Relegation, demotion and perhaps a promotion …the continuing story of Swindon Town F.C.
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 […]
A youthful, injury-ravaged Town side biffed and bashed their way to a valuable point at home to Sheffield United, but that doesn’t mean it was ever easy on the eye, writes Ben Beaumont. I’m beginning to think The Washbag should stop asking me to write match reports. Last month it was that unholy drab-a-thon against […]
In his response to our question via the Swindon Advertiser a few weeks ago, interim Chairman Jeremy Wray indicated the Club will hold their AGM towards the end of this month or at the start of May. “We have an AGM coming up soon and that [appointing Wray as Chairman] will be sorted out then. Hopefully, if all goes […]
This Sunday sees Swindon return to Wembley for the second time in under two years. The build up to this match provides an obvious opportunity to induct into the Hall of Shame the decision back in May 2010 to forego wearing the famous red and white… A week before the Play-Off Final with Millwall, Swindon […]
No.7 – Leyton Orient and the end for Danny Wilson A 3-0 defeat at Leyton Orient in early February with sixteen left to play, 31 points in the bag and six off the bottom isn’t usually a sign relegation is inevitable, but it always was for me. The match was Swindon’s eighth game without a win, […]
No.8 – Charlton Athletic 2 Swindon 4 A sole highlight in League One during 2011 came at The Valley on 3rd January. In front of the Sky TV cameras Town ended their twenty month hoodoo of failing to win a game after going behind in true style beating promotion chasing Charlton Athletic 4-2. After the […]
No.10 – Where is Milan Misun? One of Danny Wilson’s final and desperate throws of the dice in the transfer market was to sign Celtic’s Czech Republic defender Milan Misun for an undisclosed (reported to be a six figure) fee on 28th January. With Gordon Greer still sorely missed, Sean Morrison recently departed and Town’s […]
You’ve heard it so many times before. Prior to the start of every season managers all over the country proclaim the importance of winning the opening League match. With only one potential winner per game there’s definitely someone going home disappointed and their manager’s well rehearsed plans now up in smoke by a defeat that wasn’t in […]
With pre-season now drawing to a close, Alex Cooke looks back at past seasons to establish whether pre-season and form taken into the campaign make any difference for mounting a successful promotion push. Can anybody predict promotion from pre-season? What exactly does a crushing 11-0 win against a Norcia XI teach us? What can Paolo […]
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Vic Morgan Blog: Playing the Numbers Game…
It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. Another quiet week at the place we like to call SN1 then. No game at the weekend allowed me to sample life in our old division. Remember League Two? Well toddled along to St. James Park in the sunshine […]