Twenty Years Since Wembley ’93: Pitchside at Swindon vs Leicester

1993 Play Off Final - I Was There

BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan recalls his experience of the 1993 Play Off Final, having the fortune of reporting on Town from the Wembley pitchside… What a game. There’s no question, Swindon versus Leicester City in the Division One Play Off Final was one of the best matches played at the old and shabby Wembley Stadium. […]

Podcast Episode 13: ’93 Play Offs Special with Fraser Digby

TheWashbag Podcast

We continue our celebration of twenty years since the Division One Play Off Final victory over Leicester City and promotion to the Premier League with a chat with Town legend Fraser Digby in a very special episode of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast. Ron Smith is joined by Town goalkeeping legend and one of the […]

New T-Shirts Range to Celebrate Twenty Years Since Wembley ’93

1993 Play Off Final - I Was There

To celebrate the upcoming 20th anniversary of Swindon Town’s 4-3 victory of Leicester City in the 1993 Division One Play Off Final we’ve a new range of t-shirts to mark this special occasion in our shop. The new range includes… a commemorative ‘I Was There’ design featuring the famous twin towers, TV commentary quotes as each of the […]

Vic Morgan Blog: To Wembley by Planes, Trains and Automobiles…

Vic Morgan

A few days earlier than usual, here are the latest ramblings of BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan.. What a weekend… On Thursday evening, not long after writing my last blog in fact, I found out I was off to Newcastle to cover the Plymouth Raiders British Basketball League Trophy final second leg against the Eagles. Normally that wouldn’t […]

Chesterfield 2 Swindon 0: JPT Final Disappointment

IMG_3121 vs Chesterfield

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 […]

Vic Morgan Blog: A weekend to remember…

Vic Morgan

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 […]

Wembley battle flag at the ready…Here we come again

Danny Everard with his eleven year old son, Maxwell.

With just three days before we all descend upon Wembley, the anticipation and excitement is now really starting to build, writes Danny Everard.  Unbelievably just a week ago, 15th March, it was the 43rd anniversary of Swindon’s greatest day and that wonderful victory over the mighty Arsenal in the Wembley mud. That anniversary and our Johnson Paint […]

Hall of Shame #11: Wearing the white kit at Wembley in 2010

Austin gets in the mood for Wembley

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 […]

Vic Morgan Blog: WEM-BER-LEE (AGAIN)

Vic Morgan

The ramblings of BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan.. Freezing wasn’t it..? But worth the extra layers and numb toes and fingers. I set off from Devon at about half past one…no idea why, just had to be there early. Forgot my gloves, so had to buy some new ones. Went to the club shop to buy […]

Is all that glitters really silver?

WAGU

Carl McQueen of Football League blog and podcast We Are Going Up! reflects on the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy – Is all that glitters really silver? Premier League and Championship supporters, look away now. For the next few paragraphs this article shall describe a competition so alien to you it may as well be written in […]