Nile Ranger is reported to be back in training with Swindon Town but whatever trials the tattooed target-man brings to Town, his on-pitch ability will be difficult to replace, writes Alex Cooke. Calm, discipline, hard working: these aren’t words normally associated with striker Nile Ranger. If fact, Google’s autocomplete tells us that the search term ‘Nile Ranger’ is more often
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Andrew Steele-Davis reflects on Mark Cooper’s tactical masterclass, looks ahead to the visit of Leyton Orient and suggests why England’s recent squad inclusions means good news for the lower leagues… Eventful is the word best used to sum up the last two weeks at SN1 with games now coming thick and fast and the hectic Christmas schedule just around the
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. Lightning doesn’t strike twice apparently. Well that’s fine unless its the FA Cup when it obviously does. The defeat at Moss Rose was embarrassing and for any Town fan rather humiliating. To loose 4-0 to a non league team is bad enough, but to be
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Today the ‘Abbreviated Accounts’ for Swindon Town Football Company Limited in the period to 31st May 2013 were released via Companies House… The following note by the club’s independent auditor certainly raised an eyebrow… With the auditor stating there may be doubt about Town’s ability to continue as a going concern should we be worried? Perhaps not… It is important
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Swindon Town’s strategy under Mark Cooper is meant to be one of dominance in possession and passing football, and yet our opponents seem to be scoring frequently of late. Ron Smith asks how can the opposition score if they seemingly don’t have the ball? Looking at the key statistics after the pathetic weekend FA Cup defeat, I couldn’t have been
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. Yes, it’s that time of the year again. Twelve months on from when they dumped us ceremoniously out of the FA Cup, Macclesfield return to haunt us again. It was a depressing afternoon wasn’t it? Swindon deservedly beaten by a team which we should
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Andrew Steele-Davis reflects on a game that had everything, looks forward to a week of cup fever and suggests why the January transfer window will be an important one for Town… Now that was much better wasn’t it? Swindon put an end to their losing streak and banished any talk of an apparent ‘crisis’ in style with an impressive 5-2
Read moreIt’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. You can tell a game is bad when the highlight of the afternoon is to count the windmills on the nearby hills. That’s what happened for the majority of the afternoon at Boundary Park last Saturday. Quite frankly there was little else of interest in a match
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. So we’re world beaters one minute not very good the next. That seems to be the week summed up if you believe many of the comments about the Town’s two performances. Certainly Friday against Notts County they were excellent. Some of the football was of an
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Andrew Steele-Davis asks have your hopes and expectations changed yet? We are barely three months into the season yet Swindon Town are flying high and playing some of the best football you are ever likely to witness in the Football League. It’s all a far cry from the summer… Swindon dealt out yet another footballing lesson on Friday night with
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