Swindon 1 Preston 1: Time to let the football do the talking…

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A Swindon Town comeback secured a 1-1 draw against Preston, in the first match under Jed McCrory’s consortium and without Paolo Di Canio and his backroom staff. Writes Matt Davies. What a week we have had, top of League One, no management staff and we have new owners. This weekend’s fixture was a great chance for Town […]

Have Swindon missed a trick after Preston signed Lee Holmes?

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Preston North End have taken Town’s loaned left winger but would he really fit Paolo Di Canio’s new attacking plan or is Luke Rooney the solution? By Alex Cooke. Paolo Di Canio was keen. Whatever is said now, Swindon’s manager clearly once saw Southampton’s winger Lee Holmes as a very useful signing: “In terms of […]

End of season player ratings – Part 2

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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, part two..  18. Mark Scott. The young goalkeeper didn’t really feature and has been released by PDC..we wish him well 5 out of 10 19. Luke Rooney: Is it just me, or were we all expecting a […]

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, […]

Taking the long view on short corners

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Many Swindon fans loathe them as much as substituting Alan Connell but short corners deserve their place in Town’s armoury, says Alex Cooke. We should blame Shaun Taylor. From the 1992/93 season onwards, when that slab of Devonian muscle piled in 13 goals, mostly off his Neanderthal brow, Swindon fans have expected – no demanded […]

Aldershot 2 Swindon 1: Shots keep Town on the brink

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Swindon’s promotion champagne is still very much ‘on ice’ after a 2-1 defeat at Aldershot. On a frustrating and emotional night, the occasion never lived up to the promotion party hype and left many supporters wondering what might have been, writes Tom Otrebski. The manager made four changes to the starting line-up. Post-match revelations and […]

Swindon 1 Northampton 0: Town move closer to promotion

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Swindon completed the bank holiday weekend with another 1-0 victory, courtesy of a cross-cum-shot from Lee Holmes. It wasn’t pretty, as the power of Northampton looked to out-do the precise passing of Swindon reports Rosie MacGillivray. Given Paolo Di Canio’s dissatisfaction at our performance versus Morecambe, it wasn’t a surprise to see two changes. Ronan Murray returned in place […]

Morecambe 0 Swindon 1: Ugly and hard-fought, yet a vital victory…

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Swindon battled manfully to an ugly, hard-fought 1-0 win over mid-table Morecambe, thanks to a trademark half-yard poke from Paul Benson, writes Benjamin Beaumont. It wasn’t pretty, but who cares..? It was three more vital points as Town edge closer to promotion. The first half was a disjointed mess. Town lacked energy and ideas, and […]

Swindon 0 Bristol Rovers 0: Toothless Town draw in derby

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After the disappointment of the JPT final fans and players alike were desperate to see them get back to winning ways, but Bristol Rovers had other ideas with a stubborn defensive performance, writes Matt Davies. Di Canio made two changes, Oliver Risser and Paul Benson both dropped to the bench making way for Ronan Murray […]

Chesterfield 2 Swindon 0: JPT Final Disappointment

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Swindon Town faced Chesterfield at Wembley to contest the 29th final of the Football League Trophy, writes Ron Smith. Defying post match predictions of the silverware departing to Wiltshire for the first time, the Spireites caught Town napping at either end of the second half to secure a comfortable 2-0 victory thanks to an Oliver Risser own goal […]