Five years ago, between July to October of 2007, Town fans were witnessing one of the most calamitous, bewildering and overlong sagas in the club’s history: Swindon Town + BEST Holdings equals our 20th entry into the Swindon Town Hall of Shame. Writes Westbury Red. The 2006/07 campaign had seen Town convincingly limp to third place and therefore automatic promotion
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. In this weird old season this week has been quite simply brilliant. It began at Stevenage with one of the best Town displays of recent times. It continued with a fantastic cup tie against Aston Villa and I hope its concluded with an FA
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As Aston Villa arrive at the County Ground, Alex Cooke looks at how the Town boss always gets Swindon ‘up for the cup’ Under Paolo Di Canio Swindon have a great record in the League Cup, FA Cup and even the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy. Stoke, Wigan, Huddersfield, Colchester, Burnley, Bristol City, Brighton, AFC Wimbledon, Barnet, Southend and Exeter have all
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Welcome to Press Watch, the Washbag’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 Apologies, apologies readers, this week’s Press Watch is a little light on content, to be fair it’s always been very light on substance, but
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. I don’t know about you but this weeks really got me down. A thick wedge of greyness has covered us for days. Hopefully by the time you read this the sky will at last have turned blue. That hasn’t helped our mood when it
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Can you really compare a typical fan paying £380.00 for a season ticket at Swindon Town to someone spending the same amount elsewhere in League One? Writes Ron Smith. Last week the BBC proudly announced that Sheffield United “provide the cheapest matchday experience in the Football League”. Their survey found £17.20 will buy you a ticket to the game, a
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. Picture the scene. Four people gather to record the latest “Washbag” podcast, reflect on a decent game against Coventry and discuss the financial implications of a transfer embargo. All pretty smooth sailing then. Looking forward to a week without football and a chance to
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Welcome to Press Watch, the Washbag’s sideways glance at all things Town related in the media. If you see anything remotely concerning Swindon Town in the world’s media get in contact with me via Twitter @mrbraindown Controversy, this column thrives on it. So after spending the past two weeks trawling various websites and blogs for gossip and intrigue, it seems
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A significant percentage of Swindon Town supporters would welcome a return of standing areas at the County Ground. Ron Smith analyses the results of our recent safe-standing survey. Our Safe-Standing Survey has revealed 87% of the 619 Swindon Town fans surveyed would support the provision of safe-standing areas to form part of the County Ground redevelopment. This result provides welcome backing
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With news of Jeremy Wray’s departure as chairman of Swindon Town and replacement with Sir William Patey, Ron Smith asks whether this change at the top is really a shock. In July, Paolo Di Canio’s greatest supporter, Jeremy Wray lost the Interim’ part of his job title, on Friday 12 October, he lost the ‘Chairman’ part too. And, according to
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