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Was a great advert for Chippenham Town Football Club. A solid on pitch display and a really positive occasion. I have been critical of the club in the past few months but they put together a good event on Friday night. Ezio looked decent and the trialist was exciting to watch, he has something about him, hopefully we can get him in. Hope this is a turning point off the pitch, I came away on Friday night having had an enjoyable night. Would like to think we can grab a top half finish, tough league but we seem quite equipped.

Dauntsey Boys wrote:

Perhaps the same courtesy of 'moving on' could be extended by the club to some of the supporters who have been subjected to lengthy bans, and in one notable case, a lifetime ban. Like DP, it could be argued, they've served their punishment.

Fully agree with you and totally reeks of double standards and a lack of consistency.

Happy to take on and employ someone who has been proven to have breached FA rules for unprofessional behaviour, yet happy to ban a loyal and long standing supporter for life on the back of an anonymous e-mail which they are unable to verify and have been unable to prove the allegations within. I hope the banned person is contacted to be invited back into the ground for the upcoming season.

I agree with some of what has been said on here. The general feel of a home game is well off and hasn't been the same for a good 12-18 months. The sad sight of the drummer taking the drum back through the bar at half time said it all really, i am guessing like most of us in the ground he was utterly fed up of what he was witnessing. Some of the football has been borderline dreadful at home this season, if you had shown up for a first game on Saturday, there is no real incentive to return. There have been good moments and on the pitch it hasn't always been bad this year but the good times feel a lot more harder to come by.

The ground was more energetic, welcoming and inspiring in the Southern League days as well compared to the present day. The group who tried to create an atmosphere behind the goal which was at times strong in numbers have been suffocated by over reactions and long term club bans over the past couple of seasons for relatively minor indiscretions in the grand scheme of things and I counted only 3 or 4 of them there. They are not everybody's cup of tea but they at least tried to create some sort of an atmosphere and now there is nothing.

In recent games I have felt a pressure to part with my money, as soon as you get in the ground you are accosted for money with 50:50 golden goal programme club shop all being mentioned within seconds of you entering, the food is a rip off at a tenner for a poorly made burger and cold chips. one of the visiting fans also made this observation about money grabbing. It is almost like the club want to see how much they can take off of me from the second i enter the ground. No sort of initiatives going forward or seemingly thoughts about either the future or the past successes of the club. I have been coming to the ground for many years but it has become uninspiring, soul less and a shadow of what it used to be sadly and needs a boost ahead of next season or the dwindling numbers will only get worse.

Game lacking quality on the whole, 0-0 would have been a fair result. Will Henry and Luke Haines stood out. Very unfortunate moment to seal the 3 points. Group behind the goal took a lot of criticism following Bath game but superb today, loud singing and in the right spirit.

Chipp_townFC123 wrote:

These Chippenham “fans” that are disgusted and embarrassed with the fans behind the goal and with some of their language, it’s a derby first of all and if the players come celebrating infront of their faces they aren’t just gonna stand there and not care, these lot of fans are behind the goal every home game and cheering on the players for the whole 90 minutes and there are some fans that clearly don’t want them here anymore which is embarrassing because they must have not been to a derby game with at least 5,000 fans abusing the opposition. Without these lads behind the goal the atmosphere and drive is non existent.

Then go to Swindon, Oxford or one of the Bristol clubs those clubs that tolerate acting in that way. Chippenham Town Football Club are a community family club and don't want that sort of embarrassment. A lot of people near them were disgusted at what they were hearing, many have children, the continuous use of the c word and the other filth was not needed, read the room.