After only joining Swindon Town from Torquay United for a reported £80,000 in January as Danny Wilson’s ‘replacement’ for Charlie Austin, Elliot Benyon has today confirmed a season long loan to League One new boys Wycombe Wanderers. As Elliot moves to Buckinghamshire, it has left Billy Bodin as our only recognised forward and me living in the hope this transfer wouldn’t have been allowed unless
Read moreThe first sign of the new football season drifted into view on Thursday in the shape of the Carling Cup draw, and the most eye-catching draw for fans in the West was a derby between two sides with unenviable recent records in the Carling Cup. The bonus of the draw means at least one of Bristol City or Swindon will
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Sheffield United have experienced what could’ve happened at Swindon Town. More than 400 Blades fans marched on Brammall Lane to protest at the appointment of former Town boss Danny Wilson. It wasn’t Wilson’s link with the Robins that led to this venting of fury, it was his history with Steel City rivals Wednesday that has generated a level of anger
Read moreBy appointing Paolo Di Canio, Jeremy Wray and the Swindon board knew the media would be very interested in this controversial figure. Since Friday, Swindon and Di Canio have been a worldwide talking point and trending on twitter. Contrast this with the appointment of Maurice Malpas when one man and his dog turned up to the County Ground for his presentation.
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After 12 months of despair culminating in our drop to the bottom tier of the Football League, who three weeks ago, after Paul Hart was rightly dismissed, would’ve expected Swindon Town to be able to attract candidates of the calibre of Didi Hamann, George Burley, let alone today announce the appointment of football legend Paolo Di Canio? Not since Glenn Hoddle was handed the reigns
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from swindontownfc.co.uk So Paul Hart has left the County Ground…what a relief! Hart goes into the Swindon Town history books as the worst manager in the history of the club (statistically at least), securing just 0.64 points per game and scoring only 6 goals, well behind 2nd worst John Gorman with 0.87 per game. The search for a replacement to
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I’m writing this post whilst watching the Real Madrid versus Barcelona 1st leg of the Champions League semi-final. This is, of course, a level of football which whilst Swindon Town supporters might dream of and achieve only in Football Manager, we accept that to actually reach this level is a nigh-on certainty that it’ll never happen in our life time. On the
Read moreSwindon Town were finally put out of our misery this afternoon with a 3-1 defeat at Sheffield Wednesday. The defeat meant the season couldn’t be salvaged with only 2 games now to play. Even a draw today would’ve been too little too late as results elsewhere made it impossible for Town to finish 20th. Swindon now become the 5th third tier play-off final
Read moreBefore the Swindon versus Notts County game today, here’s a updated version of my League One predictions table, which is based on projecting ahead home and away form for the remaining games. So 47 or 48 points may now be enough to avoid relegation if things were to continue the way they are. However, as far as Swindon Town are
Read moreSo is this what us suffering Swindon Town supporters have to look forward towards until the end of the season? Comments and excuses galore this week from David Prutton and Matt Ritchie just frustrate and anger me. We, the Swindon supporters, don’t have to be told the obvious like key players haven’t been”replaced”. They have been replaced, however those players brought in
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