No.4 – Swindon 4 Huddersfield 1 This FA Cup 1st Round tie pitted Swindon against League One Huddersfield Town, who at that point had only been defeated twice this season and undefeated in 42 games in League One. Swindon ran out 4-1 victors and in response Paolo Di Canio summed it all up perfectly by stating the result ‘was this
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No.5 – Paul Hart: The worst Swindon manager of all time? In June I set out on the task of attempting to rank all Swindon Town managers since we joined the Football League in 1920 by their actual results. The reason was to analyise whether Paul Hart’s record of 1 win, 4 draws and 6 defeats from 11 games was the most
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No.6 – Matt Ritchie’s strike against Gillingham With my daughter’s impending birth preventing use of my season ticket for the evening I missed Matt Ritchie’s stunning strike against Gillingham. Whether this is something I’ll hold against her I doubt, but I always seem to miss out on the STFC ‘wonder strikes’ over the years for various reasons. Perhaps I’ll not
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Form… 5th placed Swindon have been unbeaten in their past ten League Two games and five cup games. Away from the County Ground, Town have won three, drawn two and defeated once in their previous six League Two games. In all competitions Swindon are undefeated in eight games, when only four goals have been conceded. 12th placed Torquay United are performing well under former Town
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BBC Radio Wiltshire commentator Vic Morgan continues his weekly blog only here on The Washbag. It was a great start to the Christmas games wasn’t it…? Morecambe came to the County Ground with a deserved reputation, and on the face of it Swindon were in for a tough afternoon. Well what a fine afternoon it turned out to be. Goals from Jake
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Andrew Steele-Davis takes a look back on what has been a memorable season so far for Town fans. It’s perhaps fair to say that there has been no better time to be a Swindon Town fan than now. Riding on the crest of a wave that a fifteen game unbeaten run brings, a lucrative home tie against Wigan Athletic of
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No.7 – Leyton Orient and the end for Danny Wilson A 3-0 defeat at Leyton Orient in early February with sixteen left to play, 31 points in the bag and six off the bottom isn’t usually a sign relegation is inevitable, but it always was for me. The match was Swindon’s eighth game without a win, a run including six defeats.
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No.8 – Charlton Athletic 2 Swindon 4 A sole highlight in League One during 2011 came at The Valley on 3rd January. In front of the Sky TV cameras Town ended their twenty month hoodoo of failing to win a game after going behind in true style beating promotion chasing Charlton Athletic 4-2. After the Addicks took a controversial lead
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No.9 – Paolo’s first away League victory at Crawley At the fourth attempt in League Two, Paolo Di Canio guided Swindon to a magnificent 3-0 demolition of pundit’s pre-season favourites and everyone’s most hated team Crawley Town. In the process, Steve Evans was served humble pie with a waft of parmesan and extra black pepper. Paolo well and truly hit
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What do all of these people have in common? Jimmy Carr, Tommy Cooper, Jim Davidson, Alan Davies, Bob Mortimer, Frank Spencer and Lee Evans have all done it… Gordon Brown, George Bush, David Cameron, Neville Chamberlain, and John Kennedy all did it too… So did Fabio Capello, Glenn Hoddle, Kevin Keegan, Steve McClaren and Alf Ramsey (but Sven didn’t)… Even
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