothing to do with the football - it's more of a social thing and probably people unable to accept change and growing older. | |
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| Do you remember the days on 16:26 - Dec 18 with 1577 views | dgt73 |
| Do you remember the days on 16:22 - Dec 18 by ItchySphincter |
Go to the Vetch did you?
I can guarantee you the 'promised land' rarely even registered in our thoughts. |
What the fook are you talking about now.
I'm sure fans of Port Vale don't discuss getting into the PL, but I'm sure they'd love to get there. | |
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| Do you remember the days on 16:26 - Dec 18 with 1536 views | ItchySphincter |
| Do you remember the days on 16:06 - Dec 18 by dgt73 |
What's stupid about saying the football then was crap ? |
Serious question - did you ever go to a match at the Vetch? I won't judge you, honest answer. There's chance you did as there was always a bunch of C18 types knocking about so I won't find it completely ridiculous that you did. | |
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| Do you remember the days on 16:27 - Dec 18 with 1536 views | Loyal |
The winning of those few games that brought us brief glory warmed me much. |  |
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| Do you remember the days on 16:29 - Dec 18 with 1527 views | jack247 |
| Do you remember the days on 16:23 - Dec 18 by dgt73 |
Camaraderie has nothing to do with the football - it's more of a social thing and probably people unable to accept change and growing older. |
I said it wouldn't take you long to make yourself look stupid | | | |
| Do you remember the days on 16:30 - Dec 18 with 1520 views | mrrockin |
The good 'ol days for me were the post Petty days where the swansea public started to get behind the team again, we would often have 5/6/7k in there and on the odd occasion fill the bank.
I feel sorry for the young fans who will never experience the bursting NB, when you'd hear more atmosphere walking up to the ground than actually in the liberty. But once again I wouldn't want to rush back to L1 or 2 thanks. It was more about the days before it all became a bit nice. | | | |
| Do you remember the days on 16:31 - Dec 18 with 1520 views | dgt73 |
| Do you remember the days on 16:26 - Dec 18 by ItchySphincter |
Serious question - did you ever go to a match at the Vetch? I won't judge you, honest answer. There's chance you did as there was always a bunch of C18 types knocking about so I won't find it completely ridiculous that you did. |
Did you used to go - can't remember seeing some scruffy socialist worker types down there. | |
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| Do you remember the days on 16:32 - Dec 18 with 1517 views | ItchySphincter |
| Do you remember the days on 16:31 - Dec 18 by dgt73 |
Did you used to go - can't remember seeing some scruffy socialist worker types down there. |
So you didn't go then. It's nothing to be ashamed of, we've gained loads of new fans since reaching the "promised land". That's cool. | |
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| Do you remember the days on 16:41 - Dec 18 with 1502 views | dgt73 |
| Do you remember the days on 16:32 - Dec 18 by ItchySphincter |
So you didn't go then. It's nothing to be ashamed of, we've gained loads of new fans since reaching the "promised land". That's cool. |
" super fan" alert - pmsl | |
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| Do you remember the days on 16:45 - Dec 18 with 1500 views | vetchonian |
I don't believe any of us would want to go back to those days. Following our swift fall back down the leagues after those heady first division days we all longed for the chance to be back where we are now. Like all aspects of life things have moved on but there was a "special" feel on the North bank I remember walking through the tunnels onto the bank,being able to pay on match day and stand with your mates.....now lost at the Liberty if you were not able to sign up for a season ticket the year we moved.
The "good old days" always seem better. I quess the issue is those who were there remember a different team approach to the "premier" league divas of today....even in the old Div 1,plus having been there when things were really bad get frustrated by all the "johnny come latleys " both on here and at the ground who are always quick to criticise and moan when as in recent months things have gone a little pear shaped.
SOme great times too which will always be remembered, beating Chesterfield on a Friday night to secure promotion but no one was sure as Pa was palying up ....needed the Bristol result (I think) to go our way,Spurs in the league cup,and of course Leeds on the opening day in Div 1.
The new generation will have several special memories of the Liberty, play off semi final ,the League cup semi V Chelsea.
Maybe some of us have those fond memories because of links to our Dad's/Grnadad's who first took us there and with whom we stood,just like in the future our kids/grandkids will feel about the Liberty BUT at the end of the day the tv money has changed our game and the matchday experience ......and not all for the better but give me PL football every day BUT I'll never forget my roots | |
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| Do you remember the days on 16:45 - Dec 18 with 1500 views | ItchySphincter |
| Do you remember the days on 16:41 - Dec 18 by dgt73 |
" super fan" alert - pmsl |
Is that aimed at me? There's plenty of better supporters than me mate. I wish I could go more, especially away. | |
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| Do you remember the days on 16:47 - Dec 18 with 1492 views | dgt73 |
| Do you remember the days on 16:45 - Dec 18 by ItchySphincter |
Is that aimed at me? There's plenty of better supporters than me mate. I wish I could go more, especially away. |
No it's aimed at the man in the moon  | |
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