Form Guide… 4th placed Swindon are undefeated in nine matches in a run that has included 5 wins, 4 draws, 21 goals scored and 3 conceded. Away from the County Ground, Town have drawn their previous three games – 1-1 at AFC Bournemouth, 0-0 at Leyton Orient and 1-1 at Crawley – with a record of two wins, three draws
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Our TheWashbag.com Index calculates the Swindon Town Player of the Month by assessing the key statistics from all league and cup matches. Following five League One games this month, the January result is in… PLAYER LEAGUE CUP TOTAL James Collins 35 0 35 Alan McCormack 31.5 0 31.5 Wes Foderingham 31 0 31 Darren Ward 25.5 0 25.5 Matt Ritchie
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On a ‘pitch’ more suitable for the Calcutta Cup match up the road at Twickenham, how fitting that two penalty conversions should settle this scrappy, horrible footballing encounter in front of the Sky Sports cameras, writes Daniel Hunt. Something must have been a leveller because Swindon didn’t beat Crawley by the now customary scoreline of 3-0 (all the fun of thrashing Crawley
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Listen to the latest episode of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast. Host Christopher Panks is joined by Ron Smith – Editor of TheWashbag.com – and Sam Morshead – chief sports writer at the Swindon Advertiser. After one of the most turbulent weeks at the County Ground, the three reflect on the ramifications of the impending takeover by Jed McCrory’s consortium,
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Form Guide… 3rd placed Swindon are undefeated in eight matches in a run that has included 5 wins, 3 draws, 20 goals and 2 conceded. Away from the County Ground, Town have drawn their previous two games – 1-1 at AFC Bournemouth and 0-0 midweek at Leyton Orient – with a record of three wins, two draws and one defeat
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. As Swindon Town fans we get used to the good, the bad and the downright bizarre. Where this week fits I leave to you to decide. From one emotion to another is the only way to describe the events of the past few days. We
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Form Guide… 4th placed Swindon are undefeated in seven matches in a run that has included 5 wins, 2 draws, 20 goals and 2 conceded. Away from the County Ground, Town drew 1-1 at AFC Bournemouth last time out and have a record of 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats in six League One games; putting Swindon 5th in
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Daniel Hunt asked if he could write a blog to analyse Swindon Town’s centre-back pairings to find out which one has led to one of the best defences in the Football League, but as you’ll read, it quickly turned into a Darren Ward appreciation article. It has almost gone unnoticed that, with the experienced defender in the starting line-up, Town
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Welcome to Press Watch by Brendan Hobbs, TheWashbag’s sideways glance at all things Town related in the media. If you see anything remotely concerning Swindon Town in the worlds media get in contact with me via Twitter @mrbraindown I declare this week’s edition of Press Watch an ‘Administration’ free zone; you’ll not find a mention of it anywhere as I’m totally
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. It’s always difficult writing one of these weekly ramblings. Mostly because big words defeat me, but also because you can be caught out by things happening as soon as you’ve written and sent it. Take last week for example. I wrote the column and
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