With pre-season now drawing to a close, Alex Cooke looks back at past seasons to establish whether pre-season and form taken into the campaign make any difference for mounting a successful promotion push. Can anybody predict promotion from pre-season? What exactly does a crushing 11-0 win against a Norcia XI teach us? What can Paolo learn from a match as
Read moreA few weeks ago at the Supermarine friendly I had the opportunity to have a chat with Swindon Advertiser Chief Sports Writer Gary Rose and he kindly offered to answer a few questions for The Washbag. Tell us a bit about yourself, who you are, where you come from and who did you write for before? I was born in South Africa but my parents
Read moreThe Seventy Two and fellow Football League blog The Two Unfortunates have coordinated a mammoth 108 page preview of the 2011/2012 season, with contributions from fans of all 72 clubs in the Football League, including a view on Swindon Town by The Washbag. With Swindon Town now in League Two you’ll need to flick through until page 108 of this ultimate league preview for
Read moreFollowing the vote asking for your greatest Swindon Town manager this weekend, you’ve voted Lou Macari as your no.1 with 43% of the vote. It’s obvious that Lou’s achievements from the Division Four Championship to successive promotions and narrowly missing out on Division One still ranks well ahead in the popular view. In second place was 1993 Division Two play-off final winning
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