Wednesday are continuing to smart following the circumstances surrounding their equaliser. Lax Town defending allowed Lewis Buxton space in the box, only to be sent tumbling when rounding keeper Phil Smith. Players momentarily paused seeming to wait for the referee to award a penalty, only for the referee to signal advantage, allowing Clinton Morrison to put the ball into an empty net.
Read moreAfter the trip to Crawley….errr I mean round Iain’s to watch it in comfort on ESPN, attention turns back to the bread and butter of League One this Saturday against Sheffield Wednesday…. weather dependant. With Town failing to hit any sort of consistency, other than consistently shipping goals in at the back, we’re all left wondering how and when our season will resemble anything
Read moreAfter Paul Caddis, not even an ever-present regular in the Swindon Town first XI, was an unused substitute in the Scotland squad for the friendly international versus the Faroe Islands, what does this really say about the quality and strength in depth of Scottish football? When Caddis joined us back in August I was slightly bemused, but delighted that Town, a
Read moreColchester United lost 2-1 at The County Ground in a match marred by refereeing errors and serious oversights, however the quality of the football fortunately didn’t suffer as Town finally found the gear we’ve been lacking over recent weeks. After Wilson went ‘back to basics’ at Plymouth, a decision he really should have made weeks earlier, the line-up was certainly better
Read moreInstead of travelling down the M5 to Devon to follow Swindon Town, which I started to regret once the goals started flowing in the Plymouth goal, I made the short trip to The Webb’s Wood Stadium, home of Supermarine, in the hope of witnessing history. Could Swindon’s second team continue their superb cup run against Eastwood Town? Supermarine, with 7
Read moreI’ve now had the chance to reflect on Town’s 3-0 defeat at the hand of Charlton Athletic last night… Town played desperately poorly and like a team of strangers in a match that only Charlie Austin and David Prutton came out of with any sort of credit. It was always going to be tough against a well organised Charlton side that was seeking and
Read moreTwo years ago Swindon Town found themselves failing to meet expectations under the tenure of Maurice Malpas. After 14 games in November 2008 Town were sitting 17th in League One with 16 points, 10 points off 6th place and 3 clear of the relegation zone. Now in November 2010 Town have much raised fan expectations and are similarly inconsistent placed 16th with
Read moreIt’s time to get the spreadsheet out again and dig into the numbers to see during which periods of play Swindon and our opposition have been lethal in front of goal. First Half 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ Swindon 2 (10%) 2 (10%) 4 (20%) 1 (5%) 45% Opposition 7 (33.3%) 2 (9.5%) 0 0 42.86% 33% of our opponent’s goals have
Read moreAt last, Danny Wilson has finally secured an experienced loan signing to hopefully improve the inconstsistent Town defence. Andy Frampton joins on an initial 1 month loan deal from parent club Millwall and goes straight into the Town squad for the away match at Yeovil Town this Saturday. Bringing Frampton in on loan sees an interesting return of a player
Read moreLast night Swindon Supermarine beat Blue Square Premier Bath City at Twerton Park with a last minute Karl Lapham header to come back from 3-1 down to secure a 4-3 victory and progress into the FA Cup 1st Round proper for the first time in their club history. Also this is the first time another team from Swindon has made
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