We continue our special anniversary feature celebrating twenty years since Swindon Town’s 4-3 victory over Leicester City in the Division One Play Off Final with next video courtesy of Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk Here’s all of the Town vs Leicester City match previews from HTV, BBC Points West, GMTV and ITV as the Play Off Final approached back in May 1993 …. Read
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We continue our special anniversary feature celebrating twenty years since Swindon Town’s 4-3 victory over Leicester City in the Division One Play Off Final with another video treat courtesy of swindon-town-fc.co.uk… Any trip to Wembley for a final needs a song and Swindon’s ‘Up Where We Belong’ released in the build up to the game couldn’t have been more aptly
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We continue our celebration of twenty years since the Division One Play Off Final victory over Leicester City and promotion to the Premier League with a chat with Town legend Fraser Digby in a very special episode of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast. Ron Smith is joined by Town goalkeeping legend and one of the Wembley starting XI Fraser Digby
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Alex Cooke has decided to have some calm down time, why don’t you..? You are on a beach, a beautiful sunny beach. The warm sea laps gently at your toes. The drink in your hand is perfectly chilled. All you can hear are the calls of birds singing in the shady trees. Breathe in. Hold it. And breathe out. There.
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Phil Allen made the trip to the Wirral on 19th May 1993. Here are his thoughts on that Division One Play Off Semi-Final 2nd Leg against Tranmere Rovers as we continue our celebration of twenty years since Wembley ’93 and promotion to the Premier League… So, it’s really 20 years since the Tranmere Playoff games? I can’t believe it’s been
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Brendan Hobbs recalls the 1993 Division One Play Off Semi-Final 1st Leg against Tranmere Rovers which took place on 16th May 1993, as we continue our celebration of twenty years since Wembley ’93 and promotion to the Premier League… With all the disappointment surrounding Swindon’s recent play-off defeat – our third attempt to leave this division in ten years, it
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We start our special anniversary feature celebrating twenty years since Swindon Town’s 4-3 victory over Leicester City in the Division One Play Off Final with the first of many videos courtesy of Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk Instead of writing a preview we’ll publish this HTV preview instead. This video from 7 May 1993 previews the upcoming Play Off matches with then Town skipper
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From halving the wage bill, releasing Simon Ferry and giving deals to five scholars, Jed McCory’s Swindon board are keen on building a younger, cheaper squad, but outside forces are also pushing every Football League club that way, says @STFConly. We all know now the years of spending at Swindon are over. Regardless of which figure you take, from BBC
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To celebrate the upcoming 20th anniversary of Swindon Town’s 4-3 victory of Leicester City in the 1993 Division One Play Off Final we’ve a new range of t-shirts to mark this special occasion in our shop. The new range includes… a commemorative ‘I Was There’ design featuring the famous twin towers, TV commentary quotes as each of the four goals went in and
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Listen to the latest episode of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast. Ron Smith is joined by Sam Morshead – chief sports writer at the Swindon Advertiser – and returning former host Christopher Panks – TeamTalk Fanzone writer. The three review an eventful play off semi-final tie with Brentford and penalty heartbreak, a brief three word reflection on the season, whether Simon
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