Despite the despair of play-off defeat the mood around STFC for the season was high. I even put £30 on Town to finish in the top 3… In came Michael Rose, David Prutton, David Ball (on loan), Simon Ferry, Paul Caddis then Thomas Dossevi. On paper I certainly was led to believe Town were asserting a strong claim to mount a
Read moreDanny Wilson has only served as manager of Swindon Town for two years, having been appointed on Boxing Day 2008 after his out of the blue dismissal from Hartlepool earlier that month. In this period Town have progressed from relegation certainties to a Wembley Play-off final, however now questions are being asked of Wilson as Town fail to realise raised expectations. Given
Read moreI don’t suppose you need much reminding what occurred in May. It was a truly memorable month and culmination to the season of many moments of agony and ecstasy. With Town 4 points behind Leeds, the visit of Brentford to the County Ground required a home win coupled with both Milwall and Leeds picking up no more than a single point each to take it to the final
Read moreApril ended up defining our season and highlighted the inexperience of the young Town squad in steeping up to secure promotion. After trailing 2nd place by 14 points back on 12th December, Town moved into automatic contention with two successive 3-0 victories over a fruitful Easter weekend. First up came 2nd placed Leeds United at Elland Road. Few had expected the 3-0
Read moreMarch couldn’t have got off to a worse start. After 13 league games unbeaten, Bristol Rovers did the double over Town with a emphatic 4-0 victory at The County Ground, to add to their 3-0 victory back in December. What a win it was for the rampant Rovers. 3-0 up at half time and very clinical in the counter attack. This was
Read moreA busy month with six games and we remained unbeaten, taking the run to 13 games in the league without losing. February started with goalscoring revelation Charlie Austin ending speculation and putting pen to paper on a new contract. Now less than 12 months later, with new speculation the Town No.32 is set to leave, Town are again trying to secure the
Read moreAnd what a year it has been! A year of the proverbial two halves. After spending January to May fighting for promotion, Town now find themselves looking up and down, more than touching distance away from mounting a real promotion challenge. January 2010 started with around 6,000 Town fans travelling to Fulham for the FA Cup 3rd Round tie and created a truly fantastic atmosphere.
Read moreTime to delve into my statistics again. I’ve been wondering how effective each player who has represented Town in the League so far has been, based on the end result. Stats have been recorded so far of all appearances and whether a player involved in a game has contributed to a win, draw or loss. The figures are sorted by the difference
Read moreWith fresh news reported by Sky Sports yesterday speculating that Celtic are the latest team to keep close tabs on Charlie Austin, the value and importance of Austin to Town is of such importance that I believe even a sizeable offer wouldn’t represent sufficient value to replace the young striker. Below is a link to a post I made after the transfer
Read moreGiven that we’re in the run up to Christmas it came as no surprise that we all witnessed a pantomime last night, although I certainly didn’t expect it would be played out at the County Ground. What a performance it was…from Crawley Town manager Steve Evans and his staff in the dugout! Throughout the 90 minutes and extra time Evans
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