Twenty Years Since Wembley ’93: Tranmere Rovers 3 Swindon 2 (4-5 agg)

Tranmere 2nd Leg - Final Score

Phil Allen made the trip to the Wirral on 19th May 1993. Here are his thoughts on that Division One Play Off Semi-Final 2nd Leg against Tranmere Rovers as we continue our celebration of twenty years since Wembley ’93 and promotion to the Premier League… So, it’s really 20 years since the Tranmere Playoff games? […]

Twenty Years Since Wembley ’93: Swindon 3 Tranmere Rovers 1

Tranmere 1st Leg - Final Score

Brendan Hobbs recalls the 1993 Division One Play Off Semi-Final 1st Leg against Tranmere Rovers which took place on 16th May 1993, as we continue our celebration of twenty years since Wembley ’93 and promotion to the Premier League… With all the disappointment surrounding Swindon’s recent play-off defeat – our third attempt to leave this […]

Twenty Years Since Wembley ’93: Calderwood Play Off Preview

1993 Play Off Final - I Was There

We start our special anniversary feature celebrating twenty years since Swindon Town’s 4-3 victory over Leicester City in the Division One Play Off Final with the first of many videos courtesy of Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk Instead of writing a preview we’ll publish this HTV preview instead. This video from 7 May 1993 previews the upcoming Play Off […]

New T-Shirts Range to Celebrate Twenty Years Since Wembley ’93

1993 Play Off Final - I Was There

To celebrate the upcoming 20th anniversary of Swindon Town’s 4-3 victory of Leicester City in the 1993 Division One Play Off Final we’ve a new range of t-shirts to mark this special occasion in our shop. The new range includes… a commemorative ‘I Was There’ design featuring the famous twin towers, TV commentary quotes as each of the […]

STFC Manager Countdown: Paolo Di Canio – The greatest?

Paolo Di Canio Scarf

After Paolo Di Canio has resigned as manager of Swindon Town we now can now rank the Italian by his results in the Football League, FA Cup and League Cup to establish where he fits into our list of greatest STFC managers… A League Two title and flirting with promotion in League One a year […]

Hall of Shame #24: Cheltenham Town 2 Swindon Town 0

Andy King 1

Alex Cooke remembers a soggy, nasty night in ‘Nam when everyone saw red and our 24th entry into the Swindon Town Hall of Shame.  Sometimes even the inevitable doesn’t happen – it should but it doesn’t. The sacking of former Luton club shop manager Andy King after the defeat at Cheltenham in September 2002 seemed […]

Hall of Shame #23: The Brainiac Mexican Wave

brainiac

This is a relatively straightforward entry for the Swindon Town Hall of Shame… in goes Brainiac, their yellow t-shirted minions,  Richard Hammond and all of you who joined in with the lie that was the Brainiac Mexican Wave experiment. Brainiac weren’t content with abusing science in their TV lab with celebrities including John Tickle and the […]

TheWashbag Meets: Jerel Ifil

Jerel Ifil - Swindon no.5

We talk to former Swindon Town, Watford, Aberdeen and Bristol Rovers defender Jerel Ifil about life at the County Ground, being managed by Andy King, playing in the Scottish Premier League and his plans for life after football… Ron Smith – It took three loan deals and a persistent Andy King to bring you to […]

Hall of Shame #22: Hastings United 4 Swindon Town 1

Hastings United

After a weekend without FA Cup Second Round action we induct one of the most embarrassing FA Cup giant-killings suffered by Swindon Town. A humbling 4-1 defeat at Hastings United on 12th December 1953 is our 22nd entry into the STFC Hall of Shame; writes Ron Smith. The 1950s were not vintage years at the […]

Hall of Shame #21: Jason Drysdale

Jason Drysdale - Watford

Making a claim for the twin titles of Steve McMahon’s worst value-for-money signing and Swindon’s duffest left-back, Alex Cooke welcomes Jason Drysdale to the Hall of Shame. Even within the dismal shower of Swindon’s former left-backs Jason Drysdale stands out. Squeezed between the likes of Hall, Elkins, Casal, Rose and Beswetherwick his name still seems […]