Given the delay in the new Swindon manager announcement you can feast your eyes on some more statistics I’ve gathered over the course of the season. This time I’ll be having a look at the defensive phase of play and the contribution of all players with a defensive role, in particular, these stats reveal how many goals have been conceded
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A position where the players divide opinion around The County Ground like no other. Who is the better goalkeeper? Is it the Town no.1 David Lucas or no.13 Phil Smith? 2009/2010 was a year of domination for David Lucas, Smith could only make 7 league apppearances and was truely the backup. That’s in contrast to this season as Phil Smith featured in
Read moreOne thing I’ve noticed whilst watching the games is how slow out of the blocks Swindon have been this season. Even on the rare occasions we’ve had the early advantage we haven’t capitalised and scored enough goals in the early periods. So it’s another time to delve into the statistics to look at when Swindon and our opposition goals have been
Read moreOver the next several posts I’ll be delving into the statistics collated over the course of the season. Hopefully this will provide another viewpoint on the season, the players and key moments in our drop into League Two. A Season in Stats: Part 1 – Relegation When were Swindon relegated? Obviously we were mathematically relegated at Sheffield Wednesday on matchday 44
Read morePhew…this season has finally finished and on a high note with the 2-0 victory at Tranmere Rovers. Before we start to look forward to hopefully a single season in League Two (before a promotion, not in the other direction…) I just want to run the final rule over 2010/2011, with the 10 reasons why I believe we failed, been relegated and finished
Read moreFollowing on from the release of Alan O’Brien and Thomas Dossevi, there are nine other Swindon Town players out of contract at the end of the season. We all know about Alan Sheehan’s lack of commitment to the club after going without permission to play for Preston North End in a trial match, but what about the rest, do they
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from swindontownfc.co.uk So Paul Hart has left the County Ground…what a relief! Hart goes into the Swindon Town history books as the worst manager in the history of the club (statistically at least), securing just 0.64 points per game and scoring only 6 goals, well behind 2nd worst John Gorman with 0.87 per game. The search for a replacement to
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I’m writing this post whilst watching the Real Madrid versus Barcelona 1st leg of the Champions League semi-final. This is, of course, a level of football which whilst Swindon Town supporters might dream of and achieve only in Football Manager, we accept that to actually reach this level is a nigh-on certainty that it’ll never happen in our life time. On the
Read moreSwindon Town were finally put out of our misery this afternoon with a 3-1 defeat at Sheffield Wednesday. The defeat meant the season couldn’t be salvaged with only 2 games now to play. Even a draw today would’ve been too little too late as results elsewhere made it impossible for Town to finish 20th. Swindon now become the 5th third tier play-off final
Read moreWhat an utterly embarrassing defeat and in the process we now have our worst run of home results since the 1901/1902 season. Yes that’s 109 long years during which the County Ground hasn’t witnessed football this bad and ineffective. For a club that less than 12 months ago were 90 minutes and a Charlie Austin finish from playing in the
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The Washbag 