March couldn’t have got off to a worse start. After 13 league games unbeaten, Bristol Rovers did the double over Town with a emphatic 4-0 victory at The County Ground, to add to their 3-0 victory back in December. What a win it was for the rampant Rovers. 3-0 up at half time and very clinical in the counter attack. This was
Read moreA busy month with six games and we remained unbeaten, taking the run to 13 games in the league without losing. February started with goalscoring revelation Charlie Austin ending speculation and putting pen to paper on a new contract. Now less than 12 months later, with new speculation the Town No.32 is set to leave, Town are again trying to secure the
Read moreAnd what a year it has been! A year of the proverbial two halves. After spending January to May fighting for promotion, Town now find themselves looking up and down, more than touching distance away from mounting a real promotion challenge. January 2010 started with around 6,000 Town fans travelling to Fulham for the FA Cup 3rd Round tie and created a truly fantastic atmosphere.
Read moreWith fresh news reported by Sky Sports yesterday speculating that Celtic are the latest team to keep close tabs on Charlie Austin, the value and importance of Austin to Town is of such importance that I believe even a sizeable offer wouldn’t represent sufficient value to replace the young striker. Below is a link to a post I made after the transfer
Read moreAfter the trip to Crawley….errr I mean round Iain’s to watch it in comfort on ESPN, attention turns back to the bread and butter of League One this Saturday against Sheffield Wednesday…. weather dependant. With Town failing to hit any sort of consistency, other than consistently shipping goals in at the back, we’re all left wondering how and when our season will resemble anything
Read moreAfter Paul Caddis, not even an ever-present regular in the Swindon Town first XI, was an unused substitute in the Scotland squad for the friendly international versus the Faroe Islands, what does this really say about the quality and strength in depth of Scottish football? When Caddis joined us back in August I was slightly bemused, but delighted that Town, a
Read moreTwo years ago Swindon Town found themselves failing to meet expectations under the tenure of Maurice Malpas. After 14 games in November 2008 Town were sitting 17th in League One with 16 points, 10 points off 6th place and 3 clear of the relegation zone. Now in November 2010 Town have much raised fan expectations and are similarly inconsistent placed 16th with
Read moreAt last, Danny Wilson has finally secured an experienced loan signing to hopefully improve the inconstsistent Town defence. Andy Frampton joins on an initial 1 month loan deal from parent club Millwall and goes straight into the Town squad for the away match at Yeovil Town this Saturday. Bringing Frampton in on loan sees an interesting return of a player
Read moreLast night Swindon Supermarine beat Blue Square Premier Bath City at Twerton Park with a last minute Karl Lapham header to come back from 3-1 down to secure a 4-3 victory and progress into the FA Cup 1st Round proper for the first time in their club history. Also this is the first time another team from Swindon has made
Read moreBack in January 2008 when Fitton & Co. ‘saved’ STFC, the objectives of the new board were published, including an ambition to redevelop the County Ground, home of Swindon Town FC since 1896. This week we have had Andrew Fitton reveal more of the potential redevelopment of the County Ground, including an estimate of the likely cost at £20 million
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