After eight years of trying during his illustrious playing career in England, Paolo Di Canio will finally get the chance to grace Wembley Stadium, albeit from the technical area. Don’t worry – he’s not replacing the recently resigned Fabio Capello – he’ll be managing Swindon Town when they take on Northern Final winners Chesterfield at our national stadium on the
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Carl McQueen of Football League blog and podcast We Are Going Up! reflects on the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy – Is all that glitters really silver? Premier League and Championship supporters, look away now. For the next few paragraphs this article shall describe a competition so alien to you it may as well be written in French. C’est la Ligue de
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Swindon face Barnet tonight in the Second Leg of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Southern Area Semi-Final at the County Ground. Kick-off is at 7.45 and the match is also live on Sky Sports 1. The sides head into the tie level following a 1-1 draw at Underhill on the 10th January, when – now Town injury casualty – Aden Flint gave Swindon a
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Neil Evans offers his thoughts on the season so far, with his predictions of what’s to come in League Two… As we round the halfway point in this, so far, incredible season, it’s good to reflect on how much difference Senore Di Canio has made thus far. He has proven in such a short space of time that he is already a fine
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The winner of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town Player of the Month for January is Matt Ritchie – who polled 31% of your vote. Ritchie had a solid month, in which he scored three goals and was instrumental in our victory over Wigan and four League Two wins. Most importantly he’s a Swindon player for the rest of the season, following AFC Bournemouth’s failed bid
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Form… Second placed Swindon are currently on a run of one defeat – at Torquay on Boxing Day – in sixteen 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 five victories against Northampton, AFC Wimbledon, Rotherham, Macclesfield and Southend. At the County Ground, Town are unbeaten
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The ramblings of BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan.. It can’t be often you loose and aren’t TOO disappointed about it. A trip to the east Midlands for an FA Cup Fourth Round tie, saw around 4,000 Town fans shout loud and proud at the King Power. I’m generally not one who talks about days out in football. A game is there
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In our first article reviewing the race to the title, Adam Johnson gives his predictions on the outcome of League Two. Paolo Di Canio has made it quite clear all season what he expects, therefore what we expect, from the squad this season and that is to be singing along to Queen on the last day of the season. That song
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Swindon stormed into the League Two promotion places with a superb performance at Roots Hall last night – thumping fellow contenders Southend by four goals to one with an emphatic display, writes Richard Banyard. I have to admit I was surprised by Di Canio’s team selection – I expected a very similar line-up to the one we saw at Leicester,
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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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