A Season in Stats: The race for the League Two title

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Time for a quick look at how the League Two title race developed for the final top seven of Swindon, Shrewsbury, Crawley, Southend, Torquay, Cheltenham and Crewe… We’ve plotted the final points projection for each of the seven teams for all 46 rounds. The projection is a simple calculation of the points won per game at […]

TheWashbag Podcast Episode 1: JPT Final Preview

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We’ve launched our own Podcast in time to preview the JPT final! The first TheWashbag.com Podcast features host Christopher Panks (Sky Sports Fanzone STFC blogger) and guests Ron Smith (editor of TheWashbag), Gary Rose (Chief Sports Writer at the Swindon Advertiser) and Tom Otrebski (journalist for STFC and writer for TheWashbag). The four discuss the win over Torquay United; […]

Vic Morgan Blog: A weekend to remember…

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The ramblings of BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan.. Don’t know about you, but I thought Tuesday’s game with Torquay was terrific. Before the game we had OO Shaun Taylor and Glenn Hoddle inducted into the Town’s Hall of Fame. There was also a return for Martin Ling with his, and Shaun’s Gulls team. I made a […]

Swindon 2 Torquay Utd 0: Home comforts soothe Town before trip to Wembley Way

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Swindon Town sealed a very necessary win with a highly polished performance against second-placed Torquay at the County Ground last night, writes Daniel Hunt. It should be no surprise because this was Town’s eleventh straight home league win and fifteenth straight home win in all competitions (if you class the penalty shootout victory against AFC […]

Vote for your Swindon man of the match vs Torquay

A fantastic 2-0 victory for Swindon Town over Torquay United returned Town to winning ways and restored a comfortable 7 point cushion at the top of League Two. Oliver Risser was awarded the match sponsor’s man of the match award…do you agree? Vote for your choice below with the result to be announced in our […]

Match Preview: Swindon vs Torquay United

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Tuesday evening sees Swindon Town entertain Torquay United at the County Ground in the top of the table clash… Form Guide…  First placed Swindon are currently on a run of three defeats in twenty-five League Two matches. Town’s current form guide reads four wins and two defeats in six outings. At the County Ground, Town are unbeaten since August, making it […]

Vic Morgan Blog: A nice cushion at the top of League Two

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The ramblings of BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan.. A friend of mine recently said, “it would be nice to go to Wembley without worrying about slipping down the league”. The point he was making was that a big enough gap would be good, to not damage our position because of missing out on a league weekend. […]

What’s gonna stop Swindon becoming League 2 champions?

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With the trip to the Kassam behind us, one of the greatest distractions to consolidating our lead at the top of League Two has gone. However, the title race has 13 tough matches remaining, so is anything gonna stop Swindon from becoming League Two champions? Writes STFC007. After capturing top spot on the first day of the […]

League Two: The race to the title

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In our first article reviewing the race to the title, Adam Johnson gives his predictions on the outcome of League Two. Paolo Di Canio has made it quite clear all season what he expects, therefore what we expect, from the squad this season and that is to be singing along to Queen on the last day […]

Vic Morgan Blog: And So A Happy New Year…

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BBC Radio Wiltshire commentator Vic Morgan continues his weekly blog only here on The Washbag. How was it for you…? A Saturday without football, but a Saturday with a lot of food and drink…. The absence of watching the Town, was partly made up by watching the Scottish Premier League on the telly. Not the same obviously, […]