With all the talk of the troubles at Crystal Palace, who are facing the threat of liquidation, what impact could their demise have on the Football League, specifically the shape of League One next season and beyond? Like Town, Palace have twice been in administration. Firstly in 1998 which ended in 2000 and their current administration period which started earlier
Read moreI’m at a bit of a loss what to write. Thoroughly disappointed is perhaps the most apt way to describe my emotions at the final whistle, as Town players laid dejected and spread on the Wembley pitch, soundly beaten. Yesterday morning was full of excitement, not nervousness as I’d thought. Before I knew it, we’d arrived at Wembley Stadium Station and in the shadow of the arch,
Read moreLast season Town secured their League One status in the penultimate game of the season and eventually finished a deceptivly reasonable 15th, 4 points clear of the drop. Despite a renewed optimism around the Robins, the club was brought back down to earth as 2009/2010 started with a 5-0 demolition by Gillingham on the 8th August. So after 49 games,
Read moreWith Saturday fast approaching, I keep recalling more about my two previous trips to Wembley to support Town. The first in 1990 for Town against Sunderland and then in 1993 against Leicester City in the Play-Off Finals. The 1990 Wembley final was just before my 9th birthday, so details are a bit sketchy. At the time I was in the Cubs.
Read more#STFC to wear white at Wembley for the Play-Off Final..do you agree? http://wp.me/pLVeZ-dP
Read moreSwindon Advertiser sister website thisislondon.co.uk gave a first reaction yesterday direct from Millwall boss Kenny Jackett to the League One Play-Off Wembley encounter at the end of May. Millwall have a unenviable play-off record with five failed attempts to gain promotion, whereas Town’s 100% record (3 wins from 3 games) at Wembley is now at stake. Jackett has also been involved
Read moreThere is definitely something about the Play-Offs. There is no more satisfying way to experience being promoted than through the annual end of season fight for promotion, which Swindon have previously won in 3 of 4 attempts. Whilst we are not in the Championship just yet, we now are potentially 90 minutes away from the second tier of English football for the
Read more“Que Sera, Sera, Whatever Will Be, Will Be, We’re Going To Wembley, Que Sera, Sera!“ Well Done Swindon! Come on You Reds!!
Read moreWow, what an atmosphere, what a game and the result we needed, fought for and deserved. The first leg of the League One Play-Offs at the County Ground last night gave Town the advantage going into the second leg at The Valley on Monday night. After the week long build up after the Millwall game, the queues for the tickets
Read moreThe League One Play-Offs tonight and Monday evening against 4th place Charlton Athletic promises to be two intriguing and finely balanced crucial games judging by the matches earlier this season. The game at The Valley finished 2-2 after Charlton went down to 9 men in the first half but after Town pulled ahead with a goal each from Austin and Paynter. Charlton
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