Former BBC Wiltshire commentator Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com… I know it’s a bit early, but to be honest, it felt like Christmas last weekend. After some downright miserable away trips recently, the performance at Chesterfield made it feel like the Yuletide festivities were already underway. It was a joy to watch as the Town reminded us of
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Former BBC Wiltshire commentator Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com… What a strange week! From the downright misery of Fleetwood to the sheer relief of Tuesday’s home win over Walsall. There’s no doubt that Saturday’s visit to the Fylde coast was one of the most miserable away trips for many a long day. We’d thought we’d seen a low
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Former BBC Wiltshire commentator Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com… It’s been a while. A home win and a positive feeling on a Saturday night. Recent results have seen us plunge into the bottom two and face the prospect of a season long battle against relegation. The first home appearance by new boss Martin Ling brought the hoped for lift
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Former BBC Wiltshire commentator Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com… Another FA Cup first round another exit in double quick time. Yet again Swindon Town leave the competition at the opening stage. It’s getting so predictable many Swindon fans book the first Saturday in December to do their Christmas shopping. Last weekends defeat at Rochdale was more than a
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Former BBC Wiltshire commentator Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com… Wasn’t a shock was it? It was one of football’s worst kept secrets that Martin Ling was to be Swindon Town’s new manager. For those of a certain age, Martin is a two-time Town player. A brief spell under Lou Macari, about six weeks, and a longer stay after
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BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com… It was a much better Saturday wasn’t it? After the disappointment of the past few weeks, a glimpse of something better. Somehow Coventry took a two goal lead. Harsh in the extreme after a Swindon performance of promise. The familiar feeling of recent times was coming back. However that wasn’t
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BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com… As weeks go that’s about as bad as it gets for Swindon Town. Defeat by Millwall did for Mark Cooper, bringing to an end his time in so day charge of the club. While many were thinking that his grip on the job as manager, coach, whatever… was coming to
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BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com I know it’s only people of a certain age that’ll remember the first real hospital soap. It’s also a way of describing many things including the latest Town injury situation. It seems a new fitness problem is reported every day. So that means it’s backs against the wall at Millwall.
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BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com…
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Okay, it wasn’t a win but at least it wasn’t a defeat. When you’ve been on a bad run you somehow just want that run to end. A draw then is decent. To be honest any draw away from home is not too bad. I wasn’t able to make the trip to Yorkshire on Tuesday because of work commitments but
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