Swindon secured a 1-0 victory at the Globe Arena, Morecambe this Good Friday thanks to Paul Benson goal straight after half time. Who gets your vote for the Swindon man of match? Vote below…
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Here are the latest ramblings of BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan.. It was what I used to call when I was a football commentator, “a hard fought local derby”. Swindon’s game against Bristol Rovers provided a few thrills and spills, some meaty tackles, at times decent football, but sadly no goals. It was the Town’s first goalless game in eons, well since Bradford
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36% of our readers have voted for Alan McCormack as TheWashbag.com Swindon Town player of the month for March. Al Mac has been ever present in defence throughout March, including deputising for Paul Caddis at right back against Cheltenham and Crewe. His 7 solid appearances for Town last month included 4 clean sheets and captaining Town at Wembley in the JPT Final. 2nd was Simon
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Brendan Hobbs recalls the start of his obsession with Swindon Town, looking back at his first match watching the Robins in 1979. I think a bit of scene setting is needed here first, I work in Bristol, surrounded mainly by Rugby fans but there is the odd clearing of Rovers and City supporters. There is also an outcrop of Argyle fanatics
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Time to vote for your Swindon Town player of the month for March. March has been an indifferent month with three defeats, solid League Two victories against Dagenham, Cheltenham and Torquay and a toothless draw with Rovers. With a key injury to Paul Caddis and a tiring squad the month has seen rotation of the starting XI, resulting in Di Canio
Read moreTown dropped points at the County Ground for the first time in eleven games with a goalless draw with Bristol Rovers. Aden Flint was award with the sponsor’s man of the match…do you agree? Vote for your Swindon man of the match below…
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Back on the 6th March before the Dagenham & Redbridge match, Town stood on 67 points with 13 matches remaining. At that time Paolo Di Canio looked ahead to what points tally might be needed to secure automatic promotion… “Obviously I want to finish top and I want to win 12 from 13. My brain says 13, but five and
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Swindon Town are top of League Two and normally that comes down to a solid frontline banging in the goals, such as our partnerships of Mooney and Parkin, Allison and Finney etc. This season, the frontline has chopped and changed but still to some success, Adam Johnson looks at the situation. Paul Benson. 32, 6ft tall, 11st, looking for a
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A few days earlier than usual, here are the latest ramblings of BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan.. What a weekend… On Thursday evening, not long after writing my last blog in fact, I found out I was off to Newcastle to cover the Plymouth Raiders British Basketball League Trophy final second leg against the Eagles. Normally that wouldn’t cause too much of a
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Swindon Town faced Chesterfield at Wembley to contest the 29th final of the Football League Trophy, writes Ron Smith. Defying post match predictions of the silverware departing to Wiltshire for the first time, the Spireites caught Town napping at either end of the second half to secure a comfortable 2-0 victory thanks to an Oliver Risser own goal and a late Craig Westcarr
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