[Lord Snooty]

April 3:

Nothing outstanding to report on today. One match that I went to though that was an absolutely fantastic win in what was a disappointing season, was a 5-1 win at Swindon in 1982. After winning the 4th Division, then missing another promotion by one place, Town were struggling a bit, but were in comfortable mid table by the time this one came around.

Me and my mates went down early to catch the pub opening time, travelling down in a clapped out Ford Escort van, with a couple of us sat uncomfortably in the back, which is a long way. I can't believe it now, but at the time, thought nowt of it. Oh the folly of youth! We went all over in that van.

Anyway, the news was all about Argentina invading Falkirk. Very strange! Why were the Argies in Scotland? The what? Falkland Islands? Never heard of it!

We were all in our late teens/early twenties and so some of the lads were speculating if we would be called up. As it turned out, no we weren't, but that's the background to the match. And what a match. We did make opening time. Parked up in the car park at the ground and got in the local next to it. Having a good laugh with the locals and then absolutely battered them on the pitch.

First on the score sheet was Keith Hanvey. Not sure, but I think they equalised, so when Tim Hotte got our second, I remember getting knocked over in the excitement that ensued. It got better and better. Hotte got another, David Cowling scored and Micky Kennedy got one as well.

After the match, we had a fight in the car park. Happy days!

The most recent match on this date was last year. In 2021 we played at home to the all conquering, media darlings, Brentford. Obviously nobody was there to witness it, but we actually drew with the team that went and won at Chelsea yesterday. We took the lead early on through Lewis O'Brien, but they equalised in the second half through Mads Bech Sørensen. Still it was a good point in our fight against relegation and should give us hope for the midweek trip to Norwich.