Monthly Archives: March 2010

Town v Southampton

I couldn’t get to the Southampton game last night, so a big thanks to Iain for this excellent write up. Swindon’s final game in hand couldn’t really have been a much trickier proposition.  Southampton had won their last 7 games in the league at St Mary’s, scoring 23 goals in the process.  Town came into the game with some confidence

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Stephen Darby Joins Town

Finally after every other League One team has strengthened their squads with loan signings since the start of February, Danny Wilson has got his man as Stephen Darby has today joined Town on loan from Liverpool until the end of the season. Darby has seen his first team opportunities limited at Liverpool this season, as is unfortunately the norm for many English youngsters

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Town v MK Dons

Town were at the MK Dons tonight.  A rearranged fixture from a snowy January.  One of our two games in hand along with a visit to Southampton next week. Wilson made two team changes with Morrison and Pericard in for Greer and Austin who drop to the bench. Morrisons mistake led to the opening goal after 90 seconds with Wilbraham taking the

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Rampant Rovers

Yesterday we were promised the bragging rights to banish the memory of the 3-0 defeat against Bristol Rovers at the Memorial earlier this season.  However, our 4-0 home defeat shows you can take nothing for granted and, when Swindon lose this season they surely know how to do it in style. To say Swindon played poorly would be very disrespectful to

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Paynter’s Contract

Earlier today Danny Wilson revealed Bill Paynter had yet to sign a new contract with Town, which would extend his stay beyond June 2010. With Paynter finding his scoring boots and hitting 19 league goals so far this season, there has been much recent speculation about his future. Apparently Town offered Paynter a new contract in early January, but the original

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