Swindon’s wingers are always cutting in instead of crossing from the by-line, Alex Cooke looks at seven reasons why. ‘Why doesn’t Matt Ritchie go down the line?’ ‘What is Ritchie doing crossing from there?’ ‘Why won’t he pass?’ You can hear the questions in the stands, read them on the forums and scroll quickly past them on Twitter. For a player
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Its time again to vote for your player of the month. There have been some fantastic performers during January; Alan McMormack, Wes Foderingham, Aden Flint, Matt Ritchie and Paul Caddis to name but a few… Select your choice below from the those players who have featured in January. The vote closes on Friday evening with the winner announced on Saturday.
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For our next entry into the Swindon Town Hall of Shame, Vic Morgan recalls one of the most shameful decisions taken by a Swindon Town board. Vic looks back to April 1985 when Lou Macari was wrongly dismissed to the anger of the Town faithful, then reinstated days later. It was Good Friday…a day of rest I thought. In those days
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Form… Sixth placed Swindon are currently on a run of one defeat – at Torquay on Boxing Day – in fifteen League Two matches. Town’s current form guide reads five wins and that one defeat in the previous six League Two outings, including the current unbeaten run of four victories against Northampton, AFC Wimbledon, Rotherham and Macclesfield. Away from the County Ground, Town have
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Swindon Town’s first venture into the Fourth Round of the FA Cup since 1995/1996 ended in defeat in chilly Leicestershire writes Daniel Hunt. Swindon’s players can be proud that they more than matched their Championship opponents for 53 minutes and 3,830 Robins can take pride in out-singing just over 16,000 Foxes. Leeds old-boy Jermaine Beckford exacted personal revenge for being
Read moreVote for your Swindon Town man of the match vs Leicester City from the 2-0 defeat in the FA Cup 4th Round tie. The result will be announced in our match report on Monday.
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This Saturday afternoon Swindon Town travel to the King Power Stadium Leicester for our first FA Cup 4th Round tie since 1996. Form… Town come into the game thanks to FA Cup wins against Huddersfield Town, Colchester and Wigan Athletic. Swindon are on a run of five victories in six games and only one defeat in all competitions in 22 games. Leicester
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The ramblings of BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan.. You know when your team isn’t playing well, but you still win…? You leave the ground thinking, that could be the day when the footballing gods are smiling on us, and things are written..? Well, that was me last Saturday. I was telling anyone who cared to listen, and several who didn’t, that
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A massive 74% voted Swindon’s 0-1 defeat at Histon in the FA Cup – on the 8th November 2008 – as the first match under the management of Maurice Malpas to be inducted into our STFC Hall of Shame. With a very poor start to the League One campaign that originally aimed towards the play-offs, supporters confidence at a low and progression
Read moreBefore the forthcoming trip to Leicester City, this was the last time Swindon Town reached the FA Cup 4th Round, back on 12th February 1996. Steve McMahon decided to drop Martin Ling for himself for this clash with Division One Oldham Athletic – but when McMahon is forced to retire with a hamstring problem, Ling replaces him from the bench,
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