This fixture was always going to generate interest with both Crawley Town and Swindon many people’s tip to challenge for automatic promotion from League Two. With Crawley’s blistering start and Swindon’s recent fine form, the game at Broadfield Stadium was billed as an early six pointer, reports Andrew Steele-Davis. The mind games that took place during the week between Paolo Di
Read moreWhat a way to put to bed our awful away record in the league. Not only 3 goals at Crawley, but a second clean sheet this week and third successive victory, as Town join Morecambe in teaching Steve Evans a lesson in League Two football. Our Swindon vs Crawley match report will be posted tomorrow, but in the meantime vote
Read moreTuesday evening Town travel to 4th placed Crawley Town for a match that could be just as interesting in the dugouts as on the pitch. Form… Siting 13th, Swindon are moving in the right direction following their first back-to-back wins since November 2010. Away from the County Ground, Town have been awful in the League with three defeats and a
Read moreIt has been another exhilarating weekend in the Npower League Two; a drubbing in the top of the table clash, an entertaining derby game and yet more agony for the league’s crisis club. All the action is dissected here in the latest instalment of Andrew Steele-Davis’ ‘League Two Review’. In the most eagerly anticipated game of the day, Morecambe took on
Read moreIt’s an honour and a privilege to be a part of two wins in a row after a 2-0 triumph over Paul Sturrock’s Southend reports Adam Johnson. Town moved up to 13th in the table after goals from Jonathan Smith and Mehdi Kerrouche sealed three points for Paolo Di Canio’s men. It was a day of renewed optimism as Swindon put in
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Read moreSaturday we welcome back ‘Luggy’ as Paul Sturrock returns to the Swindon dugout with Southend United. Form… After putting to bed our miserable run of four successive defeats with victory over Rotherham last Saturday, Town go into this home game with 2 home wins from 3 played. Southend sit just outside the play-offs, albeit with another 40 games remaining… Their
Read moreA big welcome to BBC Radio Swindon commentator Vic Morgan who starts his new weekly blog only here on The Washbag. WHAT A START… To the season. It all looked cut and dried didn’t it? We’d beaten Crewe 3-0 after a dodgy first half, and so the League Two title was a formality wasn’t it..? Especially with our new manager at
Read moreIs Swindon’s 442 too open? Alex Cooke looks at the blueprints for Paolo’s master plan. No one could doubt that Paolo Di Canio is demanding: his pre-season training, half-time tantrums and full-time ABH prove at that. But tactically Paolo also asks a lot of his players because he has created a system that demands discipline and athleticism, and can yield great results, but also leaves little margin
Read moreWith 16 new players arriving under Di Canio, Johno’ gives his view on our best starting XI. New players have come from all over the globe, presumably enticed by the fact that Swindon was formerly twinned with Disney World, but which of these players has shown promise in a troubled start to the season? Paolo has struggled so far to
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