In light of Will Randall’s move to Wolves, Adam Tanner assesses Swindon Town’s record of developing players from within its own youth system… In recent years at Swindon, we have always been quick to remind ourselves that Nathan Thompson is “one of our own”. And rightly so. Football is very tribal, and fans will understandably warm to players with a
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Episode #45 of TheWashbag Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download or stream online… For an impromptu chat to test recording the podcast over Skype, Ron Smith is joined by Alex Cooke to discuss comeback kings, booing and whether Williams will be Town’s next manager? Get involved with the podcast, please submit your questions by emailing thewashbag[at]gmail[dot]com or tweet
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Former BBC Wiltshire commentator Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com… After fifteen minutes last Saturday, there can’t have been many Town fans who thought we’d take three points against Southend. To put it mildly the opening quarter of an hour was a bit of a shambles. I can’t have been alone in shaking my head in disbelief at what
Read moreShare and let’s promote Crewe Alexandra’s visit to the County Ground this Saturday… Buy tickets online at – https://www.eticketing.co.uk/swindontown/
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Former BBC Wiltshire commentator Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com… Credit where credits due first of all. The postponement of the game at Port Vale on Saturday was done in time to prevent the vast majority of Town fans from having a wasted journey. The supporters coaches hadn’t left and so they too weren’t troubled by a long trip
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Joe Young reflects on Martin Ling’s return to Swindon Town as manager, which has prematurely ended with Ling resigning for ‘health reasons’. I read today’s shock news that Martin Ling had resigned as Swindon Town manager with great sadness. The brave tweet from his son, Sam, shows how important health matters can be. He wants to thank everyone at Swindon
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Adam Tanner headed to the Pirelli Stadium, hoping to watch Swindon avoid further skid marks and get the wheels back on their winter form… Despite a disappointing Boxing Day performance against Gillingham, Swindon could approach a tricky trip to the joint league leaders with some optimism. Consecutive away wins, each of them accompanied by a clean sheet, had represented a
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As one of the Town’s most consistent hedonists of 2015, Wild Al finds the Christmas festivities a bitter sweet experience. Imagine for a moment that you are a virtuoso viola player, every waking hour you think about playing the viola, every spare moment your work and family life allow, you practice plucking, imagine, if you will, that string siren is
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Share and let’s promote Gillingham’s visit to the County Ground on Boxing Day at 3pm… Buy tickets online at – https://www.eticketing.co.uk/swindontown/
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What a turnaround for Swindon Town under Martin Ling. Scott Keith reports from Saturday’s victory over Shrewsbury Town…
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