BBC Radio Swindon commentator Vic Morgan continues his new weekly blog only here on The Washbag. GOOD CHIPPY ON THE WAY FROM… Burton Albion. Not too much else to recommend that afternoon, I’m afraid. It was a new ground for Swindon fans, another one to tick off the list. Around a thousand made the journey to the Pirrelli Stadium, in
Read moreAlex Cooke looks at the rules on home-grown players and how they are stopping Di Canio picking, playing and signing the footballers he wants. For once the ‘too many foreigners’ brigade are right. Not because their blinkered, dust-brained views on who can and can’t ‘do it’ on a windy night in Barnet are remotely correct, but because the rules say so.
Read moreFollowing the publication of the defensive rankings yesterday, it’s time to check out how efficient each team has been in the 9 games so far this season at the other end of the pitch. Again these attacking rankings studies five key statistics covering a wide variety of attacking play. These are then followed by the overall League Two rankings. Will
Read moreThroughout this season I’ll be analysing all teams in League Two and attempting to put some reason behind League form and position. Our rankings are divided into both defensive and attacking phases of play. Five separate measures are used within each defensive and attacking areas to rank the performance of all League Two teams. The best a team can score in
Read moreOn Saturday the two form teams, Burton Albion and Swindon Town met in what many saw as an early six pointer. Everything was in place for it to be a cracking game of football, but would Swindon be the happier of the two teams come 4:45? – reports Andrew Steele-Davis. Swindon were extremely confident going into this fixture having come
Read moreIt has been another weekend of excellent football in the npower League Two. Plymouth continue to lurch from crisis to crisis, this week yet another defeat swiftly followed by the sacking of their manager. There were also goals galore as high scoring games dominated the league on Saturday. All of the action is assessed here in the latest instalment of Andrew Steele
Read moreBurton Albion 2 Swindon Town 0 Picking your man of the match in a defeated Swindon side is never easy. But have a go anyway… Poll will close Sunday 9pm and our Match Report will follow Monday.
Read moreAfter knocking three past Crawley in our first Football League visit to Broadfield Stadium in midweek, Swindon Town travel to Staffordshire for a first ever meeting between the two sides. Form… With three successive victories, Paolo Di Canio’s Swindon Town have well and truly silenced the doubters. A move up the League to tenth has seen victories over three of the fancied
Read moreBBC Radio Swindon commentator Vic Morgan continues his new weekly blog only here on The Washbag. THE JOY OF SIX… Points out of six. Yes it’s been a great week to be a Town fan. Paul Sturrock’s Southend United came visiting last Saturday, and on the face of it would provide a stern test. Swindon going into the game off
Read moreThe Crawley game marked Paolo Di Canio’s tenth game in charge of Swindon Town. With all the hype surrounding his appointment and the influx of signings that followed, the burning question is however; just how has the ‘Di Canio Project’ fared so far? Andrew Steele-Davis investigates. The summer had been a manic but very exciting time for everyone connected with
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