After a couple of years of deciding the fate of Swindon Town and Swindon Supermarine players for Football Manager 2010, 2011, 2012 and part of 2013 I will sadly be leaving the position. Finally I have realised that my time is too short and there are plenty of more things to do than shouting at the computer and pretending to be a football
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Il a 26 ans et a déjà pas mal bourlingué. Lui? C’est Mehdi Kerrouche, serial buteur. S’il a perdu quelques opportunités de s’illustrer au plus haut niveau, il n’a pas perdu sa spontanéité ni sa franchise. Portrait d’un footballeur qui ne connait pas la langue de bois. Un vrai Bol d’Air pour la profession. “Ronaldo mon…
Our unofficial #STFC shop has an expanded range of Swindon Town inspired design created for us by Brendan Hobbs. The designs arrive in time for you purchase in time for start of the 2012/13 season. We’ve got plenty of t-shirts, hoddies, jackets, polo shirts, mugs and much more… Favourites include our new range of Di Canio scarf waving designs, smart Polaroid images
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Why the recent £2 million cash injection won’t mean Town will buy Harry Kewell, by Alex Cooke. It seems churlish, grumpy and almost disloyal to question anything about a £2 million injection by the board of STFC into the club, after all this is that rarest of things – good news. But few things are quite that simple and you don’t
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Pre-season with Paolo is always said to be hard work but does all the running work? Alex Cooke looks at the evidence. Fitness has been something of a theme for Swindon Town; the club’s foundations were being laid by the Victorian ideal of ‘muscular christianity’, its badge carries the exhortation to effort; ‘Salubritas et Industria’ and one of its greatest
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Does the lack of a reserve team and regular reserve fixtures at Swindon Town have a detrimental effect on some of the fringe and youth players, making it difficult to ‘take that next step’ and also prevents players of being up to speed when called into the first team? Following the appointment of Di Canio just over a year ago,
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How difficult are the 2012/13 League One fixtures for Swindon Town? We may have the answer thanks to top Football League statistics blog Experimental 3-6-1. Statistical master and Torquay United supporter Ben Mayhew has created an algorithm to rank each team’s fixture list for the Championship, Leagues One and Two by their difficulty and visualised the results into a helpful heat
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Exeter City supporter Ollie Heptinstall answers our questions on Paolo Di Canio’s latest signing, Troy Archibald-Henville. After making 51 appearances in 2011/12 how disappointed were Exeter supporters when he didn’t sign a new deal? We we very disappointed but expected it. Relegation has meant our budget’s been cut drastically and it was a small budget in the first place! Troy would have
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Brighton & Hove Albion supporter Alan Wares answers our questions on new Swindon midfielder Alan Navarro… After making a valued contribution with 33 appearances in 2011/12 were you surprised by his release in April? I was slightly surprised to see Alan released, but then again Gus is aiming high for his midfielders. What type of player is Alan, what can
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Seven new players have already joined the Paolo Di Canio regime for the 2012/2013 season and the transfer window hasn’t officially opened yet. Our writer Adam Johnson looks into the signings and the possible impact they could have in the year ahead… If Paolo Di Canio has a favourite Whiskey, based on our signings, we all know what he’d probably shop
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