Replica kit collector Dan Castle of swindontownshirts.com inducts our 35th entry into the Swindon Town Hall of Shame… In 2012 The Washbag shortlisted seven kits to discover which should be consigned to the STFC Hall Of Shame. There were many candidates, including the ever popular cult ‘potato print’ shirt. The winner and 7th entrant to the Hall of Shame was the 2007-08
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Write for TheWashbag.com as we’ve a range of match report writing opportunities for the coming months… Please email thewashbag[at]gmail[dot]com or contact us via the below form to write a match report: November 2015 Sat 21 Fleetwood Town (away, 3pm) Tue 24 Walsall (home, 7.45pm) Sat 28 Chesterfield (away, 3pm) – writer Joe Young December 2015 Sat 12 Rochdale (home, 3pm)
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Former BBC Wiltshire commentator Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com… Another FA Cup first round another exit in double quick time. Yet again Swindon Town leave the competition at the opening stage. It’s getting so predictable many Swindon fans book the first Saturday in December to do their Christmas shopping. Last weekends defeat at Rochdale was more than a
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Share our poster and let’s promote Scunthorpe United’s visit to the County Ground this Saturday… Buy tickets online at – https://www.eticketing.co.uk/swindontown/
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Isn’t it about time that we banished former Swindon Town striker Leon Clarke into the STFC Hall of Shame..?
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Mike Minihane continues his look back 50 years to events at the County Ground, as Swindon Town returned to Division Three in 1965/66… Top of the Charts: Tears – Ken Dodd September 1965 had been a very busy month with seven games played and October was going to be just as busy with another seven scheduled. With nine games of the
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Former BBC Wiltshire commentator Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com… Wasn’t a shock was it? It was one of football’s worst kept secrets that Martin Ling was to be Swindon Town’s new manager. For those of a certain age, Martin is a two-time Town player. A brief spell under Lou Macari, about six weeks, and a longer stay after
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Swindon Town chairman rarely turn to former players as the next manager, however Lee Power has bucked the trend by appointing Martin Ling. Writes Ron Smith.
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Martin Ling is Swindon Town’s new manager, so Steven Fyfe seeks the views of supporters from Ling’s former clubs… Lee Power today confirmed former Town midfielder Martin Ling as the club’s new dugout arm-waver on a two and a half year deal. Of his new man Power said “he ticked all the boxes”. Ling himself said all the right things to offer
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BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com… It was a much better Saturday wasn’t it? After the disappointment of the past few weeks, a glimpse of something better. Somehow Coventry took a two goal lead. Harsh in the extreme after a Swindon performance of promise. The familiar feeling of recent times was coming back. However that wasn’t
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