Swindon Town sealed a very necessary win with a highly polished performance against second-placed Torquay at the County Ground last night, writes Daniel Hunt. It should be no surprise because this was Town’s eleventh straight home league win and fifteenth straight home win in all competitions (if you class the penalty shootout victory against AFC Wimbledon as a win!). Paolo
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This Sunday sees Swindon return to Wembley for the second time in under two years. The build up to this match provides an obvious opportunity to induct into the Hall of Shame the decision back in May 2010 to forego wearing the famous red and white… A week before the Play-Off Final with Millwall, Swindon Town announced the surprise decision
Read moreA fantastic 2-0 victory for Swindon Town over Torquay United returned Town to winning ways and restored a comfortable 7 point cushion at the top of League Two. Oliver Risser was awarded the match sponsor’s man of the match award…do you agree? Vote for your choice below with the result to be announced in our match report to be published
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Tuesday evening sees Swindon Town entertain Torquay United at the County Ground in the top of the table clash… Form Guide… First placed Swindon are currently on a run of three defeats in twenty-five League Two matches. Town’s current form guide reads four wins and two defeats in six outings. At the County Ground, Town are unbeaten since August, making it 16 games without tasting defeat
Read moreTown lost 2-0 at Crewe Alexandra this afternoon, however despite the defeat did any player come out of this match with their pride intact? Vote for your Swindon man of the match below. The result will be announced in our report on Monday morning.
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Saturday afternoon sees Swindon Town travel to Gresty Road in Crewe… Form Guide… First placed Swindon are currently on a run of two defeats in twenty-four League Two matches. Town’s current form guide reads five wins and one defeat in six outings. Away from the County Ground, Town have four victories and two defeats in six matches, including that defeat last time out at Oxford United. Swindon haven’t kept
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The ramblings of BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan.. A friend of mine recently said, “it would be nice to go to Wembley without worrying about slipping down the league”. The point he was making was that a big enough gap would be good, to not damage our position because of missing out on a league weekend. Well, that should be okay
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Today is the 43rd anniversary of the greatest day in our history… the 15th March 1969 saw Swindon Town of Division Three beat the ‘mighty’ Arsenal 3-1 after extra time thanks to a late Don Rogers double. The Town went one up ten minutes before half time, this was after a shambolic mixup allowed Peter Noble to seize upon the loose ball and pass to
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Read TheWashbag.com…. wear TheWashbag.com as we’ve now launched our online shop selling a selection of reasonably priced STFC inspired T-Shirts and other clothing… you can even buy a TheWashbag.com mug. We’ve got a JPT Final T-Shirt for you to wear to Wembley, T-Shirts with our favourite Paolo Di Canio quotes and much more… Money raised will go into a fund
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Lee Townsend reviews those members of the Swindon Town squad who haven’t been near the starting XI or even the matchday squad in recent months. He asks whether we can expect to see any of these missing players return before the end of the campaign? Yes, it’s true. Swindon are top of npower League Two and there are many reasons given
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