What an utterly embarrassing defeat and in the process we now have our worst run of home results since the 1901/1902 season. Yes that’s 109 long years during which the County Ground hasn’t witnessed football this bad and ineffective. For a club that less than 12 months ago were 90 minutes and a Charlie Austin finish from playing in the
Read moreAs Swindon Town were denied a blatant penalty in the dying moments of Saturday’s game, it ended a perfect opportunity to gain an advantage on our relegation rivals as results elsewhere all went in our favour. Paul Caddis was clearly fouled by two Dagenham & Redbridge defenders, yet bizarely referee Sutton or even his well-sighted assistant didn’t see fit to award the penalty.
Read moreThis has been a week in which Swindon Town replaced Danny Wilson as manager, perhaps expecting an immediate positive impact on results having gone 11 games without a win. Yet the move to bring in Paul Hart yielded nothing, apart from leaving a bumper 10,489 crowd flat and bemused on the final whistle, as Town suffered another bout of failing
Read moreAfter the recent lengthy winless run of games, a victory over Carlisle was a must. Our away form, with the exception of Charlton, has been dire to say the least, so continuing to lose points at home only reinforces the likelihood Town will start in League Two next season. The early Town goal has been integral to any chance of
Read moreI didn’t travel to Essex to watch Town at Colchester, so a big thanks to regular Washbag contributor STFC007 for his thoughts and reflections on the game. After last year’s 3-0 away defeat at the hands of Colchester in their dreary stadium, I vowed that I would not return here for this season’s encounter. However, I felt quite positive all week that
Read moreWhat a difference a goal makes? Perhaps not given the widespread reaction to Town’s 1-1 draw at home to Rochdale, a match that saw neither side ‘deserve’ the victory. “WILSON OUT!” remained the text and email of choice of the many who contacted BBC Wiltshire post match. However, Wilson confirmed he has no intentions to walk as he “has a
Read moreReaders of my blog post on Monday may be surprised that I’m not calling for Wilson’s immediate dismissal following the goalless draw with Tranmere at the County Ground last night. After all, I did clearly state from the next two home games “Six points are needed. Any less and we can kiss goodbye to League One”. Yes, of course a win would’ve
Read moreBack on 1st November I posted the similarities between the final days of the Malpas era and 2010/2011 under Wilson and whether Fitton should be consistent with his decision back in 2009. The alternative view was it was still too early to call for changes, mainly because of what Wilson had achieved only six months previous and fans remained hopeful
Read moreTown fell further behind in their deluded race for a top six finish following Yeovil Town’s 1-0 victory at the County Ground, after Dean Bowditch reacted quickest to nod the loose ball home in the six yard box. The game turned on one incident and Wilson’s tactical reactions. With the score standing at 0-0, Town were reduced to ten men, with
Read moreGiven that we’re in the run up to Christmas it came as no surprise that we all witnessed a pantomime last night, although I certainly didn’t expect it would be played out at the County Ground. What a performance it was…from Crawley Town manager Steve Evans and his staff in the dugout! Throughout the 90 minutes and extra time Evans
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