Relegation, demotion and perhaps a promotion …the continuing story of Swindon Town F.C.
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? […]
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 […]
Listen to the latest episode of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast. Ron Smith is joined by Sam Morshead – chief sports writer at the Swindon Advertiser – and returning former host Christopher Panks - TeamTalk Fanzone writer. The three review an eventful play off semi-final tie with Brentford and penalty heartbreak, a brief three word reflection […]
It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest ‘exclusive’ blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. It wasn’t great was it the Scunthorpe experience… Despite going in front with just a few minutes to go it all came apart in spectacular fashion. I was transported back to the bad old days of the Seventies […]
Swindon Town will meet Brentford in the play-offs after a final regular league fixture ended in a 3-1 defeat at Glanford Park, Scunthorpe. Report by Ciaran Hart, perhaps a relation to Paul Hart – although I didn’t ask… Scunthorpe started the better team, they looked like a team fighting for their lives near the bottom […]
It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest ‘exclusive’ blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. After a lot of gloom and doom we DID make the play offs. A couple of weeks ago it appeared that our beloved football team was heading for a season of oblivion. It was being said that it […]
The County Ground holds 14,700, yet attendances rarely break into five figures despite two successful seasons. Ron Smith looks at the patterns of fans through the turnstiles… Despite playing at a higher level in League One, Swindon’s average for league matches at the County Ground has increased only marginally from 8,411 in 2011/12 to 8,528 […]
It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. Its amazing how different things can feel in the space of three days isn’t it? Last Saturday after the game at Sheffield United things looked rather bleak. There were a lot of bemused faces on the supporters’ coaches after […]
Form Guide… 6th placed Swindon thrashed Crewe Alexandra 4-1 at the County Ground in midweek to end a winless win of five games. Town are 19th in the League One form table with one win, two draws and three defeats. At the County Ground, Town are unbeaten in four games, of which three were draws, […]
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Vic Morgan Blog: The Final Countdown…
It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. You know how it hurts now. The feeling of complete dejection when that Brentford penalty went in. Okay just after half time we would gladly have taken a penalty shootout and whatever came with it. However then came the […]