Vic Morgan Blog: Home Comforts…

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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. Strange old game wasn’t it..? For a brief spell it looked as though we might be in for one of the matches of the season. It was certainly a performance which deserved three points. Yes, I’m talking about last Saturday’s […]

5 ways in which Paolo Di Canio’s management has made Swindon cup winners

Paolo Di Canio with the League Cup

As Aston Villa arrive at the County Ground, Alex Cooke looks at how the Town boss always gets Swindon ‘up for the cup’ Under Paolo Di Canio Swindon have a great record in the League Cup, FA Cup and even the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy. Stoke, Wigan, Huddersfield, Colchester, Burnley, Bristol City, Brighton, AFC Wimbledon, Barnet, […]

A Mature English Blend

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Seven new players have already joined the Paolo Di Canio regime for the 2012/2013 season and the transfer window hasn’t officially opened yet. Our writer Adam Johnson looks into the signings and the possible impact they could have in the year ahead… If Paolo Di Canio has a favourite Whiskey, based on our signings, we all […]

A Season In Stats: Goals: What, where, when and how

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Alex Cooke looks at Swindon fired their way to the 2011/12 championship with patience, fitness and a fantastic home scoring rate. It wasn’t the 75 goals scored that secured Swindon’s title last season; it was those that weren’t conceded. The forward line didn’t earn Paolo Di Canio’s side the championship; it was the back five. […]

Going Up! 2011/12 – A Season of Changes

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You’ve read many great factual reviews of the season, Alex Cooke takes a more personal view of 2011-12 and how it has changed how he watches Swindon. 2011-12 was a season played in the full glare of a nation’s attention. The media with their magpie-attention span were periodically fascinated because of who stalked the touchline, […]

End of season player ratings – Part 1

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Neil Evans is to give his perspective on everyone who put on a Red shirt in our amazing record-breaking season. First up is part one including Mattia Lanzano through to Alan Connell, squad nos.1 to 17.  Ratings are made out of 10. Anyone who was in the squad but didn’t play automatically gets a default 5 out […]

Swindon 5 Port Vale 0: Stand Up For The Champions

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Town thrashed Port Vale 5-0 at the County Ground to secure the League Two title with a match to spare. Paolo Di Canio’s red & white army secured a nineteenth clean sheet at home this season and scored 5 without reply courtesy of Matt Ritchie late in the first half and strikes from Paul Benson, […]

Defeat in chapter at Gillingham but promotion tells the story

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Two defeats in a row is an unusual run of form for the Town, first time it’s happened in fact since August, but promotion was still secured at Gillingham after a 3-1 defeat. Adam Johnson was there for the party… It’s an odd feeling, celebrating promotion after a defeat. However that odd feeling only lasted […]

Paolo Di Canio: Method man, not madman

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He’s wild, he’s exuberant, and he’s fantastic entertainment, but Paolo Di Canio is a more studied manager than his pitch-side persona reveals, says Alex Cooke. “The media portrayal of Paolo Di Canio is very different to the manager I’ve come across. The one I have experienced is very meticulous in his planning, very knowledgeable about […]

Swindon 1 Plymouth 0: Town’s win, Alan’s joy and Paolo’s loss

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In the week leading up to visit of Plymouth Argyle, Paolo Di Canio – the inspirational Swindon Town Manager, had urged the people in and around Swindon to fill the County Ground in support of the team as they edged ever closer to promotion to League One. As the game kicked off, little did they […]