Form Guide… First placed Swindon are currently on a run of three defeats in twenty-six League Two matches. Town’s current form guide reads four wins and two defeats in six outings. At the County Ground, Town are unbeaten since August, making it 17 games without tasting defeat and 47 points from a possible 51. Swindon have won their last eleven games as hosts with only one goal conceded
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In League One in November 2007, a Christian Roberts penalty gives Swindon victory over the Gas at the County Ground – but not before referee Rob Styles sends four players off – Jerel Ifil and Sofiene Zaaboub for the Town, Richard Walker and Steve Elliott for Rovers. Match lineups Video by swindon-town-fc.co.uk
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Back on the 6th March before the Dagenham & Redbridge match, Town stood on 67 points with 13 matches remaining. At that time Paolo Di Canio looked ahead to what points tally might be needed to secure automatic promotion… “Obviously I want to finish top and I want to win 12 from 13. My brain says 13, but five and
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Swindon Town are top of League Two and normally that comes down to a solid frontline banging in the goals, such as our partnerships of Mooney and Parkin, Allison and Finney etc. This season, the frontline has chopped and changed but still to some success, Adam Johnson looks at the situation. Paul Benson. 32, 6ft tall, 11st, looking for a
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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 cause too much of a
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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 and a late Craig Westcarr
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With Town set to travel to Wembley tomorrow for our fifth visit to the national stadium, our second Video of the Week – courtesy of swindon-town-fc.co.uk – is extended highlights of the 1990 Division Two Play-Off Final versus Sunderland on the 28th May 1990. As the match was just before my 9th birthday, my memories of the day are a bit
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A new name will be engraved into the Football League Trophy on Sunday as winning Area Finalists Swindon Town and Chesterfield meet at Wembley. This will be the 29th final of the Football League Trophy, which started in the 1983/84 season when Bournemouth beat Hull City. Neither side has previously made it to the final of this competition. Town have played 43 matches
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We’ve launched our own Podcast in time to preview the JPT final! The first TheWashbag.com Podcast features host Christopher Panks (Sky Sports Fanzone STFC blogger) and guests Ron Smith (editor of TheWashbag), Gary Rose (Chief Sports Writer at the Swindon Advertiser) and Tom Otrebski (journalist for STFC and writer for TheWashbag). The four discuss the win over Torquay United; what a difference a year
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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 brief return to the County
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