The second and final part of Steve Hall’s tale of his conquests and why sex and football just doesn’t mix… I don’t know if it’s fate, luck or coincidence but all of my attempts to combine girls and football have had similarly mixed results – at best. My next attempt was with 16 year old Dorothy. As I was 22
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After a weekend without FA Cup Second Round action we induct one of the most embarrassing FA Cup giant-killings suffered by Swindon Town. A humbling 4-1 defeat at Hastings United on 12th December 1953 is our 22nd entry into the STFC Hall of Shame; writes Ron Smith. The 1950s were not vintage years at the County Ground. Swindon Town were
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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. The November result is in… PLAYER LEAGUE CUP TOTAL Simon Ferry 22 2 24 Wes Foderingham 21.8 1.3 23.1 Joe Devera 19.5 0 19.5 Darren Ward 20.5 -1 19.5 Jay McEveley 16.5 -1 15.5 Matt Ritchie 14 -1 13
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. So what to do on Saturday then? For the second week in a row I won’t be watching football. Last weekend I wasn’t able to go to Notts County and this week…no game to watch. The obvious thing then is to prepare for that
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Steve Hall recalls how he found out that sex and football just doesn’t mix for him… I really shouldn’t have ordered my wife to get out of the car. After all she’d risen before the crack of dawn to crowd into an Italian coffee shop along with a throng of Italian and England fans in Sydney’s Leichhardt area, suffered through 90 minutes
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. ‘Wake up it’s a Chelsea morning’ As the great Joni Mitchell once sang about Chelsea in New York City. The mad mad world of football reached new insane levels on Wednesday morning with the sacking of Roberto Di Matteo. A man who won an
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Listen to the latest episode of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast. The Washbag Podcast is back! After a short break the podders return with Christopher Panks in the host ‘s chair, joined by the BBC’s Vic Morgan and TheWashbag.com’s resident statto Alex Cooke. Up for discussion today is the 4-1 triumph over Yeovil Town, Paolo Di Canio’s media messages, the
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. Well the well it started quietly didn’t it? A great win at Walsall and talk of a couple of loan signings in the air. Then a touch of silence and suddenly a flurry of activity. I’m not one who usually gets too excited about
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Making a claim for the twin titles of Steve McMahon’s worst value-for-money signing and Swindon’s duffest left-back, Alex Cooke welcomes Jason Drysdale to the Hall of Shame. Even within the dismal shower of Swindon’s former left-backs Jason Drysdale stands out. Squeezed between the likes of Hall, Elkins, Casal, Rose and Beswetherwick his name still seems to bob up and down
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. Not been the most inspiring of weeks has it? Last Saturday’s cup tie against Macclesfield was about as exciting as a day stripping woodchip wallpaper. If you’ve ever done that you’ll know what I mean. The only highlight was the first Macc goal which
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