TheWashbag meets Fraser Digby: Part 2 – Macari, Ardiles & Demotion

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In our first in-depth interview with a Swindon Town legend, Ron Smith interviews Fraser Digby on his career and life after football. Fraser and his washbag were the inspiration for this site, so it was a great pleasure to meet and interview him.  In this second of six parts to be published over the next couple […]

Hall of Shame #15: Shaun Close, but no cigar…

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Our Swindon Town Hall of Shame continues with entry no.15 – Shaun Close, who is arguably the worst player ever to wear the famous red & white. Writes Matthew Fry. In a time that seems only yesterday for me, Swindon Town trained pre match on a scrubby patch of land where the giant Tesco superstore on Ocatal Way […]

Going Up! 1989/90… Every silver lining has a cloud

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In our second look back to a previous STFC promotion campaign, Brendan Hobbs recalls the story of the turbulent 1989/90 season - Every silver lining has a cloud. 1990, lets recap it shall we – it was fantastic year, we had the hottest summer on record, then got involved in small scuffle in the Gulf, Mandela […]

Managers Month No.5 – Ossie Ardiles

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No.5 | Ossie Ardiles | Manager July 1989 to March 1991 | Score 363.9 Ossie Ardiles succeeded Lou Macari back in the summer of 1989 and also in this countdown, as we enter the top five Swindon Town managers. The small and smiling Argentinian became Swindon’s first manager from outside of the home nations with the task of building […]

My First Signing… Glenn Hoddle

After writing about Ossie Ardiles’ first signing back in January it’s finally time to look at his successor, Glenn Hoddle. Glenn Hoddle joined Town in early April 1991 shortly after Ossie resigned to take over at Newcastle United. Although Glenn had to wait until July to sign his first player… Martin Ling, who joined Town for […]

My first signing… Ossie Ardiles

With no game this weekend following our FA Cup defeat at Fulham, it’s a good time to look back at one of our former players.  In this first of a new feature, a review of various Town managers’ first signings over the past 20 years, starting in 1989 with Ossie Ardiles’ first signing.  For the […]