BBC Radio Swindon commentator Vic Morgan continues his new weekly blog only here on The Washbag. THE JOY OF SIX… Points out of six. Yes it’s been a great week to be a Town fan. Paul Sturrock’s Southend United came visiting last Saturday, and on the face of it would provide a stern test. Swindon going into the game off
Read moreA big welcome to BBC Radio Swindon commentator Vic Morgan who starts his new weekly blog only here on The Washbag. WHAT A START… To the season. It all looked cut and dried didn’t it? We’d beaten Crewe 3-0 after a dodgy first half, and so the League Two title was a formality wasn’t it..? Especially with our new manager at
Read moreWith 16 new players arriving under Di Canio, Johno’ gives his view on our best starting XI. New players have come from all over the globe, presumably enticed by the fact that Swindon was formerly twinned with Disney World, but which of these players has shown promise in a troubled start to the season? Paolo has struggled so far to
Read moreOur resident Norwegian Hans J. Tandsether of Heiaswindon.com gives his view on August and a less than inspiring start to Town under Di Canio. Dear fellow fans of Town. August has just ended and to be honest a month back I was kind of expecting Swindon to go into September top four in League Two. As we all know that
Read moreSaturday: Played about 70 mins then got a rest. Good bench at Shrews, plenty of support for my back. Wide too. Much better than at Wednesday. Or Wolves, Preston and Southend. Or Kettering, QPR or Argyle. But I don’t know why the gaffer is blaming me for the defeat. He took me off when it was 1-1. Don’t care, he’s not my real dad
Read moreIt was only last week that Alex Cooke introduced Leon Clarke on this site. Now Alex reviews Di Canio’s awful decision to sign Clarke. “Paolo Di Canio in heated confrontation with Swindon’s Leon Clarke”, “Paolo Di Canio and Leon Clarke Come To blows” and “Di Canio’s Tunnel Bust Up”: it was exactly what the national media had been waiting for –
Read moreTo continue the theme of obtaining the views of our new signing’s former / parent club, Matt Ryan from Claretandblues.com answers a few questions on loan signing Ahmed Abdulla. Ahmed has been at West Ham for some time since joining from Arsenal as a 16 year old. How has he progressed? Since Joining West Ham in 2008 Ahmed has made
Read moreWelcome to Norwegian STFC supporter Hans J. Tandsether, writer of the excellent Heia Swindon. Hans will be providing a new monthly column with his Norwegian view of the month starting next week, so I’ll let him introduce himself and why he’s a Swindon supporter. “Is it because of Jan Aage?” People ask me that all the time and every time I
Read moreFor those of you who read Alex’s article last week – Leon Clarke: Swindon’s new no.9 – are you really surprised by the actions of the pathetic Town current / former* (*delete as appropriate) front man following our 3-1 defeat against Southampton? Here is a fragile, perhaps sensitive player who relies too much on the support of those around him to get himself in the
Read moreUntil the Swindon v Southampton match report and reactions to ‘Clarkegate’ are posted later today (as trust me to be away after such events), here’s something to read over your Cornflakes. Swindon fan and BBC Radio commentator Andrew Hawes has his say about ‘Project Di Canio’. One of the few things I can remember from school physics lessons, apart from
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