Our resident Norwegian Hans J. Tandsether of Heiaswindon.com gives his view on August and a less than inspiring start to Town under Di Canio. Dear fellow fans of Town. August has just ended and to be honest a month back I was kind of expecting Swindon to go into September top four in League Two. As we all know that
Read moreGoals, cards, touchline spats, you name it; the npower League Two had it all in abundance. Which teams impressed, and which teams flattered to deceive? Which players got you all in a spin and which players left you frothing at the mouth in frustration? All the action will be dissected here in Andrew Steele-Davis’ new weekly blog. Let’s start off with
Read moreAlex Cooke reports on a second win of the League Two campaign for Swindon Town. Two red cards, five yellows, two missed open goals, one clear penalty, a rumpus in the dugout, an ex notching twice and redemption via the first touch of a substitute. As a game, Swindon 2 Rotherham 3 had everything. And if Sky were looking for
Read moreAlan Connell recieved the sponsor’s Man of the Match award against Rotherham this afternoon, do you agree? Who was your Man of the Match? Poll will be open until end of Sunday.
Read moreSaturday: Played about 70 mins then got a rest. Good bench at Shrews, plenty of support for my back. Wide too. Much better than at Wednesday. Or Wolves, Preston and Southend. Or Kettering, QPR or Argyle. But I don’t know why the gaffer is blaming me for the defeat. He took me off when it was 1-1. Don’t care, he’s not my real dad
Read moreWhen you walk out of the club shop with your Swindon Town emblazoned merchandise the last thing you expect is to find a Swansea City badge underneath the STFC crest. However that’s exactly what STFC supporter Lee Townsend discovered, contacting me in disgust after spending £30 on a new Adidas Black Core Rain Jacket. Adidas appear to be rebranding Swansea City merchandise and allowing STFC
Read moreIt was only last week that Alex Cooke introduced Leon Clarke on this site. Now Alex reviews Di Canio’s awful decision to sign Clarke. “Paolo Di Canio in heated confrontation with Swindon’s Leon Clarke”, “Paolo Di Canio and Leon Clarke Come To blows” and “Di Canio’s Tunnel Bust Up”: it was exactly what the national media had been waiting for –
Read more12.15 on Saturday lunchtime Swindon Town face Rotherham United in the live televised League Two match. Form… Unbeaten Lead leaders Rotherham visit the County Ground with an perfect 2 wins from 2 games away record, 6 scored and 2 conceded. Swindon eventually demolished Crewe on the opening game 3-0 but against Oxford found a stubborn defence less easier to penetrate with a 2-1 defeat.
Read moreTo continue the theme of obtaining the views of our new signing’s former / parent club, Matt Ryan from Claretandblues.com answers a few questions on loan signing Ahmed Abdulla. Ahmed has been at West Ham for some time since joining from Arsenal as a 16 year old. How has he progressed? Since Joining West Ham in 2008 Ahmed has made
Read moreWelcome to Norwegian STFC supporter Hans J. Tandsether, writer of the excellent Heia Swindon. Hans will be providing a new monthly column with his Norwegian view of the month starting next week, so I’ll let him introduce himself and why he’s a Swindon supporter. “Is it because of Jan Aage?” People ask me that all the time and every time I
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