Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan returns for the 2016/17 season… This time last week I wrote that if you believed much of the comment that had been said about the new season, then Swindon were certs to have a disaster of a campaign. I also wrote that I didn’t feel pessimistic and the early signs are that it’s optimism
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It might be a new season and Luke Williams has most of a new team, but Alex Cooke has stuck with listicles. The idiot Jordan Young is now a serious first-team prospect He may have the face of a tiny child but Young displayed the swagger and decisiveness of a senior pro in his short display. And by bringing him
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We’re back for the 2016/17 season and more stories of Swindon Town in a relegation, demotion, or perhaps a promotion… As I’m sure you can tell, this website has been a bit quiet recently. Truth be told, I’ve (Ron Smith) have had plenty occupying my time and this is only set to continue. While I won’t wish to bore you all with
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Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan returns for the 2016/17 season… And so it begins again. With Test Matches and the Summer Olympics underway, here we are talking about the start of a new domestic football season. After the failure of England’s megastars in the European Championship, albeit tempered by the success of the Welsh (especially if you can claim
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With Rafa Branco injured and Swindon’s defence looking thin, Lee Power needs to find a new centre back but it can’t just be any old stopper, writes Alex Cooke Swindon rely on their central defenders, not just to stop goals, but also to create them. They have to, so often do they face a packed defence. Within Luke Williams’ 3-5-2,
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Brendan Hobbs puts the statistics into annual pre-season panic at Swindon Town…
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Mike Cunningham’s poem reflects the culmination of events 26 years ago as the Wembley dream was short lived… They started out in ’85 down in Division Four Managed by a Scottish chap whose mother was a bore But little Lou was cunning then and paid ten bob for Bamber What David got we’re not quite sure but up the town did clamber
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In the second part of his look at transfers at Town, Alex Cooke looks at the value of planning, avoiding the bad deals and measuring success. To find more on Town’s own scouting structure, read yesterday’s part 1 Scouting and signing players is more than just finding the best out there. What if a deal falls through? What a big
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Alex Cooke looks at how Swindon’s scouting system might work, and who does what behind the scenes to find the next John Goddard… At the heart of Lee Power’s model for Swindon Town is good scouting and great recruitment. In recent times the club’s biggest successes have been finding, signing (and eventually selling) the likes of Ben Gladwin, Massimo Luongo
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Steven Fyfe profiles Town’s first new signing for the 2016/17 season, ex-Reading midfielder, John Goddard… Swindon Town have acted quickly in announcing the first addition to their ranks ahead of the 2016/17 season with the news that Woking midfielder John Goddard has signed a three year deal. Having done a little research I am very hopeful the newest arrival at SN1
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